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The Dark Noir: The Second Chapter
Chapter 1: The escapee

It was July twenty-ninth, and it was mid-day. Erika Noir, was sitting under her favourite tree with her book, eating an apple, when a stray black dog came through the garden towards her, she stroked the dog for a while until in sat down and lay against her legs. Erika the quiet happily sat with one hand holding her book and the other one the dog, she had given the dog the apple.

"So what's your name?" she asked it, the dog looked up and her and let its tongue roll out of its mouth as if it was grinning at her. "Well I can't leave you all alone, so why don't we see if mum has any cold chicken in the fridge I could give you" she said and stood up, taking her book with her, she walked across the garden to the patio with the dog following her. She turned to it just before she went inside.

"Stay here, mum'll have a fit if you come in here, she says she doesn't like dogs, but she won't tell me why, she doesn't tell me anything" she said. The dog sat and waited by the back door. Erika and her mum's house was a four bed roomed house with a kitchen that joined onto the dining room, a living room and three bathrooms one was by the bottom of the stairs and one was above it, then there was the en-suit for the master bedroom, which she had. Erika opened the fridge and grinned in there was a big tray of cold chicken from there tea last night. Erika pulled it out of the fridge and walked back outside, she sat down again with the dog next to her, the gave the dog some of the chicken and eat some herself, the dog then fell asleep, and Erika thought she knew it's eyes from somewhere. Earlier that week Sirius Black mass murder had escaped from Azkaban and everyone was on the lookout for him, Erika's mother was extremely nervous for some reason. Erika however was not, she knew that yes he was a mass murderer, but he looked familiar, Erika didn't think anymore as she drifted into sleep.

Erika dreamt about Remus turning into a werewolf, right in front of her, Harry, Hermione and Ron, by the Whomping willow. It was so real she then fell into a dreamless sleep.

It was a couple of hours later that Erika's Mother, Hailey Noir, came home from work at St' Murgos to find her daughter a sleep with a book on her chest and a dog next to her asleep. She knew that dog and she didn't want it anywhere near her daughter.

"Erika, get up and away from that dog" Hailey said quietly, Erika woke up and did as she was told.

"Why he's so sweet" she said and stroked his fur.

"Please sweet heart, you don't want to be anywhere near that dog" Erika sighed and tickled the dog awake.

"Come on time to go" she said, the dog got up and when he saw Hailey and jumped on her and licked her face.

"Get off me" she shouted at him, but the dog kept licking her.

"And you say he's dangerous" Erika said,

"He is, now get him off me" Erika sighed and pulled the dog off her mother, Hailey sat back up and glared at the dog. "Get out of here now, while you still can" she said sharply. The dog just kept staring at her. "Now, I don't want you anywhere near her after what you did" she growled, "It your fault" she said and stood up. The dog kept looking at her and Erika swore she saw a tear come out of his eye. He then shook his body and ran out of the garden. Erika watched her mum.

"Mum what the bloody hell was that about?" she asked, Hailey looked at her daughter and saw him again looking at her with his piercing eyes.

"I'll tell you one day" she said and picked up the tray and went in the house. "Remus is coming soon" she called. Remus Lupin, Erika's godfather and her mum's best friend, is a werewolf. It was the full moon last week on the nineteenth; and he was coming round for dinner that night, he had some news for them. Erika sighed and went upstairs, she walked into her bed room and flopped back on her bed, she sighed again.

"I wonder how Harry, Hermione and Ron are doing?" She though, so she decided to send a letter to Harry. She got the quill he got her out and a piece of parchment.

Hey Harry,

How are your delightful relatives? My mum's working as usual I'm all alone.
Life's boring outside of Hogwarts, isn't it? Anyway I'll see you soon;
we can go to Diagon alley together, I'm sure mum won't mind.
I've got to go now, my godfathers here for tea;
well I'll Owl you again soon,

Miss You,

Erika

Erika read the letter then nodded; she gave the letter to Abigail and watched her fly away. She checked herself in her mirror first; she was in her favourite skinny jeans and her lime green tee-shirt which had a tie at the back and a black cardigan. She put her black converses on and went down stairs to see her godfather standing in the hallway smiling at her wearily.

"Remus" she said hugging him. "It's good to see you" she said, Remus looked down at her.

"Hailey, you're not going to get your wish she still looks like him" he called, Erika heard mum groaned.

"What?" she asked confused, Remus chuckled.

"She doesn't want you to look like your father" he said, Erika sighed.

"She's not going to give up, is she?" Erika asked. Remus shook his head. "I'll change how I look if she really wants" Remus laughed.

"No don't do that you should be happy the way you are" he said, Erika gave him a look and then changed her hair bright green.

"You know what I meant" he said, Erika grinned at him.

"Tea" Hailey called from the kitchen, the two of them walked into the kitchen and sat down.

After tea and a bit of Butterbeer, Remus told them he wanted to tell them something.

"I'm going to be teaching at Hogwarts" he told them, Erika squealed and threw her arms round him.

"Remus, that great you're going to be teaching me then, right?" Remus laughed at her.

"Of course I am. I'm going to be your defence against the dark arts professor" he said, Erika clapped happily.

"At least it's not Snape" she said, Hailey smiled at Remus.

"That's great Remus, send lots of owls" she told him,

"Hailey, you know I will, I'll have to tell you know this one is doing" he said gesturing at Erika, who was putting the plates in the sink.

"Why are you really going?" Hailey asked quietly, Remus didn't say anything and he didn't look at her. "You're going why I think you are, aren't you?" she said, Remus sighed and nodded.

"Yes I am. They think he's going to Hogwarts" he told Hailey.

