The Return
by S. L
"Cheer up Hannah," Sirius said giving her a playful pat on the arm.
She supposed she'd better listen to him. As she had been moping ever since Harry left. It had been about a week ago, but she couldn't forget him. After all she had never really been separated from him since before they were married, it was a strange feeling
Her husbands godfather hummed some nonsense tune next to her, perhaps trying to cheer her up. He had been trying to get her in a good mood as best he could, and she didn't want him to feel bad. She probably wasn't being much good in the means of company. She otherwise would have been having a good time too. Hermoine had taken her on tours of the castle. She had spent many hours in the library pouring over all this new information. The teachers were more than happy to explain any subject she wished, though professor Snape wouldn't utter a word in her direction. Molly entertained her with stories of the days she spent at Hogwarts and Sirius and Jane played together happily on the bright, clean grounds.
"Ready?" Her new friend asked, his eyes glistening with sadness. Hannah sighed, she was being selfish. After all Sirius probably missed Harry even more than she would. He hadn't even had the chance to see him for more than a few minutes at a time after all these years separated.
She nodded, telling herself that she would ignore the pain in her heart.
He was going to show her how to fly. Probably in hopes of cheering her up. At first she had scoffed at the idea, then Hermoine had given her `Quidditch Through the Ages.' Flying now sounded interesting, but she wasn't too sure about heights.
Sirius gave her the new THUNDERBOLT, Harry had just bought her and took his own broom in hand.
"Just position your hands like this... now a little higher, good. Then swing your leg over- yeah like that. Bend down a little then take off. Don't go too high though!"
She followed his instructions carefully, closing her eyes at the kick off. Hannah felt herself rising then stop, she opened one eye slowly. She was nearly ten feet off the ground. Sirius was flying back in forth above her lazily.
"See? Just lean your weight in the direction you want to go. That's a top model, it should follow your every command. Careful though, it's fast and I don't wanna go after you."
She flew anxiously for a moment then began to giggle. Slowly then, carefully, she began to move about a bit, getting the hang of it. If this is what Harry had had for fun, then she'd been missing out.
"See? Told you it would be fun. I bet Harry can't wait to teach Jane! She'll be on the Quidditch team no doubt if he has anything to say for it," Sirius said doing loop the loops above her.
She looked up cautiously, afraid he might fall. "Did Harry play this Quidditch? I read about it in that book, and from what I know it's very popular."
"Popular she says!" He barked with a smile. "Only the most popular wizarding sport, everyone loves it! We'll there are an odd few who don't but we don't talk about them... Yeah Harry played. For the Gryffindor team. He was a seeker, youngest one there was. He got recruited in his first year, you can't even try out until third, he just got lucky. Was captain for three years too. Best damn seeker in many years."
He started off into the distance, flying at her speed. "Would have gone professional no doubt. If it weren't for Voldermort. He was that good."
Hannah smiled. She loved hearing stories about her husband. He'd never really told her much about his childhood, though now she knew he had reason. Now though, she wanted to get all caught up on the Harry who was a wizard. Not her muggle husband.
"So when are these students supposed to arrive?" She asked staring at the sinking sun. It was September first and tonight was the Welcoming Feast. She didn't want to admit it to anyone, but she was terrified. A school full of witches and wizards, and she was a muggle, how would she survive?
Sirius eyed her suspiciously, slowing down even more. "In about an hour or so, no doubt. Don't worry though, you'll do fine. Besides we've plenty of time..."
Plenty of time, unfortunately turned out to not be time enough. By the time Sirius and Hannah next remembered the feast it was already dark out. They had gotten caught up in a game of passing the quaffle. A sort of one on one game of Quidditch. When Hannah suddenly remembered the feast she startled herself so much she nearly got knocked off her broom.
They ran to the Great Hall, but they both knew they were going to be late. Great, Hannah thought as they ran, start off your first day by being late!
Late they were, as they burst into the rooms panting and out of breath with their brooms slung over their shoulders all eyes turned to them. The teachers gave them glares, and a few of the students, but Sirius' presence seemed to explain everything away.
"Hey it's Sirius!" Some students yelled.
"Irresponsible as ever." A prissy girl with long brown hair and thick rimmed glasses commented.
