November 2, 1993

"Allison, come with me…" Lupin sighed as he turned and headed into his classroom and then into his office. Lupin took his seat behind his desk and after motioning me to sit he began to speak, "I know, you and I have had our disagreements in the past Allison…"

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, that's for sure…"

Lupin sighed yet again and gave a half hearted smile before continuing, "What you need to understand Allison, is that my lying to you was not of my own accord,"

"Well I'm pretty sure that lying to a little girls face isn't of your own accord!" I snapped back hotly, "If I recall correctly I didn't see any strings attached!"

"My word, you have a temper just like your mother…" he muttered under his breath

My eyes narrowed and I rose to my feet, "Don't you dare bring my mother into this you lying smelly little ingrate!"

"Now Allison is that any way to talk to your teacher?" Lupin asked as he poured himself a cup of tea.

"This goes beyond the classroom." I whispered, "You lied and told me that no one in my family still lived - and yet my great aunt was working here at Hogwarts the whole time…" tears sparked up in my eyes, "Why did you lie to me?"

"Allison…"

I brushed off whatever he was going to say next and continued, "Do you have any idea how it feels to be all alone in the world?" I paused and he didn't respond, "Well do you?"

Lupin let out a sigh and looked at me, an exhausted look in his eyes, "I do know how it feels to be left all alone with no one to turn to… believe me I do; and I can only imagine how hard it must have been for you. A child should never feel alone, they should only feel safe and sheltered…loved. With my lie I destroyed the only hope that you possessed, the hope that maybe, one day, a family member would come to your rescue and take you away from the place that had caused you so much pain and ridicule."

"She did eventually." I whispered, "But by the time she reached me three years had already passed, three years that I had lived with no hope that anything would ever change; that my life would ever take a turn for the better." I laughed feebly, "I had never been happier….you wouldn't believe how amazing it was to just know…" I paused and turned to look back at the man who had started this whole issue, the rage that had bubbled within me from the first moment we had met on the train vanished. Swallowing I asked feebly, "Why did you lie? You didn't have to lie… you could have just told me whatever your reason was for not letting me get reunited with my family…"

After several moments he replied sadly, "Actually I couldn't… an eight year old couldn't possibly understand."

"What do you mean?" I asked confused

Lupin paused "Allison…have you ever heard of the Order of the Phoenix?"

I looked down at the table and began to trace its patterns with my fingers, after a few moments I responded quietly, "Yes…. My great aunt mentioned them to me back when I was in my first year; she and my parents were in it right? That's why my parents were targeted by the death eaters."

He nodded, "Yes, all three of them were in the order as was I…" he trailed off as if he was going to say more, but gave a grim smile and stopped. "You know what the Order did don't you?"

I nodded, "Yes, they fought against you-know-who last time in the first wizarding war."

"Do you know who led them?" Lupin asked

I shook my head.

"Dumbledore, and as the war went on over the years people began to lose hope, they began to go over to the Dark Lord's side. Dumbledore became worried of course, members of the Order were falling left and right, and if they weren't being murdered they were running off to hide their families. He-who-must-not-be-named was going after family members, the Potters and your family are fine examples."

"So…"

"When your parents were killed, your Great Aunt wanted to leave the Order to take care of you; the sole survivor. Dumbledore didn't want to lose one of his finest fighters however, so the Order made up a quick plan to get you safely out of the way…"

"Mad eye Moody rescued me from my house and moved me to the orphanage…" I whispered faintly

"And he lied, telling Minerva that you had been kidnapped when the death eaters attacked your home." Lupin finished

"It really was a conspiracy." I muttered as I looked down at the table

"What?" Lupin asked

"When my great Aunt first told me what had happened, I had jumped to conclusions and said that it was a conspiracy, I honestly cant believe I was right."

Lupin chuckled, "Well it's best you get going…"

"What do you mean?" I asked in surprise.

He nodded towards the clock that hung above the fireplace in the corner of my room, "It's seven o' clock, shouldn't you be heading somewhere?"

I jumped up out of my chair knocking it to the floor, "Oh shit! Fred!"

Lupin smirked.

"Oops! I mean, oh no! Homework!" I corrected quickly

"Allison, you really don't have to lie about where your going, but perhaps you should watch your language around your elders?"

"Err… Right. How did you know?"

