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Hey! So this is a super short, yet super important chapter because this is it! This is the chapter where there's a Dany/Sirius reunion and oh gosh i even wrote the next, like, three chapters and because this is so short so you can all thank me later ;)

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Stars.

It's who we are
Doesn't matter if we've gone too far
Doesn't matter if it's all okay
Doesn't matter if it's night or day

So won't you save us
What we are
Don't look clear
Cause it's all uphill from here.

~Imagine Dragons, Who We Are

"Sirius Black." Fudge sniffed as he looked into Sirius' cell, on the last stop of his inspection, the high security cells, the Minister looked tired and like he would rather be having some kind of illicit affair behind his wife's back, which according to his thoughts, he was. Sirius smirked slightly to himself as he leaned against the cell wall near the bars, the bastard never did learn to control his thoughts, despite the Aurors urging to do so.

"Cornelius Fudge."

"That's 'Minister', Black."

"Well if we're talking titles, I'm technically a Lord, so that's 'Lord' to you, Fudge." Sirius was pretty sure he heard Kingsley snicker behind the Minister, despite his supposed status as murderer and traitor.

"Oh, yes, so Lordly, aren't you, Black? I must say, this is the pinnacle of luxury." Just as the last word left Fudge's mouth, the door at the end of the hallway banged open incredibly loudly and there were rapid footsteps approaching. Fudge looked up and his face shifted to confusion, and then to irritation.

"Dumbledore? What in Merlin's name are you doing here? Actually the better question is, what are you doing here with Masters?"

"Cornelius, I feel like we can all calm down, but things must be discussed, and here is a place as appropriate as any other, I suppose."

"Very well. Masters, Shacklebolt, leave us." Sirius almost said something, he hadn't seen Dany in, well he didn't know how long exactly, but it had been years, at the very least, and she was no more than five feet away. He wanted to see his wife. Now.

"No."

"Danilynn Charlotte Masters, you will do as you're told."

"I'm not going anywhere, Cornelius. And it's not Masters, it hasn't been for quite a while, actually. You have to have heard the rumors by now."

"Leave."

"Make me." Sirius backed up from the bars slowly, catching the vicious tone of her voice. This was going to end badly. He could tell and he still couldn't see her face. Dumbledore was no fool either and intervened,

"Now, let's all calm down. I do believe that Danilynn has every right to be here for this discussion, as does the prisoner it involves. We do have reason to believe that Peter Pettigrew was the Secret-Keeper for the Potters, seven years ago."

"And what evidence is there?"

"Young Harry Potter chose to share his latent memories of that night with his Godmother, Remus Lupin, and myself. The memories reveal that both Sirius and Danilynn Black—"

"They are married!" Dumbledore ignored Fudge,

"—Were at the Potter household on the night of the attack and Lily and Danilynn planted the memory in his head to reappear at a time where it would be safe to reveal such information."

"I'm not letting him just walk free." Fudge snarled at Dumbledore, but it wasn't Dumbledore who answered,

"You can and you will. Because you can't honestly think that you were the first people we went to with this information. The power to drop charges and give trials rests with you, but the power to reassign charges rests with the Wizengamot, who are quite fond of me, by the way. You will release him and you will do it now as per orders from the Wizengamot, which are right here, before bad things start to happen. A string of unfortunate events follow people who cross me the wrong way, Cornelius. And believe me when I say that you do not want to be on the receiving end of those events."

"She's being very serious, Minister. I've been under her instruction my entire career with the Auror department and you will very sorely regret keeping him in this cell." Kingsley informed the Minister in his slow, reassuring way. After he stopped talking, Dany continued speaking and Sirius could visualize her wildly gesticulating with her hands as she spoke, even thought he was still standing up against the wall, wondering if this was actually happening,

"For starters, you'll lose your position. Your fall from power will be astounding and fast, and before you know it, you'll be exactly where you were 10 years ago, but with a disgraced and dishonest reputation. You don't want that, do you, Fudge?"

"Cornelius, it is what is wise, and what is right. Release the innocent man that you have kept locked away for so long. You have no other option." Fudge looked rather outraged but motioned to someone Sirius couldn't see. Kingsley stepped forward and unlocked the door.

"Come on, there's someone here to see you, and she's a lot prettier than any of us." The younger man winked at the man who was once his mentor and allowed him to step out of his cell.

Sirius cautiously stepped through the door, but no one pushed him back in or tried to restrain him. Kingsley and the other guards looked ashamed at keeping a locked man imprisoned for so long. Fudge still looked irritated and Dumbledore was smiling at him slightly. Next to Dumbledore was a short woman with silver-blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She grinned at him and for the first time in a long time, Sirius Black smiled a real smile. He slowly moved towards her, not sure about how she would react to the way he looked, which, from what he had gleaned from reflections in puddles and water cups, was pretty horrible. Before he could allow his thoughts to go any further, she did what he had always considered to be too outlandish to consider ever again: she kissed him.