Author's note: Sorry about the wait guys, life has been hectic. This is the last chapter and there may be a sequel, but at this moment, I don't think I could tell you yea or nea. I hope you enjoyed reading this. Look for some more of my stuff soon.
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It was late on Christmas; Bellanne was walking around the house cleaning up a bit before bed. Cordelia and Hermione had gone to bed, while Harry decided to spend the night at the Weasley's. It was quiet in the house and the peacefulness soothed her. She smiled at Remus as he walked down the stairs in a pair of flannel pants with a large envelope in his hand. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"I have one last gift for you." Remus said handing her the envelope.
"Remus, you spent way too much money," Bellanne said, "Money we don't have."
"This is really a gift for all of us, you, me and Cordelia." Remus said to her as he swept her off her feet and carried her to the couch. Bellanne kissed his neck sweetly as he sat down on the couch with her in his arms, "Open it." Bellanne opened the envelope and pulled out a picture of an old two-story building.
"What is this?" She asked.
"This is a building in Muggle London." Remus said, "It used to a dumpy restaurant, but it went out of business."
"What are we going to do with this?" Bellanne asked in confusion.
"I was thinking we could open up a restaurant, together." Remus smiled at her.
"Remus, we don't have money for this." Bellanne sighed, "We can barely afford to send Cordelia to school."
"Don't worry about it, I've got it covered."
"Did you find a magic hole of money some where?" Bellanne asked in confusion, "Because last I checked, we were near broke."
"Let's just say I came into some money and I paid off some of our debts, put some away and used the rest on this."
"Remus?" Bellanne said, "What did you do?"
"Bell; there is no law that says a werewolf can't own a business." Remus said, "And even still, I put it all in your name so you're the business owner, in case a law is passed."
"What did you do?" Bellanne asked again.
"I gave the ministry information that lead to the recapture of Lucius and Bellatrix." Remus finally admitted, "For my help, I received a hefty reward."
"What about Narcissa?" Bellanne asked, "She didn't go to Azkaban did she?"
"What does it matter?"
"She has a son, Remus," Bellanne sighed.
"No, she wasn't taken to Azkaban," Remus replied. Bellanne was quiet for a moment before she spoke again.
"A restaurant?" Bellanne smiled.
"Yep, but here's the best part." Remus smiled at her.
"What this gets better?"
"Absolutely," Remus said as he tightened his grip on her, "The upper level is a five bedroom apartment."
"Five bedrooms?" Bellanne whispered in shock, "What are we going to do with 5 bedrooms!"
"Well, I figured one could be for Harry when he comes to stay with us after his sabbatical at his aunts." Remus admitted.
"Harry?"
"And obviously, one is Cordelia's."
"And the other two?"
"Guest rooms for who ever needs them." Remus told her, "Bell, Sirius made me promise that if any thing ever happened to him I would look after Harry."
"I don't intend on letting you break that." Bellanne reassured him, "Does any one know about this?"
"Everyone knows about this." Remus laughed. Bellanne laughed with him, wrapped her arms around his neck, and laid a loving kiss on his lips. Just then, Cordelia burst out of her room and ran down the hall with a black owl in her arms.
"Cordelia, what are you still doing up?" Bellanne asked, "Whose owl is that?"
"This is Pansy's owl." Cordelia said, "She sent him to me with a letter."
"What's wrong?" Remus asked, for he could see the worry in his daughter's eyes.
"Pansy's parents, they kicked her out of the house and cut her off from them completely." Cordelia said, "She said she's staying with Goyle for the moment, but she doesn't know how long that's going to last because his father is still loyal to the Malfoy's." Bellanne sighed and looked at Remus.
"Cordelia," Remus started, "I know how you feel about Pansy, but we can't have her stay here, with this place being what it is."
"Dad, what can we do?" Cordelia said as she sat next to him and gave her best puppy dog eyes.
"We can't know for sure if her loyalties are with Voldemort's followers or not." Bellanne said, "And for sure, we can't have Goyle here."
"Pansy said that Greg's dad is mad at him about the whole deal with the dragon, but that he's sure his dad won't disown him like Pansy's parents did."
"Why would her parents do such a thing?" Bellanne asked.
