YES! Three weeks after meeting Harry's friends and I'm released! Pomfrey said I had made a perfect recovery and said I was free to go. Of course I told Dumbledore I was staying in Hogsmeade and I was gonna get a new wand.

I am walking in Hogsmeade right now with my head bent low and my hair tied back. I plan on surprising everyone by turning my house lights on. After asking Hermione, who had the history of Hogwarts and Hogsmeade memorized, she informed me nobody had touched my house and that it was now called the "Home of the missing". Cryptic but whatever.

I look up and there sits my one floor house. It looked slightly faded after having nobody maintain it and the lights were all off. I sigh in and out of my nose before walking up the front steps. If I'm right it should still be unlocked.

I test the door handle and it swings open. I let out a small laugh and walked further inside. The sight before made my heart drop, several portraits lay on the ground broken and furniture had been overturned. I looked around more and realized the only picture that was still on the wall, was my favorite one.

I was laying in front of Harry as he kept trying to crawl to me but I backed up each time. I walked over and touched the frame lightly but it gave way under my touch and clattered to the ground. I gasped and caught it before it hit the floor.

I stood up straight and looked for the light switch. I spotted it and walked over and quickly switched it up. I blinked a bit startled at the sudden brightness. "It's great to be home." The sound of running footsteps caught my attention and I turned to see a middle-aged man in the doorway staring at me.

"C-Cara! CARA'S BACK!" He shouted and people hurried over in excitement. I could feel the oddness of being back in a community as pwople helped me fix my house back to it's original cheery self.

I felt myself smiling, as I thanked everyone for helping. I had refused people from entering my bedroom, wanting to see the damage for myself. As I opened the door I realized it had recieved the most damage.

My mirror lay on the ground all the glass missing from it. The bed had holes blasted through it and my clothes lay scattered over the floor along with some of my most prized possesions.

I sink to the floor in shock. I hear a small crack below me and I look to see another piece of my wand. I hold it up to the light and realize that the core was still in perfect condition and was all together.

"Hmmmm." I hum and look around my room. I sigh, "it wouldn't work I'm not a wand maker. I just need a new one." I start to clean up the mess that was my bedroom. I found the little doll I've had since I was 2. "Remy." I whisper and hold it close to my chest.

I set it on my dresser and continue to clean. By the time I finish it's 5:30 p.m. and I'm starving. I pull out my tin of savings and I put some gold in my little purse. I make my way to the Three Broomsticks to be greeted warmly by Rosemerta.

"Oh Cara! I was so worried about you! How are you?!" She demanded and I chuckled lightly. "I'm better now. Thank you." I say and she gives me a butterbeer. "No. IT's on the house." She said as I reached into my purse.

"If you insist." I say awkwardly and take a gulp. "Wow! I've missed that." I say earning a laugh from Rosemerta. The bell rings and I look to see a small group of teenagers. I raise my eyebrows. "They still do Hogsmeade trips?" I asked and she nodded.

"Well I best get going. I have to get a new wand since mine was snapped." I say scooting my seat back. "Of course. Come back soon." She says with a smile. "I always do." I grin and walk out, not realizing Harry was there and had seen me.

Once outside I apparated to where I think Harry mentioned our relatives lived. I look around and see a sign saying Privet Drive. "MAde it." I whisper and look at the houses before me. All were a dull cream color and had similar house designs. I look at the house numbers and realize I'm at 21 Privet Drive.

"Too far down. Dang it. Eh I'llwalk." I shrug and walk down the sidewalk. Eventually I find the house numbered 4. I groan and walk up to the door. I knock loudly and a voice yells. "Who's AT THE DOOR?!" The sound of clicking is heard then a deadbolt sliding and finally the door opens.

"About time. Petunia." I say crossing my arms. She gasps and slams the door shut. I narrow my eyes. "Ok looks like it's gonna be the hard way." I disapparate into the living room of the house. Vernon throws himself back and Petunia shrieks loudly.

