The departure

As Harry stepped onto the train he felt as if he had just walked under a waterfall but he wasn't the slightest bit wet.

"Moony, what was that?" he asked as he glanced up at his father's only remaining friend. 'Wormtail has been disowned.' Harry thought to himself. As that dawned on him he again glanced up at Moony and realized that Moony was in the same boat he himself was in. 'We both are hurting over losing Sirius.' Harry thought as he saw the eyes of his last remaining connection to his father. Suddenly Harry realized that Remus was talking to him.

"Harry are you listening to me?"

"Sorry I guess I just zoned our for a sec. What were you saying?"

"Your dad use to do that all the time when he thought about your mom. So who is the lucky girl?" Harry blushed a nice shade of pink.

"There is no girl, everyone that I love dies."

"That's not true. I love you and I'm not dead."

"That just means you'll be next" Harry squeaked out in no more than a whisper.

"I am a werewolf so I heard that. Look at me." He waited a minute for Harry to look up but he never did. So he reached out and lifted his chin. "Harry I love you like the son I can never have. Did you shoot the curse that hit Sirius?"

Harry didn't trust himself to speak so he just shook his head.

"So you didn't kill Sirius. That cow of a death eater did."

"Yeah but if I hadn't of been deceived he would have never been in that situation."

"Do you think Sirius enjoyed staying at his house?"

Again Harry just shook his head.

"He died the best way he could. He believed he was saving you and he did from what I saw."

"I guess your right."

"I know I am. I knew him since we were eight."

"Really?"

"Yep. Why don't we go find a seat and I'll tell you about some of the good old times."

"Sounds good but you never answered my question."

"Which one?"

"What was that feeling when I came in?"

"That was the wards Tonks put up for us setting themselves. Now not a single thing from the magical world can get into this train. Why don't we go to the front car for the first class and get a seat in the middle so that we can get one with a table."

"Lead the way." so they found one with a large couch on each side of a mahogany table.

As soon as they sat down the stewardess walked up and asked, "Can I see your ticket please?"

Both of them pulled one out to show her. "Ok can I get you something to drink?"

"I would like a cherry coke please?" Harry answered. "What about you Remus?"

"Same for me please."

"Give me a minute." The stewardess answered and she was gone.

"Now Moony do you know what you just ordered?"

"Of course not. I may work with muggles from time to time but I do not live in their world."

"Easy Moony you don't have to explain to me. I can understand especially since you are a werewolf."

"Exactly. So what did I order?"

"You ordered the best soda ever."

"I can agree with you there young one. Is there anything else that I can get you?" the stewardess announced as she walked up with their drinks.

"No I think that will be fine for now." Harry answered.

"Dinner will be served at 5. I will drop by from time to time to check on you two. Make yourselves at home. We should arrive around 6:30 tonight." And with that she was on her way.

"So what do you think of it Moony?" Harry asked as he watched his new companion take a wary sip.

"Interesting. Bubbly like butterbeer, but it has a nice cherry flavor. All in all a great drink. What did you call it again?"

"It's called cherry coke. If you want it in the future make sure you ask for coke. There is an American product called Pepsi that makes the same thing but they use to much sugar. Its quite nasty."

"How would you know? I thought the Dursleys didn't give you that kind of stuff."

"There are other ways of getting it." Harry smirked as he leaned back to get comfortable.

"Ok smart ass, spill." Remus chuckled at the far off look on Harry's face.

"Well when you are locked out of the house for a week you kind of find ways to fend for yourself."

"When did they lock you out of the house? And for an entire week?" Remus exclaimed as he sprayed his coke all over the table.

"When I was ten. It was about two months before I got my letter. I had done better on my end of term exams at the primary school than Dudley did. They thought that I cheated and needed to learn a lesson." Harry answered. 'Why am I telling him this? I never tell anyone about what happened before Hogwarts.' Was the only thing running through Harry's mind.

