Title: Anywhere, pt 4
Author's Note: I don't know if Everyone's read and seen book 3, but this is a combination of the two so I hope it's not too confusing. As always, if it is let me know. Also, I thought Remus in the movie was a Chihuahua on Steroids and so therefore my werewolf Remus looks like werewolf Oz from Buffy.
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Faith watched from her tower window as Harry and friends snuck towards Hagrid's hut. She knew Hermione felt responsible for not being able to save Buckbeck, but there wasn't much she could do against Lucius Malfoy, a man she'd saw the previous year at Diagon Alley.
She watched the scene play out in front of her before she headed down towards the gamekeepers home to check up on the kids. She heard a dog bark and several cries of fear and ran towards them. She saw Harry and Hermione get thrown through the hole of the whomping willow.
Being the slayer, gave her the ability to move before the tree branches got her and was able to get into the hole. She heard the scuffle upstairs and carefully climbed up the old staircase. She leaned against the wall, unseen by everyone, as all eyes were on Harry and a dirty looking man.
Suddenly his eyes found hers, causing her to swallow thickly. "Those eyes." She commented in a voice she didn't know she owned.
"Andralyn?" He chocked out. "You have father's eyes." He jeered.
Faith's eyes narrowed and she stepped forward and pulled both men off the floor slamming Sirius against the wall. "Don't touch Harry."
"Ohh, look who's trying to take care of my godson."
"Were you there to protect him from his nightmares?" Faith spat. "Were you there to watch him grow into a bright young man?" She asked, her dark eyes glaring into his gray orbs. "Were you there to watch him stake his first vampire? Or research something to save the world?" She angrily asked.
"Expelliarmus." Remus said knocking Faith off of Sirius (A.N. movie Expelliarmus not actual knocking one off their feet Expelliarmus). "Faith, calm down."
"Remus?" She inquired. "Are you going to stand there and let him get away with his crimes?"
"I seem to recall you –"
"That was different and you know it." She retorted coldly. "I broke out to save the world from Angelus and the FIRST EVIL!" She glared at the pair, feeling Harry tense up on hearing her past. She knew he hated it, wanting nothing but the best for her. "But he," She pointed at Sirius. "Broke out to kill another person. Specifically my son."
"He's not your son." Sirius spat.
"He should be." Faith spat back.
"I trusted you!" Hermione finally yelled, causing all in the room to look at the brunette witch, except Faith who kept her eyes on her 'brother'. "I kept your secret! And all this time you were helping him." She continued shrilly. "He's a werewolf! That's why he was missing classes." Of this, only Ron and Sirius understood.
"How long did you know?"
"Since Professor Snape assigned the essay."
"So?" Harry inquired breaking into their conversation. "Aunt Willow dated a werewolf." He retorted causing Faith to snort. "What? You know she did, you told me about the time he tired to eat her and she shot him."
"So not the time Harry." Faith laughed. "Besides, I think werewolves in this world are evil. Or something like that."
"He was in Gryffindor." Harry teased.
"Oh right." Faith sighed. "So they're the perfect angels and they cannot be evil." Neither believed that anyone from any house was specifically one way. Sure he disliked Draco Malfoy, but that was because of the way he was.
"Sirius I think you should tell them." Remus suggested after a moment of silence where no one knew what to say. Remus told the story of their first years at Hogwarts, him being a werewolf for most of his life and only having Sirius, James and Peter as friends.
He talked about his transformations and how his friends wanted to make it easier so they learned how to do animal transformations. Severus entered the room threatening Sirius and Faith felt his agitation at having the other man pointing his wand at him before feeling the terror at the thought of receiving the dementor's kiss.
Harry surprised everyone by putting an Expelliarmus on Snape, knocking him out. Faith moved over to make sure he was all right before returning to the conversation. Once Remus was done with his story, Sirius began talking.
Sirius spoke about Peter betraying the Potter's, and framing him sending him on a lifetime trip to Azkaban for something he didn't do. Then the pair changed Ron's rat Scabbers into Peter Pettigrew, who tried to run but was stopped by Faith's fists.
"Aunt Andralyn!" Harry exclaimed sounding surprised.
"What?" She shrugged. "I haven't been patrolling in months."
"Human." Harry said in a 'duh' kind of tone.
"Still alive." She retorted in the same tone. "Besides I only tapped him." She moved towards the rat picking him up by his collar. "Right?" She asked in a sickeningly sweet tone.
