Come Find Me
Sirius slowly opened his eyes, it had been such a good dream he knew but he couldn't remember any of it; only that he wanted to stay in that dream forever. But when he opened his eyes, it was gone he couldn't remember any of it; and she was no longer in his arms. He turned over and closed his eyes again, wondering if he was to go back to sleep would she come back to him; like she had done every night since he had somehow come back nearly two weeks ago.
Sirius suddenly sat bolt up right, it was today; they were going back to Hogwarts today and he had promised to go back with him. He swung his legs over the side of the bed and looked around the room, the open box of photo's were still sat there; he had gone through them with Harry telling him all about the people in them.
Harry hadn't pushed him about it, which he was glad about but it had been nice to talk about it; with someone who didn't know what it had been like back then so they couldn't judge him because they hadn't known the whole truth.
Sirius got dressed and closed the box before he throw it inside his bag, he then walked over to the wardrobe and opened the door; he bent down and picked up the box he had hid in there. He wasn't going to open it just take it with him.
Then he went downstairs for breakfast, he sat next to Harry and faced Remus; he pulled out a photo from his inside pocket and handed it to him.
"I thought you might want this." Sirius told him. "Its one of us all."
Harry looked down at the picture, it had them all on it; His mum and dad, Sirius and Nissa and Remus, he was glad that there was no Peter in the photo.
"Let me guess that's one of Nissa's, Peter shouldn't be in it then." Remus said looking over at Sirius.
"Yeap." Sirius answered. "She never did take to him, though of course none of us took much notice of course because she was friends with Snape. But can we not have them two in the same sentence please?"
"Fine with me, I don't like him anyway; I can't believe though that they were friends, from these pictures and her being friends with you lot you would never guess would you?" Harry said.
"Hey maybe he did something to her." Ron suggested.
Sirius and Remus both looked at him and then at each other and burst out laughing, it was so unexpected no one had seen them laugh for ages and never like this before; every one smiled at them though Ron had turned a funny shade of red.
"It's not very likely ladie." Moody told him.
Sirius and Remus finally settled down with tears in their eyes smiling to one another.
"That felt good, didn't it?" Sirius said.
"Yeah, we need to do that more often." Remus agreed.
Molly stood up at the other end of the table with Auther, and looked down at them all.
"We should be going; they'll have to get back to school." Molly told them. "We're taking the Night Bus; it'll be easier of course."
"Do we have to, and straight after breakfast as well?" Ron asked holding his stomach tightly, as he looked down at his now empty plate.
"Its not that bad, I remember the time that we road on it twice in one night don't you Moony?" Sirius said. "Though considering why we had too..."
"Yeah I know, at least I didn't have to pay for the door; and we didn't get in trouble for it." Remus said. "But he couldn't say anything because he would have ended up in deeper trouble then any of us."
"Well I felt good knocking Jevidah out." Sirius said smiling at the thought.
They were all looking at them as they got their things together; Sirius and Remus stood up taking a piece of toast with them.
"When did all that happen, and who is Jevidah?" Harry asked, he always liked hearing about what they got up to when they were his age, and anything really.
"Jevidah was head of Slytherin and a Deatheater as well." Remus answered. "He was arrested in our firth year weren't it?"
"Yeah that's right, but the rest happened in our fourth and fifth year." Sirius answered. "School was quite interest at times, and I don't mean the lessons."
"I know what you mean." Harry said as he followed Sirius up the stairs. "It's hard enough, without everything else on top of it though."
"You get through it all Harry, because you're strong just like we were." Sirius reassured him.
They walked up the stairs and down the hall, Sirius pulled out his wand and pointed it at Harry's truck making it light as a feather and then picked it up with ease; and opened the front door letting Remus go out first and then him and then Harry followed.
Remus struck out his wand hand while the rest of them made their way slowly out of the house and Moody locked the door behind them. It only took a moment or two for the bus to arrive, it took longer for them all to get onto the bus; Moody making sure that they weren't all sat together.
Sirius sat with his back to everyone else on the bus, not wanting them all to be staring at him; yes he may be a free man but not everyone believed that. Harry looked over at Sirius he had changed so suddenly from just leaving the house where he had been laughing like his old self and now he was back to just sitting there, he looked over his shoulder and glared at all the staring people; who hadn't realised that Harry was sat with him and was now even more surprised then before.
