A.N: So I didn't get it up yesterday, but I got it up today. Again, thanks to all the reviewers. And maybe, just maybe, we can get it up to 30 reviews...or even 40? Or is that just greedy? ;)

Disclaimer: Weasleys are red, Ravenclaws wear blue, Harry Potter's not mine, that goes for other cannon characters too.

Rosie groaned when she woke up, turning onto her side.

"Be quiet," a voice hissed and her eyes snapped open to see two girls, one roughly her own age, the other a couple of years younger. "If they hear you, they'll come down and I'm almost done getting you out."

The girl had long hair that was dark with grime and dirt. There were bruises on her face and her blue eyes were cold and hard, like ice. The other was watching the door, thumb in her mouth, hair just as dark with grime. It was clear to Rosie that both had been down there a long time.

"What's your name anyway?" The girl continued, fiddling with something on Rosie's ankle, that she realised with a sickening feeling was a shackle.

"Rosie," Rosie mumbled. "Roseanne Potter-Lupin."

The girl looked at her sharply. "Potter?" Rosie nodded weakly. "Huh. Well, I'm Daphne Greengrass and this is my sister Astoria. I'm sorry to say that this is my parents basement."

Rosie blinked in surprise. "Your parents?"

Daphne nodded solemnly. "Yeah. Father locked us down here to get us out of the way. He's not very nice. Neither's Mother, but I think she cares about us a little. I wonder why they took you...that's if they realised who you are." She smiled suddenly when the shackle clicked and released Rosie's ankle. "There you go."

Rosie stood up, shaking herself off a bit. "How long have you been down here?" She asked as she sat down again.

"About four months, maybe more," Daphne shrugged.

As Rosie opened her mouth to answer, a voice rang through her head, making her gasp. 'Li'l Red? Are you there? Rosie?'

'Kali?' Rosie blurted, closing her eyes on a confused Daphne. 'Shadow?'

'Rosie!' Five voices shouted at once, making the little girl wince.

'Not so loud please,' she requested. 'I'm okay guys.'

'Where are you?' Drake demanded. 'What happened?'

'Well, I thought I heard something in the bushes, so I went to investigate. Then someone grabbed me and disapparated. I woke up in the Greengrass basement with Daphne and Astoria Greengrass. They've been locked down here for ages.'

"What are you doing?" Daphne asked, Rosie's eyes snapping open.

"Huh?"

"What are you doing?" She repeated.

"I have a mental connection to my siblings," Rosie told her, before closing her eyes again. 'I'm going to transform into Li'l Red and try to get out through the bars, then I can try to open it from the outside.'

'Be careful!' Five voices shouted again.

Rosie opened her eyes and brushed her hair out of her eyes. "I have a plan to get us out," she said to the two girls.

Daphne snorted and rolled her eyes. "There's no getting out," she scoffed. "Trust me, I've been trying since we first got locked down. And if you make too much noise and bring them down here, I'll kill you, got it?"

Rosie simply grinned at her and shifted into Li'l Red, the small tiger pouncing on Daphne's lap. She almost seemed to be smirking at her. Daphne gaped, her mouth hanging open as Li'l Red leapt off her lap and slipped throigh the bars.

Astoria Greengrass couldn't help but giggle at her sister's face.

Li'l Red crept down the corridor, sticking to the shadows, almost pressed against the wall. She squeezed through a gap and saw several sets of keys hanging up. Shifting back into Rosie, she took the pair under the same number as the dungeon she had been in. Shifting back into Li'l Red, she picked up the keys in her mouth, grimacing at the cool metal taste, careful not to jangle them too much. Slowly, she crept back along the corridor and shifted back into Rosie.

Daphne stared eagerly as Rosie slid the key into the lock and the door swung open with a slight creak. The creak sounded abnormally loud in the quiet dungeon. All three girls flinched and Rosie beckoned for the Greengrass sisters to get out.

Now that Daphne was out of the cell which warded against house elves, she quietly called out, "Bex!"

The house elf appeared with a pop, looking at them with wide eyes. "Young Mistress mustn't bes calling for Bex!" She cried, tugging at her ears anxiously. "Bex should bes telling Master."

"Please Bex," Daphne begged. "Please don't tell Father! Just take us out of here!"

"Bex shouldn't..."

Remus Lupin had never in his life been as upset and furious as he was now. Not even when Sirius nearly got Snape killed by him and he had been violently furious then. But now...his daughter had been taken, his little girl. Courtney had locked herself in the bedroom in tears and still not come out.

"Uncle Moony!" Kali screamed, barrelling down the staircase. "Uncle Moony! We know where Rosie is!"

Remus' eyes widened in surprise as Sirius caught his daughter by the shoulders. "Where is she Pup?"

"Greengrass Manor!" Kali yelled. "She's in the dungeons, she told us!"

