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Ch 15

The moon shown brightly in the sky and a howl was heard in the still air. Another answered and the sound of a mystical bird singly and the sounds of two equines and then, "Erin, Sirius, be careful!"

Harry, Remus and Genie were walking along in the Forbidden Forest with their friends all around them. Erin and Sirius were jumping on each other and nipping playfully while James and Lily (stag and unicorn) walked along beside the three in human form. Xenia, as a phoenix, was perched on Remus' shoulder.

It was so peaceful and pleasant taking a stroll in the moonlight. Xenia flew off Remus' shoulder and landed on Sirius' head. The black dog yipped happily and the black wolf beside him bounded over to Harry, leaning against the boys' leg. Harry let his hand stroke her shiny fur. "You're beautiful." He murmured.

Erin looked up and nuzzled his hand. Even though it was a small gesture, Harry felt so much love emanating for her.

"We should take some pictures." Xenia suddenly said appearing beneath Sirius (still as a dog).

Back in the Common Room Xenia grabbed her bag and then rushed out again to an empty classroom. They spent a few hours taking pictures and then Erin and James went to develop them.

The peace and serenity of being with their parents didn't last long…this time it clearly was not Erin's fault…

The group was down by the lake again. Erin and Remus were rolling around on the ground together acting very muck like wolf cubs. Sirius and Xenia were lounging underneath a tree a few feet away and James, Lily, and Harry were talking nearby.

"Got you, Remus!"

"No, you don't!"

"Do too!"

Erin and Remus were laughing and trying to pin each other. Sirius watched them lazily as he was sprawled out across Xenia's lap. There was slight smile on his handsome face. 'You will need to know I love you…' He frowned as the thought came unbidden to his mind. 'What happens to us, love? Why are you so sad when you look at us? Why is Harry when he looks at James and Flower? What happens to us? You act like you don't know your own mum…Harry acts like he doesn't know his parents…What does Remus know?'

"Peter, stop skulking behind the tree." Xenia said cutting into Sirius' thoughts. "Must you spy on us? You're always doing that now. So just come out already!"

The sniveling form of Peter Pettigrew emerged plopping down beside Xenia and Sirius. "What's wrong with you?" Sirius asked not really caring.

"Nothing," The boy said glaring at Erin and Harry.

Harry glared right back, but Erin ignored him intent upon pinning Remus. He was small, but wiry. Erin, on the other hand, was larger, more firmly built, but still light and graceful, very much like her father. It was hard put to have a clear winner between the two.

"Ow!" Remus cried out. "No fair!"

"Wuss!" Erin yelled back laughing.

"Getting beat up by a girl, Remy?"

"No!" He said to Genie, who had just arrived without breaking his concentration.

"Yes!" Erin countered.

Genie chuckled and sat down next to Lily. There was mirthful and raucous laughter. They all looked up surprised to see a group of Slytherins. "Ah, is widdle Remus getting beat up my a widdle girl?" A beautiful blonde asked.

"Clear off, Serena!" Xenia said getting to her feet. The other immediately followed suit, none of them looking happy.

"Oh, come on, Xenia." A redhead scoffed. "Are you going to do something about us?"

"I just might, Xena." It was then Erin realized that the two girls who had spoken were her aunts. There were two other girls with them. One with dark hair and hooded eyes and a snooty one with white blonde hair…looking a lot like Draco Malfoy. With the four girls were five boys. Two big hulking ones, two tall, thin ones and one small and square. All of them looked distinctly evil and neither Erin nor Harry would have been surprised if all of them grew up to be Death Eaters.

"You gonna take all of us?" One of the hulking boys sneered.

"Why not, Lestrange?" James asked. "Same number."

"Like the Rat will fight." Serena hissed. "He's too scared. And Remus is just a little coward. And you, Xenia, are a stinking blood traitor just like your little boyfriend!"

She didn't get the chance to say another word. Erin had already arced her wand through the air. The girl was thrown back and landed several yards from where she had been standing. The others stared aghast at Erin. "Who's next?"

"Me." Xena said raising her wand. "You can take the others." She told her friends. "She's mine."

They faced each other and then spell after spell erupted from their wands. Erin knew exactly what the girl would do…she was honing in on her skills better than she had ever done. She was grateful that she could in a fight and since Erin never needed to verbalize her wonderful aunt never knew what she was going to throw at her next. All the redhead could do was hope that her shield charm held or that she got lucky and could dodge.

Spells were flying through the air and more than one person was down. It looked like a battle was taking place on the lawns.

No one noticed that Peter was gone. The small boy was running through the corridors and found McGonagall coming out of her classroom. "Professor! Some Gryffindors and Slytherins and a Ravenclaw are on the lawns having an all out wand battle! Several are already hurt!"

Erin launched a spell that sent Xena crashing to the ground. Xena was up in a moment returning something fierce. Erin barely dodged it. "AVISEMPRA!" She yelled.

"FINITE INCANTATEM!" A voice bellowed. Those left standing turned and saw Dumbledore, McGonagall, Flitwick and a huge wizard with a mustache standing there looking at everyone with expressions anywhere from aghast to furious.

'Oh, no, we're in trouble.' Erin and Harry both thought.

Madam Pomfrey hurried out and checked on Serena, Xena, Lily, Remus and some of the Slytherin boys. "Which ones of you did this much damage to these two girls?" She asked after checking Serena and Xena. She looked up. "Well, which ones of you?"

"She did." The hooded brunette said pointing at Erin. "She did it to both of them."

"You, dear?" Pomfrey asked. "You did this by yourself?"

"Yes." Erin said slowly. "They started it, but I performed the first spell. I will take the responsibility and the blame for this."

"All students report to their Head of House." Dumbledore commanded. "You two." He pointed to Erin and Harry. "With me."