Disclaimer: I own nothing except for Annie, she's my creation. The rest is J. K. Rowling.
Summary: It's the summer before fifth year and everyone is at Grimmauld Place. When Arthur's "sister" shows up. The place is turned upside down as everyone is determined to get her together with none other than the most gorgeous bachelor there. Sirius Black.
The Weasley family, along with Sirius, his godson Harry, younger cousin Tonks, and best friend Remus were all eating dinner in the kitchen of Number 12 Grimmauld Place. They were celebrating Harry's get away from charges at the Ministry and Arthur had another announcement that was going to put his family and friends in a better mood. Well, his family anyway. He stood and cleared his throat.
'I realize that this is a celebration and I must admit that we were all a bit worried about Harry's verdict. But with the circumstances I'd like to tell you something else.' He said. All eyes at the table were watching him in apprehension.
'My sister, Annie will be coming to visit and help with the order.' And with that, the entire Weasley family burst into fits of irrepressible excitement. The twins and Ginny were all giving high-fives, Bill was smiling, and Ron was explaining about Annie to Harry and Hermione.
Sirius watched the table in interest. This Annie must be something for them to get as excited as they were. He wondered if she was pretty.
Remus watched his best friend out of the corner of his eye and knew what he was thinking. He was wondering if Arthur's sister was pretty, then something clicked in the werewolf's mind.
'I thought you didn't have any siblings Arthur?' he asked the older man.
'I don't. Annie isn't my biological sister. She was my next door neighbor growing up and when her parents were killed she lived with us. She's been my sister and the kids' Aunt Annie since I can remember.' He told Remus with a reminiscent smile on his face.
'And what a job that is.' Remarked a young woman at the door. She was medium height and very pretty. Her eyes almond shaped and a deep blue. Her skin tan and flawless. Her body held muscle tone and her hair was a deep strawberry blonde. She had an easy smile and enveloped Arthur in a hug. She was younger, thirty six. Around Remus and Sirius's age.
'Aunt Annie!' exclaimed the kids as they all came and hugged her. The twins each gave her a kiss on the cheek, and Bill lifted her in a bear hug.
'Hey you guys.' She said, her eyes brightening. She reached behind her and drug a rather large duffel into the room.
'Let's see, I'm sure I have gifts in here somewhere.' She muttered as she dug through the blue bag.
'Oh, Annie. You shouldn't have.' Said Molly.
'Oh, nonsense, Molly. I really should.' She told the older woman with a smile. Molly watched her with a small smile on her own face as the younger woman continued to dig.
'Where the hell did they go?' she muttered. The kids watched her for a moment with playful smiles on their faces.
'Aha!' she exclaimed in triumph. She pulled out another bag and opened it up. She pulled out a pair of earrings for Molly and cologne for Arthur before she gave Bill some new gloves for work, the twins each got some new fireworks that she had created herself, and she slipped them another package while their mother wasn't looking. She gave Ron some Chudley Cannons memorabilia. Then she spun around and handed Ginny a small leather bound book.
Ginny stared at it with a bit of fear, the diary from her first year, playing in her mind.
'Open it kiddo.' Said Annie, reading the look on Ginny's face. When the youngest Weasley opened the book her face broke into a wide grin.
'Oh, Aunt Annie. It's perfect! Thank you!' she exclaimed as she gave her Aunt a hug. The leather bound book was all about pirates. Specifically the adventures of the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow.
'Your welcome. I always found pirates fascinating.' She told her niece.
'Annie, lets introduce you.' Interrupted Molly, slightly peeved at Ginny's gift. Annie spun around and noticed the other people in the room for the first time.
'Hi.' She said.
'Annie, this is Remus Lupin.' The two shook hands and exchanged smiles.
'Tonks.' The two women waved.
'And Sirius. Arthur did explain Sirius, right?' asked Molly fearfully when she saw Annie's eyes widen at the sight of him. He had shoulder length, raven hair that tumbled gracefully into his grey eyes. He gave her a dazzlingly charming smile. Annie felt her knees go weak slightly as he held out his hand for her to shake. She extended her own and to her surprise and secret pleasure he brought her hand to his lips and brushed a kiss over her knuckles. She smiled at him as he let go of her hand.
'Pleased to meet you. Yes, Molly, Arthur explained.'
'The pleasure's mine, luv.' He responded, a twinkle in his eyes.
