A/N : I still am left with all the options for the genre so i'm going to update that only when the story is at its last phase. but thank you for your opinions :)
The scarlet train pulled into platform nine and three quarters and children rushed to their families, all dignity forgotten. And the fact that they were in their seventh year did not really matter to either of the dark haired boys that ran into the waiting arms of the Potter matriarch.
"Got your things? Sure you did not forget most of it in the dorm?" Dorea asked her boys with a laugh
"Not a thing mom, we even got it all packed neatly" James told her happily.
"You do realize that you do not deserve even one bit of credit for that don't you?" Remus asked coming up behind them. "It's nice to see you again Mrs. Potter" he added.
"Hello Remus dear, you are looking well" She told him with a hug. "I've already cleared it with your mom for you to come over in two weeks" she added with a smile.
"Aunt Dorea!" Marlene shouted rushing over and giving the lady a hug.
Within moments all the families were trooped together and James was messing his hair up and flashing Lily his best smile. The annoyed head girl quickly excused herself and her parents from the gathered crowd and turned away to leave.
"We'll let you know the minute it's worked" Marlene called out happily after her. Lily nodded and smiled before waving a goodbye and vanishing from the platform.
A few more minutes of exchanging pleasantries and they all began to disperse, James and Sirius grinning as the last threat from Dorcas rang in their ears.
"If this fails we are skinning you alive" she had said before skipping after her parents.
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"Mom why isn't dad home yet?" Sirius whined from his place on the kitchen table.
"You asked me that three minutes back Sirius" the woman sighed.
Her sons had been acting strange from the minute they got home. Instead of sinking lazily into the couch and boasting of their adventures both boys were looking impatient as they paced around and kept checking on a parchment every minute.
Sirius's eyes returned to the map in front of him, Hermione had come back from the library a while back and was yet to move from her place on his bed.
"Whatever happened to dinner?" James asked also peaking at the map over his brother's shoulder.
"You just had another round of snacks James, you can wait till your dad gets here" His mother admonished.
"What? Oh of course we'll wait! But when will dad be back anyway?" James asked his mother.
"Honestly what has gotten into the two of you?" Dorea Potter asked turning around, hands on her hips.
"We are trying to stalk someone mom" Sirius answered with his best smile.
"What?! You will do no such thing!" the woman said immediately stern.
"She won't know mom. Don't worry" James assured.
"James that's enough, leave Lily alone in peace at least during the holidays" she told him firmly.
"Oh I never thought of that! I'll get to it right away though" James said happily.
"You will not, and if it's not Lily who are you two stalking?" she asked genuinely confused and curious despite herself.
"Sirius's Evans!" James replied while his brother smirked.
"Who loves him back!" Sirius replied as he stuck his tongue out at the messy haired boy.
"And knows it" James answered but his retort was lost as his mother rushed to envelope Sirius in a bone breaking hug.
"Oh Sirius I knew you'd find your right girl!" the woman gushed happily. She was growing rather tired of him being the serial monogamist. It was quite hard to have a player and a stalker for sons. But this was wonderful.
"Yes mom and I told you she would fall out of the sky" Sirius replied laughing.
"Who fell out of the sky boys?" A deep voice called from behind them and both boys spun around to greet their father.
"Sirius's lovely lady" James replied with a teasing smirk.
"I am surprised there are still girls left at Hogwarts that you haven't dated Sirius" The older man sighed.
"Dad!" Sirius protested indignantly "I've not been with a single bird the entire term"
"And that includes flings and one night stands" James added.
"Our boy has finally fallen in love!" the proud mother declared as her husband pecked her on the cheek.
"That's wonderful Sirius" The man said evidently pleased before becoming serious. "Now who is she and why exactly did she fall from the sky?"
At that he saw the smile slip slightly from both their faces, remembering the day she arrived and he exchanged a brief glance with his wife.
"Her name is Hermione" Sirius began slowly, wondering how to answer the next part of the question.
"Hermione Granger?" Dorea asked in surprise and the boys looked up curious at their parents exchanged another glance.
