A/N: Hi everyone. I know it's been a LONG time since I've updated this
story, but I haven't forgotten about it. It's been a hectic few months.
Honestly between work and school I had NOOOO time off. So now schools out,
I'm on a vacation from work...so now I can update and write and hopefully
finish this story. From now I'm going to try VERY hard to update every
week...a few times a week. Well enough blabber from me....here's a new
chapter.
DiSclAimEr: I do NOT own any of JKR's wonderful characters....although I wish I did.
Harry and Sirius were now sitting on Harry's bed, both a little uncomfortable not really knowing what to say.
"I still can't believe I have an aunt...it's so cool." Harry said finally breaking the silence.
"Yea? Well I'm glad you think so."
"I do. I mean I was surprised at first, really surprised, but I'm getting used to it, it's like for so long I haven't had a real family, and then I got you and now I have an aunt......I finally have a family."
"That's good." Sirius said smiling, he was happy that Harry had accepted Faith so fast.
At that moment both Hedwig and Pig came flying through the window, dropping three envelopes on Harry's lap.
"Well I guess I'll go downstairs and see if I can help. See you in a few." Sirius said, getting up from the bed and leaving. "I'll call you when the food's ready ok."
Harry nodded as he ripped open the first letter, from one of his best friends.
Dear Harry,
Well Harry congratulations. I mean I think it's magnificent that you have an aunt, and the fact that she is married to Sirius, that makes it better. Did she tell you why she left? Well I'm sure your probably getting to know each other, so I won't' keep you long by reading my letter. Write back telling me how everything is, ok? Take care. Send Sirius and your new aunt my regards.
Love,
Hermione.
Harry laughed at Hermione's letter and grabbed Ron's letter.
Dear Harry,
That' wicked, Sirius married? Who would have thought? I mean...out of all people, Sirius was married. Well that's pretty cool. So how is your aunt? Is she like cool like Sirius? Does she look like your dad? Did she bring you any presents? Is she going to live with you guys now? Well I'm going to let you go now because Hermione and Ginny are telling me I'm asking too much. Well write back, tell Sirius I say hi.
Ron
Harry laughed at his friend's letter. I mean leave it to Ron to ask a million questions and be so excited and find it so cool for something like this to happen. The last letter was from his girlfriend Ginny. Yes...Ginny was his girlfriend. They had gotten together two month ago. They were having one of the DA meetings and Harry and Ginny had decided to stay a little longer. Ginny needed some help with one of the spells they were working on so they decided to practice it a bit or so Harry thought. Ginny had purposely told him she needed help in order to be by themselves so she can tell him she liked him. After hearing her tell him she liked him, he told her he liked her also. Ron and Hermione had also gotten together, but a month before them. Ron had finally worked out the courage to ask Hermione out one Hogs Meade weekend, and she gladly accepted. Harry opened up the last letter.
Dear Harry,
How are you? I hope your fine, with everything that has happened. I know it must have been a big surprise for you to find out such news. I really don't know what to say in a situation like this except that you know I'm here for you no matter what. You know you can talk to be about everything and anything.
Oh and I hope you don't mind but I told mum about Faith, and she is very excited. She says she can't wait to meet her.
Well I hope to hear from you soon. Take care. Oh and tell both Sirius and Faith that I say Hi!
Love you lots, miss you too,
Ginny
Harry smiled after reading the letter. Ginny always had a way of making things seem better, and make forget things. This past year she had been a great friend and ended up being a great girlfriend. She always knew what to say and when to say it and that always made him feel better.
Downstairs.
"Hey. I thought you were upstairs?" Faith said as she saw Sirius enter the kitchen
"Yea I was, but Harry just received a few owls, and I know they're from his friends so I left him alone so he could read them. So what you making for lunch huh?" Sirius asked.
"Well...since it's just lunch, I made a few sandwiches...plus you really don't have much in this kitchen. You want to go get Harry, tell him to come downstairs." Faith asked, as she put the plate of sandwiches on the table.
