Title – The Day Had Come

Chapter – One - The Day Had Come.

Pairing – Sirius/Oc1 Remus/Oc2 James/Lily

Rating – M

Warnings – Character Romance, Spoilers for the books and films.

Quick Intro – Melissa used to be an Auror, she had many secrets, she had one prophecy in her name, she used to apart of the wizard world but that was along time ago, she would never go back, would she? She has been asked to rejoin the fight against the Dark Wizards one of whom is her father.

Disclaimer – I don't own any of the character from Harry Potter alas they belong to J.K. Rowling, there is no financial gain here just a love of fanfiction.

Chapter One - The Day Had Come.

The day had come, she knew that it would, she had spent so long separating herself from the wizard world, it had been years since she had any contact with anyone but muggles, she thought the sight of the owl outside her window would have surprised her but even after this long away owl post still seemed normal.

Putting her cup of black coffee on the side Melissa walked over to the window and after bribing the owl with some of her breakfast bacon she managed to get the letter, she put it on the side and stared at it while drinking her coffee. Melissa had no idea why she couldn't open it, the thought of returning into the world of magic scared her, she left her friends and family packed one bag and within half an hour she was gone, leaving no note and only telling one person.

She knew no one would follow her, secretly she hoped Remus would but in the end she was glad he stayed away, it was easier to forget that way, sipping her coffee and finding it stone cold she realised she had been standing there worrying about the letter for far too long, calmly she picked up the letter and turned it over to see Alistor Moody's Auror seal.

Taking a deep breath she opened the letter and read it quickly as if it would hurt less that way.

Melissa,

Midnight, usual place.

Remember Constant Vigilance!

Moody.

She read the note again but slower, yep, that was Mad-Eye, they haven't spoken or seen each other in over a decade and two lines was all he sent her, she smiled as she put the note in her bag and headed out the door.

Before she had left the wizard world Melissa had been an Auror under the guidance of Alistor Moody also known as Mad-Eye, it had been a tough training process but she had known Mad-Eye a long time and appreciated him although he could be more then annoying at times. She knew he would have respected her wishes enough to leave her alone when she left, contacting her after this amount of time meant whatever he wanted to tell her, it must be important.

Crossing the road and still contemplating what Mad-Eye would want to tell her Melissa entered the bookshop she was currently working in, she had been a teacher for many years after leaving Auror work behind, but after a while she changed to something less social where she didn't have to be around children all the time. She had also changed apartments, she used to live in a small house on the outskirts of the town but after she quit teaching decided to rent a two bed flat in the city centre.

Melissa spent the entire day trying to forget the letter in her bag but every once in a while she would get it out just to look and make sure she was not imagining it, once she got in after work she pulled a large trunk out from her wardrobe, it was old but in good condition and had a 'H' crest on the side of it, this chest contained everything she brought with her from the magical world. She opened it and pulled out her cloak, she reached into the pocket and pulled out her wand. It had been hard after leaving but gradually she had used magic less and less, when she got her first boyfriend since leaving she decided to put her wand away and forget about magic forever.

She did not have the heart of the energy needed to go through the trunk and look at all the memories that were there so she grabbed the small pouch of wizard money and shut the lid, instead of putting it back in her wardrobe she pushed it to one side feeling as if she did want to go through it someday soon, about once a year she would pull it out and look at everything before putting it all back it, she would laugh, cry and remember before pretending to forget all over again.

A few hours later she was dressed in her cloak and looking at herself in the mirror, it was midnight exactly and she still had not disapperated to Hogsmade, Mad-Eye would kill her if she didn't turn up at all so she knew she had to go she was just scared, staring at herself in the mirror she rolled her eyes and turned on the spot and disappeared.

Arriving in Hogsmade she nearly fell over but jumped back up when a gruff voice behind her said, "Not doing that for over a decade will turn the stomach I imagine" she turned and smiled as Mad-Eye walked out of the darkness, he had a few more scars but he was still the same Mad-Eye she remembered. She walked up to him and hugged him tightly a little unsure if he would push her away disappointed that she left without goodbye but he hugged her back roughly, "it's like riding a broom, you never forget" he smiled but it faded fast.

They began walking down the road connecting Hogsmade to Hogwarts, silence engulfed them but Melissa didn't worry, Mad-Eye was never one for long conversations, "How you been girl? Keeping your head low I hope!" They didn't stop walking as she answered "Head low and still attached so been as well as I expected, you? I see you have a few more scars." as he spoke Mad-Eye's magical eye was almost spinning trying to take in all the darkness that surrounded them to make sure there was nothing about to attack them.

"Comes with the job, you know that all too well, like you said head still attached means it's all good." She smiled as he made reference to her scar, it went from her right shoulder across and down her back and finished on her left side she got in on her second mission as a proper Auror, it wasn't her fault but still it made her feel like a first year student to think about it, they had tried all sorts of spells to repair the skin but a neat scar was the best St Mungo could do. She realised they had been walking for a long time and were nearing the Castle doors.

