A/N: Hey guys! Okay, not this chapter, but the next is going to partially explain my stag. Okay? You'll probably still be a little confused, but hopefully it will satisfy you for a while because I'm going to focus a little bit more and the Hermione/Sirius relationship. Hope you all liked the new movie!
Sirius awoke the next morning from the sun shining on his face. He looked over at Lupin. He was still sound asleep.
"He sure needs it," Sirius said to himself now standing up and stretching. Suddenly, Sirius remembered his dream. It was about the stag. And Hermione. And they were... Sirius began hitting his head quite hard as though attempting to remember the rest. He couldn't. He needed to bring Harry to Hermione's house to maybe, well, talk to it or something. He needed to find out more about this. Sirius walked over the the desk and searched around for some parchment and a quill. He opened the drawers and finally came across some parchment and a magic quill. He began writing very fast.
Dear Hermione,
I miss you. I don't know what happened the other day but I needed to communicate with you. I'm at the Burrow right now. First I was with Remus but then we heard something about 4 Privet Drive burning down so we went to check it out and found out that Harry was safe at Ron's house. Harry and Ron were so surprised that I was alive. So was Remus. You should have seen the way they looked at me. I just thought I'd check up on you. Maybe you could come to the Burrow as well? I would most enjoy that. Write back soon.
Sirius
Sirius then folded the letter up and gave it to Pigwigeon who was fluttering around outside by the window and appeared to be playing with a hummingbird of some sort. Sirius then sent it off and prayed that he would receive a response by the end of the day. Sirius heard Lupin stirring in his sleep and muttering something about potions when suddenly he woke up.
"Sirius! You're alive! You... I thought it was a dream or something." Sirius laughed.
"Yes, I'm alive. No dream," Sirius pushed his hair back and stared at Remus. He looked like he could have used more sleep. He had dark rings under his eyes and his hair was all ruffled.
"Of course. I hope you slept well?"
"Oh yes, fine." Sirius actually had slept pretty well, despite the poky springs on the Weasley's twin beds, the comforters were rather nice. "Let's go down to the kitchen. I'm starving."
When they reached the kitchen, Sirius and Lupin found that all the Weasley's: the twins, Ron, Ginny, and Molly, were all already eating, and Harry as well. When the two men reached the kitchen, everyone was bustling around in their seats reaching for eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, toast, and so on. Scrambled eggs were spinning around the room and a piece of bacon dove into Sirius's mouth. The kitchen was a madhouse but Sirius and Lupin liked it.
"Good morning, you two! I hope you slept well! Now here are some seats for you," Mrs. Weasley shoved two chairs into the table, cramming it even more then it already was. "You two best help yourselves to anything you like. I'm sure you're very hungry." Harry looked over at Sirius and blinked a few times first before grinning widely at his godfather. Sirius smiled back while putting two pieces of bacon onto his plate and a small stack of toasted French bread. Lupin took a sausage and one piece of toast and some orange juice.
"We slept great," Lupin said. Sirius didn't bother to say he didn't since it wasn't her fault he slept badly. "This sausage is fantastic, Molly, thank you."
"Harry, how are you doing?" Sirius asked his Godson.
"Great, never better," Harry said truthfully.
"How's Hedwig? I haven't gotten a letter from her in a while," Sirius laughed.
"She's great," Harry said taking a bite of toast but not taking his eyes off Sirius.
"Harry hand me the potatoes," Ron said, his mouth full. Harry handed them to him. "You know," Ron continued, stuffing more food in his mouth, "we ought to invite Hermione shouldn't we, Harry?" Harry was about to answer when Sirius spilled his coffee all over the table and every stood up to keep from being dripped on.
"Sorry," Sirius said loudly. "How clumsy of me." He quickly did a spell to clean it all up and he apologized to Mrs. Weasley again.
"You all right, Sirius?" Harry said, standing up immediately and looking at Sirius tensely and protectively.
"No worries, dear. But is something the matter?" Mrs. Weasley asked Sirius affectionately.
"No, no, I'm just still a bit tired that's all," Sirius said wringing his hands together nervously. But Mrs. Weasley didn't notice.
"Ohhh, I'm sure you are, dear," Mrs. Weasley patted him on the shoulder and they all sat back down again.
"Harry, you wanna go for a walk around the garden after breakfast?" Sirius asked. He had some catching up to do with his Godson and there were some other things as well that he needed to know...
