Disclaimer: Song lyrics are from Keeping the Faith by Billy Joel, Characters are not mine.

"Look, boy," Vernon Dursley spat at his nephew, "I don't know what you did to make us be forced to mix with you freaks but what ever it was you can be sure you'll spend the summer with your things this year."

"I'm afraid that won't be necessary Dursley." Harry was relived to feel his father's hand on his shoulder. He wasn't so mad about the Snape thing that he would let his son be treated this way. "You see," James continued, "Lily and I have been…resurrected so to speak… and you won't need to look after our son anymore. We will have a chat about your treatment of him later, but now, Lily and I will escort you to Professor Dumbledore's office so we may be enlightened about why you are here." James's voice stressed every word as he grabbed Vernon's arm and yanked him from the Great Hall. Petunia followed slowly, but Lily turned to Dudley.

"You can stay here and meet Harry's friends," She suggested kindly. Dudley looked horrified at the idea, but his parents were already gone.

After a moment of silence, Hermione recommended, "Maybe we should reschedule the meeting?" Everyone nodded, and most everyone headed for the door. Snape stormed out, followed by the majority of the students. Soon only the Gryffindor sixth years, including Maria for some odd reason, Fred, George, Lee, Remus and Sirius were left. Dudley still stood near the door, looking dumbstruck, which wasn't a hard look for him.

"If this is revenge for Harry Hunting it is not funny!" Dudley spat out worriedly.

Sirius raised an eyebrow, "Harry Hunting?"

"Who are you?" Dudley eyed the man.

"I am Sirius Black, Harry's godfather." At the word godfather, Dudley shrieked and raced out of the Great Hall. Harry was confused briefly, and then clasped on the floor laughing.

Sirius looked truly confounded and asked, "What?"

Harry was laughing to hard to speak so Ron answered, "Harry conveniently 'forgot' to tell the Dursleys that you're innocent." Sirius chuckled, as did a few other people.

Harry stopped laugh when he saw Maria whispering to Remus. The werewolf promptly fainted. Maria looked down at him, "Maybe that wasn't the best way…"

Sirius looked confused and asked, "What did you tell him?"

"Umm I don't think I should say. I don't want anyone else to faint… Maybe I should just tell Professor Dumbledore…yes that would be best…" Maria trailed off.

Sirius glared at the girl, but Maria, who was used to being glared at by Snape, wouldn't speak. Sirius knelt before Remus and muttered a spell to awaken the werewolf. Remus looked t Maria as he sat up, "Are you feeling alright Maria?"

Maria glared, "I'm fine!" and turned to storm out of the Great Hall. She slipped on a small patch of ice that had gone unnoticed by Snape and her CD player went flying, music echoed against the walls.

You can get just so much from a good thing
You can linger too long in your dreams
Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies
Cause the good ole days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

            After a few lines, Maria got the CD player back under control. She glared at it as she turned to walk form the Great Hall. Sirius called, "That's a nice song. What's it called?"

            Maria turned and met Sirius's eyes. She held them for a moment and looked as if she might refuse to speak. The she quietly whispered, "Keeping the Faith."

            Sirius smiled, "That's a good thing to do." Maria nodded and turned from the Hall, Dudley's squeals could be heard as she disappeared from the doorway.

A/N: Talk about a long delay. I apologize for that, but October has been a sucky moth for me. Ion the middle of September my mom was admitted to the hospital for sickness due to complications of cancer. Two weeks ago she went to hospice, and a week ago she died. For those of you who regularly read my Author's Note's, you will see that my Grandpa just died too. I have just been too depressed to write, sorry. I don't know when new chapters will be up. Please read my other story Haunted Exile too. ~Thoroughbred