~Welcome back everyone now just a short note to introduce chapter 2. This chapter will start from how Remus saw his son grow up in the mirror and found his way to his sobbing wife and fallowed her through the black mirror. Thanks for reading everyone!~

Behind a Broken Mirror.

Remus Lupin had been feeling an ounce of relief as he saved his cornered wife from her attacker but in the instant it took for her to smile gratefully at him was the amount of time it took for another to end his life. He felt the electric shock run from the center of his back and up his spine before branching across his body and centering in his heart constricting it until it stopped and he fell to the stone floor his very breath being taken from him as his wife's horror struck and tear stained face came into his fading vision, she was screaming something but he couldn't hear her as she sobbed over him looking away for half a second before it all went black. Remus opened his eyes to find he was laying on a white floor and just in front of him he could see a gold wrist band with a tag that said 'Wear me and look into the mirror.' He pushed himself to sit up before he lifted the band and stood looking around for the mirror it spoke of when suddenly it made itself known as a standing full bodied mirror in the center of the room. He closed the space between it and him and did as the band instructed slipping it on his wrist then screaming as a searing pain traveled from his wrist to every bone in his body as the band became skin tight to his wrist. Slowly the pain ebbed away and became a warm wash over him that faded away making him gasp for breath looking at his wrist before a sound caught his attention and drew it to the mirror before him.

The first thing he noticed on the black mirror was that it had a large crack running from the upper corner to nearly the middle of the glass. The next thing he noticed was that the sound of a crying infant was coming from the glass as an image came into view. The image was of his and Dora's room but it was dark though it didn't stay that way long as a light was turned on and his wife's form entered the image as she made her way to the foot of the bed where a cradle was set up and she smiled though it was drowned in a mix of sadness, worry and tiredness as she bent down and carefully lifted up the crying infant from the cradle holding him close as she tried to calm him.

"You're alright Teddy. What's wrong hmm? You don't need changed yet, are you hungry?"

She softly kissed Teddy's head walking out of the room and down the stairs, as she stepped on the last step she glanced into the living room and a heart broken expression crossed her face as she found her mother standing on the hearthrug her hand over her mouth and a sad expression in her eyes as they met Dora's.

"M-mum?"

Remus watched as Andromeda made her way to her daughter and grandson putting a hand to Dora's shoulder taking a deep breath as her strong front wavered with the news she'd have to tell her daughter.

"No! He's not...he can't be."

Andromeda hadn't even spoken when Dora connected the dots to her mother's expression and began to shake at such a rate Remus found himself Kuching toward the glass to try and steady his wife before she dropped their son but the second his fingers came in contact with the glass his whole arm was covered in the feeling of being burnt from the bone out and it spread up to his shoulder getting more and more intense until he took his fingertips away and it slowly eased. When he was able to he looked up at the mirror again he seen that Andromeda had taken Teddy and guided Dora to the couch letting her sit down as she explained what Ginny had just flooed in and told her before leaving. His heart shattered as he watched his wife shake her head and start sobbing into her hands until their son began to cry again and she was able to stop her sobs but her tears were still streaming her cheeks as she took Teddy back and soothed him in a watery voice until he settled down into sleep.

Remus could feel tears sting his eyes as he watched the glass ripple as if it were water and someone had dipped their fingers into it and the image shifted. Dora was now sitting on the couch with Teddy in her arms but she didn't look right, her hair was brown and lank not to mention short as it had been after Sirius' death, her eyes seems to hold an eternal sadness as she watched their son babble at the moving pictures in a scrapbook before she gave a pained smile pointing at the image they were looking at.

"This was me and your daddy on our wedding day, mummy is a horrible klutz but she was surprised when daddy had spilled wine on her dress then again your mummy has never liked the color white."

Remus watched as Teddy looked up hearing his mother speak then back to the image and put his hand to it.

"Dada!"

Dora jumped a bit surprised by the word but she smiled a small sliver of happiness in her eyes as she looked at her son.

"Yes baby that's right that's your daddy."

Remus felt his heart break further as the image wavered again and became something new. Dora was now standing in the kitchen of the flat humming along to a song on the radio while she cooked what looked like grilled cheese glancing over her shoulder as the sound of tottering feet sounded behind her. In the door way to the kitchen with a wide smile on his face stood Teddy who was now at least 3 his hair a wild vivid blue as he looked at his mom as she moved the sandwich from the pan to the plate then took it to the table smiling at her son kneeling down and opening her arms which he promptly ran into laughing as she scooped him up kissing his cheek.

