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ABOUT THE YEARS: Between Remus and Rachel there is a two year age difference. On Harry Potter Lexicon the say Remus was born in 1959 so Rachel would have to born in 1961 if that's true.

Disclaimer: I don't own the magic world, Harry Potter and sadly, don't own Remus Lupin. If I owned Remus Lupin.. well no comment.We can't get everything in life.
Alyssa was closing up the store for the day. The last customer left and she was checking if all the money was in the cash register. I was on the couch near the tall bookshelves reading. It was about a mermaid who fell in love with a prince and wanted to walk on land like a human.

I put my hand in my jeans pocket and felt the mysterious letter in my hands. I decided I wanted to tell Alyssa about it. There was just one problem... how would I tell her? Even though it had only been a week since I'd known her I felt like she would be the most trustful to talk to and was the closest person to a mother.

"Alyssa," I called anxiously.

"Yes," she replied, sitting next to me. Her voice still was caring and soft. She was wearing a strange looking robe and had black framed reading glasses on.

"I..." I was stumbling on my words, wondering how to explain it to her. It had been so long and now I only remembered the man's voice coaxing me into escaping and giving me the letter. That's all.

"What is it?" she asked in concern.

I took out the piece of paper and unfolded it. It read:

Rachel Lavender Lupin

Born on: August 26th, 1961

Parents: Diana and John (divorced)

Siblings: Remus John Lupin (Born on March 15th 1959)

Cousin: Romulus

Type of witch: half blood

Twelve Lunar Drive

Alyssa was staring at the paper and kept reading it over and over again. We sat in silence for a while. She stared at me and gave a long sigh.

"It doesn't give the town where your parents live. I've never heard of Twelve Lunar Drive," said Alyssa. "You have an older brother and you're seven... I wish I can help you. Who gave you this?"

"Some man," I replied quietly. I couldn't believe I had a family out there. But where was twelve Lunar Drive?

Alyssa looked expressionless.

"You're a half blood," she said finally after another awkward silence moment.

"What's that?" I pondered. I had no idea what a half blood was when I was younger.

"You come from a wizarding family," Alyssa replied simply.

"Magic!" I exclaimed. Usually little kids read about magic that refer to witches: with green faces and big warts on their noses and are evil.

"Yes magic," she said coolly. "but not the type of witches and wizards in that book I read to you. Muggles make big mistakes thinking a witch is an ugly hag." Alyssa laughed and took out something that looked like a long twig branch. "This is a wand," she did a movement with the stick that made the paper float in the air.

"Cool," I complimented Alyssa. "So you're saying I'm a witch?" I asked nervously.

"Yes," she replied calmly. "Did you ever do anything strange or unusual you couldn't explain?"

"Actually yes," I replied. "It was at the orphanage I stayed in. I was playing with one of my friends and all of a sudden the toys started to move by themselves,"

"You definitely have some magic in you," she grinned.

"Strange," I mumbled. I looked down at the floor with a rush of sadness. I wanted to cry but I always kept my emotions in. Now that I knew who my family was there was no way to find them. I was on the verge of tears.

Alyssa embraced me. "Everything's gonna be ok," she stroked my light brown hair and wiped the tears from my face.

"I'm sorry," I said without control.

"You have nothing to say sorry about," Alyssa said and embraced me tighter.

"Ok," I said through my hiccups.

"That's a pretty middle name you have... Lavender," Alyssa tried to distract me from my sadness. It kind of worked... not really.

"Thanks," I sniffled.

"Do you want to go out for ice cream?"

My sprit lifted quickly. Not thinking about my family or my unknown past I got up from the couch and put on my coat. Now that distracted me from my sadness!

"Hold on," Alyssa grabbed her coat. "How did I know ice cream would make you feel better," she laughed to herself.

I laughed along with her. At that moment, it felt like Alyssa was my mum. I found a hand to hold and left the shadows. The life in the orphanage, the life in the Ministry felt so distant, like it was another life. I was living in a new day and finally found my place. What could go wrong?

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