The next day they were all packed. They all gathered in the courtyard but they were waiting for Harry and Bran. No one had seen them all morning and Ireth was beginning to get suspicious.

She was standing beside Legolas and he had his arm around her waist. She kept looking up at him and smiling. Finally all four twins came out with Harry and Bran behind them.

"What took you two so long?"

"Well, me and Fred found them in an interesting position."

"George if you say one more word I will gut you."

George saluted Harry and moved to the back of the group laughing. Ireth just looked at them before turning to Mithrandir and Elrond.

"I'll see you both soon. Hopefully this war will be over by the time we get back."

"We wish you luck Ireth. Remember to call on us if you require any help at all."

"I will."

She then hugged both of them and was pulled into a hug by Legolas' mother. Both of them got on well and they had grown close during the holiday.

Soon they were all in a circle ready to go. They all said the spell and soon they were back at Hogwarts.

After most of them had woken up the teachers left to discover what had happened while they were gone. Ireth and Legolas went to her room while the others took a walk to catch up with their friends.

Severus was in his private rooms reading over the potion he was required to make. They had held off until he was back at the school with all his ingredients. He gathered what he needed to make the base of the potion. It would take him until the week before the anniversary of Sirius' death to finish the potion.

He was about to start what there was a knock at the door. He sighed and opened it and was shocked to find Remus standing there. He allowed the wolf in and they both sat down while a house elf brought them tea.

"Not that I don't mind, but what brings you down here Remus?"

"We need to talk Severus."

"Oh? What about?"

"About us. About how we both feel and about what is stopping us."

Severus sighed and leaned towards Remus slightly. He glanced at the tea before summoning something a bit stronger. Remus smirked as the bottle of whiskey appeared and allowed Severus to pour him a glass.

"Say what you have to say Remus."

"Well, I know we both like each other more than just friendship. And I also realise that Sirius is actually holding us back from acting on our feelings."

"Yes but what do you suppose we do Remus? Have a fling until you get the mutt back?"

"No. I want you both. Yes that sounds greedy and selfish but I believe that after everything I have went through I'm allowed to be greedy about this."

"But…what of Black's feelings towards me? We never did get along well."

"I'm sure we can change that. He never hated you Severus. You attitude to everyone just annoyed him. Oh and he had a crush on you when we were at school."

Severus chocked on his whiskey. Remus clapped his back a few times and Severus finally sat up straight again.

"He what?"

"He liked you at school. Fourth year he finally told me. But then everything else happened and you turned into a bit of a git especially to Lily. It never seemed like it but she and Sirius where good friends when he got off his high horse."

"I see. But…Remus, are you sure? I don't want to be left feeling like I was nothing more than a way to forget Sirius until he comes back."

"I would never do that to anyone Severus. I want to be with you and yes I also want to be with Sirius but I will deal with that situation when he is back with us."

Severus looked into Remus' eyes and he saw the passion in them. Remus was telling the truth. Severus quickly finished his glass and moved over to Remus. He gently pulled Remus' face to him and kissed the wolf softly.

They both smiled at each other before they decided to start the potion that would bring Sirius back. However, for once in his life Severus found himself distracted while making a potion and kept sending Remus small glances which he knew where being returned.

When they finished for the night they kissed again and Remus headed back to his own room. Severus got into his bed and smiled as he fell asleep thinking of the wolf.

Earlier that night Pandora had taken a walk. She couldn't find Bran but that was most likely due to him and Harry disappearing as soon as they had arrived. Ireth had sent all their families back to their homes so Pandora was bored. Blaise had been dragged off by some of the older Slytherin's which left the little panda all alone.

She headed out onto the grounds and sat down by the lake. She thought back to Middle Earth and the training Mithrandir had done with her. She decided that now was a good a time as any to practise.

Spotting a small rock she raised her hand and held it over the rock. After a few seconds it rose off the ground and floated in front if her. She decided to try and see how far into the lake she could get it so, focusing hard she flicked her hand and the rock shot off. It only went a few feet into the water but Pandora grinned. Her first try and she had succeeded.

For the next hour she continued to practice. She only stopped when she got dizzy and it had gotten too cold to continue sitting outside. She walked back into the castle and smacked into Blaise. She fell to the floor but was quickly pulled back up by him.

"Panda! You're frozen!"

"I am? I didn't feel that cold."

"Come on. Let's go back to the common room and get you warmed up."

She nodded and slipped her hand into his. In the common room he sat her next to the fire and summoned one of his jumpers for her. She tried to protest but he pulled it over her head so she gave in. It was comfy but rather large so she curled up in it and lent against Blaise as he played chess with a fourth year.

She soon fell asleep and since Blaise couldn't get through to the girls rooms he carried her to his own bed. He then summoned a house elf who brought him a small bed to sleep on himself. He tucked his little panda in then went to sleep himself.

Dumbledore sighed at the letter that was in front of him. The minister had gotten wind about Ireth and demanded to know why the headmaster had declined to tell him about a real true elf running around Hogwarts like a student.

At the bottom was one line that saddened Dumbledore.

'Myself and the heads of a few departments shall arrive on the first day of term to remove you and the elf from Hogwarts.'

That was in two days time. Dumbledore had to act quickly and thought of the two people he knew could handle the ministry. Ireth and Legolas.

He sent word through the portraits asking the elfs to come to his office as soon as possible. He only waited five minutes before the two elfs stepped into his office and sat down.

"Is there a problem?"

"Yes. The ministry have found out about you studying here Ireth. They intend to remove both you and myself on Monday morning. Thankfully they do not know that Legolas is here or the true reason you are here."

"I would like to see them try and remove Ireth from this school."

"As would I Legolas. However, they will no doubt bring Aurors and quite possibly Miss Delores Umbridge."

Ireth smirked making Dumbledore raise an eyebrow.

"I have been dying to meet one of Harry's old professors. I do hope I get to meet such a…charming woman."

"I'm sure you have Ireth. No doubt you already have a plan so I shall allow you to go and set it in motion. I would like to suggest you use the Weasley twins. They love Delores ever so much."

"Thank you headmaster. Please let the minister know that I shall be dying to meet him on Monday after classes. I would suggest during dinner."

"Of course Ireth. Goodnight."

The two left and Dumbledore knew that he would still be headmaster come Monday night.

Breakfast on Sunday was quite. Most students were still tired while others were finishing off forgotten homework.

The twins were seated in the middle of the Gryffindor table with Ginny and Draco. Harry had just entered and joined them.

"Where's Bran?"

"He's not feeling too good. He sent me down here and I only left after he threatened to do something particularly nasty with fire and water."

"He has got you whipped Harry."

"Shut it Ginny. Anyway I left him with Dobby who I told to not leave Bran's side unless I say so."

"Oh Harry. You can be cruel sometimes."

They all started laughing then settled back down to breakfast. The twins were almost finished when Ireth burst into the hall. She spotted the two red heads and quickly walked over to them. She grabbed them by the arms and forcefully dragged them out.

The entire hall watched confused and even began to get worried when they heard the unmistakeable laughter of the twins. Whispering started to flow around and everyone was wondering who had gotten on Ireth's wrong side that she was employing the Weasley twins to help her deal with them.

Dumbledore chuckled as the students all headed off to do their own thing wondering what was going to happen and when.

That's all for now. Hope you guys liked it. Oh and to anyone getting their exam results good luck. I got mine last week but they aren't good enough for university so it's a year of working then a year of college for me.

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