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A/N: I'm trying not to upload too fast because I want to stay ahead and I haven't had time to write, recently because of school...college can suck sometimes. Well enjoy.
Chapter Three:
Keighly sat on Joseph's desk; sharing the fries she brought them from the caf when the door to his office opened. A tall well built man with classic features, platinum blonde hair and crystal blue eyes walked in.
"Oh, Lucius." Joseph said, walking around his desk with his hand extended.
Lucius shook his hand but kept his eyes on Keighly.
"Lucius you know Keighly Roberts." Joseph said. Lucius nodded. Keighly slid off the desk.
"I'll go. I'm sure you two have work to do." Keighly kissed Joseph on the corner of his mouth with her eyes on Lucius, who looked liked he smelt rotten eggs.
"Why you still with that…that mudblood?" She heard Lucius hiss as she stood on the other side of the closed door.
"Get over it Malfoy." Keighly was shocked that was all Joseph had to say about what Lucius called her; Joseph was pureblood but he was never the mudblood type or so she thought.
"You know it's useless anyway." Lucius said and Keighly knew he had a smug smile on his face, "It'll be official in a few days and then no more shagging the mudblood."
"The law is going to pass?" She heard Joseph ask.
That was end of the topic and Keighly rushed off in hopes of finding out more about the law.
Keighly held the small flashlight in her mouth while she dug through legislator's out box for any info on the law. She only found a few things before she started through the file cabinet and finding the folder she needed. She tucked it into the waistband of her skirt and slipped out of the office undetected.
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Sirius was lounging on his couch watching TV, which he did all day, even being here he was constricted to only inside, when someone knocked on his door. The man looked like your typical poindextor.
"Yes?"
"Keighly wants to see everyone." He said, "She asked me to bring you and the Potters there."
Sirius followed him to James and Lily's room then up a floor to a large meeting room. The room was lined with tables with the center being empty. Sirius was overwhelmed when he looked around the room; he saw so many faces that he thought he would never see again and from Lily's gasp she was just as shocked as himself. Sirius looked around the room, finding a pair of blue eyes watching him; she didn't give any acknowledgment of being caught, she just lazily looked away from him.
"If you all could take your seats." Keighly's voice echoed through the room despite the diverse conversations, "Thanks." She said, "I'll try not to bore you." She laughed uncomfortably, "They're passing a new law." She dropped the folder on the table, "They want to ensure the success of pureblood genes. They want them to produce children. And from what I read that wont be released to the public, they are going to try to extract the pureblood genes from half bloods to produce purebloods."
"So what about muggles and muggle borns?" Lily asked.
"Well, from what I understand, Muggle borns aren't being considered like half-bloods and who knows what they have planned for muggles." Keighly said. She brushed her bangs out of her eyes, "But I do know that any unneeded socializing between purebloods and muggles are not going to be allowed."
"When did it ever happen in the first place? They all are afraid of being a muggle is contagious." Sirius said loudly.
"You'll be surprised how common it is." Keighly told him, staring into his eyes. He only looked perplexed by her words for only a second before he quickly looked away.
"Look." Keighly sighed, "All I know is that stuff is going to change and we have to watch out for it."
The room took that as the cue for them to leave. Former Order members and classmates that they assumed dead surrounded Sirius, James and Lily. Over Frank Longbottom's shoulder Sirius watched a man with broad shoulders approach Keighly. Her face scrunched at whatever he said and sadly shook her head.
"Keighly a word." Keighly turned to find Conrad Marx behind her. He is a handsome man, anyone's type but Keighly grew up with him; their families lived next door to each other in the time before.
She was actually surprised to see him; they share the same beliefs but he was forced to take part in the horrendous crimes that they tried to stop.
"I was up north this time." He said as if his words meant more, "He was there. I saw Joseph." Keighly shook her head in disbelief. She had nothing to say, she pushed passed him shaking her head.
Keighly's head was spinning, trying to make top and bottom of what Conrad was implying. Keighly knew she never fully trusted Joseph or gave him all of her heart but that's normal in relationships. Right? Keighly's heart began to race. Last month he said he was going somewhere near Brighton, that same week Brighton was purged. Keighly began walking faster. And before that, he said he had to go home to visit his parents and that month three large purges occurred in Italy. Keighly gasped when someone grabbed her arm, turning her around.
