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Chapter 12 – out with the old, in with the new
The discussion following Harry's declaration about wanting to visit Godrics Hollow was heated, frustrating and tiring for all of them. But especially for Sirius, who not really wants that his son, buts himself into danger by visiting the village. Not considering that he wouldn't be the only one of his kids in danger. Sirius was clear that his niece would be at Harry's side when he sets his first foot onto that village, which would mean that her brothers and the twins as well would want to go. Sirius himself would be there as well, even if he doesn't really want to see the grave of his best friends. That would lead to the conclusion that Remus would be on his side as well. Such a crowd of 8 people would gain interest of others.
An hour long discussion on Christmas Eve later Sirius in the end was part of the losing party, it was decided. He was outnumbered after Sam and Hermione teamed up on him to plead Harry's case. But it initiated a discussion to the question who of them would accompany him. In the end the let faith decided after everyone voice his opinion that it was his right to be there as well. Like children they pulled straws for five people and not more. The result was that Harry Sirius, Hermione, Dean and Sam by his side would visit the cemetery. The others of course were pissed about it, especially Fred. Who hates the idea that his wife and the mother of his children would be out there without his protection. Even if she doesn't need it, he feels like it was his duty to protect his family.
That decision leaded to a planning session. Not for attacking anything, but to have a plan in matters of defense should anything happen to them. Sirius doesn't know why but his gut is telling him that something will happen. As a Hit-wizard for the Ministry during the first war he learned to listen to it. It saved him countless times. Only one time he ignored his gut and focused on his Black temper instead and that landed him in Azkaban. A thing he learned was to never ignore his gut like that again. So he would be careful, because his family needs him and he needs them. Not considering that it also was his duty to keep them save as Head of the house.
It all leaded to this day. The five of them readied themselves to visit Godrics Hollow two days before the old year dies and the new one starts. It was like a cleansing for them to finish this task in the old year, like they all want to let the past be the past after this. It was a new beginning of sorts to start fresh and looking into the future.
"Are we ready?" Sirius asks his family. As answer they simply nod. "Do all of you have their emergency port keys?" he asks a second question. His family knew he was concerned for them so they showed him all the necklaces they wore. "Good." he says satisfied, before he holds out his hand to apparate them together.
All his kids, because that's what they are to him, take his hand and he concentrated on the destination. Only Sam and Dean still aren't used to this form of travel. The others knew that, so they covered them while they got their bearings back together. It took them only moments before they moved into the formation they had planned for this excursion. All the males decided in unison that Hermione and the twins have to be protected. So they moved her in the middle of them with Harry and Sam in the front and Sirius and Dean in the back. This way they walked directly to the cemetery. Harry wanted to see his parents more than the home they lived in. So the graves of James and Lily Potter were their destination.
They reached the cemetery in 10 minutes, but the search for the graves stones took some time. But after a long search through the columns of gravestones, which were covered in snow, they found them or more specific it was Hermione, who found them. "Harry." she yells for him.
All of them look into her direction, before they walk to her. To visit the grave of James and Lily Potter was a first for all of them. So the emotions within Harry and Sirius were high. But Sirius wouldn't let his guard down. That is why he felt a magical tingle as he got in the close proximity of the graves. A short glance at the others let him know that he was the only one, who recognized the tingle. It must be his Hit-wizard training. They probably tripped some sort of ward, which must have been placed around the graves. Before he could inform the others that an ambush would been possible, Harry outraged reads out loud the engraving on the headstone. "The last enemy is death … What does that mean ... Why is that on the graves of my parents."
"It isn't a death eater phrase. It means that death isn't the end." Hermione answers his concerns.
Probably the idea of Dumbledore to put that on the headstone, Sirius thought to himself. But that is a discussion for later. They have other things to worry about. "I think we should plant some petunias instead of lilies." Sirius tells the group. Petunia was the signal word that danger was upon them. They all registered his words and nod in acknowledgement before they take a defensive stance.
Even if Sirius wants to keep his family save, all of them decided that they would stay to fight the death eaters in case of an ambush. This way they try to take some of them out of the equation. That is why Hermione transfigured some small rocks into a short of wall in front of Dean, Sam and Sirius so that they all could take cover behind it. All take position behind it, wands ready in their hands. Sam and Dean have their guns in hand as well. They have some nasty surprises for the death eaters. They dipped or better soaked the bullets in poison to make them more effective against the bad guys.
As of them took cover behind the wall read for the attack as they hear a series of loud pops. In that moment Harry threw Persian dark powder into the air to bewilder the attackers for a moment. "Potter we know you are here." a voice yelled. Sirius recognizes it as Rodolphus Lestrange voice.
"Come and get me." Harry yells at him to provoke him a bit. He wasn't afraid of them. They all have their emergency portkeys with them. Sirius insight because of his work as a Hit-wizard was helpful, it told them that they only would erect anti-apparition wards, but not ward against portkeys. Especially because only the Ministry is allowed to make those and they are in control, they believe they have the upper hand, but Sirius can only laugh about that.
After some moments of waiting, without any taunts form the bad guys the air clears. They all see ten death eaters walking to the grave still a little disorientated. Dean instincts kicked in and tell him not to give them the possibility to come back into focus again. So he fires at the first one, it was Lestrange and he aims for his leg. The loud bang scared the death eaters a little, because they don't have any idea what the reason for it was.
"Ahh." yells Lestrange because of the unexpected pain and he fell to his knees searching for the wound. He didn't know why he felt pain in the first place, he was sure that he never was hit with a spell or curse or anything else. Dean knew that a normal wound on the leg wouldn't be fatal without the poison at least, so he goes on to the next target. The poison will kill him and take him out for now. Even if they could get rid of the bullet, they don't know which poison they used or that they were poisoned him in the first place. Considering that wizards don't know of this particular poisoned according to Sirius. It origins from the muggle world and a bezoar doesn't work against it. Alike they don't have enough time to counter it with a potion, because the poison works really fast, in only five hours tops the death comes without an antidote.
The others start to act as well, but they all used their wands even Sam. He wants to get used to it, let's not forget that the wand is part of him. But the first gunshot brought the death eaters in a more alert state. So the fired spells didn't hit anything, because the opposites jumped out of the way and used the gravestones as cover.
Only moments later one of the death eaters was near enough to see Harry clearly. This way he could identify him. Even with Harrys taunt they still needed to be sure that it was him. It wouldn't do them any good to call the Dark Lord for a no-name and without being sure. "It's really Potter, someone call the Dark Lord."
So not good, Sirius knew form a start, why it was a bad idea to visit Godrics Hollow. But now that they are here he can't change it. But he still can try to protect his family. So while he fired a stinging hex at one of the opponents, he ordered Harry. "Harry go home NOW." Sirius knew that it would be a problem for his son to follow through with that order, because he hates that other people would suffer because of him. But that is, why he only allowed this trip in the first place, that Sirius accepts from Harry that if he would give him an order, he follows through with it no matter what. If he would not his contingency plan would go in effect. Meaning Sam has to take him away, even if was against his will.
