Told you you'd all hate us. Sigh. Anywho, this is THE LONGEST THING WE HAVE EVER WRITTEN!!! We were experimenting with flashbacks and there are three of them in here, as the title suggests. Oh, and we get another person in here that we own!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HEATHER AND BRIDGET ARE ALL WE OWN!!

Chapter 28

Lots of Questions and Flashbacks

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" Hermione and Mrs. Weasley ran into the room, closely followed by Mr. Weasley. Harry stared in disbelief, Krum fidgeted uncomfortably, Heather fainted, and Sirius sat there with his eyes closed.

Ron was lying still on the bed, his eyes shut and his face as pale as the sheets.

"RON!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hermione flung herself onto the bed and sobbed into his chest.

Ron opened his eyes. "Really?"

Hermione looked up at him. "RON!!!!!!!!!" She slapped him across the face. "You scared me! I thought you were dead!!!!!!!!!"

"So did I."

"Ronnie?" Mrs. Weasley spluttered. She fainted into Mr. Weasley's arms, knocking him to the ground. He dragged her out of the room to give her some air.

"Hermione…do you really love me?"

Harry dashed into the room. "Uhhhhhhhhh…did I come at a bad time?"

"Harry! How come you didn't get attacked by acromantulas? What happened to Professor Windling?"

"Well, we're both fine because Snuffles came in just as you got bitten."

"What time is it?"

"It's 2:00 in the morning. You've been here for five-and-a-half hours," Harry replied. "I'm going to go tell Sirius that you're okay. I'll be back." He walked out of the room and shut the door.

"So, Hermione. Do you really love me?"

"I…oh, Ron, of course I do!" She began sobbing again.

Remus chose this moment to walk into the room. "Uhhhhhhhhhh…I'll be going now." He backed out quietly and closed the door.

"So…then what…was this whole…thing about Prof…essor Windling?"

"I thought it would make you jealous. OW!" She slapped him again.

"You didn't have to do that!"

"But what about Vicky then?"

"DON'T CALL HIM VICKY!!!!!!!!!!" She slapped him once more.

"OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!"


"Snuffles?" Harry was conducting a mad search of St. Mungo's for Sirius, who had gone missing – again.

As he walked through the hospital, he heard loud voices from a nearby room. He stopped to listen.

"…INNOCENT!?!?!?! THE DAY SIRIUS BLACK IS INNOCENT IS THE DAY THE MINISTRY LET'S YOU BREED BASILISKS!!!!!!!"

"And, what's this nonsense about Peter Pettigrew being alive? He's dead!"

"Fudge has finally lost it!! Maybe we'll get a new Minister now…"

Harry walked on, losing hope of finding Sirius. He came across an abandoned Prophet and started to read it.

SIRIUS BLACK PROVEN INNOCENT

PETER PETTIGREW FOUND ALIVE AND GUILTY

Yesterday morning, Ministry officials arrested Sirius Black, known for the past fifteen years to be a mass murderer. Convicted of the deaths of his friend, Peter Pettigrew, along with twelve innocent Muggle bystanders, there was no doubt that Black was guilty and deserved to be handed straight back to any Dementor that Azkaban happens to have left, right? WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

In a surprising appeal yesterday afternoon, Sirius Black was found innocent of all crimes. How, you ask? By the testimony of the 'dead' Pettigrew, of course.

As Black was about to receive the Dementor's Kiss, Bulgarian Quidditch hero Viktor Krum ran through the hallways, shouting to 'Vizengamot' members that he had captured Pettigrew. It is thanks to him that Black was saved from a cruel fate, which he didn't deserve.

"So, like the article, do you?" a familiar voice whispered in Harry's ear.

"Sirius!!! Er-Snuffles! Where'd you go?!?"

"I went to get a platter full of chicken. Hey, I was hungry!"

"Ron's alright. Can I have a piece of chicken?"

"Too late."

"How'd you get chicken anyway? They'd still be afraid of you, wouldn't they?" Harry asked.

"Exactly! That's why I stole it."

"Sooner or later this'll all die down and you'll be able to buy chicken like a normal person."

"Where's the fun in that? And since when have I been a normal person?"

"Well, the fun in that is that you won't have to stay in you Animagus form in Hogwarts any more."

"What will I do at Hogwarts now?"