"Are you okay?" His large hands easily wrapped around her arms. He held her just inches from his body. His breathing was calm and collected while hers was rapid and jagged.
"Get your stuff we're going to the Ministry." She told him, the tears that had been building disappeared.
"We?" Sirius asked, still gripping her arms, "Now?"
She shook her head, "At Midnight." Sirius let her stop of his arms and walk away.
Sirius knocked on Keighly's door, he was a little nervous and he didn't know why. She tore open the door as if she wasn't expecting him. She didn't say anything to him but left the door open and walked back into her room. She was dressed in a sheer printed blue long sleeve blouse with a black leather corset over it, dark jeans that sat low on her hips leaving a little bit of skin between her shirt and waist of her jeans and a pair of dark boots that came to her knees. Her guns lay on her black comforter. She grabbed the two guns, sticking them in the holsters under her armpits, still never saying a word to Sirius.
"Those might stick out a bit." Sirius said pointing to the guns, his smile disappeared when she continued to ignore him.
Sirius watched her clasp her black cloak and pull the hood over her head. She finally looked up at Sirius.
"We'll only have an hour." Keighly told him, grabbing a crumbled ball of paper off her bed.
"Another Portkey?" Sirius asked with a cocked eyebrow, "Where do you get his stuff?" You know it's illegal"
"I told you, you can get almost anything as long as you know the right person." She said coyly. They felt the familiar tug behind their navels.
Sirius hadn't been in the ministry for over a year. The gold fountain had been destroyed the second Voldemort stepped inside the ministry when he took power; the wall of fireplaces had dwindled down to only three and only could be used by special permission; all the departments disappeared: there was no need for the Department of Magical Sport because there was no more quidditch, there was no need for the Department of International Magical Corporations because it was Voldemort's way or death, there was no more need for Department of Muggle Protection but muggles were just vermin waiting to be exterminated. Keighly's heels clicking on the tile floor drew him out of his daze.
He followed her into the lifts watching her press the three button. Her finger lingered on the nine button.
"They use it for torture." She said, "I don't know what it was before." She looked at him for a second before walking out the elevator.
She reached into her jean pocket pulling out a small back flash light as she turned it on she heard Sirius mutter "Lumos"; she couldn't help but smile at their vast differences.
"Do you know where you're going?" Sirius asked her in a whisper while they stood in the corridor lined with doors. She nodded and motioned for him to follow her.
She walked slightly crouched and constantly looking around. Sirius chuckled to himself hearing Moody's voice in his head, "Constance Vigilance!" A pain struck his heart at the thought of Moody. Keighly stopped at a door, she turned the doorknob and Sirius knew by the look n her face that she was surprised to find it unlocked. She hurried through the rows of file cabinets, scanning them quickly before finding what she was looking for.
"What was his name?" She asked.
"Lupin, Remus."
She quickly read the labels on the front of the drawers before pulling open the middle drawer. She held the flashlight in her mouth and Sirius noticed how nimble her fingers were as she flipped through the folders; Sirius found himself wondering what else her nimble fingers would be good at. Sirius' mouth slightly hung open, his tongue running over his lips at his thoughts until he heard the door clock shut at the end of the room. By instinct he ducked down.
"Someone is coming." He whispered but she ignored him, "Keighly." He warned.
"Found it." She pulled out the file and a light shone on the folder in her hand.
Two men stood behind them, both with hoods on concealing their faces like Keighly. With a whirl of black, Keighly had the guns aimed at the two men. They laughed smugly holding out their wands.
"Muggles." One said. She shot his leg before he could say another word, "Bitch." He snarled from the floor.
He waved his wand and Keighly prepared herself for the force of the spell but Sirius deflected it. The other one sent a spell that Sirius deflected too. Keighly took aim to shoot the other the shoulder but the one on the ground sent a spell that Sirius couldn't deflect since he was dueling the other. The spell changed her aim at the last second, hitting the man in the chest. He took a couple of stumbled steps bumping into a file cabinet, his hood falling off; Keighly gasped.
Keighly wanted to rush to his side to help him but she stood rooted in the spot while he fell to the floor clutching his bloody-fatal wound and Sirius dueled with the other hobbling Death Eater.
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