"Is it so hard to let your niece in?!" I demanded throwing up my hands. A grunt echoes behind me and I turn to see my cousin staring at me. "Got a problem Dudley? Oh wait what was it HArry said you go by? Right Big D." I say is distaste.

"Why are you here?!" Vernon demanded looking like a giant grape. "Really? I'm of age in the Wizarding World so don't test me. I'm here to tell you that if I find out you mistreat my brother ever again. I will personally come down here and beat each of your bloody arses into the ground. Nobody messes with my little brother and gets away with it. You were lcuky I was kidnapped for the past 2 years or I would have been here the whole time. So any objections?" I ask crossing my arms.

A silence followed my words and my gaze flew over each of them. "No? Good. I'll be here when Harry's term ends and I'll stay with him afterwards no matter what. I've missed to much of him to vanish now. So watch yourself." I hiss dangerously. Vernon's beady eyes stared into my hazel eyes that I inherited from my father.

"Gonna argue? Go ahead. I can wait." I say and he seems to rethink. HE obviously thought he could scare me away. "Back your bloody arse up Dudley Dursley." I say not turning around. "When Harry is of age he will live with me until he lives on his own. Mum's protective charm dies when he turns seventeen. If he leaves this house for good before then the charm dies then and there. Petunia I know you miss Mum so do this for her. Makes sure her son stays safe for as long as possible. Until the Trace disappears."

She looks close to tears at my words and she nods. "Good. Now that's clear I best get going. But I don't appreciate being blocked access. Don't do it again." I say before disapparating to the Leaky Cauldron. Yeah I'm lazy, who cares. I enter and Tom the landlord looks up curiously.

"Go to the wrong place pal?" He asked and I held up my wand fragment. "Replacing this bit." He nodded and I walked to the back of the shop. I tapped n the bricks and they revealed the street of Diagon Alley. My heart freezes when I see Ollivander's is closed down. "Death Eaters." I hiss angrily.

I scan the stalls that lined the street now and felt nothing but scorn at the obvious hoaxes. I sigh and realize I have no choice. I walk up to a stall and they have an arrangement of wands in front of them. "Yes!~ Pick one they all work for anyone!" I narrow my eyes. "What're the cores?" He pauses obviously not expecting the question.

"Er...... Why does it matter?! They're wands!" He said brightly and I walked off. Another stall just had sticks that looked like mini wands. I groan, everything about Diagon Alley that made it Diagon Alley was gone.

I finally find a decent stall and I test the wands. I finally find one thta works properly. "Thanks *sigh* I'v had to deal with nothing but hoaxes just to replace my wand." I said as I paid.

She nodded, "These wands are what was left from Gregorovitch before he stopped the business." I nodded and inspected my new wand. It had an odd swirl patern all across it with little indents near the base.

"See you. Hope you get some good customers." I say and walk away my wand in my pocket. At the end of the street I notice a new business had popped up. "Weasley's Wizard Wheezes? Seems interesting enough." I mutter adn walk in.

I'm met with pure chaos and loud noises. Upon further inspection I realize that the walls are lined with prank supplies. "A joke shop? Now this is my place." I exclaim as I scan the shelves.

A pair of redheads walk up to me. Twins. "Why hello there." They say in sync and I roll my eyes. "This is quite impressive I' assuming you two are the owners?" I ask crossing my arms. "Correct you" "are!" They alternated.

"Weasley I feel like I've heard it before but where?" I mutter to myself. I snap my fingers with a grin. "You're Ron's big brothers! I knew it would come to me." I say and the chuckle. "So how do you know Ickle Ronnikins?" One asked.

"He's friends with my younger brother." I say with a small smile. "And who is your brother?" The other asked. "*Sigh* Harry Potter." They both blink in shock. "He never mentioned a sister!" They say in unison and I shake my head.

"He never knew about me since I attended Beauxbatons and I'm four years older than him." I explain and they nod in understanding. "And for the past 2 years I've been trapped in the Room of Requirement." This time they fell silent. "Woah That's rough." One commened and the other nodded.

