Chapter 3- Everything points to England

"What on earth are you doing here?" Rose asked as she locked the door behind Severus.



"I guess you are undercover here huh? Dumbledore did not mention that," Severus mumbled, looking around the room.

It was probably the smallest and dirtiest apartment he had ever seen. Clothes were everywhere and the sheets on the bed looked like they had not been washed for years. Seeing the look of disgust on Severus's face as he looked around the room Rose shrugged.

"Its all I have to work with. You do not have to worry, I do not really sleep here. Nothing here is mine. I rent it from one of the girls that work here."

"So what are you uncovering here Leslie?" Severus asked with a frown.

"That guy downstairs Jack, is this big international smuggler. He is exporting and importing weapons and explosives illegally. The bad thing about this guy is that he is smuggling both muggle and wizard weapons. He's also selling them to both. Eventually he will reveal the whole wizarding world to muggles."



Severus nodded and Leslie continued.

"If I can get him to admit he smuggled something into New York on tape we will be able to arrest him."



Leslie took a small recorder out of her pocket then put it back.

"Now what are you doing here? Trying to blow my cover once again?"



Severus frowned.

"You can stop bringing that up," he said crossly, "I was sent here by Dumbledore."

"Dumbledore came to New York?"

"Yes, he has something to ask you. Also, Remus came to see Anaka about something."

Leslie's face went pale.

"Remus is here?" Severus nodded.

"Listen, I have to get back to work," she said hurriedly, "If Jack catches on at all I'm a dead spy."

Severus watched as Leslie took out a small piece of paper off the desk and wrote something on it.

"Here's my address. Just incase Remus lost it. I live in the same building as Ana. Stop by tomorrow morning or tell Remus too."

Serverus stopped himself from voicing his nasty comment about Remus and just took the paper.

"Be careful," he mumbled as Leslie opened the door.

"I'll be fine. You watch yourself. Somehow the idea of you running around the city is not a safe one," she replied with a smile.

Severus grunted and slowly walked toward the stairs.

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"I'm so happy my dad is here," Anaka said after the waitress had left.

John had taken Anaka to one of the fancier restaurants in the city. It was a beautiful place filled with fresh flowers of every type. Their table had a lovely vase filled with lilies on it. No matter how long she had known John he seemed to always surprise her.



"It is definitely a surprise," John replied, "I wonder why he wants us to go back to Hogwarts?"

"I know," Anaka said slowly, "its strange. After what happened last year, he wrote me saying he was glad I was in America. Away from Voldemort. It seems strange that he changed his mind."

John nodded. He sighed and took a sip of his water. Anaka smiled sadly at John.



"I'm sorry we have not been able to find Abaron or your sister yet," she said quietly, "maybe if you would just answer your parents letters they could tell us something…"

"After how much they lied to me? One lie after another! No. I refuse to talk to them," John said angrily, "I said goodbye to them and I meant it."

"Is that why you do not seem so happy about going back to England?"

"I don't know. Let's just wait and see what your father says."

"You know Abaron will be moving soon. It could bring us back to Europe for all we know. I'm surprised it stayed here so long. Especially after your mother told me it moves practically every year."

Anaka watched John look out the window. He had such a lost look on his face. Anaka fiddled with the ring on her finger like she usually did when she was thinking. Suddenly a sharp pain went through her finger.

"Ouch…" Anaka murmured. She looked down at the ring to see what had caused the pain. Her eyes widened.

Anaka held the ring up to the light and gasped. The small arrow was moving! It shuddered a moment and then started to spin around the small circle of initials. Then it stopped.

"John! John it changed. It moved!" Anaka cried but John did not hear her.

When he was staring out the window, he had noticed a sudden draft. Turning to ask Ana if she was cold, he froze. His eyes widened. Suddenly it was as if a thousand blurs were running past him. The wind as they passed by got stronger and John realized that was the draft he had felt. Suddenly strange voices whispering a language John did not understand but was somehow familiar to him, started to speak. They seemed to be everywhere and John tried to make out what they were saying. Only when Anaka cried louder did John snap back into reality.

"John are you ok? The arrow in my ring moved. Abaron moved!" she said eagerly.

John nodded.

"I know they moved...I..." John stopped himself. What was he going to say? He saw them move? He heard them talking, telling him they were going to...Europe?

"They are back in England John," Anaka said quickly, "now we have a reason to go back with dad!"

John gave her a confused look. Why did this seem to fit too well? Remus asking them to come back to England at the exact time Abaron returns there?

"I think we need to talk with your father before tomorrow morning," he replied getting up.

The couple quickly left the restaurant.

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Remus was figuring out how to work the television in his hotel room when someone knocked on the door. Wondering who it could be this late at night, Remus opened the door.

"Ana! John! What are you doing here?" he cried, letting the couple enter.



"I see you discovered television," John said with a half smile. Remus quickly shut the TV off.

"What is it? What's wrong?" he asked.

"Abaron's moved back to England," Anaka said quietly, "We would like to know why you wanted us to go back."

"Well, I know you have tutors here but I think you can be better educated at Hogwarts with your friends. Also it might be better if you were there. I think once you and John return so will many other people who can help protect Hogwarts. The last thing I want is for you to be in danger."

"You know I can protect her," John said quietly. Remus gave him a knowing look.

"I'm counting on that. You and others like you can also protect Hogwarts," he replied. John blinked in surprise. Dumbledore wanted him to come back so that others like him would join him at Hogwarts. Then they could protect it.

"I see," John murmured.

"I miss everyone so much dad," Anaka said excitedly, "and now that we have no reason to stay here I don't see why we can't go back!"

"It would be nice seeing everyone again," John said quietly. Remus nodded.

"But…what about Leslie?" Anaka asked.

"Don't worry. I would not think of leaving her here. Dumbledore has a job proposition for her. He even contacted the American Ministry and they said they were going to send her there anyway. Voldemort's getting more powerful every day and he needs to be stopped soon."

Anaka smiled.

"When are we leaving?" she asked.

"Dumbledore said he has tickets for the first flight day after tomorrow. That will give you guys time to pack and I'll have time to tell Leslie."

"Make sure you see her first thing tomorrow. She's busy you know," Anaka said hugging her father.



After making sure her father remembered Leslie's address, Anaka and John left Remus alone. Once his daughter had left, Remus realized he was getting anxious about tomorrow. Remus shook his head. He was an adult now. He should not be getting nervous about speaking to Leslie. Sighing, Remus quickly got ready for bed.