A Flower Turned Black
Summary: Sirius Black is released from Azkaban after Peter Pettigrew is found alive on May 4th, 1984. Now, it's time for him to get what is rightfully his. His 4 year old goddaughter, Alexa Lily Potter.
Warrnings: Female Harry. Drama, angst. Alive people who weren't alive in the books. Au-ness, no duh.
The A/N will be at the bottom of the chapter.
Listening to: I Dreamed a Dream - Ruthie Henshall. ('Les Miserables' is the best.)
Chapter 3: Talks.
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
They were the perfect family in their oppinion. Petunia, the perfect wife. Vernon, the perfect husband.
And Dudley? Their son, who was almost five, was the most perfect thing they could ever ask for.
This family, was normal. That was what they strived for, of course.
But, what most people didn't know, was that the Dursley's were hiding a dark secret.
Inside the seemingly normal house, was something, or rather someone, they tried their best to hide, while still looking normal.
Petunia and Vernon, had a niece.
Petunia's freaky sister had died and they got stuck with their neice. Alexa Potter.
They kept the girl hidden as much as they could, claiming that Alexa was very ill with a rare sickness, and they only brought the girl out very times a year, just to keep appearances up.
That, of course, wasn't the truth.
Alexa Potter was, a frail girl. Not ill, but she wasn't exactly healthy, either.
She was a very small girl, even for her age. She looked like a two year old, despite almost being four years old. She had unruely black hair that fell a little below her shoulders. She also had these stunning green eyes, that looked like emeralds.
Alexa, despite being three years old, was rather smart for her age. She coudn't read or anything like that. She could hardly speak correctly, seeing as the Dursley's would yell at her if she said a single thing... But she wanted to learn... Not that her auntie and uncle would let her.
She wished she had her mummy... She woman with red hair that she would dream of in her dreams. Or the Black-haired man who she asumed was her daddy... These people were fadding from her... Them along with the other two people they were always with.
A man with shoulder-length black hair and another with brown... They had both been familiar to her. They haunted her dreams everynight along with her parents. But this put questions in her young mind...
Why wasn't she with them? Didn't they want her?
Curling up in a little ball, Alexa let out a silent sob. She didn't want to be here anymore... But she had no choice, no one would come for her. And she couldn't run away, like the children on her cousin's shows on the telly. She could only wait til' someone, someday would come and save her.
Sirius Black never thought that Steak and Kidney pie could taste so good.
He listened to Dumbledore talk as he ate through his thrid serving of the food.
Apparently, as soon as possible, the Daily Prophet was going to write about how he was free, and how Peter Pettigrew was the Mastermind behind this(Sirius didn't think the rat deserved the title, 'Mastermind', but still.) and that Peter was locked away. Dumbledore said that it should be out today.
But that wasn't what Sirius was really wondering about.
As Dumbledore started explaining how the rat had been found, in a house in Devon, Sirius started to wonder about many things.
Like what had been going on the past three years or so.
Two people in particular kept popping into his mind...
Remus Lupin, was one of them.
Remus had been another one of his best friends at Hogwarts. They had been friends since the middle of first year. Remus, however was a werewolf, which only bothered them at first... And durring the war... No one suspected Peter being the backstabber. No people asumed that it was Remus, seeing his condition and all. Sirius, was one of those people. But he knew he had to see his friend... To explain everything out to him. He would have to force the werewolf, even if he wouldn't listen to him...
The other, was his goddaughter, once more. Ever since he left Azkaban, not even an hour before, he couldn't get his mind; which was now in a safe place, off of her. Was little Alexa safe? Was she happy? Where was she to begin with...
"...and I can see that you are not listening to me." Dumbledore said with a chuckle, breaking Sirius from his thoughts. "No matter..."
Dumbledore stared at Sirius for what seemed like an hour, until the aging headmaster spoke once more. "You are thinking of Remus Lupin, are you not?"
Sirius looked up, fairly startled.
"I can see it on your face, my dear boy." Dumbledore said, answering and unsked question. "I can see that you want to appologize to the man who was once your best friend. It is only the afternoon, I may call him if you would like." Dumbledore's eyes were twinkling with mirth.
Sirius bit his lip. Remus would not like hearing about it in the Prophet... No he wouldn't...
"Can you?" Sirius said, feeling more nervous than he thought that he would feel about this.
"Of course." Dumbledore said, walking over to the Floo.
Remus John Lupin, was exhausted.
The full moon had only been a day ago. It had been another really bad night. Seeing as Moony was still not used to being alone, even if it had been almost three years. Truth be told, Remus wasn't used to it either. He missed Lily and James and Alexa and Peter. Sirius had betrayed them all.