"Not that I don't trust you Mad-Eye but where are we going?"

"Dumbledore's Office of course" As he said this he pushed one of the doors open and lead the way to the headmasters office, Melissa had been in that office plenty of times, not many of them had been because of her good behaviour. Wondering what on earth Dumbledore could want with her after all this time, after all Harry was fine and she had not interfered as she promised.

She had no more time to think about being back in this castle because they were already entering the Headmaster's office, as Mad-Eye stepped inside and moved into the room Melissa realised they were not the only visitors that night, stood by the fire looking slightly apprehensive was the one and only Remus Lupin. Her heart raced and her breath caught as she made eye contact with him, he moved forward until they were a couple feet away from each other.

There was an uncomfortable silence when Dumbledore spoke softly "Melissa I assume you remember Mr Lupin." she nodded but didn't take her eyes off Remus, "Hey Rem, you been okay?" although her voice was quiet it was also full of strain, she had no idea she would be coming to Hogwarts or that Remus would be here, it was almost too much. Thankfully his voice was just as unsure as hers had been, "I've been okay, you know same old same old." There was another awkward silence in which she noticed Dumbledore and Mad-Eye moved to the back of the office giving them a bit of privacy, when they did speak to each other it was at the same time, it broke the ice and the both smiled at each other.

"I am sorry I didn't say goodbye when I left, I just….after what happened I thought it best….I thought about you…over the years" Trying to finish sentences had suddenly become difficult, but she didn't need to worry as Remus closed the gab between them and hugged her lightly. "I missed you too Issa" smiling at him for using her old nick name she hugged him back before they both let go feeling more relaxed, the tension in the room that had lessened crept back up as Dumbledore came forward and hugged her too saying "It is nice to see you are well Melissa but I fear time is short and we have a lot to discuss."

Dumbledore waved his wand and four chairs appeared in front of the fire place along with a table, four cups of hot chocolate and a bowl of lemon twist sweets, they all took their seats and drinks, apart from Moody who Melissa still noticed drank from his flask. "We called you here tonight Melissa because we have some things to explain to you, some news about Sirius Black." She knew they would be gauging her reactions and decided to be straight forward, Sirius Black was not a subject she wanted to spend long talking about, "Is he dead?" She didn't know she was holding her breath until Mad-Eye replied "No….He escaped from Azkaban" her heart nearly stopped. "What do you mean escaped?! This is Azkaban, no one escapes, you go insane and die but you don't escape!" She turned her gaze from Mad-Eye to Dumbledore then to Remus.

"How long ago did he escape? Have there been any sightings? He hasn't contacted me if that's what you are thinking." Remus put his hand on hers and she stopped talking "Issa, we have recently found out that Sirius is innocent, he didn't betray James and Lily." This was too much for her to take in, unsure what to do she stood and began pacing the office muttering to herself more then anyone, Remus stood again and stood in front of her holding her shoulders strongly.

She looked into his eyes before getting angry at him "I told you so many times he could never have hurt James and Lily let alone Harry and each time you told me to wake up and realise he had tricked us, what evidence do you have that has convinced you when I could not, him escaping is surly not going to make him look less guilty!" She hadn't realised it but she had began shouting at him and some of the portraits were being rudely awaken by her voice.

Remus didn't answer her, he looked ashamed and hurt at the same time, Mad-Eye who was now stood next to Dumbledore was the one who explained, "Pettigrew is alive, he was the Potter's Secret Keeper not Black." Remus dropped his hands to his sides but couldn't meet her eyes, "It was Peter, he betrayed us all?" Dumbledore nodded silently.

Melissa was flooded with memories and emotions, she took a step back and didn't look at anyone in particular, "I can't, its been so long, I have moved on, I'm sorry, it was good to see you all again but I have a new life now." Not waiting for their reply she turned and almost ran from the room and castle, she didn't stop till she was home and her wizard things were packed and hidden in their chest again.

She found it hard to fall asleep and when she woke she had a headache and tear stained cheeks, it was a Saturday so she knew she could spend the day in bed if she wanted to but she didn't, she couldn't because she kept thinking about the first time she met Sirius Black.

It all started on her first day to Hogwarts, the train ride was great, she had met with two other girls Lily Evans and Ruby Grander they were her age and just as scared and excited about joining Hogwarts. They were all sorted into the same house Griffindor which had calmed Melissa down a lot, her father had been Slytherin and her mother Ravenclaw so she was preying not to go to Slytherin.

