Chapter 4: First Sight
"What?" Said Harry
startled.
"You're…my…brother…" Artemis stuttered.
"I
don't have any sisters."
Artemis blinked, she wondered
what to say, when there was a knock at the door.
The bedroom door
opened and there stood a man who looked really pretty, but he seemed
a right mess.
"Hello Remus, what are you doing here?"
Hermione said, standing up.
"Hello everyone, I am here to see
the wonderful Artemis." Remus replied.
"I don't know about
wonderful..." Laughed Artemis.
"Ah you must be the delight I
have been told about, I would like to speak to you please, I believe
you would like a lot of questions answered, and I am here to answer
most of them."
Artemis felt a few butterflies in her stomach; Remus was the most beautifulest man she had ever seen! A bit old, but perfectly sculptured.
"Umm, ok." She replied.
Remus took Artemis into his bedroom (as he was
staying at the Weasley's until the start of school), Artemis sat
down next to Remus on his bed, and she crossed her legs and put her
arms down beside her.
"Let me introduce myself better to you, I
am Remus, but at school I am known as Mr Lupin, I am the defence
against the dark arts teacher, I'm a werewolf and I am 42 years
old."
'Just a bit too old for me then huh.' Artemis thought to herself.
"That's nice; can I ask my questions
now please?" Artemis answered.
"Fire away."
"Ok
question one: am I Harry's sister, question number two: why do I
have the thing on my arm, question number three why didn't you let
me join Hogwarts at 11 like you're supposed to?"
"Lets take
it a question at a time now hey, righto question one, yes you are
Harry's sister, question number two you have a pentagram there
because you are special, Harry has a lighting bolt on his forehead,
nobody knows the exact reason why you two got these marks but you
will eventually find out, and question number three the answer is
because we didn't know if it was safe for you to come to the school
just yet, Voldemort is after you and Harry, its been his mission for
over 3 years now to kill you both, he just hasn't had the strength,
we believe its safer for you to come to Hogwarts now than it was
before, for reasons will be enclosed." Remus said.
Artemis just stared at him, how could he sound so calm about this prat called Voldemort coming to kill her?
"Oh ok then." Said Artemis.
She felt some tears leaking out of her eyes, she
didn't like the idea of being lied to for 14 years, even if it was
for protection, she wished she got to know her parents before they
died.
Remus leaned over to Artemis and hugged her, even though she
was crying she felt her heart pound against his, she felt a little
flushed, he was so soft, so gentle, she rested her hair upon his
shoulder and cry on it for a little while, now and again Remus would
whisper; 'shhh, its ok now' 'let it all out' 'I know how
you feel' ect ect ect.
It was dinner time, everyone was round the dinner table scoffing down their meal, Fred flicked some mash at George, while Artemis and Ron were talking about Snape.
"He works at Hogwarts?" Artemis said, a little
surprised.
"Yeah, he's so moody, nobody likes him." Ron
said, putting some peas in his mouth.
"Hmm, I'm still mad at
him, but I do like him, he's my uncle after all."
"He's
you're what? You're related to Snape? Ha-ha sucker!"
"He's
a nice guy once you get to know him."
"I bet you will get put
into Slytherin."
"What's Slytherin?"
"Its one of the
four houses at Hogwarts, you have Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw
and Slytherin." Replied Remus.
"Wow, what lot are you guys
in?" Artemis asked.
"We are all in Gryffindor, nobody likes
the Slytherin's apart from the Slytherin's themselves."
"And
yet you say i might be in Slytherin."
"Well you might be, we
don't know how evil you are, as long as you don't team up with
Malfoy, your ok." Said Harry.
"Malfoy…"
"Arge, Draco,
he has smooth blond hair, and he's a bastered."
"OI, no
swearing at the table!" Shouted Molly.
"Sorry, but it's
true."
"I think I've seen him before, I was getting some
robes and he was looking at me through the shop window." Artemis
said.
"His farther is worse, everyone in Draco's family is
evil, don't go near them." Hermione said.
"Meh." Said
Artemis.
Everyone continued eating their dinner.
