Lisa: Okay people, important note, school is starting in less then a week, it sucks I know! But that also means slower updates, and I'll be in the fall play so that also takes more time out of my schedule.

Heather: But this story will keep getting updated!

Lisa: Yes! So enjoy this chapter and I'll be back at the end.

Now What

Sirius started walked out of the building, Andy, Peter and Laura behind him. There were tears in Laura's eyes as she looked up at their destroyed home with the dark mark hovering over it. Andy noticed this and put her arm around her shoulder, a little clueless on what to say, or even if to say anything.

They spotted their four friends in the parking lot, an Auror walking away from Remus and James. They saw James wrap his arms around Remus as the blue eyed boy began to cry. Sirius looked back at the people behind him and they all knew it just couldn't be from what had just happened. The Auror must have just told him something, something bad. There was really only one thing that they could have told Remus to make him break down like that.

Sirius sighed and walked over to them and becoming part of the hug, Peter also walked over and joined them. Andy and Laura decided to stay at out of it for the moment and walked over to where Heather and Lily were getting checked out by the Aurors for anything that may be wrong.

"Hey," Heather said noticing her two ex-dorm mates walking over.

"Hey," Andy said sitting down next to her and letting the Aurors cast spells over her. "So, did it really happen? Did Charlotte...?"

Lily nodded and got up when then Aurors were finished, letting Laura take her seat and get looked over. "The Auror just told him a minute ago, it was horrible." She said. "Oh my God, what are we gonna do? We lost our homes, all of them." She said pacing back and forth. "We have no where to go."

"What about your parents? I'm probably going move back in with mine for a while until I can get a new flat." Heather said shrugging. "Or until they fix this one. Fire wasn't too bad; most of our stuff was saved."

"I could never move in with my parents." Lily said, "Petunia hates me."

"What? I thought you two were best friends." Andy said with a furrowed brow.

"We were, we were, but I dunno, ever since I started dating James and been able to use magic around her she's been bitter. Then when I moved in with James she just seemed to hate me." Lily said folding her arms and looking down.

"I'm sure she doesn't hate you." Laura soothed.

"But she does!" She cried and threw her arms in the air, "I don't know what's wrong with her."

"Whatever it is I'm sure she'll get over it." Heather said waving away the wand that was invading her personal space. "You could just move in with James, you know. At his parent's house."

Lily bit her lip. "Oh, but won't that be a bit crowded? I'm sure James is moving back there for a while and then with Sirius also going back there... that seems like an awfully large amount of people." She said looking down and playing with a stray red curl.

"I'll probably stay with them too," Laura said raising her hand and giving a small smile. "Ya know, we are relatives and all, they said if I ever need a place to stay I'm welcome."

Lily moaned and tossed her head back.

"Have ya seen the size of their house?" Andy said getting up when they finished with her. "It's gigantic! He is a rich pure blood, he's like as rich as they come."

Heather nodded. "As much as it pains me to say, Andy's actually right, don't worry about it. They have the biggest house in the world, and Mr. and Mrs. Potter always welcome in their home little stray dogs... like Sirius."

"Speak of the devil." Laura said and pointed to Sirius who was walking over alone, the rest of the boys were being looked over by another set of Aurors.

"How is he?" Andy asked standing up, her positive attitude whipped away.

Sirius shook his head. "Not great, James's is with him now; Peter's just kind of standing there. Never was his best subject, comforting people. But I think he'll be okay, in a bit."

"Should I... you know..." Andy said with an unsure look and pointing over to where James and Remus were.

Shaking his head Sirius said, "No, no, no, probably best just t leave him with Prongs for now. I came over here to ask you ladies where you planed on staying. I'm sending an owl to mum and dad." By that he meant Mr. and Mrs. Potter. "Will any of you be joining us over there?"

"I will," Laura voiced.

"Me too, I guess." Lily sighed.

Sirius wrote down their names on a piece of parchment and called his owl over, who was flying in the sky waiting for him. "Send this to the Potter's house." He told the black owl. "And be quick about it." he watched the owl fly off into the sky before turning back to the girls. "They also said that they put up enough charms to keep the place steady for another few hours so we can go in and get some of our stuff."

