Disclaimer: It's Jo's not mine. Playing in her world with her characters and a few of my OCs.

Author's Note: Flashback's are from Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows.

Chapter Two: Magic Revealed

The nearly silent reception room of Saint Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries was disrupted with the sound of a moderately loud thump as Vicky fainted and fell to the spotless, luminous, white flooring. Elizabeth spun on her heel at the sound, her wand raised before her gaze dropped to the floor. The vampiress sighed and muttered, "Bugger..." as she sent a diagnostic spell at the young redhead.

"Is she alright, Lieutenant Commander?" came the voice of the plump blonde witch behind the desk.

"As alright as you can be when you faint to the hard floor." McGonagall said as she turned back towards the blonde. "Now, I'm here to see Harriet Peverell. The young redhead with me is her twin."

"Harriet Peverell..." the witch muttered turning to a long list and running her finger down it. "Ah, yes, fourth floor. Since it was accidental magic that placed her with us. Dilys Derwent ward, Room seven."

"Thank you, Emma," she said giving the blonde a nod. Trinity turned around to Vicky when she saw her already floating in mid air and Remus slightly smirking at her in his old Auror cloak with his wand pointed at the young redhead. Elizabeth eyed him for a moment and nodded before saying, "Good to see you back in uniform, Corporal. I assume you heard where Harriet is?"

"With my hearing it's hard not to, Trinity." he said dryly.

"Right. Follow me then, Moony, and make sure she doesn't hit anything." McGonagall said sternly.

Neither of the two said a word as they walked along a narrow corridor leading to the stairwell. The two Marauder trained Aurors turned dark creatures were lost in their own thoughts as they went up four flights of stairs with Vicky floating in between them. They barely registered entering the Spell Damage corridor and went through the next door on the left which bore the words DILYS DERWENT WARD: TEMPORARY OBSERVATION. The two friends kept walking down the hall until they reached room seven, where they seemed to snap out of it as they saw a card in a brass holder that had been handwritten, Healer: Andromeda Tonks.

McGonagall knocked on the door before opening it and stepping in with Vicky floating behind her as Remus led her inside and settled her into a chair before closing the door. Andromeda moved quickly to the young redhead's side, her lime-green Healer robes fluttering around as she moved, and looked questioningly at Trinity. "Well, what happened Elizabeth?" the Healer asked a bit impatiently.

"She fainted in the reception room, not long after we got here. After the day she and her twin have had, then side-along apparition and reading the name of this hospital on the floor guide. I think it proved too much for her to handle," Trinity said softly.

"I'll be the judge of that, if you don't mind, Eli," Andromeda said briskly as she waved her wand at Victoria, casting a few different diagnostic spells. "Hmmm... well, she did faint, but she's asleep now. No doubt she'll be out as long as her sister will be. Odd happenings with twins, even fraternal ones."

Andromeda sat down in a chair between the twins and looked over at Elizabeth and Remus. "Just how much are you two going to tell them when they wake up?" she asked as she transfigured the chair Vicky was sitting in into a hospital bed.

"Everything," Elizabeth said and held up a hand, "but the prophecy. They will both need to learn the art of Occlumency before we tell them that."

"I think telling them the prophecy when they are old enough to understand would be better; not just when their Occlumency is up to par. I'd suggest that eleven would be the right age to tell them of their destiny." Remus said firmly.

"You seem to have made up your mind already, Moony," McGonagall said quietly.

"We've gone over this time and again, Trinity. The best time to tell the prophecy is once they get their Hogwarts letters," Lupin replied quickly.

Andromeda sighed while making Victoria more comfortable in her hospital bed. "That's quite enough you two. Keep it down before you end up waking them both. They do need their rest!" she snapped impatiently.

"Right you are, Andi," Trinity replied.

"Of course, Healer Tonks," Moony said.

A few hours later

Lieutenant Commander McGonagall's eyes shot open with a start and took in her surroundings, her wand already resting in her hand. White walls, beds with white linen and completely spotless. Saint Mungo's Hospital. Red hair and black hair that keeps cycling colors. Potter girls. A man with brown hair flecked with silver in slightly shabby Auror robes. Moony. No lime-green robes. Andi must be on break or with another patient. I know I felt eyes on me though.

