"Harry! Harry!"
Harry awoke with a start. He instinctively reached to his nightstand and put on his glasses. Sitting up, he looked towrds his window, where there was... Sirius?
He tapped impatiently at his window, softly calling his name. Harry noticed that he was riding a broomstick and that he was carrying someone.
"Hurry..." Sirius looked around uneasily.
Harry hopped out of bed and undid the latch on the window. He stood back as Sirius kicked the thing in, jumped off his broom, and landed as softly as possible. He set the person down on Harry's bed.
Harry closed the window again, pulled the curtains, and walked over to the bed where Sirius was already standing.
"That damn bastard Malfoy..." the girl murmured.
Harry was in awe- the girl had soft golden hair, and such a sweet, innocent face.
"Who- who is she?"
Sirius thought for awhile before answering. Harry could tell he chose his words carefully.
"Well... I found her."
"What?"
"This summer, as I told you in my letters, I've been meeting up with the old gang, Remus, Mundungus, Arabella, etc. She- she's the daughter of a friend of mine. I was looking for her father, and when I found them- the Death Eaters were there. I made sure they couldn't have followed me, but Lucius Malfoy had already done the Cruciatus Curse on her several times. Miraculously, I managed to sneak her away. With luck, her father is still alive and well, too.
The girl's eyes fluttered and she tried to sit up, then moaned and lay down again.
"What's her name?" Harry said softly.
"Aerin. Aerin Sagalia. Her father was Brient Sagalia." And with that he leaned over Aerin's still figure to see if she was alright.
"Dad?" she mumbled again.
Sirius looked at her painfully, then looked at Harry.
"Can she stay here? I've got some business to take care of."
Harry awoke with a start. He instinctively reached to his nightstand and put on his glasses. Sitting up, he looked towrds his window, where there was... Sirius?
He tapped impatiently at his window, softly calling his name. Harry noticed that he was riding a broomstick and that he was carrying someone.
"Hurry..." Sirius looked around uneasily.
Harry hopped out of bed and undid the latch on the window. He stood back as Sirius kicked the thing in, jumped off his broom, and landed as softly as possible. He set the person down on Harry's bed.
Harry closed the window again, pulled the curtains, and walked over to the bed where Sirius was already standing.
"That damn bastard Malfoy..." the girl murmured.
Harry was in awe- the girl had soft golden hair, and such a sweet, innocent face.
"Who- who is she?"
Sirius thought for awhile before answering. Harry could tell he chose his words carefully.
"Well... I found her."
"What?"
"This summer, as I told you in my letters, I've been meeting up with the old gang, Remus, Mundungus, Arabella, etc. She- she's the daughter of a friend of mine. I was looking for her father, and when I found them- the Death Eaters were there. I made sure they couldn't have followed me, but Lucius Malfoy had already done the Cruciatus Curse on her several times. Miraculously, I managed to sneak her away. With luck, her father is still alive and well, too.
The girl's eyes fluttered and she tried to sit up, then moaned and lay down again.
"What's her name?" Harry said softly.
"Aerin. Aerin Sagalia. Her father was Brient Sagalia." And with that he leaned over Aerin's still figure to see if she was alright.
"Dad?" she mumbled again.
Sirius looked at her painfully, then looked at Harry.
"Can she stay here? I've got some business to take care of."