In the exact moment of the first words Harry ever spoke to his sibling Remus Lupin burst into the office, no one's gaze met him though, except for Dumbledore's and the pictures of former headmasters.
"Professor Dumbledore, so sorry I'm late, what is this I hear of you bringing Delilah..." Lupin stopped when he looked to the couch and found the friends he thought he lost so many years before. Or rather, their children.
The first time Remus set eyes on Delilah was some 16 years ago in the home the Potters held before their last.....
It was one of the last perfect memories he had of everyone together again, everyone except Peter, he was away on a mission for the Order, or at least Lupin thought he was at the time. Now, he thought, he was probably rubbing Voldemort's feet at the time of her birth. No one ever told Peter of little Delilah, and thank Merlin they didn't. From the time of her conception to the time of her adoption he was away, and after the adoption everything happened so quickly no one thought to tell Peter.
Now she was sitting in front of his eyes, all grown up, but he could still see the angel he saw that night.
"When you were born, it was the most amazing thing" Lupin began to say to Delilah, "Your mother, father, Harry, Sirius and I crowded around you and you smiled, they say babies that young can't smile, but you did". And he took one swift step and had her in his arms, hugging her, and then hugging both her and Harry. They looked at each other from around his head and were clearly befuddled. The rest of the room too it seemed, was confused by Mr. Lupin's unusual emotional outburst. All except Dumbledore, who seemed to always know what was going on.
"Mr. Lupin" Snape's voice rose into the air. Remus released his hold on the two and turned towards the Professor.
"Snape" he replied somewhat bitterly, "And Professor McGonagall, nice to see you again" he said with a cutreous bow.
Dumbledore waited for the new guest to sit before he began to speak, but in this time in his normal tone of voice. "Now that you everyone is here and you all know for the most part, why. I believe we should get Delilah here settled into her new school."
"New what? Delilah asked her voice quivering.
"You will be attending Hogwarts for your sixth year of schooling Ms. Delilah" Dumbledore stated calmly.
"You....You can't do that! I belong at Tomins!"
"I'm sorry, honey, but you have to be here, close to Mr. Potter, in case anything happens" The woman Harry did not recognize came forward and said.
"So your for this mom? How could you? You knew this was going to happen all along didn't you?" Delilah's voice rose.
"Please sit down Ms. Potter." Professor McGonagall broke her silence.
"I am NOT Ms. Potter, I am Ms. Jones, Ms. Delilah Beatrice Jones!!" Delilah practically screamed her last words.
"No, you're the one whose wrong, your name is Delilah Sirius Potter." Replied Professor McGonagall rather shortly
"How dare you tell me what my name is!" stated a red Delilah and it was at that moment she ran as fast as she could out of the office. She couldn't take it anymore, she had no idea where she was or where she was going, she just had to get away. The people she had trusted most had betrayed her.