"Sure...HAAARRRRRYYYYYY, LUCNH IS READY!" Sirius yelled.
"Ok...I meant go up and get him, not leave me deaf." Faith said covering her ears.
"Sorry." Sirius said with a grin.
Two minutes later Harry came downstairs. Faith noticed he looked a bit better, happier, she guessed it was from the letters he received. They had a nice quiet lunch. Harry seemed to eat in a much faster pace then usual, or so Sirius noticed. After he was done, he urged them to continue telling him the story. Harry hadn't heard so much about his parents in one day.
"Well...um...after the wedding we went on our honeymoon" She said and looked a Sirius "We came back two weeks later and moved in here. This house was a bit of a mess when we moved in. I mean...from the outside, any muggle would think it's a normal little 2 bedroom house, but wizards know better. I mean everyday we found something new in this house. Well it was bit messy, seeing as how no one lived in it for a few years. James and Lily would come over with you a few times a week to help us out. Your mum, you and I would go out shopping for things while James and Sirius painted and fixed things here and there. Remus would come over too, and even Peter would come." Wincing at the sound of his name. "Thanks to them we had this whole house fixed completely in about a month. By thanksgiving the house was in perfect condition. SO of course, we had Thanksgiving dinner here, in our house. Then we also had Christmas here, I guess since we always had everything at James's and Lily's house, it was our turn that year. Christmas was a whole mission in itself. I mean, with James, Sirius, Remus and Peter in the same house, that was complete and total chaos. From making my Christmas decorations attack each other, to making a cuckoo clock sing Christmas carols every hour on the hour. Funny thing was that neither Lily nor I could stop it; somehow they did spells that didn't really have a counter curse. So by Christmas day, all my tree decorations were dead from killing each other, and I had broken the cuckoo clock, because it had not let me sleep." Faith said, laughing. Sirius and Harry were also laughing, but Sirius was also blushing. "They did a lot more, but I think it will take me a few days to tell you everything they did in those two days. After that things went back to normal, James and Sirius went back to work, as Aurors. Lily was busy with you; and I was enjoying my year off. See I was going to teach at Hogwarts. I was going to start that coming year as the new Potions professor. Potions and Defense against the Dark Arts were my best subjects, but they had already given the DADA to Snape, so I would be the potions teacher. But I decided on taking a little break."
"REALLY? Snape WAS going to be the D.A.D.A professor, wicked" Harry said surprised. "What happened, I mean how come he teaches potions now. Why didn't you teach it?" Harry spoke so quickly, he didn't have time to think about what he has just said, until after he saw his aunts face. He realized now why she hadn't gone to teach.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize....I mean..."Harry said as he looked down at the table. "No sweetie, don't apologize."
"Can I ask you something?" Harry said in a weak voice, somewhat embarrassed.
"Sure."
"Why didn't you stay with me? I mean...why was I sent to live with the Dursley's?" Harry asked in a timid voice.
Faith knew this was coming, and she was hoping he wouldn't ask her. This was such a complicated question. I mean she had a million and one answers and reasons.
