I'm back, I know I had promised to work on my other stories but try as I might I just couldn't find a way to get back into them so I decided to start anew. This story is something different for me, yet somewhat similar, as my main character is in love with Sirius Black...cause come on he is HOT lol. So as always I would love some feedback people, so feel free to write me and tell me in great detail what you think.
It had been a long day for Kieran Eyre, summoned to Hogwarts by Albus Dumbledore after a street brawl in Diagon with Narcissa Malfoy. Part of him wondered if he was in trouble, like being summoned to the head master's office for passing notes in class, something he had NEVER done while attending Hogwarts. He was a good student, and now he held a quiet existence in his little book store on Diagon Alley selling rare books to the likes of Remus Lupin and Hermione Granger, both seemed to devour books like some children devoured sweets. His life wasn't as quiet as it appeared on the outside though, he and Albus had been in contact lately about the impending war. His quiet little store was the perfect place to keep an eye on the wizarding world, watching those strolling up and down the alley to gather everything from what a first year student might need to the ingredients of polyjuice potion.
He really did enjoy his books, he loved to curl up in his overstuffed chair and get lost in the pages of century old books but that was becoming a distant memory lately. Instead he got to curl up in the same chair and pretend to read his book while keeping an eye on the lives of Lucius Malfoy and Fenrir Greyback both of whom he detested. But Albus had asked his help and he would never turn him down, especially if it meant bringing an end to the Deatheaters.
All these thoughts had cut his train trip down to nothing, the train station for Hogsmeade in sight and he could see Remus Lupin seated on a bench waiting for him. With the man constantly in his shop they had formed a friendship and Kieran knew he could trust Remus with anything, and on occasion had.
"Hello Kieran!" Remus smiled at him as he strode off the train, looking as kind as ever with a book tucked under his arm.
"Remus, read anything good lately?" he asked with a warm smile, turning to a common conversation between the two.
"I found this interesting book on the social complexities of mermaids." Remus replied, holding up his little blue book with faded gilded seahorse on the cover.
"Only you Remus, well you and Hermione." Kieran chuckled as he slung his satchel across his shoulder and started down the path to the castle.
"Anything new in the store?" Remus asked hopefully.
"I got a couple crates in that are yet to be opened, I'll owl you if its anything note worthy." he promised his friend.
"So what brings you to Hogwarts?" Remus asked, following along in step.
"I have no idea, I was asked to make the trip by Dumbledore himself and I wasn't about to refuse." he admonished, shrugging as the passed the infamous willow.
"I wish I could give you some help but he just asked me to meet you at the station and walk you back." Remus admitted.
"Thank you, cuts the nervousness." Kieran half joked as the came to the large imposing doors of the school. With a nervous sigh the pair made their way into the castle and slowly up the stairs to Dumbledore's office. It was exactly as Kieran remembered, a small spiral staircase leading to an impressive office lined with books and little knick knacks that he wanted to work up the courage to play with one day.
"Kieran, thank you for coming." Dumbledore smiled as he excused Remus, sending him back to his classroom. Kieran looked back as his friend warily as he retreated down the steps, much like a boy who was about to be put in the corner.
"I would never refuse you Albus." Kieran chuckled nervously as he sat down in a chair Dumbledore motioned towards.
"I want to ask a personal favor of you, to hide someone very important to the battle." Albus whispered, drawing the younger man closer. It was in rare occasions that Albus would talk about the growing war outside closed quarters.
"My flat isn't the largest but it can surely fit two people." he agreed, nodding to the man he respected above all others.
"Sirius Black." Dumbledore explained quietly, so quietly Kieran was curious if he had heard the man correctly.
"Pardon?" Kieran asked, somewhat shocked.
"Sirius Black has escaped Azkaban and I would like you to look after him." Dumbledore replied.
"But he killed the Potters!" Kieran gasped, staring at the man with wide eyes.
"No, that was Peter Pettigrew who was aiding Voldemort." Dumbledore corrected.
"But he was killed by Black." Kieran stated confused.
"Another lie, Pettigrew staged his own death so he would escape imprisonment." Dumbledore went on.
"Why me?" he asked intrigued.
"I heard about the scuffle this morning, things are growing more heated and I need to make sure he is somewhere safe." Dumbledore explained, pacing his office.
"Will I be able to continue running my shop?" Kieran asked hopefully.
"Of course, Severus and I will go their tonight and cast the necessary charms to protect you their. I thought Sirius could give you a hand on watching the streets as well." Dumbledore elaborated.
After that it seemed like mere minutes until he found himself in a his spare bedroom trying to move a mahogany chest against the bed. His augurey Vincent sat perched on the headboard watching him smugly, occasionally preening its feathers.
"Stop looking at me like that or I'll skip your dinner." Kieran grumbled at his snooty friend.
"Do you often talk to your animals or are these your first steps into insanity?" A dark handsome man asked from his doorway, a smug smile dancing across his lips. Sirius Black wasn't entirely sure that he liked his new living conditions, stuck in a cramped flat above a bookstore with a man he was yet to figure out.