"WHAT?!" Connie shrieked.

Moony growled, fighting to go there and tear them apart to get his Cub. "How do we get her out?"

Rosie frowned, before Daphne's words rang through her head. "I think she cares about us a little..."

"Bex, is your Mistress alone?" Rosie asked, making Daphne look at her sharply.

Bex popped away and returned a moment later. "Yes, Miss."

"Can you take us to her?"

"What are you doing?" Daphne cried, glaring at the younger girl.

"Being clever. Trust me."

Daphne hesitated, but Astoria grabbed Rosie's hand and Bex's hand. That made up Daphne's mind and she grabbed Bex's other hand.

The house elf popped them into Lady Greengrass' study, the woman shrieking when the children and elf appeared in front of her. "How did you get out?!"

"Lady Greengrass, please!" Rosie cried, turning up the one thing she knew how to do expertly. She might be a Pack member and a Cub, but she was still a kid at heart and adults nearly always felt sympathy for kids in danger. Especially if she used her secret weapon. "Please! I just wanna go home!" She sniffled, making her eyes water and she made them as big and round as possible. "Please Lady Greengrass! Please! It's all cold and dirty in the dungeons!" She sniffled again, letting herself hiccup slightly as a few tears rolled down her cheeks. "I want my Mummy and Daddy," she sobbed, not really faking it anymore. "I want my Mummy and Daddy!"

For the first time in several years, Roxanne Greengrass' mask cracked and she pulled the distraught child into a hug, Astoria and Daphne watching on in shock.

The adults were discussing how to get into Greengrass Manor when a large black owl swooped in through the window and dropped a letter in front of them, then swooped out again. They remained silent for a moment, before Remus gingerly reached out and opened it.

Mr. and Mrs. Lupin,

Both Courtney and Remus blinked as they remebered they were technically still married.

I am Lady Roxanne Greengrass and I'm writing to tell you to come to Greengrass Manor immediately. Please come via the Floo, using the passcode: Roxy's Study. It is urgent. Bring nobody else.

Lady Greengrass.

Silence reigned for all of five minutes before Lola spoke. "What if it's a trap?" She voiced the thoughts they had all had.

"I don't think we have a choice," Remus said logically. "It could be our only chance to get Rosie back."

That made up all their minds.

The second Courtney stepped out of the Floo, her eyes landed on Rosie, the little girl having stopped crying. She near flew across the room and embraced the child, Remus not far behind.

"Mr Lupin, Mrs Lupin," Lady Greengrass called.

Remus spun round, his wand out and at her throat.

"Daddy, no!" Rosie yelled.

Remus ignored her. "Why did you take my daughter?" He snarled.

"I didn't," Lady Greengrass shook her head. "Please, listen. I want you to take your daughter and leave, but I want you to take my daughters as well."

"What?" Remus lowered his wand in shock.

Lady Greengrass smiled sadly. "I loved my husband once. But he fell in with a dark crowd, became a Death Eater. Any love we had just...dissipated. It doesn't help that it was a forced marriage, a contract that I can't get out of. But I do love my daughters. If he knew, he would hurt them more than he already does, just to spite me. I fear he may even kill them. As it is, he locked them in the dungeons for six months. I try to distance myself from them so he doesn't hurt them, but it doesn't work. I can't protect them here and I can't leave. It's clearly obvious you love your daughter and I want my daughters to learn what love is. Please. Take them."

Courtney sniffed, wiping her eyes. She completely understood what Lady Greengrass meant about wanting to do nothing more than protect her daughters. "Are you sure?" She checked.

"Positive," Lady Greengrass nodded. "And if you sign this contract, it makes them legally yours. And I want you to change their names, their last names. I don't want them to be Greengrass' anymore. Can you do that?"

"What do you think, Love?" Courtney murmured, pulling Remus over to the side. "Daphne and Astoria Lupin. Potter-Lupin if the Cubs do whatever it is they do and initiate them."

"Daphne and Astoria Potter-Lupin. We'd have three kids," Remus realised.

Courtney rolled her eyes. "Love, we'd have eight kids," she corrected.

"Eight?" Remus blinked.

She nodded. "Uh huh." She ticked them off on her fingers. "Rosie, Daphne, Astoria, Harry, Hermione, Luna, Drake and Kali."

"But they're-"

"Does that matter?" Courtney interrupted. "They're Pack, we're Pack. They're our Cubs, they're Padfoot and Goldie's Pups, they're Lola's babies. They're our children."

