CPTR 3
When Medea awoke she had no idea where she was, what had happened. Suddenly the words of Remus and Dumbledore came back to her and her blissful ignorance was shattered. Sirius was dead, Voldemort was back and she was in Britain to help stop the pain of innocents; She was here to stop other innocent people like she was from feeling the pain and loss that she had felt every day for fifteen years. Medea dragged herself out of her bed and noticed that her carpetbag had been placed next to her on the chair. She pulled a pair of black leather flare leg trousers out and an oversized soft dark red sweater and put them on, her boots and jewelry including a large garnet ring Sirius had given her on her graduation from Hogwarts completed the outfit. As Medea turned to look in the mirror she noticed that her skin was even paler than usual and her gold eyes were huge, making her look shell shocked. She brushed her waist length wavy black hair and left the room.

Remus was waiting outside Medea's room for her to wake up, sitting in a plush chair and thinking. "This was no way for her to be welcomed home," he thought to himself, "She loved him so much." He sighed heavily and felt older than ever. The door opened and Medea stepped out. Remus jumped up out of the chair and it disappeared, "Good Morning, Goldie." Medea turned around and looked at Remus, managing a weak smile. "Morning," she mumbled, "when do we start off?" Remus looked at her critically for a moment before saying, "As soon as you're ready." "Well, I'm as ready as I'll ever be," she said weakly. Suddenly Remus grabbed her and wrapped her in a huge bear hug, "I'm glad you're back, Medea, I really am," Remus said into the top of her head before kissing her hair quickly. Medea wrapped her arms around her friend, her only friend now, and hugged him as ferociously as he was her, "Thank you Moony, that means more to me than you'll ever know." Without a word they walked out of the castle and off the grounds of Hogwarts, apparating as soon as they set foot outside.

They both appeared with a loud crack outside Grimauld Place, making sure that no Muggles saw them. Remus handed Medea a scrap of parchment and suddenly the huge house appeared between 11 and 13 Grimauld Place as soon as she read it. They entered the house without knocking and quietly slipped down to the kitchen. Remus announced their arrival as he walked through the door. Many red-haired teenagers, three red haired adults, a teenage girl with bushy hair and a boy that was almost the spitting image of her dead brother greeted him. They were obviously delighted to see him, and not wanting to intrude Medea receded into the shadows of the doorway, all the while staring at the boy who was obviously her nephew, Harry. The bushy haired girl was the first to notice her, "Who is that, Professor Lupin?" Medea's face split into a sarcastic grin, "Professor?" she asked incredulously, "since when are you a Professor, Moony?"

Remus looked at Medea and smiled at the grin on her face, "I was the DADA teacher for a year, Goldie." Medea had to try and stifle a laugh, however unsuccessfully, "Professor Moony!" Seeing the comaraderie between Medea and Remus, everyone relaxed. This woman must be trustworthy if she knew Lupin as Moony. "Let me introduce myself, my name is Medea Psyche Amberline Potter." Their was a slight gasp as the teenagers and one of the adults heard her last name, Harry's bowed head snapped up and he eyed her quizzically. "I'm James' twin sister." Harry's eyes grew huge for a moment as the pretty woman smiled kindly at him. He could see the love and sweetness in her huge amber eyes and knew that here was a true Aunt, not the pathetic facsimilie that Petunia was, but someone who was his family. Harry slowly rose out of his seat and approached Medea, and without warning hugged his Aunt for the first time.

After everyone was settled and suitably introduced they all sat down to listen to Medea's story. Molly and Arthur Weasley were aquainted with Medea from many years ago. Bill, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George all welcomed her and Hermione was anxious to know everything that had happened to Medea. Harry just sat on her right side and stared at her as if he had never seen anyone like her before, and Remus sat on her left side passing out butterbeers. When everyone was settled Medea started.