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By the time everyone had finished brunch it was 3pm. All the teens went out to swim and tan while Janette stayed behind, saying she would meet them all later when they came back for dinner.

Sighing, Janette went over to the fireplace as soon as everyone was out of the cottage and fire-called Albus Dumbledore.

Now:

Chapter 9: Talks

Janette sat in front of the fireplace with a hand full of Floo powder in her hand and her wand in the other. Casting a quick privacy charm around the room, she placed her wand beside her and tossed the floo powder into the fireplace while calling out her destination and sticking her head into the fireplace simultaneously.

Janette felt her head being swirled around and the feeling of carsickness threatened to over take her. Just when she thought she couldn't take it anymore, the spinning stopped and the nausea subsided. The headmaster's office came into view and with it, the headmaster.

"Albus, it's me, Scarlet."

"Password," the aging headmaster spoke in a demanding voice.

"Funk wump, nit wit, brudele strudel and pizza Maya candy canes," Scarlet said with a roll of her eyes. The headmaster chuckled but none-the-less, asked her about everything so far. Scarlet reported like the good spy she had been trained to be and then talked to Albus about her students. At 4:30, Scarlet prepared to have eight hormonal teens in her home for dinner, she and Izzy had talked about it and they both agreed that the marauders and the Flowers (A/N: Lily and her friends) could come over for dinner and stay as late as they'd like, no late than 3am though.

At 4:30, Scarlet pulled her head out of the fireplace. She and Izzy had talked and they had invited the Marauders and the Flowers (A/N: Lily and her friends) over for dinner and to stay as late as they want but no later than 3am.

Scarlet started to cook dinner, without magic. She had never been good at cooking with magic to begin with so this would be a challenge, however, she loved a challenge. Getting out a cookbook, she chose the easiest recipe, pasta with marinara sauce and a side of boiled veggies. She quickly took out the pasta and the canned marinara sauce and put them aside. Then she took out the vegetables (zucchini, red bell peppers, baby Yukon gold potatoes, and broccoli) from the fridge. After that she set the water to boil and started to chop the vegetables. The water was done boiling at 5pm and Scarlet put the vegetables in and set the timer for 15 minutes. 5:15pm came and with it the end of the vegetables cooking. Draining the water from the pot, Scarlet found that she was quite good at boiling vegetables seeing as the last time she tried to cook without magic she burnt the water.

The kids said that they would be back by 5:45 so Scarlet put a modified heating charm on the vegetables to keep them warm. At 5:30, she had the water at a boil and put the pasta in. Ten minute later, the pasta was done and she heated up the sauce in a bowl. She took of the charm on the vegetables and set everything out onto the table.

Two minutes later, the doorbell rang signaling the return of the eight teens. Quickly stowing her wand in a drawer again, she opened the door and greeted everyone. After an exchange of pleasantries and thank you's, Janette asked Hermione to come with her into the living room after showing their guests where to eat, telling them to start whenever they want to.

"Alright, spill," said Janette to her ward.

"Well, I might have had a flare-up of powers but I made sure to squash it right away but for that split second everyone stared at me, it was really quite frightening."

"WHAT!? Well, at least you buried it; hopefully they won't find it peculiar and just shake it off. Oh, I talked to Albus when you all left. I didn't tell him about your vision, however, he knows about everything going on here."

"Ok, now I'm hungry. Whoever knew flirting and controlling powers was so hard and draining."

"HERMIONE ANNIE YOUNG!!!!! What did I tell you?"

"Not to flirt at all."

"You will be the death of me."

"Well of course I will I mean just look at me, I'm gor-geous!! I mean all the guys hang off me—except those already in love with their soul mate—and I'm just irresistible."

"No, more like unpredictable."

"Well, that too."

"So how was your day?" Hermione proceeded to tell her everything that had happened and only once did Janette get mad at her but she thought that Hermione was doing pretty well for having so much power to harness. The two walked back into the dining room fifteen minutes later.

"Umm, I couldn't help but over hear some yelling, is something the matter?' asked Remus who only heard the yelling through the sound proofed walls.

"No, my aunt was just scolding me about, well that's not important right now. I am starved, hopefully you guys saved some food for me," giggled Hermione as she reached for the pasta pot and put some pasta with sauce on her plate as well as some vegetables. At 6:15 they were all done eating. The teens went outside while Janette made another fire call to Albus about what she had learned.

