Seven months later
Bo's Escape
Jenny sat on the bed staring at Remus. Remus stared back at her curiously with an eyebrow slightly raised.
"What is it?" Remus asked. Jenny frowned and knelt up. She put her hands to Remus' hair and ran them through it. She seemed to sort through Remus' hair until she picked out a single hair.
"You're greying already!" Jenny said slightly alarmed.
"What?" Remus asked, putting his hands to his hair.
"You have a grey hair!" Jenny said. Remus smirked slightly and lowered his hands and put them around Jenny's waist. He pulled her off her knees and pulled her over his legs. She laughed as he did. She playfully hit Remus' chest.
"Remus! I'm serious, you're greying. You're not even thirty!" She said.
"I'm half way there though."
"But you shouldn't be greying!" Jenny said. She went back to his hair again with her legs either side of Remus' body. Remus rolled his eyes. He felt too weak to stop her. The full moon was tonight and he just didn't have the strength or energy. Remus just put his hands on Jenny's legs and let her rifle through his hair, hunting down every grey hair he had. Remus had noticed the grey hairs a few weeks ago and hadn't told Jenny because he knew she loved his hair. She looked ready to scream as she found a few more.
"Are you ok?" Remus asked, looking at Jenny.
"Um, yeah." She said quietly. "You're greying!" She said desperately. Remus sat up properly, causing Jenny to slide off his body and onto his legs. She looked at him rather lost.
"I don't mind." He said pressing a kiss on Jenny's lips. She closed her eyes and let Remus kiss her.
"Are you sure?" She asked. "I mean, your hair is like-" Remus kissed her again and she smiled.
"I don't want to bring this up now but has Bo taken his Wolfsbane potion?" Remus asked. Jenny sighed and shook her head.
"He still won't drink it. He gets scared by the smoke on the surface." Jenny said. Remus gave her a curious look and hugged Jenny close to him.
"I won't take it tonight, make sure he's ok. Try and give it to him tonight." Remus said.
"That's what I was going to do." Jenny said with a slightly annoyed look. "Merlin, he's just so stubborn" Jenny said. She got off Remus and swung her legs over the end of the bed. Remus chuckled slightly. Jenny turned and looked at him. "What's so funny?" She asked, a smirk playing on her face.
"You are." Remus said. He moved over and put his arms around Jenny and put his head on her shoulder. "He gets it from you." Remus said gently.
"Hmm..." Jenny said, obviously not agreeing.
"Come on, I'll cook breakfast." Remus said getting out of the bed and pulling Jenny after him.
"I thought you were too tired?" Jenny asked. Remus shrugged.
"I'll just cook, nothing more." Remus said, Jenny opened her mouth to say something when Remus carried on, "Well, maybe I'll eat it." He said. Jenny smiled and followed Remus to the kitchen. Jenny sat down at the breakfast table and rested her head gently on the table as Remus went to the muggle fridge they had. Soon though, the kitchen was filled with the sounds and smells of what Remus was cooking. Jenny had actually fallen asleep. Remus smiled as he put the food on the table and put a hand on Jenny's back.
"Jenny." Remus said gently. Jenny woke up as Bo came running into the kitchen.
"Food! Food! Food!" Bo said. He climbed onto a chair and sat down.
"You have too much energy for a full moon." Remus said ruffling Bo's hair.
"Food! Food! Food!" Bo said.
"His priorities are the same as yours." Jenny said. "Food....food...family...food" Remus laughed.
"Yeah, that sounds about right." Remus said. Jenny hit him gently. "I'm just joking." He said.
"Bo, have you had your potion?" Jenny asked him.
"Yes" Bo lied. Jenny looked at him sceptically. Bo gave her an innocent smile before reaching for the plate of bacon. Remus moved it out of the way and Bo frowned.
"Bo." Remus said.
"Yes daddy." Bo answered.
"Have you had your potion?" Remus asked. Bo looked at Remus then at the food then back to his dad again.
"No." Bo said. Jenny threw her hands in the air.
"Why does he answer to you and not to me?" Jenny said. Remus gave her a grin then turned back to Bo.