That is why Harry and Sam where on high alert as Sirius gave that order. They know what he wanted from them. Sam fired his gun on last time, without caring if he hid something or not, he turns to Harry and craps his shoulder. Harry knew that he will be whisked away in the next moment so he sent a last course at the attackers. As soon as the spell left his mouth, Sam had activated the portkey and they both felt the uncomfortable feeling around their navels and the world moved out of focus as they were pulled away.
Two have gone home and are secure, still two others to get home as well. Sirius looks at the rest of his family, who are still in danger. Dean let go of his gun, his mag must have been empty, because he put it in his pant and used his wand now. He as was efficient with a wand as he was with a gun, because Sirius sees another death eater go down. Only three of the ten attacking death eaters were still fighting. Three of them were gone because of Dean. But the danger is still real, so they have to get out of here fast. "Dean take your sister." who was currently firing curse after curse to slow the attackers down. But Sirius knows that the strain on her magic is higher because of the pregnancy. She will go down sooner than the rest. "and get out of here."
With a nod Dean turns to Hermione and takes her hand. Sirius gave them backup while they activated the portkey. He was on high alert, but not for his safety, but for the safety of his family. As he fired a stunner at one of the remaining death eaters the rest of his family was whisked away. He still doesn't let his guard down he has to get out as well for that to happen. A glance around tells him that two where shot and probably not outlive it. Good, even if he can't tell who they were, they still were out of the equation. He simply hopes that it would be some of the nastier and crueler ones of the bunch. The rest look injured, some more severe than others, but still fixable. Depending on how long it will take for them to get back up there.
But as he thought of back up for the death eaters they arrived, like he summoned them. All of a sudden he was surrounded by ten more death eaters. "What do we have here a blood traitor."
The tone of the death doesn't sound promising, Sirius thought. He knows that it is almost past the time to get away. It could be a fruitless attempt, but he had to try. He reaches for his necklace and whispers "Tou ..." In that moment he was hit by two or three stunners at the same time. Before he falls unconscious, his last thought was that Sev will be pissed with him, because of this.
Back at Grimmauld Place Harry nervously paces through the living room. An activity he started as soon as he and Sam arrived back home. Sam on the other hand watches him like a hawk while Harry declares himself at fault. He so was deep in his own head with his guilt that he can't think clearly. At the moment he would declare himself as the reason for hunger and in illness in the world, at least according to Sam. Until he met Harry, Sam thought that only Winchesters would carry such a massive guilt. But the world always surprises you.
Some minutes after their arrival the twins appeared in the living room. Upon only seeing Sam and Harry and not the rest, they knew something bad happened. They started firing question at the same time. "Where is the rest?" Fred asks, but his focus was on Hermione, while his twin asks. "What happened?" Better to start at the beginning than at the end. Fred was worried about his family, George felt the same way, but he knows that to panic doesn't help them, so one of them at least needs a clear and calm head.
Without looking at them Harry answers in a guilt written voice. "We were ambushed … They set up a trap … for ME. We shouldn't have gone there." He hates to be the reason this his family was in danger. Sometimes he fears that he will lose all the people he loves. Now Sam had enough, steps in Harry's way and stops him from pacing. He knows what Harry fears, but that doesn't mean that Harry, his soulmate, doesn't deserve to be loved.
"Babe, stop worrying." he takes his face in his hands to cares Harry's cheek, a gesture that calms him down, at least when Sam does it. "Yes it was a trap for you, but we got out and I am sure the rest will follow soon."
As if his words summons them Dean and Hermione arrive with a binding light in the room. As soon as Hermione was sure she was save she collapses to the floor. The adrenaline which helped her fight vanished and only exhaustion remains. "Andy … Andy … come into the living room fast." Dean yells as soon as he had his bearings together. He already realized that his sister was at her limit as they left the cemetery.
Fred watches the mother of his children collapses to the floor in slow motion. Thank Merlin Dean was at her side to slow her fall down. So that she can't hurt herself with a hard landing on the floor.
Fred still rushes to her side to take her in his arms. "Everything is alright, Love. You are home, you are save." he whispers into her hair as he kisses her forehead.
Slowly she opens her eyes and looks at him. "Tired." was the only word that leaves her mouth. Her eyes close as fast as they opened up for him.
"What happened?" George wanted to know, but he was ignored again in favors of Andy. The same moment he asks that question, she rushed into the room. As soon as she sees her cousin on the floor, she starts a diagnostic spell. What she found wasn't alarming in matters of live threating, but still concerning for her health.
Fred was concerned for Hermione, but knows that Andy needs space to work her magic as healer on her. But as he sees her worried face he can't stand it any longer and needs to know. "What is it? Is she okay? … Are the babies ok?" with every question his anxiety grew.
"The babies are ok." she answers without looking up. "But Hermione's core is almost depleted. A twin pregnancy takes a bigger doll on her magic core than a normal one. She needs rest to get her magic back up for the next week or so and some potions." she looks up at Fred and asks "Can you carry her to her room?" Using magic on her in this state is a health risk
Without answering he takes his wife in his arms. Before he left the room, he looks at his twin and asks him with his eyes to get to the bottom of the events. George nods as answer. That was enough for Fred to know that George had understood him. It was all he need so he makes his way to their room.
Andy looks at the people, who were out with her in the room and asks. "What spells did she cast?"
"Some hexes and curses not much." Sam answers.
But it was Harry, who pointed out why she probably was so exhausted. "That is not true she transfigured the wall, so that we had cover."
"Transfiguration … she TRANSFIGURED something?" Andy asks to clarify with a slight panic and aggression in her voice.
"Yeah, what is the big deal?" Dean wants to know.
"To transfigure something you use massive parts of your own magical core. It takes much out of us. That is the reason why pregnant woman shouldn't use transfiguration during pregnancy." Before she can go on, Dean interrupts her. "Did Hermione know that?"
"Yes, as their healer I informed her and Dora about it as well as other matters of pregnancy." she answers him.
"Is she going to be okay?" Harrys voices a question that was on the mind of all the present males.
"As I said she needs rest, much of it, so no outings like today for her in the next two months." she tells them in her no argument voice as she gets up. "I see you later, I have a patient tend too." with that she walks to the door. But before she left, she recognizes that there still is one of her cousins missing. "Where is Sirius?" she asks the room.
"He was right behind us." Dean declared.
"But why isn't he here yet." Harry panicked wants to know. His question worked like summoned, because suddenly a parchment appeared in the air in front of him. Without thinking that it could be dangerous, he reaches for it and opens it. It was a letter addressed to him. The handwriting looks awfully familiar to him, so he starts reading.
