"There you are." Acacius said and opened his arms wide to embrace his wife. Eleana greeted him as she hugged him back and then let go of him before he did of her.

"I thought you would be home." He said.

It took a while for Eleana to answer him. "I was running a few errands." She said with a tired voice.

Acacius noticed her gloom appearance. "You have no bags with you." He pointed out.

Eleana was quick this time, "I was at the bank, checking my vault."

"Oh." Acacius said with a soft smile. Even though they were married and shared a vault they had each chosen to make a vault for themselves where they saved money for other occasions.

"I received an owl from my mother..." Acacius the said, as he figured they were done with the other subject. "The children are well, and profoundly well fed too."

"Good." Was all Eleana could say in response.

Acacius went quiet for a moment while he observed his wife; he became puzzled by her gloom appearance. "Is something the matter?"

"No..." Eleana said immediately and shook her head. "Nothing." She looked at him and forced a little smile for him to see. "I must speak to Gobbi about the attic, I think there's a boggart who's found its way in there." Eleana began to leave for the kitchen where the house elf could be found.

"We can't have it so dark, dusty and dirty that boggarts find it comfortable to live there..." She said before disappearing into the kitchen and closing the door behind of her.

Eleana occupied herself with house duties for the rest of the day. Gobbi, the house elf, did most of the work although she went easy on him of course, she did not want to completely exhaust him as her mother always had done with Minky who was quite a lot older than this elf was. Gobbi was a hard working elf who enjoyed to scrub the floors and the scent of soap, he also loved gardening. However, cooking was not his strong suit as he almost every time found a way to by accident burn his fingers.

Eleana let Gobbi scrub the floors in the hall before she told him that he could go to bed. The elf did it gladly and afterwards found sleep as he could still feel the smell of soap in his little nose.

Acacius was already in the bedroom when Eleana entered it. He was standing by the bureau with his back to her, gazing out the window towards their yard it seemed.

"I swear Gobbi is being intoxicated by the fumes of the soap. That is why he enjoys it so much. " she said with a giggle as she walked over to the bed. Underneath the pillows she found her blue nightgown and was about to undress in order to put it on when she realised how quiet Acacius was. She glanced at him and saw him still standing in the exact same spot and position. It was unusual for him to be this passive.

"Acacius..." she said, and then saw something else than his face in the reflection of the window; He was holding something, and it was not the yard he was looking at. She had been mistaken when she thought so, and now she saw that he was looking at a parchment – the letter she had received from Sirius about their meeting.

With big eyes she stared at him and let out a breath of shock. "Acacius... I-"

"What?" he said harshly while staring into the letter, before she could finish the sentence she wouldn't have completed anyway; she was too anxious. Acacius turned around to her and stared her in the eye. There was nothing but pain and anger of betrayal in them. In his trembling hand he held the letter firmly.

Eleana simply stared at him, she had never seen him this angry before. The rage which reflected in his eyes were unfamiliar to her. She opened her mouth to say something, but all the words she could have said to him in that moment had vanished and left her speechless.

"What are you going to tell me?" he narrowed his eyes. "What this..." he held up the letter in front of her eyes. "is?"

Eleana stared at him while completely motionless.

"Who is it?" he asked; his eyes hard just as the tone of his voice.

Eleana tried to collect her thoughts for a second. He did not know who it was. She and Sirius had never written out their names properly in the letters. As Acacius held it up to her face Eleana could see that the words of Dumbledore had been smudged out, nothing but the words of love and speaking of the arranged meeting were there for Acacius eyes to see; that seemed bad enough.

"Tell me." He said, on the verge of breaking down. "Who?!"

"Sirius Black." She said without thinking. His eyes had just been so harsh and he seemed more angry than ever, and dangerously desperate. His suddenly threatening presence had made her remember awful experiences. Even though she knew better than that Acacius would ever hurt her in such a way, she had in fear of reliving it, revealed his name.

