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Ch. 2

'Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!'

I woke up with my alarm beeping! 'Man, am I gonna have a headache later!' I thought. My alarm is so annoying. It was 8 o'clock on Saturday morning. I barely slept at all last night. I kept having bad dreams about when Mum died. I miss her so much. If only I could have been there. Maybe I could have saved her.

'No, I'm not going to think about it anymore!'

I went to my dorm and took a shower. It felt good to wake up to warm water beating on my back. I was in there for about 20 minutes so I got out and dried off. I got dressed in some muggle blue jean flares and a t-shirt that said 'Angel Baby'. It was my favorite shirt. I bought it with Mum earlier this summer. "Stop thinking about her!" I told myself quietly.

I walked out into the common room and it seemed too quiet for the Gryffindor common room. We need some music in here! I ran up to my room and grabbed my boom box. I put on my favorite muggle cd on: Good Charlotte! I flipped through all the song and decided on my favorite song. It describes me pretty well. It's called Emotionless.

'Hey Dad Writing to you Not to tell you That I still hate you Just to ask you How you feel.

How we fell apart. How this fell apart. Are you happy out there in this Great wide world?

Do you think about Your sons? Do you miss your Little girl? When you lay Your head down, How do you sleep At night?

Do you even wonder If we're all right? But we're all right. We're all right.

Chorus: It's been a long, Hard road without You by my side. Why weren't you there On the nights that We cried? You broke my Mother's heart, You broke your children for life. It's not ok, But we're all right.

I remember the days you Were a hero in my eyes, But those were just a Long lost memory Of mine. I spent so many Years learning how To survive.

Now, I'm writing just To let you know I'm Still alive.

The days I spent So cold, So hungry, Were full of hate, I was so angry, Those scars run Deep inside this Tattooed body. There's things I'll Take to my grave.

But, I'm ok I'm ok.

Chorus: It's been a long, Hard road Without you By my side. Why weren't you There on the nights That we cried You broke my Mother's heart, You broke your Children for life. It's not ok But we're all right

I remember the Days you were a hero In my eyes But, those were just A long lost memory Of mine. I spent so many years Learning how to survive. Now, I'm writing just To let you know I'm still alive Yeah, I'm still alive

Sometimes I forgive Yeah and this time I'll admit That I miss you Said I miss you

Chorus: It' been a long, Hard road without You by my side. Why weren't you there On the night's that We cried?

You broke my Mother's heart, You broke your Children for life. It's not ok, But we're all right.

I remember the days You were a hero in My eyes But, those were just A log, lost Memory of mine. I spent so many Years learning how To survive. Now, I'm writing Just to let you Know I'm still Alive

And sometimes I forgive And this time I'll admit That I miss you, Said I miss you

Hey, Dad.'

Every time I listen to that song, I wanna cry. I never knew my Dad. He left before I was even born. I wonder what he was like. All I know is his initials are R. L. There was a jewelry box in my Mum's room that said:

T. R.
And
R. L.
Together Forever

I asked Mum about it but she wouldn't tell me. So I gave up and now I'll never know!

It's 8:30 and breakfast will be over in a half hour (I'm just gonna say breakfast ends at 9:00 during the summer! I have no clue!) and I still had no reply from Ginny! 'Well, hopefully I'll get it at breakfast.' I thought as I hurried down to the Great Hall.

Sure enough, by the time I got there owl post had already come so Artemis was just sitting at the Gryffindor table waiting for me to get there. I plucked the reply from Artemis' leg just as Professor McGonagall walked over to me.

"Mail, already? Professor Lupin said he wouldn't mind going to Diagon Alley with you to get your school supplies. And to meet him at the entrance around 9:30?"

"Ok, I'll meet him there then."

"Alright have a good breakfast and have fun today."

"I'm sure I will." As soon as she walked away I opened my letter:

Lynz -
Great to hear from you! I'm doing fine! WE just got back from Egypt visiting my brother, Bill.

I'm not trying to be mean, but how did the Weasley's get enough money for an expensive trip like that? I wonder.

Dad won the annual 1,000-galleon prize drawing from the Ministry of Magic!

That explains it then.

I'm sorry Lynz but I can't meet you in Diagon Alley with you today and keep you company. Mum won't take us kids because she's tired out from the trip. So am I. I'll write more later. Reply as soon as you get back from shopping! I want major details about our new professor!

