AN- Remus and Tonks are not together. She had a crush on him but he turned her down due to being to old for her, her being a relative of Sirius and incompatible orientation. Don't worry though I have plans for my favorite werewolf. I've always found Remus perhaps the most tragic figure in Harry Potter and I'm not gonna let him die in battle. Oh course that means someone else has to take his place. *thinking face.*

AN- I love reviews so much they make me super happy.

gingin1975- I have some unique thought about dealing with the winter soldier problem hopefully you'll approve. I know dad interrupting is a way over played trope but I needed that conversation and the one Tony will be having with Bucky soon.

Guest- Thank you so much. I love that people are enjoying reading this as much as I am writing it.

n7kairos- First battle scene would love your opinion. The next one will be different as it will actually involve our lovely Juniper and the others in the thick of the action instead of being a spectator.

CHAPTER NINE

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Remus Lupin didn't look like the big bad wolf. He was a tall man probably a shade over 6 feet and thin with light brown hair and mustache flecked with grey and green eyes that held a weight of sadness similar to what Juniper's did at times. He was handsome but looked a bit older than his age as he had to be the same age as Lily would have been with scars similar to Bill Weasley's but much much older and more faded. His clothes where old and shabby a patched jacket and cloak with a white shirt and tie carrying a bag almost identical to the one Bill carried. He looked harmless. How he felt was a entirely different matter. There was a layer of calm control but underneath was the certainty that if this man was pushed to far he would be capable of decimating almost any enemy. It was the same edge Bruce had. He scanned the group his gaze stopping when he saw Juniper and his face lightened some of the sadness fading.

"Juniper Potter." He said his voice warm.

"Remus Lupin." She responded giving it the feeling of a often repeated greeting. They both moved forward and he hugged her hard lifting her feet completely off the ground before returning her to her feet and pulling back a bit to study her face.

"How much Pepper-up have you been taking." He asked her softly.

"Oh your one to talk." Juniper answered kissing his cheek.

"We aren't talking about me. I'm a adult." He said glancing over at Hermione.

"Hey why do I get blamed for everything they do?" Hermione asked a bit of a pout appearing even as she moved to hug him.

"Common sense." Bill volunteered then gave a nod to the other man. "Professor Lupin."

"I'm 17. I'm a adult." Juniper protested.

"Then prove it. Take proper care of yourself." Remus answered tugging her braid lightly before hugging Hermione and giving Bill a nod.

"And once again your one to talk. This is a very circular conversation we're having here Moony." Juniper answered raising a eyebrow at him.

"Merlin your just like Siri." He muttered softly hugging her again keeping his arm around her shoulders this time. He looked over at the others. "Rhodes, Stark." He nodded in greeting.

"We've met?" Tony asked not recognizing him at all.

Remus smiled. "Its been quite a few years but yes we met two or three times when you where dating Lily. I think you where usually drinking at the time."

"I tried to tell him." Rhodey snickered. "He generally was drunk as a rule back them."

"Shhh. Not in front of my K-I-D." Tony hissed.

"You do know she can spell right?" Ron asked dryly.

"So you did know? That Tony was my father not James Potter? And you didn't tell me. In fact you kept telling me all the time how much I was like my father James. You knew how much I wanted a family Remus. You knew if I had a living family member I'd be able to leave the Dursleys. How could you not tell me." Juniper asked pulling away from him slightly.

"Whoa huh?" Bill asked looking up in surprise.

"Yeah its a whole thing I'll explain later." Ron told his brother.

Remus's eyes filled with sadness and grief. "James was your father in magic, From the moment you where born and placed in his arms he loved you. From your first breathe to his last everything he did was for you." He took a deep breathe. "And if you could see the look you get on your face when anyone talks about your parents you would understand why we never wanted to tell you anything upsetting about them. We had no idea how to contact Tony or if he'd care if we did." He looked over at Tony almost apologetically. "We didn't know you."

Tony couldn't help nodding. He wouldn't have turned his back on his child. Not even 17 years ago when he'd been young and deeply in the party scene. He truly believed maybe had to believe if he'd been handed his daughter as a newborn or newly orphaned toddler he would have with the help of Rhodey stepped up. And he knew for a fact that 4-years-ago when she was 13 and Remus and Sirius had come back into her life he would have. Hell then he'd had Pepper, Steve, Natasha, Clint, and Bruce who'd already proven they where more than willing to help. But at the same time he couldn't blame either Remus or Sirius for doubting a stranger they knew as nothing but a immature party boy.

