"What do you mean she's gone!"
"She's not here anymore! Gone!"
Sirius apparates to the old house he sees a woman in a long hooded black cloak waiting at the top of the stairs.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to see my favorite cousin."
"Regulus is dead"
"I'm not talking about your brother. I came to see you."
She pulls out her wand.
"Avada
Kedavra!"
Adrian sits up, jumps out of bed, and gets dressed as quickly as possible. She runs out of her room, through the common room and down the corridor to Dumbledore's office.
"Headmaster!"
"What is it?"
"Father."
"What's wrong?"
"I... I don't know. Something's happened to him!"
Amelia runs up the stairs to the bedroom.
"Remus!"
She opens the door to the bedroom and runs to the bed.
"Remus!"
He looks at her.
"What's wrong?"
"Dumbledor wants you to meet him at Headquarters. Immediately!"
Remus gets dressed and apparates to #12. Dumbledor is waiting.
"What's going on?"
"Adrian came to me this morning telling me something was wrong here. I thought it best to make sure."
"Have you been in yet?"
"Not yet. Come and we will go in."
They walk in the door. Remus goes upstairs with Tonks. Dumbledor goes downstairs with Snape.
"All clear up here. Tonks did you see Sirius?"
"No. He must be downstairs."
They walk down to the kitchen.
"What's going on?"
"He's gone Remus."
They head back to the Castle
"Did you find him?"
"Sorry Adrian. He wasn't there. When you talked to him yesterday did he tell you anything?"
"He talked about the day Mum died and about living next to the Malfoy's."
Remus and Dumbledor walk into the house, Remus stops just inside the door.
"I can't do it."
Dumbledor nods and goes into the great room. He stops at the bottom of the stairs and looks up.
"Sirius."
"I'll tell her."
"Are you sure Remus?"
"Yes. I think I should be the one to do it. After all I am family"
He apparates back to his house.
"What is it Remus?"
"Sirius..."
Amelia looks at her husband. He looks more pale than usual. His eyes. There is a great fear and dread in them. Empty. That's the one word that describes Remus Lupin at this moment. An emptiness that can not be filled by just anything. He not only lost James. He lost Sirius. His best friend.
"He's gone. He can't come back."
"Does Adrian know?"
"Not yet. I have to go tell her."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
"I'll go with you. She'll need us both."
They apparate to Hogsmead and walk slowly up to the castle.
Adrian is sitting in the library with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco doing their homework for the day. Draco gets up to find a book, he looks toward the door.
"Adrian your uncle and aunt are here."
"What?"
She looks up.
"Remus!"
She gets up and runs to him and hugs him and Amelia.
"What are you doing here? I thought you both went home. Remus are you ok?"
"Adrian something's happened."
Adrian sits down.
"What is it?"
"It's your father."
"What about him?"
"He was killed."
Adrian burst into tears and ran from the room. Draco ran after her.
"Is it true?"
Amelia looks at Remus.
"I'm afraid it is Harry."
Adrian ran down the hall to the dungeons. She didn't stop until she got to the entrance of the common room. She sat down outside the door and cried. Draco sat down beside her. She laid her head on his shoulder and cried into his robes. After a while she calmed down some. Draco looked at her.
"She's asleep."
Draco looked up to see Remus and Snape.
"We'll take her to the hospital wing Draco."
"What's going to happen to her?"
"She'll come stay with me. She may want to go back to the house for some of her things. She'll come back to school when she's ready. I'll teach her privately if she wants."
Draco nods as Snape picks Adrian up and takes her to the hospital wing. Remus follows slowly behind them.
"He is dead my lord."
"Where is the girl?"
"We have yet to find her Master but she may return to the house. I will watch and if she comes I will..."
"You will what?"
"Kill her?"
"Very good."
Adrian wakes in the hospital wing. She looks around and sees Remus and Draco talking to Harry. He looks over at her and goes and sits down in the chair beside her bed.
"How do you feel?"(Lupin)
"Are you ok?" (Harry)
"I'm fine I guess."
"Would you like to go get something from the house?"
"Yeah I think so."
"We'll go tomorrow."
"Ok and Remus?"
He turns to look at her.
"Thanks."