Chapter 49: Happiness Must End

Sirius woke up first. He and May had stayed at the Potter Manor for their wedding night. He smiled at her. Watching her as she slept. In the evening, they were leaving for their honeymoon in France. There was an Order meeting at 5. They were attending that and then they were leaving. She lay on her back, her head turned away from him. He lay closer to her, his hand resting on her stomach, and he kissed her shoulder. "Wakey wakey." He continued to kiss her skin and rubbing her stomach.

She stirred and groaned. She hated early mornings. "Evil husband."

"Hello beautiful wife." He kissed her softly, still rubbing her stomach. "Hello baby."

May chuckled as she stretched more. "Come on. We have to get up." She pushed his hand off her stomach. "Plus, I will have morning sickness very soon." She sat up and climbed out of bed, dressing into her his boxers and a t-shirt.

"Hey! They're my boxers!" He sat up and watched her as she tied her long hair into a bun on the top of her head.

She laughed loudly as she walked into the bathroom. "An they are very comfortable too." Sirius laughed as he lay in bed, his finger rubbing his wedding ring. It was official. He had completely grown up. A married man, and in 6 months, he would become a dad. He could not wait.

"Good morning, Mr and Mrs Black." James grinned as he made breakfast, when May and Sirius walked into the kitchen. "Breakfast?"

"Yes please." Sirius grinned, looking at the food James was cooking.

"No." May whined, and ran out of the kitchen to the nearest bathroom on the ground floor.

"Ok. So a fry up is out of the question during this pregnancy." Sirius grumbled. "We better eat it quick before she comes back." He took the plate of food from James. "Where's your lovely wife?"

"Showering." James smiled as the two of them sat at the breakfast table and had their breakfast. "You know, you don't have to come to the meeting later. You two should just go on your honeymoon. We'll fill you in on the details when you come back."

"You sure?" Sirius asked as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "I don't want to start our honeymoon with bad news."

"Why do you assume it will be bad news?"

Sirius just raised an eyebrow. "You know it will be bad news. There is always bad news. Every time we have a meeting, we only ever have bad news."

"Fair enough." James shrugged a shoulder. "Just go. The pair of you deserve time away from all this madness." He smiled as his own wife walked into the kitchen.

"Good morning." She kissed James' cheek. "What are you two talking about?"

"How Pads and May should miss the meeting and go on their honeymoon without bad news on their shoulders." James spoke as he buttered his toast.

Lily sat next to him with a cup of tea in her hand. "I think that is a great idea." She reached for toast and buttered it. "Where is May?"

"She does not seem to be fond of fried food." Sirius chuckled and he finished his breakfast. "I'll make her some porridge." He stood up, waved his wand and the dirty plates, pans and knives and forks went to the sink and began washing themselves. He began making May some porridge, hoping it would settle her stomach. James and Lily spoke quietly from the table. He did not care what they were talking about. He brought May's warm porridge to the table. "I'm going to see if she's all right." He left the kitchen and went to the nearest ground floor bathroom. "May?" He knocked on it and opened it.

"Go away." She groaned. She was leaning over the toilet.

He chuckled softly and knelt beside her, rubbing her back. "I will never go away." He stood up and ran warm water over a cloth. "Here." He knelt next to her and handed her the cloth. "Do you need anything else?"

"Toothbrush with toothpaste." She mumbled as she wiped her mouth.

"Sure." He stood up and picked up a toothbrush, which was her spare one. "Here." He sat next to her, putting toothpaste onto the toothbrush and holding it out to her. She took it from him and sat up straight. "Are you okay?" He asked as she brushed her teeth, leaning against the bathtub. She nodded silently. "James and I have been talking."

"Hmm?" She asked as she continued brushing her teeth.

"He thinks we should miss the meeting later and just go on our honeymoon." He smiled a little. "I think it's a good idea. Just a week away from everything. No war. No bad news. Just the three of us." He reached forward and stroked her stomach.

She stood up and spat into the sink, quickly rinsing her mouth out. "Can we? I don't want to start our married life thinking about what mission everyone has to go on." She sat back down in front of him. "When shall we leave?"

"After lunch?" He smiled at her, his foot stroking her leg absent-mindedly.

She nodded and smiled at him. "Now, let's see what I can or cannot eat."

"Is the meeting still going ahead?" Voldemort asked.

"Yes my lord." The man nodded. "5pm. Same place. Everyone will be there."

"Good." He nodded. "Take prisoners only. Kill, if necessary." The Death Eaters nodded and agreed.

May and Sirius had left for France just after lunch and the Order were now arriving for their 5 o'clock meeting at Hannah's small cottage on the outskirts of Alderford. Each member of the Order hosted a meeting. They never had a meeting in the same place too often. It was for safety reasons. Everyone had arrived and they were waiting for Dumbledore to start the meeting. He stood up from his seat and everyone went quiet. "Their numbers are growing. I have discovered 16 of the Slytherins, who have left Hogwarts recently, are now Death Eaters." People hissed at the news.

"Our numbers are falling, Albus." James spoke softly. "We can't cope much longer."

"I know, James. We will win this." Dumbledore nodded. Screams were being heard outside. "What is that?"

Every person in that meeting had their wands in their hands within minutes. Remus moved to the window, pushed the curtain back slightly. "Death Eaters. Voldemort too!" At these words, everyone rushed out of the house, attacking the Death Eaters, protecting muggles.

