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" I know you don't believe me but loving you was the one thing I never lied about." Sirius said casting a cooling spell on his hands to soothe her face. " You were the only thing that kept me sane in Azkaban."

She eyed him angrily.

" I know Ellie, I know." He said pressing one of his hands against her forehead. " I know you hate me but I've never loved anyone the way I love you."

She slapped his chest again.

" If I weren't afraid you'd hex me, I'd say this was kind of a turn on."

" And YET you just did!"

" What can I say, you're very attractive when you're angry."

" I will hex you into oblivion!"

" You just keep making it more hot."

" You never matured past seventeen did you!"

" Not really." He grinned cheekily at her before she hit him even harder.

" Stop it!"

" What?"

" Stop trying to make me laugh!" Elaine sniffed angrily. " I want to hate you! Stop being so damn charming!"

" It really is kind of hard to turn off." Sirius said getting him slapped again. " You're not helping with the not turning me-OW!"

Elaine felt tears pricking her eyes again and she buried her face into his chest. She found herself relaxing against him just like the old days.

Merlin's beard, he even smells the same! She thought nuzzling her face and inhaling his scent. A soft moan escaped her as he began running his fingers through her hair just like he used to.

It felt as though it were 1980 again and they were in their flat again. Lily and James had just married and the past fourteen years had never happened.

It felt like nothing had ever changed.

" Ellie-"

" Don't talk, Sirius." Elaine said her voice straining. She was trying to ignore every single brain cell in her head screaming at her to shove him away.

She bit her lip when he rested his cheek against the top of her head. She felt hot tears streaming down her cheeks and she gripped his shirt tightly a small whimper escaped her.

" I'm so sorry about your father, Els." He whispered wrapping a blanket around securely around her.

" You're still talking." She whispered. " You're ruining this."

" Weeeell, if I remember correctly, you once said I didn't talk enough and made me-"

" Hush!"

" Nah, you send very mixed signals sometimes. First it was I didn't talk to you, now I talk t-"

He broke off as she pressed her lips against his, his grey eyes wide in shock.

Merlin's ghost, she still tastes the same. He thought, cupping her cheek with his still cooled hand.

All the memories from the years the lived together came flooding back all at once.

Sirius smiled against her lips.

He lightly nibbled her bottom lip causing her to allow him access to the softness of her mouth. Pulling her tighter against him, one arm locking her securely against him, the hand that cupped her cheek found itself sunk into her blue locks.

He gave her a smirk before she rolled her eyes at him.

" Don't get any ideas but that's just the only way I could ever get you to shut up." Elaine said as she adjusted his shirt. She froze at the sight of his prison markings across his chest.

Reality slammed into her like Erumpent.

It wasn't 1980 and she wasn't that naïve girl anymore.

" Ellie…"

" Don't Sirius, please. It took me a long time to not hate myself."

" Why would you hate yourself?" He growled cupping her face in his hands. He saw a rest over her belly, tears forming in her eyes.

It hit him.

" Ellie, what happened wasn't your fault!" Sirius said in horror. " The-I-It-It was mine." He saw her fists tighten.

" Why…" She whispered weakly. " Why did you do it?"

He couldn't answer her.

" I know that you'd never betray Lily and James! I understand why you gave up being their Secret Keeper…but…what you did to me…that I don't understand."

Elaine saw Sirius' eyes go blank…all emotions instantly vanished.

" WHY, DAMN IT!"

" I can't give you an answer, Ellie."

" WHY NOT, DAMN IT!"

" I-"

" WHY! WHY DID YOU CURSE ME, SIRIUS!"

She was sobbing again.

" I don't have an answer that will make this…that will make sense or make everything right again." Sirius said weakly.

He hated seeing her like this.

" WHY!" She screamed at him.

He didn't know where she had hidden her wand but there is was, pointed right at his heart.

" What did I do for you to do that me?"

" Ellie, it wasn't you!" Sirius said making Elaine look at him. " I swear you didn't do anything!"

" Th-Then why?"

" I don't remember even thinking the curse." Sirius said weakly. " The only thing I remember was that smirking bastard's face."

Confusion flickered across her face. " Wh-Who? D-Dawlish?"
He wouldn't meet her eyes now.

" You CURSED me because of Dawlish? BECAUSE OF FUCKING DAWLISH!"
" I DON'T REMEMBER EVEN THINKING THE DAMN CURSE, ELLIE!"