"How should I know? Let's go back to see Ron."


"How bad is the bite anyway, Hermione?"

"I don't know, I never – EEEEK! It's all purple!"

"How am I going to be able to play Quidditch with a purple leg?"

"QUIDDITCH???? You're worried about Quidditch? YOU JUST GOT BITTEN BY AN ACROMANTULA, ALMOST DIED, AND LEARNED THAT I LOVE YOU AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT QUIDDITCH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?"

"Hermione loves Ron??? Oooooh, Hermione and Ron, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-"

"SIRIUS?????????? DO YOU MIND????????????????????????????????"

"Actually, yes, I do. All I wanted to do is see how Ron was!"

"Well, too bad! Leave!!!!!" Hermione cried.

"Well, that's not very nice of you!"

"SIRIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Fine, I'm going, I'm going." Sirius turned to leave just as a Healer walked into the room. She stepped on the Invisibility Cloak, which slipped off of Sirius.

They stared at each other for a couple of seconds. Then the Healer started screaming. "HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SIRIUS BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE'S GOING TO KILL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Hey," Sirius inquired, "weren't you in my Care of Magical Creatures class in 4th year?"

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A group of Healers rushed into Ron's room. Half of them, knowing that Sirius was innocent were eying him up with suspicion, but at the same time trying to keep the other Healers from strangling Sirius. The other half was trying to strangle Sirius. Harry and Hermione were attempting to calm the Healer that had seen Sirius first and failing miserably. Mr. Weasley, carrying the unconscious Heather, and the rest of the Weasleys came in at that point.

Mr. Weasley, trying to get everyone's attention, bellowed, "SILENCIO!"

Everyone in the room immediately stopped whatever they were doing, mostly because they had discovered that they could no longer speak. They turned and faced Mr. Weasley.

"Look, I have a copy of the Daily Prophet with me. Here, read it!"

The Healers gathered around him and began to read. They occasionally looked up at Sirius as if he were about to curse them. Sirius was staring at the ceiling and attempting to whistle.

"Any questions?"

Sirius raised his hand. Mr. Weasley took the Silencing charm off of him.

"Can I have some more chicken?"

Harry raised his hand. Mr. Weasley took the Silencing charm off of him also.

"If he gets chicken, then so do I!"

"Any more questions before I go to Merlin's House of Chicken?"

Every one of the Healers raised their hands.

"I give up. Sirius, answer their questions while I go get the chicken." Mr. Weasley took the Silencing charm off of the Healers and left. They immediately started asking various questions, ranging from, "You expect me to believe that?!?" to "What kind of idiot is our Minister?!?"

After half-an-hour of questions, Sirius and Harry finally got to eat their chicken. Sirius was talking to Ron's Healer, whose name was Bridget. She'd gone to school with the Marauders and Heather, who was still unconscious.

"You know Sirius, maybe you should wake her up."

"Yeah Harry, you're probably right." He conjured up a bucket of water, which he then poured onto her head. Heather immediately bolted up, gasped, and cried, "Sirius Black you little BRIDGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The two of them rushed over and hugged one another, laughing and crying at the same time.

"Heather, I thought you were dead!!!!!"

"I thought you hated me!!!"

"Well, I knew you hated me."

"Sirius, do you mind? This is a private conversation."

"Don't worry, just pretend I'm not here."

"That's a bit difficult. Go talk to Harry or something," Heather suggested.

"Fine, I can tell when I'm not wanted."

"Yes, but you seldom use this amazing ability."

"I get the picture Heather." Sirius got up to go chat with Harry, Ron, and Hermione as Heather and Bridget caught up on everything they'd missed. However, he came back a few minutes later, with Harry and Hermione.

"We were just wondering why you hated each other."

"Sirius, when I told you to go ask I was just kidding!" Harry shouted.

"Yes, this is a private matter!"

"It's alright Hermione. Bridget and I just got into an argument a few weeks before I was 'killed' and haven't spoken to each other since."

"And what was this argument about?"

FLASHBACK

"Oh, Heather, I just had a great time with Remus! He is so sweet, and considerate. He's a real gentleman, unlike someone I could be mentioning."

"Yeah, yeah, I know, my fiancé isn't at all up to the wonderfully high standards of Bridget deGrasse."