"Paris?" May smiled broadly as she and Sirius reached their destination. "Oh Sirius." She kissed him hard on the lips as they entered their 4 star hotel. "You spoil me."

He kissed her softly and led her to the checking in desk. "Bonjour." He said in broken French, not getting the accent perfect.

"It is all right, Monsieur. We all speak English." The woman behind the checking in desk smiled. "What is your name?"

"Black. Sirius Black." He smiled and handed her his muggle debit card.

"Thank you." She smiled and took it from him. She checked all his details and handed him the key. "You are in the honeymoon suite. Congratulations to you both. I hope you enjoy your stay."

"Thank you." He smiled as he took the key from her. The married couple were led to the lift, where they were led to the honeymoon suite. Before they went into the suite, Sirius lifted her into his arms. "Well, Mrs Black. Here we are." He carried her into the large room, which had a large four-poster bed. There was a door, which led to their large bathroom. By the window was a small table with two chairs. On the table stood a silver bucket, filled with ice and a bottle of champagne.

"Oh Sirius." She smiled broadly as he placed her on her feet. "This is wonderful." She smiled at him as he tipped the bellboy. Once the bellboy was gone, she rushed to Sirius and kissed him hard on the lips. "This is amazing. I can't believe it!" She giggled as he lifted her up into his arms and carried her towards the table.

"Have you seen the view?" He put her back on her feet and turned her to face the window.

She gasped as she could see a lot of Paris. "Oh Sirius! This is perfect." She sat at the table and took in as much detail of the city as Sirius opened the double windows. He opened the champagne and poured two glasses. "Sirius, you know I can't drink."

"You can have one small glass. Then that is your lot." He smiled at her as he handed her the glass. "To the future."

"The future." She raised her glass and tapped the glasses together.

"Expelliarmus!" Someone screamed the spell as the fight grew on. Spells flew everywhere.

"Join me!" Voldemort shouted at the Order. "Join your Pureblood brothers and sisters!"

"Never!" James screamed as he threw a curse at the man, who deflected it easily. "We will never join you!"

Voldemort seemed to growl and raised his wand quickly. "Avada Kedavra!" He screamed.

James only just managed duck away in time. He heard a gut wrenching scream behind him, followed by Voldemort's cold loud laugh. "NO!" He heard Remus scream.

James quickly stood up to see Voldemort disappear quickly. James quickly turned around and saw Remus cradling a body in his arms. It was Hannah. "No... No..." He gasped. Him ducking from the curse had hit Hannah. "Remus! Take her to our place! Now!" Remus disapparated with a pop. James turned back to the fighting.

It was late evening and Sirius and May were on the third day of their honeymoon. They walked down a street; Sirius had his arm around her shoulder and her arm was around his waist. She wore a pale blue summer dress with a white shawl around her shoulders. Sirius wore black jeans and a white button down shirt. "How are you feeling, Mrs Black?"

"I feel amazing." She smiled up at him. They had spent the day exploring Paris and now they were making their way back to their hotel for dinner and then they were going out again to the opera. "I'm having the best time of my life. I can't believe we're going back in two days." She leaned into his side as they turned onto the street, where their hotel was.

"I can't believe it either. Back to reality on Monday." He kissed the top of her head. As they approached the hotel, they saw James waiting outside. "What's he doing here?"

"Jamie? What's wrong?" May asked as they met them.

James looked very solemn as he stood before them. "We need to talk somewhere private."

Sirius nodded and led him inside. The three of them went straight to the honeymoon suite. Sirius locked the door, and placed a silencing spell on the room, so no one outside the door could hear them. "What's wrong, Prongs?"

He looked between them both. "This is hard to say." his gaze settled on May for a moment before he continued talking. "The day you left, our meeting was attacked. By You-Know-Who himself." He watched May for a minute. "There were a lot of people hurt."

"What? Is it Lily?" May asked quickly, thinking the worst for her brother's wife.

"No. She's fine." He stepped closer to his sister. "I'm sorry, May. Hannah was killed."

His sister just stared at him in silence. No reaction. She was just shocked. Her lower lip trembled and she fell to her knees, letting out a loud scream. "NO!"

Sirius was at her side and wrapping his arms around her. She pushed him away and sobbed on the floor. "Baby, please." He tried again.

She pushed him away again and screamed at him, "NO! GO AWAY!" She buried her face in her arms, leaning against her knees, which were tucked to her chest.

He would not go away. Sirius wrapped his arms around her tightly. "Don't fight me." He whispered in her ear as she tried to push away from her. After five minutes of trying to get him away from her, she resisted and cried in his comforting arms. Her best friend was gone. Her oldest friend was dead. James stood silently as he watched the married couple. Sirius was crying quietly as May sobbed hard.

A/N: Soooo a bit of tragedy for you all. What do you think?

Responses from chapter 48:

CharlotteBlackwood: Here's more. :P I may write some one shots of lemony zest at some point.

Forever Siriusly Sirius: I'm glad you liked it. :P But I think your grin has gone from reading this chapter, I apologise. *Evil laugh here* I was going to give May traditional wedding robes for her wedding outfit but I thought she would look better in a muggle dress.

Amber: You're very welcome. :) I always respond to all the reviews I receive. :) I hope you enjoyed this chapter.