Authors Notes: Last ever!
Epilogue
"So this is our house?"
Sirius nodded, putting his arms around the two teenagers.
"All of it?"
"All of it, and the Manor, but I think that's a bit big for us."
"You have two houses?"
"Actually Black Manor is a mansion." Remus added helpfully, standing next to the trio.
"Thanks for that, Moony."
"Not at all, Padfoot."
"So this is ours?" Harry asked again, still not quite believing it. A lot had happened in such a short amount of time he was afraid he'd wake up any second.
"Yes Harry."
Orion grinned, "So uh, do we get to pick our own rooms?"
"Of course!"
"Race you, Harry!"
She took off, hurdling over the gate and sprinting to the front door with Harry close at her heels. With ease borne of Quidditch he dodge round her and squeezed through the doorway, throwing a "Beat you!" over his shoulder as he thundered along the hallway and up the stairs.
"Hay no fair Harry! You've got longer legs than me!"
"You got a head start!" He retorted, darting over the landing and poking his head through the first doorway.
"Ooo this is a nice room." she breathed, sticking her head under his arm.
It was a very nice room, there was a large bay window on the wall opposite a big four-poster bed, there was even a built in wardrobe, desk, book shelf and bedside table.
"Bit modern for a wizard's house isn't it? The only thing missing is a telly." she noted,
"Don't think we have electricity though,"
"Shame. I really miss Friends, do you remember Friends?"
"Not really, the Dursleys were never really big on letting me watch shows that I actually might like." he replied dryly, "Let's go see the others!"
The next had two normal windows and the same bits and pieces as the last except the wardrobe wasn't built in; it was an ornately designed wooden one, with swirls on the doors and intricate designs along the top.
All in all there were five bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs and Harry was enchanted with all of them but he knew which one he wanted -it was the fourth one they looked at and had only one window, but it took up half the wall and had a beautiful view of the garden and fields beyond. The bed, like all the others, was a big four poster like they had at Hogwarts, the carpet was plain off white -Sirius said they would colour them when they chose which room they wanted, just like they'd paint the walls (the Muggle way) when they decided on the colours -and the desk sat beneath the window, so he would be able to look outside during the day while doing his homework during the day, as in, when it was light. Something else he was not allowed to do at the Dursleys.
Orion chose the last bedroom, which was next to Harry's but had a big bay window so she could sit and stare out at the sky while not doing her homework. She didn't know what colour to paint it though, or what colour to do the carpet. There were an awful lot to choose from, though green was now vaguely tainted in her eyes. Since that day when they all woke up in the Hospital Wing she read quite a bit about the thing that tried to kill them all. Voldemort was Slytherin; green was the colour of Slytherin.
Red would be good though; Gryffindor rocked.
Sirius relaxed into an overstuffed armchair, listening to Harry and Orion thunder about upstairs.
"So are you having a house warming?" Remus asked eyebrows quirked upwards.
"No," Sirius smirked, "We're having a party on Saturday night. Want to come, Moony?"
Remus rolled his eyes and said dryly, "Thought you'd never ask".
The noise from above stopped suddenly, causing Sirius to stiffen and glance to the ceiling, then Orion screamed, "Harry!" and he knew things were fine.
"You need to relax, Padfoot, or your hair will be more grey than black before Christmas."
Sobering, Sirius gave Remus a long look, "I'll just be happy if Wormtail has been given the Kiss by Christmas."
"Well the trial is next week."
"I know," the smirk returned in full force, "Say Moony, do you know how to cook?"
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Authors Notes: Well that's it!
Epilogue
"So this is our house?"
Sirius nodded, putting his arms around the two teenagers.
"All of it?"
"All of it, and the Manor, but I think that's a bit big for us."
"You have two houses?"
"Actually Black Manor is a mansion." Remus added helpfully, standing next to the trio.
"Thanks for that, Moony."
"Not at all, Padfoot."
"So this is ours?" Harry asked again, still not quite believing it. A lot had happened in such a short amount of time he was afraid he'd wake up any second.
"Yes Harry."
Orion grinned, "So uh, do we get to pick our own rooms?"
"Of course!"
"Race you, Harry!"
She took off, hurdling over the gate and sprinting to the front door with Harry close at her heels. With ease borne of Quidditch he dodge round her and squeezed through the doorway, throwing a "Beat you!" over his shoulder as he thundered along the hallway and up the stairs.
"Hay no fair Harry! You've got longer legs than me!"
"You got a head start!" He retorted, darting over the landing and poking his head through the first doorway.
"Ooo this is a nice room." she breathed, sticking her head under his arm.
It was a very nice room, there was a large bay window on the wall opposite a big four-poster bed, there was even a built in wardrobe, desk, book shelf and bedside table.
"Bit modern for a wizard's house isn't it? The only thing missing is a telly." she noted,
"Don't think we have electricity though,"
"Shame. I really miss Friends, do you remember Friends?"
"Not really, the Dursleys were never really big on letting me watch shows that I actually might like." he replied dryly, "Let's go see the others!"
The next had two normal windows and the same bits and pieces as the last except the wardrobe wasn't built in; it was an ornately designed wooden one, with swirls on the doors and intricate designs along the top.
All in all there were five bedrooms and two bathrooms upstairs and Harry was enchanted with all of them but he knew which one he wanted -it was the fourth one they looked at and had only one window, but it took up half the wall and had a beautiful view of the garden and fields beyond. The bed, like all the others, was a big four poster like they had at Hogwarts, the carpet was plain off white -Sirius said they would colour them when they chose which room they wanted, just like they'd paint the walls (the Muggle way) when they decided on the colours -and the desk sat beneath the window, so he would be able to look outside during the day while doing his homework during the day, as in, when it was light. Something else he was not allowed to do at the Dursleys.
Orion chose the last bedroom, which was next to Harry's but had a big bay window so she could sit and stare out at the sky while not doing her homework. She didn't know what colour to paint it though, or what colour to do the carpet. There were an awful lot to choose from, though green was now vaguely tainted in her eyes. Since that day when they all woke up in the Hospital Wing she read quite a bit about the thing that tried to kill them all. Voldemort was Slytherin; green was the colour of Slytherin.
Red would be good though; Gryffindor rocked.
Sirius relaxed into an overstuffed armchair, listening to Harry and Orion thunder about upstairs.
"So are you having a house warming?" Remus asked eyebrows quirked upwards.
"No," Sirius smirked, "We're having a party on Saturday night. Want to come, Moony?"
Remus rolled his eyes and said dryly, "Thought you'd never ask".
The noise from above stopped suddenly, causing Sirius to stiffen and glance to the ceiling, then Orion screamed, "Harry!" and he knew things were fine.
"You need to relax, Padfoot, or your hair will be more grey than black before Christmas."
Sobering, Sirius gave Remus a long look, "I'll just be happy if Wormtail has been given the Kiss by Christmas."
"Well the trial is next week."
"I know," the smirk returned in full force, "Say Moony, do you know how to cook?"
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Authors Notes: Well that's it!