Hiya, here's chapter 45 - I'm actually cackling right now; I have almost everything finished for the final chapters, I'm just making time to write things down . would you like them now or should I make you wait?

Enjoy Reading this for the moment

45 January 26 1998

Sirius whirled around, hit a masked man across the face, sweeping said mask off, kicked his shin and then stunned him.

"You doing okay there?!" shouted Harry across the room.

"I'm just peachy, kid!" he hollered back and fired a stinging hex at one of the two men who were trying to curse Fred Weasley.

"Oh, thanks man!" the redhead shouted with a grin.

Sirius threw himself into the fight again. They had gotten word from Severus, after a month of nothing, and now they were at the snake face's headquarters, fighting themselves across a room towards another room where it seemed like the Dark Lord resided. Sirius prayed that things would end tonight.

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"Look, dear, we have guestss!"

He watched in amusement as the blonde turned her head towards the now open doors and smiled.

"Indeed we do. Shall I welcome them?"

"You may do sso. Nagini, guard."

He leaned back and looked on as she woman rose to her feet and slowly sashayed across the room towards the silly Order of the Phoenix, who all seemed stunned.

"Hello, you are all pretty foolish to come here."

Her voice was perfect; calm and cool and dangerous, and with his snake wrapped over her shoulders she looked actually magnificent.

"Jennie? What are you doing?" asked Albus Dumbledore.

"Me? I'm standing here; it's not polite to remain seated when greeting one's guests. Please, come closer."

He cackled.

"Do you ssee? You can't beat me! I'll alwayss win! Ssee thiss, Ssirius Black, thiss perfect body, mine!" he drawled and beckoned the blonde back to him; she hurried back and smiled as she sat down by his feet and grasped his robes in one hand while Nagini glided down from her shoulders and laid in her lap to be caressed over the head.

"Now, let me give you my perssonal welcome!" he shouted and in a flash, they were all tied up against the wall. All of the except Harry Potter.

"Tom?"

He gave her a quick look, surprised that she spoke without having been spoken to first, then dismissed it when he saw the evil glint in her blue eyes.

"Can I play? Please!"

He chuckled.

"Of course dear… have ssome fun."

He stepped aside and watched in actual curiosity as she beckoned Nagini with her and walked to the boy.

"Hello little man, I see you have come along; it was bad of you, I'll have to kill you."

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Harry fumbled after his wand, but Jennie grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"Ah-ah! Play nicely Harry…"

His hand was angled downwards, slightly to the right, her grip was hard as ice; unbreakable.

"Jennie, c'mon snap out of it!" he called out and she giggled.

"There's nothing for me to snap out of, silly boy."

Harry felt his hand being flicked, Jennie's eyes seemed to become abnormally large as she stared at him, he swallowed and thought a single word.

The room erupted in fire. He saw the snake around Jennie burn, saw the blackness that oozed out of it, saw her blonde hair beginning to burn and knew that he was losing control.

"I'm sorry", he rushed and tried to stop it.

Jennie smiled at him.

"You're doing great, darling."

And, just like that, the fire ceased to exist.

Everything was silent. And then Voldemort cried out in anger, in disbelieve, and Harry saw Jennie swirl around and – afterwards he would describe her as a flurry of power – Voldemort was pushed back, and then Jennie was pulling him away, closer to the door.

"Sirius, now!"

Harry felt Jennie tense and hug him close as everyone rushed to them, something was being set in motion and then everything faded away from him.