Familiar Face (Harry Potter Fanfic)

Matters of Regeneration

"Daddy died?" Jules somehow picked up on the euphemism but didn't seem bothered like everyone else in the room, including their father, who stared at Jules in horror, meaning he was trying to use euphemisms to avoid saying certain things in front of Jules, or even Hermione, which made sense given her father being a horrible liar. Hermione looked at her youngest sister, who continued to watch the television. "That's okay because he came back to life."

"Regulus!" Sirius—

Hermione turned to look at him, expecting the same anger, yet she saw the color drained from his face, albeit the frustration was still there.

"And my daddy's name isn't Regulus," Jules said.

"Hermione..." Ron pointed at the television, not paying attention, or perhaps what was said went over his head. It might have gone over Harry's as well, now that Hermione thought of it, that maybe she'd imagined the looks of shock on their faces.

"It's Sebastian Cesario Granger?"

"What is this?" Ron asked.

"Really?" Sirius spoke in a manner that said he didn't believe Hermione's father was Sebastian Cesario Granger.

"Really," Jules said.

"You want to know as well, right Harry?" Ron turned to Harry, who nodded his head, although he also seemed interested in what was going on in the kitchen and what was happening on the television.

"Jules can explain it," Hermione blurted out. Ron looked at her horrified—Harry as well, though probably for different reasons.

"I can explain Doctor Who?" Jules perked up.

"Doctor What?" Ron asked.

"Doctor Who," Jules corrected.

"Who?" Ron asked.

"Doctor Who," Jules replied.

"Yeah. Go ahead," Hermione said. She watched Jules get off the chair and wander over to the television, tugging at both Harry and Ron's sleeves so that they were now focused on her.

Her father—he 'd been staring off into space, shocked she guessed that Jules had supposed the euphemism that he'd used, though she wasn't surprised; her mother would likely tell him later he should have known better. His silver eyes blinked—

Which made her realize something, just as Harry looked at her. She wondered if he 'd come to the same conclusion, or at the very least realized Sirius and her father knew each other, yet—given the black hair and grey eyes they shared as well as Sirius pointing out her father was a wizard, not to mention Jules also had black hair and grey eyes—

They were related.

Her father started moving again, ignoring Sirius. Sirius noticed and reached out for a sleeve that her father shrugged away. "Hey! Don't ignore me!"

"Sirius," Remus sighed, obviously not wanting things to escalate.

Her father—the one Sirius called Regulus, ignored Sirius. He instead grabbed a pad of paper and started scribbling down things onto a piece of paper. Sirius lifted his hands in frustration. "Are you serious?"

"I'm not Sirius—you are."

Suddenly, Hermione wanted to call her father out for his lousy sense of humor. "Dad. That joke about regenerating wasn 't funny. "