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Chapter Three: Black Mansion
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"Hannah? Is that you?"
Hannah just looked at the man at the door with curiosity.
"You look just like your mother."
"You know my mother? I've never seen you before. How do you know my mother?" Hannah asked before stepping back from the stranger.
"I was your father's best friend. We went to Hogwarts together. He made me your godfather."
Hannah was a little scared of the man and stepped back even more, afraid he was going to do something to her. "My father's never mentioned you...How come I don't know you then?"
"What are you talking about?"
"My parents have never mentioned you before. How would I know who you are if they haven't?"
"You know your parents?" Sirius asked, very confused at this.
"Of course I do. I've know them my whole life. Why wouldn't I?" Hannah said before taking another large step away from the door.
"Dursley!!!" the man yelled.
Vernon Dursley ran into the foyer and saw Hannah and the man standing there. "Who is this, Hannah?" he asked.
"Sirius Black. I'm here to take Hannah to where she belongs," the man said.
"Oh, no you don't. When we took her in, we swore we wouldn't let that nonsense to her."
"Nonsense? What nonsense?" Hannah asked.
"Hannah, you're a witch," Sirius said.
"A what?"
"A witch."
Hannah looked like she was going to faint. "I will not have this!!" Mr. Dursley yelled. "Leave, leave now!!!"
"Hannah, you and I are going to have a long talk," Sirius told Hannah. "And we won't be bothered!!" he added to Mr. Dursley.
For the next hour or so, Sirius and Hannah sat down to talk about what Hannah really was, what Hogwarts was, and such. When he told her that he was her godfather, Hannah became more confused than she had ever been.
"Okay, now I'm really confused. Are you and mom wizards then too?" Hannah asked her father. When Sirius heard her call Mr. and Mrs. Dursley her parents, he sat there gaping, not knowing what to say to that. "And what did you mean before, when you said that you took me in?"
"No, we aren't wizards. We should've told you this a long time ago. We aren't your parents. Your real parents are the people who we told you were your aunt and uncle. You were found on our doorstep when you were only one year old, so we took you in and raised you."
"So, I've been lied to my whole life."
Hannah looked away from who she had known for her whole life as her father. For quite some time, she remained quiet, unable to look anyone in the eyes.
Also, when Sirius had explained everything to herfor some unknown reason, Sirius forgot to mention the fact that Hannah's parents weren't killed in a car crash, like what her parents....aunt and uncle had told her. Hannah decided to ask Sirius why he didn't take custody of her.
"Just one thing. When my aunt and unc...er...parents were killed in the car crash, why didn't you..."
"Car crash? No car crash could kill Lily and James!!! Dursley, you have a lot of explaining to do!"
Mr. Dursley sputtered, "I...I...."
"That's what I thought. Go get your things now, Hannah."
Hannah walked upstairs to go to her room to retrieve her belongings.
Mrs. Dursley and Danielle walked in to find out what was going on. When Mrs. Dursley saw who Mr. Dursley was standing by, she let out a gasp.
"Sirius Black!! What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Petunia! Didn't think you'd see me ever again, did you?" Sirius said with a smile on his face.
Petunia opened her mouth, but thought better of it and closed it again. Just then, Hannah walked down the stairs with a paper bag full of clothes with her.
"Is that all you have?" Sirius asked.
Hannah nodded. Sirius motioned for her to come over by him. When she did, they walked out the door and down the street.
When they were about two blocks away from the Dursleys, Hannah looked up at Sirius and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Black Mansion. That's my home. I have a room mate, though. You'll have to put up with him until you go to Hogwarts the first of September."
"Oh."
They walked for another two blocks and then Sirius said, "Here we are. Hold onto my hand and your bag, okay?"
Hannah nodded and took Sirius's hand.
POP!!!
Hannah landed on her bottom. Her bag flew out of her arm and strews clothing all over. Sirius was standing right next to her and looked down. "That's apparating. You'll learn to do that in 7 years," he explained.
Hannah began to pick up her belongings and put them back in the bag.
"You're awfully quiet," Sirius said.
