Chapter 25: Back From the Dead

Faith could feel the very breath being sucked from her lungs. She was in the arms of none other than Sirius Black….but Sirius was dead! The world began to spin around her and she looked at Harry and Ton. Their expressions were ones of pure shock.

"God Sirius!" Faith shrieked.

"Miss me? I sure as hell missed you." Sirius said as he spun her around again and kissed her. At that instant an excited Remus and Sarah burst onto the balcony. But stopped short. They stared at the group of people in from of them. When Sirius turned around, Sarah gasped and clamped a hand to her mouth.

"Lookey it's Moony and Sarah!" Sirius said gleefully.

"Wait…Y-Y-You're…" Ron said pointing to Sirius. Sirius gave a nod and a sly smile.

"B-B-But how?" he asked in a voice just barely above a whisper.

"How is right." A voice said. They all turned to see Dumbeldore standing there.

"But that we will discuss in the morning. Right now you." Dumbeldore said pointing to Faith, Remus, Sarah, Harry and Ron.

"need sleep." He finished.

"How in the bloody hell do you expect me to sle-" Faith started but before she could finished, Dumbeldore had waved his hand and she was fast asleep along with Harry, Ron, Remus, and Sarah. Sirius put his mask back on and followed Dumbeldore.

Pain. That's all that Sarah could feel. Her head felt as if someone had taken a hammer and beaten her with it….several times. She groaned and rolled over onto her side. She hit a soft lump and opened her eyes. Remus lay next to her sleeping. Sarah smiled and looked up at the ceiling. Bright sunshine fluttered in through the windows illuminating the ceiling. She yawned and closed her eyes to welcome sleep again. Suddenly she remembered.

She sat bolt upright in bed and said hoarsely

"Remus!"

Remus was up in a flash and looked at her, his eyes barely open.

"What…happened last night?" She asked in a breathless whisper.

"Well…"Remus said groggily and touching a hand to his head Suddenly he remembered too. His eyes burst open and he gaped at her.

"Is it possible we dreamed the same thing?" She asked.

"Yes…." Remus replied, his voice trailing off.

"So…it was a dream?" Sarah asked with a slight sigh of relief. That was until she noticed the others in the room. Seated on a large sofa in the corner were Harry and Ron. In a chair opposite that lay a sleeping Faith. Down at her feet lay a sleeping Sirius Black.

Sarah at that moment let loose a loud yell. Faith shot up out of the chair, her wand raised, as did Sirius. Harry and Ron just sat bolt upright. Remus clapped a hand across Sarah's mouth to prevent her from alarming the entire household.

There was a loud clank as Faith's wand fell to the floor when she noticed Sirius standing next to her. Her mouth opened widely and she gave a half scream when Sirius put his hand over her mouth.

"Shhhhh!" he said. That's when the door opened. Dumbeldore came walking calmly in while Serverus followed. When Serverus saw Sirius he turned as white as a sheet.

"Ah, I see you're all awake." Dumbeldore said happily.

"I believe everyone is waiting for an explanation Sirius." Dumbeldore said calmly after not one else said anything.

"Sure." Sirius said uncovering Faith's mouth and giving her a wink and a sly smile as she sat down in the chair, looking slightly dazed.

"Well…as you all know, I died, Well, actually I wasn't technically dead. I was more in another world. They told me not to say much about where I was. All you need to know is that I'm back." Sirius said matter of factly.

"Wait…so who is they?" Sarah asked her accent, which had faded, coming out unsually thick.

"I'm not allowed to say." Sirius said crossing his arms.

"And why not?" Remus asked.

"Because they said so." Sirius said flatly. Sarah and Remus exchanged confused glances. Harry and Ron stared at each other in disbelief. Faith and Sirius simply stared at one another. Dumbelde was looking at everyone and smiling. Serverus was looking from one person to the next. His heart broke when he saw the way Sirius and Faith looked at each other. 'How do we know he's not a Death Eater in disguise?' Serverus thought bitterly.

"How do we know if it is really Sirius?" Sarah asked. She seemed to be thinking the same thing as Serverus.

"He's a werewolf, you're an unregistered animagus" Sirius said pointing at Remus and Sarah.

"He can produce a patronus, his rat was Peter Pettigrew. Dumbeldore is just Dumbeldore." Sirius said gesturing towards Harry, Ron and Dumbeldore.

"Faith…is…still wearing my ring….and he is a git." Sirius said pointing accusingly at Serverus. He beamed at Faith though when he saw the glitter of silver on her hand.

"Sounds like Sirius Black to me." Remus said with a smile.

"Well now that that is over. I need to take these two for a discussion about sneaking into parties they were not invited to." Dumbeldore said pointing to Harry and Ron with a twinkle in his eyes.

"I'm sure you two will want to talk." Dumbeldore said to Faith and Sirius and then he left with Harry and Ron. Sirius held out his hand to Faith and said

"Lets go downstairs." She grabbed it and went downstairs. Shortly afterward Serverus left, leaving Remus and Sarah alone.

"Well…I must say that this is starting out to be quite the year." Sarah said biting her lip.

"Yes…Yes, it is." Remus said,

"Friends coming back from the dead-" Sarah started.

"A baby on the way." Remus put in with a bright smile.

"Yes…There is that." Sarah said with a smile.

"You know…Faith is going to do nothing but gush over you. Follow you everywhere. Wait on you hand and foot. You're never going to be rid of her." Remus said with a sly smile and a chuckle.

"Oh I know! Remember when Lily was pregnant with Harry? It will defiantly be a perk, all the pampering." Sarah said with a grin.

"We'll need a bigger house." Remus said laying on his back.

"Yeah, we'll have to get to work on that." Sarah said nodding. There was a moment of silence which Remus broke with

"I can't believe we're gonna be parents." And then he kissed her.

"What are you thinking about?" Sirius asked Faith as they walked into a library. Sirius locked the door behind them.

"About whether or not I'm sleeping." Faith replied.

"Trust me your not." Sirius said smiling and taking Faith's hands in his. Sirius couldn't seem to wipe the silly grin off his face. Faith still looked dazed.

"It's a little hard to grasp. I can understand that." He said. Faith nodded.

"I missed you terribly though. When I saw that you had come back I knew I had to be back. That was the only reason they would let me come back. They are suckers for love." Sirius said with a smile. Faith couldn't help but smile back. He then pulled her to him.

"Tell me. Do you still want to get married? I know we'd always hoped on a Christmas Eve wedding but I don't think I can wait that lo-" Sirius started. That's when everything seemed to collide with Fait all at once. Here she was with Sirius. SIRIUS! One and only man of her dreams. Faith smiled and said

"I can't believe you'd even have to ask."

Sirius returned the smile and planted a kiss on her.

After Ron had let Harry alone with Dumbeldore, Harry began to get quite anxious.

"I realize that this is the last place in the world you want to be at this moment, I know that you want to be downstairs with your godfather. " Dumbeldore said but Harry kept fidgeting and making glances towards the door.

"I suppose I can't hold you here any longer. But I only ask that you do Sirius a favor." Dumbeldore said. This peaked Harry's interest.

"Could you give him and Faith some time….alone. Yes, you've missed him terribly but they haven't seen each other in quite a few years." Dumbeldore said. Harry nodded and quickly left the room.

Harry of course disobeyed Dumbeldore's orders and went straight towards the library. Thing was that Charlie had moved a chair in front of the door and was sitting there.

"Is Sirius in there?" Harry asked out of breath. Charlie nodded.

"Good. Can I get through?" Harry asked. Charlie shook his head.

"What!" Harry roared. He then stormed off in a huff and Charlie chuckled slightly.