Hermione stared straight ahead at the man in black standing before her. It
was a face she hadn't seen in years. Not since graduation when he had made
an appearance for Harry. But that had been the last time she had seen him
because...
"You're dead. What the hell is this?" Hermione said as she walked over to him.
Sirius laughed and looked down at his feet with a shy smile. He brought his eyes back up to meet hers and he spoke softly. "This is me needing desperately to speak with you about Harry."
Hermione visibly flinched and looked away from Sirius' eyes. She was afraid of her eyes telling him a story that he didn't need to know. But being Sirius, he would probably know anyway. He always knew. Especially if it involved his godson.
"Harry and I, well, we-" Hermione was cut off.
"Had a falling out. Yes, I know. And you two had better patch things up quickly because there's going to be trouble."
"It's not easy to patch things up if you haven't seen the man in ten years. I don't know if I'll ever- trouble? What kind of trouble?" Hermione's tone changed drastically.
"Voldemort is planning something. Not sure what, but if Harry isn't back then things are going to get bad."
"Harry won't do anything," Hermione said as she fingered the silver necklace around her neck.
"Yes, I've heard the story. He made a pact with Voldemort and blah blah blah... It's touching, really. But you had better think of something, Hermione. You're a clever witch."
"I know this is totally off the subject, but what the hell is this place?" Hermione asked as she looked around at the entirely black space that they stood in. "And how can I be talking to you if you're dead? You -are- dead, right?"
"I can't explain to you what this place is. It has no explanation. But I can tell you this much: I am in fact dead. Have been since the day Voldemort killed me."
The words flowed so easy out of Sirius's mouth like they were nothing at all. Hermione thought back to the day that she had recieved news that Sirius had died. It had been the day after Harry had left her. An epiphany hit her.
"Were you with Harry when he made his pact to Voldemort?" Hermione asked.
Sirius looked away at some point in the black space. He opened his mouth to speak, but the lack of words told Hermione everything that she needed to know. And then she felt hopelessly bad for yelling at Harry the way she had.
"Sirius," Hermione said as she took another step forward. "Why were you killed?"
Sirius took in a deep breath. "I promised Harry before I died that I would never tell you. But now everyone's lives hang on the line." Sirius stopped to collect his thoughts. "I was killed as a warning to Harry after he sealed his deal with Voldemort. I was killed to make sure that Harry would keep true to his word and not use magic."
A silent tear slipped from Hermione's eye and landed without a sound on the surface beneath her feet. "I'm so sorry," she said softly.
Sirius smiled and shook his head. "There's nothing to be sorry about. But you -do- still need to try and patch things up with Harry as quickly as possible. No one knows when Voldemort will be back."
Hermione nodded once and watched as the book that had brought her there floated in front of her face. Sirius smiled and took a step back, fading into darkness. Hermione reached out and touched the book. She felt the familiar tugging at her navel and not long after she was standing back in her home.
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It had taken Harry a little longer than he had thought it would to get home. But he had afterall stopped by his favorite bar for a gin and tonic, his favorite muggle drink. It was nightfall by the time he got to his home.
Harry unlocked the door to his home and stepped inside. He took off his shoes and threw them in the middle of the floor to trip over later. He walked back into his bedroom and stripped of his clothes, stepping into the shower down the hall not long after.
The front door that he had forgotten to lock clicked open. A distraught and nervouos looking Hermione stepped through and walked inside, closing the door softly behind her. She slipped out of her jacket and threw it on a chair upon walking in the living room. She saw Harry's shoes laying in the middle of the floor.
Somewhere in the back of her mind the sound of running water was brought to her attention. She looked down the hall to see a light shining from behind a door.
Curiosity got to her and she walked down, pressing her ear against the door. She realized that the shower was on and she could hear Harry humming lightly inside. She smiled. Harry had always loved to sing in the shower.
She heard the water stop and she backed away from the door. She pressed herself against the wall behind her and waited. Not long after the door opened and Harry, clad only in a towel around his waist, stood in the doorway facing her.
He looked at her awkwardly and crossed his arms over his chest. He leaned against the doorway and looked her over.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"I came to apologize. I was wrong."
"You were wrong?" Harry said incredulously.
"Yes. And I just wanted to come and tell you that. It was wrong of me to yell at you like I did. I know you were just looking out for me."
Harry looked down at the floor and brushed past her toward the direction of his bedroom. Hermione tentatively followed suit and sat down on the edge of his bed as he searched through his closet for something to wear.
Harry pulled a pair of pajama pants out of the closet and threw them over the back of a chair. He went and found a pair of blue silk boxers folded neatly in a pile of clothes in the corner. Harry was very aware of the sharp intake of breath that Hermione had taken when he dropped the towel from around his waist.
"It's nothing you haven't seen before," Harry said as he pulled his pants on. He turned around and saw that Hermione was staring at him with hungry eyes. This made him smile.
"So is there any other reason you came over?" Harry asked a he moved toward the bed.
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END CHAP FIVE
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a/n: yeah, so this chap is a bit shorter than i had hoped, but this seemed like the best place to stop it. i hope you guys are reviewing every chap you read. i use some of the ideas that ppl give me in the story. you might get chosen. so REVIEW or MESSAGE ME
"You're dead. What the hell is this?" Hermione said as she walked over to him.
