Never Been Forgiven

Chapter Six

Disclaimer: All but this storyline, Anne, Karen and all from Sirius' new school belongs to J.K.Rowling.

I have tried really hard to get this one up quickly because I know what's going to happen... hope ya enjoy (and review because that makes me happy ( )

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Professor Montoya looked down her nose to the boy sprawled in front of her, rubbing his head. She cocked an eyebrow at him, "What, may I ask, do you think you're doing? Running? And not looking where you're going? Where are you going?" She finished curiously.

Sirius just stared back at her...He tried to speak a couple of times, but no words came out. For once Sirius Black had no come back.

It Was James who came to his rescue, "He was...er...going to get us a book...on the history of this school, and we were erm curious since we're going to be staying here for a while." James finished lamely.

The others all nodded their agreement while Sirius smiled weakly.

She looked dubiously at them, but nodded anyway, "Yes, I know how passionate Sirius is about his elvish history," she smiled lightly, "Though that's no excuse for rule breaking. Sirius, I'll see you in my office tonight." The Professor finished seriously.

Sirius sighed and nodded dejectedly. Professor Montoya returned his nod, turning her back and walking down toward the beach by the school. Sadly, Sirius climbed to his feet, wiping off his green robes.

"S-Sirius?"

Though the urge to run still held strong within him, he ignored it, and turned slowly to face his former friend. Putting on a brave face he smiled, "Yes?

"Can we talk?" Remus looked desperately, "Please?

"I suppose I owe you that much." He laughed tensely, and gestured for them to sit among the ruins. They did, and he sat opposite them, leaving a couple of meters between them, so they had to speak slightly louder than normal to hear each other. "So what do you want to talk about?"

"Er...well...I'm not sure exactly." James looked straight into his eyes. He saw the pain, the suffering and the fear there...but he also saw the hope, the hope that there was a chance of survival, of freedom. He nodded, "Tell us why you tried to run?"

"I...I. can't. I'm sorry." He said honestly, "I wish I could, but I can't." There was a long, strained silence. "Maybe we could talk about something else." Sirius began hopefully.

"Ok. So have you been doing much?"

"I guess. New school...well, not so new anymore. Er you?"

"We're good. Missed you though." James smiled at Sirius, as the others nodded behind him.

Sirius grinned, "I missed you too. So your head boy?" James nodded, and Sirius turned his attention to Lilly, "Head girl?"

"That's me!" She smiled, stepping forward and wrapping her arms around James.

Sirius' eyes widen, and his eyebrows rose, "You're together?" They both smiled. Partially because they were together, but also because Sirius was reverting to his former self.

"And I'm with Anne," Peter piped in, wrapping his arm around Anne's shoulders. She smiled lightly and looked at him, "What about you Sirius? Got anyone special?"

As Sirius opened his mouth to speak a voice reached them, "Sirius? Sirius are you out there?"

"I'm over here!" Sirius called back, and then looked at the others faces, "And no, I'm free as a bird."

"Sirius. I've been looking for you." She noticed the others, "Oh! Well I guess you have an excuse for being late then." She said smiling at them.

"L-late?" Sirius stuttered.

Karen raised her right eyebrow, "For practice."

"Oh. Oops. I forgot." He grinned sheepishly, "Are the guys mad?"

"Course not, we were just worried. You never miss practice."

"Right, should we go now?"

All through this exchange James and his friends stood silent, curiosity and confusion on their faces. It was James who spoke out first, "What do you do? Quidditch?"

Karen got a funny look on her faces, and looked at Sirius, "What's Quidditch?"

Sirius groaned and the others stared at him. "It's a game I played at Hogwarts." He turned his attention to James, "As you've probably guessed, I don't play Quidditch any more. I play Amin lava, which is an elvish game. Its name means "I yield". I should go now; if you want I'll tell you about it later." He smiled at them.

"Er... yeah, that would be nice. See you later then."

In response Sirius just nodded and turned, walking away with Karen asking him questions all the way on Quidditch, its rules and how it's played.

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Well, I hope you like it. I'm really surprised I got this up, since I'm in the middle of exams and all. But I've only got two more days left so I should be able to write more soon. One thing I want to say is thank-you to all my reviews and un-reviewing reader. Lol, Please review. Also got to say that I felt that since the school has an elvish history, they should play an elvish game, don't you agree? Well please review anyway and I'll work on getting more up soon.