Acacius's eyes went blank, he was stunned. "What?" he breathed. Then he read the letter once more. Eleana watched him do so and then looked away. What had she done?

"Sirius Black..." Acacius said quietly, mostly to himself. He looked at her. "Since when?" he began. "How..?" Utmost confused he looked at her as if he didn't know her anymore.

Eleana swallowed and took a calming breath. "It began at Hogwarts." She said quietly.

Acacius's eyes widened. "At..?" he put his hand to his face and stroked his chin in irresolution while looking away.

"My parents never approved of it – "

"They knew?"

"Yes." Eleana replied. "You remember those months I went to France?"

Acacius turned to look at her, he shook his head as if he did not want to believe what he thought she might say next. "You were with him?" he asked without being able not to.

Eleana nodded and then she saw Acacius become absolutely disgusted to hear of this new knowledge. He looked as if he might vomit, or faint more likely.

"Why'd you marry me then?" he asked after a while.

Eleana felt tears coming and she tried to hold them back as she spoke, yet they seeped through. "Because Eithan forced me to. He threatened Sirius's life, and I could not risk it."

Acacius stared at her. "You only married me because you didn't want Sirius Black to die?"

"Yes." A quiet sound came from her. Tears streamed down her face and she pitied him. Acacius saw the look and it made him feel even worse, he did not want her to pity him, he had been fooled by her – The person he loved. She had betrayed him and his heart was shattered. It was as if she had taken a hammer and smashed it easily, just as if it was made out of mere glass. He looked away.

"You never wanted to marry me." He said expressionless.

Eleana stood still, completely motionless while watching her husband with tears in her eyes. He knew now, the ugly truth had been revealed and she felt agony of what she had done come over her. Uncertain of how he would react next she simply stood there, waiting. Without making a sound she just breathed.

"Did you even care for me at all?" he then asked after a while. His head turned to his wife. "Do you?"

"Of course." She said and went closer as if she was about to embrace him fondly, although Acacius stepped back before her fingers could brush his neck.

Eleana stopped in her tracks and blinked. She understood that he was hurt, beyond what she could imagine for it was his feelings, not her own. Repent, she looked down. Tears streamed down her face once more. "I..." she began, her throat closing because of the tears.

Acacius watched her and suddenly her blue, sparkling eyes met his. They were beautiful as always, and it made him feel the need to hug her in order to comfort her. Though, he could not let himself do it. She had betrayed him, in a way he never thought she would. For as long as they had been married he had never even seen her look at another man in any flirtatious manner, and now he found out about this; Sirius Black was her lover, and had been for quite some time. She had only married him for the love of another man – it sickened him. Everything about this situation was awful. His own wife was a traitor.

"You betrayed me." He said with a voice stern from both rage and hurt.

Eleana swallowed her tears. "I didn't mean to... It wasn't about you."

The expression then revealed on Acacius's face would have been the same if she had slapped him hard across the face. With bitterness he clenched his jaw. "No. Of course not." He said. "But you lied to me. You've lied to me since the day we married!" he hissed.

Eleana tilted her head slightly as she once again appeared as if she pitied him. Acacius looked away, he could not stand it. Although Eleana only felt guilty of hurting him, she was not pitying him in the way he believed she was.

"Acacius..." she whispered as he turned away from her. She went closer to him, and then touched his over arm as he stood with his back turned to her. Unwillingly he let her touch him. After all he still wanted her to show her affections for him.

"Even though I did not marry you willingly..." she began, placing her cheek against his shoulder. "I still care for you. I did not resent you, ever." She shook her head, letting her forehead brush against him.

Acacius closed his eyes when feeling her, as if to block out the pain he felt and at the same time consume himself with the sense of her touch.

"However, I came to loathe my brother in the end." She admitted. "But never you." She said while letting herself lean against him. None of this was Acacius's fault. He did not deserve all the hurt, he did not deserve to be betrayed and lied to.

Acacius looked into her eyes and then searched her face for proof of that she was telling him the truth. He did not want any more lies and secrets.

