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Disclaimer: Still I don't own Harry Potter (sniff I want to own Sirius). But again I do own the plot of the story and certain OC's (like Gemma).

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kurtcobain4eva: Guess what? I think you are the only one who reviews me anymore. And, thank you again. Hehee, Gemma was supposed to be an interesting character so, I guess I made it. And what becomes to Sirius and Gemma, that's possible. But I'm never sure about anything with my stories before they are done. So wait and see... (I know I am propably anoying, grin.) P.S. I'm very, very sorry about the delay with this updating...

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Runaway Dogstar

4. Gemma's family

It was almost morning, when Sirius and Gemma finally reached Gemma's home. It was very old stone house near the bank of the river and the park. It had had dark green tile roof, but today many tiles were broken or covered with moss. In the garden, that was surroundded by a low stone wall, grew more plants and flowers than Sirius even could count. There grew also two oaks and one huge apple-tree. They walked through the garden to the front-door, that was painted green. Sirius ringed the door-bell. And they waited, impatiently, in the rain.

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After a while, an old woman, with snow-white hair and merrily shining saphire-eyes, came to open the door. When she saw Sirius and Gemma, both of them dripping water, she clapped her hands together and sand said in motherly, careing tone: "Oh, my God, Gemma, we were so worried! Where were you? And who is your friend? Oh, but here's raining, come in, come in!" the old woman, obviously Gemma's Grandma gestured them to come in and awy from the rain.

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She led them to the kitchen were she had all ready been making coffee. She hushed a dark-grey cat with odd lime-coloured eyes, from one of the kitchen chairs. Then she asked Sirius to sit down and poured him a cup of coffee. Gemma she ordered immediedly to go to bath. After Gemma had fled the kitchen she poured some coffee to herself as well and sat down down, face to face with Sirius.

"I am very gratefull to you that you brought my granddaughter to home to us. I am afraid to even think what could have happened to her in those dark alleys. But if my granddaughter trusts you, I must learn something more about you. Do you understand that?" asked Gemma's Grandma, her saphire-eyes now eying Sirius like some hawk's eyes.

"Yes, I undertand that very well." Sirius answered sipping his coffee. He was extrimely nervous, but he didn't want to show that to anyone.

"Well, then. My name is Violet Cerise Oak and my husband is Martin Felix Oak. I am pretty sure that our little-Gem made you meet also her death parents. So who are you and what brought you here?" the old woman's intent stare made Sirius feel himself uncomfotable. What could he answer to questions? Was she even muggle? So many thoughts crossed Sirius's mind that it was hard to think.

"My name is Sirius Black... and, and an orphan too. But I'm trying to find my cousin, Andromeda Tonks so, maybe she could take care of me. Though, this far I have heared nothing about her. I don't even know where to search her anymore!" Sirius was almost crying now. He was so tired, so frustrated, so desperate... Suddently he felt warm hand on her cheeck, and when he looked up he saw Violet's old motherly face, her saphire-eyes full of sympaty. And for some reason, that sympaty did not annoy Sirius at all.

"Look, Sirius, my Dogstar, look at me. Everything is goig to be all right, and I know you find your cousin Andromeda. But while you are still looking for your cousin can stay here whit us sleeping in the guest-room. It's in the upstairs, in the end of the hallway and it's a bit dusty right now too, because we have had so little use to it. And the bathroom, it can be found from the downstairs." Violet sipped her coffee and was quiet for a while. She looked so thoughtfull, even worried. "And you all ready know our little- Gem, our Gemma. She is very intelligent girl, I can assure you, but unfortunately, so the doctors at least said, she got some brain damage in that train accident when she was only four, poor child. That is why she the way she is. But she is also one of the kind, and with saying that I don't mean her brain damage. She's so special. If she just was all right... I am sure you could sense that kindness in her." Violet brushed Sirius's cheeck slightly with her old hand welcoming the boy to live in her household as long as he had to.

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After that little talk with Gemma's Grandma, Violet, Sirius had lots of the things to thought about. Were they really muggles, people with no idea about wiches and wizards. Sirius didn't really think so any longer. There just were too much weird things happening. And that dark-grey cat, Gemma's cat, Nyks, was just all too... creepy. But Gemma was lovely and ever so happy and her grandparents were so kind. So untill he found out where Andromeda lived, Sirius thought that the Oak-family's household place good enought for him.

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