So here it is the Next Intallment Called My Family...
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
Larger Summary: Claire Black started Hogwarts off in her third year, she had only her mother and after the third year her mother died so Regulus would always be protected. In the end Claire went back to Godric's Hollow with Remus Lupin a were-wolf, and is now helping him take care of her brother. In this second story we find Claire in a situation that some might find a bit interesting a house full of...wel members of the opposite sex. She lives with Remus Lupin, her father the Dog, a Stanger soon to be revieled and her brother Regulus. Her fourth year at Hogwarts is also about to get even more hectic, love and friendships will be tested. Most importantly Claire learns just how much she needs her weird family. So I hope all who read this will enjoy!
LovelyClair
Living a new life with a new family took some getting use to for Claire Black, her own father being on the run, and Remus taking care of her and her new brother was a nice experience. Yet she missed her mother and went to see her as often as she could in the local grave yard, Claire wished every day that her mother was still alive, but she sacrificed her life so that no harm could ever come to Regulus, which made Claire love her baby brother more. Claire was out in the back yard with Regulus who was lying on his tummy now a month old he always looked around with silent curiosity. Mrs. Weasley had made a habit of coming over to check on things and it gave Claire the chance to see Ron who came bearing news one day with Mr. Weasley…
"So Remus if she can Molly will be more than happy to help you with Regulus, how dose that sound." Arthur asked him as Ron made his way out side.
"Hey Claire!" Ron said.
"Oh Ron hello!" Claire said picking up Regulus and hugging Ron.
"Wow he sure is growing." Ron said tickling Regulus.
"What brings your father here?" Claire asked him.
Ron grinned slyly and flopped onto the blanket on the ground. "Oh Quidditch."
"Quidditch your farther came all this way for Quidditch?" Claire said.
"Wasn't that long we traveled by floo powder, he has a surprise for us all nabbed eleven…which is a big deal so be ready for this… eleven tickets to the Quidditch World Cup, Bulgaria vs. Ireland!" Ron said jumping up.
"Oh Ron really!" Claire said hugging him again. They took Regulus inside and Ron and Mr. Weasley bid them all farewell.
"So…" Claire said wide eyed.
"Well you deserve a break Claire you've been nonstop around here, Regulus and I will be fine for a few days." He said with a smile.
"Oh thank you so much Remus." Claire said hugging him.
Remus was at first hesitant it was the first time any one had showed him any care or emotion other than disgust. Claire was his young savoir and he was thankful Helga and Dumbledore trusted him to raise them. "Now let's eat shall we…"
Claire sat up in her room alone that night, Regulus had been put to bed, Lupin sat down stairs, and she picked up a quill to write a letter to Harry.
Dear Harry,
How has your summer been so far, I heard that we will be going to the world cup!
I really hope you can be there I miss you tons! Regulus is well but Mrs. Weasley says we'll be leaving of Hogwarts right after the Quidditch match…
If you're wondering Cedric and I are still together, Hermione made it clear that it is important that I focus on school too. But Harry I'm going to do, it this year I am going to try out for Quidditch, dad bought me a broom, or I picked it out and he paid for it it's new to the Nimbus Series 2002 suppose to be pretty good, I think that your Nimbus 2000 was good and all the Slytherin's have 2001's so I shouldn't be too bad. Harry I hope all is well for you and take care.
You're Friend
Claire Black .
Claire folded up the letter and went to Vulcan's perch, "Hey you can you take this to Harry for me, I know you just went there but I wanted to see how he's doing."
Vulcan on the other hand was eager to deliver a letter, he jutted out his foot but at that moment Hedwig flew through the window as Vulcan flew off.
"Oh dear…Hedwig?" The bird flew right passed her onto the shoulder of a familiar face.
"Dad! What are you doing here?" Claire said running to Sirius who was standing at her door, she hugged him then looked at him he was very messy looking. "Would you like to wash up you must be longing for a bath, and a shave?"
"Claire you're just like your mother always wanting to take care of me, and every one for that matter." He said, "Yes and perhaps some new clothes, I know your mother kept a few of my things handy."
"Alright, dose Remus know you're here?" Claire asked him.
"He let me in he's just closed all the curtains so the, neighbors don't see me." He said.
Claire ran up to the attic and found a box marked Sirius and shuffled through it pulling out the things he'll need. She came back down stairs and handed him the clothes, "Dad how long will you stay this time?" Claire asked him it had been the third time he was there this summer, Mrs. Weasley came over one time he was there and he had to be a dog most of the few days he spent there with them.
"I'll stay the week spend time with you, till school starts, how dose that sound?" He asked accepting the clothes.
