A Long Lost Road
Chapter 6
A Harry Potter Fanfic
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The following morning I woke up on the couch that Sirius and I had been sitting on. The only difference was that Sirius was not in sight. I guessed I had fallen asleep after we had been talking. Molly must have put the blanket over top of me after they had finished with the details of the mission. That was nice of her. Then I thought of work. Not good. I leaped up off the couch and went racing for the kitchen. I attempted to smooth out my hair as I burst into the dining room and stopped short. There was a large assortment of red haired children who were staring at me.
"Who's she?" The smallest boy asked pointing his index finger at me. Molly came in at that comment and slapped his finger with a spoon she was holding.
"Pointing is rude Ronald. Are you Hungry Calli?" She asked smiling at me as soon as she had berated the young boy.
"I can't eat I'm going to be late." I explained pulling on my coat that I had pulled off the side of the couch where I had draped it last night.
"Are you sure?" She was probably about to say more except for the owl that appeared at the window cut her off. She walked over to it and handed me the letter it was holding.
"Its from Dumbledore." She said. I looked at her confused.
I opened the letter and looked over it.
Dear Callista,
I would be most appreciative if you did not go to work today. I have contacted the minister of magic to in to insure you don't lose your job. It would be better for Harry this way if, someone were to mention it and you to jump to his defence. Thank you
Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore.
I looked up at Molly.
"Looks like I can stay for breakfast after all." I said handing Molly back the letter. She smiled and pushed me towards the table.
"I'll bring you a plate full. You can introduce yourselves." She called over her shoulder as she waltzed towards the kitchen. The red haired girl looked at me and beamed.
"Your Tonks' friend right? I'm Ginny." I smiled at her and happily extended my hand towards her.
"Yep. I'm Calli. Nice to meet you Ginny." I replied and shook her hand warmly.
"Calli's a very nice name. What's it short for?" She asked curiously.
"Thank you. Ginny's very nice too. Calli's short for Callista. What's yours short for?" I replied. She frowned.
"Ginerva. Ginny's a lot nicer" She said. One of the matching ones leaned towards me.
"Names George. The less handsome one is Fred." he explained gesturing between himself and his doppelganger beside him. I raised my eyebrows up in the air.
"Nice to meet you." I said confused. Sirius saved me because he chose that brilliant moment to walk in. I laughed because of the way he stopped short in his tracks just like I had a few minutes ago.
"When did the Weasley's get another kid?" he wondered aloud. I pulled a lock of hair out in front of my face in response to his question. It had turned the exact same fiery red as Ginny's. As I flicked the hair out of my face I changed my hair back to my signature blonde colour.
"Better Sirius?" I questioned still chuckling at the look on his face.
"Aren't you going to be late?" he asked randomly. I nodded.
"If I were going to work today I would be." I answered. He looked at me bewildered until he finally shook his head and just sat down in defeat. I smiled at him from across the table, then turned back to Ginny.
"Want to introduce me to the rest of the red head Brady bunch?" I asked. She looked at me.
"Brady Bunch?" She questioned looking highly confused.
"Its a muggle thing." I answered.
"I thought your parents were wizards." Sirius interjected
"They were but they also insisted that I get home schooled. That basically means I had to have muggle friends." I replied. They seemed to accept my answer seeing as Ginny began to introduce the multiple red heads around the table.
"Fred, George, Ron, Bill and Me. Missing are Charlie and the Prat." I nodded at all of them. Bill looked to be about my age and Ron was probably in his fifth year while the twins were probably in their seventh. Whoever the 'prat' was, I didn't want to be him. Molly finally came bustling in with two plates of food. One was literally overflowing and the other consisted of bacon and eggs. She placed the overflowing one in front of me and handed the other one to Sirius.
"Eat it all. Bill you'd better hurry up or you'll be late." She tutted around the table to tap on her son's shoulder. I was suddenly starving so I inhaled half of the plate before I reminded myself to eat slowly so I wouldn't throw up later. Bill stood up shortly after Molly had tapped him on the shoulder.
"It was wonderful to meet you, Calli." He said. I smiled up at him.
"You too, Bill." I replied. He smiled back and walked out the door.
"You two would make a cute couple." Molly interjected smiling. I smothered my laughter at the sound of Sirius choking on whatever he had in his mouth at the time.
"Thanks for trying to marry off my girl, Molly." He sputtered. Everyone turned on him at once.
"Ha! Pay up Ron! I told you he was getting action from her!" George announced loudly. Ron unwillingly handed him a sickle while muttering something unintelligible under his breath.
"What?" Molly asked. I looked at Sirius and shook my head when he gestured for me to explain. Hey he said it.
"We have decided we are dating, of sorts." he explained reaching down the table to hold onto my hand. I smiled and grabbed his hand. Ginny and Ron were smirking and laughing at Fred who was making gagging noises behind his hand.
"Of sorts?" Molly questioned.
"Well we can't go on an actual date considering the fact that Sirius can't go outside." I answered shrugging. She sighed and sat down across from me.
"So Calli, How are your parents doing?" She asked, trying to change the subject. Sirius squeezed on my hand.
"My parents have been dead for almost six years." I replied focusing on my food.
"That's awful." Ginny said. I shrugged again. Ron decided to change the subject this time.
"I thought you needed three years of training to become an Auror. How come you just got given a job?" He questioned.
"I was home schooled. I never went to Hogwarts, so when I was fourteen, the ministry scooped me up because of my great talent. My parents died shortly after I finished my training." I explained.
