A few weeks after Dumbledore forced his way into Dite's mind, she spent a lot of her time avoiding the Headmaster as best as she could. Avery seemed to stare at her with rage when she caught him stairing, he hadn't made a move to hurt her or her friends, which was a good thing. Mana had sent Dumbledore a Howler after she received word of the man forcing his way into her Daughters mind. Dite couldn't remember if Dumbledore had ever received a Howler in Hermione's time, so this was the first time that anyone had ever seen the Headmaster of Hogwarts get the red envelope with a yelling mother who was yelling in Greek and one women no one would want to anger. Soon after the embarrassment of the Howler, Dumbledore had approached her and apologized about the invasion of privacy.
Christmas had passed rather pleasantly, no trips to St. Margo's. Dite got to play and watch baby William or Bill as she called him before his parents could. Bill was a quiet baby for the most part, but he was also curios and would stare at Dite from his spot in one of the Adults arms that was carrying him at the moment. Lily even enjoyed having the baby around the house and gushed about wanting children as well later after she began her Charms mastery she had decided on. Boxing day and Dite's birthday had seen the house in Chaos as Sirius had decided that he was pulling 18 pranks on Dite, one for each of her birthdays that had passed. He some how got her baba's in on the idea, and they some how set them up like rouge Mistletoe that sprouted up all over the castle, another one of the Marauders ideas that the elf's loved to reuse each year. One of the pranks had turned her beautiful dark hair to the same bright red that her Baba's had shared, another gave her orange tabby ears and a tail. The pranks where harmless but they also annoyed her because they sometimes where triggered while she was walking with one of the others in the house. But Sirius had promised that the pranks would end at Midnight. So she was fine with it. While everyone was at her house on Boxing day, they made plans to go to a pub that Friday, this was James idea of Celebrating, but Sirius threw in that the Pub had to be a muggle Pub. So that is how they all ended up in Muggle London, at a Pub not far from Leaky Cauldron. Regulus had joined them with the protest that he needed to make sure the girls got back to Prewett estate because the men where most likely going to be pissed beyond belief. Dite knew that he secretly enjoyed the antics of the others, when he gave off a small smile with the mirth shining in his gray eyes.
Everything that has happened since she had been forced back in time has happened with just her presence. She knew that in Hermione's time that Regulus would never have been friends with James, Frank and Remus due to his pride and that he chose to fallow the Dark Lord. She knew from a few of their deep conversations that he thought of her as his light in the darkness that he grew up in.
Dite sat next to Regulus, whom had his arm draped over her shoulder sipping on a fruity drink that he ordered for her. Lily and James where hopelessly flirting with each other. Those two weren't together yet, but Dite suspected that they would be either by the end of the night or by the time they returned to Hogwarts. Frank was laughing at Sirius whom for the 10th time was turned down by a women he winked and tried to woo into possibly a drunken snog. Remus sat on the other side of James and Lily drinking a beer that he ordered watching Sirius's failed attempts of getting the girl. Alice and her eyes met and they rolled their eyes. Dite reached over and squeezed Remus's hand, which caused him to look at her with a small smile.
"Tha syneiditopailsei syntoma ta synaisthimata tou Moony." She told him as they turned back to the man trying to get a blond that sat at the bar.
Soon said blond turned away from Sirius and walked away. The dog decided to join them grubbing that birds don't know what they are missing. As the night progressed, James and Sirius bought shots and drinks for everyone. Stating that those who are here need to enjoy life. What made the night was when Remus was getting the attention of a few of the other birds flirting, and semi snogging the poor guy, Sirius was growing more jealous by the kiss.
Leaning over to Regulus, Dite whispered;
"Borei na einai enas skylos, ziloty pos antras otan einai methysmenos."
"Nai einai I thea mou Afroditi." Regulus whispered back in agreement before nipping at her earlobe.
Just like Sirius who grew touchy feely when drunk or when it came to Remus Jealous. Regulus would often speak Greek with her and call her by her whole name along with the affection he would show the more he drank. It wasn't soon until Sirius grew jealous enough to move to sit right next to Remus and throw his arm around Remus's shoulders. Lily, Alice and Dite giggled at the act of Jealousy Sirius displayed.
"What's got you birds giggling so much?" He asked drunkenly.
"Oh nothing Sirius." The three girls giggled.
