A/N- ANOTHER STORY? Yes yes. I know I seem a little mad but this idea popped into my head while watching The Punisher (where Ben Barnes looks incredibly fine btw)It's a sort of spin-off from my completed story Sparking The Loose Canon but it kind of goes in a different direction from around chapter 24 of that story. So if you want any background on the characters, try reading the first few chapters of that story. The good news is that its a super short series and I've finished writing it. The bad news is that its pretty shitty.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

The sun had set a long time ago. It was dark and it was cold. The wind had been blowing stormy gusts around the slowly emptying streets. It was not a time to be loitering. Darkness seems to bring out the worst in people. Like a cover that absolves them of responsibility. A blind eye serving a convenient purpose.

With every step she took, her senses prickled. Every sound, every movement, every little anything - she knew she had to get back. The streets were not safe. They hadn't been safe for a few years now. But it was different now. Organised evil - that has a pattern. You know who is being targeted, who's giving the orders and the slim chances of escaping once you had been marked.

But take away that organisation and you're left with chaos. With the fall of every dictator, comes a time of celebration. A celebration which lures people into a false sense of security. Where you think that the destruction of the brain somehow renders the whole system obsolete. And that's when the system is most dangerous. With no brain to guide it, chaos reigns and that can no longer be termed collateral damage. It isn't one person giving orders, it's everyone related and everything that is being done.

The defeat of Voldemort had plunged Britain into a chaotic euphoria. The Potters might be dead but Harry Potter was the boy who lived. In the whole narrative of good triumphing over evil, it was time to tie up loose ends. The Death Eaters had scattered. Half having turned over to the other side after the defeat of their leader and the other half still trying to finish what he had started.

Unstable times meant that no one was safe and no one could be trusted. Gripping her wand tightly, she moved along, trying to make her movements seem as routine as possible. Just a few more feet and she'd be back. A few more feet and then-

"Expelliarmus!"

She pointed her wand in the direction of the person she had just disarmed, lightly touching his throat with the tip. It had started raining and she could see the streets emptying even quicker. This place was about to get a lot more dangerous. Whatever this was, it needed to get over quickly.

"What do you want?" she asked, keeping her voice low and her eyes trained on every movement he made.

"To talk."

"Why?"

"You know why."

"Yes," she said, moving in a little closer so that he could see the anger flaring in her eyes. "But why should I bother?"

"Because you care. And because there's still something to lose."

Her eyes narrowed and she grabbed his arm forcefully, her wand not leaving its position as they Apparated into thin air. Her hand didn't let go of his as she pointed at him to take a seat in her living room.

"How do I know that you're not someone masquerading as someone else?" she asked.

"I got a pair of enchanted handcuffs to bring Lily and James together but it backfired and got you and James cuffed together instead."

"At least 10 people know that. Merlin knows how many more found out about that," she said, tapping her foot impatiently.

"We snogged in the summer between fifth and sixth year. Godric's Hollow. After a paint fight." The smirk on his face told her that he definitely knew what he was talking about.

Sighing to herself, she sat down on the sofa opposite him, feeling awfully tired for some reason. As much as she wanted to throw him out, she was curious to know why he wanted to talk to her. Now of all times.

"Alright. What did you want to talk about, Black?"

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