Coming Together

By Lady Lupin

A/N: Ok this is my fic on what Sirius and Remus do during the summer after Harry's fourth year.  It's also a prequel to Harry Potter and the Secrets Within, another one of my stories…  I'd recommend reading this first, but it's not at all necessary.

Disclaimer:  All that is from the Harry Potter world is JK's and I wouldn't dream of saying it was mine, Lenora, Nyah, Anya, Romulus, and Orion however are mine, and if you would like to use them please ask permission first.

Chapter One: Dumbledore's Request

Remus Jonathon Lupin (A/N: have you noticed that of my 3 hp fics, Remus starts out 2 of them? Hrmm, could mean something *Looks at pen name* Well I guess that answers that) was rudely awakened at 6 in the morning when a large black dog jumped up on his bed.  It opened its mouth and was prepared to lick when Remus sat up.

"Stop right there Padfoot, I do not want to be licked."  Remus jumped out of the bed, and with a pop Sirius Lee Black, convicted felon, appeared, laughing hysterically.

"The look on your face!" he laughed some more. "I remember now Moony, you never did like to be slobbered, even though you've done enough of it yourself."

Remus laughed a little because that was an understatement.  He hated to get wet; once they woke him up by having Sirius and Lenora lick him.  Of course they hadn't done that more than once just because it made Remus surly for most of the day.  Remus was just about to yell at Sirius for waking him up so early when a large owl flew in the open window.  It dropped the letter at Remus' feet and swooped out again.

"Hey Moony who's owling you at this time in the morning?  Did you have a hot date last night and not tell me?" Sirius cracked up at his own joke.  Remus just rolled his eyes and opened the letter.  Remus went pale as a sheet, the last time he'd been that pale was the day James and Lily had died.  Sirius took one look at Remus and jumped off the bed and ran to him.

"What is it Moony?" Sirius asked Remus, who looked thunderstruck.  He walked over to the bed and sat down, his head in his hands.  He took a few deep breaths and looked back at Sirius, surprisingly there were tears in his eyes.

"Dumbledore wants us to find Nyah and Lenora.  He seems to think they are alive."  Sirius was not the best taker of news, and as this news could be taken as good or bad he collapsed in a heap next to the bed.

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 "Sirius!  Sirius!  Oh hell! Enervate" Sirius eyes flew open.  He looked at Remus his eyes, still haunted, were now also filled with pain and tears.

"He can't expect that of us!  He knows how much we loved them and now to say they might be alive!"  He looked as if he wanted to break down fully and cry.  Remus also had a similar look in his eyes.

"Come on Sirius, let's give Dumbledore a surprise visit.  We'll check Hogwarts first okay?"  Sirius agreed and they Apparated to a stand of trees out side the Hogwarts grounds.  With a "pop" Sirius was in his other form and they walked through the school gates and up to the school.  The walked into the Entrance Hall and looked for signs of people. 

"Hey Padfoot do you remember if locator charms work inside Hogwarts?" Sirius shook his great shaggy head.  "Oh well, I'll try it."  He performed the charm and immediately Filch came bounding in the hall.  He looked about and his eyes landed on Remus and Sirius.  His eyes widened in surprise. 

"Professor Lupin! What are you doing here?"  He looked suspiciously at Sirius.  "And why is that dog here?"

"I need to speak with Dumbledore, and this dog is part of the matter.  Could you tell me where he is, Mister Filch?"  Filch looked him over and cast Sirius another glare.

"Alright follow me, Dumbledore happened to be in today or else I wouldn't bother!" Remus smiled slightly but Sirius growled a bit, not being in the mood for the uppity caretaker.  They walked down the hall and arrived at the stone gargoyle.

"Fizzing Whizbis" Filch growled.  It hoped aside.

"Thank you Mr. Filch," Remus swept up the steps with Sirius at his heels.  When he reached the top, he knocked on the door, Sirius, however, jumped on it, forcing it open.  Dumbledore looked up as Sirius changed back and Remus walked in behind him.  He smiled at them.

"Sit down, Remus, Sirius, Sit down," He was about to continue, but Sirius interrupted him.

"Dumbledore, I realize that you need every person you can find to join the Order of the Phoenix, but Nyah and Lenora are dead, and you can't possibly expect us to look for them.  And another thing, you also seem to think Anya's alive too, you can't possibly tell Remus to go look for his daughter who has been dead for fourteen years."  Sirius was about to go on but Dumbledore held up his hand.

"Sirius, I understand how you and Remus must feel but you have to see where I'm coming from.  There was never any proof that Nyah, Lenora, and Anastasia died in that building when the Bomb Curse was sent there.  We never found their bodies.  There is a chance they were not in there or they managed to escape in time.  And now I've gotten word from an Unspeakable who was in the Jungles of Africa.  He seemed to have come upon a village where five English wizards lived among the African ones.  Two of them were women, who in fact, fit Lenora and Nyah's descriptions.  There were three children among them as well."  Dumbledore paused for a moment, letting the news sink in.

