SIRIUS BLACK'S DAUGHTER

PART THREE – HER FIFTH YEAR

CHAPTER 1

Just over a week had only just passed, since Riley, Harry and Cedric escaped the clutches of the Dark Lord. Riley had seen many things that night, she didn't think were possible and even Harry couldn't explain what went on. Riley had spent a few days, lying in a hospital bed, after being struck with the cruciatus curse more than once, although she was deemed well enough to go home, Remus, Sirius and Dumbledore were worried.

It was late at night and Riley was thrashing around in her sleep, trying to get rid of whoever was attacking her; however all she managed to do was kick her blankets to the floor and hit one of her fathers, Sirius, in the eye. Together, Sirius and Remus were able to stop her moving and wake her up.

"Are you alright?" Sirius asked, not caring that a bruise was already forming around his eye.

"What happened to you?" Riley asked.

"I thought it would be funny to get in the way of your fists of fury" Sirius replied, laughing slightly.

"Sorry" Riley said.

"More dreams again?" Remus asked as he sat down next to her.

"Yeah but I'm alright" Riley replied, not looking at either of them. "What's the time?" she asked.

"Just after 5am" Remus replied. "Do you want to talk about it yet?" he asked.

"Not really" was all Riley said as she got out of bed. "What good does talking do?" she asked.

"It might stop the nightmares" Sirius said "You might feel better about it all" he added.

"Do you talk about the nightmares you still have dad?" Riley asked Sirius.

"We aren't discussing me here Maddie" Sirius replied, which to Riley, meant no he didn't.

"Why don't you just ask Harry what happened?" Riley asked.

"He doesn't understand what happened, he said there were people there and you just sort of went a little crazy" Remus answered. "And he also knows that you don't want to discuss it yet" he added.
"Well at least someone is smart enough" Riley muttered. "Look I'm fine okay" she added, as both Sirius and Remus continued to look at her, as if she was a time bomb waiting to explode.

"Well we are here if you want to talk" Remus said.

"I know that" Riley replied, smiling at them both "Harry comes today doesn't he?" she asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah he does, I'll be picking him up at a better hour of the morning" Remus replied.

"Cool" she said then walked out of her room, leaving both Sirius and Remus confused.

"She'll talk to us when she's ready" Remus assured Sirius, who wanted nothing more than tie her down and make her talk. "We can't force her" he added.

"I know, I just wish we knew what happened, might be able to help her. She hasn't had a decent sleep since she got back" Sirius replied. Sirius and Remus both left Riley's room and headed down stairs, neither of them wanted to go back to bed.

"Dad is it ok if I borrow this book?" Riley asked from their own little library.

"What book is it?" Remus called back from the kitchen.

"It's called Double Cross" she said.

"Yeah go for it" Remus replied and then looked at Sirius, who had his head resting on his arm, on the counter top. "Why don't you go back to bed babe?" he asked.

"Because, I'm not sleepy" Sirius said, trying to stifle his yawns.

"Come on, neither of us are any good use if we are half asleep, now go" Remus told him.

"What about you?" Sirius asked as he gave in and got up off the stool at the counter.

"I am probably the only one who has been sleeping well the past week and a bit, so I'm ok" Remus replied as Sirius walked over to him "I'll come wake you before I leave to get Harry" he said after giving Sirius a quick kiss. Sirius walked up the stairs; said goodnight to Riley, who was already engrossed in the book and then went to his and Remus' room, where he curled up under the blankets. A few hours later, Remus went and woke Sirius up as he was leaving to go get Harry.

"Sirius" Remus whispered.

"Mmm?" Sirius murmured.

"I'm going to go pick Harry up. Riley has fallen asleep in the lounge room" Remus told him.

"Ok I'm up" Sirius said as he slowly rose from the bed.

"I'll be back soon" Remus said and he left. Sirius decided he'd have a shower first, but he wanted to check on Riley and make sure the house was fully locked. So he walked down the stairs quietly, looked over the back of the couch at the sleeping Riley, pulled the blanket up over her so she didn't get cold and then headed to check the windows and doors.

"Dad" Riley said as she saw Sirius walk past her.

"Hey kiddo, I didn't wake you did I?" Sirius asked.

"Nah, has Dad gone to get Harry?" Riley replied.

"Yeah he left about 10 minutes ago" Sirius told her. "I'm just going to go have a shower alright" he added.

"I will tell you, but when I'm ready" Riley said, stopping Sirius in his tracks.

"Well whenever your ready, we're here" Sirius replied and gave her a kiss on the top of her head, then headed to the bathroom.

What seemed like forever, Remus finally returned with Harry. Sirius and Riley were watching some muggle cartoon shows on TV, when they arrived home.

"Hey Harry" Riley said as she saw them walked through the door.

"Hey Ri, how are you?" Harry asked.

"Yeah good, good and you?" she said.

"Yeah I'm good" He replied "Hey Sirius" he added.

"Hey Harry" Sirius replied "So no hassles then?" he added, looking at Remus.

