A/N: 'Ello! I told you this one would be up fast! Anyway, this is a very serious chapter at the beginning, but then it's just some random fun stuff at the end when they all play truth or dare. The next chapter is a little later in the year and those chapters will be centred around winter break and such. (Keep in mind that is late May at the moment, so we're moving along a bit.) But yeah, read and review as always.

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"Ah, Sirius. So glad you could come," said the tall man. He was sneering, obviously not at all glad to see him. "And this must be your new little whore. Please tell me that she's not some Muggle born."

Sirius' glare matched the ferocity of the man's. "No, Father, she is indeed a pureblood."

The man smiled a bit more gently. "Well then, very good Sirius. Maybe you can bring redemption to your name."

"Yeah right," he muttered.

"Who are you, my dear?" Sirius' father asked, ignoring his son's comment.

"I am Mia Wakefield. Perhaps you remember my parents?"

The man's eyes widened. "Yes, well, that was most unfortunate. But I believe I do remember you. A charming little girl, to be sure."

Mia smiled. She couldn't help it. "Thank you sir, you're very kind."

"You're very well mannered," he countered. "Perhaps when you two are married you could instill a bit of this into my son."

"Married?" Mia asked, bemused.

The man smiled. "Please come in."

He led then through a great foyer and into a large dining hall already filled with many people. Mia recognized only a few people from school. Belatrix, Narcissa, Regulus.

All Slytherins.

"Ah Sirius! How wonderful of you to come to my humble party," said Regulus as he hurried up to his brother, "and to bring a date! Pureblood, but unfortunately Gryffindor."

"Hello Regulus," said Sirius dully.

"Nice to meet you," Mia said dutifully as she shook his hand.

"Yes, yes. Now Sirius," he warned, lowering his voice, "do not do anything to upset Mother. She's been in such a state about you ever since you've run away."

Sirius nodded, but said nothing until his brother had walked away. "Woo hoo. Great reunion already, huh?"

"He seemed fine."

Sirius glared at her, but said nothing.

"Well, your dad seemed normal. Except for the part about us getting married. That was weird, wasn't it?"

Sirius nodded and muttered something unintelligible. Mia knew he knew something, but said nothing.

"Ah, Sirius!"

"Don't say his name!" A woman shrieked at the man in front of him. So this was Mrs. Black.

"Hello Mother," Sirius said quietly.

"How dare you even look into my eyes, you filthy Mudblood lover! How dare you step foot inside the House of Black after you run away and join those blood traitors, the Potters?"

"That makes absolutely no sense. You were the one who invited him here!" Mia heard Sirius snort at her words, but otherwise the whole room was silent.

"Shut up girl! I know who you are! Daughter of the other blood traitors. Well, I suppose you and this ungrateful boy are made for each other. And to think that we tried to arrange a marriage with you for our Sirius!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh, didn't my ungrateful son tell you why you parents were killed? Because they would not consent to their daughter becoming a Black. That wench was just as ungrateful as my former son!"

"My mother was not a wench! She was smart! And no, I never knew a thing about an arranged marriage."

Regulus tried to intervene. "But Sirius said he has learned the errors of his ways. He wants to become a good Black again!"

"I said no such thing!"

"Shut up, Regulus," spat Mrs. Black, "The ungrateful boy would never do that! He takes pleasure in the shaming of our family!" Tears poured out of her eyes, but she kept her back straight and voice loud.

"He did not shame your family. The only shame is that such a wonderful person was born from you!" Mia's voice nearly matched his mother's.

"Mother, we could always make amends. Think of what an asset he would be to our lord if-"

"SHUT UP!" Shouted Mia. "Sirius is too good for the likes of you."

At this, Mrs. Black burst into tears. "Get out of here! Both of you! And watch your back little girl. You may end up as your parents!"

"Don't you dare threaten her!" Yelled Sirius. Mia feared he would have done more, but the press of the angry crowd pushed tem towards and out the door. The last thing they heard was,

"Mother, you still have me," from Regulus.

"Yes, they deserve each other," spat Sirius.

"Well how did it just magically slip your mind that we were supposed to be married? Why didn't you ever tell me?"

"I- Well, you always got so upset when you talked about your parents. I really didn't want to upset you." He winced seeing the look on her face. "I know it was a stupid reason, but it was just weird to talk about and I felt bad about it, okay?"

Mia sighed. "It's really not your fault. It's okay."

"I hate them all. All of my family is worthless and evil! I wish I had never been born!"

"Where would I be if you weren't born? And it's not your fault. Besides, you're done with them. You don't need them. You have us, me," Mia comforted him.

"Yeah." Sirius forced a smile. "You're right."

They walked along the dark road searching for the portkey that Dumbledore had made for them.

"Why did Dumbledore let us go? Didn't he know it would be dangerous?"

"Dumbledore has always trusted me to do the right thing." Sirius shrugged. "I guess he just has faith in me that I'll do the right thing. And I think he knew that my family won't hurt me."

"Why?"

"Because they still have the chance to turn me to their side. I mean, I'm powerful to them I guess and if I were on their side it could be a very good thing."

"Well I'm glad they don't have that chance."

Sirius smiled tightly. Sometimes he wondered if he really had it in him to resist for the rest of his life...

"Ah, here it is!" Mia pointed to a small microwave lying on the side of the road.

Sirius looked at it, then threw a glance at Mia. "What if we didn't catch it?"

"What?" Her face was shocked.