"Bo, if you drink your potion, we'll give you breakfast." Remus said. Bo gave Remus a look that told Remus that Bo didn't believe him. His dad would never withhold food. Remus sighed and put the plate of bacon in front of Bo. Bo picked up a few pieces and put them on his plate.
"I've tried, I failed." Remus said sitting in his seat. Jenny smiled and held Remus' hand.
"Next try, don't withhold food. Bo is cleverer then that." Jenny said comfortingly.
"It just means I'm going to have to go through the whole transformation." Remus sighed again. He didn't like the transformations at all.
"Do you want me to come out with you?" Jenny asked. Remus shook his head.
"To dangerous, you can't get near Bo without him attacking you." Remus said. Jenny scowled.
"Oh yeah." She said. "I'll ask Lily if there's a way we can disguise the potion so that Bo will drink it."
"Yeah, that'll be a good idea." Remus said. He leant over and kissed Jenny on the cheek.
"Daddy, mummy. I am eating." Bo said in a matter-of-factly tone. He looked so cute as he held his fork out and chewed on his food. Jenny and Remus laughed slightly and ate their own breakfasts.
"My back hurts!" Sirius complained as Jenny walked into his house. Lily hadn't been at her own house and Jenny knew it was her day off work. Remus shook his head as he heard Sirius.
"Oh, shut up Sirius! April and I are trying to sort out Orion!" Lily snapped. Bo ran past Jenny and Remus into the living room. Jenny and Remus followed.
"Hi guys." April said brightly. She was sitting in one of her large comfy chairs. Her belly was now rather huge. She was about eight months pregnant and Jenny was pretty sure her stomach wasn't supposed to be THAT big, if she remembered anything from her healer training, before she dropped out. Sirius was lying on the sofa with Rhia sitting on his chest. She was watching the fire place curiously. Sirius' belly was just as big as April's belly. Remus tried not to laugh as he walked into the living room. Emma Potter was lying on her front on the floor and was doodling on a piece of paper with a crayon. Her cat, Baloo, sat in front of Emma mewing quietly as he watched Emma draw him.
"Um, how's the baby doing?" Remus asked. April laughed slightly while Sirius grumbled away to himself.
"I hate it! Pregnancy is a bitch!" Sirius said.
"Language!" April snapped, "Rhia, hit him for me." Rhia turned to Sirius and hit him gently.
"Good daughter." Sirius said, he had been expecting a hard slap. Rhia grinned. She seemed to be doing ok. Jenny remembered straight after her kidnap Rhia would scream every time some who wasn't April, Sirius or Orion went near her. Emma had been the next person to be accepted by Rhia then Harry and Bo. She was still reluctant to trust any of the other adults.
"Where's Lily?" Jenny asked. Sirius and April both looked at the fireplace as a short scream came from it.
"Lily?" Remus asked approaching the fireplace hesitantly. A cloud of soot fell down the fireplace followed by Lily, who landed roughly on the stone hearth. Emma, Rhia and Bo all started laughing loudly.
"Ow." She said uncomfortably. She winced and stood up carefully. She put a hand to her bum.
"Um, what are you doing?" Jenny asked. She was torn between amusement and concern.
"Someone got Orion stuck up the chimney." Lily said, "And those two are too fat to get to him and James is at work." Lily said as she looked up the chimney. "Orion!"
"Mummy?" came Orion's reply.
"Not my fault." Emma said. "Rhia chase Rion and Rion go poof and go up chimy"
"You two shouldn't have been chasing Orion!" Lily snapped at her daughter, "You know he broke his leg!" Emma shrugged and carried on drawing.
"AH!! PIDER!!" Orion screamed. April rolled her eyes and started to get up.
"No, April, I'll help Lily." Jenny said, "Remus, you go run a bath for when we get Orion out."
"If you get Orion out." Sirius said. Jenny and Lily both turned to look at Sirius. Sirius shrank slightly. "I'm sorry." He said. Rhia laughed and lay down next to Sirius and hugged him tightly. It was becoming increasingly obvious that Rhia was going to become a daddy's girl. Something that annoyed April slightly but good for Sirius because it forced April to let Sirius look after Rhia. April was beginning to trust Sirius again with the children. Jenny went to the fireplace and looked up the chimney.
