Two Chapters in one day. I know, but I couldn't stand to leave the first chapter as a single thing. I felt it needed this and this definitely needs the first part. Set up and all that. As the first chapter pertained to K/O this is Sirius/OC.
AN: Incase you didn't already pick up on it, and I'm pretty sure you haven't, this takes place during the time of the third book, 93-94.
Disclaimer: I do not own Katie, Oliver, Sirius, or any other people, events or places or things pertaining to J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter books. All else, including the plot and OC's belong to me, take them only after asking. Thanks.
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Ch 2
Amy Bell looked out the window into the darkness and remembered days gone by. He had escaped, she knew that as much as anything. Supposedly he was headed to Hogwarts, and honestly she wasn't surprised, there was a lot for him there. But she waited for him to come to her, it has been twelve years since they last laid eyes on each other, and eleven since her husband was sentenced to Azkaban.
~*~
Amethyst Black looked down at the child cradled in her arms and completely forgot about the pain she'd been in less than an hour before. All she could see was her daughter. "Katerina Black." She murmured the name that had been conjured in her mind.
Her husband was sitting beside her on the bed with an arm rapped tightly around her, and his other hand nervously stroking the baby. "It's perfect, she's perfect." Sirius's voice trembled.
Amethyst looked up at him with a smile. "Sirius, there was a time where I never thought this was possible." She said, close to tears.
He hugged her tight. "Me neither. We're going to make it, even in this time of uncertainty." He insisted, with sheer determination and a hint of fear in his voice.
"Do you really think so Si?" She asked him, she hated to dwell on the possibilities with Voldemort out there, but she needed to be reassured.
He kissed her head. "Yes. Don't worry luv, you and Kit Kat here won't be touched."
Amethyst smiled for a second at how quickly he had come up with such a comfortable nickname for their daughter. "Voldemort is going to be coming after you and James sooner or later." She told him, expressing her fears.
"More James than me Amy." Sirius said, his face clouding over at the fact that his dear friends were in such danger.
"I know, but still, we're next in line Sirius."
Sirius moved her face to make sure that she could see his eyes. "You two will be safe, I can promise you that much." He promised, knowing he would die to keep it.
"And you?" She asked, knowing that he had said nothing about himself and that that didn't mean nothing.
He leaned in and kissed her. "I love you." He told her firmly.
"That isn't an answer."
"I can't give you one."
~*~
"He's beautiful Lil." Amethyst said, walking in to Lily Potter's bedroom with her daughter firmly captured in her arms, and getting a glimpse of her friend's son for the first time.
Lily smiled down at Harry for a moment and then looked back up at her friend. "Thanks, he already looks like his Dad."
"Baby!" Katie squealed as she got a peek at what Lily was holding in her arms.
Both Amy and Lily laughed. "Yes Katie, a baby." Her mother told her as they sat on the side of Lily's bed.
"Pitty baby." Katie commented with an nod.
Lily watched as Katie snuggled in closer to Amy, watching Harry with big eyes, and wondered what her Harry would look like when he was Katie's age. "She's getting so big." She murmured to Amy.
Amy took her turn looking down at her child with a faint smile. "I know. They grow up so fast. I mean I know everyone says that, but they really do."
There were a few moments of silence before Lily broke it. "I'm nervous Ames." She confided in her oldest friend.
Amy reached out and grabbed Lily's hand. "We all are Lil. Things are only getting worse."
Lily made took a nervous glance to the door, checking to see if James or Sirius were anywhere near it, knowing that if they knew she was worried, they'd worry about her. "He's going to come after us sooner or later. James is a Auror, and there have been rumors that James and Harry are Gryffandor's heirs and will be the downfall of Voldemort."
Amy could only squeeze Lily's hand harder. "We'll be here for you all Lil, and we'll fight for you, you know that."
"I just want to be done with all of this," She said aggravated. "I want to be a normal witch raising my son and making a life with my husband."
"Yeah, well, it won't be over until Voldemort is dead." Amy replied bitterly.
"Are we the only people who aren't afraid to say that name?" Lily questioned with a small grim smile.
Amy smiled back. "I think so."
"Daddy!" Katie called out launching out of her mother's arms and into those of her father who had just walked in the door.
Her father gave her a light kiss. "Hello Kit Kat." He said with laughter in his voice.