"There's my little man. Are you ready for lunch? Let me see those hands."

Teddy showed her his hands and she gave him a smug look before kissing his head.

"You forgot to wash them baby."

Teddy laughed shaking his head.

"No didn't."

She smiled taking him to the table sitting him in a chair and pushing the plate to him watching as he began eating before she wondered to the calendar on the wall and looked at the date circled in red before her smile faded and pain filled her eyes as she looked back at her son who was happily taking a drink of milk from his sippy cup before returning to eating unaware of his mother's tears sliding down her cheeks as she watched him. Remus would have given anything at all to be able to pass through the glass and hold his wife as she silently grieved being sure not to let Teddy see the signs of it as she wiped her eyes and put on a smile before sitting across from him at the table looking through the paper set out before her. The glass began to ripple again and Remus watched as it smoothed again into an image of Dora sitting up in the living room just starring at the full moon outside the window tears soaking her cheeks as she sobbed to herself unaware that behind her hidden in the shadowy hall way was their son who now looked to be 5 or 6 watching her his hair brown and his eyes sad as he watched her. After a long moment of watching Teddy quietly made his way to his mother putting a hand to her arm as he looked at her making her jump and quickly wipe her eyes and plaster a fake smile on her face.

"What's the matter little man can't sleep?"

Teddy nodded and crawled into her lap nuzzling into her shoulder his arms wrapped around her neck.

"It's okay to cry mama. If it hurts you can cry."

Dora wrapped her arms around the boy holding him close as the tears spilled over again dripping onto her son's pajama shirt. Teddy had tried to keep hold of the strong front he wanted to hold for his mother but it slipped from his grasp as she held him and he found himself crying into her shoulder until he fell asleep after his mother had stopped. Dora carefully got to her feet and carried him to his room and laid him in bed but sat on the edge of the bed brushing his brown fringe from his face as he slept.

"I love you little man so very much."

She ducked down and kissed his head lingering for a moment before she left the room and climbed the stairs to her own where she curled up on the bed but laid awake looking at the same wedding photo on the night stand until her eyes became to heavy to keep open.

The mirror went black and rippled again then became solid now showing him Dora standing with Teddy in front of a head stone that read 'Remus John Lupin, March 10, 1960- May 2, 1998. Father, husband and son.' Dora watched as Teddy walked to the stone and placed a single red rose in front of it and tied to it was a small note before he gave a sad smile and walked back to Dora taking her hand as they walked away both sending a sad last glance back over their shoulders. The glass turned black again but it was still this time and the rose appearing in front of him on the floor caught his eye making him carefully lift it looking at the note his hand shaking slightly as he read it.

'Dad, I wish there were a way to bring you back...mama misses you terribly I find her crying at night during full moons but gran tells me it'll pass though it doesn't seem to be. I really wish you were here but I hope your happy in heaven too. Love Teddy and Mama.'

Remus felt his heart sink as he looked at the letter and began to wonder if he was in heaven or if this was hell. The mirror before him rippled again and through its cracked surface he seen an image become clear. Dora was sitting in the front row of chairs that were set up in the great hall of Hogwarts, though she looked a bit distressed at being in the place she had fought for her life and lost her husband she concealed it enough to smile at look at the front where among all the students with normal hair Teddy stood with electric blue hair among the 7th year students and now graduated group of students. The image wavered and changed slightly as Dora stood on a stage beside her son who had since become an exact copy of himself but with his mother's bright stormy eyes as he held himself tall and proud while a man talked before turning and placing a gleaming sliver badge in his hand.

Remus watched as the event came to an end and Dora walked with her son to the floor to meet Harry and Ginny who were smiling just as proudly at Teddy as they congratulated him before the image wavered again and changed to one where Dora was sitting on a couch in an unfamiliar flat watching her son pace the floor until a med witch came down the stairs and smiled at him saying congratulations before leading them both up the stairs to a bedroom where a girl with strawberry blonde hair and a dusting of freckles over her nose was sitting up against pillows holding a bundle in her arms smiling tiredly as Teddy went to the bedside but Dora hung back by the door just watching. As Remus watched he seen something shift in Dora, she was still smiling and her eyes were sad with that glimmer of happiness but that wasn't what caught his eye but rather that fact of how she looked, her hair had gone brown and it was streaked with silver, her skin wasn't as youthful as it had been before and her age had begun to show though he could imagine it was rare for her to show it if she would help it.