"Can you see him?" Lily asked. Jenny squinted slightly, she could just make out the white of Orion's plaster cast.
"Yeah, just about. How tall is this chimney?" Jenny asked.
"Too tall." Lily said "Ok, if we can somehow catch hold of one of his legs, it doesn't matter which one." Lily said.
"But hasn't he got a cast on?" Jenny asked.
"Oh, he only wanted that because he saw a muggle boy with one." April said. Jenny nodded and got out her wand.
"Ok, let me try." She put her wand up the chimney and watched as a length of silver cord shot up into the chimney. It caught Orion's leg and she pulled it. She felt something give. She and Lily had to look down as a cloud of soot came tumbling down on them. The soot began to clear when something hard hit Lily on the head.
"Ow!" Lily said. Jenny and Lily looked at the floor. Orion's cast was lying on the fireplace.
"Oh for crying out loud." Lily muttered. "This is when we wish that one of the boys was a bird or something." Jenny smirked.
"Try again, you get one leg, I'll get the other." Jenny said. Lily nodded and they both shot the silver cords out of their wands. The cords wrapped around Orion's legs and they pulled as hard as they could. They heard something sliding then soon they saw Orion falling down the chimney. Lily caught him and coughed as more soot fell down. Jenny got out from the fireplace and let Lily come out with Orion, who had a wide grin on his black face.
"Got him." Lily said.
"Again!" Orion said.
"Yeah!" Emma said, "Was funny." Lily gave Emma a sharp look and Emma went quiet.
"Ok, Orion, time for a bath." April said. Lily put Orion down and Orion bolted up the stairs to the bathroom.
"I swear boys don't normally love baths as much as he does." Jenny said.
"Orion is a weird boy." Sirius said with a yawn. "Anyway, I'm going to sleep."
"Again!" April and Lily said at the same time. Jenny laughed at their reaction.
"Yeah, there isn't like there's much to do. I can barely move. I haven't been able to see anything below my belly for a few weeks now, which begs the question, can I still function properly-"
"Oh, Sirius, that was just too much." Lily said.
"Well it's true!" Sirius said.
"Sirius, many men have worn the pregnancy bump before you and they've all...functioned well afterwards." Jenny said. Sirius gave her a sceptical look. "Anyway, I'm here to talk to Lily." Jenny said turning to Lily. Lily looked at her curiously.
"About what?" Lily asked.
"It concerns the Wolfbane potion. Bo won't drink it." Jenny said. Lily scowled.
"How long has it been going on for?"
"I don't know, nearly a year now." Jenny said. Lily nodded and took a deep breath.
"Hm, I don't know. I suppose you could disguise the potion. I'll talk to the potions department at work tomorrow for you." Lily said. "Potions isn't my speciality."
"Thanks." Jenny said. Lily gave her a smile.
"Lily!" Sirius called.
"Yes Darling." Lily said, turning to look at Sirius.
"My back hurts." Sirius said. Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Because that doesn't happen when you're pregnant." Lily said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Sirius groaned while April smirked slightly and Jenny laughed slightly.
"It's actually quite a cool idea getting him pregnant too." Jenny said.
"It's not cool." Sirius said. He tried to get up but failed. Rhia sat up and watched him. Sirius tried to get up again but flopped back. Rhia giggled and took Sirius' hand. She pulled Sirius as hard as she could.
"Bo help." Rhia said. Bo looked at her curiously then shrugged. He grabbed Sirius' other hand and the two children pulled as hard as they could.
"Aw, that's cute." Jenny said.
"That, Sirius, is why I don't lie down on the sofa." April said as Sirius managed to sit up properly. Sirius gave April a slight sneer as April jumped slightly.
"What is it?" Sirius asked, suddenly rather concerned.
"Baby just kicked." April said putting a hand on her belly.
"Oh, let me feel." Bo said. He ran over to April and put his head on her belly. April laughed slightly as Bo's head seemed to bounce slightly on her belly.
"Merlin, it feels like there's more then one baby in there." April said uncomfortably. She pushed Bo away slightly so she could get more comfortable.
"That was fun." Bo said with a smile. April smiled.