Love Ya,
Ginny

I'll write the second I get back. I decided that I would want to wear robes to Diagon Alley and probably braid my honey - colored hair. I guess I got my hair from my Dad because my Mum had dark brown hair and it was straight. Mine's really wavy. Not straight at all! 'Enough about the both of them!'

As soon as I had finished braiding my hair I walked down to the entrance hall to find a man in shabby robes with quite a few patches on them standing a few feet away from me. This man turned when he heard my footsteps and I saw his hair. 'That's definitely weird!' I thought, 'His hair's the same as mine! Except shorter. (My hair is down to my waist!) I bet it's just a coincidence!'

When the man she thought to be Professor Lupin saw me he said, "Ah, you must be Lynz.I'm Professor Lupin, but please call me Professor. The whole thing is too formal for me. It's a pleasure to meet you. Albus has told me so much about you. How kind and sweet you are. Don't worry," he said when he saw the look of horror on her face. "Nothing bad, just compliments."

"Thank you. Yes, I'm Lynz. It's very nice to meet you as well, though Professor Dumbledore hasn't told me anything about you, as I have yet to see him since I have arrived. Professor McGonagall did say you are a lot better than our lat Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher! And I'm happy about that! He was way too cocky to be a teacher. He lost his memory last year when Harry Potter and Ron Weasley went down to the Chamber of Secrets last year to save my friend Ginny Weasley from Tom Riddle! Oops! I'm rambling on and on about something you probably don't care about and I'm boring you to death! Sorry!"

"Oh, no. It's quite all right. Are you ready to go?"

"Yep! All ready, but I need to stop at Gringotts before we go shopping. I only have a few sickles and Knuts left for the summer!"

"That's fine. Let's go and we can get lunch before we come back to Hogwarts."

"Good idea! I haven't eaten at the Leaky Cauldron in ages!"

"Well, good because I haven't eaten there in a while either and I was hoping you would want to eat there."

And at that we walked just outside the grounds of Hogwarts and Professor Lupin said, "We are going to apparate to Diagon Alley. Or I should say I'll apparate and you hold my hand. Ok?"

"Ok," I said with a look of pure worry on my face. 'We won't splinch. We won't splinch. We won't splinch.' I thought over and over again in my head. Then he said, "Here we go. When I count to 3. 1. 2. 3!"

At that we were in a dark alley which I could only guessed was used for apparating witches or wizards.

"Alright Lynz. This way to the Leaky Cauldron." He said walking out of the alley motioning for me to follow him. After walking for about 5 minutes they finally made it to the Leaky Cauldron.

A man at the bar started talking to Professor Lupin, "Hey, Remus, do you want your regular?"

"Oh, no, I'm just taking Lynz here to get her school supplies for Hogwarts."

"Alright, see you later then," the man said waving goodbye to us as we walked out of the Leaky Cauldron.

We walked to the back of the pub and to the entrance to Diagon Alley and Professor Lupin opened the entryway by tapping the 5 certain bricks on the wall.

We walked to Gringott's in silence. Wait, that guy in the Leaky Cauldron called Professor Lupin, Remus. Which makes his initials R. L. 'How weird is that!' I thought.

"Professor? Are you married? Do you have any kids?" I asked curiously as I put two and two together.

"No, I'm not married and no, I don't have any kids," I felt crestfallen. I hadn't found my birth father after all. "but, I was engaged once."

"What was her name? Will you tell me about it? Wait! Let's save it for lunch so we have something to talk about. Or for you to tell me about and for me to listen. Ughh! I'm rambling again! I'll shut up now and stop bothering." I said really fast.

"It's okay. You have your vault key right?" he said trying to take in all I just said.

"Yeah. It's in my pocket. Let's go in and I'll run down and get some money real fast. Hold on."

"Ok. I'll see you in about 20 minutes ok?"

"Ok. See you then! Bye!"

I walked up to one of the desks and told the goblin, "I would like to make a withdrawal from my vault number 763."

"All right I'll take you down right now."

"Thank you, sir."

"May I have your key Miss Radcliffe?"

"Yes, it's right here in my pocket. Here you go."

