When Callie and Allie got back home they weren't surprised to see Sirius
waiting for them, in dog form on the lounge. Callie had told Allie about
the note.
"Uncle Sirius!" Allie yelled excitedly. She and Sirius got on like a house on fire. "I've missed you SO much! How did you get here so soon?"
"Yeah Uncle Sirius, My owl couldn't have reached you from Australia so quickly, AND given you time to get here." Callie said as she gave Sirius a hug, after Allie had finally let go.
"Oh, I was just, uh, in the neighborhood. you know, checking up on things, that sort of stuff." Sirius trailed off.
"Checking up on what 'things'?" Allie asked narrowing her eyes at her godfather.
"Just making sure there weren't too many Death Eaters swarming around."
"Why would there be Death Eaters swarming around?" Callie asked with her eyebrows raised.
"Good point!" Sirius said scratching his head, the two girls missed the look in his eyes. "The truth was I just wanted to see my two favourite Godchildren that are girls.!"
"We're your only god children." Callie said.
"No your not!" Sirius said. "I have a boy too!" He put his finger up knowingly and closed his eyes as though stating a fact he didn't want anyone to forget.
"You do?" Allie and Callie chorused, giving each other looks.
"Yup. But I can't tell you who. He may not appreciate it."
Allie wrapped Sirius in a hug again and Callie smiled shaking her head, sometimes it seemed as though she liked Sirius and her dad more than their mum.
"You're. Unnaturally. Strong. you know!" Sirius gasped out. Allie let go with a guilty, sheepish, apologetic look on her face.
"I'm sorry Uncle Sirius." She said with her head bowed.
"That's OK sweetie! Group hug!" Sirius pulled both the twins into a hug and that seemed to cheer up her sister, just as the others returned home. Accompanied by another.
"Sirius! Where have you been?!" Arabella Figg ran forward and pulled Sirius into a hug. Callie fought back a giggle. Thos two were still so in love after all these years. But that wasn't the funny part. Sirius was just limp in her hug, his mouth wide open and looking past her unseeingly into nothing.
"'Bella?" He said after about three minutes of silence while the Lupin's watched the exchange with smiles on their faces.
Arabella pulled back. Her dark brown hair cascaded over her eyes and she was smiling brightly with tears in her eyes. Then her face grew serious.
SMACK.
Sirius rubbed his jaw and Callie and Allie both started to laugh at the same time.
"You should have called! I've been so worried about you! Albus and Harry both told me you were innocent!" She ranted.
Harry? Who was Harry? Callie shrugged to herself, probably just one of their old friends.
"H-Harry? You know w-where he is then? B-but you're not supposed to! I've been looking you up everywhere and I haven't been able to find your address. Yet you were here, with Harry, all along?"
"Yes. Albus assigned me to be his 'guardian.'"
"So I've been looking all summer, and could have just asked him?" Sirius eyes were wide; his hand was still unintentionally clutched to his cheek.
"No. He only just found out who I was." Arabella said. "I am usually just an old lady around him."
Allie and Callie snorted in disbelief.
"You? An old lady? Man he must be dense!" Callie said, snorting again.
"There is such things as aging potions girls. Anyway, how are my two favourite godchildren?"
"That's exactly what Padfoot said." Allie muttered, but smiled and hugged Arabella all the same.
A snowy owl flew in the window. Allie and Callie had never seen it before.
"Wonder who that's from." Connor said, voicing the twin's thoughts.
"That'll be for me!" Sirius said brightly.
"And who would be writing to an escaped convict?" Beau asked sarcastically.
"Hey! I happen to be a very well respected escapee!" Sirius said defensively making everyone laugh.
"Only because people are afraid if they go against what you say, you'll hex them into hell and back!" Allie said.
"Oh shush."
The Lupin's all watched as Sirius read the letter with a smile on his face, before it turned to concern.
"What is it? Is something wrong with him?" Dad asked.
"Who dad?" Beau asked with interest.
"No one Beau."
"He just seems really depressed. Apparently he's been locked in his room AGAIN and can only come out to do jobs. And after all the poor boy's been through." Sirius shook his head sorrowfully.
"What did he do to deserve that?" Dad asked, eyebrows raised.
"I'm not sure. But apparently it's been going on all holidays. I really wish he would tell someone about his problems. I got a letter from Ron the other day, he said that Harry hasn't been writing to him or Hermione at ALL." Sirius said with a slight frown. Now everyone bar Remus, Sirius and Delilah were confused. Arabella didn't seem to confused though, just surprised.
"I never knew they were treating him like THAT!" She said angrily.
"Isn't there something you can do?" Sirius asked.
"Oh yeah, then he'll probably be sent somewhere else when his horrid relatives go out." Bella sniffed. "Most likely to Marge, his Aunt."
Sirius face broke out into a smile, causing the others to look at him in confusion. "Let's just forget about it for a while shall we?" Sirius asked.
Callie saw Allie flinch slightly. "What is it?" She whispered once everyone was in bed.