Her piercing blue eyes fell on a portrait on the far wall within the room. An elderly witch with long silver ringlets sat in a handsome leather armchair in the deepest of sleeps. Trinity's eyes narrowed as she stood up and stalked towards the portrait that was labeled:

DILYS DERWENT

ST. MUNGO'S HEALER 1722-1741

HEADMISTRESS OF HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY, 1741-1768

"Dilys. Lady Dilys." Elizabeth said softly.

"Madam Derwent. Professor Derwent. You answer me right now, Madam, I know you aren't asleep." Trinity said with a bit of a growl.

"Senior Healer Dilys Derwent! Headmistress Derwent! You're just faking it like the whole lot of you do within the Headmaster's Office!" McGonagall said coolly raising her voice a little.

The elderly witch in the portrait finally opened her eyes and looked at Trinity. "Naturally, Lady Elizabeth, but there's no need to get your knickers in a twist, my dear."

"After the day I've had today you'd be surprised, Headmistress. Now, what are you doing in this frame?" McGonagall asked.

"Ah, well, as you no doubt can see it is my frame and I can visit it if I want to, Auror McGonagall," the portrait replied.

"It's Lieutenant Commander, Professor Derwent. It has been several years since the last time I was in Headmaster Dumbledore's office. Though I'm sure you lot are still charged with following whoever is the Head of Hogwarts, whether they be witch or wizard," Trinity said smoothly.

The elder witch eyed the younger woman in front of her portrait warily. "Quite right, Miss McGonagall. Now, if you don't mind I would like to return to Hogwarts for some real shut-eye."

Trinity's blue eyes narrowed as she raised her left hand with her wand still in its grip. "I wasn't finished yet, Headmistress. I'm sure you've heard over the years from the Transfiguration Mistress or the Potions Master or perhaps even the Headmaster himself, what I'm capable of now. So, if you don't mind, Madam, please sit down," she said sharply.

Dilys blinked within her frame and eyed the wand in the Auror's hand before speaking. "Ah, the legendary Trinity Empress herself. You know, some say you're almost at the same level of renown as Mad-Eye Moody. Albus was saying earlier today that it's such a shame at how far you've fallen from grace," she finished as she sat back in her chair.

Elizabeth's grip tightened on her wand before she spoke. "Well, it's bad form when the student surpasses the teacher, and that's what Alastor Moody is to me, Professor. As for what the Headmaster says, I would like to remind him that I was attacked by Vampires loyal to Lord Voldemort's cause. But, the ones who approached me a few days later were not of the same clan. I didn't choose my path anymore than Mister Remus Lupin had his chosen for him when his father insulted Fenrir Greyback. Dumbledore would do well to remember that."

The Auror held up her free hand stopping the portrait from speaking. "Headmaster Dumbledore knows he's pouring Firewhiskey onto an old open wound and yet he still does it repeatedly. Respectively remind the Headmaster of that Halloween and the following day. Also, inform him that people lost their lives whether by death, imprisonment or some other cause. Then, tell him of those still living of that close knit group, that they are only living a half-life until such time as Pettigrew is found alive and imprisoned and Sirius Black is released from Azkaban. Then and only then will they truly start to live again."

McGonagall sighed and took a breath before starting up again. "Now, Headmistress Derwent, you were no doubt sent here to find the Potter twins within Saint Mungo's. Well, I'm sorry to inform you that these two are not them. They are the Peverell sisters, Heather and Violet, cousins to the Potter family they may be, but Harriet and Victoria Potter they are not. Do tell Headmaster Dumbledore all of that will you Dilys? Thank you. You may return to Hogwarts for your well deserved rest now."

Hogwarts - Headmaster's Office - The next morning

Headmaster Albus Dumbledore sat in his chair behind his desk absently sucking on a lemon drop, when the silver-ringletted witch stirred within her picture. It took a few moments before the wise, old Headmaster noticed the former Headmistress staring at him from her portrait.

"Ah, Dilys," said Dumbledore, "What news?"

