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Ch. 3 – Lots of Talk
We arrived at the Leaky Cauldron around 11:30. When we came in we looked for a table, found one, and sat down at it. At that a waitress came over to us and said, "Hi, I'm Evelyn. Would you two like something to drink?"
"Yes, I would like a glass of ice tea. Lynz, what would you like?" Professor Lupin asked.
"Can I have a…" I said as I quickly looked over the menu, "a butterbeer, please."
"Comin' right up folks! Be right back with your drinks."
"Thanks," Professor Lupin said. "We should look over the menu. Do you know what you're getting?"
"I was thinking of getting the Cauldron Burger with french fries. How 'bout you?"
"I was thinking of getting the same with a caesar salad, too. Oh, here comes Evelyn with our drinks. Be ready to order."
"Here you are. What would you like?"
"I'll have the Cauldron Burger with french fries."
"Alright, and you, sir?"
"I'll have the Cauldron Burger with french fries and a caesar salad, please."
"Coming right up."
When she walked away I decided it was a good time to ask him to tell me about his fiancé' and what went wrong. "Professor, will you tell me about your fiancé'?"
He sat and thought for a second then, "Ok. I'll tell you," he sighed, "Well we dated since I was 15. During the summer of course, because she was a muggle. She had no idea I was a wizard. We dated until we were about 21, then, I proposed and she said yes. I decided I needed to tell her about me being a wizard. When I told her, she freaked and told me the marriage was off. Maybe if I would have told her sooner I could have saved our relationship. I miss her so much. Her name was Tayla Radliffe." I froze. That was Mum's name. Mum said she was 21 when Dad left.
"Lynz, are you ok? Lynz? Talk to me."
"I'm ok. It's just my Dad left my Mum when she was 21 and her name was," I took a deep breath, "Tayla Radcliffe." 'He's my Dad! I have a Dad!'
"Did she have straight, dark brown hair? Green eyes?" Professor Lupin (or my Dad!) said hurriedly.
"Yes! Does that make you my Dad then, because, I mean we look alike and I was born when my Mum was 21 and all I knew of my Dad was that his initials were R. L! My Mum has this jewelry box that says 'T. R. and R. L. Together Forever' on the top. I was suspicious earlier today when the bartender said your name was Remus. So?"
"She kept the jewelry box I gave her? I thought surely she would have thrown it out-" he was interrupted when Evelyn came over with 2 plates and a bowl.
"Here you are, 2 Cauldron Burgers and fries and 1 caesar salad. I'll come back later with the bill. Alright?"
"Ok, thanks," I said hurriedly, trying to get her to go away so I could talk to my NEW DAD!
When she finally walked away Professor Lupin (or my NEW DAD!) finished, "I would have thought she would have thrown the jewelry box out years ago. She didn't want anything to do with me after I told her. We'll have to talk to Dumbledore about this. Tell me, what did your Mother say when she found out you were a witch?" he said in between bites of his Cauldron Burger.
"Well, she didn't like it one bit until Aunt Lia talked her into letting me come here to Hogwarts. She said it would be cool to have a witch in the family! She had a soft spot for Aunt Lia, since she was her baby sister and consented, but she still didn't like it because something bad happened about 3 years ago that was magic because I didn't know they existed except for in fairy tales. So she didn't like magic one bit."
"What bad thing happened that made your Mother hate magic?" he asked looking and sounding concerned
"I'd rather not talk about it till after we talk to Professor Dumbledore." I said finishing my burger and halfway through my fries. "I'm done, how about you?"
"Yeah, me too. Evelyn, can we get our bill please."
"Yeah, here it is. Please pay up front at the counter."
"Ok. How much is it Professor?"
"It's 2 Galleons and 4 Sickles."
"I'll pay for mine and the tip," I said and put 8 Sickles on the table for Evelyn and got out a Galleon to pay for my meal and gave it to Professor Lupin to pay. He pushed my hand away and said, "No, you just pay for the tip. Alright?"
"Alright," I said as I put my Galleon in my pocket.
"Now, let's apparate back to Hogwarts and talk to Dumbledore," he said as we walked out the door of the Leaky Cauldron. "On the count of 3. 1… 2… 3!"
'I don't mind apparating so much anymore. I'm not so worried. Good!' I thought to myself.
'Poof!' we're here. We walked up the stairs to the entry hall. "Where is Professor Dumbledore's office anyway?"