Sirius ignored them all and strode up to the head table confidently as if nothing had happened. Molly gave him a stern look, but motioned for then to take a seat between her and Jane. Unfortunately Jane ended up sitting between Dumbledore and Sirius. Hannah could already see Sirius teaching her daughter that if you flicked peas into the old man's beard he probably wouldn't notice.
Dumbledore chuckled to himself. "Late as usual I see, Sirius," his tone though was amused. "You've missed the sorting as well. Though your lucky I make the announcements after the feast otherwise we would have missed introducing our new teacher."
"Oh I'm so sorry sir- we just," Hannah stopped when she realized Dumbledore wasn't angry at all.
"No need to worry my dear. It's perfectly fine."
Hannah tried to enjoy the rest of dinner though she felt many eyes on her. No doubt checking out the new student she thought. Also the presence of a two year old might be something as well. Besides there were many whispers about Sirius as well. He ignored them all.
Hannah looked about. Molly was in a deep discussion with Minerva and Hermoine. Sirius was tickling Jane good naturedly. Dumbledore was humming some odd tune to himself smiling.
"Like I said," he spoke up not breaking his smile. "No need to worry. No one will find out about what you are."
"But what if I do something wrong?" She said around Sirius.
Dumbledore shook his head. "We haven't been able to pull you away from the library all week. You've been talking to all the professors, and I know Mr. Black here has been sharing stories with you. You'll do fine. Trust me. You might not know about ancient Goblin rebellions or how to turn a desk into a pig, but you'll manage without that. Besides I bet it won't be long before you learn all the spells, even if you can't perform them."
She nodded and returned to her dinner. It was true no matter no matter what she learned, she would never be able to perform magic. Strangely it didn't bother her. She wasn't depressed or jealous about it at all. She didn't even feel like she was missing out, just lucky to be any part of it. If it weren't for Harry, she never would have even found out about magic at all.
By the time the agonizing dinner ended Hannah's stomach was in knots.
Dumbledore stood up slowly, spreading his arms wide. "So begins another year at Hogwarts," he paused. "As always I've a few announcements before you trot off to bed with your full tummy's. Firstly the Forbidden Forest is as always- forbidden. Also Quiddtich try outs for Ravenclaw and Slythren will be held in two weeks time, you may all take in mind that only third years and above may try out without special consideration. Lastly I trust you've noticed a few new familiar faces at our staff table."
He turned and nodded to the new members, Hannah blushed. "Firstly may I introduce Professor Martney." He motioned for Hannah to stand, which she did carefully. "She has agreed to help out with some of the teacher's workloads. Helping out in Muggle Studies, Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts. I expect you all to make her welcome.
"Secondly may I present this lovely young lady," he picked Jane up carefully and let her stand on the table. Jane loved the attention. She smiled at her audience, waved her hand and even curtsied as prettily as she could. Hannah heard some of the boys laugh and the girls sigh and giggle. She supposed Jane did look rather cute. "Jane, Professor Martney's daughter who will also be joining us. You are to treat her with due respect and help keep her out of trouble."
With difficulty Sirius helped Dumbledore get Jane out of the spotlight. She slumped down in her chair pouting slightly, but still smiling widely.
"Next we have Mrs. Weasley, whom is staying on to help with Jane." Molly stood up and blushed as Hannah had, then sat down again very quickly. Two tall twins with bright red hair and freckles stood up at the Griffindor table and began whistling and cheering loudly. Hannah suspected them to be some Weasleys or another.
"Finally Sirius Black has unfortunately returned. This is something that some may take as good news or bad. Which is up to you."
Hannah was startled by this announcement, but Sirius looked very proud. He stood up in an instant and began making over exaggerated bows, and blowing kisses. His audience laughed, some groaned, other's cheered. The teachers buried their hands in their faces.
"Yes well," Dumbledore went on. "He has been forewarned, any funny business and he will find himself under strict rules. None of you, and I repeat, none of you, are to help him in any way this time. I believe we had enough of that the last time around. Now however it is time for sleep as I am sure you will all be glad. So off to bed you go to get up bright and early for classes tomorrow!"
