Chapter 25: Gypsy Ball
The hall was already filled with every Gypsy in the Village. I walked and moved myself around everyone until I stood next to my grandmother. She smiled as she looked at me over. "You look like your mother minus the hair." She says and I laughed softly at her comment.
"Thank you Nana." I said to her and hugged her. I heard her clear her throat and everyone became silent to listen to her.
"I would love to introduce the Lady!" She yelled out to everyone which their eyes looked at me. "My daughter Sophie had two daughters of her own, internal twins. This one will rule when I die." She yelled and I looked up at her. I didn't want to think of her dying on me or leaving me for one minute, I smiled anyways. It was all about appearance with this village. I noticed for the first time that the Minister was here. As far as I remember no wizards or witches knew the location of Gypsy Ville. "She has come here to be at this ball to show she cares about her people, you all." She says and bowed her head slightly. I bowed my head slightly as well and smiled more at my grandmother. She turned back to me and placed a small crown on my head. "This was your mother's crown before she fell in love with your father." She explained to me.
"I am honored to wear this crown of all the passed Lady Gypsy's." I said loudly so everyone could hear me. I could hear everyone clapping and I turned to the Minister of Magic, Fudge. "Minister Fudge I take it you were invited here to the ball." I said to him as I politely started a conversation.
"Yes, your grandmother invited me but a few of her guards brought me here." He explained and I smiled more.
"No wizard or witch has ever had the knowledge of were exactly Gypsy Ville really is." I explained to him and turned around to my new people. That's when I saw him, Sirius Black; he was scratched and bruised up. A few of the guards were holding him and trying to take him back out of the ball. I raised my hand in the air and silence came over the room. "Wait!" I yelled out and the guards stopped as they looked at me. I ran down the few steps and ran towards the doors. Everyone moved out of my way and stopped in front of the guards and Sirius. "How did you get here Sirius?" I asked and I watched his eyes look over the dress on me. The guard on the left noticed Sirius' eyes on my body and jerked him a bit until his eyes were on mine.
"I followed after putting the tracking charm on you." He said then his eyes looked behind him as Lily, Remus, and James all looked for worst as Sirius does. My sister Cass stood there with a guard holding fire towards her, Remus was glaring at the guard. I laughed when my sister snatched the fire torch out of the guard's hands and tossed it behind them.
"Release them and you all know that's my sister Cass." I said to the guards and they did release them. I turned around and walked more into the hall. I stopped when Sirius yanked on my arm and I spun around to face him. My hand smacked him across the face, a red mark already forming on his face from my hand. "You have no idea who you're dealing with Sirius." I said and took a few steps away.
"You choose this life now?" Cass asked as she looked around at everyone eyeing her because they knew her secrets. "You choose this? After everything we did to survive? We have each other and you turn your back on me now?" Cass asked and I knew she was getting madder by the minute.
"I choose this because I can't have what I really want." I said in a low voice and my eyes were looking at the grey cobble stone floor. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up into my Grandmother's face.
"Maybe you should get them cleaned up in anther room?" She suggested as her eyes softened as she looked at my sister. I turned away and led them down the hall that leads to the rooms like my mother's. I let the boys in one room and the girls in our mother's room. I left the girls to clean up and change. I went to the boy's room and knocked. The door and Remus pulled me into the room.
"Sit down because we have a lot to say." He said as he led me to the bed. I sat down and looked at the floor. "First of all, we'll start with your issues' with Sirius' ex girlfriend Marline. After you left she confessed to Lily that she wanted you away from Sirius so she could have him all to herself. You need to forgive him." He said in the smallest of voices which made me look up at him.
"Secondly, he's been miserable ever since you two split up. He really does love you." James added in and I looked over at him. I noticed Sirius wasn't in the room, he must be in the bathroom and I looked down.
"Enough, do you really think I haven't felt the pain of being betrayed by someone you love dearly?" I asked them and stood up. "I shed too many tears for him." I said and looked at them both. "Ask Lily, she will tell you that I cried way too much." I said and looked away as the bathroom door opened up. I turned around completely, not wanting to look at him so I stood there with my back to him.