Teddy looked up at her and got to his feet holding the baby in his arms walking to Dora with a permanent smile handing it over to Dora.

"Mum I'd like you to meet your granddaughter, Remy Nymphadora Lupin."

Dora smiled down at the baby girl in her arms her eye softening as she watched the little bit of blonde hair turn slowly brown.

"Oh Teddy she's beautiful I'm so happy for you baby."

Teddy blushed looking at his daughter.

"I'm not a baby mum."

She smiled kissing his cheek.

"You'll always be my baby and my little man even if you are taller than this old bat."

Teddy looked her in the eye.

"If there's anything you aren't mum it's both those things."

Dora laughed, a real laugh that lingered and pierced Remus' heart as the images faded to black and wavered until it became still on an image of Dora laying in a bed her hair now completely silver and her age showed with no effort to hide it, she was looking through a faded photo album a sad, nostalgic smile on her weathered lips as her frail fingers traced the face in the picture a lone tear trailing down her cheek.

"It's been so many years Remus...our son is grown with a family. I hope I'll see you soon though you may have moved on but just seeing you is enough."

Remus felt his heart completely turn to dust and tears spill over his cheeks like waterfalls as he watched his wife, once younger than him now so much older, close the book and close her eyes taking one final breath before the mirror went black and the glass cracked more leaving him with a broken reflection of himself as the band unleashed from his wrist and fell to the floor but his eyes never left the mirror as a sound came from it and within it he could see Dora on the floor sobbing, she was his Dora the one he left behind just hours before at the battle but it did little to lift his heart as he realized this meant she had also been killed leaving their son behind.

He wasn't sure what was drawing him closer to the mirror but before he knew it he couldn't stand her sobs any more and he stood reaching out his hand surprised when it disappeared beyond the glass so he pushed himself though and found he was standing behind Dora where she was sobbing on the floor. He made his way to her lightly placing a hand to her shoulder until she looked up at him then she hiccuped a sob and through herself at him wrapping her arms around his neck and burring her face in his neck as he held her tightly to him. Neither spoke just silently held each other while Dora's sobs slowed into sniffles as she calmed herself before looking into his eyes as if just realizing he was there holding her.

"Remus?!"

He smiled brushing her bangs from her eyes then tears from her cheeks.

"Yes Dora?"

His tone was gentle as he looked into her eyes.

"You're here too so it was true."

He looked at her confused as his eyes searched her face for any answer.

"What was true love?"

He fallowed her eyes to the mirror and realization crossed his face.

"You saw Teddy grow up in the mirror didn't you?"

He felt his heart crack realizing she'd watched it happen, she nodded looking at him her eyes searching his face.

"Did you see it too? See him grow up without either of us right in front of you?"

He looked at her like she was completely mad about seeing something different, wouldn't they be shown the same things?

"I saw him grow up yes but he wasn't without us just without me.."

It was Dora's turn to look at him like HE was raving mad before she looked at the mirror again as the glass wavered a final time like a rippling pool of black. Something was drawing her to it, calling her forward. He watched as she got to her feet looking at the black glass like there was something calling her then to his horror she reached out her hand to touch the glass but he quickly grabbed her wrist stopping her before her fingers could touch the glass making her look at him.

"Don't touch it! It'll hurt you if you do."

Dora looked at him for a moment then back to the mirror.

"Something's different I can feel it. Something is calling me."

He let go of her hand and used it to turn her face to his looking into her eyes searching for any sign of uncertainty but there didn't seem to be any as she looked back at him before he let go of her wrist with a stiff halfhearted nod taking her hand again.

"Okay I trust you."

He watched as she smiled then slowly touched her fingers to the black glass both shocked when her fingers slipped inside and disappeared into an invisible void beyond without causing pain. Dora looked back at him smiling brightly before she stepped into the mirror engulfed completely by it apart from her hand still holding his but with a deep breath he swallowed his pride and fallowed her inside. Once inside he was surrounded by darkness it felt almost crushing as he tried to squeeze Dora's hand only to find it was gone and the blackness made it impossible to see her, the darkness became more crushing without her there but he slowly began to feel what she had been talking about, there was something unseen calling him forward leading him through the darkness and something about it felt like he was going in the right direction until he seen an arch way of light where the source of the calling feeling was coming from...