Harry. For your information the Dark Lord has Sirius. I try to get him out as fast as I can. So please don't start any halve cooked rescue attempts.
S.S.
The initials tell him that the letter was from Snape. It is so not good that Sirius is in Voldemort's hands, but at least he has Snape on his side. Harry doesn't completely trust him yet, but he thinks that his old teacher would do anything to get his godfather out. So he would trust him a bit, but still would plan to get his dogfather out.
"What is it?" Dean wants to know, after he was sure that Harry was done reading. Without a word he hands him the letter and Dean reads it with Sam over his shoulder. Both know the sender as well and they trust him, because they don't have a relationship like Harry with him. They only met him once. But they know that Harry could be impulsive sometimes and acts before thinking. As the oldest in the family Dean sees it as his responsibility to stop him, before he can attempt such a thing. He walks to Harry on the way he gives George the letter to read as well, he can see the twin's curiosity all over his face.
As he reaches Harry he puts his hands on his shoulder. Not only to give him some reassurance that everything will going to be alright, even if he really doesn't know that, but also to stop him if needed. He only knew Harry for a short amount of time, but he can read him like a book, he carries his emotion on his face, especially in his eyes. Lying isn't his strong suit and working as a con artist isn't in the cards for him. "Don't think about it." Dean tells him in his big brother voice.
"What?" Harry tries to act all innocent with him. But that never worked for Sam, so why should it work for him.
"You read what he." he didn't want to say Snape's name with George in the room, because that would lead to a discussion about, why they trust him and that is not something they need to discuss now. "Said so no rescue attempt."
"But …"
But Dean interrupts him. "No buts we already have enough fights for today."
"But Sirius."
"Would want that you stay here and don't come to his rescue."
"So what shall we do?" Harry asks defeated after some moments.
"We wait."
"For how long … Tom will torture him." he yells.
"I know, but we still will wait." Dean stops and thinks about what to tell him. He needs some kind of hope to keep going. He knows what Harry has already lost in his young life. Losing Sirius could push him over the edge and Dean can't have that. Harry is family and he needs him to be okay. So the best would be to find a middle ground. Dean looks into Harrys worried eyes and declares. "Let's make a deal, if he isn't here within the next 48 hours we go in and get him out guns blazing. That should give us some time to come up with a good plan."
For a moment Harry thought about it, before he answers. "Ok."
"Good." Dean says happy. Now he hopes that his uncle will be back before the time is up. Because he really doesn't want to be on Sirius bad side after he learns that his son tried to help him and got hurt in the process, because Dean couldn't keep him save. That could so backfire on him.
Sam watches the exchange between them and he is proud of Dean for being so calm during one of a crisis with a missing family member. He also is proud of Harry for listening to Dean and not going off on his own. He knows from his sister, that she never could stop Harry while he was one of his rescue missions for someone he loves.
George on the other hand was still misinformed, why do they trust this S.S. person from the letter so much. Who was he? And what happened in the first place to get Sirius in the hands of Voldemort? So he had to ask. "Even if I repeat myself, what happened in the first place?"
"We got ambushed only moments after we found the graves of my parents." Harry answers.
"Yeah … ten death eaters attacked us." Sam goes on.
"But before we got out, we took some of them out of the game." Dean tells him and George knows that they killed some of them. He doesn't know how he should take that, but it is a war after all and that means casualties in form of body counts on both sides. So he probably has to get used to it, they will not be the last ones and not only form the dark side. That is the truth and a fact. But they will do everything to keep the cost as low as possible.
"Good I guess." was all he could say to that. "But who is S.S." he wants to know next.
"Someone we trust." Deans answers mysteriously. He will not give away Sirius secret. It wasn't his secret to give.
In Dean's face George reads that he will not get more out of him. So he accepts it, for now. He was a twin prankster after all and uncovering secrets was a thing both of them can do very good. "Ok." was his answers. "So we wait if Sirius comes back."
"Yes." was Dean's short answer. "But we still need a possible plan B."
"Then let's go." Planning is one of the twin's specialties. So they put all their heads together and start to plan for the case that Sirius isn't back within the next 48 hours.
Miles and miles away in a Manor so dark that even on the brightest and sunniest day of the year nothing would change the darkness. It is not the house itself that makes it dark, but the inhabitants, who live there. Currently Tom Riddle Junior, also known as the Dark Lord, is residing here and with his presence is bringing the darkness of the manor forward. Take in account that also his followers were living there as well, the darkness was on high level.
The present death eater meeting with planning on doing more despicable things to humanity, muggle or magical doesn't matter anymore. A point was reached were it wasn't important what was hit as long it was hit. No wonder after controlling the public in matters of the law with a marionette as Minister of magic or the media. Who has a care in the world? The wizarding world is under the Dark Lords dumb. His only obstacle is the damn boy, who doesn't want to die and he still is hiding. So to keep his followers happy, he lets them create havoc, no matter who the victims are.
Everything comes to a halt as two men in dark robes enter the drawing room dragging an unconscious body behind them. In the middle of the room stood a throne and that is where the carry the body too. Currently Riddle was sitting in it, like he is the king, which he is in his opinion. Informal the body was disposed in front of his bare feet.
Slowly a malice smile starts on Voldemort's face as he recognizes, who was quite literally thrown at his feet. "Well, well, what do we have here." he says before he makes a dramatic pause to gather the attention from everyone else in the room. Then he gets up and kicks the body with his feet. This way he turns him around to give his followers a good view at the guest. "Sirius Black."
On the left side of the Lord, a man with a stoical mask was fuming on the inside. Not the Christmas present he had in mind as he wished he and Sirius could be together during this year's holidays. Of course Sirius Black would be the death of Severus Snape. But even as he was angered, fuming and panicked all at once he wouldn't have him any other way. He loved Sirius way too much. Let's hope he can still live with a person and not a spirit. His first cause of action was that Severus Snape activates one of his contingency plans for such a case and sends the pre written parchment to his godson.
For the coming events the Dark Lords needs his prisoner awake so he cast a "Rennervate" on the body. It is way more fun to torture someone while that person is conscious.
With a gasp Sirius wakes up. For a moment he was disorientated and doesn't know where he is. He only can see people in black robes and their masks that triggered that he was in a fight before he came here. He was hit with a stunner and fell unconscious. The attackers were death eaters and dragged him here, so he must be in the presence of Voldemort himself and his followers. Not good, but he has to make the best of it, he still wore the emergency portkey around his neck. So he can get out of here without problems. Maybe he can get some information out of them before he has to leave. Sirius always was the glass is half full type of guy and information's can come in handy.