"Well God as my witness, you will never be going back to your relatives ever again."

"Moony, for you not being in the muggle world much you sure do use a lot of muggle terms."

"Well I got addicted to the television. Where we are going there are both muggle and wizarding appliances and entertainment…" Remus was going to continue but was cut off.

"Where are we going by the way? We've ditched Moody, so tell me where we are going."

"Lets wait till the train leaves. I don't want to take any chances."

"What? Don't you trust Tonks' spell work?"

"On the contrary. I trust her very much. She may be clumsy at times, but she is one of the best Spellcrafters I've seen since your mom."

"My mom was a Spellcrafter!?" Harry exclaimed sitting up at the mention of his mom.

"Yep and a darn good thumpin' one at that. She loved Charms in school and when we graduated she wanted to continue along those lines. Since she was a Muggleborn, the theory came easier to her. She could use her imagination and didn't believe that magic has limitations. I remember the first time I met her."

"Why? What happened?" Harry was very excited. He was finally going to hear something about his mom.

"Well…"

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Ginny Weasley was not having a good summer. Not a good one at all. It hadn't even started yet and she knew it was bad.

~Flashback~

When she got off the train with her brother, Hermione and Harry, her parents were waiting for them. She could immediately see that all things were not right. Her mom had that look in her eyes that said she hadn't slept in weeks. She was also very thin. She was also very nervous. There were also several Order members as well. She wondered why there were so many but she happened to overhear Professor Lupin telling Harry that they were going to give his family a talking to. She agreed with Harry when he pointed out that it probably wasn't a good idea. Once again they didn't take his word for it. 'I mean after all, he's lived with them since he was one.' She thought to herself.

She followed in the back of the group to see what was going to happen. She had to laugh when Mad-eye revealed his magical eye. Harry's uncle was scared out of his mind it appeared. He almost fell over as he jumped back. 'Good thing he didn't fall. The size of that quake would be off the scale. Boy what those Muggle Studies classes teach a person. Maybe I can talk to dad about some of it.'

As they turned to walk back to their trunks she saw her dad run past her to get back to the Grangers. 'On second thought, no I won't be talking to dad.' She realized.

"Ginny, Ginny, Ginny, what are we going to do with you?" She heard from behind her.

"Why Gred, what ever do you mean?" she responded already plotting her revenge.

"Wow sis. We just want to talk is all." Fred responded holding his hands up at the look in his sister's eyes.

"Last time you told me that I wound up degnoming the garden for a month because of you two."

"Yeah but this time we have a proposition for you." George answered.

"Ok in front where I can see both hands from both of you now. Then maybe I'll listen." She said as she drew her wand. She knew she couldn't use it but if worse came to worse she would. Rule breaking wasn't a concern she had at the moment.

The twins complied, brandishing both hands palms up for her to see. "See little sis we won't do anything to you. What we want is you to go into business with us. We aren't at school anymore and we need a co heart in crime to raise havoc at our dearest Hogwarts."

"Why me and not Ron?" She asked raising an eyebrow.

"Could you see Ron doing anything that would put him out of line with Hermione?" Fred asked pointing over to the said red head. He was standing listening with great interest to Hermione dictate the interaction between her parents and Mr. Weasley.

"You got a good point there Feorge. I got all my money says that their together in a month." Ginny agreed as she followed her brothers' gaze.

"No way. This is Ron we're talking about. I say Christmas." George answered. "And how much you got little sis?"

"I have seven gallions."

"Count me in too. I got seven says the last week of the summer" Fred jumped in.

"So that's seven gallions a piece. Winner takes all. Closest to the correct time wins. Agreed?" George conquered.

"Agreed." The other two answered in unison.

"Agree on what?" Ron asked as he walked up with the rest of the family.

"Nothing at all little one." Fred answered winking at Ginny.

"We had better get going. We have a long walk to get to #12." Mrs. Weasley announced.