Remus smiled fondly. When he was growing up, he'd thought it impossible that he would ever get a girlfriend, ever get married, ever have kids. He was terrified he'd pass on the lyncanthropy to any children he may have. But then he met Courtney Potter. They'd met in first year, on the train to Hogwarts. Courtney hadn't been like her brother, she was more shy, more quiet. Like him. They were friends for ages, and Remus liked her for ages, but didn't think she liked him back. Then one day he found her crying by the Black Lake. He already knew from James that their parents had died recently and in the following days he was a rock for Courtney. He ended up asking her to the ball that Dumbledore organised and later that night she kissed him under the mistletoe. He refused at first, but she was as stubborn as a mule when she wanted to be. In the end, he gave up and dated her. They married shortly after leaving school, two months after Lily and James. Lily fell pregnant a year later, Courtney falling pregnant when Lily was in the late stages of her pregnancy. Remus nearly broke down, but some stern words from the heavily pregnant Evans witch soon set that right.

But then Lily and James had died, Sirius had been locked up, Alice and Frank tortured and their relationship seemed to just crack like thin glass under all the pressure.

But now Remus had to wonder. After so long trying to pick up the pieces of glass and failing, was it finally fixing?

"We'll take them."

After the papers had been signed, Lady Greengrass called out, "Daphne! Astoria!"

Two little girls emerged from the room off to the side, much cleaner than they had been when Rosie first met them. She could now see that Daphne was blonde, her hair shoulder lenght and straight, while Astoria was dark haired, her hair curly and just past her shoulders. They were both quite small and skinny.

"Daph, Stori, I have something to tell you," Lady Greengrass said softly. "This is Courtney and Remus Lupin. You know you can't stay here, but you can stay with them. They'll look after you."

"Really?" Daphne blurted. "They'll take us away? You'll let them?"

"Somebody once told me, that the right thing to do is often the hardest, but you have to do it anyway. This is the right thing to do."

Daphne threw her arms around Astoria and Rosie, smiling properly for the first time since Rosie had met her.

As Remus escorted the girls back through the Floo, Courtney stopped to look at Lady Greengrass. "What will you do now?"

"Don't worry about that Mrs Lupin," Lady Greengrass said with a soft smile.

"Call me Courtney," Courtney said gently. "And...thank you Lady Greengrass."

"Call me Roxanne," Lady Greengrass...Roxanne said. "And thank you Courtney."

"For what?"

Roxanne smiled again. "For doing what I never could. Escaping. And for looking after my girls because I can't."

Courtney let out a hollow laugh. "I can't just leave them girls here. And as for that, it only took him hurting my daughter to get away. I was a coward, it should never have gotten that far. I'm not worthy to be a Gryffindor and I know that." She shrugged.

"You're wrong," Roxanne called as she turned away. "Do you know what bravery is? Not the lack of fear, but being afraid and standing up to it anyway. You did that. You are so brave. You faced your fears, you stood up to them, you dealt with what terrifies you the most. Despite everything he had done to you, everything that happened, you still faced your fears. That is true bravery and you are a true Gryffindor."

Courtney smiled, her eyes wet wth tears. "You're just as brave."

"Maybe," Roxanne nodded. "And Courtney...don't let them forget me, yeah?"

"Never," Courtney promised. "Will they ever see you again? Will I?"

"No," Roxanne shook her head. "Nobody will."

Courtney gasped, the realisation of what Roxanne was going to do hitting her full force. "You can't!"

"I have to."

Courtney hesitated, before throwing her arms around the woman she had met only a short while ago, but who had become something of a friend to her. "I'm sorry."

"So am I," Roxanne kissed the younger woman's forehead. "Now go. And Courtney, if they want to call you and your husband Mum and Dad...that's perfectly fine."

"Goodbye Roxanne."

"Goodbye Courtney."

Tears shimmering in her eyes, Courtney nodded and turned to the Floo, shouting out something Roxanne couldn't hear.

And then she was gone.

Her eyes lingered on the flames for another moment, before she turned away and unlocked her secret drawer. Inside was a bottle containing a medium speed acting poison. She swallowed it and left the office.

Roxanne found her husband in his office, writing absently. "My Lord," she called, alerting him to her presence.

"What do you want?" He sneered at her.

Roxanne sighed. "I used to love you, you know," she said softly. "There was a time when I loved you more than anything. But you've changed." She sighed again, feeling more tired and weary than ever. "You used to be a good man. What happened to you Matthias? What happened to us?" A tear rolled down her cheek as she felt her blood burning, the poison coursing through her veins. "The girls are gone," she told him simply. "They've been taken away by someone I know will love them."

"What?"

Roxanne slid her wand from her sleeve, tears glistening in her eyes. "I used to love you Matthias. I really did. I loved you." She raised her wand and he only had time to widen his eyes, before she spoke the two fatal words and all the light faded from his eyes, his body dropping to the floor.

Dropping her wand, Roxanne slid to the floor, the tears pouring fast as she reached for his hand and simply sat, her body eventually giving up on itself as she cried over the loss of her husband. Her husband who died the day he took the Dark Mark.