"I've always cared for you, Acacius." She said with a hint of a smile on her full lips. "I have been your wife all these years, haven't I?"

"You have." He said quietly and looked past her face, he still feared that it might have been another lie.

"We have three beautiful children together." She said. "I have never regretted them, ever."

Acacius wondered if this might be her saying that in spite of all she did not regret marrying him. He wanted to believe it. The realisation once again hit him. "Even so... you still love him." He confirmed, knowing it to be true.

Eleana could not deny it, even if it would destroy Acacius further if she refused to. Instead she simply looked at him, with tears in her eyes once more.

Acacius nodded and looked away. He appeared to be in awful pain as he did. Without a word he slithered out of her grasp and walked away, he stopped by the window and looked out into the evening sky. Eleana knew his mind was far away from the dark clouds tonight.

"What now then?" he asked after a long silence.

"I don't know." She admitted.

Acacius became afraid of what might happen next. She was in love with another man. Would she leave her husband for Sirius Black? Would she abandon him. The thought of it made Acacius feel panic stir up inside of him. Fear had a terrible way of making people do things everyone, including themselves, believed they were incapable of.

"You went to see him today?"

"Last night." She said.

Acacius closed his eyes as pain struck him once more. When he met her this morning she was returning from a night with him. Acacius opened his eyes subsequently to speak again. "Then you know where he lives."

Eleana looked at her husband, her eyes became rather hard. Would he dare to go down that path? It was very unlike him to do such things.

Acacius turned around to face her. "Perhaps... even where the order is occupied."

His wife's eyes revealed sudden shock.

"You do know." He said, knowing it to be true by the look in her eyes. "Tell me" he said. "Eleana, please tell me."

"I can't." She said. Thinking of Sirius's safety.

Acacius then moved closer to her, cupping her face with his hands. She could sense that he was eager to know what she knew, she could feel it by the touch of his hands and the look in his eyes.

"If you care the least about me and even of your children, you'll tell me."

She could never have imagined that Acacius would use her in such a cruel way. Of course she cared for her children, but she could not tell him what she knew, he should know that.

Then something changed in the eyes of her husband. He appeared to be in silent panic as he searched her face desperately. "Please, Eleana" he said. Not wanting to do what he was forced to do if she refused.

This was beginning to scare her. Acacius had never looked at her in this way. "No." She breathed.

Hurt, his face twisted into a suffering one. She left him no choice. "If I can't make you tell me... then I'm certain that the Dark Lord can."

Eleana let out a breath of shock. She was about to take a step back from him when he grabbed her by the shoulders, making it impossible for her walk away from him. Panic struck her as she realised what he was about to do. He was going to give her to the Dark Lord.

"Acacius, please... No." She begged.

With an apologetic look in his eyes he held her steady. "It's for the best." He said. With those words the walls among them disappeared and the floor fell away as they soon found themselves to be in a new room. This room was quite bigger. As soon as Eleana's feet found the floor she pulled away from Acacius and he let her go.

"Acacius?" a woman said. Eleana recognised the voice and turned to the woman dressed in black. It was Bellatrix, Sirius's cousin. She was even slimmer than Eleana remembered her to be, her face gaunt and her eyes wicked in their stare.

"What are you doing here?" she asked Acacius, more of a demand than a question it seemed.

Eleana realised that they were in the Malfoy's manor. She had been here before, on several occasions.

"I brought my wife. She has something to tell the Dark Lord." Acacius said.

"Is that so?" Bellatrix's voice rang as her eyes steadied on Eleana who merely glared back before looking away.

"What is it that she got to tell?"

"Nothing." Eleana spat and glared at her husband with determined eyes.

"Eleana, please." Acacius said, hoping that she would tell them since her life depended on it. He did not think she could the resist the Dark Lord and so he thought that her life would be saved, and Sirius Black would be out of the way. It was selfish of him, he knew that, still he could not live without her. This was a way of making sure that they would stay together. Besides, what greater than to be able to give the Dark Lord useful information now that he was a death eater. Also, he feared that the Dark Lord would somehow find out that he had been keeping the information from him if they did not reveal it to him now.

