Sirius Black leaned backwards on his chair and balanced on the two back legs as he let out a yawn so long, he felt like his jaw might break. He rubbed his eyes after, utterly exhausted. Technically he could be sleeping at this very moment, but he knew that he was so tired and the chances of waking up in a couple hours for the Order of the Phoenix meeting were slim to none. Try as he may, he couldn't regret the fact that he had lost valuable sleep time by visiting James and Lily in their new home. Sirius stared at the wall as he contemplated the newlyweds. On one hand, he was thrilled. He had never seen either of them more happy. One the other, he couldn't help feeling a bit of a loss, like he had lost part of James, like he had lost a part of the life he might of had. It was moments like these that he hated the most, when things were calm, when he wasn't working with the Order, the moments in which he could think about his life.

His thoughts were cut short by another wizard walking into the room. The wizard stopped suddenly, surprised to see Sirius there, but quickly composed himself.

"Guess I'm not the only pulling an all-nighter."

"Busy over at the ministry?" Sirius asked.

The wizard sat down and ran his hands through his hair and stifled a yawn: "You wouldn't believe. There have been four muggle attacks this week alone and it's only Wednesday."

The wizard shook his head and hesitated unsure of whether to continue. Sirius would find out eventually, he was in the Order after all and surely the wizard would have to mention it the meeting in a few hours.

"We're beginning to think your cousin has been involved with a few of the attacks" He finally said, carefully watching for Sirius's reaction. Sirius let out something like a snort and said shortly:

"Well, it wouldn't be the first time."

A silence fell between the two men, both trying to not think of the War and it's effects. Both fell into a sort of stupor when suddenly a burst of flames startled them back to consciousness. A distraught looking head appeared in the fireplace.

"Ah good," The head said as he spied the wizard across from Sirius. "I need you again. We have another and this one's a real mess. Muggle girl and I'm afraid she's quite mad. Rambling about a woman and a photograph and something about a musical instru-"

The head stopped speaking and appeared to turn around. "One moment!" It said tersely. "There's no need to...Oh fine." The head turned back towards the wizard and said: "Come now!" Before disappearing with a little pop.

The head in the fireplace and the wizard were both too preoccupied to notice how Sirius's chair had fallen back into a normal position with all four legs firmly on the floor, nor how Sirius was suddenly standing with his fists clenched at his side. Sirius hadn't noticed either, he was in a daze of exhaustion, fear, and something like hope. He came to as he saw the wizard standing up as a tiny beep emitted from the wizard's wrist.

'Well, I suppose I better be off-"

"I'm coming with you," Sirius said, cutting him off.

"Coming with me?" The wizard asked in bewilderment. "But the meeting-"

"Is two hours away. Let's go! Why are we wasting time?"

"I don't understand."

"I.." Sirius thought quick. "I have to do something or else I'll fall asleep and miss the Order meeting." It was weak, he had to admit, but he was in no condition to be making up lies.

The wizard stared at Sirius for a moment, unsure of what was happening. Sirius scared him a little bit, he scared all of them. He came from such a bad family and he occasionally got a wild look in his eye, like the one on his face right now. He was irrational, reckless and had a frightening temper. A temper that the exhausted Wizard could not handle at that moment, so he gave a tiny nod and took hold of Sirius's arm so that they could apparate.

The two wizards were suddenly standing in a tiny room that was filled with dust. There was hardly any furniture but many pieces of paper were strewn everywhere. The older wizard's head, now firmly attached to a body, looked at Sirius curiously.

"What are you doing here?"

"Trying out some new jobs, you know, I'm young. Seeing what's out there," Sirius said distracted as he glanced around the room. "Where are we?" He asked.

"In the Muggle's flat,"

Sirius was going to ask how they had gotten there but truthfully he didn't care. All he cared about was if his suspicions were right. Was he going crazy? Was he grasping on some insane hope because he had been thinking about love?

"Is the muggle in there?" Asked the Order wizard, pointing towards a door.

He opened the door and huddled in the corner of the bedroom was a young woman, her face hidden. She looked ill, pale and skinny. So it surprised all three men, how powerfully she screamed:

"Leave me alone! I know what you are. Just leave! I won't let you hurt me!"

"We're not trying to hurt you, we're just trying to understand-" One of the Ministry workers started.

But the girl interrupted: "Understand?" She let out a horrible laugh and the for the first time turned to face the men. It seemed impossible for her to get any paler, but she did.

"You!" She screamed as she pointed towards Sirius.

"What is going on here?" One of the other wizards asked as he looked between the girl and Sirius.

Without thinking, Sirius shoved the two wizards into the other room, slammed the door, and performed a spell to keep it locked. Sirius turned towards the girl, wand in hand, and stared at her. Underneath the circles under her eyes, the dirty hair, the gaunt face, the premature wrinkles, he could see her. She looked much too old but as she stared at his wand, shaking and asking:

"What are you going to do to me?"

Sirius could hear underneath the tiny, shaking, scared voice something much more fierce and strong waiting to escape.

And he knew. Just as he had known since the moment the head in the fire had mentioned it. The girl was Evelyn.

Author's Note: Um, Hi! I totally never meant to disappear off the face of the planet like that. I just got busy and a little unsure of where to go with this story. But the good news is that in those few months, I decided to go in a different direction in this story. I'll try not to disappear again! Thank you SO much to all my readers. I read every review and message and always felt guilty about not updating, so thank you, this update is for you! (If you're still around haha).