Sirius. He still couldn't believe it. The man who had been his friend for over seven years. It was hard to believe, truly. That Sirius would betray all of them like that. But most families were alike, after all. And Sirius wasn't any different than the rest of his family.
A roar then met his ears.
"Remus?" said the voice of Albus Dumbledore.
Forcing himself to lay up, Remus looked up. It wasn't everyday that Dumbledore visited him now. Well, that went for everyone, actually.
"Here you are Remus." Dumbledore said, walking into Remus' small room. He lived in a small cabin, so that he wouldn't hurt anyone when he transformed.
"Why are you here, Albus?" Remus said, trying to stand up with more difficulty.
"I have someone in my office who needs to speak to you." said Dumbledore
Remus felt his heart drop into his stomach. What was going on?
But he followed Dumbledore through the Floo, not without putting on a jacket first.
When he went through the Floo, anger welled up in him.
Sirius Black was sitting in one of the chairs in Dumbledore's office.
"You!" He roared, reaching for his wand.
"Expelliarmus!" Dumbledore, who had come out of the Floo before him, said. "Calm down, Remus."
"Why is he here!" Remus said, pointing to Sirius. "He's supposed to be in Azkaban."
"Remus..." Sirius said, getting up.
Remus looked away.
"Well?" He asked Dumbledore.
"It seems that Sirius was falsely prisoned for three years." Dumbledore said, bluntly.
"No, that can't be possible." Remus said shaking his head. "He killed Peter. There is evidence."
"No, their is a finger, it could of easily been cut off." Dumbledore said, calmly. "Sirius was not the traitor."
Remus glared at Sirius. "Then who was. He was the secret keeper! He betrayed Lily and James."
"Peter." Sirius breathed. "We switched secret keepers. A week before it happened. I thought it would be obvious that I was secret keeper. I thought that if I was the secret keeper, they would be in more danger. I thought that their was no way that anyone would suspect Peter. so I told James and Lily that we should switch. They did, after I convinced them. We told no one. Not even Dumbledore. It was a secret between James, Lily, Peter, and I. But what we didn't expect, was that Voldemort was waiting for this to happen. Peter was a Death Eater. He always wore long shirts, even if it was hot. He was hidding the Dark Mark. I saw it myself. You have to believe me Remus, please."
Remus was quite.
"We found Peter in a house in Devon. He was hidding in the attic. They were unaware of it until this morning. I questioned him myself, with the Minister. Sirius is innocent." Dumbledore explained.
Remus' eyes were closed.
"Why didn't you tell me. Did you think I was the traitor." His voice was calm.
"Yes. I did. And I am sorry. So sorry." Sirius said, hope in his stomach. Did his friend believe him?
"I believe you. I was beginning to doubt it myself. I knew you wouldn't do that to James and Lily."
Sirius moved over to Remus and embraced him like a brother.
"Thank you." was all Sirius said, before letting go.
Dumbledore was smiling at the two men.
"Sit down, both of you." He said, gesturing to the chairs.
After a few minutes in silence, Sirius finally asked what had been on his mind.
"What about Alexa. My goddaughter, where is she?"
Listening to: The Time Warp & Sweet Transvestite - Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack. (Musicals. My roots~~)
A/N: Hello. Good... almost evening. I am sorry that I wasn't able to get this out yesterday, I had an important test, and it made me SO tired. And I've been watching A LOT of Glee. And Jonathan Groff is just the CUTEST thing ever! I am in love with the paring Rachel x Jesse, so cute~ I even am starting to write a Glee fanfiction. Something I never thought that I would really do before. But seeing as I LOVE showtunes... It's not surprising.
Sorry for the suckish chapter... I was rushing it... Oops... It was sorta hard to write...
And I also got someone talking about the length of the chapters. I was going to say something sassy, because when I read I hadn't slept in almost 24-hours... But I must say, I think shorter, faster chapters are better than chapters that take forever to release. I, myself, am surprising myself about how fast I am bringing these chapters out. It usually takes me FOREVER to update. But I really like this story, though my writing skills are horrible... And this story sucks a lot... Meh... I will continue doing as I have been. It is easier for me this way.
Now, the next chapter will be out later tommorow probably.
I am going to go watch 'Funny Girl' now. (Barbra Streisand!)
EDIT: lol I got the year wrong, and I didn't notice it! OH NO! Hahqa, it's fixed now.
PLEASE review~!
Love,
Optimistic Dreamer. (4-16-11.)