"Nope, smooth trip" Remus replied. "I'm just going to make some lunch, Harry you're in the same room as before" Remus added then headed to the kitchen, while Sirius followed him and Harry took his stuff up to his room. Riley finished watching TV then headed to the kitchen, but was stopped before she could reach it, by 3 men who walked into their house.

"I don't think it'll be safe to scream" one man said, as he pointed his wand at her, while another one took her wand.

"Can I help you?" Riley asked, trying to stay calm. The two other men held onto her arms, while the first guy looked around the room.

"I think now, it's safe to call for your dad" he said.

"Ah, Dad" Riley called.

"What is it Riley?" Remus called.

"You might want to come in here" Riley replied "Now!" she added.

"Ok I'm…" Remus began to say but stopped when he saw the men holding Riley, and the other guy with his wand pointed at her. Sirius had followed Remus out of the kitchen but didn't see him stop, so he ran straight into him.

"What did you…?" Sirius started to say but decided on other words "What the hell are you doing in our home?" he said.

"Ah language Black, we have a young girl in our company" the man said. "I'm Geris, I have been sent here to retrieve this little girl" he added. "And I think you should lower your wands" he said.

"Sirius just put your wand down now" Remus said as he saw Sirius start to move his up.

"What for?" Sirius yelled "They aren't taking Riley" he added. But Remus put his wand down, he saw Harry out of the corner of his eye on the bottom of the steps, well hidden from Geris' view and he also noticed the couch, moving towards the men that were holding Riley. Remus just looked at Sirius, hoping he'd finally catch on to what was happening. Just as Sirius was about to start to attack, he saw the couch nudge one of the mans legs.

"What is going on here?" the guy asked.

"Black, I suggest you stop that or she'll get hurt" Geris said.

"I'm not doing it, she is" Sirius said smiling. Just then, Harry jumped off the bottom step and stunned Geris, while Riley got out of the grip the two men had on her and moved, just as the couch jumped on top of them.

"Dad, you really should just follow instructions" Riley said, laughing at Sirius.

"Sirius, you need to hide now, the Ministry will be here because Harry did underage magic" Remus said and Sirius didn't need telling twice. He turned into Padfoot and bolted up the stairs. And in a matter of minutes, two Ministry officials and Dumbledore arrived at their place.

"Is everyone alright?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes Sir, well don't know about these guys" Remus replied.

"You won't bust Harry for doing magic will you?" Riley asked "It was self defense" she added, looked at the Ministry people.

"No miss we won't be" they said "We'll take these with us though" they added, then bound the three men and took them away.

"I left the front door open" Remus said quietly "I'm so sorry" he added looking Riley.

"It's alright, no harm was done" Riley replied but she knew no matter what she said, he would beat himself up for it.

"But a lot could've happened" Remus said.
"Oh dad, don't do this. Nothing happened and we're fine and dandy" Riley replied. "Why would they just come here with only 3 people?" Riley asked turning to face Dumbledore "I mean they would've known Remus would be here and possibly Sirius" she added.

"Maybe they just wanted to know your location" Dumbledore replied.

"Well now they know it" Remus said and he headed towards the still open front door and slammed it shut.

"The wards on Grimmauld Place are all set, maybe you should move in there now" Dumbledore suggested.

"Oh lovely" Sirius said sarcastically "But it'll be the safest place for them until they leave for school" he added.

"Come on Harry, we'll go pack what we need" Riley said and they both left the lounge room.

"Moony it's alright, who's to say they wouldn't have just busted the door down?" Sirius asked as he put his hand on his shoulder.

"Because when the door is shut, the locks wont open for anyone but us" Remus said "I could have gotten her killed, or Harry or you" he added.

"Well as Riley put it, nothing happened" Dumbledore said "Remus and I will first take their things over, then come back for them" he added.

"I'd rather Riley went somewhere else, until everything is set" Sirius told him.

"And where would you like her to go?" Dumbledore asked.

"I'm sure Andromeda wont mind having her stay for a little bit" Sirius said "I'll send them an owl now" he added and then headed off.

"And what about Harry?" Remus asked.

"Harry can come with us" Sirius replied "I'd feel much better knowing that Riley is somewhere where people will be constantly watching her" he added.
"She wont like that, not if Harry gets to come with us" Remus replied.

"Tough, she's going as soon as where back" Sirius told them, just then the fireplace lit up and Tonks stepped out.

"That was quick" Remus said.

"Mum and Dad said they'd love to have her come stay and" Tonks was saying but then tripped over her feet and landed flat on her face. "They sent me over to come get her" she added, when she picked herself up.

"Riley can you come on down please" Sirius called.

"Hey Tonks" Riley said as she came down the stairs, "What's up Dad?" she asked.

"I want you to pack some things for a few days, you're going to be staying with Tonks and her family until everything is settled in at Grimmauld Place" Sirius told her.

"Oh ok cool no worries, I'll let Harry know" Riley said and went to turn around.

"No Riley, Harry will be staying with us, your going on your own with Tonks" Sirius replied. Riley stopped and spun around looking at Sirius, then at Remus, the anger clearly etched on her face.