A/N- Only a very short update this time. Enjoy!

Chapter 32- Coming Home

It had been just over three months since Amy had left England, but today was the day she finally returned. There had been so much that had happened in that time, both with her own family in America, as well as back over in England.

After Amy's family found out what had been happening in the UK, they had begged her to stay in America. However, she had told them she had to return eventually and that she hadn't wanted to leave in the first place. With Amy gone, it had given Sirius more time to work on his Muggle Protection Laws, without worrying about her being in danger. He knew Harry was safe at Hogwarts, so he was able to throw all his time and energy into drafting up the new laws. After two times of trying to get the laws passed, he finally got them accepted on the third attempt. Now, the Wizarding Laws fell in line with the Muggle Laws and there was a lot more openness in the consultation between both Wizarding and Muggle governments.

While this had been happening, Kingsley and Tonks had made sure any photos of Amy had miraculously disappeared, so Ainsley couldn't try to blackmail her or Sirius anymore. Ainsley had suspected Sirius was involved in destroying the photos, but he couldn't say anything without incriminating himself.

Christmas had also been a difficult time for Amy, because as much as she loved seeing her family again, she missed Sirius. She had also found out that he hadn't been coping well since she had left. He had started drinking again to try a deal with his feelings. It was something Amy was going to have to speak to him about once she got home. He couldn't spend his life burying his emotions at the bottom of a bottle. Carissa had informed her that he had spent most of his nights drinking himself into a haze. It hadn't helped that just before Christmas, there had been an attack at the Ministry and Arthur had been hurt. Harry had seen the attack in a vision and had managed to alert the Order. While Amy was glad Arthur was ok, she still had concerns about these visions. How long before Voldemort showed Harry a fake vision and he walked straight into a trap?

There had also been an argument between Harry and Sirius, which had made his mood even worse. Amy didn't know the full details, just that somehow Harry had found out about Sirius almost getting Snape killed by Remus when they were younger. Harry had reacted angrily to the news and had taken it out on Sirius and was refusing to speak to him. This had sent Sirius into depressive state again, thinking that Harry now hated him and that he was never going to speak to him again.

Amy sighed, as far as Sirius had come, there was still a long way to go. It wasn't her job to fix him. She would support him in anyway she could, but he still needed to break his self-destructive behaviours that he turned to whenever life didn't turn out how he wanted it too.

The taxi Amy was riding in stopped in front two streets away from Grimmauld Place. She grabbed her bags out, paid the driver, and slowly started walking towards the house. No one was aware that Amy was arriving home today. She had wanted to leave it as a surprise for them. Her heart started beating faster in nervousness, the closer she got to her destination. Even though she had been waiting for this moment, so was still worried about coming back home and wondering if things were going to be the same as they were before she left.

Once Amy finally arrived back at Grimmauld Place, she let herself inside and started calling out to Sirius.

"Sirius, I'm back!"

"Sirius?"

"He isn't here, you're too late," came the sound of Orion Black's voice from his portrait in the hallway.

Amy dropped her bags on the floor and went running to the portrait.

"Orion, where is he?"

"He is off going to get himself killed!" Orion exclaimed, pacing around his portrait.

"What?"

"I don't know. He said something about a break in at the Ministry. Harry went there to stop it and Sirius went after him when he found out. They are all going to get themselves killed," Orion shouted.

"Is anyone else there with them?"

"Kingsley sent out a message to the other Order members, but I don't know how many will go there to help."

"Shit, I knew this would happen. I knew I shouldn't have left to go to America. I've got to help them Orion!" Amy yelled, starting to panic.

"Go Amy! You have to help them! Bring my son and grandson home safe please!"

Amy gave a nod to Orion before running back out of the house, so she could apparate to the Ministry. She had no idea what she was doing and no plan of attack. She just hoped she got there in time before anyone got killed.

A/N - Sorry for making Sirius fall back into his destructive behaviours. He is very upset that Harry currently doesn't want to talk to him. If he makes it out alive after the next chapter, he promises to listen to Amy and continue to work on not falling back into these patterns. That is if he makes it out alive...