"I'll send you an owl tomorrow with the details." James commented, coming in behind his dear friend, before walking over to his wife.
Amethyst stood up then and walked over to her family. "I think that's our cue to leave."
"We'll see you guys later." Sirius called as they left the room and let themselves out.
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"Amy."
The voice cut through her dreams and brought her to the present. She turned and smiled at the man standing in her kitchen, hiding her shock at his gaunt appearance. "I knew you'd come." She said softly.
"Where else would I go?" He asked, smiling at her. It had been too long since he had laid eyes upon his wife, she looked wonderful.
"Hogwarts." She commented dryly.
"You knew." He knew there were rumors going around, but wasn't sure that she would still know him like she had.
"Katie's there, and I saw the paper Si, it took me a moment, but after I'd found out you'd escaped, I was gathering up newspaper in the house and I saw it. I saw him." She told him, letting him know just how much she knew and understood.
"He is in the same room with Harry." Sirius growled with anger.
"What are you going to do?" She asked, curious and fearful. She loved Sirius, but she knew that her husband took betrayal seriously.
"Bide my time and then complete one of the murders I was sentenced to Azkaban for." He admitted darkly.
Amy reached out and placed a hand on his arm. "Don't. If not for yourself, for us, your family."
"Amy." He said dejectedly.
"She knows, she knows everything." She told him, knowing that he felt he didn't have a place in their lives any more. "Did you honestly think I would keep you from her?"
"I couldn't be sure."
"I would never do that to you, never." She insisted vehemently. " She's our daughter. Yours and mine."
"Thank you Amy."
She brushed some of the long black hair away from the gaunt and sallow face. "You kept your promise anyway. He didn't hurt us, he didn't find us."
"Am-"
She put her fingers to his lips. "You never promised you would be alright. I understand why now."
He looked at her helplessly, and remembered vividly why it was he'd loved her. "If it could have been any different-"
"I know." She said cutting him off, not wanting to dwell in what ifs she'd done that for too long. "When is the last time you've eaten? Do they even feed you in Azkaban?"
Sirius smiled at the change in subject, knowing that Amy was done with the other subject. She hadn't changed all that much on him after all. "Not much."
"Sit." She commanded, pointing to the chair before turning back to the kitchen counter to prepare dinner.
"Alright."
AN: Incase you didn't already pick up on it, and I'm pretty sure you haven't, this takes place during the time of the third book, 93-94.
Disclaimer: I do not own Katie, Oliver, Sirius, or any other people, events or places or things pertaining to J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter books. All else, including the plot and OC's belong to me, take them only after asking. Thanks.
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Ch 2
Amy Bell looked out the window into the darkness and remembered days gone by. He had escaped, she knew that as much as anything. Supposedly he was headed to Hogwarts, and honestly she wasn't surprised, there was a lot for him there. But she waited for him to come to her, it has been twelve years since they last laid eyes on each other, and eleven since her husband was sentenced to Azkaban.
~*~
Amethyst Black looked down at the child cradled in her arms and completely forgot about the pain she'd been in less than an hour before. All she could see was her daughter. "Katerina Black." She murmured the name that had been conjured in her mind.
Her husband was sitting beside her on the bed with an arm rapped tightly around her, and his other hand nervously stroking the baby. "It's perfect, she's perfect." Sirius's voice trembled.
Amethyst looked up at him with a smile. "Sirius, there was a time where I never thought this was possible." She said, close to tears.
He hugged her tight. "Me neither. We're going to make it, even in this time of uncertainty." He insisted, with sheer determination and a hint of fear in his voice.
"Do you really think so Si?" She asked him, she hated to dwell on the possibilities with Voldemort out there, but she needed to be reassured.
He kissed her head. "Yes. Don't worry luv, you and Kit Kat here won't be touched."
Amethyst smiled for a second at how quickly he had come up with such a comfortable nickname for their daughter. "Voldemort is going to be coming after you and James sooner or later." She told him, expressing her fears.
"More James than me Amy." Sirius said, his face clouding over at the fact that his dear friends were in such danger.
"I know, but still, we're next in line Sirius."
Sirius moved her face to make sure that she could see his eyes. "You two will be safe, I can promise you that much." He promised, knowing he would die to keep it.
"And you?" She asked, knowing that he had said nothing about himself and that that didn't mean nothing.
