Writer: Azure K Mello
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 21/?
Words: 465
Warnings: Angst. Scenes in Azkaban.
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He sat in a corner turning the band of plain gold he wore on his left hand. He had charmed both his and James' ring to never leave them, and so while the dementors had taken it from him he had found it on his hand the next morning. A person can tell time from the position of the sun. And if a person is bored they can learn to do so quickly. At around four that afternoon a figure walked into his cell. He was shocked to see Dumbledore standing there, looking at him. He smiled weakly. "Hello."
"What is wrong with you?" asked a cold voice.
"Come again?"
"When you were young and you got into trouble I made excuses. I blamed it on James' spirit, on being young, on being fearless. But you liked the trouble didn't you? You're just like your father."
"I didn't do this! I thought you were here to help me. To tell me he wasn't dead."
"You were their secret keeper! You know they're dead."
"Peter was, we switched at the last minute." Sirius felt completely numb. Dumbledore doubted him, he had compared him to his father!
"Why did you do this?"
"I didn't! He can't be dead, we're bonded if he were dead I would be."
"Maybe it broke."
"That's impossible! Why am I not dead?"
A look of realization crossed Dumbledore's face. "You couldn't stand that he married her. So you got them both killed as a punishment and as a bonus you wouldn't have to live with having done it."
Dry laughter bubbled from Sirius' chest, "Jealousy is my motive?" his shoulders dropped as he glowered at the man. "He married her for your fucking prophecy. It wasn't real. They even had to be married at a muggle church because our world wouldn't recognize the union as he and I are bound! She was no threat, she loved Remus. And she didn't even really like James! I thought you came here. . . He isn't dead, he can't be if I'm alive! Do you know that they have no evidence against me? The only thing they have is what Peter said!"
"You killed Peter," said Dumbledore simply.
"No, he blew up the sidewalk and framed his own death! He's out there somewhere." He pleaded, "Don't you understand? I've had no trial. I need to get out of here and find James!"
"No you're the one who has to understand, I don't care. You don't deserve a trial."
"When did you start trusting the newspaper?" asked Sirius bitterly. "We're bonded, he's alive."
"When I gave you that stone all those years ago I hoped that you two would be ok. I thought you would mend each other. Was I signing his death warrant even then?"
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 21/?
Words: 465
Warnings: Angst. Scenes in Azkaban.
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He sat in a corner turning the band of plain gold he wore on his left hand. He had charmed both his and James' ring to never leave them, and so while the dementors had taken it from him he had found it on his hand the next morning. A person can tell time from the position of the sun. And if a person is bored they can learn to do so quickly. At around four that afternoon a figure walked into his cell. He was shocked to see Dumbledore standing there, looking at him. He smiled weakly. "Hello."
"What is wrong with you?" asked a cold voice.
"Come again?"
"When you were young and you got into trouble I made excuses. I blamed it on James' spirit, on being young, on being fearless. But you liked the trouble didn't you? You're just like your father."
"I didn't do this! I thought you were here to help me. To tell me he wasn't dead."
"You were their secret keeper! You know they're dead."
"Peter was, we switched at the last minute." Sirius felt completely numb. Dumbledore doubted him, he had compared him to his father!
"Why did you do this?"
"I didn't! He can't be dead, we're bonded if he were dead I would be."
"Maybe it broke."
"That's impossible! Why am I not dead?"
A look of realization crossed Dumbledore's face. "You couldn't stand that he married her. So you got them both killed as a punishment and as a bonus you wouldn't have to live with having done it."
Dry laughter bubbled from Sirius' chest, "Jealousy is my motive?" his shoulders dropped as he glowered at the man. "He married her for your fucking prophecy. It wasn't real. They even had to be married at a muggle church because our world wouldn't recognize the union as he and I are bound! She was no threat, she loved Remus. And she didn't even really like James! I thought you came here. . . He isn't dead, he can't be if I'm alive! Do you know that they have no evidence against me? The only thing they have is what Peter said!"
"You killed Peter," said Dumbledore simply.
"No, he blew up the sidewalk and framed his own death! He's out there somewhere." He pleaded, "Don't you understand? I've had no trial. I need to get out of here and find James!"
"No you're the one who has to understand, I don't care. You don't deserve a trial."
"When did you start trusting the newspaper?" asked Sirius bitterly. "We're bonded, he's alive."
"When I gave you that stone all those years ago I hoped that you two would be ok. I thought you would mend each other. Was I signing his death warrant even then?"