~Of Silver and Gold~
Chapter 16: The Truth Beneath Lies
Angel couldn't help but frown about what was going on. Draco and her friends were leaving for Christmas and she was staying behind. She couldn't help but feel it was all her fault; after all she had an opportunity to return home and cling to the family that she missed so much. The only problem was that she wasn't their daughter, and that she could no longer truly play the part.
"Hey….doll you okay?"She heard her brother whisper.
She lifted her head and looked at her brother staring at her sadly. He felt that this was the right thing for her to do, it was showing her independence and showing her loyalty to her familiar. He felt her wrap her arms around his waist and he held his short sister close, inhaling her scent as she tried not to cry.
"Come with me please?" he asked.
Draco heard mumbles against his chest and he sighed.
"Merlin I hate your cat" he said out loud.
He thought that she would hit him, or yell at him, but instead he heard her laughing softly.
"She hates you too" she replied smiling slightly.
Their little comments ended as he looked at him seriously. He knew that they were waiting and they would not be pleased if he was late. They were already furious at how Angel blatantly refused to go making an excuse after another.
"I should go" he said in a soft tone.
She nodded and bit her lip trying not to cry. She lifted her hand and caressed his cheek, the bruise clear on his cheek.
"Mother will kill you" she said with a small smile.
"Not till I tell her than you practically mauled the Mudblood" he said winking.
They embraced one another and promised to keep contact. She promised that if Coeur was found, she would return before Christmas, but there was no real promise. She waved and as he was immersed in flames, she was finally able to stop forcing emotions.
Slowly the small smile on her face disappeared, the gleam in her eye was done, and her posture shifted into curling more into itself. Everyone that was forcing her to act in a phony way were gone; now there was only her and her thoughts. She thought it was perfect because now she could either wallow in her pain, or the more idiotic choice: find Black.
Angel decided that maybe it would be good to try and find her uncle Severus to see if he would be willing to tell her more about the situation. She began to walk down the main hallway and she couldn't help but think how bad these past years had been for her.
Turning the corner, she was accidentally thrown to the side; groaning softly she sat up to notice it was Professor Lupin. Except he didn't look like himself; he looked distracted, rushing and not even bothering to say any greetings or asking for pardons.
"Professor" she called out.
He didn't even turn back, he was heading towards the gates of Hogwarts. Frowning slightly, she wondered just what was wrong with the DADA profesor.
"Meeting maybe?" she said to herself thinking that it made most sense.
She heard the bells ring as the full hour came. She counted it was five and she knew her uncle would be in his office complaining about her class and others. As she reached the end of the long hall, she reached his door and entered knowing that he was already expecting her.
As she looked inside, what she was imagining on seeing was not it. He saw that he was pacing back and forth muttering things to himself.
"Uncle Sev?" she called out.
His head whipped up and he turned to see his goddaughter looking at him in a concerned expression. As he noticed her, he noticed her state.
"Have you been taking your draughts?" he asked suddenly making her jump.
She looked at him confused.
"What?" she asked.
"You haven't been taking your draughts, I knew you weren't, you look like the walking dead" he said wrinkling his nose. "Look at you, your blouse is even dirty, shame on you young lady"
She looked at her blouse and she noticed that she had gotten that from when she had bumped into Professor Lupin.
"It's not my fault! If Professor Lupin hadn't crashed into me as he sped off to who knows where, I wouldn't have-"
"He left?" Snape said looking at her curiously.
"Yes, he was running and he just pushed me over. Honestly people here have no –"
"Where did he go?" he asked.
She shrugged.
"It's not important." She said "What is important is-What are you doing?"
She noticed that he had gotten his coat and was already walking away from her. She had no choice but to follow.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"I knew it" he said ignoring her comment. "He's off to aid Black" he said.
Angel stopped immediately and looked at him wide eyed. He paid no attention as he continued to walk away from the office. She couldn't believe it; her father was here, and she had to finally meet him.
"I'll see you later" he called out.
"No!" she called out.
Even as he ignored her, she found herself following him. Never had she defied him, but this time around there was no way he was going to keep her from following him.
"Don't you dare think it" he hissed at her direction.
Snape was met not with a fearful glance, but one of determination. He for a minute thought back on the little blond girl before her generation that would give him the same glare.
"I want to meet him….I need to ask him why" she ended in a whisper.
