CHAPTER 67

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The next morning, Jaiden woke up and started her day. She went into her bathroom and took a quick shower. After chose an outfit for that day, she went down the stairs to the kitchen.

When she walked in she saw Remus was there, staring at the table.

"Dad?" Jaiden called. Remus looked up and gave her a small smile.

"Morning, Cub." Jaiden nodded. She knew something was up with her father. There must be something or else he wouldn't be like this.

Then she remembered that he wanted to say something to her last night but decided against it. She went around the table and sat next to him.

"What did you trying to say to me last night?" Jaiden asked quietly. Remus looked at her and sighed. He opened his mouth but before anything can come out, they heard a voice coming from the stairs and that someone was walking downstairs.

They emerged from the kitchen door and there Jaiden and Remus saw the kids and Sirius.

"Morning, Lupins!" Sirius said cheerily. They both mumbled morning back.

Jaiden turned to her father and gave him a look that said, 'We're not done yet.' and she went to her friends.

Sirius went to sit next to Remus and leaned into his ear. "Did you tell her yet?" Remus looked at Sirius and sighed. He shook his head. "When are you planning to?" Sirius asked again.

"I don't know." He mumbled.

"She have to know. Best to be soon." Sirius said and he just nodded. Molly then started to make them breakfast.

"Ok, everyone." Molly called. "Today we're going to have another Order meeting before lunch. So, I want you all to behave yourself and stay upstairs. No eavesdropping or so." Molly said the last part while looking at the twins.

Fred and George looked at Jaiden who sitting across from them. She shrugged and they shrugged back at their mother.

After they done eating their breakfast, they all went to the living room. Before getting up to followed the others, Jaiden caught Remus's eyes. Remus looked at her and looked away. Jaiden huffed silently and walked out.

Remus brought his hand ran through his hair and sighed. "I don't think she will take it well." He said loud enough to Molly and Sirius heard.

"You have to." Molly said while taking a tray full of food with her to give it to Arthur and walked upstairs.

"Don't you have to tell her too?" Remus asked Sirius after a few moments of silent.

"No. I'll be back by day but you, you just can come back after you convince them." Sirius said.

"I'll see what I can do."

"I'm always here." Then, they leaned in and kissed each other.

Out of nowhere, there was a gasp coming from the kitchen door. They broke the kissed and saw the kids. All of them had their jaw wide opened but Jaiden. She looked at the two and shook her head.

"We knew it! We knew it!" Fred and George started once they straightened up themselves.

"Pay up, Ron." George said.

"Yeah, pay up, Ron." Fred said. He groaned and passed each of them 2 sickles. He went to give Jaiden the money but Jaiden waved it off.

"It's okay. You keep it." Ron smiled and nodded. She looked at her Remus and Sirius who their head was hanging down in embarrassment. "I told you to be careful." She said and chuckled.

"Wait, you knew all this time?!" They all said.

"Of course I know. How come I'm not?"

"What's with all those shouting for?" Molly said while walking downstairs and came into the kitchen. Remus and Sirius sighed and looked at each other.

"Don't worry. We will help you." Fred said to Remus and Sirius.

"Remus and Sirius was kissing." George said. Molly stood there dumbfounded and looked at they two man. Suddenly, Molly squealed.

"Finally. I always knew there's something happening between you two." She said. They both looked up with wide eyes which made the kids laughed.

That afternoon, after the Order done with their meeting, Molly called for the kids to come downstairs for lunch. When they did, there were just three Order members left. Moody, Kingsley and Snape and Jaiden could tell that Snape stayed because he was forced to.

When Jaiden's eyes landed on Moody, she froze. Jaiden knew that he wasn't an impostor but she still scared. Jaiden knew she wasn't suppose to but she couldn't help it. The memory started to flooding back into her mind. She gulped.

The last time she saw Moody was at Hogwarts. But it was someone else. Someone that helped her with her powers. Someone that worked and told Voldemort about her abilities. Before this, even when the Order were having their meeting, Jaiden didn't see him. But, why now?

"You alright?" Came Hermione voice from beside her.

"Huh?" She turned to Hermione. Just then she realized that only she and Hermione still standing at the door with everyone looking at them. "Y-yeah, I'm fine."

Hermione looked at the direction where Jaiden was looking before and saw Moody. She instantly knew that her friend was recalling back the memory from last year.

"He's not impostor. That's the real Moody. Don't worry about it." Hermione whispered to her ears as in she was reading her mind. Jaiden hesitantly nodded and started to walk to the table. She was sitting between the twins and across from her, Snape, Sirius with Remus between them.

Jaiden smiled at Snape and nodded a bit as in to say hi. Snape gave her a tiny smile and looked back down.

'He's being forced to stay?' Jaiden asked her father. Remus looked up at his daughter and nodded. 'By who?'

'Molly. She said he will have a lunch with us instead of going back to his house and eat alone.'

Jaiden tried to fight the urge to smile. 'Now I know why his face like that.'

'What are you saying? His face is always like that.' Remus joked. Jaiden tried to not laugh but a small snigger came out from her mouth which made the twins looked at her.

"What?" Fred asked from her left.

"Nothing." She said with a smile on her face. Then they started to eat.

"Have you tell her yet?" Snape whispered to Remus. He looked at Snape and shook his head.

"I don't know how to, Severus." He whispered back. "Everytime I tried, nothing came out." Snape nodded in understanding and went back to his food.

After they cleaned all up, they stayed at the dining table and simply talked to everyone until certain people opened a certain subject.

