I stayed on the swing for hours. I watched the sun rise; the rabbits coming out; the birds sing. Everything around me just seemed so joyous and happy. I wanted to scream.

When the sun reached the highest point in the sky, signalling midday, I decided to go back to Tonks' place. I had been gone for almost a day and I knew that they would be worried. I also knew that they would have found out what went down with Fred and I. putting them off for any longer would just be disastrous.

I strolled into the house just before one. Sirius must have heard me apparate because he greeted me at the door, his wand pointed at me. "The first words you said to me?"

I stood there dumbfounded. "Erm... I don't know why do you always have to asked stupid questions?"

He didn't budge. I tried hard to think back until it suddenly popped into my head. "Oh, I remember. You asked me about my accent and I told you i lived in London." I grinned at him triumphantly but it wasn't a true smile. I was still too depressed about the Fred thing.

Sirius relaxed his wand and hugged me tightly. I was a little shocked but I soon threw my arms around his middle, squeezing him tightly. He pulled back and then took me into the small from sitting room that no one ever used.

Sirius quietly shut the door and then stared at me expectantly. I looked down under his gaze. I hated when Sirius was all responsible. It was unnatural.

He sighed heavily when he realised I wasn't going to speak. "What happened Al?" he asked finally. "When Arthur sent his report it said that you and Fred had broken up. Fred was devastated and he was worried about you."

Tears began to form in my eyes again. You would think after fifteen hours of crying my tear ducts would have been dry. "I b-broke up with him," I blubbered. "Simple as."

Sirius continued to stare with his shocked expression. But then his face turned angry.
"I'll be right back," he muttered before turn to the door. I grabbed his arm and roughly pulled him back.

"Where do you think you're going?" I demanded. He stopped struggling and looked down at me strongly.
"I'm going to see Weasley. I always said if he hurt you, I would hunt him down and kick his rotten little arse."

"Rotten little arse?" I asked sceptically. "You like Fred."
"I did. But when he hurts you, like last Christmas, then someone needs to teach him a lesson."

It was both cute and annoying how protective Sirius was. I was in a bad mood though, so his protectiveness was just pissing me off even more.

"Don't go around there Sirius, I broke up with him. It isn't Fred's fault."

"You really liked him; heck you loved him didn't you? He must have done something to make you breakup with him." he pulled out his wand ready to apparate but I snatched it away.

I sighed in defeat. "Fine, I'll tell you. This is the reason I was so moody too...
The Death Eaters want me on their side. So they were going to kill Fred and then murder all you guys until i joined them." It was the abridged version, but I thought it was best if I left Snape out of it.

Sirius stared at me with wide eyes. "Wow Al, that was really..." he paused and looked at me thoughtfully. "Do you really think breaking up with Fred was the right decision? Muriel's place is under the Fidelius charm."

"The country house was under the Fidelius charm but they still managed to break through that. You know what the Death Eaters are like. Once they have a goal, there's no stopping them." I flopped down on to the old dusty sofa. My face was hurting from all the drooping and fake smiles.

"They'll just get to you in other ways," Sirius said, sitting down beside me.

"I know," I said quietly. "That's why I'm not going back to Hogwarts. I'm going to leave and gather up allies before the battle."

Sirius was about to object, but his curiosity was more important. "What battle? Has something been planned?"

I shrugged as though it was nothing. "Oh you know, all wars end in a big ending battle." He seemed to except my excuse but before he could say anything, panicked shouted came from upstairs.

Sirius and I quickly pulled out our wands before racing out the room. Remus stood at the top of the stairs pacing manically his hands shaking wildly.

"Moony mate, what's going on?" Sirius asked, clapping him on the shoulder.
"It's D-Dora, her water just broke." he suddenly paled before flopping down onto the floor. Sirius grinned at him, looking very smug and amused.

"And he calls himself a Gryffindor."
He bent down and began to slap Remus' face. "Oi, get up or you'll miss the birth of Moony junior."

Tonks' mom came bustling out of the room and gasped in horror at Remus' still body.
"He fainted," I explained simply.

"Well wake him up then," she commanded. "Sirius, contact the healer and then both of you stay out of the way."

She grabbed some blankets from the pantry before running back toward the room. She paused at the door. "Now!" she cried before slamming the door.

Sirius ran downstairs while I leant down toward Remus.
"Remus, wakey wakey," I tapped his face lightly but he wouldn't wake. I pointed my wand, which I hadn't put way, against his face. "Aguamenti."

Cold water flew out of the tip of drowned his face. Remus sat up spluttering and gasping and glared at me.

"Tonks is in labour," I reminded him. He stood up quickly before running to the room that Mrs Tonks had gone through. Sirius came back upstairs a few minutes later and stared at me expectantly.

