SECOND TO GO- *Six*
A/n before you ask- no Edea is NOT a Mary-Sue. Ugh, definitely not, and she is in no way perfect after battle and isn't stunningly beautiful, just so you know.
***
Sirius slumped down into a chair outside the now empty courtroom, "Why did you do that?"
"Instantaneous descision."
"That was very nicely done." Sirius twirled his wand in his hand.
"I know."
Sirius snoted, "Well, aren't you modest."
"As ever."
"Fudge didn't look very pleased."
"You know thats most probably because his wife was in the blast."
"She was?"
"First wife." Edea nodded. "I watched."
"You were there?"
"No." Edea sighed, "i was too busy freaking out thinking you'd died too."
"Takes more than that to take me out."
"They're gonna be after you now." Edea gestured "Malfoy was in the crowd, he'll go report it to Voldemort."
"Was Harry?"
"No. I didn't see him. Or any Hogwarts people." Edea shrugged. "I wonder what they'll say."
"I'm free, Eddie." Sirius leaned back, "What CAN they say?"
"A lot." Edea scowled, "Don't call me Eddie."
"Sorry." Sirius grinned, "I forgot."
"Yah," Edea sighed, "You know, if you want to get back in time to gloat at Snape at the dinner table, we should really go now."
"How did you know...."
"Sirius, think about that question hard."
"Hmm." Sirius nodded "Can i just drop by Diagon Alley first?"
"Sure." Edea got up, "You getting a broom again?"
"Not so fast." Sirius shook his head. "I'll settle for a few decent robes first. And some money from my vault."
"Righty, you're leading. It's that damn bike of yours, remind me never to ride it gain."
"You brought the bike?"
"Yes." Edea moaned, "I can't drive bikes."
"yet you can drive your mercedes."
"Who told you i had a mercedes?"
"Nobody," Sirius grinned, "I called in on your place when i got out, and i thought you'd moved! There's amazingly clean car in the drive and no broomstick to even clean the floor with."
"I like living like muggles, its much simpler."
"Yet you're an Auror?"
"It pays well," Edea shrugged, "And it was Remus' idea."
"Moony told old Dayah to be an Auror?" Sirius laughed as he revved the bike's engines, "Get on,"
****
Dumbledore brought a very scared Harry into his office, where Cornelius Fudge was pacing the room.
"Well?" Dumbleore sat down
"I... Er..." Fudge loosened his tie. "Well, the jury stated Mr.Black innocent, and er.. he's disappeared."
"Innocent?" Harry jumped up, beaming "How?"
"Your DADA teacher, er... kindly filled in the role for Mr.Black's speaker, and er... well... she's very convincing."
"She didn't need to convince, just state the facts." Dumbledore rested his head on his fingers.
"Harry?"
"Why's he disappeared?"
"I believe.. he probably wants to taste freedom again." Fudge commented, "And with that DuCruet, freedom will take a while."
Harry blushed, "You mean, Sirius and Professor DuCruet.."
"Were very close." Dumbledore finished, "And if i remember correctly, it all went badly downhill after Sirius was imprisoned."
"Is he coming back?"
"OF course!" Dumbledore let out a chuckle. "He has a world of jokes and pranks to play before his curtain falls."
Fudge rolled his eyes. "You realise what a disruption this will cause?"
"Inevitably." Dumbledore sighed. "But i stand by the fact that this is a good thing."
"Headmaster," Harry looked thoughtful, "I was just wondering.. Now that Sirius is free.."
"You may live with him once he has suitable accomodation and the appropriate enchantments are on the housing." Dumbledore nodded, "Now, if you're not careful, you shall miss your dinner. I suggest you go before it is over."
Harry grinned, feeling like a weight had been lifted and raced down to the hall.
***
"Eddie." Sirius asked, walking up the steps to Hogwarts.
"Don't call me eddie... yes?"
"I had a thought."
"Now that is a new concept for you. Is it lonely?" Edea cooed.
"Very funny." Sirius smiled, "No, being serious. Spelt S.E.R.I.O.U.S."
"Hit me."
"Do you think we could uh... start where we left off?" Sirius prepared himself for a slap or rant or something.
"Uhm." Edea stopped walking, "Wow."
"Can i take a 'wow' as a 'yes, okay sirius, i'd love to'?" Sirius looked at her with a slight grin.
"You may take it as a 'yes, but if you dare bewitch me when i'm sleeping again i will transfigure your sorry ass into a pencil."
"Just my ass?" Sirius grinned, "That would look slightly odd."
"Sirius??" Came a voice from the doorway, "You okay?"
"My ass has been threatened." Sirius replied very solemnly to a worried looking Harry, Hermoine and Ron.
"What?" Ron asked.
"My ass is in grave danger should i bewitch Eddie into a cat-human hybrid again while she's sleeping."
"Don't call me Eddie." Edea snarled at him again.
"You did that?" Ron asked
"Oh yeah." Sirius shurgged it off, "It was nothing."