"Maybe we wanted to see James when we looked at you. I know Siri did. I always saw more of Lily." Remus said. It suddenly hit Tony that Remus had lost just as much if not more than Juniper. James and Lily his best friends murdered, a 3rd friend Peter believed to be murdered, the man he'd loved since childhood according to Ron and Hermione imprisoned for murdering them, the child he loved as his own hidden away for her own safety. A wolf whos pack had been stripped from him with no prospects, family, or friends living hand to mouth for 12 lonely miserable years. Then miracle of miracles he was allowed in Juniper's life not only that but she sought him out asking for special training allowing him to become her mentor. Then Sirius Black returned as well a fugitive yes but innocent. And all they had to do to prove it was capture one rat.

The mirage of the family, the pack, the life he'd lost 12 years before must have danced before his eyes and he only got that for 2 years before it all collapsed in on him again when Sirius had died before his eyes and he could do nothing but watch and snatch the child they both loved away from the same fate when she'd tried to follow him through the veil. Another year and Albus Dumbledore the man who'd been his greatest benefactor, the man who'd allowed him to obtain a education and made sure he got the potion that kept him sane on full moons was lost as well. And Juniper was in the spotlight on the run made a hero and a monster and there wasn't a thing he could do about it. Oh course he'd come when she'd written she was literally all he had the only bright spot in his life. Tony couldn't even bring himself to resent the fatherly role he had in his daughter's life.

"Maybe we should wait on this discussion until after we examine the boyfriend." Bill said nodding towards Bucky. And it was suddenly clear why he hadn't said anything about Bucky and Juniper earlier. He'd just quiet literally thrown Bucky to the wolves, or werewolf as it were. Remus glanced at Juniper focusing on the marks on her neck then turned his hazel green eyes on the younger looking man a ring of amber flashing around the iris for a moment a predatory gleam replacing it.

"Moony." Juniper said warningly stepping between them. Tony stepped forward as well. If he didn't get to kill Bucky neither did Lupin.

Bucky stepped forward a put a hand on Juniper's shoulder and then stepped in front of her. He didn't know how dangerous the werewolf could be even though the trio had claimed he was perfectly safe outside the full moon and he didn't want Juniper between them.

He met the werewolves eyes with his own a bit of the soldier peeking out as well. He knew it was a bad idea to meet a predator's eyes but it wasn't in him to back down never had been even when he'd just been normal good old boy Bucky Barnes.

The stare off lasted for several minutes the tension in the room heightening hands touching wands or guns. Them as suddenly as he had vanished behind the predator the affable professor with the sad eyes was back. "He'll do."

"What?" Juniper asked looking surprised. "Was that a test? Damn it Moony." She glanced over at Ron who was now looked amused and a relieved Hermione. "And people wonder why I'm a little off?"

"Your sanity level considering your primary influences is actually pretty commendable." Hermione agreed.

Juniper looked over to Natasha as if asking the older woman if she could explain the men's behavior and Tasha's eyes sparkled in amusement. "Testosterone poisoning." She told her voice serious causing both Juniper and Hermione to laugh.

Then it started. She'd felt it before but it had been so long that she had hoped it wouldn't happen again. She knew it took alot of power on both sides of the link and she'd convinced herself it wasn't worth it to him. Oh she'd still picked up on his emotions especially when he was angry but it was nothing like the nightly attacks it had been during 5th year or the full on mental torture she'd endured twice once at Christmas and then at the end of 5th or the beginning of 6th.

It started with the burning in her scar that made her wince then the sound of a voice hissing her name. She jerked looking to her side. "Did anyone hear that?" She asked. That got everyone's attention but the alarm the washed over both Ron and Hermione's face let her know something more was wrong.

"Merlin her eyes." Ron almost whispered watching the pale blue wash away the emerald green of her eyes. "Grab her!" Bucky moved just a fraction faster then Remus and Tony his arm going around her pinning her arms to her side just as she screamed and would have fallen if he hadn't been holding her as pain slammed through her head as if she'd been hit with a bat radiating from her scar she couldn't feel the blood now flowing from it down her face the pain to intense to allow that but the others saw it.

Bucky sank to the floor Juniper in his lap her back to his chest. "Ron." Lupin thundered sinking to his knees with them and reaching out to the boy who was already moving along with his brother and Hermione and pulled him down to face Juniper.

Ron leaned forward putting his hands on her cheeks. "Juni, Juni, Juniper." Juniper's eyes finally went to Ron's face but didn't seem to actually focus on him. The blue covered her entire eye the pupil a darker blue the whites lighter but eyes completely blue. "Do you see me Juni?" Juniper shook her head in the negative.