Severus looked at her and he couldn't help it. Her eyes were soft and her expression was one of hope, but fear. He sighed loudly and before she could say anything, she was being pushed towards the hall. She smiled up at him, only to hear:
"I now remember why I don't have children….I despise them"
Angel smiled. He had relented to her demands. So as he signaled her to follow, she did so giddily.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"I know where they'll be" he said.
"How?"
"Bad experience" he said.
She swore she saw him shiver.
"Tonight is the full moon, and even then he'll go off and see that criminal" Severus added.
Angel nodded and they moved towards the Floo room to reach towards a place she hadn't ever seen before. She looked wide eyed, and felt a little disoriented as the spinning stopped. She pushed forward by her godfather who seemed unfazed.
"Come on we don't have time for your weak stomach" he said gruffly. "Just be quiet and wait for
my signal"
She nodded and he walked ahead towards the front of the bar. She looked around noticing how dirty and dingy the room was, and she couldn't help but wrinkle her nose. The windows were so dirty, barely being able to see the other side, and she didn't want to touch anything.
"What brings you here Severus?" a gruff voice said towards the pair.
Angel's eyes immediately looked at a man. He was elderly, yet lively something she had seen many times in Dumbledore himself. She felt uncomfortable and looked at her godfather who seemed unfazed.
"Hello Aberforth, I'm here on business" he said and leaned against the bar.
Angel bit her lip forcing herself not to do any cleaning spell in the place, it was so disgusting.
"Really? Is it so important that you needed to be a runt here?" he asked staring at Angel.
Angel frowned at his comment. She forced herself not to glare, as the sight of a hog head made her freeze. Severus looked unfazed and simply stared at the stranger named Aberforth.
"I'm here on business, ignore the girl and we'll be fine" Severus said breezily.
"Ah yes, but do tell that to my other guests Severus, some aren't too nice or keen towards girls of her stature" he said with a toothy grin.
Angel shivered and moved closer to her godfather. He signaled her to go sit down and she frowned. She had no choice but take out her and, mutter a cleaning spell at the bar stool and sit down as Severus talked.
"Enough small talk, now tell me have you heard anything about Black?" he asked.
Aberforth smiled wolfishly and chuckled.
"Course, I have, but then again who hasn't" he replied.
Severus stared at him intently and chuckled along knowing how to work the man. He was as tight lipped as his elder brother Albus. Both knew how to keep their secrets well.
"How did I know you were going to say that?" he said smirking. "Tell me, have you heard any howls as of lately?"
Aberforth chuckled.
"Not lately…this month I mean" he said.
"Any black mutts around?" Severus continued to ask.
"Here or there" Aberforth said.
Angel's eyes glittered and looked over to face a pair of brown eyes very similar to the Headmaster. He let out a tiny smile.
"Is that his pup?" he asked.
Angel looked away as Aberforth asked this.
"You are too much like your brother" Severus said and pushed himself from the bar.
Aberforth shrugged.
"That would be a first" he commented. "But if you want to find the main mutt, follow the path of shrieks"
Angel blinked confused while Severus smiled widely.
"Thank you Aberforth, great service as usual. See you soon"
As soon as he said this, he nudged Angel to get up, and she did so quickly.
"You're welcome Severus, oh and pup?" he called out.
Angel blinked and turned to face him.
"Take care pup," he said winking. "Don't be disappointed"
Angel stared at him surprised, but was tugged by Severus, knowing it was time to go. As they walked off, she followed Severus in a quiet atmosphere. She noticed that Hogsmeade was surprisingly quiet; she didn't like it.
"Who was he?" she asked softly.
"Not important" he said gruffly.
"How did he know-" she began.
"Enough" he said. "I knew I should have left you behind, you're too curious about things"
"Sorry" she said frowning.
He sighed and looked up towards the road that led to the house.
"Follow the path of the shrieks" she repeated.
She finally got it as they walked towards the Shrieking Shack. She had heard that it was a dangerous place, because it was the most haunted place in Britain. She shivered and wrapped her arms around her as she turned to face Severus. She noticed that his facial expressions had hardened, making him seem older than he was. His eyes were glazed, and she suspected that he was probably remembering something.
Indeed he was. He was remembering the moment that he almost died in the shack as a teen. Sirius Black, that bastard had tricked him into entering the shack as Remus Lupin was transforming. He still feared the place, but as he felt a small tug on his cloak, he knew that he had to be strong and could not hate Black completely. His goddaughter was part of Black, and hating him completely would mean hating the young girl that he had helped raise.
"Come on hurry up, we need to get there before he leaves" he said.
