It wasn't too far off to say that it had been impossible for Sirius Black to inhabit a daughter in his previous life. So it wasn't exactly shocking when Harry received the news from the Daily Prophet article. In fact, he shook his head in disbelief staring down at the small black haired girl darting away from the wizards trying to ask her questions. She did her best covering her hand over her face to stay hidden, but this picture held a brief glimpse of her eyes as she scurried past and alley, and he couldn't help but noticing that they resembled his godfather's beyond belief. He set the paper down, after having read the article several times over, on Ron's dusty half built desk.
Black's Daughter Found in Egypt
Last Friday
evening, upon which our reporter was trailing a nice tea with an
intelligence source, a rumor had caught his ear. Upon which he took
great notice and decided to head up an investigation. With further
Intel and inside information, he resolved that Sirius Black, the
murderer, was found to have a single daughter. Said daughter was
found by our sources in an old shabby home falling apart in a village
named Gadbore, Egypt. It was a small wizarding community made up of
thieves and untrustworthy people, said our reporter. When he came
upon her house, he claimed she jinxed him blind before running for
safety. "Quick as her father!" he said. The girl was found again
in France where our reporter stayed hot on her trail. She was not so
quick to stray away from him, hence the picture below, and therefore
could not escape without one minor comment.
"He never knew I
was alive…now please leave me alone!" she squealed, before
running quickly into the next alley, where we did not pursue her any
further.
Harry had been quick to become outraged at
first, and then stopped to think about whether or not this was even
possible. After serving his sentence in Azkaban, Harry was sure there
was no way for this to be his daughter. The only thing stopping him
from dismissing it as false rumors by the Prophet was the small
squinty picture of her eyes. He couldn't help but stare at them,
and see Sirius staring back. Ron burst into the room, shoving the
door open letting it slam against the wall, and flopped on the bed
beside Harry.
"Come on Mate. You've read that a thousand
times. Enough's enough. She isn't real." He muttered, a bit of
jelly on his chin. It must have been a little bit past breakfast
Harry noted. Hermione walked ruefully into the room taking a spot
opposite the bed of Harry. She turned to look at the paper on the
desk, and matched it with her tone.
"Harry." But before she
could finish he'd picked it up and chucked it on the floor under
the bed. To both Ron's and Hermione's astonished gazes, he simply
sat back up.
"I'll give er' rest. How's that?" he asked
peeking from behind his glasses. Hermione nodded, appraising him with
a grim sort of look that made him somewhat ill. Ron on the other
hand, seemed relieved and relaxed that instant. There was a loud
crash from below, accompanied by Fred and George's laughter,
bellowing up the stairs. A small shriek of anger erupted, only
belonging to Ginny Weasley herself. Harry's smile was that of the
warmth that only came from staying here at the Burrow. Ron began to
laugh, while Hermione scattered to her feet off put by the thought of
Fred or George torturing their younger sister, who seemed her greater
ally.
A very red faced Ginny entered the room,
throwing the door open again, and slamming it shut. Harry got a
better look at her face as she turned to storm away from the door.
Ron burst out laughing, Hermione groaned crooning over to her side,
and Harry found it hard himself to hold the hysterics inside. Ginny's
hair was splattered with that of odd black inks, and her face was
covered in the lot of it. The only thing that wasn't covered in
black muck, were her vivid green eyes that at the moment, were filled
with a distinct hint of agitation.
"I will kill them…someday
I will." She muttered angrily, wiping at the black muddy liquid
dripping from her face. The problem was, that the whole of it, seemed
to be stuck or glued in it's place. She shrieked again, throwing
her hands up in the air, as Hermione tried to examine it better.
"I'm sure it will come off…I'm sure of it…" she said
dabbing at Ginny's face. But Ginny was having none of it, and
shoved her hands away.
"That's alright; mom'll take care of
it." Ron said yawning and pushing Harry over to lie on his bed.
Ginny shot him a look, nothing short of hell, and Harry moved form
her glare.
"Not so funny when they do it to you!" she spat
back at him. He grinned back up at her.
"Sure as HELL is funny
when it happens to you!" Harry rolled his eyes smacking Ron in the
head.
"Shut it." He mumbled, giving Ginny a small nod.
Hermione moved along the wall to stare out the small precariously
balanced window in Ron's bedroom wall.
"Your mum says we'll
be heading off to get our school things tomorrow Ron." She sat
carefully in the window sill. He nodded closing his eyes, and within
moments, much to Harry's annoyance, and everyone else's, his
mouth fell open and a loud snoring sound came from his throat. Ginny
shook her head giggling and looked to him.
"Louder than a
troll." She muttered, and Hermione and Harry nodded in fond
agreement.