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Outside:

The teens sat on the sandy beach as the sun sunk lower into the ocean giving off a pink and orange glow as it went. Tara and Alice excused themselves while everyone else watched the sunset in silence.

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With Tara and Alice:

"That is her," whispered Tara, "That's the girl that was being tortured in my dream, and I know it is of the future seeing as Rodulphus is currently in an apprenticeship with the greatest of all Dark Arts—Voldemort. We must act swiftly and figure out what is going on, you can see in her eyes that she guards a secret."

"Yes, but sometimes, getting one to admit a secret is more devastating than keeping on,' replied Alice. Tara sighed, knowing Alice was right. The two girls walked back to the group and watched as the sun finished sink at 10pm.

Lily conjured a fire and they all sat around with a small bottle of firewhiskey. "Alright, lets play a game," said Remus.

"I know one," said Hermione. Even though they didn't fully accept her, they would include her, something she was grateful for. "How about we play I Never?"

"How do you play," James and Sirius asked at the same time, never having played the muggle game before. Lily rolled her eyes and explained the game, stating that she thought that that was an excellent idea for Hermione to get to know everyone and visa versa. Lily cast a charm so no one could lie, making sure that Hermione didn't see anything.

"I'll go first," said Tara, "Never have I ever gone skinny dipping with a guys." Only Alice put down a finger. When everyone asked whom, she replied Frank and everyone nodded understandingly, except Hermione who faked confusion to get an explanation.

Alice went next, "Never have I ever given a blowjob." Tara, Hermione and Sirius put fingers down. "Who, you guys."

"I gave one before I had sex with Jacob, sometime in September when I was 14," said Tara.

"I was dared to give on to Jacob McKinnon when I was 15 when he was 17," replied Sirius. Everyone giggled- except Hermione who once again had it explained to her- knowing that Jacob was bisexual and was married to Marlene O'Malley.

"It was my fifth year of schooling at my boarding school, Saint Mary's Academy for Ballerina's. My friend, Mai Lee (A/N: Another one of Hermione's Muggle friends form her old time) and we went out to a club, actually snuck out through the kitchen. We met a group of guys there about six or seven, one guy was already taken. We went back to their place completely sloshed and I gave three of them blowjobs while Mai gave the other three blowjobs and the seventh guy had sex on the couch with his girlfriend. I think they were all seventeen—this had actually happened to Hermione but it had taken place during the summer--." Everyone stared at her like she was something between a sex goddess and a slut.

"I'll go next," said Hermione, effectively breaking the awkward silence. "Never have I ever, umm, let's see, never have I ever swam in the middle of the ocean." Only Lily put a finger down ad when she was asked she said that she had gone scuba diving (having explained the concept to the boys earlier that day).

"I've never said/done something unforgivable to anyone." The circle was silent and James, Sirius, and Hermione put down fingers. James had pranked a fellow student (Severus Snape) really badly when he was 15 (5th year), Sirius had told a secret, looking at Remus discretely, but Hermione's was the worst.

"To get out of my kidnappers clutches I killed them, however, it just looks like they died in their sleep, and I made sure the poison would disintegrate so no one would be able to tell they were poisoned. That is why there was no news on it. However, it was either their life or mine and I had people that needed my help so it was theirs that were taken," she whispered thinking back to when the death eaters had captured her after she had given head to those guys, Mai had been picked up by her Aunt and Hermione had opted to walk home. However, Hermione had broken the truth charm because she had actually used an Unforgivable.

"I'm going to turn in for the night, see you all in the morning!" With that Hermione walked away.

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The seven magical teens left on the beach watched as she walked away dejectedly, all thinking the same thing, 'What had she really gone through?'

They might never know. Now with the cheery mood gone, they all decided that it was best to go to bed. They all gave each other pleasant good nights (Remus and Claudia kissed as well as James and Lily while the others hugged) and walked back to their cottages.

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When Hermione returned earlier than Janette had expected, she knew something was wrong. When she asked, she got her answer and wished she hadn't. Death eaters had never captured her after her fifth year, and she had never used an Unforgivable until she was seventeen. Comforting the girl was the only thing she could do.

Hermione fell asleep in Janette's arms and Janette levitated her to her bed, changed her clothes o PJ's magically, tucked her in, and kissed her on the forehead, hoping everything would get better.