Remus suddenly had a flashback.

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October 28th 1981

"Lenora, I want you to take Anya and go with Nyah to somewhere safe." Remus looked into his wife's tearing blue eyes.

"Remus, you must come with us, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if something happened to you and I wasn't there," She looked at him, pleading silently.

"You must go, you have to keep Anya safe, we have to think of her now, not just what we want or think," They both turned to look at the floating bassinette beside them, holding a baby girl, with wavy black hair and chocolate brown eyes.  She was barely a year old, turning it the past 1st of September.

After looking at her daughter for a minute she turned resolutely back to her husband, "Alright Remus, we will go with Nyah, but as soon as its safe, you come and find us, I don't care how long we have to wait, we will be together again.  I love you so much."  She kissed him.  They held on to each other tightly before she went to pack her and Anya's things.  Lenora was planning to meet Nyah on the 1st of November, at a safe house in France.

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The flashback ended and Remus jolted back to the present.  That was his last memory of his wife or daughter.  Unnoticed by him, tears were running silently down his face.

Sirius also had a similar flashback. 

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October 29th 1981

"Sirius, NO!  I am not leaving you, James, Lily, Remus, and Peter to face HIM while Lenora and I run!"  Her normally pretty face was contorted with pain and anger.

"Nyah you have to go!  We all are going into hiding!  Peter's hiding now that he's James and Lily's Secret Keeper, Remus and I are always with Dumbledore.  James and Lily and Harry are protected by the Filidius Charm.  Remus and I can't protect you two and work.  Think of Anya.  She needs to be safe, she's my niece and with both you and Lenora there I know she will be."  Sirius looked at her pleadingly.  She could never refuse his big blue eyes. 

"Alright, but as soon as it's safe, you and Remus must come find us.  No matter when or where.  You must!"  Her eyes filled with tears.  "I love you Sirius Lee Black, don't you dare die on me, you be the Grim to everyone but those we care about.  Don't you dare let your Animagi form have anything to do with our lives." Nyah knew there was something fishy about why he was the grim, but no one else thought it important. He held her tight, and kissed her. 

"Nyah, I will always love you and I will do my best to come for you soon," He left with tears in his eyes. 

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Sirius was jolted back to the present by Dumbledore.  Sirius also had tears running down his face, from his last memory of his fiancĂ©e.  He'd already been in Azkaban when the news came in that she and Lenora, along with Anya had died.  They had told him so that he would have another memory to replay over and over while stuck in that horrid place.  It was odd that in a way, Nyah's fears had been right, and he was the Grim to almost all of them.  Dumbledore again cleared his throat.

"This Unspeakable also had information that the witch fitting Lenora's description was the village doctor.  And that the potions master there was the witch resembling Nyah."  He let this sink in.  Lenora had been incredible with healing magic and Nyah was astonishing with potions, she was the only reason Remus had passed it in their 1st year. 

Another memory came to Remus.

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On the Hogwarts Express for the 1st time:

"Here we go," Lenora waved her wand at Remus, "Mendoria," All of the cuts and scratches from his cat healed immediately.

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Remus jolted back in time to hear Dumbledore say, "Is this enough information for you two to travel to this village and see if these women are indeed Nyah and Lenora?"  Dumbledore asked gently.  Sirius first and then Remus slowly nodded.  They were both too stunned to speak. (A/N:  and if Sirius can't say something you KNOW its big ;-))

"Alright, here is the location of the village and the Apparating points along the way, But," He turned to look at Sirius, "remember that they don't know what happened the night Lily and James died, or who caused it."  Sirius snapped his head up.

"Wait, Wait, Nyah does!  She was there with me, Pettigrew, James and Lily, when we performed the charm, and if it is her, she can tell the ministry right?" Sirius inquired. (A/N: Sirius is one of my favs, there was no way he wouldn't have a way to have his name cleared ;-))

Dumbledore smiled, "That is entirely possible.  Now head out and do try to be back before the summers over."  They said goodbye and left Hogwarts.

Dumbledore sighed and looked over to Fawkes, "Well my friend, we may have two more people for the Order, If my senses tell me correctly those witches really are Nyah and Lenora.  Things are coming back together, if these two are not dead, then James and Lily may still have a chance."  He left his office, with Fawkes, heading for O.o.t.P. headquarters, hidden deep in the Forbidden Forest.

A/N: Right, now I've already got the next chapter written, so I want at least five reviews before I post it!  (Hey if others do it then so can I)