Siriusly Hooked Up

By Mae Silverpaws

Chapter 15

Court Orders and Cell Phones

Remus walked into #12 with a very perplexed look on his face. The three gift bags in his hand forgotten. How did someone find him on Grimmauld Place? Remus stopped in the entry hall and pulled out his phone, he tapped two buttons

"Hi, Mayghan, Sorry to bother you after hours, and all, but could you please check into why I would be served papers on the doorstep of #12. Also could you please look into the fidelious charm on the house, it's very odd that someone even knew to wait here til they saw me. Thanks and this doesn't have to be done til tomorrow so be sure to relax tonight and enjoy your evening. You're the best thanks" Remus hung up his phone and walked into the main foyer of the house.

"Siri!" He called, "We might have a problem you old mutt."

Sirius Black popped his head round the door jam of the library, "Something wrong with the kids? Death eaters finally find Harry? What's wrong!" he demanded.

"No nothing like that." said Remus entering the library and draping his coat over his desk chair, "Someone found me on Grimmauld Place. They were looking for either you or me to give us a notice. If they know to wait on this street then you aren't safe you old mutt. The authorities will find you quicker then you can clear your name."

Sirius thought for a moment and then said, "Yeah we better look into the strength of the fidelious but my lawyer needed an address I didn't know what to do so I gave them this one."
Remus sighed and looked at his friend, "Sirius, Sirius, Sirius…. You give out the Obsidian address or ask me to get the goblins to set you up with a delivery address. How did you know that the lawyer wasn't going to hand that address over to the muggle authorities? Granted they probably couldn't get into the house but they could camp outside the door and make life pretty miserable. Now should we see what this note says?"
Remus handed Sirius the folded paper and waited while his friend examined it carefully. Slowly he opened it.

It appeared to be a notice of a court hearing on the following Wednesday. Sirius smiled. "Remi old man if this is what I think it is I'll be cleared before the kids come home.

Hogwarts is out in what two weeks right?"

Remus nodded. "I've asked Mayghan to look into this first thing in the morning. But in the mean time I'd send an email to your lawyer and make sure this is legit."

Sirius made a couple clicks with his mouse and quickly, for him, sent an email to his lawyer. "She usually checks her mail in the evening so we should get an answer tonight. Now who is the Mayghan? Kreacher said she is quite fetching."

"Mayghan is my assistant at Obsidian. I met her last night when I stopped in to check on a couple things. Geeze Sirius I have a corner office with a wonderful view and I think I'm the only one on that floor. There's even a private elevator."
Sirius smiled at his friend's amazement. "Yeah that's father's old office. Yup, quite the view up there. He used to take me there with him occasionally until I was sorted into Gryffindor. Is it still all dark and gloomy?"
"Not at all" said Remus smiling, "it's airy and everything is decorated in light beige and brown tones, Heck there are even sunrise paintings on the walls. Mayghan's area reminds me of a fancy coffee shop actually."

"It's still charmed to work with the current CEO's tastes then. Father was always dark and gloomy. But he did charm the ceiling like the Great Hall to show the night sky he loved to star gaze. Probably partially where he got our names."

Just then Remus jumped and reached into his pocket, Sirius gave him a very confused look as he pulled a small shiny dark blue piece of plastic out of his pocket and after hitting a button held it to his ear. "Hi Mayghan," said Remus, "Of course I knew it was you, well mostly because no one else has this number yet." Sirius could hear a light female laugh coming from the device Remus was holding. "Oh good, yeah we will need that if you could arrange that ASAP and he'll need good muggle clothes too. I'm sure it does. Thanks Mayghan you're the best, night." Remus took the cell down from his ear and pushed another button before putting it back in his pocket.

"What in the world was that?" Sirius demanded as he pointed at Remus' pocket.

"Oh wow I totally forgot. It's just like the mirrors you charmed in school Siri. They are called blackberries and you can use it like a computer and a calendar and write messages and receive phone calls. They're amazing! I got you one, here." Remus handed Sirius the maroon and gold gift bag with a monogrammed S on the front. Sirius pulled the tissue paper out of it like he was expecting a prank. But instead found a dark brown blackberry phone in the bag along with a piece of paper with some numbers on it. "Here I'll show you how it works." said Remus "these numbers are your phone number so people can get in contact with you. You can call Japan or Russia or the US with this thing you just need to know the other person's number. Here email your lawyer with your number and tell her you have a blackberry." Sirius did as he was told.

"OK now I have had Mayghan already program in Harry, Hermione, and my numbers plus the main switchboard to Obsidian, oh yeah and my office number."

"Whoa wait, Harry and Hermione have these things too?" said Sirius still looking like it might bite him.
"Umm not yet but they will when they get home from Hogwarts. They are in the bags on my desk over there." Remus waved vaguely at his desk. "Hey what's the use of money if you can't have some fun with it? And besides they are charmed to be forever charged and work around magic. Actually I think they charge off the magic around them. This way we can talk to the kids at school next year. Just like the mirrors but so much better,"
Remus smiled at Sirius a glint in his eyes that Sirius hadn't seen since their school days.

It took almost two hours before Sirius finally got the hang of his phone.

Sirius got a glint in his eye as his friend turned to leave the library for the night, making sure that Remus was about half way to his suite Sirius pushed a button on his cell and waited. Soon he heard Remus on the line.

"What Paddy?"
"What did that bird, Mayghan, want earlier?"

"First she is not a bird she's my assistant and second she said she had looked into the summons and it was legit. The two of us will got to Obsidian the day after tomorrow and she will have a barber there and a tailor so that you can get all cleaned up for the hearing."
"I AM NOT CUTTING MY HAIR!" bellowed Sirius.

"Hey! I heard that without the phone." complained Remus, "fine you don't have to cut it but you do have to clean it up and shave and get good muggle clothes and get presentable. You are trying to clear your name after all."

"Muggles can get clothes that quick? Why not a magical to make the clothes?"

"Like Mayghan said the Black name still has a lot of pull in both the magical and muggle world it'll be done in time for your hearing. Now good night Sirius I'm turning my phone off for the night now."
"Night Remi." said Sirius. Sirius stayed up half the night playing with his new toy totally amazed at how a mirror and 3 bored boys at school could have turned into something as amazing as the little device he was holding in his hand.