Later that night after Sirius had said that he was going to bed, he sat up in his room and stared at the stars. When he heard Remus settle down, he would start exploring. The footsteps faded away. He wasn't going to bed, he was going down some stairs! Sirius practically jumped out of bed and ran downstairs. He wasn't there!
The kitchen was empty as the night air blew through the windows. The living room fire place held a fire quietly. It was also bare. Maybe the guest bedrooms on this floor held the key.
As he opened the first door, orange surrounded him. The bed in this room held a Gryffindor bed along with posters of flying quidditch players. No secret room.
The next room was painted in green and silver, it held, to Sirius's horror, a Slitherin bed. This room also held no secret room or passageway. It had to be the last.
It was painted purple and emerald, it was not a guest bedroom as Remus had told him. There wasn't a bed, only a closet.
As Sirius had expected the door opened to a staircase. Not like the others though, this staircase was lavished with decorations and ornaments.
He could hear Remus walking around at the bottom of the staircase and decided to just confront him. Remus though, didn't seem to hear him come down. In fact he just walked into on of the two rooms this floor held. Sirius followed.
The room was lavished with violets and pinks. Lilies were pained on the walls and in the center was a bed that looked like a white cloud. Glass prisms fell from the ceiling. A closet was open in the east wall and a ladies clothes were hung with care. Sirius recognized some of the outfits and gasped silently. Their were no windows in this room, but they weren't needed. White dressers lined the walls. Vases of Lilies were seen on almost everything standing. A vase in the middle caught his eyes the most though. A rose was enclosed in a glass case. Some of its petals had fallen and Remus had never fixed it. This surprised him though, not because of the rose exactly but because of what Lily Potter had said before Sirius had left to try and protect them. "The beast had a rose, surrounded by glass, and when the last petal fell he was stuck as a beast. Beauty though, saved him and he treasured that rose forever." It hadn't been a part of the fairytale and Sirius hadn't got it then, but he sure got it now. This was Lily's room.
"Remus?" Sirius whispered.
His brown haired friend jumped. "What are you doing down here!" He sounded scared.
"You didn't finish the tour. What is this place?"
"You wouldn't understand." Remus whispered.
"I've been gone for a while. I was often gone from you guys then too. I can understand a lot of things."
"She was my wife." He heard Remus mumble as he blew out.
"WHAT did you say!?"
"She married James! I saw the wedding myself. I was his first man!"
He could still see the church where they had wed.
Purple drapes fell down from the ceiling and everyone was smiling.
It had been a peaceful time. How could Remus's say that it never happened.
"It was a fake wedding."
"Lily never lies, she said her name was Potter!"
"It is." It suddenly dawned on Sirius. The adoption of Remus. All the stories James and Remus would tell when they met up with Sirius after Summer Vacation. They were brothers. Close brothers, how had Sirius forgotten that?
Years in Azkaban must do that to you. Sirius thought.
"We should probably finish the tour."
The other room on this floor was also open and easy to walk in. This room scared Sirius, for it held a crib.
Books were on all the shelves on the walls surrounding him. He walked up to one, "THE BOY WHO LIVED." He looked quickly back to where Remus stood. The walls, besides holding books also held pictures. In fact, Sirius couldn't even see wall paper, of wall for that matter, behind them. All pictures of Harry, in class and on a broom, among others. Lily's son.
"Your SON!" Sirius whispered, astonished.
Authors Note:
As you have probably already found out. I am not necessarily going by the book. If you don't like this, then you shouldn't keep reading.