Hannah just looked up at him with a shy expression on her face.
"You're just not used to this yet, huh?"
Hannah shook her head. "Alright, let's go see your new room."
Just then, Remus came out of a room down the hall. "Sirius, you're back. This must be Hannah! Nice to meet you, Hannah! Wow, you look just like your mother."
"You knew my mother too?" Hannah asked.
Remus nodded. "You want to see your room?" he asked.
"Sure." The three walked into Hannah's room and found a four poster bed against the wall, a desk with a chair against the opposite wall, and a dresser next to the bed. There was also a door leading to a private bathroom. "This is all mine?" Hannah asked with curiosity.
"Of course it is," Sirius replied. "We'll leave you alone to unpack your belongings. When you're done, why don't you come downstairs and get a bite to eat in the kitchen, okay?"
Hannah nodded and Sirius and Remus walked out the door, closing it behind them.
Hannah went over to the dresser and opened up the top drawer. She unpacked her hand-me-down clothes from Danielle and put them in the drawer. After shutting the it, she walked out into the hall and down the stairs to the kitchen. Remus and Sirius were seated at the table, eating sandwiches.
"Would you like one, Hannah?" Remus asked.
Hannah nodded. She sat down next to Sirius. When Remus put a plate with a sandwich on it in front of Hannah, she didn't eat it. She looked up at Sirius and said, "How did my parents die if they weren't killed in a car crash like Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia said they did?"
After a long hesitation, Sirius replied, "A dark Lord killed them. His name is Voldemort and he tried to kill you too. That's how you got that scar." Sirius pointed to Hannah's scar on her forehead.
Hannah reached up and rubbed it. "Mom...sorry...Petunia always said I had gotten this in the car crash."
Sirius and Remus glanced at each other. Hannah looked at Sirius and asked, "I was going to ask you this before, but, if you're my godfather, how come you didn't become my guardian instead of the Dursley's?"
"Well, that's a long story."
"No it isn't, Sirius!" Remus yelled.
"Alright...see, there's this wizard named Albus Dumbledore. He's the headmaster at Hogwarts. He thought it would be better for you to grow up in the muggle world until you were to go to school."
"Muggle world?" Hannah interupted.
"Non-magical people," Remus explained.
"Oh." Hannah picked up her sandwich and started to eat. She chewed slowly and after about half the sandwich was gone, she put it back on her plate and pushed her chair out from the table. " 'Scuse me." She ran up the stairs and into her bathroom. Sitting down on the floor next to the toilet, she emptied her stomach of what she just ate and sat against the wall in the bathroom, waiting for the pain in her stomach to subside. After about five minutes, there was a knock on the door. Not knowing what else to do, she said, "Come in."
The door opened and revealed Sirius with a worried look on his face. "Are you okay in here?" he asked.
"Yeah. Guess I just got a little sick from hearing all this information about my parents so quickly." Hannah started to get up from her position on the floor, but swayed a little. Sirius put out a hand to steady her.
"You're sure you're okay?" Sirius asked again.
Hannah nodded as she straightened herself. "I was feeling a little sick this morning too."
Sirius put his hand to her forehead. "You feel a little warm. Maybe we should get you to bed."
Hannah nodded and walked over to her new bed. Sirius peeled back the covers for her and Hannah climbed in. Sirius walked over to the door and shut off the lights. He quietly closed the door before going back downstairs.
Seeing Sirius come down the stairs with an unreadable expression on his face, Remus asked, "What's wrong?"
Sirius explained what happened and what Hannah had told him.
"Do you think we should get Madam Pomfrey? Maybe she could tell us if she has something we can treat her for," Remus mentioned.
"No. It's probably just a cold or something. Kids her age always get stuff like that," Sirius said.
"And how do you know that?" Remus asked with a smirk.
Sirius looked at Remus with a disgusted expression. "What? You think I don't know anything about parenting?" Sirius said as a joke. Seeing Remus's face, Sirius added, "No. I looked it up last night. I was looking up almost anything I could find about being a good parent."
Remus just shook his head in shame and finished his sandwich.
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