"What do you mean? We have to walk?" Ron groaned.

"Sorry but it's one of Dumbledore's new security features for the place. Since Sirius' assets were frozen when he fell through the veil, no one can touch the house. Dumbledore isn't allowing anything magical in unless on foot and designated to be accepted by the wards." Mr. Weasley answered.

"Well can't we portkey to the boundary and then walk form there?" Ron questioned again.

"No. If we tried we would be sent to the dungeons of the Ministry." Mr. Weasley answered his son. "I suggest we follow your mom's order so we can get there by night."

"I didn't know the Ministry had dungeons." The twins yelled at exactly the same time.

"They are very secretive. You need to know because that's where you will end up if you don't obey the rules of the wards." Mr. Weasley answered.

"Why aren't we going to the Burrow?" Ginny asked the unspoken question between her and her brother.

"The Burrow isn't safe. Now lets go." Mrs. Weasley ordered.

~End Flashback~

So here she was. Walking down the streets of Muggle London. She has no idea where they were except that they were going north according to the compos she had gotten at the end of the year for her Muggle Studies summer homework. They couldn't even levitate their trunks because of the muggles so they had to drag them behind them. This greatly slowed them down and they had to stop quite often to rest since the twins had decided to leave the minute they heard that they had to walk. Where they went Ginny wasn't sure. She was also pretty sure that she didn't want to know where they were.

So they were going back to headquarters. 'Great, just great. Sirius won't ever be coming home.' She realized. This just proved to make it all that much worse.

They had only left the train station about fifteen minutes before when she heard a very familiar sound. Looking up she saw Hedwig coming towards her carrying her cage with her.

"Dad! Look, it's Hedwig and she's carrying her cage. What if something happened to Harry?"

"Arthur, they wouldn't have." Molly hollered as she covered her mouth tears beginning to flow down her face.

"I don't know dear. You get the kids to the house. I'll go get Dumbledore and see what's going on." He said as he gave her a kiss and disapperated.

'Harry please be alright.' She thought to herself. "Lets get going. We still have a long ways to go." She said out loud to her kids.

Ron tried to take Hedwig but she wouldn't leave Ginny's shoulder. "What's her problem?" Ron asked as she nipped his finger.

"I don't think she wants to leave me. She knows that I'm worried about Harry and wants to comfort me. Plus I don't think she likes Pigs too much."

"I'm worried too. Why won't she comfort me?  Why wouldn't she like Pigs?" Ron huffed getting redder as he went angry and jealous.

"Well she's a girl like me and we understand each other better. As for Pigs, he's an annoying little twit." And as if he realized that they were talking about him Pigs started to squawk and beat his feathers around. "See." 'I sure ainte going to tell him that most of my second year I spent in the owlery. I had no friends after the whole chamber thing. When I was there Hedwig was one of my favorites.'

"Pigs stop that. Calm down. Arrrggghhh!!!" Ron hollered as he gave up and followed after his mom dragging his trunk behind him.

It took them nearly two hours to get to #12. They had to make frequent stops to rest. The hole time Hedwig stayed with Ginny. He glided right above her trunk almost as if she were protecting it. All the while she kept a vice grip on her cage. As they approached the house Molly pulled out two pieces of parchment.

"Here read this." She instructed giving her two kids each a copy.

The order of the phoenix resides at #12. 'I wonder why we have to read it again. We were her last year. The street isn't on her either.' Ginny thought.

"Why do we have to read this again? And why isn't the street mentioned?" Ron expressed her thoughts.

"There are new charms up." Was the only thing she told her kids. "Tonks left the order last night. Albus had to reset the wards since she is gone."

'I wonder what made her leave.' Ginny thought.

As they looked up after reading it they saw the house appear and the paper glowed white and then was absorbed into their hands.

"Ok now you can enter the wards by other means than foot. You only have to walk into the wards your first time then you can enter by any means possible. Lets get inside and I'll make you some dinner." Molly announced as she headed towards the house.

