A/N: Here's the third installment in my story! There's a fairly big twist coming up, and I doubt anyone saw it coming. Enjoy and please review!

"Oh honesty Harry, when will you realize that we're all in this together. We just got Umbridge taken by centaurs…we're coming with you." I pointed out bluntly to Harry.

"Alright…" Harry seemed reluctant but knew he would need us.

"Well, how are we getting to London?" Neville asked a question none of us had thought about.

"I have an idea; We could ride Thestrals?" Luna suggested in her dreamy voice.

"What on earth is a-" But I was cut off by Harry who had suddenly brightened.

"Excellent idea Luna," Harry said before taking off towards the Forbidden Forest, "Come on!" We all followed Harry and Luna to a clearly just by the Forest. "Alright, everyone find your own Thestral and climb on."

"Um, Harry I hate to tell you this…but I think you need new glasses. There is nothing here." Hermione stated the obvious.

"Thestrals can only been seen by those who have witnessed death. Don't worry Hermione, they're here." Luna said and the proceeded to help Harry guide Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and myself each to our own Thestral. It took us a while to all climb up and get settled but eventually we were all soaring through the air. It was really quite unnerving not being able to see what you were flying on. Most of the way I closed my eyes and imagined I was on a broom. We flew through the night sky for what felt like hours. Eventually we made it into the Ministry and were now crowded inside a lift; We went down several floors before we heard a ding and a voice announced where we were.

"Department of Mysteries."

"This is it." Harry spoke aloud after we stepped into a long hallway. We all followed Harry down the long corridor and through the door at the end. We found ourselves in a rather massive room; as far as the eye could see, there were shelves upon shelves of glowing glass orbs. The place was covered in cobwebs and was so dark we had to use our wands for light. Harry took off ahead of us looking for Sirius; we followed him until he broke into a light run.

"He should be here…" Harry called out to us.

"Harry, it's got your name on it." Neville said pointing to a particular orb. Harry jogged back to us and took the orb in his hand; suddenly a soft, raspy voice spoke out from the orb.

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches.

And the Dark Lord shall mark him as his equal,

But he shall have power the Dark Lord knows not.

For neither can live while the other survives."

"Harry!" I called out as I suddenly saw a figure walking slowly towards us from a dark recess of the room.

"You know you should really learn the difference between dreams and reality…" The figure spoke as he took off his Death Eater mask; it was Lucius Malfoy. "You saw only what the Dark Lord wanted you to see. Hand me the prophecy, Potter."

"No…I'll break it if you do anything to us." Just then we heard a loud cackling laugh.

"Wittle baby Potter knows how to play."

"Bellatrix Lestrange…" Neville called out to the crazy looking witch. My stomach instantly dropped and I felt fire course through my veins.

"Neville Longbottom is it? How's mum and dad?" Bellatrix sneered at Neville.

"Better now that they're going to be avenged." Neville raised his wand but I quickly grabbed his arm, stopping him from doing something rash.

"Haven't you ever wondered why you have a connection with the Dark Lord?" Lucius tried to lure Harry in with his smooth talking. "I can show you why…"

"I've waited 14 years…" Harry paused, "Guess I could wait a little longer."

"Stupefy!" We all called out to the numerous death eaters who had appeared around us, we all broke into a run heading various ways in the Hall of Prophecies. I was running with Ginny as two death eaters flew right in front of us; Ginny cursed one and I stunned the other.

"Everyone, head for the door!" Harry yelled out, Ginny and I grabbed hands and took off towards the door as all the shelves of prophecies began falling behind us. We ran through the door and began falling in darkness, only to stop momentarily to brace the fall. The ground was dirty and the room was large but not nearly as large as the last one. In the center of the room was a big archway with a veil or curtain of sorts. We all stood and brushed ourselves off and Harry began walking towards the veil.

"You hear those voices?"

"There aren't any voices, Harry." Hermione spoke as we all followed Harry. "We need to get out of here; clearly we fell for their trap."

"Get behind me!" Harry called out; we all shuffled behind him and watched as the Death Eaters approached through apparition. They all swarmed around us and I could hear struggling around me before I felt a pair of cold hands grab me around my waist and pull me away. I began to let out an ear-piercing scream only to have a wand thrust against my neck; this made me keep quiet very fast. I was then pulled flush against my captive who I could tell was male; he moved his wand arm to hold me more securely and used the other to pull my hair back from my neck. In a panic I looked around to see Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna all held captive by other Death Eaters. I then saw Harry standing in the middle with Lucius not too far.

