Chapter 10: Telling the Parents

"Halloweens creeping towards us." Ron said one morning as they were getting ready for Hogsmede.

"Have you two noticed Remus getting…grouchier and more depressed as Halloween creeps closer?" Hermione asked as she put on her scarf.

"Hermione, its only the 26th….Halloween is a full moon so of course hes getting a little testy." Harry put in.

"No…I think hes a little bit different this time. It always seems to happen around this time, and by the time Halloween hits it seems to have passed and he's over it." Hermione commented.

"HEY!" Faith suddenly hollered as she came into the common room, silencing everyone.

"You need to go…blah blah blah...you all know the way to Hogsmede." Faith said, Harry noticed McGonagall give a slight disapproving glance at her. The others talkatively followed Faith and soon the three found themselves walking instep with her.

"It'll be exciting to see Hogsmede again." Faith said.

"Its not that great." Harry said shrugging, but that didn't seem to damper her spirits(keep in mind Faith has not been in the Wizarding World for some time.) Faith just nodded as the four all reached Hogsmede.

Faith headed off to Zonkos. Hermione and Harry wanted to go to The Three Broomsticks but Ron wanted to go to Zonkos first.

"Why? Can't we go to Zonkos AFTER we get a round of butterbeers?" Hermione asked.

"I…I just wanna go to Zonkos OKAY?" Ron said. Harry again noticed Ron's ears turning a light shade of pink.

Faith was looking at several different items.

"Faith Sloom." A chilling voice said from behind. Faith turned around and was greeted by a pale looking Lucius. His mouth was drawn in a very thin line.Faith flashed him a charming smile that only made his face grow paler with rage.

"Fancy my surprise when my son told me about an insolent, rude professor at Hogwarts. I could only guess it was that oaf Hagrid but he informed me that it was a girl. A girl that was pretty enough to be a pureblood if it wasn't for her utter stupidity. He described her as being medium height with dark brown hair that was short and in many layers. I only dreaded it was you….but then again I knew you were dead so I didn't really think much of it…but then Draco told me of your name….and I just had to see it for myself." Lucius said through gritted teeth.

"Well…here I am." Faith said staring up at Lucius with an icy glare.

"Tell me Faith…dear…where have you been all these years? Conversing with Muggles no doubt...you probably changed your name as to not alert the Dark Lord that you were still alive…hah….your little ticks could never fool the Dark Lord or his closest followers…I laugh at you…and tell me…Dear Miss Sloom….you are still Miss right?...Doesn't matter…how did you take to the death of your dear Sirius? You know it was his own cousin that caused his unfortunate end-" Lucius started with a pure hatred in his eyes.

"Lucius Malfoy!" Faith interrupted loudly. The shop got quite and Lucius went silent.

"Shut Up!" She shouted and left the shop.

"What was that all about?" Hermione asked Harry after seeing the spectacle in the shop.

"I'm not sure." Harry said shaking his head.

"Guess who I had a nice little chat with." Faith said walking into the Potions classroom.

"Who?" Serverus asked still bent over a piece of parchment.

"Lucius." She said sitting on the desk directly in front of Serverus. Serverus's head shot up and he said

"Well…you seem to be still alive."

"Do you honestly think he'd try to kill me right in the middle of Hogsmede?" She asked crossing her arms.

"Well…he does hate you enough…and If he did Voldemort would reward him greatly for it." He said getting out of his chair.

"I suppose Harry will ask about it now." Faith muttered.

"What?..have you been telling overly glorified stories to Mr. Potter about his father?" Serverus asked rocking back on his heels as he stood in front of her.

"No..I'm just telling him the truth, and it doesn't seem that anyone else would ever tell him anything about James or Lily….Hell, Harry didn't even know about Mrs. Lupin or about Sirius and-" Faith started but was cut off by Serverus.

"Well who would you recommend tell the child about his parents?" Serverus asked coldly.

"You could have….even if it was just to say 'Your mom and dad got together. The end' That would have been enough. I mean could you imagine going through life and never knowing your parents?" Faith asked.

"I could have gone through life without knowing my parents just fine." Serverus said.

"But don't you think that if you had been dumped off with two people who didn't want you and you never knew anything about your parents that you would be the least bit curious?" She asked speaking wildly with her hands.

"You forget what my parents did to me." Serverus said turning away from her.

"How could I?" She said just before leaving.

Serverus walked over to his desk and sat down. 'Who does she think she is? She walked into my life in our first year and ever since then she knew about my feelings for her. That didn't stop her from ruining my life. And then she comes back as if we were still in school and everything is just peachy keen and nothing bad had ever happened. That no one had died. That I hadn't saved her life. Why do I have to be so cruel to her?' He thought putting his head in his hands.

