January 4th 1998 was a cold, snowy night. As Sara sat in her fire lit living room with her parents, she could hear the wind whistling outside. She, along with every other Hogwarts student was due to be on the Hogwarts express at 11am tomorrow morning so she was spending her last precious evening in the company of her Mother and Father.

As the clock on the mantle piece just passed 10:30pm, the family heard a group of quick, almost panicked knocks on their front door. They all looked around at each other, their faces awash with fear and confusion.

Henry rose from his arm chair, opening the living room door. He stared down the hallway at his front door with anxious eyes. "It's okay." He assured his family and to some extent himself. "The house is hidden from muggles and enemies."

The knocks came again, louder this time.

Henry pulled his wand from his pocket and treaded slowly down the hardwood floor of his hallway, until his hand reached the handle on the door.

Sara and Sonia remained seated in the living room, silent and leaning forward slightly to peer down the hall way.

Henry opened the door slowly yet only half way. Most of his body was still covered but his head peaked out to view the unexpected visitor. The cold, harsh wind slapped his face as he revealed an older man on his door step, the hood of his cloak covering his head and half his face. The stranger lifted his head quickly as Henry opened the door and Henry was relieved to find out he was no stranger at all.

"Tom?" He sighed with relief.

"Forgive me Henry, I know it's late but this is urgent." He quickly uttered, snapping his head around to check behind him every few seconds.

"Quickly, come in" Henry ushered, opening the door fully.

Sonia and Sara were standing now and had moved into the hallway awaiting an explanation.

"We need to talk." Tom stated, removing his hood.

"Of course Tom…Sara, sweetheart, could you go to your room please" Henry requested.

"Papa no. I don't want to be kept in the dark anymore. I know what's going on" Sara protested. "This is about La Peur…isn't it?" She finished, this time looking to Tom.

Tom looked to Henry cautiously before nodding stiffly to Sara.

"Okay."Henry sighed. "Everyone in the kitchen…now."

The four of them wasted no time in taking their seats at the kitchen table.

"He's here." Tom explained with a defeated sigh.

"La Peur? He's here in England?" Sonia gasped.

Tom nodded quickly. "You hear all sorts being a landlord, mostly rumours and drunken stories but Laughlin Leak and Victor Spence were in The Leaky Cauldron a few nights back, I know them and what their families are like and who they associate with. They didn't know I could over hear them but being who they are, it has to be true."

Henry nodded agreeing with Tom. He stoked the stuble on his chin, his mind swimming with thoughts. "So what did they say? What exactly did you hear Tom?"

"Not much." The barman confessed. "Just that La Peur is here in England and a plan is being born, I don't know what, but somethings brewing." He cautioned.

"So what do we do?" Sara chipped in, the worry evident in her voice. She looked between the faces of her parents.

"You'll go back to school tomorrow as usual." Sonia confirmed.

"Yes." Henry agreed. "Hogwarts is safe my dear. I will sleep easy knowing you're under the care of Dumbledore. There's no saying I can protect you…besides…it's me he wants"

Sara looked down with a small nod of her head. She wanted to return to school but she feared for her parents safety and found discomfort in being so far away from them.

She barely slept that night. She watched the clock on her bedside table tick from hour to hour as she tossed and turned, full of worry. She had no idea what La Peur's next move was or what was going to happen to her parents whilst she was back at Hogwarts. She felt tears stinging in the corner of her eyes and they trickled down her face as she scrunched her eyes shut. She ran her hands over her face, drying up her own tears before reaching to the locket that laid around her neck. She pulled it in front of her eyes, running her thumbs over it's detail before unclasping it. She watched as the tiny feline patronus danced around her room, turning the corners of her mouth into the smallest of smiles. She closed it up again, watching the cat disappear back into the locket and she brought the golden pendant up to her lips. She kissed it lightly as a few tears remained in the corner of her eyes.

"I miss you." She whispered into the air before rolling over and falling into sad and silent slumber.

"Sara…Sara?… wake up sweetheart"

Sara stirred, squinting her eyes to see her mother standing over her, lightly shaking her shoulder. Her bedroom curtains opened, flooding the morning light into the room as she fully opened her eyes.

"Time to get up, you've got a train to catch."

Sara nodded simply with no expression on her face.

"Hey, what's wrong Sasa?" Sonia questioned, sitting on the side of her daughters bed.

"I'm scared for you Mama." Sara confessed. "I'm scared he'll find you."

Sonia pulled her daughter into her chest, cradling her like an infant as tears fell from Sara's eyes once more. "We're going to be okay…all of us, we'll get through this," Sonia assured. "Come on now, lets get ready, you don't want to be late for your first day back." Sonia released Sara before walking to the bedroom door to leave, pausing for a moment in the doorway. "Plus…you've got someone special waiting for you." She said with a smirk before leaving Sara alone.

That special someone was sat in her school robes, at her kitchen table with her father.

"Tegan, I need you to listen to me." Cassius spoke firmly.

Tegan refused to look her father in the eye. Nothing had been said about her fathers meeting for the whole of the Christmas holidays. She hadn't confronted him, she didn't know how. All she really cared about was Sara and her safety.