"Are you sure there's only one baby in there Lily?" April asked. Lily gave her a nervous smile.
"Positive." She said weakly, "Why would I lie to you?" She said. "Well, we have to go, Emma." Lily said a bit quickly. April narrowed her eyes slightly but shrugged it off.
"Oh." Emma muttered as she got up. She picked up her drawings of Baloo and then picked up Baloo. She cradled the cat in her arms. Jenny watched April try and see into Lily's eyes but at this stage of pregnancy April's legilimency sometimes got a bit messed up so she couldn't read people as easily as usual.
"Ok, bye." April said. Lily smiled and gave April a quick kiss on her cheek.
"I'll come by with more of that potion later on the way to Harry's school." April nodded and Lily looked at Emma. Emma waved bye to Bo and Rhia. Rhia waved bye while Bo gave her a smile and waved. Emma laughed and left the room. Lily hugged Jenny.
"Make sure that they don't argue." Lily whispered.
"Ok, um Lily can I talk to you really quickly outside." Jenny asked. Lily nodded.
"Bye darling." Lily said to Sirius.
"Urgh." Was his reply. Lily rolled her eyes and went into the hallway with Lily.
"April's got more then one child hasn't she?" Jenny asked quietly and Lily pulled on a fairly long beige coloured coat. Lily frowned as she did it up.
"Yeah, but don't tell her." Lily said, "Remember how she blew her top when she found out she was pregnant?" Jenny nodded, "Imagine that again but at this stage of her pregnancy. It'll be bad for the babies." Jenny nodded and smiled.
"Lucky April." She said. Lily laughed.
"It's not funny." Lily said.
"Really then why are you laughing?" Jenny asked. Lily shook her head and waved a hand.
"I'll see you tomorrow hopefully." Lily said.
"Aright. Have fun." Jenny said. Lily gave her a smile and made sure Emma had her coat on before leaving the house.
Moony lay on the floor watching Bo chasing his tail around trees. Usually Moony would be quite restless but today he was just too tired to do much. It had taken a lot of effort on Moony's human part to give Orion a bath and that had exhausted all his energy. Bo ran over to Moony and gave a small wolfy bark. Moony let out a soft growl and Bo ran around Moony. Moony closed his eyes slightly when something jumped onto his back. Moony craned his neck back to see Bo walking over him. Moony stood up and Bo tumbled off his back. Bo gave a playful bark and ran under Moony. Moony chased Bo playfully. Bo slid to a stop and began growling at Moony. Moony growled back before Bo ran at Moony and jumped on Moony's head. He playfully bit Moony's ear. Moony shook his head slightly and Bo shifted from one side of his head to hanging off Moony's ear. It wasn't painful, just annoying.
Suddenly, from the other side of the forest came a gunshot. Bo let go of Moony's ear in shock as Moony raised his head and sniffed the air. Bo ran under Moony and stayed there. There was another gunshot and Bo ran into the forest. Moony looked into the forest and was about to follow but then looked in the direction of the gunshot. Eventually he ran into the forest to look for Bo. He sniffed the ground but the scents were all mixed together, Bo usually played around here as a werewolf. Moony looked around frustrated before sitting down and letting out a long and loud howl. There was another gunshot and Moony stood up quickly. He turned and ran to where the house should be. Where Jenny would be. He dodged through the trees and burst out of them and into the back garden of the house. He ran to the door and went head first into it. The door shattered and slid to a stop in the kitchen. The lights came on and Jenny stood in the doorway with her wand out.
"Moony?" She asked. She rubbed her eyes slightly and knelt on the floor as Moony went to her and nudged his head against her body. "What is it?" She asked. Moony never broke into the house. Moony pointed his head in the direction of a photo on the wall. It was a picture of Bo and Jenny. Jenny looked at it then her eyes widened.
"What's happened to Bo?" Jenny asked. Moony bit a piece of material and started pulling Jenny out of the house into the cold winter air. Jenny shivered slightly and looked around. "Has he escaped?" She asked moony. Moony nodded his head quickly. Jenny rubbed her arms. "You go look for him, I'll be out in a minute." Moony ran into the forest at the end of the garden. Jenny went back into the house and pointed her wand at the door.