"Remus." Peter squeaked still hanging in Faith's grasp. "Sirius. My old friends."
The group talked for a bit longer before Sirius and Remus lifted their wands, and as Faith was holding Pettigrew he couldn't run or go anywhere. But seeing their wands she shielded the rat from their aim.
"Andralyn." Sirius snarled.
"No!" Faith growled. "You don't know what it's like to actually have killed someone and I don't want to feel your hateful emotions, it's bad enough I've got my own."
"Aunt Andralyn is right." Harry stepped forward. "We're taking him to the castle."
"Thank you, Harry." Peter groveled, reaching out for Harry but was stopped by Harry's fists.
"Don't touch me." Harry snapped. "It's got nothing to do with you." He added. "Stupefy."
"Nice punch, Harry." Faith commented. "Though don't drop your shoulder."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Yes, Aunt Andralyn."
"Runt." She teased, affectionately messing up his already messy hair. The group exited the room, Faith helping Ron walk, Harry walking with Remus, Sirius and Hermione while Peter and Snape floated behind them.
Once outside the tree, the group ran into trouble, as the stupefy hex wore off, the full moon came out changing Remus into a werewolf and Peter ran off in all the chaos. Faith set Ron down giving Harry and Hermione an order to stay and not move before rushing towards the nearly fully-grown werewolf.
"AUNT ANDRALYN!" Harry cried as she took a claw to the shoulder and one to her midsection ripping more than just her shirt.
She just jumped back up and tried to keep Remus' wolf's teeth away from her skin. She was able to look away for a moment as Sirius in dog form distracted him and grabbed her tranquilizer. Aiming she hit Remus causing him to throw Sirius away from him to turn on her where she shot him again. A few steps away Remus fell in a dreamless sleep.
Faith approached the dog, finding him barely moving before he changed back into a man. His shoulder was lightly bleeding, though it appeared he'd survive. Just then dementors appeared along with Harry who stopped at her side.
Both were knocked to their knees, and as the dementors began to suck the life out of Sirius and Harry, Faith began feeling lightheaded. "Harry." She groaned before feeling a part of her being ripped out of her.
The next thing she knew was that they were able to breathe again, her vision cleared slightly to see Harry pass out and followed behind him.
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Faith awoke, in a private room and jumped up, only to find herself restrained. She blinked a couple of times before relaxing against the hard bed. First she tried to make reorganize herself before she tried to move again.
"Miss. Black, you're supposed to be resting." Poppy stated entering the room.
"How's Harry?"
"Mr. Potter-Black is fine." Poppy answered. "You, on the other hand, should rest because of the dementors and your link with Sirius nearly stole a bit of your own soul."
"Is that why I'm restrained?"
"You were tossing and turning." Poppy informed her. "It seemed as though you were stuck in a nightmare."
"That would be my life." Faith muttered. "Where am I?"
"In a private room attached to the infirmary." Poppy answered checking the slayer's injuries that were mostly healed. "Rest now." Poppy said handing her a bottle of sleeping drought.
"What's going to happen to Sirius?" She asked only to know what to expect on the inside. She'd been successful in previous years having things to push the inner emotions out of her mind, but also having her own demons that became top priority.
"He's receiving the kiss." Albus answered entering the room.
Faith paled. "You – you." She stuttered. "They can't do that! You have to stop them from doing it!" She exclaimed.
"I fear there is nothing I can do." Albus said softly.
"Let me see him." She stubbornly requested.
"I cannot allow that." Poppy protested. "She's too –"
"Poppy, it's alright." Albus said releasing the magical bindings holding the slayer in her bed. He accompanied the slayer to the tower where they were holding Sirius. "I wouldn't stay for long, Andralyn, Poppy would like for you to rest."
"Thanks, Albus." Faith said before approaching the door that had bars to allow people to look in but keep the person behind them inside. She shuddered a moment before stepping up to the door. "I don't believe you."
Sirius laughed humorlessly. "You've more Black in you than I do." He leered. "You feel it, don't you?"
"Feel what?" She asked crossing her arms before hissing in pain.
"The darkness."
"I've felt it since I was called to be the slayer." She stated. "Even more so after I killed a man."
"I'm sorry about that woman." Sirius said suddenly.
"What woman?" Faith asked looking at him suspiciously.
"The one that died."
