I finally finished reading The Order of the Phoenix. Too bad Sirius had to die… He was my favourite character. I was heartbroken when I read it. I thought it was some kind of mistake at first, but after I heard what Lupin said, I knew he wasn't coming back. I was so sad and I cried my eyes out. But I knew he would live on in our hearts. I've decided last night, to write this story in the memory of Sirius Black. (But it's not directly related to him.)

***Summary***

On Harry's 6th year at Hogwarts he accidentally discovers his parents' and Sirius's past. In the mean while Voldemort's growing stronger than ever! And it's up to the Order of the Phoenix to stop him and his followers. *Spoilers for OotP*

Chapter 1

A thunderstorm started as dark clouds ran across the sky pouring huge raindrops on everything within the city. A teenage boy ran across the parking lot with his jacket over his head, trying to keep himself dry from the down pouring rain. Where the raindrops landed, it left dark spots on his jacket. The teen looked up, at his companions

"Hurry up Harry!" yelled a tired and rather ill looking man with greying hair as he pushed a trolley loaded with trunks through the entrance of the train station.

"Get in the Station, everybody," yelled a short woman with flaming red hair as she pushed a tall boy with the same coloured hair as her inside the King's Cross Station, "You too Ginny," she said as she pushed a girl younger than the red headed boy already inside the station. Soon followed by an older girl with bushy brown hair, and a boy with messy black hair sticking up in every direction.

"At least we are out of that horrible rain!" said a woman in her twenties with bubble gum pink hair and a bright red robe.

The ill looking man who were pushing the trolley chuckled in amusement, "you make it sound like, you are afraid of a little rain, Tonks."

"I don't think you can call it little, Remus," said an almost balding man with some red hair left, "It hasn't rained this hard in years."

"Arthur dear," said the red headed women in her forties, "I think you are over exaggerating."

"Actually, Molly," said Remus, "I think Arthur's right. I haven't seen it rain this hard since 15 years ago."

"You have an awfully good memory, Professor Lupin," said the tall red headed teen as he followed his friends to the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.

"Why thank you, Ron," said Remus Lupin as he gestured Ron and Harry to go through the barrier to get to the Hogwarts Express. Harry leaned against the barrier and easily fell through to where the rest of the Hogwarts students were saying farewell to their parents, and Ron followed not too far behind.

"I can't wait to get back," said Harry, "this has been the most horrible summer I've ever had. I was stuck with the Dursleys all month! While you are the rest were at the Order." He said bitterly as he walked toward the head of the train

"Come on," said Ron apologetically, "we said we were sorry, we had to leave you there all summer, but Dumbledore said it was for the best, and that you'll be safer there."

Harry knew that it was true, but somehow it wasn't making the bitter feeling down his stomach any better. When he turned around, he saw Hermione and the rest hurrying, trying to catch up with them.

"For once we were actually early," said Mrs. Weasley humorously, "I guess a thunder storm can be good for something." Everybody smiled at Mrs. Weasley's good mood.

"How much time do we have left?" Tonks asked Harry, since he was the only one with a watch

"We have 20 minutes to spare," he said grumpily as he turned around to look at the train once more, not wanting to meet any of their eyes. Harry was feeling worse since the start of the summer, missing his godfather more than ever! And feeling very left out since the rest of them spent their entire summer in Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, while he was trapped with the Dursleys.

"Look Harry," said Lupin patiently, "I know how you feel-" but he was cut off short by Harry.

"Nobody knows how I feel, so don't try to pretend you do!" said Harry angrily

"Come on, Harry," said Lupin quietly, "He was my best friend, I've known him longer than you have. I cared about him as much as you did if not even more."

"But you don't' understand," whispered Harry as he closed his eye lids and looked down the floor, he was no longer angry, he was tearful thinking about Sirius, "He was the closest thing I had to a father or a family."

"You guys go ahead," Lupin said to the rest, "I'll have a talk with Harry, and we'll catch up with you guys in 5 minutes."