"Where is he Juniper?" Hermione asked sinking to Ron's side.

"Diagon Alley." Juniper answered in a hoarse whisper. The answer actually eased the tension among the magicals a bit. Juniper had always had a odd way of saying Diagon Alley running the words together so it sounded like diagonally which was what they heard. If she was possessed it would have been said in Tom Riddle's proper correct enunciation. A vision would be bad but not as bad as if was making another attempt to take her mind completely.

"What the hell?" Tony growled confused anger growing. Something was hurting his daughter. She was bleeding damn it, screaming. He needed someone or something to punch. Someway anyway to make it stop. He had worked hard to avoid ever feeling helpless. His education, his wealth, his weapons' and iron man suit, even the security on the tower and the friends he surrounded himself with where on some level meant to keep that feeling of helplessness away. And now when it mattered most when it was his little girl he didn't know what he could do. If there was anything he could do.

"Its him. Tom Riddle." Remus told him. "He created a link between them when he tried to kill her when she was a baby. Whatever happened during the tri-wizard made it stronger, and Snape's lessons the year after did too. He can pull her into his mind make her see what hes seeing. It takes alot of strength so if hes doing it now he has a reason and its not gonna be anything good."

"You have to push him out Juniper." Bill said softly putting a hand on top of her head.

"I...can't..." Juniper sobbed. Bucky tightened his arms around her a bit as she was shaking.

Hermione gave Bill a dirty look for giving useless advice as he should know good and well that Juniper couldn't do what he was saying. Juniper sucked at mind magic everyone who knew her was aware. It was one of the reasons Hermione had pushed herself so hard in that particular branch feeling at least one of them should have the basic knowledge.

"You have to ride it out just like Dumbledore showed us." Hermione said softly. "Tell me what you know."

"Ollivander. He wants Ollivander. Gregorovitch didn't know where the Hallow went." Juniper said only about a quarter of it made sense to anyone in the room.

Hermione plowed on anyway. "What else theres something else."

Juniper's eyes suddenly widened. "Oh Merlin. Object lesson. Grab Ollivander. Three other strikes forces. Bellatrix's to Saint Mungos, Fenrir's to the Quibbler's offices, his to Weasley's wizarding wheezes."

"Oh fuck he can't strike at Juniper through her family so hes going after Neville's parents, Luna's dad, and the twins." Bill hissed out looking at Remus in horror.

"A lesson for the ministry six and anyone else who stands with Juniper." Remus answered. He pulled out his wand. "Expecto Patronum." Tony was half expecting a stag like when Juniper did the same spell but instead a big grey timber wolf came from the wand but it brought with it the same feeling of warmth, peace, and purity. "The deatheaters are going after the Longbottoms. Take that message to Kingsley." The wolf streaked out the windows.

"Expecto Patronum." Bill said his version of the spell was a big tiger. "The deatheaters are coming for you get behind wards or run. Take that message to Fred and George Weasley then to Xenophilius Lovegood." The tiger followed the wolf.

"Juniper. Whats happening what are they doing." Ron asked his voice soft.

"I don't want too Ron. Don't make me see." Juniper pleaded tears in her voice even though her oddly colored eyes where dry.

Ron leaned forward resting his forehead against hers blood from her scar smearing on his forehead as well tears in his eyes. "I know Juni. I'm sorry. What do you see?" He insisted a hint of self loathing in his voice.

Juniper took a deep shaking breathe and started talking.

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Voldemort stalked down the cobblestone walk of Diagon alley surrounded by his deatheaters most of them wearing their black robes and white masks. Even so she was able to identify some of them Peter Pettigrew, Severus Snape, and Daniel Parkinson who was now standing where once Lucius Malfoy would have. Fenrir and Bellatrix weren't bothering with masks. They where both more terrifying without as everyone recognized them.

She could hear Bellatrix cackling madly tossing spells around gleefully. All of the stores and shops had wards against fire after all they used fireplaces and candles but Bella's spells smashed through most of them. She could see at least Slug & Jiggers Apothecary, and Quality Quidditch Supplies where aflame and the doorways where sealed. She could see people inside screaming banging on the windows trying desperately to break the windows. The smell of burning skin was beginning to fill the air. The other deatheaters where flinging curses at anyone on the street. People where screaming and crying not sure if they should try to get inside and risk being trapped in a burning building or try to run and risk being cursed.

"WHERES YOUR HERO NOW?" One of the deatheaters, Avery she thought thundered at the people. "LET JUNIPER POTTER SAVE YOU NOW! WHY IS SHE NOT COMING?"