Hannah watched as the students left then leaned over to Sirius. "What's wrong with you coming back? Why are you even coming back?"
Sirius smiled proudly. "Well I taught Defense Against the Dark Arts before Remus did, about three years back. I told you about being a Marauder didn't I? Well let's just say that I decided to uphold our traditions when I came back to Hogwarts. There are a lot more benefits than there were when I was a student. A teacher can get around, let me tell you."
"Sirius," Remus said as he passed them on his way to bed himself. "You turned McGonagal's hair bright blue." He turned to Hannah. "After they did that they put him under the same rules as the students."
Looking pout Sirius turned to defend himself. "I'd forgotten how boring detention can be..."
Hannah just laughed and walked away from the arguing pair. Molly and Jane were waiting for her by the door. Jane was rubbing sleep from her eyes. Hannah smiled at her daughter. She looked a lot different than the little girl she knew.
For one thing she was in pretty green wizard robes. Also Dumbledore and Harry and decided to change her appearance a bit, just to be on the safe side. They straightened up her hair a bit turning it brown. Her eyes were also now a soft brown color. She still looked pretty and cute, just not the same.
"That wasn't so bad was it?" Molly said as if she wasn't just as embarrassed as Hannah had been. She was carrying Jane, whose face was buried in her hair. Hannah thought the two had taken to one another immediately. Jane and Mummy Molly.
"No," Hannah said as they walked on to their room, then she changed her mind halfway there. "Wait, I've left my broom in the hall, I'll be there in a second okay?"
Molly nodded while Hannah turned around to fetch her broom. The hall was empty though as she walked out with her broom over her shoulder she heard voices.
"Yeah, Potter- the Harry Potter! Can you believe it!" The girl squealed. "He's his godfather! Do you think he can tell us anything about him?"
"Professor Granger too!" A second girl said. "They were best friends, I've heard! I hope we have transfigurations soon too! Besides almost all the teachers know him!"
A third voice entered the conversation. "They say he used to spend a lot of time at Hogwarts, maybe we'll even get to see him. Can you believe it- the famous Harry Potter might come and we might actually get to meet him!"
"I want to hear the story about the Triwizard Tourneyment!" The first girl said. "My dad saw it all you know. Said it was bloody wonderful, but I wanna hear it again. You know Harry Potter went up against the Hungarian Horntail! The toughest dragon there is! He won too!"
"I know, and what about the war after that? And You-Know-Who! I also read a story in Witch Weekly about the Chamber of Secrets, written from Ginny Weasley herself!"
Hannah's heart sunk as the voices faded into the distance. How could she feel good when strangers whom didn't even know Harry knew more about her husband than she herself did?
The ending isn't worded the way I wanted it, but I don't really have the time to worry about that now. Maybe I'll change it later. In the mean time, here's the new chapter and all that. Hope you like it. Next time will be Hannah's first day of school, she'll get some presents and there will be more of Jane and Sirius I promise! Hope you like it and thanks to everyone who reviewed!
~steph: thanks, I'm retarded, I make mistakes very, very easily, trust me
~Artemis-chan
~Melee
~Kaylin
~HPFAN: thanks for reading, yeah your right I do make mistakes a lot, sorry! Hope it doesn't ruin the reading. About using the books though, I'm afraid I'm too lazy to do that. When I write, I just spit it out. No time for editing (which is probably why there are so many mistakes) or backround checking. Maybe after I finish this story I'll go back and edit and change things a bit. Until then I just write. Nothign more. I mean writing this fanfic stuff is all for fun isn't it? So that's what I'm doing having fun. Sorry I ramble on a lot. I don't mean to sound snippy. Don't take it the wrong way!!!
~Ambaerezque
~Lady FoxFire: you'll have to keep reading to find out about Jane...
~Grayswandir
~Aqualaria
~Britz: thanks sooo much for reading. I read your stories too and they are good. Your right about Naavi though, I really like her story too. I like all my favorites and while I'm on the subjet let me tell everyone to check out my favorite stories (I have A LOT) I can't tell you how great they are. I know you'd love them too! (now I'm rambling too!)
~Midnight Owl: TTTTHHHHAAAANNNNKKKK YYYYOOOOUUUU (lol)
by S. L
"Cheer up Hannah," Sirius said giving her a playful pat on the arm.
