Ch.2
A new day
Remus woke up the following morning and lay there and thought, "Why did Severus choose me? I am a werewolf and it is a bit dangerous for me to be around a child, though she's not a child is she? She is almost 17 now. She can almost take care of herself and she is almost old enough to marry and settle down on her own. What is there left as far as bringing up a girl she is almost an adult and will be treated that way by me."
Remus got up and got dressed and left to go to the Burrow. He appeared outside the house and walked to the kitchen door and knocked. Mrs. Weasley opened the door and said, "Remus, come on in, how about a spot of breakfast?" "Sounds good, Molly."
He walked in and saw Rose sitting at the table next to Ron; the two were conversing about Quidditch. Molly looked at Remus and spoke, "This is Rose, she turned up outside the Burrow last night, and she was a bit terrified about something." Rose looked at Remus and spoke, "I am just a bit terrified, but I hope that soon I will find somebody to take me in, my father is a little preoccupied and can no longer take care of me." Remus smiled and spoke, "Don't worry about a thing, I can take you in." Rose stared at him, "What did you just say?" Remus looked at her, he then pulled her out of the room and said, "Yes I said don't worry about a thing." Rose just stared and walked up to him and hugged him, "He wasn't lying, he really did send somebody." Remus actually hugged her back and just whispered, "He will come back Rose, and you can count on it."
Rose smiled up at him and laughed. "So are you the one who is gonna take care of me now?" "Yes I am, we are gonna go and get you settled in at my house, your father left me your key to your vault at Gringotts. He will be giving me updates every so often to make sure that you are okay and to pass on how he is doing." Rose smiled and spoke, "My father is gonna come back and see me then?" Remus just sighed, "Depends on how dangerous it is. He is planning on trying to at least come and tell me if he is okay and alive." Rose gave a little laugh and just hugged him, "When can we leave?" "After breakfast, we will go to Diagon Alley and then to my house." "Okay, we will leave after breakfast; can we get ice cream before we leave from there? Dad and I always do." Remus smiled and nodded. They walked back into the kitchen and ate.
After breakfast they left for Diagon Alley. They entered the alley and began going shop to shop. Rose didn't know about the fact that she was going to be attending Hogwarts when the new term started. It was still not certain however if the school would even be re-opening. When they got to the bookstore Rose asked, "Why are we here? I won' be going to Hogwarts, I never have before." Remus answered her behind a stack of books, "Well your father thinks it a good idea that you attend this year. You will be safest at Hogwarts." "Remus, what if the school doesn't open back up?" "Well, then I will home school you and make sure that you get the best education ever. I am almost certain that the school will reopen though, they are getting Jacobi Hudson on the job over there." Rose looked at him incredulously. "Jacobi Hudson? The Jacobi Hudson, the famous auror?" Remus smiled at the look on her face. "The very same. They are trying to make him the new headmaster." "Wow that would be so cool; the ministry said that the school would open if he took over?" Remus knew that he shouldn't divulge information from the order, but he wanted to get Rose to trusting him and have some hope that she would be safe. "Yes he is taking over; it is a certain thing but don't tell anybody yet because it will be weeks before they even put it in the papers." "Good it is a good thing that the students will be able to feel safe with him there and we can be sure of it; he may be Australian but he will be a great headmaster I am sure because he is the world's best auror."
"Now let us get everything together and we will head back to the house." Remus spoke helping Rose with her parcels. "Ok can we get ice cream?" Rose spoke casually as she struggled with her parcels that she was carrying. Remus grabbed a couple more of the parcels off the top of her stack. "Thank you." "Of course, Rose we can get some ice cream."
They got ice cream and in the shadows a hooded figure smiled as he watched his daughter with his newfound friend. They laughed and played around just as she would with him. Severus thought, "One day Rose I will be back with you. Just remember to have fun while you can." He then disapperated with a pop.