The woman went straight to Lupin. She opened up a black case she had with her and began pulling various bottles of liquids and pastes out. Igor hurried to help her.
Elsa lay her husband's body down on the bed. She pulled the bedclothes up and her and her daughter tucked them in neatly around his body. Violet grabbed a flickering candle, placing her father's hands palms up on his lap. She wedged the candle in his hands, and kissed his cheek.
"Does anyone have any money on them?" Asked Elsa quietly. Amelia behind her quickly placed two bronze coins in her hand. Elsa placed them on her husband's eyelids and kissed his other cheek. Then burst into fresh tears. Amelia held her arms out and her friend grabbed her, weeping.
"Shh, Elsa, shh. Everything's going to be all right." She whispered soothingly into Elsa's ear.
"But my Andrei…he's dead! He's never coming back…" Wept Elsa. Lara started playing her guitar behind her, silent tears half dried on her cheeks.
"I cried, never gonna hold the hand of another guy, too young for him they told her, waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier, our love will never end, waitin' for the soldier to come back again…." The young woman sang hollowly and Elsa smiled through the tears.
"That brings it all back…he was such a brave soldier, in the war. And he was brave tonight." She smiled to herself. "I should go back home. I should tell the children what's happened."
She strode to the fire, threw a pinch of floo powder on the flames and barked out a word.
"Violet, are you coming?"
"No." The teenage girl was still stood at her father's side, shaking. But not with grief. With rage. She turned to her mother, red eyed and her face screwed up with wrathful rage. "I'm going to find who did this to dad. Then I'm going to rip them apart with my bare hands." These hands clenched themselves. Elsa looked at her daughter and nodded.
Then she stepped into the fire.
Amelia laid a hand on Violet's shoulder but the girl shook her off.
"Violet, this anger is dangerous. You know what anger leads to; anger leads to the bloodlust."
"I know Amelia. But I have to do this. For father."
Amelia sighed and nodded.
"I did the same for my father, so I really can't criticise you. I just hope you know what you're doing." She patted the girl on the shoulder. Well, come on. We'd better go downstairs and find out what's happening." She wiped her face and turned to Tonks and Lara. "Are you two coming with us?"
"I don't know about them but I'm coming." Snarled Rosie suddenly, stabbing thin air with her wand savagely.
"I'll come." Lara vanished the guitar simply and stood up. "I should probably make sure that Vi stays safe."
"I'll come too." Said Tonks, before she even realised she'd said it.
"Don't you want to stay here and make sure Remus is okay?" Asked Lara, her face full of concern. Tonks shook her head.
"I want the same as Violet. Revenge."
A/n: sorry for complete lack of author notes in the last few chappies, but i was on a complete roll lol.
thanks for the reviews they always make me smile lol
an yeh i put an igor in because they always make me smile an it seemed appropriate
more added to piczo site- violet and some of the younger members of the pack have their own say!
no one still picked up on the clue on that site...but who can guess who the mysterious young woman with igor was??
thanks for the whole mal/wizard ideas...any others let me know on the forum on the Amelia C2!
yea, i kno it sounds bigheaded to start a C2 for your own story, but i'm planning quite a few, maybe even in different sections, so i made a C2 for your ease/comfort. its calles the amelia cronicles and is under harry potter C2's atm lol
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littledevildrummagirl
ps-song cred dixie chicks travelling soldier. cos it makes me cry, and is like the elsa/andrei story which will be in a future fanfiction