"What do we do now?" he asked.
"Cup of tea?" I suggested. He nodded as we went down the stairs. "But no talking about my feelings and leaving and crap, okay?" he nodded again. I waited for him to say something, but he remained silent. "Why are you so quiet? Won't you please talk to me?" I asked desperately.

"Won't you please talk to me?' i can see you were less eager to drop out of finishing school than Hogwarts."

The awkward silence fell upon us again as we entered the kitchen. I stropped over to the stove before putting a kettle on. I could have heated it by magic, but there was less chance of disaster if I did it the natural way.

We remained quiet as I drained the tea leaves and handed Sirius his cup.

"Sirius, just talk to me please," I begged. Everyone else hated me. Although I was pretty upset, I needed Sirius right now.
"What can I say?" he said finally. "I'm sure all topics of conversation are off limits."

"Try me," I said, smugly taking a sip of tea. It was too hot though and it burnt my Tongue. Sirius laughed heartily.

"Fine then. Let's talk about how you found out that information about the Death Eaters." I shook my head. "Or about you and Fred. Or you dropping out of school." I shook my head again.

"You're right, let's stay in silence," I said light heartedly. We drank our tea in silence, but when my thoughts kept wandering back to Fred, I had to speak.

"I can't do this," I admitted.
"Me neither," Sirius grinned. "Let's discuss baby names."

:-:

At Seven PM, Remus called us upstairs. Sirius and I ran up to the room and didn't even bother knocking on the door before going in. However we both stopped when we caught site of the scene.

Remus had his arm around Tonks looking proudly at the small baby in her arms. He was the cutest baby I had ever seen. He had Tonks' small button nose and Remus' wise look in his eyes, which was quite strange to see it on a baby. His hair was mousey brown but then suddenly faded to black. He yawned wildly and his little mouth stayed open for ages.

"Aww," Sirius and I said simultaneously. I ran over to the other side of the bed and knelt down beside them. Sirius came and stood behind me.

"What's his name?" Sirius asked.
"Teddy Remus," Tonks answered at once. I grinned up at Sirius.

"You can pay me later," I told him.
"Pay you later? You bet on my son's name?" a small smile played on Remus' lips when he said 'my son.'

Tonks tutted and shook her head. "Really Ally, do you really want us to regret making you Godmother?"

I gapped in shock. "Godmother? Really?" They both nodded and smiled.

"And we want Harry to be godfather. No offense Sirius," Remus added.
"None taken my friend," Sirius said. "Now I can be fun Uncle Sirius without all the responsibility."

"Technically, as you're Harry's godfather, you're Teddy god-grandfather," I said. My terrible mood had lifted a lot since being named Godmother.

Sirius' eyes widened in disgust as Remus and Tonks laughed. "Never call me that again," he said shuddering. I laughed loudly. It felt weird and unnatural so I stopped abruptly.

Remus looked at his watch and then kissed Tonks and Teddy on the head.
"I have to just nip out for ten minutes to tell Bill and Harry. I won't be too long."

"Can I come?" Sirius asked. I stood up beside them and nodded. I really wanted to see Harry and get a progress report. Did they have the sword, did they destroy the locket? Was Dobbie alive? I needed to find out what was going on and if I needed to meddle some more.

Remus looked reluctant about letting us come but Tonks nodded for us to go.

"I'll be fine Remus. My mums in the shower, she'll be ready in a minute."
He sighed in defeat and led us onto the landing. "You've never been there before have you?" I shook my head. "Ok grab my arm."

As soon as I touched his arm, my body squished down the awful apperation tube. We landed almost immediately on a mound next to the cottage. A crack echoed through the night as Sirius appeared beside us.

"Let's get this show on the road," He said, conjuring a large umbrella to shield us from the rain. We walked over to the door and Remus knocked thrice loudly.

"Who iz it?" Fleur called. Sirius and I put our fingers to our lips, telling him not to mention us. It would be a nice surprise.

"It is I, Remus John Lupin, werewolf, husband to Nymphadora Tonks." Rustling was heard behind the door before it swung open. Fleur stood with her wand pointed at us, but she lowered it immediately.

"Sirius, Alyssa!" She said, kissing us both on the cheeks.
"Sirius, Ally?" Harry repeated from inside the house. He, Ron, Hermione, Luna and Dean appeared at the door behind Fleur. They hugged the three of us tightly and lead us into the room.

It was strange to see them again. I hadn't seen them in almost ten months. They looked aged and haggard, but at that present moment I only had eyes for Luna.

"Are you ok, what happened?" I asked her.
"I'm alright," she said in her usual dreamy way. "The Death Eaters are not nice people, but I met Mr Olivander, so that was alright."

I smiled at her sweetly before turning my attention back to The Trio.
"So what's going on with you guys have you destroyed any..." I trailed off, not wanting to give too much away.

Harry nodded curtly. "Yeah we have, thanks for the note by the way."