Still a little disorientated he needs to assess the situation at his fullest first. So he took a look around the large room, which has to be part of some Manor probably of one of Voldemort's followers. Beside the snake face, who was smirking vividly down at him with his terrifying red eyes, more than a handful of his followers where present? It has to be some sort of meeting. Only Sirius luck was that good. But it also means that he has at least one friend among them, the term lover would be more accurate, but at the moment he would be simply pissed.
So he glance glides through the room until they reach the beautiful black eyes of Sev. Just for a moment he lingers on them. That was all the time he needed to read them. He saw anger, panic, love and determination in them, even if the rest of his face looked indifferent to the others, Sirius knew better. They were married for a long time after all. Besides he can feel all his emotions through their bond. That is why he knows that Sev is also pissed and disappointed of him for getting himself captured. For a short moment he smirks, because he knew that Sev would feel this way. His love was so predictable sometimes.
Finally his glance lands on Voldemort himself again, who's faces has lost the smirk, because Sirius wasn't panicked in the slightest, why should he? He has a secure way out, even with wards in place against portkeys it wouldn't keep him here. His portkey was made by himself was based on family magic, that overrules everything. They bring him always to his family no matter what. On the other hand Sirius was a cocky bastard, if he wanted to be one and now was such a moment, even if he knew it would anger Sev more, it doesn't change his attitude. He already has made up his mind.
So Sirius pushed himself into a sitting position with a shit-eating grin on his face and looks unimpressed at the self-proclaimed Dark Lord. Who wasn't a full pureblood in the first place and so far form an actual Lord as it can get. Everything Sirius is, even if he doesn't like it. He is all Voldemort wants to be, all the more the reason to put more salt into the wound. "Hello Tom funny meeting you here."
The reactions were different, most of the followers where perplex to whom he was referring to. Only some of his inner circle mostly the older generation knows Lord Voldemort's real name and so they were confused, how could Sirius know this secret as well. Sirius is almost sure that he knows more about the Dark Lord than his followers at least in matters of his heritage. Sev on the other hand shakes his head in an annoyed way, because only Siri would think it is a good idea to antagonize the Dark Lord. This kind of thinking usually doesn't end well and he was right as the first Crucio hit him.
Sirius feels the pain, but it isn't the first time that he is under that curse, he lived with his mother for years after all. Yes, the Dark Lords power behind the unforgivable was way stronger, but he didn't give his mother the satisfaction by screaming because of the pain. So he clearly wouldn't do it for the Dark Lord. He bit his lip to keep the scream in as he writes on the floor. The Dark Lord held the curse for five minutes before he let go. Sirius had to collect his bearings to get a clear head, but still can't keep his mouth shut. "Wow that tickled, but I have to say I am disappointed my mother had more power behind that curse than you." he chuckled at his own smart mouth. A slow whisper through the bond tells him to watch what he is doing, before he gets himself killed. He sends back that Sev worries too much and Severus Snape has to roll his eyes at that.
That statement fueled the Dark Lords rage more, so he hit him again. "Crucio." His followers sow his dark vindictive streak and the pleasure he had by causing pain from their master. They loved it, so the laughed and cheered him on.
But Sirius ignored anything else. Only the pain because of the curse and the love of Sev through the bond were on his mind. Sirius wouldn't break; pain was nothing new in his life. It was form of growing up for him. Something the Dark Lord learned after he hit him repeatable with the same curse and Sirius still didn't scream. So as he stops for the last time he thought about a new way to get him to cooperate and give him the satisfaction he wants. Even if the Dark Lord likes to torture like the next guy, he also knows that Sirius Black could be a valuable asset that is why he wants him. It is also a way to get to the thorn of his immortal existence. So he searches on other ways to hurt him and for people, who love their loved ones are always a good way to start to break them.
To have Sirius full attention Voldemort gives him some moments to catch his breath and clear his head. The other one needs to understand that Voldemort means his threat and that he will carry it out, should Sirius not comply. For that a clear head is needed. So after he was sure that Sirius had his bearings together, he walks around his body in the direction of one of his followers. Sirius follows him with his eyes. Voldemort's feels his eyes on him and smirks. Some steps away from Severus Snape he stops and says. "If you will not give me the satisfaction, I will get it another way."
The meaning of it was as clear as day to Sirius, but he doesn't let it show on the outside. But he still can't change, who he is. "I didn't hear or ask me what you want from me, because until now you tortured me for your sick pleasure and I don't swing that way."
A good point. "True, but I think you lover told you already that I want you."
"Oh that … but the answer is no. I don't bow to anyone and for sure not to a fraud like you." he tells him sternly. Voldemort's followers are outraged by this, even if they don't know what Sirius means with him being a fraud.
Bellatrix steps forward. "My Lord, I am honored to kill this blood traitor for you." she tells her beloved master.
Of course his insane cousin would want to kill him. That is nothing new. "You tried that and failed. What makes you think that you succeed now." he baits her before the Dark Lord had a chance to respond.
"You despicable being." she growled as she raises her wand to cast something at him.
But she was stopped. "Bella stop." Voldemort orders her in an unfriendly way. She obeyed him, but not with an angered scowl on her face. Sirius has to smirk at that and moved his attention to the villain again as Voldemort addressed him. "Let's see if you change your mind … because if you don't." he points his wand at Snape. "I kill your lover."
Sirius couldn't help himself as he laughed in the face of the Dark Lord and his threat. His barking laughter disoriented everyone in the room; expect Sev, because he knows all the stages of laughing from his lover. This from is a mocking way of showing disobedience and to tell the others that he calls a bluff. That is was it is and Sev, Sirius and the Dark Lord know it.
The Dark Lord needs Sev for his survival so that he stops composing. Especially if he don't to fall back into his wrath state self. So it was an empty threat. But how does Sirius Black know that. If Severus Snape a spy for the light sight? Voldemort asks himself. He looks accusingly at his follower. But before he can question him, Sirius says. "I don't know what you take me for, but I am smart, smarter then I let anyone believe and I also was educated to become a Lord of the House of Black since I was in diapers and with it come the dark arts. After my godson told me about the ritual you used to get a body again. I knew that you need a monthly potion to keep your strength up and look as pleasing as this and not like a zombie. A potion that only a potion master successful can brew and last I checked Sev is the only one in your ranks." Sirius points out in a stern voice as he slowly gets up and to face the Dark Lord head-on.
All his followers look at their master with mixed feelings. It can't be true that he needs such a potion; they ask themselves. Voldemort's face was a mask of indifference he didn't want to show that Black was right. His followers don't need to know that he is weak. Weakness leads to loss of power, nothing he can't have so he sends an unforgivable at Sirius again. "Crucio." So that he writes on the floor again. To show his power he made his followers kneels in front of him with the help of the mark. All drop down to their knees and in habitus drop their heads to show submission to him.
