A/N Here's it is, the sequel you've all been waiting for. If you haven't read 'Th Plan of Black' I advise you go back and read it, this won't make half as much sense otherwise. Well enjoy, this is an especially long chapter to kickstart you off..

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Flight of a Phoenix

Chapter 1

The morning of Alice Prewett's wedding day dawned bight and with promises of sunshine and clear blue skies, which was positive considering it was May and the weather of the past week has been miserable.

Marlene woke up at seven o'clock that morning to the sound of Alice racing around her flat frantically trying to find breakfast in the chaos of Marlene's kitchen. "I can't find a spoon anywhere, how often do you do the washing up?"

"As little as I can help it," Marlene groaned, shuffling into the kitchen wrapped in her duvet. Lily and Alice had taken her bed while Marlene, being the gracious host she was, had slept on the sofa. She was regretting it now however as she felt the knots in her neck. "Where's Lils?"

"Still asleep," Alice said, pulling out a spoon from the pile of dirty cutlery and cleaning it with her wand. "Seriously Marls, you're a witch, you don't need to trouble with this stuff." She waved her wand again and instantly all the plates and bowls lying around were cleaned and flew across the room to land neatly in the cupboard.

Marlene scowled and shuffled across to the sink, still wrapped in her duvet and pulled out a glass, filling it with water before drinking a bit then looking back up at her friend, "You excited?"

"You mean about my forthcoming wedding, yeah I am." Alice smiled as she stared into space then she shook herself and shrugged. "Augusta has taken over most of the preparations so I'm not even quite sure what to expect."

Marlene grinned, "I don't know how you do it," she laughed.

Alice shrugged, "I want everyone to know that Frank is mine and I'm his, I love him so much and I want to show everyone that." She looked at Marlene slyly, "What about you Marls? You see yourself getting married?"

Marlene scoffed, "Me? No, I don't do that kind of thing and neither does Sirius."

"It might not have to be with Sirius," Alice shrugged, "Five years down the line you could be with someone completely different."

Marlene frowned, "I don't look that far ahead Alice." The doorbell rang and Marlene placed the glass of water down and turned towards the front door. "Talk of the devil," she muttered to her friend and went to open the front door, catching sight of herself in the landing's mirror before she did. Marlene sighed, she looked a mess; her hair messy at the back, no makeup on and wrapped up in a duvet looking like she'd just crawled out of bed. Well, she had just crawled out of bed but she didn't need to look like it. Shaking her head at herself, she opened the door anyway to reveal Sirius Black standing in the doorstep holding a bunch of flowers. He looked up at her, eyes growing wide for a second then he smirked, "Morning gorgeous."

Marlene glared at him then turned around and headed back towards the kitchen, Sirius following her, grinning at her tangled hair happily. "What are you doing here?" Alice stared at him when he entered.

"To see how our blushing bride is on this fine morning," Sirius said. "And to give you these from your intended." He offered her the flowers and Alice reached forwards to take them, rolling her eyes lightly but unable to stop the grin from spreading over her face.

Sirius looked at Marlene and laughed at her, "You're adorable, McKinnon." He leaned towards her but Marlene pushed him back scowling.

"Don't come near, my breath is rank."

Sirius just laughed and kissed her on the forehead instead which Marlene allowed with a playful scowl in his direction. "Right," she said, ditching the duvet and chucking it onto one of the table chairs. She was wearing a baggy oversized shirt and cotton shorts and she looked down at her outfit in disdain. "I'm going to get changed."

"Oh no, don't do that!" Sirius called after her, "The rumpled look really does it for you!"

Marlene showed him her middle finger as she walked up the stairs towards her room and Sirius laughed and took the cup of coffee Alice offered him. "I wondered where that shirt got to," he muttered, staring at the place his girlfriend had disappeared.

Alice laughed and started putting sugar into her coffee. "Seriously, I don't know how that girl manages to live on her own, this place is complete chaos." She pulled the spoon out of the cup and threw it across so it landed in the sink with a loud clatter.

Sirius smirked over the rim of his cup, "I don't know how she does half the things I've seen her do."

Alice pulled a face, "Please, Black - keep your sex stories to yourself."

"Oh haha," Sirius shook his head, "I didn't mean it like that."

Alice just wiggled her eyebrows suggestively and Sirius shook his head again, disgusted. "How are you feeling about your upcoming nuptials?" He asked, carefully changing the subject.

"Great! Fine and fucking dandy!" Alice replied.

Sirius just raised his eyebrow.

Alice's face fell, "I'm absolutely shitting it."

Sirius nodded sympathetically, "You'll be fine, you've basically been married to Frank these past three and a half years anyway, what difference does it make?"

"It's just so...concrete," Alice muttered. "I haven't been with anyone else apart from him, what if I'm missing out on something?"