I decided to play dumb and gave them my best vacant expression. "Note, what note?" I asked innocently.

"We know it was you Ally. And we're not going to ask you how you knew all that," Harry said. "However, you could have been a little less vague. A History of Magic is pointless. That could have meant anything."

"So I take it your wands broken?"

He nodded. "Yeah, I have Malfoy's though. But we did understand the Bellatrix comment. Well, Hermione did anyway." Hermione blushed slightly.

"And Dobbie?" I asked.
They all looked at me confused. "What about Dobbie?" Ron asked. I gave a sigh of relief and smiled happily.

"So he's alive then?"
"Of course he is. He saved our lives. I never knew you liked him that much?" Hermione said.

"Of course I do, we're best buds," I said, trying to cover my tracks. I pulled out my purse and took out the picture of Dobbie, Hagrid and I at the Support Harry Potter party. Ron, Hermione and Dean burst into laughter while Harry turned tomato red.

"What's this? I thought Luna said Hogwarts was horrible?" he asked.
"It is. We earned three nights in the Dungeon for that. And Hagrid became a wanted fugitive," I said dramatically.

Harry groaned. "What else is going on?"
"It's not bad, well it is, but it's nothing we can't handle," i told them. "The DA's reformed with Neville as the leader."

"Neville?" Ron scoffed cruelly.
"Yes, Neville," I said defensively. "He's really good. Could give Harry a run for his money. And he's not weedy Neville any more is he?" I winked at Luna who blushed. Did she like him or something? I didn't have time to ask as Bill's hard voice sounded from behind me.

"Oh, moved on already I see." Silence filled the room and everyone turned to face Bill. I stayed as I was though, my depressed emotions returning fast.

"I'm surprised to see you here. I thought we weren't good enough for you."
"What's going on?" Ron asked loudly. I ignored him and finally faced Bill. He looked livid. And I didn't blame him.

"Get out," he said simply.
"Bill, eet iz raining," Fleur reasoned.

"I don't care!" he all but shouted. "I don't want that girl in my house."
I stood up to leave but Sirius pushed me down. "Come on Bill, you haven't heard her side if you-"

"Sirius, shut up," I hissed. "Its fine, I'll just stand outside." I nodded at them all before stepping out into the harsh and bitter night. The cold wind whipped around my face and I could think of an appropriate spell. I had so stand with my face opposite the wall. I felt like a naughty child who had done something wrong at school.

When the voices became raised inside the house, I decided it was best if I just left. Tonks would be worried if we were too long, and I was no good to anyone standing dumbly on a beach.

I sauntered over to the mound and got ready to apparate.
"Ally, wait!" a voice called from near the house. I looked over and saw Bill running over to me. "Is it true what Sirius said?" I ignored him and went to turn, but he pulled my arm. "Is it true?" I nodded slowly.

"I'm sorry for lashing out I should have -"
"No, don't apologise. I was a complete bitch, I deserved it," I said dully.

"But you've saved Fred's life, all of our lives. If you tell him -"
"No," I said, cutting him off again. "Don't give me sympathy, I don't deserve it."

I looked over to the cottage and caught sight of the scene. Everyone was congratulating Harry on becoming Godfather and asking Remus questions about Teddy. They all looked so happy. They didn't need me; all I provided was drama. I would come back soon enough, but for the moment they needed space.

I sighed in content and looked back to Bill. "Can you do me a favor?" I asked, my voice coming out in a quiver. He nodded. "I'm going away, Sirius knows why. I'll be back soon, so tell them not to worry or anything."

"Aren't you going to say goodbye?" he asked.
"No, they'll talk me out of it," I admitted, smiling slightly. I hugged him and took out my wand to leave. "Bill," I added. "I'm sorry."

I turned on the spot and apparated as far away as possible.

:-:

I spent those few weeks looking for Sanguini and his vampire friends. If what he told me was true, I was their leader now that I had killed Charles. They owed me. I also promised them their freedom and plenty of werewolves if they helped me.

While at their hideout, they kitted me up with guns and grenades. I even had one of those cool little belts. I felt like Kate Beckinsale in Van Helsing; unstoppable.

At 6pm on the Second of May, I created a portkey to take us to the Hog's Head. I had managed to convince three vampires to help; it would haven't been very difficult trying to apparate.

"Hey Abe," I smiled as we landed in his living room. He looked incredibly pissed off that we were using his living room, but there was not a lot be could do. "Who else has arrived?"

"Just Potter and his friends," he grunted. I grinned in thanks and hoisted myself up through the portrait.

We wandered down the passage way in silence. The vampires just wanted to get in and out without any formalities. I paused as we reached the other end before opening the door.

"Ally!" Seamus cried.
"Its Ally, where have you been?"

"Yes, Harry, Ron, Hermione AND Ally? The Carrows won't know what hit them."

