Disclaimer: I don't own any characters (except Ebony and Darien) or Harry Potter.


Ebony arrived back at Sirius' cell, who was pacing around in his cell, sick with worry. As soon as he saw Ebony, he rushed over.

"What's wrong? Why did he scream?"

Ebony gently placed Harry on the floor. "Dementor. I told him if he ever was in danger in Azkaban to yell,"

Sirius nodded. "Smart. But why is he unconscious?"

"He has a bad reaction towards them. Probably from his parents dying. Wouldn't you be upset if you saw your parents die?"

Sirius stared at her. "No."

"Me neither," Ebony muttered, thinking of her own parents.

Resting Harry's head in her lap, Ebony looked up at Sirius. "Well, I'll be staying here until Harry comes to. It would look a bit suspicious if I came out of Azkaban dragging an unconscious Boy-Who-Lived…"

Sirius sighed and sat on the other side of the bars, nearly next to Ebony.

"So…how are your parents?"

"Hopefully dead," Ebony mumbled, checking Harry's pulse in case it had changed.

"Hm…stupid question…how's The Prince of Vampires?" Sirius asked, casting a sidelong glance at her.

Sirius bet if Ebony was a human, she'd be blushing. "Darien is fine. Didn't know you cared."

Sirius grinned. "Of course I do! Why wouldn't I be interested in ickle Ebony's love?"

Ebony glared at him. "Okay, number one, I'm older than you. Number two, he is NOT my love. He's The Prince of Vampires and I'm…just Plain ol' Ebony. Who's a witch."

Sirius looked at her concerned. "Hey, what's wrong?"

Ebony didn't look at him.

Sirius lifted her head. "Hey, Ebony. You're a beautiful, young vampire that any other vampire would kill to get his hands on! I'm sure he remembers you! I mean, he saved you from being slayed, didn't he?"

Ebony looked sadly at her hands. "He's probably got better things to do with his time than even think of me."

Sirius raised an eyebrow. "If that's true, then why did he come to Hogwarts on visitor day in our sixth year?"

~~~Flashback~~~

Lilly and Ebony laughed as they watch Sirius get nailed in the head with a snowball by James.

"Hey, Lilly, are your parents coming?" Ebony asked her.

Lilly nodded happily. "For the first time! They're really excited; the only magical thing they've seen is Diagon Ally!"

James, who was listening, grinned. "Great, I get to meet the future in laws!"

"In your dreams, Potter!" Lilly snarled, but not as harshly as she used to, Ebony noticed.

"Are yours?" Remus asked Ebony.

Ebony laughed.

"No! They nearly had me slayed when I decided to attend here!"

James winced. "Your parents sound…charming."

Ebony let out a low laugh.

"You have no idea."

Sirius, Lilly and Ebony walked up to the front of the castle, while James ran to the Quidditch pitch and Remus retired to the Library.

Lilly craned her neck looking for her parents, before she abruptly let out a small gasp.

"Oh my god! That guy looks like you! Any relation, Ebony?"

Ebony glanced to where Lilly was pointing, then let out a small groan. "Oh no, what's Darien doing here?"

"You know him?" asked Sirius, a little jealous that someone else was stealing the attention of the Hogwarts girls.

Ebony nodded. "Yeah, he's The Prince of the Vampires."

Lilly's eyes lit up. "Oh! You mean the one who saved you from your parents?"

Ebony winced and nodded. Lilly kept staring at him. "He's not that bad to look at, either."

Ebony choked. "Lilly!"

"What? He is!"

Ebony shook her head vigorously. "No, it's not that, vampires have extra-sensitive hearing! He heard you say that!"

"Indeed," A silky voice cut into their conversation.

Ebony knelt before the black haired prince. "Your Highness. What brings you to Hogwarts?"

Darien looked down at Ebony with his red eyes. "Rise, Ebony. As for your question, I wished to see the reason you decided to disobey your parents. Just go about your daily business. Pretend I'm just another…friend."

Ebony stood up and turned to Lilly. "Hey, Lilly, isn't that your parents?"

Lilly looked up and started. "It is! MUM! DAD! OVER HERE!"

Darien winced from the high volume and turned to Ebony. "How do you stand this noise?"

Ebony shrugged. "Decades of practise."

"Ah, Lilly! How are you sweetie?" Mrs Evans arrived, pink cheeked.

Lilly beamed. "Mum! Dad! You made it!"

Mr Evans grinned. "Of course we did! We wouldn't miss seeing Hogwarts for anything!"

Mrs Evans turned to Ebony. "Ebony! It's been so long!"

Ebony smiled at Mrs Evans. "Mrs Evans! May I introduce you to Darien? He's-"

"A friend of her parents," Darien interrupted smoothly.

Mrs Evans beamed at him. "So nice to meet you!"

They all stood there, awkwardly, before Sirius interrupted by cursing and running away.

"Where's he going?" Lilly asked Ebony confused. Her question was answered a moment later by someone screeching, "Sirius Orion Black! Don't you run away from your mother!"

Ebony's eyes widened and forced on a grin. "Er, let's go inside! You simply have to see the inside of Hogwarts!" Lilly shot Ebony a 'what-the-hell-are-you-doing' look, before Ebony nodded towards the Slytherins and then Lilly's muggle parents.

Lilly's eyes widened in realisation and ushered her parents inside, leaving Ebony standing awkwardly with Darien. Ebony shuffled her feet, and shot Darien a nervous smile.

"Er, shall we?"

Darien nodded at her. "We shall."

With that, they walked to where Lilly had disappeared with her parents.

When they walked inside, Lilly was already waiting for them with her parents. Ebony clapped her hands. "Well, let's start the tour!"

"Hey, Lilly Flower, Ebony Rose! Catch!" Sirius called from the top of the stairs. That was all the warning they had before a scroll of parchment was launched at their head. Lilly leapt out of the way, while Ebony caught it with her vampire reflexes.

Ebony opened it and raised an eyebrow. "The Marauders Map? Don't you need this?"

Sirius shook his head. "Nah, I'll just be hiding from 'dear old mumsies' in the common rooms. You can use it for your tour and to hide from the Slytherins."

Ebony frowned and was about to defend them, but Lilly cut her off. "Thanks, Sirius."

Sirius was about to reply, before he heard his mom's screechy voice around the corner. Cursing, he quickly raced away.

Lilly grinned at Ebony. "Will you do the honours?" Ebony grinned back, a bit surprised at the slight change Lilly showed now that her parents were here.

Ebony tapped the parchment with her wand. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
Mr and Mrs Evans, who were previously staring at the parchment, confused, let out a gasp as ink appeared on the parchment. Darien blinked several times, surprised.

"Where should we go?" Ebony surveyed the map.

Lilly shrugged and turned to her parents and Darien. "Where would you like to go first, the Great Hall, the Quidditch Pitch, the Library or look at the classrooms?"

Darien shrugged and Mr and Mrs Evans looked at each other thoughtfully.

"Let's go to the…"

Where should they go first? You vote, I'll write!