A/N: Sorry for the slight delay, but I have been going away a lot lately. Well here it is.

"Brittany! What are you doing here?" the voice asked.

Brittany spun around so fast she nearly fell over, not to mention the dizziness that immediately ensued. "Uncle Bill!" She exclaimed at the site of one of her many uncles.

"Here, let me help you up," He said coming over and helping her to her feet.

"Thanks," She said giving him a great hug.

"Oh, you're welcome. Now where were you?" He asked as the 2 broke apart.

"Well I'm not sure exactly. Mom probably told you the whole story though," She said shrugging.

"Um, that's the thing. Your mother is, uh, kind of, missing in action, so to speak," Bill said.

"She's what?" Brittany asked, astounded. "but she can't be. I saw her. What happened?"

"We're not too sure. We were actually hoping you could tell us," Bill answered looking at her hopefully.

"Well I sure don't know. The last time I saw her she was about to fire a spell at Lucius Malfoy. At very close aim, might I add," Brittany said smiling.

"Wow!" Bill said stunned at how she still managed to smile even though her mother was currently missing in action and they had no clue where she was.

"What?" Brittany asked.

"Well it's just that, well. Nobody knows where your Mother is and yet you still manage to find a smile," Bill said.

"Well, you see I like to follow that "no news is good news" rule. Besides, I just don't think she's in too much danger right now," Brittany finished.

"At least you're not the only one. Harry thinks the same thing," Brittany smiled at the mention of her father.

"So I take it Dad's O.K. then," Brittany said hopefully.

"Yah, he's O.K. a couple bruises but nothing major. He was incredibly nervous about you though," Bill said putting his arm around his niece's arms and steering her back the way he had came.

"Wait!" Brittany said as she turned and started walking as fast as she could given her condition in the other direction.

"Where are you going?" Bill said standing in front of her so she would stop walking.

"I have to go get Lupin and Jeremy," Brittany explained.

"Oh which reminds me why I was coming out here," Bill said and stepped back beside Brittany. The 2 of them started walking back towards the front of the house.

"Why were you out here?" Brittany asked realizing what a stroke of luck it was that Bill had come at that exact moment.

"Oh, I was coming to relieve Lupin. He's been out all night," Bill answered.

"I see," Brittany said slowly.

"Wait, what did you say?" Bill asked.

"I said 'I see'" Brittany said a little louder.

"No, before that," Bill clarified.

"Um... Oh, 'I have to go get Lupin and Jeremy'," Brittany repeated.

"Who's Jeremy?" Bill asked. "And if I hear you were out all night with a new boyfriend I'm not gunna be too happy."

"Don't worry. He's a boy, yes about my age, but he's looking for a place to hide while Voldemort looks for him," Brittany said being sure not to give away too much information about Jeremy or his father.

"Well then, I look forward to meeting him. We could use some more help around here. What with Hermione pregnant and all," Bill said as they continued to walk.

They rounded the corner and saw Lupin and the 2 Malfoys heading towards them at a slightly faster than normal pace.

"Mr. Lupin sir," Bill began not noticing Draco and Jeremy. "I caught an intruder lurking in one of the halls," Bill said nudging Brittany forward a little.

"Ah, yes. That one managed to slip past me," Lupin said, playing along. "Actually we were just coming to fix up her little cut there," Lupin added.

"Two questions Mr. Lupin, first; what do you mean 'fix her up?' and second Who is 'we'?" Bill asked.

"Wow, our little intruder didn't tell you anything did she?" Lupin asked wondering what Bill knew or didn't know. "We is the Malfoys here and I and by saying we were coming to fix her up I meant wrapping up her cut. It has a great likeliness that it is infected."

"Brittany, why didn't you tell me you were hurt?" Bill said, turning to face Brittany.

"Because I didn't want you babying me," Brittany answered.

"Babying you?" Bill asked.

"Yes, babying me, you know, treating me like a baby," Brittany explained.

"Remus, what can we do for her here? Wouldn't we be better off taking her down to the others where we have more resources?" Bill asked turning back to Lupin.

"I suppose that might be better for keeping it clean but I would at least like to clean it a little bit now," Lupin answered. "Can I at least do that Brittany?"

"I guess," Brittany sighed.

Lupin pulled out a handkerchief and gently dabbed at Brittany's head.

When he was done Lupin stuffed the handkerchief back in his pocket. "Well that's the best I can do right here so let's get you down to the others and we can sort the rest of this out."

A/N: I hope you liked it now do me a favour and... review!