Sirius snorted, "You're not really."

"I haven't told Marlene and Lily about this, they'd just freak out and overreact. I want to marry Frank but..."

"You're scared as to what it'll mean, that it'll change your relationship," Sirius finished for her.

Alice nodded. She seemed to be looking at Sirius for reassurance but he was always crap at the whole 'feelings talk' so he just decided to say it how it was. "You love Frank?"

She nodded.

"Frank loves you? Well I guess he must or he wouldn't have proposed."

Alice nodded again.

"Well isn't that really what matters?" Sirius shrugged, "At the end of the day it's just signing your name on a piece of paper and saying some words in front of a bunch of friends."

Alice sighed, hanging her head and told him what was really bothering her, "Augusta's organised the whole thing, it's going to be way more flamboyant than I want."

Sirius put his head back and laughed, "That's what's causing you to have cold feet?" He asked, still chuckling. "Tell you what Prewett; go through with this, smile and be happy, and I'll let you hand Frank have a go on my motorcycle, agreed?"

Alice looked at him for a moment. She knew that Frank had always wanted to try that flying motorcycle out and she herself had had a secret desire to see what it was like. She nodded and stuck out her hand, "You've got yourself a deal, Black."

Sirius grinned and shook her hand just as Lily came down the stairs wearing barely anything except a pair of knickers and a vest top.

She let out a shriek of surprise when she saw Sirius standing in the kitchen and Sirius slapped a hand over his eyes. "I didn't see anything!" He cried dramatically. "James cannot do anything to me when I didn't see anything!"

Lily scowled and ran up the stairs. Sirius could hear her yelling at Marlene for not warning her and Marlene's infectious laughter drifting down the stairs.

"Well I think that's my cue to leave," Sirius said, backing towards the door just as Marlene bounded down the stairs wearing a pair of jeans and a long sleeved t-shirt, her long curly hair tied back in a messy pony-tail. "Bye Marley, see you later."

Marlene grinned and pulled him down by the front of his jacket so she could kiss him before practically shoving him back out the door, "Bye gorgeous!" She called, laughing as the front door closed.

She turned around to find Alice staring at her, "What?"

"You're mental," Alice said. "Crazy woman."

Marlene shook her head and grabbed the cup of coffee off her friend, dumping it in the sink. "There'll be time for judgements later, right now, we've got a wedding to prepare for!"

Half past twelve arrived and James could tell that Frank was getting nervous. He kept fidgeting with the sleeves of his dress robes and looked like he was about to throw up. His long floppy hair had been left untamed and James narrowed his eyes as he tried to flatten his own hair to no avail. Sighing, he let his arms drop to his sides as Sirius entered the room and stared at him.

"What?" James said, spinning around towards the mirror to look himself over for what his best friend was staring at.

He could see Sirius' reflection smirking, "Honestly Prongs, I don't think I've ever seen you try to FLATTEN your hair before."

James glared at him but couldn't stop the small grin creeping onto his face.

"Well there's a flower for you," Sirius continued, tossing James a little white buttonhole flower then turning to Frank and sighing, "Your mother has insisted that we all wear them."

Frank laughed nervously, "Sounds like her."

"It's probably the least manly thing I've had to do ever since that time in third year when James dared me to dress as a girl for a day!" Sirius continued grumpily. He was already wearing his and he stared at it morosely.

Frank and James both chuckled at the memory, Sirius had looked extremely attractive as a girl. "Don't know why you didn't keep the look Pads, it suited you."

It was Sirius' turn to glare at James.

"James, do you know where Pete left his tie?" Remus called, entering the room wearing his own flower and glancing around at his friends with his eyebrows raised.

"Don't you look handsome Moony!" Sirius exclaimed, "You'll have girls fawning all over you tonight!"

Remus snorted and didn't reply.

"It's here mate," James said, holding out a purple tie. "Ready to play best man?"

"I still don't know why you asked me," Remus said to Frank, shaking his head.

"Because," Frank said, crossing his arms, "I thought you were the person least likely to come up with any bullshit in the speech."

Remus laughed and nodded, "Fair point."

"Oh I could write a decent speech!" Sirius exclaimed. "Just you wait till James' wedding then you'll see!"

"Fucks sake Padfoot, I haven't even asked her to marry me yet!" James scowled.

"Yes but you will," Sirius said confidently. "Please make it within the year, I don't want to loose any more money to McKinnon."

"You made a bet?" James spluttered but Remus cut him off.

"Time to go!" He called briskly.

They couldn't apparate right to the wedding venue due to the protective enchantments surrounding the area. It was a necessary precaution, Frank said. "There's going to be the majority of the Order there as well as plenty of Aurors."

