Hello Everyone! I hope you enjoyed the last chapter! Here's the poll results so far:
Remus:3
Severus: 1
Sirius: 2
As you can see, Remus is winning, but I haven't made my mind up yet so let me know what you think! Belinda
Hermione entered the Great Hall to find Remus and Lily sitting a little away from each other. She sat down next to Remus and began to eat.
"So, where's James, Sirius and Peter?" Remus jumped and looked over to her.
"Sorry, I was thinking. What'd you say?"
"I asked where James, Sirius and Peter are." He rolled his eyes.
"Still asleep. You can't wake them up until ten minutes to the time the bell rings. It's exhausting having to run to class just because they won't get up." Hermione grinned and raised her wand.
"Up and at'em boys! Time for class! Remus is already downstairs as am I. Get up cause we're not coming to get you. Expecto Mesigi Patronum!" Her little otter zoomed out of her wand, gave her a playful salute and rolled and spun out of the hall.
"What was that?" Remus asked, amazed. Hermione grinned.
"A message pratronus. My cuddly otter is going to deliver that message to the boys, including wake them up. If they don't listen, the message gets steadily louder." He laughed. His laugh sounded to her like wind blowing through trees in the middle of a forest. She chuckled along with him. Five minutes later, James, Sirius and Peter stormed into the hall and marched straight over to her. She grinned to Remus and turned to face them.
"Good morning boys! Nice sleep?" Remus burst into laughter and she quickly joined him. The other three couldn't help it and quickly joined them. Everyone else were too shocked to see the Marauders up this early to do anything. The day passed quietly until dinner time when Dumbledore burst into the hall.
"Miss. Lupus?" Hermione raised her head and looked to the Headmaster. His eyes twinkled. "A girl of sixteen was found with a wolf. She told me to tell you 'Golden Trio'. Anyone you know, my dear?" Hermione gasped and ran towards his office, following the act. Dumbledore followed behind, chuckling as the Marauders sat in silence.
"Golden Trio?" Sirius asked, confused. Everyone else shrugged.
Meanwhile, Hermione was entering Dumbledore's office to find Ginny Weasley with a suitcase in hand, waiting for her. Hermione gasped and they hugged tightly.
"How'd you get here?" Hermione asked. Ginny blushed.
"Harry and Ron were worried, even after Professors McGonagall, Lupin and Snape told us you were ok. They wanted to come but from what Professor Lupin told us you used as your cover story, they wouldn't work. They argued with me for hours before letting me break a time turner we managed to get a hold of. I packed everything I needed and broke the time turner. We didn't even know if I'd go back the right number of years so it was really risky, but it worked. I actually did bring a wolf, one from a muggle zoo that was really tame. I used a taming charm on it so that it obeyed me and my Blood Siblings. I haven't named her yet though."
"Ginny Weasley, you're a miracle worker!" They laughed together. "Let's fix this." Hermione waved her wand and words appeared.
Ginerva Molly Weasley
Born: August 11, 1981
tus: Pureblood
Current Date: September 2, 1977
She thought for a moment before waving her wand as she had done before.
Abbigale Virginia Lupus
Born: August 11, 1961
Status: Halfblood
Current Date: September 2, 1977
She looked to Ginny for confirmation and was glad to see her smiling. Then, Hermione showed her every memory of what she'd done in the past. Ginny grinned in approval. Hermione used her wand to change Ginny's hair to a sandy light brown. Hermione shrunk the luggage Ginny had brought and put it in her pocket before changing Ginny's clothes to ragged, dirt-stained, ones. She observed the work, then conjured a mirror to let Ginny do the same. Ginny grinned widely. Just then, Dumbledore entered. Hermione met his eyes, replaying the last few minutes, then looked away.
"Ah Miss. Lupus, I presume this is the little sister you speak so much about?" Ginny giggled, looking up at Hermione and Hermione smiled.
"Yes sir, she is." He smiled.
"Good, good. Now there is a simple matter of the wolf. It was found with Miss. Lupus and wouldn't let us get near her, so we had to stun it. Do you know anything about this." Ginny gasped
"You didn't hurt her, did you sir?" She asked, worriedly.
