Epilogue

August 21st

"This time, it's my turn to pick the spot for our date," Sirius smiled. Naomi nodded and held his hand, waiting for him to choose where they would go to tonight. He turned away from her for a second and conjured a blindfold without her seeing him doing so.

"Am I being blindfolded?" she asked, laughing. He nodded and gave her his most wicked grin. She closed her eyes and waited for him to tie the fabric over her eyes.

"Can you see anything?" he asked. She shook her head, "Good."

He gently led her to his motorcycle and told her to hold on tight, as he drove away into the night. She shrieked and laughed, screaming how much she loved him and how much she loved the wind blowing through her hair. Yeah, he loved that too.

"The forest?" she asked, when he'd helped her off his bike and had taken off the blindfold.

"Yep," he grinned "Isn't it beautiful at night?"

"It is…" she sighed happily, nuzzling close to him. He picked her up and turned around with her in his arms. They both laughed, and he whirled until he got dizzy and they fell on the ground, laughing even more. She laid half on top of him and they watched the stars. She told him all kind of nonsense and he was happy to be able to listen to them. Life was perfect, with her in his arms.

"Look!" she yelled and she pointed her arms towards the sky, "It's a horse!"

"Nah," Sirius grinned, "I think it's a unicorn."

"Unicorns don't exist," she smiled.

"Can you prove that?" he asked in a mysterious tone. She shook her head and searched the sky for another figure she recognized. Sirius liked watching her more than watching stars, something he'd done a million times before with his friends. So he watched her watching stars.

"Sirius, I love you. And if I can't be with you, I'll wait for you. Endlessly," she said. He smiled.

A twig snapped on their left, and Sirius' head shot towards the sound. He didn't see where it was coming from, but it wasn't a full moon, so they should be save from werewolves. Maybe it had been a bunny. Or a unicorn, however he knew they didn't live in muggle forests.

Another snapping sound came from the same place, and the vague sound of hushed whispers. He wanted to believe it was just the wind, but something inside of him told him it wasn't the wind. Something screamed at him that it was danger.

"Hello brother," came a sneering voice from where the twigs had been snapped. Sirius could recognize that voice everywhere, even without seeing who'd said it. The fact that he'd called him 'brother' also gave away a few clues of course.

Naomi got half up and looked at where the voice had come from, nudging Sirius to get up as well. He saw Regulus and was reminded of the coldness of the Black blood. He stood there sneering at them, dressed in a green and black cloak and pointing his wand at them.

"Sirius?" Naomi asked, not really understanding what was going on.

"Hush, baby," he mumbled.

"Aren't you going to introduce us?" came a way higher voice from behind Regulus. Bellatrix and her husband stepped out of the woods and stood next to his brother. They too were pointing their wands at them.

"Leave us alone," Sirius snapped. Bellatrix clacked with her tongue and gave Sirius a very disappointed look.

"You're mother isn't too happy with you interfering with those dirty muggles," Rodolphus said.

"My mother is an old hag," Sirius answered.

"Shut up!" Bellatrix shrieked and she waved her wand. Her silencing spell made Sirius obey, "You're mother is an amazing woman. I feel very sorry for her for having had to raise you, you blood traitor!"

"Sirius?" Naomi asked again, sounding afraid. He pulled her close to him and tried to comfort her, but Bellatrix had done a good job with her silencing spell.

"Why don't you show some respect for your superiors, muggle?" Regulus snapped. He flicked his wand and Naomi was pulled out of Sirius' arms. She laid in the mud, staring at the three evil wizards with a scared look in her eyes.

Sirius wanted to scream to leave her alone, but he couldn't. He pulled his wand as well and was suddenly happy at being taught silent spells. Regulus fell and the spell on Naomi was broken.

"What is going on here?" she cried.

"Enough!" Bellatrix cried. Sirius felt his wand flying from his hand. Then, he was thrown against a tree and sat there dizzily, while his cousin tied him up with another annoyed flick of her wand.

"We will not have you poisoning the noble Black blood with such filthy muggle blood," Bellatrix said quietly, walking closer to Sirius. He spat at her. Even if he couldn't tell her how much he hated her, he could show her.

"Rodolphus?" Bellatrix asked sweetly, "Why don't you show my dearest cousin what happens when he doesn't show respect for his family and blood?"

"It would be my pleasure, my love," he answered.

Naomi's scream pierced through the night, as her back nearly bended double in pain. Rodolphus, Bellatrix and Regulus grinned as they watched Naomi suffering from the cruciatus curse.

"Show them again," Bellatrix ordered. Now it was Regulus who did the unforgivable.

"Sirius!" Naomi gasped between two curses, "Help me!"

"Again," Bellatrix said lazily and she did it herself. Naomi screamed for Sirius to help her, to hold her, to comfort her, but all Sirius could do was watch and cry, while the three cursed her again and again and again.

Even after a dozen times of being tortured, Naomi still screamed. She had locked eyes with Sirius and every time after their eye contact was broken because she was writhing in pain again, she restored it. Sirius could only cry and mouthed 'I'm sorry' over and over again.

"Enough," Bellatrix said after some time. It had felt like ages to Sirius, but it probably came closer to half an hour. He felt grateful for his cousin to stop the torture.

"You will keep our blood pure, Sirius," Bellatrix whispered, bringing her face very close to his face, "You will respect your heritage. Or else…"

She pointed her wand towards the panting and crying girl once more. She was murmuring Sirius' name but neither of them believed in salvation anymore. A green flash came from his cousin's wand and Naomi laid still. Sirius screamed and screamed and screamed. In silence.

"I hope you know this is your own fault," Regulus told him softly, caringly even, "And I hope you've learned a lesson from it, otherwise this has all been for nothing."

The three of them disapparated and the ropes around Sirius's body disappeared with them. He crawled towards his girlfriend, sobbing her name, noticing he could use his voice now.

"Open your eyes, Naomi," he begged, "Please… open your eyes… oh please… oh Merlin, please…"

She didn't open her eyes. Sirius clutched her body until no more tears came. He closed her eyes and picked her up in his arms, to carry her towards his motorcycle. He held her carefully, as if she was a hurt bird. A hurt unicorn.

He used alohomora to open the lock to her house and tiptoed up the stairs, entering her bedroom. Bright colors greeted him and a picture of the two of them stood on her bedside table. He laid her gently on her bed and took off her clothes, redressed her in her pajamas. He pulled her cover over her, as if she were a baby and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"I'm so sorry, Naomi," he mumbled. He left her house the way he'd entered it. He entered the Potter mansion as silently as he could and seriously considered James telling about what had happened. He stood in front of his door, wanting to enter, but he felt like he wouldn't understand. He shook his head and went to his own bedroom. He crawled under his covers and cried. He never wanted to wake up again. Ever.

Not without Naomi.

Oh how I hate that this story is over! Please, leave a comment and tell me what you thought of it. Was it good? Did the epilogue make you sad (I sure hope so ;) )? Did you absolutely hate it?

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