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FIVE: STORMY JUNE EVENING
Sirius Black was really tired. Hungry, exhausted and was freezing in the warm but deffinitely wet May storm. He'd been on a run since the end of Tri- wizard tournament and now was running out of his strenght. He was to find Remus, but his house was too far from here, and they both, he and Buckbeak, were totally exhausted. He had to eat, drink something (a water would do, he thought, but tea would be more suitable; he wasn't stupid enough to dream about a glass of Butterbeer), warm himself up. He had to be in England: it was his job to help and protect Harry. He couldn't do it without food. He had no home, no friends, Remus was somewhere. He was still on a run.
He had finally decided to lie somewhere in his dog form, but saw a house. A nice cottage house, completely alone and lost between the hills. The lights were on but Sirius was sure that during such an awful rainy weather everyone should be asleep. He came closer.
He peeped through the living room window, where he had seen the light. It was very homey and the fire was on in the fireplace. But he sighed with a disappointment when noticed a woman sitting on a couch.
He could see only the back of her head: black hair, almost straight, falling gently and amusingly on her porcelain neck. She was reading a book (if he was quiet enough he could get into the kitchen without being noticed). He couldn't see the book, but noticed (of course, he was Sirius Black, still) her legs, lying on the table. Very comfortable. She seemed to be alone and enjoyed that.
Sirius turned from the window trying hard not to think about her legs. Lean, relaxed legs. Oh, why was he ONLY to steal some food from her fridge????
He run to the back of the house and turned into his human form. He pushed the handle: the door was open. As quietly and he could he got into the kitched and looked around. "I'm saved" he thought.
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Jill Coleman almost fell asleep while she was reading an extremely interesting (she thought with a mock) book. That stupid author (had he ever been in The Order, she had no idea) tried to sum up the effects of the first war with Voldemort. But his conclusions were so damn stupid that she wondered whether to laugh or cry. None of that: she fell asleep.
She was awaken by a strange murmur in the kitchen. That were probably mice, she wondered, she had got a rid of them buy they're always back. She didn't want to go there to have a look but spotted an empty glass of wine and suddenly felt like drinking another. There should be something left in the bottle.
She got off the couch slowly, yawned and opened the door to the kitchen.
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Sirius was scared by the sudden entrance of the woman and almost jumped to the ceiling. He was wearing dirty, torn robes, had long and greasy hair and even if one didn't know he was convicted, he would call the police ot the Ministry at once. Sirius had a strange feeling that he looked really amusingly with a half of a fried chicken in one hand and a bottle of pumpkin juice in the other, but the woman wasn't amused at all. When he gazed at her he saw a hand armed with a wand, ready to attack him if he moved. Behind the hand he saw a thin woman dressed in a black velvet dress. And then he spotted her eyes, the eyes he could never forget: like honey or amber or. He didn't know what to say nor how to behave. He doubted whether she could remember him. But she must have heard of Sirius Black, the traitor, the servant of Voldemort, the escaped prisoner. He stared at her.
'Well' her bitter voice he would recognize in hell. She mocked and looked extremely sexy with it. 'I thought that were mice but who do I find. Sirius Black!!! What a lucky day for the ^##*$@ (she swored and even Sirius looked shocked) Ministry.'
'Wait, Jill, I'm not.' she was astonished by his knowledge of her name. She wasn't famous. Well, probably he knew where he was going to. 'Listen to me, I'm just hungry.'
'This I could realize' she said lazily watching him intensively, her wand was stil pointed to his chest. 'Let me think, how should I take you to the Ministry?'
'Hey, wait, Jill, listen to me' he was walking slowly towards her and there was something in his voice that almost hypnotized her and she couldn't hex him. 'Please, you HAVE to listen to me, know the whole truth.'
Now he was really close to her. His dark hair was in a mess, his face looked like a skull, his robes were filthy and teeth behind once lustful lips, yellow, but when she gazed into his eyes she recognized the man he used to be.
'It's you.' Jill whispered.