"It's not that I didn't...I mean it wasn't that I didn't want to keep you. When Voldemort killed Lily and James, Sirius had sent me an owl telling me something had happened. He got there a few minutes before me, because when I got there, he was there holding you. I was relieved when I saw you, I mean...yea I had lost my brother and sister...but I had you, and you were what Voldemort wanted, but didn't get. I went there, thinking I had lost all of you, that half of my family was gone." She was now crying, and Sirius was holding her hand in his. "Sirius told me we needed to get home, so that's where we went. When we got home, I noticed Sirius was furious, I also knew that he wasn't hurt, and the only way Voldemort could have found you was if he had told them, finally he broke down and told me that he wasn't the secret keeper, that Peter was, and that Peter had betrayed them all. He was furious yelling and throwing things, finally after an hour, he calmed down, he went to you, gave you a kiss on the forehead and told you he loved you. He then came to me, hugged me and kissed me goodbye, inside I knew I wouldn't see him anymore, I knew that was his way of saying goodbye." Sirius gave her hand a squeeze, and she returned it. "I didn't sleep a wink that night. I stayed up all night, holding you in my arms. The next morning, Dumbledore came over. He informed me of what had happened between Sirius and Peter, and that Sirius had been sent to Azkaban. He also told me that he believed Sirius was innocent, but didn't know how to prove it. He also told me that he had come to take you. I couldn't believe it. I mean, how he could take you from me. He told me how he thought it was best for you. I told him no...I knew how the Dursleys were, I had the unpleasant pleasure of meeting them. But he insisted, saying that at least with them you could live a normal life, as a normal boy, and not the life of the "Boy Who Lived". He also said that, your mom had left you a gift when she died for you; it was protection that could only be sealed if you went to live with your Aunt. Deep down I knew he was right. Staying with me would mean both you and me would have to hide. I couldn't' flaunt you around, you were famous...and so was I...my husband was a so-called murderer. So I let you go, I gave you to him...so he could take you to your new home. I said goodbye, and you were gone...the last person I had left was out of my life...I was now alone. I know that your life would have been a bit better if I had kept you, and I'm sorry...I'm sorry for making you put up with them." Faith finished her story in sobs, she couldn't control her tears, and neither could Sirius or Harry. Sirius pulled Faith into a hug and held her for a few minutes. Harry sat there; staring at them...he couldn't believe she blamed herself. He didn't, he now knew that she did it for the best. Harry got up from his seat, and walked to his aunt. He knelt in front of her and she looked at him and he hugged her.
"Aunt Faith, I don't blame you...it's not your fault the Dursley's are a bunch of gits. I know you did that for me, and I'm thankful. And anyways I got you both now...so I don't care." The three of them stayed there for a few minutes, hugging each other, as a family.
A/N: Ok I know it's a short chapter....But they get to the point and don't drag on. OHHHH and I have a few surprises in the next 2 chapter. Faith has a deep dark secret that she must tell Sirius. Let me know your ideas on what you MAY think it is...ok? Well....till next time. I'm OUTTIE!
DiSclAimEr: I do NOT own any of JKR's wonderful characters....although I wish I did.
Harry and Sirius were now sitting on Harry's bed, both a little uncomfortable not really knowing what to say.
"I still can't believe I have an aunt...it's so cool." Harry said finally breaking the silence.
"Yea? Well I'm glad you think so."
"I do. I mean I was surprised at first, really surprised, but I'm getting used to it, it's like for so long I haven't had a real family, and then I got you and now I have an aunt......I finally have a family."
"That's good." Sirius said smiling, he was happy that Harry had accepted Faith so fast.
At that moment both Hedwig and Pig came flying through the window, dropping three envelopes on Harry's lap.
"Well I guess I'll go downstairs and see if I can help. See you in a few." Sirius said, getting up from the bed and leaving. "I'll call you when the food's ready ok."
Harry nodded as he ripped open the first letter, from one of his best friends.
Dear Harry,
Well Harry congratulations. I mean I think it's magnificent that you have an aunt, and the fact that she is married to Sirius, that makes it better. Did she tell you why she left? Well I'm sure your probably getting to know each other, so I won't' keep you long by reading my letter. Write back telling me how everything is, ok? Take care. Send Sirius and your new aunt my regards.
Love,
Hermione.
Harry laughed at Hermione's letter and grabbed Ron's letter.
Dear Harry,
That' wicked, Sirius married? Who would have thought? I mean...out of all people, Sirius was married. Well that's pretty cool. So how is your aunt? Is she like cool like Sirius? Does she look like your dad? Did she bring you any presents? Is she going to live with you guys now? Well I'm going to let you go now because Hermione and Ginny are telling me I'm asking too much. Well write back, tell Sirius I say hi.
