Chapter 3

"First, we need to list out all the possible horcruxes." Andrea was in motion as she spoke.

"What are horcruxes?" Remus asked.

"A nasty way to stay immortal. Voldemort split his soul into six items in our time." Andrea answered him. "It is the most evil magic and the way to do this is dirty. Even in the book Magick Moste Evile, the information about a Horcrux isn't given. They do not speak of it." She added.

"Can we have a pen and paper?" Athena asked Lily, who nodded and went inside, only to return with the said items. "Thank you Mrs Potter." Athena smiled at her.

"Just call me Lily." Lily smiled back.

"So, there were 7 Horcruxes right." Athena mumbled to herself as she and Andrea huddled at a table near Dumbledore and McGonagall, waving at them to come near. All of them looked at each other, and after a moment of deciding, huddled near them. Andrea jotted the items

"Okay so we have Riddle's Diary, some sort of ring, Slytherin's locket, Hufflepuff's cup, Ravenclaw's Diadem, and Nagini."

"Now, Nagini was obtained by Voldemort in 1994?" Athena questioned herself in the end, tapping her chin and Andrea nodded. "Yeah, so she's not a horcrux yet." Andrea said, cutting Nagini's name off.

"What about others?" James asked.

"Riddle's Diary can be found in Malfoy Manor." Andrea said. "When Ginny joined Hogwarts, she was controlled by Voldemort through his diary which Harry later revealed that he saw Lucius Malfoy slipping it in her bag." She told them, jotting down Malfoy manor in front of it.

"What does this Ring mean?" Sirius asked.

"I don't really know. After Dumbledore's death, Harry told us about this ring which was a horcrux." Andrea answered him, locking their eyes for a moment.

"It must be a prized possession then." Dumbledore said quietly. "Tom loved collecting artifacts. He was obsessed with them." He told them. "I will look into it." He said.

"Hufflepuff's Cup is in Bellatrix Black's vault at Gringotts." Athena said. "Hermione had to use polyjuice potion and they broke into Gringotts, flying out on a dragon." She laughed at the end.

"Wait what?!" Lily screeched in horror. "My son, I am proud!" James grinned ear to ear.

"Yeah, looks like he kept Marauder's Name in your time." Remus said.

Athena laughed. "Well, he was the Boy Who Lived. But he was a literal magnet for trouble." She told them and turned to Andrea, looking at the parchment.

"Ravenclaw's diadem can be found in Hogwarts itself. Luna helped Harry find it." Andrea said, tapping her chin.

"Luna?" Fabian asked confusedly.

"Oh! I meant Luna Lovegood. She was a year younger to us, a Ravenclaw. We met her father Xenophilius Lovegood at Bill and Fleur's wedding." Andrea told them.

"And who's the mother?" Alice asked.

"Pandora Lovegood. Luna told us that her mum died right in front of her. And that's why she can see Thestrals." Andrea answered her.

"I will look out for the Diadem with Kingsley and Pandora. Don't worry." McGonagall said.

"Professor, if you don't mind, I will join you." Andrea said and McGonagall nodded after a thought.

"Now, Slytherin's locket." Andrea and Athena looked at each other in concern. They knew what it meant. "And I think that Sirius needs to forget some age-old rivalry for this." Andrea sighed.

"What do you mean?" Sirius blanched and the twins looked at each other with a tensed expression. Athena nodded at Andrea with a soft and tensed face, and Andrea turned around, facing Sirius.

"Your brother stole Slytherin's locket." Andrea told him and Sirius's expressions rapidly changed.

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It's been two hours since Sirius had stormed out with an unreadable expression and apparated on the spot, reappearing in the park behind his shared apartment with Remus.

He was overwhelmed by all the information he had got in the span of two hours. He just wanted to come to James's house for coffee and pancakes, but got the biggest shock and his whole life seems like a lie.

First, Peter betrayed them. How can he? He is their friend! Sirius decided that he himself will confirm this. And now Regulus stole Slytherin's locket? Which is possibly a horcrux? He shivered at the thought.

Was his brother really getting back on the right track? Was he realizing that the path he blindly went on is wrong?

He grabbed his head as he shut his eyes in pain. It felt as if head would burst into pieces, and he would die. He felt a warm hand on his shoulder, and whipped his head around only to lock his grey eyes with warm, amber ones.

"It will be okay, Padfoot." Remus tried to calm him down.

"I am confused now, Remus." Sirius finally decided to blurt out his inner dilemma. "Dumbledore sent you to work with Werewolves who are clearly on Voldemort's side. We don't have any lead as to what he will do next. Dumbledore doesn't tell us anything instead of sending us on a mission which includes a life and death situation. And now these two girls pop out of nowhere telling us that our own friend betrayed us? Why will Peter betray us, Moony? He is our friend!" Sirius said, nearly crying as Remus looked down.