"Who's going to Hogwarts?" Erika asked coming back over and sitting down. When neither of them said anything, Erika raised an eye brow. "Who-is-going-to-Hogwarts?" she asked.

"Dumbledore thinks Sirius Black is going to Hogwarts" Erika stopped for a second she then sipped her Butterbeer.

"Great, I'll be careful okay" she said tiredly.

"Erika, you promise me that you'll not go looking for him, please. It doesn't matter what you hear, just don't go looking for him" Hailey pleaded. Erika raised her eye brow at her mother.

"Why would I go looking for a murdering raving lunatic?" she asked carefully.

"Just promise me"

"Fine, I promise, I'm going to bed" she said, Remus stood up and gave her a hug.

"I'll see you soon, if not then I'll see you at school" he said, Erika hugged him back.

"Ok, Remus" she said and gave him a kiss on the cheek and she went upstairs. Hailey watched her go, when she heard the door shut, she let out a sigh.

"He was here Remus, he was with her" she whispered frantically, "She was a sleep by the tree, with him a sleep next to her, she's going to find out, what am I going to do?" she asked, Remus pulled her into a hug.

"I don't know Hails, but I know that he wouldn't hurt her, you know he wouldn't, no matter what he's done, he loved you and her to death" he said, She sighed.

"I know that, I did marry him you know, still am married to him" she said, looking at her rings on her left hand. "When he saw me he jumped on me and started licking my face" Remus laughed.

"He used to do that, when we were in seventh year" he said, Hailey sighed.

"Promise me you'll look after her and Harry" she said, Remus looked her in the eye.

"He doesn't know does he? Harry I mean, about you being his godmother?" Remus asked, Hailey sighed again.

"I've never told Erika, so how could I tell him?"

"I don't know, I've got to go though" he said, Hailey gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked with him to the door. "I'll look after them, Hailey" he said before he went out the door.

"I know you will" she said and shutting the door.

The next night Erika, sent out Abigail again, who had given Harry his letter and came home, this time it was Harry's Birthday present and Erika told Abigail that it was heavy, Erika had got him new quidittch gloves and goggles, her and Hermione had said it would be a good Idea if Hermione got him the broomstick servicing kit and Erika the gloves and goggles. They were wrapped in paper with little snitches on it. Erika tied it to Abigail's foot and opened the window for her. Erika then decided to go to bed.

It was the next day at breakfast when Erika saw an owl heading for the back door, she opened the door and it flew in. It dropped a letter on the table and flew straight back out. Erika shut the door behind it; she went to the letter and opened it.

Dear Miss Noir,

Please note that the new school year will begin September the first.
The Hogwarts Express will leave from King's Cross Station,
platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o'clock.
Third-years are permitted to visit the village of Hogsmeade at certain weekends.
Please give the enclosed permission form to your parent or guardian to sign.
A list of books for next year is enclosed.

Yours sincerely,

Professor M. McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress

Mum won't sign that. Erika thought as she looked at the permission form. Super!

Erika did what she usually did on days like this she sat and read.

It wasn't until that evening when Hailey got home that things got interesting. Erika jumped up and went to her mum.

"Mum, can you sign my permission slip for Hogsmeade?" Erika asked, Hailey didn't even look up from the paper when she said

"No"

"Why?" Erika asked.

"Because I'm not letting you go, especially with Black on the lose"

"But Mum…" Erika wined.

"Erika I said no, now no means no" Hailey snapped.

"AHH, YOU NEVER LET ME DO ANYTHING AND YOU NEVER TELL ME ANYTHING, WHY? I'M NOT A BABY?" Erika shouted,

"ERIKA, don't shouted at me, trust me when I say, that the reason I'm not telling you is because it would hurt you too much, if I did" Hailey said quietly.

"Do you know how it feels, when people talk about their dads, Even Harry can because he's heard stories and got pictures. But me I've got nothing I don't know his name and I don't know what he looks like, everyone says I look like him, but that's not enough" Erika said heatedly. Hailey looked at Erika.

"Sweetheart-" she started, Erika held a hand up.

"No, I don't want to hear it; all you ever say is the same thing. 'I'll tell you then you're older', no. I need to get away; I'll go to Diagonalley, the leaky cauldron, I'll be safe there, ok" she said and ran upstairs before Hailey could say anything, Erika soon re-appeared with her trunk, and wand in hand.

"Erika, don't" Hailey said quietly on the verge of tears.

"Come to the train station I'll see you there" Erika said as she stepped out the door. Erika stoop on the side of the pavement and stuck her wand out. Seconds later the violent purple, triple decker bus appeared and there stood as, Erika knew him, Stan Shunpike. He started he usual greeting them he realised it was her.

"Erika, come then, we haven't got all day, got to get another person, now come on" he said, Erika went to lift her trunk but Stan stopped her. "I'll do it, get on" he said Erika raised her eye brows.

"Stan you and me both know that you're going to need my help lifting it, so let's get it on" Stan looked at her for a second before nodding. Once they got on the bus, Erika sat on a bed near the front; she could see Ernie Prang the driver.

"Hey Ern" she called.

"Ar" he said back.

Stan went past Erika and sat down in the armchair next to Ernie's.

"So where you goin'?" Stan asked Erika.

"The leaky" she said,

"Eleven Sickles, then" Erika opened her bag and got the money out. "Hang on you gave me, fifteen" Stan said, Erika laughed.

"Stan, keep 'em I don't want them" she said, Stan smiled at her and stuffed the tip in his pocket. "Where to now?" she asked,

"Place in Surrey" Stan said "Take it away Ern" he told the driver and Ernie hit the gas and they were whizzing off.