Disclaimer: Everything you recognise belongs to JKR. Though, I wish I owned Sirius. (As a good Sirius-fan, I had to write that at some point). I hope you enjoy the chapter. (It's not as cliché as the disclaimer- I hope.)

It was a beautiful morning and the sun shone merrily into the window- but for some people it was still a bit too early.

"I hope you have a good explanation for this. It's eight o'clock in the bloody morning. No, don't say anything. First point of order is the kitchen- I need a hangover potion."

The two young women entered the kitchen to find Remus and Tonks eating breakfast.

"Good morning, ladies." Remus smiled at them. "Up so early? Everybody else is still asleep. Well, except your mother, Ginny, she's at the Burrow. She said it needed to be cleaned up properly."

"Why does she want to clean up a place where we don't even life? Honestly, I don't understand her. Now, to more important matters", Ginny said while sliding into a chair. "Is there hangover potion here anywhere?"

"Have you been drinking, Ginny?"

"No, Mione, dearest, the hangover potion just tastes so good."

Remus chuckled. "It's over there somewhere, in the cabinet. But I don't know how much there is. A completely unknown person already came down here this morning, drank some and went back up."

"If that git emptied it, I'm going to kill him. Very slowly and cruelly. Can you get it for me, Remus, please? Tonks, tell him to get it."

There werewolf's wife laughed. "Well, if that's what you want, Gin. Remus, get that potion for your future best-friend's daughter-in-law."

While Ginny blushed a shade of red matching her hair, Remus laughed. "Well, Prongs would sure like the fact she drank a whole bottle of firewhiskey. But you should be careful, Dora, that you don't have everyone against you." He got up and walked over to the cabinet.

Behind him Ginny protested: "I did not drink that whole bottle- not by myself at least."

"Was my dear cousin corrupting the youth again?"

Ginny laughed: "Remus, please hurry. I can't think of proper responses with a head like this. Remus?" She looked up at her former professor. He was standing in front of the cabinet, staring transfixed into an open drawer. Slowly he turned around.

Hermione immediately recognized the scrap of paper Remus was holding in his hand. She'd have known what it was anywhere, everywhere. It was the letter she'd written to Sirius when she left, those few words she meant so much. She looked at Remus and was sure he recognised her writing. He'd corrected her essays for a year and after that there had been a lot of order reports. He stared at her question and answer in his eyes. "Mya?" he didn't really speak it, it was less than a whisper. He didn't understand of course, but yet he was so sure, so very sure. Hermione felt her face blank of all colour. Remus was a good friend, in this time and all others and she didn't want to lose him.

"Could somebody please tell me what's going on?" Tonks questioned before continuing teasingly. "And Remus, don't stare at Hermione like that, I'm getting jealous."

"Don't worry." Remus said. He spoke quietly and his voice seemed hoarse. "If this is really happening, she is completely and utterly given away."

Hermione took a deep breath. She knew she had to tell them, Remus deserved an explanation. "It is me." She wanted to continue, but Remus interrupted her. "Does he know?" It was clear to the girl who he meant and she knew his answer wouldn't please him. Silently, she shook her head.

"Why don't you let Hermione tell what happened", Ginny asked. Her voice was light and somehow she managed to bring a bit of calm into the room. And so the brunette told her story, everything that had happened to her in those last months. When she was finished, the werewolf and Tonks both got up and hugged the girl who was crying by now. Tonks and Ginny themselves also had tears in her eyes when she came to the part about her and Sirius, though Ginny had already heard it all before.

"Well, it's good to have you back." Remus said, smiling. "But you do know that you have to tell him sooner or later and you made the right choice. It did turn out well- don't blame yourself for the things that happened."

She nodded. "Yes, it's just so hard."

Remus knew it wouldn't be easy for her, especially telling Sirius. It had to happen at some point though. "Well, merrier subjects. You said you found a spell that would help Harry defeat Voldermort?"

Hermione smiled, thankful for the change in subject. "Yes, I did find one. Still, there is a problem, we need six couples very deeply in love, and best married who all also love Harry. And Ginny of course as a person who loves Harry totally and romantically," she said, turning her friend a bright shade of red.

"Who else is there?" Tonks asked. "I can think of the Weasleys of course, maybe Bill and Fleur, too."

"You and Remus", Ginny said, having returned to a bit paler colour of skin.

"Do you really think?"

"Yes, the two of you are perfect. You absolutely fulfil ever criteria. Much better than Bill and his dear wife Phlegm."

"I know another couple which will work," Remus commented. "But I'm not sure if I'm allowed to tell you- they're secretly married."

All three girls gave a nearly identical cry of "Who?"

"I really don't know if I can say", he teased.

"Remus John Lupin", Tonks cried out, her hair changing from a bright green to pink with yellow streaks. "You give us the name right now or you'll be sleeping on the couch."

"Okay, okay, I admit defeat: the Dumbeldores."

