Chapter 12: 11th May 1988 AD / 37 BBY, Wales

pov: Albus Dumbledore

It was shortly after midnight and after finishing all of the paperwork that needed to be done he sat down in his chair and thought about the pressing issues.

'Yesterday was a disaster.' he thought unknowingly echoing the thought of his percieved foe 6 days before. Not only had he lost a good friend and vital ally in the order in Remus Lupin especially should Tom come back, and Albus knew that he would find a way eventually, no even worse was the memory that Remus had shown them before leaving the order. What Albus had seen there shocked him on so many levels. First.. how had Lucius Malfoy found out about the children missing? Perhaps they weren't careful enough in their search. Talk about bad luck that two deatheaters had found the children when they were defenseless.. or not so defenseless after all. This was even more worrying. The children had shown remarkable skills in defending themselves but also ruthlessness when they killed the deatheaters. Had Revan, Magnus Revan now that he knew the full name, corrupted them with dark magic? It certainly seemed that way as Albus knew no light magic that allowed their caster to choke their enemy to death. Even simply watching the memory he could almost feel the rage coming off Violet when she killed the man he recognised as Tarbor Carrow. Another man with great potential lost to death.. Young Tarbor had never been the most powerful but he made that up with hard work and a lot of intelligence, interestingly he was basically the opposite of his older siblings. Albus' mind went back to the children. They had done all that without wands... which was incredible but that also meant that the showoff against Vernon Dursley wasn't the only thing Revan could do no, he was proficient in using magic without a wand.. to what degree Albus couldn't guess but it made Revan even more dangerous. Or did it? Revan seemed to atleast treat the kids well and even got them to call him dad and his, what Albus assumed to be his life partner, mom. They had very likely never called Vernon and Petunia that way... Ah yes the Dursleys. He wept internally as he thought about one of the greatest failures in his life. He would soon make another visit to the Dursleys to clarify some things, he had trusted them and they betrayed that trust by taking their hate of magic and determining the innocent children as the cuplrits... maybe he had to rethink his policy of trust in the good of humans. Her certainly had made a big mistake.. perhaps it was time he started to involve others in his plans. Minerva would probably a good first person for that. He sighed, he had failed Harry, Rose and Violet so much he would have to make it up to them somehow. And he knew how to make the first step to healing his relationship with them.. approach Revan. He suddenly smiled to himself.. perhaps this wasn't as difficult as he had thought first. He was sure that Remus likely wanted to meet Revan again aswell.

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pov: Unknown ?th ? ? AD / ? BBY, Unknown location

The figure suddenly found itself in a different location. All the voices.. they were suddenly gone. There was no contact with it's collective anymore. It's body was suddenly completely functioning again however. Looking around it found itself on a planet it didn't recognize. Hearing sounds coming from afar an evil smile formed on its face. Regaining its connection to the collective was important as it couldn't function properly without it but that could wait a bit. It seemed like help had just come even if the people involved didn't know it themselves.

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pov: Remus Lupin 11th May 1988 AD / 37 BBY, England

Remus was currently in his cottage near Southhampton. He was currently busy thinking of what he could offer to Revan and the children.. well he would think of something or maybe Revan had an idea himself. He looked at his muggle clock, it was almost 4am, he would need to start preparing for the meeting soon. He was thinking of what to take with him. Would he be allowed to visit the kids regulary? Maybe if he was very lucky Revan and Bastila would allow him to stay permanently.. it would give him a purpose again atleast. The sound of apparition brought him back to reality.

'Who could that be?' thought Remus.. in the 4 years he was living here now he had had only one visitor and that was Alb... oh no.. Opening the door he saw that it was indeed Albus.

„Hello Remus I apologize for the inconvenience but could we perhaps talk about what happened?"

It was phrased as a polite question but Remus knew that it was partially a demand aswell, Albus really seemed to be determined.. for what Remus wasn't quite sure but he would probably find that out in the next few minutes.

Pov: fluent between Albus Dumbledore and Remus Lupin

After they both sat down on chairs in the living room, Remus asked tiredly

„Okay Albus what is it? Are you here to admonish me for my rash actions?"

Albus was a little hurt that his former student thought he would come after him.

„No, no I realised that I made a huge mistake and I wanted to apologise to Harry, Rose and Violet" this surprised Remus a bit but he didn't let that show.

„I think that would be the right thing to do Albus.. but why have you come to me and not seeked out Magnus yourself?"

„Well you see I have tried to find out but I don't really know where they live"

„And you think I know?"

„Maybe, maybe not. Probably not however. I don't think Revan would trust you so easily with something like that. Not yet atleast but perhaps after a second meeting hmm?"

Shit.. it was easy to forget how old Albus was sometimes, how much experience he had with people and thus how good he was at reading them.

„... how did you know?"

„Oh I didn't but you just confirmed it to me." Albus said to Remus smiling.

Oh god dammit.

„Alright I trust you on this"

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pov: Magnus Revan 11th May 1988 AD / 37 BBY, Wales

It was 7am and time to travel to Cardiff again. But before he left he needed to do a quick check on the children. Stopping in front of the door that lead to their room he suddenly remembered something.

Flashback

pov: Magnus Revan December 1986, Wales

On christmas eve the kids had come to them with shy gazes and asked them for something they never even considered and which because of that surprised them.

„Magnus, Bastila?" „What can I do for you three?"

„We.. we wanted to ask you if we could sleep in the same room. It doesn't have to be the same bed but we are so used to feeling eachother's company when we sleep. It comforts us and lets us feel safe" said Rose timidly.

Magnus and Bastila once again silently cursed the Dursleys for their behaviour and their treatment of the kids, they had been doing that a lot lately.

„I think I see no problem with that" he answered.

„Are you sure about this Harry, Rose?" Bastila asked for their opinions and the kids nodded. And so it was. The next day the kids had moved to a larger room and nightmares became a lot less common. Magnus and Bastila didn't know but this little gesture earned them a lot of browny points with the kids and paved the way for a future family of them and the kids.

End of Flashback

Rose woke up 4 days ago but her injuries still hadn't healed completely.

Naturally Magnus, Bastila and Jolee were worried that she had been maimed forever so it was decided that today Magnus would ask Remus if there was even something they could do.

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One hour later and Magnus was walking towards the beach where the battle took place. Going around a corner he saw that Remus was already there but was looking at him nervously. He didn't have to look far to see the reason for Remus' nervousness and Magnus froze for a moment. Next to Remus stood the one and only Albus Dumbledore.