Everyone was very glad when the bus finally stopped outside of the gates to Hogwarts, though it did give them one last jolt as they were all getting up and getting their thing's together.
Ron almost fell off the bus into Remus and Sirius who was stood by the door helping to get the trucks off, he looked quite green; Sirius held him up straight and smiled at him.
"You'll be alright; you just need to walk it off." Sirius told him.
Ron looked up at him and nodded ever so slightly he didn't really trust himself with a lot of movement; Remus took his truck off of him. And then that was it everyone was off, they looked around and then started to make their way up to the school.
Moody was walking behind them all with his magical eye turning in every direction, while Tonks walked up front and Remus and Sirius walked either side of Harry; with a truck in front of them both and their own bags over their shoulders.
"I'm glad that you decided to come and stay." Harry told him for the hundredth time.
"Well it beats staying in that house by my self, and Moony's here as well; I am glad that you're back teaching again." Sirius said. "Though I'm not looking forward to seeing Snape, he'll probably except me to own him big time or something; even though he said that he didn't know how I came back. He can go whistle, and that's putting it nicely."
"Sirius, it's not as though we're all still in school our selves now is it." Remus told him. "And anyway, try and be nice; well if not just stay away from him."
Sirius smiled brightly at him. "I'll stay away from him then, he won't want to talk to me either so we'll all be happy then."
"Of course." Remus said.
***
Monday morning, first day back after the Christmas holidays; Sirius and Remus walked into the great hall together they had decided to go down early to avoiding all of the groping and whispering which Sirius wasn't really up to.
"You know if we were back at school you would have loved all the attention; no matter what it was for." Remus told him.
"Yeah well times change, and so have I; so have we." Sirius said as he walked round the teachers table and sat down next to Remus, he looked out over the tables; there weren't many students already up but those who were, were looking up and whispering to their partner's. "You know, I never thought that I would be sat at this table."
"Yeah just remember you're not a teacher." Remus told him.
"Yeah I know but still, if it was going to be any of us; it was going to be you." Sirius told him. "You were always the type, and perhaps Nissa might have; if thing's would have been different."
"No, well maybe if you have made her give up being an Auror." Remus said. "But she was too much of a fighter, unless they would have let her teach that."
They eat breakfast together, Sirius looking up from time to time he wasn't really paying much attention to the student's who were talking and staring at him anymore; but remembering the time he had spent in this hall himself while he was at school.
...They stopped in front of the teachers table and didn't really file along it, just stayed close together in a group. McGonagall placed a three legged stroll in front of them and then put a very old hat upon it, which everyone looked at the hat as did they.
'I'm my not be pretty, and the best of hats
But not on looks alone judge what you see
For I am much that you normally place upon your head
For I see you all, for that is what I'm for
I'm to Sort you into your house.
You my belong in Gryffindor,
Where the brave at heart dwell,
Where their chivalry and daring
Set them apart from the rest
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where the loyal and patient are,
And are unafraid of toil.
Or perhaps old Ravenclaw,
Where the quick of mind,
And those of wit and learning
Will always find their own kind.
Or perhaps Slytherin
Where you'll find your real friends,
Those cunning folk, will use any means
To achieve their goal.
So place me upon your heads,
And I will tell you where you belong,
And sort you, true to who you belong.
"That's all we have to do?" Sirius asked.
James smiled at him. "Well its better then fighting a troll."
"Good point." Sirius and Remus both agreed.
"I'm sure the three of you could have handled a troll." Nissa whispered smiling at them all, as they turned round.
"Of course I could have, its just I didn't want to show off, you know first day and all." Sirius said quickly, not wanting her to think that he was some sort of a cowered.
"Black, Sirius." McGonagall shouted
"Of course." Nissa whispered back and then smiled at him again. "Isn't that your name she's calling out?"
"What?" Sirius said turning back around.
"Mr Black if you don't mind." McGonagall told him.
Sirius went slightly red as he walked up to the stroll and sat down and put the hat over his head. After a few moments the hat shouted, 'Gryffindor!'
The Gryffindor table erupted into cheers as Sirius pulled off the hat smiling and ran over to the table and sat shaking every ones hand.
Others were sorted into their house, and every table cheered when another joined their house.
"Evans, Lily." McGonagall said.
Lily walked passed Nissa feeling very nervous and sat down on the chair and put the hat on and then it shouted, 'Gryffindor!'
Lily joined the others and the Gryffindor table among cheers, more were sorted.
