Where I Belong

Chapter 1

"Well, first things first," Lily said, relieving some of the tension. "This is our daughter, Ava Justine; she's fourteen."

Lily hugged a girl with long red hair and hazel eyes. She was exactly like Harry in the sense of how he looked like his father, only the parents were reversed.

Sileni smirked, looking up to James. "I bet she has every guy at Hogwarts eating at the palm of her hand, just like her mother."

James proud smile faded to a frown, his mind racing to memories of the past during his school time. The group laughed at this, Harry walking over to his father and slapping his father's shoulder.

"Don't worry dad, all the guys know not to go near her without talking to me first."

"What?" Ava cried angrily.

"Harry James Potter!" Lily yelled incredulously.

"Now you've done it." Sirius told Sileni with a grin.

"Hey, it was his fault for opening his mouth." Sileni said innocently.

"Sileni, these are your nephew and niece. Mark, he's fourteen, and Mary, she's twelve." Sarah introduced her kids. "Kids, this is your Aunt Sileni; your father's older sister."

Sileni smiled, tears starting to form. They quietly greeted her, the thirty-six year old woman finding it hard to breathe. Sirius gripped her shoulders to comfort her, feeling her pain and sadness.

"Oh, I'm going to spoil you to make up the past fourteen years!"

"Please don't! James and Remus do that enough!" Sarah almost whined.

Sileni smiled, shaking her head. "Sorry, but as duty for an aunt, I have to spoil them!"

Sarah groaned, Luke hugging his wife as he tried to hold back his laugh–unlike the others. Sileni continued to smile, sad because so much time has passed her and the others. Oh, how much she had missed. Why couldn't Andi just either kill her or send her back to their world? Why to this time?

Sirius gripped her shoulders once more, leaning to whisper in her ear. "We're all glad that you're back, no matter what year it is."

Sileni, teary eye, nodded, not able to say a word. Regulus then walked up with young blonde woman wrapped in his arms, two girls and a boy standing before them. She smiled, raising an eyebrow at the younger man, making him blush lightly, but grinning like a mad man.

"This is my wife, Glenda, our children, Kailyn, thirteen, Marreik, twelve, and Julia, nine." he then pointed a finger at her as she went to open her mouth. "Shut it!"

Sileni threw her head back and laughed, nodding in response. It was a bit sad that these people knew her so well that they knew what it was that she was to say. Well, maybe not all the time, but most of the time.

"And these are my kids," Sileni looked over to Severus and Martha, "Melinda, who's fifteen, Samuel, thirteen, and the twins, Drea and Lancelot, six years old."

Sileni's eyebrows rose in teasing, knowing Severus didn't know her as well as the others. "Damn, you've been busy!"

The group laughed as both Severus and Martha blushed, Severus glaring at the woman who was smiling innocently. Oh, if she could only continue to tease them, but luck wouldn't have it which could be a good thing as she would defiantly be killed by an angry Potion Masters.

"Yes, well, Sileni, Lancelot is your Godson." Martha said, trying to move away from the embarrassment.

Sileni was taken aback but smiled to Severus, who nodded in return, smiling. "As duty of a Godmother, I will spoil this child behind your backs to my best advantage!" Sileni said as she bowed, grinning mischievously.

The boy yelled out happily, running to hug Sileni around the waist. The woman picked him up and started for the kitchen, wanting something to eat. Sileni started to tell him what she should get him, where to take him, and what to let him do that his parents wouldn't. Severus was following right behind in protest, objection to all that she was saying while Martha stood her ground, trying hard not to laugh.

Sirius watched the woman walk away with the child in her arms, joy and sadness of not having one of her own reflecting on her face and eyes. Something tighten in his chest, Sirius rubbing it away; thus in not noticing the looks from Regulus, Remus, James, Luke, and Harry.

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During dinner Sileni had accused all those she had bid on Luke and Sarah's wedding to cough up the money they owed her. Reluctantly they gave her what they owed, muttering of her cheating on how she knew–this gave the children and some others that didn't know a good laugh. After dinner, Molly had ushered the kids out of the dining room, the Auror's setting up a silent charm on the door and room. They spoke of what's happened after Luke killed Voldemort and how Dumbledore went slowly crazy. He nearly killed Luke eight years ago, yelling about a prophecy or other. Many thought that a Death Eater still on the loose cursed him or simply got to him somehow. When Sileni asked about his whereabouts, Luke answered as the others shifted in their seats, silent.

"He's dead. He used the killing curse on himself to rid the voices in his head."

The woman nodded, noting the tension in the room. At least the old wizard had gone down as an honorable man throughout the ages; despite his devious plan in ruining a family that could have been prevented from never growing in their eyes. Sileni cleared her throat and smiled mischievously at the couples around her.

"So, how's married life? Aside from friends and my brother, who else hooked up? Sirius, is there any woman in particular in your life?" she started with him first, raising a curious eyebrow.

"Oh, not just one woman; I got some ladies here or there." he replied with a careless shrug and a smug grin.

"Is that all I am to you?"

"Pig!"

"Jackass!"

"I hope you die a slow and painful death!"

Several women yelled at him, the group laughing, as were the women. Sileni threw her head back with a laugh, slapping Sirius shoulder.

"Still a player, I see. Don't worry, a woman is going to catch your eye and you'll be so head over heels that you'll be married before you know it."

Sirius rolled his eyes but was smiling anyways, secretly thinking he wanted her and no one else. 'Where the hell did that come from?' he thought with a frown.

The others Sileni had come to love and respect answered her question of whom they got married and how many kids they had. Or they would tease and complain about being tied down to one person, their spouse mock glaring at them and threatening to kick them out of the house or sleep on the couch. Aside from Sirius, only Charlie, Gideon, Fabian, Kingsley, and Mad-Eye were the only ones single.

