Epilogue- Ten Years Later
Callidora took a deep breath before knocking on the large, heavy-looking black door of number twelve Grimmauld Place. Albus Dumbledore had told her about the house and had shown it to her once. She was now here on his request.
She sighed again and looked around. She was about to meet her father for the first time and she couldn't deny that she was scared. Every day she thought about her mother and the events that took place when she was five and every day she tried to forget it again.
Despite what happened, she thought she turned out alright. She had been found by a group called the Order of the Phoenix and since then Dumbledore had looked out for her. She had been attending a magic school in Australia and living with a Muggle family there that took her in. She loved them like they were her own family, though she still kept the photo of her mother and father that she had.
She didn't remember what happened to her mother after she was found. Callidora guessed that her mother had been buried and placed somewhere but she wasn't sure if she really wanted to know or not. She knew her mother tried everything to protect her and it still wasn't enough.
Callidora did know that her father was Sirius Black and that he had been in Azkaban. All wizarding communities around the world had heard about him but at the time she didn't realise they were talking about her father. His time in Azkaban seemed to have greatly hurt him, appearance wise. And speaking of which, Callidora knew she looked just like him, before Azkaban.
Eventually the door opened and she found herself faced with a tall, thin man with brown hair which was greying heavily. He didn't look that old. Callidora looked him over quickly. If she had to guess she would have asked if he was a werewolf. She only thought it from the hair and his scarred face.
His hazel eyes searched her. 'Who are you?'
She straightened a little. 'I am Callidora Black. Dumbledore was expecting me,' she stated clearly.
The man looked at her untrustingly but he allowed her to pass. The inside of the house wasn't very nice at all. It was dark and the smell was stale. It appeared dusty and neglected. Callidora pondered for moment if this was home or not. She placed her things at the door and followed the man into what appeared to be the living room.
It was quite a large room with greying carpet which was fading fast and the walls were all white and flaky. It greatly needed to be re-done and the room was decorated with black, leather sofas and a few armchairs with a bookcase in the corner. Callidora's eyes glanced over everything quickly before the door on the other side opened and two men walked in.
She recognised one of them as Dumbledore and she knew instantly that the other man was Sirius Black. It felt so unreal to finally see him in the flesh. Dumbledore smiled at her, his bright blue eyes twinkling. Callidora returned the small, though hers was small and nervous.
'Sirius, this is your daughter, Callidora,' said Albus.
Callidora and Sirius stared at each other before anything was done. Sirius extended his hand and Callidora eventually took it and they shook hands.
'Sirius hasn't known about you for very long,' explained Albus. 'He didn't know your mother was pregnant and he only found out a few months ago.'
'You didn't tell him before this?' asked Callidora.
'I've been in Azkaban,' said Sirius bitterly.
Callidora closed her mouth and nodded. She had momentarily forgotten about that. He only got out of prison two years ago. It might have been too much to tell him about his daughter then and he and her mother must have loved each other at some point and to hear about her death must have been hard. Callidora didn't really know anything about her mother and her past but she was only guessing.
Callidora kept looking at Sirius between thoughts. She couldn't believe how much she really did look like him. She found it shocking. Even Sirius had trouble not looking at his daughter. After a long moment, Sirius moved and left the room. Callidora wasn't sure how to feel but Albus gave her a small smile.
'He's still adjusting to life outside and this was his parents' house. He doesn't like it here.'
Callidora nodded and she went with Albus into the hallway and they walked to the end. Albus opened another door and the stairs led downwards. 'I think it's time you meet the rest of the Order.'
Callidora nodded and she followed Albus down the stairs and into the kitchen.