Janette fell into an uneasy sleep that night.

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PETTIGREW HOUSEHOLD:

Peter hated his parents and everything they stood for. He hated that he was now part of the enemy. He also hated that now that he was fully accepted by his friends, they would now disown him if they ever found out. So he would keep his mark a secret.

Peter had never been fond of the Dark Arts; he hated them with a passion. His mother seemed to be in love with them though, as if she was married to them and not his father. Lately he had been taking walks around the forest at the back of his house to clear his mind and try to make it stronger.

During one of these walks, he came across a cabin. Inside the cabin was a girl; no older than he, and a baby, both looked half starved to death. On the floor was a wand, snapped. When he showed her his wand, she sighed in relief and they got to talking. He learned that she had been home schooled until her parents' death and that she was a half-blood. The baby was the girl's younger brother who had been born a few months ago, right before Voldemort's minions came and killed her parents. She had been alone with the baby since then. They had snapped her wand making it so she had to bed and steel for food. Peter had also learned that she had an older sister named Jane that went to Beaubatons.

Peter's heart went out to her. He had taken her to Diagon Alley under a disguise and they had bought her a new wand, 11" Oak with a Unicorn hair. That had been three weeks ago. Now it was July 25 and he had come to terms with the mark that was o his arm. He needed help.

He quietly left the house, his parents weren't home but he didn't want to alert the house elves, and ran for the forest. Upon arriving there, he saw her on the ground covered in blood half dead holding her crying brother in her arms. Dread filled him as he walked over to her. Turning her over and taking her brother out of her arms, he inspected the damage.

Not many people knew this, but Peter had the potential to be a great Healer. He noted that she had three broken ribs, a broken jaw, and many cuts and bruises, he healed the cuts and bruises with a spell he had learned form St. Mungo's and gave her a bone healing potion that he always carried on him because of Remus' transformation. He levitated her back to the half burnt down shack and place her and the baby on a cot. He waited.

Hours later, she woke up to find Peter watching over her.

"Peter," she croaked out.

"Jessie, I was so worried about you and Carlson tat I came over and you were so pale and bleeding. Here, I make a blood replenishing potion," Peter said while feeding her the potion that tasted like soot and metal. She coughed a little but color came back to her face instantaneously.

"Thank you," she whispered and drank some water that was by her bedside.

"Jessica Melanie Doge, don't ever scare me like that again."

Jessica or Jessie as she was more commonly known as smiled sheepishly but then he face turned hard.

"They were talking about you," she said, "The Death Eaters, I didn't want to believe it, but Peter are you one of them?"

Peter grimaced but nodded his head in shame. "Now before you say something hear me out," he said when he saw her open her mouth with a look of betrayal and anger written across her face. All she could do was nod. "I don't want to be one. I had been refusing the mark since I was 15 but at a family reunion, He appeared and I was forced to get one. My parents are so proud but I feel like I have betrayed everyone who has ever really cared for me. My parents are cold people and only care about power and me becoming one of power, but I'm not." Peter was now almost crying at the thoughts of his love-less childhood. Jessie saw this and knew he was telling the truth. She had that gift to be able to sort out the liars from the ones telling the truth.

Jessie sat up in bed and wiped away the tears that cascaded down her face. As Peter continued his story, her brown eyes hardened and she swore she would help him any way she could. Twisting a lock of dirty blonde hair between her fingers she thought long and hard. Finally she came up with a plan.

"Lets run away, Peter, lets run far away, where they won't be able to find us. They think I am dead and you will be dead if they find out that you are a traitor to them."

"Yes, lets. Pack your stuff and I'll pack mine and we'll meet back here in twenty minutes." The two went their separate ways and packed quickly.

Just like Peter said, he was back within twenty minutes and Peter said a spell that would take them to where ever they would be most safe. Just as Peter said this, Mrs. Pettigrew walked into her son's bedroom and found it completely empty, like no one had ever lived there. Her heart turned to ice at the thought of her son's betrayal. No she thought I have no son.

Well what do you guys think? Sorry this is so late, I've been busy, I'll try to get another post up within two weeks.

Poll:

Who Should Scarlet end up with:

Older Mr. Potter's twin brother Mark – I made that character up.

Horace Slughorn.

Lucius Malfoy's Uncle, Gemini Malfoy – I made that character up too.

Or Hagrid.

Tell me what you think!