OMINIX

CHAPTER FIVE-THE ARRIVAL.

"Oh my God," I breathed. "Hillary? Go and get Professor Dumbledore and only him."

Hillary nodded and dried her eyes with the back of her hands before heading out of the common room.

"Laura? Do me a favor," I said gently. "Go into the girls' dorm and see if you can find my silver barrette."

She nodded and hurried into the girls' dorm. As soon as she vanished, Sirius and Remus changed back..

"Nice distraction," Sirius said but he had a grim expression on his face.

"Just tell her that the wolf and dog were...eh, are strays on the grounds and Dumbledore knows about them," I said quickly.

Remus and Sirius nodded.

Laura came back twenty minutes later looking frustrated.

"I can't find it," she said flopping down on the couch.

"Er, that's okay," I said quickly. "We'll look for it later."

Laura's face drained of all color when she saw Remus and Sirius.

"When did thy come in?" she asked slowly.

"Just before. Five minutes ago," Sirius said softly.

Laura seemed content with that answer. Shortly, Professor Dumbledore arrived with Hillary.

HILLARY.

I stood swallowing nervously. I didn't want Remus and Sirius' secret exposed in front of Laura. Dumbledore was the only one who knew it. I knew of course that he would never tell.

I carefully explained to Dumbledore what happened, careful to leave out certain details.

"I see," Professor Dumbledore said slowly. "I do not think the stray wolf intentionally harmed the student. He was just protecting Miss Mason. Am I right?"

He looked meaningfully at Remus.

Remus nodded.

"Well, then," Professor Dumbledore said. "I will take Mr. Wilson to Madam Elkin. I will tell the others that he fell down the stairs. Do not tell anyone about the truth or what happened or else there will be a wolf hunt. However, I am curious and concerned about how he got the Gryffindor password and why he would attack Miss Mason."

"The second question is easy," Laura muttered.

She began telling him about how Edwin bullied her and how we had intervened.

"I see," Dumbledore said quietly. "But that doesn't explain his action. I must be going."

He majicked Edwin's body onto an invisible stretched and he left the common room with the body floating beside him.

"Are you sure you're okay, Laura?" Remus asked as he went over to her.

She nodded.

"I say food first, then class," Sirius said rubbing his stomach eagerly.

Lily frowned. "Did you know that you are married to food since its always on your mind?"

"And did you know that EMBARGO spelled backward is O Grab Me?" Sirius shot back.

Laura and I laughed. Remus rolled his eyes and Lily scoffed.

"Why would I want to?" she asked before leaving the common room. Sirius and Laura followed her. Remus and I walked behind them.

"You really care about Laura huh?" I said softly. "That is why you attacked Edwin."

Remus sighed. "I'm not proud of killing him. I was only protecting Laura. I would've done the same for you, Lily and Sirius."

"Sirius can take care of himself just fine," I said grinning and linked arms with him. "We're not saying anything. We know it was done only for protection."

Remus grabbed my elbow and turned me around to face him. He put his hands on my shoulders and put his face close to mine.

"If I lost control once, whose to say it won't happen again? I could hurt you, Laura, Lily or Sirius,"

"I know you," I said softly. "I know it won't happen."

I slid my arms around him and pulled him close. I rested my cheek against his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around me as well. He rested his chin on top of my head.

"I hope so," he whispered.

We released each other and headed down to the Hall. Then, to classes.

Once they were over for the day, we went back to the common room before dinner. Laura was sitting beside Remus. As he put his hand over hers, she suddenly cried out and her body jerked backward. She looked like she was in a trance before she snapped out of it.

"Laura? What happened?" Sirius demanded.

"I-I had a premonition," Laura stammered. "I think it had to do with Remus and Hillary."

"Go on," Remus prodded gently.

"Remus had to kill someone he loves...a girl," Laura said as she closed her eyes trying to recall the exact details.

Remus and I immediately looked at each other.

"Was it me?" I asked.

"No," Laura said. "Maybe...I'm not really sure."

"Okay," Sirius said. "If you have another one, or remember more please tell us."

Laura nodded.

"I say we head for bed," Lily said.

We all gratefully got up and went our separate ways to the dorms. I was worried now. I loved Remus more than anything and I knew he loved me the same way. It would literally kill him to hurt me.

