Author's note: Please be aware that I own ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, everything, except my character(s) I place in here, belongs to the wonderful Lady J.K. Rowling. This is a Sirius Black/OC Fanfiction, or at least it will get to that point. I do have terrible spelling sometimes, but I do my best. However, if I misspell something that I have not caught I do appreciate having a correction mentioned. But I love reading Fanfiction's from here, and I hope I can bring others the same joys they have brought me, I figured it was time I give it a shot.

This WAS, my FIRST Fanfiction that I had the courage enough to put up for all to read. I started small and did my best to update as soon, and as much, as I could. I know tend to forget things so try to have some patience, even though I sometimes fail at having some myself. *cough, cough*Please Enjoy the story, for the pages have yet to turn for new, or returning, readers of journeys untold. Also, please be aware that this story is 100% mine. This is a work of mine that I did under a different account of fanfiction under the username Nattie8516 and now shares the same username under this Fanfiction site as well. So rest assured, I am the same person and same owner of this work and other's I shall be posting on this new site as well.

Chapter 6

Classes passed by and Quidditch was a blast for Emma and the others. She had made the team! Unfortunately, they hadn't won the first game.

Klay would sneak Emma and Gabby out to the field for late-night flights, but everyone was still on guard regarding Emma while trying to watch one another.

Lily was looking over her shoulder every second, she wasn't safe in the common room.

Eventually, Emma grew tired of their constant on guard routine and their every day, "Where were you?"

"Are you alright?"

"No one bothered you, did they?" She loved them, loved that they cared so much, but they were smothering her!

That was when she found a very bad habit of sneaking out near mid-night when unable to sleep and took personal night flies… Alone. She needed some fresh air from everyone.

It would eventually blow back in her face.

"Where's Emma?" Sirius asked, he'd looked almost everywhere for her, asked Lily who'd checked the girls' dorms and had yet to come to tell him if she'd found anything.

James rushed down from the girls' side of the stairs, he had just left a panicking Lily sitting on the steps with Marlene and Gabby. "Good question, Pads'. Lily's in a panic, and if I'm going to be honest, I'm getting close to one myself."

"I'll grab the map." Remus sighed, setting his book down on the table of the common room, rushed up to their dorm and grabbed the map. Sighing once again he reappeared into the common-room and shook his head at the three boys, "I never thought I'd be so happy we made this. She's pushing it with her disappearing acts, it's beginning to give me a heart problem." Remus muttered.

"How the bloody hell do you think I-, Lily's doing..." He knew he was caught. Sirius shrugged a wide-eyed 'oupes' at James while Remus gave a hidden grin looking at the map, searching for their girl, 'Nice save Padfoot, but too late.'

With a relieved smile Peter pointed to the Quidditch Field, "There she is, wait, why is she there?" He asked himself and the others with concern. Paling seconds later upon noticing someone else with her, someone that made his stomach queasy. "Please, tell me I'm seeing things." Peter was trying to stay calm, but he couldn't help the small whimper at noticing two other names on the map just off in the distance from Emma's. But one of those names belonged to someone who had been rumored to have been expelled from Hogwarts before the year even started!

The names shown were none other than Avery and Regulus Black.

Panic zapped through the group like electricity. "I'm grabbing Lily, we'll meet you three there. Go now!" James shouted, rushing up the steps to the girls' dorm door and began to bang on it. The door had been swung open by an understandably irritated second year already in her PJ's. "Hi, terribly sorry, but I need Lily Evans... Right now." James slightly rushed to the point, he didn't have time to be nice, but he wished he'd have been less rude to the small second year that had opened the door. "Uh, right, okay." Closing the door she ran up the steps to the Sixth years and spoke with Lily. Moments later Lily was swinging the door open and half off the hinges, "Did you find her?"

Oh yeah, he knew with this being her first instinct that she was bound to have a heart attack. "Um, yes… But you won't like it, we have to go, now. Bring your wand."

Lily was already pale as it was, but hearing she'd need her wand just made her want to vomit, "Right, two minutes,"

And with that, she slammed the door, and just like she'd said, two minutes later her, Gabby and Marlene were rushing out the door, wands in hand, "Well, let's get a move on!" Gabby called, grabbing James' shirt and pulled him along. "Where is she at? And why do we need our wands?" Gabby demanded with fright, naturally, when you're told to have your wand handy after hours on school grounds it was never a positive situation.

Classic Gabby.

"Quidditch Field, but um, Avery and Regulus are there with her." James informed them.

"Wait, Avery? But he's no longer a student, how's that possible!" Marlene squeaked as Gabby paled and dashed off.

