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Why do I publish at such odd hours of the night? Oh well, here's chapter 46. :D
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CHAPTER 46
Audrey began to hiss furiously, clawing at the bag. This wasn't going to happen, she wouldn't let it, and if they wanted to kill her like they killed her family she wasn't going to go down without destroying the house and trapping them inside.
She could feel her captors moving downstairs through the bag. Once downstairs, the bag was removed and she almost pounced but stopped herself once she saw who stood over her.
"You hiss like a tiger, Russia!" said a smirking Sirius Black.
"Yeah, you're like a Siberian tiger" James Potter mimicked an awful Russian accent. "…except you're not all white." he added, playing with a strand of Audrey's hair. He was grinning widely.
"White complexion…close enough, mate." Sirius chimed in.
"Fucking Merlin…what the bloody hell?" Audrey breathed, sitting up and looking at her two friends.
"Well, that's not the greeting I expected, but I guess I'll take it." said James, shrugging and plopping down on the floor next to Audrey.
"So how's summer goin', Russia?" Sirius asked, plopping down on the other side of her.
"Great." Audrey said, prepared for the lying.
"Lies!" chimed James, Audrey shot him a glare.
"We know you're not sleeping, Russia." said Sirius.
"We also know that you've been dancing twelve hours a day." added James.
Audrey then pieced it together. "REMUS JOHN LUPIN, WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Over here." said Remus, walking out of the kitchen with a glass of water. He wore a mischievous smirk.
"And what was with the whole canvas bag thing? Do you know how scary that was?" Audrey scolded them, hitting James and Sirius.
"Well, Russia. We knew you wouldn't go willingly." said James, smirking.
"Go willingly? What are you-" Audrey began but Sirius held up a hand to let him talk.
"Weeeeelll, Audwee. Moony wrote us while he was here at your lovely cottage and said that you seemed down and weren't sleeping. So James and I asked Elly and Henry if we could bring you to the Potters, they of course said yes and here we are."
"I hardly think my mother will let me-" Audrey protested.
"Already taken care of, Audrey." said Remus, smirking. "I asked Airleas two weeks ago, she said she'd pack your trunk before she left for the Tinworth colony. Your dad was fine with it too, only because your mother was."
"You're all assholes." Audrey said flatly, they laughed.
"We love you too, Russia." James said, hugging her. Audrey shook her head, her friends were crazy.
"How did you all get here? I would have heard you if you floo'd in." Audrey said, looking around at the three.
Sirius strode to the door and in walked Henry Potter.
"Nice house, Audrey." said Henry, looking around. The likeness between him and his son was uncanny.
"Thank you, Henry." Audrey replied, pointing at James and Sirius. "I cannot believe these two."
"There are three of us." Sirius mocked.
"Oh, I know." Audrey sassed. "Remus has credibility with me, you two on the other hand…"
James and Sirius both formed perfect O's with their mouths, feigning shock.
"Audrey, I thought you loved us!" James whined.
"We're good looking and quite clever." Sirius interjected, Henry laughed.
"You threw a canvas sack over me!" Audrey exclaimed. "Kidnapping much?"
"Well that is essentially what we're doing, Russia." said Sirius. "though we have permission by all guardians. So if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to the Potter's."
"Oh I'm sorry Mr. Black," Audrey feighed a snobby voice. "Let me go get my trunk then." Audrey laughed, shaking her head at her friends as she jogged upstairs to her room. She knew Remus was always honest, but she double checked her trunk just to make sure.
"All set?" said a smooth voice that made her jump. Audrey shot Sirius a glare, he laughed.
"You're still jumpy from before!" He smirked, wrapping his arms around her. Audrey shoved him away after a few seconds, laughing.
"What are you doing up here?"
"Helping you, of course." Sirius said, for once he wasn't puffing out his chest. Audrey noticed he didn't have to, he seemed to become broader and burlier over the summer.
"I don't need help, Sirius." She laughed. "But thanks."
"Eh, too bad." said James, appearing out of nowhere and taking one side of the trunk. Sirius took the other. Audrey grabbed her cello.
"Why are you bringing that?" Sirius whined. "Haven't you practiced enough?"
"No." Audrey replied. "Plus, if I'm spending the last remaining weeks of the summer at James' Hisoka will have to go there for my lessons. I've got my debut this year."
James began to fake sob like an old mother. "My little Russia is growing up so fast."
"When do you debut?" asked Sirius.
"Hisoka says November, not sure of the date yet." Audrey replied as they made their way down the stairs. "Hey, James! Is Marly coming when her camp is over?"
"Duh, Russia." said James. "It's not a party without Marlene constantly smacking me with some object."
"It's because you're a moron." said Remus, holding Omi's (Audrey's owl) cage.
"And because Marly likes entertaining Audrey with your pain." Sirius grinned, remembering the train ride back in June.
"That too." James replied thoughtfully.
They made their way out the door and met with Henry. James and Sirius stood Audrey's trunk upright and clung onto it. Sirius intertwined his arm with Henry, Remus took Henry's arm on the other side, and Audrey intertwined her arm with Remus'.
They landed with a thud in the Potters' kitchen.
"You were never quite good with landing." said a musical voice. Audrey looked up and noticed Hisoka Emi sitting at the Potter's kitchen table with Mrs. Potter, drinking tea.
"You're a bit creepy sometimes…" Audrey retorted. Hisoka giggled.
"I apologize, I couldn't help it. Your mother wrote me with your friend's plan." Hisoka replied.
