Chapter Twenty Nine

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A.n. ~digging through piles of papers~ I had notes about what was going to happen in this chapter. Eureka! ~hold up pink sticky note and skims it quickly~ Oh yeah this is going to be interesting.

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A week had passed since Sirius had woken up from his coma and he had been released from Saint Mungo's two days after. Molly had taken it upon herself to make sure Sirius regained those few inches he had lost while asleep. That was most likely why everyone was sitting in the middle of the dining room of the Burrow for Molly's 'Thank Merlin No One Died At The Department Of Mysteries And The World Knew You-Know-Who Was Back' celebration dinner. Or at least that's what Ginny took to calling it behind her back. At this party was the large collection of Weasleys, Fleur Delacour, Bill's girlfriend, Sirius and I with our kids, Dora and Remus, And Katherine. Yep we stuffed sixteen people into her dining room. Fleur and Bill had been going out for quite a while and they had known each other for nearly a year, Molly wasn't all too sure about Fleur but she decided that her son was sensible enough to not do anything rash.

"So any word about whether Fudge has been sacked yet?" Bill asked, looked at me as he asked the question.

"He hasn't been sacked yet. I have a feeling its right around the corner." I replied as I shifted Bellatrix around on my lap. She was squirming all over the place, but every time I set her down she would scream. I was trying to deal with her and eat at the same time. Fleur smiled slightly and held out her hands.

"May I?" She asked. She had already finished the first course. I nodded and handed her Bellatrix. It was much easier now that they could sit up by themselves for the most part. I watched as I ate how Bill and Fleur's eyes met and they both blushed simultaneously. I smirked slightly. Finally after every single molecules of the food was eaten everyone was having discussions about the Ministry. I got handed Andromeda shortly after dinner ended. She was fussing. That was at least until Bill coughed and dinged a spoon on his glass before standing up and pulling Fleur, who passed Bellatrix to Fred, with him.

"We'd like to make an announcement." He called and everyone fell silent. All eyes were placed on them and they had everyone's complete attentions. Bill turned to Fleur, who gave him an encouraging smile. He returned it.

"I would like to introduce you all to Fleur Delacour..." He trailed off and every gave him very odd stares. They had all met Fleur already.

"My Fiancee!" He finished with a sweep of his arm to her. She blushed and kissed his cheek.

"Congratulations you guys!" I cried and launched up to hug both of them. Everyone followed my example. Except Molly, who remained sitting.

"Are you sure Bill?" She piped up and everyone froze.

"What do you mean?" Bill asked. I bit my lip, this was going to get real awkward real fast.

"Aren't you rushing into it a little bit? You've only known each other for a year." She answered.

"A year iz long enough to know zat I love 'im." Fleur announced and her and Bill shared a smile. Just in that I could see it, the love and just how strong it was.

"Hardly any marriages last if they barely know each other. You can't know one another in a year, your not going to last." Molly replied.

"Molly." Sirius interjected and rested a hand on my shoulder. I realized what had been indirectly implied. Sirius had proposed to me after only knowing me for three months and we had gotten married seven months later. That's only ten months. Add to that the mere three months of being married, and we had just barely hit a little over a year. Bill sent us a glance, I jerked my head to the side towards Molly.

"What about Calli and Sirius? They have barely even known each other for a year and you approve of them." Bill said and flung his hand towards us. Molly looked at us and studied carefully. Sirius resting his hand on my shoulder with Narcissa sitting in his other arm, standing behind me while I was holding Andromeda.

"Well... Um... None of us know anything about her." We had stumped Molly with that one. Bill nodded.

"I know. But Dad and I talked about this Fleur and I are going to be moving in here. He and I figured that it would be a good idea to have family all under one roof now that You-Know-Who's out in the open." Molly spun to Arthur who blushed sheepishly.

"Its a good opportunity to get to know her." He defended himself. Molly sighed.

"Fine." She said and left the room. Ginny caught my eyes and I could tell she didn't know what to think. I looked at Arthur, who was looking after Molly.

"Ginny Ron do you want to come see my house? Its time for the girls' nap anyways." I offered them an escape. Ron nodded and leaped up from his chair. Ginny stood with a little more tact as she nodded. I took Narcissa from Sirius and Ginny picked up Bellatrix from Fred. We quickly walked across the yard. When we entered the house Ginny and Ron stopped.

"Wow. Sirius really built you a big house didn't he?" Ron stated as he looked at what I had taken to calling 'Our Grand Staircase'. Ginny looked up where we had put all the bedrooms, four floors with four bedrooms each, it was kind of like a tower. Everything else was on the main floor.