Good, they still know their place that is at his feet and no-where else. Hopefully they will not forget that soon. But for that he has to get Black out of the meeting and into the dungeons where he can interrogate him more, but more importantly alone. In this setting he can give way too much. So he cast a silent Silencio on the prisoner to keep him from talking. He turns to Malfoy Senior, who was so low in the food chain now that Voldemort's knows he does everything he is asked off to get back in his good graces. "Take him to the dungeon I will visit him soon."
With a nod of his head Lucius Malfoy got up, grasps Sirius on his arm and drags him behind into the dungeon. At least until they were out of reach of Voldemort, because as soon as Sirius was sure that the Dark Lord can't hear them anymore, he cast a wandless and unspoken finite to take of the spell of himself. They may have taken his wand, but he was adept in wandless magic. He walks normal and asks Malfoy. "Where are Cissa and Draco?" They are part of the Black Family and it is his duty as Head of the house to keep them save.
For a moment Lucius Malfoy didn't know, what to say. As a servant of the Dark Lord, he knows that isn't a good idea to show what you feel or think on your face. Nevertheless that question took him off guard, because Sirius Black and he aren't friends, maybe acquaintances or enemies, but still part of the same family. Why would he want to know that? "Why?" he asks him as he leads him to the dungeons.
"Because I want to know and I don't have the time to explain myself to you, not here at least." Sirius answers.
The tone and urgency in his voice prompt Lucius o answer or more accurate his own magic demands him to answer it. "Cissa is confined to her room to keep me and Draco in check. Draco is at Hogwarts. I told him to stay there for this Christmas with our guest and all." Guest is a very flexible term, because the so called guest took over the manor and even the wards to keep them in check. They reach the dungeons and the cell where all the other prisoners are imprisoned in at the moment.
"Who else is here?" Sirius wants to know as Lucius opens the door to the cell.
Lucius looks around for some of the other death eaters, before he says. "Luna Lovegood and Ollivander."
Sirius knew that Ollivander was missing. But to hear that Luna, a friend of h is children, was here as well was new. Who knew what they have done to her and what they still have in store for here. It was clear to him that he would take them with him to get them out of here. The only question is would they be the only ones, he would save or would he take his family, even if it was estranged family, with him as well. He looks at Lucius and asks. "Doo you want to get out of here?" Direct to the point, time is of the essence after all.
To say that the man was shocked would be an understatement. Who would have thought that Sirius Black wants to help Lucius Malfoy? But his family would be still in danger with him leaving. "What about Cissa?"
"She will come with us of course. I will not let my cousin alone in this hell hole." Sirius tells him.
Good they are on the same page in this matter. "But how? She is behind wards the Dark Lord himself put up."
"Don't worry about that." Sirius tells him cocky. He knows that the Dark Lord underestimates house elf's and their magic. Good that he knows an elf, whom had lived here and knows where to look for Cissa. "Dobby." he calls. Only a moment later he pops into existence beside him. As he spots his old master beside his new one, he is scared for a moment. But he trust Master Sirius not to hurt him so he looks at him and awaits his order. "Can you find my cousin Cissa in the manor?" he asks. Dobby closes his eyes for a moment and searches for her magical signature. He found her behind magic barriers, which are not a problem for elves. So as he opens his eyes again he nods as an answer. "Good go to her and bring her home." before the elf can vanish away to fulfil his order, Sirius stops him with. "But please try to find an unoccupied room so that the rest of the family doesn't panic. I will be there shortly and then I give you your next order."
"Yes sir." with that he vanishes.
Lucius stood beside Sirius with his mouth open. He can't believe that their old elf is now in the service of the House of Black. "Really?" was all he could muster.
"Yeah I like him and he likes to work for us." Sirius tells him smug, because he knows the other one was stunt. But they have other matters to think about like getting the fuck out of here. So he yells into the cell to alert the other prisoners. "Luna."
After a moment the blond girl steps out of the shadows. Even with her trashed dress and her homeless look, she still wears the dreamy look in her eyes, but it lost it intensity. As she sees the person, who has called her name, she starts to smile. "I knew you would come to rescue us. I go and get Mr. Ollivander." she tells him before she turns around and walks back to the shadows. Sirius wasn't surprised in the slightest by her behavior. Since his children told him about her, he has the feeling that she was seer in some sort of way.
While she gets the other prisoner Sirius takes out his necklace and tells Lucius. "Put your finger on it."
Limping and leaning heavily on Luna Ollivander steps to them. He is wary of Lucius, Sirius can see that in his face. But there is no time for explanations. "Later." he tells the older man firmly. "Put your finger on this necklace and hold on tight." After all of them had contact with the portkey he activates it. "Toujours Pur." with those words the four were whisked out of the manor. Only moments later they land in the sitting room of Grimmauld Place.
Within seconds of the arrival of them wands were drawn and pointed in Lucius face. It was Harry, who saw him first. He was perplexed to see, who had arrived in their home, but he still reacted. His happiness because of Sirius return was short lived as he saw Lucius Malfoy of all people. His reflex is to curse first and ask question later. Sam and Dean followed his lead. George on the other hand saw the condition Luna and Ollivander were in and was by their side in a moment and called. "Andy we need you in the sitting room … again."
That got Sirius attention. "What do you mean again?" he asks George.
"As Dean and Hermione came back, she collapsed and needed help."
Now Sirius was worried. "Is she okay?" he asks the room.
"Yeah but she needs rest, he magical core was depleted." George tells him as Andy steps in the room.
"What is it now?" she wants to know as she looks through the room. As she sees Lucius Malfoy she stops in her tracks and looks for guidance from her cousin.
"Lucius is our guest as well as Narcissa, who should be here already." he tells the room, but Harry and the brothers didn't lower their wands. "So please no cursing, he will not be harmed and he will not harm anyone in the house." He looks at them and after some moments they lower their wands, but didn't lose the defensive stance. Then he looked at Lucius to tell him that if he hurts someone of his family that Sirius will hurt him. But what no-one besides him knows is that it was an order to the house to banish him as soon as he would break this rule. He accepts with a nod and Sirius finally looks at Andy. "I think Luna and Mr. Ollivander need your help. Can you look after them? On the fourth floor should still be some empty rooms."
With a nod Andy got to work and casted a diagnostic spell first on Ollivander and then on Luna. In the meantime Sirius calls "Dobby." he appears in seconds by his side. "I take it that Narcissa is in the house?"
"Yes master. She is in the floo-room." he answers.
"Good bring her here please." with a nod he pops away. Sirius turns to Lucius. "So that you know those two are my nephews." he points at Dean and Sam. "Dean and Sam … Ah yeah before I forget." Sirius steps to him and punches him in the face. "That's for cursing my niece and son during the battle at the Ministry." he tells him as he looks outraged at him.
"Niece? … Son?" Lucius asks him, because the only ones he cursed during that battle were Potter and the mudblood, so he can't mean them or?