"And you're sitting in a chair! Will wonders never cease?" Audrey replied innocently. Hisoka smiled.
"Elly insisted, Audrey-san." Hisoka beamed. "Now I must get going, I'll give you the night off, see you in two days."
She thanked Elly for her hospitality then walked out the kitchen door and disapparated.
"You know, if I didn't know she was a vampire, I'd totally hit on her." Sirius said, Audrey elbowed him and he laughed. "I'm kidding. I'm kidding! I know she's your mentor. Relax. Come on, I'll help you bring all this upstairs."
Audrey nodded, Sirius grabbed her trunk by himself, Audrey took her cello. In the distance, she heard James mutter. "He's such a bloody show off." Remus laughed.
Sirius gracefully kicked open the familiar door at the end of the hallway, it was the same room Audrey had stayed in last summer. The room was completely different this time, it was light blue instead of lilac and had gold curtains and bedding.
Audrey cocked her head at the room, Sirius laughed.
"Elly likes to change the colors of the rooms. She says it adds vibrancy."
"Ahh." Audrey replied, setting her cello in the corner. She opened her trunk quickly and unpacked her stand and set it beside the cello case.
"You look different, Dalio." Sirius said, cocking his head.
"So do you, Black." Audrey replied flatly, turning back to her trunk. He never used her name, it got annoying sometimes.
"What's different about me?" Sirius breathed down her neck. Audrey felt a chill run up her spine, she turned quickly to face him. Her eyes were bright yellow, a gust of wind ran through the room. Sirius backed off, she smirked.
"Personal space is appreciated, Sirius." She turned once more, unpacking.
She was quite sassy.
"You never answered my question." Sirius dared, smirking and stepping forward once more. Audrey gave a cute little laugh.
"What's different about me?"
"You can't answer my question with a question!"
"Who says I can't?"
"I did!"
"You said it first."
"Said what first?"
"That I looked different. So, what's different about me?"
"But I asked first!"
"And you are?" She replied in her innocent voice.
Déjà vu…and you have no idea how badly I wanted to grab her and kiss her.
"I'm Sirius Orion Black, Audrey Fiona Dalio." Sirius replied evenly, a playful glint in his eye.
"Oh! We're using full names now? Goody!" Audrey skipped for a moment, about to go for the door but Sirius blocked it, extending his arms to the doorframe. She got a better look at his arms, he had definitely gotten burlier.
Audrey was about to duck under one of his arms when Sirius blocked her.
"Going somewhere, Russia?" He smirked.
"Downstairs."
"Nope."
"Yes."
"Nah."
"Sirius."
"Audrey."
"Sirius, come on."
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I don't feel like it."
"Well, you wanna know what I feel like?"
"What?"
"I feel like going downstairs, and eating. Now if you don't mind…"
Sirius blocked her again. Audrey stood back, crossing her arms, leaning on one hip. She gave him a look that said 'So we're going to play it that way, huh?'.
Audrey sighed, sitting on the bed, staring at the floor.
Was she admitting defeat? This was a first.
Sirius made to move towards her and in less than a second she jumped up, tackled him to the ground and bolted from the room giggling. Sirius sat up, in shock.
She was getting smart!
"RUSSIA!" Sirius roared, laughing as he went running down the hallway and down the stairs. He had just seen her black hair whip around the corner. Sirius sped up.
Audrey weaved through James' dining room, jumped over the table, and made her way into the kitchen. Sirius caught up.
She dodged Elly and James, saying a quick excuse me. Henry was roaring with laughter seeing Sirius tailing her.
"Moony! I need your help."
"It's out of my hands, Sirius!" Remus called from the den, reading the Daily Prophet of course.
Audrey bolted into the Potter's yard, she made her way for the maze of bushes but Sirius had decided to take a leap of faith, literally, and dove for her waist. He took her down and rolled over so that she ended up ontop of him, his arms were locked tightly around her waist.
"Let me go, you git!" Audrey laughed.
"No!" Sirius shook with laughter.
"JAMES! HELP! YOUR FRIEND IS AN IDIOT." Audrey yelled.
"JAMES! DON'T HELP HER! REMEMBER WHO YOUR BEST MATE IS!"
"JAMES! I'M GOING TO CRY, HE'S HURTING ME!"
"SHE'S LYING! SHE SAID LAST YEAR HER BONES ARE TEN TIMES STRONGER THAN OURS."
"HE'S BEING UNGENTLEMANLY JAMES!"
"NO I'M NOT!"
"JAMES HE'S TREATING ME LIKE THAT ONE RAVENCLAW HE DATED LAST YEAR!"
Before Sirius could yell that she was lying James came bolting out with a crowbar.
"Sirius!" He growled in warning, then realized that Audrey lied. He stood there for a moment with his mouth open in shock.
"Russia is getting good…she's playing with the big leagues now."
"Sirius, what are you doing?" said Remus, coming out of the house with the newspaper still in hand. "I heard all the commotion and Audrey screaming b-" He stopped himself, he had almost said 'bloody murder' but caught himself just in time. Instead he said.
"bloody loud about you being a pervert."
"Which he is." Audrey chimed in from the ground. Sirius freed one of his hands to tickle her. She slapped it away, and rolled off of him, getting to her feet.
"You see? Total pervert!" Audrey said half serious, half joking.
"You love it." Sirius muttered.
I knew my little creature could hear me.
Audrey shook her head, a small smile on her face. "I'm starving. Remus, care to join me for a biscuit?"
"I'd be delighted to." Remus replied, taking the prophet and walking in with her.