Thick Smoke

Remnant

"So, what's the plan?" Eliza asked, following Remus down towards the Whomping Willow.

They left in a hurry and she wasn't sure what she should do.

"We don't have a plan." The man responded, his mind swirling with a lot of thoughts at the moment.

From what Eliza could see, Remus was excited for both of them; after all, he hasn't seen Sirius in a long time.

They were one step from the willow when Remus felt a light tinge on his heart and stopped. Eliza frowned and let him lean on her for a moment. The willow wasn't reacting so something happened early on; something that may or may not be beneficial. On the other side, it was a full moon and the hours were sifting quickly.

Eliza had done it before, going through secret passageway, but seeing a grown up doing it was definitely funnier, especially when that grown up was Remus. The two hurried towards the Shrieking Shack only to hear people speaking when they got close enough. In one quick movement, Remus pushed Eliza to the side while he barged in. She remained there, a bit surprised but still not judging her godfather's actions.

Everything she could do at the moment was to be smart and listen.

"Well, well, Sirius. Looking rather ragged, aren't we?" Remus started after disarming Harry, "Finally, the flesh reflects the madness within,"He continued, Sirius probably narrowing his eyes at his old friend.

"Well, you'd know all about the madness within, wouldn't you?" Sirius responded in a smug tone, "I found him," He continued, his tone taking a 90 degrees turn.

"I know. We did too."

Eliza smiled sensing that she has been wrong when she doubted Remus' loyalty towards his friend.

She heard Sirius blaming the rat, which was in Ron's arms making everything look really bad. But Remus knew the truth now and it didn't even matter. They wanted to kill him or at least show the world that he was alive and Sirius wasn't a traitor. Of course, the trio had no idea and for the first time since they met, Eliza was really pissed off with Hermione.

"He's a werewolf that's why he's been missing classes!" She screamed like she knew everything already.

Eliza moved her foot, intending to enter and finish the business they actually came for.

Who knew Harry would find the passageway with the willow moving chaotically.

"You are the brightest witch of your age I've ever met," Remus responded in that certain way of his (gentle and genuine yet still sounding like he was messing with you).

Sirius couldn't wait to kill the rat and his overall personality wasn't exactly one that would explain by itself- much like Eliza from what she noticed. It was one certain moment that she hated so much that she had to interfere: when she noticed someone else ascending the stair towards them.

"You," She trailed, her eyes narrowing at the person. "This is not your business," She mumbled, grabbing her wand and pointing it at Snape. "You are wrong. You've been wrong this whole time." She continued.

"How would you know? You are his daughter and your blood will always be the worst of all."

Hearing those words, the brunette froze. It sounded a lot like he wasn't talking about Sirius but something completely different. That gave him opportunity to shove her aside and enter.

She entered after him, in time to see Snape pointing his wand at her father.

"Eliza!" She heard Hermione whisper but Eliza was busy with something else.