Betrayal of Love and Blood

CHAPTER 3

1 year later ~ Present Day

Estella had been walking for hours. She had been sat at the park across the road from twelve Grimmauld Place for half an hour, debating whether she should just go back to Malfoy Manor or knock on the door.

"I need to go back. They'll be angry when they realise I'm gone and they won't stop looking till they've found me. But then I've come all this way for nothing. They might kill me though if I go over there. What the fuck am I meant to do?" Estella was whispering to herself.

"Excuse me," Estella spun round and pulled her hood so it was covering her face. She could see the figure of a man but it was too dark to see his face, "are you alright? I heard you talking to yourself."

"Oh um... yeah, I'm fine just uh... personal things."

"Are you sure? It's nearly four am, what are you doing out?"

"I could ask you the same thing."

"Well I asked first so..."

"Fine, I had family problems but it doesn't matter I'll go home."

"Wait. I recognise your voice. Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter." Estella tried to walk past him but he grabbed her wrist spinning her round. Estella's hood fell down and so did his. Both of them staring at each other in shock.

"Professor Lupin."

"Miss Lestrange."

They said at the same time. Lupin pulled out his wand and held it to the girls neck.

"Professor I'm not doing anything. I promise I'm not here to hurt anyone."

"And why should I believe you? You're a murderer."

"Lupin please. If I was here to hurt you or whoever is in that house there would be other death eaters here as well."

"And how am I suppose to know they aren't hiding somewhere?"

Estella reached inside her pockets, pulling out her wand. Remus was pointing his wand at her hand and instead of raising her wand to fight him she held it out for him to take. "Here. I can't do anything without my wand. Just please take me inside. I don't suppose it's too late to take up your offer of getting help is it?"

Remus shoved her wand in his pocket and grabbed her arm. She was dragged out of the park and over the road. They stood in the middle of the road for a minute and Estella didn't know why.

"Lupin, why are we standing in the middle of the road? If this is you trying to get me killed well I hate to say it but there aren't any cars."

"Just watch." Lupin said closing his eyes. She turned to face the row of houses and simply watched as the houses moved sideways to let another house appear.

"Um... how did tha-"

"Magic." Lupin said as he dragged her to the front door.

He pounded his fist against the door, refusing to look at Estella. She was staring at his face. The scars that were there in her seventh year were still laid across his face but there were a few more now.

They could hear the locks on the door clicking from inside. The door swung open and there stood a house elf.

Kreacher looked from Remus to Estella, his eyes going wide when they rested on her face. "Mistress Estella."

"Pardon?" She said not knowing why he was calling her mistress.

"Kreacher, will you go get Sirius?" Remus said pushing Estella into the house and through to the kitchen.