Author's note - Ok, here's the next chapter. Becky Screech has been changed to Christine. I've been busy so I couldn't write but here it is. Please ignore all errors. Thanks to
Jay Potter - Thanks for reviewing and reading, thanks always for everything. I'll find a day for the four of us (Z, you, me, and Triple A) to do the box. C ya in school.
Howler Wolf Maraud - OH! Sounds like Howler's getting jealous! Don't worry you have Daniel and I have Lance. I'm happy with Lance as you are with Daniel. Thanks again for being the WICKEDEST big sis in the world.
Screech - Don't worry I'll switch it. Thanks for reviewing, and being....Screech--like
Any who here's the next chapter :
"So...." Keara started. "What now? I don't think we could stay here, your Dad'll be back soon. Howler you don't have a place, and last night was the full moon so Moony won't be up for company."
Sirius' ears perked up, did she just say Moony? Obviously Howler was thinking the same thing for she said, "Moony? Keara I know Hogwarts is real, but Moony? I think you've lost it sis."
Keara pouted and crossed her arms over her chest, "I am not! When I got here I had no where to go, which was the stupid part of Ripper's plan not giving us anywhere to go. Any who I met up with Moony, we become friends, and he offers to adopt me. He wrote back to Tom and Tom agreed. We're al still signed up there so we can still be adopted by people. Another brilliantly stupid part of Ripper's Master Escape Plan."
Daniel looked confused, "Ripper? Who's she?"
Keara and Howler looked at each other and burst into laughter. Howler laughed out. "Wait...till Ripper finds out he's a girl!"
Keara nodded, "Ripper, Dan, well...she's a boy. Though we'll be sure to inform him of his...er...change of species. OH! What a wicked dog!" Keara knelt down by Sirius, scratching him behind the ears. Freckles hissed at Sirius.
Daniel groaned, "Don't start on that again."
Keara gave him an 'angel of innocence' smile, "Why what would I start on Danny?"
"Don't Keara," Daniel warned her.
Keara looked thoughtful, "Well it's really wicked that you seem to know something I don't. Cause I'm wicked smarter than you, and me, being the wicked girl I am, usually know the wicked thing you're going on about. It's wicked that for once you seem to know something wickeder than I do. Howler don't you think that's wicked? I think it's really wick-"
Keara was cut off as Daniel placed a hand over her mouth, "Don't you say wicked one more time."
Howler laughed, "Wicked has always been Keara's favorite word."
"I know," Daniel replied, he looked up at Howler, blushed, and looked away. "So...what now?"
Keara detached herself from Daniel, "We can go to my place. Moony knows you, Daniel, and he's heard all about you Howler. Plus he said he's been looking for a big black dog, I think this might be the one he's talking about."
Everyone nodded and Keara lead them outside. The lot of them started walking towards the forest on the outside of Daniel's mansion. "So," Daniel started breaking the silence. "Who is Ripper? One of your boyfriends."
Howler and Keara laughed in perfect unison, "No," Keara said. "He's a guy at the orphanage, well...not any more. He came when I was five, and we became friends, then Howler came around age seven, Skitters around eight, and Luna and Screech together at nine. So together we formed a group called the Marauders' Legacy."
"Yeah pretty much, neither Keara, I, or any other girl in the Legacy has a boyfriend." Howler said.
Keara began to blush, "Actually Howler...I just met this guy here....his name is Lance Malfoy..and..well he seems to like me alot and I..."
"Am crazy about him too," Daniel finished, Keara gave him a playful push. "You are! I introduced them, and they totally hit it off. It was, if I may use your word Keara, WICKED!"
"No and go ahead you can use MY word," Keara said, blushing like mad.
Howler smirked, "Keara and Lance sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes-"
"MOONY'S HOUSE!" Keara exclaimed, cutting Howler off.
The trio had emerged from the forest into a clearing. There sitting right in the middle was a cozy looking cottage. It was medium sized and looked like a cottage right out of a fairy tale. There seemed to be two floors, each of a decent size. The second floor had stained glass windows, which in the light made rainbows. The house seemed just like a place Keara would live in, so Howler could see why she looked so happy about getting there.
"Come on," Keara said, motioning them to follow her inside.
Daniel and Howler nodded following Keara, who walked forward and opened the door to the house. They walked into the front hall and Keara lead them towards another room. There was no door, only a large arch, which lead into the living room. There was a fireplace in one corner, a muggle TV, a large black stereo system, many photos of the Marauders or Moony and Keara. There was a large blue couch and five blue chairs scattered around the room.
A man sat in one of the chairs, rubbing his temples, and mumbling to himself. He was a little thin, and pale, he had milky chocolate brown hair, with flecks of gray in it. He was mumbling, "Please...please let her be ok. Somehow make her be ok."
Keara blushed and smiled fondly at Remus Lupin. This was probably the first time ever someone had really loved and cared about her, aside from her friends, Howler thought. Howler knew that Keara's parents never had loved her at all. They said she was just a mistake, a bad thing that had happened to them. They abandoned her at the orphanage when she was a baby and never looked back.
Keara walked forward, "Moony I'm home."
Remus looked up and stared at Keara, tears forming in his eyes. In an instant he had leapt up and threw himself at Keara. He hugged her for a moment before lifting her up in the air and spinning her around, while Keara laughed like mad.
"OH!" Remus exclaimed, setting Keara down and hugging her again. "I was so afraid I would never see you again! There was all this blood on the floor, no note, you seemed to have just disappeared! I'm so glad to see you've all right. You are all right aren't you?" Remus pulled back and began to examine Keara.
