Disclaimer: Not mine, anything else you recognise probably isn't mine either but I never know for sure since I've read so many stories that I can't tell anymore whether or not it was my idea in the first place.

Author's Notes: Second posted chapter today, see previous chapter for any notes ^_^

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Chapter 07 - Birthday and Shopping or Furry Surprises and Diagon Alley

Thankfully the guests wouldn't arrive until after lunch. That gave the children and the twins in particular time to calm down. Sirius and Remus were happy about the twins reactions to their presents. They had hoped that the kids would like them.

Of course Draco, Ginny and Hermione had been of great help. They knew more about the twins hobbies and interests than the two adults and therefore could tell them what exactly would be an excellent present.

The children didn't really eat much for lunch since they and their guests would have a grand dinner that evening. The first to arrive was Dudley. He had been given a special portkey and was landing flat on his back when he appeared in the middle of the entrance hall.

"Hello, my dear cousin!" Carya said smirking when she looked down at him.

The girl extended a hand and pulled the blushing Dudley from the floor. Thankfully no one else had seen this but the boy didn't doubt that Carya would at least tell her brother about that. Right then Harry, Draco, Ginny and Hermione burst through a small door and greeted him too.

"Hi Dudley, had a nice trip?" Harry asked innocently, perfectly knowing what had happened since Carya had already told him telepathically.

"Well, Dudley, these are our friends. You already know Ginny and Hermione. This here is Draco. Draco, this is our cousin Dudley. I do hope you two get along," Carya introduced them.

While they were still talking and laughing the sound of someone coming through the floo-network suddenly interrupted them. Out of the fireplace stumbled two red-headed boys. They were Fred and George Weasley and they were covered with soot.

The kids started laughing at the sight of them and that called Sirius and Remus from the kitchen. When the two Marauders saw the infamous Weasleys they started laughing too. Remus finally had mercy and spelled their clothes clean.

The next round of introductions was in order.

"Eh, I think we all know each other except for Dudley. So these two are Fred and George, Dudley. Don't ask me how to tell them apart because I can't explain. Just make sure that you don't take anything they offer you.

Might have serious side effects, you know?" Carya told her cousin with a strange glint in her eyes which Dudley knew very well.

"Fred, George, this is Dudley and if you play as much as one prank on him I'll hex you from now until the next millennia, understood?" the girl threatened the two Weasleys and they nodded.

The afternoon was spent outside. The children were sitting in the garden and playing various muggle games and even a few wizarding ones which didn't require the use of magic. For one because they actually shouldn't use it during the holidays and for another because since Dudley couldn't do magic.

Around six Sirius called them all inside. It was nearly time for dinner and the twins still had to open their friends presents. They were about to start when the wards signalled that someone was apparating into the manor with permission.

A second later Headmaster Dumbledore stood in the library. The young wizards and witches just looked surprised while Dudley was practically gaping at the old wizard.

"That is your headmaster? He looks ... well ... weird," Dudley whispered to his cousin and Harry actually started snickering. This got him questioning glances from everyone in the room, including the adults.

"Eh, Dudley is just not used to wizard clothing, you know?" he carefully told them.

"So you are the twins cousin, Dudley. How is your family, my boy?" Dumbledore asked the boy.

"Eh, they are fine sir. Only mum's having mood-swings sometimes because of the baby but apart from that they're fine. We all miss Harry and Carya though. The house is awfully quiet without them around," Dudley told Dumbledore.

At this the twins were blushing furiously. The knew perfectly well how much of troublemakers they and Dudley had been when they went to Muggle school.

"You should really start opening your presents now," said Remus and grinned at them.

Both children carefully started unwrapping the gifts. The Weasley twins had given them various prank products. Ginny and Hermione gave them the self-made Diaries with never-ending pages along with a quill and emerald green ink each.

From Draco they both got a book. Harry got 'Practical Charms for Various Pranks' by Sandra Steinberg and Carya got 'Practical Potions for Various Pranks' by Sandra Steinberg. This of course brought the blonde boy glares from the Weasleys.

They already had enough trouble with the Potters because of their guardians knowledge in pranks. Now it would be even more difficult to find something better than Harry and Carya could come up with if they wanted to.

Dudley had a similar idea. He gave them a Photo album and a scrapbook each. The photos were of their most successful muggle-pranks and in the scrapbook he had written every single prank they'd played at their old school so far.