'God, yes, please, listen, I'm not, I haven't done all the things I was sentenced for, Jill you have to believe me' he was talking very quickly. That was his only chance. 'You can't send me back to Azkaban again, Jill. I have to protect Harry, you know, the young Potter, help him. I'm his only relative that he loves, God, do whatever you want but don't send.'
'But you are Sirius Black, aren't you' she spoke in a firm voice. She thanked the heavens for giving her back her confidence. 'How can I trust you. I don't know you.' She finished slowly.
'You have to.' he could feel her wand on his skin, that wasn't a nice feeling, that was like looking into death's eyes once again. That small, smart woman was able to hurt him and send him back where she thought he belonged. He was just staring into her eyes (still, so so beautiful, Sirius doubted whether anyone elso in the world had the eyes in the colour of amber and in such a shape of an almond), he could say no more. Jill was thinking. Well, she didn't know him (though she had always wanted to know him better in any way), and he was convicted, and he was to be sent to Azkaban once again, but.. What if he was telling the truth? What if..?
'Can anyone prove your innocence??? I mean, anyone whom I could trust??' she asked and Sirius almost smiled, what a relief!!
'Of course' he shouted, but then thought: not many people knew, did she trust any of them. He crossed out Harry and his friends: a 14-year-old teens weren't good enough. Also his best friend wouldn't do: a werewolf. 'Albus Dumbledore, do you know him???'
She considered his words.
'Albus, you say. Let's check. Give me your hands' he did so and she put a chaining curse on him. He couldn't move them anymore. And couldn't escape, because she tied the chain to herself.
Jill lead him to the living room, sat in front of the fireplace, took a handful of Floo Powder and shouted: 'Dumbledore's Office, Hogwarts!'
Sirius saw her head disappeared in the flames and after a while heard a talk between her and the headmaster.
'Albus??'
'Oh, hello Jill, what an unexpected..' Dumbledore wasn't allowed to finish.
'No. I'm the one who had an unexpected visit tonight. And I am really upset. And curious. What's going on and how on Merlin's beard can I work if I am being interrupted.???'
'Calm down, Jill, dear. What's wrong. What visit are you talking about?'
'A man, I believe a convicted, came here and claims that you can prove his' she snorted 'innocence.'
'A convicted? Innocent?'
'Yeah, I also think we're wasting the time.' Sirius could imagine her vicious smile when she spoke again: 'now without remorse I can send him back to Azkaban.'
Sirius couldn't listen to that talk anymore, he put his head next to Jill's into the fire and shouted.
'But Professor, tell her!!!' he shouted.
He could see Dumbledore's amused face, maybe a little astonished, but still enjoying the whole situation. Jill's face was bored a little and deffinitely ill-tempered, but she was observing the dialogue between the men.
'Sirius. What are you doing here?' that was the Headmaster's answer to Black's plea. He was speaking calm, but was scared: he really wanted to know how Sirius happened to be at Jill's secret place.
'So..' Jill was impatient.
'I'm.' began Sirius, but Dumbledore settled his hash.
'Sirius you shouldn't appear wherever you want. You, we all can't take such risk! I asked you to find Remus, to call other members. And you're in trouble a day after that. Think about Harry, oh, you wouldn't make him happy.'
'But, Professor.'
'What if you came to somebody else's house, who wouldn't care at all and would have sent you back to prison.'
Now Sirius interrupted, calmly, that was really strange:
'You don't know how it is to be so desperately hungry, thirsty, cold and lonely. When all you desire is a dry place with water to drink not to wet you? When you need a light as a moth??'
They all went silent for a while and then spoke Dumbledore agaim, but calmer and softer. He really felt sorry for Sirius.
'But still, Sirius, dear frind, you're too smart and clever to do such stupid things. Have you thougt about Harry, how would he react if informed about your capture? What if it was not Jill, or what if she didn't have scruple (Jill chocked, but Albus didn't seem to care or realize) ? People usually don't care, don't listen.'
'Well, Jill listened' Sirius grinned, with relief but in a very sexy way. 'I had luck!!'
'Yeah, dear friend, first time I guess.'