"How did you know about that?" She asked in an almost cold fashion.
"I felt it." Sirius explained. "I also saw it."
"You know nothing about her."
"You're right." Sirius said standing moving towards the door. "I know nothing about her or you, but I do know that you're my sister. I don't know anything about what you've been through, but with the way Harry reacted to the news of you breaking out –"
"Don't go there, Sirius." Faith flatly ordered. "Harry's a strong young man."
"I saw." Sirius agreed. "You've done well with him."
"Seeing as I didn't want to have anything to do with a baby, I think I did alright. Though I am worried he'll hate me one day."
"He's got a big heart."
"He didn't get it from me." Faith said. "I'm like, one would say, a Slytherin. Thinking only of myself and the benefit for myself."
"You didn't in the shack."
"That's because I've got Harry's safety to think of."
"You helped me with Remus."
"I would have done the same thing for Willow and Oz."
"You allowed Harry to stake a vampire?" Sirius asked unsure of how to feel about the news.
"Of course. I do it all the time."
"But that's you. You're the slayer. He's not."
"Doesn't mean he can't do it." The pair watched each other for a moment without saying anything. She heard the sounds of someone approaching and said, "I'd better go."
"You're not going to do anything to help me?"
"I couldn't have it on my conscience to release a man that has yet to prove to me that he's innocent." She answered keeping eye contact.
"Harry believes me."
"Harry believes in the good in the world." Faith said. "I don't." Then she walked away.
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"You did what?" Faith hissed when Harry came by her room once they were released from the infirmary.
"I knew I shouldn't have told you." Harry groaned. "I knew you'd respond like this." He added gesturing towards her. "Why can't you just accept that I couldn't let you die?"
"I wouldn't have died Harry." Faith sighed. "Only half of me."
"Which half?" Harry challenged. "The half that cares about people?"
"The only person in my life that I care for is you, Harry." Faith declared. "And nothing could make me forget or not care about you."
Harry watched her for a moment before he moved towards the door. "You know I thought there was a small possibility that you'd be proud of me for following my gut and doing what I thought was the right thing to do." He said before exiting her rooms.
"I hate it when he's right." She muttered after a long time thinking about what Harry said and what she and Sirius talked about earlier. Changing her clothes, she climbed into bed and fell right to sleep, only to have a dream.
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"He writes that it was him that sent the broom." Harry said after reading the note he'd just received from Sirius. "Aunt Andralyn this is for you." He replied handing her a sheet of paper.
'Dear Andralyn,
I've got to thank you for taking Harry in. I hope that it's been as good for you as it has obviously been for Harry. I know you are probably angry with Harry, he mentioned you might be, but please it was something his father – James – would have done. He truly is James' son.
I tried to find you, you know. I wanted to meet you years ago and I fear that I gave you the wrong impression about myself when we actually did meet. James was my best friend, Andralyn, and I would have died for him. Much like you would for Harry. And Lily was the love of James' life and like a sister to me. I was overjoyed when they named me Harry's godfather, and I loved them and Harry more than anything – with the exception of possibly you.
You are quite the warrior, Andralyn, not to mention a perfect sergeant mother for Harry. I saw it in his eyes – during the brief time we talked about you – he loves you and he wants nothing more than to make you proud.
I'm sorry for writing and leaving your life – I feel it's probably the best thing for you and Harry because I cannot make up for what you don't believe. You said something to me as we talked, about not believing in the good in the world – why? Its doubtful that I'll ever see you again, though you should know Harry did mention where to generally look for you two.
Keep up the good work of raising Harry James Potter, and please protect him to the best of your ability – as you have been for the past nine or so years. Remember that I will always feel what you do and that I couldn't have asked for a better sister.
Your Brother,
Sirius Ashten Black'
"What did he have to say?" Harry asked when Ron left the compartment to see his siblings and Hermione went to the bathroom.
Faith didn't answer, just handed him the letter and gazed unseeingly out the window. She didn't know what to think. The cynical side told her that he was trying to cover his tracks that he was guilty of something, but the part that cared for Harry wanted to believe that he wasn't like her. That he was better than she, after all if that was true he would have been falsely placed in Azkaban while she actually committed the crime.
"Aunt Andralyn, I know that you don't believe him and I'm unsure myself."
"It's alright Harry." Faith interrupted. "You were right."
"About what?" Harry asked confused.
"I am proud that you followed your instincts."
End pt 4