Shards of Black
By: LadyChaos
Memories...
Meeting James on the train...Remus and Peter too...becoming an
Animagus!...Lily and James...Peter's betrayal...Harry...meeting Harry's
friends...getting to see his old friends...
Falling...
Sensation was coming back.
He felt himself fall. Faster...Faster.
He felt the hard stone floors and the feeling of flames licking his face.
Whispers...
"Tsk, tsk," a breathy voice said from above him. "Now look what you've
done. This is all your fault. Bothering the dead like this."
He rolled over, and seeing a whispy, some-what see through being, like a ghost, but not,
tried to move away, pushing himself up against a rocky wall.
"No no. Baaad Sirius." she whispered. "Don't you understand what
you've done?"
Sirius stared at her blankly.
"Clearly, Antigone, he doesn't. Back off," a new voice said. Sirius turned
again, this time seeing another see-through being...but this one looking quite sultry.
'Whoa. Did I just call her sultry!? She's DEAD.'
"So are you, Mr. Black."
Sirius Black jumped. She'd read his mind!!
"Ghosts keep no secrets, save one. The secret of Death.'
"Where...where...am I?" he croaked.
Antigone moved towards him. "Oh, Lorena, I don't wanna tell him!! Can't
we keep him? He's cute." Her ghostlike eyes raked over him.
Sirius shuddered and was glad when Lorena pushed Antigone back, her
hand intermeshing with Antigone's stomach.
"Sirius Black. You, young man, are at the Gates of Hell."
Sirius stared. "What? No thunder?"
"This is not something to joke about, Mr. Black," Lorena hissed. "You left
before your time! It was foolish, taunting that cousin of yours. Tell me, why
did you throw your life away so carelessly?!"
Sirius heaved. "I–I didn't mean to...I...I..."
"Stop your blithering. I'm not here to condemn you to Hell, although your
good deeds in life were few." She ticked off things on her fingers. "Let's
see, you were a Black, torturing students, running around as an illegal
puppy dog, attacking Gryffindor Tower, attempted murder...anything else
to add?"
"Fuck you."
"And saying vulgar terms to a Fate. Wow. You really take that cake and
eat it, Sirius."
Sirius looked up. "You're a Fate?"
Lorena nodded. "Yeah. So?"
Sirius didn't answer, just scooted away a little.
Lorena shook her head. "Now, Mr. Black. I really thought you'd be one
who didn't listen to the stereotypes." She snorted. "Never mind that, just
shut up and listen! Do you want to live or not?!"
"WHAT?!"
Lorena shook her head again. "Damn it Black. You're all the same! I got
so tired of waiting to know whether or not your brother wanted to live, I
sent him to Hell anyway!" She yelled. "Now...do you want to burn in Hell
for all eternity?," She waved her arms at the fire. "Or be with the ones you
love?"
Sirius looked dazed, and confused. "Uh...live?"
Lorena smiled. "Good. It will..." she began to fade away. "Done."
He was flying back up through the tunnel, the fires of Hell fading fast.
A flash of bright light and cold stone. He only saw a glimpse of a veil
before he passed out.
By: LadyChaos
Memories...
Meeting James on the train...Remus and Peter too...becoming an
Animagus!...Lily and James...Peter's betrayal...Harry...meeting Harry's
friends...getting to see his old friends...
Falling...
Sensation was coming back.
He felt himself fall. Faster...Faster.
He felt the hard stone floors and the feeling of flames licking his face.
Whispers...
"Tsk, tsk," a breathy voice said from above him. "Now look what you've
done. This is all your fault. Bothering the dead like this."
He rolled over, and seeing a whispy, some-what see through being, like a ghost, but not,
tried to move away, pushing himself up against a rocky wall.
"No no. Baaad Sirius." she whispered. "Don't you understand what
you've done?"
Sirius stared at her blankly.
"Clearly, Antigone, he doesn't. Back off," a new voice said. Sirius turned
again, this time seeing another see-through being...but this one looking quite sultry.
'Whoa. Did I just call her sultry!? She's DEAD.'
"So are you, Mr. Black."
Sirius Black jumped. She'd read his mind!!
"Ghosts keep no secrets, save one. The secret of Death.'
"Where...where...am I?" he croaked.
Antigone moved towards him. "Oh, Lorena, I don't wanna tell him!! Can't
we keep him? He's cute." Her ghostlike eyes raked over him.
Sirius shuddered and was glad when Lorena pushed Antigone back, her
hand intermeshing with Antigone's stomach.
"Sirius Black. You, young man, are at the Gates of Hell."
Sirius stared. "What? No thunder?"
"This is not something to joke about, Mr. Black," Lorena hissed. "You left
before your time! It was foolish, taunting that cousin of yours. Tell me, why
did you throw your life away so carelessly?!"
Sirius heaved. "I–I didn't mean to...I...I..."
"Stop your blithering. I'm not here to condemn you to Hell, although your
good deeds in life were few." She ticked off things on her fingers. "Let's
see, you were a Black, torturing students, running around as an illegal
puppy dog, attacking Gryffindor Tower, attempted murder...anything else
to add?"
"Fuck you."
"And saying vulgar terms to a Fate. Wow. You really take that cake and
eat it, Sirius."
Sirius looked up. "You're a Fate?"
Lorena nodded. "Yeah. So?"
Sirius didn't answer, just scooted away a little.
Lorena shook her head. "Now, Mr. Black. I really thought you'd be one
who didn't listen to the stereotypes." She snorted. "Never mind that, just
shut up and listen! Do you want to live or not?!"
"WHAT?!"
Lorena shook her head again. "Damn it Black. You're all the same! I got
so tired of waiting to know whether or not your brother wanted to live, I
sent him to Hell anyway!" She yelled. "Now...do you want to burn in Hell
for all eternity?," She waved her arms at the fire. "Or be with the ones you
love?"
Sirius looked dazed, and confused. "Uh...live?"
Lorena smiled. "Good. It will..." she began to fade away. "Done."
He was flying back up through the tunnel, the fires of Hell fading fast.
A flash of bright light and cold stone. He only saw a glimpse of a veil
before he passed out.