Life Altering & Life Ending:

The next morning, the first thing Doe did was check her hand, to make sure last night was real and not just an amazing dream. The ring sat happily on her left hand, sparkling in the sunlight.

She rolled over to look where Remus was sleeping. His head was buried on his pillow and he was still fast asleep. One of his arms was around her and she could see the scars lining the top of them.

She leaned over and kissed the ones closest to her.

A small smile formed on Remus' face.

" What are you doing? It's excellent" he said, his eyes still closed.

" Waking up my fiance" she told him happily.

Remus opened his eyes and smiled widely.

" You have no idea how amazing that sounds" Remus told her pulling her close to him, " I still can't believe you said yes"

" You thought I would say no!" Doe asked in disbelief.

Remus kissed her, " I just never thought I would be that lucky"

Doe frowned and rolled over so that she was leaning over him. Her hair creating a dark curtain around them.

" I am the luckiest girl in the world for getting to marry you, don't forget that" she told him, leaning down to kiss him.

He smiled at her and she rolled off of him.

She crawled out of bed.

" Someone's excited" Remus said following her lead.

" I just can't wait to tell everyone" Doe told him happily.

" When are you going to tell Lily?" Remus asked.

" I was going to have lunch with her and James today at the Leaky Cauldron, I was hoping you could come" Doe said getting dressed quickly and shrugging on her auror robes.

" I can come" Remus told her.

She smiled happily, " Good"

" I'm going to go in a little early, okay?" She told him reaching up to kiss him goodbye. Remus' lips lingered on her neck.

" I love you, Doe" he told her.

" I love you too, Remus" she told him, " more than you know"

She kissed him goodbye once more and then apparated to the London entrance of the ministry. She took the women's bathroom entrance and was instantly brought to the atrium.

Doe made her way over to the lifts and got into the nearest one, pressing the second floor button. Frank was in it too.

" Morning, Frank" Doe said happily.

" Hey there, Doe. How are you?" Franks asked.

She grinned, " I'm great. Remus and I are engaged" she told him.

Frank's face lit up, " No kidding? Congrats. Alice'll be thrilled, I can't wait to tell her"

She smiled at him. The Longbottoms were like the Potters. They were what other married couples hoped to be like.

The elevator stopped on our floor and Frank and Doe walked together to the Auror Office.

She walked over to her cubicle, only to find a tired looking Sirius already at his.

" Sirius, are you actually into work, early?" Doe asked him.

" I had to get out early" Sirius said, " that crazy bird from last night was still there"

She laughed slightly. That was so Sirius.

" Speaking of last night" Doe said extending her left hand in front of him.

It took him a second, but then he spotted the ring nestled on her finger.

" Moony finally did it!" He said happily.

Doe nodded, trying to keep herself from grinning too hard.

Sirius pulled her into a hug.

" First Prongs and Lily, now you and Moony. Are you trying to leave me and Peter out of it?" he asked jokingly.

" Maybe if you tried to settle down" Doe started, but Sirius was already shaking his head.

" I do not fit the domestic lifestyle" he said sternly.

Doe rolled her eyes at him. She had known Sirius long enough to know that if he wanted too, he could settle down.

She sat down at her desk and opened Bellatrix's file. She had added several reports to it now. All of the deaths she thought were linked to her were now in there.

" Oh" Doe said remembering and turning to Sirius, " I'm having lunch with Lily, James and Remus and I wanted you to come" she told him.

" Wait" Sirius said smiling widely, " did you tell me before Lily?"

" It just worked out that way" she said to him.

It was too late. Sirius had already gotten far too excited.

" You love me more than her" he chanted happily and barked a laugh.

" I love you both equally" she told him, tossing a piece of parchment at him.

Doe spent the next hour, deep in a report from the ministry that had been sent to Bellatrix's home the summer before sixth year. It was a warning about using underage magic.

By now, Senior aurors were starting to arrive. Moody walked by the two of them and stopped.

" Morning" said said, not looking up from Bellatrix's file.

" Mm" Moody growled, " May I suggest you not wear your newest accessory to work. It may make you a target"

" How did you?" Doe asked in confusion. Her left hand was out of sight.

Moody tapped a finger to his magical eye, " I saw it in his pocket last night"

Doe nodded, the whole exchange from the previous night made sense now.

She slipped her ring off and put it in her pocket.

Moody turned around and looked at Sirius, " Impressive Black, you're not late"

Sirius narrowed his eyes, " I'm not always late"

" Sure" Moody said and stomped off to his office.

" Some days I think I might just kill him" Sirius said, watching him walk away.

" I say, do it" Doe told him, " It might be fun to have a Sirius folder around here"

Sirius rolled his eyes at her, while she laughed at her own joke.

Doe spent the next few hours very busy with paperwork. That was the least fun part of the job, but it was necessary. She charmed a few quills, so that they could fill out more than one at once.

Sirius was sitting across from her staring intently at a piece of paper.

