What is it, Nym?

Chapter 17

I walked down to Children's Services, having been called to discuss something about the twins. I walked down, worried about what I would be told. Nym and I believed that he wouldn't get them, but we knew someone was helping him.

I walked into the office to see Kingsley and Jason, along with a few Aurors. Harry was among them.

"Kingsley? What's going on? Why's Jason being-"

"He was the one helping Remus. He was being helpful to you, to make you believe him. I've spoken to your boss. You have today and tomorrow off. Remus won't be getting anywhere near the twins."

................. WHAT?!

He always seemed so helpful!

I looked at him, as he was led away.

"Why?!"

"Remus is right. He should have them."

So, that's why he wanted to come over..............

Harry looked at me, walking over to me, hugging me.

"We had no idea. Until we found some memo's they'd been exchanging. The idiots were using office memo's. But, they'll never get near the twins again. We wanted you to find out before Tonks. We'll take care of him. Don't you worry."

It was almost 10, and I was already on my way home. I was still in shock, from everything. How could Jason do this?

He was always so helpful............. He had been over to the apartment........... Wait, if he knew, the he could ...........

I walked in, looking at a very confused Nym and my mum. The twins had little Santa hats on. My mum was aware of the whole Remus situation, and supported us. Nym was holding Natalia, and my mum had Hope. Natalia was mirroring Nym's pink hair, while Hope was mirroring my mums blonde hair.

"Hermione? What're you doing home?"

I held my arms out for Natalia, I didn't want Nym holding her when I told her. Nym passed her to me and Natalia's hair turned brown.

"Remember the whole thing about Remus having someone helping him? It was Jason."

Her hair was going through to many colours for me to keep up. We were in our room, and I lay Natalia down, looking at Nym.

"Wasn't he the one who helped you adopt these 2?"

I looked at my mum, as I pulled Nym into a hug. she leaned into me, not caring that my mum was watching. Usually she was a little nervous about that.

"Yeah. But, I was told to go down to Children's Services today, and found Kingsley, Tonks' boss along with Harry and a few others arresting him. They didn't want you."

I nudged Tonks and she looked up at me.

"To find out, until I did, so I could be the one to tell you."

She leaned against me, upset. My mum watched me, as I comforted her. I smiled at her, and she looked down at Natalia, who had started fussing.

"Just lay Hope next to her. They-"

"I know. I know what my grandchildren are like when you separate them for to long."

Again, I smiled. I felt Nym smile against my neck. My mum and dad really cared about the twins.

"Sorry, I just-"

"It's fine. You're just making sure their OK. I was worse with you."

Nym sat up, looking at me.

"Sorry, I-"

"Hey, stop that. It was a shock. It's OK."

She smiled at me, and turned to my mum.

"He helped us, with Hermione adopting the twins. He told us he was stalling Remus with everything. Wait ................. He's been here. If he knows, he could tell..................."

"I know. We need to do something about that. Soon."

"I see what I can find out. Talk to your mum and see if she knows anywhere."

She left a little while later, telling us she'd let us know if she found anywhere. I walked back into our room, looking at Nym. Her hair was blue, and she looked up at me. I sat next to her, looking at her.

"It's OK. Don't worry. We'll find a place, soon."

She smiled at me, but it didn't reach her eyes. I wrapped my arms around her, and she leaned against me.

"It's just ................. I can't believe it was Jason. He always seemed so helpful. I just-"

"I know, Nym. I know. We'll figure it out. Oh, I have the rest of the week off, Kingsley said he spoke to my boss, who agreed I deserved the time off."

She was happy about that. I looked down at the twins, who were obviously hungry.

"Your mum loves the fact the can-"

"She's not the only one. Natalia has 2 different eye colours. Blue and green."

We feed them and sat on the couch.

"Yeah. They'll control that eventually. The hair, will be another thing. We'll need to get more hats for them. We can't have anyone seeing that."

I nodded, looking at Natalia and Hope.

"Yeah, but it'll be fine. It's cute. Especially how they look at you when yours changes."

She looked down at them, changing her hair colour from pink to black. They both looked at her, curious about what she was doing. She changed it back and theirs changed to pink. I smiled, watching them. Their hair eventually settled on its green.

We put them to bed, after spending a little more time with them. I lay on the bed with Nym, cuddling with her. We talked for a little while, before falling asleep, cuddling.

I woke up at around 2. Odd, they'd generally have woken up to be fed by now. I got up to check on them, accidently waking up Nym.

"What's wrong? Who's crying? Wait .............. Why is it so quiet?"

"Exactly. It's to quiet."

We got up, and walked into the nursery. Neither of us, were prepared for what we found.

They were gone.