The next day, Sirius received Harry's letter, and upon showing in to Lupin
for his reaction, decided he'd maybe go to Harry to explain things to him.
Harry,
Yes you're right, there is some things that need explaining. On your next Hogsmeade visit, meet me at the usual spot. No need to bring food.
Sirius
Harry could hardly wait for the next Hogsmeade visit, and luckily for him, it fell on the weekend after the Halloween ball. On the trip over, Harry found Ginny, and asked if she would like to meet him for a Butterbeer at The Three Broomsticks.
"I'd love to" she replied, getting back her old eagerness.
"Ok, how about round one o'clock?"
"It's a date!" Ginny replied, and Harry felt his cheeks grow pink. She smiled at him, and he returned the grin.
As the got off the train, Harry, Hermione and Ron headed up to the old gate where they used to meet Sirius (as Padfoot). Upon reaching the destination, Harry looked around for the great black dog he was used to, but couldn't see him anywhere. They waited for about 15mins and Hermione was starting to worry. "Maybe we should go and look for him" she said. Suddenly, they heard a quiet voice.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione" the looked over to the direction of the voice. It was coming from some bushed in a thicket. Harry cautiously led the trio over to the talking bush. Sirius jumped out at them, and the trio jumped back and fell to the ground. Sirius grinned.
"Sorry. Couldn't help myself!" he gave a boyish grin, and Hermione could see that he was still an attractive man.
"Shouldn't you be in your, erm, other form?" Ron wondered.
"NO, no-one ever comes out this way, and the search on me has died down a lot. We'll be fine." Sirius sounded quite sure of himself. The foursome settled themselves on some large rocks.
"How do you know Anya Williamson?" Harry wanted to know.
"Wow, straight to the point Harry." Sirius said almost sarcastically. Harry gave him a look and took out the photo he'd found in the yearbooks. He handed it to Sirius, who let out a low whistle.
"This was a long time ago Harry. You do understand that right?" Harry nodded.
"Right well, erm, Anya, me, your father and your mother. We were all good friends. Anya and I were actually more than friends for a while, but that turned sour." Sirius voice faltered at the last sentence. "Go on" Harry prompted.
"There's nothing much else to say. She broke my heart, and that's it!" Sirius went quiet.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you much in your search for information, but there's not that much to tell" Sirius said
sadly. Harry thought for a while, and eventually accepted this answer. They all got up to leave.
"Oh yeah, Sirius, where are you staying at the moment?" Hermione wanted to know.
"At Remus Lupin's" Sirius said, grinning again. Harry smiled as well.
"OK, then, I'll send you an owl sometime soon, just to see how school is going," Sirius promised. They waved goodbye to him, and continued back down the hill, toward the township. Sirius hung back. He had meant to tell Harry the whole truth, but he couldn't. There were still things that had to come out between him and Anya.
"Harry will know the truth one day," Sirius said determinedly to himself.
Anya Williamson was one of the teachers supervising the excursion to Hogsmeade, and noting that Harry, Hermione and Ron had sped off as soon as they arrived, she was suspicious. Unbeknownst to them, she had followed them to the rocks, where she had seen them talking to someone behind a bush. Unfortunately, from where she was crouching, she couldn't see who, but she was still very wary of who it might be. Seeing them turn around, she sped off in the opposite direction. As she arrived back at The Three Broomsticks, she was surprised the see that Remus Lupin was sitting a table. She sneaked up behind him and put her hands over his eyes.
"Guess who?" she said in a singsong voice. Remus knew immediately who it was, but he decided to have a little fun.
"Is it that gorgeous blonde that I met in London?" he asked.
"Nope!"
"How about the redhead from Devonshire?"
"NO!"
"OK, last guess, the golden haired, aqua-eyed tall girl that I knew back in my Hogwarts days!" Remus chuckled.
"Close!" Anya said.
"You forget charming and beautiful!" she laughed taking her hands away from his eyes. She leant down and kissed him on the cheek.
"Remus, how are you?" she asked, looking interested.
