AN/- Yea...so...here's something I spent my Sunday doing because I had a sudden urge to start typing. But still on a Writer's Block so don't get your hopes all up...Reviews might help =D (smiles shamelessly. Eh! You know I love you guys.)

~Penny

Chapter 67

Mrs. Weasley did a marvellous job nursing Audrey back to health and Audrey let her, it was as if she had accepted the woman to be her surrogate mother and Mrs. Weasley was pleased to have another girl she could mollycoddle. Audrey even got a chance to speak to George about improving his ear jokes while Fred tagged along in these sessions.

Audrey was also pleased to know that Remus and Tonks had finally gotten their act straight and Audrey pulled Tonks into a tight hug exclaiming her joy on their news.

Time passed smoothly as Audrey got accustomed to Fleur's visits to the Burrow as she was Bill's to be bride. Fleur always brought news about Leon and Gabrielle who she swore to Audrey were quiet happy in France but promised that they were worried about her and would meet her before the wedding.

Harry had made sure that once Remus had let go of Audrey, he had squashed her to death. Harry made sure that he occupied a lot of Audrey's time in knowing everything that had happened to her. It was a little too difficult for him to digest the fact that Malfoy had helped Audrey out of there...but none the less he believed everything that she said...he was forever going to trust and believe her for now on, after all he loved her and he had confessed to it the second he got to be alone with her.

They were walking in between the over grown grass in the Weasley's front yard late one night when he had stopped abruptly in the dead silence as Audrey turned around to look at him looking at her painfully.

"What's wrong?" she asked him turning around and walking back towards him stopping only a few inches in front of him.

"I didn't get a chance to apologize," he said raising his hand to tuck a flick of her hair behind her ear.

"For what?" she asked enjoying his hand stroking her cheek softly.

"Of...how I did not manage to save you...I would never forgive myself if anything happened to you Audrey...I love you too much," he said as she smiled at him biting her lips to contain her tears as he smiled at her like before...sadly.

"I love you too," she replied pushing her arms around him in the over grown yard. She raised her head as it hit his glasses and they fell on the ground. She quickly retrieved them and placed them on his face.

"I told you...you look better with glasses on," she said smiling as Harry smirked pulling her into a snog as he trailed his lips to her jaw. She enjoyed being touched by him after being man handled for so many days. His touch was like perfection for her...because she craved for him for more than a month. His hands roamed underneath her t-back unhooking her bra as they made out furiously in a sudden surge of emotions.

"Not here," she hissed finally managing to break her mouth free from his as she looked at him pleadingly. He sighed and placed his forehead against hers, his hands on her back clasped here bra once again as he kissed her on the top of her head.

"I love you," she muttered just in case...but he remembered as he smiled at him.

"I know...I love you too...but you're right...a front yard is not the place for that," he said as she smiled in thanks that he understood.

A day before the wedding Audrey woke up to two of her closest friends sitting in the kitchen enjoying a cup of English tea. Once they saw each other there was no separating them for the day as non-stop jabbering went on in French and English.

Fleur even asked her to be one of her bridesmaids along with Ginny as Gabrielle would be the maid of honour. Fleur instructed that the dress had to be blue in colour as she wanted to pay her respects to Beauxbatons. It was a pureblood custom for a French family to pay their credits to the school as the school was where each one had learnt and grown to become who they were, are and would be.

Audrey had borrowed a navy blue dress from Hermione as she didn't have too many clothes except the few that she had brought with her and the handful of muggle outfits that she had found in her trunk that Harry had managed to save. She packed all this in a sling bag as she placed an expandable charm on it; she had decided to carry it around with her everywhere. Trouble was becoming a close friend and she wanted to stay as far away from it as possible.

Hermione loved the idea and was glad that Audrey had been smart enough to do the same that she had a few weeks ago. Hermione told Audrey about it and they discussed the things they thought would be necessary.

The morning before the wedding Audrey was in the kitchen reading the newspaper as the front page held something about the Rufus Scrimgeour calming the rising terror within people, stating that the ministry would do everything in its power to protect everybody.

"Hey," said Harry from behind frowning as Audrey turned around.

"You're still reading that trash," said Harry as Audrey shrugged.

"Helps me stay updated," said Audrey smiling as Harry smiled and nodded.

"Anyway...do you know how to tie this?" he asked her as his black bow tie was untied.

"Come here," she said smiling getting up to reach him, her hands gently went up to his neck helping him into the tie; once that was done, her hands trailed down the length of his smooth chest and his crisp navy blue shirt.

