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Cousin Remus,

Hello and how are you. I am fairing very well except for this nasty run in with some wild creatures. But that's alright for I found an old friend. My highschool sweet heart I guess you could say. She has a daughter that has ears like a dog. They both are living with Theo and me. Theo is enjoying having a sister though they only be cousins. We're living where your name came to be. We will write soon.

Your cousin

This was the letter Remus received the following day at the office. And he could not believe it. The letter could only mean one thing, Elizabeth "Zizi" Potter was with Sirius and he was a father and they where in Italy. Bloody hell was life nuts or what! Remus grabbed a piece of paper and started a letter back.

Cousin

I am doing quite well though work has me up to my ears. The case isn't going well at all. Your old highschool sweet heart. That's wouldn't happen to be your best friends sister? And a daughter, I hope you know what you've gotten yourself into you old dog.

But you'll never guess who I ran into the other day. The younger sister of the man I'm suppose to be tracking. She has this insane notion he is innocent. I'm meeting her again tonight for dinner to talk. Stay well!

Remus

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"Your sister's alive!" Zizi said, "Ara is alive!"

"Seems so." Sirius said with little emotion.

"Oh come on Sirius! You can't tell me this isn't exciting?" Zizi said.

"No of course it is. But he better not tell her where we are. The last thing we need is for her to come here." Sirius said.

"And why not? Her niece and nephew are here." Zizi said refereeing to Harry and Hermione.

"I just don't want her here." Sirius said, leaving the room. Neither adult knowing that Harry had been listing in on the whole thing.

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"Remus!" Ara said with a smile as he walked into the muggle restaurant and took a seat across from her.

"Hello Ara. You are looking lovely tonight." Remus said, Ara smiled.

"Have you heard from him?" Ara whispered, referring to her brother.

"Ay. He is perfectly safe and he even has some company. Seems you're an Aunt." Remus said, Ara looked shocked.

"Well," she said recovering, "he always was a dog."

"Like you wouldn't believe." Remus replied with a laugh.

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Two years later-

It had been two years since the Timbers had arrived in Italy. Two years since they all had been together, two happy, blissful years. Harry like he wanted had been enrolled into to a defense class that he enjoyed as well as a juniors fencing class. The best though had to be the Football team Sirius had insisted Harry join.

"Well I can't take him flying!" Sirius insisted, "he needs to play a sport."

Now Hermione on the other hand was not as active as Harry. Mostly she stayed close to her 'brother' but usually a book close in hand. Harry several times tried to get her to take a class with him or join the fencing team but Hermione was very content with her reading. Not that Zizi or Sirius minded, each parent would come home with all different kinds of books for Hermione who now could speak Italian with out the translating spell that Sirius and Harry needed.

Harry had come to realized that this is how Hermione was meant to be. For with out her beginning the know it all witch she would be come Harry would never have accomplished the tasks that he had to.

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"Cassie!" Harry whined as he and his sister where walking home for school, now 10 years old.

"Theo shut up! I'm trying to finish this line before we get home." Cassie said, her head deep with in a book, Harry grabbed it out of her hands and closed the book.

"No reading today! Come on Cassie how about we go to the park?" Harry asked.

"I was almost done!" Cassie complained with anger.

"Yes and I say your done. Come on you turn 11 tomorrow! You know what that means, Da and Mum told you." Harry fought.

"You know Theo just because I don't like to learn how to fight or play sports doesn't mean I don't know how to have fun." Hermione said to the boy that was her brother.

"Well then prove it to me! Come on let's go to the park." Harry said taking her hand and pulling her to the park.

"Get on the swing!" Harry said, throwing his bag on the floor, Hermione doing what her brother wanted. Harry started to push the swing, like he did when they where younger.

"Theo! Theo I'm going to high!" Hermione squealed, closing her eyes tight.

"Oh come on Cassie! Open your eyes, enjoy it!" Harry said, oh how he longed for his broom.

"THEO!" Cassie cried but not because of the swing though that did scare her, no what she was pointing at was much worse. A big fat boy that reminded Harry greatly of Dudley was beating up on a much smaller boy with 3 of his goons.

Harry stopped the swing and told Hermione to stay put.

"HEY YOU!" Harry yelled, the big bully looked up.

"What?" the boy said in Italian.

