Chapter Fifteen
While Frank was busy writing his letter to his Gran, Remus dealing a very hormonal witch that was due in the next couple of months. This pregnancy was a lot different from their first; for one thing Dora was a lot more emotional then she was in last, second of all she gained a lot more weight than before and it made her emotions even worse. They had found out thanks to the Muggle doctor they were seeing that they were having girl, thankfully Dora agreed on the name Lillian Hope Lupin. Named after two of the strongest women he had ever known about till now, he thought Lillian was saint during her pregnancy compared to how Dora was this time around.
He loved Dora but her emotions had her wound tighter than a rubber band ball about to break any minute, she was crying at the drop of the hat. Just yesterday she cried because she couldn't see her feet which meant she was fat, and Remus spent the better part of day trying to calm her down by saying she wasn't fat and that she was still the same beautiful witch he fell in love. That of course set of another round of tears, which exasperated Remus to no end, after all no matter what he said she would start crying.
Today she was throwing things and blaming Remus for her state, he didn't really want to know what tomorrow was going to bring. Of course, her parents just stood back with Edward or Teddy as they call him just out of harms way in case one of the plates, she was throwing actually hit her mark. Remus had to get out of there for a little while, so he had Andromeda and Ted watch Teddy while he to the Apothecary to see if they have any mood stabilizer Potion's safe enough for a pregnant woman to take.
He didn't want to take Teddy just yet because he couldn't control his metamorphmagus gift just yet and with Remus having to cut through a Muggle Mystical shop to get to the Alley behind it, he couldn't take a chance of Muggle seeing his hair change at random. Just this morning he work up blue hair for it to change within five minutes to light brown much like his own, than a few minutes it was black like his grandmothers.
Andromeda said it took Dora until she was five to be able to control it long enough to go out in public, which meant he had another four years to help his son practice his control. Once he deciphered that weeks code to gain entry, went straight for the Apothecary hoping beyond hope that they had what he was looking for or something similar.
Mia was having the time of her life lately, she was starting to go to morning mass with Murphy and Conor, and to be honest she was actually enjoying herself. Afterwards they would drop her off at home to get some sleep before work at night, then they would head off to the Meat Packing Plant with James to work their morning shift. After work they would pick up Mia and head to McGinty's for a pint or two while Mia slung beer around all night and once, she rang up the last customer she would get to work wiping down tables, cleaning glasses, counting out the till from that nights profits. She would put that nights take in the safe in Doc's office and leave for the night on the arm of her Irishman just to start all over the next day.
Pandora was also having a good time between telling stories of Dragons and Princesses, she found time to go to night school for her teaching degree. She figured she would have something to do while waiting for her perfect match to appear.
James would go to work with the MacManus twins in the mornings and then to night school; sometimes if he was lucky enough to have the extra time, he would stop in McGinty's for a pint or two with the guys and round of darts against Rocco. He missed Frank but knew being in New York was where he was needed at the moment, it was his only way possibly healing his parents.
By time it was for the Quibbler to be put out, James would wonder what kind of response they would be getting back from twins. So, when Pandora snuck into the Alley behind the store, she made a beeline to the newspaper stand to pick up their monthly copy then she would head to the Apothecary to fill her monthly potions order only this times added some potions to help with cramps since their muggle counterpart wasn't doing to subside the pain every month.
Once she was finished, she would take the bus back to South Boston and read the Quibbler with the others front to back looking for anything out of the ordinary that catches their eye. It was James that first spotted the ad from Remus, he quickly checked his calendar and noticed the full moon was coming in two days which they had six days before needing to go meet up with Remus at the Fireside Tavern in the Alley behind the Mystical Shop.
Then as they were going over who all was going to go, Mia spotted the response they were looking for,
To the lost ones: One set of Magical twins at your disposal. Ready to leave at a moment's notice
It was just what they wanted to hear, having the twins nearby would be a good thing and getting them out of Wizarding Britian was even better. Mia decided that she would be the one to respond this time and they all agreed. Just as they were to close the paper one more ad stood out and this one was meant for Pandora. It read:
Moonbeam: You are missed, stay safe and hope to see you in the future. ~Dad~
For the first time since arriving in Boston Pandora started crying, her dad was risking everything as it was to publish their ads and now, he was taking an even bigger risk leaving her a personal one. This made everything that they were working towards worth it, Mia just pulled her in for a hug and told the younger girl everything was going to be alright in the end and they just needed to be patient.
Pandora knew Mia was right and quickly dried her tears setting about trying to figure out who was all going to meet up with Remus in six days and what exactly they were going to tell him. He wasn't a part of the future vision's Pandora was having but still he needed to know that James was safe and then they could continue to get back on track.
