Summer's Eve

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Alivia POV

The woman raised her wand at us and Cordelia and I looked spooked. "Where's Remus?" Tia hissed at Sirius. "Picking Joy up," he explained, raising his wand at the woman. "Beth, we may be on the same side but if you point your wand at them again, I will not hesitate to stun you!"

Beth looked almost relieved to see us. "She let you two out."

"YOU KNEW?!" Sirius bellowed at her. She lowered her wand. "We were hearing voices in the arch, we thought it was Arylwren herself."

"Not us?" Cordelia frowned.

Beth looked between Cordelia and me. "You're Remus's wife?"

"You know who I am?" I wondered. "Who doesn't?" she smiled. "You were a hero in the war. Actually my inspiration to become a hit-witch."

She smiled at us. "Well, at least we can call off the hunters now, we were worried something had gotten out of the veil."

"Just us," Cordelia told her. "It's been a long few months, getting here. We didn't want to risk using magic, just in case it raised red flags."

"Well, we were keeping an eye out, you were right not to but at least I can present my findings, let the Ministry know nothing got out, it was a false alarm," Beth reassured us.

"Thank you, what's your name?" I asked her. "Elizabeth Grant," she told me. "Lizzie," I smiled, remembering the rebellious Gryffindor.

"Maybe we should find somewhere to talk that's not in the middle of the forest," Tia suggested.

"What's going on here?!" a hoarse voice demanded. All of us turned to see who was yelling.

Remus.

I noticed Joy wasn't with him.

"Well, we found out what came out of the arch," Beth told him. Remus's eyes caught mine for a second and he did a triple take once he saw me, unsure whether or not I was real. His look turned dark and he was about to open his mouth.

"I'm not going to hurt her, Remus," Beth reassured him. "You were right this whole time."

"Right?" I frowned, looking at my husband. "When Joy destroyed that arch...I knew," he told me. "Each of you leave a trace. I saw the tiniest mist of gold after it was destroyed. I knew, deep down."

"I know you must hate me for what I did," I sighed. "I am so sorry..."

"I forgave you a long time ago," Remus pulled me into his arms and kissed me. Sirius let out a wolf whistle and I heard him wince once Cordelia and Tia elbowed him.

He pulled away, resting his forehead on mine. "Now, let's get inside, cause I'm freezing and we need to talk," I said.

***

All of us sat down in Beth's living room as I explained to us what happened. "When Joy destroyed the arch, Cordelia and I awoke in our own graves," I said. "We travelled a long while to get here."

"We found the letter, Livvy," Tia told me. "We know what you were looking for, the horcruxes."

I nodded. "That was the mission, find all the horcruxes and destroy them...easier said than done, they're impossible to destroy. I tried to destroy that cup for ages and nothing worked."

Remus nodded, almost like he remembered that day like it was yesterday. "After you...died...the place got ransacked, the Death Eaters stole the cup back," he told me. "Oh for..." I groaned, pinching my nose. "Course it did."

"Back to square one," Cordelia sighed.

"But how come Joy's magic brought you and Cordelia back...not that I'm complaining," Sirius said. "No, it's fine," Cordelia reassured him. "All three of us are bonded by Arylwren's magic. So we became bonded to her in a way. It's hard to explain."