Lupin's True Love Returns

September 20, 1996

The adults turned to the door while Regina and Harry each grabbed Wyatt and Chris and moved to stand behind Logan. A good dozen black-robed figures with white masks stepped into the house.

One of the figures looked around the foyer and sneered under her mask. "So this is where the famous Charmed Ones reside. Living like filthy Muggles."

"Yeah, well not everyone can live like some bitch in heat, Narcissa." Remus tightened his grip on his wand.

"You will pay for that, werewolf." Narcissa raised her wand and aimed it at Remus.

"You won't hurt my father!" Regina tightened her grip on Wyatt as she stepped around Logan.

"The werewolf has a teenage daughter. A shame that Croft doesn't know..."

"Like hell she doesn't. She's my mother."

Narcissa looked at Remus before she started to laugh. "So the slut wasn't as pure as everyone thought!"

"Don't talk about my parents like that!"

"What are you going to do about it? Shoot sparks at me?" Narcissa sneered again. "You are pathetic just like your mother!"

"Watch who you're calling pathetic! You forget I was trained by the best!"

"They were nothing but a bunch of Muggles." Narcissa laughed with the other Death Eaters.

Regina all but threw Wyatt to Phoebe before transforming into her griffin form and jumping at Narcissa and three other Death Eaters. The other Death Eaters started firing hexes at the other adults. Wyatt raised his shield around him, Phoebe, Harry, and Chris while Wolverine extended his claws.

"Anyone care to find out how adamantium feels going through their gullets?" Wolverine jumped over Regina as she ripped through the black robes.

Her screeches echoed through the house as she snapped her beak around Narcissa's arm and drew blood. Daggeron jumped into the fray as his armor appeared and Tori drew her sword.

"As much as I hate to use this against people, you asses ain't people!" Tori swung her sword at the Death Eaters as Inu-Yasha joined her.

The Death Eaters jumped to either side as Phoebe handed Wyatt to Harry. Harry managed not to drop the boy as Remus flew past him. Piper threw up her hands and froze one of the Death Eaters in his tracks. She jumped to one side and quickly unfroze him letting him land hard against the wall.

"Wyatt, get Harry and Chris out of here." Piper kicked Narcissa in the stomach as Wyatt orbed Harry, Chris, and himself out of the room. "Now that the kids are out of here, let's kick some ass."

"Right, Piper." Phoebe saw the griffin fly across the room once she was hit with a spell. "Regina!"

Regina changed back into her human form and shook her head slightly. "That hurt, you bastard."

"I see your mother hasn't taught you any manners." The Death Eater pulled off his mask to reveal his face.

"Malfoy!" Remus was growling low in his throat as Regina changed into her tiger form and jumped at Lucius Malfoy.

"How many forms does she have?" Paige kicked the Death Eater she was fighting around the head as Wolverine slid his claws into his back.

"Three that we know of." Wolverine grabbed Paige and spun her around so that her front was pressed to his. He grunted slightly in pain before letting her go. "Next time don't let your guard down."

"Yes, sir." Paige looked up into his blue eyes before kissing his cheek. "Let's get back into the fight."

Wolverine growled slightly as he released Paige. His claws found their way into the arm of one of the Death Eaters. He slowly made his way over to Regina who was trying to get a hold of Malfoy with her teeth. "Hey, bub. Let me show you how a Wolverine fights." Malfoy jumped back and Disapparated. "Wimp!" Wolverine turned and patted the tiger's head as he passed her. "Nice work, Paws."

Regina changed back quickly before landing a roundhouse kick to Narcissa's backside. "That's for my mother!"

"You little..." Narcissa paled slightly when she realized that she was the last of the Death Eaters. The rest had Disapparated when Malfoy had.

Piper held up her hands slightly and Narcissa froze. "Now to get some answers." She unfroze the witch's head.

Tori pulled a phial out of her pocket. "I've got the Veritaserum." She opened it and looked at the open phial before looking up at the others. "Anyone got any idea how to use this stuff?"

"Three drops, Tori. That's all we'll need." Remus watched Tori let the potion drop into Narcissa's mouth which Logan and Daggeron were holding open. "Either you swallow that or I let Wolverine slice you open."

Narcissa spit the potion out. "He's one of the bloody X-Men. He can't hurt me."