We walked to the carts to go down to the vaults and got in one. We went up and down and left and right on hills, over and over again. I was starting to feel sick when with a jolt the mine cart stopped in front of my vault. We both got out and he put the key in the lock and it clicked open. It had very little money in it and I took out a handful of gold Galleons, silver Sickles, and bronze Knuts.

"Thanks that's all I need for now."

At that he shut the vault and we walked to the cart for a 2nd sickening cart ride of the day.

When we got out I told the goblin, "Thanks!" and walked to my Professor who was reading the Daily Prophet.

"Is that good Professor? I never really liked the news but I love to read! It's just the newspaper that bores me."

"Yes, it's quite good actually. You know, I was quite a bookworm at your age. I always had my nose in a book! It helped when my friends and I pulled pranks non-stop on Slytherins and the like."

"That must have been so fun! I would love to do that!" I said excitedly.

"Lynz, let's go get your supplies now that you have your money. Where to first? Flourish and Blotts?"

(A/N: I guess somebody hit a raw nerve there talking about the Marauders!)

"Sure." I said a little disappointed. 'Why did he just suddenly change the subject? Maybe it brought back some bad memories? Maybe I'll ask him about it later.'

The bookstore, Flourish and Blotts, was only a short way from Gringotts, so it only took us about a minute to get there. As we walked in I saw him take out the supply list and told me, "Go get Standard Book of Spells Grade 2. I'll get the other one. Alright?"

"Yeah. That's fine. Be right back," After I said that we both went in opposite directions to get the books. I went to the area marked 'Standard Book of Spells' and found my book easily. I turned around and saw my Professor searching around the 'Defense' shelves and saw him pick one up and walk over to checkouts. I followed him over there and placed my book on the counter top. Professor Lupin followed suit and put it on top of mine.

"Will this be it, Sir? The clerk asked Professor Lupin.

"No, Sir, she is buying these books."

"Well, she looks like she could be your daughter or at least your relative. Sorry, Sir, Miss. I guess I was wrong.

"Yes, Sir, this will be all," I answered the clerk's question because I didn't know what to say, especially to what he said about me being related to Professor Lupin. Maybe even his daughter!

"Miss, that'll be 2 Galleons, 7 Sickles, 4 Knuts, please."

I went through my money bag and found the money. I found I still had enough to fill in the potions ingredients I was almost out of and buy my lunch. Judging by the state of Professor Lupin's robes, I don't wanna spend any of his money, because he probably doesn't have much money.

"Professor, let's go to the Apothecary so I can fill my potion's supply? I'm really low on wormroot and lace wing fly wings."

"Yeah, sure Lynz. Then we're done. I think."

"Yeah, we should be. Then we can go get lunch."

"Alright."

The Apothecary is about a 5 minute walk from Flourish and Blotts, but we were silent the whole way there. The reason I was silent was because I didn't know what to say to after the clerk thought we were related but, I probably would have done the exact same thing if I were in his shoes. Truth be told, I was starting to think the same thing. I mean we do have the exact same hair and the same builds, tall and thin. I'm like 5'6"and he's probably about 6'1". I need to talk to him about this. I mean, this could change our lives! I would finally have a Dad! Something I've wanted since Mum told me it would be me, her, and Aunt Athalia (or Aunt Lia as I call her) all on our ow. I've hated him for leaving me. Every night I prayed that in the morning he would be there in my living room waiting for me. To tell me he was sorry. He never came. I've cried too many times over him. I'm through!

I thought that last thought as we came to the door of the Apothecary. I walked in and started looking for all the potions ingredients I would need when a clerk walked up to me, "You from Hogwarts?"

"Yeah" I answered suspiciously.

"What year?"

"2nd. Why?"

The man ignored my question and went to the other side of the store and picked up a box. Then he walked over to me and gave me the box. I looked down at it and it said, 'Grade 2 Potions Ingrediants Kit'.

"How much is this, Sir?"

:3Galleons, Miss."

"Here you are. Thank you very much."

I walked out of the store and Professor Lupin was sitting on a bench waiting for me to come out.

"Did you get all your stuff? And are you ready for lunch?" Professor Lupin asked. He looked a bit tired. 'He probably didn't get a lot of sleep last night. That's all.'

"Yes and YES! I'm starving! I didn't get much breakfast. I got up a little late for breakfast. Let's go!"

"Alright. Let's go then!"

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