Sirius laughed and looked down at his feet with a shy smile. He brought his eyes back up to meet hers and he spoke softly. "This is me needing desperately to speak with you about Harry."
Hermione visibly flinched and looked away from Sirius' eyes. She was afraid of her eyes telling him a story that he didn't need to know. But being Sirius, he would probably know anyway. He always knew. Especially if it involved his godson.
"Harry and I, well, we-" Hermione was cut off.
"Had a falling out. Yes, I know. And you two had better patch things up quickly because there's going to be trouble."
"It's not easy to patch things up if you haven't seen the man in ten years. I don't know if I'll ever- trouble? What kind of trouble?" Hermione's tone changed drastically.
"Voldemort is planning something. Not sure what, but if Harry isn't back then things are going to get bad."
"Harry won't do anything," Hermione said as she fingered the silver necklace around her neck.
"Yes, I've heard the story. He made a pact with Voldemort and blah blah blah... It's touching, really. But you had better think of something, Hermione. You're a clever witch."
"I know this is totally off the subject, but what the hell is this place?" Hermione asked as she looked around at the entirely black space that they stood in. "And how can I be talking to you if you're dead? You -are- dead, right?"
"I can't explain to you what this place is. It has no explanation. But I can tell you this much: I am in fact dead. Have been since the day Voldemort killed me."
The words flowed so easy out of Sirius's mouth like they were nothing at all. Hermione thought back to the day that she had recieved news that Sirius had died. It had been the day after Harry had left her. An epiphany hit her.
"Were you with Harry when he made his pact to Voldemort?" Hermione asked.
Sirius looked away at some point in the black space. He opened his mouth to speak, but the lack of words told Hermione everything that she needed to know. And then she felt hopelessly bad for yelling at Harry the way she had.
"Sirius," Hermione said as she took another step forward. "Why were you killed?"
Sirius took in a deep breath. "I promised Harry before I died that I would never tell you. But now everyone's lives hang on the line." Sirius stopped to collect his thoughts. "I was killed as a warning to Harry after he sealed his deal with Voldemort. I was killed to make sure that Harry would keep true to his word and not use magic."
A silent tear slipped from Hermione's eye and landed without a sound on the surface beneath her feet. "I'm so sorry," she said softly.
Sirius smiled and shook his head. "There's nothing to be sorry about. But you -do- still need to try and patch things up with Harry as quickly as possible. No one knows when Voldemort will be back."
Hermione nodded once and watched as the book that had brought her there floated in front of her face. Sirius smiled and took a step back, fading into darkness. Hermione reached out and touched the book. She felt the familiar tugging at her navel and not long after she was standing back in her home.
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It had taken Harry a little longer than he had thought it would to get home. But he had afterall stopped by his favorite bar for a gin and tonic, his favorite muggle drink. It was nightfall by the time he got to his home.
Harry unlocked the door to his home and stepped inside. He took off his shoes and threw them in the middle of the floor to trip over later. He walked back into his bedroom and stripped of his clothes, stepping into the shower down the hall not long after.
The front door that he had forgotten to lock clicked open. A distraught and nervouos looking Hermione stepped through and walked inside, closing the door softly behind her. She slipped out of her jacket and threw it on a chair upon walking in the living room. She saw Harry's shoes laying in the middle of the floor.
Somewhere in the back of her mind the sound of running water was brought to her attention. She looked down the hall to see a light shining from behind a door.
Curiosity got to her and she walked down, pressing her ear against the door. She realized that the shower was on and she could hear Harry humming lightly inside. She smiled. Harry had always loved to sing in the shower.
She heard the water stop and she backed away from the door. She pressed herself against the wall behind her and waited. Not long after the door opened and Harry, clad only in a towel around his waist, stood in the doorway facing her.
He looked at her awkwardly and crossed his arms over his chest. He leaned against the doorway and looked her over.
"What are you doing here?" Harry asked.
"I came to apologize. I was wrong."
"You were wrong?" Harry said incredulously.
"Yes. And I just wanted to come and tell you that. It was wrong of me to yell at you like I did. I know you were just looking out for me."
Harry looked down at the floor and brushed past her toward the direction of his bedroom. Hermione tentatively followed suit and sat down on the edge of his bed as he searched through his closet for something to wear.
Harry pulled a pair of pajama pants out of the closet and threw them over the back of a chair. He went and found a pair of blue silk boxers folded neatly in a pile of clothes in the corner. Harry was very aware of the sharp intake of breath that Hermione had taken when he dropped the towel from around his waist.
"It's nothing you haven't seen before," Harry said as he pulled his pants on. He turned around and saw that Hermione was staring at him with hungry eyes. This made him smile.
"So is there any other reason you came over?" Harry asked a he moved toward the bed.
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END CHAP FIVE
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a/n: yeah, so this chap is a bit shorter than i had hoped, but this seemed like the best place to stop it. i hope you guys are reviewing every chap you read. i use some of the ideas that ppl give me in the story. you might get chosen. so REVIEW or MESSAGE ME