She supposed she'd better listen to him. As she had been moping ever since Harry left. It had been about a week ago, but she couldn't forget him. After all she had never really been separated from him since before they were married, it was a strange feeling
Her husbands godfather hummed some nonsense tune next to her, perhaps trying to cheer her up. He had been trying to get her in a good mood as best he could, and she didn't want him to feel bad. She probably wasn't being much good in the means of company. She otherwise would have been having a good time too. Hermoine had taken her on tours of the castle. She had spent many hours in the library pouring over all this new information. The teachers were more than happy to explain any subject she wished, though professor Snape wouldn't utter a word in her direction. Molly entertained her with stories of the days she spent at Hogwarts and Sirius and Jane played together happily on the bright, clean grounds.
"Ready?" Her new friend asked, his eyes glistening with sadness. Hannah sighed, she was being selfish. After all Sirius probably missed Harry even more than she would. He hadn't even had the chance to see him for more than a few minutes at a time after all these years separated.
She nodded, telling herself that she would ignore the pain in her heart.
He was going to show her how to fly. Probably in hopes of cheering her up. At first she had scoffed at the idea, then Hermoine had given her `Quidditch Through the Ages.' Flying now sounded interesting, but she wasn't too sure about heights.
Sirius gave her the new THUNDERBOLT, Harry had just bought her and took his own broom in hand.
"Just position your hands like this... now a little higher, good. Then swing your leg over- yeah like that. Bend down a little then take off. Don't go too high though!"
She followed his instructions carefully, closing her eyes at the kick off. Hannah felt herself rising then stop, she opened one eye slowly. She was nearly ten feet off the ground. Sirius was flying back in forth above her lazily.
"See? Just lean your weight in the direction you want to go. That's a top model, it should follow your every command. Careful though, it's fast and I don't wanna go after you."
She flew anxiously for a moment then began to giggle. Slowly then, carefully, she began to move about a bit, getting the hang of it. If this is what Harry had had for fun, then she'd been missing out.
"See? Told you it would be fun. I bet Harry can't wait to teach Jane! She'll be on the Quidditch team no doubt if he has anything to say for it," Sirius said doing loop the loops above her.
She looked up cautiously, afraid he might fall. "Did Harry play this Quidditch? I read about it in that book, and from what I know it's very popular."
"Popular she says!" He barked with a smile. "Only the most popular wizarding sport, everyone loves it! We'll there are an odd few who don't but we don't talk about them... Yeah Harry played. For the Gryffindor team. He was a seeker, youngest one there was. He got recruited in his first year, you can't even try out until third, he just got lucky. Was captain for three years too. Best damn seeker in many years."
He started off into the distance, flying at her speed. "Would have gone professional no doubt. If it weren't for Voldermort. He was that good."
Hannah smiled. She loved hearing stories about her husband. He'd never really told her much about his childhood, though now she knew he had reason. Now though, she wanted to get all caught up on the Harry who was a wizard. Not her muggle husband.
"So when are these students supposed to arrive?" She asked staring at the sinking sun. It was September first and tonight was the Welcoming Feast. She didn't want to admit it to anyone, but she was terrified. A school full of witches and wizards, and she was a muggle, how would she survive?
Sirius eyed her suspiciously, slowing down even more. "In about an hour or so, no doubt. Don't worry though, you'll do fine. Besides we've plenty of time..."
Plenty of time, unfortunately turned out to not be time enough. By the time Sirius and Hannah next remembered the feast it was already dark out. They had gotten caught up in a game of passing the quaffle. A sort of one on one game of Quidditch. When Hannah suddenly remembered the feast she startled herself so much she nearly got knocked off her broom.
They ran to the Great Hall, but they both knew they were going to be late. Great, Hannah thought as they ran, start off your first day by being late!
Late they were, as they burst into the rooms panting and out of breath with their brooms slung over their shoulders all eyes turned to them. The teachers gave them glares, and a few of the students, but Sirius' presence seemed to explain everything away.
"Hey it's Sirius!" Some students yelled.
"Irresponsible as ever." A prissy girl with long brown hair and thick rimmed glasses commented.
