Chapter 3: Order Surprises
Minerva came out of the fire placed to find Molly, Sirius, Arthur, and Remus laughing uproariously at the sight three feet from her. There on the floor was Severus with a wand at his throat and Sabrina on top of him.
"Sabrina what are you doing!?" Minerva shrieked.
"He introduced us as Minerva's pathetic brats! What was I supposed to do!?" Sabrina hissed.
"Wait where's Tabby?" Minerva asked looking around.
"Mum why is there a girl in the sitting room crying?" Ron asked entering the room.
"And what the bloody hell is going on!?" he added seeing Severus pinned.
"Ron go back to your room," Arthur snapped.
"I…" the boy nodded and quickly left.
"Sabrina get off and help him up," Minerva snapped.
Sabrina stood and crossed her arms. "I'm not helping him. Tabby is sensitive enough she didn't need to hear that!" Sabrina said indignantly.
"What do you mean?" Minerva asked.
"Obviously you didn't see enough when you visited her," Sabrina snorted, "her adoptive parents never really like the fact she was a witch. Brat was what she was called for several years. She's sort of…damaged."
"Figures," Severus grumbled.
"I'd be only too happy to do it right now," Sabrina hissed pointing her wand at him again.
"Sabrina stop it! Just sit down till I get back," Minerva snapped.
"Wait Minerva… why don't Sirius and I go after her….you can deal with these two," Remus said inclining his head to Severus and Sabrina who were glaring at each other. Minerva sighed and nodded as the two men wondered off.
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Remus and Sirius found Tabitha curled up on the couch staring out at the window.
"Uh…Tabby is it? You okay?" Remus asked.
"It's just memories," Tabitha sighed, "Prejudices are everywhere and are not fun."
"You've got that right," Sirius nodded sitting by her on the bed. He registered that she was incredible fragile looking but gorgeous.
"It'll never end either. Someone is always going to hate someone because they are different," she added.
"You're rather clever," Remus chuckled.
"For a werewolf you've got really good manners," Tabitha smiled.
"Ho-how did….did Minerva tell you what I was?" Remus blinked.
"No but it's obvious," Tabitha said standing.
She walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "The gold in your eyes is a dead give away as is the lethargy," she smiled and kissed his cheek before walking away.
Sirius stood up and glared at his friend. Remus touched his cheek and blushed as they watched her walk off.
"What the hell!?" Sirius snapped.
"Hey beats me?" Remus shrugged as they went back to the kitchen.
"So you were both raised by muggles?" Hermione replied.
Minerva had just finished telling everyone about her nieces. Sabrina had been glaring at Severus all through the meal while Tabitha had been staring off into space. No one was really sure what she was thinking about.
"Yes we were…though my parents were decidedly nice about me being magic then Tabby's. Could be why she tried so hard at the schools…at least there they understood her," Sabrina answered.
"Uh…is she going to be okay?" Harry asked staring at Tabitha.
"I'm perfectly fine Mr. Potter," Tabitha replied staring at him, "I tend to remove my some from reality to get a better perspective of everything."
"Right," Harry nodded looking confused.
"Molly let me help clean up," Tabitha said as she stood gathering the empty plates.
"Oh no dear you don't have too," Molly replied.
"No please; cleaning dishes is the one chore I enjoy doing," Tabitha smiled as she started to help the woman.
"All right so you're an auror and she's a teacher," Sirius said.
"Well really she's a dueler. She's got more fire power than you think," Sabrina smirked.
"I find that hard to believe," Severus sneered.
"Oh really?" Sabrina asked and then turned to Sirius, "Attack her and see what happens."
Sirius shrugged at everyone and stood up from the table. He pointed his wand at Tabitha's back and whispered a spell. It rebounded off her back quicker than anyone saw. They weren't even sure she'd moved her wand.
Trying again Sirius came at her as an attacker. Tabitha spun around and jabbed her hand in his throat before twisting his arms and grabbing him in a hold. She was much stronger than she looked; Sirius noticed. He found it quite the turn on.
"Always be ready. Number one rule at Harvard Dueling," Tabitha hissed before dropping him like a rock.
"Told ya," Sabrina laughed.
Everyone went to bed that night certain they'd learn something from the two girls.
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"Aunt Minerva says Albus wants to see us after the meeting tomorrow," Tabitha said as she looked over at her cousin.
They were sharing a room together in the house.
"Oh so it's Albus?" Sabrina smirked.
"Hey he's cute but in a grandfather way. I prefer Sirius…I like a man with a bit of mischief in him," Tabitha smirked.
"Oh please," Sabrina rolled her eyes and lay back in the bed.
"Oh please is right. You like Snape I can tell," Tabitha laughed.
"He's a greasy git," Sabrina spat.
"But he's misunderstood. You've always liked that," Tabitha said knowingly.
"Goodnight Tabby!" Sabrina snapped.
"Goodnight Rina," Tabitha laughed as the girls fell to sleep dreaming of what laid in store.