"Did you hear that. that scream?" She asked, gulping in the middle of her sentence. "It was horrible!"
~*~
Harry's eye ached when he finally awoke again. He could feel the dry blood around it and couldn't see out of it. Bloody Hell it hurt! No, more than hurt, there was no word for it.
The images from the night before flashed in his mind.
The visitors had just left. Harry'd been let out. he was in trouble for supposedly making a noise. he denied it. his Uncle then came out of the kitchen holding a big pain of scissors. pain. blood. one eye went blank.
Harry shot up out of bed and though it hurt his eye, he looked under the lose floorboard for his mirror.
It was disgusting! How could he face anyone like this? One of his eyes had a large gash out of it, starting from just below his eyebrow, extending to his cheek. The actual eye was milky white, Harry noted when he had got his glasses on.
There was no way Harry should have had to stand for this! But he couldn't tell anyone. Sirius would think he was weak, so would Ron and Hermione.
Harry felt anger burn inside of him and it made his eye start to hurt even more. Cursing under his breath because now he couldn't even get angry without being hurt, Harry started out of his room that hi Uncle had forgotten to lock once he'd gotten drunk after the dinner party.
He tiptoed down the stairs and unlocked the front door. He had his wand in his hand, he knew he wasn't supposed to use it, but Dumbledore had put a little charm on it to stop it from being detected, it was something only Dumbledore could do though, as he invented the spell.
Harry just had to get away from the protection spells otherwise it would be detected.
He slipped a couple of houses down and hid behind a tree in the dim light. He quickly cast a concealment charm over his features so he looked normal; that would have to do. Even though it couldn't make him see properly, it would hopefully stop others from noticing anything wrong, he'd just have to make sure he redid it every morning.
But then there was his Uncle. oh well he was probably too drunk to remember it, and his Aunt and Cousin were pretty horrified so they wouldn't say anything, hopefully. Harry gulped and walked back to his house.
On his way, he saw two people out the front of the house that had previously been sold. They looked familiar. The two had to be twins, but in this dim light he wasn't sure why they were familiar.
The two girls had blonde, layered hair that went just below their shoulders, Harry couldn't see anything else though, but the shape of their faces looked familiar.
Harry shook his head hoping they didn't notice him as he slipped inside the Dursleys house.
If you ask me that was fairly gross. Anyway, Harry's not going to look to good without that concealment charm on himself.. Oh dear. Maybe 'Uncle Vernon' will get into trouble. who knows? Apart from me ofcourse. ( *Smiles.*
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"Uncle Sirius!" Allie yelled excitedly. She and Sirius got on like a house on fire. "I've missed you SO much! How did you get here so soon?"
"Yeah Uncle Sirius, My owl couldn't have reached you from Australia so quickly, AND given you time to get here." Callie said as she gave Sirius a hug, after Allie had finally let go.
"Oh, I was just, uh, in the neighborhood. you know, checking up on things, that sort of stuff." Sirius trailed off.
"Checking up on what 'things'?" Allie asked narrowing her eyes at her godfather.
"Just making sure there weren't too many Death Eaters swarming around."
"Why would there be Death Eaters swarming around?" Callie asked with her eyebrows raised.
"Good point!" Sirius said scratching his head, the two girls missed the look in his eyes. "The truth was I just wanted to see my two favourite Godchildren that are girls.!"
"We're your only god children." Callie said.
"No your not!" Sirius said. "I have a boy too!" He put his finger up knowingly and closed his eyes as though stating a fact he didn't want anyone to forget.
"You do?" Allie and Callie chorused, giving each other looks.
"Yup. But I can't tell you who. He may not appreciate it."
Allie wrapped Sirius in a hug again and Callie smiled shaking her head, sometimes it seemed as though she liked Sirius and her dad more than their mum.
"You're. Unnaturally. Strong. you know!" Sirius gasped out. Allie let go with a guilty, sheepish, apologetic look on her face.
"I'm sorry Uncle Sirius." She said with her head bowed.
"That's OK sweetie! Group hug!" Sirius pulled both the twins into a hug and that seemed to cheer up her sister, just as the others returned home. Accompanied by another.
"Sirius! Where have you been?!" Arabella Figg ran forward and pulled Sirius into a hug. Callie fought back a giggle. Thos two were still so in love after all these years. But that wasn't the funny part. Sirius was just limp in her hug, his mouth wide open and looking past her unseeingly into nothing.
"'Bella?" He said after about three minutes of silence while the Lupin's watched the exchange with smiles on their faces.
Arabella pulled back. Her dark brown hair cascaded over her eyes and she was smiling brightly with tears in her eyes. Then her face grew serious.
SMACK.
Sirius rubbed his jaw and Callie and Allie both started to laugh at the same time.
"You should have called! I've been so worried about you! Albus and Harry both told me you were innocent!" She ranted.
Harry? Who was Harry? Callie shrugged to herself, probably just one of their old friends.
