Good Byes

Ok here's the next chapter. Oh…for Silent Storm 2000…technically it will be a Harry and Leah thing because…well…you'll find out.

Leah stood off to the side while Harry and Sirius talked. Hermione was keeping Buckbeak calm and Leah was claiming to be keeping a watch out for anyone. She knew Sirius was watching her and, from the one time she looked at him, she knew he was puzzled by the way she had pulled away from him so quickly. She avoided looking at him. Now she understood fully and completely why Sabrina had acted the way she did after Sirius was taken into Azkaban.

Leah jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked to see Harry there. She gave him a questioning look and he nodded at Sirius and gave her a look that clearly said Go talk to him. Leah shook her head but Harry pushed her towards Sirius. She sighed and walked a few steps closer to her father.

"I guess saying I'm sorry won't help." Sirius said quietly. Although her face was up, Leah's eyes were on the ground next to Sirius' feet. "I know you're mad…"

"I'm not mad." Leah said. "I'm upset." Leah tucked her hair behind her ear and finally met Sirius' eyes. "I'm upset because I finally get my father and find out that I can't keep him. I'm upset because I know I'm the one that's gonna have to tell mum what happened. I'm upset because…" Leah looked at the sky and took a deep breath but still wound up crying anyways. "Because…I don't know what to do."

"Leah…" Sirius said. He didn't know what to do either. "You can always try the mirror." Leah laughed then moved closer to Sirius and hugged him. He held onto her tightly.

"You better go." Leah said, taking a step back. Sirius nodded, kissed her forehead then got onto Buckbeak. Leah used the heel of her hand to wipe the tears off her face.

"I wish we had more time." Sirius said.

"Hmm…well you know…" Leah said, looking at Hermione.

"Oh no…there's already two of us running around here." Hermione said. Sirius looked confused.

"Go." Leah said. Sirius looked like he was about to say more but the three teens yelled at him to go. He nodded at Harry then held his hand out to Leah. She held onto it for a second before letting go and smacking Buckbeak to make him fly.

"Harry…Leah…we have to go." Hermione said a few minutes later. Harry and Leah tore their eyes away from the sky.

Getting back to the hospital wing was harder then they thought. They had to stop at the bottom of stairs from the tower because Snape and Fudge walked past. They made it to the hospital wing just as Dumbledore was leaving.

"We did it." Harry said.

"Good…I think." Dumbledore said, listening carefully. "Yes…you're gone in there as well. Get in and I'll lock you in."

"Thanks." Leah said. Dumbledore nodded. The teens got into their beds just as Madam Pomfrey came in. She was in a bad mood so they decided to take the chocolate without fuss. Leah only ate one piece and she ate it really slowly by the time the door burst open and in came Snape, Fudge and Dumbledore. Dumbledore looked amused, Fudge looked upset, but Snape…he was beside himself in anger. Leah stared at them.

"THEY HELPED HIM! I KNOW THEY DID!" Snape said, pointing at Leah and Harry.

"Helped who?" Leah asked.

"DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME MISS BLACK!" Snape said. "I KNOW YOU HELPED YOUR FATHER!"

"Ok…A) drop the volume…and B) You have no proof." Leah said.

"Professor Snape!" Madam Pomfrey said, but was ignored.

"Come now Snape. Harry, Leah and Hermione haven't left this room." Fudge said.

"You don't know them like I do." Snape said. "They helped him escape."

"Madam Pomfrey…have these children been out of their beds?" Dumbledore asked.

"No…I've been with them since you left." Madam Pomfrey said.

"There you have it." Dumbledore said. "Unless you're suggesting that Harry, Leah and Hermione are able to be in two places at once then there is no way they could have done what you're saying they've done."

Leah suddenly felt dizzy and her vision clouded. She heard Harry's voice before she fainted. She woke up with Harry, Hermione, Dumbledore, Madam Pomfrey and even Ron standing over her. She gave a startled yelp and they all backed off.

"Uh…how long this time?" Leah asked.

"Two hours." Harry said. "You ok?"

"Getting there." Leah said.

"How'd it happen this time?" Ron asked.

"Dunno." Leah said. She sat up and looked at Dumbledore as if he was going to give her an answer. He didn't.

A few days later, on the train, Leah didn't say anything except when she was, politely, refusing the food Harry offered. She was upset when she found out that Remus had resigned. It was good having him there. Although, truth be told, she was slightly excited about it. It would mean they would get another teacher.

"So…the quidditch world cup is this summer." Ron said. Leah looked away from the window and at Ron. "Dad can normally get tickets."

"So can grandpa." Leah said.

"Yeah." Ron said, surprised that Leah talked. He looked at Harry and Hermione. "How about you guys come?"

"Sure…it'll give me something to look forward to." Harry said. He looked at Leah. "You coming?"

"Yeah…but with my mum and grandparents probably." Leah said. "We'll more then likely be near you guys."

"Huh?" Harry asked.

"You'll find out." Leah said.

"Hey…what's that?" Ron asked, pointing out the window. Leah looked and saw a fluff ball bouncing in and out of sight. She opened the window and pulled in a tiny owl. It flew out of her hands after she took the letter off.

"It's for you Harry." Leah said. She handed him the letter and closed the window. "I'll be back." The others nodded and Leah left the compartment. She walked around, looking in all the compartments before stopping in front of one and sliding open the door. "This is a surprise. Malfoy all alone? Where's your cronies or arm candy?" Draco looked up at Leah and raised an eyebrow.