"Because she told Draco that since his dad is known Voldemort follower, she didn't feel the need to suck up to him for status." Cordelia said nonchalantly. Remus and Bellanne raised their eyebrows and looked at each other in shock.
"Angel, send her a letter and tell her to meet us in the Leaky Cauldron the day after tomorrow and we'll talk with her then." Remus smiled at her, "We'll work something out." He looked to Bellanne, "I'll go talk to Dumbledore tomorrow and see what he suggests."
"REALLY!" Cordelia squealed as she threw her arms around her father's neck, "Oh thank you!"
Two days later, Bellanne and Remus walked into the Leaky Cauldron and looked around at the tables and booths in search of Pansy Parkinson. There was no sign of the Slytherin girl or Goyle for that matter. Remus walked further into the restaurant, when he finally caught sight of her hiding in a corner with her cloak hood pulled up over her head. Remus nodded to Bellanne in the direction of the booth and the two of them walked over.
"Pansy?" Remus questioned lightly as he walked up to the booth. The girl peered out from her hood and looked at them with a slight smile.
"Hi," she meekly replied as the two took a seat, "Where's Cordelia?"
"She's outside with Hermione." Bellanne replied as Pansy swallowed hard.
"So, we heard your parents have disapproved of your epiphany." Remus started, Pansy nodded.
"They gave me no money, a bag full of clothes and sent me on my merry way." Pansy sighed, "They said if I ever came back again, they'd kill me." Bellanne frowned at her words.
"What about your education?" Remus asked, "Are you able to finish that?"
"My parents paid for all seven years of Hogwarts up front." Pansy said.
"And they can't take it back." Bellanne laughed.
"So, at least you can finish there." Remus said, "Because that's most important right now, whether you see it that way or not, your school is most important." Pansy nodded.
"The big issue right now, is where you're going to stay during holiday." Bellanne said, "and with your background and your beliefs, I'm concerned about bringing you into my family's home."
"They were never my beliefs." Pansy said sincerely.
"Enlighten us." Remus said.
"My whole life, my parents raised me to follow in their foot steps." Pansy said, "I was to finish school, marry into a rich, full-blood family, and bare heirs to the fortune."
"I want to believe you Pansy, I really do." Bellanne said reaching into her pocket, "But, you're going to have to drink this for us to know for sure." She placed a tiny vile on the table in front of Pansy, "We have too much at stake to just let you in."
"I understand." Pansy said a she popped the cork off the vile, "bottoms up." She smiled a she drank the liquid.
An hour or two passed while Remus and Bellanne grilled the young girl with questions about trust. The potion eventually wore off and Pansy looked at the two with hopeful eyes.
"Well, did you get what you needed?" Pansy asked. Remus stood up from his seat and took Bellanne's hand.
"Give us a few minutes to discuss things and we'll be back." Remus said as he helped Bellanne to her feet. The two left the restaurant and almost instantly, Cordelia came running in with Hermione dragging her feet behind her. Cordelia took a seat next to Pansy and gave her a huge hug.
"Pansy, how are you?" Cordelia asked her friend as Hermione sat down.
"I've been better," she said as drank the water in front of her.
"I can't believe your parents would just kick you out like that," Cordelia huffed, "What kind of mother would agree to that?"
"I was just their ticket to money." Pansy sighed as she looked away from them.
"So what are you going to do now?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know. Maybe after school, I'll travel a bit. I have a little bit of money to access from my vault." Pansy smirked, "See where I end up." Just then Remus walked back in, without Bellanne.
"Daddy," Cordelia asked.
"Here's the deal, Pansy." Remus said, "You'll be staying with us, on holidays." Cordelia's eyes lit up, "But, Professor Dumbledore is going to have to do something about things you may see or hear. At least for a short while."
"Oh thank you!" Pansy smiled with relief.
"These are trying times." Bellanne said as she walked up to her husband and took his hand, "We have to stick together if we want to make it through this." Remus looked down at his wife with a sweet smile.
"They are the ties that bind." Remus told her as he kissed her sweetly.
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ok, that's it for now. I may do a sequel, but not at the moment. Sorry I took so long, school's been a bitch. But I hope you liked this. I have a new one coming out soon. It's not a sequel to this, but take a look.