"Lupin, Remus." McGonagall said.
Remus looked up at the high table in front of him and at Professor Dumbledore himself who nodded, and then he walked forward and sat down and placed the hat over his head. It took a couple of minutes to decide but finally it shouted 'Gryffindor!' Remus smiled to himself as he took the hat off among cheering and went to join his new friend Sirius at the Gryffindor table.
Sirius switched sides with him because he was hoping that someone else would sit on that side of him, when they were also placed in Gryffindor.
"Oglesby, Faith."
'Ravenclaw!'
"Pettigrew, Peter." A small chummy boy who was very pale, was placed in 'Gryffindor!'
"Potter, James." McGonagall said.
James walked up to the chair looking very calm and sat down and placed the hat over his head, and then 'Gryffindor!' James removed the hat to reveal a very large satisfied smile on his face and went to join his two new friends; he sat down facing Remus with Peter on his other side still looking very nervous.
"Rhoda, Corrina." Was also made a 'Ravenclaw'.
"Snape, Severus." McGonagall said.
Severus walked passed Nissa without even looking at her and up to the chair and picked up the hat, but before he had even sat down or put the hat on properly it shouted 'Slytherin!' Which didn't surprise a lot of people, he didn't smile but Nissa could see that he was pleased with himself as he looked over at her briefly.
"Tiania Manus, Nissa" McGonagall said.
Sirius looked over as did James and Remus, who were surprised by her last name, as were a lot of others though for different reasons. Nissa ignored them all as she walked up and sat down on the stroll and placed the hat upon her head.
"You are no Manus, but you are indeed a Tiania." The hat whispered to her before it shouted aloud, "Gryffindor!"
Nissa took the hat off and smiled to herself, very glad that the hat knew that she wasn't a Manus and that she was placed into Gryffindor just where she wanted to be placed. She walked over to the table with them all cheering for her. Sirius smiled at her as did Lily, who both moved aside for her to sit down.
"Thanks for saving me a sit." Nissa said smiling at them all.
"Why didn't you say that you were with Manus and that lot?" Sirius asked her.
Nissa turned and smiled so brightly at him that it took him quite by surprise, as did it the others who were listening and watching them.
"Well, you never asked." Nissa answered simple.
"Well she's got you there Sirius." James told him. "And I doubt that she wanted to tell us, who would..."
"Well your right, considering that their all supposed to be dark wizards and witches, it doesn't mean though that I am." Nissa agreed.
The rest of their year were sorted and then Dumbledore stood up welcomed them all, and then they ate their welcoming feast, and when they were so full and sleepy, they were lead up to the tower and shown their dorms, where they all fell asleep....
... Sirius walked into the Great Hall and flopped down in his seat, he looked at all the food in front of him but didn't start to fill his plate as normal; he was still in a mood about the night before.
"You should eat." James told him.
"Its not as though he's going to go hungry is it?" Remus said sitting down next to him and helping himself. "I mean he ate enough last night."
"Well I know that, but it might make him feel better." James told him helping himself to some sausage and bacon.
"Here they come." Remus said quietly.
They all walked passed them then sat down without speaking to them, though Ella and Natalie did smile at Sirius who ignored them, they helped themselves to breakfast, and then mail arrived.
Natalie looked up as did Polly as she joined them from talking with Adorabella from the Ravenclaw table, they both got letters. And then a large grey owl swooped down and landed in front of Nissa surprising her making her jump and knocked Sirius almost making him choke.
"Damned owl!" Nissa said, though she didn't take the letter. "Why the hell is he writing to me?"
The owl moved towards her wanting her to take his letter but Nissa moved away from it as she didn't want to be anywhere near it, she moved right into Sirius almost in his lap when she realised and jumped to her feet.
"It's just a letter." Natalie said looking at her friend who was acting very odd.
The owl jumped after her and flapped its wings to give it height; it was now in front of Sirius with Nissa stood behind him. Sirius looked over his shoulder at her and then at owl and pulled the letter off.
"Its not as though it's a Howler is it?" Sirius told her trying to give her, her letter but she still wouldn't take it. "Well if you're not going to open it." And he turned it over to open it but Nissa had made to stretch it out of his hand, but he moved it out of her reach.
"No." Nissa said pleadingly at him, as she tried to grab at the letter she didn't want to read herself and didn't want anyone else to read either.
