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UPDATED:9/30/2019

Chapter 41

July 29th, 1997

Emma had been awake for an entire night and half the next morning, not wanting to close her eyes, Sirius had helped her out of the bed to dress in comfortable clothes that Molly had made her, it was a simple July sundress of ruby red color that flowed down to just an inch above her knees, and thick straps on her shoulders, the dress wasn't tight nor to lose, just right, but there were a few things Sirius hadn't told her yet.

The first, pertaining to her condition and how lucky she was, and the second had to do with an old friend Sirius had been informed they had lost track off around in '90-'91, possibly sometime before that. He and his family had gone into hiding years ago, but to everyone's horror, said friend had been found dead and the Autopsy reported back to them had clarified he'd been tortured then killed with tools and hands, magic had been tossed to the wind. He had obviously had information the Death Eaters were desperate for. Information Sirius, and the others, hoped above all that he had taken with him in death.

On July 8th, 1997, Klay Malcom's body had been found half decayed in a river in Ireland near the magical community of Cork. The worst part of it, his seven-year old daughter, Sara, had found the body, his eldest son, Rubeus Malcolm, would be attending Hogwarts that very same year under the watchful eyes of his 'uncle' and godfather, Rubeus Hagrid, who he'd been named after.

Dumbledore's fateful night had been a constant roll in Emma's mind that had caused nightmares to occur, one after the other, "Severus killed him. Right in front of Harry and me. I can't even imagine how terrified that poor boy was- Sirius where is he, can I see him? Please-"

"Mum!" Harry had rushed down the halls of St. Mungo's like he was blur the moment he had seen Emma and Sirius walk from her room, only to slow quickly, nearly in a stop, to gently hug her, trying to be careful of her side and mid-section, "I'm so glad you're alright, we thought you were dead."

"She was dead, for about ten seconds," Remus said walking up, his fingers laced through with Dora's, who was smiling happily, yet her eyes held a small saddened look, Emma had missed their secret Wedding, but she was awake now and that meant they could give her the good news.

Dora wrapped her arms around both Emma and Harry, taking in a deep and shaking breath as her eyes filled with happy tears, "Thank you for waking up Auntie." Dora's words trembled as she hugged her and held onto the red head, a few tears falling.

Sirius smiled sadly at this and wiped the falling tears from his little cousin's cheek as he rubbed Emma's back comfortingly.

Emma simply smiled and kissed Harry's forehead then Tonks's cheek as she held them both tightly in her arms with a happy sigh, "It's good to be awake."

"What have I missed since I've been out for the count?" She asked once they released one another her arm staying wrapped around Harry's shoulders and one of his clinging around Emma's waist, afraid if he let her go, she'd vanish.

"Tonks and Remus were married," Sirius said softly with a grin, "Sirius! Remus and I were wanting to tell her," Tonks gently scolding with a small smile and laughed at Emma's raised brow, "We got married in July in secret, the Ministry wouldn't have let Remus and I marry anyways, so there was no point in trying to fight with them, not with this war coming at us. We decided to have a secret wedding. My dad gave me away, Sirius was best man and Harry handed us the rings. Molly and the others had a small celebration for us afterwards. Now, we're getting ready for Fleur and Bill's wedding on the 1st of August."

"I still think you should leave the Auror business for a short time, Dora. The Death Eaters are closing in on the Ministry as we speak." Remus clarified to his new wife as he wrapped his arms around her with a kiss to the top of her head. He was terrified she'd get hurt even inside the Ministry or Auror department, "Even Alastor is telling you it isn't safe there any longer, Tonks maybe you should leave." Sirius piped up trying to aid his friend, "No, for the last time. The longer I can stay inside the more I can get us information to help us fight this war. I'm not leaving, not yet."

Emma looked at Sirius with a grin, "Have you left the Auror department yet, Mr. Black?"

