The next morning found rogue and Remy in Hogesmeade. They had picked up all the toiletries Sirius would need plus a few non perishable food items. Rogue currently had Remy holding all the clothes she thought would fit Sirius. So far he hadn't complained but rogue knew it was only a matter of time. In her experience no man could survive shopping for too long. Many a man had fallen at Kitty and Jubilee's feet during a shopping trip.

"Chere, do ya really t'ink he will need all dese?" Remy asked.

Rogue had to hand it to him, she thought he would have left ages ago but he was persistent. He had carried all the bags and was now even holding all the clothes she was piling in his arms.

"Yes, it's cold out an' all he's got is that ratty jacket." She said as she threw another pair of pants at him. she turned to look back at him and could just see his eyes over the top of the clothes. "Well maybe it is enough." She conceded.

She led him over to the register where a very excited witch stood. "Where ta next ma chere?" Remy asked.

"Ah wanna head ta Zonko's an' get Kurt somethin'." Rogue said. "He said he would stop by while he is visitin' his parents." Rogue couldn't help but smile, she really did miss Kurt.

"Somet'in' ta use on bobby no doubt." Remy said with a smile. The pranks those two pulled on each other were legendary. "Ya should really talk ta de Wesley twins."

"An' why is that." Rogue asked as she paid the salesgirl.

"Ya should see some o' de t'ings dey do. I hear dey are stayin' fo' de holidays how 'bout after we finish up in town we pay dem a visit, non?" he said as he gathered up the bags. Rogue suspected he just wanted to finish this little mission up as soon as possible.

"Okay, Ah'll skip Zonko's today an' see what those boys have." She said as they headed out of the shop.

They walked for about twenty minutes until they were standing in front of the fence that separated the shrieking shack from the rest of the village. Rogue and Remy looked around to see if anyone was close by, they saw no one and Remy felt no one anywhere near to them.

Rogue handed Remy all the bags she was carrying before lifting up into the air and taking him with her. they flew up to the roof of the ramshackle house before floating down into it through a hole in the roof. They landed just as Sirius entered the room.

"Welcome to Black Mansion." He said sarcastically.

Rogue and Remy smiled. "Have you taken a shower yet?" rogue asked him as Remy laid the bags on a dust covered bed.

"No, I was just able to get the plumbing to work. I don't know how muggels do it without magic." He said. rogue rummaged through the bags and grabbed a towel and some shower supplies. She handed them over to him. "Now you two don't go doing anything I wouldn't do while I'm gone." He said with a mischievous grin.

Rogue rolled her eyes as Remy said, "Ah t'ink ah like him." Remy said.

Rogue and Remy waited about fifteen minutes before Sirius returned, wet and cold with a towel wrapped around his waist. Rogue frowned as he still looked skeletal. She pulled a chair to the center of the room for him to sit down and went back to the bags in search of the scissors and hairbrush she had bought earlier.

She walked back over to Sirius who was eyeing the scissors. "And what exactly are you going to do with those?" he asked.

"Ah'm gonna give ya a trim, ya are startin' ta look like Hagrid." She said.

He looked like he really didn't like the idea of getting a hair cut but he also didn't want to look like Hagrid. "Not too short now." he said.

"Don't worry, Ah have done this before." She said trying to get him to trust her.

Rogue snipped and clipped for a good twenty minutes until she finally stood back to look at her handy work. "What do ya think?" she asked Remy who came to stand next to her.

"Looks good chere." He said while nodding in approval.

"Well don't just stand there you gits, give me a mirror." He said irritably.

"Keep ya skirt on." rogue muttered as she retrieved a mirror from one of the many bags.

Sirius snatched it from her and examined every inch of his now noticeably shorter hair. It was no longer touching his shoulders and was now just touching his ears but was still shaggy. He put the mirror down after a moment. "I suppose you didn't butcher it." he admitted.

"'Yeah yeah." Rogue said. "Now get dressed and eat, its gettin' late an' we need ta head back." It indeed was getting late as twilight began to set and the house started to dim.

"Yeah." He said looking through the hole in the roof and sounding glum. "Don't wanna be out too late I hear there are werewolves and murders about." He said in a poor attempt at making a joke to lighten the mood.

"Don't worry we will get him soon." Rogue said trying to reassure him.

"Oui mon ami, we'll get dat bastard." Remy said and Sirius looked up at the two of them with a weak smile.

"I wish you two could have met Lily and James, you are just like them." He said grinning at a memory.

"Yeah ah know." Rogue snapped while Remy smiled. He loved it when people compared them to the couple, rogue on the other hand hated it.

They left the same way they came, neither seeing the sparkling blue eyes that shone in the last remaining light of the day. They didn't know that only an hour before events had been set in motion and the future world change. That the present would change. Remy and Rogue didn't know that in just a few hours time that they would be selected to go on a mission that would change the Wizarding world for ever. The only thing they knew was that they had to stop Pettigrew and save Sirius' life.

They didn't know how right they were.

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Sorry its short but things are about to get interesting. Please review I really love reading reviews it helps me write faster!