A/N1: Portuguese: "Sir, the toddler is up! He is speaking, but he only speaks English. We don't understand a word he is saying!" Roughly.

Chapter 15:

Moony kept walking through the rooms, even though Remus kept telling his wolf form the pups were gone. Harmony came out of Alida's room as she watched him continue pacing. "Why don't you spend the night in here?" she asked, pointing to the little bed she set up. Moony nudged her hand with his nose and she threw her arms around the wolf. She buried her face into his fur before pulling back. "It might be more calming if you spend the night near your pup instead of searching for the missing ones." The wolf whined and walked over to the crib, sniffing at the young girl lying inside. Harmony smiled and moved into the master bedroom. She got ready for bed and climbed under the covers.

The chambers were quiet. The only thing shattering the stillness of the night was the soft treads of four paws. Remus had finally convinced Moony that three of his pups were gone and the wolf was upset. What calmed him down was another feeling in the chambers the wolf could pick up on. It wasn't coming from Alida since the pup was too young to feel such grief. Moony pushed everything aside when he realized his mate was in distress. So, Moony made his way into the bedroom to where Harmony was sleeping and jumped on the bed. He curled around her and laid his head on her stomach. She smiled slightly in her sleep and placed her hand atop of his head. Whatever little comfort he could give her, he was going to.

As the sun began to rise, Moony reluctantly left Harmony's side to go transform back. A few minutes later, a tired Remus stumbled back into the bedroom. His wife was sitting up, rubbing her eyes. "Morning," he said, climbing underneath the covers next to her. She looked over at him and kissed his cheek. "What was that for?" he asked, holding the spot where she kissed him. She merely smiled and snuggled back down into the bed. He shook his head and placed his head on the pillow, snaking an arm around Harmony. She let him pulled her close and rested her head on his chest.

"I love you. Both of you," she whispered.

"Both of us?"

"Yes. You and Moony," she whispered back, yawning before falling back asleep. Remus smiled and drifted off to sleep. He brushed his lips against her forehead before fully succumbing to sleep.

"Ma! Papa's in the fireplace," Bianca called, adjusting Arden's position on her hip. Patrick Jennings face was floating amongst the green flames as his wife hurried from the kitchen to talk to him.

"Bianca, darling, could you finish the dishes?" Giacinta asked, kneeling down.

"Certainly. Sirius, can you take Arden for me?" Bianca asked her own husband, who was sitting down reading the new paper Giacinta had brought home for her daughter. Sirius put the paper down and reached his arms out for his daughter. Bianca plopped Arden down on her father's lap as Sirius kissed his wife's cheek. Arden made herself comfortable as Sirius continued to read the paper. Bianca turned to the kitchen.

Giacinta wrapped up the conversation with her husband with a stern warning. "Now, remember to use the coasters when your Quidditch buddies come over," she said.

"Yes, dear. Love you, Bianca, Arden. See you around, Sirius," Patrick called before leaving the fireplace. Giacinta stood up and sighed.

Sirius picked up on it and turned to his mother-in-law. "Miss him?" he asked.

"Amazingly. Even after so many years of marriage," Giacinta replied. She and Sirius watched as Arden yawned again. "But I'm needed here. I'll put Arden to bed."

"Are you sure?"

"No problem. Now, say goodnight to your father," Mrs. Jennings said, waiting for Arden to kiss Sirius on the cheek. She picked her little granddaughter up and detoured so Bianca could kiss Arden goodnight. Bianca sat down on the armrest of Sirius' chair as her mother went upstairs to the little girl's nursery.

"So, did you check out this new paper?" Sirius asked his wife. Bianca groaned as she slid on to his lap. She buried her head into the crook of his neck. "I'll take that as a 'yes' then?"

"I can't make this decision now! Why did my mother dump this on me? I'm stressed, emotional, tired. I'm not getting enough sleep at night and I'm haunted by night and day mares. I don't want to choose a new job now; I want my baby boys back!" Bianca cried into Sirius' shirt.

He rubbed her hair. "Then you just focus on finding James and Giachi. Don't worry about this paper. And maybe getting Severus to make you a dreamless sleep potion because I don't want you to get sick," he said, kissing the back of her neck. Bianca giggled a little and rested there a little longer.

All Neville Longbottom wanted to do was get the special herbs he needed and get back to England. His wife had just given birth to their son, Frank, and the last place the man wanted to be was in Portugal. But the herb was important in his quest to cure the Unforgivables and have his parents understand who their grandson was. Not the blank stares that Alice and Frank gave the baby when Neville visited them with the boy after Luna gave birth.

Unfortunately for Neville, there was only one medi-wizard who spoke fluent enough English. So, he was stuck in the man's office while he tended his patients. Finally, the healer appeared. "So sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Longbottom," the wizard said. He handed the herbs over to Neville. "Here. I hope you and your team are successful. The cure would be greatly needed and appreciated."

