The Redpaws [CIEL,RIN, OPEN]

[Jaminson Redpaw]

"That was a dementor. A horrible thing that feeds off of joy and makes you relive your worst nightmares." James replied with a shudder, bringing his patronus closer towards them "Are you sure you're okay? Here, have some cookes. It'll make you feel a lot better, I promise."

James handed them the cookies with a worried look on his face. It really wasn't like him to be like this but when it came to loved ones his mood usually changed drastically.

"I really am a professor at Hogwarts. I understand if you still don't believe me but it's the truth. I woul never, ever lie to you two. Ever." James looked them square in the eye hoping that they would see his honesty and sadness "Please believe me. I would also never hurt you so please, just trust me!"

James stood up shakily and looked around, trying to find any muggles that would need their memories wiped. He decided to keep his patronus out and close to Ciel and Rin just in case.

[Ceil Marks]

For some strange reason, Ceil started to trust and believe Jaminson. He didn't know why, but for some reason there was something about this guy that seemed familiar. And he felt like he could trust him. Ceil always listened to his gut when it told him things, and it was screaming this. He just didn't know why.

"But why would a dementy thingy be here? In a muggle cafe. It's a magical creature, isn't it? I think I've read about them in the Hogwarts books we got. But it wasn't much. Just in passing. Something about a wizarding prison."

Ceil took the cookies from Jaminson and began to nibble on one. Not really thinking about it at all. More thinking about the Dementor and the horrible memory it forced Ceil and Rin both. He passed a cookie to Rin and gave her a look that told her to eat the cookie.

I know you don't like nor trust him, but it really does help. I feel better already. Ceil thought to Rin, hoping she'd do what he told her for once, but didn't hold his breath.

[Rin Marks]

Rin had the sense of fear no matter what the case was now. She was watching around a bit more. Her eyes watching the counter top, she watched over by the doors of the cafe. She watched Jaminson especially even if she felt weaker then usual.

Rin gave her brother a dirty look when he kept talking to Jaminson now. "Stop talking to him!" She thought to her brother. Her brow furrowing in the process. She did not think she would ever be able to trust anyone at all.

She watched as Ciel took and ate a cookie. Did not Diane Marks and her husband teach them to never take cookies from strangers. Well he was supposedly a Hogwarts professor. She looked at him once more.

When Rin looked over at her brother, she shook her head when he told her to eat the cookie. She would eat it only on her terms and her terms alone. She did not feel like eating nothing but what she had on her plate. Though she was still feeling the effects of the dementor. She soon looked at Jaminson, sniffed at the cookie and then finally took a bite at it. She was not trusting him. She was trusting her brother for now.

[Jaminson Redpaw]

After looking around a bit more he concluded that the other muggles had run away and decided to leave things to the Ministry of Magic to handle. They would do a much better job than him anyway.

"Indeed, you are correct kiddo! Those dementors are the guards of Azkaban, the prison for witches and wizards." James replied "You'll learn more about them in Defense Against The Dark Arts and my own class, History of Magic. Hopefully you'll never have to go there, even just for a visit."

James could tell that Ciel was trusting him more now but his sister did not. He just hoped that the two of them wouldn't hate him when they learned the truth but, for now, he wanted to learn more about them and get close to them before he decided to tell them.

"Do you feel any better now?" James asked "If so, I think it would be best for the two of you to return to the Leaky Cauldron. I'll escort the two of you back and I won't take no for an answer."

[Ceil Marks]

Ceil was relieved when Rin finally took a bite of the cookie. It really did help to feel better. He didn't know why, but it did. He continued to eat the cookie, not caring that he was getting a whole bunch of mental screams from Rin.

"I thought I read that. You teach History? Sounds boring...." Ceil told Jaminson honestly. He never liked any history class in school. He would always fall asleep, or goof off with his friends.

Ceil was kind of glad when Jaminson asked to walk them back to Diagon Alley. He was afraid of the dementor showing up again. He didn't want to have to relive the screaming yet again. The scary remembrance of the day he almost lost Rin.