When they were left alone, Harry spoke first, "It was all my fault. If I had been taking Occlumency lessons like Dumbledore, Sirius, and you told me to, then Voldemort wouldn't have been able to trick me to get into the Department of Mysteries. Then he wouldn't have had to come to my aide, and none of this would've happened. He would still be with us right now."

"It wasn't your fault," said Lupin softly yet reassuringly as he put a hand on Harry's shoulder, "He wanted to fight the Death Eaters and to do something for the Order, and maybe die an honourable death."

"He didn't want to die," whispered Harry as he looked down at the ground once more, "Nobody does."

"You're right, but," said Lupin with a pause, "Sirius wasn't so keen on living either. You were his life, if it weren't for you, he would've died in Azkaban. It's the vision of you living with those terrible muggles that made him live through all those years with those dementors, because he had promised James that he would take care of you. And he did his best to keep that promise till his last breath."

Harry kept his eyes on the floor, suddenly becoming interested in the tiles on the floor of the King's Cross Station.

"Look, Harry," Lupin continued, "Stop blaming your self. Sirius would've wanted you to be happy." He paused, " Rather than standing here, yelling at the people who care about you, you should be thinking about how to defend your self against the Death Eaters or Voldemort him self, if you find your self facing them."

"I know," he said quietly seeing Lupin's point

"We better hurry along, so Molly and the rest can get a chance to say good bye to you," he said as he gestured Harry to go to where the rest were, as he followed close behind.

Tonks was talking to a dark haired woman when Lupin and him arrived. When they saw them approaching, they stopped talking.

"Looks like you're feeling better," said Tonks in a caring voice, "Meet Evelyn," she said as she pointed to the woman Harry saw before, "She's an Auror, one of the best in the Ministry."

"I've been waiting for a long time to meet you," said Evelyn as she brushed a strand of her long hair behind her ear, "You look exactly like your father, except for the eyes of course. You've got Lily's eyes." She smiled fondly at Harry.

"Eavee?" said Lupin from behind Harry, before he could ask any question, "Is that you? Oh Lord, I haven't seen you since the night Hagrid was forced to take Harry to those Dursleys," Lupin said the last few words with disgust

"It's been a while, hasn't it, Remus," said Evelyn with a soft smile

"So you did decide to become an Auror after all. I thought you were going to drop out, since you didn't want to work for the ministry after what happened, and taking another 2 years in Auror training," asked Lupin curiously

"Well, I was going to, but some certain things changed my mind," she said the last few words as if it had a hidden meaning, "Plus, I already took 2 years of training, I wasn't just going to let it go to waste. Although I did regret not taking England's offer for playing their keeper."

"You haven't changed a bit," said Remus with a smile, "So, did anything happened at the ministry concerning Voldemort?"

Nearly everybody who had heard what Lupin mention jumped or gasped in fear.

"I was just telling Tonks some bad news," she said with a grim look on her face, "The Death Eaters you've captured last year escaped. It was hard to keep them inside Azkaban without the dementors."

"What!" yelled Harry in anger and surprise, "Do you have any idea what kind of damage they could do! You guys could've done a better job guarding them!"

"Apparently," said the Auror sharply, "but we've never thought, he would want his Death Eaters back after they've failed him. Even so, we did take security measures against the chances. We've put hundreds of charms, jinxes and counter-jinxes around the place, and we've had the minimum number of five Aurors guarding the place at all times."

"Who were guarding the place last night during the break-in?" asked Tonks, "I had to leave the place early yesterday before I could even check the list."

"Kennedy Dawlish, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Abigail Shalliway, Jeffery Habren, and my husband, Nicholas Albrian were on guards at the time," she sighed unable to say anything further.

"Oh my," said Tonks shockingly, "Kingsley and Nicholas were on guards at the time? I never knew," she paused, still shocked by the news, "Are they alright?"