"Your great aunt." He replied simply, "Now run along, you don't want to keep that young gentlemen waiting now do you?"

I blushed and turned to leave, "Right." I was about halfway out of his office when I paused and turn around to face him, "Professor Lupin?" I asked

"What is it Allison?" he asked with a small smile

"Thank you… I don't blame you, and I—I understand."

"Your welcome Allison." He smiled and I closed the door behind me, anxious to get on my way….

I couldn't believe it! Everything that I had though Professor Lupin was was wrong! He was actually really nice! Geez… now I felt bad for calling him a lying smelly little ingrate… Oh well! I'm sure I could apologize later because right now I was running late for Fred and I's one year anniversary date, and when I mean running I do quite literally mean running. Fortunately enough for me I ran into nobody and arrived only five minutes late. Out of breath from my little sprint I struggled into the kitchens and slumped over in the nearest chair. Fred wasn't here yet thankfully, maybe he had been held up by Snape or someone like that? He never was early anyways so I wasn't really worr—

I was cut off mid thought when a pair of hands clamped themselves over my mouth, and pulled me closer to my attackers body. I jumped up in fright and slowly moved my hand down to my pocket and pulled out my wand out of my pocket; I was just about to stun the attacker when their freckled brown-eyed face popped into view.

"FRE-!" I screamed into his hand "—ET ME –O!"

He chuckled as he let his hands drop to his side, "Hello love."

I put my wand back into my back pocket and glowered at him playfully, "What was that for?"

He picked up on my mood right away, "I just wanted to surprise you love." He shrugged nonchalantly and looked at my stowed away wand, "You scared me Al's, and did you really have to draw your wand? I thought you were going to hex my arse off!"

I chuckled, "Well , that's what you get for sneaking up o n me, I thought you were a rapist for Merlin's sake!"

He frowned, "Did I really scare you?"

"Of course you bloody did you idiot!" I laughed as I playfully hit him on the head, "How would you feel if I snuck up on you and grabbed you from behind?"

"If it was you? Fine." He smirked and I blushed a bright red

"Can you at least tell me why you decided to scare me like that?"

"Maybe." He smirked and I stared at him, it took him only a few moments to cave in "All right, Lee told me to try it."

"Lee?" I asked in surprise, "Why would you ask Lee for advice?"

"Well… err… no reason?"

"Fred." I sighed as I rolled my eyes, "Lee is an extremely unromantic boy who doesn't care how the girl feels about a relationship as long as he likes them. That's the reason why he doesn't have Angelina already. So can you please tell me why you decided to sneak up on me like that? And please don't say because of Lee, I want to know why you went to him for advice."

Fred flushed a bright red and looked down at his feet, "It was nothing really, I…"

"Fred…" I prompted

"We just haven't been spending much time together and I was worried that—"

"I didn't like you anymore…" I finished, after a long moment I looked back up at him and said, "You don't have to worry about that Fred; I love you."

He looked at me with those big, brown, loved filled eyes and I felt my heart melt a little bit, I pulled in for a quick (and yet hugely satisfying) kiss before continuing "I've just been busy with OWL's and well I've had a plan going on in my head for a while now."

He raised an eyebrow, "What kind of plan?"

"George, he doesn't have a girl friend right? He can't find someone that he thinks is right for him…" I breathed as I hugged Fred.

"Of course, its been making everything awkward but…"

"The answer is right in front of us, Julia is the answer. We need to break her out of her shell, get her to talk you know?"

"Of course, Julia's a prankster, but Al's?"

"Hmm?" I mumbled into his shoulder.

"She doesn't talk." He muttered back

"I know…" I sighed. "but when she does warm up to us everything will work out just fine, don't worry."

"And if it doesn't?" He smiled as I pulled out of the hug

"Fred? It will work out. My plans always work out." I smirked as he kissed my cheek.

"Of course it will…" he smiled as a small house elf came out of the kitchen holding up a tray of finger sandwiches, We'll discuss this over dinner, all right?"

"All right." I laughed as we sat down to enjoy a delicious dinner by the fire.

A/N

Sorry I'm late with the update! My power went out on Wednesday night and we just got it back on Friday, then on Saturday and Sunday I went skiing with my parents… soooo sorry. Anyways what did you think of this chapter? Was it good, bad, an eyesore to read? I need your reviews to tell me that! (because to be quite honest I'm extremely biased…)

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