The Werewolf's Daughter

A Trio of Schools

The night of the Quidditch World Cup was in the past, but Maya was still waking up every night, screaming. All she could dream about was the masks, the screams, the spells being fired off everywhere as they ran towards the woods and the muggles. Those poor muggles that had done nothing wrong, apart from open their land up to the wizarding community.

They had been in the woods for what felt like hours when silence finally settled over the campsite; there were no more bangs or screams. Maya and Draco had lost the others in the chaos, so they decided it was best to stay where they were until someone came to find them.

'Draco, do you think everyone is ok?' Maya asked, trembling.

'I'm sure they are love.' Draco said, pulling Maya close to him. He didn't sound very certain though – how could he be.

'Maya, Draco, are you around here?' came a voice, suddenly.

'Is that my Dad?' Maya whispered – Draco nodded.

Maya tried to jump up and run to the voice, but Draco held her back. 'Wait!'

Draco made his way out of the bush they had been hiding in and Maya heard him say 'What was the first lesson you ever gave use about at Hogwarts?'

'Boggarts' came the answer and Draco seemed to relax slightly.

Lupin hurried over and pulled both teens close; Maya started to cry and wouldn't let go of him. 'Come on, we're going to get as much rest as possible back in the tent.'

'What? Why can't we leave?' Maya asked.

'We can't honey, there are no port keys. It's over now though, we'll be fine!'

Just as he said that, the group exited the woods, and then noticed something bright in the sky.

'Oh shit!' Lupin exclaimed.

'What? What is it? Dad?'

Maya looked up at the sky – there was a weird skull up there, shining brightly. 'Dad, what is that?'

Lupin didn't answer, he was hurrying back in to the woods to where the symbol hung over.

'Da-'

'Maya, it's the Dark Mark. The Dark Lord's mark. It normally only appears if someone has been killed.'

'Wh..what? Who? Oh god, where is everyone? What if it's Harry or Hermione, or one of the Weasleys? Tonks – where's Tonks?'

'Maya, calm down. We will wait here for your Dad and see what's happening.' He said, as he wiped away her tears.

Eventually her Dad came back.

'It's ok – no one is hurt. Come on, let's go back to the tent and I'll explain. Tonks and Padfoot are there.'

As Maya lay awake at 1.16am on 1st September, she thought the memory of that night would never leave her. She got out of bed, knowing she wasn't going to get much more sleep, and started to check that she had packed everything she needed. Tomorrow (today – just later) she was leaving to go back to Hogwarts for her 4th year. She was excited but nervous too – who knew what this year would hold for her!

Confident that everything was packed, Maya headed down to the kitchen to make a hot chocolate. She was surprised to see a light on in the kitchen and even more surprised to see Sirius sitting at the table.

'Aah, I wondered if you would be down tonight.' He said, smiling at her.

'What do you mean?'

'Maya, we know you haven't been sleeping. Your dad is going out of his mind, so I said I would try and speak to you. You haven't been around much though – you're always in your room!'