Sirius was moving out of her reach and still trying to open it Nissa grabbed at letter climbing back over the benches, she was almost on top of him as he leant back and she lead over to get the letter off of him. But he opened it and pulled out the letter and his playful smile faded at once from his face as he read.
Dear Nissa,
Though there isn't anything I can think of which is dear about you. But even though it pain's me, you are still coming to the Ball at Christmas. So don't get any funny ideas about not coming now that your back there, because I can still come and get you.
Remember.
Infidus.
Nissa fell on top of him at the shock that he was reading it, imaging what horrible thing it said. He looked up at her.
"And what are the two of you doing, and at the breakfast table." McGonagall asked questioningly.
Nissa jumped to her feet Sirius handed her the letter and couldn't take his eyes off of her.
"Your time tables." McGonagall told them and then added to Nissa and Sirius. "And try to contain yourselves."
McGonagall carried on down the table handing out time tables. Nissa sat back down and looked at the letter, but she didn't look at Sirius or at anyone.
"Well then, that was different." James said brightly smirking at his best mate, though he didn't seem at all happy.
"So that was what you were talking about at the start of summer?" Sirius asked her finally.
Nissa didn't answer him; she couldn't even look at him.
"I'm going as well, well I have to go." Sirius told her, now she looked up at him. "Though I was hoping like you that they would just forget about me going."
Nissa still didn't say anything, she knew it was a lot for him to tell her that, but she couldn't. She looked at him sadly and then got up and left. Her friends looked after her and then at Sirius, who didn't show any sign of emotion and then they went after her.
"What was that about?" James asked looking at the girls walking out and then Sirius. "What was with the letter?"
"The stupid Christmas Ball, you've heard about it." Sirius answered.
"The Gower Ball?" Remus asked.
"My mum and dad aren't going to that; they can't stand some of the people who goes to it." James said.
"Well I have too, and so does she." Sirius told them and got up himself and left.
James and Remus looked at one another and then followed him.
"I'm sorry I didn't realise, I didn't mean anything by it." James told him hurry to catch him.
Sirius stopped and turned round. "Why be sorry, that's what my families like."
"But your not." Remus told him. "Well your not are you? See you're in Gryffindor."
"And what does that mean?" Sirius shot at them and then stormed off to his first lesson though he didn't really know what it was, and only looked when his friends couldn't see him...
Sirius looked around one last time and then got to his feet, Remus looked up at him; but didn't say anything as he walked out. Sirius needed to be alone, yeah he had been back to Hogwarts since it had all happened; but this time was different.
He walked up the corridors, some of the student's moved out of his way; this was so different from when he was here, everyone loved to be around him and now.
Sirius wasn't looking where he was going, he was just walking letting his feet guide him; he knew this place like the back of his hand. He turned the corridor and ended up on a corridor he wasn't excepting to end up on, there was the tapestry which leads to Hogsmende; he walked over to it.
He heard someone behind him, he spun round to see who it was but no one was stood there; there was no one around. He looked up and down the corridor and then turned back round to where he had heard the noise; he jumped back against the wall; as a small fire started in mid air.
It just hovered there like a ball, glowing an odd shade of purple then it changed; it changed into the orb he hadn't gone near for fifteen years. The Dragon Orb that she had given him after they had finished school.
He stepped closer, he could hear the voice again; her voice it was so clear as though it was her who was stood there in place of the orb.
'I'll miss the winter
A world of fragile things
Look for me in the white forest
Hiding in a hallow tree (Come find me)
I know you hear me
I can taste it in your tears'
Sirius sank to the ground the tears rolling down his cheek; he wiped them away and then looked up at the orb.
"Why are you doing this to me? What do you want from me?" Sirius demanded. "I tried I really did, but there's nothing I can do now..."
'Look for me in the white forest
Hiding in a hallow tree (come find me)'
Sirius looked hard at the orb. "Come find you, your alive you want me to find you?"
(A/N: -Well I hoped that you liked that, sorry that it was so long; but I thought that the flash backs kind of added to his mood to being back in the great hall after all those years.
The first flash back was from – his first year at Hogwarts, from the story – Hogwarts a Beginning.
The second flash back was from – his second year at Hogwarts, from the story – Pureblood, Mud-bloods and Half- Breeds.
Hopefully I won't keep you hanging on to long to find out what happens next, but if you've read this much I'm such you can wait a little bit longer.