Sirius ignored them all and strode up to the head table confidently as if nothing had happened. Molly gave him a stern look, but motioned for then to take a seat between her and Jane. Unfortunately Jane ended up sitting between Dumbledore and Sirius. Hannah could already see Sirius teaching her daughter that if you flicked peas into the old man's beard he probably wouldn't notice.
Dumbledore chuckled to himself. "Late as usual I see, Sirius," his tone though was amused. "You've missed the sorting as well. Though your lucky I make the announcements after the feast otherwise we would have missed introducing our new teacher."
"Oh I'm so sorry sir- we just," Hannah stopped when she realized Dumbledore wasn't angry at all.
"No need to worry my dear. It's perfectly fine."
Hannah tried to enjoy the rest of dinner though she felt many eyes on her. No doubt checking out the new student she thought. Also the presence of a two year old might be something as well. Besides there were many whispers about Sirius as well. He ignored them all.
Hannah looked about. Molly was in a deep discussion with Minerva and Hermoine. Sirius was tickling Jane good naturedly. Dumbledore was humming some odd tune to himself smiling.
"Like I said," he spoke up not breaking his smile. "No need to worry. No one will find out about what you are."
"But what if I do something wrong?" She said around Sirius.
Dumbledore shook his head. "We haven't been able to pull you away from the library all week. You've been talking to all the professors, and I know Mr. Black here has been sharing stories with you. You'll do fine. Trust me. You might not know about ancient Goblin rebellions or how to turn a desk into a pig, but you'll manage without that. Besides I bet it won't be long before you learn all the spells, even if you can't perform them."
She nodded and returned to her dinner. It was true no matter no matter what she learned, she would never be able to perform magic. Strangely it didn't bother her. She wasn't depressed or jealous about it at all. She didn't even feel like she was missing out, just lucky to be any part of it. If it weren't for Harry, she never would have even found out about magic at all.
By the time the agonizing dinner ended Hannah's stomach was in knots.
Dumbledore stood up slowly, spreading his arms wide. "So begins another year at Hogwarts," he paused. "As always I've a few announcements before you trot off to bed with your full tummy's. Firstly the Forbidden Forest is as always- forbidden. Also Quiddtich try outs for Ravenclaw and Slythren will be held in two weeks time, you may all take in mind that only third years and above may try out without special consideration. Lastly I trust you've noticed a few new familiar faces at our staff table."
He turned and nodded to the new members, Hannah blushed. "Firstly may I introduce Professor Martney." He motioned for Hannah to stand, which she did carefully. "She has agreed to help out with some of the teacher's workloads. Helping out in Muggle Studies, Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts. I expect you all to make her welcome.
"Secondly may I present this lovely young lady," he picked Jane up carefully and let her stand on the table. Jane loved the attention. She smiled at her audience, waved her hand and even curtsied as prettily as she could. Hannah heard some of the boys laugh and the girls sigh and giggle. She supposed Jane did look rather cute. "Jane, Professor Martney's daughter who will also be joining us. You are to treat her with due respect and help keep her out of trouble."
With difficulty Sirius helped Dumbledore get Jane out of the spotlight. She slumped down in her chair pouting slightly, but still smiling widely.
"Next we have Mrs. Weasley, whom is staying on to help with Jane." Molly stood up and blushed as Hannah had, then sat down again very quickly. Two tall twins with bright red hair and freckles stood up at the Griffindor table and began whistling and cheering loudly. Hannah suspected them to be some Weasleys or another.
"Finally Sirius Black has unfortunately returned. This is something that some may take as good news or bad. Which is up to you."
Hannah was startled by this announcement, but Sirius looked very proud. He stood up in an instant and began making over exaggerated bows, and blowing kisses. His audience laughed, some groaned, other's cheered. The teachers buried their hands in their faces.
"Yes well," Dumbledore went on. "He has been forewarned, any funny business and he will find himself under strict rules. None of you, and I repeat, none of you, are to help him in any way this time. I believe we had enough of that the last time around. Now however it is time for sleep as I am sure you will all be glad. So off to bed you go to get up bright and early for classes tomorrow!"
