J.R and her mother Sabine stood outside platform 9 and 3/4 waiting for the right time to pass through in order to get on the train. Sabine looked worried and bored all at the same time, damn that man, Remus Lupin! He promised me and he promised Jill that he would be here to see her off for her first year. Where could he be?

"Mom look it's Draco and his parents!" Sabine looked down at her feet willing herself to be pleasant to her cousin and her husband, then looked up and smiled as they approached.

"Narcissa! How nice to see you!" Sabine said pleasantly as they walked up to her and Jill. Narcissa air kissed Sabine on each cheek as did Sabine to Narcissa. Sabine then recieved a quick kiss on the cheek by Lucius, Narcissa's husband. They made small talk for a moment until it was safe to walk through to platform 9 and 3/4. There they continued to talk about how the summer went for each of them. In the middle of a tirade from Lucius, Sabine looked down at Draco and noticed how thin he was, she couldn't stand the thought of her "nephew" not eating so she said as carefully as she could.

"Well kids I think that it's about time you got on the train." Narcissa and Lucius nodded in agreement and the kids sighed.

"Yeah, you're probably right Aunt Sabine." Draco waved a quick farewell to his parents and started walking to the train steps.

"Excuse me a moment if you will, Lucius and Narcissa, I forgot to tell Jill something." Lucius nodded tersely and Sabine quickly walked to the boarding steps of the train.

"Jill, wait a moment."

"Yes mum?"

"I want you to do me a favor."

"What's that?"

"I want you to be careful, take care of yourself, make sure you eat and sweetie, make sure Draco eats as much as he can while he's there okay?"

"You noticed it too mum? I'll do everything you requested ma'am!" Jill saluted and Sabine smiled as she kissed the top of Jill's head and Jill walked up the rest of the stairs. Sabine waved goodbye to the train then walked back to Lucius and Narcissa.

"I am afraid that my wife and I have pressing matters we must get to at home. It was good to see you after so long." Why did it always sound like he was being sarcastic when he said something nice?

"It was good to see the two of you again."

"Come to tea tomorrow, 'round lunch time."

"Ok."

"You can bring your friend, the sickly man."

"I will see if he can come."

"Good see you then." There we go with the malicious tone. The couple walked away and Sabine sighed in relief until she heard a voice call out,

"Hurry kids! You'll be late, again!" Molly Weasley, oh great sweet Magick please let this be a pleasant meeting. She thought to herself as she prepared for an encounter.

"Hurry now, get on the train! That's good lads! Oh! Sabine...how nice to see you looking so well." Sabine shuddered when Molly suddenly changed her tone from loving and friendly to hateful and poisonous.

"Molly, Arthur, I-I haven't seen you in quite a while. You are looking well."

"Thank you, so are you." Which was a bleeding lie, Arthur thought to himself. Sabine looks terribly fatigued and pale.

"Well, I have pressing matters at home. It was nice seeing you again and I look forward to seeing you when the kid's get back from Summer vacation. Or will Ron and the other boys be coming home for Christmas?"

"Most likely not."

"I see well then as I said before, I will see you again when the kids are out of Hogwarts." Molly nodded and Sabine did too then she walked away.

Arthur, as he was a man with a big heart felt bad for Sabine Black, after all she did raise a child on her own for 10 years, seemingly doing a fine job of it.

"Molly," Arthur said carefully,

"Perhaps we should be a bit nicer to Sabine." Molly turned to him a bit angered.

"Hear me out my sweet. Sabine has been through alot in her short years. She has risen above all the obsticals that jumped up in her lilfe. She became a powerful witch and a kind hearted woman eventhough she was in Slytherin House with her brother, she never did evil even when she was a double agent for You-Know-Who and The Other Group. Among other things she raised a wonderful daughter almost all alone."

"Perhaps you're right Arthur, we are judged badly as well before they know us, maybe we should give her a chance."

"Absolutely! Now how about-" Arthur was interupted by the whistle of the train and Remus Lupin running up.

"Oh no! I'm too late!" Remus held bags, probably gifts, in his hands as he looked dissapointedly at the train as it chugged away. When it was finally gone Remus walked up to the Weasleys.

"Arthur! Molly and little Ginny, how are you all doing?"

"We're good Remus. How are you?"

"I'm good, I'm good, um I hate to cut our reunion short but have you seen Sabine?"

"Oh yes, just a few minutes ago, she must have gone to her car."

"Right, thank you. I must go now but I hope to catch up again sometime in the near future."

"That sounds fantastic how about on Friday you and Sabine come for dinner at the Borough?"

"Really, that sounds good."

"Good how about, around six?"

"Will do, thank you for the invitation and now I must go."

"You're welcome, see the two of you then."

"Ta." Remus smiled handsomely and ran off through the invisible barrier. And so starts our new friendship with a woman most people think is the enemy.