"Yes, Mrs. Black," Sirius started with a grin with a peck to his wife's lips, "Honestly, I had too. I wasn't given much choice really. They were following a lot of us home, I nearly lead them to one of our safe houses, so I redirected my course and landed somewhere completely random. Threw them off, came home, then Disapparated three different time to different places then three streets away from the meeting and they lost me not even halfway through that." Sirius said with a proud grin, "They were angry of course, I got called in and questioned by Yaxley, man's a lunatic if you ask me. Kept asking me strange and irrelevant questions that had nothing to do with any of the cases I had previously worked. Tossed my file at me across the desk the Ministry had gathered in on and used over the twelve years I was locked up, likely to see if he could Black mail me into being under his foot, then when that failed he tried using just about anything from it against me to get me fired from up the chain, Thicknesse was irritated but he's intimidated by that man. But Yaxley continued poking in about things like the Order and Albus and you. Asked about Remus and Peter and Dora, anything he could think of relating to the war on our side really. Offered me tea or Coffee. He had the calculating look down though, he was definitely looking for something."

"Sirius, Pius Thicknesse stepped down a few weeks ago, Corban Yaxley is now the Head of Magical Law Enforcement." Tonks said a bit confused to her cousin, everyone had glanced to her in shock, "You're not going back there, Dora," the three adults said in unison to the confused Auror, "Why not? Nothing's happ-"

"Dora, Corban Yaxley is a Death Eater!" Emma hadn't meant to shout it, thankfully no one, that they knew of, was in ear shot nor near them, but the reaction she received was a shock, even to her.

Tonks gasped with shock as they quickly looked around with a long and hissing "Shhh!" and her husband worried her most of all when Remus gave a shocked and scared, "Emma!"

Sirius covered his wife's mouth as they looked around furiously and the group yanked her into a nearby empty room locking the door closed behind them, "Emma you cannot say things like that out in the open!" Remus scolded with worry, he looked as if he was being searched for by the Dementors!

"I'm so confused, what's going on? I was out for one month, what the heck has you all so terrified?" She asked with utter confusion, "You haven't told her!" Dora glared to Sirius, her answer came when he sighed deeply as he rubbed his face and looked to the floor, "I don't know how too Dora. You can't just say things like that to someone who just woke up a day ago!" he said holding back a growl.

"Tell me what? Sirius, what's going on?"

"First of all, you're two months pregnant, the attack Lestrange did to your side nearly caused you a miscarriage, Poppy got to you fast and was able to save the baby by fixing the damage done to your womb" Tonks informed the now paling woman, "I-I'm sorry? I'm what?" She was shocked, Dumbledore's words rang through her mind, words that now made since to her, "congratulations,".

"You're pregnant Emma. You have to be very careful. Words like that can cost you a lot now, a month is nothing to what has happened already." Tonks said with worry, the rooms watched Emma not only pale, but stumble on her feet as she looked for a chair with small, shallow breaths, "What's wrong? Auntie?"

Emma's tears spilled over as she sank into a nearby chair, they weren't expecting her response as she broke down, "A-Albus, h-he knew… He said Congratulations… I was s-so confused!"

Worried she'd make herself faint from her heavy crying, Sirius rushed over to her and hugged her "Calm down, Love. It's alright. You're both alright."

"There's more-"

"Remus, no." Sirius spoke up sternly, his grey eyes glaring to his friend who simply sighed with a tired glare, "She deserves to know Padfoot! He was her best friend! One of Gabby's best friends! It's not right keeping it from her, she'll find out eventually either way. Holly's at the Cabin right now with the kids and Molly! What the bloody hell do you think Emma's first question will be when she sees her for the first time in ages, huh? Where's Klay! That is going to be Fox's first question! Then Holly has no choice but to relive that entire nightmare! What do you expect me to do Sirius? She deserves to know." Remus argued, and Sirius hated admitting he had a point. Emma not only had the right to know before they got to the Weasley's Cabin, but to help Holly not having to relive what her daughter wakes up every night now dreaming about. The seven-year-old girl's cries still rang chills through him even as he thought about it.

"Fine…. I'm so sorry Love." Sirius whispered against her forehead, placing a kiss brow and held her comfortingly to him with a sad sigh, "But Remus is right. You need to hear this."

Emma dreaded the news, she heard their argument, obviously, and she knew she wasn't going to like it at all. She hadn't heard high nor low from the Malcolm's in years, now she's suddenly hearing Holly and her kids were with the Weasley's. Sniffing back her tears, Emma reluctantly looked to her saddened and pale sick friend as he looked at her with sad eyes, "Klay Malcolm was found in Cork, Ireland near his home. Murdered. Looks like they tortured him with their hands and tools, possibly trying to get information out of him they couldn't withdraw with magic." Remus informed her. Emma felt sick, there was one spell she knew of that could be the cause of that outcome, "The Fidelius Charm? He was someone's keeper?"

