Dying
By: RemmysGal
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize.
Summary: This is told from the view of a witch named Victoria Rokaway. It takes place after OotP.
Victoria Rokaway was the best friend of Lily Evans. They attended Hogwarts together and worked at the Ministry together in the Department of Experimental Charms. Since Lily Evans married the one James Potter, it seemed almost expected for Victoria to fall for one of his friends. That friend turned out to be Sirius Black. After the Potters' death, Peter being blasted to bits, and Sirius sent to Azkaban, Victoria left England and headed to America. There she became a bookstore owner and lived as a Muggle. She wanted to forget everything that had happened, wanted to begin anew. But that changed one day. This is her story.
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"Rokaway Reading, Victoria speaking." A woman around the age of thirty-five answered the phone inside of a tiny dusty bookstore. She had long honey hair and piercing blue-gray eyes. She looked tired, and had just about enough for the day when the phone rang.
"Hello Victoria, it's Remus Lupin," a British voice sounded from the other end.
Clunk. The phone dropped.
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"Is there room in here for one more? If there's not, or you'd rather be alone, I understand." A little girl with auburn curls and almond shaped, emerald green eyes stuck her head inside of the compartment. "Everywhere else is full, except for a compartment with four boys in it, but they were mean."
Victoria nodded. She didn't have any friends anyway to sit with. She was off by herself to a place where magic was made and it was normal to fly on a broom. The girl came in and sat across from Victoria.
"Hello," the girl said shyly. "My name's Lily, Lily Evans."
"I'm Victoria Rokaway," they shook hands.
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"Hello? Vic? Are you there?" the voice of the man named Remus Lupin came through the end of the phone. Victoria reached to the ground and grabbed the phone.
"Yea—" she coughed, her throat wouldn't work, "Yes, Remus, I'm here."
"How are you Vic?" Remus' voice asked through the phone.
"Why are you calling me, Remus?" Victoria asked shakily. She had no contact with the wizarding world for the past fifteen years. Why was an old friend from school calling her now?
"Victoria, I have some bad news…" Remus said nervously.
"Bad news? What happened Remus?" Victoria asked frantically. If someone from the wizarding world had bothered to call her in America to tell her something, it must be bad.
"It's about Sirius." Remus said
Victoria's heart stopped beating. "S-Sirius? Sirius B-Bl-Black?"
"Yes Victoria. Sirius is dead."
…I'm Dying, Dying to wake up without you, without you in my head again…
…I'm Dying, Dying to forget about you, that you ever lived…
…There's a shade come over this heart that's coping with laying down to rest…
…I'm Dying to live without you again…
Author's Note: I know it's a bit confusing, but it will clear up. I feel very brave starting a new story, but I really wanted to do a story on this. Hope it was okay, that was just the beginning, chapters will be longer. You'll find out more about Sirius and Victoria in the next chapter. Hope this isn't AU, I'm trying to stick with the books. Please review…I'd like maybe 3 reviews…actually just one would make me very happy…but 2 or 3 would make me ecstatic!!
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RemmysGal