Runaway
It was once again the school holidays. Sirius Black wasn't having such a good time, which of course he hadn't really expected a warm welcome home considering his outburst the last time he was home; but this was even worst.
He was still upset about his uncle Alphard dieing, though at the time the rest of his family hadn't been; because he wasn't really their idea of a true Black and neither was Sirius. But Uncle Alphard's will had finally come through, and that was what was causing all the trouble.
"That worthless piece of dung." Mrs Black ranted on as she paced in front of the kitchen table.
Sirius had been home for only three days and she hadn't let up since she had seen him, as though it was his entirely fault.
"You probably put him up to this didn't you?" Mrs Black demanded.
"I didn't know." Sirius told her again.
"That stupid dung brain of a brother never had any idea what it meant to be a Black." Mrs Black went on. "He's the one who ruined you and that Andromeda, oh don't let me start on her. It was bad enough her being in Ravenclaw being a Black after all, but then you, you have to go and get yourself put in Gryffindor; destroying everything our family stood for."
"I didn't destroy the family name, and what does it matter?" Sirius said.
"What does it matter, we are Black's we're better then the rest of the magical world." Mrs Black shouted at him. "We are purebloods, don't you care what that means?"
"No, not really; not many people do." Sirius shot at her.
"These Death Eater's do, they're fighting to rid this world of the filth that has fretted to destroy us for so long." Mrs Black roared at him.
"They're evil!" Sirius shouted at her. "Attacking and killing people, they're not doing any good; it's all evil!"
"You wouldn't know what was good for you if it hit you in the face." Mrs Black told him.
"I think that these Death Eaters are doing us all fever." Regulus said.
"Why can't you be more like your brother, he has always known what it means to be a Black and a pureblood; but you." Mrs Black told him.
"But me what? I'm like Uncle Alphard; I don't under for any of this crape that you think we're better then the rest of the world." Sirius shouted getting to his feet. "You've disowned Andromeda all because she's marring a muggle, who care's if she happy. I'm surprised that you..."
"Oh there's still time for you." Mrs Black told him narrowing her eyes.
"Well good because I don't want anything to do with you or this stupid evil family." Sirius shouted at her.
"Someone's going to be in trouble now." Regulus said, as Sirius stormed out of the kitchen followed by his mother.
"Where do you think your going?" Mrs Black shouted after him.
"To my room too pack!" Sirius shouted back at her stomping up the stairs.
"I don't think so!" Mrs Black shouted at him, as her husband came of a room.
"What's going on?" Mr Black asked. "Have you upset your mother again?"
Sirius stopped and turned to his father. "Have I upset her again? What about her upsetting me? I'm leaving, and I'm not coming back."
"You're not leaving until I say so." Mrs Black told him.
"You can't us leave, you have no where to go now your uncle is dead." Mr Black told him.
Sirius didn't answer him he just stormed off to his bedroom and slammed the door, and kicked open his trunk; he collected up all of his thing's as fast as he could and few them into his trunk. He force the lid down pushing his thing's in as much as they could and walked over to his desk and grabbed his empty owl's cage, he knew he would follow and be able to find him.
He picked up his trunk and dragged it across his room to the door where his mother was banging, he opened it and she almost fell in.
"What do you think your doing?" Mrs Black shouted. "Why have you got your trunk?"
"I told you I'm leaving." Sirius told her pushing her aside so that he could get past.
"Your running away, you mean." Mrs Black shouted after him as he pulled his trunk down the stairs banging on every step and hitting the back of his legs.
"I'm leaving you and this family; I should have done it along time ago." Sirius told them.
"You can't take it so your running like a frighten little boy." Mrs Black told him.
Sirius didn't answer her, he just pushed his brother out of the way and dragged his trunk to the door and opened it.
"If you leave now, you're not my son and are never to come back." Mrs Black told him as she reached the bottom of the stairs.
Sirius turned round and shouted. "Good! I wouldn't come back here if it was the last place on earth and my life depended upon it, and why the hell would I care that you have disowned me? I was never the son you really wanted, so at lest this way we're both happy."
Sirius got a better grip on his trunk and stepped outside and down the steps onto the pavement; he didn't look back at the house with his mother, father and brother stood at the door; but he did hear it close.