Eleana shook her head and felt disappointed in him. He turned out to be just as cruel to her as her family had been.

"I'm only trying to do what is best for all of us." Acacius explained, trying to convince her.

It was all very familiar to Eleana. How many people in her life had not tried to do what they thought was best for her, and in the process they hurt her greatly and forced her to do things she did not want. They all believed that they were saving her from greater pain.

"You won't defy the Dark Lord valuable information, my dear." Bellatrix smiled childishly as she walked past her. When Acacius pulled away his sleeve in order to reveal the dark mark her eyes became set upon it.

Acacius placed the tip of his wand on it while almost trembling, and the mark subsequently began to slither in its place. Eleana watched with fright. Bellatrix was nearly jumping up and down with excitement as a wicked smile curved her lips.

Eleana had heard of what the Dark Lord was capable of. Things which were cruel beyond her imagination, and the pain he could cause was frightening to think of. She would not succumb to him, not matter what, she was determined. However, there were so many ways in which he could force her to. The pain she could endure, she could endure anything for Sirius's safety; But what if the Dark Lord's powers were too great? If he found some way to penetrate her mind she was not sure that she could stand against it. Also he could threaten her children. She was sure that he was capable of anything, and something as easy as a threat was easy to make and it could break her.

A dark figure appeared right in front of the threshold. Very pale with no nose, only visible nostrils. His eyes gleamed red and Eleana felt cold with fright on the inside by the sight of him. Instinctively she took a step back.

Both Bellatrix and Acacius kneeled at the sight of him, and when Eleana did not Acacius whispered to her. "Eleana." He begged, indicating for her to kneel.

Eleana could merely watch the snake-looking man staring right back at her. His eyes narrowed as he wondered who this woman was, and wondering why she was being foolish by defying him the courtesy. He could easy make her kneel with her face flat against the floor if he wanted to.

"My Lord..." Acacius began, about to tell him of why he and his wife was here. You had to have a very good reason for asking the Dark Lord to come. "I brought my wife for she has something important to tell you."

"You'll have to teach your wife some manners, Rutilus. She's behaving very rudely."

There was no time to flee, there was no time to think this through Eleana realised. Before she could think further there was a sudden burn of pain in her chest and she fell onto the floor. Right before her nose hit the floor she supported herself on her hands.

"I'm sorry, my Lord." Acacius apologized.

"I have not got all day..." Voldemort said. "Tell me of this information you say you have."

Acacius rose to his feet and so did Bellatrix. "Certainly, my Lord." Acacius responded. Then he looked at Eleana and gave her a nod of encouragement. "Eleana, tell him."

Eleana had begun to stand, and when she was she looked at Acacius and then at the Dark Lord. "No." She said.

A flicker of amusement crossed Voldemorts face as she heard her speak. Belltrix drew a breath out of shock the stared at her. "How dare you?!" she yelled at her. "How dare you defy the Dark Lord?! You're not worthy to even look at him and be in his excellence presence. You –"

"That is enough, Bella." Voldemort cut her off. Bellatrix immediately closed her mouth and became quiet.

Voldemort began to move closer to Eleana, he almost seemed to glide on the floor towards her as he did. Eleana felt herself beginning to tremble as he came closer. His eyes were gleaming red, staring right into hers.

"Girl." Voldemort hissed. "Tell me, or you will regret refusing to."

Eleana swallowed. "No." She said determinedly. Then she felt as if the Dark Lord was piercing through her with his eyes, as if he tried to see the back of her soul. She saw his eyes narrow and after a while something flickered in them that made Eleana believe that he was frustrated.

He had his wand out and Eleana felt her body cringe with sudden pain. She cried out and Voldemort took a few steps back as he made her body wrench in pain on the cold floor.