"Silly isn't it...to have a wedding right now...with everything that's going on?" she asked straightening the tie as he pulled her chin up.

"May be that's the best reason to have it...because of everything that's going on," he replied glancing into her deep dark eyes and pulling her into kiss. Her hands looped around his neck as custom and he pulled her closer by the waist.

"Right...so you think...that...it a good investme..."

"I don't know...I know Sirius had the idea so it should...wor..."

The two broke apart instantly as a pair of conversationalist had entered the room. Remus and George were in a thorough discussion about something but were instantly put off by the two snogging in front of them.

"I'll see you later," said Audrey smiling at him as he nodded. Remus raised his eyebrows while George placed the toothbrush he found on the kitchen counter into the hole in his head.

"You could catch an infection," she scoffed at George at him.

"By snogging?"

"Shut up...arse!" she said blushing and then walked out of the kitchen into the living room where Mrs. Weasley was setting the drinks.

The minister of magic walked with a limp towards the door of the burrow, knocking on it with his cane.

Mrs. Weasley answered it as she was surprised to see him but when he explained his purpose she let him in as she went about gathering Harry, Audrey, Ron and Hermione.

They squeezed down onto the couch in front of the Minister waiting for him to speak. Audrey saw Sirius and Remus eyeing up the man from the kitchen doorway.

The minister brought out something from his bag as Audrey looked at him again, he began to speak.

"I am here to read out Dumbledore's will," said Scrimgeour.

"Well, then why do you need all of us?" asked Harry.

"It seems that Dumbledore has left things not just to his grand-daughter," said Scrimgeour, he eyed Audrey as she sat up straighter and looked back at the man who sighed and looked away.

"Moving on...let's begin,"

"I, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore upon my death would like to leave my Mr. Ronald Weasley my deluminator" he said handing Ron a cigarette lighter as Ron frowned and clicked it open, all the lights in the room were taken in by the lighter as it clicked shut. Ron once again clicked it open as the lights went back to their previous places.

"To Ms. Hermione Granger I would like to leave my copy of the Tales of Beedle the Bard,"

"To Mr. Potter, I wish to leave the snitch that he caught in his first year and the sword of Gryffindor," said Scrimgeour handing Harry the snitch.

"What about the sword?" frowned Ron.

"That sword does not belong to Mr. Potter...it was never Dumbledore's to give...it belongs to the school...it is school property not Dumbledore's to give away in the first place...now may I continue?" asked Scrimgeour as Harry nodded.

"To my grand-daughter, Audrey Rachel Adams-Snape, I would like to leave my familial ring that belonged to my great-great grand-father, it has been passed down generation after generation and it is only prudent that it is passed on to her as well. Along with this I wish to leave quarter of my belongings in my vault to her once she is of age. I also wish to send forth a letter to her as well," finished Scrimgeour as Audrey bit the insides of her mouth and pursued her lips as she took the contents from the minister, the ring rest on a thin silver chain while a key and a letter was handed to Audrey. She did not stay, she could not handle staying there; she would burst out crying in front of everybody.

Audrey decided to get dressed completely as the wedding was about to start. She walked up to one of the seats as a tall boy came and sat next to her. Audrey's eyes were on Fleur and Gabrielle who waved at her as she smiled and waved back at her.

"We're engaged you know...Gabrielle and I...we wrote to you but the owl just kept bringing the letters back," said Leon standing next to Audrey as she turned to look at him. Leon was frowning at Audrey as she went into length describing what had happened over the summer as the ceremony just passed them by while Leon angrily discussed what he would do to Audrey's father if he ever saw him. All Audrey could do was give him a small smile.

The ceremony got over as Bill walked down the aisle with Fleur as everybody stood and cheered for them. The reception would start in another ten minutes and everybody began to move away from the empty ground to the canopy as Harry joined Leon and Audrey. He placed a hand around her waist and spoke cordially to Leon as Leon excused himself after a few minutes as he saw Gabrielle calling him.

"They got engaged...who'd have known," she said looking at Leon and Gabrielle. Harry looked a little unsteady on hearing that but spoke to her softly.

"You should go speak to her you know..." said Harry whispering into her ear.

"I know...but I have the entire night," said Audrey giggling as Harry brushed his nose against her ear.

"You look gorgeous in the dress, you know that," he complimented her; they looked at Luna and her father dancing in an odd fashion.

"Go...seriously...it's like you're glued to me," she laughed as he winked at her and then walked over to Hermione and Ron who were at the punch bowl while Hermione spoke to Victor Krum.