Sighing, James rolled his eyes as they continued to rush through the halls. They'd been lucky this far to not be caught. But that could change very quickly. 'These girls are going to be the death of me!' "Gabby, slow down! We need to stay together." James shouted, he was trying to get them to slow down, he didn't want to be a panting mess when they got to Emma, especially if they had to chase someone.

"Like I'm going to jog with you slow lot while my best friend is alone with those two gits! Your funny Potter!" and with that, Gabrielle McKinnon, was gone from their sights. 'If she's fast on her legs how fast could she possibly be on a damn broom!'

"I'm with her on this one James, come on Lily, time to run," Marlene spoke, and the two girls took off running, James was shocked at how fast they were. Shaking his mind clear he took off after them.

Emma smiled, the night air chilling her burning skin, the wind whipped her long red hair around her face and shoulders. She was free up in the air, on the broom and zooming around, even rushing through the woods near her parents' home was enough to make her feel freedom. Running and flying was always a relief from life and expectations, over the time of being at school Emma had also taken the time to practice turning into her Animagus, even though she knew this was illegal she felt that she had to do it.

Free of all the danger, free from life and death, free from the common room that had basically become her dungeons and tower instead of her home and comfort for safety. With her mind in the clouds, almost literally, she had failed to notice a single person flying up behind her.

An evil glint in his eyes and a wicked grin. She had survived, meaning he got to play a little bit more. "Well, well, well. How lovely to see you again... Emma." His wickedness dripped from his voice with malice and venom as he whispered against her ear. A sudden gasp slipped from her full of fear as the realization hit her. Emma knew who this was. She'd never forget the way he'd spoken, the voice was different, but the tone, the words, and the malicious intentions were all the same. A rough hand smoothly brushed over the flesh of her neck before quickly squeezing, choking the air from her as she began to struggle.

Eyes wide with fear, a sick feeling sank deep into her gut like a nasty stone. Letting go of the broomstick she tried to claw at the hand holding her throat, the other grasped his own broomstick trying to direct them towards the ground or to make him fall. If she was going to die, she was going to take him with her. But he was holding them both rather still up in the air. The slightest of re-direction on the broom should have off-balanced them, but she was much weaker in muscle mass and body strength than him.

"No one's here to save you this time, mud-blood." He spat with laughter, her broom fell from the air, and she knew that if he let her go, she was going to be a flat human pancake on the Quidditch field. Because he was right, no one was there to help her. Emma had sealed her fate by making the nightly flies a life-threatening habit.

A flash of red light came out of nowhere and she was filled with hopeful relief at the voice screaming at him, "Think again, Avery! You'll not live to regret the day you decided to lay a hand on my sister!"

'Lily!' Her hope was short-lived at Avery's wicked grin between the two sisters and shouted, "Hey Evans, why don't you try to catch this?" Lifting Emma up higher with ease, forcing her to release the broom to grip a hold of his wrist and to everyone's horror Avery tossed Emma away from him, swiftly cast a curse towards Lily, forcing the older witch to fly back away farther from him and the falling Emma. With the distraction in place, Avery took off and vanished into the night, high up above the clouds he used for cover, his laughter filling the night air as dread sank in Lily's green eyes, fear carbonating into a heavy stone in her stomach as Emma went out and down with a petrified scream that she'd never forget.

Terrified, Lily screamed, diving for her falling sister, hot tears flying from her eyes, "ROSE!" She was useless, she wasn't going to be able to catch her in time, and the spell wouldn't reach Emma halfway in time for her to cast it.

Sirius's heart plunged into his stomach with horror. Dipping the broom into a plunge, his horror doubled at realizing he was not going to make it, but he had a sliver of hope as James dove for her at a dangerous and deadly sharp nose dive and dangerous angle, 'Please catch her, please catch her! Please, please, PLEASE!'

Without thinking, Lily screamed for the first name that came to her mind that could save her sister in time, he was the fastest on the broom out of the entire team. Even Peter and Remus were too far off on the field for their spell to stop Emma's descending into death, "James!"

Thankfully enough James had Emma safe in his arms in a matter of seconds, everyone breathing rather rough from the panic, fear, and adrenaline that had run rampage through everyone's veins like lava.

James's grip around the petrified gasping girl in his arms as he too shook with fear and adrenaline, for a moment he feared he wouldn't have made it, "Rose, you are in the biggest trouble right now that I cannot even begin to express." He tried not to let it come out as a growled statement, but it had, and he honestly didn't feel the least bit bad about it. She needed this lesson and thankfully she would live after that night to regret it in the morning.