"I retaliated." Edea smiled evilly. "It took him ages to pronounce his consonants properly again."
"She charmed me to speak pig-latin all day." Sirius moaned. "It was awful, i had Remus and James laughing at me."
Harry had a faraway look. "I remember."
"You DO?" Sirius rushed over to Harry, "What do you remember?"
"Not much, blurry scenes and stuff, you and Dayah. You came to our house... And Dad was laughing at you because of your voice. I remember calling you Pah-fuuf, and you couldn't say my name properly, everyone was laughing at you." Harry screwed up his eyes trying to bring back that visual.
"It was James' birthday bash. Spectacular as ever." Sirius grinned, "Apart from my pig-latin."
"oh that just added to the entertainment." Edea smiled. "You couldnt say any of the spells properly to uncurse yourself and noone would help you."
"Yes but that was until i threatened you with no serrprrrpppphh." Edea slapped her hand over his mouth. "Shut up."
"Sirius." Harry looked up
"Mmm?"
"Dumbledore, he said i could.. you know.. if you wanted me to that is.. move away from the Dursleys."
"Of course you can live with us." Sirius laughed, "That's not even a question."
"us?" Edea raised an eyebrow.
"Well, i just assumed that.." Sirius threw up his hands "Oh, man."
"No thats okay, i just wanted to hear that out loud."
"can i gloat at Snape now?" Sirius stood up
"I think he's taking Edea's class." Ron said
"WHAT?" Edea said shocked. "How DARE he teach my class."
"Oh dear." Sirius sighed. "He's in for it now."
Harry and Hermione shared a look. Ron was busy waving at a figure running towards them, "Look, its Lupin."
"Moony!" Sirius grabbed Remus into a bearhug. "I'm legally free!"
"I know Paddy, i know." Remus couldn't help but laugh at his old friend. "We got the ahem... 'special edition' daily prophet."
"Pretty good is it?"
"Quite." Remus nodded, saying hi to the rest, "Where'd Eddie go?"
"She went to go kick Snape's ass." Sirius whooped.
"I thought she didn't want to be called Eddie?" Hermione asked
"Thats' the entire point." Remus nodded, "We just do it to annoy."
"She's so cute when she's angry." Sirius smiled widely like a fool.
"Oh god." Remus rolled his eyes. "Here we go again."
"Oh no," Hermione suddenly said, "You realise we're late for Potions?"
"Who's taking potions if snape is taking DADA?" Harry wondered.
The three students walked into the castle leaving an ecstatic Sirius and Remus on the steps.
TBC
A/n before you ask- no Edea is NOT a Mary-Sue. Ugh, definitely not, and she is in no way perfect after battle and isn't stunningly beautiful, just so you know.
***
Sirius slumped down into a chair outside the now empty courtroom, "Why did you do that?"
"Instantaneous descision."
"That was very nicely done." Sirius twirled his wand in his hand.
"I know."
Sirius snoted, "Well, aren't you modest."
"As ever."
"Fudge didn't look very pleased."
"You know thats most probably because his wife was in the blast."
"She was?"
"First wife." Edea nodded. "I watched."
"You were there?"
"No." Edea sighed, "i was too busy freaking out thinking you'd died too."
"Takes more than that to take me out."
"They're gonna be after you now." Edea gestured "Malfoy was in the crowd, he'll go report it to Voldemort."
"Was Harry?"
"No. I didn't see him. Or any Hogwarts people." Edea shrugged. "I wonder what they'll say."
"I'm free, Eddie." Sirius leaned back, "What CAN they say?"
"A lot." Edea scowled, "Don't call me Eddie."
"Sorry." Sirius grinned, "I forgot."
"Yah," Edea sighed, "You know, if you want to get back in time to gloat at Snape at the dinner table, we should really go now."
"How did you know...."
"Sirius, think about that question hard."
"Hmm." Sirius nodded "Can i just drop by Diagon Alley first?"
"Sure." Edea got up, "You getting a broom again?"
"Not so fast." Sirius shook his head. "I'll settle for a few decent robes first. And some money from my vault."
"Righty, you're leading. It's that damn bike of yours, remind me never to ride it gain."
"You brought the bike?"
"Yes." Edea moaned, "I can't drive bikes."
"yet you can drive your mercedes."
"Who told you i had a mercedes?"
"Nobody," Sirius grinned, "I called in on your place when i got out, and i thought you'd moved! There's amazingly clean car in the drive and no broomstick to even clean the floor with."
"I like living like muggles, its much simpler."
"Yet you're an Auror?"
"It pays well," Edea shrugged, "And it was Remus' idea."
"Moony told old Dayah to be an Auror?" Sirius laughed as he revved the bike's engines, "Get on,"
****
Dumbledore brought a very scared Harry into his office, where Cornelius Fudge was pacing the room.
"Well?" Dumbleore sat down
"I... Er..." Fudge loosened his tie. "Well, the jury stated Mr.Black innocent, and er.. he's disappeared."
"Innocent?" Harry jumped up, beaming "How?"