" DON'T YOU YELL AT ME, SIRIUS BLACK!"

Sirius gritted his teeth his temper rising.

He knew she wouldn't believe him, not after everything she had gone through. Not after losing their best friends, her job, him...and their baby.

She had lost their baby.

Again.

Memories of when she had lost their first baby blasted into him as well as self-loathing.

What she must have gone thought about herself.

" I don't remember ever even thinking it!" He said through gritted teeth. " I don't remember conjuring it. If I did, you were the last person I would ever use it on! I loved you to much to have ever think of causing you pain."

She sighed, her head drooping down.

" I still love you."

She was silent, her wand trembling in her hand.

" I'll never stop loving you." He said softly stroking her cheek. " I don't know how you were Cursed but I didn't do it, El."

He stood swiftly, securely wrapping the blanket around her. She was silent now, tears still making their way down her face.

" You need to rest, Ellie." He said quietly.

He caught her just before she fainted. She had used all of her remaining strength just then.

The Animagus lifted her gently into his arms and conjured fresh bedding before setting her down. Tucking the blankets securely around her, taking her wand from her he set it down on the nightstand beside the bed.

He watched her laying there for a moment, her hair fanned out across the pillow around her like a blue halo.

How he missed the red.

A soft rustling came from a nearby wardrobe.

Anger floored Sirius at the eavesdropper's lack of compassion.

Marching his way towards the furniture he heard a soft angry grumbling from the inside.

Wrenching it open, his suspicions were confirmed. Inside was a small humanoid like creature with having a bulbous, snout-like nose, bloodshot eyes, many folds of skin, and white hair growing out of his bat-like ear.

" KREACHER!" Sirius snapped causing the house elf to cower lightly. " What the devil are you doing in here!"

" Attending to the master's clothing." Kreacher mumbled wringing his hands. Under his breath he heard the elf mutter. " Continuously dishonoring his noble mother by allowing that traitor into his bed. Breaking his poor mother's heart all over again."

Fury surged through him at the elf's words.

His mother had hated his relationship with Ellie.

In fact, that had been the reason he had run off at the age of sixteen. Because of how his mother had reacted to him dating Ellie.

She wasn't amongst his mother's list of appropriate families her children could date from. Half of them were his close relatives.

The very thought of it made him want to vomit.

His mother hadn't even met Elaine and she had called her some of the foulest names he had ever heard.

That had been the final straw.

He had packed his bags and went to James' house.

He had never told Elaine the reason he had took off. He knew she would blame herself for his miserable summer. She had never wanted to come between him and his family.

He had told her just because he was related to them by blood it didn't make them his family.

James.

Lily.

Remus.

At the time, Peter.

They were the ones he had considered his family.

And Elaine.

She was the one he had wanted to see when he had come home.

Her smile had always made whatever terrible thing he had running around his head at the time vanish.

" Get out!" Sirius snarled trying to harness his anger. Elaine was resting and waking her was the last thing he wanted.

" As Master wishes." Kreacher said creeping his way towards the door. " Tupping a filthy Mudwallower in his mother's bed. Oh the shame he has brought upon the House of Black."

Sirius sent a blast from his wand at the elderly elf causing him to scurry out of the room.

" Sirius, are you alright?"

As he closed the door, Sirius saw Harry standing awkwardly in the hallway.

" How much of that did you hear?" The Animagus asked.

" Not everything." Harry lied quickly. He had heard more then he had wanted to.

His godfather sighed, running a hand through his hair.

" Don't hate her, Harry." Sirius finally said. " What happened fourteen years ago was terrible and-"

" If-If she's my godmother, then why didn't she come for me after my parents died? I mean, you were locked up in Azkaban so I understand why you couldn't but that wasn't the case with her."

" Dumbledore had informed us that you were safer with your aunt and uncle." Sirius said wrapping an arm comfortingly around the teen's shoulder. " Your mum gave her life to save you and her love was the strongest magic that could have protected you. Your aunt, being of the same blood, was the safest person to raise you."

" It wasn't the best place to grow up." Harry said.

" I know Harry, Ellie told me what your aunt was like." Sirius said. " She had met her a few times when your mum was still at Hogwarts. In both our opinions, I think your aunt was jealous of Lily."

Harry raised his eyebrow at Sirius.

He highly doubted it.

" My aunt and uncle hate Magic. There's no way she was jealous!"

Sirius laughed.

" It was just a theory." Sirius smiled as he guided Harry to the kitchen where Mrs. Weasley was beginning to prepare lunch.