"Oh, yeah, of course," Harry said, his eyes glowing.
"Great," Sirius said.
"As I was saying," Ron said looking around the table. Sirius sighed silently. It was no use. "Maybe we ought to have Hermione for a while. Harry we need her help on our homework anyway."
"Yeah, definitely. Our potions homework is absoloutly ridiculous. There is no way we could get any ingredients for a memory potion around here."
"But knowing Hermione she probably keeps that stuff around the house for fun to help her memorize books with or something," said Ron. Mrs. Weasley eyed him scoldingly.
"Well," she said, "that girl is always welcome in my home. She's absoloutly wonderful to be around and incredibly gifted in witchcraft," Mrs. Weasley said while brushing some crumbs from the table. Sirius shifted in his chair and prayed silently that this wouldn't happen.
"Well then let's do it," said Fred. "We could always use another person to test our new Brains Always gumdrops on. I'm sure she'd looovvee those, eh George?"
"Oh yeah Fred. She'd LOVE them," George said. The twins laughed but all Sirius could think about is her being with him again except in the Weasley's house instead. He wasn't sure he could handle it.
"I'll mail her right now," Ron said, standing up and pulling out some parchment and beginning to scribble down something quickly. When he'd finished Ron looked out the window.
"Mum, where's Errol?" Ron said looking out the window confusedly while squinting his eyes in the sunlight.
"Well she was hear this morning when she brought some checks from the Ministry for Father..." Mrs. Weasley mumbled while walking over to the window to look with Ron. Sirius was getting nervous by the second. At that very moment, Errol flew through the open window between Ron and Mrs. Weasley and landed with a thud and a mad flutter of feathers on Sirius's lap. Sirius took the letter, slowly and awkwardly as Errol hobbled out the window and flew obliquely into the morning sky. Sirius opened the letter quickly while everyone watched him curiously as he read his letter.
Sirius,
I've missed you as well. I'm sorry I was short with you, I don't know what's the matter with me but hopefully I can manage to explain it all later. Our few days together were fantastic and hopefully this summer we can spend more. Talk to the Weasley's about my coming to stay for a while. Thanks for writing. It's been rather lonely without you.
Yours truly, Hermione
Sirius looked up slowly uneasily as everyone's eyes stared silently at him, waiting for a response or some sort of explanation.
Uh-Oh, Sirius thought. He definitely did have some explaining to do.
Sirius awoke the next morning from the sun shining on his face. He looked over at Lupin. He was still sound asleep.
"He sure needs it," Sirius said to himself now standing up and stretching. Suddenly, Sirius remembered his dream. It was about the stag. And Hermione. And they were... Sirius began hitting his head quite hard as though attempting to remember the rest. He couldn't. He needed to bring Harry to Hermione's house to maybe, well, talk to it or something. He needed to find out more about this. Sirius walked over the the desk and searched around for some parchment and a quill. He opened the drawers and finally came across some parchment and a magic quill. He began writing very fast.
Dear Hermione,
I miss you. I don't know what happened the other day but I needed to communicate with you. I'm at the Burrow right now. First I was with Remus but then we heard something about 4 Privet Drive burning down so we went to check it out and found out that Harry was safe at Ron's house. Harry and Ron were so surprised that I was alive. So was Remus. You should have seen the way they looked at me. I just thought I'd check up on you. Maybe you could come to the Burrow as well? I would most enjoy that. Write back soon.
Sirius
Sirius then folded the letter up and gave it to Pigwigeon who was fluttering around outside by the window and appeared to be playing with a hummingbird of some sort. Sirius then sent it off and prayed that he would receive a response by the end of the day. Sirius heard Lupin stirring in his sleep and muttering something about potions when suddenly he woke up.
"Sirius! You're alive! You... I thought it was a dream or something." Sirius laughed.
"Yes, I'm alive. No dream," Sirius pushed his hair back and stared at Remus. He looked like he could have used more sleep. He had dark rings under his eyes and his hair was all ruffled.
"Of course. I hope you slept well?"
"Oh yes, fine." Sirius actually had slept pretty well, despite the poky springs on the Weasley's twin beds, the comforters were rather nice. "Let's go down to the kitchen. I'm starving."
When they reached the kitchen, Sirius and Lupin found that all the Weasley's: the twins, Ron, Ginny, and Molly, were all already eating, and Harry as well. When the two men reached the kitchen, everyone was bustling around in their seats reaching for eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, toast, and so on. Scrambled eggs were spinning around the room and a piece of bacon dove into Sirius's mouth. The kitchen was a madhouse but Sirius and Lupin liked it.