They all knew that Sirius was completely attracted to Remus and even though he tried to woo the birds both here and at school it didn't change the fact that their friend was blind to the reason why girls turned him down was because they could tell that little fact. Mainly because Sirius never let Remus out of his eye line unless it was Quidditch practice, Prefect rounds, or when in Detention. The only person that didn't see it was Sirius himself.
Soon James suggested we make our way towards Leaky Cauldron, to head back home before the parentals grew worried. As she walked down the sidewalk towards the wizarding pub, and uneasy feeling started to settle in her mind, like something was wrong. Just before they entered the pub. A hummingbird patronus appeared before the group.
"Dite, your fathers where attacked and are now at St. Margos. I'm there with them now." The Hummingbird's message knocked Dite from her less then sober state of mind.
She knew that it might have been a Death Eater attack that they went to help with as Auras and members of the Order. She wasn't sure how her friends and she ended up at the hospital, it was a slight blur to her at the moment. The Healer asked if the majority of the group leave as the visiting hours where over and only family could stay. He also explained that at the moment the twins where both in an a coma, but should wake up in the next day or so. Sophia nodded in agreement and suggested the teens head back to the estate and that she will update them when there was news. Dite didn't sleep well waiting for Mana to either comes home with news or to send another patronus to them with news. She knew that Molly would be there in the morning, as she wanted to check in on the teens and then go to the hospital. Dite stood there in the kitchen as she waited for the teapot to finish warming up, she figured that if she couldn't sleep she would make herself a cup of tea.
Her memories as Hermione coming to the for front of her mind, She remembered a day when she and Ginny decided to look through the attic of the Burrow. They found clothes from all the boys as they grew up, Molly kept every single sweater she knitted for them in a trunk for each of them. As the girls searched to see what kind of treasures they would find, they came across an album of pictures. When Molly found them, she told them of the story that her brothers had died in an attack against Death Eaters, just after their wife was killed in an attack on Diagon Ally. So here she was drinking her tea waiting for the sun to come up. She was lost in her thoughts' when Regulus found her sitting at the kitchen nooks table looking out the window. It wasn't long before he coughed to announce his presence, causing the girl to startle and look at him.
"Regulus we need to stop this sneaking up on unsuspecting persons." She gave him a small smile.
"We can try, but its always when one is lost in thought that the sneaking occurs." He sat down next to her.
"Perhaps." She took a sip of her tea.
"What is on that inquisitive mind of yours Aphrodite?" Regulus asked as he pored himself a cup of tea.
"Many, many things Regulus." She sighed.
"Worried about your fathers?" He asked.
"Yes, that and more." She admitted.
Dite's mind filtered through all her worries at one time. Worried about the Death Eater attack that landed her Baba's in the hospital. Worried about how Mana might be now when it comes to an Order mission. Will the wards be enough on the estate. Could she honestly change what she needed to change. Could she save Lily and James, the two have become like siblings to her, from the fate of the timeline that no longer existed. So many things to worry about.
"Well, I might be able to take your mind off these worries for a moment." Regulus's voice pulled her from her worries.
"Yes." She turned to look at him, Regulus was calmly sipping his tea.
"What do you know of the Black family tree?" He asked as he placed his cup down.
"Only what Sirius and yourself have told me."
"Well, one of the Members of the family is some one that no one admires much as he married a witch that wasn't from a prestigious family. Sure she was from a pure-blood family, but not one of the statues that the Blacks are known for marring. Erie Peverell, she was the youngest of Ignotus Perverell's children. She was a quiet witch, the reason that many in my family don't particularly speak about her is that she was a bit on the untamable side. But Ophiuchus Black didn't see her as a witch that need to be controlled, but one that needed to be free to do as she pleased. Or at least that's what was written in his journals. She was kept under a tight grip by her family, but after meeting the witch who told Ophiuchus to basically piss of, he decided that she was his witch. Ophiuchus tried to court the girl after receiving the blessing of her father with the gifts of black diamonds, which she wasn't a fan of. He tried to find the most beautiful piece of jewelry for her, but she didn't want expensive goblin made jewelry. " Regulus began the story, hearing about stories of others ancestors fascinated her. It was untold history, and finding out that there had been a Peverell in the Black family as well as the Potter family was just as fascinating.
"I see so she wasn't swayed by his money." Dite spoke out loud.
"Oh no, not according to his journals, which also revealed that he almost gave up finding the perfect piece for her. That was during the time that the Black vaults where being built up with the heirlooms. Some of what is in the family vaults actually came from Ophiuchus's courting of Erie Peverell. In his journal, he spoke of a market, which I'm thinking it was what turning into Diagon Ally, they walked along until she stopped and began to admire these ear cuffs." He continued his story, while pulling a silk cloth from his pocket.