"Right here," he pointed at a stone gargoyle, "Pumpkin Pasty," and the gargoyle jumped out of the way and a spiral staircase came into view. "Here we are," Professor Lupin said as he started walking up the stairs.
I followed him until we came to a door and Professor Lupin opened it and walked in. I followed him in and looked around the room stunned. There're so many pictures, probably of past Hogwarts head masters and mistresses. There was a really pretty red and gold bird in the corner of the room. I walked over to it and started to stroke it.
"Oh, that's Fawkes, Professor Dumbledore's phoenix."
"What's a phoenix?"
"A phoenix is a bird that lives for a long time and it's tears have healing powers." A voice in the background said.
"Professor Dumbledore. How are you?" I asked. He scared me. I thought Professor Lupin was going to answer.
"Albus, while Lynz and I were out we had lunch and I told her about my fiancé' and told Lynz her name, she stopped moving and said that was her Mother's name. She has the jewelry box that I gave Tayla! So, does this mean that Lynz is my daughter?"
"Yes. Lynz is your daughter. And as Tayla Radcliffe is dead, that leaves Lynz to be in your custody, Remus."
"Albus, how did Tayla die? What happened?"
"Remus, I think that's something Lynz should tell you," I looked nervous. I have to tell him everything in order for him to understand. "Now, why don't you two go to Remus' quarters and catch up on each others lives."
"Ok," I finally spoke. I was just shocked that I was right from the beginning thinking Professor Lupin was my Dad! "Let's go."
We walked down the hall to Professor Lupin's quarters. He opened the door and held it open for me and I walked in. His living room sorta thing had leather couches and the shelf across from it was full of books. In front of the couches was a big wooden coffee table with a few books sitting on top of it. There were a few boxes on the floor filled with stuff. I sat down on one of the couches and took a quick look around and he sat down next to me and said, "Sorry it's so messy. I wasn't expecting visitors so soon."
"It's ok. I don't mind at all."
"Will you tell me what happened to your Mother?" Professor Lupin said looking really sad. He'd found the only thing that could remind him of Tayla every time he looked at it. Lynz.
I nodded glumly, "I guess. I don't really know exactly. Here goes, Mum was on her way to the hospital to pick me up-"
"Wait, why were you in the hospital?"
"Well, I'm always at St. Mungo's the day after the full moon," I took a deep breath, "I'm a werewolf. Now you don't want me anymore, do you? Once someone finds out, they don't wanna know me anymore. Especially adults. They're afraid I'll hurt someone. Are you going to keep me now that I told you? Do-"
"Lynz, it's ok. Of course I still want you. You're my daughter and I love you. And know what? I'm a werewolf too. No need to worry. Now, finish your story."
"Ok," I said wiping my eyes. I started crying when I stopped talking. "Ok, she was driving to pick me up from St. Mungo's and she got in a car accident. I started to worry when she wasn't there by 10:00 that night because she said she would pick me up around 5:00 and then we'd go get some dinner. When I woke up the next morning, the nurse came in and said Mum was in a car accident and died instantly. So there was no pain. My Aunt Lia came and told me to stay at St. Mungo's and then on Friday at 1:00 p.m. she would pick me up and drop me off at King's Cross station so I could come here because she couldn't take care of me until school started so I was sent here and that's it. That's how it happened. And it's all my fault! If I hadn't become a werewolf she wouldn't have had to come and get me from the hospital, so she wouldn't have been in the car! It's all my fault!"
"Lynz, no, no, it's not your fault. No, it's not at all your fault." I was still crying, but this time I was sobbing. "Lynz, it's ok, it's ok, it's not your fault. Not at all. Don't blame yourself." He reassured me while I cried on his shoulder.
"Ok, I'm better now. It's ok, I'm fine. So, let's get off the subject. How long have you been a werewolf? I've been one since I was nine. It was in August of that year."
"Since I was about 10 years old. I always told my friends that someone in my family was very sick. By our 2nd year they had it all figured out. I miss them a lot."
"What happened to them? Who were they?"
"Well, my friends were James Potter, Sirius Black, and I guess you could count Peter Pettigrew. Well, James died, Peter died, and Sirius is in Azkaban."