Dumbledore was amused at the horrified expression that had crept onto Fred's and George's faces. The Weasley twins could cope with magical pranks but they lacked knowledge in the muggle prank department. It could be an amusing time until the Weasley twins graduated.

The last present left were two long boxes on the table but before the twins could open them the Headmaster gave them each a small package. The packages contained various types of muggle sweets and the children grinned happily at Albus when they noticed that.

Now it was time for Sirius and Remus actual gift for that years birthday. The two Marauders were watching their godchildren closely, waiting for their reactions. The kids opened their boxes at the same time and let out strangled gasps when they saw what was inside.

There in the boxes lay a broom each. Not just any ordinary broom. No, it was a Firebolt, the fastest racing broom in existence. Not only that. They all knew that the brooms had engraved serial numbers.

The Irish National team had ordered the first seven brooms made. Harry had gotten the number eight and Carya the number nine. When the other children caught sight of the boxes contents they were just gaping. George Weasley was the first to regain his voice.

"Bloody hell, now we'll never beat Slytherin in Quidditch anymore even if Ginny isn't playing," he blurted out and everyone started laughing.

Meanwhile Carya and Harry had tackled their godfathers and hugged them furiously. They were absolutely surprised by these gifts. They had never ever thought that they would be able to even touch one of those brooms they'd seen in Harry's Quidditch magazine let alone own one of those beauties but here they were.

The twins thanked everyone for their gifts and they all sat down for dinner. Dumbledore stayed with them too. He still had to talk to Draco. Around eight Dudley had to say goodbye. His mother had told him to come home early.

"I have to go. Mum is alone tonight because Dad has an important meeting. Oh, I nearly forgot. These are from Mum ad Dad. They said you should buy yourselves something you really like since they have no idea what wizarding children like. See you soon I hope!" Dudley said and activated his portkey back to Privet Drive.

Inside the envelopes were fifty pounds each (which made 9 galleons, 12 sickles and 15 knuts). The children were sure the twins would buy books for that money. It was decided that Fred and George would stay overnight.

They wanted to play a little game of Quidditch the next day and it was easier with three vs. three than with only two players for each team. The two Weasley boys quickly floo-ed home to fetch a few things. Dumbledore used this moment to ask Draco of his final decision.

"Now Draco, have you decided whether you want to live with Sirius, Remus and the twins or not?" the headmaster asked.

"Actually I have. I want to stay were I am headmaster. I really like it here. To be honest this is more like a family than everything I've ever had. Sure, there will be some arguments and we won't always have the same opinion or view on things but I think that's normal, isn't it?" the boy replied sincerely and shyly grinned at his new family.

Albus seemed relieved that Draco wanted to stay and he smiled warmly at the children. "Well, then it will be the way you want it Draco. I'll be back tomorrow with the official papers for your guardianship," the headmaster said and apparated away.

Soon after the headmasters departure the Weasley twins were back. Mikie had already prepared rooms for them and the two adults left the kids alone. Ginny was truly happy. Two more of her family members had come out of the gutter and treated her and her friends normally now even if it was only to be close to Remus and Sirius.

The only prats were now Ron and Percy but Ginny didn't really care anymore. Her parents, the twins, Charlie and Bill already approved of her friends and that meant far more to her than the opinion of two of her brothers.

When the kids finally retired for the night, which wasn't before three in the morning she wrote everything into her new diary, feeling oddly relieved afterwards but she ignored the weird feelings she got every time she wrote in it.

Sometimes she thought the diary had a life on it's own but Ginny always convinced herself that it was just her imagination. All seven of them were up around ten in the morning and after a quick breakfast they prepared for their quidditch match.

The Potter twins had promised to use their old brooms for fairness reasons. They built two teams with two chasers and a keeper each. Harry, Draco, Ginny and Fred would be chasers and Carya and George would play keeper. Hermione would be the referee since they were an odd number.

They played in different coloured t-shirts. Carya's team consisting of herself, Draco and Harry would wear green while the Weasley's team would wear black. Fred had suggested red but Ginny had refused to wear that particular colour and the boys didn't want to wear anything involving green.

It was a funny game. Fred and George found out that if everyone present would be in their respective house teams, Slytherin definitely would win the cup with Ravenclaw in second place and Gryffindor probably in third if they could beat Hufflepuff.