"You know her?" James asked genuinely surprised.
"Well, Albus spoke about her in the order" Charlus potter replied
"What did he say?" Sirius asked eager to learn something about her.
"What do you know?" Charlus asked in reply.
"About her past, absolutely nothing" James told them honestly
"About her now, everything" Sirius continued.
Then the two boys waited silently, knowing that their parents shared most of the information with them and would eventually tell them something.
"Charlus, I would rather she told them herself when she is ready" Dorea told her husband, not really keen on giving them this information. It was bad enough they were stalking her, she thought.
"We would rather not know" Sirius said with a closed expression as he turned away. He didn't want to make her talk about it. One time was enough.
The surprised parents raised their eyebrows at him, wondering what was wrong as they watched James place his hand lightly on the taller boy's shoulder.
"He's right, she is happy now, we don't want her talking about it. We'll get to know once we join the order or something" James agreed with a soft smile.
Dorea felt a sudden pang of hurt as she saw her usually carefree and innocent sons being so mature and Charlus was assessing the situation unsure of how the boys suddenly seemed more grown up.
"A group of talented young witches and wizards were secretly removed from Hogwarts before their first year and trained privately" Their mother told them quietly.
"However Hermione is the only survivor there is" Charlus added as he removed his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose.
The two boys were silent for a few minutes. So she was something like a child auror. That would explain a lot of things, her constant vigilance and her amazingly high level of maturity for example.
"Wait; did she know what she was signing up for? What she was losing?" Sirius asked, his eyes suddenly blazing in fury.
"We don't know dear, that's all Albus would say about her past" Dorea consoled.
"It's hardly fair, she is a muggle born, she wouldn't have known a thing about magic and yet she had to fight all our stupid battles" Sirius said angrily.
"Sirius-" his mother began again
"No mom, you don't know her. She is so closed and never lets her guard down for even a second. She is marked up with scars that shouldn't be there and she's all alone. For all I know she didn't have a childhood. She gave up all that fighting for a world that she didn't even know about! It's just not fair!" Sirius fumed, all his bottled up anger from the past few months flowing out.
"Son we know it's not fair but you can't change her past now" Charlus said.
Both parents were genuinely surprised by the depth of Sirius's emotions. They glanced at a tight lipped James with clenched hands and realized that their sons had indeed grown up in the short few months they had been away. In many ways it was good but they felt the loss of the innocence quite badly.
"Dad can you talk to Dumbledore tomorrow?" James asked finally turning away from his brother. Sirius too glanced up at the question.
"Mione says she isn't safe outside Hogwarts and refused to stay with Marlene but we thought if you could maybe convince her to spend the Christmas here?" James continued.
"Of course! She will be safe here" Dorea declared instantly and James sighed with relief as their father nodded. Sirius however just excused himself and walked back to his room.
A few minutes later, Dorea left James in charge of setting the table while her husband freshened up for dinner and followed Sirius up to his room. She knocked softly before entering to find her son sitting on the floor against his bed.
"Sirius?" she called softly as she walked in and sat down by his side, pulling him into her.
"I'm scared mom…" he whispered to her. The woman looked down at her son, stroking his hair as she tried to ask him why.
"You should have seen her when she arrived at Hogwarts, it's a miracle she's even alive. And Merlin knows how many times she's almost died before…I can't lose her" he confided.
"She will be kept safe Sirius. The order won't allow children to fight our battles." Dorea consoled.
Sirius seemed too deep in thought to reply and she pulled him closer "she'll be with you by this time tomorrow dear, we'll go to Hogwarts first thing in the morning." The kindly woman told him, eagerly looking forward to meet the young girl who had finally managed to affect her son this way.
A/N : Oh and i have received a review and two private message from speakers of other languages who seemed bothered that their grammar was not up to the mark, i just wanted to say that i don't want any of you to think that's a reason to not let me know of your opinions on any part of my story (good or bad) because i am not from an English speaking nation myself. :)
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