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 11

Gabby rushed around the Great Hall looking for her friend, her panic had set in when she awoke to Emma's empty bed, but thinking she was still fast asleep down in the common room on the sofa she had gone to wake her from there, only to once again find it empty and occupied with someone else. Klay had gone out to the courtyard and Quidditch field, hoping to help Gabrielle find their once again missing friend, hoping to see if she was out on one of her flies again, but that too had come up empty as well. "Lily! I can't find Emma! I can't find her anywhere!"

"Gabby-"

"What if someone managed to get her... Oh Lily, where is she!"

Lily and Marlene sighed, a gentle roll of their eyes as they gave one another one of their looks then back to the panicking third year at breakfast and shouted together for her attention, "GABBY!"

The panicking third year stopped in her steps and looked at the older redhead and her cousin with confusion, "What! My best friend is mis-"

"Read it," Marlene smiled, holding out a little note that had just been delivered not fifteen minutes ago for Lily stopping Gabrielle in her sentence.

Opening it, Gabby noticed an antler drawing at the bottom right corner of the page, shrugging it off, she began reading;

"Sorry to panic you Lovely Lily, ended up borrowing your sister for the night, had to run some crazy important errands. So, do not panic, she's safe and we'll have her back to you by morning... or afternoon."

With all Love, James Potter

P.S. Care to join me for a walk through Hogsmeade one final time before we leave for Summer?

Gabby's brow rose a bit as she directed a grin at Lily, "Really, I don't see why you won't just go on a date with him. It's obviously clear you like him, Lily Evans. Almost as obvious that Emma and Sirius are meant for each other. Really, it's just... Painful to watch." Gabby said with a gentle laugh at the blushing sixth year.

Lily huffed, her cheeks tenting pink as she snatched the note from Gabby's hand. At this, the girls couldn't help but grin widely, in everything that had happened Gabby and Emma hadn't even had the chance to even prank the two together to try to get Lily to kiss James, but it looked as though they were doing it all themselves, that made Gabby smile happily. They were cute together, and it looked as if Lily herself was beginning to try to jump onto the Lily and James wish train.

The Shrieking Shack was quiet for a change, the boys and Emma had slept in until ten and they were waking one another up, hoping to save Remus for last. Unfortunately, he had apparently been awake since nearly nine a.m. "Well, guess all we have to do now is wake Foxy up. Padfoot, you're up." James grinned and stepped aside for his friend.

"Why do I always have to wake her up? Peter, why don't you wake her up this time." Sirius said with a playful grin, laughing at Peter's slight fright.

The boy quickly shook his head, "She won't listen to me, Padfoot. You know that. You're the only one besides Lily or Gabby that can wake her up without her being crabby all day. This is your territory." Peter stuttered, backing slightly behind James as he shivered a bit in his shoes.

Sirius grinned at him. He was right, this was his territory, and he liked it that way. With a shrug he sat next to Emma's silent snoozing body and gently shook her, "Fox? Time to wake up, love." He whispered into her hair.

"Sirius Orion Black, if you have any intention of waking me up right now you can shove off, or you can crawl in with me, I'm cold." She said with a tired grumble not entirely thinking about what she was saying, or how it all sounded.

The boys covered their mouths quickly as they began snickering the moment the words had left her lips. Sirius tried not to laugh, "Why? Was Remus not warm enough?" He joked.

"No, I didn't curl up next to him, I was a good foot away from him." She said with a soft and tired whine.

"Emma, come on, you have to wake up, breakfast is nearly over, and we'd like to eat…"

"We can eat lunch," Emma grumbled once again, her tired irritation growing, she wanted to go back to sleep, but she wanted to be warm.

Grinning, Sirius kissed the hairline of her temple softly. A silent apology," We have Quidditch practice today." They watched her eyes shoot open as she shot up almost coming nose to nose with a wickedly grinning Sirius, "Got ya Evans, now, come on."

Emma wanted to growl but had been cut short by Sirius lifting her up and over his shoulder laughing, "Sirius Black, put me down!"

"Sorry, can't do that Foxy. You have one wicked punch and I'd like to keep my pretty face as it is," He joked, the three boys walking behind them as they followed them down the Shrieking Shack stairs.

"What pretty face, Black! All I see is an arse!" she yelled with pure irritation. She had just been tricked. She hated being tricked into waking up.

"You weren't complaining last night when I kissed you," He teased, her face grew hot in seconds and met the curious grins of the three Marauders members.