"I'm going to tell him it's okay to walk us back, alright?" Ceil sent to Rin, but didn't wait for a reply.

"That's fine. We won't object." Ceil told to Jaminson at the same time he gave his sister a look. He was afraid she would object. And he didn't want her to do that. Jaminson just saved their lives. The least they could do was let him walk them home. He was probably just as freaked as they were. It wasn't everyday a dementor attacked young kids... was it?

"You didn't answer me, though. Why was that thing here? Shouldn't it be at Azkaban?" It was the only thing that didn't add up in Ceil's eyes. If they were as dangerous as they seemed to be. They shouldn't be allowed to walk around and make people relive their worst memories.

It wasn't right...

[Rin Marks]

Rin watched Jaminson her eyes searching him to find out if he was indeed alright. She did not take her brother's word for it. She found that Ciel could be a bit to trusting to fast. She shook her head, but she nibbled on her cookie once again. She did not want the guy to seem like he won.

"What the heck are you doing Ciel, Mom and Dad clearly said we should not talk to strangers. You know he might be what that stupid thing was after!" She hissed out into his mind. History did sound boring though. She had to admit to that.

She glared at Ciel when he said that he was going to tell him that it was fine for him to walk her and her brother back. She shook her head. "Don't you dare Ciel, I swear that is not a wise decision!" She hissed out once more. She might be a rule breaker, but she only did it when she had too.

How dare her brother answer for her. "Fine." She said in a bit of a glare to her brother. Rin was clearly not happy, when Rin was not happy no one was!

"Clearly it was hunting someone!" She yelled at her brother. She had her thoughts it was hunting Jaminson, but the way it went after the older women. She could clearly gather that it was after her.

[Jaminson Redpaw]

James chuckled as he heard his son's honest opinion.
"History is boring because of boring teachers." James replied with a mischievous grin "Remove the boring teachers and you make History a lot more fun. I hope you'll have a more positive feeling about my class after having it."

"Good. I just don't want the two of you getting hurt." James nodded "I know you feel very distrust worthy of me Rin but please let me bring you back safely."

It was obvious his daughter wasn't too happy but what could James do? He felt sort of hopeless but he let the feeling pass and listen to Ciel.

"Sorry. The dementor was still affecting me so I wasn't at my usual range of focus." James apologized with a small shudder "Dementors are never sent out unless someone has escaped the prison or if they're searching for someone dangerous. I do believe that woman you saw earlier was one of those dangerous people. I do believe she was an old, crazy Death Eater. They wouldn't really send out a dementor otherwise."

[Ceil Marks]

Ceil ignored most of what his sister told him. He tended to do that quite often when she was telling him something that he didn't want to listen to, or something stupid. Like now. Ceil trusted James enough to know that he wasn't going to hurt them. He had protected them after all, the least Rin could do was say her thanks but Ceil knew her enough to know that was never going to happen.

"I know what mom and dad told us, but desperate times call for desperate measures!" He thought to Rin to hopefully get her to shut up and to make her see that James wasn't that bad.

Ceil mentally hit himself when James told him that dementors only go after convicts. He was sure that Rin would think he's lying and that James was the convict. Sometimes it worries him how much they think alike.

"Right. What is a Death Eater? Sorry for all the questions...." Ceil asked James before added a small smile that told him he really was sorry.

Ceil looked outside to see that it was getting dark. Not wanting to walk at all in the pitch black of night Ceil added, "Can we like go? It's getting dark now. What are you going to do about the woman?"

Ceil always was one to ask a lot of questions. He had a habit of saying whatever came to his mind. That was sometimes a good thing and sometimes a bad one. Ceil loved that side of himself, showing that he didn't care what others thought of him. All he cared about was his on psyche and of course, his sister's.

Ceil really just wanted to know what happened so he could know for sure how to protect his sister. He didn't want anything to happen to her, especially after having to hear her almost drowning again in his head.

