I don't own anything. This is a fan fiction of J.K Rowlings characters.
Facing reality.
The rescue.
"He is mental." Sirius said after another day of Moody's training for the new recruits at the Order of the Phoenix.
"Yeah, but he is right though. We must be on our guard all the time now. We are no longer in Hogwarts." Remus said and sat down on a couch. They were in the orders headquarter, which for now was in a house outside London. The house was in Elphias Doge's possessions. The house had once belonged to his grandmother, but after she had passed away stood the house empty for several years; so Doge thought he could lend it to the Order as a headquarter.
Sirius gave Remus a blank look. "I have been on guard for the dark side my whole life, remember where I come from."
Lily was so tired after the training and still in a shock after Alistor Moody yelled at her for not trying too hard. It was not fair, she always did her best! But this was bloody hard, she thought and stared at her wand. James saw her troubled face and took her hand to comfort her. Their eyes meet and they smiled at each other. At least they had each other.
They woke up from their "moment" when Sirius yelled, " I don't understand why Moody don't trust me! He tells me it's because I'm a Black, and that he believe a Black are always and forever a Black! It really pisses me off to know that he is the only one standing between me and my training to become an Auror. I made my mind about it years ago, and my N.E.W.T. degree are good enough for entering the school." He fell down on the couch. Peter nodded, "Maybe you have to prove that you're trustworthy to him".
Sirius give Peter a stare, "I'm trying but it's not good enough for him. I mean, what more can I do? He won't thrust me until I give him Voldermort's head on a plate!" Sirius didn't notice that some of his friends shrugged when he said the name.
"Oh, come on Sirius, just keep hanging there. He will soon come around and then you will be in at no time", said James and smiled at Sirius.
"James are right. Besides, he isn't exactly nice to any of us", Lily said gave James a kiss and walked out of the room. She was headed to her work in the ministry. Sirius watched her with gloomy eyes. He was so frustrated.
Sirius was home in his house, James lived with him for now; but he and Lily would soon move together. They really loved the place, it felt almost like the dormitory back in Hogwarts. They all missed Hogwarts very much, they missed to be carefree children full with pranks.
James had been gazing in silent for a while, then he spoke up ,"I have brought wedding rings. Its finally time to ask Lily if she would like to marry me. There is no reason to wait with that, who knows how long this war is going to be and how long we all are going to live".
Sirius felt an emotional pain in his chest. He was not afraid to death, not at all, but the idea of losing his friends terrified him more than anything else. He hated when James spoke like that. He forced a smile on his face, "Great James. I'm happy for you too".
"Don't be yet. We don't know if she will accept my proposal."
"She will. I can feel it."
"Oh, so you're a medium now Sirius?"
They laughed. And started to talk about how James had chased Lily over the years. Suddenly there were a loud bang on the door and a quite familiar voice yelled. "Death eaters have attacked a street full with muggles, we need everyone there now!" The two young men run up opened the door and disapparated together.
There were smoke everywhere, some o the houses were burning. People screamed. Death eaters fought both Aurors and Order members. The death eaters were more at number than usually. Must be the new recruits Sirius thought, then a another emotional pain come across him. This was it, this was the time he had to fight his little brother on life and death for the first time. There were no going back now.
A jolt of green light almost hit him. The marauders formed a circle, the backs at each other. Sirius fought with a rage, it made him extremely fast but maybe not at his best focus. They were almost outnumbered. Lily screamed when she got hit by a flipendo, James helped her up on her feet again. They regrouped to be more flexible. The girls, Lily and Marlene, ran away to save some attacked muggles. Peter and Remus fought two death eaters. Sirius and James ran up the street to meet a group of death eaters who worked on making another house burn. They saw Moody and some others from the Order fight with high profession. Sirius heard a scream from inside the burning house, someone was in there!
"Cornelia! She is still in there! Please someone save her! Cornelia!" A desperate mother screamed, she was stuck under a fallen tree with death eaters around her. The Death Eaters just laughed at her and her motherly instinct. Sirius acted fast, like an instinct. He run into the burning house, fire licking his body. The heat was almost unbearable. He heard the girl scream from another room, upstairs. The panic scream from the mother could be heard between the roar of the fire.
"Aquamenti!"
Water from Sirius wand fell over the fire. He made a small fire free path to walk on. The stares crack under Sirius footsteps, they must hold, he thought in panic. Finally upstairs he saw the girl under her bed, screaming. Sirius bent down and tried to make her come up from under the bed. But she didn't move, she was in a great chock. Her big blue eyes stared back at Sirius from under the bed.
"Cornelia, that's your name right? I'm Sirius, Imp here to help you go to your mother, she is waiting for you outside."
She looked at him, fear in her eyes. She still didn't move. The roof started to give in, they had to get out now.
"Cornelia, you must trust me." Sirius hold out his hand to the girl. She looked into his eyes, suddenly could she see his soul through the silvery eyes. Cornelia felt safe, she saw his honesty and comforting soul. For what Sirius felt like eternity, she took his hand.
He drag her out from the bed, hold her tight to himself. The roof had fallen down on the stairs so they had to jump through the window. He looked out, it was a quite long fall. Suddenly the roof fell down the window. They were trapped. Sirius had to apparate them out, but he had never done it with someone else on his chest, and this kid was a muggle. What if he apparated and she will be left, or what if only the half of her made it. Could he risk it? He looked around, he had to, there were no other way. He hold her tighter and concentrated on the spot outside the house. Pain.
Sirius opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Cornelia's deep blue eyes gazing into his. He made it, they were both outside and in one piece too. She gave Sirius a smile. Sirius had a strange feeling in his stomach, for the first time in his seventeen (soon eighteen, as he was born late)long life, he truly felt like an adult. He had just saved this young girls life, this was a work of an Auror, and he loved the feeling. And children, maybe he was good with children.
"Cornelia! Thank God you're alive!" Her mother run to them and took Cornelia from Sirius arms into hers. She sobbed in relief and hold her tight into her chest. Some aurors had fought the death eaters who had harassed her and saved her from under the fallen tree.
"Don't thank God mother, thank Sirius" The child whispered into her mother's ears. The mother looked up to meet Sirius eyes. But hands from two aurors grabbed her to sow them to safety. Sirius heard the sound of Peters voice, screaming spells in panic. Sirius run at him, he saw Peter fighting two death eaters on his own. He could barely keep the fight going, he dodged spell after spell. Sirius run to his side and they fought like united. Suddenly the death eaters draw back and disapparted, leaving them alone in the smoking street.