"Well, come on! He was constantly pranking us Ravenclaws back in Hogwarts-"

"He was pranking everyone in Hogwarts!"

"Exactly! And has he ever opened a door for you?"

"Yes, as a matter of fact, he has."

"Well, has he ever paid for your dinner?"

"He doesn't let me pay for anything, thank you very much."

"You're just sore because I stole your crush!"

"Bridget, I haven't had a crush on Remus since third year!"

"Yeah right! Then why are you always so nervous and upset whenever we go out?!?"

"Bridget…."

"You're just a big proud, obnoxious, arrogant Gryffindor like that stuck-up James Potter and your stupid little Siri!"

"James and Sirius are not stuck-up, and neither am I! There's just something about Remus-"

"See! There you go again!"

"No! It's not about that! There's something you should know about Remus!"

"Yeah? Like what?!?"

"I can't tell you!"

"You're just jealous of my boyfriend!"

"WHAT?!?!?"

"Everyone knows that Sirius Black is gonna be a Death Eater!"

"Sirius would never be a Death Eater!"

"Of course he would! Just look at how he acts! Remember that time in 6th year, when he told Severus Snape something and Snape came away from it like he'd almost died?!? Sirius did that! Is that who you want to be married to!?!?"

"Since he'll never be a Death Eater I'll never have to worry about it!"

"But what if he does become a Death Eater, huh? What will you do then?!?"

"I DON'T KNOW!!!"

"Maybe if you'd listened to me and the rest of the Ravenclaws you wouldn't be in that position!"

"Maybe I don't want to listen to you!"

"Fine then, wretch!!"

"See if I ask you to be in my wedding!"

"I wouldn't go to your wedding if my life depended on it!"

END FLASHBACK

"You know Sirius, I really can't remember what that argument was about."

"Pity. I always love a good catfight. OW! What did you put in that pillow?!?"

"It's just a regular, normal pillow, Sirius. However, this one isn't!"

"Now, now, as a Healer, I disapprove of any kind of fights and will not allow them a room of my patient. However, since it's now three in the morning, the hallway is perfectly fine. HEY! I never said I wanted to join in!"

"Now you did!" Heather and Sirius dragged Bridget out of the room, Harry and Hermione following, arms loaded with pillows. Once they had all been distributed, the five of them went wild, smacking each other so hard that stuffing from the pillows soon littered the floor.

"Well, Cherry Sprite, that was the most fun I've had in years," Bridget gasped.

"CHERRY SPRITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Sirius, are you feeling okay?" Heather asked.

"IT'S CHERRY SPRITE!!!!!!!!!! THAT WAS YOU'RE NICKNAME!!!!!!!!!"

"Oh yeah, it was."

"I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


"Um, where I am?" Remus was currently wandering the corridors of St. Mungo's. "I know I'm not on the right floor. And I'm sure I've seen that hallway before. Then again, they all look the same." Not looking where he was going, he suddenly tripped on something and fell down a flight of stairs. Bruised and annoyed, he was about to investigate what hit him, literally, when that something fell and hit him on the head.

"OW! My wand! I wandered where I dropped that!" Remus was cut off by a loud yell from Sirius that sounded something like "fairy bite." "Oh, great. Well, at least I know where I am now."

He dashed down the corridor only to find Sirius, Heather, Harry, Hermione, and a strange woman in Healer robes covered in feathers and holding pillowcases.

"What are you doing?!? Sirius, what are you doing out in plain sight? Why are there feathers all over the place?? What's so funny?!? What's go-go…ung…h-hi." Bridget had turned to face Remus.

"Oh, um, hi. How…how are you?"

"I-I, uh…so. You're a Healer now?"

"Yeah…yeah…I…uh…finished my training awhile…ago."

"Oh. That's…uh, great." They continued to stare at each other as if in a trance.

"Uh, maybe we should leave," Hermione cut in. "C'mon, people." The others followed (still covered in feathers) and retreated into Ron's room, where laughter immediately broke out.

"So…"

"It's been so long…I…" Remus broke off in midsentence and began staring at the floor.

"So…how are things since…you know…"

FLASHBACK

"Um, Bridget?"

"Yes, Remus?"

"Well…uh…I have to tell you something."

"Okay…"

"It's just that I-"

"You what?"

"I-I can't marry you."