"Lady Erie, had never worn jewelry when they went out or to balls or any of the sort while they courted. So when she picked up a simple but beautifully crafted ear cuff, Ophiuchus just watched. She tried this on, and even though she loved it she placed it back on the table." Regulus un covered what was hidden in the silk cloth and showed her.
The item was about an inch lone, the goblin made silver was woven into beautiful twists and swirls. The leaves where made of pale emeralds and the center of the flower was a single small pearl. It was a beautiful ear cuff. She gently picked it up to look at it further, she was in aww of the talent and that it still looked like it was bought yesterday.
"The Journal said that the next day Ophiuchus went back to the maker and bought this ear cuff. When he presented the gift to her, she excepted his suit for her hand. Later in the journal's Ophiuchus wrote that Erie wanted him to realize that love isn't bought by expressive jewels, but given freely. To be honest Aphrodite, Erie was the light to the darkness that envelops most who are born into the Black family, and those who marry into the family fall victum to it as well. All except Erie, who was the only person who could curve the darker tendencies of Ophiuchus Black. I have been told that I am very much like him in many ways. And after reading his journal I found in the family vault looking for something to give you, I realize that you are similar to Erie. So when the cloth fell from the back of the journal, I knew that this was the gift for you." Regulus explained as he gently took the ear cuff from her grasp and placed it on her ear.
The Goblin made silver was light on her ear, it had a cooling sensation on the skin as well. She had known that Regulus was looking for something to give her as part of pure-blood courting traditions, she wasn't looking forward to being gifted something green or black. She had hoped that he would find something that didn't belong to many witches of his family. And he did, hearing that not many approved of Erie Peverell-Black meant that no one wanted anything that belonged to the women. So the ear cuff was only worn by Erie and never been touched by any of the women in the Black Family, born or other wise. When she examined it, she noticed that on the back side of the cuff, runes where etched into the silver, protection was the one she recognized immediately.
"It's beautiful Regulus." She whispered as she looked into his steel gray eyes, that showed the affection that he had.
"I can Not believe that your mother would leave you with out a chaperone Dite." Molly's voice rang through the kitchen interrupting the young couples quiet morning.
"The elves are chaperone enough Aunt Molly." Dite smiled at her aunt.
"Not when there are more young men the young ladies in the house." Molly huffed as she placed the baby carrier on the breakfast nook bench and proceeded to start to cook breakfast for the young adults.
"But Aunt Molly, Baba told me all about the time you snuck out of gandmana's and grandbaba's house to see Uncle Author. " She gave Molly a sly smile as Regulus smirked.
"Never mind that Dite, go see if the others are up and get dressed. A young lady shouldn't be up and about in their night clothes." Dite smiled when Molly turned Weasley red in the cheeks and dismissed them.
Dite ran to Lily's room to show her the gift that she was given and to see what they should do after visiting her parents at the hospital. So like a normal morning Dite didn't bother to knock on the door of her best friend and adopted sisters room, she came to a stop when she walked into the room. There Dite watched as James Potter fell off Lily's ben, and Lily giggled as she pulled the sheets to cover her self up. James embarrassed, pulling his pants on in a hast as Dite averted her eyes and used her hand to block out a practically naked James. When she moved her hand she found James, messy hair, glassed setting on top of his head, cheeks red as Molly's when she was embarrassed. He was looking to the side of her, at something, when she turned she noted that it was his shirt, she grabbed it and pushed it into his chest. All Lily did was laugh at the whole occurrence, as if she couldn't believe that her best friend just walked in and caught them with their pants down. Once James was gone, Dite closed the door and looked at Lily.
"So I'm guessing that Potter isn't the bain of your existence now Lils?" Dite raised an eye brow at her.
"Well you can agree he is fit Di." Lily giggled.
"Now how do I tell Sirius that Remus won the bet?" Dite tapped her nose, as a pillow hit her in the face.
"What bet?" Lily asked embarrassed.
"How long before you two got into bed together." Dite smirked at Lily.
Ello Loves!
Sorry for such a long wait for the update to this story. I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. I tried to tie in the story of Ophiuchus Black into this chapter since Regulus in the last was said to be compared to the ancestor. Next chapter we get to see how Fab and Gid are since they where attacked. Keep your reviews and comments coming, I love reading them and seeing how you all react to the newest update.
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