"James Potter, as in Harry Potter's Dad? He's a 3rd year this year. My friend has crush on him and he's sorta one of my friends. And Sirius Black the mass murderer? You were friends with him? Was he nice then? Didn't he kill Peter Pettigrew? -"
"Slow down, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. Here let me show you around. You're welcome here anytime. This is the living room and that," he pointed to a room across from us, "is the kitchen. Over there is my room. And here is the shortcut to the library. I'm the only one who has one. You can stay here whenever you want. It must be lonely in the dorms all by yourself."
"Yes, it is. It's too big to be alone in. It's really quiet with nobody there, especially for the Gryffindor common room! It's always noisy there. I couldn't believe how quiet it was when I got up this morning."
"Yeah, I remember when I was at Hogwarts. Gryffindor common room was always loud when I was there, too. I loved the noise. It helped me study. With James and Sirius at the table playing Exploding Snap. Good times. Those were the days."
"They sound like it. Do you think I could stay the night tonight? We could get to know each other better."
"Yeah, good idea. I'll add another room and you can have it and put whatever you want in there. Just tell me what you want in it and I'll put it there. It'll be ready by tonight. So, write down what you want and I'll get started right away."
"Ok, where's a piece of paper?"
"Right here," he pulled a piece of paper out of a drawer and handed it to me. "Here you go."
I started to write: -Wall Color: Purple -Carpet: lighter purple -Closet: walk in -Tall bookshelf -Vanity -Dresser -TV with a dvd player -Comforter: patchwork, purple *Add anything else you think necessary! (
I handed the paper to my Dad and said, "I hope it isn't to much trouble. It's my dream room and I have stuff to add at home do you think we could go some time soon?"
"Sure. Do you want to go tomorrow?"
"Yes! Well, I'm gonna go get some extra things from my dorm. Like my pajamas and such. I'll be back before dinner."
A/N: How was it? I hope you like it!
Reviews: *Pooki Ze Great: Thanks! I tried to be more descriptive and I gave more background on Lynz and a bit on Lupin!
*Kady Rilla Wholi: Thanks! Know what I LOVE James and Lily stories! Good luck on writing it! I'll look for it!
*read – a – holic: Thanks! I hope you like the new chapter!
Thanks guys for reviewing! More coming up soon! Au Revoir! HarryzBabe
A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers! I love you guys!
Ch. 3 – Lots of Talk
We arrived at the Leaky Cauldron around 11:30. When we came in we looked for a table, found one, and sat down at it. At that a waitress came over to us and said, "Hi, I'm Evelyn. Would you two like something to drink?"
"Yes, I would like a glass of ice tea. Lynz, what would you like?" Professor Lupin asked.
"Can I have a…" I said as I quickly looked over the menu, "a butterbeer, please."
"Comin' right up folks! Be right back with your drinks."
"Thanks," Professor Lupin said. "We should look over the menu. Do you know what you're getting?"
"I was thinking of getting the Cauldron Burger with french fries. How 'bout you?"
"I was thinking of getting the same with a caesar salad, too. Oh, here comes Evelyn with our drinks. Be ready to order."
"Here you are. What would you like?"
"I'll have the Cauldron Burger with french fries."
"Alright, and you, sir?"
"I'll have the Cauldron Burger with french fries and a caesar salad, please."
"Coming right up."
When she walked away I decided it was a good time to ask him to tell me about his fiancé' and what went wrong. "Professor, will you tell me about your fiancé'?"
He sat and thought for a second then, "Ok. I'll tell you," he sighed, "Well we dated since I was 15. During the summer of course, because she was a muggle. She had no idea I was a wizard. We dated until we were about 21, then, I proposed and she said yes. I decided I needed to tell her about me being a wizard. When I told her, she freaked and told me the marriage was off. Maybe if I would have told her sooner I could have saved our relationship. I miss her so much. Her name was Tayla Radliffe." I froze. That was Mum's name. Mum said she was 21 when Dad left.
"Lynz, are you ok? Lynz? Talk to me."
"I'm ok. It's just my Dad left my Mum when she was 21 and her name was," I took a deep breath, "Tayla Radcliffe." 'He's my Dad! I have a Dad!'
"Did she have straight, dark brown hair? Green eyes?" Professor Lupin (or my Dad!) said hurriedly.
"Yes! Does that make you my Dad then, because, I mean we look alike and I was born when my Mum was 21 and all I knew of my Dad was that his initials were R. L! My Mum has this jewelry box that says 'T. R. and R. L. Together Forever' on the top. I was suspicious earlier today when the bartender said your name was Remus. So?"
