Breaking Down
"Skyler? What's wrong?" Harry asked, seeing her run past the group.
She didn't answer, just continued running up the stairs. Sirius came out only a few seconds behind Skyler. He saw Harry standing, looking where Skyler had just ran.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine," Sirius assured his godson, and then followed his daughter up the stairs.
"Wonder what happened," Hermione wondered out loud.
"I dunno," Harry replied, still watching the spot Skyler and Sirius had disappeared from.
"What was all that racket about?" Ron also wondered.
"I dunno, but she can be bloody terrifying when she's mad," Fred told them.
"And she's a pretty powerful, and unique, witch," George added.
Sirius found Skyler curled up on her bed. He shut the door behind him and walked over to his daughter. He sat down on the bed by her.
"Sky..." he started, trying to find words to say, putting his hand on her arm to comfort.
"Leave me alone," she muttered, trying to keep from crying.
"You know I'm not going to do that," he told her.
"That's why we left you isn't it? That's why she left me," Skyler asked, already knowing it was true.
"Probably," Sirius told her honestly.
"Why? She saw what they were doing. She knew they're evil. Why would she join them?"
"I don't know, Sky," Sirius answered, wondering the same thing himself.
"Why did she have to come back? Things were just fine without her. Why couldn't she just stay away?" Skyler asked, not really expecting an answer, just saying it to get it out. Sirius knew this.
He didn't really know what to do. He just laid down by her, pulling her into his arms, and held her while she cried.