Audrey was walking to Remus and Tonks and she almost crashed into Luna.

"Hi Audrey," Luna greeted Audrey cheerfully as Audrey was snapped out of her thought as to whether Tonks had become fat over the summer.

"Oh...I seem to have broken a deep thought haven't I?" asked Luna as Audrey smiled shaking her head and pulling the girl into a hug as she smiled.

"No of course not...how are you Luna?" Audrey asked as Luna smiled but her gaze shifted to her hands.

"Very well, except I was bitten by a garden gnome," she replied as Audrey noticed a man wearing robes similar to what Luna was wearing.

"Gnome saliva is very beneficially, Xenophilus Lovegood, how do you do?" he asked Audrey shaking her hand as she nodded.

"Great to meet you sir," she said.

"My dear...we at the Quibbler would like you to know that we support you and Mr. Potter through every step and have always...you have my utmost trust...if need be, you could look upon me any time, after all Luna's friends are my friends as well," he smiled as he finally let go of her hand as Audrey smiled at him oddly, if one thought Luna was crazy...one could say she had inherited most of her 'traits' from him. However when they did walk away Audrey couldn't help but wonder what that pendent in Mr. Lovegood's neck was all about, but she sidelined it at the back of her head for now.

Audrey's eyes scanned the canopy to see the Bill and Fleur had begun dancing as Tonks stood next to Mrs. Weasley positively glowing. Then it struck Audrey that was why Sirius was acting mental and kept pressing his ear to her belly. That was why Remus hadn't mentioned anything...that was why he was so aloof.

"Rem?" Audrey called standing next to him as she noticed her gaze shifting from Tonks and Sirius who were dancing together to his god daughter.

"Hey, you enjoying this?" he asked her with smile on his face that she knew he was putting it up.

"Rem...How many years since we've known each other?" asked Audrey as Remus frowned at her odd question and sipped on his gin and tonic.

"Seventeen," he replied oddly.

"Well...then seventeen years together and you still think I wouldn't know that something is bothering you," said Audrey looking at him disappointedly. Remus smiled and shut his eyes.

"Merlin, don't do that Audrey," he said leaning against the table behind him.

"Why not?" she asked frowning.

"Cause you're mother does that," he said trying to forget.

"Don't remind me of her Remus...I don't even look in the mirror anymore...I hate that I remind myself so much of them...it is truly a curse," she said sighing as Remus looked at her and shook his head.

"No Audrey...you're beautiful...you're a beautiful person...and you listen to me when I tell you that, you're parents don't define who you are...you do," he said as she nodded smiling proudly at him.

"Will you give the same advice to your kid too?" asked Audrey as he frowned.

"What are you talking about? You are my kid," he said pulling her close to his side from her shoulders.

"Don't play dumb with me Remus...your wife is pregnant is she not?" snapped Audrey as Remus's face paled slightly.

"Yes," he replied softly.

"I am so happy for you," she said excitedly as she hugged him tightly as he ruffled her hair as always.

"Don't be..." he said disappointedly looking down at his feet shamefully.

"What are you talking about? You should be happy!" she said holding his hand as he looked at her.

"Do you have any idea what this child will be like? Half human...half...werewolves are not meant to interbreed...heck they aren't supposed to breed...I am a vile being and I have gone and ruined another life," said Remus panicking as Audrey pulled him into the corner.

"Rem, don't say such things...not at this time!" said Audrey shaking her head as she felt sorry for him but more for Dora because she knew what was going through his head, he wanted to leave them...he thought they were better off without him.

"I can't do it Audrey...I just can't," he said dragging a shaky hand through his hair.

"Remus...you are my godfather...but you've always been more than a father to me...and I would probably be worse than I turned out to be if you hadn't been in my life," said Audrey pressing his hand gently as he sighed shaking his head.

"Don't do it Rem," she said pleaded.

"Do what?"

"What my mother did," she replied sternly.

"I don't know what you mean," he shrugged.

"Don't deprive another child of its father," she snapped at him as he stood up straighter. He looked at her as she turned her face away from him.

"You miss him don't you?" he asked her lifting her head with his finger.

"Haven't I always," she said depressed.

"Come here," he said pulling her into a tight hug as she cried a little while he held her to him, consoling her, promising it would all be okay.

"Promise...me that you will not leave Dora come what may..." she said looking at him as before Remus could reply. Spells were shots all over the place as Remus pushed Audrey behind his back and pulled out his wand as death eaters surrounded the canopy as a few entered.