"She kept the jewelry box I gave her? I thought surely she would have thrown it out-" he was interrupted when Evelyn came over with 2 plates and a bowl.
"Here you are, 2 Cauldron Burgers and fries and 1 caesar salad. I'll come back later with the bill. Alright?"
"Ok, thanks," I said hurriedly, trying to get her to go away so I could talk to my NEW DAD!
When she finally walked away Professor Lupin (or my NEW DAD!) finished, "I would have thought she would have thrown the jewelry box out years ago. She didn't want anything to do with me after I told her. We'll have to talk to Dumbledore about this. Tell me, what did your Mother say when she found out you were a witch?" he said in between bites of his Cauldron Burger.
"Well, she didn't like it one bit until Aunt Lia talked her into letting me come here to Hogwarts. She said it would be cool to have a witch in the family! She had a soft spot for Aunt Lia, since she was her baby sister and consented, but she still didn't like it because something bad happened about 3 years ago that was magic because I didn't know they existed except for in fairy tales. So she didn't like magic one bit."
"What bad thing happened that made your Mother hate magic?" he asked looking and sounding concerned
"I'd rather not talk about it till after we talk to Professor Dumbledore." I said finishing my burger and halfway through my fries. "I'm done, how about you?"
"Yeah, me too. Evelyn, can we get our bill please."
"Yeah, here it is. Please pay up front at the counter."
"Ok. How much is it Professor?"
"It's 2 Galleons and 4 Sickles."
"I'll pay for mine and the tip," I said and put 8 Sickles on the table for Evelyn and got out a Galleon to pay for my meal and gave it to Professor Lupin to pay. He pushed my hand away and said, "No, you just pay for the tip. Alright?"
"Alright," I said as I put my Galleon in my pocket.
"Now, let's apparate back to Hogwarts and talk to Dumbledore," he said as we walked out the door of the Leaky Cauldron. "On the count of 3. 1… 2… 3!"
'I don't mind apparating so much anymore. I'm not so worried. Good!' I thought to myself.
'Poof!' we're here. We walked up the stairs to the entry hall. "Where is Professor Dumbledore's office anyway?"
"Right here," he pointed at a stone gargoyle, "Pumpkin Pasty," and the gargoyle jumped out of the way and a spiral staircase came into view. "Here we are," Professor Lupin said as he started walking up the stairs.
I followed him until we came to a door and Professor Lupin opened it and walked in. I followed him in and looked around the room stunned. There're so many pictures, probably of past Hogwarts head masters and mistresses. There was a really pretty red and gold bird in the corner of the room. I walked over to it and started to stroke it.
"Oh, that's Fawkes, Professor Dumbledore's phoenix."
"What's a phoenix?"
"A phoenix is a bird that lives for a long time and it's tears have healing powers." A voice in the background said.
"Professor Dumbledore. How are you?" I asked. He scared me. I thought Professor Lupin was going to answer.
"Albus, while Lynz and I were out we had lunch and I told her about my fiancé' and told Lynz her name, she stopped moving and said that was her Mother's name. She has the jewelry box that I gave Tayla! So, does this mean that Lynz is my daughter?"
"Yes. Lynz is your daughter. And as Tayla Radcliffe is dead, that leaves Lynz to be in your custody, Remus."
"Albus, how did Tayla die? What happened?"
"Remus, I think that's something Lynz should tell you," I looked nervous. I have to tell him everything in order for him to understand. "Now, why don't you two go to Remus' quarters and catch up on each others lives."
"Ok," I finally spoke. I was just shocked that I was right from the beginning thinking Professor Lupin was my Dad! "Let's go."
We walked down the hall to Professor Lupin's quarters. He opened the door and held it open for me and I walked in. His living room sorta thing had leather couches and the shelf across from it was full of books. In front of the couches was a big wooden coffee table with a few books sitting on top of it. There were a few boxes on the floor filled with stuff. I sat down on one of the couches and took a quick look around and he sat down next to me and said, "Sorry it's so messy. I wasn't expecting visitors so soon."
"It's ok. I don't mind at all."
"Will you tell me what happened to your Mother?" Professor Lupin said looking really sad. He'd found the only thing that could remind him of Tayla every time he looked at it. Lynz.