Carya was a really good Keeper, Ginny and Draco were excellent Chasers and the Weasley's had already witnessed Harry's talents as Seeker. In the Weasley twins opinion it was a really good thing that neither Hermione nor Carya were interested in playing for their house.

Otherwise they would have serious problems on the pitch. But who knew what would happen when they're back at school. In the evening Fred and George said goodbye and floo-ed back home. They would meet on the train or by chance in 'Diagon Alley'.

The next week was fairly quiet apart from occasional quidditch-obsessed boys on the grounds. The girls mostly stayed in the library and Ginny often sat alone in her room. Neither of the others knew what was wrong with her but they could tell that something was different with a certain redhead this summer.

In the evenings they would still help Draco with his animagus training. They still hadn't told Sirius about Draco and Remus still didn't know about any of them being or becoming animagi. It was on August 4th when he finally managed his first full transformation.

He had progressed really fast once he found out where he had made a mistake. They were astonished about his form. Draco was a tiny white ferret. Carya thought that he looked absolutely adorable and he was cute, very cute if you would believe Ginny.

She immediately picked him up and started petting his head. When Draco turned back he was blushing crimson. The boy wasn't used to so much affection towards him and was therefore deeply embarrassed. Especially because it had been his Ginny who had done this.

"He's even better suited to get us to the Shrieking Shack than Ginny is. I mean, he's the smallest of us, what do you think about that?" Carya asked her friends and Draco looked thoroughly confused.

"Yep, you're right. He could be of great assistance with that," Hermione replied.

"Hey, what are you talking about? You really go into that haunted house?" Draco wanted to know.

"It's not haunted Draco. We'll tell you a secret. Moony always used the shack to transform when he was at school. The story that it is haunted was made up by the inhabitants of Hogsmeade and no one ever tried to find out the truth," Harry said.

Carya then explained how you got into the shack from the school grounds through the tunnel below the Whomping Willow and Draco understood what she'd meant earlier.

"I guess we'll have plenty fun this year!" Harry joked and the other giggled.

Only Ginny looked as if she was far away with her thoughts but no one noticed. The next two days Draco trained hard and when they were to go to 'Diagon Alley' on August 6th they all were able to transform as fast as Padfoot. The kids decided to tell their guardians in the evening.

At half past nine the five children as well as Sirius and Remus floo-ed over to the 'Leaky Cauldron'. As always the place was stuffed with people. The children were wearing their school cloaks over their clothes and only addressed each other with their middle names.

Especially the twins had found out the hard way what happened if they talked to each other with their first names. As soon as the name 'Potter', or 'Harry' or 'Carya' fell people were everywhere around them. Sirius and Remus once again delivered their speech.

"Listen, I want you to stick together. Draco, Ginny, Hermione, don't let the twins wander off, okay? The two of them are less likely to get into trouble if you three watch out for them too," Sirius said.

"Hey, I resent that. We don't go and find trouble. Trouble normally finds us! And don't blame it on my temper Padfoot. I'm not that bad," Carya said defensive with a strange glint in her eyes that told everyone she didn't really mean it.

"Carya, I know you're dying to go back to Knockturn Alley but that's out of question this year, understood?" Sirius continued just loud enough that the kids heard him while Remus shot him a questioning look.

Sirius looked at him and mouthed 'later'. When Carya nodded and the others promised he smiled and sent them off to have fun.

"Just be careful you lot, promise?" added Remus before they left and once again they nodded seriously and promised.

The strange group consisting of one Ravenclaw and four Slytherins proceeded into 'Diagon Alley'. Harry was thankful that he'd let his hair grow out since his first year. It now was long enough to be tied back into a ponytail although it barely reached past his shoulders.

His long fringes kept his scar hidden. Draco didn't gel his hair either and he looked quite different now because his skin was tanned too unlike previous years when he had kept his 'aristocratic paleness' like Lucius had demanded that he did.

No one recognised them without a closer inspection. James (Harry), Lilith (Carya), Tomas (Draco), Marian (Ginny) and Melody (Hermione) were just some kids shopping for school-supplies in the eyes of those passing them.

(A/N: I will refer to them by their first names from now on but they talk to each other by their middle names, so don't get confused, okay?)