"Audrey!" shouted someone from behind her as she was throwing stunners at the death-eaters who seemed to be pouring in numbers. Audrey to turned to look at Harry, Hermione and Ron who stood next to each other as she turned to Remus.

"Go!" he shouted at her pushing her away, she shook her head. He turned around and pulled her into a sharp hug.

"Go!"

"Not unless...you promise me that you will never leave her!" she shouted at him as he looked flustered. Sirius came in front of his best friend.

"What the fuck are you doing Snape...get the fuck out of here!" he snarled at her.

"Remus...if I die out there I want to know that your child is going to be alright!" she said as Remus opened his mouth.

"I promise!" he said as Audrey gave him a final smile before running over to her friends as they disapparated into the night.

"What was that about?" Sirius inquired as Remus got back into throwing spells at the death eaters as three were down.

"Nothing...that was about me being an idiot...but I know better now," said Remus smiling at Sirius as Sirius seemed as confused as before but he smiled back at his best friend.

A loud horn sounded next to Audrey's right ear as she screamed and pulled her friends back with her as a large truck passed them in blurring speed as the driver sent of a stream of abuses for them.

They walked onto the sidewalk all panting still in their wedding clothes as they looked around to study their location.

"Where are we?" asked Ron bewildered...he knew this was a muggle place so he had never visited it before.

"Tottenham Court Road," replied Hermione.

"We need to get some place empty fast," said Hermione as Audrey pointed out to an empty coffee shop through an alley. They stopped as Hermione handed Audrey one of the sling bags.

"We need to change," she said as Audrey nodded pushing her hand right into the bag as she pulled out a couple of clothes some for Harry and her.

They walked straight into the small coffee shop and sat themselves down, while Ron muttered something about Hermione packing his tight jeans for him.

"What about all the people at the wedding? Don't you think we should go back?" asked Harry sounding sombre as the annoyed woman came and took their orders.

"They're after you...not them, we'll be risking their lives if we return," replied Ron shaking his head.

"So where do we go from here?" Ron asked looking at the girls opposite him.

"The Leaky Cauldron?" he asked as Hermione shook her head.

"No that's too dangerous...if Voldemort's taken over the ministry...they will be looking for us and if they are looking for us anywhere magical is not safe," replied Hermione.

"What about all my things I've left it at the Burrow" said Harry as Hermione turned to look at Audrey who sighed in her seat and then shook her head looking at the bag.

"You're joking," he said looking at the two sling bags in front of him.

"Undetectable expansion charms...it's something we've been working on with Fred and George," said Hermione smiling as she turned to Audrey who sat oddly still.

"What is it...what's wrong?" she asked her. Audrey looked up and slouched a little.

"He was there," she said angrily.

"Who was there?" asked Hermione confused as the boys leaned forward.

"My father...he was there...he was the last to enter...I saw him...I saw his eyes...I wish I had been more alert" she said rubbing her own in tired ones.

"It's not your fault," said Ron giving her a small smile as she shook her head disheartened.

"I ruined Fleur's wedding...probably something she'd never forgive me for," she replied as they looked at her sympathetically.

"You're being a stupid!" said Harry shaking his head as she smiled a little for him but then went back to the coffee that the lady had placed in front of them as she stood behind the counter as two underground workers entered the shop, she took their orders and went off into the kitchen.

"So tell me more about this spell?" asked Harry as Hermione began to explain it while Ron commented on how much he hated the shirt he was wearing.

" Get down," shouted Audrey as spell came shooting at them out of nowhere, they took refuge under the table as they moved to the corner and hid behind the booths shooting spells and matching their magic with that of Dolohov and Raul.

The shower of spells was as long as ten minutes as Harry's stunner and Hermione's body bind hit the men right in the chest making them do a small flip in the air and crash against the wall behind the counter as they fell to the floor unconscious.

The four of them walked towards the two unmoving bodies, Ron kicked one with his foot as the other stared at them blankly. A few seconds later the muggle woman walked out with a tray of coffee as she stopped abruptly looking at the teenagers and the two men who lay on the floor.

"Leave! Now!" ordered Hermione, the woman was smart and left before anything else happened not looking back twice.

"What should we do with them...kill them?"

"Ron! We're only just turned of age and that is completely unethical and inhuman!" snapped Hermione angrily.

"So then what do we do?" asked Ron pouting brandishing his wand around.

"I say we wipe their memories...Hermione you're the one with the charms," said Audrey sounding urgent her wand was still in her hand. The group agreed with her suggestion and a few minutes later they were back outside on the London streets.