Sirius looked back at the house now that the door was closed, then straighten up and started to walk as well as he could with all of his thing's. He walked for about an hour people looking at him, as he walked round London with a trunk and an empty cage. He knew that he should go somewhere, he was only one place where he knew that he could go; but he had already put on them so much that he couldn't do this to them. But at the moment he didn't have anywhere else to go.
Sirius pulled his trunk up the garden path, he wasn't sure how much farer he would be able to pull so he just dropped it and walked up to the door; he took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"I'm coming!" A female voice shouted, which he knew very well. She opened the door, and saw him stood there and saw his trunk behind him. "Sirius what happened, come here."
Mrs Potter took him in her arms as she would have done with her own son, Sirius tried not to cry as she held him like a son but he couldn't help it.
"I'm sorry, I had no where else to go." Sirius told her.
"Don't be sorry, you can stay with us, you almost lived here every other summer as it is." Mrs Potter told him smiled and holding so that she could see him. "You can live with us, now come on in. Darling if you don't mind, but can you get Sirius' trunk."
"Of course." Mr Potter said walking past the two of them as she lead Sirius into the kitchen to get him something to eat.
They had only just sat down when James ran into the kitchen. "Is that Sirius' trunk? Hey mate your staying again great."
"Yes, James he's staying." Mrs Potter told him as he sat down next to his best mate.
"I left, I ran away." Sirius said quietly, James just looked at him.
"He's going to live with us, we have plenty of room and as I said to Sirius he near enough lives here as it is." Mrs Potter told them, as her husband came into the room.
"Great, we'll be like brothers." James said excitedly. "Come on if your going to be living here, you better sort out your bedroom."
"We'll shout the two of you when lunch is ready." Mr Potter said. "And Sirius welcome to the family."
Sirius couldn't help but smile, as James dragged him off to his new bedroom.
***
Severus was struggling to open the door of the shop while carrying the last of the really heavy boxes from the Manus manner to the shop in the village; he kicked the bottom of the door to get Nissa's attention. She came out of the back and smiled at him and opened the door.
"Sorry Severus, I was up stair's." Nissa told him as he walked in and quickly put the box down on the counter. "Is that the last one?"
"Yeah, what the hell have you got in these boxes?" Severus asked her. "They weigh a tone, it would have been a lot easier if we could have used magic."
"Yes it would have, but we're not aloud." Nissa told him. "And there not that heavy."
She picked up the box with ease and carried up the stairs to the flat, which he followed her after locking the shop door.
"You don't think it's heavy because you didn't have to carry it from the other side of the village about a mile away." Severus told her as they went into the living room.
"Your right, and thanks for helping you've been a great help." Nissa told him as she put the box on the floor with the rest of them and then kissed him on the cheek.
Severus just stood there frozen to the spot, she had kissed him; he wondered if he should kiss her back, but it was to late the moment had past and she was now going through the boxes.
They had spent their holiday moving her into the flat, because she didn't want to live with Infidus well considering what he did to her no one would balm her. They had decorated and moved the furniture and now all of her thing's it was just a matter of sorting everything out, which was going to take the time; but she also had to shop as well to look after.
Severus stayed the night, but slept on the coach which he couldn't really sleep because he couldn't get comfy. Next morning he had gotten up early as soon as it started to gte light, an owl arrived for him.
Hi Severus I have brilliant news, Sirius ran away. Who would have thought it, Sirius running away; don't know where he's gone though but I don't really care. I'll see you later, just wanted to let you know. Bellatrix.
Sirius smiled to himself as he read the letter again and went through to the kitchen to make him self something to eat. Nissa got up about hour later, she got washed and dressed before she went into the living to him.
"Morning." Nissa said.
"Morning." Severus said. "I got an owl this morning. Sirius ran away."
"What, what do you mean he's ran away?" Nissa asked him.
"He ran away from home, they don't know where he's gone." Severus told her.
Nissa looked horrified, she started to pace up and down the room, then finally she left and came back with her cloak on.
"I've got to go somewhere, you don't mind do you?" Nissa asked him.
"No, that's fine I had to be getting back anyway, I'll see you later then." Severus told her a little disappointed that he was leaving so early, and that she was almost kicking him out.
He walked over to the fire place, and took some Floo Power out of the pot and stepped in; he was engulfed by green flames, shortly after he had gone Nissa also left by Floo Power.