The old witch in her frame regarded him for a moment before speaking, "There are no Potter's registered within Saint Mungo's, Dumbledore. Although, there is a Peverell on the patient list."

"How very interesting Dilys," he said quietly already thinking the information over in his head.

"Dumbledore," started Dilys, "You should know I came across a chance meeting with the Trinity Empress while within Saint Mungo's. She had a message for you, sir."

"Oh?" Albus said as he looked over his half-moon spectacles at her, "Do tell, my dear lady."

"Lady Elizabeth wishes to remind you that not all paths are chosen by the people who live them. Sometimes they are influenced by others that change their chosen path." The Headmistress two centuries previously took a breath within her picture. "Also, that the events of a certain Halloween and the aftermath, left some people only half living their lives until a time that Black is released and Pettigrew is found and imprisoned in his place."

"Well, it seems that the famed, Auror Lieutenant Commander McGonagall, can still keep up a heated debate with a wise, old warlock such as myself," Dumbledore said as his eyes softly twinkled.

Saint Mungo's Hospital - Early evening

Elizabeth McGonagall lay on a transfigured couch with her feet facing the door, within the room the Potter twins were in. Her eyes were half closed but still flickering between Harriet, Victoria, Healer Tonks, Remus and the door itself. A highly polished Sequoia wood wand sat in a loose grip in her left hand.

Remus was leaning against the wall, his hand idly rubbing his chin while the other was inside his cloak holding onto the handle of his wand. He was watching Harriet's hair still cycling through its many colors. Before glancing at Victoria and seeing her stir slightly in her sleep, he said, "Andromeda, Victoria could be waking up. Any change in Harriet?"

Healer Tonks eyed Victoria before looking back at Harriet and sighed.

"No real chance that they'll be waking up at the moment," she said looking up at the two Marauders before continuing, "It could be the emergence of her own powers coming in to make themselves known."

"Then do tell us why she is stirring, Andi," Elizabeth said sharply as she sat up.

"It very well could be that she is reacting to a dream or it could be -"

"A Lady...," a hoarse female voice spoke from within the room, making the three talking turn to the bed where Victoria was laying. "Damned to be Immortal... On the Side of Trinity...," the young redheaded Potter continued.

The three who had been in the room when Dumbledore told the Potters of the prophecy were all looking at each other. Andromeda merely mouthed 'the Inner Eye' before Vicky's hard voice went on.

"A Knight... Cursed to be a Lycan... Steadfast in Humanity..." Victoria's eyes were still tightly closed even though she was speaking.

Moony's eyes had gone wide at that line. Although he still managed to get out, "Oh shit..."

Victoria rough voice carried on to say, "A Duke... Imprisoned without a Trial... Innocence is his Guardian..."

"Padfoot?" McGonagall muttered quietly to herself, though Lupin heard her with his hearing.

"The Noble Trio shall guide the Chosen Twins, along their Path to Resurrection...," Vicky finished before going silent and turning over in her sleep.

Andromeda immediately cast a spell at Victoria and raised an eyebrow before saying, "She's in the deepest of sleeps."

"So, if that was a prophecy... then her Inner Eye has emerged and makes her a Seer," said Remus.

"Well, I for one think it was, Remus," Andromeda said softly, "But, I'm not exactly an expert."

"You were still a Ravenclaw, Andi," came Elizabeth's stern voice, "Although, if this is a real prophecy, then it is crucial that we find the Noble Trio as quickly as possible."

"Where's that keen mind of yours, Trinity," Lupin said bluntly, "Immortal Damned, a vampire. A Lady, well I think that's obvious. Trinity, twist the literal meaning and it could mean the Light."

"So, you're saying you think it's, Eli, Remus?" said Andromeda.

"Well, Andi, know any other vampiress close to the Potter twins?" Remus asked.

"Alright you two, quiet down," McGonagall said crisply, "Remus, the Knight, has to be you because I don't see Greyback fitting in to that mould."