Their first stop was as always Gringotts. Ginny and Hermione already had gotten their money from their parents while Harry, Carya and Draco had to get some out of their vaults. Okay, the twins didn't need to because Sirius had already given them enough for supplies but they wanted some extra for today and future visits to Hogsmeade.

~*~*~ Flashback - Last evening ~*~*~

"No Carya, Harry! I don't want to discuss this with you again. I'm your godfather and I want to care for you the same way your parents would have. And that includes paying for your supplies too. End of story!" Sirius stated matter of factly.

That was when the twins knew it would be pointless to try and convince him. Sirius was the typical stubborn Gryffindor sometimes. Remus just smiled and rolled his eyes at their antics. He knew exactly why Sirius was doing this and the children did too but they'd never say that out loud.

Sirius still felt guilty for their parents death and wanted to give them everything they never had. Draco had had this conversation with Sirius too. In the end they had agreed that Draco could provide for himself but that Sirius would give him some spare money.

~*~*~ End Flashback - Last evening ~*~*~

Their next destination was Madam Malkin's shop because they needed new robes. After that the boys dragged the girls towards Quality for Quidditch to look at the brooms. The children immediately noticed a large group of kids looking through the window.

There on a pedestal lay a Firebolt. The very type of broom the twins had gotten for birthday. There was a parchment with an advertisement pinned underneath it.

** The Firebolt **

This state-of-the-art pacing broom sports a stream-lined, superfine

handle of ash, treated with a diamond-hard polish and hand- numbered

with its own registration number. Each individually selected birch twig

in the broomtail has been honed to aerodynamic perfection, giving the

Firebolt unsurpassable balance and pinpoint precision. The Firebolt has

an acceleration of 150 miles an hour in ten seconds and incorporates an

unbreakable braking charm. Price on request.

Harry and Carya started grinning and giggled softly. The other three joined them when they noticed what they were thinking about. When one of the assembled kids mumbled something like 'I'd kill to be allowed to fly one of these' the couldn't hold back anymore and started laughing.

All children looked at them strangely and they left as fast as they could. There was really no need to get unwanted attention in a place like 'Diagon Alley'. They had after all promised their guardians to be careful.

They went towards the apothecary and stocked up their potions supplies. After they left Carya took out her supplies list and suddenly her eyes widened before she made a disgusted face.

"Holy Slytherin! All of them, this has to be a nightmare or something like that ..." she mumbled in shock.

"Lilith, what's wrong? Why are you ..." Harry asked his sister but didn't get far because she thrust the list under his nose.

Harry read it and made a similar face. That was enough for the others and they looked at their lists too. Hermione looked puzzled but Draco and Ginny only groaned and shook their heads.

"What's up with you four? What's so special about our list?" Hermione asked still confused.

Carya explained a bit, "Melody, look at the new books for Defence against the Dark Arts. Don't you notice something odd?"

"Well, Lilith, I can only see that our new teacher seems to be a fan of this 'Gilderoy Lockhart', whoever that is," Hermione answered without getting the clue.

"Mel, sometimes you're incredibly stupid for a Ravenclaw," said Ginny and before Hermione could protest Draco continued, "We too noticed that but what's more important is that Lockhart is an idiot. I bet the new teacher's a woman. No one in his right mind would use those for class," he sneered and then said apologetic to the present girls, "No offence Ladies! But the largest fan-group is the female one."

"Well, Tomas, not all of us can be usual now, can we?" Carya said teasingly and Harry snorted.

"I don't even want to know how he got the information for his books but personally I don't believe he really did any of the things he wrote about. All four of us have the same opinion on that matter, you see?" he added to their obvious opinion.

"Ah, well, we'll see, right? Let's go and get our books then," Hermione said. She understood what her friends meant but didn't want to get prejudiced. She would read the books and then decide what to think about the author.

Ginny was worried. She hoped her money would be enough. Those books were damned expensive and she didn't even want them. 'It's hopeless. No new clothes this year then. I just have to get used to this, I think. If only He could help me. I bet He would know something to help me,' she thought.

Suddenly Ginny knew what she'd do. The same thing her Mum had done her first year. She would buy Lockhart's books second hand and would get new copies of everything else. The next stop was 'Zonko's'. The twins after all were the children of the Marauders. They just had to like pranks.

