CHAPTER 24: Remus and Sirius
January 12, 2005
Remus and Sirius sat back in their secret chambers deep in the school, playing with their two young charges. Daniel and Souroch loved to play with each other on the floor, and could often be found exploring every nook and cranny of the large room. It was late morning on that cold winters Wednesday. Remus could often be seen holding both children with his large black dog following them around. They had made it a point to go and visit the parents as much as possible. Lily had been released the day before so Snape was pretty much letting Draco take care of the child all the time now. The only time Snape was with the child was in the evenings and after dinner, when the baby slept in his quarters.
Remus put both children in the two-child stroller they had found in the nursery, Sirius changed into his dog form as they left the chambers and went into the hall heading for the Hospital Wing. They had been walking for around ten minutes, they were more then halfway they're when the two babies started to scream at the top of their lungs. The two adults looked around looking for the source of what the babies were crying for. McGonagall joined them with a screaming Julie, and Dumbledore with a screaming John. McGonagall pointed at the beetle that quickly flew away, the babies got quiet again.
"What was that?" Lupin asked bewildered.
"A beetle, we believe it's someone in there animagus form. I called the ministry, and they have no records of a beetle animagus form, nor do any of the other countries. So he or she is an illegal animagus," Dumbledore explained. Lupin nodded, and they all walked to the Hospital together, talking about possible reasons why the babies were reacting like they were to it.
As they walked into the Hospital Ward, they noticed Draco, with Lily in hand sitting by the now awake parents. The babies squealed at seeing their brother and sisters, and parents. The parents smiled and held out there hands for the babies, who quickly slid down the adults holding them, and ran over to their parents beds, who each bent down and picked them up happily. The parents smiled at the teachers.
"Thank you for taking care of them. Has anything happened we should know about?" Harry asked, picking up Lily, who was standing on Draco's lap trying to get on to Harry's lap with Daniel.
"We have figured out what is making the babies cry. It seems that there is a beetle that keeps appearing wherever the children are. The kids seem to be able to since it and they react by screaming and crying in fear. We have our suspicions that the beetle is an animagus form." McGonagall explained. The three teens looked at each other in horror.
"Rita Skeeter!" The three said loudly.
"Hermione, you let that git out?" Ron asked uneasily.
"Well I couldn't keep her in that jar forever, you know." Hermione shot back at him.
"I no, how long has she been loose?" Harry asked.
"I let her out right before fifth year started, I kept her long enough that she would be fired from her job, like we agreed to." Hermione calmed down a little bit.
"Okay, so we know she did not get her job back, we would have noticed, do you think she has gone to work for Voldemort?" Ron asked.
"She seems like the type doesn't she?" Hermione groaned.
"So you're saying that Rita Skeeter is an animagus?" McGonagall asked.
"Yeah, did your beetle have little circles around its eyes?" Harry asked.
"As a matter of fact."
"Yep, that's her. We figured her out during our forth year, that's how she was getting her so called "inside" made up and not so made up stories, she was there, and she was interviewing our enemies at the time." Ron stated. Draco slumped in his chair.
"It's all in the past." Harry smiled reassuring him. "Anyways, the night Voldemort was brought back, Hermione caught her in the infirmary."
"We locked her in a bottle and decided to keep her there until we were sure she would no longer have a job when she came back as payback for the nasty articles she had written about us, and everyone else." Hermione explained.
"Should have left her in the jar if you ask me." Ron mumbled.
"Had we known, we would have." Harry stated, rolling his eyes.
"Very well, at least we have a name for our spy. As long as you have a baby along with you, you have a warning if she is around. Be careful what you say when your not with the babies, you never know who could be listening." Dumbledore smiled. "Well I'm glad to see the four of you up."
"So are we, Pomfrey says we can be released tomorrow morning." Ginny grinned.
"Ah, good, good. We will keep the babies for you until then, you need your rest." Dumbledore picked up John, much to John's disappointment. The minute Dumbledore picked him up off of Ron, he burst into tears, holding his arms out towards Ron.
"It's okay, John. I will see you tomorrow." Ron smiled, as Dumbledore took the still crying baby out of the hospital ward. The other's cried as they were taken from their parents. Draco picked up Lily, and started to walk out, Lily, also started crying doing the same as the others. Harry smiled at her and waved goodbye. As soon as they were out of the infirmary, the group sighed sad sighs and lay down, falling asleep almost immediately.