I climbed into bed and soon fell into a restless sleep.

The next morning, I found a note in my bag when I searched for my quill. I was making sure I had all my things for classes that morning.

The note read:

I WILL BE HERE TODAY.

Spooked, I showed Remus and the others the note. They quickly assured me that it was probably nothing more than a prank. I secretly hoped so, but I was having a bad feeling.

We headed to Potions class. We took our usual seats. I was sitting next to Remus while Laura and Lily were sitting behind us and Sirius and Neville behind them. I suddenly got the overwhelming sensation that someone was watching me a half hour into the lesson. A tingle ran up my spine.

"I'm getting a feeling that someone is watching me," I whispered to Remus.

"Same here," he whispered back.

We turned around in our seats and scanned the classroom. Lily and Laura looked up from their work with questioning expressions on their faces. So did Sirius.

"We feel like we're being watched," I whispered to them.

"Yeah," Sirius said smirking. "By us...Duh."

Laura giggled. Lily just rolled her eyes.

"No. It's not you three meatballs. It feels different," I said shaking my head.

"How?" Remus asked curiously. Then, he grabbed my arm. "She's right. I just picked up on a scent."

At that moment, I did too. It was a girl. Remus, Sirius, and I continued to scan the room until all of our eyes landed on a girl standing in the doorway to the classroom.

Professor Xander followed our gazes.

"Can I help you?" she asked.

The girl stepped forward. I gasped. She looked exactly like me.

Same dark curly hair and honey brown eyes. Remus was frozen beside me. I could tell he was thinking the same thing. Lily and Sirius had blank and stunned expressions on their faces.

"Yes," the girl replied in a soft voice. "My name is Brittany Lupin."

At that, our jaws dropped to the floor.

Professor Xander cleared her throat.

"I'm Remus' sister," the girl said quickly.

"Oh. Very well then," Professor Xander said nodding.

The girl strode forward and stood in front of our desk. We were still in shock.

She put both palms flat on the desk and leaned forward.

"I told you I would be here today," she said softly.

"Who are you really?" Remus demanded in a low voice.

The rest of the class went back to work and didn't pay much attention to what was going on.

"Your daughter,"

I was gripping the edge of my potions textbook so tightly that my knuckles were turning white.

"My d-daughter?" Remus stammered looking at me uncertainly.

"Well, you and Hillary's actually," Brittany replied, correcting herself. "We really need to talk."

"I'll say," we heard Lily mutter behind us.

Thankfully, the bell rang. We all left the classroom and headed outside onto the grounds. The beautiful sunlight shone brightly and the birds chirped. We all sat down under the large oak tree. The rest of the students were laughing and just enjoying the break before next class.

Remus and I sat down next to each other. Lily and Sirius sat on Remus' left. Laura sat beside me on my right. Brittany sat in front of us.

"Okay...so what's going on?" Laura said.

Brittany's eyes moved onto her.

"I'm sorry. This doesn't concern you," Brittany said. "Could you please leave?"

Laura looked like she was hit with a ton of bricks in her stomach.

"I'm leaving too," Sirius said in an angry tone. "Come on Laura, let's go."

Sirius took Laura's hand and he got up too.

"Me too," Lily said glaring at Brittany. "This doesn't concern the rest of us either."

They began stalking off toward the castle.

"That was a little cold," Remus said to Brittany narrowing his eyes.

"I'm sorry...but I gather she doesn't know about you being a werewolf?"

"No," I said. "What is going on?"

Brittany reached around her neck and pulled out a Time Turner.

"I'm from the future...14 years into the future to be exact," Brittany explained. "You and Remus were married after you graduated Hogwarts. Nine months later, Hillary, you had a baby girl...me. Things were fine until I hit 13...my werewolf traits started to show. Remus, you taught me how to control it. But on some nights, when all three of us would change, it was hard.

Then, this wizard sought me out. Lord Voldemort. He heard of my tendencies while I was a wolf and decided to start a werewolf/wizard war. He was recruiting all werewolves. He was gaining power little by little. I was a part of that 'soldier' band. Things got all out of hand and when the war began, I killed my parents."

She stopped, letting this all sink in.

"You killed us?" Remus asked slowly.

Brittany nodded and there were tears in her eyes.