"Exactly. But Harry rescued me and I've been in the Hospital wing for a month or so." I say and they gave me matching cocky grins. I raised my eyebroes, "Was Ron involved somehow?" The taller one asked.

I shook my head, "NAh I met him about 3 weeks ago. And Hermione. Also, you two are impressive. Really good at defensive spells." I comment and they stare at me confused.

I roll my eyes. "I was in the Room of Requirement? I saw all your meetings and it surprised me to say the least." I say with a small smile. "Why Thank" "You Cara." They said and bowed making me laugh.

"Now what are your names?" I ask and they straighten up. "I'm Fred." The tall one answered. "And I'm George." The slightly shorter one said. "Are you really or are you trying to trick me?" They sigh in defeat. "Caught us." They said in unison.

"You two are not the first identical twins I've met and so I'm used to hearing the trick and it's easy to pick lies when you're na Auror." I say and they freeze. "You're an Auror?" George asked in surprise.

"Mhm. But I'm not sure my badge will still be verified. I'll have to check." I say pulling the small badge from my bag. "Wicked." They say in sync and inspect the badge. "Yes it's "Wicked" but also dangerous." I say in concern.

"Also I heard the explosions last year what did you do?" I ask in curiosity. "We had a firework show to mark our departure from Hogwarts." They said with wide grins. "Idiotes"

"huh?" They asked and I facepalmed. "Sorry sometimes I speak French without thinking about it." They nod. "Yes the French champion would often speak French often and it took forever to figure out what she meant." Fred said blandly.

"Who was she?" I ask. "Fleur Delacour. Swear she was half Veela." I grin, "Fleur was a champion?! I was good friends with her and yes she is half veela. In fact her wand core is a veela hair from her grandmother." Thier jaws drop in shock.

"That's incredible!" "Actually most students there are half veela somewhere in their family." Their eyes widen in surprise. I shrug. "And who says that I'm not." I wink and they flatline. I laugh. "I'm kidding. It's impossible for me to be any fraction veela." I say and they shake their heads.

"So where do you live?" I cross my arms. "You know the house of the missing?" Both nod and I inhale deeply. "That's my house. I cleaned it up this morning." I say and they share a glance.

"We managed to get in there one day. Really wicked, lots of pictures. We put one back up but doubt it held." George said and Fred nodded. I smile, "It held. Wasn't on very well but it stayed up until I barely touched it. You put up my favorite picture. Me and Harry." I say with tears forming.

"Really? We had no idea we just put up a random photo. The bedroom was locked and we couldn't get it open." I chuckle. "Special enchantment. I was lucky they didn't burn it down. Or else I'd have been homeless." I say with a wrinkled nose.

"Well we best get back to work. Take something for free." They say and I hesitate. "Really? Are you sure?" They nod. "Positive." "Alright. Thanks guys." They grin and hurry away leaving me to scan the shelves.

"Canary Creames? Eh.. Um........ Sniving Snackboxes? I guess." I pick up the small box and leave the shop waving to Fred and George as I left. I made new friends and maybe some enemies. Good day for me!

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I'm reading a book in my Reading nook window when a knock fills the air. I look up, "Who is it?!" I shout grabbing my wand. "Cara it's Harry!" I sigh and hurry to the door. As I open the door I quickly usher them inside.

"What are you three doing here?" I ask once the door is locked again. "Visiting you?" Ron said in confusion. "In broad daylight? *Sigh* It's fine. The damage is already done. But it's the middle of a blizzard." I say indicating the swirling snow outside.

"Yeah. We haven't seen you in a while and thought we would drop by." Harry explained and I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Much like Dad. Once set on something no changing your mind." Ron and Hermione nodded and Harry shot swift glares at them.

"To the sitting room!" I say and lead them to the couches. Their eyes take in all my furniture and decorations. "Who all are in the photos?" Hermione asked walking over to one. "Guess."