"Alright." Lily said and the five of them made their way up to their apartments.

They had to illuminate their wands in order to see their way. It was horrible in the building, the walls were charred and burnt, and the smell of smoke and ash was lingering in the air. When they arrived at their own floor Laura and Heather went over to their apartment to determine the damage. Andy went to her and Remus's home, and Sirius went to his.

He opened the door to his flat and walked in, his feet crunching under the charred furniture and floors. He sighed when he saw that most of his expensive velvet furniture was ruined, his whole bachelor pad was ruined. He walked into his room and took out a trunk, his old Hogwarts trunk, it had a charm on it, and no fire could penetrate it.

Wandering through the room he picked up several of the framed photos that were saved form the fire. They were pictures of the marauders, of them in school, the good days, when they didn't have to worry about finding a place to live or an income. After he picked up all the photos he wandered over to his closet and started rummaging through the clothes, all of which were now slightly ruined.

He managed to find some that were saved form the fire, in fact a good portion of them were. He thanked Merlin for that; most of his clothes got a lot of money. Dragging the trunk into the next room he picked up random things and threw them in, he pretty much took anything that wasn't a black piece of coal.

Sirius sighed looking around the dark room that was once so full of life. He remembered sitting in this room, waiting for his birthday cake. Sitting in this room, on his couch snogging with the hottest girl at the club, or doing other things on the couch with the hottest girl in the club...

There so many memories he would no longer have here. Granted he had only lived here for a year but it was his first home. The first home he could call his own. He looked over at a table near the door where he saw his gloves, sunglasses and the keys to his bike. He took them, and turned his back on the apartment, thinking he would quite possibly break down in he stood in there another minute.

He turned down the hall and plopped his trunk down before walking into Andy's flat. He figured she could use some help, after all she was cleaning out for two, and she was only one.

"Andy?" He asked and walked in looking around.

"Bedroom." He heard.

Walking in he saw Andy with two trunks, one had clothes and the other had items in it. One of them Sirius recognized right away as Remus's, it had letter's on it that spelled out R.J.L. "How're you fairing?" he asked.

She sighed. "Good... good... these are the times I thank God we don't have much money to buy too much stuff. If we did then it would all be burned." She smirked. "How about you?" She asked packing some clothes away. "How was your stuff?"

"Ruined." He moaned and fell onto the bed making ash fly up around him and make him cough. "Bleh, all ruined."

"Can't be that bad." She said. "You got some of it right? Not a total loss."

"Yeah, guess you're right."

"Laura! I need water! Now!" They heard Heather yell from their apartment, the two of them burst from the one they were in and bolted to Laura and Heather's.

"What? Why? Is something on fire?" Laura screamed as she grabbed some bottled water from the burnt fridge.

"No!" Heather yelled back taking the water and rushing into her own room. "Bob's dying!"

Sirius and Andy raised an eyebrow each and slowly exchanged a glance.

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Remus sat in an office at the ministry with his mother and sister, his father was nowhere to be seen. They were sorting out his sisters things, she had written a will and they were waiting for Remus's father to come before they could go over it. The Auror was eyeing Remus, as much as he tried not to, he still was and Remus could tell so he was glaring at him.

"I promise you, we'll start just as soon as Mr. Lupin arrives." He said.

Remus's mother shook her head. "He's not coming, trust me, and let's just do this, please."

The man nodded. "In your daughters last days she did decide to write out a will, it's not official but she did sign it and Aurors had confirmed it was written and signed by her own hand. You three are the only ones she leaves anything to." He said with a furrowed brow. "There's nothing in here about your husband at all..."

"He's not my husband." Remus's mother said sharply.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, now according to your daughters will, she left most of her money to her only brother, Remus." He said looking up at the young werewolf.

Remus smirked and looked down; of course she would leave him money. She knew he was in pretty bad shape financially.

He continued. "To her sister, she left her pet dog."

Daina laughed a little out loud, she had told her sister how much she loved dogs and she often went away to Charlotte's house to take care of the little thing.

