Hey guys I apologies for the delay in updating, life has taken a delightful turn since December. I have started a new job which takes me away from home for months at a time so please be patient with me when it comes to updates, I will never abandon this story.

Also please be patient with me as I have just taken on enough fan fiction authors stories due to his Ill health.

Thank you for the reviews hopefully I have answered your questions below.

thank you for each of you reviews, one of you have asked if he has been given a adoption potion no he has not I would like to point out that Samuel is a metamorphmaguse in which is why he looks like john's father as he gets older he will have his own image.

Also enough reviewer asked why our favorite transfiguration professor was unaware of John's family, as stated in chapter one the two had argument over career choices when he left Hogwarts she wanted him to be a professional teacher like herself so when he left Britain with Samuel he kind of left his old life behind. (if you ever fallen out with your parents or other family members without speaking to each other for years it's kind of like that) There was a line in the last chapter that had been chopped of when she saw the bottle of painkillers it should have read john McGonagall, New York. That's how Minnie found him.

To answer why the werewolf attacked, they attacked the McGonagall's due to john's involvement in the creation of an all-out cure. It was created roughly a few years before the Wolf bane potion was correctly made. An unknown person who has links to the top official of the British ministry and greyback doesn't want it to succeed.

Samuel will be headed to Hogwarts but not yet, but he will be returning to Britain on a surprise visit but that is all I am going to say for now.

A few more characters will be joining in the next few chapters.

On with the story...

Six enjoyable weeks later a relaxed transfiguration professor was found in her son's guest bedroom packing her suitcases with new photos of her grandchildren. In all sadness she couldn't believe she was once again leaving her family behind but the start of the new term was fast approaching and Albus bloody Dumbledore pet phoenix kept arriving every few days with a letter from the old man demanding her return to Scotland.

In the past six weeks in the states had opened her eyes to the use of muggle technologies in everyday life, the television had been her favorite by far becoming slight addicted to TV programs such as murder she wrote and magnum, p.I.

When not in-front of the television Minnie joined her grandchildren in the air at the local qudditch pitch hidden deep in central park, it seemed that the twins and Samuel had the talent of the family which she found funny as both Lisa and John seemed happy to watch rather than join in. both Alice and Alisa played chaser for a local youth team while their big brother had just broke into the under 12's squad as first team seeker much to her delight.

During the day Minnie and the children did the whole tourist sightseeing of the big apple while their parents worked every so often ex Hogwarts students on their own holidays would accidently bump into them out shopping or in central park. Many of these ex Hogwarts students was completely dumbfounded to find her in elegant designer muggle clothing with her usually tight hair style loosely hanging to her shoulders.

In the very last week the McGonagall clan headed to the only wizarding shopping complex know as Salem mall, the mall was thousands time bigger then Diagon alley housing its own branch of Gringotts alongside multiple shops selling a large range for the modern witch or wizard could need.

The whole family was there to start school shopping for Samuel; he had received an invitation to the best wizarding school in the entire country, Salem's academy. From what Minerva had heard and been told by John and Lisa was that the school was split into two campus. One for the younger students aged from eight to fourteen, the other for students aged fourteen plus

Poor old Minnie was slightly annoyed that one of her grandchildren would never grace the hallways of Hogwarts but it was Samuel decision. As much as she hated to admit it Hogwarts had fallen in standard since Albus had taken over as headmaster.

Classes such as introduction to the magical world no longer existed also elocution and finally ballroom dancing had been banished to the school's history, the school offered a basic education these days for a rather high tuition. Once she returned to Hogwarts she would inquire about renewing these classes with the board it wasn't like the school didn't have the money or classroom to provide them.

As for teachers she was prepared to hire them over the next week just in time for the new school term and fire some of the worst teachers on the teachers Rota. A young greasy haired potions professor and drunk wanner be seer was high in her list of people Hogwarts could do if out.

These professors had been the reason for the decline in high passable grades in potions and history of magic in the past few years, especially in the healers and auror department leaving Britain dangerously short of trained witches and wizards.

In her mind it was clear who she wanted for teaching defense of the dark arts but with his condition at the present moment the board wouldn't allow it. The young man in question would make a wonderful teacher maybe if she spoke to john about the cure then Remus would finally be accepted as for potions Minnie would visit an very old retired colleague once back on British soil. Maybe she could bribe the man into teaching the owl's and n.e.w.t students.