'So, I believe you both know each other well. Does it mean.' Jill began but was of course interrupted by Sirius' happy words:
'I'm innocent? Yes, gosh I'm so so happy'
'If you'd ever been innocent, Sirius, I am Santa Claus, right? But' Dumbledore added when he glanced t Jill's suspicious eyes 'he hadn't done all those things he was sentenced for.'
'well, I guess I can go back to my work' Jill sighed with boredom.
'Very intensive, I suppose' added Dumbledore. Jill giggled (OK, she just smiled, but yeah, any other person would have giggled in such situation), he knew her too well.
'Of course, as always.'
'Yes, well, Jill, can Sirius stay with you for some time, but you will have to call Lupin in few days, and reorganize the Order. Sirius will tell you of course what happened at Hogwart's. I will tell that our worst predictions came true: Voldemort is back again. So, we have to get together, no quarrels.'
Jill glanced quickly at Sirius and considered Dumbledore's offer (if not an order).
'Do I unerdstand you properly? You want me to share a house with a man I don't know at all, whom I may still suspect of being a criminalist?' she was pulling strange faces, and Sirius had to laugh. She glanced at him quickly and then spoke. 'Have fun.'
She wanted to leave but Albus' calm voice stopped her.
'Of coure I don't want you to do all of that' he was sneering a little but Jill enjoyed that. ' How could you think that!!! Well, all I want you to do is to listen to that wrack of a man who even don't seem to care about his live and safety. If he can persuade you, you could have him over for some time.'
'What??' now Sirius was the disappointed one.
'And what have you heard, Sirius. You owe this to that pretty girl who.'
'OK, stop' Jill interrupted 'one more compliment and I'll throw up.Thanks for help.'
'Oh, Jill, relax. I'll owl you soon, OK? Give instructions. And find him' he pointed Sirius 'some work. He used to be smart, but he also used to cook well.'
Now Jill grinned, Sirius looked completely defeated. Coleman winked at Dumbledore, grabbed Sirius' hand and spoke
'Let's go!'
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FIVE: STORMY JUNE EVENING
Sirius Black was really tired. Hungry, exhausted and was freezing in the warm but deffinitely wet May storm. He'd been on a run since the end of Tri- wizard tournament and now was running out of his strenght. He was to find Remus, but his house was too far from here, and they both, he and Buckbeak, were totally exhausted. He had to eat, drink something (a water would do, he thought, but tea would be more suitable; he wasn't stupid enough to dream about a glass of Butterbeer), warm himself up. He had to be in England: it was his job to help and protect Harry. He couldn't do it without food. He had no home, no friends, Remus was somewhere. He was still on a run.
He had finally decided to lie somewhere in his dog form, but saw a house. A nice cottage house, completely alone and lost between the hills. The lights were on but Sirius was sure that during such an awful rainy weather everyone should be asleep. He came closer.
He peeped through the living room window, where he had seen the light. It was very homey and the fire was on in the fireplace. But he sighed with a disappointment when noticed a woman sitting on a couch.
He could see only the back of her head: black hair, almost straight, falling gently and amusingly on her porcelain neck. She was reading a book (if he was quiet enough he could get into the kitchen without being noticed). He couldn't see the book, but noticed (of course, he was Sirius Black, still) her legs, lying on the table. Very comfortable. She seemed to be alone and enjoyed that.
Sirius turned from the window trying hard not to think about her legs. Lean, relaxed legs. Oh, why was he ONLY to steal some food from her fridge????
He run to the back of the house and turned into his human form. He pushed the handle: the door was open. As quietly and he could he got into the kitched and looked around. "I'm saved" he thought.
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Jill Coleman almost fell asleep while she was reading an extremely interesting (she thought with a mock) book. That stupid author (had he ever been in The Order, she had no idea) tried to sum up the effects of the first war with Voldemort. But his conclusions were so damn stupid that she wondered whether to laugh or cry. None of that: she fell asleep.
She was awaken by a strange murmur in the kitchen. That were probably mice, she wondered, she had got a rid of them buy they're always back. She didn't want to go there to have a look but spotted an empty glass of wine and suddenly felt like drinking another. There should be something left in the bottle.
