A/N: No Sirius wont be paired with any of the sisters I contemplated it but I like the pairings from the original show sorry guys! Any ways on with it.
Chapter 5- Secrets and dates.
Scarlett slipped into her bed that night. She had a great time with Chris at the library and it was announced upon her reentry at her house that they would be having dinner with the extended family of the Halliwell's. She marked her place in her book and turned off her lamp. She fell asleep in moments.
She flickered her eyes open. She was stood in a wide open white space. It was vast then everything swirled in a splash of colours. Then she was in the library in Potter manor.
"Hello Miss Black" A voice behind her said she turned and saw a young looking man with a faint wisp of facial hair. He had brown hair and shocking blue eyes. He smiled when she looked at him.
"Um...Hi" She said waving slightly. He chuckled.
"Sorry I forget you don't know me. I am Merlin"
"Wha...What!"
"Yes I am Merlin"
"But you don't look like..."
"Like what? A hundred year old shriveled man with a beard reaching the floor?" He asked smiling at her. To be honest she had always imagined that Merlin would like similar to Dumbledore.
"Well..Yeah..No offense" She said blushing hotly.
"None taken...But anyway I presume you're wondering why you're here"
"Kinda yeah...I mean not that it's not great meeting you It SO is but what do you want?" She asked.
"Easy. Now as your whitelighter explained I fought Demons occasionally and now that you have accepted your destiny they will be looking for you."
"I've been trying to research demons but I got squat"
"Exactly this is why I'm here. Most wiccans have a book of shadows but during my time this just wasn't possible. The persecution that would have occurred would have been...unfortunate. So I created a spell to store all my information that I uncovered safe in my mind much like a book"
"okay following you so far"
"I want to pass on this information to you. Once this happens you can transfer it to a book if you so wish"
"I will. I have a book that I was going to use as my own as I uncovered stiff" He nodded and la his hands palms up and motioned her to place her hands on top of his.
A white glow emitted from between the two pairs of hands. Then everything hit her at once. Spells and memories hit her all at once. "Whoa! Head rush"
He smiled. "That is everything I know. Some may be outdated but it should explain everything" He then placed two fingers on her forehead and everything went black.
She opened her eyes to see that it had become morning. Sunlight fed through the crack in her curtains. Wincing at the light assault she stood to her feet. Walking to her desk she pulled out the aged book. She had seen it in a little old thrift shop and had fallen in love with it.
It was thick with light tan pages. The parchment was soft and not scratchy or stiff like the Hogwarts stuff. The front had a magnificent carving of the tree of life. Overall she deemed it a good buy for only a $1.99.
She opened it to the first page and pondered something. She pressed a finger on her temple and pulled out the new information. She cast onto the pages and they filled with the printed version of the knowledge. She smiled. She had her own book of shadows!
"Scar! Breakfast" Sirius called from down stairs.
"Coming" She closed it and placed on top of her desk. She walked in to find Sirius piling her plate with slices of toast.
"Hope you're hungry" Sirius said.
"You have no idea!" Sh said.
"So I was talking to Piper and she said she has three sisters"
"NO NO and if you didn't guess already...NO!" Scarlett said.
"AWW! Why not?"
"One. They're married. Two. They're married and three I'm tired of healing bruises form disgruntled husbands" Scarlett said.
"You're no fun" He pouted.
The door was knocked upon and piper Halliwell appeared from the inside looking a little stressed.
"Hi Scarlett...Sirius come on in" She said. Scarlett smiled and walked in and almost burst out laughing at the scene in front of her.
A woman with brown hair she presumed to be Phoebe was hopping on one foot trying to remove her shoes while her-She assumed- husband stood warily behind her,she was pregnant, another woman with red hair was sat mixed between laughing at the couple and talking to a man that was hugging her shoulders.
"Welcome to the mad house" A voice behind her said.
"Trust me I've seen worse" She said to Chris who was leaning against the banister on the stairs.
"Oh"
"Yep. One time at school there was a food fight so big hat the teachers were mixed between trying to restore order and running in terror" She said. She turned and saw Sirius talking to the two husbands when another man with blonde hair and green eye like Chris walked in holding a beer bottle.
"PHOEBE!" Piper shouted as the pregnant women fell onto the arm of the chair.
"Got it!" She declared triumphantly.
"Hey mom when's dinner?" Chris asked.
"NOW!" She said brushing her hair back into place and motioning for her guests to sit at the table.
"So Scarlett...where did you and Sirius live before moving here" Paige asked as she accepted a heaping pile of vegetables.
"We lived in England until I was able to leave my boarding school then I was planning to go to college and Sirius suggested a change of scenery so her we are"
"Oh? And what are you planning on studying at College"
"Photography and Art. I love to paint and draw" She answered. Paige nodded and talk turned to small over dinner talk.
"Well me and Scarlett are done so we'll leave you guys to talk" Chris said and stood up motioning for Scarlett to copy.
"Sirius is it fine if me and Chris go to our house for a moment it's just i said I'd show him some of my art work" Scarlett asked.
"If it's okay with his parents it's fine with me" He said.
"Just be home before nine" Leo said as he helped with the plate collecting.
"I will be" He called from over his shoulder.
"I know it;s around here somewhere" She said as she let him into her room. He looked around while she rooted on her desk, which was overflowing with papers. It was dark blue with silver swirls across the walls. Plastered to one wall was a mural of pictures. He looked closer and saw Scarlett smiling alongside three other people. A Chinese girl and a bronze haired kid were hugging and a bushy haired younger girl and Scarlett were doing the same.
"Are these your friends?" He asked.
"Huh?...Oh yeah. That's Cho and Cedric. Cutest couple ever and the young girl is Hermione. We were close. Still are I email Hermione and write to the others all the time" She answered.
"Is it difficult being friends and being so far away"
"Sometimes. But we all try to keep in contact wit each other. And after Cho and Cedric finish their final and unneeded year at school we promised we'd go traveling for a little bit" She said smiling fondly at the photo. Sirius had taken the day off working at the ministry to visit and they were all stressed after exams that he suggested a goofy picture contest. Hermione won after she transfigured herself into Ron. They took a nice photo after they turned back.
Chris watched a she smiled fondly at the photo. Damn it Chris! Just ask her! If she says no just say it's as friends. He screamed thought in his mind.
"Scarlett.."
"Call me Scar. Everybody does"
"Scar...Would you maybe wanna go catch a movie" He asked at her lack of answer he quickly added "As friends of course"
"Are you actually asking me as a friend or as something else?"
"Would it be so bad if I said the second option"
"No. It really wouldn't" She said.
"Great...That's...Great..I'll pick you up and we can go for lunch at my moms place" He said.
"Sounds good" She said.
"So I'll see you tomorrow" He said as they stood at the threshold. Across the street Sirius was talking with Leo outside their door.
"Tomorrow it is" She said smiling and kissing his cheek. After she had shut the door he stood there for a few moments touching the place she had kissed. The walking away with a big smile in his face he pushed away the nervous bats in his stomach as he thought of his date tomorrow.