They also stopped at the local store of 'Honeydukes' to get some sweets for their last month at home. After that they left towards the book-store.

The place outside 'Flourish & Blotts' was unnaturally crowded. Normally there weren't so much people. Not even when it was shopping time for all the Hogwarts students. But today they had to stand in line just to get into the shop at all.

It was Draco who noticed a small poster just a second before they were pushed inside by those behind them. It read:

GILDEROY LOCKHART

will be signing copies of his autobiography

MAGICAL ME

today 8:30 A.m. to 2:30 P.m.

"Oh no! Now it's too late to go home. Lils, Jamie, Mel, Marian listen, Lockhart's here, he's signing his so called 'autobiography' today - right now. Crap!" Draco whispered furiously to his friends.

Hermione looked unimpressed by this. This was her chance to see the author live but Harry, Carya and Ginny started groaning slightly and barely audible as they were pushed further into the shop. They quickly broke out to the side to fetch their course-books.

This alone took about one hour and they only had the required books then. The children carried a pile containing thirteen books each. Well, Draco and Ginny had those.

They were named 'The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 3)' by Miranda Goshawk, 'A Guide to Intermediate Transfiguration' by Emeric Switch, 'Magical Theory' by Adalbert Waffling, 'Numerology and Gramatica', 'Runic Languages of Britain and Europe' by Benjamin Boulder and 'Latin Texts and Translations' by Moreen McGrey.

And of course the Lockhart books, 'Break with a Banshee', 'Gadding with Ghouls', 'Holidays with Hags', 'Travels with Trolls', 'Voyages with Vampires', 'Wanderings with Werewolves', 'Year with the Yeti'.

Harry and Carya both got one additional book though. Harry got 'Defense Against the Dark Arts - The Basic Theory' by Ulic Underground and Carya took 'An Advanced Guide to the Dark Arts' by Dragan. That one wasn't usually sold here so she took the chance to get it now.

The five kids slowly made their way towards the counter but were interrupted on their journey by an overly enthusiastic reporter who pushed them to the floor. Unfortunately Harry's hair was brushed aside just the moment Lockhart looked at them.

"Great Merlin, the Potter's!" he said and began dragging them up to him.

Carya was furious. She hated this and decided to do something. With a quick twist she freed her arm and raced back to Draco, hiding behind him for show. Harry wasn't that lucky. He glared daggers at Lockhart but the man didn't seem to notice.

The boy then sent a plea to his sister/Please Carya, do something, anything but just do it/

/Okay brother, but what? I don't have a ... wait, I do have an idea. Just keep still and don't move for a sec, okay/ she told Harry and he nodded barely noticeable.

Meanwhile Lockhart was going on about how lucky he was to meet the twins and what they would get this year.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Lockhart said loudly, waving for quiet.

"This is truly an incredible day. And I want to make a little announcement now which I wanted to make for quite some time now. When the young Potter's came into 'Flourish & Blotts' today they just wanted to get a signed copy of my new book - 'Magical Me' - but they will get more than just that," he continued while Harry was screaming 'Liar' and 'I'll kill you if you don't shut up' in his mind.

/Carya, now would be a very good point of time for some kind of action, please/ he screamed at his sister in his thoughts.

/Yeah, yeah, I only needed Draco and Ginny's help here for a second. I'm ready. You're in for a surprise as soon as he lets go of you./ she told her brother.

The assembled people were applauding loudly.

"What they had no idea about is that they'll get the real Magical Me for a whole year! This September I'm taking up the post of the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the coming year!" Lockhart announced and Harry froze.

/NO/ he yelled mentally and even his friends heard him this time. Although they thought it was just their imagination.

Carya had enough now. She quietly whispered a spell and turned Lockhart hair varying shades of green. The crowd gasped and he let go of Harry to find out what was wrong. People were gaping and pointing towards his head so he conjured up a mirror and ... fainted on the spot.

Harry fled. He, his sister and his friends quickly paid for their books and hurried back towards the 'Leaky Cauldron' Once they were outside the bookstore four of them started laughing helplessly. They didn't care that people were looking at them strangely.

Only Hermione felt something akin to pity for Lockhart. Sighing Carya passed the entrance of Knockturn Alley. She had so wished to go back there this time. But no, not only was she forbidden to do so, she also had to explain Sirius' slip to Remus.