"H-Harry? You know w-where he is then? B-but you're not supposed to! I've been looking you up everywhere and I haven't been able to find your address. Yet you were here, with Harry, all along?"
"Yes. Albus assigned me to be his 'guardian.'"
"So I've been looking all summer, and could have just asked him?" Sirius eyes were wide; his hand was still unintentionally clutched to his cheek.
"No. He only just found out who I was." Arabella said. "I am usually just an old lady around him."
Allie and Callie snorted in disbelief.
"You? An old lady? Man he must be dense!" Callie said, snorting again.
"There is such things as aging potions girls. Anyway, how are my two favourite godchildren?"
"That's exactly what Padfoot said." Allie muttered, but smiled and hugged Arabella all the same.
A snowy owl flew in the window. Allie and Callie had never seen it before.
"Wonder who that's from." Connor said, voicing the twin's thoughts.
"That'll be for me!" Sirius said brightly.
"And who would be writing to an escaped convict?" Beau asked sarcastically.
"Hey! I happen to be a very well respected escapee!" Sirius said defensively making everyone laugh.
"Only because people are afraid if they go against what you say, you'll hex them into hell and back!" Allie said.
"Oh shush."
The Lupin's all watched as Sirius read the letter with a smile on his face, before it turned to concern.
"What is it? Is something wrong with him?" Dad asked.
"Who dad?" Beau asked with interest.
"No one Beau."
"He just seems really depressed. Apparently he's been locked in his room AGAIN and can only come out to do jobs. And after all the poor boy's been through." Sirius shook his head sorrowfully.
"What did he do to deserve that?" Dad asked, eyebrows raised.
"I'm not sure. But apparently it's been going on all holidays. I really wish he would tell someone about his problems. I got a letter from Ron the other day, he said that Harry hasn't been writing to him or Hermione at ALL." Sirius said with a slight frown. Now everyone bar Remus, Sirius and Delilah were confused. Arabella didn't seem to confused though, just surprised.
"I never knew they were treating him like THAT!" She said angrily.
"Isn't there something you can do?" Sirius asked.
"Oh yeah, then he'll probably be sent somewhere else when his horrid relatives go out." Bella sniffed. "Most likely to Marge, his Aunt."
Sirius face broke out into a smile, causing the others to look at him in confusion. "Let's just forget about it for a while shall we?" Sirius asked.
Callie saw Allie flinch slightly. "What is it?" She whispered once everyone was in bed.
"Did you hear that. that scream?" She asked, gulping in the middle of her sentence. "It was horrible!"
~*~
Harry's eye ached when he finally awoke again. He could feel the dry blood around it and couldn't see out of it. Bloody Hell it hurt! No, more than hurt, there was no word for it.
The images from the night before flashed in his mind.
The visitors had just left. Harry'd been let out. he was in trouble for supposedly making a noise. he denied it. his Uncle then came out of the kitchen holding a big pain of scissors. pain. blood. one eye went blank.
Harry shot up out of bed and though it hurt his eye, he looked under the lose floorboard for his mirror.
It was disgusting! How could he face anyone like this? One of his eyes had a large gash out of it, starting from just below his eyebrow, extending to his cheek. The actual eye was milky white, Harry noted when he had got his glasses on.
There was no way Harry should have had to stand for this! But he couldn't tell anyone. Sirius would think he was weak, so would Ron and Hermione.
Harry felt anger burn inside of him and it made his eye start to hurt even more. Cursing under his breath because now he couldn't even get angry without being hurt, Harry started out of his room that hi Uncle had forgotten to lock once he'd gotten drunk after the dinner party.
He tiptoed down the stairs and unlocked the front door. He had his wand in his hand, he knew he wasn't supposed to use it, but Dumbledore had put a little charm on it to stop it from being detected, it was something only Dumbledore could do though, as he invented the spell.
Harry just had to get away from the protection spells otherwise it would be detected.
He slipped a couple of houses down and hid behind a tree in the dim light. He quickly cast a concealment charm over his features so he looked normal; that would have to do. Even though it couldn't make him see properly, it would hopefully stop others from noticing anything wrong, he'd just have to make sure he redid it every morning.
But then there was his Uncle. oh well he was probably too drunk to remember it, and his Aunt and Cousin were pretty horrified so they wouldn't say anything, hopefully. Harry gulped and walked back to his house.
On his way, he saw two people out the front of the house that had previously been sold. They looked familiar. The two had to be twins, but in this dim light he wasn't sure why they were familiar.
The two girls had blonde, layered hair that went just below their shoulders, Harry couldn't see anything else though, but the shape of their faces looked familiar.
Harry shook his head hoping they didn't notice him as he slipped inside the Dursleys house.
If you ask me that was fairly gross. Anyway, Harry's not going to look to good without that concealment charm on himself.. Oh dear. Maybe 'Uncle Vernon' will get into trouble. who knows? Apart from me ofcourse. ( *Smiles.*
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