Mrs Potter was making breakfast, while Mt Potter sat at the table reading the news paper; when Nissa suddenly stepped out of the fire place. They both looked up at her surprised to see her, and so early as well.
"Sorry about just dropping in, but it's kind of important." Nissa told them.
"Of course dear come in and sit down." Mrs Potter told her, as her husband pulled out a chair for Nissa to sit down in.
"I've just heard that Sirius has run away, I was wondering if the two of you have heard from him considering that he's one of James' best friends." Nissa asked them, they both smiled at her.
"Yes he arrived here yesterday." Mr Potter told her. "Their still in bed at the moment, but if you like I could get them up so you can talk to them yourself?"
"No, that's alright." Nissa told them smiling.
"Why don't you stay for breakfast now that you're here, I'm sure they'll be glad to see you." Mrs Potter told her. "Well that is if your getting along still with Sirius."
Nissa smiled at them. "We made up."
"I'm glad, and your hair as well as gone back to normal not black anymore; or was it dark blue?" Mr Potter asked.
"Dark blue." Nissa answered.
They talked for a while as Mrs Potter made breakfast, James and Sirius came down about half an hour later yawing as they entered the kitchen. James stopped suddenly when he saw Nissa sat at his kitchen table and was talking to his father; Sirius wasn't looking where he was going and walked straight into his back.
"Hey why did you stop?" Sirius asked him snitching his chest through his open pyjama shirt; then he looked up and rubbed his eyes.
"Morning." Nissa said brightly.
"Morning." James and Sirius said together.
"What are you doing here?" James asked her.
"She heard about Sirius, and now she's staying for breakfast." Mr Potter told him.
"Severus got an owl, and I came round here." Nissa told them.
"Oh right." Sirius said walking round James and sat on the other side of her. "Thanks, glad to see you still have your red hair."
"Of course." Nissa said smiling as James sat down. "And your not the only one who left home, I moved into the flat above the shop; Severus helped us move in."
"What? Why didn't you ask us to help?" Sirius demanded.
Nissa smiled at him.
They all eat breakfast, and Mrs Potter asked Nissa to stay a while longer; well for a little business as well.
"While you're here, you might as well get them kicked out." Mrs Potter told her. "They both need new clothes; they've grown so much; they're coming young men."
"Mum." James said.
"You don't have to do that Mrs Potter." Sirius told her.
"You one of the family, and call us Sarah and George." She told him smiling, making him blush a little.
"Ok then which one of you is first?" Nissa said smiling. "Don't worry, you'll look fine after I've finished."
"We don't look fine now?" Sirius asked her.
Nissa smiled at him and then took his measurements first, using her magical tape measure; and then after she had finished with him she few it at James and it started to work on him.
"You know you're not aloud to use magic." Sirius told her as he walked outside with her still in his pyjamas.
"I didn't, it's enchanted." Nissa told him, and then said softly turning to face him. "Sirius."
He looked away from her; he walked a little farer into the garden which she didn't follow until he turned back round to her.
"It was one argument to many; I couldn't take it any longer." Sirius told her, she walked over to him and let him fall into her arms and rest his head on her shoulder.
"Do you regret what you did?" Nissa asked him softly.
"No." Sirius answered.
"Then you did the right thing, these are good people Sirius they'll look after you." Nissa told him.
"Why do you have to be like that, so understanding?" Sirius asked her.
She smiled to him though he didn't see her. "It's just a gift I guess."
"I hate them, they hate my uncle and they hate me; because we're not like them." Sirius told her unable to keep it in any longer and pushed away from her. "They think that our family is better then the rest of the magical world that we should be royalty or something, they're suck in the dark ages; with all this crap about purebloods and half-breeds polluting and destroying us."
Sirius was so angry he couldn't talk, Nissa held his arms he was shocking with angry but she still didn't let go of him; and then out of no where he fell upon her again and started to cry. He sinks to the ground crying into her shoulder.
"I'm being stupid." Sirius told her as he cried.
"No your not, there's nothing wrong with crying." Nissa told him. "And being upset, it makes us who we are. It doesn't make you any less a man to cry, but more of one in my opinion."
She kissed his cheek, he looked at her his face stained with tears and kissed her pulling her into him; wanting to feel her warm soul next to his.