"They are both in St. Mongo's Hospital," she turned her glance toward the train unwilling to let them see the tears in her eyes, but they knew by the tone of her voice that they were there, "they are still alive, but unconscious. The healers were not sure if they are even going to make a full recovery." She paused, "Dawlish is in the same position they are, but Shalliway and Habren were killed by the Cruciatus Curse from which Bellatrix Lestrage was famous for."

"Oh, Merlin's beard!" yelled Mr. Weasley, "I can't believe it."

"I'm so sorry," whispered Tonks from under her breath "Were you there all night at the hospital?"

"Afraid not," said Evelyn, "I was called into work late last night trying to find the Death Eaters who've escaped, along with some of the more experienced Aurors, but I've managed to get off work early this morning, so I could visit Nicholas."

"What did you do with the kids?" asked Mr. Weasley, "As I recall you had two girls. Since both Nicholas and you were away."

"I had to put them with my pitiful sister," she said in disgust, apparently not very fond of her, "I don't know why I bother calling her my 'sister'! We are not even blood related!"

"They've never got along," Lupin whispered to Harry, "She's Eavee's stepsister."

Harry nodded showing Lupin that he understood.

"Shouldn't you be at the hospital waiting to see if Nicholas would be alright?" asked Mrs. Weasley

"I should be, but I really wanted to see Krysie and Aurie before they get on the train."

"It's Aurora's first year at Hogwarts, isn't it?" asked Tonks

"Yeah, it is," she said as she looked around the platform, looking for her daughters, "Oh, there they are!" she pointed towards a girl around the age of 14, who had black hair at shoulder length, followed by a younger girl around the age of 11, who had long brown hair tied into a ponytail, and a blonde boy around the same age as Ginny.

"Mom!" yelled the youngest girl as she ran to hug Evelyn, followed by the other two teens, "I'm so glad you could make it! How's dad?"

"I don't know," she said as she let go of her daughter, "But hopefully he'll be OK. I'll send you an owl with the news tomorrow."

"Mom? Are you sure?" aksed the older girl, "how is he right now?"

"He's still unconscious," she said as she hugged her older daughter, "I'm sure he'll be fine though, he's tough, and he'd never let us down before. He'll make it."

"This is Aurora," she gestured toward the younger girl, "and the older one is Krystal. This guy here," she pointed to the blonde boy, "Is my nephew, Leonard Krotaige, I'm quite fond of him, despite my sister." She added

"Just call me Leo or Leon if you want," he said as he blushed

"What house are you in?" asked Ron, who haven't spoken in a long time, "I think I've seen you around before."

"Ravenclaw," said Leo, "My whole family was in there, except for my mom."

"What about you?" Hermione asked Krystal kindly

"Ravenclaw,"she said shyly, without looking up from the floor

"She reminds me of you," said Lupin as he smiled, "Looks exactly like the younger version of you except for the eyes and the hair."

When Krystal looked up, Harry could see what Lupin meant. Evelyn had hazel eyes and curly, dark brown hair, but she had light brown eyes and black, straight hair with bangs that fell down to her eyes with a natural look. Except for those minor details, they looked exactly alike. If they were the same age, they could've been mistaken for twins. Just as he and his father could've. Then he remembered, "Um, Mrs. Albrian?" he asked uncomfortably, unsure how to address her, "Did you know my parents?"

"Course I did," she said with a soft smile remembering Lily and James, "Your father and I were cousins."

Ron, Hermione, Tonks, and Harry gasped in shock.

"Really?" asked Harry still not believing what he'd just heard, "I thought the Dursleys were my only living relatives!"

"From your mother's side, yes," said Evelyn, "My mother and your grandmother were sisters. I've spent so many summers in your grandparent's house with your father and Sirius."

"Why?" asked Harry, "You could've-"

"Yes, I could've, but I hated my father's house," she said with a sigh, remember all those horrible memories of her childhood, "You see, my mother died when I was 7. My father remarried few years after that to a horrible woman who made my life miserable. She had a daughter, who was about 5 years older than I am. And as you can guess, I hated her. Your grandmother was nice enough to let me stay at her house during the summers. You see, she was my only living relative from my mother's side."

