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Chapter 23: The Truth - Part 3
The next memory I'd decided to show Sirius was of the Weasley family; meaning the tent that I'd stayed in during the Quidditch World Cup appeared around us, and the sound of Fred and George bickering filled the air. I spoke.
'This is Ron's family; Ron's parents are Arthur and Molly Weasley. They always welcomed me and Harry.' Sirius smirked.
'I guessed he might be a Weasley.' I didn't respond, letting the memory unfold so that Sirius could see Harry with the Weasleys. I leaned my head against Sirius's shoulder, feeling a little sad as I watched the memory. I miss the Weasleys. Sirius wrapped his arm around me, but didn't comment on my deflated mood. A moment passed, before Ginny and my younger self appeared: Ginny yelled at Fred and George for making so much noise. Sirius chuckled.
'Bet Prongs Jr. fancies that girl.' I was surprised as Sirius made this statement.
'What Ginny?' Sirius nodded.
'Yep... he's just like his father, and his father has a soft spot for fiery redheads.' I chuckled.
'Ginny was Harry's date, in one of those visions I had of your daughters.' Sirius frowned.
'Oh yeah, how did that work? You're not a seer.' I smirked.
'I think it's my memories altering to the new timeline.' Sirius's eyes widened.
'That's handy.' I nodded, Sirius continued. 'So... where to next, Miss. Granger?' I showed Sirius a condensed version of my fourth year at Hogwarts. I don't think he could quite believe his eyes, when I showed him Harry facing the dragon. I didn't show Sirius my memory of the Yule Ball, because, well, I think I need to keep some surprises for the future. He doesn't need to know that I dated Victor Krum. There wasn't much to show him during my fourth year, because I don't remember the second task; and I didn't see the events that happened inside the maze. I, therefore, moved onto fifth year: Sirius grimaced as my memories took him back to Grimmauld Place. I spoke.
'You said Dumbledore could use this place as headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix.' A confused expression crossed Sirius's face.
'I said?' I nodded.
'Yes... the house belongs to you: your parents passed away.' I watched Sirius closely as I spoke. Sirius looked stunned, though, managed to speak.
'Dead?' I nodded.
'I'm sorry.' Sirius seemed unable to respond to the news of his parents' death.
'What about Regulus?' I frowned.
'You told Harry, that Regulus was murdered... on Voldemort's orders, because he tried to back out of being a Death Eater.' This time I saw real hurt in Sirius's eyes, meaning I hugged him.
'I'm so sorry, Sirius.' I've noticed that Sirius keeps an eye on Regulus; though, if I confronted him about it then he'd probably deny it. I could tell Sirius loves his brother, even if him and Regulus aren't talking right now. I watched tears appear in Sirius's eyes, and as they did he spoke, sounding angry.
'He's just a boy! He's just a boy and those pureblood-loving maniacs pushed him! They pushed him to his death!' I attempted to wipe his tears.
'Siri, shhh... it hasn't happened yet.' Sirius's eyes met mine at this point.
'Can we save him?' I chewed my bottom lip.
'We'll try.' Sirius nodded, as the next of my memories appeared around us. Sirius became confused as we reappeared in the Room of Requirements: I explained about Dumbledore's Army. I let Sirius watch Dumbledore's Army train. This is the penultimate memory that I'm showing Sirius, the last memory is of the Battle at the Department of Mysteries. I waited a moment, before beginning to explain the situation to Sirius. 'Remember I mentioned the prophecy that predicted Harry's role in defeating the Dark Lord?' Sirius glanced towards me, nodding.
'The reason he killed James and Lily?' I nodded.
'Yeah... Voldemort wanted this prophecy: it's kept in the Department of Mysteries, but only Harry could retrieve it. For some reason Harry and Voldemort share a mental link... the Dark Lord tricked Harry into thinking that he'd captured you.' Sirius didn't speak, meaning I continued. 'I went with Harry to the Ministry to save you... I couldn't talk him out of it. You're the closest thing that Harry had to a father.' The memory of Dumbledore's Army vanished around us, and the Hall of Prophecies appeared. 'There were Death Eaters waiting for us.' I took Sirius's hand, and we followed my memory through the Hall of Prophecies. Sirius spoke as we watched my younger self, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Luna, and Neville fighting the Death Eaters.
'I don't feel so ashamed now, about ending up on my arse when we duelled last year.' I smirked, as the scene around us changed to the memory of the Death Chamber. Sirius spoke when he saw the Veil. 'That's your boggart?' I nodded.
'I'll explain that later.' As I spoke my younger self, and the others fell into the room. The Death Eaters arrived soon after, followed by the Order of the Phoenix: Sirius spoke.
'Is that Nymphadora?' I glanced towards the pink haired woman, with a grin.
'Yeah, she made auror... she's Moody's protégé.' Sirius's face dropped, though, as it did the battle commenced.
The memory I prepared showed the entire battle, up until the point where Harry disarms Lucius Malfoy. I watched my memory from beside Sirius; Sirius watched curiously, and seemed surprised when my memory ended abruptly.
'Hey! I want to see what happens!' We were back in the Room of Requirements. I sat down on the sofa, frowning at Sirius's statement.
'You don't.' I glanced towards Sirius, who stood staring back for a moment, before realisation washed over his face.
'That's when I die?' I nodded. Sirius sat beside me, wrapping his arm around me as I responded.
'Yes, Bellatrix knocks you into the Veil. The voice of my boggart, is Bellatrix taunting Harry after she kills you.' There was silence, as Sirius ran his fingers through my hair to comfort me. I allowed Sirius to comfort me, until he spoke.
'I will help you save James and Lily. What's the plan?' I sat up, and started telling Sirius about the horcruxes. I was surprised when Sirius said he knew all about horcrux, from reading books in his parent's library. I asked if he knew how to destroy one: Sirius nodded.
'The book in dad's library said you have to cause irreversible damage to the casing, without the casing the soul fragment can't survive.' Irreversible damage. How does one achieve irreversible damage? I thought back to Harry's explanation of what happened in the Chamber of Secrets. Basilisk venom! That's irreversible damage, because there's no antidote. How would we get our hands on Basilisk venom? I guess the Basilisk would still be alive in the Chamber of Secrets.
'Sirius, do you know what a Basilisk is?' Sirius nodded.
'Sure, why?' I chewed my bottom lip.
'There's a Basilisk at Hogwarts, in the Chamber of Secrets... we have to kill it, because we need its venom to destroy the horcrux.' I then decided that I'd told Sirius enough for today: he agreed, meaning I rebottled my memories and we returned to the Gryffindor common room. The rest of the Marauders were in the common room when we entered through the portrait: Sirius rushed forward to hug James. I stood watching as James allowed the hug to linger, before shoving Sirius away. I laughed.
A/N: Okay last part of Hermione's trip into the future: this was all a lot harder to write than I thought it would be. I hope you all enjoyed how these three chapters turned out. Remember to review and let me know what you think. Love RoxannetheLaugh x.