Siri Lupin
Sirius slowly opened his eyes, it had been such a good dream he knew but he couldn't remember any of it; only that he wanted to stay in that dream forever. But when he opened his eyes, it was gone he couldn't remember any of it; and she was no longer in his arms. He turned over and closed his eyes again, wondering if he was to go back to sleep would she come back to him; like she had done every night since he had somehow come back nearly two weeks ago.
Sirius suddenly sat bolt up right, it was today; they were going back to Hogwarts today and he had promised to go back with him. He swung his legs over the side of the bed and looked around the room, the open box of photo's were still sat there; he had gone through them with Harry telling him all about the people in them.
Harry hadn't pushed him about it, which he was glad about but it had been nice to talk about it; with someone who didn't know what it had been like back then so they couldn't judge him because they hadn't known the whole truth.
Sirius got dressed and closed the box before he throw it inside his bag, he then walked over to the wardrobe and opened the door; he bent down and picked up the box he had hid in there. He wasn't going to open it just take it with him.
Then he went downstairs for breakfast, he sat next to Harry and faced Remus; he pulled out a photo from his inside pocket and handed it to him.
"I thought you might want this." Sirius told him. "Its one of us all."
Harry looked down at the picture, it had them all on it; His mum and dad, Sirius and Nissa and Remus, he was glad that there was no Peter in the photo.
"Let me guess that's one of Nissa's, Peter shouldn't be in it then." Remus said looking over at Sirius.
"Yeap." Sirius answered. "She never did take to him, though of course none of us took much notice of course because she was friends with Snape. But can we not have them two in the same sentence please?"
"Fine with me, I don't like him anyway; I can't believe though that they were friends, from these pictures and her being friends with you lot you would never guess would you?" Harry said.
"Hey maybe he did something to her." Ron suggested.
Sirius and Remus both looked at him and then at each other and burst out laughing, it was so unexpected no one had seen them laugh for ages and never like this before; every one smiled at them though Ron had turned a funny shade of red.
"It's not very likely ladie." Moody told him.
Sirius and Remus finally settled down with tears in their eyes smiling to one another.
"That felt good, didn't it?" Sirius said.
"Yeah, we need to do that more often." Remus agreed.
Molly stood up at the other end of the table with Auther, and looked down at them all.
"We should be going; they'll have to get back to school." Molly told them. "We're taking the Night Bus; it'll be easier of course."
"Do we have to, and straight after breakfast as well?" Ron asked holding his stomach tightly, as he looked down at his now empty plate.
"Its not that bad, I remember the time that we road on it twice in one night don't you Moony?" Sirius said. "Though considering why we had too..."
"Yeah I know, at least I didn't have to pay for the door; and we didn't get in trouble for it." Remus said. "But he couldn't say anything because he would have ended up in deeper trouble then any of us."
"Well I felt good knocking Jevidah out." Sirius said smiling at the thought.
They were all looking at them as they got their things together; Sirius and Remus stood up taking a piece of toast with them.
"When did all that happen, and who is Jevidah?" Harry asked, he always liked hearing about what they got up to when they were his age, and anything really.
"Jevidah was head of Slytherin and a Deatheater as well." Remus answered. "He was arrested in our firth year weren't it?"
"Yeah that's right, but the rest happened in our fourth and fifth year." Sirius answered. "School was quite interest at times, and I don't mean the lessons."
"I know what you mean." Harry said as he followed Sirius up the stairs. "It's hard enough, without everything else on top of it though."
"You get through it all Harry, because you're strong just like we were." Sirius reassured him.
They walked up the stairs and down the hall, Sirius pulled out his wand and pointed it at Harry's truck making it light as a feather and then picked it up with ease; and opened the front door letting Remus go out first and then him and then Harry followed.
Remus struck out his wand hand while the rest of them made their way slowly out of the house and Moody locked the door behind them. It only took a moment or two for the bus to arrive, it took longer for them all to get onto the bus; Moody making sure that they weren't all sat together.
Sirius sat with his back to everyone else on the bus, not wanting them all to be staring at him; yes he may be a free man but not everyone believed that. Harry looked over at Sirius he had changed so suddenly from just leaving the house where he had been laughing like his old self and now he was back to just sitting there, he looked over his shoulder and glared at all the staring people; who hadn't realised that Harry was sat with him and was now even more surprised then before.
