To Elanas' total suprise, she was being stopped throughout their walk through the Leaky Cauldron. She was upset that she did not have parents, yet at the same time, utterly appauled at the fact that she was so famous, only because of her father.
She turned to James and Emma "If I hear the word Harry Potter one more time I'm going to scream!" she said in a frantic whisper.
"Why?" James looked puzzled. "don't you miss dad?"
"Maybe If I knew him I would, and every time I hear his name I wish I knew him more" She stalked off, not paying attention where she was going. She kept going until she accidently rant in to an elderly man, he must have been about 60, but his eyes looked you and bright.
"Sorry" Elana muttered, but before she could leave again, he touched her face softly.
"Who are you?", Elana said, terrified that this man, who obviously was a wizard, was going to do to her.
"I'm Remus Lupin", He replied softly, in a calming voice. "are you Elana Potter?" , he said, a quizzical look in his eye.
"yes" Elana grunted.
"You're probably wondering who I am" he said softly. duh! Elana thought.
"I was your grandfather, James Potters' best friend--well, one of them, along with Sirius Black, your fathers godfather, he got killed by a woman named Bellatrix Lestrange--" He stopped abruptly, obviously realizing what he had just said. "I'm sorry" He said.
"No, it's alright,really" Elana replied, wanting to hear the rest of what the man had to say.
He seemed to realize that he should keep talking so he continued.
"Also, Peter Pettigrew was a best friend of ours, he was a backstabber and told he-who-must-not-be-named where your grandparents and father were and he is the reason your father had no parents." He sighed, looking deep in thought.
"Anyway, I taught your father a class, Defense against the dark arts, when he was thirteen, and we had been good friends. That's why I really wanted to meet you." He said. "You have his eyes"
Remus Lupin and Elana spoke for a while before they went to find the Weaslys'. Elana really liked this man, and he knew her father, and grandfather. When he had told her that he was a werewolf, she jumped about a foot in the air,but relaxed again when he told her about a wolfsbaine potion to make him docile, as a wolf. He also said that he would be teaching the Defense against the Dark arts class.
When they found the Weaslys' again, Elanas' aunt and uncle both spoke to Professor Lupin for a while before bringing them to a wall which was totally blank except for a trashcan. Her aunt pulled out a thin piece of wood and tapped the wall in a couple places, and to Elanas' shock, it turned into a passageway to a street. Elana gasped and stumbled backwards in disbelief.
"Welcome, to Diagon Alley" came a hoarse whisper from behind Elana. She spun around in suprise to see Professor Lupin standing behind her.