"Really... You kissed him?" Remus asked with a bit more hope than he should have allowed to show.

Emma blushed red and began to smack his back a lightly, "No, he kissed me! Sirius put me down!"

"I'll put you down when we're either outside or on a bed, Foxy." He mumbled out. Sirius didn't think they'd hear him, but Emma surely had.

"What did you just say!" she screeched, a heavy blush covering her face, down to her neck as so many wrong images ran through her mind with the boys laughing at her, and she had to say that if she was in their place she'd probably be laughing too.

James held onto the railing to keep from falling from his laughter and decided to go back to the previous conversation, "But you didn't object, nor complain? Not even a slap?" James questioned, she really wished she could slap those grins off their faces right about now, "No, actually she didn't... Because-"

"Sirius Black, don't you dare-"

"She kissed me back,"

"I did not!" She screeched, 'How could he!'

"And she loved it, Prongs." He laughed, the boys laughed along with him, "Oh come on, Padfoot, you really had us going. We really thought you'd have kissed her last night," James said, a bit of a wishful smile on his face,

'Probably thinking of Lily,' Sirius thought, grinning over his shoulder at the boys, "I did, Prongs, it wasn't a joke, really. I was just having a bit of fun with it."

"Wait, you really kissed her, we thought you were just playin' 'round." Peter stammered, a bit of a blush gracing his cheeks.

Finally gaining her composer back Emma gave up, she let them have their laughs, but now that she was awake, she really wanted to ask them about something that was bothering her.

"Yes, Wormtail, he really kissed me, but it wasn't planned... Now, I have a serious conversation I need to have... Something isn't right, the days are getting darker, literally. The daily prophet has been recording missing persons in their clippings not to mention Lily was summoned to Dumbledore's office with Marlene a few days ago and Alice, and she graduated last year... They looked rather bothered, but they aren't talking to Gabby or me about what's gotten stuck on their minds." Emma's tone had transformed from irritation and embarrassment, to deep seeded concern.

This had Sirius setting her on her feet and ruffling her hair, something he had missed doing, "Like I said last night, Foxy. It's getting dangerous out there, and we are in the middle of it even if we don't want to be," Sirius said. Grabbing a hold of her hand and casually walked back up to the castle, none of them seemed to realize she was still in the robe-dress, until, "Emma, we need to get you a change of clothes..." James clarified with a small chuckle. He couldn't believe they hadn't noticed her strange dress wear, something that would definitely draw attention and questions, that was something none of them needed.

"Why, I'll just say I planned a prank that went wrong. Come on, I'm hungry… Fine, I'll change before going to breakfast. We all need a shower and a change of clothes anyways," at that, she said, "Sirius, can we take the passageways? I barely go through them." she asked, jumping up and down with a smile of excitement.

She didn't get an answer as he swept her up and began spinning her around with a wide and happy smile, "Of course Love, come on. Jamie, would you like to lead the way?"

James laughed and bowed to them playfully, "It would be an honor, Padfoot."

They made a run for a passageway in the courtyard and slipped in quietly, Emma pointed at seeing pain splatter and an outline of a body or two, "Looks like someone tried using it and got hit by one of your traps."

"Yeah, Remus, light it up would ya? Want to see if anyone's left us any surprises as a returned favor. Honestly, I don't think we want to walk into one of our own traps either." It had only taken them ten minutes to get back to the common room where they cleaned up and got ready for the free day, well, part of a free day for the Quidditch teams, they really did have practice that day.

"Alright, Foxy. Breakfast, well, what's left of it." Peter joked, gently laughing with the rest of the boys as Emma tossed him a playful glare.

Emma had decided to go with a burgundy overall squirt, a white t-shirt with tennis shoes and tossed her towel dried hair up into a messy ponytail. She really didn't want to deal with it today.

"Comfortable and lazy, and you still look good Fox," Sirius grinned, his body leaning against the fireplace when she skipped her way down with a smile, her eyes only on him.

"Breakfast, time to go. I have a feeling I'm going to get tackled by Gabby." She said with light laughter.

It was true though, anytime Emma happened to vanish Gabrielle always panicked and tackled her in a big hug then gave her a scolding for not telling her where she was going to be. "We have practice at three so, let's enjoy what afternoon we have, the game is in four days, exams are in two days and then we leave for Summer break. Remus, Sirius? Are we camping again this summer?" James informed the two teammates he knew he could always have eyes on.

'Wow, James, you really have this whole week planned out,' Emma thought, "If everyone would like to, then yeah," Remus said with a tired shrug, he was still in pain. They could all see it.