"I know. Thank you," Neville said, getting ready to leave when a nurse ran into the room. She stopped to catch her breath before speaking rapidly to the medi-wizard.

"Senhor, toddler est acima. Ele est speaking, mas ele somente fal inglês. Nós poss não compreend um palavra ele dig!" The medi-wizard stood up and dismissed the nurse.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Longbottom, but my nurse has just informed me that a young patient of mine is up but only speaks English. Would you like to come? Maybe you could also help," he said. Neville agreed and followed him.

Rawlins was trying his best to tell the people where his sisters and friends were, but nothing was going to work. No one around him understood a word he was saying and vice versa. "Please! You hafta help my sisters and friends! Please!" Rawlins cried. The nurses and other healers were trying to keep him calm until the English speaker healer arrived. Neville entered the room shortly after the medi-wizard. "Ne'ille!" the boy cried.

"Oh my Merlin! This is Rawlins Lupin, the son of a good friend of mine. He was kidnapped and taken out of England with five others," Neville explained to the medi-wizard. "Rawlins, if I get your Aunt Dora and Uncle Ace out here, would you be able to bring us to the others?" he asked the boy. Rawlins nodded and Neville went to floo the British Ministry.

"We are Aurors from the British Ministry. The Portugal Ministry is letting us in here," Ace called through the door that had been crashed open. "We are entering the premise." The small group stalked through the entrance of the villa. "Okay, Dora, you take Ron and go check for the kids. Kingsley, Harry, you two are with me." The small group split.

The kidnappers were all eating their breakfast, way in the back. The three Aurors had taken them by surprise. Cornelius Fudge sat there, looking like a fish. Portuguese Aurors, leant by the country's ministry when they heard about the kidnappings, took out each kidnapper. There were fifteen in all, a mixture of Fudge's Army members and Deatheaters. Patrick Mandola was brought out but Ace first stopped him. "You know that Kiki never trusted you from the beginning and I kept defending you to her. And you've kept proving you didn't deserve it," Ace said. "How did you escape Azkaban?"

Mandola smirked. "I convinced the Ministry sentencing board that I was merely a misguided Auror and that I didn't deserve Azkaban. So they sent me to Canada," he replied. "Where they'll probably send me back to."

"Oh no," Ace replied. "You all are going to Azkaban. Including you, Mrs. Malfoy." He looked at Mrs. Malfoy, who was fuming at the whole situation. Ace walked over to her. "Canada says the kidnappings occurred here in Britain and are denying extradition."

"How could this have happened?" Jolene asked before she realized how. "Those little liars! They said that the Lupin boy was sick and that's why he wasn't coming out of bed! They snuck him out and then were on their best behavior so we wouldn't go snooping! And here I was thinking it was denying them dinner."

"And that statement, and any others given by the children, could warrant the Wizengamut to consider bringing back the abolished death sentence at most. At minimum, solitary confinement," Ace replied. "Everyone is appalled. Get them out of here!"

Tonks appeared at the doorframe. "We rescued them. They were upstairs and incredibly relieved to see me. We're getting them to Poppy, Eden and Ginny to examine." Ace smiled and went to leave. Tonks stopped them. "There were only four," she said.

Harry walked through the pressroom of the Daily Prophet, trying not to throw up as he passed Evelyn Wita's cubicle. He saw the back of his godfather's wife and hurried to catch up with her before she left. "Bianca! Wait!" he called. She turned around, grinning the ghost of a genuine smile. "I think you'll want to go to Hogwarts instead of home. Sirius is already there, as is your mother with Arden," he said. "I have to go finish some paperwork at the Ministry. You better go ahead." With that, he turned and left. Bianca's grin turned into a hopeful one as she turned to go.

"Mrs. Black, wait!" Evelyn Wita called out, running out of her cubicle. "If this has anything to do with the kidnappings, I would like to be there. After all, I am the one who broke the story, as well as other ones, and should be allowed to finish the story."

Bianca laughed hollowly. "You broke the story? You've written stories about us, which have been all lies! And you want to come to record the possibility of the happiness of those you lied about getting their children back? I think not!" Wita was spurting and about to defend herself when Bianca cut her off.

"You wrote lies about the Snapes. Yes, Severus was a Deatheater but became a spy for Dumbledore at the end of the first war. His loyalty was never questioned during the second one. Kiki was never a spy and was a member of the Order forever. Samantha was never a Deatheater and was never going to have to know that world. Remus Lupin was not, I repeat, not the Shire Werewolf. If you were a true journalist, you would've researched clearly and learned that he was here in London at the time. Oh, the real Shire Werewolf was killed. That's why his reign ended, but the killer is in Azkaban for being a Deatheater." She leaned over and picked up the day's issue. "And I didn't help Sirius out of Azkaban. I didn't meet him until three years after he did."

With that, Bianca tossed down the paper. "Good bye, Evelyn. And don't think you're getting this story," she said. She then flooed to Albus Dumbledore's office and ran to the hospital wing.