"Where do we go now?" asked Audrey as they walked through the dark alleys of London passing several muggles who did not appreciate the presence of three teenagers.

"Grimmauld Place, it's been sealed off by the order since Dumbledore's-death, there are still wards over the place and Sirius is now the secret keeper, so no one knows of the place...it's the safest bet right now," said Harry as the rest agreed holding each other's hands and apparating right inside the house making sure they did, so as to avoid any roving eye that could catch them.

A lot of dust flew in their face as they waited while Hermione finished with charms to check for any imposters in the house.

"We're alone," she said a little disappointedly as they could not believe that Grimmauld Place would ever be empty. That was not the way they remembered it.

A step further and there was a sudden jet of magic that rushed towards them as a corpse of sort flew towards them. Audrey screamed the corpse looked like it had decayed for ages on end. The corpse looked like her grandfather and it asked them questions as she dare not look up from Harry's chest.

"DID YOU KILL ALBUS DUMBLEDORE?" it asked them, as none of them that the guts to reply apart from an unconscious and meek 'no' that sounded from the bundle on Harry's chest that he held closely. The corpse retreated to its previous place making sure that they could now enter Grimmauld place. They were all shaken but they made sure they settled down as Hermione took for the coverings and made the beds. The girls slept on the couch while the boys on the moth eaten carpet with the couch pillows.

A few hours since Ron has begun snoring and Hermione's book had fallen across her chest Audrey slowly got up to look down at Harry. His glasses were still on just in case.

She found the first door down the corridor that no one had used...there was a title on it...that read Regulas Arctus Black...her meticulous brain connected the dots easily...could this be the mysterious R.A.B?

Sirius had once said his brother had been a death eater but later betrayed his cause and had been personally killed by Voldemort. Audrey wondered if the reason he had been killed was because of the Horcrux. She decided to discuss her new finding with her friends in the morning.

Audrey made her way upstairs and into the room that her father had resided in; she opened the drawers to find the room empty just like his heart. She however found a letter addressed to him, sealed tightly. She picked it up frowning; the ink on it seemed to have been blotched due to drops of water that had dried probably years ago. Audrey broke the seal and pulled out the old parchment and began to read.

Date: 8th August 1980

Dear Severus,

I don't even know, why I am writing this to you, but I suppose I owe her this. I owe our child a chance to get to know you. Not that she needs it, after all I have news that you have become a death eater. Once again I don't know why I am writing to you.
It is important for you to know that, today on Friday, 19:52, our daughter was born, yes...Severus...our daughter...I was pregnant when I left you. Not that you deserved to know this, seeing that you never gave me the chance to explain. But I am glad I left...but I cannot help but to feel the need to let you know about our child.

Her name is Audrey...Audrey Rachel Adams...and I like her name...I don't care what you think about it. She has your eyes...your hair colour...looks a lot like you. But it does not matter does it. It is not as if I would ever let you near her. If I die though...which is highly unlikely I think she should live with her godfather or someone else...you really needn't bother.

I hope you have a good life where ever you are...honestly I don't care. Don't try to reach us or contact us...you'll probably won't get to us at all.

Sincerely,

Rachel Adams.

Audrey gulped; her father hadn't opened the letter, why had he never opened the letter? She didn't care though, how did it matter anyway?...they were together now...making her life miserable! Such bloody irony!

Audrey bit her lips as she ripped the letter apart and the parchment caught fire on its own. Her life had not turned out the way she had planned. She thought that if she found her father everything would be fine, everything would be perfect but now that she saw it, everything had just gone downhill since she had met him. But she couldn't deny just how easily he had won her heart. How he had charmed her by his farce love for her and for two years she had believed her fairy tale to be true not once doubting the fact that he had been a death eater, not once doubting his love for her. She was such a fool, such a mindless fool.

"Audrey?" someone called her name out loudly as she raised her tear filled eyes. Clearing them quickly she saw Harry walk into the room and shut the door behind him.

"What's wrong?" he asked her as she shook her head but then burst out crying and blaming herself for believing her father. Harry held her close and caressed her hair making sure that he looked at her once she was done.

"Audrey...listen to me...you are not...I repeat...not stupid...love is a powerful thing Audrey...sometimes you don't know where it takes you...I mean look at me...my mum Audrey...my mum died because she loved me...don't give up on love Audrey...I am right here with you...and I love you more than anyone else could ever believe," he said trying to calm her she grew silent. They shared that comfortable peace in each other's arms after which she kissed him which grew into something more. When morning came, they knew they had made love, their first time together and their first time ever. But it had been worth it, it had been worth everything.

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