Never the Same:
" Meadowes, bring this to Dumbledore" Moody said thrusting a small package into her hand.
Doe eyed the brown paper wrapped package carefully, " At Hogwarts?" she asked.
Moody raised an eyebrow, " Unless you can think of somewhere else the headmaster would be" he said roughly.
Doe nodded, understanding that Moody was not in the mood to chat.
".. and bring Black!" Moody called as Doe left the office.
Doe walked over to where Sirius was sitting. He was flipping through his Antonin Dolohov folder with a strange curiosity. His eyebrows furrowed together.
" Up for an adventure?" Doe asked sitting on the edge of his desk.
He looked up from the file, " Your idea of an adventure is a trip to Borgin and Burkes" he said.
Doe frowned, " Fine, I guess I'll go back to Hogwarts alone then" she said hopping off the desk.
Sirius eyes snapped upward, " Wait Doe, hold on I'm coming" he said jumping up.
She grinned, " I knew you couldn't resist a trip back to your old stomping ground"
" Why are we going?" Sirius asked opening the door to the auror office.
Doe followed him down the hallway, " Bringing something to Dumbledore"
Sirius nodded, " So should we apparate into Hogwarts?" he asked.
" Sirius I have told you this a hundred times, you can't apparate into Hogwarts" Doe told him shaking her head.
" Well how do you propose we get there then?" Sirius asked, his arms crossed " I don't think the Hogwarts Express is on stand by"
Doe rolled her eyes at him, " We can apparate into Hogsmeade".
Sirius frowned at her, obviously annoyed he hadn't thought of that.
Sirius and Doe left the atrium and both disapparated.
Doe must not have been concentrating as well as she should, because instead of landing on her feet on the street in front of Honeydukes like she had intended, she ended up falling sideways against the dumpster.
She stood up, brushing the dirt off of her robes.
" Nice landing" Sirius said with a grin, he had landed perfectly.
" Be quiet" she said as she walked down the path.
Hogsmeade looked exactly as it had when they went there. Nestled in the valley next to Hogwarts, it was the perfect magical town.
The early october air blew by and Doe smiled at the familiar memories.
" You know" Sirius said looking around at the village, " I remember being here like it was yesterday"
Doe nodded, " I know what you mean".
Doe had difficulty processing that it had been two years since she was in Hogsmeade in October.
They climbed the sloping path up to the castle, reminiscing about their favorite Hogsmeade memories.
They only stopped when they got to the castle's gated entrance.
" I've really missed this place" Doe said looking up at the castle.
Sirius' glance fell to the Whomping Willow, which was to their right.
" Funny, I don't miss that" he said darkly looking at the tree, " not my favorite tree that one"
" Mine either" Doe said remembering it's vicious tendencies and the night she had followed Severus into it.
They approached the gate and saw Argus Filch's crooked angry face leering at them from the other side.
" What are you doing here?" he asked angrily, scowling at Sirius.
Filch had despised Sirius when he was at school, something that he had obviously not forgotten in the last two years.
" We're delivering something to Dumbledore" Doe told him.
Filch bared his yellow teeth, " Show me your bare left arms".
That had obviously been one of Dumbledore's added precautions. Something he had devised to ensure the people entering the castle weren't Death Eaters.
Sirius and Doe lifted their sleeves and showed Filch their bare left arms. He scrutinized them for several seconds before he opened the gate.
Sirius flashed Filch a wide smile, and watched as he scowled and picked up Mrs. Norris, leaving them.
Doe walked into the castle, passing the now empty Great Hall.
Momentarily, she was able to forget everything.
Being inside Hogwarts safe walls, everything could disappear. There was no war, there was no discrimination. The most important you could worry about at Hogwarts was whether or not Gryffindor would win the house cup or whether you would fail the History of Magic test.
Sirius was walking behind her, looking as thrilled to be back inside the castle as Doe was.
" We did a lot here" he said fondly.
" We really did" Doe said as they walked through the halls to Dumbledore's office.
" Now I know I am old and my brain is going any day now" a voice from behind them called, " But I'm sure you two graduated"
Sirius and Doe turned to see Professor Weasley behind them in the hallway.
" Professor Weasley" Doe said smiling, " how are you?"
He smiled, " I'm great, Meadowes. What about you? And you Black?"
" I'm good" Sirius said with a nonchalant smile.
" What are you doing here?" Professor Weasley asked.
" Moody sent us, auror job" Sirius told him.
Professor Weasley smiled, " Ah, yes. I forgot you two are aurors now. Congrats, by the way"
" Thank you" Doe told him happily.
" Don't let me keep you" Professor Weasley said, " I've got a class to teach"
Professor Weasley strode off, leaving Sirius and Doe in the hallway.
They kept walking and approached the entrance to Dumbledore's office. The large Gargoyle statue stood unmoving.
" Do you know how to get in?" Doe asked Sirius.
He shook his head, " I've always been dragged in by McGonagall"
Sirius took out his wand and poked the statue with it. It did nothing.
" Worth a shot" Sirius said shrugging.
The Gargoyle moved slightly and Dumbledore walked down the staircase. Doe stepped back so she wasn't blocking his path.
" Mr. Black, Ms. Meadowes" Professor Dumbledore said, " To what do I owe the pleasure?"
Doe took the package out of her robes and handed it to him, " Professor Moody wanted me to give you this to you"
Professor Dumbledore took it, " Ah, I see and Alastor wanted to make sure it was guarded carefully, well thank you" he smiled at both of them.
A small bell rang out and soon the hallway began filling with students, all dressed in their robes.
Dumbledore waved goodbye to them and headed to the opposite direction.
" Sirius Black?" A blonde, 7th year by the look of her, hufflepuff called to Sirius, she had her hands on her hips.
Sirius looked at her with mild curiosity, his expression suggested he didn't know who she was.
" Melanie" the girl said, her expression growing angry, " Melanie McMillian"
The name didn't seem to spark any recognition for him. He looked at her blankly.
" You don't remember me? We shagged" She said venomously.
Sirius' offered her a weak smile, " Sorry, that doesn't really narrow it down"
The girl blinked angrily and stomped off.
Sirius turned to her, a grin practically falling off of his face, " Oops"
" You, Sirius Black, are a pig" she told him.
He shook his head, " I, Sirius Black, am a legend"