" How's Elaine?" Mrs. Weasley said handing Sirius a cup of hot chamomile tea.

" Resting, thank you." He said taking a seat at the table. " Where did Remus go?"

" He and Tonks went with Winifred to get a change of clothes for Elaine." Mrs. Weasley said conjuring several items for sandwiches.

" Is it just me or have those two been spending a lot of time together?" Ginny asked as she and Hermione came into the kitchen.

" It's true! I hardly see one without the other!" Hermione smirked nudging the red haired teen with her elbow.

" They're Order members, right?" Harry said sounding completely oblivious. " It's safer for the two of them to travel together. You know, so they can watch each other's back."

" Among other things." Ginny said earning a shocked look from her mother who was now handing out bacon and roast beef sandwiches.

" Molly, have I thanked you recently for everything you've done around here?" Sirius asked taking a swig from his mug, managing to divert Mrs. Weasley's attention from her daughter.

" Not a problem Sirius, this house has needed a woman's touch for a while!" Mrs. Weasley said calmly setting a sandwich in-front of him. " BOYS! ARI-DEAR! LUNCH!" She called making Sirius flinch, a small smirk on his face.

CRACK!

CRACK!

The Weasley twins, Fred and George, suddenly apparated into the kitchen.

Identical mischievous grins on their identical faces.

" YOU DON'T NEED TO DO MAGIC FOR EVERY SINGLE THING JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN!" Mrs. Weasley snapped as her youngest son, Ron, waltzed into view with a large worn out book in his hand.

" Mum, you're starting to sound like a broken record." He said taking a seat beside his sister as the twins shoved sandwiches into their mouths.

" Watcha got there, Ron?" Harry asked before taking a bite out of his sandwich.

" Some old book about some muggle king called Arthur."

" REALLY!" Hermione said, her face lighting up in excitement.

" Uh yeah…but what's it doing in a wizarding house?" Ron said in confusion, offering it to her.

" Arthur was the king that Merlin advised." Ginny said pointedly. " Did you even pay attention in History of Magic?"

" Hermione's the only one that can ever manage to stay awake in that class." Ron said. " And that book barely mentions anything about Merlin. Just Arthur, some woman named Guinevere and a bloke named Lancelot."

" Guinevere was Arthur's Queen and Lancelot was his best friend and leader of the Knights of Round Table!" Hermione said flipping through the book. " One story talks about the secret love between Lancelot and Guinevere. One even says they ran away together. Who's book is this?"

" Elaine's." Sirius said calmly. " She loved those kinds of Muggle stories. She likes some of those Muggle authors; Tolkien, Lewis and Caroll were a few that I'd always find her reading. The Arthurian Legends were her favorites."

" How'd they get here?" Hermione asked.

" Remus must have grabbed a few random books, thinking they were mine." Sirius smirked. " Should have known better, I wasn't much of a reader in my youth."

" Man, this Lancelot bloke stole his best friend's girl, what a jerk!" George said reading over Hermione's shoulder just as Ariana came into the room, her normally flowing white blonde hair disheveled. Her blue eyes looking exhausted.

Fred took one look at her and almost choked on his sandwich. His mother shot him an angry glare as she offered the girl a seat.

" Dear, I'm so sorry! I didn't realize you got in so late!" Mrs. Weasley said calmly, smoothing the girl's hair. " You look dead tired, dear. Why don't you go back to sleep."

" No, I'm fine, really." Ariana said resting her beautiful face in her hand. " I'll just-"

" You can go rest some more if you like, dear."

" I think she's out, Mum." Ron said as a light snore came from the blonde. He waved his hand in-front of her face.

Sure enough, the halfling was sound asleep.

" Where was she that she's this tired?" Ginny asked in concern.

" Order business." Mrs. Weasley said firmly.

" Why is it Ariana can do things for the Order but Fred and George can't?" Ron asked.

" Because shove it, Ron. That's why!" George said before leaning over and whispering in the blonde's ear.

" I'm not sleepy." They heard her mumble.

" Ariana has connections amongst her mother's people. She was visiting them and trying to sway them to our side." Sirius said enviously.

He'd love to be out of this house and be useful to the Order. Especially since Elaine had been attacked. He wanted to be out there, hunting the Death Eater who had hurt her and end him so he could never do so again.

Keeping Elaine and Harry safe were the only things that mattered to him now.

He'd die for them.