[Rin Marks]

It was clear that James and Ciel hit it right off and that worried Rin. She did not want to see her brother get hurt even if he was older then her. She glared at James now her heart was still racing. She heard him say that if you got rid of the boring teachers that History would be fun. She just rolled her eyes. It was clearly going to be one of these conversations that Rin found to be completely useless.

She rolled her eyes. "Why." She said before she could stop herself. Why did this man care if they got hurt or not. "Why do you?" She asked in a very distrusting way. Rin had a hard time trusting anyone short of Ciel.

She heard him talk about the dementor. She sort of rolled her eyes a little bit. That thing was after them because they thought she and her brother were some escaped convict or something. Rin looked at her brother for a moment.

"We already thanked him, he can leave now. Why the heck does he care so much about us?' She said with her mind. "It's not like we are related to him Ciel, I don't trust him and I want mom!" She hissed out to her brother now.

"Death Eater, HIM!" She thought to her brother now. "He could be lying!" She hissed out to her brother again. James could just be making all this up to get the twins and have his way with them.

When Ciel asked if they could go. She glared at him. "We don't need him." She said sharply to him in her thoughts. She didn't think that they needed someone like him. They were fine they had each other. Those dementor things whatever the heck they were.

[Jaminson Redpaw]

"Why?" James repeated in a surprised voice "Because you remind me of someone I loved very much when I was young... So much that it's kind of scary even!"

He let a small, nervous chuckle escape his lips and gave his daughter an encouraging pat on the shoulder. Though James wouldn't tell them the truth just yet he could always leave hints with the small hope that, just maybe, they would know without him saying it directly.

"A Death Eater is a follower of..." James took a shaky breath before saying the cursed name, though he usually wouldn't be afraid to use it James had heard of rumors and they weren't too pleasant "...a follower of You-Know-Who. Voldemort. Let's just say they aren't the friendliest of people."

He spoke his laste few sentences quickly and uncomfily. James knew of the horrors that Death Eaters and Lord Voldemort brought and could bring as he lived through that time. It didn't really help that he taught History of Magic and was forced to know almost every detail about Lord Voldemort and his followers.

"Yes, it's about time we leave. Not too many muggles will be out so I do believe I can keep out my Patronus. Hopefully the Ministry won't cause me too much trouble for it..."

Suddenly James felt a strong feeling of hatred from Rin, directed to him. And he also, somehow, heard her thoughts. She was screaming to her brother about how he might be a Death Eater and that they should ditch him.

"Rin, you may not trust me but please, please don't go on your own." he pleaded "You have no idea how much danger you might be in. I'm not the threat my dear. I would never hurt you."

[Ceil Marks]

Voldemort. That name sounded familiar. Ceil racked his brain for why and the only thing he came up with was reading something about the destruction of the castle not too long ago. He made a mental note to look up more information about it went they get safetly back to the Leaky Cauldron.

Ceil knew Rin would never truly relax until she was as far away from James as possible. Ceil didnt think he was all that bad. Certainly he wasnt the bad guy Rin made it seem like he was.

Ceil sighed to himself silently before turning to James, "I think we should leave now." he hoped the look he gave James would be enough to show James that this was a must.

Ceil knew that Rin was probably freaking and going crazy on the inside. Don't worry, we'll be away from him soon... He thought hastily to Rin. He didn't know why he kept sending her reassurances when he knew they would never help her calm down more.

It was weird. He felt like he shouldnt be trusting James as much as he was, yet he couldnt help it. There was somethong about him. Something that made him somehow trust this mysterious stranger. Something that made him almost like hin. Yet he didnt know what.

[Rin Marks]

Rin was taken a bit back when James said that she reminded them of someone that he loved? How much of this was a creepy to her. Like James was a sick creeper or something. Rin could not help how much she distrusted this man. This was not her father. Her father and mother had tried to keep her safe.