Once she knocked she could hear the portrait screaming. It took several minutes for someone to answer. When the door finally opened she was about to hex them for taking so long till she saw that it was her husband and he looked haggard and very much older than his age.

"Come in. We're in the middle of a meeting. The kids need to come." Was his only reply.

"NO! Absolutely not. My kids are too young to join the order." Molly screeched.

"NO Molly. Ron and Ginny need to sit in on this meeting." A new voice echoed over the screeches of the portrait. Looking around her husband to see who had the nerve to tell her how to handle her kids. Upon seeing who it was though she sheepishly agreed. Albus Dumbledore was not someone to argue with.

"Yes Albus. We need to eat anyway."

"Kreacher has prepared some sandwiches. Please be quiet Mrs. Black." He answered as he turned to address the portrait.

"You filthy Muddblood lovin fool. This is an outrage. Kreacher, KREACHER, get rid of this filth from my house." She yelled in response.

"Haven't you found a way to get that thing off the wall yet?" Ginny asked.

No. Unfortunately not." Dumbledore answered. "Come to the kitchen. We are just getting started. You are the last to arrive." So they followed him to the kitchen.

"I call this meeting of the order of the phoenix to order…"

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"Well it was our first day of school. Sirius and I were getting ready to step onto the platform when this little doll with red curly hair approached us and asks, 'I heard you say platform 9 ¾ can you help me? I need to find it and this is my first time.'

Sirius and I looked at each other and Sirius got that goofy grin on his face, you know the one where it's painfully obvious that he's up to something. I said, 'Sirius what ever it is no.'

He says to me 'relax and enjoy the show.'

He stepped over to your mom and says, 'Hey red, I'm Sirius. Sure you can hang with me all day long.' And stuck his arm out for her to take…"

"He actually did that?"

"Yes he did. He even tried to sound all romantic about it. The thing your mom didn't know was that he had put a dung bomb in the crook of his arm so when she took his offered arm she grabbed the dung. It blew up all over her clothes. He fell to the ground laughing. Till this day I don't know how she didn't get a letter but she pulled her wand and turned his clothes inside out. He just so happened to have a pair of boxers on that his mom had made him wear with little pink hearts on them.

It was Harry's turn to spit coke all over the table as he started laughing. "Did you at least get a picture?" Harry inquired.

"No I did not, but Peter did." He spat he name like it was the worst thing in the world. "He was a lot like Colin Creevey is to you. He always had a camera and he just so happened to wander up at that precise moment. Tagging along with his parents was your dad. He took one look at Sirius and was on the floor. Come to find out your dada and Sirius grew up till Sirius had to move. That's a different tale for a different day so don't even ask.

'I'll get you for this red.' Sirius yelled as he punched James in the arm. When Sirius addressed your mom James looked to see who he was talking to. He was slow on the up take back then. He hadn't seen your mom before he fell to the ground laughing at Sirius.

Your dad took one look at your mom and he was hooked. He stood up and offered her his hand, and says to her, 'Hello my lovely wildfire. I'm James and if you would like I can be your night in shining armor. Especially from gits like Sirius here.' He pointed to Sirius who was trying to hide behind a cart."

"My dad wasn't that lame was he?"

'Worse instead of taking his hand she did the exact same thing to James except he did have any boxers he had a set of Speedo type underwear.  This time your mom walked over to me, offered me her hand and says,

'You look like you could help me. My name is Lily Evans. I know and I won't tell a soul unless you ask me to.' Scared the living daylights out of me. I hadn't told anyone that I was bitten. Not even Sirius knew.'"

"Moony, not to interrupt but how did you get bitten?"

"Why don't we wait till tonight when we get home? Then I will explain how I got bitten. How's that sound?"

"Works for me. So you were saying?"

"I didn't know what to think. How could a girl I had never met know that I was a werewolf? Sirius looked over and asked what she was talking about. Your mom looked over at him and says to him, 'It's none of your business pretty boy.'