"I'm good! Better than I have been" Lupin answered. They chattered away for a while, and when Anya launched into a long story about her time in the Australian outback, Lupin reflected back on there past.
Many years earlier.......
In their third year at Hogwarts, the school had held it's first Halloween Ball. At this stage, Lupin, James, Sirius and Peter were all good friends, and Anya and Lily were just starting to get close to all the boys. When the ball was announced, Remus knew immediately that he wanted to ask the beautiful Anya, but he also knew that Sirius had feelings for her. James, of course, asked Lily straight away, and she answered with a quick, "Yes!"
Lupin had a harder time getting up the courage to ask Anya. Finally he struck up the nerve to ask her one day as they were leaving the DADA classroom.
"Uh, Anya, you know how the Ball is coming up?"
"Yes Remus,"
"Well, uh, do you, uh, think that maybe.." Lupin had been cut off my Sirius.
"Anya, my dear, I don't suppose you'd like to accompany me to the Halloween Ball at Hogwarts?" Sirius asked in a dapper voice, pretending to lean over and bow his hat. Anya giggled and curtsied to him
"But of course, fair gentleman!" she held onto Sirius's arm and he escorted her to the Hall, leaving behind a dejected looking Remus. Of course, neither Sirius nor Anya had any idea that he was going to ask her, so he didn't blame either of them. He blamed himself for his stupidity, and lack of courage. Present Time...
"So that was how I helped them discover the antidote for the Billywig sting!" Anya finished up. Remus shook his head, as if waking up from a dream. Anya still looked beautiful, but seeing her in person again, he realised that he had no feelings for her anymore. He only wanted to be friends. This thought relieved him greatly, as he knew that Sirius still carried a torch for his old flame.
As the students started to seep back into the area they were supposed to meet, Anya reluctantly stood up from the table.
"Well, I guess I'd better go," she said, sounding disappointed.
"We'll have to meet up again," Remus promised, and this seemed to cheer Williamson.
"Ok, sounds good!" and with that she gave him another peck on the cheek and strolled out the door.
Harry,
Yes you're right, there is some things that need explaining. On your next Hogsmeade visit, meet me at the usual spot. No need to bring food.
Sirius
Harry could hardly wait for the next Hogsmeade visit, and luckily for him, it fell on the weekend after the Halloween ball. On the trip over, Harry found Ginny, and asked if she would like to meet him for a Butterbeer at The Three Broomsticks.
"I'd love to" she replied, getting back her old eagerness.
"Ok, how about round one o'clock?"
"It's a date!" Ginny replied, and Harry felt his cheeks grow pink. She smiled at him, and he returned the grin.
As the got off the train, Harry, Hermione and Ron headed up to the old gate where they used to meet Sirius (as Padfoot). Upon reaching the destination, Harry looked around for the great black dog he was used to, but couldn't see him anywhere. They waited for about 15mins and Hermione was starting to worry. "Maybe we should go and look for him" she said. Suddenly, they heard a quiet voice.
"Harry, Ron, Hermione" the looked over to the direction of the voice. It was coming from some bushed in a thicket. Harry cautiously led the trio over to the talking bush. Sirius jumped out at them, and the trio jumped back and fell to the ground. Sirius grinned.
"Sorry. Couldn't help myself!" he gave a boyish grin, and Hermione could see that he was still an attractive man.
"Shouldn't you be in your, erm, other form?" Ron wondered.
"NO, no-one ever comes out this way, and the search on me has died down a lot. We'll be fine." Sirius sounded quite sure of himself. The foursome settled themselves on some large rocks.
"How do you know Anya Williamson?" Harry wanted to know.
"Wow, straight to the point Harry." Sirius said almost sarcastically. Harry gave him a look and took out the photo he'd found in the yearbooks. He handed it to Sirius, who let out a low whistle.
"This was a long time ago Harry. You do understand that right?" Harry nodded.