Rin shy'ed away from him. She did not want him to have any items. "Do not touch me." She told him. She did not want him to touch her because it made her nervous.

She did recongize the name Voldermort though. She had read it in her books the other day. She did not get why he had to keep out his patronus. She figured it would make someone weak. The mere dementors had made her remember horrible things.

The hatred Rin felt was boiling up and more. When he seemed to have gotten into her mind. It annoyed her more. "Those are private, stay out! Rin was puffing mad now. There was no way she would stay with them now. She would leave Ceil, let him go with James. She however was going to protect herself.

Rin quickly looked at James and Ciel for one last look. She had already decided she was going to leave without her brother. She got her stuff together and got up. Then she quickly made it to the door, and turned to leave. She wanted nothing to do with James.

[Jaminson Redpaw]

James stayed quiet as Rin threw her anger fit ans stormed out of the door. He knew that it would be hopeless to try and talk with Rin. He knew Tania would be the same if she was in Rin's situation. He'd know as James didn't always get on his late wife's good side.

"Follow after her." James commanded his tiger Patronus who silently bounded after her "Now then Ciel, shall we be off?"

James stepped out of the cafe, making sure Ciel was following behind, and walked into the cool, night air. He walked in silence, savoring the peace and quiet.

"Do you want a sugar quill?" James asked his son, breaking the silence "Here, you see that tip? Suck on that."

James handed Ciel the quill and brought out another quill for him to suck on. Sugar quills helped him concentrate and was a his substitute for cigars.

[Ceil Marks]

Ceil didn't know how to react when Rin threw her little fit and ran out the door... He knew he should have probably ran after her, but James sent the Ghostly tiger after her and told him to come on. His listened to James, but still felt the need to run after Rin. She shouldn't be alone in the middle of a town she doesn't know her way around in.

James gave him a Quill and called it a Sugar Quill. Told him to suck on the tip of it. He had never heard of anything like this before, but supposed it was just a wizarding candy that he had yet to be introduced to. There was a lot of things in the Wizarding world that he didn't know exist, or didn't know much about. To be honest he was kind of scared to go to Hogwarts. But he wanted to learn and make new friends.

"What are we going to do about Rin? We have to go after her! It isn't safe to just let her be. I don't know if she knows the way back to the Leaky Cauldron!" Ceil panicked out loud as the he sucked on the sugar quill some more.

He didn't know what that Ghost tiger was going to do... whether it was going to bring her back or just simply look after her. But he wanted to know and he wanted to be with Rin again, before she got hurt. He hated when he was separated from his twin. It made him anxious and nervous. Like something was going to happen to her. If anything ever did, Ceil would be lost and wouldn't know how to move on with his life.

"What is that Tiger going to do? Why did you send it after her instead of us just running after her?"

Ceil's eyes shut as he walked down the street with this, essentially, stranger. He took a deep breath and sent a message to Rin, "Be careful! Come back to us, James won't hurt you. Do you honestly think I would let him? Please. Just come back. Stop running."

[Rin Marks]

Rin was gone down the road when she spotted that same tiger patronus bounding after her. She took another left and right to get it off her tail. She wanted it gone. She really did. She growled slightly at the stupid thing. "Get the heck away from me!" She hissed at the already growing tiger as it finally caught up with her. She wanted to get away from it, but it was attached. "Fine, but don't speak." She told it.

Rin heard her brother telling her to be careful, to come back. "I am not going back, I am going to go on my own, now leave me alone." She thought back. She knew where she was going. Well she only knew part of it.

Rin was getting tired, but she was going to make it back to the room before they did. She quickly turned another area and went through the alley like she knew too. She looked at the bricks as she carefully taped them in order. That stupid patronus still right beside her.

She made it inside, but so did the patronus. "I am fine, go away." She told the patronus. Though something about it was starting to soothe her a bit. Knowing she was away from James, but pissed off because her brother was there."Do not lead him to the room!" She shouted to Ciel.