"Tegan!" Her father raised his voice. "This is important!"

Tegan sighed, and rolled her eyes as she finally looked at her father all be it with nothing but resentment and disgust.

"Now…You remember my important meeting I had on your return home?"

Tegan gave a stiff nod of her head.

"Well lets call the man I met with a friend of mine. He needs my help…more specifically yours."

Tegan furrowed her eyebrows harshly. "What?" She spat.

"It involves your friend Sara. I need you to get her to the Hogshead on…"

"No." Tegan stated plainly.

"Tegan, you haven't let me finish."

"I don't care. I won't do anything you ask. I overheard your meeting…I won't be a part of this." She refused, the anger prominent in her voice as she rose up from her chair, forcing it backwards loudly. Her hands were shaking and angry tears were swimming in her eyes.

"Tegan. You are my daughter. For your father can you not do this one thing!" Cassius shouted also rising from his seat. "This half blood means nothing to us. She is merely a pawn in a bigger plan. Why won't you just do it!?"

"Because…" Tegan breathed heavy, looking to the ground.

"Well!?" Her father demanded.

"BECAUSE I LOVE HER" Tegan screamed.

Cassius took a step back from his daughter. Shock had slapped him in the face and he stood with his mouth hung open staring at his only child. "You…You what?"

"Yeah…I love her… More than anything." Tegan spoke fiercely. "And I will NOT put her in any danger."

Tegan exhaled a shaky, emotional breath of air in an attempt to compose herself, before reaching for her suitcase that stood next to the table. She lifted it with ease and turned to leave into the hallway. As she tried to step into the hall she felt a hand grip her wrist firmly and spin her back round.

"No! you are not walking away from me Tegan Quin. You will do this!"

Tegan pulled her wand quickly from her pocket. "Stupefy!" She spoke clearly, pointing her wand directly at her father. She watched as he flew backwards and crashed down onto their kitchen table into unconciousness. She stood shocked for a moment, before adrenaline began swimming through her veins as she heard movement form her mother upstairs.

"Tegan! What is going on?!" She heard her mother demand as she reached the top of the staircase. Tegan looked up at her before sprinting the length of the hallway, dragging her suitcase. She flung open the front door and ran out into the street. It was 10:45 and she needed to be at Kings Cross. She had practiced apparating a few times since her 17th birthday and succeeded once. She knew she had no other option if she wanted to arrive on time and this time out of all times she needed to be successful.

She scrunched her eyes closed, concentrating as hard as she knew how. A swaying feeling of sickness flew over her as she felt the motion kick in. Suddenly it vanished and she un-scrunched her eyes to find herself outside Kings Cross, all be it feeling a bit woozy. She sighed, letting her relief out into the air before swiftly making her way into the station.

She hurried along the platforms, picking up speed with each one she passed. As she hit 7 she was already running. Platform 9 and 10 were upon her as she reached a sprint and she didn't stop to breathe or pause before making her way head first into the wall between them. Her body glided through the magical passage and before she knew it, the beautiful scarlett train was in front of her, chugging smoke and gleaming as usual.

She took a moment to breathe. She was still shaken by the mornings events and the rush she endured to get here. She leaned her back against the wall and placed her hands on her knees, bowing her head slightly. As she looked up, she saw Sara standing on the platform alone. Her usual timidness apparent in the way she held herself. Tegan watched her for a few seconds, smiling as Sara fiddled with the golden locket around her neck. Tegan grabbed the handle of her suitcase once more and made her way towards her. Sara turned and spotted Tegan as she did so. Sara smiled at her but Tegan didn't see the usual brightness behind her eyes, she could tell something was up.

Tegan dropped her suitcase as she reached her, taking Sara into her arms. Sara buried her face in Tegan's neck, inhaling her dearly missed scent. Tegan kissed her head and stroked her hair, rocking the both of them slightly from foot to foot. Sara wriggled so that they were face to face before Tegan planted their lips together. The pair of them could feel just how intensely they had missed each other in the kiss, the want, the need and the passion was overwhelming.

"Sara…I…I love you." Tegan confessed with a small, quiet sob as her emotions took over.

"I know." Sara whispered, leaning her forehead against Tegan's. "Because I love you too."

The pair joined lips once more before the sharp whistle of the train interrupted them.

"Come on." Tegan said, offering Sara her free hand. "We'd best get on."

The duo, climbed aboard the Hogwarts Express, deciding not to look for the remainder of their friends as they sat in an empty carriage together.

"Sara, I have a lot to tell you." Tegan spoke quietly once they had settled and the train started moving. "I know bad things are happening."

"How?" Sara quizzed

"My father. He's involved in it all." Tegan confessed as tiny tears dropped down her face.

Sara stared back at Tegan with the same sadness on her face.

"I'm so sorry." Tegan spoke once more.

Sara raised a hand to Tegan's face, wiping away her tears before cupping her jaw. "That doesn't matter. It's no fault of yours." Sara assured.

Tegan nodded against Sara's hand before taking it in her own and locking eyes with her girlfriend.

"Either way, i'm not going to let anything happen to you okay? I'm going to tell you everything I know and we're going to get through this…together."