1Chapter 4: Kidnapped

On a crisp October evening, Sirius and Sam were enjoying a sunset picnic in Sirius' backyard. They both leaned against each other watching the sun set.

"Orange is such a beautiful color." Sam commented.

Sirius chuckled. "Why? Because the Chudley Cannons are your favorite Quidditch team?"

"No." Sam chuckled. "Though you're right-m it is."

Sirius laughed. He sighed. "You know...every minute, I'm thinking that me being the Potter's secret-keeper is a bad idea."

Sam looked concerned. "Why? They trust you."

"I know...but...what if something happens? Like what if they torture me for information?" Sirius wondered.

Sam frowned and smacked Sirius on the arm. "Don't talk like that! Even if it does happen, you're strong enough not to break. You've kept Remus' secret this long."

"Yeah, but I told Snivellous indirectly that Remus I a werewolf." Sirius pointed out.

"Well, Snivellous shouldn't have blamed the Halloween party blowout of 1975 leak on you." Sam also pointed out. "He had it coming."

"James, Lily, Remus, McGonagal, and Dumbledore don't seem to think so." Sirius argued.

Sam sighed. "I wish you'd be more positive about things. I know we're in the middle of a war, but we shouldn't let that get us down.,"

Sirius leaned forward and folded his arms around his knees. "I know. You're probably right."

"'Probably;?" Sam raised an eyebrow.

Sirius looked at his girlfriend's stern face and laughed. "All right, all right. You're definately right."

"That's better." Sam chuckled, wrapped her arms around Sirius' torso and kissed him on the cheek. "Ready to go inside?"

"Yeah." Sirius stood up and dragged Sam up with him. They kissed on the lips and headed inside.

"Oh, damn. We forgot the picnic stuff." Sam noted. She started heading back outside, but Sirius grabbed her wrist gently.

"Wait. You're a lady. And ladies don't clean up after themselves." Sirius said coyly.

Sam giggled. "Awwww. You're such a gentleman."

"Yes, I am!" Sirius smiled. He headed outside. He approached his abandoned picnic when all of a sudden, someone came up behind him and put his hand over Sirius's mouth. Sirius cried out and grabbed the hand and tried to push his attacker off. A death eater walked up to him. Sirius kicked the approaching death eater. The death eater pulled out his wand.

"Hello, Sirius Black." The death eater greeted. Sirius was shocked to hear Snape's voice. "You and I are going for a little visit."

Sirius glared at Snape as his partner pulled out a portkey.

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Sam getting slightly worried. Sirius hadn't been back for over an hour. She headed outside lighting up her wand. "Sirius?" She noticed that the picnic was still there. She aimed her wand around and saw Sirius' wand laying a few feet away from her. Her eyes widened in fear. "Oh no."

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Over in Godric's Hollow, Lily walked downstairs as she heard a knock on her door. Pulling on a sweater, she yelled "Identify yourself!"

"It's Sam!" Sam called back.

Lily opened the door with her waned out. "What's my nephew's name?"

"Dudley." Sam answered.

Lily stepped aside to let Sam in. "What's up?"

Sam tried to keep from crying. "Sirius is missing."

Lily dropped her wand. "What? How? When?"

Sam sniffed. "I don't know what happened. We were having a picnic, and then we went inside and we realized we forgot to bring our stuff in, and Sirius went ut to get it, and when I went to look for him, he was gone!" She sat on the couch and buried her face in her hands.

Lily rushed over and sat down next to Sam. "Did you tell the Ministry?"

Sam looked at her. "Of course I did. They're sending out search teams as we speak. They also informed Dumbledore, I'll bet."

Lily sighed. "Oh." 'Well, hopefully Sirius getting kidnapped might change Dumbledoew's mind about him...'

"Do you think...maybe...?" Lily said aloud.

"What?" Sam asked. "Do I think he maybe what?"

Lily swallowed. "Maybe he was kidnapped by Voldemort's Death Eaters/."

"A- how many times do I have to tell you to not say his name? And B-...you might be right." Sam's eyes widened with realization. She shook her head slowly. "Oh my God..."

James came downstairs. "Hey, Lily, who was at the door earlier?" He walked into the sitting room. "Sam? Hey, what's up?"

Sam swallowed and started to rise, but Lily pulled her back down. "I'll tell him." She whispered. Lily stood up and walked to her husband. "James...um...why don't you sit down?"

Confused, James let Lily lead him to the couch. Lily took a deep breath. "Honey, I have some bad news. It's about Sirius."

James grew concerned. "Is he okay?"

"He's missing." Lily replied, her voice shaking. "He and Sam were having a picnic, and..." She sighed. "Sam went inside the house and Sirius got kidnapped."

James sighed and shook his head. He stood up and started pacing. He turned to Sam. "You left him outside alone?"

"He was being a gentleman." Sam explained. "We forgot the picnic and he left to get it."

James sighed again. "That son of a bitch..."

"James, Sam already informed the Ministry." Lily went on. "They formed a search party."

James was about to say something when the doorbell rang. James pulled out his wand and aimed it at the door. "Who is it?"

"Professor Dumbledore." Dumbledore called through the door (haha!)

James lowered his wand and opened the door. "Come in, sir."

The two men walked into the sitting room. Both Lily and Sam stood up.

"Professor. Hello." Lily greeted. "Would you like something to drink?"

"I'm fine, thank you." Dumbledore smiled.

"Any word on Sirius yet?" Sam asked.

"I'm afraid not." Dumbledore answered. He turned to Lily and James. "The Ministry came to the conclusion that Sirius has been most likely taken to Lord-" Sam immediately plugged her ears and started humming. "...Voldemort." Dumbledore finished.

"So, what does this mean?" James asked.

"Vboldemort might try to break Sirius to get him to reveal your location." Dumbledore replied.

"Professor, that will never happen." James pointed out. "He'll die before revealing my location!"

"I'm sure it won't." Dumbledore replied. "But everyone breaks eventually."

James opened his mouth to argue, but Lily held a hand up for silence. "So, what re we to do? Find a different hiding place?"

Dumbledore looked over at Sam over Lily's shoulder. Lily seemed to get it. "Hey, Sam? Why don't you go check on Harry?"

"Okay." Sam replied. "Excuse me."

James waited for Sam to be out of earshot before asking "Where to next?"

"Hogwarts."

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