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CHAPTER 104

Sirius Black arrived back at their home to find Edgar and Hisoka sitting on the couch with Anastasia.

"What's happened to her?" Edgar exclaimed rushing off of the sofa.

"Albus tranquilized her." Sirius spat, annoyed.

"I think it's best that we go and play in your room, Anastasia." Hisoka said to the small child, picking her up and swiftly moving around the other two.

Edgar sighed. It was conflicting for him and Hisoka. Albus Dumbledore was their longtime friend, but the things that he had done to Audrey's family…what he put them through, was very questionable.

"Why did she just act like this was nothing?" Sirius asked, annoyed.

"Hisoka has always been excellent at keeping her opinions and emotions out of public eye. Surely you'd know that by now." Edgar replied. "Plus, your daughter is in our presence."

Sirius had momentarily forgotten about his little girl. He felt terrible, but with the strain of losing Marlene, and Remus and Audrey's emotional distraught – everything had taken to the backburner.

"What exactly happened?" Edgar asked, in a quieter voice so the child wouldn't hear. "How did this come about?" He took the small dart from Audrey's neck.

"She couldn't control her tremors." Sirius sighed, gently placing her on the sofa. "Albus said that she would have exposed us all…I mean, it was a valid point, but it was bloody cruel."

"Of course it was." Edgar replied. "He just treated her like an animal, very contradictory of his stance on creatures rights. It is unfortunate that he resorted to such a barbaric manner, but it is better that she is tranquilized at the moment. Those headlines…"

"I know…" Sirius said. "They keep probing at it. Every day the paper talks about it. It's like You-Know-Who is placing the articles to catch her."

Edgar's expression changed from confusion to realization.

"Sirius, that's exactly what he's doing." He exclaimed. "Audrey's been avoiding him for three years…he must be getting desperate."

I don't know if Audrey had figured it out at the time, or if she just thought it was general paranoia. She wasn't the only Russian born immigrant coming under fire at the time, there were others…she just had the highest bounty reward. They labeled her as the ringleader to this imaginary government heist.

"Yeah…" Sirius sighed, running a hand through her hair. "I'm going back to the Hogshead, I promised Remus. Do you mind staying here?"

"Go." Edgar waved him off.

I couldn't wrap my head around everything that happened, Marlene couldn't be dead. That just wasn't possible…and seeing how heart broken my best friends were, especially Remus, would have been enough to kill me.

Sirius returned to the Hogshead, finding only Remus. He was hunched over Marlene's bed, his head rested in his hands.

Remus didn't say anything, if the roles were reversed, I wouldn't have either.

And I didn't for 12 years.

There were some small thuds coming from the other room, others were arriving.

James came in, wiping his eyes. He exchanged a look of acknowledgement with Sirius.

"Where's Audrey?" His voice cracked.

"Home." Sirius replied quietly. Before Sirius could speak, Remus lifted his head.

"That old crackpot tranquilized her." He snarled. It was a rare side of Remus that they were seeing.

"He had to cover her…he had to control her because she is wrong. The great Albus Dumbledore, defender of creatures, defender of muggle borns! HE'S A HYPOCRITE."

"Remus, mate…calm down." James rushed over to him.

"He claims to be so mighty, he claims he wants to help us…" Remus was breathing heavily, he had difficulty controlling himself.

"What happened?" James asked, looking between the two.

"Dumbledore tranquilized Audrey, because she couldn't control her tremors." Sirius sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"What?" James asked. "What? Again?"

"Again." Remus replied, kicking the wall in anger.

"Mate, you should head home. I'll help Remus, go take care of your wife." James said, rubbing Remus' back.

"She'll be okay." Sirius replied. "She's under Edgar and Hisoka's care…I reckon that tranquilizer was the same one he used last time."

I had really hoped it wasn't. I certainly could not deal without Audrey for two weeks. Times were tough. Sure, we fought a lot but I was mad for her. How would I explain to our three year old that her mother had been tranquilized because humanity saw her as an animal?

In Oxshott, Audrey lay in their bed. The world was spinning, her vision was blurred. She felt so tired and dizzy, what had happened? It was something terrible, but she could not remember…

"Audrina." said a firm, familiar voice.

She opened her eyes to see her father, multiplied around her. Why was the room shaking?

"Papa, Papa…what has happened?"

"Audrina, you must stay hidden." He replied firmly. "You mustn't be seen, terrible things…they are coming your way."

"Papa…I am so tired, and so cold. Please, help me." She choked.

"I cannot, Audrina. I wish that I could protect you from these terrible people."

Audrey blinked back some tears, reaching out towards her many fathers. She didn't know if any of them were real.

He turned away for a moment.

"Papa…I know the truth. I saw it…I saw it in St. Aleksander's."

"Audrina, you don't even know half of it."

Audrey blacked out once more.