"Which one am I?" Wolverine gently rubbed one of his claws.

"How am I supposed to know? The lot of you are Muggles!" Narcissa tried to free herself.

Paige laid a hand on Wolverine's arm. "There's no need to dirty your claws. I know of a potion that'll vanquish her in an instant."

"You're the Charmed Ones. You can't vanquish the innocent." Narcissa kept shaking her head.

Piper rolled her eyes. "You aren't innocent, now are you? Paige, go get the potion."

"Wait I'll tell you!" Narcissa's eyes darted from one adult to the next. "The Dark Lord wants the Nexus."

"Nexus? What the bloody hell is a Nexus?" Regina held her hand to the gash on her arm.

"The Nexus is a place that's equi-distance from the five elements." Paige proceeded to draw a star on a piece of paper. "They can be all over the world but there just happens to be one in the basement of this house."

"So that means what exactly?" Remus was pressing against Regina's wound trying to stop the bleeding.

"It's powerful and if this Voldedork guy wants it we're going to have to stay here to protect it." Phoebe had grabbed a towel from the kitchen.

"Just wait a second." Logan looked between the sisters. "If you think we're going to let you stay here and fend off these morons, think again. You're going to Hogwarts even if I have to tie you up and throw you over my shoulder."

Remus raised his wand and pointed it at Narcissa. "Obliviate!"

Phoebe watched Narcissa collapse slightly. "What did you do to her?"

"I erased her memory." Remus gave Piper a small smile. "How about unfreezing her so we can toss her out in the street?"

Piper flipped her hands slightly and Narcissa fell to the floor. "Leo, could you take the trash out please?"

Paige stepped forward. "I'll take out the trash. Leo, could you heal Regina? We wouldn't want Wyatt to worry about her." Paige knelt next to Narcissa and looked up at the others. "I'll be right back." She orbed out with Narcissa.

"Well, let's take a look at that arm." Leo led Regina to one of the sofas and sat her down gently. He grimaced when he saw the gash and the burns surrounding it. "This might sting for a minute." He held his hands over the wound and a golden glow surrounded the wound. Regina hissed slightly as the gash started to close along with the tear in the sleeve of her blouse. Leo moved his hands when the glowing stopped. "Good as new."

Regina flexed her arm slightly as Paige orbed back without Narcissa. "Thanks, Mr. Wyatt."

"Now take care of Logan. He was hurt too." Paige motioned to Logan.

Logan shook his head slightly. "No need. I can heal just fine." Logan took off his leather jacket and turned around. He smirked when he heard Paige's gasp.

"Your wounds...They're just gone." Paige ran a hand down his back.

"That's my mutation." Logan extended one claw and made a small cut on the back of his arm. It healed quickly. "See."

"Nice." Phoebe turned to look at her sisters. "You know I think we should just go to Hogwarts and think of a plan from there."

"Sounds good to me." Leo smiled from his spot on the couch. "At least I won't have worry about having to heal you all the time."

Logan laughed as Remus turned back to the three sisters. "I take it that the three of you will be joining us?"

"Yes." Piper started toward the stairs. "I'm going to go and start to pack."

"We're coming." Paige and Phoebe jumped forward and hurried up the stairs.

"I'll go and let Dumbledore know that you're coming and that you are going to need wards on the house." Remus disappeared with a soft pop.

Regina climbed to her feet and followed after Piper and Phoebe. Paige ran into the kitchen with Logan and Daggeron right behind her. Leo and Inu-Yasha followed Piper, Regina and Phoebe but kept going up to the attic. Tori also went upstairs but went to help Harry with Wyatt and Chris.

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Inu-Yasha looked around the dusty attic while Leo started pulling out boxes. "Why are we up here in this place when everyone else is downstairs?"

"Because we need some things that are up here." Leo moved one of the boxes over to one of the bookcases and started to put bottles and jars of ingredients into the box. "Could you put those daggers into a box for me? As well as the candles and the crystals?" Leo pointed to the pile of daggers laying on one of the tables.

"Sure but I think Hogwarts has candles." Inu-Yasha grabbed a large piece of leather and wrapped the daggers before putting them into a box. He also slid the candles and the crystals into the box. "Anything else?"