"The only way to stop it is to kill me now,"

"But how come you're here now?" I asked confused.

"This is me before the werewolf traits started to show. I'm really 12 years old. But you have to kill me before the future happens and I kill my parents," she said as tears slid down her cheeks.

"My God," I breathed.

"I'm not killing my own kid," Remus said abruptly standing up. "I'd rather you kill me."

"You don't understand," Brittany said watching Remus. "If you don't, the werewolves will reign. It will be the end of witches and wizards as we know it."
"There has to be another way," Remus said firmly.

"I'm afraid there isn't," Brittany said sadly. "I will be here for five days. You have those days to decide what to do."

"I won't need five days because I know what I'm doing," Remus said angrily as he stormed off toward the castle.

Brittany and I stood up.

"I will destroy you...doesn't that bother you?" Brittany asked. "One last thing...the last day, the fifth, I will turn into a wolf. If he doesn't do what I said, the war will begin sooner."

I sighed. "I really can't kill my child...I understand how Remus feels. You're our daughter. It would be like killing one of us,"

Brittany and I followed Remus.

We explained everything to Sirius and Lily. Laura had gone into the girls' dorm for a moment to grab a rubber band. Lily promised to braid her hair.

"I pride myself on being a werewolf," Remus said firmly. "That I would never, ever hurt the innocent or kill."

I heard a 'thud' come from the girls' dorm entranceway. We all turned and looked. Laura was standing there with a look of fury and fear on her face. All the color had drained from her face as well. She had dropped a textbook that lay splayed on the floor at her feet. Remus swallowed. He looked pale as well.

Laura overheard what he had said.

"YOU'RE A WEREWOLF? THAT WAS YOU THEN!" Laura yelled.

Remus stood up.

"Please...let me explain," Remus began looking upset and shaken.

"NO. DON'T BOTHER. WHAT'S TO EXPLAIN? YOU LIED TO ME!" Laura shouted.

Remus looked like he had swallowed about 60 poisonous Crubblims. They were small creatures like snails.

"I TRUSTED YOU! NEXT YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THAT THAT BLACK DOG WAS SIRIUS!" Laura shrieked.

Sirius shifted his weight uncomfortably in the chair.

Realization formed on Laura's face.

"IT WAS...WASN'T IT?" Laura asked shrewdly.

Remus slowly nodded his head.

"I'M OUT OF HERE," Laura cried as she began walking toward the common room entrance.

"Go after her," Sirius said.

Remus took off after her.

REMUS.

I felt completely upset and guilty. I caught up with Laura in the corridor. I grabbed her arm and spun her around to face me.

"Let me go," Laura said in a unsteady voice.

"Please, let me explain," I pleaded.

Laura glared at me.

"Fine,"

"We didn't want to tell you because we didn't know if that would influence your feelings toward us. The only ones who know about it are Lily and Hillary. James was an Animagus as well. Sirius is the only Animagus in the group. Hillary and I are werewolves. We just didn't know how you would take it if you found about everything," I said slowly staring into Laura's blue eyes.

"So you lied instead?" Laura demanded.

"We were going to tell you...honestly," I said earnestly. "We just didn't know when the right time was."

"I left one little detail out," Laura said narrowing her eyes. "Remember I said that my parents were killed in the fire?"

I nodded, wondering what she was getting out.

"I forgot to mention that my older brother was in there too. I looked up to him. The same way I looked up to you. Then, one day he lied to me and my trust shattered. Same thing here...figure it out," Laura snarled.

Realization began forming on my face as well.

"I let you down like your brother did," I said quietly.

"Bingo," Laura snarled as she yanked her arm out of my grip. "If you'll excuse me, I think I'll go for a walk."

She continued to walk down the corridor leaving me standing there feeling even more miserable.

I trudged back to the common room. Brittany wasn't there.

"Where'd she go?" I asked sitting next to Hillary and burying my face into her shoulder.

"For a walk. She said she needed to think or something," Hillary said softly resting her head against mine.

Later on, we all headed to bed.

The next morning, I eagerly looked for Laura. She never came down to breakfast. Brittany did though.

"Brit? Have you seen Laura?" Hillary asked.

Brittany had a solemn expression on her face.

"I'm afraid so," she said quietly.

"Well?" Sirius demanded.

"She's dead. I found her body this morning,"