"Reparo." She said. The door fixed itself and Jenny ran to her room. She changed quickly into some Jeans and a turtleneck jumper and went to her wardrobe. She got out her broom from inside and went outside. She hadn't ridden her broom for literally years. It was too dangerous for her to walk through the forest
Jenny stood in the garden. It was quite windy tonight and the air seemed to bite at her cheeks. Jenny mounted her broom and flew in amongst the trees.
"Lumos!" She said. Her wand lit up and she pointed it at the forest floor. She saw small night time creatures weaving in and out amongst the trees. An owl flew up into the air and into the night sky. Jenny went slightly nearer the forest floor to search for Bo. As she gripped onto her broom and pointed her wand at the floor there came another gunshot. The branch in front of Jenny splintered and Jenny halted. She pointed her wand in the direction of the gunshot. The light from her wand shone straight in the eyes of a Muggle with a gun. He was the local farmer. Jenny flew her broom closer to him.
"Who's that!" The farmer called.
"It's Jenny Lupin. Your neighbour." Jenny called.
"What you doing out? Don't you know there's dangerous creatures about?" He said.
"I know. Petrificus Totallus." Jenny said, pointing her wand at the farmer. "I'm sorry but I have to do this." Jenny lifted the farmer with her wand and flew him out of the forest. She landed on his grounds and looked at the farmer. He was staring at her wide eyed. "None of this is real, this is dream and you've been sleepwalking." She said to him. "Dremato, stupefy." She said gently. The farmer fell unconscious and Jenny picked up her broom quickly. If there were Muggles around she'd need more help.
James shook his head slightly as Emma fixed her arms around his head and grinned at Jenny. Jenny raised an eyebrow.
"We had to bring the kids. I hope you don't mind. They'll stay here." James said.
"Oh, yeah it's fine. I'll lock up all the doors. Thanks so much for coming to help us. Moony's out searching at the moment" Jenny said.
"It's alright." Lily said. She put Harry down on the sofa and Harry closed his eyes as he slept a bit more. Emma on the other hand seemed so full of energy. She let go of James and dropped to the floor.
"Where Bo?" Emma asked.
"He's busy." Lily answered. "Ok, how are we going to do this? Jenny you have a broom, James, you go as prongs?" Lily suggested. James nodded.
"That's what I was thinking." James said.
"But what about you Lily? You can't fly very well." Jenny said. Lily shrugged.
"I suppose I could transfigure myself into an animal." Lily said.
"Too dangerous." James said. "Lily, you can still fly a little bit right?"
"A little, I'm not that good at flying." Lily said bitterly.
"Well you can take a broom. I'll go home and get my broom" James said. Lily scowled, she didn't like flying, in fact she had a slight fear of heights.
"Alright" Lily muttered as James disapparated. "Emma, you and Harry stay here, ok?" Emma nodded and sat on the sofa.
"Bored." Emma said. Lily looked to Jenny.
"You don't have any toys do you?" Lily asked.
"Emma, go and play in Bo's room." Jenny said gently. Emma jumped up and ran to Bo's room.
"Why'd you call us for help?" Lily asked Jenny as Jenny locked the front door.
"Our neighbours were out wondering around and I thought I might need some extra help trying to find Bo." Jenny said. "He's probably not in any danger but he's never run away from Moony before."
"We have got to get that child drinking the wolfsbane potion again." Lily sighed. There was a loud crack as James apparated into the house again holding his broom that he'd recently bought but didn't need.
"Here." James said, he handed the broom to Lily. "I suppose we better get searching." Jenny nodded. The three adults left the house. James transformed into Prongs. Lily kissed the top of the stag's head before Prongs ran into the forest. Jenny and Lily mounted their brooms and flew in different directions, Lily clutching the broom tightly as it went a bit too fast.
A/N:-And there's the Bo chapter....it's got less Bo in it then i expected it to have...whoops. Anyway, if you haven't figured out by now....April's eight months pregnant, which means the children will be born in the next month...story wise, not in reality. Thanks for all your reviews, your'e all so wonderful, keep it up. I've just finished the next chapter and i'll put it up soon, hopefully, if i can get it all sorted out properly. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, this adventure concludes in the next chapter :)