Immediately he shot back with, 'I wasn't talking to you red.'

Your mom was livid. She leveled her wand at him and he cowered behind the cart. I hadn't known Sirius to be afraid of anything so I knew I could trust your mom. So when she turned back to me and extended her hand I took it.

'So are we going to get to school or just sit out here all day?' James' mom asked chuckling all the same. She like me had seen the look on James' face when he saw your mom. She was going to enjoy every minute of it for all the grey hairs he had given her.

So the seven of us went through the barrier. I thought your dad was going to kill me when I went through with your mom. If looks could kill I would have been not six foot but about twenty foot under. All five of us were blown away by the magnificent engine that was and still is the Hogwarts express. Your mom was ecstatic when she saw it. She loved trains. Her dad, your granddad, worked on the railroad.

James begged and pleaded with his parents to reverse the spell that your mom had put on him. 'No James. You deserved what you got.' Was the only thing that your grandmother would say.  We boarded the express and found the first compartment we could find. Your dad and Sirius were so embarrassed and your mom didn't reverse her spell till we were inside the compartment. By then they had been seen by three quarters of the school…"

Remus stopped as he was tapped on the shoulder. Turning around to see who it was he saw Tonks leaning over the high back of the couch he was sitting on. At the sight of her he blushed a rose pink and scooted over.

"I thought you were interrogating Moody?"

"I was but Albus showed up so I had to leave and what better place to hide than on the train that you yourself have charmed to be hidden and nonresponsive to any magical devices or people other than yourself and the people keyed into the charm."

"Tonks you lost me a long time ago. In English." Harry announced.

"Don't worry about it Harry. Would you like to take a seat perhaps?" Remus offered as he scooted even closer to the window to allow room for Tonks.

"I would like that." She said as she sat down.

"What I was saying Harry was that I have a variation of the charm that your parents had on them when they went into hiding with you. My version won't allow anything magical but what is set into the charm. That means that only you Remus and I as the secret keeper can enter the train. Not even Dumbledore can break my charm. The charm is even stronger when I am inside the designated parameters." Tonks acknowledged Harry's question as she took the offered seat beside Remus.

"So that means that Moody can't get on because of his eye?" Harry asked.

"Not only that but he is a wizard and that is a magical being." She answered.

"I'm impressed." Remus announced. As soon as he said it he turned a bright red and glancing between the two Harry could see that Tonks wasn't much better. Harry was enjoying this immensely. He figured it was only a matter of time before they got together. 'I just hope they are quicker on the uptake than Ron and Hermione are.'

"Remus you were saying?" Tonks asked trying to break the tense silence that she felt falling.

"I was just telling Harry about the first time I met his mom." He answered as if he had just snapped out of a trance.

"Well go on then. I don't know much about her either." She urged.

"Where was I? Oh yes the train. When we got on, three quarters of the school saw your dad and Sirius like they were. We were one of the last few on the train so we had to take a compartment about three quarters to the back. When we got into the compartment your mom took compassion on them and reversed her spell.

Just as she cast the second reverse spell on Sirius, she flushed pink as she changed your dad back first, the compartment door slip open to show…" He was cut off as Tonks stood up.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked as he saw the look in her eyes.

"Dumbledore is trying to break my charm with a very old and almost forgotten dark arts spell." She said as she winced at the impact the spell had on her charm.

"What do you mean Dumbledore is using ancient dark arts?" Harry asked concern evident in his voice.

"He used it a lot in the last war and even more when he fought Grinwald. He uses it a lot. A lot of the wards around Hogwarts have been replaced with his own dark wards." She answered, her voice dripping with mistrust.

"Why would he use dark arts though?" Harry asked his concern growing by the minute.

"Dark spells are a very strong defense. He learned that the hard way the first time he tried to rid Ginwald's castle." Tonks answered trying to set his mind at ease as much as possible.

