Spoilers for Order of the Phoenix are contained below - I mean it.

Title: After

Author: Wonderland Toy

Summary: Sirius meets the afterlife.

Disclaimer: Rowling is a golden god.

Author's Note: Composed five minutes after finishing OotP. A drabble - it's meant to be this short.



Sirius opened his eyes. He managed to look around and blink twice before he realising that he didn't have any of the necessary apparatus to do any of these things any more.

He then spent a good minute trying to open his nonexistent mouth to say something, finally managing to project "Am I dead?" into the... wherever.

"Yep," came the reply.

The answerer had neither voice nor form, but Sirius knew it was James.

"You needn't worry," the presence continued, "your mum isn't here."

He didn't have lips, he didn't have teeth, he didn't have a mouth -

Sirius smiled anyway.