'I would think so.' She murmured in reply with a smirk resting on her lips. Sirius returned the gesture, as he looked her up and down, she was wearing a pair of jeans that fit her like a glove, a dark green t-shirt that stretched across her chest that made a rather pleasing picture for his eyes, and heeled boots on her feet. He could see several tattoos, one on her collarbone that he could only see a curve of, one that created a sleeve on her lower left arm. It was a wristband of skulls, complete with little horns, making them look like demons, and above those skulls were red and orange flames, and bursting from the flames was a blue, green and yellow phoenix, curling its way up her arm to rest its head on the inside curve of her elbow. A third rested on her hip, he could see what looked like the peak of a star when she shifted and her shirt rose a bit.
'Annie, that one's new.' Commented Bill when he saw the peak of the star. Annie looked up at him and then down at the tattoo. She lifted the hem of her shirt to reveal a bright silver moon outlined in black, surrounded by seven stars. Each one a different color, the first was blue, and then red, green, yellow, orange, and a white star with a dark streak of blue in it followed by the last star that was a nice bright purple.
'What's that one all about?' asked one of the twins as the Weasley kids turned to look at the newest addition to their Aunt's body art.
'Well, each one of these stars represents one of you kids and the moon is representing your parents, you know, my family.' She shrugged in honest response.
'Cool.' Muttered Ron.
'I have to add something to it though, it's missing something.' She replied as she let her shirt fall back over her tan and muscled stomach.
'Oh, Annie, you and those awful things.' Interrupted Molly as she shook her head and started on dinner.
'I like them Molly, besides, you only live once so why not live the way that you want?' shrugged the younger woman.
'What if the way you want is dangerous?' returned Molly with bite.
'Well, what if the way I want isn't dangerous it just isn't what you want for me?' replied Annie with a smirk on her lips and her hip popped out. Arthur stepped between the two of them and interrupted before something went wrong.
'Smells delicious, Molly why don't we eat?' he suggested.
'Of course, Annie, why don't you take a seat next to Sirius?' suggested Molly, her voice suggesting that she knew exactly why Arthur had stepped in and didn't like it one bit.
'Very well, thank you.' Replied Annie good-naturedly, but her voice was savagely polite. She took the empty seat between Sirius and Harry with more force than entirely necessary. Godson and Godfather exchanged a significant look at the rupture between Annie and Molly.
'Aunt Annie, how many tattoos do you have now?' asked Ron, who was, as per usual, completely oblivious to the fact that this was a touchy subject for both his aunt and his mother.
'Far too many.' Interrupted Molly as she set the food down on the table. Annie sent her a withering glance that made even Sirius blanch but bit her tongue and turned to answer Ron.
'Well, there's the one on my stomach and the one on my arm and then the star on my collarbone, the dragons on my lower back, the fairy on my left shoulder, the mermaid on my right, the memorial on my left arm, the triqueta on my ankle, the skull and crossbones on the back of my neck, so that would make…nine.' She replied, counting them all off on her fingers. When Molly heard the final tally she spun on her sister-in-law her mouth wide open.
'The last count was at three, you added six more?' she asked in astonishment.
'Well, I got the mermaid and fairy together, and then the dragons followed only a few days later, so yeah, I got all nine in a span of, lets see, two years.' She smiled softly like it was something everyone did everyday and she could see Molly turn red.
'What?' she asked innocently and Sirius snorted into his butterbeer in an attempt to control his laughter. Annie glanced over at him with a smirk before settling her blue gaze back on Molly.
'Annie, you are unbelievable.'
'So the men in my bed tell me.' She winked and Molly gave her a scandalous look.
'Annie, there are children in the room!' she admonished.
'Oh please, Molly, Ginny's fourteen for God's sake and I'm sure she talks like this with her friends.'
'You have no idea what she talks about!'
'Oh, yeah, cause I'm she sure she tells you.' Remarked Annie and Molly's face turned a bright red that matched her hair, but instead of replying with something scathing or even just blowing up she turned on her heel and disappeared out the door into the foyer.
'Annie.' Sighed Arthur as he took his glasses off and pinched the bridge of his nose.
'What, she just…' and she trailed off, unable to express exactly what it was that Molly did.
'You have been gone for almost two and a half years and you still know exactly which buttons to push.'
Annie smiled at him and shook her head as she stood, 'Of course I do big brother, it's just like riding a biker.'
Ginny and the twins burst out in fits of giggles, as Sirius watched her with his mouth wide open, imagining exactly how she had learned to coin that statement, and Hermione sat there with a scandalous look. Annie surveyed their reactions and decided that she was going to like this place before she took off in search of her over-bearing, over-protective sister-in-law.
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Okay, something that popped into my head the other day while rereading the fifth book, and I had to write it down. What do you think? Should I continue? And I did mess with the time line a bit to fit stuff the way I wanted it to work, and this will be a Sirius/OC if I get enough reviews to continue.
Andrew's Slinky