Florean Fortescue was out on the street waving people mostly children into his Ice Cream Parlor. Florean was a strong wizard and probably had the strongest wards aside from the Weasley's and more than a few people where banking on them being able to hold against Bellatrix. They wouldn't. A deatheater she thought was MacNair threw a cutting curse which Florean deflected and then they where dueling but as Voldemort only glanced over she didn't see what happened next.

Many people where running for Gringotts. Goblin warriors where posted on the steps weapons' drawn. They where letting people into the bank but did nothing else to aid anyone including a few people who fell on the steps and where trampled by others running for the safety of the wizarding bank and the goblin wards. They would hold. Gringotts would hold. The deatheaters weren't even going to try and take Gringotts at the moment. Not even Voldemort wanted the Goblin King pulled into the war.

She saw the manager of Flourish and Blotts and Madame Malkin being dragged from their shops. "Where do you stand? Where do you stand?" One of the deatheaters was screaming at them.

Madam Malkin was crying too hysterically to answer but the bookseller looked at the masked deatheater with cold eyes and she heard him say. "With Juniper Potter." And then he spat on the deatheater. The killing curse flashed but Voldemort turned away before the victim or victims fell.

Fenrir and a group pulled away from the others heading down a side alley where the businesses including the office of the Quibbler where as Saint Mungos came into sight. A group of healers standing in front wands drawn ready to give their lives to protect their patients if they had too. In previous wars Saint Mungos had been considered off limits but they weren't counting on Voldemort honoring that. She could see people looking through the windows. She thought she saw Gilderoy Lockhart at one of them but she wasn't sure. Bellatrix and her group broke off heading for the hospital. Voldemort turned away so although she could hear spells being flung back and forth, screams, and Bellatrix's mad cackle she couldn't see what was happening.

Then she saw it in front of them. Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. The twins where standing out front Charley with them as well. As she watched she saw Percy seeming to come from nowhere and run to George's side so the slightly older brothers flanked the twins. The store behind them was filled with people just as Florean's was. She saw their faces. She knew those looks. The only way the deatheaters where getting to the people inside was through the Weasley brothers dead bodies. Even Percy was ready to stand firm probably more willing to die to protect his brothers than the other people hiding in the shop but he was there. And there was more. The back rooms their research, the weapons they had developed for both the Order of the Phoenix and the DA. There was enough dangerous potions and muggle explosives in the store to light up the whole alley, or if the deatheaters took them give them more weapons and let them know exactly what they could expect from their opponents.

She knew how strong the wards where she'd been there when Bill had created them her own power woven into it with the twins. It should hold. For awhile. Eventually with enough power and enough wands any ward would fall.

Unless...unless Voldemorts attention was distracted somewhere else. Unless he was dealing with a different kind of attack. She could do it. He had dragged her into his mind instead of diving into hers as he'd done at the ministry. And maybe...maybe she could find out a few things they needed to know.

"...I got a idea." Ron jumped slightly as she broke off her own almost monotone report of what was happening a report that had Bill almost shaking at the thought of 4 of his 5 younger brothers facing down the deatheaters without him there to support them and the rest of them tense, angry, and terrified. Pepper had joined them as some point and was clutching Tony's arm so tight she was near cutting off his circulation eyes filled with tears. Tony was wearing a expression rarely seen on the sarcastic, reckless billionaire dead serious and nearly homicidal. Rhodes was sitting on his stool expression cool eyes hard. Clint and Natasha had both gone stone faced the same expressions they wore when they where about to go out on a assassination assignment. Bruce was struggling to maintain control eyes on the coffee in his cup to keep from looking at the teenager reciting the horror of a war spilling over onto civilians. Steve had his eyes locked on Juniper the muscles in his jaw tight eyes practically on fire. Remus was still kneeling close to the teens he had his hand lightly around Juniper's wrist and Natasha and Bill where the only ones who noticed the placement of his fingers directly over Juniper's pulse giving them a hint of how dangerous this vision was. Hermione was at Ron's side one hand lightly on Juniper's shoulder. But it was really Ron who still had his hands on her face forehead to hers and Bucky who was holding her securely on his lap that where keeping her upright. Both of her friends had haunted looks on their faces. They'd done this before. Bucky's face was set and cold but he was rocking just ever so slightly his thumbs caressing her arms where he was holding her.

"No whatever it is no Juni. Everytime you have a idea one of us ends up bloody." Ron said.