"Apparently he wants a house full of kids." I said and started to climb the first flight of stairs to the nursery. I pushed the door open.

"Who picked the colour?" Ginny asked as she looked at the bright yellow walls. I smiled.

"I did. Sirius wanted red and gold. I won that argument." I replied. Ron and Ginny laughed as we put the girls down. For once it was without a fight.

"Well dinner certainly was awkward." Ginny said as she settled down on the couch after I finished the tour.

"Yeah really. I never would've thought that Mum wouldn't want one of us to get married." Ron agreed.

"I think she's just worried that Bill's going to get hurt. No mother wants that." I shrugged.

"That still doesn't make much sense." Ginny said frowning.

"Maybe she hasn't fully recovered from Percy being, well, Percy." I couldn't wrap my head around it either.

"Maybe." Ron replied.

"Have either of you heard from Harry?" I asked feeling that this subject should be forgotten for the time being. Ginny and Ron both nodded.

"Yep, loads. Oh yeah he sent one for you." Ginny announced and handed me a letter from her pocket. I instantly recognized Harry's messy scrawl that he calls writing. I smiled and pocketed it.

"How's he doing?" I asked. I figured that between his brother in everything but blood and his girlfriend, I could get some good information.

"His family is mostly leaving him alone, which he really isn't minding. He wants to see Sirius." Ron informed me. I nodded and turned to Ginny.

"He has frequently asked for pictures of the girls and he's also wishing that he was here instead of there." I nodded and turned to the large pile of pictures that was sitting on the end table.

"Well I don't think Albus will keep him there too terribly long. As for pictures, how many does he want?" I asked and waved my hand at the pile. Ginny's eyes widened.

"Enough pictures?" Ron teased and I rolled my eyes.

"Blame Sirius. He's gotten really clicker happy as of late." I retorted as Ron picked up a couple and leafed through them. He suddenly started to smile widely.

"Here's a good one." He announced and passed it to Ginny. Her face light up as well as she nodded and handed me the picture. I sent them both a look when I saw the picture. It was of me sitting in the middle of the kitchen laughing while the girls were throwing their food at me. I was deflecting it with my wand but one hit me right in the face. I opened my mouth to protest but before I could say anything Ginny snatched it up and shoved it in her pocket.

"He'll like it. Come on, Let's find some more!" She cried and grabbed two big handfuls. We spent the next few hours digging through the large pile. I discovered that those weren't just the pictures of the last five days, it was over the period of Sirius and I's marriage. Sirius was in some of the pictures so some one else must have taken them.

"Look this one's from your wedding!" Ron yelled. Ginny and I leaned over to look at it. It was a picture of Ginny leaning on Harry, Hermione leaning on Ron, Dora leaning on Remus and Sirius and I with fingers entwined whispering something to each other while laughing. I smiled and flicked my wand at an empty picture frame. I slid the picture in and hung it on the wall.

"That one is just perfect." I explained to Ginny and Ron's questioning glances. We looked at the large piles we had sorted.

"Do you think Harry is going to get enough pictures?" I joked as Ginny scooped up the larger pile. She smirked.

"I think the real question is whether Errol and Pig can carry all of these." She retorted. Ron nodded as solemnly as he could manage. I looked out the window.

"You guys should probably start heading back. It's beginning to get dark." I stated and pointed to the window. The sky was just beginning to darken. I frowned suddenly, it wasn't like the girls to sleep this long, at least not all of them at once. Then as if on cue I heard screaming. I sighed and climbed up the stairs. I pushed the door open and found Andromeda and Narcissa, both of whom appeared to have just woken up, screaming and reaching for Bellatrix's crib. I shot my glance to Bellatrix, she was laying perfectly still, not even her chest was moving. I froze as my blood turned to ice.

"BELLATRIX!" I screamed and scooped her up. Just one second and I knew, she wasn't breathing.

"BELLATRIX!" I screamed again and there was a horrific crash from downstairs. Suddenly Bellatrix stirred and wheezed half a breath in. Thank Merlin. With another horrific crash Sirius burst into the room, looking like a mad man, with Ginny and Ron right behind him.

"What's Wrong!" He demanded as he darted next to me.

"SHE CAN'T BREATHE!" I yelled hysterically and Bellatrix's inability to breath made itself audible. Sirius and Ron froze in spot while Ginny, with a look of desperation in her eyes snatched Bellatrix from me and as calmly as she could manage blew air into her face. Her breathing evened out, as she sucked in a deep breath. I started to shake and Sirius pulled me against him, one arm around my waist the other hand stroking my hair to try to calm me down. I began to cry. Ginny continued to do the same thing she had been doing, before turning to Ron.