Sileni sighed contently, leaning back in her chair. "So, overall, everything has been peaceful?"

Everyone nodded, smiling in content. The woman was grateful that she and her brother had made a difference in these loveable character's lives. Thinking this, Sileni turned to her brother, who nodded at her silent question and thought process.

"We made sure Harry went through the somewhat ordeal, up until the end of this year. James, Remus, Sirius, and I were able to convinced Minister Rochelle to give the position to Kingsley–a few years early,"–Sileni gave him a look–"Okay, nearly two decades, but it was worth it. He's been doing well to the wizarding world, including bringing some Muggle items into the community that we desperately needed. He's even helped out half-breeds and other magical creatures with jobs or problems."

"Well, I didn't know I was amongst royalty!" Sileni teased, smiling over to her friend and once teacher.

Kingsley blushed deeper. "Oh, shut it."

The group laughed, everyone now teasing the Minister. Kingsley mocked glare at the woman, whom smiled innocently at him.

"Now, that you've returned, how about a job at the Ministry? Auror? An Unknown? My secretary?"

Sileni laughed. "You would have loved that if I became your secretary? Bossing me around with revenge? No thank you!"

Kingsley chuckled, as did the others. "No, seriously–shut up, Black–you were always good at puzzles and riddles, especially when you were helping us with Voldemort."

"Okay, how about an Unknown? We'll see how it goes, but I never did too well in school; I barely passed my classes!"

Kingsley shook his head. "There are different types of sections in the Department of Mysterious; ones that don't consent in using a lot of spells."

Sileni nods, "Alright, but give me a couple of days to get myself... situated."

Kingsley nodded, understanding the meaning. "I can–"

He started, but Sileni cut him off, knowing right away what he was about to say. "No, the Ministry has done enough for us. I'll be fine."

"Very well," Kingsley sighed.

As the members left to go home, the group of friends continued to sit around the kitchen, catching up on memories–both old and new. Sarah, Tonks, Martha, Lily, and Glenda had gone upstairs to keep an eye on the children (they have been a little too quiet) or put to bed. At some point of shifting around to get closer Sileni had placed her feet on top of Sirius lap, enjoying his fingers massaging her calves and ankles.

"So, what's happened with my things?" the woman asked her brother.

"I donated all your clothes and shoes, but kept all future items and your books."

Sileni nods as her thoughts raced quickly, chewing on her lower lip. Seeing this, Sirius wanted nothing more than to smooth out her worries and make her relax; she just woke up. So, he let his fingers go inside her jeans, his tips skimming over her skin ever so lightly. Sileni quietly inhaled sharply, looking over to Sirius whom she had a crush on ever since she saw the third Harry Potter movie. He wasn't even looking at her but up at the ceiling, a smile playing on his lips. Sirius looked so different from Gary Oldman, but so similar at the same time that it was confusing.

"I can have Mark and Mary sleep in the same room so you'll have a room until you get back on your feet." Luke interrupted her thoughts.

Sileni sharply turned to him. "I can't Luke; I'll find a place to stay, okay? Besides, why would you put a brother and sister–teenagers, mind you–to sleep in the same room? That's suicide!"

Before either sibling could start arguing, Sirius spoke up, continuing to look up at the ceiling. "She can stay with me; I got an extra room at my flat."

Everyone raised an eyebrow, Sileni and Remus taken aback by this.

"Sirius," Sileni started.

However Sirius shook his head, looking at the woman. "I hate being alone in my flat; that's why I always work so many hours or come here for dinner or with James, Luke, or Remus!" Sileni gave an incredulous look at him. "I mean, I stopped dating a while back. Please, just until you get your own place?"

Sileni sighed, hating the puppy look he was giving her. "Fine,"

"Yes!"

"Only," Sileni pointed a finger at him. "Until I get my own place,"

"Deal," Sirius agreed, grinning.

"Oh, this is going to be trouble!" James muttered to Luke, who nodded in agreement.

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The group of friends, and families, were saying their goodbyes–Severus promising to stop by Sirius' flat in the morning to check up on Sileni. Sirius side-Apparated with the woman inside his living room holding her up as she leaned against him with a hand to her mouth. They stood like that for several moments, Sirius amused by this. Inhaling softly, Sileni looked around the spacious living room that opened to a kitchen and an island in the middle of it. There was a small counter that separated the kitchen and the front door.

Once her stomach was calm the woman let Sirius lead her down a hallway before them showing her the bathroom, his bedroom, than the one she was to stay in for the time being. To say the least, for a flat the room was pretty big–however it lacked more than one bathroom; which Sirius said with a huge grin that they would be sharing.

It was well past midnight but neither adult was tired to go right to bed. However neither adult knew what to say to each other even though they both wanted to continue talking; they merely stayed in their separate bedrooms to let their thoughts wonder. Sirius was lying on his bed, thinking about the woman across the hall from him, wondering what it would have been like if she was never transported to this time and thought to be dead for nineteen years.

Sileni sat on the window sill, twirling her wand (which was laid on top of her pillow, making the woman wonder how it gotten there). She stared up at the indigo sky, her mind void of anything and full of everything. Leaning back, the woman opened the window a bit more and closed her eyes, letting the cool air make her relax a bit.

"Sirius," she whispered before falling asleep on the spot.

In the other occupied bedroom, Sirius mind rushed with thoughts of Sileni; wondering if she would have gone back out with Remus? Would he be having these thoughts of her? Sirius sighed, rolling on to his stomach and closing his eyes. They will never know.

A/N: Here is the sequel! Not that many due to the writer's block and lack of ideas for this story. Please review so I can get re-inspired again, thanks!