I nodded glumly, "I guess. I don't really know exactly. Here goes, Mum was on her way to the hospital to pick me up-"
"Wait, why were you in the hospital?"
"Well, I'm always at St. Mungo's the day after the full moon," I took a deep breath, "I'm a werewolf. Now you don't want me anymore, do you? Once someone finds out, they don't wanna know me anymore. Especially adults. They're afraid I'll hurt someone. Are you going to keep me now that I told you? Do-"
"Lynz, it's ok. Of course I still want you. You're my daughter and I love you. And know what? I'm a werewolf too. No need to worry. Now, finish your story."
"Ok," I said wiping my eyes. I started crying when I stopped talking. "Ok, she was driving to pick me up from St. Mungo's and she got in a car accident. I started to worry when she wasn't there by 10:00 that night because she said she would pick me up around 5:00 and then we'd go get some dinner. When I woke up the next morning, the nurse came in and said Mum was in a car accident and died instantly. So there was no pain. My Aunt Lia came and told me to stay at St. Mungo's and then on Friday at 1:00 p.m. she would pick me up and drop me off at King's Cross station so I could come here because she couldn't take care of me until school started so I was sent here and that's it. That's how it happened. And it's all my fault! If I hadn't become a werewolf she wouldn't have had to come and get me from the hospital, so she wouldn't have been in the car! It's all my fault!"
"Lynz, no, no, it's not your fault. No, it's not at all your fault." I was still crying, but this time I was sobbing. "Lynz, it's ok, it's ok, it's not your fault. Not at all. Don't blame yourself." He reassured me while I cried on his shoulder.
"Ok, I'm better now. It's ok, I'm fine. So, let's get off the subject. How long have you been a werewolf? I've been one since I was nine. It was in August of that year."
"Since I was about 10 years old. I always told my friends that someone in my family was very sick. By our 2nd year they had it all figured out. I miss them a lot."
"What happened to them? Who were they?"
"Well, my friends were James Potter, Sirius Black, and I guess you could count Peter Pettigrew. Well, James died, Peter died, and Sirius is in Azkaban."
"James Potter, as in Harry Potter's Dad? He's a 3rd year this year. My friend has crush on him and he's sorta one of my friends. And Sirius Black the mass murderer? You were friends with him? Was he nice then? Didn't he kill Peter Pettigrew? -"
"Slow down, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. Here let me show you around. You're welcome here anytime. This is the living room and that," he pointed to a room across from us, "is the kitchen. Over there is my room. And here is the shortcut to the library. I'm the only one who has one. You can stay here whenever you want. It must be lonely in the dorms all by yourself."
"Yes, it is. It's too big to be alone in. It's really quiet with nobody there, especially for the Gryffindor common room! It's always noisy there. I couldn't believe how quiet it was when I got up this morning."
"Yeah, I remember when I was at Hogwarts. Gryffindor common room was always loud when I was there, too. I loved the noise. It helped me study. With James and Sirius at the table playing Exploding Snap. Good times. Those were the days."
"They sound like it. Do you think I could stay the night tonight? We could get to know each other better."
"Yeah, good idea. I'll add another room and you can have it and put whatever you want in there. Just tell me what you want in it and I'll put it there. It'll be ready by tonight. So, write down what you want and I'll get started right away."
"Ok, where's a piece of paper?"
"Right here," he pulled a piece of paper out of a drawer and handed it to me. "Here you go."
I started to write: -Wall Color: Purple -Carpet: lighter purple -Closet: walk in -Tall bookshelf -Vanity -Dresser -TV with a dvd player -Comforter: patchwork, purple *Add anything else you think necessary! (
I handed the paper to my Dad and said, "I hope it isn't to much trouble. It's my dream room and I have stuff to add at home do you think we could go some time soon?"
"Sure. Do you want to go tomorrow?"
"Yes! Well, I'm gonna go get some extra things from my dorm. Like my pajamas and such. I'll be back before dinner."
A/N: How was it? I hope you like it!
Reviews: *Pooki Ze Great: Thanks! I tried to be more descriptive and I gave more background on Lynz and a bit on Lupin!
*Kady Rilla Wholi: Thanks! Know what I LOVE James and Lily stories! Good luck on writing it! I'll look for it!
*read – a – holic: Thanks! I hope you like the new chapter!
Thanks guys for reviewing! More coming up soon! Au Revoir! HarryzBabe