"Her mother, she leaves her house to do with it what she wishes. She also only leaves one request not to mourn her on Christmas; she wants you all to have fun." He said. "In the letter she wrote she also requests to be buried as soon as possible."

"I'm not sure we can afford a funeral." Their mother said looking worried. "We're barley scrapping by with what we have now."

The man sighed. "You could take out some sort of loan, or a mortgage maybe."

She nodded. "I can try, could we come back later? I can try and work all this out..." She said putting her hand to her head.

"Of course we can, I'm terribly sorry. It's terrible when a loved one dies, especially one so young."

She nodded and proceeded to talk to the man about the cost of a funeral and when they could come back. While she was doing this, Remus and Daina slipped out of the room.

"Remus, what are we gonna do?" Daina said sitting down on one of the chairs out in the waiting room. "Mum doesn't have the sort of money to cover this, I certainly can help but I don't know how much help I would be."

"I can help." Remus said sitting down across from her.

She smiled slightly. "Rem, you're sweet, but you don't have the money. You need to find a new house for Merlin's sake."

"I'll manage." He mumbled.

She put her hands on his shoulders and made him look her in the eye. "No, you won't, you and I both know you can't afford it. Remus you could barley afford the flat you had. Just leave it too us, we can handle it. She knew you had money problems and that's why she left you money, so go use it to find you and Andy a nice house somewhere."

Remus grinned. "Andy and I?"

"Well yeah, you love her, she loves you, tie the bloody knot already." Daina smiled and Remus as about to respond but their mother walked in the room dabbing her eyes with a tissue.

"Oh... mum." Daina said walking over and pulling her mother in a hug. "It's gonna be alright."

She cried on Daina's shoulder for a few moments before pulling back and whipping her eyes. "Oh... oh I'm sorry, look at me..."

"Its okay Mum." Remus said walking over and putting an arm around her.

"No it's not, everything's just falling apart."

Remus looked down and sighed, she was right. Everything was falling apart.

"Why don't you two go home." Daina said, looking at their tired faces and giving them a sympathetic smile. Remus was staying at his mother's house in his old room; Andy was at her own mother's house. They thought it would be easier then both of them being a burden to one family. "You both look like you could use some rest."

Remus nodded. "Come on, mum," he said putting his arm around her shoulders again and leading her over to the fireplace. "I'll see you soon, Daina."

"You too, bye Mum." She said and Apparated back to her home, Remus thought it would probably be best not to Apparate with his mother in the state she was in.

They arrived back at the house within seconds and Remus stepped out after his mother who had plopped herself down on the couch the second she got back home. He made his way toward the nearby kitchen where he remembered doing his summer homework so many times and grinned at the ink stain he made on the table in his third year. "So, mum, what do you want for dinner?"

"Oh, Remus sweetheart don't bother yourself with it. We can order out, or I'll make something real quick." She said standing up from the couch.

"There's no need to really, I can cook just fine, someone had to in the house, and Merlin knows Andy can't."

"So, are you going to try and find another flat or are you looking to buy a house?" His mother asked changing the subject away from what was really at the upfront of her mind.

Remus shrugged. "I dunno, I suppose I'd like a house. Cottage maybe, near the woods, it just seems more adult then a flat. You know I'm almost an adult now, hell I am an adult by wizard standards."

"Remus! Language!" His mother scolded.

"Sorry, mum." He said rolling his eyes and walking over to the cabinet to get something out to make. "Go on, take a nap or something, I'll call you when dinner's ready."

She walked over to her son and put a hand on his jaw line, looking at him in the eyes. "You really have grown up so much since you left home." She said. "You make me proud, Remus. I hope you know that." She smiled at him and then turned around and walked out of the room.

Lisa: Told you I'd be back, next chapter I'll be focusing on the Potter household for those of you who wanted to see some of that so just be patient.

Heather: And read and review Lisa's new story, its time travel.

Lisa: Yes, its fun, the Marauderetts are in it, but not nearly as much as the boys. Also be warned if you do read it you will be getting spoilers for the end of this story.

Heather: So don't read if you wanna be surprised.

Lisa: Yes!