"Why not?" Bridget asked after a stunned silence.

"Well, uh, you know how you've always wanted to have a romantic dinner in the light of the full moon?"

"Yes, I always thought it would be so beautiful!"

"It would! And I've always wanted to be able to do it, but, the thing is…it wouldn't be…uh, very…romantic."

"Well, why not? The full moon is always so, so serene!"

"Somehow, I find it…painful."

"Um, okay…so are you going to explain?"

"I, uh…well, you see, uh…I'm a…"

"Well, did something tragic happen that you're reminded of?"

"Um…yeah, I guess you could say that."

"Well, what does that have to do with not marrying me?!?"

END FLASHBACK

"Well, nothing's really changed, if that's what you mean."

"Well, I heard they came up with that potion…thing."

"Yeah, and it…helps, but not totally."

"Oh, well…um…well…ung…"

Just then, Sirius walked back out of Ron's room, featherless. "So, Bridget…Remus…we're having a sort of reunion party in here. It's not complete without you two so GET IN HERE!!!!!"

"In a minute, Sirius."

"What now?" he complained.

"We're having a moment!"

"We are?"

"Of what??? Oh! Oh…I see…yeah, I get it…"

"No, not like that!"

"Whatever it is, it can wait until after the party. Now GET YOUR BUTTS IN HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Okay…a party in a hospital room??? MY hospital room???????"

"Why not?" Sirius dragged the pair of them into the room and threw them onto the floor.

"OW!!" Remus yelled, rubbing his head.

"You're not serious!" Bridget retorted.

"No, I believe that's my job, thank you very much. Now get up, both of you, and join the party!" At this point, Bridget picked up another pillow and whacked Sirius in the face with it, causing him to fall to the floor as well. "Ow!! Hey, you're right, that does hurt!"

"Men," Bridget sighed as she got up and went to talk to Heather, Hermione, and Ginny. They were soon overcome with giggles, and Ginny was on the floor laughing her head off.

"Do you think I even want to know?"

"No, Sirius, you don't. I, however, would like to know how Heather is suddenly alive."

"Uh, maybe we'll let her explain that. Oy, Heather!" She and the rest of the women, still fighting fits of laughter, came over to Sirius and Remus, along with Harry and Ron, who could now stand. "Remus would like you to explain how you're here at the moment."

"Yes, all I ever knew was that Lily called us over one night and told us you were dead!"

"Well…"

FLASHBACK

"Mum! I haven't seen you in such a long time!"

"Oh, my, how you've grown up! Come in, supper's almost ready."

"Dad!"

"Hello Heather! How have you been?"

"Just wonderful!"

"That's good. How are Lily and little Harry doing?"

"Fine, as far as I know. Which reminds me-I have something to tell you."

"Well, go ahead. Paula, come in here."

"Yes?"

"I…well…I…I'm getting married," Heather stammered.

"Oh that's wonderful! I always knew you and Sirius would get together!"

"Yeah, I-wait a second Mum, how do you know it's Sirius?"

"I've seen that look before. When you brought all of your wizard friends over that one day, you just couldn't help yourself. I knew it."

"So, you're okay with me marrying Sirius?"

"Well, of course dear! Sure, he's a little rowdy and mischievous, but so are you!"

"No offense dear."

"None taken, dad."

"You two make such a great couple. So, do you think Harry'll have a playmate?"

"Mum!!"

"Oh, don't worry about her. It's nice that you're marrying a wizard, not one of us…what do you call us?"

"Muggles?"

"Yes, muggles. That way, you won't have to worry about using your magic."

"Now come on, honey, dinner's getting cold."

The three of them sat down to a three-course meal, prepared by Mrs. Evans. "It's so nice just to be able to have a conversation without interruption for once," Paula sighed.

"I agree," Heather replied. "I just wonder how Petunia's going to take this."

"What, dear? Take what?" Mrs. Evans asked.

"Me getting married. You remember what happened when Lily and James announced their engagement, don't you?"

"Oh, she'll be fine. We'll make sure of it, don't you worry."

"By the way, the food's delicious, mum."

"Why, thank you."

Heather picked up her plate and was about to get another helping of potatoes when she saw a dark shadow move outside the window.

"What was that?"

"What was what, dear?"