It was once again the school holidays. Sirius Black wasn't having such a good time, which of course he hadn't really expected a warm welcome home considering his outburst the last time he was home; but this was even worst.
He was still upset about his uncle Alphard dieing, though at the time the rest of his family hadn't been; because he wasn't really their idea of a true Black and neither was Sirius. But Uncle Alphard's will had finally come through, and that was what was causing all the trouble.
"That worthless piece of dung." Mrs Black ranted on as she paced in front of the kitchen table.
Sirius had been home for only three days and she hadn't let up since she had seen him, as though it was his entirely fault.
"You probably put him up to this didn't you?" Mrs Black demanded.
"I didn't know." Sirius told her again.
"That stupid dung brain of a brother never had any idea what it meant to be a Black." Mrs Black went on. "He's the one who ruined you and that Andromeda, oh don't let me start on her. It was bad enough her being in Ravenclaw being a Black after all, but then you, you have to go and get yourself put in Gryffindor; destroying everything our family stood for."
"I didn't destroy the family name, and what does it matter?" Sirius said.
"What does it matter, we are Black's we're better then the rest of the magical world." Mrs Black shouted at him. "We are purebloods, don't you care what that means?"
"No, not really; not many people do." Sirius shot at her.
"These Death Eater's do, they're fighting to rid this world of the filth that has fretted to destroy us for so long." Mrs Black roared at him.
"They're evil!" Sirius shouted at her. "Attacking and killing people, they're not doing any good; it's all evil!"
"You wouldn't know what was good for you if it hit you in the face." Mrs Black told him.
"I think that these Death Eaters are doing us all fever." Regulus said.
"Why can't you be more like your brother, he has always known what it means to be a Black and a pureblood; but you." Mrs Black told him.
"But me what? I'm like Uncle Alphard; I don't under for any of this crape that you think we're better then the rest of the world." Sirius shouted getting to his feet. "You've disowned Andromeda all because she's marring a muggle, who care's if she happy. I'm surprised that you..."
"Oh there's still time for you." Mrs Black told him narrowing her eyes.
"Well good because I don't want anything to do with you or this stupid evil family." Sirius shouted at her.
"Someone's going to be in trouble now." Regulus said, as Sirius stormed out of the kitchen followed by his mother.
"Where do you think your going?" Mrs Black shouted after him.
"To my room too pack!" Sirius shouted back at her stomping up the stairs.
"I don't think so!" Mrs Black shouted at him, as her husband came of a room.
"What's going on?" Mr Black asked. "Have you upset your mother again?"
Sirius stopped and turned to his father. "Have I upset her again? What about her upsetting me? I'm leaving, and I'm not coming back."
"You're not leaving until I say so." Mrs Black told him.
"You can't us leave, you have no where to go now your uncle is dead." Mr Black told him.
Sirius didn't answer him he just stormed off to his bedroom and slammed the door, and kicked open his trunk; he collected up all of his thing's as fast as he could and few them into his trunk. He force the lid down pushing his thing's in as much as they could and walked over to his desk and grabbed his empty owl's cage, he knew he would follow and be able to find him.
He picked up his trunk and dragged it across his room to the door where his mother was banging, he opened it and she almost fell in.
"What do you think your doing?" Mrs Black shouted. "Why have you got your trunk?"
"I told you I'm leaving." Sirius told her pushing her aside so that he could get past.
"Your running away, you mean." Mrs Black shouted after him as he pulled his trunk down the stairs banging on every step and hitting the back of his legs.
"I'm leaving you and this family; I should have done it along time ago." Sirius told them.
"You can't take it so your running like a frighten little boy." Mrs Black told him.
Sirius didn't answer her, he just pushed his brother out of the way and dragged his trunk to the door and opened it.
"If you leave now, you're not my son and are never to come back." Mrs Black told him as she reached the bottom of the stairs.
Sirius turned round and shouted. "Good! I wouldn't come back here if it was the last place on earth and my life depended upon it, and why the hell would I care that you have disowned me? I was never the son you really wanted, so at lest this way we're both happy."
Sirius got a better grip on his trunk and stepped outside and down the steps onto the pavement; he didn't look back at the house with his mother, father and brother stood at the door; but he did hear it close.