A alarmed look appeared on Remus's face. "No Juniper don't even try it. You can't do it. You have no experience no training." Knowing instinctively what she was about to do because its what James would have done, what Sirius would have done, what Lily would have done.

"When has that ever stopped me. I'm not losing my brothers." She nearly whispered then evidentially to Bucky. "Don't let go."

"Never." He whispered back into her hair.

Her eyes closed and Remus huffed a sigh. "Just like Siri. Never listens." Her breathing became harder and more uneven.

"Remus?" Rhodey asked as Tony went pale.

"Its like trying to do to many things at once. If you try to juggle knives, reformat a hard drive, and drive a car at the same time one of those things is gonna suffer badly and usually it would be the thing your most use to doing the things the human mind are most use to doing are breathing, and keeping the heart beating." Hermione said her voice trembling.

"Get her back!" Tony yelled at Remus.

"It doesn't work that way." Remus answered his voice calm but strained. "Give her a few minutes. She is known for doing things she shouldn't be able too.

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Juniper pulled herself more into Voldemort, The Dark Lor...No Tom Riddle's mind with difficulty but he'd already dragged her past his mental barriers so the hardest part was already done. She was looking through his eyes at the Weasley boys glaring at them defiantly. His/her wand was aimed at the barrier a blasting curse on his/her lips. Juniper timed her attack and as the curse left his/her mouth she forced the body to move turning in a circle blasting the death eaters standing with them instead of the wards.

As she came full circle and met George's eyes Juniper saw the surprise on his face turn to glee and she knew that for that brief moment Tom's eyes where emerald green. "YES YES thats our girl. Underestimated her again didn't ya you slimy git." Juniper lost her hold on the body almost immediately but that was fine as she'd just nearly wiped out the deatheaters in his team and he'd expended a great amount of power in first dragging her into this vision, then attacking the wards before she stopped him, then regaining control. He didn't have the power left to both break the ward powered by the three powerful young wizards crafted by a ward master and face the 4 Weasley brothers afterwards alone.

He let out a furious snarl. The sound of a massive explosion from the direction of the Quibbler's office didn't improve his mood. Juniper determinedly ignored it and did a mental turn into Tom Riddle's memories doing her best to hide from him what she was looking for and it was surprisingly easy to find what she wanted 3 memories. It was almost like looking into a pensieve and she saw things that made her so sick, so disgusted and so frightened that someone could actually reach the depths of depravity that it took to create a Horcrux that is strengthened her resolve to destroy Tom Riddle. Not only that but to find out where he had discovered the secret of this nasty evil bit of magic and destroy it as well. And now she knew. She knew where the next three horcrux's where. They had won this battle. They had won this battle if she could manage to get back to her own body.

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"Shes not breathing." Tony's eyes where frantic as Juniper's breathing stopped completely. "CPR Bucky lie her flat."

"Bucky don't you dare. Her body needs to be exactly as she left it." Hermione snapped out even though he'd made no attempt to obey Tony even though his eyes had gone frantic as he'd felt her breathing stop.

"BUCKY SHE CAN'T BREATHE." Tony yelled.

"I promised. I promised." Bucky answered almost frantically tears in his eyes not releasing her.

Tony moved as to take her from his arms but Remus was between them and stronger than he looked he held him back. "Saving her body is pointless if we loose her mind. give her another few..."

"Juniper Potter Dobby is back." The little elf who'd just popped back in seemed to freeze for a moment in horror at what he saw then he dropped what he was carrying a huge ancient book, a tatty old hat, and a handful of notes on the floor and hurried to her side reaching out to put a hand to Juniper's cheek as Ron moved one of his. A bright light seemed to flow from his hand into Juniper's body. A harsh breathe jerked through her body, then another her breathing seemed to even out and then her entire body jerked and her eyes came open. Emerald green eyes not a hint of blue.

She slumped back against Bucky, breathing hard but her eyes where open, clouded with pain, her face covered in blood but there was a gleam in her eyes. "Checkmate you bastard."

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AN-I was gonna make this longer but I'm afraid this got a bit confusing in some parts so I wanted to end it here.

AN- Coming up next time Dobby brought presents! Any guesses what they are? One of them is a important part of our story and the other reveals horrifying secrets and shows just how evil and genocidal Tom Riddle is. More than a few people would like to have words with Juniper about her recklessness. Remus might even raise his voice. Hopefully we'll also get to Remus, and Bill taking care of Bucky's problems. Juniper knows more about the Horcruxs now where and what they are but thats not gonna make it easier to lay hands on them as they are still in America while the horcruxs are...not. Love you all!