"They may have candles but these are special Wicca candles. They're made just for Wiccan rituals." Leo pointed to a large book sitting on a podium. "That book over there."

"Are you sure?" Inu-Yasha eyed the book as if it would bite him.

Leo laughed as he moved over to the book and scooped it up. "It won't hurt you."

"Yeah right." Inu-Yasha helped Leo with the rest of the ingredients.

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Piper jumped slightly as a soft pop was heard behind her. She turned around and saw Remus standing in the hallway. "Well?"

"He'll come over after we get back to Hogwarts." Remus didn't step into the bedroom.

Piper smiled softly. "I don't bite."

"Sorry. I don't think my wife would be too thrilled to learn that I had been in the bedroom of a beautiful woman."

"Why do you say that?" Piper saw Regina pulling a suitcase from Pheobe's room.

"Mother's pregnant with triplets and Daddy has been in the doghouse for the last few days." Regina wrapped her arms around her father's waist. "And lately Mother's hormones have been chaos around Hogwarts. Even the Slytherins are behaving."

"So you and your wife have been together since you were kids?" Piper placed several stuffed animals into a box.

"We've known each other since we went to school together but have only been married for about three months." Remus waved his wand at the box and watched the toys shrink. "There. Anything you place in that box will shrink and it won't get any heavier than when it is empty."

"Well, I guess there are things that we can learn there." Piper folded up the playpen and slid it into the box watching as it shrank.

"Yeah. There's a lot that we can do." Regina stood on her toes and kissed Remus's cheek. "I'm going back to help Phoebe. She said that since she has to pack anyhow, she may as well go through her clothes at the same time."

"Merlin help me if she gives them to you." Remus rubbed his eyes as Regina disappeared into Phoebe's room. "I'll end up killing Charlie."

Piper smiled as she started to put more things into the box. "Leo is up in the attic with Inu-Yasha. Why don't you go and help them?"

"I think I will." Remus disappeared up the stairs to the attic.

Daggeron stepped from Paige's room as Logan's voice rose in anger. "You can't wear that kind of stuff around the brats at Hogwarts."

"And why not?" Paige stood in the middle of her room with several rather skimpy looking outfits in her hands.

"Because these kids are a bunch of hormone driven teens and some of them just might get it in their heads to jump ya."

"Well, since you're not my husband, boyfriend, or brother, you have no say in what I wear!" Paige tossed the clothes into the open suitcase.

"You're going to get some decent clothes before we get to England, girlie. Those outfits won't keep you warm in the middle of winter."

"That's what shopping's for. I can always buy warmer things when I need them." Paige glared at Logan.

Logan grabbed her arm and started out the door. "Come on. We're going shopping now. It's already colder in England than it is here."

"I'm not going anywhere, you pig-headed barbarian!" Paige pulled her arm from his grasp and orbed out of the room.

"You ain't gonna get out of it that easily, missy!" Logan shook a fist at the ceiling before stomping out of the room.

Tori was leaning against the doorframe of Wyatt and Chris's room. "Yelling at her won't make her like you anymore than she already does, Logan."

"Who says that she likes me?" Logan glared at the woman before stomping down the stairs and out of sight.

"I know what I saw, Logan, and she likes you." Tori turned and saw Daggeron smirking at her. "And I take it you saw as well."

"Of course, milady." Daggeron followed her into the bedroom. "I have the same problems with Nick and Madison. They tiptoe around each other so much that I just want to push them together."

Tori laughed as she finished packing the boys' clothes. "Well, I guess we're going to have to get these couples together then."

Harry looked up from playing with Wyatt and Chris. "Can I be of some help?"

"Why not, kid?" Tori ruffled his hair before turning back to the dresser. "I think that's everything from in here."

"I suggest we go and check on the others." Daggeron followed Tori out of the room and down the hall.

They saw Piper putting the last of her things into the box on the floor. Tori waved to her as they continued down the hall. Phoebe and Regina were sorting through the clothes on Phoebe's bed.

"I think this would look so cute on you, Reg." Phoebe held up a jade green sweater. "It even matches your earrings."

Regina took the cashmere sweater into her hands and reveled in the softness. "I love it. Are you sure you don't want to keep it?"
"Positive. It's not like I can't borrow it from you later on down the road." Phoebe took the sweater and folded it before placing it into one of the two boxes before her. She picked up a flowing black skirt. "I never did wear this."