She got off the couch slowly, yawned and opened the door to the kitchen.
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Sirius was scared by the sudden entrance of the woman and almost jumped to the ceiling. He was wearing dirty, torn robes, had long and greasy hair and even if one didn't know he was convicted, he would call the police ot the Ministry at once. Sirius had a strange feeling that he looked really amusingly with a half of a fried chicken in one hand and a bottle of pumpkin juice in the other, but the woman wasn't amused at all. When he gazed at her he saw a hand armed with a wand, ready to attack him if he moved. Behind the hand he saw a thin woman dressed in a black velvet dress. And then he spotted her eyes, the eyes he could never forget: like honey or amber or. He didn't know what to say nor how to behave. He doubted whether she could remember him. But she must have heard of Sirius Black, the traitor, the servant of Voldemort, the escaped prisoner. He stared at her.
'Well' her bitter voice he would recognize in hell. She mocked and looked extremely sexy with it. 'I thought that were mice but who do I find. Sirius Black!!! What a lucky day for the ^##*$@ (she swored and even Sirius looked shocked) Ministry.'
'Wait, Jill, I'm not.' she was astonished by his knowledge of her name. She wasn't famous. Well, probably he knew where he was going to. 'Listen to me, I'm just hungry.'
'This I could realize' she said lazily watching him intensively, her wand was stil pointed to his chest. 'Let me think, how should I take you to the Ministry?'
'Hey, wait, Jill, listen to me' he was walking slowly towards her and there was something in his voice that almost hypnotized her and she couldn't hex him. 'Please, you HAVE to listen to me, know the whole truth.'
Now he was really close to her. His dark hair was in a mess, his face looked like a skull, his robes were filthy and teeth behind once lustful lips, yellow, but when she gazed into his eyes she recognized the man he used to be.
'It's you.' Jill whispered.
'God, yes, please, listen, I'm not, I haven't done all the things I was sentenced for, Jill you have to believe me' he was talking very quickly. That was his only chance. 'You can't send me back to Azkaban again, Jill. I have to protect Harry, you know, the young Potter, help him. I'm his only relative that he loves, God, do whatever you want but don't send.'
'But you are Sirius Black, aren't you' she spoke in a firm voice. She thanked the heavens for giving her back her confidence. 'How can I trust you. I don't know you.' She finished slowly.
'You have to.' he could feel her wand on his skin, that wasn't a nice feeling, that was like looking into death's eyes once again. That small, smart woman was able to hurt him and send him back where she thought he belonged. He was just staring into her eyes (still, so so beautiful, Sirius doubted whether anyone elso in the world had the eyes in the colour of amber and in such a shape of an almond), he could say no more. Jill was thinking. Well, she didn't know him (though she had always wanted to know him better in any way), and he was convicted, and he was to be sent to Azkaban once again, but.. What if he was telling the truth? What if..?
'Can anyone prove your innocence??? I mean, anyone whom I could trust??' she asked and Sirius almost smiled, what a relief!!
'Of course' he shouted, but then thought: not many people knew, did she trust any of them. He crossed out Harry and his friends: a 14-year-old teens weren't good enough. Also his best friend wouldn't do: a werewolf. 'Albus Dumbledore, do you know him???'
She considered his words.
'Albus, you say. Let's check. Give me your hands' he did so and she put a chaining curse on him. He couldn't move them anymore. And couldn't escape, because she tied the chain to herself.
Jill lead him to the living room, sat in front of the fireplace, took a handful of Floo Powder and shouted: 'Dumbledore's Office, Hogwarts!'
Sirius saw her head disappeared in the flames and after a while heard a talk between her and the headmaster.
'Albus??'
'Oh, hello Jill, what an unexpected..' Dumbledore wasn't allowed to finish.
'No. I'm the one who had an unexpected visit tonight. And I am really upset. And curious. What's going on and how on Merlin's beard can I work if I am being interrupted.???'
'Calm down, Jill, dear. What's wrong. What visit are you talking about?'
'A man, I believe a convicted, came here and claims that you can prove his' she snorted 'innocence.'