"Remember about it, Lupin. You have to convince them. You, too, play a main role in this." Moody said before getting up, ready to leave. This made everyone shut their mouths and turned to Moody. Remus looked at him in alarmed but before he can say anything, Jaiden beat it.

"Wait, what? Who my father needs to convince and what a main role in what?" Jaiden said. Moody looked at Remus.

"You didn't tell her?" Moody said. This made Jaiden turned to her father. Remus looked down and sighed but kept quiet.

"Dad, what is it?" Jaiden said with worry in her voice. When he didn't replied, she turned to Moody. "What is it?"

"I can't tell you. Ask your father."

"Then, you're not supposed to open the subject in front of me if you're not going to tell me."

"I-" He tried to argue but he was beat by someone.

"I have to go to a mission, Jaiden." Remus finally spoke. This made Jaiden looked at her father with a furrowed eyebrows.

"Mission?" Remus nodded. He looked up.

"I have to convince all the werewolf to join our side." Remus said.

"You're not going anywhere. I wouldn't let you." Jaiden said while looking straight dead into Remus's eyes.

"Jaiden-"

"Our decision is final and he will go." Moody said, cutting off Remus.

"You better shut up before I rip that mouth of yours." Moody taken aback with what she just said. Jaiden turned back to her father.

"Jaiden, this is for our own good. For this world's good. I already said I will go then it would be like that." Remus pointed out.

"Then what? Turn my world down?" Jaiden said with pain in her voice and her eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Remus said. Jaiden took a deep breath and got up from her chair.

"Fine. You go. You can go and do exactly the same thing you did years ago. Leave, and come back eleven years later." She said and walked out from the kitchen up to her room. Remus called for her a few times but she just ignored him.

When Jaiden talked about him missing for years, it really hit him. Straight into his heart. It caused him a pain that it had been a long time since last he felt it. That time, he knew what she meant by turned her world down.

As for Jaiden, she was really really sad. She'd never felt this way. Not even when her mother died. She slammed her bedroom door shut and leaned her back against it. She slid down and pulled her knees up to her chest and started to cry.

She started to hit herself to let out her anger and sadness when she couldn't take it anymore. She waved her hand and the Silencing charm was on. She started to scream as loud as she can. Even in her mind.

From downstairs, Remus could heard her screaming in his mind. He felt guilty. He took a few deep breath before got up and went upstairs to his daughter's room.

When he arrived at the front of her door, he knocked slowly and called for her.

"Cub?" No respond. He didn't hear anything. "Jaiden, please." Still, no respond came from the other side of the room.

"Jaiden, opened this door before I blast it off." Remus tried again but with a tone that he didn't even mean it. He rest his forehead against the wooden door.

"Please. I know you can hear me from there. Please, let me explain first about why I have to go. Please." He said as more tears came running out from his eyes. When he heard nothing, he wiped his tears and went to his shared bedroom where his wand was.

He took it and went back to the front of her door. He cast Alohomora and the door unlocked. When he walked in, he didn't see her anywhere. He checked her bathroom but she wasn't there too.

Little did he know, she was there all the time. She was under the Invisibility Charm and simply looked at her father who was searching the entire room like a mad man. Finally, he spoke up.

"I know you are in here, Jaiden. Please, just show up." He literally begged for her to come out. She sighed quietly. She couldn't see her father in such a state. She took off her charm and Remus looked at her direction. She was standing next to her wardrobe.

"Get out." Jaiden said quietly and went out from her hiding place.

"Not until I tell you why." Remus said.

"I get it, alright?! It's for the good and I totally get it! There's nothing to explain so get out!" She snapped. Remus sighed quietly and nodded his head in visible pain for her to see.

"I can't say no to Dumbledore, Jaiden. I owed him much. I hope you understand." That was all he said before he shut the door behind him. Jaiden waved her hand and her door locked.

"Stupid Dumbledore." She mumbled under her breath. Then, there was another knock on her door which made her groaned in annoyed.

"What do you want more?!"

"Jaiden it's me. It's Sevy."

"What do you want?" She asked tiredly.

"Could you, you know, open this door first so we can talk?" He asked gently. She sighed and unlocked the door.

Snape walked in and the first thing he saw in that room was Jaiden was pacing in the middle of her room. He shut the door and just looked at her every movements.

"Again, what do you want?" She asked and walked to her bed and sat down.

"Just want to check on the little one." Snape said and smirked.

"Still with that little one, huh? I'm 15 now, Sevy."

"So what? Can't I have a nickname for you? You call me Sevy." Snape said. Jaiden smiled but stayed silent. Snape then went to observe the books she have on her shelter. One book caught his eyes.

"Alice in Wonderland." He said to himself. "What's this book about?" Snape asked her while walking to her bed and sat next to her. Jaiden looked at the book title and smiled.

"It's a fantasy story. I don't really remember about the storyline because I barely read that one. It's about a girl named Alice who got into this world called Wonderland. There, she met a lot of friends. One of them is Mad Hatter. I like his character. He's really enjoy his life." Snape nodded and started to look through the book.

"May I borrow this?" Snape asked which made Jaiden shocked slightly.

"What do you want with a kid's book?" Jaiden said with a chuckled.

Snape rolled his eyes. "Read it, of course. And how about you? Why'd you have kid's book?"

"I'm a kid." Snape raised his eyebrow at her. "Well, I'm technically a teenager but I still can read children's books."

He nodded. "If that is your reason, then I can do the same. Even I'm a grown man, I still can read children's books. As long as I know how to read." Snape said which made her laughed.

His mission completed.

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