Andromeda looked between the two Marauders before saying, "The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black actually holds a title of nobility, the Duke of London. As the legend tells, a Esquire, by the name of Arcturus Nigellus Black, managed to prevent the murder of Edmund the Magnificent by Leofa, an exiled thief, within Pucklechurch on May 26, 946. Esquire Black then preceded to heal the injured King of England, afterwards Edmund feeling most generous bestowed upon him the title, Duke of London. Unfortunately, the title has fallen out of practice since no decent member of the family can actually claim it, as they are usually disowned and the rest won't present themselves to a non-magical sovereign."

"Pure-blood prejudice at its absolute finest!" said Moony in mock outrage.

"Oh bloody hell," Elizabeth muttered under her breath, "Andromeda... are you saying that-"

"That Sirius is the unclaimed, Duke of London?" Andromeda said over her, "Yes, I am, Regulus would be the Marquess, if he hasn't passed on and your son, Maverick, to all intents and purposes would be the Earl."

"But that would make me," Trinity paused and slowly pulled out a Blood Pop unwrapping it and slowly started sucking on it, "Excuse me, the Duchess..."

"Indeed it would, Eli," Andromeda said with a small smile.

It was sometime before noon the next day when Harriet opened her eyes to see a burly and out of focus hospital room. She reached over to a small table grabbing blindly for her glasses which weren't there. Just as a mild panic started to settle into her mind a woman's voice made her aware that she wasn't alone.

"I have your glasses here," said the voice as Harriet was handed her glasses, "although your other ones were on they're last leg, I dare say."

Harriet gently slipped her glasses on and noticed that they felt a bit different than usual and looked up questioningly at the woman in lime-green robes.

"Ah, my name's Andromeda Tonks," she said quickly, "I'm a doctor of sorts. We had to replace your glasses, I'm afraid, your cousin did a number on them."

"They're a pair of prescription sunglasses by Ray-Ban. A bit ahead of their time these are as the lenses darken in sunlight," she continued.

"I'm sure you noticed, of course, that the lenses are a mild green. Along with the metal around the lenses being a dark red. As well as the twin ear stems being fourteen karat gold," she finished with a slight smile.

/\/\ Flashback /\/\

"You and Tonks are related?" a teen-aged boy's voice asked, surprised.

"Oh yeah, her mother, Andromeda, was my favorite cousin," said a man with shoulder length black hair, examining the tapestry closely. "No, Andromeda's not on here either, look -"

The man, Sirius, pointed to another small burn mark between two names, Bellatrix and Narcissa.

"Andromeda's sisters are still here because they made lovely, respectable pure-blood marriages, but Andromeda married a Muggle-born, Ted Tonks, so -"

He mimed blasting tapestry with something and laughed sourly.

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"Yeah, me too. I can't believe -" the same teen-aged boy's voice broke off, as a woman came into his vision behind a giant of a man.

"You!" he shouted, and he thrust his hand into his pocket, but it was empty.

"Your wand's here, son," a man, Ted Tonks, said, tapping it on the teenager's arm. "It fell right beside you, I picked it up. And that's my wife you're shouting at."

"Oh, I'm - I'm sorry."

As she moved forward into the room, Mrs. Tonks's resemblance to her sister Bellatrix became much less pronounced: Her hair was a light, soft brown and her eyes were wider and kinder. Nevertheless. she looked a little haughty after the boy's exclamation.

"What happened to our daughter?" she asked. "Hagrid said you were ambushed; where is Nymphadora?"

/\/\ End Flashback /\/\

The young brunette looked a bit lost before blinking then asking, "Where am I anyway?"

"Saint Mungo's Hospital," was the curt reply from the Healer.

Harriet looked over at the other bed where her sister was laying. "Is she going to be alright?"

"Oh, she'll be fine," Andromeda said with a dismissive wave of her hand, "she's probably going to wake up soon."

The young redhead stirred in her bed and her green eyes fluttered open before landing on the Healer and moving over to her sister. "Harriet!" Victoria gasped as she jumped out of her bed and into Harriet's arms.

"You'll want to take it easy you two," Andromeda said mildly, "you've been asleep for a few days now."

"Who's that man?" Harriet asked pointing at the man sitting in a chair against the wall who appeared to be asleep.

"That would be Remus Lupin," said Andromeda softly, "he was one of your parents friends."

/\/\ Flashback /\/\

"On a happier note," Dumbledore continued, "I am pleased to welcome two new teachers to our ranks this year."