"I can't, my Mum wants me home this whole summer but keep me updated will you."

Exams were painless, in their minds, Peter was the only one that seemed to find it a bit difficult, but he had still passed, something they were all thankful for.

Quidditch was almost over, Tom, Slytherin's Seeker, had vanished mysteriously sometime before the exams. This worried everyone, especially since Regulus had taken his place, again.

Emma was definitely going to have a few rounds with him, she just knew it. However, she was shocked when her eyes found two people walking around near the tents of the Gryffindor side, both ginger red hair, both smiling happily with very excited kids and an infant. Emma smiled wide once she realized who they were, "Molly! Arthur!"

At hearing her name called, Molly searched around for the person and smiled widely, her already rosy-pink cheeks growing pinker as the young redhead ran to them and hugged the two gleefully, obviously careful of the infant on Molly's arms, "What are you doing here Molly? I mean I'm speechless and happy you came. I just didn't know you would come to a Hogwarts game, is anyone playing you know besides myself?" Emma's eyes caught the knitted sweater, it was colorful.

It matched Molly perfectly. Bright, happy and always cheery.

Smiling at seeing such bright, joyful colors on an equally wonderful woman, Emma smiled with excitement, she wished she knew how to do things like that, craft and creativity had interested her. "Did you knit your sweater? It's wonderful. I love the colors."

Molly smiled happily, "Oh thank you dear."

Emma hadn't seen the woman since she had first woken up, and that was only for a few minutes before she heard the news about Mary and her family. "We heard you were on the team and I was determined to at least see one of your games before the year ended. How are you feeling?" Arthur said with a gleeful smile of his own, his arm wrapped lovingly around his wife.

Emma loved the couple, even though they had only briefly met, Molly and her husband had in every term saved her life, in truth the Weasley's and Sirius were the only reason she was still breathing. "I'm a lot better, thank you, and all of you? How are you?"

"Oh, yes we're all fine, great actually. Oh yes, Emma, these are our three sons, Bill and Charlie, and this new one here is Percy." Molly smiled proudly as she introduced the two smiling and blushing boys and the currently sleeping Percy.

Emma smiled happily, she knelt to the two boys, "Well, hello to you both, do you like Quidditch?" she asked.

The boys laughed and giggled, Charlie blushed and hid behind his mother, "Yeah!" Bill spoke up with excitement, his brother Bill being the less bashful of the two older boys, "You play, don't you?"

"I do, yes, I'm the Seeker." She watched his eyes widen with glee.

"Are you ever scared to go up in the sky? I want to fly so badly, but daddy says I have to wait until I'm older to get on my first broom," He pouted with small disappointment.

Emma held back a giggle, he was just too cute, "Well, I think your daddy is a very smart man then. I'm sure you'll be up in the air in no time though. You both have the heart for it."

"How can you tell?" Bill asked curiously cutely.

Not really sure what to say, Emma shrugged and simply said, "It's in your eyes." She whispered softly, as if her words were secret.

Charlie, still feeling a little left out, spoke up in curiosity, "Who is your favorite person you've met while being here at Hogie-warts." He had tried saying 'Hogwarts' but had come out a bit differently.

Smiling Emma waved them closer, "Come here, it's a secret," Doing as instructed Emma's smile seemed to grow as the two small boys came to her and gasped with excitement and wonder at her words she had whispered into their ear. When they had moved back, they'd looked up at their mom and dad in awe, wonder and happy pride. Emma stood up full on her feet.

"Sirius? Can you hand me a few of the Gryffindor flags for me?... Yeah those, thank you, love." She had been calling him that the past two days because he hadn't stopped calling her 'Love' ever since they had met the first night on the train her first year. So, she figured to tease him back, however, nothing was working, not even when she called him Snuffles.

Smiling with a laugh, he brought the three flags over, handed one to Bill and Charlie and another to Arthur.

"Thank you both kindly," Arthur smiled wide. He was relieved that Emma had healed well and happy she had found something to direct her energy. But seeing Emma and Sirius interact made both him and his wife smile, they were a wonderful couple, even though they didn't know they weren't seeing one another. Yet, when Sirius kissed Emma's cheek as he'd walked up and handed his sons their own Gryffindor flags. Arthur couldn't help but smile.