He picked up his pace, and she had no choice but to run to keep with his long legs. As they reached the Shrieking Shack she was very frightened. She knew it was haunted, at least that's what she heard from other people. She saw him try and open the door only to find it stuck.
"Be quiet and stay behind got it?" he asked.
She nodded and she saw him take out his wand. He opened the door easily with a simple spell and he entered in smooth fluid movements. Angel followed behind and she felt her heart beating so loud that she felt it against her chest and against her ears.
'It's time….I'm going to meet him' she thought.
As they reached the end of the stairs, Angel was stopped by Severus as he leaned against the door to hear.
"No! I trusted you! I covered up for you. And all this time you've been his friend!" they heard Hermione yell. "He's a werewolf! That's why he's been missing classes!"
"The Gryffindor trio is there" Severus whispered at Angel.
Angel was wide eyed thinking of the danger that Harry was experiencing. They heard a howl and laughter that felt herself shiver.
"How long have you known?" they heard Remus ask.
"He's a werewolf" Angel whispered turning to face her godfather.
Why didn't she notice it before? He always looked tired, worn out and on edge during certain parts of their academic year. Her godfather had covered enough classes to know.
"Shh" she heard him whisper at her.
As they turned back to hear the conversation, they heard another voice adding to the conversation.
"Yes, you glow like the sun. And you howl at the moon. Enough talk! He dies. Now, if you won't do it with me, Remus, I'll do it alone."
"Black" he whispered.
Angel froze and stared at the door taking a sharp breath. That was her father, the man she so desperately wanting to see.
"Wait, Sirius –" Remus said.
"I did my waiting! Twelve years of it! In Azkaban! I lost my wife, never met my child! Trust me, you wouldn't have lasted a week!" He yelled.
Angel closed her eyes tight and forced herself not to just walk in. Severus squeezed her shoulder and they bided their time.
"All right then. As you wish..." Remus whispered.
Angel gasped softly. Sirius Black was going to kill Harry.
"He'll kill-" she began.
"No!" she heard Harry yell.
She closed her eyes waiting for something to occur, but all that was heard was a large bang.
She covered her ears frightened beyond belief.
"You betrayed my parents! You sold them to Voldemort!" she heard Harry scream.
"It's a lie! I never would've betrayed James and Lily!" Sirius yelled.
She felt herself tear up slightly. He continued to swear his loyalty to them.
"Harry! You've got to listen- " Remus tried to reason.
"Did he listen! When my mother was dying! Did he hear her screaming!" Harry almost wept at the idea.
"No! I wasn't there! And I'll regret it the rest of my life! You think I would lose everything? I had everything I could ever want, a wife who loved me dearly, not to mention she was with child"
Sirius said, pain evident in his eyes.
Angel wiped her tears behind the door just wanting to enter. She knew the moment was tense but she couldn't see herself not being able to see that man she so desperately begged to see.
"Someone else betrayed your parents, Harry. Someone in this room right now; someone who, until quite recently, I believed to be dead." Remus said with a dark tone.
"He's as good as dead." Sirius said in a deadly tone.
"What're you talking about? There's nobody here." Harry said confused.
….
Harry couldn't believe that after everything he was swearing that he didn't hurt his parents. He clearly believed it, but to him there was nothing he could say to change it. Still, Sirius looked around the room, staring intently towards poor Ron who was cowering.
"Oh yes there is..." Sirius replied with the same tone. "Come out, come out, Peter! Come out, come out and play..."
…
She shivered at the song, so teasing , so disturbing. This man was her father, this deranged man who was itching to kill.
"It's official, he's lost it" Severus whispered at her.
"You're mad..." Ron whimpered holding Scabbers close.
Angel couldn't help but agree. It seemed that Azkaban had harmed him more than anyone noticed. Afterall who could be fine after nearly thirteen years of imprisonment.
"It's time, stay behind" he ordered.
Angel noticed that Severus was standing up and he pushed the door open.
"Expelliarmus!" he yelled.
They all turned to see Severus smiling at them smugly with the wands at hand. Harry's eyes trailed from Snape to Angel who was on her knees holding to the door frame.
"Ah, vengeance is sweet. How I hoped I'd be the one to catch you." Severus drawled out.
"Uncle please" Angel whispered.
"Severus-" Remus began.
Remus then noticed that Angel was there staring at Sirius intently. Sirius had paid no attention as he stared at only Harry. He saw her being disheartened as his eyes would not meet Angel's. Her eyes were full of tears as she heard everything that was going on.
"I told Dumbledore you were helping your old friend into the castle. And here's the proof." Severus continued.
