You can hinder me, but you'll never stop me

Chapter 2: Retring Home

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James and Lily were sitting at the kitchen table, an open letter laying in front of them. Both Sirius and Remus had taken Charlie to Gimmauld Place, when what had happened became clear. Lily looked with blurry eyes at her husband, who was sitting pale-faced on her right. The letter in front of them was from their daughter, letting them know that she'd gone on a vacation on her own. The date on the letter was from the day after they left. In the letter, she described her reasons for leaving, not wanting to stay in an empty home for over two months. When they'd arrived home, they were not so surprised that Jennifer was not waiting for them, just like last time. But when they couldn't find her anywhere, Remus found the letter, addressed to both Lily and James. That was a big blow for them, learning that their daughter, their little girl, had left, even if it was just for the duration of the vacation.

At first they were both outraged that yet again, she hadn't listened to them. Later though, Remus pointed out that she had a point, even if he didn't agree with her. It was heartbreaking for the parents, knowing that they'd hurt their baby girl so much that she left. For the first few hours, all they could do was cry. Sirius brought Charlie to stay with the Weasleys for now, allowing them to fully focus on finding their missing child.

A few hours later, when there were no more tears to be shed, blind panic set in. The girl was only eleven! (more like twelve now, god had they missed her birthday again?). Upon that set of thought, James immediately went to the Ministry, start a search for their missing daughter. Lily set herself on contacting everyone they knew, hoping that Jennifer had at least informed someone of where she'd gone off to.

They found very little.

There wasn't anything to be found safe for a train ticket, paid for in cash by her a few days before she left home. Since then there had been several withdrawals from her personal bank account, from all over Europe, but the goblins were unsupportive of their search and every time they found a lead on her location, she had already left.

They came home nine days ago, and still no Jennifer. The schoolyear was starting in just five days, and still she hadn't come home. Both parents were terrified that something had happened to her, the only signs of life they'd found were the withdrawals at the bank, and the last one was almost two weeks ago.

The Flu flared up again, but neither looked up from the table to see who had just arrived. There had been a lot of people entering and leaving their house the last nine days.

"From the looks of it, nothing found here?" It was Sirius again. James still kept his head down. "We think we found something though," at this both parents looked up, hopeful looks on their faces, waiting for Sirius to continue. "We found them on that thing muggles call 'internet', there was a party in Spain somewhere, and some pictures were taken there." Sirius walked forward, his pace fast and a smile on his face. "These were taken yesterday evening, and I think that it's her! Look."

Sirius threw a map on the table, filled with pictures of smiling teenagers, and "It's her! Look Lily! That has to be her!" James had a picture in hand of a girl with bright blonde hair, wearing a black bikini and holding a coconut. Around her shoulders, a tall, young man had thrown his arm and they were both smiling at the camera. Lily teared up. She hadn't seen her baby looking so genuinely happy in so long. "Well what are we still doing here? Let's go!" James jumped up from his chair, the energy that had slowly been dissipating the past few days returning at the full.

Sirius looked sad at his best friend though. "Sorry James, but the Spanish Ministry already went there, and she was gone again."

James and Lily both physically sagged, their hope crushed once more. "But, the teens that were there were still at the city, and upon questioning them, they found out that the British girl, as they called her, said that she unfortunately was heading back to France later that evening, and she left early that morning for the bus back to Paris."