"I had my suspicions on him, Padfoot." Remus quietly stated, and Sirius' mouth fell open in disbelief. "He is being quite cut out from our small meet and greets. I thought it has to do something with his ill mother, but nowadays, he is being out of his house and we don't even know where he goes. We rarely see him except Order meetings. I know I shouldn't be suspicious of our friend, but Wormtail is being a bit fishy. I don't know about you but I think Prongs noticed this too." Remus said.

"What should I do now, Moony?" Sirius grabbed his hairs. "Regulus and I aren't as close as we were before Hogwarts. How do I approach him?" Sirius asked.

"Padfoot, don't worry. We will make a plan." Remus patted his back.

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"So, how was he like?" Lily asked Andrea and Athena, as they started sorting out the list of actual Death Eaters. Dumbledore has gone to meet Minister Millicent Bagnold, who was Minister of Magic and also Bartemius Crouch Snr, Head of DMLE.

Athena looked at her. "You mean Harry?" She asked for confirmation, which Lily did with a nod and Athena grinned.

"Harry was.. sarcastically kind boy. He looked like James's copy. Except he had emerald green eyes like yours. Otherwise, I am sure that his hairs DID gave heart palpitations to the his hair dresser." She chuckled. "He was, recklessly brave. Always jumping in anywhere to save his friends' asses. While Hogwarts was attacked by Voldemort.. Remus, Tonks, Fred, and many more had died. Even Professor Snape." Lily widened her eyes at the familiar name.

"Severus was your Professor?" She asked in disbelief as James came and sat beside her.

"Yeah, the most irritating Professor ever. He bullied kids except of Slytherin house." Athena rolled her eyes. "Anyways, when they all died, Voldemort asked for Harry to meet him by himself. Being a self sacrificing he was, he did and Voldemort killed him." Athena's voice dropped as she looked at her hands, fiddling with her platinum ring. "After that, when Voldemort came to Hogwarts, we faced him ourselves because Hogwarts was our home. During that battle, me and Andy were being tortured by Bellatrix and Dolohov, until Hermione and Ron interfered and here we are." She shrugged her shoulders and a deafening silence fell over them.

James gulped. "Anything else we should know?" He asked quitely, waiting for another blow which will shake him.

Athena smiled at him, a warm smile through the thin line of her tears. "Yeah.. His Patronus is Prongs."

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"So, we have full support of Minister Bagnold." Dumbledore stated after the whole Order– minus Peter Pettigrew– was at Potter's Manor. "What should we do next?" He asked looking at Twin Girls.

"We need to collect Horcruxes." Andrea said, in motion as she went towards the table on which Sirius was leaning and picked a parchment. "Athena wrote down the names of some infamous Death Eaters." Andrea waved it and Sirius grabbed it, taking it from her hand.

Death Eaters

1. Bellatrix Lestrange

2. Antonin Dolohobv

3. Rodulphus Lestrange

4. Rabastan Lestrange

5. Lucius Malfoy

6. Barty Crouch Jr.

7. Severus Snape

"You didn't wrote Peter's name…" Sirius quitely pointed out, looking at Andrea.

"Thena?" Andrea instead asked Athena who shrugged. "I don't know if he has Dark Mark or not. He was being used as spy, he told us remember?" Athena replied and Andrea nodded, tapping her chin.

"By the way, what are your Hogwarts houses?" Remus asked, shifting in his seat slightly, curious.

"I am a Hufflepuff." Andrea replied casually. "Thought that I will be put in Gryffindor, but hat said I am too loyal to be in Gryffindor. Tho I had several friends from other houses."

"And you, Athena?" James asked.

"You will hate me for it." Athena snorted.

"Hate? Slytherin?" Remus asked, narrowing his eyes playfully.

Athena shrugged. "Yeah. Tho I like it. I am more of a Goth Girl." She winked at him.

"You are a Slytherin." Sirius' eyes darkened to a deeper shade of grey. "Who says you won't change sides?" He openly stated, and Athena's face contorted into a deadly one.

"Yeah, that's why I am here, with all those torture marks littered on my body from Cruciatus Curse and trying to give my best friend a life he only dreamed of." She snapped back, crossing her arms.

"But you are a Slytherin!" He snapped back.

"Then it's time you change your mindset, Sirius." Athena quitely replied, all the memories of Dumbledore's Army coming back to her hauntingly. "I will be back in a while." She said and went out, ignoring Andrea and Lily's calls.

"Seriously Sirius? Can't you leave your house rivalry for a minute?" Lily scolded him