"Look at that…you've got Burby…" I heard a sadistic male voice call from where Luna was. "I'm jealous!"

"Tell me darling, does she taste as delicious as her mother did?" Bellatrix called out to whoever was holding me, I assumed now it was her husband Rodolphus Lestrange.

"Astrid!" I heard Neville scream, "Don't you dare touch her!"

"Oh, what's this then? Longbottom's got a soft spot for Burby" Bellatrix teased Neville. "Go ahead, do it…taste her." Right on command I felt him breathe onto my ear before his scratchy stubble grazed my shoulder. His tongue flicked out and stroked my ear, which caused me to whimper. Rodolphus then licked his way down to the hollow where my neck connected to my shoulder, he paused a moment, grazing his teeth on the sensitive spot before biting down hard, cause the skin to break and my blood to flow. I screamed out as pain shot through me, but I refused to cry.

"That's enough. We have a mission and must-" However Lucius was cut off by several blinding streaks of white light as the Order of the Phoenix all apparated into the room. My captive was suddenly blown backwards as Sirius Black cast a curse at him. I ran forwards to Sirius and collapsed into his arms.

"It's alright now Astrid." He spoke as he hugged me, "I'll get him for you, I promise."

"Astrid!" I heard Neville yell as he ran up to me and Sirius.

"Here Neville, you protect her for me, okay?" Sirius handed me to Neville and we made a dash for cover where Hermione and Ron were crouched. Neville pulled me into his chest and tucked me into his arms tightly as I balled up in his lap. The battle continued for what felt like ages but in reality was only minutes; then I heard two of the most dreaded words come from Bellatrix Lestrange's mouth.

"Avada Kedavra!" The woman cackled loudly. Somehow I knew she had cast that curse at Sirius.

"NO!" I heard Harry scream. I jumped out of Neville's lap and looked up to see the body of Sirius Black be taken behind the veil. I could feel my heart shatter into a million pieces. Sirius Black had meant the world to me; he was a mentor and a great man...and he was also my biological father. I could feel my body weaken and my vision go blurry.

"I killed Sirius Black!" Bellatrix cackled merrily in the background.

"Astrid, are you okay?" I heard Neville ask in concern. I turned to face him and slumped into his arms sobbing. My true father had just died.

Flashback

"Astrid, there's something we want to tell you." My father said as I sat down in front of him and Sirius. "Astrid, there's no easy way to say this, you understand." I nodded my heard and waited for my dad to continue. "You see, your mother, myself and Sirius have done everything in our power to keep you safe. We've always had you as our first priority…"he trailed off seeming to be at a loss for words. "Astrid... I'm not your father, Sirius is…."

"...What?"

"Now let me explain. I was good friends with your mother…but she was in love with Sirius. They had plans to go off and get married, but with the war…it was impossible for them. Your mother became pregnant with you and your sister and wanted to protect the two of you. She knew she couldn't stay with Sirius; it was too dangerous with him because of his obvious connection to Lily and James... Your mother came to me as a friend, begging for help…we did our best; posing as muggles, but it wasn't enough."

"How could you have never told me?" I was rather angry…this whole time I thought HE was my father.

"Astrid, I know it's difficult to accept, but you must understand…times were much different then…everything we did was to protect you!"

"Well a lot of bloody good that did for my mother and sister!" I yelled as I stormed out of the sitting room.

I had since mended my relationship with my father…both biological and my "situational" one I guess you could say. We decided to keep it between us though, so as not to put a larger target on myself. I kept Burby as my last name and still called David my dad while calling Sirius by his first name. It was hard when we were around other people and I wanted nothing more than to bond with Sirius; however we could do this when it was just the two of us and he would tell me all sorts of stories about my mother. Sirius would always comment on how much I looked like my mother, but he claims I got all my charm from him, of course. David had told me about my mother, but it was always basic things. Sirius however would really delve and tell me so much about my mother, especially about their relationship. It seems like my mother and Sirius were a match made in heaven. With Sirius gone I lost my connection to my mother that I had felt with Sirius. I forced myself to look at the bright side however; my parents were together with my sister and I knew they would always be with me.