Ron
Harry laughed at his friend's letter. I mean leave it to Ron to ask a million questions and be so excited and find it so cool for something like this to happen. The last letter was from his girlfriend Ginny. Yes...Ginny was his girlfriend. They had gotten together two month ago. They were having one of the DA meetings and Harry and Ginny had decided to stay a little longer. Ginny needed some help with one of the spells they were working on so they decided to practice it a bit or so Harry thought. Ginny had purposely told him she needed help in order to be by themselves so she can tell him she liked him. After hearing her tell him she liked him, he told her he liked her also. Ron and Hermione had also gotten together, but a month before them. Ron had finally worked out the courage to ask Hermione out one Hogs Meade weekend, and she gladly accepted. Harry opened up the last letter.
Dear Harry,
How are you? I hope your fine, with everything that has happened. I know it must have been a big surprise for you to find out such news. I really don't know what to say in a situation like this except that you know I'm here for you no matter what. You know you can talk to be about everything and anything.
Oh and I hope you don't mind but I told mum about Faith, and she is very excited. She says she can't wait to meet her.
Well I hope to hear from you soon. Take care. Oh and tell both Sirius and Faith that I say Hi!
Love you lots, miss you too,
Ginny
Harry smiled after reading the letter. Ginny always had a way of making things seem better, and make forget things. This past year she had been a great friend and ended up being a great girlfriend. She always knew what to say and when to say it and that always made him feel better.
Downstairs.
"Hey. I thought you were upstairs?" Faith said as she saw Sirius enter the kitchen
"Yea I was, but Harry just received a few owls, and I know they're from his friends so I left him alone so he could read them. So what you making for lunch huh?" Sirius asked.
"Well...since it's just lunch, I made a few sandwiches...plus you really don't have much in this kitchen. You want to go get Harry, tell him to come downstairs." Faith asked, as she put the plate of sandwiches on the table.
"Sure...HAAARRRRRYYYYYY, LUCNH IS READY!" Sirius yelled.
"Ok...I meant go up and get him, not leave me deaf." Faith said covering her ears.
"Sorry." Sirius said with a grin.
Two minutes later Harry came downstairs. Faith noticed he looked a bit better, happier, she guessed it was from the letters he received. They had a nice quiet lunch. Harry seemed to eat in a much faster pace then usual, or so Sirius noticed. After he was done, he urged them to continue telling him the story. Harry hadn't heard so much about his parents in one day.
"Well...um...after the wedding we went on our honeymoon" She said and looked a Sirius "We came back two weeks later and moved in here. This house was a bit of a mess when we moved in. I mean...from the outside, any muggle would think it's a normal little 2 bedroom house, but wizards know better. I mean everyday we found something new in this house. Well it was bit messy, seeing as how no one lived in it for a few years. James and Lily would come over with you a few times a week to help us out. Your mum, you and I would go out shopping for things while James and Sirius painted and fixed things here and there. Remus would come over too, and even Peter would come." Wincing at the sound of his name. "Thanks to them we had this whole house fixed completely in about a month. By thanksgiving the house was in perfect condition. SO of course, we had Thanksgiving dinner here, in our house. Then we also had Christmas here, I guess since we always had everything at James's and Lily's house, it was our turn that year. Christmas was a whole mission in itself. I mean, with James, Sirius, Remus and Peter in the same house, that was complete and total chaos. From making my Christmas decorations attack each other, to making a cuckoo clock sing Christmas carols every hour on the hour. Funny thing was that neither Lily nor I could stop it; somehow they did spells that didn't really have a counter curse. So by Christmas day, all my tree decorations were dead from killing each other, and I had broken the cuckoo clock, because it had not let me sleep." Faith said, laughing. Sirius and Harry were also laughing, but Sirius was also blushing. "They did a lot more, but I think it will take me a few days to tell you everything they did in those two days. After that things went back to normal, James and Sirius went back to work, as Aurors. Lily was busy with you; and I was enjoying my year off. See I was going to teach at Hogwarts. I was going to start that coming year as the new Potions professor. Potions and Defense against the Dark Arts were my best subjects, but they had already given the DADA to Snape, so I would be the potions teacher. But I decided on taking a little break."