"What about your father?" Harry asked, "Didn't he make things better?"

"Not really, since he was barely home at all," said Evelyn with a sigh, but when she saw the look on their faces she explained, "he was an Auror, always too busy capturing the bad guys to worry about his own daughter's happiness."

"Wow," said Ron, "Your family's full of Aurors!"

"Every single person from my blood line has been one, yes Harry, your father was one too," she smiled as she saw the shock on Harry's face

"I never knew…" he whispered

"Then we just have to get together sometime to talk about your parents," she said as she chuckled, "Just so you know. I begged Dumbledore, for you to live with me when your parents died."

"Why didn't he then?" asked Ron

"Because his mother's blood protected him from Voldemort,- (again, mostly everybody there jumped) - as long as he lived within the house of his mother's blood, he could not harm Harry," said Hermione knowingly, "of course that was before he took a sample of Harry's blood."

"You know too much, Hermione," said Ron in his usual tone

"You kids better get on the train," said Mrs. Weasley affectionately as she saw all of the other kids running on to the train, "It's going to leave soon."

Mrs. Weasley drew her son and her daugher in tight hugs. She then hugged Harry and Hermione as well. "Well, becareful kids. Have a good year. If you need anything, just send us an owl."

Mr. Weasley patted his children's and Hermione's shoulders, and shook Harry's hand. Lupin did the same. As for Tonks, she just drew Ginny and Hermione in to hugs before she let them get on to the train. Evelyn hugged her daughters and her nephew, Leonard, before they got on as well. "Have a nice year kids, and stay out of trouble." She said those last few words as she winked at Harry, apparentely warning him to stay out of trouble.

Few moments later, all the students boarded on to the train, before it disppeared out of sight.

"It's going to be another long year," said Tonks before she turned around, "Should we get back to the ministry?"

"Yeah," said Mr. Weasley, "I'll see you later, Molly."

Few seconds later, he and Tonks disapparated.

"I better be getting home too," said Mrs. Weasley, "I haven't been there in a while, I'll have some clean up to do. Bye Remus, and you too Evelyn."

Few seconds later, Mrs. Weasley disapparated as well.

"Looks like it's just you and me now," said Lupin with a kind smile towards his old friend.

"I better get to the hospital to see if Nicholas's going to be alright."

"How about I keep you company," said Lupin kindly, "It's been a while since I last saw Nicholas anyways. Never thought you'd end up marrying him. Forgive me for saying so, but I always thought you'd end up marrying Sirius."

"Well, I thought so too 15 years ago." She sighed, then asked hopefully, " Do you have any news of him?"

"I guess you haven't heard..." he whispered under his breath as his face turned grim

"What happened!" she asked as she grabbed Lupin's robe sleeve, "Tell me!"

"He fell through the veil in the Death Chamber while he was dueling Bellatix Lestrage," he said as he turned away, not wanting to meet her eyes.

"He... he.....I ... I dont' believe it....." she said as her tears fill her eyes, "He can't have-" her voice broke

"I'm sorry," he said kindly, "I know this is hard for you."

Her tears finally broke free, rolling down her face as Lupin hugged her. "I've lost just about every single person I've ever loved on this day." She managed to say between sobs on Lupin's shoulder.

"You still have Krystal and Aurora, even if they are at Hogwarts, they're still here," said Lupin comfortingly, "Nicholas'll be alright."

"What if he's not?" she cried even harder, "what if I lose him too, like James, Sirius, and Lily, she was my best friend."

"He'll be fine," he said firmly, "he's been in tougher situations than this."

"Even if he's alright this time, what would happen next time. Maybe he'll not be so lucky. What if something happens to me, who would take care of the kids?"

"Don't worry about it... you are tougher than you give your self credit for. You were the Head Girl in your year. You can easily take care of your self... even if something does happen, the Order will take care of them."

"S-si-silly me," she managed to say as she broke away from Lupin, "it's just that-"

"I know," he said sympathatically, "this day had been tough on you. Come on, let's get to the hospital."