"Will he be able to get in?" Harry asked.

"No he won't. The charm is developed to especially block out anything to do with the dark arts." She answered as she sat back down.

"See Harry, I told you Tonks was the best since your mom." Remus said as he put his arm around her.

Tonks turned a bright shade of red at his words and says, "Oh Remus your too much."

Harry saw that they were getting more comfortable with their flirting, so he decided to push them a little more. "I'm going to go explore. You two have fun." He said as he got up to leave.

Both looked at each other and were going to retort that there was nothing going on when they turned to address him though he was gone. 'That little devil. I will get him for this.' Remus thought.

"What do we do now?" Tonks wondered out loud.

"I say we get comfortable and talk about what he obviously sees." Remus said as he gathered up all his Gryffindor Pride.

'Go Remus. I didn't think you would be that bold.' Harry thought as he listened form the booth behind them. 'This could be quite fun.'

"What do you mean what he sees?" Tonks asked leaning away from him to look him in the eyes.

"Ilikeyouverymuchtonks." Remus rushed out in one breath.

"I didn't catch that. What did you say?" Tonks inquired. 'he couldn't have said that could he?' she thought to herself.

"Do I have to repeat it? I don't know if I have the courage to say it again." Remus responded.

"I believe in you Remus." She encouraged him crossing her fingers with all hope as she did.

Relief washed over the concern and fear in his eyes as she said that. He found himself getting lost in her eyes. He didn't even realize what he was doing till he felt something wet against his lips. 'OH MY GOD!!! I'M KISSING HER. WHAT AM I THINKING? SHE'S GOING TO KILL ME. WAIT IT CAN'T BE.' Remus thought as they broke apart.

"I like you too Remus." Tonks gasped out between ragged breaths. 'I can't believe he kissed me. I KISSED HIM BACK!!!. YAHOOOO.'

All of a sudden he drew back and almost whined. "What's wrong Remus?" Tonks inquired.

"I shouldn't have done that." He said as he tried to get as close to the window as possible.

"Why ever not?" Tonks asked getting angrier each second. 'he's going to break my heart.' She thought.

"I'm a werewolf. I can't get intimate with anyone. I will just end up hurting them." Remus announced as he bowed his head.

"Well if that's all." She said as relief washed over her face and all the anger fled her body. "I have something to show you." And with a small pop there stood a cherry red wolf.

"But how? When?" Remus stammered as he reached out to pet the beautiful wolf.

"Oh isn't that wolf so cute? Is it yours?" the stewardess asked as she walked up.

"Yep she sure is." Remus answered with a cheesy grin on his face. All the while the wolf was snuggling into his hand.

"Where is your companion?" She asked.

"He said he went off to explore." Remus anwered. "Have you seen him?" concern starting to creep into his features. The wolf nuzzled his hand in a reassuring way as if to say 'don't worry.'

"No I have not but I'm sure he's on board. No one has exited this compartment in twenty minutes. I just came by to check on you and to let you know that we will be departing in five minutes." She said.

"I think I could use another one of these." He said as he held up his glass.

"Can do. I will be back in a sec." she announced then sped away the same way she came.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER! SHOW YOURSELF. I KNOW YOUR THERE." Remus hollered.

Harry stepped around the couch and sat back down at his seat. "What?" Harry asked with the most innocent look he could muster.

"I hate it when you do that. I can never stay mad at you when you give me that face." Remus gave in. "Don't you ever do that to me again. That was the scariest thing I have ever had to do." He said as the red wolf layed her head in his lap. Remus immediately went bright red.

"Seems she likes you too." Harry announced as he glanced over the table at the beautiful red wolf. "Honestly if I hadn't done that would you have ever hooked up with her?" Harry inquired as he took the last sip of his drink.

"No." Remus admitted.

"I didn't want another Ron and Hermione on my hands esecialy when I want to have some fun this summer." Harry admitted.