"Not a problem. Come on, the game's about to start in fifteen minutes. Good see you all, Molly, Arthur," He turned his charmed smile to the kids and nodded his head to the two older boys, "Young Weasley's, hope you enjoy the game. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to kidnap Emma from you all for a while, can't play Quidditch without her." He said, watching as Molly and Emma laughed a bit at him, hugged and walked away with her, an arm draped around Emma's shoulders.

"I give it less than two years and he'll be asking her." Molly said grinning, "It'll be official by Emma's graduation," Arthur said with a nod and walked his family up to the stadium seats and happened to sit next to McGonagall, "Oh, Molly Prewett? Arthur Weasley? How wonderful to see you again, are these your children?" She asked with a smile.

"Yes, Bill, Charlie and Percy. Boys, this is Professor McGonagall, one of Hogwarts teachers." Molly said to her oldest boys and they smiled big and bright at her, "Hello," they both said, McGonagall smiled back at them, but her attention went back to the field as the game started.

Three hours in, Emma and Regulus were both chasing the Golden snitch, shoving at one another and trying to maneuver around the other. Three Gryffindor's and two Slytherin's down with no back up, the game came to a draw, even when Emma had managed to catch the Snitch. Someone had sent a Bludger heading towards Sirius, James had knocked him out of the way taking the hit himself, with no one to have witnessed who had done it, they had to rule it an accident, all part of the game.

Lily and the others, including the Weasley's, rushed into the hospital wing to look in on James and the others, "Good Lord, is he alright?" Arthur asked.

Emma nodded with a grinning shrug, "Yeah, just a small concussion, dislocated shoulder and a fractured arm... But he'll be alright, swear. Poppy is amazing at this stuff." Emma said, hoping to console their worries.

"That was amazing!" Bill and Charlie cheered, their big smiles as they jumped up and down and rushed over to James's bed side, "Are you okay?" Charlie asked.

"You are awesome!" Bill cheered, this only made James laugh a little, but stopped when his head began throbbing, "I'll be fine boys, and thank you."

"Out of the way! Out of the way, thank you." Poppy chanted as she waved her a hand in the air and sat next to James, assessed his injuries then proceeded to treat them.

"Boys, time to go. Emma let us know when the next games are?" Molly asked. With an excited smile, Emma bounced a little, "Oh yes, definitely Molly. Safe travels and enjoy the summer weather."

"Oh yes, of course, be careful dear." The two hugged, Emma gave Bill and Charlie their hugs and shook Arthur's hand, with their farewells said they left for home.

"You're such a hero, James." Lily giggled as she watched him and Poppy.

Summer

"Come on Emma, the train is leaving!" Gabby called with excitement. Emma was going to be staying with her for the half the summer, then Gabby with Emma for the rest. Then the both of them would be leaving for Hogwarts together for their fourth year.

The whole summer Emma and Gabby had practiced on Gabby's Animagi form, which had also turned out to be a fox as well. She was light blonde fur colored coat and bright blue eyes, her paws looked as if they had been dipped in black paint buckets and a black ring around her tail near the tip, "Awe, Gabby. You're adorable!"

Yip, yip, yip

Emma couldn't hold back her laughter, "Alright 'Miss Lady', time to try out how long you can hold it. We'll run to Severus's tree. He's helping me with something anyways, maybe we can try working you in with some practice too." She giggled.

Yip, yip, yip

Transforming herself with a huff Emma looked at her clothes in a pile on the ground and glared at them, "They just don't want to come with me, never. Not even a charm works to keep them on me..." She grumbled as Gabby snickered at her. "I don't want to hear it Gabby. Your clothes may not even be on you when you turn back."

That stopped her laughter instantly with her own annoyed huff, "Point. Alright let's just go."

Emma had passed the first part of training, shielding herself, though not as good as Severus, but still decently enough to his satisfaction. They had gone as far as to practicing with Gabby while she was there with them. Though Gabrielle couldn't read minds, she was still a fast learner when it came to shielding herself. Severus had admitted that he was having issues getting into her mind himself.

Summer was nearly over and the training had proven useful and very energy consuming, but it was all worth it. Emma loved spending her time with Gabby and Severus, yet she had been oblivious to Gabby's constant blushes when she'd be near her older friend. Their trips had lasted a few weeks, summer almost over. But they'd continued to hide themselves and morph when they'd leave, leaving the robes to leave with Severus. They were his after all. But this day in particular had been different.

They had raced to Severus's tree where he was waiting for them. Emma walked behind a tree with Gabby and both morphed back, both blushing fiercely when neither had their clothes, "Great, hey Severus!"