'A convicted? Innocent?'
'Yeah, I also think we're wasting the time.' Sirius could imagine her vicious smile when she spoke again: 'now without remorse I can send him back to Azkaban.'
Sirius couldn't listen to that talk anymore, he put his head next to Jill's into the fire and shouted.
'But Professor, tell her!!!' he shouted.
He could see Dumbledore's amused face, maybe a little astonished, but still enjoying the whole situation. Jill's face was bored a little and deffinitely ill-tempered, but she was observing the dialogue between the men.
'Sirius. What are you doing here?' that was the Headmaster's answer to Black's plea. He was speaking calm, but was scared: he really wanted to know how Sirius happened to be at Jill's secret place.
'So..' Jill was impatient.
'I'm.' began Sirius, but Dumbledore settled his hash.
'Sirius you shouldn't appear wherever you want. You, we all can't take such risk! I asked you to find Remus, to call other members. And you're in trouble a day after that. Think about Harry, oh, you wouldn't make him happy.'
'But, Professor.'
'What if you came to somebody else's house, who wouldn't care at all and would have sent you back to prison.'
Now Sirius interrupted, calmly, that was really strange:
'You don't know how it is to be so desperately hungry, thirsty, cold and lonely. When all you desire is a dry place with water to drink not to wet you? When you need a light as a moth??'
They all went silent for a while and then spoke Dumbledore agaim, but calmer and softer. He really felt sorry for Sirius.
'But still, Sirius, dear frind, you're too smart and clever to do such stupid things. Have you thougt about Harry, how would he react if informed about your capture? What if it was not Jill, or what if she didn't have scruple (Jill chocked, but Albus didn't seem to care or realize) ? People usually don't care, don't listen.'
'Well, Jill listened' Sirius grinned, with relief but in a very sexy way. 'I had luck!!'
'Yeah, dear friend, first time I guess.'
'So, I believe you both know each other well. Does it mean.' Jill began but was of course interrupted by Sirius' happy words:
'I'm innocent? Yes, gosh I'm so so happy'
'If you'd ever been innocent, Sirius, I am Santa Claus, right? But' Dumbledore added when he glanced t Jill's suspicious eyes 'he hadn't done all those things he was sentenced for.'
'well, I guess I can go back to my work' Jill sighed with boredom.
'Very intensive, I suppose' added Dumbledore. Jill giggled (OK, she just smiled, but yeah, any other person would have giggled in such situation), he knew her too well.
'Of course, as always.'
'Yes, well, Jill, can Sirius stay with you for some time, but you will have to call Lupin in few days, and reorganize the Order. Sirius will tell you of course what happened at Hogwart's. I will tell that our worst predictions came true: Voldemort is back again. So, we have to get together, no quarrels.'
Jill glanced quickly at Sirius and considered Dumbledore's offer (if not an order).
'Do I unerdstand you properly? You want me to share a house with a man I don't know at all, whom I may still suspect of being a criminalist?' she was pulling strange faces, and Sirius had to laugh. She glanced at him quickly and then spoke. 'Have fun.'
She wanted to leave but Albus' calm voice stopped her.
'Of coure I don't want you to do all of that' he was sneering a little but Jill enjoyed that. ' How could you think that!!! Well, all I want you to do is to listen to that wrack of a man who even don't seem to care about his live and safety. If he can persuade you, you could have him over for some time.'
'What??' now Sirius was the disappointed one.
'And what have you heard, Sirius. You owe this to that pretty girl who.'
'OK, stop' Jill interrupted 'one more compliment and I'll throw up.Thanks for help.'
'Oh, Jill, relax. I'll owl you soon, OK? Give instructions. And find him' he pointed Sirius 'some work. He used to be smart, but he also used to cook well.'
Now Jill grinned, Sirius looked completely defeated. Coleman winked at Dumbledore, grabbed Sirius' hand and spoke
'Let's go!'
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A/N Thanks my dearest dearest reviewers!!!! That's why I have some more for you!!! Write please what you think. Or what you want to read next. Pleeeeassssseeee.