"What do you mean another Ron and Hermione? We wouldn't have argued like they do." At this the wolf looked up at him as if to say, 'yeah right.'

"She knows you better than you already." Harry laughed as he swung his arm around his head three times like he had a whip in his hand and brought it down. With a  "Crack."

"Not funny at all Harry. I am my own person. No women will ever tame me." As soon as it came out of his mouth the wolf turned a pitch black and stood up bearing teeth.

"I think Tonks disagrees." Harry announced as he almost fell off of his chair laughing. The wolf turned to him and 'WAIT! DID SHE JUST WINK AT ME? NO! NO WAY! WOLFS CAN'T WINK! CAN THEY?' Harry thought. It almost looked as if the wolf was laughing as it settled it gaze back on Remus however it went dead still.

"I'm sorry girl. I didn't mean to offend you. Do you forgive me?" Remus asked praying to anything that was holy to get a yes, or as much of a yes as you can get from a wolf.

The wolf looked at him for a second as if gauging his sincerity and then flopped down in his lap, body and all this time instead of just her head. Remus' face could probably out do any and all of the Weasley's hair. Harry was in the aisle rolling around tears rolling down his face by this time.

"Harry I will get you for this. Mark my words you will pay." The wolf shifted ever so slightly but where she put her paws made him think better than to go on. This just increased the gales of laughter coming from the aisle.

"Oh I just love when an owner gets along so well with their pets." The stewardess cooed as she brought Remus his drink. "Would you like another as well?" she directed this at Harry in the middle of the aisle. He was laughing so hard now that he couldn't even nod a yes.

"Yes he will need one. Maybe a couple. He seems to be enjoying himself WAY too much." Remus announced as he tried to shift ever so slightly to reposition Tonks on his lap. She had other plans because she just moved right back to her favorite spot. The only difference was that she leaned up and gave Remus a big lick up the side of his face.

Aw how cute. I will bring her a piece of steak at dinner for you." The stewardess announced as she turned to grab Harry his two new cokes. Tonks' eyes lit up as she heard a steak. 'I hope it's raw.' The wolf wondered as it got comfortable again.

"Harry get up. You look like an idiot rolling around like that." Remus exclaimed trying to gain control over the situation.

"Do I embarrass you Remus? Harry squeaked out as he grabbed his couch to pull himself up off the ground.

Remus was at a loss for words. On one hand he was embarrassed, on the other he didn't want to offend Harry. Tonks shifted on his lap reminding him that she was there and had him pinned. Harry saw her shift to pin him even more and as he was about half way to the couch e hit his head on the table as he fell over in another laughing fit.

Remus saw the table move as Harry hit it and went to check on him when Tonks glanced down saw he was ok and shot Remus a glare. That glare stopped Remus dead in his tracks.

"What ever you did to the poor boy he is going to be hurting when he recovers. Here are his cokes. Enjoy the ride." As she said the train jerked and they were off.

"Finally we can relax completely and enjoy ourselves. Although it looks as if someone has already started." Remus gushed with a sigh of relief as he glanced over at Harry who was pulling himself from the floor once again.

"Haha. Very funny Moony. She was right though, my sides hurt. I haven't laughed that hard ever." He reached over and scratched Tonks behind the ear, "Thanks Tonks. All you have done means a lot to me." He heard a cough and looked up to see Remus. "Oh and I guess I should thank you too Remus for taking me. Just promise me that you won't do anything to screw this up. Tonks and you are meant for each other. I don't think I can go through that again. I hurt too much. So now that we are going, are you going to tell me where we are headed for?"

"I guess you have waited long enough. We are going to Marauder Manner. It's in the highlands of Scotland. Only a Marauder or one of their significant others can get in. You have been chosen to take your fathers place as a Marauder."

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A/N I don't have a beta so I'm sorry for any grammar or spelling errors. If you would like to beta for me let me know otherwise again I'm sorry.