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As soon as word had gotten out that Sirius Black had been spotted and Ron and I were in the hospital wing after a certain 'incident', everyone in Hogwarts was in chaos. Madame Pomfrey was doing her best to shoo everyone out of the Hospital Wing, until Dumbledore himself had to come step in and threaten everyone who wasn't a close friend or relative.

I must have dozed off because the room was now empty aside from Dumbledore and Snape talking softly in the corner. Ron was fast asleep, his leg in a sling, and I was in the bed across from him, with my arm in the same state as his leg. I looked to my bedside table to see boxes and boxes of chocolate frogs stacked next to a handmade card.

Dear Artemis,

I'm writing this because I'm bored and I'm waiting for you to wake up already. Your arm looks terrible. Whoever did this to you will pay. None of the professors are saying anything about what happened to you and Weasley…

Pomfrey is trying to make me leave right now, so I suppose I won't be there when you wake up. Anyways feel better Artemis and I'm hoping the chocolate frogs will make you happy.

- Draco

I smiled and held the card to my chest. Dumbledore and Snape looked up, realizing I was awake. Snape cleared his throat, nodded at Dumbledore, and walked out of the Hospital Wing.

"I expect your friends are waiting for you in the Astronomy Tower?" Dumbledore said, clasping his hands.

"Sorry, what?" I asked confused. With that he left the room without another word. "Ok then…" I swung my legs over the bed slowly. I tried to put on my jacket with one arm, but ended up failing. I guess I'd have to freeze. I slipped out of the room and made my way to the Astronomy Tower, not really sure what to expect. With today's events, anything could happen.

I walked up the spiral steps of the Astronomy Tower and saw Harry and Sirius talking together. Sirius had a firm grip on Harry's shoulder and seemed to be telling him something wonderful because Harry had a grin on his face. Once he saw me, he let go of Harry and smiled at me. Harry looked over his shoulder at me and walked towards me.

"I'll see you down there." He said softly, and walked down the stairs. I walked over to the rail where Sirius was.

"Feeling better?" he asked.

"Loads." I looked down at my limp arm in its sling. There was a small silence. "Will Professor Lupin be ok?"

"Of course. He's a werewolf you see." He looked down at me and grinned. "And werewolves go through this transformation every time there's a full moon. A few days of solitude is all that it takes."

"Oh…ok. That's good then." I glanced at the moon. "And you? I mean are you free now?"

Sirius chuckled.

"I'm afraid not my dear. Nobody will believe my story. So for now I'm still a wanted man." My eyes dropped down to the ground. I grabbed his hand on an impulse. He gripped it tightly. "I'll get through though, and you know you and Harry can always visit me in the summer." I nodded, still looking down at the ground. The small amount of hope I had of having a father in my life and to live as one big happy family was crushed. My eyes began to well up and before I could stop myself.

"Artemis?" He lifted my chin so that I was looking at him. "What makes you sad?"

"I…I just- I don't know." I hiccupped and wiped my eyes. He hugged me close to him and we stood there for a few moments. "I want you t-to stay." I pouted.

"I wish I could too." He petted my hair as he spoke. "If I could make up for those 13 years, I would. It is what it is though."

"So you have to go?" I asked quietly. He bent down on one knee so that he was level with me.

"Yes, but I will always be a moment away. You can owl me anytime you know?" I nodded. "I want to hear about everything that's going on. You here?" I nodded again. "I'll be no further than your mum is."

"But I have so many questions to ask you." I pouted again.

"I've got time for one." He smiled. I exhaled slowly. I didn't know where to start. How did he meet my mum? What took him so long to get here? What happened after he tried to save Harry's parents? Did he still love my mum?

"How did you know it was me, down at the Shrieking Shack?" It kind of just escaped out of my mouth. He nodded thoughtfully.

"Well…Remus -er Professor Lupin as you may know him- told me he had a student named Artemis, the name your mum and I named our daughter. Sure, there could be other Artemis's out there, however your last name is also Trimble, your mother's dad's last name. Lupin also told me you had a rebellious attitude and that you were on Snape's bad side." We both laughed at this. "He showed me a picture of you, and I knew it had to be you because it looked almost exactly like your mum." I blinked at him, entranced at his story. "Aren't you glad you didn't inherit my genes? You'd have the face of a criminal." He laughed gently. I looked at him sadly.

"I wish I had your looks. I'd be proud to look like such a brave person." He smiled his charming smile now.

"I'm not brave." He chuckled modestly. "Well you have my personality anyways, but I don't know how well that'll get you in school."

"It's gotten me into a few sticky situations so far." I laughed thinking about First Year, and my problems with Professor Snape and Draco.

"I'll have to hear all about it in those letters." He began to stand up. "For now, I have to go if I ever want to get out of here alive." I nodded, understanding now. I hugged him tightly once more and took in his musky smell, the feel of his thin leather jacket, his exposed chest, the sound of his pulse against my ear. I had a dad now. It was the best feeling in the world, (next to kissing Draco… uhhh I mean what?) and I never wanted to let go of that feeling.