"I see that you do know something, no, she wasn't hurt."
"Calm down." Hermione whispered. Ginny automatically relaxed. "The wolf is our Protector. My sister and I our Blood Siblings." Dumbledore gasped softly, loud enough for only Hermione to hear. "Ara is very protective of the two of us, but she went with Abby when she escaped. We are worried for her."
"I understand completely, Miss. Lupus. I will arrange for the wolf, Ara was her name? Yes, I will arrange for Ara to be given back to you."
"Thank you professor!" The two girls chorused. Professor Dumbldore smiled into his beard and ushered the girls out.
"I've spoken with Professor McGonagall and she will be your guardian until you turn seventeen."
"Thank you, Professor. I really appreciate this." Hermione told him.
"No trouble at all, dear." They entered the hall and everyone fell silent as the saw the pretty girl with Hermione and Professor Dumbledore. "Good Morning! As all of you know, last night Miss. Lupus here joined our school because of an attack on her family. Luckily, Miss. Lupus' sister, Abbigale, made it away from the house along with their pet, a wild wolf named Ara." Several students began to murmur. "Abbigale will attend sixth year classes. Professor McGonagall has agreed to accept guardianship until Miss. Lupus is seventeen, which is in seventeen days time, and able to support her younger sister. Now, to sort Miss. Lupus." The sorting hat appeared in his hand, Fawkes the pheonix on his shoulder, in a flash of fire. Ginny stepped forward confidently and sat on the enlarged stool, which had also appeared. It took a little time, less than Hermione but longer than usual before the hat placed her in Gryffindor.
Hermione grabbed her Ginny's hand and hurried over to where the Marauders were still sitting. Hermione grinned at them and sat down. next to Remus, Ginny sitting between Hermione and Sirius.
"Hey guys! This is my sister Abby. Told you she'd come." They stuck their tounges out at the boys at the same time. Everyone laughed. The girls made their plates and began to eat.
Hermione watched Ginny, who was in a discussion with James and Sirius about food while eating at the same time. Remus' cough brought her head back around.
"How did you know it was Abby earlier?" She must have looked confused because he explained. "When Dumbledore said that she said 'Golden Trio'." Hermione grinned.
"It's what my brother, my sister and I called ourselves. We were so close that my mum and dad called us a trio. We wanted to make it more exciting so we added the Golden part. I guess we're the Golden duo now, though." Remus winced.
"Sorry." Hermione waved it off. "She seems to get along with James and Sirius." He observed.
"I doubt anyone wouldn't, they're more kids than teenagers and kids are easy to like." He laughed, an emotion in his eyes that looked like...was that relief? She shook off the thought and turned to her sister. "Abby, did these boys introduce themselves?" Ginny grinned sheepishly, copied by James and Sirius. "I didn't think so. The fools that you're talking to are Sirius Black, James Potter, and over there behind James is Peter Pettegrew. This over here by me is Remus Lupin." Ginny pretend to be concentrating hard.
"Ella? Is Remus the boy from the story of the she-wolf?"
"No. The Remus in that story died, remember?" Hermione said, grinning as Remus chuckled and the others looked confused.
"Oh, yeah. Does that mean that Remus is going to die?" Hermione chuckled.
"No, dear one. This Remus doesn't have a twin, I don't think." Hermione raised an eyebrow at Remus who shook his head, grinning. Ginny yawned and Hermione grinned lightly.
"Looks like someone's tired." Hermione stated teasingly. Ginny shook her head.
"Am not!" Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Are too."
"Am not!"
"Are too."
"Am not, infinity times two! So there." Ginny stuck her tounge out as the boys burst into laughter. Hermione chuckled.
"Abbigale Lupus!" Ginny bowed her head, knowing the tone that said not to argue anymore or you get hexed.
"Sorry Ella." Hermione softened.
"It's ok. You have to be exhausted though, you've traveled for more than thirty hours with just Ara. C'mon." Hermione got up and Ginny followed. Remus also got up.
"I'll come too, I'm finished anyway." Hermione smiled at him and the three left the hall, not noticing the three pairs of eyes following them.
How's that? Belinda
