Disclaimer: Oops, I forgot to put this in Chapter One, but J.K. Rowling owns the world of Harry Potter and all its characters, not me. I wonder if she would consider giving up Viktor, though, maybe if I say please.

I'm so sorry I haven't updated for so long, I've been really busy, and I've had a hard time transfering this to the site.

Author's Note: This chapter will focus more on Remus's family than on Hermione and Viktor. There will still be some Hermione and Viktor, though.

Another Author's Note: There is a part where Remus is extensively abused, and that might be the only part where an M rating might be needed. So, it's still T! Yippee! Also, this story assumes that Lupin and Tonks had fallen in love and gotten married before Viktor and Hermione even met.

Chapter Two: The House of Lupin

Viktor POV:

Viktor heard the rumble of many feet coming to the door, and as it opened, three dogs, a chihuahua, a collie and a German shepherd, all jumped on him. The chihuahua and the collie were both licking his face, and they barked in such a cute, friendly way that he was already starting to like the place. However, the third dog merely waited, and when an opening appeared, it raced immediately for Viktor's throat.

"What the-" was all Viktor could say as he struggled to get the German shepherd off him, and the other two dogs were whining right next to him, not really doing anything to help him or attacking the third dog.

Hermione was yelling for Mr. Lupin, who immediately raced down the stairs and yelled, "Connor Ulrich Lupin, you stop attacking our guest, NOW! And Lupe, Tala, please stop whining! You know that makes me worry."

Connor immediately transformed back into a teenaged boy with silvery brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, that very much resembled Hermione's. "Dad, why are we welcoming him here? You know what his headmaster did to you! And now you're welcoming his CLONE with open arms!"

"Connor, please, he's not like Karkaroff at all..."

"WHAT IF HE IS, DAD! Anyway, it would be nice revenge to kill off Karkaroff's favorite student..." Connor yelled.

Viktor felt both horror and sympathy for the boy at the same time, and he saw that Connor was on the verge of tears. Whatever Karkaroff did to his father, Viktor realized, must have involved Connor. With that realization in his head, Viktor stated, "Connor, I understand if you are mad because of vhat Karkaroff did. However, I do not understand vhy you vould take it out on me, vhen it is really Karkaroff you are mad at."

Connor was shaking, and Viktor could see Connor's hands turning into paws, and back into hands again, uncontrollably. Viktor saw that it took a lot of self-control for Connor to not spit at Viktor's feet, instead saying, "I'm sorry if I frightened you. However, it'll take a long time to gain my trust." With those words, Connor gave one last withering look and dashed out of the room.

Remus POV:

Remus was speechless. He felt appalled at how he had handled the situation, it was the worst way he could have handled it. "Hermione, Viktor, I-"

Hermione interrupted, "You don't have to apologize, Professor. However, I'd advise that you talk with Connor, he's your son. Anyway, Viktor still has to introduce himself to Lupe and Tala. It'll most likely take a while."

With that advice Remus left the entryway and searched for his son. "Connor, where are you?" he yelled. Remus had always had a hard time finding Connor when they fought, but thankfully, that was the hardest part, because talking the situation over with his son was much easier, and less violent.

As he was looking for Connor, he thought over the situation himself. The subject of Karkaroff, above all topics, was the most uneasy in the House of Lupin, and it took much arguing and negotiation in order to let Krum hide here with Hermione. For Karkaroff had done something truly heinous, something that would not be revenged by anything other than death, in the eyes of all his family, especially Connor, especially Connor because it was Connor that Karkaroff has used in order to blackmail Remus, and it was Connor who had had to watch.

Karkaroff, knowing that Remus was a werewolf, had decided to use him for terrible and torturous experiments, but Remus wouldn't oblige, saying that he was still human. Karkaroff, in his fury, had kidnapped Connor when he was six and nearly killed him, only setting him free when he got Remus's consent for the experiments. Then Karkaroff tied Connor up on a chair and made him watch his father go through the experiments.

The experiments were torture. Karkaroff had made Remus do unimaginable things, such as ripping himself up to prove his own supposed masochism, battling Dark creatures while chained to them to see who would win, letting himself be force-fed poisons and bezoars, and the most unimaginable thing of all, being forced to transform into a werewolf in front of his own son, and battling the wolf within him, and Karkaroff's disgusting commands, so he wouldn't attack his own son. And he remembered that he almost had. He might have been able to endure the experiments in similar circumstances, but because Connor had been forced to watch, those experiments were hell.

How Remus could welcome Viktor, despite what Karkaroff did, was something not even the human part of him could fully understand. The closest response he could find to explain to his confused mind the situation was that Viktor had to deal with the monster for seven years, and that he must have had similar treatment.

"Connor, I have something for you. It's divinity, and from what I smell, it's a really good batch-" He could hear Connor coming down the stairs at once. Remus wondered why Connor had this obsessive liking to the stuff, white glop with nuts in it, but Connor ate that stuff as though it were the nectar of life, almost like Remus himself ate chocolate.

"Yes Dad, where is it, you asked for something?"