Sirius looked back at the house now that the door was closed, then straighten up and started to walk as well as he could with all of his thing's. He walked for about an hour people looking at him, as he walked round London with a trunk and an empty cage. He knew that he should go somewhere, he was only one place where he knew that he could go; but he had already put on them so much that he couldn't do this to them. But at the moment he didn't have anywhere else to go.
Sirius pulled his trunk up the garden path, he wasn't sure how much farer he would be able to pull so he just dropped it and walked up to the door; he took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
"I'm coming!" A female voice shouted, which he knew very well. She opened the door, and saw him stood there and saw his trunk behind him. "Sirius what happened, come here."
Mrs Potter took him in her arms as she would have done with her own son, Sirius tried not to cry as she held him like a son but he couldn't help it.
"I'm sorry, I had no where else to go." Sirius told her.
"Don't be sorry, you can stay with us, you almost lived here every other summer as it is." Mrs Potter told him smiled and holding so that she could see him. "You can live with us, now come on in. Darling if you don't mind, but can you get Sirius' trunk."
"Of course." Mr Potter said walking past the two of them as she lead Sirius into the kitchen to get him something to eat.
They had only just sat down when James ran into the kitchen. "Is that Sirius' trunk? Hey mate your staying again great."
"Yes, James he's staying." Mrs Potter told him as he sat down next to his best mate.
"I left, I ran away." Sirius said quietly, James just looked at him.
"He's going to live with us, we have plenty of room and as I said to Sirius he near enough lives here as it is." Mrs Potter told them, as her husband came into the room.
"Great, we'll be like brothers." James said excitedly. "Come on if your going to be living here, you better sort out your bedroom."
"We'll shout the two of you when lunch is ready." Mr Potter said. "And Sirius welcome to the family."
Sirius couldn't help but smile, as James dragged him off to his new bedroom.
***
Severus was struggling to open the door of the shop while carrying the last of the really heavy boxes from the Manus manner to the shop in the village; he kicked the bottom of the door to get Nissa's attention. She came out of the back and smiled at him and opened the door.
"Sorry Severus, I was up stair's." Nissa told him as he walked in and quickly put the box down on the counter. "Is that the last one?"
"Yeah, what the hell have you got in these boxes?" Severus asked her. "They weigh a tone, it would have been a lot easier if we could have used magic."
"Yes it would have, but we're not aloud." Nissa told him. "And there not that heavy."
She picked up the box with ease and carried up the stairs to the flat, which he followed her after locking the shop door.
"You don't think it's heavy because you didn't have to carry it from the other side of the village about a mile away." Severus told her as they went into the living room.
"Your right, and thanks for helping you've been a great help." Nissa told him as she put the box on the floor with the rest of them and then kissed him on the cheek.
Severus just stood there frozen to the spot, she had kissed him; he wondered if he should kiss her back, but it was to late the moment had past and she was now going through the boxes.
They had spent their holiday moving her into the flat, because she didn't want to live with Infidus well considering what he did to her no one would balm her. They had decorated and moved the furniture and now all of her thing's it was just a matter of sorting everything out, which was going to take the time; but she also had to shop as well to look after.
Severus stayed the night, but slept on the coach which he couldn't really sleep because he couldn't get comfy. Next morning he had gotten up early as soon as it started to gte light, an owl arrived for him.
Hi Severus I have brilliant news, Sirius ran away. Who would have thought it, Sirius running away; don't know where he's gone though but I don't really care. I'll see you later, just wanted to let you know. Bellatrix.
Sirius smiled to himself as he read the letter again and went through to the kitchen to make him self something to eat. Nissa got up about hour later, she got washed and dressed before she went into the living to him.
"Morning." Nissa said.
"Morning." Severus said. "I got an owl this morning. Sirius ran away."
"What, what do you mean he's ran away?" Nissa asked him.
"He ran away from home, they don't know where he's gone." Severus told her.
Nissa looked horrified, she started to pace up and down the room, then finally she left and came back with her cloak on.
"I've got to go somewhere, you don't mind do you?" Nissa asked him.
"No, that's fine I had to be getting back anyway, I'll see you later then." Severus told her a little disappointed that he was leaving so early, and that she was almost kicking him out.
He walked over to the fire place, and took some Floo Power out of the pot and stepped in; he was engulfed by green flames, shortly after he had gone Nissa also left by Floo Power.