Acacius looked away and tears threatened to stain his eyes as he heard her cry out once again in pain. There was no turning back now, he though, if she only yielded to his wishes then this would all be over soon. If she could just tell him then this would be over, and Acacius believed she would.

"Now..." Voldemort said after a couple of minutes. "Tell me."

Eleana was breathing heavily. The pain was gone for now and she felt relief wash over her. If she told him there would be no pain she knew, yet the pain of betraying Sirius would be greater. "No." She said solidly.

Voldemort did not appear pleased with this, but as he tormented her again Eleana could tell that he enjoyed hurting her. This man was evil beyond words. It felt as if thousands of knives were stabbing her all over, yet she did not die, there was just never ending pain. It made her unable to think properly, unable to see, unable to resist the urge of crying out in agony. The only thing she could see in front of her was Sirius, he was alive and well, he was safe as long as she did not tell anyone where he was or how to get there. She did not know for how long the pain went on, or how many times she was asked to reveal the truth, but after what seemed like hours the pain suddenly stopped for a longer time than she expected it to.

Voldemort was becoming quite frustrated with this woman. She was refusing to tell him what she knew, the torture did not break her, and he could see everything in her mind but the thing which she hid so properly. This dark wizard would not understand that he could not make her reveal the information which she held so sacred to her heart, because her love kept it hidden.

"Eleana, please tell him." Acacius pleaded as he looked at her with tearstained eyes.

Eleana did not have the energy to say 'no', nor to shake her head in response. She simply closed her eyes and felt that her body was numb from the exhaustion. Her limbs were trembling as she shivered.

Acacius then walked over to her and kneeled beside of her. "Please, Eleana." He said. "I beg you." He pleaded desperately.

Eleana opened her eyes and looked at him. He looked completely ruined by the situation and terrified of the turn this was taking. He had expected her to tell the Dark Lord as soon as she was brought face to face with him. The torture he now had put her through was not what Acacius had expected, he had not thought that it would go this far.

"Tell him for the sake of our children."

Eleana's eyes widened and she could see in the corner of her eye that the Dark Lord had turned his gaze to her once more.

"The children." He said. "Of course, the children... now be a good mother and tell me for the sake of your children"

"Don't you hurt my children... you –"

"Rutilus!" the Dark Lord said. "Bring your children here."

Acacius became shocked. "My Lord –" He began.

"Are you too disobeying me?"

"Of course not." Rutilus said hurriedly. "I will bring them." He said, while fearing what might happen if he did and fearing what might happen if he did not.

"No!" Eleana said and grabbed the wand from Acacius's inner pocket. With her children's safety along with Sirius's in her mind she quickly pointed Acacius's wand at her herself. Within less than a second there was a white flash lighting up the room and her body became completely still as the side of her head hit the floor.

Acacius's eyes turned to his wife's body. Bellatrix appeared confused and the Dark Lord watched the dead woman's body with vague interest. The husband then kneeled beside his wife as tears stained his eyes.

"You have wasted my time, Rutilus." Voldemost said sternly. "I have other things to attend at the moment – I will deal with you later."

Voldemort walked away and then vanished into thin air as the black fabric swirled around him. He was gone. Acacius stared in shock at Eleana's dead body before him.

"What a useless thing." Bellatrix commented. "You are better off without her."

"Quiet!" Acacius shouted, staring at her with the wildest look in his eyes.

Bellatrix then smiled at him, teasingly. "Pity on such a lovely face though."

Acacius Rutilus raised his wand threatening at her. Bellatrix smiled maliciously and finally walked away to leave him to his grieving. Acacius looked at his wife again, letting his eyes search her still face. His fingers gently brushed away a strand of hair which had laid itself upon her beautiful face. Her eyes were closed and those rosy cheeks of hers were becoming pale, along with her colourful lips. This did not feel real. Acacius closed his eyes and opened them with the hope that this was a nightmare which he would soon awake from. Then he would find her lying in the bed next to him, sleeping soundly while he listened to her breathing. Now she was not breathing. He took her into his arms and held her. There was no heartbeat, there was no sound of life. Her body was cooling off, and soon it would be completely cold. He looked into her face once more and he saw no sign of life in it.

