Hey folks!!! This was a song fic that I wrote ages ago and just found it again…that's what you get for spring cleaning…It is Four chapters that are almost like one shots…each chapter is focused on one character…I have a bit of rewriting to do but I should be able to get the other chappies up pretty quick…The song is called Moving On by Rascal Flats…I am not usually a country fan, but this song always hits me like a freight train…listen to it and you will get my meaning…

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I've dealt with my ghosts...
And I've faced all my demons...
Finally content with a past I regret...

Sirius stood proudly next to his oldest mate Remus on the lawn of Hogwarts. He had to admit that he was a little jealous of his old friend…not over marrying Tonks mind you… but over seeing him so happy. He knew there was no-one more deserving of true happiness than the werewolf, but it didn't change the fact that Sirius Black, the notorious womanizer of the Wizarding worlds past, was now alone.

Of course, after everything he had seen…everything he had done, who the hell would want to be with him? The Veil had changed him, he knew that. People looked at him warily, as if he might snap at any moment. They stared at his now snow white hair and still young face…they saw him as something un-natural…how could he have survived the horrors of death itself and still be sane? But what none of them realized…what he had never told anyone…was what actually happened to him during that time behind the Veil.

It was still a little fuzzy…he remembered pain, an agonizing slow torture that seemed designed just for him. His heart broke over and over again…then suddenly, the pained stopped…he felt a presence…no, two presences envelope him, blocking the pain. He tried to distinguish what was surrounding him. He felt a laughter and strength in one, and a gentleness and fierce intelligence in the other. Then he felt it…an overwhelming emotion he had never allowed himself to feel…forgiveness. It was only then that he realized what those to presences represented.

"No!!" he shouted into the nothingness "It was my fault. I killed you by suggesting Peter. Harry suffered under those muggles because of my rage. I am here because I wouldn't listen. I left him alone again. Everyone one I have ever loved I made suffer. NO!! I can't be forgiven…I can't…I can't forgive myself…"

The two presences continued to batter him with love and acceptance while Sirius screamed. Sirius felt himself breaking apart into a million pieces…then, he distinctly felt what seemed to be a ghost of a dope slap on the back of his head and a barely audible whisper of the words 'you prat.'

Sirius stopped screaming…then, after a moment…he burst out into laughter. "Only you two would figure out a way how to do that" he said to the warmth surrounding him. He could feel the presences laughter echo through him. Sirius sighed a heavy sigh… and then he did the hardest thing he ever had done in his life…he let go. He let go of all the rage and self-hatred that he had been living with for years…

It was only then that he was flung out of the Veil, much to the surprise of one Hermione Granger, who had been working late on her private project to study the Veil and find a way to rescue Sirius…and now that he thought of it, he had never really thanked her for trying to find him…He looked around the wedding reception for her…ah, there she was.

She was standing by the open bar sipping a glass of wine. She had drastically changed her appearance after the war. Her hair was now a short spiky black with fire engine red tips. The dress she had chosen was flaming red to match and fit her well. He thought she looked great…her new look seemed to fit her personality better than before…she had changed as well, he thought. These past few years had taken there toll on all of them. She really does look good though, but she seems so sad…as if she had nothing left…Sirius knew how that felt…but he couldn't go over…no…but…well… Sirius took a deep breath and walked over to Hermione

"May I have this dance?"

I've found you find strength in your...
moments of weakness...
For once I'm at peace with myself...
I've been burdened with blame
trapped in the past for too long...

I'm Moving On...

There you have it… tell me what you think…most importantly if you want me to actually finish the other chapters…no pressure...grin

Dye