"The what?" Hermione gasped. Ginny was just staring blankly at the werewolf while Tonks mouth was hanging wide open. "You mean Dumbeldore is married."

"Yup."

"I can't believe that. I always thought he was the kind of guy who'd lost his love in the war against Grindelwald."

"Well, it seems he didn't. He's married to Minnie."

"Minnie?" Hermione looked absolutely flabbergasted. "You don't mean…"

"The Marauders always called her that. James and Sirius more often than the rest of us, though."

"How do you know anyway?"

"Sirius asked her."

"He what?"

"I hear my name being spoken. Are you talking about the fact how gorgeous and good-looking I am, ladies?" Sirius interrupted, entering the kitchen.

"No", Ginny answered quickly, trying not to let him see the fact that his appearance had struck everyone else quiet. She could see that Remus and Tonks were thinking about what they had heard from Hermione, whose eyes were stricken with guilt again. "We were wondering how in earth you got Minnie- that really sounds much better than that Professor stuff- to tell you she is married."

"Aw, a Marauder at heart. Minnie will love to hear that name again. Promise you'll call her that."

Ginny and Tonks started giggling, even Hermione couldn't suppress a small chuckle, though she was still intently looking anywhere but Sirius. It was only then that Ginny noticed that Sirius was also avoiding the brunette's eyes. Something must have happened there, well she'd find out. She turned back to the Marauder. "So, how did discover the big secret?"

"I asked her as a joke once, in seventh year, on my way out of class, and she just answered yes. Then I said she broke my heart and if I could know the name of this evil man so I could challenge him. She laughed and told me it was lucky she'd married the only man who might be able to beat me."

"Yes, I rem…" Hermione suddenly broke of. "That must have been funny." Luckily for her Sirius didn't notice her mistake, but it was a tight call. Quietly, she vowed to herself to be more careful in the future, or better yet to tell him.

She had her chance several hours later. She was alone in the kitchen, humming when he came in. Since Molly was at the Burrow she'd prepare a quick supper.

Sirius entered, staring at the young woman slicing tomatoes for the salad. She was beautiful. There was something about her that made her so very special. Though he'd only been back for a couple of days, he'd fallen in love with her. It was something he absolutely couldn't understand. For a long time, no woman had awoken any love in him, and now there was this girl, much too young.

She turned around and smiled at him. He remembered she'd left so abruptly yesterday and decided to let her be alone. "Sorry, to disturb you. I'll just go again."

"No." Her voice was calm and yet shivered with nervousness. She stopped her preparations, pulled up a chair and motioned for him to sit down. "We need to talk."

"Listen, about yesterday, I'm sorry." He stated. Sirius didn't want to lose her friendship if that was all he could have.

"Why? I'm not. Well, I am, but only about leaving so fast. But we'll have to talk about that later. I want to tell you a story first."

He looked at her, slightly irritated. Which kind of girl practically tells you she wants you to kiss her and then starts some kind if story. Well, he couldn't do much but listen for now.

"This story goes about a young woman who was transported to a place in order to complete a mission. The Council of Fate brought her there."

"Isn't that a legend?"

"Yes, about as much as the Chamber of Secrets. Believe me, it's very true. Anyway, the only reason she was there was in order to accomplish said mission. But while she was trying to do that, she fell in love with a guy there. She tried not to at first, because she knew he would die. They were happy for some time, but then she had to leave. Well, she didn't have to. She had a choice: live a happy life with the man she loved or return to her destination. There was a catch though. If she didn't go back, Voldermort could never be defeated. But she knew that if she went back the man she loved would be dead."

He was surprised. Was this some kind of modern fairytale? He'd heard one like that once, but without Voldermort of course. "I don't understand why you're telling me this."

She looked at him and took a deep breath. Everything was at stake now. "Her name was Mya. Mya Smith."

He was surprised. Only Ginny and Remus knew about the girl he'd loved so much. But then it all started falling into place. He just sat there; staring blankly for a couple of seconds, while knowledge slowly came to him. His voice was cold now. He had no idea what to do, but still he asked the question that would tell him if his assumptions were the truth. "How was she transported to that place?"

Hermione flinched. He sounded icy and fear washed over her. Fear that he wouldn't forgive her, where she couldn't forgive herself. Two words, deciding over her future. "Time travel."

He left. Just stood up. "I need some time to think about all of this." He went without another word, not knowing that the girl he left behind started crying for everything she had lost. She didn't believe that he could forgive her, and at that moment, he didn't know either.

AN: So that's finished. I had awful case of writer's block on this chapter and it just didn't turn out the way I wanted it. Don't be too angry with me about Sirius's reaction. They couldn't just kiss and be happy. And how would you react after somebody told you they gave up a happy life for the two of you "for the greater good." I mean that being noble stuff is great, but they're just people, too. (If you forget the fact that this is completely fictional.)

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