"Cool." He said. I smiled.
"Any other questions?" I teased, gently nudging Ginny with my elbow. She grinned widely at me.
"All right. Now I want Ron to start cleaning up his room as he'll be sharing his room with Harry. Fred, George, you are to get rid of all of your pranking items. Ginny if you could help me clean up the living room. Thank you." Molly declared standing up and assigning various chores to each kids. They all nodded and cleared out with Molly following after them, carrying Sirius and I 's breakfast dishes. I got up and stretched.
"Well I an going to head home and get some new clothes." I said. Sirius stood up and came up beside me.
"I would ask you to come but that would just be cruel." I explained trying to make myself feel better.
"Would you mind if I snuck out with you?" He asked. I smiled at him.
"Of course I wouldn't. How are you going to sneak out?" I answered. Then right in front of my eyes eh transformed into a dog. He was black and scruffy. And rather cute too.
"All right lets go. I'm assuming we're walking because I don't know if dogs can apparate and why not extend this." I was blabbering. I opened the door and out we escaped.
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Two hours later we came back giggling madly. Well more accurately I was giggling madly, while Sirius was pouting as he changed back to himself.
"You just had to mention that I didn't have a name." He complained I was giggling again and leaned in and kissed his cheek. I refused to respond to that.
"That's a new colour." He announced suddenly pointing at my hair and pulling a piece out in front of my face so I could see. It was lavender in colour.
"It must be because of my giggling. I usually never giggle." I guessed.
"Yeah you don't seem like the giggly type." He retorted.
"Shut up." I replied shoving his shoulder. Remus poked his head out of the library and came to look down the stairs.
"There you are. Where have you been?" He questioned looking at Sirius.
"Elsewhere." He answered. Sometimes that man could be infuriating. Tonks came out behind Remus and glared at me.
"You here now." She demanded pointing at me then at the stairs beside her. I smiled at her and climbed up the stairs to stand beside her. She then dragged me into the library.
"What is going on between you and Sirius?" She immediately asked. I raised my eyebrows at her.
"What's going on between you and Remus?" I shot back.
"Well, um, what were you two doing in the living room?" She sputtered. Darn I almost had her.
"Talking. What were you two doing in the library?" I echoed. She glared at me and I smiled back at her innocently.
"Talking. What were you talking about?" She questioned.
"Harry. I felt I had failed in my promise to Sirius to keep Harry safe. He thought otherwise. What were you talking about?" I was having this much fun, so why end it now.
"Books. What else happened?" She answered.
"Well, after I explained why I felt bad he pointed out that I had also promised to be careful and then he pointed out my black eye. I told hi m that a black eye was careful in my books. Then he asked my permission for a kiss and then we kissed. What else happened with you?" I explained then looked at her. I had spilt my guts, so she had to spill hers. She sighed.
"Yeah we were talking and then we just got caught in the moment. It was really great." She finally admitted. She was smiling.
"So are you two serious?" I asked.
"I'm not sure, are you and Sirius serious?" She questioned.
"Yep we are." I answered happily. She sighed.
"Lucky you." She said.
"Want to go listen to Sirius tell Remus that he snuck out?" I asked already knowing the answer. She got a evil look in her eyes as she nodded her head up and down. We crept silently to the door and pressed our ears against it. Their voices were slightly muffled but we could still hear them.
"So where have you been all morning?" Remus asked.
"I snuck out to spend sometime outside with Calli." He answered nonchalantly.
"What! Don't you realize how dangerous that was!" Remus demanded.
"Yeah I think that kid bruised my ego." He replied. I stifled my giggle at the memory of the little muggle girl naming Sirius 'Snuggles'. Tonks looked at me, confused. I just shook my head.
"Sirius! I am being serious! That was dangerous for both of you! How could you be so stupid!" He was ranting now.
"Remus I hadn't been outside in a little over a year. I only wanted to have something that could qualify as a date with Calli. It was all for her, and the risk was worth it." He explained. I felt really touched. He may not be good at the romantic things, like flowers, but he was as sweet as sugar when he wanted to be.
"How does that count as a reason for endangering your life? Do you want Harry to be alone again? With no hope for a family in the wizarding world?" Remus asked rather loudly.
"I never said it was a good reason, but it was still worth it. Maybe you could relate if you would get your head out of the sand and ask out Tonks." He answered. Tonks blushed bright pink and I had to stifle my laughter again. I could hear Remus sputtering on the other side of the door.
"I am thirteen years older than her." He offered weakly.
"I'm twelve years older than Calli. That's a weak excuse." Sirius pointed out. He had a point. (A.n FYI Calli is a year older than Tonks)
"I'm too dangerous for her." Remus tried. I heard Sirius snort.
"And I'm not. Weak." He said.
"What is there possibly to like about me Sirius? Why would she date me in the first place?" He quietly asked. I looked at Tonks and gestured for her to go say something. She looked at me and furiously shook her head no. I nodded yes to her slowly and jerked my head to one side. She shook her head at me again. She could be really stubborn sometimes.
"Why don't you ask anyways?" Tonks wasn't the only one who was stubborn and pushy. Sirius took the cake in the pushy part however.
"Not tonight. We have to be focused tonight." Remus said with a tone of finality in his voice.
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A.n Bit of a filler chapter, on the other hand Tonks has officially met all the Weasleys. I can't remember if Percy was being a prat in the fifth book so go with it. Bill was there for a breakfast thing while he was in Britain for Gringotts. Thanks review!