Sirius steps to Harry, puts his hand on his shoulder in a proud manner. "I think you know my godson. Now because of the family ritual my son Harry Potter." Harry was as proud as Sirius is to be his father, he loves to be his son now. Than Sirius looks at Lucius again and declares. "You know my niece as well Hermione Granger, the younger sister of Dean and Sam." he tells him.
Hermione Granger is a Black, part of his family as well as those two men. That makes them three siblings and that reminded him of a thing. "The prophecy." he exclaims in a moment, where he surprisingly loses his composure.
"Yeah, we know, so your lord will get ganked." Dean tells him.
Surprisingly Lucius answers. "Good." He wants him gone as well as the rest of them and worked hard on it for the last years. But with those siblings here the fall of him is more than possible. "How can I help?" was his next question, before anyone can react to his statement.
"Good answer." Sirius says. His gut was right; about him and that he could be an assessed to them. "Information would be a good start." he tells him sincerely.
At that moment Narcissa steps into the room. It was an adventures day for Lady Malfoy. First she was kidnapped by a house elf, she once owed, without any information. Second she ended up in a place that equally looked familiar and strange to her. Her first thought about it was could it be Grimmauld Place, but she can't remember ever seen it this light before, so she concluded that it can't be the same house. Then said elf takes her to another room off the house, where she listened in on the end of a conversation between her husband and her favorite cousin Sirius. The exchange was surprisingly friendly and not hostile, that was strange. And now she stands in the room with two young men, who look awfully similar to Reg and Sirius in their youth. So what in the name of Morgana and Merlin is going on here? "Is this some sort of illusion?" she asks the room.
The whole room looks at the door. "Ah Cissa good you are here." Sirius says like it was normal that she appears like that in his ancestor's house. Andromeda on the other hand wasn't as calm about it as she said the name of her younger sister after almost two decades of not talking to her. "Cissa."
With ignoring all the men in the room both sisters look for a moment at each other before they fall into each other's arms. "Andy." Cissa says into the hair of her sister. Finally after all those years of being apart the sisters are back together again. They always were a unstoppable duo, they shared everything with each other. Bella never fitted in with them. That is why she always was apart from them and searched for refuge in her studies of the dark arts. She didn't or doesn't have anything in common with them.
Sirius gives them a moment to reacquaint themselves with each other and turns to Dobby. "Dobby can you bring this to Draco Malfoy … He is currently in Hogwarts tell him if he is in trouble because of you-know-how in school, then he only has to say Toujours Pur to get to safety." with a nod and the necklace from around Sirius neck he vanished to fulfil his duty. Sirius will have to make a new one for him to always have a secure exit, but it takes longer to make it then simply give up his own, like he had done, at the moment. Who knew what happens after Voldemort learns of the Malfoys desertion So he hast to keep his young cousin save.
"Thank you." Lucius says to him after he watches the elf disappears again.
"That is what family is for." Sirius tells him, before he focuses his attention on the sisters again. "Andy can you take care of Luna and Mr. Ollivander?" he reminds her of her patients.
The sisters break the embrace and Andy goes back to her task. "Of course I can." she turns to George and asks. "Can you carry her to one of the rooms I will visit her in an moment with Tonks." Andy doesn't want to check her for rape with all the inhabitants in the room. The topic is too delicate for it. She looks like she has suffered enough.
"Of course." with that he takes her in his arms and walks to 4th the floor.
Then Andy turns to Dean and Sam. "Boys." both of them snort at that, she calls them that to tease them. They are grown men after all, but she ignores it. "Can you carry Mr. Ollivander upstairs together? Normally I would levitate him, but his age and after what he had endured in matters of torture we shouldn't cast any magic on him. It would lead to heart failure." she tells them.
That was all they need to know. The old man looked like a good man, on the right side of the war. So they pick him up together and carry him away. Andy followed behind them, because now she has three patients to look after.
That left Sirius, Harry and the Malfoys alone in the room. Good, Sirius wanted to go over some ground rules for them living together for an unforeseeable future with them. The Malfoys take a seat on the couch, while Harry took a chair and Sirius remained standing. He claps his hands together, before he turns to them and says. "Okay, before I show you to your room, Cissa, Lucius, I want to lay out some ground rules." He looks at them to signal that he means everything of the following and that they have to take it and him seriously at least for now. A nod of them gives him their understanding. "I know that some bad blood happened between you." he pointed at Harry and then at Lucius. "and you. But I hope that we can get passed that in matters of living together. Are we clear?" he looks penetrating at the addressed person and they nod. "Good I also want to say that I will not accept insults against my family." his glance was directed at Lucius now, because in his opinion he will probably break it. Not that Lucius likes it to be told off like a child, be he was guest in the house and he knows his place here, so he accepts his faith. "you can do all you want here as long as you don't endanger the family here. And for your information the house is hidden, so you can't give away the location to anyone." They nod in acknowledgement. "We train daily, especially because Dean and Sam didn't know they were wizards until some months ago. You can join if you like."
"How?" Lucius wants to know.
"Reg sealed the cores of his sons." Sirius answers.
"What?" Narcissa asks perplexed, not about the magic part, but that Reg has children and that those two men, she saw only moments ago, were really the next generation of Blacks, which would explain the family resemblance.
"Yeah Reg didn't want that You-know-who learned about them." he tells them.
"Am I right to think that their mother was a muggle?" Cissa asks.
"Yeah do you have a problem with that?" Harry asks offended on the behalf of Sam and Dean. They are part of his family, so he will protect them. A hand on his shoulder stops his outburst.
"I didn't mean it like that, but the older one of the two will be the heir of the house and he doesn't know a thing about wizarding etiquette. That can be problematic in the future." Cissa tells the boy in a calming way.
"That is way Dadfot educates me and Dean once a week. Sam is present as well, because he so damn curious." There wasn't more time for it, whit the training for the war.
"What about Miss Granger?" she asks. Sirius wasn't surprised that his cousin asks about her. But Lucius was perplex, how she knew about her and his question was as clear as day written all over her husband's face. "Who do you think your son is betrothed too?" she asks him as a counter question to get him thinking.
It took him only a moment to make the connection. "Oh my god …"
"Yeah tell me about it Hermione was shocked as well." Sirius tells him, but he couldn't resist informing him. "I already talked to Draco about it, especially since Hermione is married to Fred Weasley for a week now. No worries Draco wants both of them."
That shocked Lucius. A Malfoy and a Weasley in a relationship has the world ended and nobody told him. The look on his face made everyone else laugh, even Narcissa. Because of course she knew of the relationship of her son with the Weasley boy. They don't have secrets from each other. That was the start of a new area Malfoys, Potters, Weasleys, Blacks and Winchesters under one roof and working together for the same goal. Let's see if the house can outlive that.