"Likely his families or another person that was working deep undercover for Dumbledore, no one has come forward, meaning-" Emma had caught on quickly and interrupted, sliding her head down into her hands sadly as she sniffed back more tears, "The information was given, or they quickly rushed into hiding after realizing their keeper had been found. Either way, they likely wouldn't have found them because their possibly already in the wind with a new Keeper. Klay would have had a back-up for himself if he was captured and a back-up for the back-up with instructions to each one as to what to do next and differently than himself and the other. Each one would have a different routine." Emma clarified, "Any idea who could have been the intended subject for the charm?"

"No, but we found a Slytherin scarf and some school clothes, minus the robe, in the safe house address he had in his pocket. It's likely a student at Hogwarts. Without the Robe we can't put a name to the owner, it looked like there was one person living there, they packed in a rush. Left a few books and ink and other school supplies. But nothing has a name from the looks of the books, it's a seventh-year student."

"Great, and we are likely not going to be able to gain access to not only the school, but we won't even be able to gain access to Albus's records for his students." Sirius said with a sigh of slight irritation.

This, again, confused Emma greatly, "Why do you say that? Isn't Minerva taking over for Albus?" Emma asked curiously, one month and she was at a total loss for things, if felt like she'd been in a coma once again.

"Snape's Headmaster now, took it right out from under her without even giving her a chair to land in." Dora snorted with obvious irritation.

"Wow, wait, what! Severus-"

"Is Headmaster, slick git that he is. The minister of magic didn't want to grant him the chair, but he was outvoted with the Governors, Lucius is back on the council." Sirius informed her.

Emma looked around them in pure disbelieve, "I don't believe this… One month and I feel like I missed years."

"Last time you did miss years, Emma." Remus stated dryly, earning himself a glare and a small elbow in his side from his new wife, "Sorry,"

"So, how is Harry and the others going to even be remotely safe-"

"I'm not going back," Harry piped up, finally decided he should say something now before it was too late, he'd rather get the scolding over with now rather than have it back at the Cabin, the Weasley's new home.

"Excuse me?" Emma glanced at him with shock, but Sirius quickly came to the boy's defense, "Emma, Snape is in charge of Hogwarts. Muggle-borns are no longer permitted to attend, Pure-bloods are enforced and required to go back to school every year and every term, half-blood are accepted simply for half-blood statues, anything other than that Snape has refused others, namely Muggle born children." Sirius spoke this carefully and as calmly as he could for her, he knew she'd catch on eventually, "Hermione-"

"Her Hogwarts application was rejected," Harry stated for them, he too was angry when he'd heard the news, Harry wasn't returning because Dumbledore had asked him to help find and destroy the Horcrux, and he wasn't going to return to a school where Snape was in charge and could or would hand him right over to Voldemort. Emma had missed a lot in the last month, many things were still happening. More deaths had happened lately, several Muggels murdered or missing and muggle-borns' and one of their teachers at Hogwarts had vanished, their Muggle studies Professor.

"Now, wait a minute, I'm actually just now catching this…. How do you know what Klay would have done if he was a Secret Keeper Emma?" Dora asked in confusion.

"Uh, h-he asked me some advice since you know, previous experience with loopholes or problems from Lily and James. He wanted every precaution to attempt to safeguard and try to make it impenetrable. But I explained that it really just came down to who you could really trust with your life and that of the person you're trying to safeguard." Emma explained. Licking her lips and taking another deep sigh she continued, "Anything else I need updated on?" Emma sighed with irritation. And from their silence she had a feeling there was plenty more coming, "We need to move Harry. Severus knows where he's been staying; The Potter Estate and Grimmauld Place isn't safe any longer."

"We moved Petunia and her family, convinced them to leave Private drive." Sirius said rubbed Emma's arm, "Why'd you have them leave their home- because they housed Harry for eleven years," Emma sighed, she had caught that one rather fast, and sighed. Tears running down her face, "She asked me to give this to use, Love. Handed it to me when they packed their final things and left. Dudley left Harry an interesting message also, but she said she'd like you to have that." Sirius said softly, handing her a bit of a thick hand-held envelope.

