Chapter 16

Together again

Rachel raised her head off of the ground. She had been out for what felt like a long time and her head was throbbing horribly. She looked around and saw that she was still in the dark alley, which was now deserted.

Rachel slowly pushed herself up and sat in a sitting position. She knew that her face looked a hot mess, but didn't care. All Rachel wanted to do was find Sirius and Harry and go home. That didn't seem possible now. They were all separated and she had no idea where they were.

Rachel suddenly had a idea. She reached inside her leather jacket and pulled out her cell phone. She dialed a few chosen numbers and waited. If he was okay, he would answer his phone. If he didn't she would think he was either hurt or dead.

The phone stopped ringing and she could here a man's voice. Not Sirius's, but it was light and kind.

"Hello?" she asked. "Who is this?. . .Where's Sirius?. . .I'm a friend of his. . .No, really. . .Is he alright?. . ."

Rachel continued to ask the man questions about Sirius health and whereabouts, but the man didn't trust her so he didn't give her any answers.

Finally, he got annoyed and hung the phone up on her.

"Hello? Hello?" she said, but she knew it was hopeless. The man was gone.

Rachel placed her hands in her face and began to cry. She had no idea where Sirius was, or Harry. She was alone in the middle of a dark alley.

What if she never hear Sirius and Harry's sweet voice? What if they were both dead? What would she do without them? Would she have to go back to living with her parents?

Rachel began rocking back and forth at these thoughts.

She was so traumatized that she didn't even here footsteps approaching her.

"Hey, are you alright?" said a man's voice.

Rachel looked up and saw a tall man with red hair. He was wearing a patched up pair of blue jeans and a shabby white shirt. He didn't look like a supporter of Voldemort, but she wasn't going to trust him.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Arthur Weasley. I work for the Ministry of Magic. In the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts."

"How do I know that you're not a Death Eater impersonating Arthur Weasley?" asked Rachel. "You could have easily have taken Polyjuice Potion."

The man chuckled. "You really are smart. Are you a wizard?"

"No." she answered simply. "Can I have some identification please?"

The man didn't hesitate. He simply just reach into his back pocket and pulled out a brown shabby wallet. He looked through it and pulled out an I.D. card and handed it over to Rachel.

Rachel looked at it thoroughly. Making sure that it was him. It was, but that didn't mean anything.

She handed it back to him. "You could have stolen that."

Arthur pocketed his I.D., then said, "Either you can believe me and I help you, or you won't believe me, and I'll still help you. Either way, I have to help you."

"Alright." said Rachel. "I need to find Sirius Black. He's about this tall-"

"I know what he looks like." said Arthur. "Come on. My car's not to far from here. We'll cover more land if we drive."

Arthur began to walk down the alley. Rachel hesitated, then followed.

The man hung up the phone and returned to Sirius, who was laying on a booth in a donut restaurant.

This man was tall and thin. He had graying light-brown hair, although he was around Sirius's age. He was wearing a pair of black jeans and a red t-shirt. This man was Sirius's ex-best friend, Remus Lupin.

Lupin had believed Sirius to be a spy for Voldemort. He had also believed that it was Sirius's fault that Harry's parents had died. He thought he would never forgive him, but as the years went on, Lupin missed his friend.

Peter had disappeared, James and Lily were dead, and he was not talking to Sirius. So he was left alone. He hadn't seen Sirius in a year.

Lupin was saving Harry's life the last time he saw Sirius. Lupin wanted to apologize to Sirius, but he knew that Sirius was angry, which made Lupin a little angry too.

Sirius' cell phone began to ring again. Lupin answered it.

"Hello?. . .Severus?. . .It's me, Remus. . .Lupin. You what?. . .You have Harry?"

Sirius stirred and let out a little moan. "Harry?"

"Where are you?. . .Okay, I'll meet you at Yummy-Yummy."

Sirius slowly opened his eyes. He found himself in a dark room with many tables and a counter. The place smelled of donuts.

Sirius groaned as he slowly sat in a sitting position. He looked around the room and spotted Lupin holding his phone.

"Remus?"

"Sirius. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." he got out of the booth. "But I have to find Harry and Rachel."

"I'm glad you're up. If we hurry we can meet Snape."

"Snape?"

"He has Harry. Don't worry, he's safe." Lupin said at the expression on Sirius's face. "Let's go."

Snape and Harry had been waiting at Yummy-Yummy for twenty minutes. No one had arrived.

Harry was sitting on the wall of the store eating a slice of sausage pizza and drinking a small juice.

"I'm finished." Harry told Snape.

Snape took the empty container of juice out of Harry's hand and used a napkin that came with the pizza to wipe the grease from Harry's face. He was so gentle when he did it.

"Look." Harry said suddenly. "There's Sirius's car."

Harry turned and saw a polished red car park in front of the store.

Sirius and Lupin got out of the car. Harry rushed over at Sirius and hugged him tightly.

"Are you alright, Harry?" asked Sirius.

"I'm fine." he answered. "Mister Snape--" but he broke off and noticed that Snape had vanished.

"Don't worry about him." Sirius said. "Thanks, R--" he too broke off. Lupin had disappeared.

A car horn blew and Rachel got out of the car, which drove off immediately.

"Rachel!" they both exclaimed.

Rachel ran over to them and they all hugged each other tightly. They were all lucky. All of them was unharmed.

Yay for them. That's another year they get to live. Thanks for the reviews. You all are wonderful. Please stick with me and continue to review.