"All of you stay down here, and try to calm her down," Dumbledore instructed. "Severus, you come with me...we'll look and see if anything out of the ordianry is going on."
"No! Calisto- Stop!" Remus and Sirius had wealked close to her, but she was fighting with them, trying to run. "Calm. Down." Remus was pleading with her, but she was panicing. Dumbledore and Snape headed up the stairs, hoping to find whoever it was that was causing the disturbance.
"She's strong," Sirius huffed as he struggled to hold her back.
"Calisto, look at me," Remus ordered. "No one is going to hurt you. We won't let them. I swear to it. Please, settle down." His words seemed to finally reach her because she suddenly sagged in their arms, breathing heavily. Sirius let up on his grip, as did Lupin.
"I see no one," Sanpe called.
"Perhaps it would be best to move our meeting to elsewhere," Dumbledore suggested. "I will take Calisto back to Hogwarts with me."
"Pull your hood up," Remus instructed softly. "That way no one will see you." She complied willingly, and holding Lupin's hand tightly, the small group walked up the stairs, trying to act nonchalant as they exited the small back parlor. Even though she was shaking, Calisto couldn't help but look around the edge of her hood at all the people, hoping to catch a glimpse of the evil man...so she'd know where to avoid.
"Listo?" The voice startled both Lupin and Sirius, and Calisto flinched slightly. "Listo?" the voice called again. It was an oily voice, like that of someone who was up to nothing good.
"I'm sorry sir, you must have the wrong person," Lupin said quickly, yet calmly. "My neice's name is Andrea, not...Listo." They started to move quicker, but he also sped up. The little chat had sperated Lupin from the other three, who were waiting at the exit fo them apprehenisively.
"If she is your neice, then you will have no mind of letting me see her face."
"I beg your pardon?!" Lupin demanded. "Hurry up, Andrea dear, go with Uncle Sirius while I have a quick word with this person." Calisto nodded beneath her hood and started to leave as quick as possible, but the man lunged for her, catching the back of her hood, pulling it from her, revealing the mop of oddly shaded hair. He wheeled her around and for a moment the two locked eyes, one pair filled with fright, the other filled with a venomous hatred and disgust.
"You!" he glowered. But, as if all planned, he let go of her and turned on Lupin. "You! You're the one who kidnapped my daughter! Someone arrest this man! He's trying to steal my daughter!" Lupin's gaze met Calisto's for a brief second and they both shared the same thought in the second's panic. Run.
Lupin pushed passed her father and snatched Calisto right off the floor and bolted out the door. "He saw her!"
"I know," Dumbledore acknowledged sadly.
"Remus, give her to me," Sirius said quickly. "She can't stay with you tonight. Send owl when you're well again." Remus nodded, passing Calisto to his best friend. Sirius, in turn, quickly doged into an alley while Lupin ran in the oposite direction, which also lead Calisto's crazed father away from her.
"Calisto, don't worry, that man won't find you again."
"He know's I'm alive," she cried softly. "And he'll not rest until he's taken me back and killed me."
"Who was that?" Snape asked sharply.
"That..." Calisto sobbed, "was my dad. And he's going to kill Mr. Lupin!"
"No! Calisto- Stop!" Remus and Sirius had wealked close to her, but she was fighting with them, trying to run. "Calm. Down." Remus was pleading with her, but she was panicing. Dumbledore and Snape headed up the stairs, hoping to find whoever it was that was causing the disturbance.
"She's strong," Sirius huffed as he struggled to hold her back.
"Calisto, look at me," Remus ordered. "No one is going to hurt you. We won't let them. I swear to it. Please, settle down." His words seemed to finally reach her because she suddenly sagged in their arms, breathing heavily. Sirius let up on his grip, as did Lupin.
"I see no one," Sanpe called.
"Perhaps it would be best to move our meeting to elsewhere," Dumbledore suggested. "I will take Calisto back to Hogwarts with me."
"Pull your hood up," Remus instructed softly. "That way no one will see you." She complied willingly, and holding Lupin's hand tightly, the small group walked up the stairs, trying to act nonchalant as they exited the small back parlor. Even though she was shaking, Calisto couldn't help but look around the edge of her hood at all the people, hoping to catch a glimpse of the evil man...so she'd know where to avoid.
"Listo?" The voice startled both Lupin and Sirius, and Calisto flinched slightly. "Listo?" the voice called again. It was an oily voice, like that of someone who was up to nothing good.
"I'm sorry sir, you must have the wrong person," Lupin said quickly, yet calmly. "My neice's name is Andrea, not...Listo." They started to move quicker, but he also sped up. The little chat had sperated Lupin from the other three, who were waiting at the exit fo them apprehenisively.
"If she is your neice, then you will have no mind of letting me see her face."
"I beg your pardon?!" Lupin demanded. "Hurry up, Andrea dear, go with Uncle Sirius while I have a quick word with this person." Calisto nodded beneath her hood and started to leave as quick as possible, but the man lunged for her, catching the back of her hood, pulling it from her, revealing the mop of oddly shaded hair. He wheeled her around and for a moment the two locked eyes, one pair filled with fright, the other filled with a venomous hatred and disgust.
"You!" he glowered. But, as if all planned, he let go of her and turned on Lupin. "You! You're the one who kidnapped my daughter! Someone arrest this man! He's trying to steal my daughter!" Lupin's gaze met Calisto's for a brief second and they both shared the same thought in the second's panic. Run.
Lupin pushed passed her father and snatched Calisto right off the floor and bolted out the door. "He saw her!"
"I know," Dumbledore acknowledged sadly.
"Remus, give her to me," Sirius said quickly. "She can't stay with you tonight. Send owl when you're well again." Remus nodded, passing Calisto to his best friend. Sirius, in turn, quickly doged into an alley while Lupin ran in the oposite direction, which also lead Calisto's crazed father away from her.
"Calisto, don't worry, that man won't find you again."
"He know's I'm alive," she cried softly. "And he'll not rest until he's taken me back and killed me."
"Who was that?" Snape asked sharply.
"That..." Calisto sobbed, "was my dad. And he's going to kill Mr. Lupin!"