"Good morning, you two! I hope you slept well! Now here are some seats for you," Mrs. Weasley shoved two chairs into the table, cramming it even more then it already was. "You two best help yourselves to anything you like. I'm sure you're very hungry." Harry looked over at Sirius and blinked a few times first before grinning widely at his godfather. Sirius smiled back while putting two pieces of bacon onto his plate and a small stack of toasted French bread. Lupin took a sausage and one piece of toast and some orange juice.
"We slept great," Lupin said. Sirius didn't bother to say he didn't since it wasn't her fault he slept badly. "This sausage is fantastic, Molly, thank you."
"Harry, how are you doing?" Sirius asked his Godson.
"Great, never better," Harry said truthfully.
"How's Hedwig? I haven't gotten a letter from her in a while," Sirius laughed.
"She's great," Harry said taking a bite of toast but not taking his eyes off Sirius.
"Harry hand me the potatoes," Ron said, his mouth full. Harry handed them to him. "You know," Ron continued, stuffing more food in his mouth, "we ought to invite Hermione shouldn't we, Harry?" Harry was about to answer when Sirius spilled his coffee all over the table and every stood up to keep from being dripped on.
"Sorry," Sirius said loudly. "How clumsy of me." He quickly did a spell to clean it all up and he apologized to Mrs. Weasley again.
"You all right, Sirius?" Harry said, standing up immediately and looking at Sirius tensely and protectively.
"No worries, dear. But is something the matter?" Mrs. Weasley asked Sirius affectionately.
"No, no, I'm just still a bit tired that's all," Sirius said wringing his hands together nervously. But Mrs. Weasley didn't notice.
"Ohhh, I'm sure you are, dear," Mrs. Weasley patted him on the shoulder and they all sat back down again.
"Harry, you wanna go for a walk around the garden after breakfast?" Sirius asked. He had some catching up to do with his Godson and there were some other things as well that he needed to know...
"Oh, yeah, of course," Harry said, his eyes glowing.
"Great," Sirius said.
"As I was saying," Ron said looking around the table. Sirius sighed silently. It was no use. "Maybe we ought to have Hermione for a while. Harry we need her help on our homework anyway."
"Yeah, definitely. Our potions homework is absoloutly ridiculous. There is no way we could get any ingredients for a memory potion around here."
"But knowing Hermione she probably keeps that stuff around the house for fun to help her memorize books with or something," said Ron. Mrs. Weasley eyed him scoldingly.
"Well," she said, "that girl is always welcome in my home. She's absoloutly wonderful to be around and incredibly gifted in witchcraft," Mrs. Weasley said while brushing some crumbs from the table. Sirius shifted in his chair and prayed silently that this wouldn't happen.
"Well then let's do it," said Fred. "We could always use another person to test our new Brains Always gumdrops on. I'm sure she'd looovvee those, eh George?"
"Oh yeah Fred. She'd LOVE them," George said. The twins laughed but all Sirius could think about is her being with him again except in the Weasley's house instead. He wasn't sure he could handle it.
"I'll mail her right now," Ron said, standing up and pulling out some parchment and beginning to scribble down something quickly. When he'd finished Ron looked out the window.
"Mum, where's Errol?" Ron said looking out the window confusedly while squinting his eyes in the sunlight.
"Well she was hear this morning when she brought some checks from the Ministry for Father..." Mrs. Weasley mumbled while walking over to the window to look with Ron. Sirius was getting nervous by the second. At that very moment, Errol flew through the open window between Ron and Mrs. Weasley and landed with a thud and a mad flutter of feathers on Sirius's lap. Sirius took the letter, slowly and awkwardly as Errol hobbled out the window and flew obliquely into the morning sky. Sirius opened the letter quickly while everyone watched him curiously as he read his letter.
Sirius,
I've missed you as well. I'm sorry I was short with you, I don't know what's the matter with me but hopefully I can manage to explain it all later. Our few days together were fantastic and hopefully this summer we can spend more. Talk to the Weasley's about my coming to stay for a while. Thanks for writing. It's been rather lonely without you.
Yours truly, Hermione
Sirius looked up slowly uneasily as everyone's eyes stared silently at him, waiting for a response or some sort of explanation.
Uh-Oh, Sirius thought. He definitely did have some explaining to do.