With a heavy sigh she finished the last of the packing before shrinking each case for easy transportation.

Outside Minerva could hear the twins trying to claim a new broomstick as their own; by the sounds of it a scuffle had erupted in the lounge. Running footsteps echoed from every directions of the apartment as John, Lisa and Samuel ran to stop the twins. Moving out the bedroom door she could see make out that the twins had been successfully separated. Alice in her mother's arms pouting as Lisa quietly whispered in her ear at the exact same moment sat on her father's lap Alisa received a tongue lashing from John, to the side Samuel who was clutching the Eagle 5000 broomstick watched on with amusement.

Ten minutes of temper tantrums later harmony ascended on the apartment and the whole family sat at the breakfast table for the last time.

-Ministry of Magic international port key lounge-

As Minnie took a pew in the over-crowded waiting room for international port-key lounge, her mind replayed her time in the states.

Most of her time was spent with the children getting to know their personality, the twins where loyal and brave and a little cunning. Both girls had gotten their eldest sibling in trouble most of the time while receiving no punishment. Samuel was a loving brother but had an over protective nature and sometimes he could lash out violently if necessary in order to save his family.

When she confronted John and Lisa about Samuel they both explained his current condition, while her grandson wasn't a complete Werewolf it seemed that poor Samuel did harbour some of the better aspects of Lycanthrope. The sharp sense of smell and sight Samuel also had the ability of morphing into a jet black wolf at any time of the month. While thinking about it she frowned at the thought of the black coat as nobody in her family ever had dark hair, it was explained away by John as a trait inherited from Samuel's unknown biological mother but a nagging voice in her head was screaming loudly.

Deciding not to question her son, she let the matter go but put away the information for further investigation when she returned home.

Her memories where interrupted as a loud male voice shouted across the lounge, gathering her belongings Minerva headed to the desk to pick up her port-key pass.

After a final bag check she headed into a chamber with some fellow scots returning from their holiday. Many of the faces seemed shocked to see their old teacher staring down at them as they hit the floor of the ministry of magic in London.

Gathering her belongings Minerva exited the room with a skip in her step, unfortunely the young man who took the full force impact was indeed the very person who she had wanted to see.

Remus Lupin chuckled as he helped his red faced former head of house to her feet.

"Good morning Minerva, enjoyable trip."

"Oh Remus thank you, yes I had a wonderful trip with my son and grandchildren." While exchanging greetings Minnie noticed the younger man's condition, he looked tried with multiple bags under his eyes. Both of his arms where bandaged under his robes along with two claw marks across the cheeks.

"John and his team have been working on a full out cure for your condition, they are currently looking for willing sufferers to test the cure on. So far the results have been highly positive, if you interested send john an owl and he be in contact."

The young man was routed to the spot as he absorbed the information though his brain, the beginning of a smile graced his face. But his eyes radiated with excitement.

Without warning he turned on the spot and literally began to skip his way through the ministry employees not caring at the looks he was getting as he went.

Grabbing her fallen bag Minnie made her way to the floo readying herself for the oncoming storm that was about to hit Hogwarts, in less than two hours the board was meeting while the headmaster was in wales visiting the Potters.

-Ministry of magic level three Department of law-

There was a cure, there was a cure, there was a cure.

Remus Lupin unashamedly danced with fresh tears in his eyes, for the first time in over nineteen years he could truly celebrate. He had heard rumours of an outright cure emerging from travellers visiting Britain from America, but dismissed them as drunk Chita chat.

In-till now

This morning he had woken up with nothing else to do except mope and wait round for his friends to finish shortly before ten clock he flooed into the ministry to join Sirius Black as his long time childhood friend finished a gruelling twenty hour shift.

But the old dog had been held back by his mentor for debriefing leave Remus alone in international arrival hall next thing he knew His old head of house had literally run into him bringing exciting news with her.

In a state of shock he had left without saying goodbye and mentally remaindered himself to send an apology as he skipped and danced though the crowd hurriedly pushing and shoving in his haste to find his friend to share his good news.

This is how his friend found him.

Sirius Orion Black couldn't wait for the morning to finish after he had just finished a gruelling mission and an extremely tough debriefing, never in his wildest dreams had the current lord black though he would find one of his best friends dancing and crying outside his office door. No words where said as Remus grabbed him and pushed him into the floo. Within minutes two good friends sat raising a glass of the finest fire whiskey to a happy future.

IN-TILL NEXT TIME

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