"Where's your boyfriend?" He asked.

"Huh?" Leah looked at him, confused.

"Potter…You two certainly are becoming close." Draco said, standing up. Leah thought about…it was true. Her and Harry had gotten real close in the last few days. She wondered how things were going to turn over the summer.

"He's with Ron and Hermione." Leah said finally.

"He's letting you wonder around…alone?" Draco asked. Leah suddenly became aware of the fact that he was really close to her. "Don't know…if I had you…certainly wouldn't let you go around by yourself too much."

"I'm not his property Malfoy." Leah said. "And I'm certainly not yours either."

"Obviously not." Draco said. "But I know I'm the only one who's done this…" Leah opened her mouth to protest but Draco had grabbed her and kissed her. She realized he must have planned this because the blind over the windows into the corridor was closed. The sneaky little bastard knew she was gonna come. Leah said so as soon as he pulled away…and she got her mouth to work properly again. "Didn't know you would…but thought you would."

"You are so…something." Leah said. "And…I really should be getting back." Leah opened the door and slipped out. She walked back to her compartment a few minutes before the train got to the station. Leah stayed close to Harry and he seemed happy about that.

"So…quidditch world cup…anything else we get to do together?" Hermione asked.

"Well…pretty sure Molly is gonna do our shopping for us." Leah said. "There might not be time after the game to do it."

"Why?" Harry asked.

"You'll find out." Leah said, smiling. Harry nodded and smiled back. Leah and Harry went through the barrier together, Ron and Hermione followed together. Leah scanned the crowd, spotted Molly and Sabrina talking then spotted the Durslies. "You know…you still could come and stay with me and mum."

"I'll take you up on that later." Harry said. "I wanna see how they'll react when they find out about Sirius." Leah laughed then hugged him before kissing him. "What was that for?"

"Just felt like it." Leah said. She laughed again when Harry blushed. "Well…I gotta go. See you at the game.' She turned and said bye to Ron and Hermione before hugging them as well. She wound up hugging Fred, George and Ginny as well because they just showed up. Leah pushed her cart over to where Sabrina was trying to keep Arthur away from her car.

"No no no Arthur…it's ok." Sabrina said. "I don't need you disassembling it. It works fine…and I don't want any kind of cloaking device on it."

"Hey mum…hey Arthur." Leah said. They both greeted her before Arthur went back to his wife when she yelled at him. Leah and Sabrina got into the car.

"So…You figure out where you dad went?" Sabrina asked.

"Nope." Leah said. She was staring out the window.

"You seem happy…what's on your mind babe?" Sabrina asked.

"Hmm?" Leah looked at Sabrina. "Oh…nothing just…I think I like…Harry." She managed to stop herself just in time and switch names. Leah knew that Sabrina hated Lucius and therefore would hate Draco so there was no way in hell Leah was gonna mention him unless she was going to complain about him being an asshole.

"Really?" Sabrina asked, looking at Leah.

"Mum…road." Leah said, pointing out the front window.

"Oh right yeah." Sabrina said, turning her eyes back to the road. "That is really cute though."

"Yeah…like…he was mad at me for a while when I told him Sirius was my dad." Leah said. "But now it's like…I don't know. When I fainted in the hospital wing he was the one that was by me like so fast." Leah pushed her hair over her shoulder. She saw Sabrina smiling and smiled herself.

When they got home Sabrina stopped Leah before she went inside. Leah looked at her.

"I'm telling you now…it's only for a few days so don't get very attached." Sabrina said.

"Mum what are you…." Leah said but stopped. Something in her head clicked. She ran into the house and was greeted by a giant dog. "DAD!" Sabrina came in with the trunk and closed the door. Leah looked between her and Sirius, who was now himself. "What's the big?"

"He wanted to be here for your birthday." Sabrina said.

"I already missed 13 of them." Sirius said. "I'm not missing this one." He picked Leah up and spun her around. Leah laughed at how silly this was. It was funny how, a few years ago, she wanted this so badly, and now…well…it was still a good thing.

At dinner Sirius sat with Leah in the basement. Grandma and Grandpa were over. Leah normally hid in the basement whenever they were there. She was with them most of the meal then disappeared into the basement as always. She snuck a plate of food down to Sirius. Even though her grandpa wouldn't turn him in, it was a good thing to keep Sirius hidden.

"Ok…I know them pretty well…their not bad people…so why are you always hiding out down here?" Sirius asked, finishing the pork chop.

"Because grandma always gets on my case about me being too thin and grandpa keeps talking about, when I'm done at Hogwarts, how he's gonna put in a good word for me at the ministry." Leah said. She was lying on her stomach on the couch while Sirius sat with his back against it.

"It's still hard to believe that stupid little Peter Pettigrew was behind it all." Leah said quietly.

"Neither could your mum." Sirius said. "She was the only one that knew of the switch, mainly because she talked me into it, saying that Voldemort would more likely go after me then Peter."

"Mum's pretty smart." Leah said. Unbeknownst to both of them, the grandparents had gone home and Sabrina was standing at the top of the stairs, listening. She smiled and left the two alone to catch up. She knew Leah pretty well and knew that there was no way she was going to give up anytime with Sirius real fast. sabrina just hoped she could get some time with him, she missed him as much as Leah did, if not more.

Ok here you go. Next chapter. I'll try making the next one longer if that's what you people want.