Everyone was very glad when the bus finally stopped outside of the gates to Hogwarts, though it did give them one last jolt as they were all getting up and getting their thing's together.
Ron almost fell off the bus into Remus and Sirius who was stood by the door helping to get the trucks off, he looked quite green; Sirius held him up straight and smiled at him.
"You'll be alright; you just need to walk it off." Sirius told him.
Ron looked up at him and nodded ever so slightly he didn't really trust himself with a lot of movement; Remus took his truck off of him. And then that was it everyone was off, they looked around and then started to make their way up to the school.
Moody was walking behind them all with his magical eye turning in every direction, while Tonks walked up front and Remus and Sirius walked either side of Harry; with a truck in front of them both and their own bags over their shoulders.
"I'm glad that you decided to come and stay." Harry told him for the hundredth time.
"Well it beats staying in that house by my self, and Moony's here as well; I am glad that you're back teaching again." Sirius said. "Though I'm not looking forward to seeing Snape, he'll probably except me to own him big time or something; even though he said that he didn't know how I came back. He can go whistle, and that's putting it nicely."
"Sirius, it's not as though we're all still in school our selves now is it." Remus told him. "And anyway, try and be nice; well if not just stay away from him."
Sirius smiled brightly at him. "I'll stay away from him then, he won't want to talk to me either so we'll all be happy then."
"Of course." Remus said.
***
Monday morning, first day back after the Christmas holidays; Sirius and Remus walked into the great hall together they had decided to go down early to avoiding all of the groping and whispering which Sirius wasn't really up to.
"You know if we were back at school you would have loved all the attention; no matter what it was for." Remus told him.
"Yeah well times change, and so have I; so have we." Sirius said as he walked round the teachers table and sat down next to Remus, he looked out over the tables; there weren't many students already up but those who were, were looking up and whispering to their partner's. "You know, I never thought that I would be sat at this table."
"Yeah just remember you're not a teacher." Remus told him.
"Yeah I know but still, if it was going to be any of us; it was going to be you." Sirius told him. "You were always the type, and perhaps Nissa might have; if thing's would have been different."
"No, well maybe if you have made her give up being an Auror." Remus said. "But she was too much of a fighter, unless they would have let her teach that."
They eat breakfast together, Sirius looking up from time to time he wasn't really paying much attention to the student's who were talking and staring at him anymore; but remembering the time he had spent in this hall himself while he was at school.
...They stopped in front of the teachers table and didn't really file along it, just stayed close together in a group. McGonagall placed a three legged stroll in front of them and then put a very old hat upon it, which everyone looked at the hat as did they.
'I'm my not be pretty, and the best of hats
But not on looks alone judge what you see
For I am much that you normally place upon your head
For I see you all, for that is what I'm for
I'm to Sort you into your house.
You my belong in Gryffindor,
Where the brave at heart dwell,
Where their chivalry and daring
Set them apart from the rest
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where the loyal and patient are,
And are unafraid of toil.
Or perhaps old Ravenclaw,
Where the quick of mind,
And those of wit and learning
Will always find their own kind.
Or perhaps Slytherin
Where you'll find your real friends,
Those cunning folk, will use any means
To achieve their goal.
So place me upon your heads,
And I will tell you where you belong,
And sort you, true to who you belong.
"That's all we have to do?" Sirius asked.
James smiled at him. "Well its better then fighting a troll."
"Good point." Sirius and Remus both agreed.
"I'm sure the three of you could have handled a troll." Nissa whispered smiling at them all, as they turned round.
"Of course I could have, its just I didn't want to show off, you know first day and all." Sirius said quickly, not wanting her to think that he was some sort of a cowered.
"Black, Sirius." McGonagall shouted
"Of course." Nissa whispered back and then smiled at him again. "Isn't that your name she's calling out?"
"What?" Sirius said turning back around.
"Mr Black if you don't mind." McGonagall told him.
Sirius went slightly red as he walked up to the stroll and sat down and put the hat over his head. After a few moments the hat shouted, 'Gryffindor!'
The Gryffindor table erupted into cheers as Sirius pulled off the hat smiling and ran over to the table and sat shaking every ones hand.
Others were sorted into their house, and every table cheered when another joined their house.
"Evans, Lily." McGonagall said.
Lily walked passed Nissa feeling very nervous and sat down on the chair and put the hat on and then it shouted, 'Gryffindor!'
Lily joined the others and the Gryffindor table among cheers, more were sorted.