"First, Professor R. J. Lupin, who has kindly consented to fill the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."

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"I DON'T BELIEVE IT!" a bushy haired brunette screamed.

Lupin let go of Black and turned to her. She had raised herself off the floor and was pointing at Lupin, wild-eyed. "You - you -"

"Hermione -"

"-you and him!"

"Hermione, calm down -"

"I didn't tell anyone!" Hermione shrieked. "I've been covering up for you -"

"Hermione, listen to me, please!" Lupin shouted. "I can explain -"

The teenage boy could feel himself shaking, not with fear, but with a fresh wave of fury.

"I trusted you," he shouted at Lupin, his voice wavering out of control, "and all the time you've been his friend!"

"You're wrong," said Lupin. "I haven't been Sirius's friend, but I am now - Let me explain..."

"NO!" Hermione screamed. "Harry, don't trust him, he's been helping Black get into the castle, he wants you dead too - he's a werewolf!"

There was a ringing silence. Everyone's eyes were now on Lupin, who looked remarkably calm, though rather pale.

"Not at all up to your usual standard, Hermione," he said. "Only one out of three, I'm afraid. I have not been helping Sirius get into the castle and I certainly don't want Harry dead..."

An odd shiver passed over his face. "But I won't deny that I am a werewolf."

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"It's all right, Harry. We've come to take you away."

"P-Professor Lupin?" the teen-aged boy said disbelievingly. "Is that you?"

"Are you quite sure it's him, Lupin?" growled a man. "It'd be a nice lookout if we bring back some Death Eater impersonating him. We ought to ask him something only the real Potter would know. Unless anyone brought any Veritaserum?"

"Harry, what form does your Patronus take?" said Lupin.

"A stag," said Harry nervously.

"That's him, Mad-Eye," said Lupin.

/\/\ End Flashback /\/\

Harriet gave a slight shake of her head, while her sister looked at her strangely. Andromeda looked like she was about to say something when the door to the room opened and Elizabeth walked inside.

The woman who Harriet had never seen before had sparkling blue eyes, waist-length Scottish auburn-red hair, a stern demeanor, and an unique scar on her left cheek. The clothes she had on were a bit strange. an all black outfit similar in design to what a fencer would wear, which showed off and clung to all the lady's curves. A dark purple cloak with gold trim, that hung loosely over the outfit underneath, adorn on the shoulders was rank similar to someone in Her Majesty's Royal Navy. The whole ensemble was finished off with a pair of black calf-high boots made of some type of leather, that she had never seen before. She gave a small reassuring smile to the two sisters now sitting on the same bed. Then turned towards the wall where a empty frame hung and flicked her wrist catching, her wand and silently casting a spell which made the portrait face the wall instead of the room. Healer Tonks looked rather mutinous at the woman for a moment.

"Oh, don't worry, Andromeda, I'll have her back the way she was after we're through. But, for the moment I'd rather not have any interruptions." the woman said.

An amused smirk crossed the woman's face as she turned to the man and a stream of water hit him full in the face from her wand. "Wake up you old wolf!" she exclaimed brightly.

Remus sputtered for a moment before glaring at her. "Oh, thanks for the wake up call, Trinity." he muttered darkly.

"Fastest way to get you up, Moony, seeing how our charges are awake." she said dryly. Her wand sweeping around them all in circle as she muttered under her breath. "There we are, other than the five of us, no one else will hear." said Elizabeth.

Harriet and Victoria looked terribly confused at the three of them. Harriet looked at the red haired woman and asked, "I'm sorry, but who are you?"

"Well, I go by two names actually," she paused and looked at Vicky. "The one your sister knows, Elizabeth MacKenzie, a Sergeant within Scotland Yard. Then, there's the one I usually go by, Elizabeth McGonagall-Black, a Lieutenant Commander within the Ferocious Lions. But, to the two of you personally, I'm your godmother."

The Potter sisters eyes went wide with shock and hope. They had both hoped that some distant relative would come take them away from the Dursleys.

Remus spoke up then, "From your reactions, girls, I say its safe to think that your Aunt Petunia didn't tell you about your parents or anything to do with them. Did she, girls?"