"What if we just left? Think. I mean, we could go anywhere we wanted. We could leave this all behind."

"Why? Don't you like it at Hogwarts?"

"Of course," he said sadly, "but everywhere I go there, I'm immediately branded as a Black. I'm always associated with my family. If we went somewhere else then we could start over. We could be whoever we wanted to be. We could leave the past behind."

"Sirius." Her voice was soft, but it seemed loud in the silence of the night. "As much as you have to put the past behind you, you can't get rid of it. You've got to live with it. These experiences have made you stronger. And a better person."

"But I just want to be normal," Sirius said in a tight voice.

"So do I." Mia leaned her head against his chest and their arms soon circled around each other's waists. "But it's not meant to be."

"You're right."

Mia smiled slightly and met his eyes. "Look, today's Friday. This is a Hogsmeade weekend. We'll do something fun and exciting. Trust me."

"I do trust you."

"Good. Now can I please have the old goofy Sirius back? This is one is scaring me a little."

"Yes ma'am!"

He began to tickle Mia mercilessly.

"S-stop! We- we gotta catch that!" Mia said helplessly pointing to the portkey.

"Nah, we got out of there way early. We've got plenty of time," said Sirius as he effortlessly held Mia down and straddled her.

"Sirius! Stop! STOP!"

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(A/N: Alright, this next little portion was written just because I felt a need to write something stupid and funny after everyone being so darn grim!)

"So, how'd it go?"

Sirius shook his head at James who was sprawled out on the couch. "Not pretty. I'll talk later. Now I wanna do something fun."

Lily looked up from the book she was reading. It seemed like she was avoiding James' gaze. Probably gotten into another fight. "We could play truth or dare!"

"Wow, Lils, I didn't think you'd be the fun one!"

"Shut up Sirius!" She shouted and swatted his arm playfully.

"I'm in," said Remus mildly.

"Right. That'll be fun," exclaimed Mia, "except we need another girl to even it out."

"Oy, Amber! Wanna play truth or dare with us?"

"Sirius, no," whined Remus.

The pretty blonde looked over at Sirius. She was a casual acquaintance of the five friends. She nodded.

"Sure, why not?"

Soon they were all seated in a couch or a chair which they had dragged around to face in a circle.

"Who wants to start? Me. Ok," said Sirius quickly before anyone could get a word in edgewise. "Alright, um, Remus!"

Remus blushed a deep crimson and shot a look over toward Amber. It was a well known secret that he fancied her. "What?"

"Truth or dare?"

"Um, truth."

"Who do you fancy?"

Remus got even redder. "Not fair. You already know the answer."

"I don't," said Mia with a grin on her face.

"Fine. I like Amber," he whispered. Everyone grinned at the stunned expression on Amber's face.

"Alright, James, truth or dare?" Remus glared at his friends as he asked.

"How about a little dare?" James grinned in anticipation. He was the dare champion, known to never back out of any dare.

"Fine. Make out with Lily."

James looked at Remus pleadingly. "Please don't Moony. She's already pissed off at me," he said as if she weren't even there.

"Why?" Mia leaned forward with interest.

"Geez James, don't be such a wuss. Just do it," sighed Lily with a roll of her eyes.

James looked at her in surprise, but quickly leaned over and gave her a kiss.

"Hardly making out, but we'll accept it for the sake of James' health. Now ask someone Remus," said Sirius.

"Ok. Sirius. Truth or dare."

"Dare, obviously."

"Alright. I dare you to, um, kiss everyone in this room and tell us who's the best kisser."

Sirius grinned. "Right-o. But I think I already have a winner," he quipped, winking at Mia.

He started at the far end of the couch with Amber. She leaned forward and gave him a quick peck.

He threw her a look of mock anger. "Well obviously you don't love me."

She giggled nervously and threw a look at Remus.

"Anyway, next!" He approached Mia and was about to begin when suddenly James shouted,

"No need to kiss her! We know you know what she's like."

"Shut up James," said Mia.

"Fine, then the next person is you Prongsie," squealed Sirius in a high girly voice. He leaned down and kissed him square on the lips. "I've had better," he said after a moment.

"Well, I never!" James glared at him in mock indignation.

Sirius grinned and moved on to Remus. He kissed him longer and drew back spluttering. "Eew, dog breath!"

"I could say the same for you, Padfoot," said Remus. "And you're a horrible kisser."

"Hey! Hey! I'm the judge here!" Finally he went over to Lily. He kissed her the longest and he could almost feel James' glare burning through his back. "Yup, it's definitely Mia. But Lils is a close second."

"Ok, moving on." James glared sourly at his friend.

"Alright. Lils, truth or dare."

"Truth," she said slowly.

"What's your bra size?"

"Sirius, you're so immature! But it's a 36B if you must know."

Sirius looked disappointed. "I thought they were bigger than-"

"Sirius!"

"Whatever. Just go Lils."

"Alright, Mia, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

Lily got an evil look on her face. "Play the rest of the game in nothing but your bra and underwear."

Mia shrugged. "Ok, I'm not that self conscious." Everyone looked at her in disbelief as she quickly took off her clothes.

Sirius looked at her in awe. "I so wanna get you in bed."

Mia glared at him. "If you ever say that again I will rip off a very important part of you."

"Yes ma'am," he said, quailing under her gaze. "Your turn to ask."

"Ok, um Amber, truth or dare."

"Dare."

"Give Remus a lap dance."

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A/N: Okay, that was me having my bit of fun. So la la la. Read and review. Blah!