"Yes Emma,"

"Uh, you wouldn't happen to have those robes or two long shirts with you, would you?" There was no response. Well, if you didn't count his laughter that filled the air.

The two had smiled when they heard his laughter and their humiliation had lifted. All because Severus Snape had laughed for the first time in three years. "One moment, I have something for you, wait, is Gabrielle with you today?"

"Gabby, and yes, I am with her. Now hurry up, please. It's humiliating to be out here naked!" Again, he laughed wholeheartedly and walked back into his tree. Emerging, Severus walked towards the girls hiding place behind their very own tree holding two robes. Reaching the two garments around the trunk for the two girls and gave them as much privacy as he could give them.

"Thank you!" They screamed in unison and wrapped themselves in the robes and walked out from hiding.

Severus's eyes had widened a bit, his cheeks flaring pink when they had walked out from around the tree, both in the red and green velvet robes he'd handed them. "You look almost exactly like her, Emma." He hadn't realized he'd said it until the girl's eyebrows shot up curiously at him.

"Severus, I love you, but I swear if you start crushing on me, we will begin to have a problem." Emma only said it for a warning, he already lost Lily because of his crush and mainly because of what he'd said, but there was something else that no one was telling her. Lily had gone as far as to asking her to not go around him, which was why they were sneaking out to meet up with him. Emma was brought out of the thoughts when Severus made a comment that shocked her still.

"Of course, I forgot, Black has you under his thumb. Wonder how that'll end." His tone was laced with rude sarcasm as he rolled his eyes with clear annoyance.

Gabby's jaw dropped, her eyes grew wide, 'Uh oh. Severus, I don't think you realized that even though a Gryffindor she may be, she can have a bite as dangerous as venomous-' "Excuse me?"

'Too late,' Gabby finished her thought.

Severus must had realized she hadn't found that funny. "I'm sorry, Emma. I didn't mean it like that- okay, no, I did. But please, try to understand first James takes Lily, now I don't even get to see you." He tried explaining.

Emma may have deflated a bit, but she wanted to clarify something, "Lily's the one that asked me not to hang around you, Sev. But I can't abandon you like everyone else has, I don't know what's happened between you and my sister, but she's scared for you, she misses being your friend."

The two girls could see he was beginning to panic, 'Lily-Lily told her to not come near me?' He thought a bit heart broken.

"Sev? Why would Lily ask me to avoid you?" Emma had to know, he knew something, but he guarded his mind so well she knew there wasn't any chance at all to get near the answer without him willingly telling her that and she wanted to hear him say it. She was learning to control this ability so she wouldn't use it. He knew why and that's what bothered her. It wasn't until he pulled back the sleeve of his long shirt. His body trembling with fear but the mark that caught their eyes made Gabby and Emma panic and gasp in horror.

The Dark Mark.

They couldn't help as they shrank away from him, they'd heard about the marks, seen them in the papers of the daily prophet.

He saw their fear, the way they latched onto one another, holding one another closely, trying to draw comfort from the other. Severus took a step to them but the step he took forward, they took three back away from him turning his heart in shattered pieces, "Emma, please-"

She hadn't realized tears had spilled over her eyes, tears of fear, "Sev? Why- why would you-"

His movements were faster than he'd thought he could move as his hands flew outward, grabbing them both by their forearms. His grip was unintentionally vice like around them that he hadn't even realized they had flinched from the pain, "I'm scared... Emma, I'm so scared of them, they have so much reach it's petrifying." He admitted. His voice began to tremble with terror. They knew he wasn't lying, he was petrified, that had made them all the more scared. Not of him, but of what was coming and the people he was involved with.

Emma opened her mouth to say something, but she was silenced at the wind picking up around them, the skies darkened dangerously. This was no storm, at least not the weather kind.

Looking up with wonder and curiosity, Severus looked around them, he knew that sign and it was fully unexpected. His mind rushing back to the girls currently with him, his fear doubled, "Run... Emma get out of here!"

She was frozen, something... No, someone, was coming right for them, "Emma!" to his dreading horror his words had not reached her. Turning his fearful gaze to Gabrielle, Severus pushed Emma into her arms, "Gabrielle, get her out of here, go! NOW!"

NOTE: Okay, quick note just to say... I have ABSOLUTELY no idea how Quidditch works, so I apologize for however many incorrect things that are in here. I have read up on it, but I didn't quite grasp it 100%.

Thank you to all who have taken the time to read my chapters, I hope you enjoy them as much as I have writing them! Next chapter will be up as soon as I can get it done. Have a wonderful time!