Back Where I Belong

Me: Wow, Erin's boring. Oo

Erin: Um… I have your personality.

Me: Shut up.  Stop pointing out my stupidity.  Maybe I think that I'm boring (which I do) henceforth you are.

Erin: But you like to Roleplay me and you like to put me in stories!!!

Me: *hangs head* You win…

Oo don't ask.  Everything will be safer that way.

CHAPTER III

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Erin grumbled grumpily fiddling with her broken wand, trying to fix it.  It had not been that big of a deal the day before, but now it was just driving her absolutely crazy.  She wanted it fixed, she wanted to be able to still do magic.  Her wand was made of Dragon Heartstring and Cedar, and, well, had been 13 inches long until it broke.

She began to gnaw on one part of it, absentmindedly as she walked.  She was going to go to Voldemort, well; actually, she was looking for him.

Suddenly she thought she heard something, and, one half of her broken wand still in her mouth, she looked around and stopped walking.  The petrifying spell then used, and she hit the ground with a faint thud.  As was Erin's side-effect to most spells, she became unconscious.

When she finally came to, she was in a place where she did not want to be, no matter what.  She was in Azkaban.  Anger suddenly burned up inside her; this caused some dementors to move towards her cell.  She glared; she didn't care how much was drained out of her.  She was just angry.  The dementors almost taunting sweeping movements made Erin even more agitated.

Erin was there for quite a long time; well, that's what it felt like.  She was only there for two weeks and they were ready to take her to trial.

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It just happened that the day Erin was being taken to trial, was also the day that Remus was at the Ministry with Arthur, Hermione, Harry and Ron.  They were just briefly stopping there because Arthur needed to pick something up.

"So, how were your summers?" Remus asked Harry, Ron and Hermione.

"Not as good as it could have been," Harry said.  "But… better."

"Mine was great," Ron said.

"Mine was just… normal," Hermione answered.  She had not told Ron about the discussion she had with Remus, but she had told Harry in case he had any more dreams with Erin in it, and Harry had promised Remus that if he had any more dreams he would tell him, whether it be within a letter or not.

"Um…" Remus was about to say something, when suddenly a large group of Aurors walked past them.  Remus looked to see who they had, and was very shocked to see it was Erin.  "So it is Erin… the girl in your dreams, the death eater, it was Erin…" he said softly, mostly to Harry.

It was very clear that Remus was highly disappointed with Erin and very upset.  "No… no she didn't kill anyone Remus, she's guilty of nothing.  She never told any secrets of yours or ours, she never killed anyone, she only stood there while others told the news," Harry said.  Remus nodded.

"Then there is no need to put her to trial.  She's innocent."

Before Harry, Hermione or Ron could say anything, Remus had run down the corridor after the Aurors and Erin.

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Remus had managed to get into the trial, thanks to Dumbledore who was also there to be at Erin's trial.  After repeatedly thanking Dumbledore, who, after each time, just waved a hand as if dismissing the thanks, the trial began.

A dementor had accompanied Erin to the trial, and was standing beside her.  Remus and Dumbledore instantly knew that, no matter what Erin's plea, no matter how the evidence turned out, they were going to have the dementor use the dementor's kiss on her.  Remus listened carefully throughout the trial, especially when he found out she was charged for, not only being a death eater, but for attacking muggles and wizards alike on full moons.

Ooh Erin… what happened to you?  You used to be so careful about what you did… Remus thought to himself as he watched the entire trial.

Remus was violently pulled from his thoughts when he saw the dementor sweeping towards Erin, who was backed against a wall.  She was not chained in the chair, she had never sat down, and yet they charmed the doors to not let Erin out.

At first Remus was at a loss of what to do, but then he pulled out his wand, and threw it.  Erin saw the wand, and caught it easily.  "EXPECTO PATRONUM!"

Erin's patronus, which was a cobra, coiled itself out of the wand tip, and hissed, raising its head at the dementor.

It snapped at the dementor, and the dementor began to back off.  When the snake did not disappear, the dementor left.  In the distraction of the silvery serpent slithering through the courtroom, and the Minister and others trying to get rid of it, Erin had managed to get the doors unlocked with the help of Remus's wand and leave the courtroom quickly.  She left Remus's wand outside the door, after getting Peter, who was there, to charm it to float there.  She then swiftly left with Peter, leaving the Ministry.

Once outside the Ministry, so that it would not look suspicious, Peter and Erin apparated to where Voldemort was.

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Voldemort stood and moved forwards to Erin once she was with him, along with Peter and, not just Peter, but Lucius as well.  Lucius looked towards Erin when she got there.

"Get caught, Moonshadow?"


"I wouldn't talk Malfoy," Erin said, as Voldemort, amazingly, embraced Erin from behind.  Erin allowed him, nearly melting into him but not really, because Peter and Lucius were there.  "After all, you were caught making-out with Narcissa in the girl's bathroom… the GIRL's bathroom…" her voice was softer, calmer, more dreamy, as Voldemort brushed some of her hair out of her face with one hand, one arm still around her.(Unbelievably, it's fun to make Voldemort like this… same with Erin… even if Erin will be with Remus; this is hilarious on my point of view!)

Lucius clamped his jaw shut and said nothing more.

Eventually, Lucius left the room, and Peter did as well, leaving Erin and Voldemort alone.  Erin was still leaning back against Voldemort, who was playing with her hair with one of his skeletal white hands, and the other arm was still around Erin. (You'd have to be crazy to think Voldemort is attractive, but Voldemort, when he's Tom Riddle, is attractive.)

Carefully Erin reached back, arms going around Voldemort's neck (he was taller than her).  They just stood there for a while, Erin lost in thought, chills running down her spine from Voldemort's cold hands.

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After leaving the courtroom, Remus snatched his wand, having found it floating in the air.  Luckily, nobody had caught him throw it at Erin, because he had made it look like an honest mistake of dropping it.  Although Fudge wasn't pleased even if it was an honest "mistake", he didn't say anything to Remus, he went to send Aurors to hunt down Erin again.

Dumbledore looked at Remus, standing behind Remus, but before he could say anything, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Arthur all ran towards them.

"What did you run off for?  Leaving the kids alone in the Ministry!  They could have gotten lost!" Arthur said, panting.

"Sorry Arthur," Remus said.

"I wanted him to come with me to Miss Moonshadow's trial," Dumbledore said, although, Dumbledore, as far as Remus knew, didn't know that Remus had been there until after he was in the courtroom.

Arthur looked at Dumbledore, a little confused but nodded.  "Moonshadow… Moonshadow… now, where have I heard that name before?"

"Erin Moonshadow, I used to talk about her quite often… she was one of the original members of the Order of the Phoenix back with Lily and James," Remus answered, and Arthur nodded.

"Ah yes!  I remember her!  What was she accused of?"

"Attacking muggles and wizards when she was a werewolf on full moons… and being a death eater.  Both have enough evidence to have the dementors steal her soul and lock her in Azkaban until the day she dies," Dumbledore said.

Arthur seemed slightly shocked, but nodded.  He had known Erin to be similar to Remus in several ways; she used to be slightly shy, but was quite out-going all the same.  She was very sweet, especially for a girl who had been in Slytherin.  "Well… sorry of blaming you on running off then Remus," Arthur said.  "I'm sure the kids have been here before anyhow, I was just a little worried, that's all."

"It's all right Arthur," Remus said with a weak but reassuring smile.

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Me: I know that chapter was shorter than most, and it was a pathetic ending to that chapter, but I want to write the next chapter, and so yeah… it's a little odd.  I'll have the next chapter posted later tonight or tomorrow.