"Right well, erm, Anya, me, your father and your mother. We were all good friends. Anya and I were actually more than friends for a while, but that turned sour." Sirius voice faltered at the last sentence. "Go on" Harry prompted.
"There's nothing much else to say. She broke my heart, and that's it!" Sirius went quiet.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you much in your search for information, but there's not that much to tell" Sirius said
sadly. Harry thought for a while, and eventually accepted this answer. They all got up to leave.
"Oh yeah, Sirius, where are you staying at the moment?" Hermione wanted to know.
"At Remus Lupin's" Sirius said, grinning again. Harry smiled as well.
"OK, then, I'll send you an owl sometime soon, just to see how school is going," Sirius promised. They waved goodbye to him, and continued back down the hill, toward the township. Sirius hung back. He had meant to tell Harry the whole truth, but he couldn't. There were still things that had to come out between him and Anya.
"Harry will know the truth one day," Sirius said determinedly to himself.
Anya Williamson was one of the teachers supervising the excursion to Hogsmeade, and noting that Harry, Hermione and Ron had sped off as soon as they arrived, she was suspicious. Unbeknownst to them, she had followed them to the rocks, where she had seen them talking to someone behind a bush. Unfortunately, from where she was crouching, she couldn't see who, but she was still very wary of who it might be. Seeing them turn around, she sped off in the opposite direction. As she arrived back at The Three Broomsticks, she was surprised the see that Remus Lupin was sitting a table. She sneaked up behind him and put her hands over his eyes.
"Guess who?" she said in a singsong voice. Remus knew immediately who it was, but he decided to have a little fun.
"Is it that gorgeous blonde that I met in London?" he asked.
"Nope!"
"How about the redhead from Devonshire?"
"NO!"
"OK, last guess, the golden haired, aqua-eyed tall girl that I knew back in my Hogwarts days!" Remus chuckled.
"Close!" Anya said.
"You forget charming and beautiful!" she laughed taking her hands away from his eyes. She leant down and kissed him on the cheek.
"Remus, how are you?" she asked, looking interested.
"I'm good! Better than I have been" Lupin answered. They chattered away for a while, and when Anya launched into a long story about her time in the Australian outback, Lupin reflected back on there past.
Many years earlier.......
In their third year at Hogwarts, the school had held it's first Halloween Ball. At this stage, Lupin, James, Sirius and Peter were all good friends, and Anya and Lily were just starting to get close to all the boys. When the ball was announced, Remus knew immediately that he wanted to ask the beautiful Anya, but he also knew that Sirius had feelings for her. James, of course, asked Lily straight away, and she answered with a quick, "Yes!"
Lupin had a harder time getting up the courage to ask Anya. Finally he struck up the nerve to ask her one day as they were leaving the DADA classroom.
"Uh, Anya, you know how the Ball is coming up?"
"Yes Remus,"
"Well, uh, do you, uh, think that maybe.." Lupin had been cut off my Sirius.
"Anya, my dear, I don't suppose you'd like to accompany me to the Halloween Ball at Hogwarts?" Sirius asked in a dapper voice, pretending to lean over and bow his hat. Anya giggled and curtsied to him
"But of course, fair gentleman!" she held onto Sirius's arm and he escorted her to the Hall, leaving behind a dejected looking Remus. Of course, neither Sirius nor Anya had any idea that he was going to ask her, so he didn't blame either of them. He blamed himself for his stupidity, and lack of courage. Present Time...
"So that was how I helped them discover the antidote for the Billywig sting!" Anya finished up. Remus shook his head, as if waking up from a dream. Anya still looked beautiful, but seeing her in person again, he realised that he had no feelings for her anymore. He only wanted to be friends. This thought relieved him greatly, as he knew that Sirius still carried a torch for his old flame.
As the students started to seep back into the area they were supposed to meet, Anya reluctantly stood up from the table.
"Well, I guess I'd better go," she said, sounding disappointed.
"We'll have to meet up again," Remus promised, and this seemed to cheer Williamson.
"Ok, sounds good!" and with that she gave him another peck on the cheek and strolled out the door.