"I'm fine Moony. I'm fine. It was Daniel's Dad. He came and took me, then he left me at Daniel's house. Dan found me and we came back here. Oh, and Howler arrived, too! Would you mind them staying? Howler has no where to go and Daniel can't go home cause his Dad's gonna be really mad at him."
Remus just smiled wider. "Of coarse! It would be great to have a bunch of kids around for a while. Oh, and before I forget that boy...Ripper you called him, owled you back. Also Dumbledore said he'd be glad to have you and you're friends join Hogwarts."
"WICKED!" Keara yelled. "Hey Howler, Daniel come on over!"
Daniel slowly walked out and stood by Keara, with Howler following, and Sirius trotting behind. "Hello Remus," Daniel said cheerfully.
"Hey Dan. How are you?" Remus replied, speaking as if they were old friends.
"Oh, I'm fine. A bit tired but all right. How about you? I know there was a full moon last night." Daniel said back to Remus.
Remus' smile barely faded. "The full moon was all right, and more or less the same. So, you must be Howler." Remus added his gaze turning to Howler.
Howler nodded. Woah, she thought. So, this is Remus Lupin. Moony. The werewolf of the Marauders, the one who's careful and gets them out of trouble. The one who made it all possible. The one who....well she could probably go on forever about Moony. "Yeah," she answered him. "I'm Howler, and you're Remus Lupin right."
"Yes but you can call me Moony, everyone else here does, at least Dan and Kea do," Remus said.
(Author's note- Kea is pronounced Key-A just so you know and people have asked how to say Keara. It's Key-Are-A. Hope that clears things up.)
Howler smiled thinking, I can call him MOONY! He used to only let the Marauders call him that! Howler smiled, "Ok." She noticed how Moony had an arm protectively around Keara's shoulder, while she smiled and blushed.
Remus looked down at Sirius and smirked, "Well, Padfoot. I must say this is a surprise. I'm at least glad you remembered where your best friend's house was." Sirius' ears went back, and he put his shaggy head down. He looked a little ashamed, that is if a dog could look ashamed.
"So it is Padfoot?" Keara questioned looking hopefully up at Remus. Remus nodded still smiling and Keara giggled. "This will be a fun year. I'm gonna take these two up to my room and get them settled in. Bye Moony, see ya Padfoot."
"Ok, I'll get dinner started," Remus replied, giving Keara a kiss on her forehead, before heading in the kitchen with Padfoot following.
"Come on you two," Keara said, she walked into the hall, her friends following. She started walking up the spiral stairs, Howler was looking at the pictures that lined the walls. Some were of the Marauders and other of Keara and Moony. Finally they reached the top where two large tapestries stood. One was of a large black dog, a gray wolf, and a snow white stag standing in a forest. The other had the same wolf, though this time on a cliff. There was a full moon above his head, he was in a position that suggested he was howling at the moon. Next to the wolf was a girl, who looked a bit like Keara. The girl was sitting next to the wolf and softly stroking his head.
Keara cleared her throat and the girl in the tapestry turned around. She smiled stood up and waved at the trio. Keara turned to Howler, "This is Kitty and Loner. They guard the entrance to my bedroom. You tell Kitty the password and then Loner will give you a sniff to see if you're trustworthy. Then you can enter. The password is Strider."
Howler laughed at the password. Keara blushed, "Hey I can't help it if I like him." Meanwhile Kitty went over and whispered something in Loner's ear. Loner turned and started towards them. He nodded at Keara and Daniel. Howler looked confused so Keara put in, "He knows us already and you're new to him."
Howler nodded as Loner tilted his head up and sniffed her, how he did that from inside a tapestry (which is made of silk) is anybody's guess. Nevertheless Loner raised his head let out a soft howl and Keara swept the portrait aside. She stepped inside followed by Daniel and Howler.
Howler quickly glanced around the room. The walls dark blue and had tiny little white stars that shimmered at the trio. The walls though were almost covered in posters of *Nsync, Dream Street, Backstreet Boys, Aaron Carter, the real Marauders, the Marauders' Legacy, and some of Keara and Dan. There was a blue iMac sitting on a aqua blue desk. A dark blue bookshelf full of muggle books, magical books, and some of Keara's writings, there was a (you guessed it) blue CD-player with an *Nsync CD in it on the bedside table, also blue. Her glasses case lay next to it. The bed was blue with a blue canopy, blue curtains, and the sheets had a wolf howling at the full moon.
It was very obvious that Keara liked
blue. Even though Howler knew purple was her favorite color. The only thing
sitting out was a boy sitting on the bed. He had his greasy raven black
hair slicked back, a pale face, and menacing pitch black eyes. Keara gasped
when she saw him and he looked up. A smirk came to his face and he chuckled.
Howler knew in an instant that she didn't like this boy. The boy smirked
even more when he noticed Howler and Daniel. He said in a dangerous whisper,
"Why Keara I thought you'd never get back. And look you've brought a mud-blood
and a muggle-lover."
Author's note - Anyone know who it is? Well of coarse
you don't! I made him up, but Howler (yes everyone she IS real) you know
who I'm talking about. Or at least you should. He's the older brother of
my boyfriend, Lance. The guy who I made up and he doesn't like me much.
Oh well, you'll all just have to find out next chapter. ^-^ Please review.
*~*And They All Lived Happily Ever After*~*
*~*Keara Jordan*~*