She studied the photo in front of her watching as the figures moved rapidly. "Is this..................you and your mum?" She asked and I nodded sadly. "She was chasing me in a game of tag." I laugh softly. "My favorite game back then." I walk over beside her and watch it.

"Before Harry was born actually." I say and look back to see Harry was watching me. "Wanna see my favorite?" They all nodded and I grabbed the frame. I walked over and sat on one of the couches. "C'mere." They crowd around me and watch as I move away from Harry.

"This is me. When I was 3 or 4. And Harry when he was learning to crawl." I say pointing to each one. "Where's his scar though?" Ron asked and I looked up sharply. "This was before He ruined our family." I growl and he looks guilty. I sigh.

"Sorry. but this is when everything looked so bright. Like it was all going to be perfect." I say and hand the picture to my brother. "Your hair is really short." He comments and I laugh loudly.

"Well yeah. Mum and Dad thought it looked cuter short. MEanwhile you only had a little tiny tuft of hair." I say and he scowls lightly. Another knock sounded and I stood up. "Stay here." I growl and rush to the door. When I open I breathe in relief.

"Tonks you scared me! I thought it was a not-so-good person." I say and she shakes her head. "No but I figured I would come by to see you." She said and I noticed her hair was a mousy brown color.

"Um are you undercover?" I asked and she shrugged. "Kinda. Anyone else here?" She asked looking around. "Ummmmm" "Tonks?" a voice said in surprise and I turned to see Ron staring. I sigh, "My brother and his friends." She looks put out and I can symphathize with her.

"Well since your here I can ask you something." She turns intrigued. "What you wanna know?" "Hows Remy been? I've missed him." She scowls a bit but then hides it. "Fine. Struggling but fine otherwise." She said and I frowned.

"The furry little problem?" She nodded and I sighed. "It's horrible how they get treated." "We know." HArry called and I turned surprised. "Since when?"  "since Sirius escaped Azkaban in third year." Hermione answered.

"Well." I turned back to Tonks. "That's good to know. Oh! I promised a Patronus! Let's go shall we?" I asked with a grin. They nodded, Tonks included. I thought for a minute before I readied my wand.

"Expecto Patronum." As I spoke a silvery bear ran forward. "WOAH!" They exclaimed as it faded out. I grin putting my wand in my pocket with a twirl. "I guess it reprsents my big personality." I chuckle at their shocked faces.

"But it's not one of Mum or Dad's?" I turn sadly. "No. I haven't focused on my love for them so it won't match one of them. For you it's all you can think of." I explain and he nods with a dazed look. "You best hurry back. It's only getting worse." I say looking out the window.

They nod and stand up but I stop them. "Oh wait! HArry I have something for you." I run to my room and dig through my chest. "Here we go!" I say and pull out the small box. I take it to the sitting room and unlock it.

"It's something from the house. I felt it belonged with you but I kept it. But now," I look up at him. "I think your ready." I open the box and pull out a small mobile with flashing broomsticks and lions.

"This is what hung over your crib that night. I knocked it over when I climbed inside to check on you. Before I left with you and Hagrid I grabbed it and I've kept it since then, to think of you." I say and hand it over to him.

He kinda stares at it in shock. "You've kept it?" I nod sadly. "Yes. I always thought of you when I saw it. Of course I shrank it so it was less noticeable but you can regrow it if you want.

Harry looked up and ran over, giving me a tight hug. I stood a bit surprised before returning the hug. "I've mised you Harry. So so much." I whisper and let go of him. "Now go get back to Hogwarts." I say and kiss him lightly on the forehead.

"Write me if you ever need anything." I say as they leave, Harry carrying the Mobile and its box. Tonks stands awkwardly for a minute. "If you need to go I understand." She nods and leaves giving me a small wave goodbye.

I sigh before pulling my wand back out. "I need to tell him." I mutter before concetrating again. "Expecto Patronum." The bear turned to me confused. "Take this message to Remus Lupin: I'm safe. Back home. Harry knows. Come see me soon." IT nodded slightly before turning to a wisp and zooming away.

"See you soon Remy."

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