Dreams
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Alanna ran into an old friend. Literally.
"Drew? Is that you?" He was as handsome as she remembered.
"Alanna?" They embraced as only old friends do. At her side, as always, Sirius growled.
"Drew, this is my best friend, Sirius," She said, indicating the tall, dark boy behind her. They shook hands. Andrew nodded politely at Sirius.
"Sirius, get lost," ordered Alanna. Sirius stuck his lower lip out and put on his puppy dog face. "Now," growled Alanna, her eyes flashing dangerously. "Go bother Lily and James."
"Can't," replied Sirius in his I-know-you're-mad-at-me-but-I-don't-really-care voice.
"And why not?" demanded an exasperated Alanna.
"Because they're having sex in the backseat of your car." He stated, very matter-of-factly.
"They are not! They know about my rule!"
"Yes, but the rule states 'No sex under my roof.' You never said anything about your car."
"Whatever. Then go bother Remus." Her best friend raised his eyebrows in a silent question. "Don't worry Padfoot. I'll still be here when you get back. I'll be okay." She added in an undertone. Sirius grinned at her.
"Alright." Sirius bounded off to find their friend.
"He seems rather attached to you," Andrew commented as they watched him go.
"He thinks he's in love with me, but he's very much mistaken. He's been my best friend for six years." Andrew shook his head.
"You seem to have a talent for making your friends fall in love with you." He answered her unasked question. "Don't worry about me, Alanna. I lived without you all these years. I have a feeling that this might be the last time I see you so I don't want to talk about the way things might have been." They spent a few hours just wandering around the muggle renaissance faire and reminiscing about when they were young. A teenager Drew didn't know ran up to Alanna.
"It's Padfoot." The sandy-haired boy panted. Alanna turned pale. The boy pointed vaguely in the direction he came from. "Be careful." He shouted at her retreating back. Drew stared at the young man. He regained his breath and looked at Drew. The man extended his hand. "Hello. I'm Remus Lupin and you must be Andrew Critez."
Alanna panted as she ran, and not from exhaustion. She reached a field. A figure, robed in black was standing in the center. She got closer, knowing where she would find Sirius. The man stared at her with red eyes. He let out a laugh and disappeared. Alanna ran up to where he had been. Sirius was lying on the ground. Blood was everywhere. She knelt on the ground next to him, placing his head in her lap as she waited for help to arrive. It came, in the form of six Ministry wizards apparating around her. They came forward and gently drew the boy away from her. They put Sirius on a stretcher and several of them disapparated with him. Another wizard took her hand and apparated with her. They were in a white room in a hospital. The wizard led Alanna to Sirius' room. She knelt at his side and began whispering to him.
"Sirius, don't you dare die on me. I don't know what I'd do without you. I would have died that summer without you. D'you remember that summer, Sirius? When I …
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Alanna padded softly into her kitchen. Her friends from school lived with her during the summer, and she didn't want to have to explain to any of them why she was eating pickles covered in chocolate syrup at two in the morning. None of them, except for Sirius, knew that she was pregnant and she wanted it to stay that way. Alanna was on her way back to her room, satisfied, when the pain hit her. It was like cramps, only much worse. She tried not to cry out, but she must have, because Sirius was there. Her vision went spotted, then striped, then completely white, before she passed out. She woke up in St. Mungo's hospital. Her friends and housemates were standing around her, looking shocked. All except for Sirius. He was sitting by her bed, holding her hand. A nurse entered the room.
"Ah. You're up. That's a good sign."
"What about my baby?" Alanna burst out before she could help herself.
"Yes, the baby. Well, I'm sorry to tell you that your daughter was born this morning at 3:53. She was stillborn." Alanna gulped as the nurse continued. "I know you don't want to talk about it, but do you know who the father was? I need to put something on the death certificate." Alanna looked pleadingly at Sirius. He stood up.
"I'm the father." He stated simply. Alanna didn't want to look at her friends. The nurse nodded amiably.
"I was hoping so. It's so horrible when these boys just leave these poor girls." Alanna let out a small sob. "Did the baby have a name?"
"Yes. Her name was Gwenhwyfar. Gwenhwyfar Black." Alanna had always told Sirius that she hoped it was a girl, so she could name her Gwenhwyfar. Alanna love that name. The nurse left. Alanna's friends stared at her. Sirius broke the silence.
"Are you okay?" He asked Alanna. She nodded, too tired to speak. "Should I tell them?" Another nod. "Well. Let's start from the beginning. I'm not the father. Dave is. But she didn't know she was pregnant when she broke up with him. I found out during one of Alanna's many bouts of morning sickness. It was easier to tell the nurse that I was the father than to bring Dave into this. He's a Muggle and Alanna never told him that she was a witch. No one will ever know. Except you guys." The others nodded. Lily went to Alanna's side and they cried together.
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