Title – The Day Had Come

Chapter – Five - Christmas Visitors.

Pairing – Sirius/Oc1 Remus/Oc2 James/Lily

Rating – M

Warnings – Minor Parental Violence, Character Romance, Spoilers for the books and films.

Quick Intro – Melissa used to be an Auror, she had many secrets, she had one prophecy in her name, she used to apart of the wizard world but that was along time ago, she would never go back, would she? She has been asked to rejoin the fight against the Dark Wizards one of whom is her father.

Disclaimer – I don't own any of the character from Harry Potter alas they belong to J.K. Rowling, there is no financial gain here just a love of fanfiction.

Chapter Five - Christmas Visitors.

The following day everyone who was going home for Christmas left, it was practically the whole school, in Griffindor only her, Remus, Sirius and a few seventh years were left, Melissa spent most of the time in the library and avoiding Sirius which was easy since he was trying to avoid her as well. The morning of Christmas eve is when horror returned to Melissa's life, with all the excitement of Auror training and kissing Sirius she had forgotten about her father's letter, she walked in to the Great Hall and came face to face with her father. He marched over to her with Dumbledore in his wake, "Young Lady I see you have no shame is dishonouring me, I expected no reply to my letter but I expected you to be at the station, do you know how humiliating it was for me to be standing there while everyone else left with their children!"

"I am so sorry Father, I have been so busy that I forgot about your letter, forgive me." She flinched at the sight of his clenched fist but knew he would not do anything till they were home, she thought about begging Dumbledore to stay but knew that would end up making him more angry. "Dumbledore has set up a floo from his office we leave immediately." He grabbed her arm and half pulled her out of the Hall, when he spoke Dumbledore's voice was as stern and cold as ice but his face was all smiles "Perhaps, Sir, Your daughter would like to collect a few of her things before walking unaided to my office. That is if she wishes to leave with you."

Her father instantly let go of her arm and turned towards Dumbledore but she managed to speak before his did "It's okay Headmaster I don't need anything from my room and I do want to go home for Christmas, thank you for setting up the floo, I am sorry for the inconvenience." She smiled though it never reached her eyes; Dumbledore led the way to his office. As she walked through the castle Sirius and Remus were walking the other way, she did not look at them though she could tell they were both trying to catch her eye, Remus must have realised the man was her father and he called out to her, her father stopped them and stared at the boy who had called his daughters name.

"Merry Christmas Remus, see you after the holidays." Melissa tried to sound as if she was happy to be going home but she knew Remus would see through it, to her relief he just turned and went in to the Great Hall. Once she was in Dumbledore's office he had said to her that if she needed anything from the castle to send him an owl and he would be there immediately, he seemed to be talking about something else but she was sure he did not know her secret. She assured him she would be fine without her belongings and wished him a good Christmas before flooing from the office not believing she had managed to forget about her father's letter.

Sirius had casually asked about Melissa's father but Remus had kept his promise to her and not told him anything, the three days she had spent at home with her Father had been bad, he had smacked her around but not too badly, however on her second night when she had gotten in his way he threw her against the book shelf, she could feel the bruises forming the next day, thankfully the next afternoon he apparated her to Hogsmade then without so much of a goodbye he dispparated home again.

It was raining hard and Melissa didn't have her cloak, she smiled as it reminded her of the time Sirius hid her cloak she got soaked, she was so happy to be back that she didn't mind the walk back to the castle. However when she got to the castle gates Dumbledore was there waiting for her, "Hello my dear, Rosmerta saw a student in Hogsmade and informed me of your location, may I walk you to the castle?" Unsure as to his real motives she simply nodded and they began to walk, "Sorry for the bother before Headmaster, the meeting with Auror Moody made me forget my fathers request for me to be at home for Christmas, sorry." He didn't look at her but she could see he was smiling "Your father did seem passionate about wanting you at home for Christmas. I trust you are okay?"

"I am fine Professor, I am glad to be back and can't wait for my next Auror lesson, I have been reading the books Auror Moody sent me and I am finding it very interesting." They made polite conversation all the way back to the castle and she was thankful when they went their separate ways, although he had said he was always in his office to talk if she needed to chat about anything. Remus had been leaving the common room when she arrived back and he asked how she was, she had promised him that she was fine and they could chat later, she just wanted to get out of her wet clothes, he gave her a quick hug before leaving and she almost cried out as he pushed on her bruises.

Entering the common room and finding it empty she was relieved, the students would not be back for a few days so the common room would be empty for a bit longer, as she made her way up the stairs she met Sirius coming down. Her anger at her father, worry about Dumbledore and Remus finding out about the bruises on her back made Melissa feel low, even Auror training was not making her feel better, when she saw Sirius before he could speak before she could think she instantly grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled him down to her, crashing her lips to his and pulling him against her as she fell against the wall.

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