He looked towards Angel and signaled her to get up. Angel did so, but she stayed at the doorframe, frightened as a mouse. She sought to not be seen, but it was too late, almost everyone had noticed her except the man's attention.
"Brilliant! And—as usual— dead wrong, now give us our wands back. Remus and I have a bit of unfinished business to tend to."Sirius replied annoyed.
Severus glared at him, and he couldn't help but feel that he was back to being a teen. His hate for Sirius grew even more as nostalgic thoughts appeared in his head. His wand immediately pointed towards Sirius' neck.
"Give me a reason. I beg you." Severus sneered.
"Don't be a fool, Severus!" Remus warned.
"Uncle Sev please" Angel whispered.
She walked towards her godfather slowly as if to calm him, but immediately as she did this, she was pulled to the side. She looked up to see Harry looking at her incredulously.
"Are you bonkers?" he hissed.
She ignored his comment to see Severus looking at Sirius intently, Sirius' eyes were not on Severus but on her. She looked away embarrassed at calling out at such a moment and instead turned to see a trembling Ron and a frustrated Hermione.
"He can't help it. It's habit by now." Sirius said after a while, returning his gaze to Harry.
"Quiet, Sirius!" Remus reproached.
Severus chuckled and turned to see his goddaughter being held by Potter. He frowned upon the scene, but more as he saw her looking at him with sadness. He wouldn't fall for those doe eyes anymore, once more he regretting bringing her here. He turned to hear the two bickering and clucked his tongue in amusement.
"Listen to you two, quarreling like an old married couple; the creature and the criminal." Severus teased the pair.
"Oh piss off!" Sirius exclaimed.
Severus began to walk around Sirius, looking at him with eyes of a predator.
"Witty as ever I see. Tell me, will you be so irreverent when I turn you over to the Dementors?" He began.
All around him saw Sirius stiffen slightly and Angel looked away. After years of waiting, decades even Severus had found fear in the eyes of Sirius Black.
"Do I detect a flicker of fear? One can only imagine what it must be like to endure the Dementor's kiss. It's said to be unbearable to witness. But I'll do my best." Severus cooed.
Severus turned to face Angel and signaled her to the door. She stared at the door frame with a small frown, knowing that she was no one to object. She took the first few steps forward, she couldn't help but look up to meet a pair of silver eyes. Those eyes that she had once seen full of happiness were now worn out and hardened from the years in Azkaban. She froze suddenly, unsure what she should do.
"After you." Snape said pushing Sirius along.
Harry couldn't help but feel something was wrong. As much as he wanted this to happen all those years ago, he needed to talk more to Black. His eyes trailed from the others to the piano. There on the piano was his wand he so desperately needed to learn more.
"Expelliarmus!" he yelled pointing towards Snape.
Severus soared through the air to crash into the opposing wall. A scream followed from the lone Slytherin whose godfather was thrusted against the wall and seemingly passed out. Pushing through them, she struggled in hopes of reaching him. But there was no use, Harry held onto her tightly, murmuring to not interfere. As much as she beat his chest, he refused to let her go.
"How could you?" she whispered at Harry.
Harry looked at her with an expression of horror. He had attacked a teacher, he had attacked the person who had tried to save him from Sirius. The horror in her own face said enough for him to have guilt rise within him.
"He was trying to save you from this criminal!" she continued.
"Shut up!" Sirius yelled. "I'm not going to be judged by some insignificant tot"
Remus winced slightly as he saw Angel looking at Sirius as if he had slapped her. Still, much like her best friend, she masked her hurt by showing absolute rage. Turning away from Harry, she had no shame in glaring at Sirius.
"Well so far it seems that my uncle was right" she hissed in return.
She looked down and felt her tears beginning to fall. Her father was just as people had said, criminals, heartless and harmful towards people she cared about. He hated her and she was feeling those feelings rising out of her in return.
"You….you attacked a teacher Harry" Hermione said shocked.
He looked to see that Angel had stopped struggling but merely stared at the floor. He pushed her lightly towards Hermione, who had no choice but hold the girl in her arms. Hermione didn't like the girl, but she didn't deserve to be there. Angel just stilled her movements feeling the Muggleborn witch try to comfort her.
"You said Peter before. Peter who?" Harry continued as if nothing.
"Pettigrew…he was at school with us. We thought he was a friend." Remus said with a hint of distaste of uttering his name.
Harry shook his head not believing it.
"No. Pettigrew is dead; he killed him" Harry said.
Harry pointed at Sirius who giggled like a maniac making the others in the room shiver.