We finally parted. He let out a shrill whistle, and Buckbeak came soaring towards us.

"You are so beautiful Artemis. Stay safe. I love you." And with that, he mounted Buckbeak and took off towards the mountains. I watched him disappear off into the distance until he was nothing more than a speck.

"Bye Dad, I love you too." I whispered.


"So let me get this straight… Sirius Black is your dad, and this isn't some kind of sick joke?"

"Yes, and keep it down will you." I looked around to see if anyone was around. I was walking with Draco back from his Quidditch practice a few days after the incident, and I had just explained to him the entire story. He'd been bugging me about it endlessly so I finally just gave in and told him.

"You know what this means don't you?" he said, not bothering to lower his voice. I looked at him sheepishly.

"What?" Would he dump me because my dad was a criminal? Oh Merlin, here it comes. He was going to break up with me and tell everyone that my dad was Sirius Black.

"The Blacks are related to the Malfoys! Technically you'd be…" he paused to count his fingers "my third cousin!" he turned to me with wide eyes. We both made faces of disgust. If it was even possible, Draco seemed to turn even whiter.

"Awkward…" I mumbled. I couldn't help but giggle though.

"What's so funny? I've been snogging my bloody cousin for months without even knowing!"

"No, I'm laughing because of all things you can say when I tell you I'm the daughter of Azkaban's Most Wanted, you're worried over the fact that we're slightly related."

"It's just wrong though!"

"No one needs to know." I batted my eyelashes at him. "It could be our little secret."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." He half smiled. "It's still weird though." I frowned at him.

We entered the castle, and we dropped the conversation. We got to the dungeons and waited outside while Draco changed and put away his Quidditch gear. The Slytherins that used to give me dirty looks when they saw me hanging around their territory, now got used to the idea of me being around, and simply just ignored me. Draco came back out and we walked to the Dining Hall for dinner. He played with my fingers with his own, teasing me to no end. We still weren't ready to be announced as boyfriend and girlfriend, even though it was painfully obvious.

"Are we still going to the library after dinner?"

"Of course, unless you don't want to be seen with your cousin?" I said for only him to hear.

"Oh shut it!" he scowled at me. I smiled widely back at him and we split off; him to the Slytherin table, and me to the Gryffindor table.

I took my spot between Hermione and Ginny and began filling my plate with food. A few moments later Fred, George, and Angelina Johnson sat down across from us. Fred and Angelina were arguing over something, as usual. You could cut the sexual tension between them with a butter knife. George looked at me and rolled his eyes. I laughed and gave him a look that told him I sympathized him for his 3rd wheel pain.

"How's your arm, Arty?" George asked with his big adorable goofy smile.

"It's getting better." I wiggled my fingers towards him. "I have movement in my fingers now." I smiled proudly.

"Good progress." He laughed and took a big helping of steak and kidney pie. "Oh!" he exclaimed with his fork halfway to his mouth.

"What?" I looked at him with a worried look.

"Never mind, it can wait."

"George." I whined "Tell me!"

"I'll tell you later…it has to do with the thing I gave to –ahem-" his eyes darted towards Harry.

"OH! Right, right." He must be talking about the Marauders' Map. "Ok, tell me after dinner." At this point I could tell Hermione wasn't reading her book anymore, but clearly eaves dropping onto what we were talking about.

"What are you guys talking about?" Ginny asked, probably reading Hermione's mind.

"Nothing." George, Fred, and I all said at once. Angelina joined in on the suspicious looks.

"No, do tell." Angelina raised an eyebrow at Fred.

"Well it has to do with a certain someone's birthday-" George started.

"But it's a surprise!" Fred finished. Angelina's scowl smoothed into a huge smile. Her birthday indeed was coming up soon.

"Oh you two…uhh…three." She said looking at the twins, then me, with wide eyes.

"Now if you would have stayed out of our business then you wouldn't have ruined the surprise." Fred said nonchalantly. What an arse. Angelina gave him a well-deserved punch to the shoulder.

"Here we go again." George mumbled.


I hung back after dinner to walk with Fred and George. Once they were done shoveling their faces with food, we got up and walked back to the Common Room.

"Tonight's the night!" Fred said excitedly.

"We're going on an adventure." George smiled down at me.

" And you're our partner in crime."

"You in?" They both said. I looked at the both of them as I pretended to mull it over.

"Alright…what exactly does this adventure involve?"

"You'll see, don't fret little one." George said ruffling my hair. I pushed his hand away and muttered the password and the portrait to the common room swung open.

"Meet us in the common room at midnight, ok?" Fred said as we climbed through the portrait hole.

"Okay!"

"You better not chicken out on us."

"Don't worry, I won't." I began to climb the stairs to the Girls' Dormitory.

"Oh, and Fred?" Fred stopped just as he was about to ascend the stairs.

"Yeah?"

"You better come up with a damn good birthday party for Angelina."