"So J.R. what did Snape want?" J.R hushed the young group of Gryffidors and motioned for them to stand close to her as he told them what had happened.
"Wait! He's your uncle?"
"Ronald! Shut up!" Hermione exclaimed looking around for easedroppers and Ron turned red.
"Yes Ron." J.R whispered and scuffed her shoe on the floor, man this was humiliating!
"Wow, that's a weird complication."
Harry looked at J.R seriously watching her reaction, did she know more than she was telling?
"J.R. do you know more than you're telling us?" Harry asked and J.R looked up quickly but then flushed.
"Yeah but this is strictly personal stuff. I swear if it isn't too embarassing for me or my u-family then I'll tell you guys but for now let me keep this to myself won't you?"
The all grudgingly agreed even though the wanted to know more about their mysterious new friend.
A few minutes later J.R. sat next to her cousin at the dinner table and was rushed into an explanation. She told him that they were discussing matters but she could not go into detail at the moment and that she would tell him more when they were alone. Draco sighed and said in a low voice.
"Kay, here's the plan. Eat quickly and we can talk for a little while in the common room before anyone gets there...agreed?"
J.R. agreed and ate as quickly as she could, even with her thoughts on other things.
After dinner Draco and J.R. rushed to the common room to talk and J.R. told her cousin all of it, or most of it anyway.
"So he's your uncle huh? Well I should have known, considering how my parents are friends with your mom. I mean no offense but my parents didn't like your dad-"
"Draco most people hate my dad."
"Well yeah but-"
"They don't like him for other reasons than the reason the rest of the wizarding hates my father."
"Yeah. Well what I meant was that Snape and my dad go way back. They're friends of a sort so I guess they knew your mum way back when too."
"Oh."
"Well anyway...I should get a headstart on my homework." Draco said suspiciously and J.R. raised an eyebrow but she said nothing.
"Yes, I suppose I should as well."
"See you in the morning, Jill."
She smiled at the nickname, not too many people called her that anymore. She noticed some people filing in around her so she decided to move up to the girls dorm and to her own bed. She had no homework, and, because they had the same classes, she knew that Draco didn't have any either but she knew he needed some time alone.
She needed some time to herself as well, the days events weighing heavily on her mind. She was so deep in thought as she came up the stairs that she hadn't even noticed the packages lying on her bed. She accidentally sat on one and she cried out in alarm.
She pulled out a note from beside here and it read:
Dear Ms. Black these arrived this morning but it was too much for your owl to handle and so I had them delivered to your dormitory. They have not been tampered with in any way though I did read the name of the sender. I do believe these are gifts so I hope you enjoy them and when you send a thank you tell the sender I said "hello".
Sincerely, a friend.
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A friend huh? She thought to herself.
Somehow I don't feel like I should trust them. She looked over the packages and found a letter that was sealed with the Lupin seal.
Hmm maybe this will shed some light on the subject. She broke the seal and unfolded the letter come to find out there were two pages, quite lengthy for someone quiet like Remus Lupin. The letter read:
Dearest Jill,
I am so sorry I was unable to make it to the train station on time. I appeared at the station just as the train was departing and I feel terribly. I made a promise to you and I broke it. I confess that I was buying you gifts just before we were to meet to surprise you with but I ran very late and by the time I got there you were already gone...as was your mother. I feel terribly that I let you down but I vow to you I will never allow that to happen again. Coincidentally there is an object among the things I have sent you that will see to that. Please open your gifts now and then read the rest of this letter so that I can explain the objects now in your posession.
Jill raised an eyebrow but her curiousity got the better of her and she decided to open her gifts.
The first gift was a book from Remus's days in Hogwarts.
"'Common enemy jinxes and counter jinxes', huh?" She whispered as she opened the book and looked through them.
"A shield charm? This is very advanced magick, Remus."
She put down the book and began to open the other packages, in another package there was an old ragedy cloak and this confused Jill.
"Why would Remus send me such an old thing?" She thought to herself as she picked up his letter for an explanation, but then decided that she should go through the rest of the packages first.
The next package was a mirror about the size of Jill's face, she placed it in her lap and opened the last package. Inside the small box was another mirror only this one was about 1/4 of the size of the previous mirror. She studied it for a moment before she looked at the rest of the letter.
The cloak that you opened was once mine, given to me by my father to hide should anything bad happen and I would need to escape. I give it to you now and I hope that you use it ONLY for the common good. I should hope so anyway, if I didn't trust you with being a good person I never would have trusted you with such an item. I have faith in you and I have faith that you will use this when it is necessary. Now onto the next item: it should be a mirror, a fairly large one. I know it looks like some ordinary muggle item but I assure you it is no muggle device. This mirror is called a "Lamentation Comemoration". This is a mirror that will help you witness the past in hopes that the knowledge will lead you to change the future. You must say, "I need to remember" and then say what you want. You must be very specific and I must ask that you please not pry into my past. There are things that I would not want you to ever witness so please for your sake don't look at my childhood. Believe me, it is for your good. On to the last item, this tiny mirror is a communicator mirror. You can use it to talk to me in case of an emergency but please refrain from communicating around prying eyes, many people would believe that these items were full of black magick and that would not look good for you so please don't tell anyone about them. You just say my name to the mirror and it will cause my mirror to flash and then we can connect and talk. That is all for now, take care Jill and I will see you soon. Be careful.
Love, your Godfather Remus.
"Don't look into his childhood huh? For my own good? What happened in his childhood that was so bad? Why does he have so many secrets that he keeps from mom and I? What is he hiding?"