With shaking hands and a deep breath, Emma opened the envelope and pulled out a three-page written letter, and to her shock found a few old pictures wrapped up inside. All of Petunia and Lily smiling together closely holding one another, both sisters had been two and four years old. The next was Petunia and Lily smiling happily in the picture with their mum in the hospital bed, Emma's birth, she'd been wrapped in a baby blanket her sisters had used when they were babies, a white baby blanket with embroidered butterflies and three large flowers, being a Petunia, Lily and a Rose wrapped in a bouquet design, the next were the years they shared together before Lily got her Hogwarts Letter, Emma took five minutes to read the three page letter, one that had her in tears, all because of the finale words her elder sister had written to her ", I loved you both, even when you both left for school. I'm sorry I abandoned you and Lily. I still love you. Goodbye sweet Rose."

Worried his aunt had said something that had hurt her Harry looked over her shoulder a bit "Mum," he'd been cut short when she folded the letter together from his view and handed him the pictures Petunia had sent with the letter, "She used to smile with such happiness… They both did."

"Come on, we should leave, back to the Estate, then we evacuate Harry to the safe house."

With everyone's agreement they Disapparated from the room and back to the Estate and to Emma's shock, really the entire groups shock, they found Hermione in the Living room with Draco and Ron being comforted as she cried heavily.

Terrified something terrible had happened, Harry rushed from Emma and Sirius towards his friends as everyone else followed in carefully behind him, "What happened!" Harry asked kneeling in front of her, hand gripping her knee as he looked up to her crying face, she had buried half into Ron's shirt, "She erased her parent's memories of her," Draco whispered to him, a sad expression on written across his face.

The adults had their own questions ready but had been interrupted by a sudden and vicious knock at the front door, which Dora and Emma had rushed to answer together, to their shock they found just about the entire Order of the Phoenix storming in, Alastor barking orders. No one had said anything about how they were going to evacuate Harry from the Estate. And it came in the form of the Polyjuice Potion.

Something Harry absolutely hated.

Hermione had sniffed back her tears and rushed up behind him, ripping out a few strands of hair from the back of his head rather harshly, "Blimey Hermione!"

"Sorry," she said handing them over to a grinning Alastor Moody, "She'd make a good Auror, don't ya think Tonks?" he joked playfully at her getting a small blushed smile from Hermione, "No really, nice yank." Alastor continued poking at the puffy eyed girl, he was at least glad he could make someone smile in this difficult time. "Emma, I wasn't sure if you'd be awake, but Sirius made it clear you were to go in a different face when we left-"

"I'll take Harry's Polyjuice, I'm not changing anymore faces, but for him. My son's safety comes first and speaking of children, where are our kids and Gabby's?" she asked to Sirius who grinned and looked around. "Where else would they be Love?"

"Sirius Orion Black-"

'Uh-oh,' many of the occupants in the room grinned and covered their mouths trying to hide their grin.

"With mum at the Cabin, not to worry, Holly and her kids are practically in love with them. Though, I think Horus has a crush on little Sara myself." George said with a grin making a few grin and giggle silently along with him.

Emma smiled with a thankful and relieved sigh, "They're safe, that's all that matters."

"Alright, well, you heard her Padfoot-" Alastor said with a shrug not really knowing what to do as he watched Sirius shake his head no in panic. Emma had nearly died several times in the process, he wasn't going to risk her again, but even that night they were risking her safety and the baby's "No-"

"Yes," Emma said taking the first drink of the Polyjuice potion and nearly gagged, "God that's even more disgusting than I've ever tasted before! Alright, come on lets' get this over with, I'm assuming Hagrid's taking Harry?" She asked curiously as they all began changing, she nearly laughed when her and Fleur had to help one another with their bras since they weren't unhooking, "And here I thought men were good and unhooking bras?" Emma chuckled out, all the women laughed while all the men either snickered or rolled their eyes, "Yes but I have pure talent Love, you know this already though." Sirius poked his own fun back with a playful grin.

"Oh, do I? We'll have to discuss that one later when I'm not disguised as our son." Emma cracked back,

"Told you I could find her in any crowd Remus?" Sirius cracked to his friend next to him.