"No, she didn't," they said together, "we're always told not to ask questions."

Andromeda scoffed, "How are you ever to learn if you don't ask questions?"

"I think that's the point, Andi." muttered Elizabeth.

Remus shared a glance with the two ladies before speaking again. "Aunt Petunia did tell you about your parents and how you got those scars, right?"

Vicky said something quietly in Harriet's ear as the brunette looked down at the bed and softly said, "Car crash."

Andromeda looked indignant at that revelation. Remus's eyes had gone a completely dark amber as he shook in rage.

Elizabeth jumped out of the chair she had sat in and started shouting, "A BLOODY CAR CRASH! That's what that cow said killed Lily and James? What complete and total nonsense! It's absolutely outrageous! The horse-faced cow kept their own story from them when every adult and child in our world knows their names... I'm gonna turn her into the horse-faced cow she makes herself out to be!" Her blue eyes alight with a fire in them as she turned to the door.

Andromeda was out of her chair in an instant, took a step forward and had caught Elizabeth's left arm. "Wait! Elizabeth, you can't! The Statute of Secrecy and your commission!" she said angrily.

Elizabeth spun on her heel to face her. "To hell with the Statute of Secrecy and my commission! Petunia already knows of our world anyway, what difference would it really make. And my rank only helps when I'm not being overruled by -"

"Sit down, Trinity." Remus said sternly. "I won't have you losing your commission on a whim. Your fame in the Ferocious Lions makes you untouchable until you do something out of form, Eli. Then, your commission is up for grabs and you know it."

"Fine, Moony," she growled as she sat down, "you've made your point."

"You said 'our world' earlier, what did you mean by that?" asked Victoria.

"Simply put, the world is divided into two separate groups," Andromeda said calmly. "The non-magical one, which your Uncle and cousin know as the only world. And the magical one, which we are a part of, that your Aunt knows of and chooses to forget."

"Magical?" Harriet asked in confusion with wide eyes.

"Yes, a magical world exists in secret," Moony said, "You two are part of the magical world. You're witches." The Potter girls looked a bit miffed at that declaration. "Wizardesses. Sorceresses. A female magic user." Remus went on to say.

"We're what?" the two sisters said together.

Trinity grinned at their response. "Sorceresses, like your mother, brilliant she was in her field. The daughters of a wizard as gifted as your father had been. There's no doubt in my mind that the two of you will make them proud once you've been properly trained." she said clearly.

"So, the three of you knew our parents?" Harriet said eagerly.

Andromeda smiled, "Oh yes, we did know them. Although, Remus and Elizabeth here knew them better than I did." Andromeda paused before continuing, "But, I knew them through my cousin, Sirius Black. As well as teaching at their school during their last year."

/\/\ Flashback /\/\

"Sirius, you'd better go, quick," the teen-aged boy's voice panted. "They'll reach Flitwick's office any moment, they'll find out you're gone."

Buckbeak pawed the ground, tossing his sharp head.

"What happened to the other boy? Ron?" croaked Sirius.

"He's going to be okay. He's still out of it, but Madam Pomfrey says she'll be able to make him better. Quick - go -"

But Black was still staring down at the boy.

"How can I ever thank -"

"GO!" the boy and the girl, Hermione, shouted together.

Black wheeled Buckbeak around, facing the open sky.

"We'll see each other again," he said. "You are - truly your father's son, Harry..."

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"What're you doing here, Sirius?" he said.

"Fulfilling my duty as godfather," said Sirius, gnawing on the chicken bone in a very doglike way. "Don't worry about it, I'm pretending to be a lovable stray."

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"D'you know Crouch, then?" said the teen-aged boy's voice.

Sirius's face darkened. He suddenly looked as menacing as he had the night when Harry first met him, the night when Harry still believed Sirius to be a murderer.

"Oh I know Crouch all right," he said quietly. "He was the one who gave the order for me to be sent to Azkaban - without a trial."

"What?" said Ron and Hermione together.

"You're kidding!" said Harry.

"No, I'm not," said Sirius, taking another great bite of chicken. "Crouch used to be Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, didn't you know?"