"Do you often spy on your room mates or is this your first voyeuristic moment?" Kieran growled as he struggled to slide his over sized chest across the floor.
"Don't get much exercise in the book store? Oh, and by the way this is my room isn't it." Sirius smirked.
"Either shut up or get your scrawny ass over here and help!" Kieran groaned as he continued to struggle against the hulking load.
"Oh allow me." Sirius replied with a dashing bow before rolling up his sleeves and adding his muscle to the struggle.
"Not as easy as you thought eh?" Kieran asked haughtily.
"Well you can't expect me to move in with nothing can you?" Sirius struggled as they finally scooted it into place at the end of the bed.
"There is a difference in being prepared and excess." Kieran sighed, hopping up and sitting in a nearby chair.
"I think I'm worth it." Sirius smiled, preening like the bird that was about to attack him. With a squawk Vincent spread out his imposing wings and swooped down, grabbing a beak full hairs and continuing out the door. Sirius didn't find it as humorous as Kieran who was rolling on the floor in laughter, he dropped to the bed and covered his head with a pillow.
"Did the big bad birdie scare the little man." Kieran howled as he rolled back and fourth on the floor.
"That is no ordinary bird, that is the feathered version of HITLER!" Sirius growled, peering out cautiously from under the pillow.
"Oh calm down, he's gone now anyway." Kieran said as he stood up and dusted himself off, wanting to fall back into fits again as he noticed the glare Sirius was giving him from the bed.
"Kindly keep him out of my room." Sirius scolded, following Kieran to the door and closing it the moment he stepped out. He made his way down to his bookstore, chuckling all the way to find Hermione Granger lost in his shelves.
"Hello Hermione, anything I can help you with?" Kieran asked as he sat himself down at the front desk.
"No, just browsing." the girl answered absentmindedly. It was then he noticed Ron Weasley and Harry Potter sitting outside his shop on a bench.
"I take it your friends aren't the literary type?" Kieran chuckled, motioning towards the boys outside.
"Harry is but you are more likely to catch a pixie than see Ronald Weasley read a book." Hermione scoffed, turning her attention back to a biography of Oswald Beamish. It was then that his door flew open and Severus Snape skulked in, his robes billowing behind him.
"Hello Severus, how may I help you." Kieran asked, amused with the fact that Severus had once told him that he would rather attend the classes of Sybil Trelawney than step foot in a book store run by Kieran Eyre. Kieran had always thought of Severus fondly, a brilliant mind who he enjoyed talking with but Severus let very few people within his walls and Kieran was not included. Matters only seemed to get worse as they got older while attending Hogwarts, Severus retreated inwardly any attempt Kieran made to forge a friendship only ended with Severus threatening to curse him before sulking away.
"Dumbledore sent me in search of a book you are holding for him." Severus glowered.
"Of course, please follow me." Kieran nodded, leading Severus into the back room.
"I'm here to cast the necessary charms." Severus announces, straight to business it seemed.
"Of course, I'll leave you to your work." Kieran nodded, turning to leave.
"What is all this?" Severus asked in a dismissive tone as he looked over a collection of beakers and test tubes filled with a multitude of liquids.
"Just trying out a few things, we can't all be gifted with your chemistry skilled Severus." he explained, shrugging nonchalantly.
"Why would you need wolfsbane?" Severus asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"To help a friend." Kieran responded curtly.
"I'm sure he'll be greatly appreciative." Severus answered sardonically.
"HELLO?" someone yelled from the front, Kieran excusing himself to find Molly Weasley's happy face across from him at the counter.
"Hello Molly, how can I help you?" Kieran asked kindly, always having a soft spot for the warm woman.
"I am looking for a book on dragons for my son Charlie and the selection everywhere else is rather limited." Molly explained as she lifted her hulking purse onto the counter. With as many children as this woman had he wasn't surprised to find that she had a purse of this size in her company, she was likely to keep anything you could ever need for an emergency inside. Kieran wondered if she could have slipped all of her children inside if she really needed to. It was then that he spotted Molly's youngest eyeing him cautiously from behind the woman.
"I see you brought your daughter with you." Kieran smiled warmly at the girl behind Molly.
"Oh yes." Molly smiled.
"Spitting image of yourself if I do say so myself, though she seems a little shyer than you if I remember correctly." Kieran smirked teasingly at the woman.
"If I remember correctly you got into your fair share of trouble after you left Hogwarts." Molly smirked back, their chat ended when they heard yelling in the streets. The pair rushed outside to find Lucius and Narcissa pointing their wands at Remus and calling him every name in the book.
"Do shut up Lucius." Kieran growled as he pulled his wand out, pointing it at the pair.
"Blood traitor." Narcissa growled, her eyes narrowing.
"I think it would be best if you two left." Molly shot back, taking what looked like the stance of a bull before it charged.
"Come Narcissa, I'm done hanging about in these slums." Lucius sneered before he and his wife apparated.
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