"I won't be here all week I'm going to the Quidditch World Cup this Friday." Claire told him.
"You'll be gone the whole weekend I take it, well I'll come see you off to School with Regulus and Remus I can risk it." Sirius said when he saw her protest.
"Alright now go get cleaned up, and I'll go heat up some food…er well I'll ask Remus since I can't do magic outside school." Claire said running down the stairs.
"I take it you saw your father, we chatted for a bit before he went up stairs." Remus said.
"Yeah he just got here and he's got a letter, Hedwig just flew in." Claire said.
"Those poor owls, by which I mean Hedwig and Vulcan, they have been flying back and forth all summer…I suppose Harry needs more food huh?" Remus asked.
"I don't think so he hasn't asked but he may come here first before we go to The Burrow, I should think he'll want to say hi to my dad and you." Claire said.
"Speaking of food, let's get something for your father to eat, and those scraps can go out to Buckbeak in the shed." Remus said.
Claire smiled at him then went over to him and kissed him on the cheek, "I love how you take care of us all, you are kinder than you know…" Claire said taking the bucket out to the shed.
Remus looked out at her walking she came closer to him then most people dared, she even learned the potion to make himself safe so that he could just hide away for a week. So many were helping them, Mrs. Weasley agreed to stay when Claire went back to school. It would be a full moon and he knew that Dumbledore made a lot of people angry leaving him a second guardian to Claire and Regulus, but like Claire; Dumbledore trusted him. But he feared that this happiness would be stripped from him at any moment, and he would find himself very alone once more.
The following day, her father sent Hedwig out a window early in the morning. He was now in his dog from curled up by the fire, they would all be going to Diagon Ally to do shopping for Hogwarts and Claire was eager to find a decent broom care kit.
"Dad I don't think you should come we're traveling by floo and that would be hard for you…" Claire said.
Sirius slumped back onto the rug, she was right you needed to speak to travel by floo and he could not do that, and he didn't want to risk and one seeing him in his human form.
"Remus are you ready to go?" Claire asked.
"Yes, yes I just had to find a hat for Regulus, sorry old chap we'll be back later Sirius." Remus said to him.
Claire sprinkled the fire and stepped in, "DIAGON ALLY!" she said clearly knowing now that speaking clearly was important.
She came out of the fireplace at the leaky cauldron soot al over; she saw the familiar large figure of Hagrid at the bar.
"Hi Hagrid how are you?" Claire asked.
Hagrid turned around rosy cheeked and smiling, Claire could tell he had a bit to drink but it was still fun talking to Hagrid none the less.
"Oh Claire how are you doin' bin busy this summer I have, yep got big plans for the class to, what with the big event goin' on at Hogwarts I trus it will be a very busy year…oops! Spilled a bit down me front, but as I was sayin…ah Remus jus telling Claire hear about Care of Magical Creatures, spos there is also the other thing you know." Hagrid eyed Remus.
"Well Hagrid, Claire will find out soon enough what's going on once she's back in school, see you Hagrid!" Remus said as they walked away.
"But I wanted to find out what's going on…you know don't you, c'mon Remus tell me!" Claire said as they passed through the arc way of Diagon Ally.
"No and isn't that Cedric up there…" Remus said, "Here is your list I'm sure he'll want to see you."
Claire gave him a stern look, and then turned to see Cedric and his mother walking up.
"Hi there!" He said as Claire ran and hugged him she had missed him since the saw one and other a week ago.
"Hello to you too, I have missed you so much." Claire said smiling up at him.
Cedric kissed her then the two of them walked to the Gringotts bank with Cedric's mother, who Claire greeted, but his mother gave her the oddest look.
"Ignore her, surprisingly enough she believes the report Rita Skeeter wrote, about how irresponsible it was for Dumbledore to leave his grandchildren with a were-wolf, I suppose she's checking to see if you're still a normal child, I mean she met Mr. Lupin at that Christmas dinner last year." Cedric whispered in her ear.
Claire frowned there had been a very rude report about her guardian, she and Remus agreed that it would be best not to give Skeeter the pleasure by reading it.
"Are you going to the Quidditch World Cup?" Claire asked
"Of course my father got tickets for us." He said
"Mr. Weasley invited me to come along with them." Claire said.
"Hey that's great maybe we'll see each other." Cedric said.
"I hope so, I'll be staying with the Weasley's the day before so I'm shopping today for my Hogwarts stuff, got to love fourth year." Claire said.
"I remember fourth year it was a great one, I was before I had to do all those O.W.L's" He said.
"Oh that's right your sixteen soon, I'll have to find you a present." Claire told him as she took his hand.