"REALLY? Snape WAS going to be the D.A.D.A professor, wicked" Harry said surprised. "What happened, I mean how come he teaches potions now. Why didn't you teach it?" Harry spoke so quickly, he didn't have time to think about what he has just said, until after he saw his aunts face. He realized now why she hadn't gone to teach.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize....I mean..."Harry said as he looked down at the table. "No sweetie, don't apologize."
"Can I ask you something?" Harry said in a weak voice, somewhat embarrassed.
"Sure."
"Why didn't you stay with me? I mean...why was I sent to live with the Dursley's?" Harry asked in a timid voice.
Faith knew this was coming, and she was hoping he wouldn't ask her. This was such a complicated question. I mean she had a million and one answers and reasons.
"It's not that I didn't...I mean it wasn't that I didn't want to keep you. When Voldemort killed Lily and James, Sirius had sent me an owl telling me something had happened. He got there a few minutes before me, because when I got there, he was there holding you. I was relieved when I saw you, I mean...yea I had lost my brother and sister...but I had you, and you were what Voldemort wanted, but didn't get. I went there, thinking I had lost all of you, that half of my family was gone." She was now crying, and Sirius was holding her hand in his. "Sirius told me we needed to get home, so that's where we went. When we got home, I noticed Sirius was furious, I also knew that he wasn't hurt, and the only way Voldemort could have found you was if he had told them, finally he broke down and told me that he wasn't the secret keeper, that Peter was, and that Peter had betrayed them all. He was furious yelling and throwing things, finally after an hour, he calmed down, he went to you, gave you a kiss on the forehead and told you he loved you. He then came to me, hugged me and kissed me goodbye, inside I knew I wouldn't see him anymore, I knew that was his way of saying goodbye." Sirius gave her hand a squeeze, and she returned it. "I didn't sleep a wink that night. I stayed up all night, holding you in my arms. The next morning, Dumbledore came over. He informed me of what had happened between Sirius and Peter, and that Sirius had been sent to Azkaban. He also told me that he believed Sirius was innocent, but didn't know how to prove it. He also told me that he had come to take you. I couldn't believe it. I mean, how he could take you from me. He told me how he thought it was best for you. I told him no...I knew how the Dursleys were, I had the unpleasant pleasure of meeting them. But he insisted, saying that at least with them you could live a normal life, as a normal boy, and not the life of the "Boy Who Lived". He also said that, your mom had left you a gift when she died for you; it was protection that could only be sealed if you went to live with your Aunt. Deep down I knew he was right. Staying with me would mean both you and me would have to hide. I couldn't' flaunt you around, you were famous...and so was I...my husband was a so-called murderer. So I let you go, I gave you to him...so he could take you to your new home. I said goodbye, and you were gone...the last person I had left was out of my life...I was now alone. I know that your life would have been a bit better if I had kept you, and I'm sorry...I'm sorry for making you put up with them." Faith finished her story in sobs, she couldn't control her tears, and neither could Sirius or Harry. Sirius pulled Faith into a hug and held her for a few minutes. Harry sat there; staring at them...he couldn't believe she blamed herself. He didn't, he now knew that she did it for the best. Harry got up from his seat, and walked to his aunt. He knelt in front of her and she looked at him and he hugged her.
"Aunt Faith, I don't blame you...it's not your fault the Dursley's are a bunch of gits. I know you did that for me, and I'm thankful. And anyways I got you both now...so I don't care." The three of them stayed there for a few minutes, hugging each other, as a family.
A/N: Ok I know it's a short chapter....But they get to the point and don't drag on. OHHHH and I have a few surprises in the next 2 chapter. Faith has a deep dark secret that she must tell Sirius. Let me know your ideas on what you MAY think it is...ok? Well....till next time. I'm OUTTIE!