A/N: My own, humble contribution to the immortal Sirius Black - he shall live forever in our hearts and minds.
The view's not so bad, from up here.
Really. You can see most everything from here. If you're ever in the neighborhood, I highly recommend it. Well, almost everyone winds up in the neighborhood when they reach the end, anyways, but it's no guarantee you'll wind up here, per say …
It's not quite heaven. But you can see it from here.
I suppose I'll wind up there eventually. They've got some things to work out up there, some bureaucratical knots to untie, before I can go. But I'm in no rush. It's nice here. I like it. It's not quite home, but close enough to feel comfortable.
Not that I've ever really had a home – but if I did, I suspect it would have felt a little like this. I'll have to ask James when I see him – he's not here, he already got into Way Up There, but I'll see him when I get there. Eventually. Lily, too, I'll wager. Be nice to see them again.
I always thought death would be … I don't know. Different. Darker. More like … well, an ending. But it feels more like a beginning to me. I know endings, and this isn't one of them.
I thought I'd miss them more – Them Down There, that I've left behind in the world. But it's more like … they're on vacation, and they'll be back soon enough. I do kind of wish I could've stayed a little longer – helped them out a little more. Harry and Remus must be missing me something fierce by now, and that makes me sad – sadder than the fact that I can't see them anymore. It's more the fact that they can't see me that's more important, right now.
But, if when they're done with the war, and their lives, they come here …
Well, then it'll all have been worth it. This place is definitely worth it.
Your priorities change a bit, when you're dead. Time Down There doesn't matter quite as much, and the meaning of the word 'dead' is kind of defunct. It's like … our time Down There was a beginning, a prelude, to determine who we are, what we're like – to let us grow – and now … now, we can finally start living. Start beginning.
It's pretty cool, actually. And, like I said, the view's not half bad.
Being dead's not half as dull as I thought it would be. And it'll get more interesting when I see James again, that I can guarantee. And Remus, eventually, and Harry, too … all of them.
We're gonna have a ball of a time, once we all start living.