"I thought so, too. That is until you mentioned seeing Pettigrew on the Map." Remus explained.
Harry couldn't believe it, he was lying.
"Then the map lies-" Harry muttered.
Sirius couldn't help but think this child was an imbecile, but after all why should he even trust him? All his life he had heard that he had killed his godson's parents.
"The Map never lies!" Sirius yelled and Remus held him back. "Pettigrew's alive, and he's right there."
Everyone's eyes landed once more towards Ron who trembled like a leaf.
"M-me?" Ron squeaked. "He's a lunatic he is"
Sirius rolled his eyes at the idiotic redhead.
"Not you, you idiot. Your rat." He sighed exasperated.
Ron looked down at his ugly rat.
"Scabbers?" he said shaking his head. "Scabbers has been in my family for—"
"Twelve years. A curiously long life for a common garden rat…he's missing a toe, isn't he?"
"So what?" Ron said not understanding a thing.
Silence overtook the room as they all pondered over the story they were told.
"All they could find from Pettigrew was his-" Angel whispered.
"Finger. Dirty coward cut it off so everyone would think he was dead. Then he transformed into a rat." Sirius sneered.
He ignored who it came from, after all she seemed to be the one who's brain functioned.
Harry looked at him hopeful. He wanted to believe that Black was telling the truth, he needed to. His eyes were sunken and they were just so sad, thus he decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
"Show me" he said softly.
Remus and Sirius stared at one another as if they were talking to themselves. Ron whimpered and shook his head not wanting to let go of Scabbers. It was his rat damn it, he just couldn't lose someone who was in his family.
"What are you going to do to him?" Ron whispered.
Both Sirius and Remus nodded at one another as if they had come up with the answer.
All the others stared as a blue light appeared from their wands. The rat had bitten Ron, making him wince and it wiggled away from him to run away as soon as possible. But it was too late, Scabbers began to float over the piano and suddenly transformed into a horrid looking man.
"Merlin" Angel whispered.
There in front of the was a disgusting dirty man. He was very short and had a face of utter terror, his stubby little hands were in front of him as he trembled with the gaze of both former friends. He sniffled and his eyes filled with what were probably crocodile tears, at least that is what
Angel had decided.
"S-Sirius... R-Remus, my old friends." He squeaked.
He looked away from the hard stares he was receiving it. His eyes darted towards the young girl in the corner. He sniffled and looked at her hoping to receive some pity, but since he saw none, he decided for something else.
He decided to pounce on the girl. She yelped at seeing the incoming target, but before he could even get near her, before she could even smell the disgusting man, he was pulled back by both Sirius and Remus. He whimpered and turned to face Harry, looking at him helplessly. Harry's eyes were not on the man, but on the actual finger, the missing finger.
"Harry! Look at you! Y-you look just like your father. Like James. We were the best of friends, he and I-" Peter began to speak nervously.
"Shut up!" Sirius yelled.
"I didn't mean to!" Peter cried out. "The Dark Lord, you have no idea the weapons he possesses! Ask yourself what you would have done, Sirius. What would you have done!"
"Died!" Sirius yelled. "Died rather than betray my friends! And you should have realized, Peter, if Voldemort didn't kill you..."
"We would" Remus said softly.
"No... please... you can't..." He cried out.
As he saw the wands raised, he curled away, cowering behind his hands.
"No!" he heard.
But no spell came, nothing had killed him yet.
Both Sirius and Remus looked at Harry shocked.
"Harry, this man..." Remus said sadly.
"I know what he is. But we'll take him to the castle." Harry decided.
"Bless you, boy! Bless you —" Peter cried trying to hold Harry close.
"Get off! I said we'd take you to the castle. After that, the Dementors can have you." Harry hissed.
Peter let out another whimper and looked down defeated.
"Let's get out of here, the Whomping Willow will work" Remus had decided.
As they began to walk on, Angel took the opportunity to rush over to aid her godfather. She wiped the debris from him and sniffled slightly as she stared at him unconscious. She ignored the pair of silver eyes who wondered just who the girl was.
"Coming tot or what going to cry over Snivelus?" he asked.
She whipped her head to face him, eyes angry. He was slightly taken aback by the deep brown eyes that were judging him by his comment.
"Funny you calling me tot when you're the one acting like a child" she replied.
He raised his brow and he decided that he wasn't going to argue with a child. That is until he heard her comment. Before he could utter something he saw something interesting. Remus had bent down and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Come now, he'll be fine, just unconscious" he said softly.