(Ohh the line can change colors. Hmm if its going to the Marauders Era it will be blue...if its just time has passed it will be regular)

"Lily….I don't….I'm so nervous." Sarah whispered.

"It will be ok…just tell them." Lily said handing Sarah her coat.

"Now Remus…if they try to kill you just duck your head and run-"

"FAITH! Nothing bad is going to happen its all going to be fine!" Lily shouted at Faith. Faith just rolled her eyes.

Sarah and Remus apparated just outside of Deluna Manor. Sarah grasped Remus's hand tightly and the two walked up and knocked on the door.

"10 knuts says that they throw them out in the cold." Faith said as her Sirius, James, Lily and Peter all sat down at their favorite wizarding restaurant.

"Whatever Faith….they won't do that to their own daughter." Lily said crossing her arms.

"I'm going to have to agree with Faith on this one." James said.

"Same here." Sirius said as he gulped down a butterbeer.

"I can't believe you three." Lily said sternly.

"I think they'll be fine with it." Peter said.

"See….at least someone believes in positive family morals." Lily said giving a bright smile to Peter.

"Are you serious?" Mrs. Deluna asked, a look of horror on her face. Mr. Deluna was white with rage.

"My daughter marrying a we-were-NO I won't have it! You! Leave Now!" He roared at Remus.

"No Daddy!" Sarah said jumping up.

"Don't tell me no! You are to stay in this house and never speak to him ever again!" He screamed. Sarah just glared at her father and said sternly

"No!"

Mr. Deluna pressed his lips together in a fine line and his face went the color of snow.

"THEN LEAVE!" He said through gritted teeth, and with one swift motion he was flailing his arms about and shoving Remus and Sarah out the door.

Faith continued to nudge Lily in the ribs as Sarah retold the story when they all got back to their apartment. Lily glared at Faith and she just gave her a look that said 'I told you so.' She then winked and went to sit next Sirius at the kitchen table.

"It was horrible." Sarah said, her head in her hands.

"I don't know if I've ever seen anyone foam at the mouth like that before." Remus said shaking his head. Sirius chuckled and muttered something that sounded like

"my mom…narcissa…"

"So I take it they're not coming to the wedding?" James muttered.

"This is horrible….How could we let this happen?!" Mr. Deluna roared pacing the room.

"I have a solution to your problem…we obviously don't want her marrying that…that werewolf." Mr. Malfoy said calmly and staring into the fire.

"No we do not!" Mr.Deluna said angrily.

"Well…there are ways to fix that…" Mr. Malfoy said grinning.

"Like….murdering him?" Mr. Deluna asked growing excited.

"Exactly nd know just the person to do the deed." Mr. Malfoy said with a coy smile.

"Who?" Mr. Deluna asked hopefully.

"My son.." Mr. Malfoy said getting up and leaving.

"Are you sure you're ok?" Remus asked Sarah just before leaving. Sarah gave a weak nod and closed the door to her apartment. Her apartment was only two floors up from Faith and Lily's and she liked living by herself. It gave her plenty of time to think.

Remus apparated back to his house. It was cold and dark as always. He jumped on the couch and stared up at the ceiling.

"That just downright sucks that does." Sirius said.

"Yeah…it does." James said.

"You know….if Sarah was my daughter and I really hated Remus that much…I probably would have hired someone to kill him." Sirius said laughingly. Everyone exchanged nervous laughs and then gave each other questioning glances.

"You don't think?" Lily asked biting her lower lip.

"I'll go tell Sarah." Faith said jumping up and running out the door.

Remus closed his eyes and heaved a heavy sigh. Well he knew for a fact that two people weren't going to be at the wedding. Remus sighed again and opened his eyes to see Lucius Malfoy standing over him with a predators grin.

"I want you to know…I'm going to enjoy this." Lucius said pointing his wand at him and opening his mouth.

"Avada K-" He started but was interrupted by Sarah knocking into him. Sarah pushed Lucius up against the wall and held her wand at his throat.

"If you ever try that again I'll rip your innards out."

"Remus…how are you holding up?" Faith asked walking into the Astronomy class. Remus had his head down on the desk. Slowly he picked it up, rubbed a hand through his hair and muttered

"Fine.".

"What is it now 20 years since you've been married?" Faith asked.

"19 years since we've been married. 16 years ago she 'died' or at least we thought she did." Remus said gloomily.

"Well…cheer up. Shes alive, and in the states, and did you hear? I don't have to teach Divination any more!" Faith said cheerily and moving to stand behind Remus.

"Hmm…" Remus said just as the clock struck midnight.

"Now its officially 19 years. October 27th." He said putting his head on the desk.

"Hello Remus. Hello Faith." A voice said that startled them both.

(A/N: Hey…whats up with Ron? What IS his deal? Acting a little strange ain't he?)