However as she stepped through the portrait after walking around the grounds and getting totally lost with Ruby and Lily, Melissa had caught her foot and began to fall, thankfully someone had caught her, embarrassed she steadied herself before looking into the eyes of Sirius Black and although he and his three friends were on their first day too they acted as if they owned the place. "Well well I know I am God-like but you really don't have to fall at my feet and kiss the ground I walk on." She noticed the tall shy looking one did not laugh but gave her a small smile while the skinny messy haired one couldn't take his eyes off Lily. Standing taller Melissa replied "Well maybe if your ego wasn't blocking the doorway I wouldn't have tripped in the first place!" they all seemed to laugh at that apart from Sirius who she could tell was trying to think of a good come back, smiling and raising an eye brow to him she through them and up to her room, Lily and Rose followed giggling.

It was possibly not the smartest thing to do on the first day, but Melissa tried not to think about the boy she had begun to despise even though she was grateful he had caught her, falling face first into the common room would have been extremely embarrassing. Although over the next year her sympathy for showing Sirius up to his friends would soon vanish as a war of pranks had begun between them, first he bewitched her jumper to attack her in Herbology so she returned the favour by jinxing his ink to erase itself after ten minutes.

Sirius's friends whom she soon learned were James, Peter and the quiet Remus would all play jokes and pranks around the school, Sirius's seemed to be concentrated on her, she had even heard James asking Sirius to give her a break but Melissa thought that was just because he fancied Lily. It was quite a relief to know that the summer was coming up and she would get a few months away from him, although her home life was not much to look forward to, her mother who had been dominated by her husband had died when she was young and her father seemed to blame Melissa, even though it was a heart problem that killed her.

Lily and Rose promised to write to her and they all agreed to think of pranks to get back of Sirius for sending her a howler on the last day of term, it had been so embarrassing but she knew Sirius would start the next term with a week of detention so that made her feel better.

The next two years seemed to go as bad as the first, Sirius tried more and more ways to upset her moving from pranks to rumours about her, he had become a type of playboy he seemed to have a different girl dangling off his arm each week.

As Sirius became a dating and dumping master his torment of her lessened slightly, she hadn't spoken to Peter much and James always seemed to be giving Lily his attention, Melissa had become good friends with Remus, it had started when they had been the last students in the library when it closed, he had offered to walk her back to the common room. After chatting with him alone and no Sirius to disturb them Melissa found out that she liked him a lot, he was intelligent and kind, over the year they met up and discussed the homework, pranks and goings on of the school.

It was in her fourth year that Melissa realised things had just gotten worse, she walked into the common room having forgotten a book she needed, she caught James and Lily making out, they had jumped apart the moment they saw her, feeling once again embarrassed she apologised and turned around walking straight into Sirius, who apparently had witnessed the snogging session too. Melissa pushed past him and heard him joke "Prongs you sly…and I thought I was meant to be the dog around here." Lily followed her up to the dorm room almost in tears.

Lily had told both Melissa and Rose who had now been informed of the kiss that she and James had been going out for a week and how she had wanted to tell them but was afraid that Melissa and Sirius's dislike for each other would have increased. Melissa assured her that James although a maurder was not like Sirius and had pulled off some good pranks, so he was okay in her books. She also said it was about time they got together considering he had obviously been in love with her since forever.

The evening turned into a girlie night with Rose admitting she liked a boy from Ravenclaw who was in their Runes class, Melissa had then confided that she thought Remus was very cute but only as a friend of course. The remaining hours of the night were spent laughing and giggling. It wasn't until the others had fallen asleep that Melissa realised she still didn't have the book she needed, she went back to the common room and arrived just in time to see Sirius climb back through the portrait smiling to himself, rolling her eyes Melissa sighed, that was all she needed.

Sirius looked up to her and his smile turned into a sneer "Issa, shouldn't you be getting as much beauty sleep as you can?" she replied instantly and just as strong, "Just picking up a book I promised Remus, why Black have I caught you doing something embarrassing, asking a first year for help with Transfiguration again were you?" If it was possible he sneered more, she knew he didn't like the fact her and Remus were friends, she also knew insulting his intelligence got him riled up quickly.

She suddenly felt unsure as if she had gone too far because Sirius walked right up to her, he was so close she could feel his breath on her cheek, when he spoke it was whispered "Just setting up preparations for my next prank Issa." With that he winked and walked off laughing. Damn she thought what if he was setting a prank for her, she would have to take it extra safe tomorrow just to be safe.

It appeared that Sirius was not out setting a prank so Melissa guessed he had been with one of his girls, the following week he did hide her cloak which meant she got to Herbology that day soaked to the bone, in revenge she hid his broom and refused to give it back until he asked her nicely, in retaliation he stormed off muttering obscenities.

It was later that week that things between them changed, they had both been feeling more and more agitated because their best friends were now dating each other which in turn meant Sirius and Melissa were seeing more and more of each other, the hatred and snide looks were building up.