Black Memories

by Curls

Disclaimer: I still do not own any of the characters that the lovely J.K. Rowling has so graciously allowed us to use,I can only claim the ones thatI make up in my twisted little mind.

Author's Note: Sorry it took me so long to update!

Chapter Two: Mémoires Oubliées (There is a reason I chose this title.)

"Crucio!" said a faceless person pointing his wand down at a huddled up figure on the floor. The person screamed in pain trying to stay upright in the corner. Finally the man released the curse and the person in the corner fell to the floor, panting.

"I will ask you one more time," an angry voice said with a hiss, "What does the prophecy say."

The only response the man got was a sputtered cough and a groan as the person fell to the ground.

"Answer me and this will all be over, just a few short words are all it will take.

"Alright" the person coughed again "I'll tell you."

"I knew you'd come around."

"The prophecy says…" The person finished in a quiet whisper the man couldn't hear.

"Yes" The man hissed again almost sounding eager.

"Piss off Voldey."

A pair of red eyes flashed in the darkness. "CRUCIO!"

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Kayli gasped breathing hard; she was drenched in a cold sweat that had soaked right through her clothing. She tried to sit up, wiping at the tears streaming down her face, but was caught in mid motion by a sudden pain in her chest. Clutching her ribs she eased herself back down into her previous position. Looking around in confusion she saw that she was in a dark hospital room. There was a vast amount of wizarding medical equipment surrounding her and she noticed she was wearing a thin white surgical dress.

"I must be in St.Mungo's." She thought to herself.

Slowly lifting her hand from the bedrail she didn't realize she was clutching, she massaged her temple gently. That nightmare she had had, it seemed so real. There had been a man, no it was a woman, she was being tortured. The man holding the wand been Voldemort, she couldn't tell from his facial features, it had been to dark but the way his eyes had flashed right before he attacked the woman told her it had to have been him. Nodding she remembered the dream had taken place in a cell of some sort.

Finally calming down from the dream Kayli looked around the hospital room she was in. To the left of her there were all kinds of medical equipment, some printing out charts, some taking readings. To her right there were two chairs, one with a black robe folded over the back. On the other wall of the room there was a long desk below a small window, and a door which was currently closed.

"So what now?" She muttered. The last thing she remembered was she and Sirius getting ready to apparate from his apartment. He had gone back to get something or other from the room and told her to go ahead and apparate, then nothing, that was the last thing she remembered. Rubbing her temple in frustration, she squinted as her eyes readjusted to the light from someone opening the door. The person obviously did not realize she was watching them as they quietly shut the door back, took a sip of the coffee they were holding, and went to sit in on of the chairs. Turning her head just enough to see the person it took her a minute to see it was Sirius. His hair was longer than she remembered, he was a little thinner and he had dark circles under his eyes telling her that he probably hadn't slept a full night in a long while.

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Sirius closed the door quietly behind him, Kayli was still asleep and if he didn't get some coffee soon he would be to. She hadn't moved at all since they brought her in late yesterday morning, and this was the first time he had left the room except for a very quick bathroom break that he took only after making sure James, Lily and Remus would stay with her. They had all left earlier that night, after her condition had stabilized, and they made sure he was ok.

Turning the corner Sirius found himself in a small, nearly deserted cafeteria.

"Guess not many people want to eat at two thirty in the morning." He thought to himself.

Walking over to the lady behind one of the counters he asked he for a large coffee.

"Sleep is what you really need Mr. Black." said the old woman as she filled up his cup with a wave of her wand.

"Cream or sugar?" she offered, he nodded not really caring. He needed to get back to the room to check on Kayli, if…when she woke up out of this he wanted to be the first person she talked to, not a doctor who was going to poke her and prod her, and ask her a million questions.

The old women handed him the cup and he placed a sickle on the counter telling her to keep the change. Walking back to the room as quickly as he could without looking like he had stolen something, he realized he wasn't sure what he was going to say to her when she woke up. After telling her how much he had missed and loved her, how was he going to explain to her what had happened? Sirius walked up the last hallway and opened the door to Kayli's room.

Walking in slowly and turning to shut the door behind him he took sip of coffee as he sat down next to her bed again. Looking at the ministry robe next to him he realized he hadn't showered since before work two days ago. Taking another sip of coffee, he looked Kayli over for about the millionth time that night. Three broken ribs, two were simply bruised, broken arm and four fingers, fractured skull, and a multitude of other marks and bandages covered her abused body. This was not the Kayli he had last seen she had been, in one piece, without a bruise on her body. She had always specialized in self defense techniques, before the accident it had been rumored that she was going to get a large promotion in the auror office from basic auror to defense specialist. Whatever had happened to her was more violent then anything either of them and most of the healers had ever seen. It apparently also was not a one time thing, upon further examination the healers found that she had multiple other bones that had not healed properly and lead them to believe that this had been going on for a very long time. One of the things that had disturbed Sirius the most was that when they had cleaned her off, he refusing to leave the room saw everything, showed at least fifty long jagged scars that he knew to be from slicing, cutting, and searing charms, they showed the brutal torture that he knew she had endured which shocked and disgusted him.

Rubbing his head trying to relieve the headache he was getting from lack of sleep, he reached out his hand and grabbed Kayli's, squeezing it gently. About to drift off he was suddenly awakened when he realized that his hand had received a light squeeze back. Quickly turning on the bedside light he almost passed out seeing that Kayli was just able to keep her swollen eyes open. Ignoring the tears threatening to spill from his eyes Sirius instantly leaned over and kissed Kayli on the lips while gently hugging her.

After a few minues of kissing and telling eachother they loved one another Kayli broke apart from Sirius and asked him the question she had been dreading.

"Sirius," Kayli said quietly, "What happened to me?"

Smiling at her through his tears he said, "Well I was hoping that you could tell me, honey."

"I don't know, the last thing that I remember was you leaving to go get something from the room, and I apparated ahead of you, that's it, I don't remember getting to the restaurant or anything."

Sirius looked at her with a look that she could have mistaken for horror.

"What's wrong Si?"

"You….You don't remember anything else, that's it?"

"Yes it is, should I remember something else, this was just a few days ago right….right Sirius."

"Kayli, " Sirius began slowly " I…You…I don't know how to say this and I'm not sure that you're up to it given your current state."

"Sirius Orion Black, tell me what the hell is going on and don't you dare lie to me."

Sirius paused for a moment considering his options.

"Kayli, that day at the restaurant, when I apparated there James and Lily said you never got there. So we waited for you eventually we got really worried and went looking for you we looked everywhere, the ministry conducted searches, the order conducted searches, but it was like you disappeared."

"Si you're scaring me just tell me what happened." Kayli said almost fearfully.

"Kayli you have been missing for the past two years."

Kayli opened and closed her mouth a few times realizing what Sirius had said. He had to be joking but somehow she knew he wasn't, this was to serious for even him to joke about. Sirius's face was the last thing Kayli saw before she lost consciousness.

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Authors Note: Alright, alrightI am sorry it took me a very long time to get this chapter up, it reallywas a hard one. The next will be sooner...it's already half done. Well please to all of you who read this review, even if onlyto tell me it sucks,I need to know what you think, it also motivates me to write and update faster.Smile. Oh well humm, sorry if this chapter was a little confusing in the middle, I kinda jumped around a lot. REVIEW! please :-)