"Go get Emmiline Vance. Mum said she was going to be at the house tonight for the meeting." Ginny ordered. Ron nodded and raced out the door.

"How did you.." Sirius trailed off, apparently lost for words.

"I read it in a book. Emmiline also told me how, her Mum was a muggle nurse." Ginny explained and took a deep breath. Emmiline must've apparated because the next thing I knew Emmiline was in the room where Ginny had been.

"What happened?" I managed to squeak out. Sirius kissed the top of my head.

"I think a really big piece of dust got accidentally swallowed. She was probably just choking." Emmiline explained and I nodded. I spun to Ginny and hugged her tightly. After I pulled away I turned to Emmiline.

"Told you you would make a good godmother." I teased weakly and she smiled.

"I gotta do something to prove my worth occasionally." She joked and I laughed and hugged her tightly.

"Well The Twins do rather well in that area. I suppose you have to keep up with them." Ginny added. The previous tension had disappeared as Andromeda and Narcissa. I realized something, that was the first bit of baby drama we had experienced. What happened to ear aches? I would've picked that over anything, especially since I was still on edge from Sirius' injury. I had woken up crying from nightmares like clockwork the past couple days.

"We better get you home. Molly's going to be worried." Sirius suddenly realized as he looked at his watch. Ginny peered at it then nodded. Ron blushed.

"I forgot to stay to tell Mum the full story. Though it was still slightly awkward in the kitchen." Ron explained and Ginny groaned.

"We really better get going." She said and set off for the house after waving off my offers to apparate her there. I saw her to the door and Ron lingered.

"She really misses Harry. He's going to be here soon right?" He asked looking up at me as if saying, 'get Ginny to see Harry before next week'. I laughed.

"I hope so. That's all up to Albus." I replied and he sighed.

"Don't worry." I said and shooed him off the porch. He rolled his eyes but kept walking.

"See you in a couple of minutes." He called at the end of the walkway. I rolled my eyes, Ron would remember that there was a meeting tonight. Maybe I should have him and Ginny babysit, since they couldn't really be trusted to not listen in on our meeting. Though after the recent events I wasn't going to let go of Bellatrix for a while. Sirius wrapped his arms around me from behind. I must have been standing on the porch for longer than I had originally thought.

"Don't ever do that to me ever again." He whispered in my ear. I smiled.

"I scared the hell out of you didn't I?" I echoed the words he had said to me in Saint Mungo's. His arms tightened.

"Yes. Your screaming was horrible." He replied. My eyes filled with tears. I sniffled, I had really been trying and doing all right about not crying in front of Sirius unless I couldn't hold it in.

"Hey. It's going to be okay. Bellatrix is still here and so am I. Nothing is going to change that." Sirius said and pressed a kiss to the back of my ear.

"Such awful things keep happening." I said as I pushed back the tears and took really deep breaths.

"I know. You just have to be yourself." I tipped my head back so I could look at him.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I requested and Sirius smiled.

"You have to be yourself because you are the strongest person I know. If anyone can get through this it is you." He explained. I smiled back at him.

"How do you always know what to say?" I asked and he shrugged.

"I mostly just go with it." He replied and I started to laugh

"Did Sirius Black just admit that he doesn't know everything?" I questioned incredulously.

"Only because you can't make things predictable for me." He answered in fake exasperation. I lightly smacked his arm as my laughter burst through. This time he laughed with me.

"There's a meeting in about five minutes. Do you think we can make it?" He asked as soon as I had calmed down and I burst into laughter again at the memory of all those months ago, the first time I had told Sirius about my parents.

"Yes I think we can make it. Shall we go grab the girls?" I asked and held out my arm. He laughed and nodded. We found Emmiline still in the nursery, making the girls giggle at the shapes and lights she was making with her wand. She stood up from where she had been sitting on the floor when she saw us.

"Time for the meeting?" She guessed and I nodded as I bent over and picked up Bellatrix. Sirius picked up Narcissa while Emmiline took Andromeda. We walked over to the Burrow, laughing and joking the whole way.

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"Why are we having the meeting in the Burrow?" Katherine asked carefully at the start of the meeting. We were all wondering the same thing, but didn't want to voice it. I was amazed that everyone could fit into the dining room.

"We aren't sure that the ownership of Grimmauld still resides with those who we would like it to be with. The will Sirius filed last August was meant to take immediate action the instant he should die. Since whether or not he actually died is unclear, we aren't sure of ownership." Albus answered Katherine's question and put us all at rest. I flicked my gaze to Sirius as I placed my hand on his. The thought of him dead still horrified me and haunted me.

"News?" Mad-eye barked from Albus' left. Minerva was sitting on Albus' right. Remus stood from across the table.

