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The runaway

Sirus walked contently down the street, in his arms were grocery bags filled with what Remus said he would make for dinner. He shook his head slightly to move a piece of his sleek black hair out of his face and then looked into his bags to make sure he had gotten everything.

"Steak, potatoes, salad, a jar of dressing, a box of stuffing." Sirus said to himself out loud. As he was doing this, he ran into something and he found himself on the ground. "Hey! Watch where you're going!" A teenage girl stood up and looked around nervously. Her hair was all messed up and she looked scared out of her wits. She gave a little bow and looked as if she was anticipating to be punished.

"Sorry sir." She said in a quiet voice. Then she heard some yells from behind her and ran off in a hurry. Sirius frowned a little and stood up as he saw the men who were yelling. They stopped in front of him and looking around for a sign of the girl.

"Did you see a child run by here?" One of the men asked. Sirus pointed across the street into the next shopping area.

"She went over there and hid inside the laundry mat." He replied. Without a second thought the group of men ran across the street. Sirus smiled as they ran his wild goose chase. He slowly gathered his things and began to walk to the apartment, where Remus was waiting. He felt a tug on his leather jacket and turned his head slightly to see the girl clinging to him. He just gave a little chuckle and kept walking.

Standing in front of the apartment door he fumbled for his keys, as he was doing that, the girl took his key, unlocked the door, and held it open for him.

"Um.. thanks?" Sirus confusingly said. Sirus walked inside and set down the bags. "Remus! I'm back!" he yelled once he sat down on the chair.

"Oh good, I'll start dinner as soon as I." Remus stopped as he saw the girl standing at the door. He walked up to her smiling. "And who are you?"

"The men call me Sara." She replied as soft as possible. "I don't know my real name." Remus tilted up Sara's face and brushed her hair away from it. She shuddered at his touch, but didn't do anything to prevent him from touching her. Remus moved away a few feet to give her some room.

"You're safe here." Sirus said from his chair.

"He's right. No one will do anything to harm you or make you uncomfortable." Remus said in a kind voice. Sara smiled and bowed her head and sat on the floor. " What are you doing?"

"What I've been told to do in others presence." She said again. Remus got up and kneeled in front of Sirus.

"What are we going to do? She's been totally brain washed. I can't stand to see girls like that." Remus said in a pitying tone.

"We're just going to find out what happened to her. Remus, we don't even know this kid. She followed me home for Christ sake, like a puppy! She acts like she's been trained to do this by whoever was keeping her with them." Sirus said as they walked into the kitchen and started to put the groceries away in the cabinets and in the fridge.

Later on, when Remus had finished making dinner, they checked on the girl. She had fallen asleep on the floor. Now they could get a good look at her. Sirus picked her up and put her on the couch. She had bruises on both of her arms; she looked wasted and extremely tired. Sirus sighed, he didn't know weather to take her to the police or keep her with them. Remus walked next to him and put a blanket on the girl. They both sighed and went to sit at the table to eat.

After dinner, they put some food on the coffee table in case Sara woke up when they were sleeping. They went up to their room and got into bed. Remus lay up next to Sirus, who was sleeping on his back. Remus could tell that he was worried. He hugged Sirus in hope to take his mind off the events of today. Noticing what Remus was doing, he smiled and kissed his forehead.

"Good night Remus."

"Good night Sirus."