A knock disturbed Remus, who was napping on the couch with Alida. He sat up as Harmony answered the door. McGonagall stood there smiling. "I think you three would like to come to the hospital wing now," she said. Harmony and Remus looked at each other before running to the hospital wing. McGonagall walked behind, still smiling.

"Mommy!" James and Giachi cried as Bianca burst into the hospital wing. Bianca let out a sob of relief and embraced her boys. "Mommy, we missed you," Giachi said, kissing his mother's cheek. James did the same thing. Sirius put his arm around his wife, the other one holding their daughter. Arden hugged James, who was the closest to her before Giachi leaned over to hug his sister. Next, Giacinta picked up her grandsons, hugging them both. "Gwandma!" they said.

Harmony and Remus entered the hospital wing. Immediately, Remus felt both his legs weighed down. He looked and found his twin daughters holding on for dear life. He handed Alida over to her mother as Remus knelt down to hug Jamie and Lily. "Daddy!" they cried, hugging him tight around his neck. Harmony moved to the bed where Ginny was taking care of Rawlins. She sat down and hugged her son, who held on tightly. No one was letting anyone go.

"I missed you both so much," Remus whispered to his daughters, kissing their heads. He picked them up and carried them to their brother's bed. "I missed you too," he told Rawlins, hugging him. Lily and Jamie had already attached themselves to their mother who was brushing their hair down. Alida crawled underneath her father's arms and hugged her brother. "Now, I have all my pups back," Remus said, a little teary.

Bianca looked around. "Where's Kiki and Severus? Shouldn't they be up here, too?" Sirius held her hand as Harmony and Remus glanced the children over. It was then that all four parents came to a horrible realization.

"Why isn't Sam here?" Harmony asked, looking between Minerva, Ginny, Eden and Poppy. The three healers wouldn't say anything, but McGonagall did.

"Albus is with the Snapes. He'll explain everything to them. I'll tell you now," she said.

"Albus, what brings you down to our dungeons?" Kiki said, adjusting Madison on her hip. Albus smiled sadly in the doorframe. "Well, you can tell us when you're sitting comfortably on our couch. Severus! Bring out the tea, Albus is here!" With that, Albus sat down on their couch, Kiki sitting across from him with Madi on her lap. Severus brought out the tea tray and sat down in the seat next to his wife and daughter. Little Garret was asleep in his playpen next to Albus' side of the couch.

Albus poured himself a cup and had a sip. "Lemon drop?" he offered. The Snapes couldn't refuse the offer faster. "Oh well. I'm afraid I have good news and bad news for the two of you. First, the good news. Little Rawlins Lupin was rescued from a Portuguese hospital by Neville Longbottom. Ace and Tonks were able to rescue the others from a house nearby there."

Severus sighed. "Villa Serpentia," he said. "The Malfoy summer retreat."

"It's okay. We didn't know," Kiki said, patting her hand. "So, what's the bad news? When can we see Sam?"

Albus' sad smile turned into a frown. "That's the bad news. The only children rescued from Villa Serpentia were the Lupin girls and Black boys. They told us that Lucius disappeared, as we know, with Narcissa. And he was the last one seen holding Samantha. We're going to do anything to find them."

Kiki let out a sob and held Madison closer. Albus stood up and excused himself. Severus showed him out before returning to his hysterical wife. "Don't worry," he soothed. "I'll get our little girl back. I promise. Our entire family will be returned." Severus kissed Kiki's forehead before kissing Madison as well. The three sat there like that until Garret woke up crying.

A/N: Another week is over and so is the three day weekend known as mid-semester break. I had my sister's confirmation, where I was her sponsor. It was lovely and then my friend and I spent half of her party playing the Spongebob movie game for Gamecube. Little kids are coming trick or treating around my dorm tonight and this is the only time they are going, so we are going all out. My suitemates and I decorated bags of candy for them and we're wearing our costumes as well. Anyway, thanks to all my reviewers:

SarahtheBardess: I love the little rhyme! I can't rhyme to save my life. Yes, Portugal. It was a coin flip between that and Spain. I think Azkaban will help a little with the whole "I-don't-like-you-Jack" thing. Thanks for the grammar tips! The person who reads these first doesn't do a good job at it—she just tells me it's wonderful. And we do think alike…I don't know if that is scary or not.

cerzee: Rawlins is the best knight in shining armor. I'll let you know a secret…it was originally supposed to be James but I figured he was too young.

Magnificent the Destroyer Lord: Welcome to the fold! Yes, they still have the test your alibis…I didn't do it because I didn't like any of the alibis they provided. I didn't use the lyncathropy gene, though in ELII, Remus and Harmony get the kids checked out. They may be carriers, but I'm still debating on that. And no, Remus wasn't the werewolf—they're in Portugal. No, I don't go to Keene State…I go to college in NY. Why? Do you and did they do "Rumors" as well?

Just to let you know, I said that before I do my story based on Sam I would do another fandom story. I've decided on the fandom—Beauty and the Beast. --Mac