"Leave the kid alone," Harry replied, also in Italian.

"Why? Who do you think you are?" the bully said.

"Just let the kid go." Harry argued.

The bully and his three goons did stop, giving the beat up boy a chance to get away but the down side was Harry became their new target.

Now Harry wasn't the scrawny boy who had grown up with the Dursleys, no he had grown, his shoulders even at 10 where fairly broad and his muscles defined for all the sports and physical activity he did.

"Leave him alone!" Harry heard Hermione say.

"Cassie go away." Harry complained.

"Look guys seems the little hero here has a girl friend."

"She is my sister. Now get going!" Harry complained, "you tub of lard."

"Why you!" the bully yelled going to throw a punch at Harry who ducked it and swung his little leg, tripping him.

"I said get!" Harry yelled in angry Italian.

The bully's goons where coming at him when a big black dog jumped into the mix, growling at the boys and scaring them off.

"Padfoot!" Hermione yelled happily as the black dog turned into her father.

"Theo I told you not to pick fights." Sirius said.

"I didn't. I was defending some one." Harry countered, Hermione nodding in agreement.

"Alright but let's not tell you mum about this ay?" Sirius said with a smile as the kids gathered their stuff and made their way home.

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"So am I ever going to get to meet this girl then?" Kingsley asked as Remus and he packed up for the day.

"She's a private person." Remus said, meaning that he would but the ministry would throw her in azkaban.

"She must be something special. You've been seeing her for what four years now?" Kingsley asked.

"About that." Remus agreed. "Well I'll see you on Monday." Remus said, flooing to his cabin.

"Hey Remus!" Ara said as he stepped through the fireplace.

"Ara I thought we where meeting later tonight?" Remus replied.

"Yes well I decided to come cook for you." Ara replied, Remus looked flabbergasted.

"Um Ara you do know that you can't cook correct." Remus said, trying to look into the kitchen to make sure nothing was on fire.

"Oh hush! Of course I know! I ordered take out!" Ara said indicating the table full of Chinese food.

Remus laughed aloud and laid a gentle kiss upon her lips. When there was a knock on his door.

"Ignore it!" Ara complained as Remus pulled away from her.

"Go into the kitchen I'll get rid of who ever it is." Remus said, to the rest of the world Ara Black was dead, it would look very weird if she was spotted alive in his home.

Remus opened the door, very surprised to find Albus Dumbledore standing there.

"May I come in Remus?" Dumbledore asked.

"Of course sir." Remus said, allowing the aged professor to come inside his humble home.

"Thank you! I 've come with some very pressing news." Dumbledore said.

"What is it sir." Remus asked.

"Remus I am gathering the Order of the Phoenix back together." Dumbledore said.

"What? Why? What is going on sir?" Remus asked.

"I'm not sure Remus. But I know the peace is going to end Remus. I don't know if you've heard about the various attacks on the muggles. The minister believes it is just some children but I think it is only the beginning Remus." Dumbledore said as there was a very loud clatter in the kitchen.

"Who's here?" Albus asked heading for the kitchen and was able to enter before Remus stopped him.

"Professor!" Ara said, pots and pans laying all over the floor.

Albus Dumbledore smiled, a twinkle entering his blue eyes.

"Well Ara Black I haven't seen you since you left Hogwarts." he said.

"Well I've um, oh Professor I well." Ara couldn't think of anything to say.

"Well I see that I have interrupted something then. I will be off. Remus I will be sending you a letter soon, oh and Ms. Black I do hope you will join us." he said, with a pop he was gone.

"Well," Ara said picking up a pot, "that was interesting."

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"Sirius I'm going to have to return to England with Harry and Hermione." Zizi said laying on her lover's chest.

"I'm coming as well!" Sirius said.

Harry and Hermione had now both received their Hogwarts letters. Zizi needed to bring them back the only problem was Harry would have to keep his true identity hidden until he boarded the train.

"I could go as Padfoot." Sirius said.

"I don't know. This isn't going to be safe Sirius and I don't want to loose you." Zizi replied.

"Well I'm not going any where Zizi. Now that schools starting for them we can rent an apartment in London. I'll stay hidden, come on Zizi." Sirius begged.

"Oh fine. But if you get your bum thrown back into that hell hole don't come crying to me."

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