" Bones is as clean as you are" Sirius said sighing.

" Then she must be filthy" Doe said grinning.

" Oh how terribly witty" Sirius said, tossing the piece of paper aside.

Doe's stomach grumbled uncomfortably and she realized she was going to be late to meet everyone for lunch.

Doe stood up and walked over to Sirius, " You coming to lunch?" she asked him.

He nodded and got up from his desk. They walked to the elevator. The lift came by and Sirius and Dpe walked in. When they saw who was in, they wanted to walk out.

Lucius Malfoy was standing with his wife Narcissa, Bellatrix and Rodolphus.

Sirius and Doe were standing in the elevator with two of the people they spent their days trying to find evidence against.

The elevator began to move and Sirius and Doe eyed the group with distaste.

" Look" Bellatrix said to Narcissa, " It's the trash of the family"

Sirius rolled his eyes at her, looking unphased.

" Is that honestly the best you can do?" Doe asked her, " actually scratch that I've seen your real O.W.L. scores and that probably is"

Sirius laughed loudly, but anger crossed Bellatrix's face.

" Why you filthy little-" She started but was cut off by Bellatrix.

" Don't waste your breath, Bella" Rodolphus said to her.

The expression he made, reminded her of Rabastan.

" Did my brother's little performance not convince you to hold your tongue?" Rodolphus asked her coldly, " or do you need him to give you a refresher?"

Doe stiffened, leaning as far back from him as she could.

" You and your Death Eater brother are not coming anywhere near her" Sirius fired at him as the elevator doors opened to the atrium.

" Sirius come on" Doe said taking his arm, " they aren't worth it"

Doe pulled Sirius out of the elevator and dragged him to the fireplaces.

Sirius looked highly irritated.

" How do you stand it?" he asked her, " didn't you want to hex their brains out?"

" Of course I do " Doe told him, " But I can't. I'd rather through them all in Azkaban"

Sirius looked like he understood but still was slightly annoyed.

They floo'ed to the Leaky Cauldron, but something was wrong with the fireplace. Both Sirius and Doe shot through it sideways, slamming into the bar and each other.

" Sorry guys" Tom said coming around and helping us to their feet, " the damn things broken again"

" It's fine, were okay" Doe told him. Sirius and Doe brushed the soot of their robes and walked over to where the tables were.

Remus walked through the door from London a second later.

He saw her as soon as he walked and pulled her into a close embrace, kissing her with much more enthusiasm than she was expecting.

" You two are revolting" Sirius said as they sat down at the table.

Doe grinned at him, " We're aware"

The waitress came over and they all ordered drinks.

Doe reached into her pocket and took out her ring, slipping it back on.

" Mad-eye" Doe told Remus.

He nodded, " I figured"

Lily and James walked into the Leaky Cauldron and joined them at the table.

" Sorry we're late" Lily said, " James won't let me apparate or floo"

" You're fine, don't worry" Remus told her.

The waitress returned and took all of their lunch orders.

" So, what's new with you guys?" Lily asked, her hand resting on her stomach.

Remus squeezed her hand. They exchanged a quick smile and then she turned back to Lily.

" Well," Doe said grinning, " We're engaged"

Lily shrieked so loudly, that the wizards a few tables away turned to them.

" Sorry" Lily apologized quickly, " I'm just so happy for you"

They all laughed.

" I was beginning to think you never would" James pointed out.

"I'm just happy she said yes" Remus said smiling at her.

" Like I wouldn't" Doe said kissing him quickly.

They spent the rest of lunch watching Sirius hit on the waitress and chatting happily.

After a while, they all had to return to work, So Sirius and Doe made their way to back to the auror office.

Doe took off her ring and slipped it into her pocket, sitting down at her desk. When She did She felt a piece of parchment in my pocket. She slipped it out. It was folded into a small square. Doe took it out and opened it gingerly.

The words on it almost made her drop it

Doe,

I'm sorry to have slipped this in your auror robes, but I couldn't risk being seen. I know I will be long dead before you read this, I expect I won't live longer than tonight. I've discovered something about the Dark Lord. Something that will likely destroy him. He will not pleased with me.

The point of writing you is to ask something of you.

Please tell Sirius, that I am sorry.

For everything. He's been right all along, and I should have known it. And tell him, I love him.

I am sorry for bothering you again, but I appreciate the help you've given me.

- Regulus Arcturus Black

Doe didn't know what to think. She knew what she had to do, however. She walked over to Sirius and handed it to him soundlessly.

He took it from her and read it quickly. His face screwing up as he did. After a minute, he handed it back.

" It doesn't change anything" he said.

" But what did he mean?" she asked, " the thing that will defeat Voldemort"

Sirius shrugged, " He probably made it up, I wouldn't waste any energy on it"

Doe sat down at her desk and pocketed the note, deciding that even if it didn't mean anything to him now, Sirius might want it later.

She didn't realize at the time, just how important what Regulus wrote was.