Chapter 10
"Are you sure?" Remus asked sitting down on one of the couches.
"One with the connection. It makes perfect sense. I'm your mothers connection to this world, and your connection to her. All we have to do is find the amulet, say the spell….and…bring your brother back to life? Isn't that against the laws of magic?" Hermione sat down at well. The thrill of figuring out the mystery had left at the thought of how many magical laws this would be breaking. Something could go horribly wrong. She looked dazed at Remus. "We can't do this, Remus, it goes against everything…"
"We have to." He cut in. "It's the only way my mother will find peace. We must look for the amulet. Did the journal mention where it was?"
"I…I don't know. We could go check…" Well, if he was going to do this, Hermione would do it as well. They both trouped up the stairs and into the bedroom. Remus picked up the diary and started thumbing through it. Hermione spotted a lone piece of paper lying on the floor and picked it up. She unfolded it and studied it carefully. "Hey…Remus, I think this is a map to the amulet and to the box….There are two different X's labeled box and amulet on here…." Remus grabbed the map from her.
"C'mon, get dressed. We're going to go find these items. If I'm reading this right, they are in the front yard." Remus looked up at Hermione. "Hurry up!" Hermione ran across the hall and transfigured her PJ's into some clothes suitable to get dirty. They both dashed outside and Remus counted steps and looked at relative location until he came to a spot near the flower bed. "This should be where the amulet is." He transfigured a branch into two shovels and they began to dig. It took them 30 minutes, but finally they dug out what appeared to be an old cloth that was wrapped around an amulet. They didn't look at it, but instead went straight to work at the next spot. The next "X" was next to a tree in front of the house. It was the same tree Hermione had drawn Remus' mother standing by. Hermione reveled in the coincidence but quickly started to dig to avoid the looks Remus was giving her. They dug quickly, Remus ignoring his aching back, Hermione ignoring the handsome man digging beside her. She was really starting to mentally slap herself every time she started to look up at him. He was handsome, sure anybody could see that, but he was old, and her teacher, and somewhat crazy about this whole spell thing. She was brought out of thoughts by Remus cheering.
"I found it!" Remus cheered again pulling it out and carrying it towards the house. Hermione ran after him. When they reached the house, Remus ran up to get the diary leaving Hermione to guard the amulet and box. Neither one saw or felt the haunted eyes that fell upon their every move. Neither did they hear the anguished cries of one who wanted to communicate with them but was kept from doing so. Soon they would know. Soon. They had to be made aware of the truth.