Hannah watched as the students left then leaned over to Sirius. "What's wrong with you coming back? Why are you even coming back?"
Sirius smiled proudly. "Well I taught Defense Against the Dark Arts before Remus did, about three years back. I told you about being a Marauder didn't I? Well let's just say that I decided to uphold our traditions when I came back to Hogwarts. There are a lot more benefits than there were when I was a student. A teacher can get around, let me tell you."
"Sirius," Remus said as he passed them on his way to bed himself. "You turned McGonagal's hair bright blue." He turned to Hannah. "After they did that they put him under the same rules as the students."
Looking pout Sirius turned to defend himself. "I'd forgotten how boring detention can be..."
Hannah just laughed and walked away from the arguing pair. Molly and Jane were waiting for her by the door. Jane was rubbing sleep from her eyes. Hannah smiled at her daughter. She looked a lot different than the little girl she knew.
For one thing she was in pretty green wizard robes. Also Dumbledore and Harry and decided to change her appearance a bit, just to be on the safe side. They straightened up her hair a bit turning it brown. Her eyes were also now a soft brown color. She still looked pretty and cute, just not the same.
"That wasn't so bad was it?" Molly said as if she wasn't just as embarrassed as Hannah had been. She was carrying Jane, whose face was buried in her hair. Hannah thought the two had taken to one another immediately. Jane and Mummy Molly.
"No," Hannah said as they walked on to their room, then she changed her mind halfway there. "Wait, I've left my broom in the hall, I'll be there in a second okay?"
Molly nodded while Hannah turned around to fetch her broom. The hall was empty though as she walked out with her broom over her shoulder she heard voices.
"Yeah, Potter- the Harry Potter! Can you believe it!" The girl squealed. "He's his godfather! Do you think he can tell us anything about him?"
"Professor Granger too!" A second girl said. "They were best friends, I've heard! I hope we have transfigurations soon too! Besides almost all the teachers know him!"
A third voice entered the conversation. "They say he used to spend a lot of time at Hogwarts, maybe we'll even get to see him. Can you believe it- the famous Harry Potter might come and we might actually get to meet him!"
"I want to hear the story about the Triwizard Tourneyment!" The first girl said. "My dad saw it all you know. Said it was bloody wonderful, but I wanna hear it again. You know Harry Potter went up against the Hungarian Horntail! The toughest dragon there is! He won too!"
"I know, and what about the war after that? And You-Know-Who! I also read a story in Witch Weekly about the Chamber of Secrets, written from Ginny Weasley herself!"
Hannah's heart sunk as the voices faded into the distance. How could she feel good when strangers whom didn't even know Harry knew more about her husband than she herself did?
The ending isn't worded the way I wanted it, but I don't really have the time to worry about that now. Maybe I'll change it later. In the mean time, here's the new chapter and all that. Hope you like it. Next time will be Hannah's first day of school, she'll get some presents and there will be more of Jane and Sirius I promise! Hope you like it and thanks to everyone who reviewed!
~steph: thanks, I'm retarded, I make mistakes very, very easily, trust me
~Artemis-chan
~Melee
~Kaylin
~HPFAN: thanks for reading, yeah your right I do make mistakes a lot, sorry! Hope it doesn't ruin the reading. About using the books though, I'm afraid I'm too lazy to do that. When I write, I just spit it out. No time for editing (which is probably why there are so many mistakes) or backround checking. Maybe after I finish this story I'll go back and edit and change things a bit. Until then I just write. Nothign more. I mean writing this fanfic stuff is all for fun isn't it? So that's what I'm doing having fun. Sorry I ramble on a lot. I don't mean to sound snippy. Don't take it the wrong way!!!
~Ambaerezque
~Lady FoxFire: you'll have to keep reading to find out about Jane...
~Grayswandir
~Aqualaria
~Britz: thanks sooo much for reading. I read your stories too and they are good. Your right about Naavi though, I really like her story too. I like all my favorites and while I'm on the subjet let me tell everyone to check out my favorite stories (I have A LOT) I can't tell you how great they are. I know you'd love them too! (now I'm rambling too!)
~Midnight Owl: TTTTHHHHAAAANNNNKKKK YYYYOOOOUUUU (lol)