"Your DADA teacher, er... kindly filled in the role for Mr.Black's speaker, and er... well... she's very convincing."
"She didn't need to convince, just state the facts." Dumbledore rested his head on his fingers.
"Harry?"
"Why's he disappeared?"
"I believe.. he probably wants to taste freedom again." Fudge commented, "And with that DuCruet, freedom will take a while."
Harry blushed, "You mean, Sirius and Professor DuCruet.."
"Were very close." Dumbledore finished, "And if i remember correctly, it all went badly downhill after Sirius was imprisoned."
"Is he coming back?"
"OF course!" Dumbledore let out a chuckle. "He has a world of jokes and pranks to play before his curtain falls."
Fudge rolled his eyes. "You realise what a disruption this will cause?"
"Inevitably." Dumbledore sighed. "But i stand by the fact that this is a good thing."
"Headmaster," Harry looked thoughtful, "I was just wondering.. Now that Sirius is free.."
"You may live with him once he has suitable accomodation and the appropriate enchantments are on the housing." Dumbledore nodded, "Now, if you're not careful, you shall miss your dinner. I suggest you go before it is over."
Harry grinned, feeling like a weight had been lifted and raced down to the hall.
***
"Eddie." Sirius asked, walking up the steps to Hogwarts.
"Don't call me eddie... yes?"
"I had a thought."
"Now that is a new concept for you. Is it lonely?" Edea cooed.
"Very funny." Sirius smiled, "No, being serious. Spelt S.E.R.I.O.U.S."
"Hit me."
"Do you think we could uh... start where we left off?" Sirius prepared himself for a slap or rant or something.
"Uhm." Edea stopped walking, "Wow."
"Can i take a 'wow' as a 'yes, okay sirius, i'd love to'?" Sirius looked at her with a slight grin.
"You may take it as a 'yes, but if you dare bewitch me when i'm sleeping again i will transfigure your sorry ass into a pencil."
"Just my ass?" Sirius grinned, "That would look slightly odd."
"Sirius??" Came a voice from the doorway, "You okay?"
"My ass has been threatened." Sirius replied very solemnly to a worried looking Harry, Hermoine and Ron.
"What?" Ron asked.
"My ass is in grave danger should i bewitch Eddie into a cat-human hybrid again while she's sleeping."
"Don't call me Eddie." Edea snarled at him again.
"You did that?" Ron asked
"Oh yeah." Sirius shurgged it off, "It was nothing."
"I retaliated." Edea smiled evilly. "It took him ages to pronounce his consonants properly again."
"She charmed me to speak pig-latin all day." Sirius moaned. "It was awful, i had Remus and James laughing at me."
Harry had a faraway look. "I remember."
"You DO?" Sirius rushed over to Harry, "What do you remember?"
"Not much, blurry scenes and stuff, you and Dayah. You came to our house... And Dad was laughing at you because of your voice. I remember calling you Pah-fuuf, and you couldn't say my name properly, everyone was laughing at you." Harry screwed up his eyes trying to bring back that visual.
"It was James' birthday bash. Spectacular as ever." Sirius grinned, "Apart from my pig-latin."
"oh that just added to the entertainment." Edea smiled. "You couldnt say any of the spells properly to uncurse yourself and noone would help you."
"Yes but that was until i threatened you with no serrprrrpppphh." Edea slapped her hand over his mouth. "Shut up."
"Sirius." Harry looked up
"Mmm?"
"Dumbledore, he said i could.. you know.. if you wanted me to that is.. move away from the Dursleys."
"Of course you can live with us." Sirius laughed, "That's not even a question."
"us?" Edea raised an eyebrow.
"Well, i just assumed that.." Sirius threw up his hands "Oh, man."
"No thats okay, i just wanted to hear that out loud."
"can i gloat at Snape now?" Sirius stood up
"I think he's taking Edea's class." Ron said
"WHAT?" Edea said shocked. "How DARE he teach my class."
"Oh dear." Sirius sighed. "He's in for it now."
Harry and Hermione shared a look. Ron was busy waving at a figure running towards them, "Look, its Lupin."
"Moony!" Sirius grabbed Remus into a bearhug. "I'm legally free!"
"I know Paddy, i know." Remus couldn't help but laugh at his old friend. "We got the ahem... 'special edition' daily prophet."
"Pretty good is it?"
"Quite." Remus nodded, saying hi to the rest, "Where'd Eddie go?"
"She went to go kick Snape's ass." Sirius whooped.
"I thought she didn't want to be called Eddie?" Hermione asked
"Thats' the entire point." Remus nodded, "We just do it to annoy."
"She's so cute when she's angry." Sirius smiled widely like a fool.
"Oh god." Remus rolled his eyes. "Here we go again."
"Oh no," Hermione suddenly said, "You realise we're late for Potions?"
"Who's taking potions if snape is taking DADA?" Harry wondered.
The three students walked into the castle leaving an ecstatic Sirius and Remus on the steps.
TBC