I grinned down at the crowd who had abandoned Harry and congregated at my feet. The Vampires jumped down and moved to stand warily in the corner. Hermione gave a disapproving glance.

"It's ok, they're here to help," I whispered, before joining the group.
"Now as I was saying," Harry continued exasperatedly. "You can't help, it's too dangerous." I could practically hear everyone's eyes rolling.

The door to the passage way opened once again and revealed The Weasley's with Luna and Dean.

Seamus laughed in pure delight at the sight of his best friend and engulfed him in a hug. The DA all gathered around Luna which just left me and the Weasley's standing awkwardly next to each other.

Fred looked awful. Well, to anyone else he looked normal. But he had no twinkle in his eye or smirk on his lips. Fred had lost his spark; and I killed me that I had done that to him.

"So Harry what's the plan?" Charlie asked, completely ignoring me.
"There is no plan," he shouted.

"Just make it up as we go along? Our best kind of plan." George nudged Fred who brushed him off. George turned to glare at me before looking back to Harry.

Harry looked desperately around and stopped at the Ravenclaws. "Do you guys know of any belongings of Rowena Ravenclaw's? Anything that she owed that might be somewhere in the castle?"

"There's the Lost Diadem," Luna said. "Daddy's made a replica." The Trio all rolled their eyes at word of her father.
"Yeah but Luna, It's the Lost Diadem," Terry cut in. "No one's seen it for years."

Harry, Ron and Hermione whispered frantically to each other. I couldn't even be bothered to listen in.

"Ok, does anyone have any idea what this Diadem looks like?" Harry asked.

"Theres a statue in the common room..." Cho began. But Luna cut in.
"Ally has one, don't you. It's very pretty."

Neville and I glared at Luna. The plan was to reveal the Diadem when we were gathered in the hall. It would be too late for Harry to weasel out then.

Under everyone's expectant eyes, I caved. I took off my shoe, pulled back the insole and took out my bag which was charmed to fit in the heel. I took out the Diadem and threw it to Harry.

"It's the real one," I admitted. "We went through quite a bit of trouble to get that." I grinned at Ginny who did not return it.
"How did you get it?" Hermione asked.

"Well," I said dramatically. "We took it from The Room of Requirement but then Luna picked up the wrong bag and it became in the possession of Death Eaters." A few people gasped. "So then, we went undercover, took it back, blew up a wall, hijacked a car and got it home safe and sound."

The room stared in an awed silence.

"How long had you had this?" Harry asked suspiciously.
"Since September," I answered simply.

"September?" His eyes widened. "How come you didn't give to us before? We only saw you a few weeks ago."

"When did you see them?" Neville asked me.
"At Bill and Fleur's," Ron blurted out. I turned to glare at him as The Weasley's glared at Bill.

"What, you had her in your house?" George asked.
"I have a name you know," I said lightly. They all ignored me.

"I'm sorry, but we have only heard one side to this story," Bill reasoned.
"There is only one side," Mrs Weasley hissed. "That tramp led Fred on and then insulted the family after everything we have done for her. That's all I need to know."

"Hey!" Sirius shouted, coming through the portrait hole with Remus, Kingsley and some past pupils I didn't know. "This isn't fair on Ally, if you knew what she did."

"Sirius, shut up," I said darkly.
"What did she do?" Ginny asked. I ignored her and turned back to the newcomers but the conversation still continued.

"What Ally did was Nobel," Ron said. "You shouldn't all gang up on her."
"How did you know?" I asked him.

"We were there when Sirius told Bill," Hermione explained.
I turned back to Sirius. "I am never telling you anything again," I cried. "Can we all just forget it!"

Tears were forming in my eyes and I just wanted everyone to shut up. There was a war going on and we were discussing my love live.

"Will someone please tell us what's going on?" Neville asked exasperated. The other Hogwarts students nodded in agreement.

"Well, Ally's a bitch..." George began.
"Ally saved your life!" Sirius burst. "If it wasn't for her breaking ties with your family, the Death Eaters would have killed you a long time ago!"

The Weasley's looked like they had just been slapped in the face. The students began to rush around as the Weasley's debated. Mrs Weasley began shouting at George. Harry, Ron and Hermione were quarrelling. Sirius looked smug, Remus looked sick with worry. When a few DA members started arguing, I couldn't think. Everything was just manic and insane. I needed to get out.

I huffed loudly before stomping over to the door.
"Ally, wait," Fred shouted, speaking for the first time. I swiftly ignored him and shouts from Harry and swung through the door.

I seemed to freeze for a moment before tumbling through, someone falling on my back. My guess was Ron had tripped or something. I opened my eyes but instead of stone floor, there was carpet.

I looked up expecting to see a hallway, but instead I was greeted by my old room in Kensington. I had gone back.

Chapter dedicated to Misa-Chan46, the 300th Reviewer.

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