The kids went back to the 'Leaky Cauldron' where their guardians were waiting for them. Sirius and Remus both wondered why they were constantly giggling but couldn't get anything out of them now. They'd just have to wait until the kids had calmed down a bit.

Around noon-time they floo-ed back to Black Manor. The two adults had yet to find out why the children acted like that before they went back home. They waited until after lunch before they asked them.

"Would you tell us why you were so amused back then in the 'Leaky Cauldron'?" Remus asked.

"Eh, well, do you promise not to punish us?" Harry asked carefully and Sirius scowled.

"We didn't go against the rules you gave us, honestly. It was something different!" Carya said before Sirius started telling them off.

"Then tell us. I promise not to punish you if it's not necessary but I can't do anything else. It depends on what you did though," Remus said.

"Okay, do you want the long or the short version?" Draco asked.

"I'd prefer the long one but for now the short will do!" Sirius told them still wary about the whole thing.

"Well, it all started when we looked at our supplies list ..." Carya began telling them the whole story and quickly got to the point when Lockhart had dragged them to the front of the bookstore.

"You see, Carya somehow managed to get free but I was stuck with that idiot in front of all those people. Honestly Padfoot, can you imagine how embarrassing it is to be on a photo with that idiot?" Harry continued,

"So I silently pleaded with Carya to get me out of there and she agreed. Lockhart was just telling us he'll be our new Defence teacher ..."

"He is what!" Sirius all but shouted then, "That man a Defence Professor? That's ridiculous. What was Dumbledore thinking by hiring an idiot like him? Hell even Snape would be better at that than this git!" he said exasperated not noticing that he'd just complimented Severus Snape.

Then Draco filled them in on the rest, "When we got over the shock of that particular information Carya mumbled a little spell and everyone started gaping at Lockhart. You do know that he has golden blonde hair, don't you?" the boy asked and both adults nodded.

"To make a long story short, I jinxed him and now his hair will be varying shades of green for a whole month. I added a time limit to our colour-curse. He can't even outgrow it now! And Lockhart, ... he ..." Carya tried to tell the rest but failed when she started giggling along with Ginny, Harry and Draco.

Only Hermione who still felt some pity for the wizard remained calm, "What Carya wants to tell you is that he flat out fainted when he looked into his conjured mirror. Harry got free, we paid for the books and left the shop."

By now the kids were really laughing and Remus was smiling slightly. Sirius was laughing too.

"You know, I won't punish you for this, even though you weren't supposed to do magic unless it's an emergency. I'm so proud of you! Even we didn't think of adding to the spell like that. I'd love to have a photo of that," Sirius told them once he had calmed down enough.

"So, what do you kids have planned for today?" Remus asked.

"Nothing special but I think by the looks of it Ginny is dying to get back to her Charms book," Carya teased the little red-head and Ginny blushed.

"That is mean of you Carya, but you're right. I'm going to read it now," Ginny answered, excused herself and left for her room.

The other's stared after her. What was wrong with Ginny. She had become so distant over the last weeks and hardly talked to them anymore. Sirius and Remus seemed to have noticed that too.

"Perhaps we should just give her more space. I think we're just pressuring her too much into this. We'll sit back and wait until school has started. If that doesn't change her bad moods then we can still talk to the teachers if need be," Hermione suggested.

"No, Hermione, no teachers. But we could always talk to her or her parents if we think that there's something wrong with her. Perhaps she just wants to be alone for a bit," Harry told her.

"Right, we'll do it that way. Let's go outside Harry, I want revenge for that chess-match yesterday!" Hermione told him and they went into the garden.

Carya and Draco followed them but didn't exactly join them. The two of them sat on the swing and talked about hexes, jinxes and mild curses. Draco had soon found out that Carya knew even more of those spells than he knew.

She seemed to be quite interested in the Dark Arts as well. He found it somewhat refreshing to be able to discuss them with someone else than his father. The blonde found out that her knowledge about dark hexes and curses was far more advanced than his despite his being raised as a Malfoy.

They didn't get to tell their guardians about being animagi that night either. Although Sirius did tell Remus what he had meant when he forbade Carya to go back to Knockturn Alley this year. To say that Remus was surprised was an understatement but he fully accepted Sirius explanation.

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Carya

2005-05-11