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Chapter 6: Faith's Birthday
Ever since Faith's tea with Mrs. Black, her father had lost his job. Even though Fudge said it was because they felt he was too qualified for the job, Faith knew why he was really fired. Faith had other things though to help her keep her mind busy. Like Sarah's wedding. Sarah was quite forgetful so Lily and Faith were helping her a lot with trying to find out information about locations. Faith and Lily had both gotten jobs. Faith was working as a Healer at Saint Mungos and Lily was an auror. Sarah was working with Magical Creatures and loving every minute of it.
"We're going to tell my parents." Sarah said as Faith gulped down a glass of milk.
"When?" Lily asked as she moved furniture out of the way. Faith would be turning 18 and they were going to be having a party.
"Tomorrow." Sarah said softly. Faith began to choke on her milk and set the glass down.
"Tomorrow? Don't you want Remus to make it to the wedding?" Faith said.
"Faith. Be quiet. I thinks its good that Sarah tells them sooner rather than later." Lily said.
"His funeral." Faith muttered.
"We've set a date too." Sarah muttered.
"I'm afraid to ask...when?" Faith said seating herself on top of the counter.
"October 27th. We wanted to do it Halloween but that's the full moon." Sarah said shrugging.
Peter kneeled before Voldemort, and told him f Remus and Sarah.
"The werewolf...he's marrying the cat girl?" Voldemort asked amused.
"Yes my Lord. October 27th." Peter said softly.
"And the others?" Voldemort asked leaning backwards in his chair.
"They will be attending." Peter said.
"Not what I meant!" Voldemort hollered. Peter shook violently and said timidly
"F-Faith got a job...as d-did Lily. James has been thinking of p-proposing to Lily. Sirius got Faith's father fired and a new job as an auror." Voldemort just nodded and stared at the roaring fire.
Faith noticed Remus's eyes looking bloodshot the next day at breakfast. She pointed this out to Dumbeldore who said they would talk about it later. Faith made a mental note to talk to Remus as she ran off to help Hagrid with his class. It was a class of third years and they were handling unicorns for the day. Faith could tell that Hagrid wanted nothing more than to bring in something a bit more dangerous.
As the third class approached Hagrid pulled a sphinx out of the Forbidden Forest and gave Faith a toothy smile.
"Think 'hey'll like 'er?"
"Of course they will. I doubt any of them have ever seen a Sphinx before." Faith said grinning. The Sphinx gave a subtle smile. Faith turned to watch the 6th years come ever closer. She noticed that it was Slytherin and Gryffindor together...what a lovely pair.
" 'aith, Give me a 'hand over 'ere." Hagrid said. Faith turned to see Hagrid with several boxes. These boxes had streams of smoke coming out the sides. Faith didn't ask...she didn't want to. Faith bent over to pick up her wand which she had tossed to the side when she heard a name that made her blood run cold.
"Shut up Malfoy! You act like you've never seen a girl before!" Hermione yelled. Faith stood up and slowly turned around. Hermione stood there glaring at a boy with blonde hair who looked incredibly like Lucius. The boy had a slight smirk and Faith knew instantly that this was Lucius Malfoys son. Faith could feel her heart beating hard in her chest and fear shot through her.
"Remus!" Sirius hollered. Remus looked up from his book just in time to see Sirius shove a piece of paper in his face.
"Sign!" Sirius commanded.
"All right...keep your panties on." Remus said as he quickly scratched out his name on the card. Sirius glared at him and stuffed the card into an envelope. Remus shook his head. Ever since Faith's dad got fired, Sirius had been acting different. Remus felt slightly sorry for Sirius, after Faith's father got fired it seemed he couldn't do anything right.
"Tonights going to be perfect." Sirius mumbled grabbing the other letter that was just from himself and his wand.
"Of course it will be." Remus said grabbing his wand and apparating with Sirius.
"Hey cutie." James said as Lily opened the door. Lily smiled and James looked her up and down. She was wearing a forest green shirt that cut down low in the front. Her hair was sparkly and was in tight curls. James didn't look bad himself. He managed to slap on a pair of black pants and a baby blue shirt that made him look every bit the gentleman.
"Wheres the birthday girl?" James asked giving Lily a kiss.
"In her room." Sarah said bringing out a plate of large brownies with powdered sugar on top.
"Brownies?" James asked slightly confused.
"Faith despises cake. Her favorite is brownies." Sarah said putting the plate on the counter.
"Well I always knew she was weird." James said as Remus and Sirius walked in through the door that Lily had absently mindly left open.
"Hey Sweetie." Remus said giving Sarah a kiss. She looked up and smiled at him and he smiled back. Sarah had on her signature baby blue shirt which didn't bring out the blue in her eyes anymore. Ever since she had been taken over of Voldemort her eyes stayed a purplish color. Sarah's hair was straight, sleek and tied back into a low pony tail. Remus had dressed simply enough in a black shirt and a pair of tan pants.
"Wheres the birthday girl?" Sirius asked setting the neatly wrapped gift and cards on the table.
"Here." Faith said. They all turned around and a large grin spread over his face. Faith had let her hair go curly and it made her look beautiful. She had on a tight button up white shirt and a pair of blue jeans. The oddest thing was that Sirius was dressed almost exactly the same. He had on a white button up shirt and a pair of blue jeans. The sleeves of his shirt were rolled up past his elbows though.
"18 Faith...Thats 18 spankings." James said as Sirius gave Faith a kiss.
"Not on your life." Faith said as three screaming boys ran into the apartment. They immediately tackled Faith's legs with large hugs. Following the boys came Mrs. Weasley with Mr. Weasley who was carrying Fred and George.
"Fay! Fay! Fay Birbay!" Percy said with a wide grin.
"Its bir-th-day." Charlie said mockingly to Percy.
"Birbay." Percy said in an attempt.
"Bir-th-day." Charlie repeated.
"Birbay." Percy said loudly.
"Moooommmmm!" Charlie said whiningly.
"Silence you two." Mrs. Weasley said sternly. (Mrs. Weasley always struck me as very nice but the type of person who knew how to put her kids in their place.)
"Now, does 'neone know 'hat this is?" Hagrid asked. Hermione's hand was the first to shoot up. Faith watched the class with slight curiosity as she sat in the cool grass.
"Yes 'ermione?" Hagrid said. Faith was distracted away from Hermione's answer to a group of snickers. She looked behind and saw three Slytherins all gathered around in a circle....well actually it was more of a triangle. Faith sighed and groaned as she got to her feet. She walked over to the trio and clamped a hand on one of their shoulders.All three of them turned to face her and she recognized one of them as Lucius's son. Faith knew she wanted nothing at all to do with Lucius...especially since that day...No...she was to forget that day, as was Serverus. Suddenly apprehension dawned on Faith...Lucius wasn't at Hogwarts, his son was. Faith was at Hogwarts and there was no way Lucius could do anything to her here.
"Thinking about rejoining the class?" Faith asked them.
"Sod off!" Mr. Malfoy said.
"Hmm...I'm thinking not." Faith said making a face as if she was thinking hardly.
"I don't need to be taught my a giant oaf." Malfoy spat.
"The head of your house is...?" Faith asked.
"Professor Snape." He said proudly as if that was supposed to scare Faith.
"Peachy. I'll just have to have a chat with him...now...go join the class." Faith said pointing to where the others were. Malfoy muttered something to his friends and walked off reluctantly.
(A/N:Sorry about this chapters complete suckiness. Had a spot of writers block and I realized it had been awhile since I put out a chapter so here you go. Hmmm? What is it that Faith and Serverus are supposed to forget? )