Remus laughed and patted Sirius's back, "No, that was Prongs you made that bet with Padfoot."

"Do you three always do this, Mum?" Harry whispered to her with some laughter, both laughing a bit harder when she nodded, "Alright, alright! Pare up time to leave, Hagrid, keep going no matter what happens." Alastor order sternly to the man as he loaded Harry in the sidecar of the motorbike.

George pared up with Remus, Ron with Tonks, Emma with Sirius and so on.

"Head for the Haven! Read!" Alastor shouted and checked for everyone's go ahead "Go!"

And they were off, wands ready for anything, but the second they cleared the thick clouds up above a battle had been set upon them. Each side casting counter curse and another and curse after another, "Alastor!" Bill shouted with shock as Mundungus Fletcher Disapparated the second a large dark cloud emerged. Laughter chilled the air.

"COWARD!" Bill shouted after the retreating Mundungus.

They were horrifyingly graced with a face to put with the laughter of pure evil that sent shivering chills through them, Emma's breath caught in her throat as she looked right at Voldemort as he laughed sending a curse to Mad-Eye, one that connected and sent the Auror off his broom, but he was dead before he hit the ground below them.

Tonks gasped and screamed with horror, "Alastor!" She sent a surprisingly strong curse to him, one he was even shocked had nearly knocked him off his trail as he trailed through the multiple Harry's on brooms and Thestrals' the Order Members were on, "Find him!" Voldemort roared.

A flash from the corner of Emma's eyes she gasped with fright when she watched Lupin swiftly diving for a falling George, "NO!"

"Watch it Love!" Sirius shouted, wrapping his arm back around him, holding onto Emma before she fell and him with her from Harry's Firebolt he'd let them use. "Keep going, we can't let him get near Harry!"

An owl's screech soured past them, a small flash of Snow white flew around them all bobbing and weaving between enemy and ally alike, "Hedwig! Wait is that-"

"Buck-Beak? That's impossible." Sirius watched, astonished as the Hippogriff soared up flanking behind the Snow owl following closely. Yet a sudden flash of green as thunder clapped, left both parents in utter horror as they watched the Hippogriff diving for a small white ball that feel quickly from the air, "Hedwig," a bright flash woke her from her daze as it came closer to them, "Fox!" Sirius shouted with worry as she quickly noticing it as a killing curse. Frightened from her daze had caused Emma to scream and raised her wand deflecting the curse and sent once back herself, sending the attacker into pieces as they continued flying on, the Death Eaters retreating.

They had all finally landed as the potion had started to wear off on everyone and witnessed Hermione rushing from Harry and Draco and into Ron's arms with relieved tears in her eyes. They were shocked when Remus shoved Harry up against the wall of the fireplace, wand drawn shouting about a creature that had sat in the corner of his office the first time Harry had visited him at Hogwarts.

"GRINDYLOW!" Harry shouted with fight, completely lost as to what had just happened.

"We've been betrayed! Someone knew we were moving him tonight! Where the bloody hell is Alastor!" Remus shouted looking around furiously for the Auror, but to his terrified worry and sadness, Bill Weasley stepped forward with a fallen face, "Mad-Eye's dead, Mundungus Disapparated right out when he took one look at Voldemort, fell off his broom-"

Tonks sighed, with a nod yet a small shake of her head, "He was dead before he hit the ground Remus, bastard used the killing curse." She clarified, wiping a few falling tears from her face. Emma took her moments in spending her time with her children and helping Molly and Holly with healing George's wound and catching up with the distraught woman, Holly Malcolm. She was at a loss as to what to do without Klay but knew she still had a job to do, though she refused to tell Emma what it was she made it clear that the kids would be well looked after if anything happened to her, "Hagrid's their godfather? Does he know?" Emma was shocked, but very happy for the Gamekeeper, he was a sweet man, always knew how to help you in any way that he could.

"Yes, he's also legally their uncle when Rubeus was born. Klay wanted a safe haven for them and us, so he built a home on Hogwarts ground only we and Hagrid knew of." But as the poor woman continued speaking her tears began to spill over once again, she understandably hadn't stopped crying since Klay had been pronounced officially dead. Emma only knew of one thing to do. Words would not comfort her. Pulling the woman into her arms she simply hugged her and let her cry for as long as she needed to. "I'm so sorry Holly."

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