AUTHOR'S NOTE This one is written during "Primeval" as they are preparing to storm the Initiative. Sirius has already fled to 12 Grimmauld Place.

DISCLAIMER As much as I wish I did, I don't own anyone *sad face*

Lady Cinnibar No, I'm not changing it. I guess Sirius' revenge was just to expose Peter and make him flee.

Selene Well, I'm glad you like it so much! Unfortunately, there will only be one letter after this one, then the story's theme song, which really doesn't have much to do with the plot.

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AliasForever Yes, he's writing back. He would have written back sooner, but he was in Azkaban and couldn't.

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Black Rose You actually never find out what Sirius writes to Buffy. I'm leaving that up to the imagination.

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Dear Sirius,

I'm back again. Thanks for writing back last time! Congrats on breaking out of prison too. It really helped what you said about Faith. She sounds a little like you friend but she's not weak-minded, just crazy. Update: the Ascension happened just as planned. The Mayor became this huge snake just like we thought and I blew him up. It was really awesome to see everyone in the Senior Class join and fight together.

Angel left me right after the battle. He moved to L.A. Says it was for my own good cuz of the whole temptation/curse thing but it still hurt.

I started college this year. UC Sunnydale baby. At first it was tough, but together we all go through the hard stuff. Our friend Oz (Willow's boyfriend) left town. It left Will devastated. But, he was a werewolf and had a lot of issues about that he needed to work out. He came back once but Willow had then met and fallen in love with a woman. Who knew?

Anyway, I met a new guy. His name is Riley. He's great! Smart, strong, brave. But leave it to me to fall for a guy who's part of an evil military monster squad.  I found out about them (the Initiative) and at first it was cool. Boyfriend going to work with me just like old times.

But the Initiative is evil. Of course. Riley and I figured that out when his boss was killed. She was killed by this part demon, part robot, part human creature that she'd created herself. She called him Adam.

Adam was not only strong but smart, too. He managed to start horrible arguments between me and my friends. So bad that I was about to go into the Initiative and face him alone. See, Adam has this plan to lock all the Initiative soldiers in its facility along with all the demons that they've captured. They'll all kill each other and Adam can use their body parts to make an army just like him.

We were smarter than him, though. We figured out that Adam was playing us. So we came up with a plan. To kill Adam we needed to have someone with Slayer-strength, very powerful magic, and fluency in Sumerian to get very close to him. I have the strength, Willow the magic, and Giles speaks Sumerian. Tonight, we're storming the Initiative and Willow, Xander, and Giles are going to combine their essences into me. Pretty neat, huh?

As always, we could very easily die doing this. Wish me luck.

Sincerely,

Buffy

Sirius leaned back in the easy chair in his living room. Being back at 12 Grimmauld Place after so many years in Azkaban and the cave last year was equal parts comforting and strange. The company was also greatly appreciated. Being around normal people who believed in his innocence was wonderful.

With each letter, Sirius became more and more impressed with the Slayer's battle experiences. Now she was taking on the military?

"What's that Sirius?" Remus Lupin walked into the room.

"Another letter from Buffy."

"The Vampire Slayer?"

"Very good, Moony." Sirius grinned. Using the old Marauder nicknames made him feel more comfortable.

"Well?" Remus looked at his old friend expectantly. "How's she doing?"

"Fighting an evil government demon-catching organization."

"That's nice."

Sirius' eyes lit up with an idea. "She could be a help to us! With Dumbledore reforming the Order, a vampire slayer could be very useful."

Remus looked doubtful. "She's a Muggle, even if she is the Slayer."

"I know." Something clicked in Sirius' memory and he rifled through Buffy's other letters. "Here!" He pointed to the page.

"My best friend Willow was trying to perform the Spell of Restoration even, hoping we could bring Angel back. She'd fit in well with you over there. Her magic's becoming really powerful." Remus read. He looked back to Sirius. "Her best friend's a witch?" Sirius nodded.

"She successfully performed an ancient Gypsy curse and that was two years ago! Plus, you remember Rupert Giles?" Remus nodded. "He's Buffy's Watcher! And Willow's the one who was dating a werewolf," Sirius added with a wink.

"I like the girl already!" Remus, part-time werewolf, chuckled at his friend's enthusiasm. Sirius was quivering like the giant shaggy dog that Remus knew was inside him. "Alright. She sounds a though she could hold her own. But ask Dumbledore first."

Sirius rolled his eyes. "Ask Dumbledore's permission. It feels like we're right back at Hogwarts!"

"I wish we were." Remus' voice was suddenly soft and sad. Images of them, the Marauders, flashed through his mind. Of James' unruly black hair and of Peter desperately trying to match Sirius and James as troublemakers.

He felt a hand on his shoulder. "We can only move forward," Sirius said. He'd already started his letters.