" You should sleep." He heard George say as he helped Ariana to her feet. He watched the teen wrap an arm securely around the girl's waist, guiding her to the stairs.

A sad smile came to his face as the memories of Elaine fussing over him like that. Looking back now, it seemed like she was always the one taking care of him.

Very rarely did he ever take the time to care for her. Cringing at the thought, he didn't know why had she even bothered to stay with him as long as she had?

" Sirius, there was this letter that came by owl today." Mrs. Weasley said dragging Sirius from his self loathing.

Handing him a small letter written on black parchment, he cringed as he recognized the handwriting.

" What the devil does this bastard want?"

Sirius hadn't realized he had spoken allowed until he glanced up to see everyone in the kitchen staring at him.

" Who sent it?" Mrs. Weasley asked curiously.

" Gavin Griffith." Sirius groaned causing Mrs. Weasley to simply purse her lips.

" Who's that?" Harry asked.

" A bloody self-absorbed bastard who best not set one foot inside this house!"

" Gavin's the head of a Vampire Nest that has allied themselves to fighting You-Know-Who." Mrs. Weasley said as Sirius' eyebrow began to twitch.

" There are Vampire's in the Order?" Ginny gapped in surprise.

" Just a few Nests." Mrs. Weasley said as she returned to making sandwiches. " Gavin was in the original Order. He helped to sway some of the other covens to our side."

" Is it true that they can live for centuries?" Fred asked curiously.

" Yes, I believe Gavin once said he was over a thousand years old."

" A thousand year old idiot." Sirius muttered.

" Oh Sirius, it's time to get over it. Gavin apologized for what he did almost twenty years go!" Mrs. Weasley huffed placing a plate of sandwiches on the table.

" He almost got Ellie and Lily turned into vampires!" Sirius snapped to everyone's shock.

" Ellie forgave him, Sirius!" Mrs. Weasley said awkwardly.
" Are you trying to defend him, Molly?"

" No! But if Ellie could find a way to forgive him, then-"

" Ellie and Lily were almost vampiress and they were only fifteen when it happened!" Sirius growled. " That bastard brought them to the Nest Leader and he almost turned them himself!"
" I'm not saying what he did was right, but he killed Hadeon before he could hurt the girls." Mrs. Weasley said hurriedly. " He's been loyal to the Order ever since."

" He's been wanting to tup Ellie ever since." Sirius muttered quietly as he eyed the letter in disgust.

" How did Elaine even meet a vampire?" Ginny asked curiously.

" It's a long story that makes me want to carve up Lucius Malfoy." Sirius growled.

" Sirius!" Mrs. Weasley snapped. " That's enough! Elaine won't want everyone knowing that!"

" Knowing what?" Fred asked with interest.

" Nothing! Drop it!" Mrs. Weasley snapped.

" I obviously wasn't going to tell them everything, Molly!" Sirius snapped. " What Malfoy did was terrible and Ellie felt like she couldn't tell us. That's how she met Gavin and he took advantage of her during a bad time in her life.

" Lily suspected something was wrong with Ellie. She was being a good friend and followed her when she went to meet Gavin."

" Ellie put my mum in danger!" Harry gaped angrily.

" Not on purpose, Harry dear!" Mrs. Weasley said assuredly. " Lainey didn't know that Gavin was a vampire and she didn't know why they were in the Dark Forest!"

Harry didn't believe her and Sirius couldn't blame him.

He didn't know the entire story.

" When Hadeon ordered Gavin to convert Lainey and Lily, Gavin killed him and became the head of the Nest." Mrs. Weasley said. " Lainey had become his friend and made him remember his humanity."

" Why did Hadeon want to make them vampires?" Hermione asked.

" Hadeon was an ally of Voldemort and he had been trying to convert as many magic folk into his Nest as possible." Sirius said angrily. " The more that carried magic prior to the Convert the more powerful they would be as a Vampire. Ellie and your mum were some of the best witches in our Year. They had so much potential and Ellie had been so trusting…

" Hadeon, the sadist that he was, would have destroyed whatever goodness in her painfully. He would have tortured the two of them in ways that would make Voldemort seem like a kitten."

" How did Gavin manage to kill him if he was so evil?" Ron asked.

" Betrayal." Sirius said calmly. " He thought Gavin was so far under his control that he'd never betray him. But Ellie brought back his humanity and he refused Hadeon. When the bastard tried to Convert them himself, Gavin brutally killed him."