Harry, Ron, and Hermione shook their heads.

"He was tipped for the next Minister of Magic," said Sirius. "He's a great wizard, Barty Crouch, powerfully magical - and power-hungry. Oh never a Voldemort supporter," he said, reading the look on Harry's face. "No, Barty Crouch was always very outspoken against the Dark Side. But then a lot of people who were against the Dark Side... well, you wouldn't understand... you're too young..."

/\/\ End Flashback /\/\

"Your father, James was an Auror, a Dark wizard catcher, within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement like I was, as were your godfather and godmother still is, after we all got out of school. Your mother, Lily, was an Unspeakable, a Researcher, within the Department of Mysteries. They were both part of a mixed group of people that was against the Dark Lord Voldemort called the Order of the Phoenix. The three of us were in that group as well as your godfather and another school friend." Remus said scholarly.

"Those were Dark times that we had to grow up in." said Elizabeth softly. "Voldemort was gathering more followers and slowly gaining more power. You didn't know who to trust in those days. Wizards and witches were disappearing, some would turn up dead later on. Hogwarts, our school, was one of the few safe places left and that was because of the Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. Some say Dumbledore was the only one Voldemort ever feared."

"Voldemort turned up in Godric's Hollow, the village where you two and your parents were living, back in '81 on Halloween. Both of you were a year old then." Andromeda said quietly. "He came and broke the enchantment you were living under and killed your mom and dad. We assume your mother placed a charm of some sort on you, Victoria. But, Harriet, he tried to kill you as well, with a powerful and evil curse. That's what left the lightning bolt shaped scar on your forehead."

"That same curse, took care of your mother, father, and most of your room, and yet you survived. No one ever lives once Voldemort decided on killing them, no one except the two of you," Elizabeth paused staring at the twins. "And he had some of the best wizards and witches of our time killed off, the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts, just to name a few. Your godfather and I took you from the damaged house ourselves after everything happened. Then, your godfather went and did something rash. He tracked down the traitor within the Order, but the traitor, Peter Pettigrew, framed him and landed Sirius a cell in the wizarding prison, Azkaban."

"What happened to Voldemort though? You said he tried to kill Harriet." Vicky asked.

"Well, he did try to kill your sister and would've tried to do the same to you, Victoria," Moony said. "But, your mother and father took steps to prevent that to the best of their ability. Voldemort's broken body was still there when I got to your house after Sirius and Elizabeth left. Lily and James did quite a number on him. Dumbledore doesn't believe that Voldemort is truly gone, and neither do we. As well as some of the more vigiliant members of the Order. His defeat at Godric's Hollow made the two of you become known as the Girls-Who-Lived."

"In a bizarre move by Barty Crouch Sr., Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and Head Auror Rufus Scrimgeour, in accordance with a bill pushed through the Wizengamot by the Department of the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, has forced one of their Aurors by the name of Remus Lupin with the rank of Corporal to turn in his resignation today..." - excerpt from: Daily Prophet, Evening Edition, January 19, 1982, Crouch's Last Act as Head of the DMLE by Anne Robinson

"It's been two weeks since, Barty Crouch Sr., was dealt a blow to his pride and family name. When his own son's mock trial and the testimony of, still missing, Auror Lieutenant Elizabeth McGonagall, revealed his son to be a Death Eater in the service of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. The former Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement has since been transferred to the Department of International Magical Cooperation to take up the Head post there..." -excerpt from: Daily Prophet, Morning Edition, January 20, 1982, Crouch Transferred in Disgrace by Rita Skeeter

Author's Note

nightwing27: Thank you

SlyGoddess: Deja vu... I suppose so in the prologue. Lol. Thank ya for the blessing girlfriend ^^

Associate Proffeser Evil: Thanks. Updating as muse allows.

PhoenixFire DragonLight: Thank you. It could be or might end up there. Lol

Atomicwalrus: Thank ya for the rare review then!

Joker of Hell: I'm a bit wary on choosing a Marauder name for the girls without their form or forms chosen yet. Though Ms. Eclipse and Ms. Storm might work if they follow in Tiger Lily's footsteps or should I say Ms. Sabertooth.

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