January 12, 2005
Remus and Sirius sat back in their secret chambers deep in the school, playing with their two young charges. Daniel and Souroch loved to play with each other on the floor, and could often be found exploring every nook and cranny of the large room. It was late morning on that cold winters Wednesday. Remus could often be seen holding both children with his large black dog following them around. They had made it a point to go and visit the parents as much as possible. Lily had been released the day before so Snape was pretty much letting Draco take care of the child all the time now. The only time Snape was with the child was in the evenings and after dinner, when the baby slept in his quarters.
Remus put both children in the two-child stroller they had found in the nursery, Sirius changed into his dog form as they left the chambers and went into the hall heading for the Hospital Wing. They had been walking for around ten minutes, they were more then halfway they're when the two babies started to scream at the top of their lungs. The two adults looked around looking for the source of what the babies were crying for. McGonagall joined them with a screaming Julie, and Dumbledore with a screaming John. McGonagall pointed at the beetle that quickly flew away, the babies got quiet again.
"What was that?" Lupin asked bewildered.
"A beetle, we believe it's someone in there animagus form. I called the ministry, and they have no records of a beetle animagus form, nor do any of the other countries. So he or she is an illegal animagus," Dumbledore explained. Lupin nodded, and they all walked to the Hospital together, talking about possible reasons why the babies were reacting like they were to it.
As they walked into the Hospital Ward, they noticed Draco, with Lily in hand sitting by the now awake parents. The babies squealed at seeing their brother and sisters, and parents. The parents smiled and held out there hands for the babies, who quickly slid down the adults holding them, and ran over to their parents beds, who each bent down and picked them up happily. The parents smiled at the teachers.
"Thank you for taking care of them. Has anything happened we should know about?" Harry asked, picking up Lily, who was standing on Draco's lap trying to get on to Harry's lap with Daniel.
"We have figured out what is making the babies cry. It seems that there is a beetle that keeps appearing wherever the children are. The kids seem to be able to since it and they react by screaming and crying in fear. We have our suspicions that the beetle is an animagus form." McGonagall explained. The three teens looked at each other in horror.
"Rita Skeeter!" The three said loudly.
"Hermione, you let that git out?" Ron asked uneasily.
"Well I couldn't keep her in that jar forever, you know." Hermione shot back at him.
"I no, how long has she been loose?" Harry asked.
"I let her out right before fifth year started, I kept her long enough that she would be fired from her job, like we agreed to." Hermione calmed down a little bit.
"Okay, so we know she did not get her job back, we would have noticed, do you think she has gone to work for Voldemort?" Ron asked.
"She seems like the type doesn't she?" Hermione groaned.
"So you're saying that Rita Skeeter is an animagus?" McGonagall asked.
"Yeah, did your beetle have little circles around its eyes?" Harry asked.
"As a matter of fact."
"Yep, that's her. We figured her out during our forth year, that's how she was getting her so called "inside" made up and not so made up stories, she was there, and she was interviewing our enemies at the time." Ron stated. Draco slumped in his chair.
"It's all in the past." Harry smiled reassuring him. "Anyways, the night Voldemort was brought back, Hermione caught her in the infirmary."
"We locked her in a bottle and decided to keep her there until we were sure she would no longer have a job when she came back as payback for the nasty articles she had written about us, and everyone else." Hermione explained.
"Should have left her in the jar if you ask me." Ron mumbled.
"Had we known, we would have." Harry stated, rolling his eyes.
"Very well, at least we have a name for our spy. As long as you have a baby along with you, you have a warning if she is around. Be careful what you say when your not with the babies, you never know who could be listening." Dumbledore smiled. "Well I'm glad to see the four of you up."
"So are we, Pomfrey says we can be released tomorrow morning." Ginny grinned.
"Ah, good, good. We will keep the babies for you until then, you need your rest." Dumbledore picked up John, much to John's disappointment. The minute Dumbledore picked him up off of Ron, he burst into tears, holding his arms out towards Ron.
"It's okay, John. I will see you tomorrow." Ron smiled, as Dumbledore took the still crying baby out of the hospital ward. The other's cried as they were taken from their parents. Draco picked up Lily, and started to walk out, Lily, also started crying doing the same as the others. Harry smiled at her and waved goodbye. As soon as they were out of the infirmary, the group sighed sad sighs and lay down, falling asleep almost immediately.