CRUEL TO BE KIND
BY ICE PRINCESS12
SEQUEL TO PERFECT PAIRS
DISCLAIMER: - I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to Harry Potter, the only things I own are the plot and a few characters. I wish I owned Harry, Ron and Sirius though, I promise I'd be gentle with them.
AUTHORS NOTE:- Welcome back to everyone who read PERFECT PAIRS, This story is going to be rated R, just in case, I don't exactly know what'll be happening yet. Have fun!!!!!
CHAPTER 1
FAMILY
As Harry entered the front room, a tall, dark man raised himself out of the arm chair and turned to face Harry, Harry gasped in shock as he took in the man's chiselled features and mop of dark hair.
''Sirius?!''
''Hello Harry.'' Sirius said slowly and apprehensively, not exactly sure what Harry's next action would be, he couldn't imagine how he would feel if someone he had thought dead for a year, suddenly turned up in his old Proffessors front room.
''What?........How did you?........What?....Why?'' Harry spluttered, unable to comprehend the fact that his dead godfather was standing in his teachers front room, looking at him expectantly.
''Now Harry, Sirius has been waiting for us all to be together before explaining to us how he did it.'' Lupin said as he entered the front room, along with Destiny.
''YOU KNEW HE WAS ALIVE........YOU KNEW HE WAS ALIVE, AND YOU LET ME THINK HE WAS DEAD.......YOU LET ME GRIEVE FOR HIM ALL THIS TIME WHEN HE WAS HERE IN YOUR HOUSE ALL ALONG.'' Harry shouted, turning on Lupin, he had spent all those months trying to hide his grief and lonlieness from everyone, when Sirius had been alive and well the whole time.
''Look Harry, it was impossible to tell you, it only would've upset you more.'' Destiny said quietly from her place in the corner. ''We couldn't tell you.''
''WHY NOT?'' Harry shouted, turning on his Defence Against the Dark Arts proffessor. ''HOW COULD THAT HAVE UPSET ME, HE'S ALIVE, I COULD'VE DONE WITH SOME GOOD NEWS.'' Harry screamed angrily at both Lupin and Destiny who just sat down and took his ranting, they were expecting it.
''Harry, I was in a coma for four months, they didn't know whether I'd even make it through, now imagine how you'd feel if they got your hopes up by telling you I was back, then me not waking up. That would make you feel ten times worse.'' Sirius said calmly as he walked over to Harry and placed his hand on his shoulder. ''It was for the best you have to understand.''
''I do understand.'' Harry said calming down, realising that what they had done was to protect him and not just because they felt he didn't deserve to know. It was all for his benefit. ''I'm sorry I shouted at you all, it's just I'm always kept in the dark about everything. It was jut a huge hock to see him standing there. I know you were only thinking of me. Thanks.'' Harry said sheepishly to all the adults in the room with him, they accepted his apology graciously and told him that it was exactly how they expected him to react. ''So Sirius how did you come back to life?'' Harry asked curiously after pulling out of another fatherly hug from his godfather.
''I didn't come back to life.'' Sirius answered simply.
''Then are you ghost or something?'' Harry asked stupidly, even though he had just been hugged and touched by his godfather without feeling the familiar icy feeling, he got when he accidentally walked through one of the Hogwarts ghosts.
''No, I didn't come back to life because I never died.'' Sirius started, getting interrupted again by Harry.
''But then where were you? Why didn't you come back when I called you?'' Harry interrupted, earning a frustrated glare from Lupin who had been waiting the longest to finally hear how Sirius returned.
''I'll tell you if you just stop interrupting.'' Sirius said, smiling fondly at Harry. ''Now here goes, the whole story.'' Sirius said pausing dramatically before launching into the full story.
''As you all know, I fell through the veil, but what caused me to fall was a curse that hit me right in the chest, from my evil bitch of a cousin, who I really should remember never to provoke again. I remember this one time when we were kids......''
''Sirius.'' Lupin shouted, getting annoyed at Sirius who was really dragging out the story, to build up the mounting tension in the small room.
''Oh sorry Moony old pal.'' Sirius said smirking at Harry and winking at Destiny. ''Well anyway she shot a curse at me, but it wasn't a killing curse, it was only a stunner, so I was unconcious as I fell through the veil. I didn't hear you call to me Harry, or the rest of the fight, or anything else for a very long time actually.'' Sirius said sadly. ''I must've been unconcious for a good couple of months, then when I awoke I was in a bright white room, laying on a soft white floor, there were shadows floating all around, these sort of wispy looking people. So obviously as soon as I saw these shadows I thought that I must've died, and was in the after life but I still felt pain, a terrible stabbing pain in my head, where I must've hit it in my fall, and a dull continuous ache in my chest where the stunner hit me. I looked down at my body, and saw that it was normal, not shadowy or see through, but normal.''