Sirius noted how Remus was trying to calm her down, not only that but his tone was so soft almost wishing to bring her comfort. In turn, she nearly curled into him as he murmured soft comforting words to the girl.
"Come now Miss Malfoy," he said and nudged her up.
"Malfoy ha!" Sirius snickered.
Sirius shook his head in almost disgust and pushed a whimpering Peter along. Harry, Ron and Hermione walked on all eyes on Peter. Only Remus and Angel stayed behind and the silence surrounded them.
"Are you alright?" he asked lightly rubbing her back in hopes of comforting her.
"It's my fault" she whispered tears beginning to fall.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"I asked Uncle Severus to bring me here. Once he found out that Si-he was here, I needed to come to see him, to meet him. But…he hates me" she whispered.
"Miss Mal-" he began.
"Please don't call me that" she replied. "The feeling is mutual."
Remus looked surprised and once he took in her gaze he knew just how hurt she was. Her doe eyes were so soft, so unlike the rage he had seen much earlier. But it was clear that she was masking a deeper wound.
"If he hates me, then the feeling is mutual. I'm not one to cry over spilled milk….no longer at least"
"Please if you just give him time" he said.
"Please help me with him" she said ignoring his comment.
Remus sighed. She was just like Sirius, so stubborn so determined. He took out his wand and muttered something, making Severus stand up and walked down the stairs calmly.
"What's wrong with-" she began.
"It's a Somnambulist Charm" Remus said. "Now come on we should catch up"
She nodded and he helped her get up. He saw her wipe her clothing that reminded him of Amorette and she walked ahead taking a few looks at Severus as he walked on. As they reached the others, they continued to hear the wails of Peter.
"Turn me into a maggot. A dung beetle. A Flobberworm! Anything but the Dementors..." he wept.
Remus nudged her forward as Sirius was staring up at the stars. She was nervous, but she needed to try, she just had to. Before she could say anything, she saw Harry get closer to Sirius.
"Beautiful, isn't it? I'll never forget the first time I walked through those doors. It'll be nice to do it again. Freely that is." Sirius said.
Angel saw as Sirius placed a hand on Harry's shoulder.
"That was a noble thing you did back there. He doesn't deserve it." He continued.
"I don't reckon my father would have wanted his best friends to become killers for a worthless piece of vermin like Pettigrew. Besides: Dead, the truth dies with him. Alive...you're free." Harry ended with a whisper.
Angel stepped back and turned to meet Remus' curious gaze. Why didn't she even try? But the defeated look in her eyes told him that there was something more.
"Why did you try to speak to him?" he asked.
"I couldn't break their moment" she croaked.
She felt Remus grip her shoulder softly and she took comfort in knowing someone else knew about her predicament and didn't push further. She turned discretely to see Peter begging Hermione and Ron who pointed their wands at him trying to get him to shut up.
"They didn't notice" he whispered.
She smiled tightly.
"I'm glad." She said.
Her gaze landed on the pair of Harry and Sirius who simply talked.
"They're close aren't they" she whispered.
"Indeed they are" he replied nodding. "Sirius had two great loves in his life. One being your mother…the other being his love of Harry, his godson"
She looked away.
"I guess he never loved me" she replied.
Remus winced as he had noticed that he had messed up and she had taken it personal.
"Look I didn-" he began trying to mend the weak bonds.
She lifted her hand to stop him.
"It's fine….maybe it's better that he'll never know" she said.
"Are you sure?" he asked somewhat disappointed.
"Yes…he has only one love now, that being Harry. I guess it was fate for me to be neglected by my biological father and be loved by my family….my real family"
He saw her hurt, but he couldn't go against that comment. As he squeezed her shoulder he grabbed her attention and he found himself uttering something small but pertinent.
"Know, what whenever you might want it, I will be there. I might not be part of your 'real' family but I was once considered for the godfather role in your life. And if you let me, I won't mind fulfilling it, even if it's just an ear for you to talk to"
A small smile rose on her face and she found herself hugging the tired man tightly. It wasn't the same, and it still stung but someone was there. Still, both turned to see Harry and Sirius once more. They had bonded immediately, there was no denying. That gap that Sirius had for a child was already filled by the boy who lived. Harry Potter never meant to steal anything, but he had stolen her spot.
Author's Note: Sorry that I didn't finish the WHOLE book here, but it was way too long.I'll update really soon, maybe a span of days ….or hours depending on how fast I work. Sorry again for not updating soon enough, but REVIEW!
Happy belated New years.
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