The Moon necklaces

Chapter3: Some answers at least

~James~

We rushed to my bedroom closing the door behind us as I heard my mother call for us. I turned to Remus and Sirius who looked as shocked as I was. Remus and Sirius had both used magic outside school which was illegal for underage wizards some even got expelled so it was not worth the risk. "Ok" I sighed "start from the top the both of you" Remus and Sirius turned to each other then back at me.

"Well if you want the short version," said Sirius, "I ran away from home, then got attacked by Dementors, then Remus randomly showed up and saved me, then we got abroad the knight bus and found out the bag man is Remus cousin Harold Lupin and that Greyback is trying to make a werewolf army and guess what, the knight bus driver is actually the brother of the guy who runs that floo network in Scotland."

"Cool so you finally ran away from your family." I cheered, "Good work Padfoot" I said patting him on the back, "and how about you Moony you ran away too?"

"Sort off," Remus shrugged, "I had a bit of an argument with my father."

"Well spit it out," said Sirius.

"Well remember that time in Scotland?"

"How can we forget" I sighed, it had been probably the most strangest day off my life.

"And you gave me the book The Artefacts of the Dark well I've been reading though it and It's come up with some they interesting information, but there was a problem my father found it and said I shouldn't be reading things about the dark and that stuff and he said that you guys are a bad influence on me and that he's going to do something about it one way or another!"

"But he can't can he?" said Sirius "it's not like he can he can watch over you every five minutes."

"He's just bluffing was always" sighed Remus "But the real problem is that he's taken the book and that had some really important information which could help us find Annabeth!" Annabeth was taken away by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback five years ago but believed not to be bitten for some strange reason, according to the vampires she switched on this very special lamp (the same time someone else switched on the other) that can make people in the room go back in time but somehow the magic worked in a strange way and affected her with its power so now she is in another time line somewhere and that's what we had to find out.

"But can you remember anything from the book?" I asked.

"Yeah but it was very complicated" said Remus as he rubbed his head "it was something about these nine faces off the moon being sorted into necklaces and it can give all the impossible answers off the world, like why humans live and die and how god came to the word and that stuff but if we somehow found these necklaces and knew how to work then we could ask it how to find Annabeth."

"It could just work!" gasped Sirius "so where can we find them?"

"I don't know," said Remus shaking he head "I think the book might give us some clues but my father has got it and I doubt he's going to give it back"

"But if we did get book..." I started but I was interrupted by the knock on my bedroom door, it was mum.

"James!" she called "is everything ok in there? Your dad is home!"

We ran back down the stairs were my father was sitting in his usual place on the armchair but he looked extremely pale with bags under his brown eyes which were red from exhaustion. His clothes were tattered and torn and to my astonishment had some spots of blood on them , "Dad what happened to you!" I cried as I sat beside him, his face looked grim as he spoke to us in a low voice.

"They are dead; Chloe, Dan and their baby were killed by the Death eaters." Mother gasped as she put her hands over her mouth and began to sob as I sat paralyzed. I didn't know them very well but Chloe and Dan were our cousins on mother's side and they just had a baby girl, Poppy, she was only three months old. Chloe and Dan were both muggle born.

"I'm sorry for your loss." said Remus bowing his head, Sirius did the same.

"Don't be" said my father standing up "I'm off to bed" with that he slumped up the stairs. I put my arms around mother who was still sobbing, I felt I should cry too but maybe it out of shock, I didn't.

The next morning I found myself lying on the sofa covered with a warm blanket. The sun was shining in though the curtains, it must be morning. I looked around me, mum was sound asleep in her armchair but I noticed that Remus and Sirius were missing. Curious I tiptoed upstairs trying not to wake mum knowing that dad was asleep in his room.

I slowly opened my bedroom door and peered inside. Their trunks and suitcases were stacked up by the wall and I found Sirius asleep in my bed with Remus sitting at my desk looking grim and in his own little world, he didn't even look up as I came in the room not even as I tiptoed towards him and knelt on the floor.

"You ok?" I asked him I he looks down at me in surprise.

"Not really," he mutters "I'm thinking of going back home your family seem to have too much to worry about."

"No" I whispered harshly trying not wake up Sirius "stay here for a while at least until the trial."

"But I need to get the book back."

"We will think about that another time but Rem you need to stay here so we can try not to get you expelled" Remus looked at me doubtful "send your father a letter" I suggested "tell him you're staying here."

I hope I have not left this chapter for too long.

I know it's a bit boring at the moment but the next chapter should be more interesting.