With a breath of pure agony he began to cry. Tears streamed down his cheeks as he buried his face in the curls of her hair. He felt regret and guilt torment every bit of him. He had brought her here, he had forced her here; He was responsible for her death.

"I'm sorry." He whispered into her ear, though he knew that she probably could not hear him anymore. He would never feel her warmth again, he would never hear her voice again, he would never hear the sound of her lovely laughter in his ears, he would never again look into her beautiful blue eyes and see her smile at him with her perfectly shaped lips. He would never see Eleana again.

The following day...

Sirius was helping Molly with putting up some curtains into place in the kitchen when Remus Lupin walked in with his hands in his pockets. He was followed by a blue haired Tonks.

Sirius looked at the green fabric he was holding and examined them with an unhappy look. "Couldn't you have picked another colour, this house has had enough of green during its days."

"Next time you can come and pick out curtains then." Molly said, tired from cleaning all day long. She waved her wand and the curtain flew from Sirius's hands to place itself by the window.

"I would be happy to!" Sirius said. "But I can't go outside of this bloody house."

Molly looked at him and was about to respond heatedly, but Remus spoke before she could. "Sirius." He said solemnly.

Sirius looked at his friend and immediately became worried by the look on his face. "What is it?" he asked.

Remus glanced at Tonks and then at Sirius again. "I think It'd be best if I tell you in private."

"What on earth has happened?" Molly asked and began to slowly head for the door as Tonks asked her to come with her. Soon there was only Remus and Sirius left in the kitchen.

"What?" Sirius asked.

Remus simply nodded. "I will tell you - but first... sit down."

Sirius was concerned now. He sat down on a chair by the table and Remus sat down at the end of the table next to him. He opened his mouth to speak and Sirius waited patiently, but when no words came Sirius became frustrated.

"Damn it, Remus!" he barked. "Tell me now"

Remus nodded and met Sirius's eyes. "Eleana is dead."

Sirius's face relaxed as he felt his anger wash away. Suddenly he felt nothing. "Dead?" he asked, as if he had never heard the word before.

"I'm afraid so." Remus said. "She was killed by Voldemort they say."

Sirius let out a breath of pain as he felt it consume him. Tears stained his eyes and he blinked them away angrily. His hand trembled with rage and sorrow as the emotions intertwined with one another.

Remus looked away after watching Sirius for a while and felt sorry to have to tell him this. "Apparently she refused to tell him of useful information, it is unclear of what it was." He continued to say, then he looked at Sirius. They could both guess of what that information was.

Sirius rose from his chair and pushed it aside irritably. She had sacrificed her own life for his. She had died while refusing to betray him. He felt responsible for her death. If he had not interfered with her life again she would not have died, if he had not selfishly let her see him again she would not have known anything of their hiding, and then she would not have died for it. If he had only done everything in his power to keep her safe, then she would not have died.

"I was wrong about her." Remus said.

Sirius grasped the bench and closed his eyes in frustration and agony. He would never get to hold her again. His white rose had died, its petals were going to wither away and become one with the earth. She had only been 35 years old.

"Eleana –"

"No!" Sirius cut him off. He turned his head to him and looked at Remus who was baffled.

"No more." Sirius said. "No one - I repeat, no one will speak of her again."

Remus stared at his agonised friend and stayed silent.

"Never again..." Sirius mumbled and left the room on tired legs.

18 June, 1996

He had been hit very suddenly, and unexpectedly. Never had he believed he would have been defeated in that moment. After he saw the green flash before his eyes, he felt sudden pain struck him. It vanished quickly, and then his body went cold, and numb. He took one last look at his godson, and realised that he would now leave him. Neither of them wanted it, yet destiny had now torn them apart. He felt rather guilty, he did not want to leave him; the last thing Harry needed was that another loved one left him. Now Sirius would leave him just as James and Lily had left him. Sirius's body began to fade into the veil behind of him as life left his body. He could not hear, he could not feel anymore, and the last things he saw before his vision faded was Harry's green eyes.