Murphy still needed to propose, Frank needed to move out on his own finally, James needed to focus on school and Mia was needed at McGinty's. After all there was just one year left before everything Pandora has seen comes to pass, and a part of the twin's past will come into the picture after not being there for years. Of course, it wasn't his fault he was sent to Prison and framed to make sure stayed there for life, after all he trusted the wrong guy to watch his back. That's why the twins have each other's back, they know that one won't rat out the other guy, they also trusted Rocco to a certain extent. He wasn't family so having their backs was going to be tough, they have a long road to get there with some unexpected help.
If everything goes right Mia and Murphy will be married while he is on the run, and she drops everything to go with them. Then they will wind up in Ireland and James will randomly show up and not leave, after all why should Mia have all the fun.
It will be during Frank's wedding that Pandora will meet her perfect match, she knows that timeline now but not his face which was frustrating her to no end. By the time Frank is ready to marry his mother will be awake enough to give her blessing to the bride, which will cause all kinds of tears. His Gran will come around to the idea of having a Squib granddaughter-in-law, once she meets her, she will understand what her grandson sees in Queenie Kowalski.
The twins will set a up an even more successful Joke shop in Wizarding Boston and become the for most joke aficionados this side of the of the Pond. Weasley Wizarding Wheezes will become a chain when the open their next store in Wizarding New York, then to Miami Florida over to the West Coast. They will even have stores in Hawaii and Alaska not to mention Puerto Rico, the only place they will not reopen a shop is in Wizarding London. At least while the Dark Lord is still running things his way, they will stay as far away possible.
Mia had written the response to the Twins:
To the Magical Twins: Head to Wizarding New York to await further instructions.
And James wrote one to Remus:
To Moony: The lost cub will be at the Fireside Tavern in Wizarding Boston on the first Saturday after the full moon. Be there by 3pm and come alone for now.
Pandora sent the off the responses with the fastest Owl they could rent, no matter what James said in his response he wasn't exactly going to be alone. He is going to bring Conor with him to meet up with Remus, not that he doesn't trust Remus its just time for the MacManus twins to experience the Wizarding Side of Boston. So, he is bringing Conor with him to the Fireside Tavern while Mia shows Murphy around and picks up their monthly potion order a day early.
Murphy was going to propose that Saturday night in the park during the production of Romeo and Juliet, he finally had everything worked out on how he was going propose. He even picked up a bottle of Champane to toast with, and planned on picking up the strawberries before they head to the park for the production.
Everything was perfect and as far as she could see nothing was going to stand in their way of achieving their goals, not even Dumbledore or the Dark Lord. Pandora saw that war was going to end once it reached the outer most countries like France and Bulgaria, whose Army of Auror Corps were trained for heavy combat in case Grindelwald had found a way to escape his Prison. Even the countries down below the equator were heavily trained and Grindelwald didn't make that far during his campaign, he was defeated before he could take his show the road farther south.
American Auror's learned from their mistakes and started implementing Muggle Military Training as part of its regime to help train its recruits. The only stagnant Auror Corps was the one in Wizarding England and that's part of their problem, the other part is expect a boy all of 17 with no real training to take on the Dark Lord win. Even full gown Wizards had problems defeating the Dark Lord, what makes them think he could.
English Wizards needed a swift kick in the ass, then maybe they will their heads out of there and start training harder to take on the Dark Lord instead of hoping someone else will do their dirty work for them. Pandora had a few choice words for the English Wizards, but she was to much of a Lady to actually speak them out loud. They needed a Muggleborn Minister of Magic, one that will be more than just a figurehead and do the job he or she was elected for; they could bring the Wizarding World of the Dark Ages kicking and screaming into the 20th century. The sooner they caught up with the rest of the World, the sooner they will no longer be the laughingstock of the Wizarding World.
Then they need to bring Hogwarts forward in time as well, plus implementing new classes and bring back core classes like Healing and Alchemy. Classes that the headmasters of the past dropped to save the student population from getting burnt out, or if the students wanted to be curse breaker, they had to more classes through their bank and pay for it out of pocket. Dragon keepers had to know basic healing which was taught at their local Dragon Reserve but also had to be paid out of pocket.
But if they had those types of classes ready implemented at school, the Dragon keepers can focus more on training more up and coming Dragon Keepers. The same goes for Curse Breaking, if the implemented classes where available beforehand the Curse Breakers could pay more attention to their surroundings there would be a lot death and/or injury in the field. Which would the Goblins coffers as well as their own. Happy Bosses mean happy employees, happy employees means more money for everyone in the end.