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Charlie's Pov
I think I should catch you up on what's happen in the last twelve years before anything else. Those twelve years later the house Sirius and I shared all those years ago was different. How you might ask? Well twelve years ago there was only three people living in that huge house and now there are eight. There are four adults, though two are in a coma, four children and I didn't have to give most of my energy to the coma people in my basement. The first adult is me, Charlie Black. The second is Riley Hendon. She came to live with me when her ex-boyfriend didn't believe that Sirius was innocent and it didn't help that we couldn't tell him that Lily and James were actually alive. So she took her daughter and left him and is now living here. The last two adults living in my house are Lily and James Potter that have been in a coma like state in my basement for the last twelve years.
The children however are more complicated. The first child living in the house is my daughter Samantha DeMae Black. She is 13 years old, is in her third year at Hogwarts, has dark brown hair and has her father's gray eyes. The second child is Riley's daughter Willow Charlie (Hendon) Lupin. She is also 13 and is in her third year. Willow has dark sandy color hair and piercing blue eyes. She also has Riley's temper. She and her mother supposable went to live in America. Well that's what her mother told Remus. The third is Violet Evenora (Black) Lestrange.
I know what you're thinking why in the world would I, Charlie Black, take in the child of Bellatrix and Rabastan Lestrange? Well Violet was born in Azkaban and being both her parent's being Deatheaters there was no one to take her in, but as it turns out Bellatrix was a Black before she was married. So that made Sirius and I her only family and seeing Sirius is in Azkaban for a crime he didn't do I was left of the choice to either take her in or send her to the foster system. I made the choice any decent person would have made. I took her in. I love her like she's my own and nothing is going to change my mind. Even when Sirius gets out of prison and decides doesn't want to keep her, that's just too bad for him. She is my daughter even if we don't share the same blood. Violet is 13 years old and in third year like the other girls. She has black hair and has unusual violet eyes that cause me to name her Violet. The last child is Callie Lilly Black my youngest daughter that Sirius doesn't know about. Callie was born nine months after he was put in Azkaban on June 7th, I was apparently pregnant and didn't know about till I went to the doctor a few weeks later. Callie is 12 and is in her second at Hogwarts. She looks like Sirius with her black hair and gray eyes. Who just walked into the kitchen still in her pajamas.
I looked at her and smiled.
"Hey, sleepyhead." I asked. She sat in the chair across from me and returned my smile.
"Moring, what's for breakfast?" she asked.
"Chocolate chip pancakes with extra chips." I replied and set a plate with the said food in front of her.
"Thanks." She said with a mouth full of pancakes.
"You're welcome. We're all going to Diagon Ally at ten so finish eating and get dressed. I'm going to wake everyone." I told her and towards the stairs. Riley was out on a business trip for work and wouldn't be back till this evening, leaving me to take all the kids shopping by myself. We usually each take two kids and split the list but she couldn't get out of the trip and we need to get everything. I paused at the foot of them when I saw the memory of Sirius coming down the steps buttoning up his shirt coming down to breakfast after I called that it was done, smiling at me. I shook my head and headed up the steps quickly. I thought about moving and getting another house but it wouldn't feel right if I did so I stay put. I went to Samantha's room and knocked when I heard grumbling I went inside.
"Wake up breakfast is down stairs then we have to go shopping!" I exclaimed and pulled open her red curtains to let in the morning sunlight. Then left her room and went to Willow's room next door. I did the same to her and Violet then headed back down to the kitchen and yelled over my shoulder, "Hurry up or they'll be no more chocolate chip pancakes left and we won't go to Diagon Ally at all!" I heard the girls running out of their rooms and down the stairs. I smiled and got a coffee mug out and poured me a cup of coffee. I leaned against the counter and watch the girls fight over the syrup. I smiled and headed up stairs and got ready to leave.
(Awhile later)
After I was done getting ready and the girls were ready I headed to the basement to check on Lily and James. They looked like they were merely sleeping and they have been for twelve years. I learned from the girls that their son Harry was alright and was living with his Aunt and Uncle as in I wasn't allowed to visit or see him where he lived. Technically (Albus Dumbledore's orders) I wasn't to ever speak to him either, but if I got the chance I would after all I am his Godmother. I check their brain activity and saw it was the same as it always was. I gave off some of my energy and headed back upstairs. I found the girls outside on the porch near the swing laughing and whispering surrounding something. I saw a flash of black and I raised an eyebrow.
"Girls?" I questioned. They all spun around to see me and tried to hide something from view.
"Mum how much do you love us?" Sam asked her face matched everyone else's innocent expressions.
"With all my heart, what is it you want?" I said and crossed my arms over my chest.
"Well you see Aunt Charlie, we found him looking at us through the bushes and we fed him some left over bacon from breakfast and well can we keep him?" Willow begged.
"Him?" I asked.
Violet nodded and they moved. Sitting on my porch was a scrawny, shaggy and matted looking black dog. It barked at me and looked at the girls and back at me tipping his head curiously.
"I don't know girls…"I said looking at the dog uncertainly.
"Please Mum? We'll all pitch in and take care of him. Won't we?" Callie asked pleading at me with her gray eyes some much like her fathers that my heart started to hurt. They all yelled in agreement. I sighed.
"Do you promise to take care of him?" I asked.
"Yes!" they chorused.
"Alright, but only if Riley is alright with it." I said and they shrieked in excitement. The dog barked again and jump on top of me making me fall to the ground with him licking my face. I pushed him off me and said, "When we get back give him a bath." The girls laughed. We were finally going to leave when an owl came and dropped the Daily Prophet in my hand and rested on my shoulder. I paid him and he flew off.
"I guess the world doesn't want us to leave." Violet said. I smiled and opened the newspaper. I wish I didn't. My eyes widened and my breath caught.
"What is it Mum?" Samantha asked. The headline in bold black letters was 'Escape from Azkaban' and below it was the name Sirius Black. She looked over my shoulder and gasped. That caused everyone to look and was stunned. Shit. I shook off my shock and folded it back up, and put it on the porch swing.
"Mum? Do you think he'd come here?" Sam asked. Her gray eyes shone with shock, and were slowly replaced by nervousness, happy and excitement. Callie's eyes showed the same emotions as her sisters but more nervous. I look from each one of their faces and then my eyes landed on the dog. He stared back at me. Then I noticed that his eyes were gray also. Then realization hit me and I was stuck between been mad as hell and being the happiest I've been in a while.
"Earth to Mum!" Callie exclaimed and waved her hand in my face.
I looked at her and back to those gray eyes. I bent down and whispered, "You are so lucky there are kids around. They are the only thing keeping from setting you on fire." He just licked my face. I stood back up.
"Girls I'm going to have to cancel the trip. Let's go inside and while you give the dog a bath, I have to make call." I said with a smirk. His ears flatted.