They were in Flourish and Blotts as Claire reached to pick up a Book of Spells grade four, her cousin Kara Lestrange pushed her aside and grabbed grade five.
"Goodness I thought that was you, what are here with your were-wolf?" Kara said snidely.
Hera walked up with the Lestranges grandmother she looked down at Claire and walked over. She was a tall skinny woman who wore a high collar dress, her hair was gray and pulled back in a bun she carried a walking stick and looked richer that any one Claire knew.
"So you must be Sirius Black's chit, I hear you're a Slytherin, Bellatrix whom I think you greatly resemble was a Slytherin, yet those eyes are clearly the eyes of that mindless fool Dumbledore." Madam Lestrange said looking over her hooked nose at her. "Your not mindless are you Miss Black?"
"On the contrary grandmother she is the most mindless Black next to Aunt Andromeda, and Sirius…" Hera started.
"Did I ask you to speak you mindless twit, tell me are you familiar with your family history, a lot of beautiful girls come from the Black's, are betrothed yet I could talk with Lucius you are about Draco's age…" She said.
"Excuse me Madam Lestrange, but Draco Malfoy is the last person on this earth I would ever lower myself to marry, you must think I am crazy." Claire said. The whole store fell silent.
Madam Lestrange looked down her hooked nose at Claire, "The Malfoy's are a most noble and pure wizarding family, as is yours I should expect you to have more respect." She said.
"Yeah Black is that any way to talk to me, Madam Lestrange your wasting your time with this one, she's a mudblood lover and hangs with a Weasley and that Harry Potter…" Draco said coming up to them. Behind Draco came his father and his mother Narcissa.
"Now, now Draco, at least her little boyfriend is a pure-blood wizard the who Black family isn't going to the dogs." He said
Claire knew he meant Remus when he said dogs, she wanted to throw her book at Lucius Malfoy for that comment. She felt Cedric put a hand on her shoulder and she calmed down.
"Hey I found the book I'll need for my NEWT's this year, lets go pay." Cedric said ignoring the Malfoy's and the Lestranges.
"Good I really want to leave this place." Claire said as she shot a glare at Draco as they walked away.
The rest of the day was spent looking at shops and walking around hand in hand, many people they met were friends of Cedric's and even they mentioned something big was going to happen at Hogwarts this year. Claire was eager to know what this thing was and made a mental note to ask Mr. Weasley. Before she left Cedric to meet Remus she stopped at a flower shop to buy roses for her mother and then Claire kissed Cedric good bye then continued up the road.
"Miss. Black…" said a cool drowning voice. Claire turned and to her surprise Severus Snape was there, "I should tell you that there won't be Quidditch this year, and that you are being considered for the team next year, your grandfather whom I owe a great deal to has in formed me that you are a skilled Chaser having not played before."
"T-thank you Professor…" But Snape had ducked into a nearby store, Claire thought it was rather odd that he would come up to her.
She saw Remus holding Regulus on his lap as he stared down at the Daily Prophet, his face was focused on the print, his eyes darted across the page and his handsome face was stern and focused. Claire shook her head why was she looking at Remus and thinking that…he's her fathers age, but still good looking.
They returned and Claire quickly threw her parcels upstairs, "Dad would you like to come with me to the grave yard Claire asked putting on a pair of sandals and picking up the bouquet of roses.
The large black dog bounded for the door, Claire shook her head and went to the grave yard.
When the got there it was empty, she could hear the sounds of the grasshoppers in the tall dry grass, as she walked she passed the Potters grave which was littered with tons of flowers, trinkets, and letters. Claire went straight to her mother she would pay her respects to the potters on her way out. Her mothers grave was always covered in flowers many were from people who knew Dumbledore, Claire always looked around for her grandmothers grave but the only other Dumbledore's were her great-grandmother Kendra and great-aunt Ariana.
As she said there one hand on he fathers back and the other carelessly picking grass, there was a sudden loud crack and a man screaming, she had never hear some one scream so loud she ran over to where he landed with her father in tow then he ran ahead and she saw the man on top of the Potters grave he was shivering despite the heat, she watched him hold the top of his head, he was crying an mumbling.
Her father in his dog form jumped up and down in a crazy manner barking madly, Claire tried to hush him. "Sir…are you okay?" She said as she reached out a hand to touch his shoulder.
The man let out a yell and hit her hand away he looked at her and Claire was shocked. The mans eyes shifted from her to her father… "Sirius…" He said Claire looked at her farther still in his dog form… "What how can he know that's my father…." Claire thought looking back at the man.
Next Chapter may take a while I'm going away for the weekend and so sunday will probly be the next time I post.
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