I don't own anything but Lyra. All the stuff that's usually in the fine print goes here. We all know what it says and no one wants to read it. This takes place during Order of The Pheonix, but it's non-complaint.
I hope you enjoy it. Please review. Good, bad, ugly, whatever. I want your thoughts, opinions, et cetera.
She woke up screaming. Slit-like, burning red eyes had pierced her dreams. Her heart was racing; her breath caught in her chest. "It was only a dream," she told herself.
"Wrong", a cold voice whispered in her ear. She looked around. She was in the woods; black figures surrounded her. "Get up," the voice commanded. She stood up involuntarily. Now she was face to face with the red eyes. She looked into them and couldn't look away.
"So...Disrespectful." She was forced to her knees. The cloaked figures around her were muttering unheard words. "Look at me!" Her eyes were forced to meet his, despite her efforts otherwise. Every glance in those red eyes made her die inside.
"What do you have to say?" he hissed.
"I'm sorry. I have failed you my Lord," she spoke against her will, words that were not her own. She regained control of herself as piercing pain shot through her body. As soon as it started it stopped.
"Will you fail me again?"
This time she spoke of her own free will. "No my Lord. Please forgive me." She got to her feet and bowed her head respectfully and fearfully.
"Just to make sure..." She met his eyes and her knees gave out. An unseen force kept her standing and he wove through her mind. He broke from her mind and she hit the ground, panting like she had run a mile. She knew where she know. She was in the White Woods, surrounded by her fellow Death Eaters. The 'tattoo' marking her as one of them throbbed on her left forearm.
Remus found Sirius in the Drawing Room. He was studying the family tree tapestry and seemed unaware of Remus's presence. Remus put his hand on his friend's shoulder and he jumped. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. Dinner's ready, if you're eating."
"Thank you, Remus. I'll be down in a minute." He seemed absent-minded as he turned back to the tapestry.
Remus stayed in the doorway. "Sirius?"
"Hm?"
"Is there something the matter?"
There was something trivial in Sirius's dark eyes. Remus joined him in front of the tapestry. Sirius pointed to a name, Lyra, next to Regulus. "She wasn't even one when I left. I haven't seen her since I was 16. I had actually forgotten about her until Harry and I were looking at this. I think I would have liked to have known her.
"Why don't you try and find her?" Remus asked.
"I don't know what she's like. She could be just like the rest of my family. Bringing her here could be dangerous."
"I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do?"
'I don't think so."
The door was on the third floor. He had never paid much attention to it when he came up to feed Buckbeak, who was across the hall. Sirius lit his wand to read the tarnished silver name plate. Lyra Andromeda. He eased the door open and turned on the light. The room looked as though she had never left, like it was frozen in time. The only tell-tale sign that did not have a current inhabitant was the thick layer of dust covering everything in the room. The room was the smallest of the houses bedrooms, but it had signs of former elegance. The windows and the bed were draped in deep purple, a blue and white scarf hung from the wardrobe door. A bunch of pictures of her and her friends hung on the walls. Lyra was easily recognizable. She had the same shaggy black hair that fell gracefully into her dark eyes and the same slightly haughty look of her brothers.
Sirius scanned the pictures. He noticed a girl in most of the pictures that always had different colored hair. It took him a minute to recognize her as Tonks. She and Lyra were obviously best friends. In a beside drawer, he found a small letterbox that was overflowing with folded notes and bulging envelopes. He unfolded a note at random and read it.
"Dear Andy. I can't wait for summer to be over. We just got back from Wales. It was amazing but I can only take so much time alone withmy mum. Dad didn't come. He said he was too busy. I would ask how you're holiday is going, but we bothknow the answer. I wish you're mum would've let you come withus, we would have had so much fun! Anyway, you should have seen some of those castles! They were beautiful! We got a whole history lesson on each of them, but of course I didn't listen. Nobody cares what ruler lived in what castle with what mistress when. Oh, wait, you do! You've got to be the only person who even cared enough to get into OWL level History of Magic. Have fun in your lonely class! I got all the OWLs I thought I would, except Transfiguration, but I'm sure it's not going to be something I need (can't imagine why!) Oh, I almost forgot! The World Cup is in nine days! I know you're mum said no, but you can't miss this! I'm coming to kidnap you next Monday. Scotland against Germany. You can't tell me you are not excited! See you soon!
Lots of Love,
Dora
He looked through more of the letters. Part of him was against invading her privacy, but he wanted to know more about the sister he never knew. From the letters he determined that Lyra went by Andy, presumably short for her middle name, Andromeda. He put the letterbox away and looked around the room. She was a big Quidditch fan; a handmade banner supporting the Scottish National team, Sirius guessed was from the World Cup, was hung on the wall amid a mix of purple and gold posters supporting Pride of Portree. Apparently, her whole room was fashioned around the Prides theme. Golden stars were painted all over the walls and ceiling.
He heard the door downstairs and knew members of the Order were arriving for the meeting. He hurried down the stairs and caught Tonks in the hallway. "Could I ask you something?"
"Sure, Sirius. What's up?"
"What was my sister like?"
Tonks paused. She was debating her answer. Her answer was brief and stoic. "She was my best friend. For six years at Hogwarts we were inseparable. She was popular, and smart, and pretty good at Quidditch."
"What happened? I mean, what about the seventh year?"
"Your mum died during sixth year. Your dad had already passed away awhile only had the summer between 6th and 7th year that she would have needed a guardian and my mum was fine with her coming to stay with us but your brother wouldn't allow it. He had moved out nine years before and she said he didn't speak to her at all once he moved out. He ignored her at holidays and stuff. Said she was too much like you. But once he had guardianship, he wouldn't let her even have any contact with anyone all summer. She spent the summer locked up with him, his wife and their brat. I never found out what happened, but when she came back to school, she was a completely different person. The person she had become was not the same person I was best friends with. She was...Dark. There's no other way to describe it."
He could tell it has hurting her to dig up these memories, but he had two more questions he was had to ask. "Where is she now?"
"She's an Unspeakable for the Ministry. I haven't spoken to her in nine years, but I see her around the Ministry sometimes."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Do you...Nevermind." He didn't want to hurt Tonks by digging any deeper.
"What?" She was willing to answer his question.
"Do you know her stance? Which side is she on?"
"It's hard to say. The Andy I knew was extremely anti-Voldermort. But like I said, she's changed. And withyour brother's influence, she could very well be a Death Eater, for all I know."
From the author: Okay. Deep breaths. This is the first chapter of my first HP fic I'm publishing on here. I'm nervous. Thank you for taking the time to read it. I would appreciate a review. Give it to me straight. I'm a big girl, I can take it.
So, so far, we've met Lyra, found out a bit about her past, and got a ( hopefully) interesting insight to who she is now. I know Regulus died 15 years ago, according to the books, but to make things work out for me, I changed it to 7 or 8 years ago. I guess that makes this an AU fic.
Anyway, please review. I look forward to anything anyone has to say to help me improve.
