Well guys here it is. Sorry it's took so long to post this chapter, but I have been stranded in a caravan for a week furiously writing away with pen and paper and have only just returned to the world of computers and WI-FI. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I, unfortunatly, do not own Harry Potter nor anything associated with the Harry Potter series or Warner Bros. productions and can only take credit for what my own mind has come up with.
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Things had been tense between Harry and Sirius for the next few days after that, until the Weasley's finally showed up on Christmas Eve which instantly perked Harry up as he spent days being a normal teenager with his best friend and surrogate family.
Harry loved Sirius very much and he knew it had upset Sirius to see Harry so distant from him, but the happy smile on his face when Harry became his normal self amognst the red headed family was unmissable and it made Harry feel guilty for having pushed Sirius away because he was unable to make sense of everything he knew, and there was still some bit of those memories he just couldn't forget.
But everything became strained again once the Weasley's left on Boxing Day, returning to the Burrow and leaving Harry and Sirius in Grimmauld Place, alone once again.
But it was on Boxing Day, that Harry shot up out of bed, hearing the unmistakble sound of glass smashing and angry voices drifting up to him from downstairs.
The 15 year old crept out into the hall and listened closely at the voices. The loudest was obviously Sirius, but the other voice was too low for him to make out much of anything it was saying, though by the tone, the second voice was definately much calmer and controlled.
Harry threw his invisibility cloak around him and silently made his way down the stairs, avoiding as best he could the one's that creaked the loudest, and he came to a stop in front of the living room door. The door had been left wide open and Harry could see everything that was happening in the room, and he had to bite his tongue to hold in a gasp when he found his Godfather, angry and red faced, glaring like a man possesed at none other then his Potions teacher, Professor Snape, who, Harry noticed, had a giant black and purple bruise covering his left cheek as well as a bust lip and a yellowish tint under his right eye.
The young wizard also had to stop himself from shouting out when Sirius launched himself at the other man, grabbing his front forcibly, and he watched in shocked horror at the fight between the two men.
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"I can't believe you told them! What the fuck were you thinking?"
Sirius' whole form shook in anger, he stood clutching the heavy black robes of the slightly shorter man infront of him, his hansome face twisted into rage and resentment.
The raven haired wizard sighed and sneered back, equally angry about being manhandled like a child, "I had no other choice!"
"NO OTHER CHOICE!" Sirius screamed in the others face, his blue eyes glinting as his fist tightened around the robes, "YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL THEM ANYTHING!"
Severus rolled his eyes, still sneering unpleasently at the older man, "You know if I don't let things slip now and again He's going to become suspisious of me!"
Severus sighed and closed his eyes, attempting to calm himself as the other bore down on him, knowing that arguing was useless, and began trying to detatch Sirius' fist from his robes, but Sirius was having none of it and with a hard shake he forced him back and pinned him painfully against the wall, his large hand now wrapped around the others throat.
"You greasy, snivling little swine!" Sirius spat nastily, glaring like a man possesed at his captive, "You're an occlumens for fuck sake! You could've made up..."
"It has to be real! If what I say is going to happen doesn't actually happen then He's going to know that I'm lying!" Severus interrupted angrily, earning him self a sharp slam against the stone wall behind him. He hissed in pain, feeling his sore back pulse with pain, knowing there would be bruises there later.
"You...I can't believe...are you stupid...how could..." Sirius sputtered, his anger getting the better of him as he tried to keep himself calm enough to speak coherently.
Severus sneered, "Always this articulate?"
He knew it was a mistake the moment the words left his mouth as the stronger wizards eyes flashed dangerously, but he didn't have time to regret his words before Sirius bashed him harder then ever aginst the wall, throwing him to the ground and delivering a few sharp kicks to his side and stomach.
Sirius swooped down and pulled the other's head up by his long black hair, twisting his fingers in it to make it even more painful, "DO. NOT. CRITISIZE. ME!"
His every word dripped with venom and his tone had turned low and dangerous as he twisted the hair around his fingers and pulled at the roots. "You vile, worthless piece of shit! Do you have any idea how disgusting and useless you are? You're nothing but a coward, running off to your Death Eater buddies and your sadistic little master, feeding them information that endangers everything the Order is working on, so he can pat you on the head like a good little bitch. You disgust me."
And with that, Sirius shoved Snape's head away from him and stepped away from the body of the other man on the floor.
Severus stayed in that position for a few minutes, his breath coming out in jaggered, heavy gasps as every intake pained his chest and side. 'Probably a broken rib' he thought as he gently clutched at the painful area and began slowly lifting himself to his feet.
His black eyes stung, but he would not let the other see how vulnerable he made him feel, as those once warm blue eyes he loved getting lost in, glared at him icy and cold, flashing with loathing and disgust and it pained Severus further to be the target of all that bad feeling.
"I don't do it on purpose you know" Severus gasped out, his injuries making it hard to speak and his emotions getting caught in his throat. "I hate the person I've become."
Sirius sneered at him, "It's your own stupid fault for joining with those treacherous murderers. You're one of them, you always have been. Disgusting, insignificant, obsessed freak...you may as well just let them kill you Snivillus! No one wants you anyway, and no one ever will!"
Severus threw some Floo Powder into the fire, mumbled some words, and spared one last glance at his abuser, silent tears falling down his sallow cheeks and with a croacked out, "I know" he allowed the green flames to swallow him up, leaving Sirius with his own anger and guilt at what had just happened.
Sirius slumped in his chair, placing his head in his hands and closed his eyes, doing his best to calm his rage and steady his breathing.
That's when he heared it. The unmistakble sound of somebody breathing...panting heavily and he lifted his heavy head to stare at the doorway for the source of the noise.
Sirius rose stealthily and moved in two large strides the the door way, moving his hand out infront of him until his fingers made contact with something invisible in front of him, and when he pulled it, he was horrified to find the scrawny, messy haired teen appear from underneath the inivisibility cloak, and his eyes widened and jaw dropped open in shock.
"Harry?"
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A/N: Well I hope you guys think it was worth the wait. Please review because I do love reading your thoughts about each chapter.
I will do my very best to make sure you don't have to wait as long for the next chapter.