"Lupin, Remus." McGonagall said.
Remus looked up at the high table in front of him and at Professor Dumbledore himself who nodded, and then he walked forward and sat down and placed the hat over his head. It took a couple of minutes to decide but finally it shouted 'Gryffindor!' Remus smiled to himself as he took the hat off among cheering and went to join his new friend Sirius at the Gryffindor table.
Sirius switched sides with him because he was hoping that someone else would sit on that side of him, when they were also placed in Gryffindor.
"Oglesby, Faith."
'Ravenclaw!'
"Pettigrew, Peter." A small chummy boy who was very pale, was placed in 'Gryffindor!'
"Potter, James." McGonagall said.
James walked up to the chair looking very calm and sat down and placed the hat over his head, and then 'Gryffindor!' James removed the hat to reveal a very large satisfied smile on his face and went to join his two new friends; he sat down facing Remus with Peter on his other side still looking very nervous.
"Rhoda, Corrina." Was also made a 'Ravenclaw'.
"Snape, Severus." McGonagall said.
Severus walked passed Nissa without even looking at her and up to the chair and picked up the hat, but before he had even sat down or put the hat on properly it shouted 'Slytherin!' Which didn't surprise a lot of people, he didn't smile but Nissa could see that he was pleased with himself as he looked over at her briefly.
"Tiania Manus, Nissa" McGonagall said.
Sirius looked over as did James and Remus, who were surprised by her last name, as were a lot of others though for different reasons. Nissa ignored them all as she walked up and sat down on the stroll and placed the hat upon her head.
"You are no Manus, but you are indeed a Tiania." The hat whispered to her before it shouted aloud, "Gryffindor!"
Nissa took the hat off and smiled to herself, very glad that the hat knew that she wasn't a Manus and that she was placed into Gryffindor just where she wanted to be placed. She walked over to the table with them all cheering for her. Sirius smiled at her as did Lily, who both moved aside for her to sit down.
"Thanks for saving me a sit." Nissa said smiling at them all.
"Why didn't you say that you were with Manus and that lot?" Sirius asked her.
Nissa turned and smiled so brightly at him that it took him quite by surprise, as did it the others who were listening and watching them.
"Well, you never asked." Nissa answered simple.
"Well she's got you there Sirius." James told him. "And I doubt that she wanted to tell us, who would..."
"Well your right, considering that their all supposed to be dark wizards and witches, it doesn't mean though that I am." Nissa agreed.
The rest of their year were sorted and then Dumbledore stood up welcomed them all, and then they ate their welcoming feast, and when they were so full and sleepy, they were lead up to the tower and shown their dorms, where they all fell asleep....
... Sirius walked into the Great Hall and flopped down in his seat, he looked at all the food in front of him but didn't start to fill his plate as normal; he was still in a mood about the night before.
"You should eat." James told him.
"Its not as though he's going to go hungry is it?" Remus said sitting down next to him and helping himself. "I mean he ate enough last night."
"Well I know that, but it might make him feel better." James told him helping himself to some sausage and bacon.
"Here they come." Remus said quietly.
They all walked passed them then sat down without speaking to them, though Ella and Natalie did smile at Sirius who ignored them, they helped themselves to breakfast, and then mail arrived.
Natalie looked up as did Polly as she joined them from talking with Adorabella from the Ravenclaw table, they both got letters. And then a large grey owl swooped down and landed in front of Nissa surprising her making her jump and knocked Sirius almost making him choke.
"Damned owl!" Nissa said, though she didn't take the letter. "Why the hell is he writing to me?"
The owl moved towards her wanting her to take his letter but Nissa moved away from it as she didn't want to be anywhere near it, she moved right into Sirius almost in his lap when she realised and jumped to her feet.
"It's just a letter." Natalie said looking at her friend who was acting very odd.
The owl jumped after her and flapped its wings to give it height; it was now in front of Sirius with Nissa stood behind him. Sirius looked over his shoulder at her and then at owl and pulled the letter off.
"Its not as though it's a Howler is it?" Sirius told her trying to give her, her letter but she still wouldn't take it. "Well if you're not going to open it." And he turned it over to open it but Nissa had made to stretch it out of his hand, but he moved it out of her reach.
"No." Nissa said pleadingly at him, as she tried to grab at the letter she didn't want to read herself and didn't want anyone else to read either.