He leaned in and kissed her. "I love you." He told her firmly.
"That isn't an answer."
"I can't give you one."
~*~
"He's beautiful Lil." Amethyst said, walking in to Lily Potter's bedroom with her daughter firmly captured in her arms, and getting a glimpse of her friend's son for the first time.
Lily smiled down at Harry for a moment and then looked back up at her friend. "Thanks, he already looks like his Dad."
"Baby!" Katie squealed as she got a peek at what Lily was holding in her arms.
Both Amy and Lily laughed. "Yes Katie, a baby." Her mother told her as they sat on the side of Lily's bed.
"Pitty baby." Katie commented with an nod.
Lily watched as Katie snuggled in closer to Amy, watching Harry with big eyes, and wondered what her Harry would look like when he was Katie's age. "She's getting so big." She murmured to Amy.
Amy took her turn looking down at her child with a faint smile. "I know. They grow up so fast. I mean I know everyone says that, but they really do."
There were a few moments of silence before Lily broke it. "I'm nervous Ames." She confided in her oldest friend.
Amy reached out and grabbed Lily's hand. "We all are Lil. Things are only getting worse."
Lily made took a nervous glance to the door, checking to see if James or Sirius were anywhere near it, knowing that if they knew she was worried, they'd worry about her. "He's going to come after us sooner or later. James is a Auror, and there have been rumors that James and Harry are Gryffandor's heirs and will be the downfall of Voldemort."
Amy could only squeeze Lily's hand harder. "We'll be here for you all Lil, and we'll fight for you, you know that."
"I just want to be done with all of this," She said aggravated. "I want to be a normal witch raising my son and making a life with my husband."
"Yeah, well, it won't be over until Voldemort is dead." Amy replied bitterly.
"Are we the only people who aren't afraid to say that name?" Lily questioned with a small grim smile.
Amy smiled back. "I think so."
"Daddy!" Katie called out launching out of her mother's arms and into those of her father who had just walked in the door.
Her father gave her a light kiss. "Hello Kit Kat." He said with laughter in his voice.
"I'll send you an owl tomorrow with the details." James commented, coming in behind his dear friend, before walking over to his wife.
Amethyst stood up then and walked over to her family. "I think that's our cue to leave."
"We'll see you guys later." Sirius called as they left the room and let themselves out.
~*~ .
"Amy."
The voice cut through her dreams and brought her to the present. She turned and smiled at the man standing in her kitchen, hiding her shock at his gaunt appearance. "I knew you'd come." She said softly.
"Where else would I go?" He asked, smiling at her. It had been too long since he had laid eyes upon his wife, she looked wonderful.
"Hogwarts." She commented dryly.
"You knew." He knew there were rumors going around, but wasn't sure that she would still know him like she had.
"Katie's there, and I saw the paper Si, it took me a moment, but after I'd found out you'd escaped, I was gathering up newspaper in the house and I saw it. I saw him." She told him, letting him know just how much she knew and understood.
"He is in the same room with Harry." Sirius growled with anger.
"What are you going to do?" She asked, curious and fearful. She loved Sirius, but she knew that her husband took betrayal seriously.
"Bide my time and then complete one of the murders I was sentenced to Azkaban for." He admitted darkly.
Amy reached out and placed a hand on his arm. "Don't. If not for yourself, for us, your family."
"Amy." He said dejectedly.
"She knows, she knows everything." She told him, knowing that he felt he didn't have a place in their lives any more. "Did you honestly think I would keep you from her?"
"I couldn't be sure."
"I would never do that to you, never." She insisted vehemently. " She's our daughter. Yours and mine."
"Thank you Amy."
She brushed some of the long black hair away from the gaunt and sallow face. "You kept your promise anyway. He didn't hurt us, he didn't find us."
"Am-"
She put her fingers to his lips. "You never promised you would be alright. I understand why now."
He looked at her helplessly, and remembered vividly why it was he'd loved her. "If it could have been any different-"
"I know." She said cutting him off, not wanting to dwell in what ifs she'd done that for too long. "When is the last time you've eaten? Do they even feed you in Azkaban?"
Sirius smiled at the change in subject, knowing that Amy was done with the other subject. She hadn't changed all that much on him after all. "Not much."
"Sit." She commanded, pointing to the chair before turning back to the kitchen counter to prepare dinner.
"Alright."