The atmosphere in the house was tense. All inhabitants have get used to living together. Again, a process they almost repeat monthly. To say that all was good at New Year's Eve was wishful thinking. The behavior in the close proximity of the Malfoys was stained. They tried to keep to themselves most of the time, only during meal times they eat with the rest.
Andromeda and Narcissa try to reconnect as sisters. Not an easy task after two decades on opposites sides of the war. After Dinner Sirius always invites Lucius for drinks in his study, there they would gather information but nothing more. Besides that they remain in their room. Even if the rest of the house saw it as hiding, it wasn't only that. No after months apart even in their own house, the couple finally had some time together again. Unbelievable if you think about it, both of them lived in the same house, but instead of being treated like the owners they were prisoners in their own home. As a result they never saw each other, the Dark Lord kept them apart on purpose by holding one over the other.
The arrival of Draco Malfoy the next day with the help of the portkey was a different story. He had to fled the castle because the Carrow twins tried to catch him and bring him before Voldemort to be punished for the disobedience of his parents. His arrival brought new complexity to the dynamic in the house, especially after he learnt about the marriage between Hermione and Fred because of twin pregnancy. To him it feels like he had lost both of them. So hides away in the library form the rest of the family to be alone.
Fred was too concentrated on Hermione's health to think about the blond. Slowly Hermione's health improved and her magical core regained strength again. She was confined to the bed until New Year's Eve, which she wanted to celebrate with her family. Especially because her brothers never celebrated the turn of the year, it was just a normal workday in the hunter life for them. Something she wants to change now that they are together. Not that Sam and Dean were all too sold on that idea, but they learned fast if they don't want a lecture about in their eyes unimportant matters, they have to accept their faith.
So they would meet her and Fred in the library with Sirius, Remi, Tonks, Harry and Jo. Andy decided that she and Ed would celebrate with the Malfoys and Mr. Ollivander. In her opinion they were too old to party with the youngsters. That would be the case for Sirius and Remi as well, but all knew, even if they act all grown up sometimes, they are still kids at heart.
The only ones who will not participate in the celebration at all are Luna and George. Since Luna arrived in the house George never left her side. After he learned what happened to her, he wants to protect her. It was or is pretty obvious to all the family members that the single one of the twins harbors a crush on the dreamy blond. But her feelings for him don't differ that much, she feels protected by him, maybe because she can see a beautiful future with him. Not that she tells him that. Why tell him that they have a future together without him trying to win her heart in the first place. They decided to stay in her room, in bed more accurate to welcome the New Year by talking the whole night.
Draco was again hiding in the library of the house, as Hermione and Fred arrive in the room, he was found. He didn't have anywhere to go to avoid them. Shocked he looks at them before he gets up and tries to flee the library, without having a confrontation. But of course faith has other ideas as Fred steps in his way with "Draco." That stopped him in his tracks; Fred hasn't called him that since they broke it off. He always was Malfoy since then. As Fred sees he has the attention of the blond he asks him. "Why are you hiding in here?" A question that was on his mind since, he knew the blond was in the house and never searched for their presence for the talk he wanted with them. Ok, they were a little occupied with Hermione's health and didn't leave their room. But they both thought that he would reach out to them, but he didn't make a move.
Draco looks form Fred to Hermione and back to the male. In both their faces he can read that they want to know the answer to that. "Because I lost my change." he tells them in small voice that didn't fit the cocky, arrogant persona he built for himself in school. It was a mask to hide his true self behind. The only people, who actually know him, know that he is actually shy and introverted. Those were his mother, father and uncle Sev, his godfather. But he still would tell others his opinion, if he sees fit, but not in such a harsh manner.
"What do you mean by that?" Fred wants to know.
"Are you serious right now."
"Not that would be my uncle." Hermione jokes to lift the tension a bit.
"Funny." he says sarcastically. "But I mean there are two scenarios and in both I am screwed."
"In which ways?" Fred wants to know.
"Scenario one is that Sirius didn't tell you about my attempt to want to be with both of you. That means if I approach and blindside you with it I will be a home wreaker, because of the twins. But because you are here and we are having this discussion scenario two is more likely and I am more screwed then in the first one. So if you knew about my proposal and still got married means you didn't want anything with or from me. In either case I lost." he points out to them.
It was Hermione, who answered to his outburst. "Even if we knew which we do, it still doesn't mean we aren't interested." she tells him. During the preparations for the wedding they talked long and intense about Malfoys proposal. They still aren't sold on the whole idea, but more because for the fact that they don't know if they can trust him, that his feelings for them are true. For that they wanted to get to know him in the first place. The best chance they got was as soon as he was in the house. But he decided to hide.
"Meaning?" Draco wants to know with a slight hope in his heart.
Instead of Hermione it was Fred, who answered. "That we like to get to know you, to learn to trust you and see where this is going. Considering there is contract."
"So you are doing this only because of the contract. You know that I wouldn't enforce it, not with the twins of the way." Draco tells them slightly angry, that they would think such a thing about him.
But that was what Fred and Hermione wanted to hear. It was the first step to trust him. It tells them that he isn't the egomaniacal prat; he lets the world believe he is. Alike it gives them common ground, because family means much to all of them. "We know that." Fred says after some moments.
"But it was good to hear. But you have to understand us. It was a shock for both of us what you proposed to Sirius. Especially because I never knew that you were interested in my in any way." she goes on for her husband.
"Why not you are smart, beautiful and witty." he tells her sincerely. She fascinated him since he laid eyes on her for the first time.
She blushes at his praises and says. "Thank you."
As answer Draco shrugs. "So what now?" he asks them after some moments.
"You stop hiding … starting now." Fred declares.
"Yeah and you will celebrate New Year's Eve with us." Hermione tells him. The tone let him know she will not allow any protest.
Before Draco can answer anything, Sam and Harry enter hand in hand like the young couple in love they are. To learn that the boy-wonder was gay still is a shock to Draco. A moment later Dean and Jo follow, they were clearly in love as well, but they don't broadcast it, like the others. The last ones to enter were his cousins Tonks, Sirius and his old professor Lupin.
As Sirius sees Draco with Fred and Hermione he knows that they finally had the chance to talk. "Looks like we are one more for the party." he claps his hand in an anticipated manner and calls "Kreacher." A moment later the elf appears by his side. "Please bring the refreshments I ordered you to prepare for this evening." with a snip of his Kreacher finger and the couch table in the middle of library was fill with snacks, sandwiches and finger food as well as alcohol of course, a shot glass in front of every inhabitant of the room. "Thank you." he tells the elf, before Sirius turns to his family and with a smile he tells them. "Lets get this party started.
"What have you planned Pads?" Remi asks his best friend as he points at the four bottles of fire whiskey. That is way too much alcohol for Sirius to not have planned anything.
Sirius shrugs, before he says offhand. "I just thought we could play never ever."