Sirius was moving out of her reach and still trying to open it Nissa grabbed at letter climbing back over the benches, she was almost on top of him as he leant back and she lead over to get the letter off of him. But he opened it and pulled out the letter and his playful smile faded at once from his face as he read.
Dear Nissa,
Though there isn't anything I can think of which is dear about you. But even though it pain's me, you are still coming to the Ball at Christmas. So don't get any funny ideas about not coming now that your back there, because I can still come and get you.
Remember.
Infidus.
Nissa fell on top of him at the shock that he was reading it, imaging what horrible thing it said. He looked up at her.
"And what are the two of you doing, and at the breakfast table." McGonagall asked questioningly.
Nissa jumped to her feet Sirius handed her the letter and couldn't take his eyes off of her.
"Your time tables." McGonagall told them and then added to Nissa and Sirius. "And try to contain yourselves."
McGonagall carried on down the table handing out time tables. Nissa sat back down and looked at the letter, but she didn't look at Sirius or at anyone.
"Well then, that was different." James said brightly smirking at his best mate, though he didn't seem at all happy.
"So that was what you were talking about at the start of summer?" Sirius asked her finally.
Nissa didn't answer him; she couldn't even look at him.
"I'm going as well, well I have to go." Sirius told her, now she looked up at him. "Though I was hoping like you that they would just forget about me going."
Nissa still didn't say anything, she knew it was a lot for him to tell her that, but she couldn't. She looked at him sadly and then got up and left. Her friends looked after her and then at Sirius, who didn't show any sign of emotion and then they went after her.
"What was that about?" James asked looking at the girls walking out and then Sirius. "What was with the letter?"
"The stupid Christmas Ball, you've heard about it." Sirius answered.
"The Gower Ball?" Remus asked.
"My mum and dad aren't going to that; they can't stand some of the people who goes to it." James said.
"Well I have too, and so does she." Sirius told them and got up himself and left.
James and Remus looked at one another and then followed him.
"I'm sorry I didn't realise, I didn't mean anything by it." James told him hurry to catch him.
Sirius stopped and turned round. "Why be sorry, that's what my families like."
"But your not." Remus told him. "Well your not are you? See you're in Gryffindor."
"And what does that mean?" Sirius shot at them and then stormed off to his first lesson though he didn't really know what it was, and only looked when his friends couldn't see him...
Sirius looked around one last time and then got to his feet, Remus looked up at him; but didn't say anything as he walked out. Sirius needed to be alone, yeah he had been back to Hogwarts since it had all happened; but this time was different.
He walked up the corridors, some of the student's moved out of his way; this was so different from when he was here, everyone loved to be around him and now.
Sirius wasn't looking where he was going, he was just walking letting his feet guide him; he knew this place like the back of his hand. He turned the corridor and ended up on a corridor he wasn't excepting to end up on, there was the tapestry which leads to Hogsmende; he walked over to it.
He heard someone behind him, he spun round to see who it was but no one was stood there; there was no one around. He looked up and down the corridor and then turned back round to where he had heard the noise; he jumped back against the wall; as a small fire started in mid air.
It just hovered there like a ball, glowing an odd shade of purple then it changed; it changed into the orb he hadn't gone near for fifteen years. The Dragon Orb that she had given him after they had finished school.
He stepped closer, he could hear the voice again; her voice it was so clear as though it was her who was stood there in place of the orb.
'I'll miss the winter
A world of fragile things
Look for me in the white forest
Hiding in a hallow tree (Come find me)
I know you hear me
I can taste it in your tears'
Sirius sank to the ground the tears rolling down his cheek; he wiped them away and then looked up at the orb.
"Why are you doing this to me? What do you want from me?" Sirius demanded. "I tried I really did, but there's nothing I can do now..."
'Look for me in the white forest
Hiding in a hallow tree (come find me)'
Sirius looked hard at the orb. "Come find you, your alive you want me to find you?"
(A/N: -Well I hoped that you liked that, sorry that it was so long; but I thought that the flash backs kind of added to his mood to being back in the great hall after all those years.
The first flash back was from – his first year at Hogwarts, from the story – Hogwarts a Beginning.
The second flash back was from – his second year at Hogwarts, from the story – Pureblood, Mud-bloods and Half- Breeds.
Hopefully I won't keep you hanging on to long to find out what happens next, but if you've read this much I'm such you can wait a little bit longer.
Siri Lupin