Remus laughed as he gave Connor the divinity. "Now Connor," he made the divinity invisible, "You'll get it after we talk."

"Dad! Fine, we'll talk."

"Good. Connor, what happened nine years ago can never be forgiven, yet I still believe that Viktor is inherently good, not evil, like his headmaster."

"You didn't do anything to deserve what he did to you, and yet you're the one tortured by Karkaroff, you're the one in danger of losing me, Tala and Lupe to Social Services, just because you're a werewolf! You're the best dad I could ask for, and yet most society thinks you're a monster. If only they could see this family, all happy and wonderful..."

"I know, Connor, it isn't fair that I'm a werewolf, but you changed the subject on me, and now we're getting back to the real situation at hand. Why don't you like Viktor?"

"DAD! The argument about how we shouldn't not welcome Krum just because he was Karkaroff's student, well, that makes sense, though I don't like it. Still, I don't want him here."

"Why not, Connor?"

"Well, if you really have to know why I'm not interested in having Viktor Krum over here, it's because, because the girl I like is obsessed over him!" Connor said, blushing.

Remus laughed out loud. "That's why! This is hilarious. I completely understand how you feel, I've had crushes on girls like that too,Ó Remus stated, still laughing his head off.
From the looks of it, Connor looked shocked, though he couldn't suppress laughing at how his father looked when he was laughing. Remus knew that the laughter came because he looked so weird when he laughed, but it was his favorite sound in the world.

"You can have the divinity now," Remus told Connor, as they were both still laughing, but Connor ignored it. He was too busy laughing at how weird his father looked.
Hermione POV:
Having Tala and Lupe introduce themselves to Viktor was considerably easier than having Connor introduce himself. The two of them were twins, fraternal, of course, and they were seven years old. She could easily tell Tala and Lupe apart, for Tala had long, flowing pink hair, whereas Lupe had shoulder-length brown curls, but she couldn't help but realize that they both had their father's eyes: a mixture of green and hazel, blended into one color with specks of the original colors shining through. They immediately took a liking to Viktor and his big arms, and she couldn't help but giggle as they tried to squeeze them.

Viktor had already settled into this family, she thought, and it would be a very nice nine months here. She wondered where Professor Lupin and Connor were, probably just having a talk in the living room. She decided to take a walk to the kitchen, to see how Tonks was doing. When she walked in, however, she saw Tonks, who was steadily carrying a bunch of plates to the table, accidentally slip over a banana peel. She rushed to the kitchen and just managed to levitate the plates to the table before they broke, while catching Tonks.

"Tonks, are you all right?"

"What's a banana peel doing here?" Tonks asked mischievously, and Remus came into the kitchen, with a slightly disappointed look on his face. "Remus, dear, did you plant this banana peel on the floor?"

"Oh, you found me out!" Remus exclaimed dramatically, "I wanted you to slip on the peel just so I could catch you and do this." With that exclamation he grabbed Tonks, gracefully dipped her, and kissed her passionately on the lips.
With that Connor walked into the room. "Mom. Dad. Get a room. Please."

Hermione laughed, and asked loudly to herself "Hmm, I wonder if Viktor could do that."

With both Tala and Lupe grabbing onto his neck, Viktor walked into the room and answered, "I think I could do much more than that," and he kissed her so romantically on the lips that she could feel her leg pop up in the air in response.

"Aww," was the united reaction of Tala and Lupe.

"Oh no, not the "aww" group. Mom and Dad were kissing like that, actually worse, but-"

"Conny, it's cute! It's like Mickey Mouse kissing Minnie!" Lupe squealed.

"Mouse or McGonnagal?"

"Mouse, duh!" Tala answered.

"Connor, concern crosses my mind. Why would you think of calling Professor McGonnagal Minnie!" Remus Lupin asked with a sly tone to his voice, "Minnie and Connor, sitting-"

"EWW! She's a teacher!" Connor yelled, though muttering afterward, "albeit strangely attractive." He was shaking again, and blushing too.

"Now I'm interested. Why would you call her Minnie?" Hermione inquired.

"Because, because, alright, because I overheard Dumbledore and Professor McGonnagal making out in the Transfiguration room, and he was calling her Minnie! It was the most disgusting thing I've ever heard, thanks for making me relive it!" Connor stated in a slightly facetious tone.

Everyone laughed, and Tala and Lupe got their arms off Viktor's neck just so they could walk over, point, and laugh at Connor. Connor abruptly smacked each of them in the head with an inflatable hammer he had bought himself at Zonko's.

Viktor was now holding her in his arms, her favorite place in the world to be in. She lifted her arms up and stroked his head, feeling the barely-there hairs on his scalp which felt like the finest velvet in her hands. She felt great being here in this moment, and if she was to be anywhere but Bulgaria for nine months, this place would be it.

Author's Note: Mickey and Minnie Mouse belong to a genius named Walt Disney (he made DUMBO, of course he's a genius!), not me.

Another Author's Note: Voldemort is deader than the dodo bird (I still weep for their death), and Remus and his family live on that pretty island shown in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

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