Chapter Seven: Serious Arguments about Sirius
AMY
"Amy, are you even listening to me?"
Amy shot a glare at Roger. "Of course I am."
Roger sighed. He knew that she hadn't in fact been listening to him. Instead, she had been off in her own little world, either thinking about her boyfriend that wasn't him or thinking about her father. "It is vital that one of the three good houses win the Cup this year. We need our best chaser to be paying attention to what is happening."
"I'm paying attention. I was just temporarily zoning out." She flashed him a huge grin. "I do that sometimes."
Lena and Cho stifled giggles while Roger just rolled his eyes. "Back to work."
KATHERINE
Katherine was fussing over Remus when Snape entered the office.
"Your potion, Lupin. I trust you will take care to remember to take it," he said, putting an unnecessary pause between each word. He swept out of Remus' office without another word, his robes billowing out behind him.
Remus looked exasperatedly at Katherine. "Does anyone ever give me a break?"
"Of course not," she told him jokingly. "That would be much too simple."
"Kit—I talked to Amy the other day. You've been teaching her that Sirius is innocent."
Katherine's eyes became clouded, and almost angry. "I'm not going to lie to my daughter, Remus. Sirius is innocent."
"I want to believe it, Kit, you know I do," he said tiredly. "But the evidence is stacked against him. He's not a good guy, Kit, and Amy needs to know that."
"Well," Katherine began. "I will let you teach her that. But you should know that she's already dearly attached to him and she won't listen to you." She went to leave. "I'll be back by moonglow, okay?"
Remus nodded, his eyes already starting to droop. The full moon always tired him out before noon.
AMY
Amy sat with her head against Fred's chest, their hands lay intertwined between them. "Do you really think he did it?" she asked him, turning her head so that she could look at him.
Fred took a deep breath. "I don't know. It's what I've been told about him since I can remember." He smiled at her slightly. "You believe him?"
She shrugged. "He's my dad."
"That doesn't mean that he's good."
Amy hit him lightly. "I know that." She sighed. "I just don't understand how he would have done it. He was smart enough to carry it out, sure, but he would have done it differently. He would have been more discreet, more careful."
"How would you know?" he asked her.
Because that's how I would have done it. "I have heard all of the stories from dozens of people who knew him, and I did know him till I was two. He was always very gentle."
Fred looked at her seriously, something he did quite rarely. "If you really believe that," he began. He paused for a moment as she stared at him in anticipation. "If you really believe that, then I believe you."
Amy stared at him, unspeaking. Then, she smiled at him. "Have I ever told you that I love you?"
KATHERINE
"We have reason to believe that Lord Voldemort is targeting Harry. You will need to go into hiding."
The words rang in Lily's head as she stared blankly at her husband. They were targeting her little baby, her precious little boy. Dumbledore explained about the Fidelius Charm and all other precautions necessary.
"I am willing to take the job of secret-keeper—"
"Sirius can do it," James volunteered. Katherine stood behind the two of them, watching their reactions.
"Are you sure?" Dumbledore asked him warily.
James nodded. "I trust Sirius with my life, and my son's."
Two days afterwards, Katherine came to the pair of them. "We need to keep you safe. I'm a time-keeper. Basically, I'm the human version of a time-turner. I can be in two places at once, and if I take you with me, so will you. If Voldemort can bypass everything else, and we know that he probably could, you won't die."
Lily had never regretted allowing Katherine to keep them alive. What she had regretted was not fighting to keep the baby with her.