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Maisie, Ron, Neville, and Hermione were walking through Diagon Alley, on their way to Quality Quidditch Supplies.

Maisie and Hermione, of course, were just tagging along; they had no interest in the Quidditch store.

As they were walking, Ron spotted Draco and his mother going towards Knockturn Alley.

"Is it just me", he said, "or do Draco and his mum look like they don't want to be followed?"

The two Malfoys looked around before they turned a corner into the Alley.

"Yeah", Maisie replied. "What'd you reckon they're up to?"

"It's none of our business", Hermione interjected. "We should be getting back to Mrs, Weasley, anyway."

Neville and Ron ignored her and started walking in the direction the Malfoys went.

Maisie and Hermione ran to catch up with them.

As soon as they walked close to the shop, Maisie had a bad feeling in her stomach.

Was it the fear of a shop that only sold things that had to do with dark magic? Or the possibility of Sirius finding them here?

Honestly, it was both.

Draco and his mother walked into the shop - Borgin and Burke's - and talked to the man behind the counter. The four teenagers couldn't hear what they were saying.

"Let's go", Hermione whispered. "We shouldn't be here."

Maisie nodded. "Yeah. Come on, we have to meet Sirius and Mrs. Weasley."

"Oh, there you are!", Mrs. Weasley sighed in relief as she saw them coming.

"Sorry, we got caught up at the Quidditch shop", Neville apologized.

Maisie saw Sirius looking at her out of the corner of her eye. She gave him a smile, which he returned.

He walked over to her. "What were you and Hermione doing?", he asked. "I'm sure you two didn't want to be around the Quidditch stuff."

Maisie shrugged nonchalantly. "It wasn't too bad." She had an idea. "Flourish and Botts is right across the way from it, so we went there for a while." Sirius shook his head.

"I'm not surprised", he teased. Maisie mentally relaxed. He seemed to believe her!

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Sirius knew Maisie was lying. She had been staying with him for almost three years now, and he knew her very well.

She tapped her foot when she was nervous, and she bit her lip when she was lying. Maisie had been doing both since she, Ron, Hermione, and Neville had returned.

He decided not to talk to her here. He'd wait until they got home.

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Once they got home, Maisie was going up to her room when Sirius stopped her.

She turned around to face him. He walked a little closer to her.

"So you and Hermione went to Flourish and Botts?", he asked.

Maisie nodded.

"And you didn't get anything?"

"No", Maisie replied in what she hoped was a convincing voice, "we didn't find anything too interesting."

"Hm. I didn't think you two could go into a bookstore without getting something."

That was it. He knows. Maisie felt heat run to her face and looked at the floor.

"How did you know?", she asked quietly.

"I've known you for three years. It's really easy to see when you're lying. Where did you really go?"

Maisie mumbled, "Knockturn Alley".

Sirius leaned closer to her. "Sorry?"

"Knockturn Alley. We had a reason, though, I swear."

Sirius was pale. "I doubt there's a good reason for four teenagers to go to Knockturn Alley, but go ahead."

Now that she thought about it, it really wasn't a good reason.

"We saw Draco Malfoy and his mum...we were wondering what they were up to and we followed them", Maisie said quietly, playing with a strand of her hair.

Sirius was just staring at her. After what seemed like forever, he walked over to her, pushed her hair back behind her ear and tipped her chin up.

"Why?", he asked calmly. "Why would you follow the wife and son of a known Death Eater anywhere?"

Silence.

"Maisie, I don't care whose idea it was, you know better than to go along with something you know is wrong. Especially now that Voldemort is back."

Maisie flushed again. She didn't get into trouble often, but when she did, Sirius was great at making her feel bad about it.

"I'm sorry", she told him.

Sirius nodded. "I think you should stay in your room for a few days."

Maisie nodded. Sirius pulled her into a tight hug and sighed.

"What am I going to do with you?", he asked.

Woo! Chapter one is done! Hope you guys enjoyed it.