The five men made their way up the hill to the large marquee at the top, overlooking the sea. There were already lots of people gathered there and as Frank made his way through, followed by the marauders, a loud cheer went up and people clapped him on the back as he passed them.

"Never knew he was so popular," Sirius joked to James and Peter as they led the congregation through to the seats. Remus stood next to Frank and the three others sat down in the front row.

"Wonder where those girls are?" James mused quietly, "How long does it take women to get ready for a party?"

"They were far from ready when I left them this morning," Sirius muttered to himself quietly.

Peter looked up at him and grinned, "Bet you gave them a surprise."

"Most of them," Sirius chuckled.

The wedding itself was an amazing ceremony: Alice looked stunning in a simple dress of cream satin and lace, Marlene and Lily in knee-length dresses of blue and green. Both girls cried, even James looked like he was about to shed a tear or two as Alice and Frank said their vows and his girlfriend sobbed into a handkerchief next to him while Sirius laughed silently at Marlene who wasn't being as noisy with her tears as Lily. After the wedding bit was over, Alice threw her bouquet of flowers straight at Lily who caught them, blushing bright red to match her hair. Augusta, Frank's mother hugged both of them, sniffing haughtily but clutching a handkerchief to her chest all the same, Remus delivered a great speech, lingering on the fact that everyone had been waiting for this day to come since fifth year and the food was delicious.

Once all the tables were cleared away, Alice and Frank danced their first dance together as a married couple. Frank was actually very graceful considering how long and lanky he normally was. James and Lily took to the floor after them and soon a lot of other couples were joining them.

Sirius leant back in his chair and watched them blissfully as he waited for Marlene to come back with drinks. Remus dropped into a seat next to him, out of breath from dancing.

Sirius grinned at him, "You sound like you've been swept off your feet Moons."

Remus laughed and fanned himself to cool down with one of the left over menus. "That Dorcas Meadowes has dragged me into dancing with her for the past three dances."

Sirius squinted, "Dorcas Meadowes? As in from our year at Hogwarts?"

Remus nodded, "Yeah, Pete asked her out at the beginning of seventh year remember? She's working in the Auror department with Alice and Frank now, quite an interesting character." He grinned, "Why you not dancing?"

Sirius gestured to the bar, barely glancing at it as he did so, "Marlene's taking forever to get drinks."

Remus turned around to look and frowned, "Isn't that Fabian Prewett? Alice's cousin?"

Sirius twisted around in his seat to look at the tall handsome red head chatting animatedly to Marlene who was laughing at something he was saying. His eyes narrowed and he got up, leaving Remus who just smirked at his friend and stood up, catching a glass of champagne off a tray as a waiter walked past him.

"So then me and Gid walked into the kitchen and Molly was just sitting there, feeding little Bill the same stuff we just mixed up with butterbeer. She was fuming when she found out!"

Marlene laughed, "Is Molly here today?"

Fabian grinned, "Yeah, she's over there with Arthur. She left the kids at home with a babysitter which is so unlike her, I think she's just getting tired and wanted a break."

Marlene was about to reply but the sound of someone clearing their throat cut her off. She turned to find Sirius standing behind her and she smiled at him, "Hey, Sirius. I think you've met Fabian before?"

Fabian grinned and stuck out his hand, "Hey Sirius, haven't seen you in ages!"

Sirius smiled back and shook hands with the Prewett twin. "Not in a while no, where's Gideon?"

"Over there somewhere," Fabian waved his hand in the direction of the opposite end of the marquee.

Sirius nodded gestured to Marlene, "You wouldn't mind if I stole Marlene for a dance now?"

Fabian smiled at him a little unsurely then glanced at Marlene who was smirking at something, "Go ahead."

Sirius grabbed Marlene's hand and pulled her towards the dancers, spinning her around so they were pressed together. A slower song came on and Marlene was still smirking as she wrapped her arms around his neck and looked up at him, "What's with the hostile attitude, Sirius?"

Sirius shrugged and placed his hands on her waist, swaying them slowly to the music.

Marlene grinned, "Please don't tell me you were jealous?" When Sirius didn't answer she gasped in mock surprise. "Oh Merlin, you were jealous!"

Sirius glared at her and Marlene laughed, "Don't you worry Black, you're the only one for me at this party." She pulled him down so she could press her lips to his.

Sirius relaxed under her grip and kissed her back, not particularly caring that they were in the middle of a crowd of dancers. Marlene was his and no one was going to take her from him.

"Just in future though," Marlene said, pulling away and eyeing him. He raised an eyebrow in inquisitively. "Jealousy is unattractive, don't let it ruin your looks honey."

Sirius chuckled, "I'll bear that in mind," he said and twirled her around so her blonde hair flew out around her.

A/N Please review to tell me what you think of it so far and whether it's worth carrying in or not.

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