"Most likely because demon blood shows up on everything." Tori stepped into the room. "But it's cute. Regina, maybe you should try it with that sweater. I think Charlie would adore it."

"I think he would as well." Regina pulled the skirt up over her jeans and zipped it closed. "It fits perfectly."

"Well it looks a little tight but that might be from your jeans." Phoebe rummaged through the bottom of her closet until she found a pair of black knee high boots. "Try these as well."

Regina sat on the bed and pulled on the boots. "They fit." She smiled at Phoebe. "I can't believe how close we are in size, Phoebe."

"I know. Of course my sisters are pretty close in size with me as well." Phoebe watched Regina take off the skirt and boots and put them into the box that was labeled as hers.

Remus stepped into the room just as Phoebe was putting several tops into Regina's box. "Are the two of you done yet? I think we need to get back to Hogwarts before your mother starts going mental on us."

"With her hormones, Daddy, she'll go mental when she finds out that we went on a trip without her." Regina closed up the boxes as Phoebe started to lift them. "I'll do that, Phoebe. Wingardium Leviosa!"

Phoebe watched the boxes float out the door and down the hall. "Don't you get in trouble for using magic as personal gain?"
"No. It's just easier though there are still a lot of things that I like to do the Muggle way." Regina followed after the boxes and jumped over the railing to land on her feet on the floor below.

"That girl has a ton of energy." Phoebe followed after Regina.

"That's because she takes after her mother." Remus rolled his eyes as Tori giggled and hurried after Phoebe.

Inu-Yasha looked around at the boxes that were around him. "How are we going to get all this back to Hogwarts?"

"Easy. Watch." Remus waved his wand and the boxes shrunk. He picked up the shrunken boxes and slid them into a bag hanging from his waist. He looked around at the group. "Are we ready?"

"As ready as we'll ever be." Paige stepped over to Remus, effectively ignoring Logan's growls.

"All you need to do is touch this." Remus tapped his wand against the teakettle and watched it glow for a moment.

Paige, Piper, Phoebe, and Leo looked at each other before touching the teakettle. Inu-Yasha and Logan both growled as they touched it. Wyatt and Chris held onto Regina and Harry as they also placed a finger to the teakettle. Daggeron and Tori looked each other before they touched the teakettle. The jerk behind their navels caused Phoebe to squeal and Piper to scream. Paige and Leo both seemed to be unaffected by the jerk. They landed in a heap on the floor of Dumbledore's office. Dumbledore noticed that Remus, Leo, Paige, Regina with Wyatt, and Harry with Chris were the only ones still standing.

"I am excited to welcome you to Hogwarts." Dumbledore held out his hands as everyone else scrambled to their feet.

"Thanks." Piper moved over to her children and started to make sure that they weren't hurt.

"I will go and place the wards over your home while Professor Lupin gets you settled into your rooms." Dumbledore strode from his office as Veronica stepped from the shadows by the fireplace.

Remus swallowed slightly as he tried to find a place to hide from his wife. "Hi, Veronica."

"Remus, would you care to let me know why you didn't think that I wouldn't like to get into a fight?" Veronica tapped her foot against the stone floor.

"She looks pissed." Phoebe leaned toward Paige.

"Yeah, she looks worse than Piper when she was pregnant." Paige shuddered slightly.

Piper glared at her sisters. "I was not that bad." She stepped forward. "Mrs. Lupin, I'm Piper Halliwell."

"A pleasure." Veronica nodded slightly.

"Your husband just came on the orders of the guy that just left. In fact if he hadn't shown up we'd probably be looking at that Voldedork guy with the Nexus in him right now." Piper saw Veronica's head whipped around to her.

"He was there?" Veronica let out a small sigh as Piper shook her head.

"No but he sent some of his dummies." Piper watched Veronica nod in understanding.

"I suppose you're off the hook for now." Veronica turned to look at Phoebe, Paige, and Leo. "Come on. I'll show you to the rooms for the DADA professors."

"Thanks." Paige turned to her sisters and smiled. "I guess it won't be so bad here."

"I guess not." Phoebe followed Veronica out of the office.