Mrs Potter was making breakfast, while Mt Potter sat at the table reading the news paper; when Nissa suddenly stepped out of the fire place. They both looked up at her surprised to see her, and so early as well.
"Sorry about just dropping in, but it's kind of important." Nissa told them.
"Of course dear come in and sit down." Mrs Potter told her, as her husband pulled out a chair for Nissa to sit down in.
"I've just heard that Sirius has run away, I was wondering if the two of you have heard from him considering that he's one of James' best friends." Nissa asked them, they both smiled at her.
"Yes he arrived here yesterday." Mr Potter told her. "Their still in bed at the moment, but if you like I could get them up so you can talk to them yourself?"
"No, that's alright." Nissa told them smiling.
"Why don't you stay for breakfast now that you're here, I'm sure they'll be glad to see you." Mrs Potter told her. "Well that is if your getting along still with Sirius."
Nissa smiled at them. "We made up."
"I'm glad, and your hair as well as gone back to normal not black anymore; or was it dark blue?" Mr Potter asked.
"Dark blue." Nissa answered.
They talked for a while as Mrs Potter made breakfast, James and Sirius came down about half an hour later yawing as they entered the kitchen. James stopped suddenly when he saw Nissa sat at his kitchen table and was talking to his father; Sirius wasn't looking where he was going and walked straight into his back.
"Hey why did you stop?" Sirius asked him snitching his chest through his open pyjama shirt; then he looked up and rubbed his eyes.
"Morning." Nissa said brightly.
"Morning." James and Sirius said together.
"What are you doing here?" James asked her.
"She heard about Sirius, and now she's staying for breakfast." Mr Potter told him.
"Severus got an owl, and I came round here." Nissa told them.
"Oh right." Sirius said walking round James and sat on the other side of her. "Thanks, glad to see you still have your red hair."
"Of course." Nissa said smiling as James sat down. "And your not the only one who left home, I moved into the flat above the shop; Severus helped us move in."
"What? Why didn't you ask us to help?" Sirius demanded.
Nissa smiled at him.
They all eat breakfast, and Mrs Potter asked Nissa to stay a while longer; well for a little business as well.
"While you're here, you might as well get them kicked out." Mrs Potter told her. "They both need new clothes; they've grown so much; they're coming young men."
"Mum." James said.
"You don't have to do that Mrs Potter." Sirius told her.
"You one of the family, and call us Sarah and George." She told him smiling, making him blush a little.
"Ok then which one of you is first?" Nissa said smiling. "Don't worry, you'll look fine after I've finished."
"We don't look fine now?" Sirius asked her.
Nissa smiled at him and then took his measurements first, using her magical tape measure; and then after she had finished with him she few it at James and it started to work on him.
"You know you're not aloud to use magic." Sirius told her as he walked outside with her still in his pyjamas.
"I didn't, it's enchanted." Nissa told him, and then said softly turning to face him. "Sirius."
He looked away from her; he walked a little farer into the garden which she didn't follow until he turned back round to her.
"It was one argument to many; I couldn't take it any longer." Sirius told her, she walked over to him and let him fall into her arms and rest his head on her shoulder.
"Do you regret what you did?" Nissa asked him softly.
"No." Sirius answered.
"Then you did the right thing, these are good people Sirius they'll look after you." Nissa told him.
"Why do you have to be like that, so understanding?" Sirius asked her.
She smiled to him though he didn't see her. "It's just a gift I guess."
"I hate them, they hate my uncle and they hate me; because we're not like them." Sirius told her unable to keep it in any longer and pushed away from her. "They think that our family is better then the rest of the magical world that we should be royalty or something, they're suck in the dark ages; with all this crap about purebloods and half-breeds polluting and destroying us."
Sirius was so angry he couldn't talk, Nissa held his arms he was shocking with angry but she still didn't let go of him; and then out of no where he fell upon her again and started to cry. He sinks to the ground crying into her shoulder.
"I'm being stupid." Sirius told her as he cried.
"No your not, there's nothing wrong with crying." Nissa told him. "And being upset, it makes us who we are. It doesn't make you any less a man to cry, but more of one in my opinion."
She kissed his cheek, he looked at her his face stained with tears and kissed her pulling her into him; wanting to feel her warm soul next to his.