"You know you aren't sixteen anymore." Remus tells him and the family laughs.
"Thanks for the tip but so are you." he points out.
"Yeah I know, but I don't want to play a teenage drinking game."
"You are only afraid that I know all your dirty little secrets."
"Again you are mistaken me for you, because compared to you I am an angel."
"As if." Sirius says laughing. "But we will see won't we." with that he fills the shot glasses. Even if the rest wasn't so keen on playing this game it looks like they don't have a choice in that matter, Sirius decided for them that they have to play it. They accept their faith, because they know Sirius always gets what he wants and he isn't afraid to use dirty methods to get it.
"It is your funeral." Remus says as he starts with his first confession. "Never ever had I sex in the Shrieking Shack."
"Please that is harmless. I have done more embarrassing things than that." Sirius tells his friend as he drinks.
"I am just warming up." Remus gives back, while they talk Hermione and Fred try to secretly drink, but of course they were discovered. "It looks like the phrase is right like father like daughter." Remus points out.
"I never wanted to know that." Dean says. He knows that his little sister has sex, but he doesn't needs to know where. A feeling he shares with his brother, Harry and his uncle. But Sirius isn't in the position to complain, because he lets them all know about his adventures as well.
Sirius knows how to embarrass Remus. "Never ever did I wake up in the great hall naked just before the students arrived for breakfast."
Remus was the only one to drink and all look at him for an explanation, how that happened. "As I recall correctly you dared me to run naked through the school, which you did as well, but you locked me in the great hall to embarrass me."
"Yeah that sounds like me." Sirius says.
The next on in the row was Dean. He really hates this game, because he never knew what to tell the others, what he hasn't done yet. But as he looks at the rest of the group and sees Harry and Sam holding hands, he knows one thing he never had done. "Never ever have I kissed someone of the same sex." he tells them. As he looks around he sees that everyone took a shot besides him. Okay, he would never ever have guessed that. But he is intrigued when Jo had time to kiss another woman and ask himself why he missed it.
Surprisingly Remus took on shot as well and Tonks of course wants to know, who he kissed. "You didn't tell me that, who was the lucky bastard."
Only the thought of the kiss with the person made him shutter. But he didn't answer Tonks question so Sirius did it for him. "The rat, Peter." his voice was stoic. Once upon a time he found it hilarious, but now with his betrayal, he feels like Remus and it makes his body shake.
That declaration put a slight temper to the mood, so Hermione decided that she has to lighten it a bit. So she declared. "Never ever did a ghost have a crush on me."
Harry groaned and downed his shot, but he wasn't the only one Draco has to drink as well.
"Who?" Fred wants to know from both of them.
"Moaning Myrtle" they say together.
"When?" Sirius wants to know.
"Second and fourth year." Harry answers, while Draco says. "Sixth year." They all laugh about the misfortune of both of them.
Fred declared. "Never ever got I detention." Hermione laughs. Fred playfully hits her as he goes on. "because I pranked a teacher."
"I can't believe that." Harry says, because he knows, how many pranks they pulled in school.
"I never got caught." Fred says with a proud smile.
"Umbridge?" Harry, Hermione and Draco ask at the same time
"Yeah she caught us, but we didn't got detention for it, we made a Weasley before she got the chance to give us one." The others laugh.
"That is so true." Hermione says.
During the discussion Sam and Remus took a shot, they both look judgmental at Dean and Sirius say and say at the same time. "You should drink as well."
"I don't why you think that I never got detention for pranking a teacher." Dean says to Sam.
"Really?" Sam asks and Dean simply nods. "What about as you clued Miss Nox in 10th grade to her stool." he tells him matter-of-factly.
"Shit I forgot about that." with that he drinks and Sirius laughs at his misfortune.
"I don't know why you laugh. You have to drink as well, because you got detention for pranking Slughorn with a love potion." Remus points out.
"Damn you are right, but it was funny to watch him lust over McGonagall." Sirius says as he drinks.
The next to declare was Draco. "Never ever was I skinny dipping in the lake." he knew that Harry Potter has to drink and he likes to tease him.
Secretly Dean drinks, because he often was skinny dipping with other women. Even if Jo knows that he was a womanizer, he hates that she is reminded of that fact. Sirius on the other hand was proud about it as he drank his shot.
Harry knew he was the target of the blond, so after he took his shot he asks. "How did you know that?"
"Zabini." was his short answer.
"And how did he know?"
"Weasellet." Draco says with a smile.
"Since when does my sister talk to Slytherins?" Fred wants to know.
"Since she dates one."
"Are you telling me she dates Zabini?"
"Yeah, I didn't think that you of all people would be judgmental because of that, considering we shagged."
"I could care less if he is a Slytherin or not. But that he is a Zabini is a big problem. He is the biggest playboy since Sirius. He never dates one girl alone. He always has more than one on hand."
"Hey I never did that." Sirius says hurt for being put in a drawer with Zabini.
"Sorry." Fred apologizes.
"And he stopped doing that because he is in love with her." Draco declares before Fred can say anything more about his best friend.
"He is in love with Ginny?" Harry wants to know. For two reasons, first even if he doesn't want her in that way, he hopes that she finds love and will be treated right. And second it may stop her obsessing from mother paring them up.
"Yeah." was Draco short answer.
"If he breaks her heart, I break his neck." Fred declares to the room.
Sam cleared his throat to bring them back to the game. Even if he wasn't really into such things it was better than about the love lives of little sisters. "Never ever have I driven on the wrong side of the road." Dean glares at him. In his live he made one mistake while driving and he never hears the end of it. But he drank a shot alongside with Hermione and Sirius.
"It must be a family threat." Remus says teasingly and the others laugh.
After Tonks calmed down she declared. "Never ever did I forget that I was a witch."
"Hey I told you that in confidence." Hermione says while taking her shot. She was bugged by that. Harry and Fred burst out laughing.
"How can you forget that?" Draco wants to know. He senses a funny story behind that.
Instead of Hermione it was Harry, who answered with a huge smile on his face. "During first year while searching for the Philosopher Stone we were captured by a Devils snare. Hermione and me got free, but Ron was stuck and Hermione remembered that they don't like light or fire, but." now he was laughing again." she said we don't have any wood here to make a fire, because she forgot about her wand." now the whole library was in hysterics.
"Hey I was twelve." Hermione tries to defend herself, but she has to give them that it was funny.
After that the game was forgotten and they simply drunk and told embarrassing stories about each other. They had much fun until midnight together and learned some new things about the others. As midnight came every one of them kissed his significant other. All besides Sirius got a kiss to welcome the New Year. Even Draco got kissed if just on the cheek by Hermione and Fred. It was a start for him and so Draco welcomed the New Year with a big smile. Sirius still was happy with his family, because he vowed to himself to win this war so that he can finally have the live he wants with the love of his life.
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