Trembling in his arms Emma nodded, knowing full well that her personal night ride had nearly gotten her killed, "I know, I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." She panted. Her body shivering in fear had just begun. But she wasn't out of trouble yet, she had to face the others. 'The tower as a dungeon doesn't sound too bad anymore,'

Landing, James helped her from the broom, both were enveloped in hugs from everyone.

Gabby rushed up to Emma hugging her almost in a bone-crushing hug. But it was the solid punch Gabrielle had given Emma square in the mouth left everyone's jaws hitting the ground, their eyes blew up wide as realization struck them. Gabrielle McKinnon had just punched her best friend straight in the mouth. "How stupid are you, Emma! Your sister has been having a panic attack and I was having a mental breakdown! Peter was having an asthma attack while Remus practically had a heart attack worrying over your safety!" Gabby screamed, taking a small breath for her now burning lungs, a hard glare burning in her eyes.

Emma opened her mouth to say she was sorry, yet again, but was silenced by Gabby's heated glare and very firm tone, "I am not done, Rose! Sirius was beside himself and likely having an aneurysm, and James, well, James is James, but he was pacing the common room's floor almost gone! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU BLOODY THINKING!" Her shouted scold had turned into screams of anger.

They were all silent, not sure what to say, but if they were to be honest, Emma kind of had it coming, the punch was a shock, especially from Gabby.

Emma waited for a bit until she received a look of "Well, I'm waiting." She then went ahead and gave her an answer, and she knew they wouldn't like it. "I'm sorry, I just... I felt trapped in the Common room. You guys are all wonderful and amazing to always have an eye on me, but I started feeling like I was trapped in a dungeon or a tower, and really, our Common room is a tower. I just wanted some fresh air away from everyone, from everything that had happened… I haven't really had a moment to myself. I didn't know someone could get into Hogwarts if they weren't a student, and I didn't know it was a student that attacked me in the alleyway. I just wanted some self-peace. I felt... as if I were drowning." She was right, none of them liked the answer, in fact, they all looked a bit furious. But at least she had been honest. She was thankful Remus had been the first to say something as he took a sigh to release his irritation, in truth, he somewhat saw what she meant, "Well, I think I can be the first to say that while we are very upset and disappointed, we're glad you're alright. But Emma, you must understand that we keep such a close watch on you because of what happened."

Embarrassed and ashamed with herself, Emma nodded in understanding sadly, "I know, and I really am sorry, the last thing I wanted to do was make you all feel terrible if I said something instead of doing this, but I guess I should have talked to you guys anyway."

Infuriated and not caring he was showing it, Sirius glared to the sulking redhead he adored, "Yes, you should have, but we can finish this later, it's nearly 3 a.m." Sirius looked calm but Emma could see the anger brewing in his grey eyes. They were hot with anger and practically drilling holes in her.

Emma hated seeing Sirius and Gabby angry like this, especially directed at her.

Sirius was the first to walk away from the group heading back towards the castle.

"Sirius-"

"Emma, I think it's best you not even say anything to me right now," he said simply, a harsh undertone lining his words as he left, leaving Emma with the rest of them.

Gabby grumbled under her breath, walking off after Sirius.

An arm wrapped around her as a deep sigh left the person, knowing it was James easily, "Let him sulk, he's upset, Emma. We all are. Give him and Gabby time to sulk it out. Alright?" She didn't give a response, simply nodded as they all walked back to the castle for bed. But they all knew that none of them would sleep that night.

That hadn't been the end of it.

Unfortunately, Emma's misery was only going to get worse, and all at the hands of the two people she loved the most besides her sister.

Gabrielle and Sirius proceeded to ignore her the next couple of days. She began to fear that they'd never speak to her again.

'How do I fix this one.' Strong hands gripped her shoulders and squeezed in an attempt to relax her, "Emma, stop thinking... You'll just make it worse. And crying over it won't bring them back... You've apologized to us all, even them. If they aren't ready to forgive you, then let them continue to swim in their own misery." Remus whispered to her, ruffled her hair and kissed her cheek.

Neither of them had realized that while sulking to himself off in the corner Sirius glared viciously at Remus, 'He kissed her!? He kissed her!'

"Oh, shut up, you sulking wimp! Remus has always done that!" He continued on with his inner arguing until James came down and smacked him with the Daily Prophet from three days ago he'd been pretending to read, "Get over it and talk to her, Padfoot... The three of you are mi-"

"I'm going to bed," Sirius growled under his breath, mostly to himself and walked up the stairs with the stick still shoved up his arse.

James groaned and sank into the chair Sirius had been sitting in, rubbing his face with slight irritation and grumbled with annoyance, "This is just great…"

Thank you all for taking the time for reading, I hope you've all enjoyed so far! Have a wonderful night/day!