Third chapter up. This is really fun to write, don't judge me. Tell me what you think, please.
I do not own anything other than Ida, but I'm sure she wouldn't have existed if it weren't for Rowling.
- Neko
CHAPTER 3
MOLLY WEASLEY'S REACTIONS
Molly Weasley was enjoying a nice cup of hot chocolate at five AM in the morning. She was always up this early. When you had five boys to take care of, this was the price you had to pay. Everyone had to have breakfast, and she was happy to oblige. If there was one thing Molly would not stand for, it was an hungry child. Just as she was taking another sip of her beverage, enjoying the peace and quiet, the flames in the fireplace turned green and out stepped none other than Sirius Black himself, carrying what seemed to be a little girl in a footie pajamas.
Molly's eyebrows shot up, the last time she had seen Sirius so close to a child was when Harry Potter was born, come to think of it, the last time she had seen Sirius out of his house was before... it, happened.
But that aside, why was Sirius Black carrying a little child in his arms?
"Sirius! Good to see you, come sit, you must be hungry!" Molly said hurriedly and pushed him down in a chair, with the child and everything.
Sirius, who had expected this, smiled kindly at Molly, who's eyebrows shot up again. She hadn't seen that smile in a long time.
"No, no, Molly, that's alright. I wanted you to meet little Ida here, Ida, this is Molly Weasley, the nicest woman you will ever meet. Molly, this is Ida." Sirius said and turned Ida around so that she was sitting on his lap instead of clinging to his robes, never the less Ida refused to let completely go of the safety that was his clothes.
Molly smiled warmly down at Ida, and Ida looked up at her with a frightened expression, this, of course, caused Molly's motherly heart to melt.
"Oh, Ida dear! You're to skinny, how about I fix you up something to eat, yeah?" Molly said softly, still smiling. Ida seemed to think about this for a moment, before she, slowly almost not noticeable, nodded.
Molly clasped her hands together, happy to get another child to feed and started cocking up food on the spot, while she was doing so, however, she began to question Sirius.
"So, who is this little angel, exactly?" She asked with her head over a big pot of mashed stew, Sirius looked down at Ida and smiled.
"That's why I came here, Molly. She turned up on my doorstep an hour ago with a note saying that she was my daughter." he said rather proudly.
And that's when Sirius Black learned to never underestimate the reaction of Molly Weasley.
Molly whipped around faster than Sirius had ever seen her move before, and just stood there, staring at the man and the tiny child with a dumbstruck expression on her face. After what seemed like hours, and Sirius was getting worried that he he might have caused the woman to have a heart attack, Molly let out a squeal so high pitched that little Ida jumped and buried her face in Sirius robes, and Sirius himself was afraid his eardrums might explode. Molly rushed over to where they were seated, flung her arms around them both and enveloped them in a bone crushing hug only Molly Weasley could give.
Ida clenched harder on to the strange mans robes, suddenly scared of the big, loud woman with the hair that looked like it was on fire. She had never been hugged like this, not even by Ashley. She closed her eyes, but after a while, it felt rather pleasant. It felt warm and that was good, Ida figured, because she had been cold a only moment ago.
Then the fire lady let go, and Ida peeked up at her. She beamed at her and the strange man, her hands clasped together and her lips curled up in a bright smile. Yes, Ida thought, she liked the fire lady, even though her hug made it hard to breathe.
"Now, Sirius, tell me everything!"
And Sirius did, he told her about the note that hung around Ida's neck when she arrived on his doorstep, about her being half Aswang, about Ashley Wood and about what he had planned to do. At the end of the story, Molly was in tears. She couldn't understand why anyone would abandon such a sweet little child as Ida, even though she was a little dangerous.
After a while, Ida was seated at the kitchen table, eating like she hadn't been fed in days and Sirius and Molly sat in the living room talking and deciding what they were going to do about Ida.
"I figured I'd take her in, Molly, she is my daughter and I want to be there for her." Sirius said sternly, Molly nodded.
"Of course, Sirius, but she can't wander around in a footie pajamas all day, can she? I think we should take her with us to Diagon alley in a couple of days. Me and the boys are going there to get supplies for Hogwarts, and you can come with us."
"That seems like wonderful idea, but what is she going to wear 'till then?" Sirius asked, glancing into the kitchen to see if Ida was alright by herself.
"Ron is about her age, and he has lot's of clothes that doesn't fit him anymore. I swear, Sirius, that boy grows faster than the weeds outside! Speaking of wich, they ought to wake up soon-"
Just then, they could hear heave footsteps from upstairs, and soon four redheads was running towards the kitchen, all laughing and playing loudly. Sirius got up to check on Ida, but before he could get that far, however, the little, very scared girl came running out of the kitchen and straight into his arms clutching onto him like her life depended on it.
He had a lot to work with, that was for sure.
