Chapter 2

Remus Lupin was fuming, he was on a routine patrol close to Hogwarts, the full moon was a couple of weeks away, he had planned a quiet evening.

But then he caught his scent, and couldn't stay away.

He followed the scent into the Forbidden Forest, he was thinking about different ways he could take out Greyback when said wolf lunged at him from behind.

Remus found himself sprawled on the forest floor, he had time to summon his wand and blocked Greyback's first volley of spells.

"Remus Lupin, long time no see my pup. It's time to come home!" Greyback declared and prepared himself to strike physically again.

"Oh no you don't!" a female voice suddenly exclaimed, Greyback barely had time to turn around in its direction when his head was promptly cut off from his body.

Remus was gaping, a woman had just appeared from thin air and decapitated Fenrir Greyback in front of him with a fucking sword.

"You! It's you, you're the twins' guardian angel!"

Hermione snorted softly, "I don't believe I'm an angel but thank you" and started walking away.

"Don't go, no one knows who you are, I can take you back to the Order?" Remus asked, hopefully.

Hermione shook her head, and smiled sadly, "No thank you, I admire the Order of course but they're not prepared to do what's necessary, a war isn't pretty and not everyone deserves a second chance.

I'm afraid I'll have to decline the introduction, but say hi to the twins for me.

Also, I don't know if you've seen the papers..." she trailed off.

"Bellatrix?" Remus asked, remembering this morning Daily Prophet announcing the witch's death, with gruesome details, Bellatrix Lestrange had been carved into, mostly words like bitch, and lunatic but also a random mudblood on her forearm no one could explain.

Hermione nodded, "Right, I know they were never close but family is family so tell Padfoot I'm sorry", then she left a speechless Remus alone and walked away from him.

"She called me Padfoot?" Sirius Black exclaimed.

Remus and Sirius were at the latter's flat, with James Potter. Sadly, Peter Pettigrew had to take care of his mother and couldn't come.

Remus had recounted his meeting with the guardian angel, as they had started calling her. He decided against going to the Order with his memory, she was clearly aware of Dumbledore's opinions on her actions and he didn't want too many people to know she was also responsible for Bellatrix's death.

"She did, like she had said it many times before. I don't think she even realised it" Remus replied.

"Right, so she knows us in some way, not that many people know our nicknames, but she wasn't at Hogwarts, her accent was English right?"

"Definitely somewhere from London yeah, maybe she was homeschooled? Sword fighting isn't that rare to teach in pureblood homes" James Potter added to the conversation.

"She's not sword fighting though, she's killing them with precision.

We still have no idea who she is! Besides she's beautiful, someone should be able to recognise her! Those curls are distinctive." Remus ended with a dazed look in his eyes.

James and Sirius exchanged a glance at that.

"Right, Moony, do you fancy the sword welding lunatic?" James asked a bit brutally.

"Who wouldn't?" Sirius said with a snort.