A/N- This fic used to be called "Seventh Year' but my friend put it up for
me and put it in the wrong spot and no one could hardly find it to review
it ::glares at Dreamcloud53:: and so now I have put it up again and removed
the other. I've added and taken out a few things so I hope it's better.
Thanks very much to the 4 people who actually found and reviewed this fic
the first time. R/R and enjoy!
1 The Unexpected Meeting
Sirius scratched on the back door of Remus' house. It was the same house he had visited so often with James when they were schoolboys at Hogwarts. Remus opened the door and caught sight of him sitting in the snow. He shook his head. Seeing a dog when he had expected Sirius' human form had caught him off guard.
"Come on, Sirius. Let's get you out of the snow." He opened the door wider to admit his friend, still disguised as a large shaggy dog.
Sirius shook the snow out of his fur and padded in the large living room already had one other occupant. Professor Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, rose and greeted him.
"Good to see you again, Sirius. Harry sends his love, but, naturally, I forbade him to leave school. Remus told me that you might be joining us tonight." He frowned slightly. "Do you plan on staying a dog when you are here among friends or will you grace us with your human form?"
The air around Sirius shimmered pearly white for a moment. The shaggy dog that had been sitting on the plush carpet a moment before was now a man with shoulder-length black hair. He stood up and brushed a few stray dog hairs from his pants.
"I think I'll stay a human while I'm here, Headmaster." He turned to his friend. "By the way, Remus. Why am I here?" he asked.
"An old friend was asking about you. She was very worried, you see, and I knew she was someone we could trust, so I had you come here to see her."
"Who…wait, you said she? I don't…unless it's…no, it couldn't be. She left years ago…" Remus nodded towards the kitchen.
"She's cooking dinner. She wouldn't let me, said something about how I could burn water trying to get it to boil." He smiled at the old joke about his poor cooking abilities. "She doesn't know you're coming. I wanted to surprise her. Go on, now."
Sirius went to the kitchen, his head trying not to believe what his heart was telling him. It had been too much when he'd lost Lily and James. He didn't want to be hurt again.
A slender woman with red-gold hair tumbling down to her waist stood with her back to him stirring a pot, oblivious to his presence. She softly hummed the melody to an old muggle song.
It was her. Though he didn't know how she got there, but his head was finally listening to his heart and it told him who this woman before him was. It was her.
He joined his voice with hers and hummed the melody. She started to sing the song and he listened and hummed along. She still didn't know he was there. He recognized the song as Fire and Rain but he didn't know who wrote it.
"Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
And I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Yeah I always thought that I'd see you again…"
She stopped singing, finally noticing the presence of someone else in the room.
"Kitty?" he said softly. She turned slowly at her old nickname. Only her best friends had called her that. Two were dead and the one never used it, but the fourth had given her the name, stolen her heart, and she hadn't seen or heard from him in eighteen years. Sirius Black.
Sirius crossed the floor and swept her up in a tight embrace. She returned the embrace and buried her head in his chest. He could feel her begin to cry and held her tighter, if that was possible. He never wanted to let her go now that he'd found her again. It had been so long…so long…
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1 The Unexpected Meeting
Sirius scratched on the back door of Remus' house. It was the same house he had visited so often with James when they were schoolboys at Hogwarts. Remus opened the door and caught sight of him sitting in the snow. He shook his head. Seeing a dog when he had expected Sirius' human form had caught him off guard.
"Come on, Sirius. Let's get you out of the snow." He opened the door wider to admit his friend, still disguised as a large shaggy dog.
Sirius shook the snow out of his fur and padded in the large living room already had one other occupant. Professor Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, rose and greeted him.
"Good to see you again, Sirius. Harry sends his love, but, naturally, I forbade him to leave school. Remus told me that you might be joining us tonight." He frowned slightly. "Do you plan on staying a dog when you are here among friends or will you grace us with your human form?"
The air around Sirius shimmered pearly white for a moment. The shaggy dog that had been sitting on the plush carpet a moment before was now a man with shoulder-length black hair. He stood up and brushed a few stray dog hairs from his pants.
"I think I'll stay a human while I'm here, Headmaster." He turned to his friend. "By the way, Remus. Why am I here?" he asked.
"An old friend was asking about you. She was very worried, you see, and I knew she was someone we could trust, so I had you come here to see her."
"Who…wait, you said she? I don't…unless it's…no, it couldn't be. She left years ago…" Remus nodded towards the kitchen.
"She's cooking dinner. She wouldn't let me, said something about how I could burn water trying to get it to boil." He smiled at the old joke about his poor cooking abilities. "She doesn't know you're coming. I wanted to surprise her. Go on, now."
Sirius went to the kitchen, his head trying not to believe what his heart was telling him. It had been too much when he'd lost Lily and James. He didn't want to be hurt again.
A slender woman with red-gold hair tumbling down to her waist stood with her back to him stirring a pot, oblivious to his presence. She softly hummed the melody to an old muggle song.
It was her. Though he didn't know how she got there, but his head was finally listening to his heart and it told him who this woman before him was. It was her.
He joined his voice with hers and hummed the melody. She started to sing the song and he listened and hummed along. She still didn't know he was there. He recognized the song as Fire and Rain but he didn't know who wrote it.
"Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
And I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Yeah I always thought that I'd see you again…"
She stopped singing, finally noticing the presence of someone else in the room.
"Kitty?" he said softly. She turned slowly at her old nickname. Only her best friends had called her that. Two were dead and the one never used it, but the fourth had given her the name, stolen her heart, and she hadn't seen or heard from him in eighteen years. Sirius Black.
Sirius crossed the floor and swept her up in a tight embrace. She returned the embrace and buried her head in his chest. He could feel her begin to cry and held her tighter, if that was possible. He never wanted to let her go now that he'd found her again. It had been so long…so long…
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