"I have heard word that Voldemort plans on the murder of two people." He announced. Everyone around the table paled.

"Who?" Dora asked from beside him, her pink hair slightly dulled.

"I don't know. That wasn't said." He answered and everyone groaned.

"So we can't get word out to them." Hestia noted and Kingsley nodded solemnly. Mad-eye frowned.

"That's only if the two people aren't in the Order. Everyone must be extra vigilant and on their toes constantly." He growled and there was noises of agreement from around the table. I was thankful that everyone was there for this meeting. Remus sat down and Kingsley stood once more.

"I have not yet been fully assigned to the muggle prime minister. I think they are waiting for an opportunity to make sure I get in without notice." He said and sat down. Dora stood next.

"I just figured everyone would want to know that Amelia Bones is pulling ahead in support for Minister of Magic." Dora announced and everyone smiled slightly. I think everyone I knew was hoping Madam Bones was going to become the new Minister. I frowned when I looked more closely at Dora though. Her face seemed drawn out and thinner. She sat back down carefully, silently. Now that wasn't like her.

"Meeting dismissed." Albus ordered with a flick of his hand. He stood and offered his arm to Minerva. I smiled when I saw a faint smile flicker across her face. No one would've seen it if they hadn't been looking for it. Sirius stood and said he was heading home. He took the girls with him. I turned back to Dora, who had disappeared along with Remus. I shrugged, he would get to the bottom of her dulled hair colour before anyone else. She could keep things hidden from Remus about as well as I could keep things hidden from Sirius. This past few days was a complete exception to that rule of course. I turned to Emmiline and started a conversation. The two of us had become really good friends. We were pulled away from this conversation when there was a loud cry from outside.

"Callista!" Dora was calling me Callista. I launched out of my chair and ran outside. I came to a stand still when I saw her, standing in the middle of the yard, her usually pink hair turned to its natural mousey brown.

"Dora what's wrong?" I asked as I walked over to her at a slower pace then the one I had run out of the house at. She turned to me and I saw she was crying.

"Remus. Is gone." She answered. I put a hand on her shoulder.

"What do you mean?" I questioned.

"He's gone to infiltrate the werewolves and he broke up with me." I felt my mouth hit the floor.

"Why!" I cried.

"He's too poor, too old, too dangerous." I couldn't help it, I snorted incredulously. Dora nodded.

"I know. But then he said he can't let Greyback use me against him. That he could die and that wouldn't be fair to me. Said that no one deserves him." She was still crying and I pulled her into a hug. She just sobbed harder. I knew how much she loved him and how much this must have broken her heart.

"Can you go talk to him please?" She asked and held out a piece of paper. I nodded.

"Yeah sure." I replied and apparated to the address she had given me. I stormed up to the door and slammed my fist against it. Now that I was away from Dora I was letting my anger go. I could tell my hair was red without looking at it. A few seconds passed with no answer so I slammed my fist against it again. He pulled it open carefully and studied me. I rolled my eyes and turned my hair blue then blonde then black then let it settle back on red.

"You can't do that with Polyjuice." I pointed out a little acidly. He nodded and pulled the door open and let me in. I waited until he shut the door before rounding on him.

"I can't believe you did that to Dora!" I hissed as soon as he did.

"I can't let her get hurt because of me. I am dangerous." He stressed.

"We are on the bloody brink of war and your dangerous." I replied.

"Greyback will hunt me down and I can't lose someone again." He said.

"What makes you so sure that she's not going to die anyways?" I retorted and he blanched.

"I am too dangerous. Why is it so hard to understand that!" The volume of our conversation had just increased by a lot.

"Yes because her job and the Order are just a cake walk." I tossed back.

"You saw what happened to Sirius!" He cried. I glared at him.

"I saw him Live!" I shouted.

"YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE PAIN I FELT WHEN I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD!" Remus screamed. My fire burned out. I remembered so little about those events, expect for the pain that had torn my heart out and stomped it to bits. I drew my fist back and punched him before storming out. I was mid way through apparating home when I ended up in tears. I landed on the porch with a large thud and stayed there. Sirius came out and found me there. I was crying to hard to explain at first.

"Will you please tell me what is wrong?" Sirius asked for the millionth time as I started to slow down.

"Your best friend is a noble git that's what." I answered and explained the whole story to him.

"I can't believe he said that to you. Listen, I know you upset but you have to work tomorrow. You are going to need your sleep." He said and pulled me up from where he had just knelt next to me. I nodded dumbly.

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Yes this was interesting. Unfortunately the next few chapters are going to be full of tears. Sorry people but its important. Thanks for reading now review please!