-1Ayla looked about a bit nervous "I don't know what you want me to say sir" she said looking for a brief second at the man called Dumbledore, he smiled and said " don't worry young one you don't have to say anything we will use a pensive so we can see your memory's if that is alright with you."
She
wasn't quite sure but she trusted her father and he was looking at
her with a reassuring smile so she nodded her head " yes sir it is
ok with me"
Dumbledore smiled he was beginning to trust this
child though she was rather odd she seemed genuine and Sirius was
never happier so he was truly hoping this was his child. "Ok now
sit here and relax close your eyes."
Ayla gladly closed her
eyes, she felt something cold at her temple then a feeling like a
worm wiggling out of her head she opened her eyes to find a bowl of
some silver liquid in front of her and Dumbledore smiling at her "now
we can even see memories you don't know you have from when you were
a baby", He paused at the shocked look on her face " Would you
like to see the night you mother left you?" "YES" Ayla and
Sirius yelled at the same time.
Sirius couldn't believe what
he heard Dumbledore said though he knew that was possible he had
never considered it. "Headmaster shall we" He said as he took
Ayla's hand, Dumbledore waved his wand over the pensive to show a
rainy night and a frightened looking blue eyed woman with a bundle of
blankets in her arms.
One minute she was looking at a picture of
her mother in the bowl and the next thing she new she was falling
into it she squeezed her father's hand in fright then she saw the
ground getting close so she threw her hands in front of her face only
to be caught by Sirius before she hit the ground.
He had seen her
about to hit ground and panicked. Though he knew it would feel as if
she had tripped and nothing more, the fall seemed long and he feared
for her safety so he grabbed her out of the air and placed her on her
feet. Then he looked about accustomed to seeing memories he smiled at
the wonder in his daughter's eyes. 'I just can't believe it I
have a child, it is wonderful, like I have a reason to live again.'
He thought to himself.
Ayla ducked away from the rain only to
realize she couldn't feel it hitting her and that's when she saw
her mother. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw her mom's
eyes, they were a wonderful ice blue and right now they were filled
with tears as she waved a wand over the buddle in her arms and the
rain no longer touched it then her mother spoke "I love you honey…"
But suddenly the memories fast-forwarded and her mother was walking
away and Ayla crying.
Ayla ran to Dumbledore, "Why didn't we see what she said what happened."
She was near tears when he answered " I am sorry Miss Ayla but babies only remember certain things you for instance don't remember seeing any of this but your memory of your mother's care for you allows us to see it there for this is a memory of feelings you remember the cold rain going away and the love your mother had for you and you remember her going away but nothing else."
As
he finished saying this they shifted to another memory.
A small
child, innocence in her eyes and a pretty white dress on walks up to
a house a social worker holding two large suit cases knocks on the
door and hands her over to a happy looking couple glad to have her.
Then it fast forwards again and the child is being teased by a small boy, her hair is being pulled and suddenly the boy flies through the air landing against a wall.
Another fast forward and the couple is handing her back to the social worker.
Again, another family good people but the kids at school beat her up calling her a freak one day she got real scared and a row of lockers exploded, again she was handed back to the social worker.
Again,
fast forward, this time no nice house a trailer mean family, the dad
hits her a few to many times and his hands turn into balloons.
Dumbledore noticed a few things from these memories. The girl
never once looked into anyone's eyes after the first incident and
her powers were increasing with each outburst. 'This girl must be
trained.'
A new memory this time she is older her clothes ragged
and dirty and on her arms and back you could see scars some slight
and would fade away, but many were some deep and permanent. Once the
memory came into clear focus and they could see she was she was on
the floor scrubbing tiles, then she looks up for the first time since
the first memory and they could see her eyes that once shined with
hope and love now only held fear and pain. She looked about then
reached into her shirt and pulled out the letter from her mother she
looked at the picture and sighed, suddenly the door squeaked.
Ayla
recognized the memory immediately " We don't need to see this one
that was enough I can tell you the rest."
From the panic in
her voice Dumbledore knew he had to see this there was something
significant here "No young one we cant leave until the memories end
I placed a staying spell on us." He saw her cringe but she didn't
fight him instead she looked at the ground and shuffled to the edge
of the room as in came a rather portly looking woman with a scowl on
her face.
"You lazy useless piece of trash I'll teach you to spill food on my floor you will not eat a bite for a week." The words spewed forth from her like poison from a snake bite.
Then the woman Kicked Ayla over and over and she saw Ayla was holding something. "Give me that your not allowed to have any property you stupid thieving bitch," It was obvious from her behavior that this was a speech she used often to intimidate the young girl, "just like your whore of a mother who left you to leech on society because…" She never got to finish the sentence because her mouth disappeared and the photo flew out of her hands and back into Ayla's.
"Never
EVER insult my mother she was a saint and you are a stupid slut who
fucks for money and beats kids for fun, your on welfare and food
stamps though you bring in thousands of dollars a week so who is the
slut" Then Ayla walked out the door leaving the woman alone in the
room. She looks back at her and once again they can see her eyes
there was no more fear now her eyes were a stormy ocean blue with a
hard glint to them. "Try to give your blow jobs with no mouth you
fucking cunt ass whore."
Fast forward Ayla grabs a big back pack
and some food then lets all the kids out of there "rooms" which
looked more like prison cells and she ran out the door into the
night, she pulls out the picture of her mom and dad "I am sorry mom
I can't wait anymore I got to find him now maybe your alive but I
just cant stay anymore."
Fast forward the streets of New York in
America she is sleeping in an alleyway behind a restaurant and
someone comes out and hands her a burger
"Here
kid sorry I couldn't get more now get lost before they call the
cops on you again." Ayla walked off then she walked to the docks
and saw a cargo ship bound for England she didn't see anyone around
so she snuck onboard and stowed away.
Fast forward she has just
reached England and is living on the streets pick pocketing to
survive. One day she sees a dog, a big black one, and she followed
him until he reached a cave and turned into a man. She gasped "Dad"
then hid as another man came along. "Sirius we need you to go back
to Black manor."
"No way I cant go back there ever not after …"
"We all miss her Sirius but life goes on, that manor is a shell of what it was when Melissa was alive, it is dark and dank and needs attention. We need to use it as a base for the Order and a place for Harry to come and stay, safely until school starts."
"Fine
lets go." he said resignedly, she heard a pop and they were
gone.
Fast forward she finally tracked them to this place and is
curled up on the ground outside to sleep. When Sirius runs out and
Dumbledore arrives.
Then it all stopped and they were back in the
kitchen of Black manor.
