Daughter Of The Dark

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Chapter Nine

Soon lunch was over and the trio and Serena were headed towards the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. They were the first people in the room and all sat together near the front of the room. Harry sat next to Ron, who sat next to Hermione, who sat beside Serena. Harry and Ron took a little nap as Hermione re-read the textbook. Serena also fell asleep, falling into a dream.

Voldemort and Bellatrix were standing in front of Serena, the trio and Ginny with their wands pointed at them. Death eaters stood behind them.

"How dare you turn traitor!" Bellatrix roared at Serena.

"It's not like you cared about me in slightest!" Serena yelled back.

"Why you little bitch!" Bellatrix screamed, and she started to say the killing curse, but was stopped by Voldemort's voice.

"That's enough Bella!" came the high cold voice. "She'll get what's coming to her soon enough."

Serena gulped and froze, afraid of what he meant.

"Serena!" hissed Hermione, shaking Serena awake. "It's Lupin!"

"What?" asked Serena, confused.

"What she's trying to tell you is that Lupin is our teacher this year!" said Harry, excited. "He was best teacher we ever had!"

The professor called Lupin was walking over to where they were sitting. They were still all alone and Ron was snoring. Lupin had a few scars on his face and looked very tired and old. His robes were faded and patched. He had an enormous smile on his face and Harry stood up and hugged him.

"Harry! Hermione! Good to see you again!" Lupin said, cheerfully.

"Why didn't you tell me that you were teaching this year?" demanded Harry.

"I didn't know until last minute!" Lupin said, ruffling Harry's hair. "Otherwise I would have warned you to change classes!"

"Professor, if you don't mind my asking, what class would we have changed to?" asked Hermione, seriously.

"I was only kidding, Hermione."

"Oh," said Hermione, surprised that Lupin would joke about something as serious as classes.

"So who is your friend?" Lupin asked, noticing Serena for the first time.

"Oh, this is Serena," Harry said, introducing Serena.

"Serena…?" Lupin said reaching his hand out to shake Serena's.

"Black, Serena Black," Serena replied, shaking Lupin's hand.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Black. What brings you to Hogwarts so late?"

"Oh, nothing major, it was just my parents."

"I see. Did you have a tutor?"

"Oh yes, he is a professor here at Hogwarts. He's taught me for many years. Longer than I prefer to remember."

"Who was it?"

"The one and only slimeball known as Snape," said Serena, disgust apparent in her voice.

Lupin nodded his head, understanding all too well. "Were you related to Sirius Black, if you don't mind my asking?"

"I don't mind. And yes, I was related to him."

"You're not his daughter, right?" Lupin asked, wondering if his best friend had kept her secret from him.

"Oh no! He's my mother's cousin."

"Your mother was a Black?"

"Unfortunately."

"Are your parents working for the Order?"

"Lupin, do you really—?" Harry asked.

"Harry, I'm not trying to be rude. I'm just merrily curious," Lupin said, facing a worried Harry.

"Well, I'll just save you the trouble of beating around the bush. My parents are none other than Bellatrix Black and Voldemort! Happy now?" Serena cried, exploding and racing from the classroom.

Lupin looked from Harry to Hermione. "Did you know?" he finally asked in disbelief.

"Yes, we knew. But she's nothing like her parents! She's good!" Harry said, defending Serena.

"Harry, she's a daughter of the dark! Her parents want you dead! How can you be sure that she's not a spy! I thought you had more sense than this!"

"She's not a spy! Snape attacked her! He almost killed her!"

"Still, Harry, stay away from her!"

"Don't tell me what to do!" Harry said, angered as he grabbed his backpack also left the room.

Serena ran and ran until she could run no more. She didn't know where she was headed, but it didn't matter to her as long as she got far away from Lupin. And suddenly it did matter, when Serena ran into none other than Draco Malfoy, who grabbed her arm. She was caught, like a fly trapped in a spider's web.

Author's Notes:

There is a Harry-Serena scene in the next chapter, so don't worry!