Disclaimer: ::sob:: How I wish I owned the characters. If I did this would defiantly be a real book. Sadly its not.
Chapter 3: Tea Trouble
Harry never seemed to have a moment to talk to Faith because everyone else seemed to want to talk to her. She spent hours talking to the Weasleys and Dumbeldore and McGonagall and if she wasn't talking to them then she was in secret meetings with the Order. The only time Harry really got to see Faith was when she passed him in the hallway or when they all sat down to eat, but that wasn't a good place to have a conversation about his parents and every other question he was dying to ask.
One morning Harry was busy reading a book on Transfiguration (by force of McGonagall) when he heard Faith and Remus talking in the room next to him. Harry tried to pay no attention to them but found himself straining his ears to hear them when he heard Faith mention Sirius.
"Remus...Is Sirius still in Azkaban?" Faith asked.
"No." Remus said gruffly.
"Was he cleared of his charges...and if hes not in Azkaban were is he?" Faith asked.
"Faith....Sirius....He...Faith. The charges were cleared but Sirius is dead." Remus said his voice cracking.Faith gasped.
"He died will fighting off Deatheaters....The Ministry only found him innocent a little bit after his death." Remus said sniffiling.
Harry heard muffled sobs come from the room. Harry took a slight peak through the door that was opened slightly and saw Faith's face buried into Remus's shoulder.
"Harry." A whisper said. Harry turned around to see Charlie walk into the room. He looked to the slightly open door and heard the sobs. His face softened drastically.
"He told her didn't he?" Charlie whispered sitting on the floor.
"Yeah...but...we're they?.."Harry asked.
"I can't answer that Harry. You'll have to ask her yourself. Horrible she has to find out this way. Been ripped out of the wizarding world for so long and once she comes back she has to hear news like this." Charlie said shaking his head as Fred and George tiptoed into the room and took a seat next to Harry.
"What do you mean ripped out of the wizarding world?" Harry asked.
"Hiding from Voldemort." Fred said. Charlie shot him a murderous glance.
"What? Harry has a right to know." Fred protested.
"Why is she hiding from Voldemort?" Harry asked.
"Again Harry I can't answer that. It's offical Order business. You'd have to ask her." Charlie said softly. Harry looked to Fred and George searching for an answer but they only shook thier heads sadly.
"R-Remus...I-I have something for you." A sobbing Faith choked out. Harry's ears perked up at the sound of Faith's voice. There was a rustling noise and Faith handed something to Remus. Harry took a quick peek and saw that Faith had handed Remus a letter.
"Its from S-Sarah" Faith muttered. Remus looked at Faith with pure shock on his face. 'Sarah...She...She died though. Years ago. I've tried so hard to forget but I just can't... she died.' Remus thought frantically.
"Sarah's dead Faith." Remus said. Faith shook her head.
"No...shes been living in the states. She changed her name and everything. I saw her briefly when I visited the states. We couldn't talk to each other though." Faith managed to get out. Remus looked like he'd been hit by a truck. Faith stood up and left the room. She went through the room where Bill,Charlie,Fred,George and Harry sat. Her face was tear stained and her eyes were beat red.
She gave them all a weak smile before running upstairs.
Lily placed a plate of hot cookies on the table and took the seat across from Sarah.
"Lily you need to teach Faith how to cook." Sarah said teasingly.
"Hey...its not MY fault I suck." Faith said taking a monsterous bite out of a cookie.
"Yes it is." Lily said grinning. Faith gave Lily a playfully push and Lily snickered.
"Set a date yet Sarah?" Lily asked after they had had several cookies.
"We're thinking about maybe sometime in October." Sarah said, a light blush rising to her cheeks. Faith started to choke on her cookie.
"Thats early. I mean you haven't even told your parents yet." Faith said.
"I know...I'm going to tell them...eventually." Sarah said. Lily and Faith just smiled. Faith took one look at her watch and gasped.
"I have to go have tea with the Blacks!" she said standing up.
"Good luck." Sarah hollered as Faith quickly picked up her wand and apparated out of the apartment.
"She'll need it." Lily said rolling her eyes.
Faith apparated into a small alley way in London. Her heart was ramming in her chest, but she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Sirius waiting for her in the street. Quietly the two made their way up to the door of Number 12 Grimmuald Palace.
There was a sound of skittering feet and suddenly the door opened to reveal an old house elf.
"Keacher? Kreacher, is it them?" A voice said. Faith soon realized that the voice was coming from a rather large, rather ugly, portrait of a woman. This woman had to be the most grotesque woman Faith had ever seen. There was simply no way this person actually existed. She did. She had ugly red brown hair that looked like dried mud. Her eyes were a steely gray color, and she was wearing a pink dress that was caked with lace.
"You must be Faith. The others have arrived." Mrs. Black said taking Faith by the arm and leading her through the house. Sirius was shocked by his mothers use of the word 'others'. What others? He thought. Sirius soon found his answer. The Minister, Lucius and Narcissa were all joining them for tea. Sirius had a horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach.
Actually the tea went rather well. Faith made good conversation with Narcissa and excellent conversation with Mrs. Black. It wasn't till almost the end of tea that Sirius noticed disaster heading his way.
Lucius was heading out of the room to get his and Narcissa's coat. On his way out he happened to accidently bump into Faith. A short while later, Lucius returned with the coats and offered Narcissa's hers.
"Oh...Lucius? May I have my ring? I always give it to him when ever we eat, for fear that I might lose it." Narcissa smiled sweetly. Lucius nodded and reached into the pocket of his pants. A perplexed look came over his face as Lucius dug around for the ring.
"Its gone." He said.
"Well lets find it then." Mrs. Black said picking up her wand.
"Accio Ring." She said. Fudge and Mrs. Black both let out startled gasps as the ring floated out of Faith's pocket.
"How Dare you! Here I am, Inviting you into my house and you steal from my family!" Mrs. Black shouted.
"TO think that your FATHER works at the ministry!" Narcissa yelled. Lucius leaned in and whispered something to Fudge. Faith only got a snatch of it and that was 'bad blood'. Faith didn't wait around to be shown the way out, she just left.
"I'm so sorry Sirius. Don't worry you'll find a nice girl. Not a mudblood thief like her." Mrs. Black said clamping a hand on Sirius's shoulder.
"Sod off mother." Sirius said getting up and running after Faith.
A/N: Sorry this took so long to get out. My computer deleted it twice. Does anyone have any questions they'd like answered in future chapters? Ex: What happened to Sarah?)