"I saw a shadow outside, but it's gone now. Must've been an animal." She ate her potatoes and went into the kitchen to help her mother with the dishes. As she was drying the last plate, she looked up and saw something that caused the dish to fall to the floor.

A crowd of Death Eaters had surrounded the house.

"Heather, dear what are you staring-what's going on?"

"Mum, get dad and meet me in the sitting room."

"Why? Who are those people, what's going on?"

"Just do it."

"A-alright dear-AH!!!!!!" A window shattered from a curse as Heather pushed her mother to the floor.

"GO!!!!"

"Jonathon, Heather wants us to-JONATHON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jon, are you alright??? You look green! Jon, say something! JON!!!!!!!!!!"

"Mum, look out!!!" Heather stared in horror as both of her parents lay on the floor, victims of the Killing Curse. "No, no, this is not happening!!!! Gotta call Lily!" She grabbed a handful of floo powder and screamed, "Number 102 Godric's Hollow!"

"Heather, what's wrong, you look terrible! Is everything alright?"

"No! Lily, Death Eaters are here, they've kill-AH!!!!!!!" She was thrown out of the fireplace and into a wall.

"Heather?? HEATHER!!!!!!!! James, Heather's in trouble!!!!!!!"


"So, little mudblood."

"Malfoy!"

"Yes, big bad Malfoy, come to blow you to bits like the dirty little worm you are. And look, I've brought your boyfriend's cousin with me!"

"You little-"

"Now, now, don't get testy. The Dark Lord might find you useful for something, like, say, luring my dear bloodtraitor cousin, and in-turn, luring the Potter's. So, basically, you'll be the cause of so many deaths you'll wish you were dead in the first place! Now hold still, little wretch, this won't hurt a bit!!!!!!!"

"You're right, it won't. Diffindo incendio reducto petrificus totalus wingardium leviosa protego stupefy! One down, one to go."

"I doubt you'll catch me, little mudblood," Bellatrix taunted.

"You're right. Obliviate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bellatrix screamed and was hit by the spell. She stood in a trance for a second, giving Heather time to Apparate upstairs, grab a few essentials, and Disapparate to the very last place anyone would think to go-Hawaii.

Bellatrix shook her head and undid the spells Heather had put on Malfoy. "Our work here is done, they're all dead."

"Good. Destroy the house, shoot up the Dark Mark and let's get out of here before her wretched sister and Dumbledore's Order shows up."

"Morsmordre! Now let's go." A second later, Lily and James fell out of the fireplace.

"No…"

"Lily, I…"

"All of them…"

"Lily, look out!" James pushed her back into the fireplace and into their own sofa just as the ceiling caved in. "We ought to tell the others." Lily nodded and threw some more powder into the flames. "I'll do it. Sirius!!" James called.

"Yeah, James?"

"Get over here now."

"Okay."

Soon afterwards, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Bridget were sitting in the Potter's kitchen. "Okay, what is this about?" James opened his mouth, but his wife cut him off.

"It's about my sister."

"That wretch! What about her, did she get stuck in a doorway because her head's too big to fit?"

"Bridget, please, this is NOT the time."

"And why not?!?"

"Well, Heather fire-called me a few minutes ago. She sounded really frightened. So James and I went over there."

"And what happened? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Sirius, just let her get on with it."

"She-she's dead." A stunned silence followed. Sirius started laughing.

"Sirius, what on earth is so funny?!?!?"

"That joke!!!! Lily, you really should have used that one on April Fool's day!"

"Sirius, it wasn't a joke. She's dead."

"As in…."

"She's gone. She's not coming back. She's dead." Lily repeated. Remus fidgeted uncomfortably, Peter looked out the window, Bridget ran sobbing from the room, and Sirius hadn't moved.

"Sirius, are you alright?" James asked.

"Yeah-yeah, just…just fine."

END FLASHBACK

"I used a few spells, modified Bellatrix's memory, nothing special."

"And you didn't show yourself because…" Heather shrugged. "Whatever. Now that it's…" Remus glanced at the clock "Six in the morning, I suggest you go to bed."

"We don't have to go to school tomorrow?"

"You mean today, Ron?" Hermione smirked.

"Whatever."

"I'll write you a pass."

"YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Brilliant! No potions!!!!!!!!" Harry cried. And with that, he, Hermione, and Ron, instantly fell asleep.

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