Sirius felt everything become dark, this was it he thought. This was death. Soon he could feel his vision become lighter, and lighter. The darkness he had been surrounded by slowly left him and brought in light. Everything was dim, as if he was in a space filled with fog. He realised he was lying down, and in that moment he caught sight of a figure somewhere on his left. It was a woman he saw by the way she walked amongst the mist. While mystified he watched her come closer. The thin white robe she wore touched the floor beneath her. As soon as the mist allowed itself to leave her face he could look at her properly. The blonde curls framed her face graciously.

Eleana bent down to sit on her knees beside of his body. When she did she seemed to fall very softly, and her movements made no noises at all. Everything seemed to be happening very slowly as well, but what did it matter? They seemed to have all the time in the world now. It was strange, however, Sirius simply knew it to be that way.

Her soft hand touched his forehead and he simply stared into her blue eyes.

"You fought bravely." She said to him with a soft smile. "While I am glad to reunite with you again, I would have hoped you'd live longer. Enjoy life a bit more before coming here. Enjoy it as a free man" She searched his face while speaking to him very fondly.

"I could say the same to you." He said earnestly. "You should have been a free woman."

Eleana's lips formed into a little smile and with the next breath she exhaled it revealed her relaxation and relief. There was no room for pain in this place. "Whenever with you I am always free."

Sirius had not yet looked away from her blue eyes, it appeared as if he almost was in a trance. "Will you ever leave me again?" he could not help but to ask.

Eleana looked down on him. The moment seemed to linger, while it did he waited patiently and watched her lashes flutter as she blinked, they were long and the look in her eyes made him feel content before she answered the question.

"Never." Eleana said.

Sirius smiled. Eleana did as well and then grabbed him by the hand in order to pull him up on his feet. The man got up on his feet very easily, as if his body weighed nothing. He felt younger, he felt to be in good health, and he felt as if the torment had left him forever.

"I knew we would be together again." Eleana said, her voice echoing lovely throughout the space.

Sirius raised his hand in order to caress her cheek, he longed to touch it. Was this in any way real? His limbs felt light, and everything seemed so strange yet very natural.

"It's inevitable." Eleana whispered with a smile.

Sirius smirked and it made Eleana smile from ear to ear. She giggled like a little schoolgirl all of a sudden. That was when Sirius could not resist the urge to take her into his arms and spin her around. The fabric of her white robe flowed around of them as her laugh echoed in a pleasant tone. He himself began to laugh as well, out of pure happiness they let their feelings emerge. After he had put her down she kissed his cheek before taking his hand. Sirius of course let her, and so he followed.

Eleana led him in an unknown direction, he did not know where they were going, and he did not believe that she did either. Somehow it felt completely alright, completely liberating. He pulled her closer while they walked and placed his arm around her shoulders. Eleana sighed happily and she placed her arm around his lower back.

The mist seemed to become thicker as they went further. This was freedom, this was happiness, and this was peace for two people who had suffered. In the end, they were reunited as they had always longed to be. This was where they could finally be together, peacefully.

Author's note: Well, this is the end of this story. I must say that it has been interesting to write it, and I really enjoyed exploring the characters as well as creating some new ones. It was fun to write about their journey, and painful some of the times I'll admit. Even though their lives had a very tragic ending I felt the need to write about their reunion after their death, it felt very necessary somehow, for they deserved to be reunited once and for all.

I want to thank all of you who have read this, and all of you who have given me response and support throughout this. It has motivated me as well as it has warmed my heart. Also, I must thank J.K. Rowling for creating such wonderful characters and an amazing story. She is a true inspiration.

I will keep writing, and perhaps not before too long some little fanfiction will pop up. Take care ;)

-Fondofreading