Disclaimer: OK, you really should know by now that nothing but Bryn belongs to me.

Chapter 19 - The Truth About Julia: The next day, Sunday, Harry, Bryn, Hermione, and even Ron headed down to Hagrid's hut. (Harry and Bryn were staying between Ron and Hermione, ready to diffuse any dangerous situations that might arise.) When they arrived, Harry knocked on the door.

"Hi, Hagrid," he said. "Can we come in?"

"Sure," Hagrid said, sounding pleased. "Yeh lot haven' bin by in months, I was beginnin' ter wonder wha' happened." He looked at Bryn.

"I remember yeh. New kid, from America, righ'? Ambryn?" Bryn nodded.

"Yeah, but you can call me Bryn," she replied as they took seats at Hagrid's large table. "Oh!" she cried as an enormous dog tried to lick her.

"Down, Fang!" Hagrid ordered, grabbing the dog's collar. "So, wha's goin' on then?" he asked.

Harry looked at Bryn before answering. "You know that photo album you gave me back in first year? We were wondering if you could tell us the name of one of the people with my parents."

"Really? An' why'd yeh wan' ter know that?"

"Because we think she might be my mother. She was British, and she went here, but I can't find her in any records. But she had a copy of the picture Harry's got."

Hagrid looked at the four teens closely before saying, "All righ' then. I'll take a look." Harry handed him the picture.

"Oh. That one," Hagrid said. "I remember her. Quiet girl, hung around with yer dad an' his friends, Harry."

"What was her name?" Bryn wanted to know.

"It was Jazlyn," he said after a moment's pause. "Jazlyn Temaida."

"Do you know who Bryn's dad might be?" Hermione asked.

"Nope, can' say that I do, sorry," he replied, just a bit too quickly. But when they pressed him, he continued to deny any further knowledge of Jazlyn Temaida. Bryn wanted to scream with frustration. What was the secret everyone was so determined to keep?

When they got back to the castle, Hermione ran off. The others didn't know why, and Ron didn't seem to care; he and Lavender disappeared again. Soon after, Hermione came back.

"I've just been to see Tonks, she said Lupin's secret mission's over, he just got back."

"Why'd she tell you?" said Harry, shocked.

"Because I said you wanted to write to him. We can ask Lupin."

"But he already said - " Bryn began.

"If he didn't know your mum changed her name, he would have said that. Now though, I mean, Hagrid said your mum was friends with them back in school!"

Bryn was skeptical, but let Harry write the letter. She doubted it would help, but she was willing to try it. The name Hagrid had given her - Jazlyn Temaida - kept ringing in her head. Who had her mother been? And was Bryn's entire life a lie?

A/N: And the truth is unveiled - well, half of it, anyway. For those of you who have read my Marauder's Era fic, In the Absence Of Tears, I know you recognize Julia's real name. For those of you who haven't, if you're curious, look it up in my profile. Also, sorry if I screwed up Hagrid's accent;I suck at that kind of thing.