''So you were still alive when you fell through the veil?'' Harry interrupted, unable to resist. ''How did you get back?''
''Well these shadow people noticed that I had woken up and came over to me, they were people's spirits, and they helped me get back to the other side of the veil. It was hard going, what with my injuries, and it drained me of most of my strength, but finally we made it and I got back to the world of the living.'' Sirius said triumphantly.
''So what is behind the veil?'' Lupin asked curiously.
''It is the after life, like heaven. It's where the people who have been good in their lives go , it's just like this life, only better, it's more pure, there is no pain, no suffering, only happiness.'' Sirius said as he fondly remembered the place where he had spent the beginning part of the year.
''So the people there were all the spirits of good people who have died?'' Destiny asked confused.
''Yes.'' Sirius answered firmly. ''Although there was a man there who if I remember correctly was anything but good in his life.'' Sirius said fondly.
''You didn't?'' Lupin asked unbelievingly.
''Yes I did, I saw James.'' he said proudly, smiling at Harry. ''Remind me never to sneak up on a red head ever again though.'' Sirius said suddenly serious. ''I have never even heard of half the words that came out of little TigerLily's mouth when I gave her and Prongsie a little surprise.'' he said happily.
''You saw my parents?'' Harry asked, unable to believe how the day that he had dreaded most, the last day of school, was fast becoming one of the best days of his life.
''Yes Harry I did.'' Sirius said seriously, looking into Harry's eyes. ''They are so proud of you Harry, they'e been watching over you and can't believe how you've grown up.'' Harry felt a tear form in his eyes, his parents had been watching over him and they were proud of him, that was all Harry had ever wanted was to have parents that were proud of him and he thought that it would never happen, but it had and they were proud of him. ''Your father said to tell you that you have an amazing Quidditch talent, I think he was quite jealous, he also said you've done a fine job of picking a girlfriend.'' Harry grinned as he pictured his father telling Sirius all of this.
''Really?'' Harry asked hopefully.
''Really, and Lily told me to tell you to be sure that you treat her right and to never hurt her, she was so happy that you have found a great girl that really loves you Harry.'' Sirius said slowly to Harry who was starting to cry, feeling the need to lighten the mood Sirius started talking once again. ''After I'd finished getting lectured by Lily and James, who wished you both well.'' Sirius said to Lupin and Destiny, who smiled happily, remembering their old school friends. ''Anyway I got out of the veil and I slowly but surely made my way to the only place I could think of going, Lupin's house. The last thing I remember is knocking on the door, then I must've collapsed because I don't remember anything until I woke up with his scary face looming over me.'' Sirius said earming a scandalised look from Lupin. ''And I've been here ever since.'' he finihed his story and sank ino the chair that was next to the large bookcase. ''But theres one question that I have to ask.''
''What's that?'' Harry asked curiously, he would've thought that Lupin would've filled him in on everything that had happened while he was unconcious.
''Who's this girlfriend of yours that I've been hearing so much about?'' Sirius asked mischievously.
''Ginny Weasley.'' Harry said proudly, smiling at Sirius.
''What the youngest Weasley, that pretty little red head?''
''The very one.'' Harry answered grinning at the amused look on Sirius's face.
''I should've known you'd fall for a red head.'' Sirius said laughing at Harry. ''Exactly like your father.''
The following week at Lupins house were spent very enjoyably for Harry, he had his godfather back, the one person he had come to trust and love like a father. Things couldn't be better. He realised that Sirius must've been the person that Lupin and Destiny were talking about, all those times he'd heard them talking secretly in Hogwarts, although he never let slip to Lupin or Destiny that he had overheard their whispered conversations. One evening that night Sirius called everyone in to the front room, saying that he had something very important to tell Harry, so Harry sat in the living room along with Lupin and Destiny who didn't seem as anxious to hear the news as Harry was. Perhaps they already knew.
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''Ron.........RON!!'' Ginny shouted loudly and impatiently at her brother who was laying on his stomach reading over a piece of parchment, probably another letter from Hermione, Ginny thought sulkily as she waved her hand in front of her brothers face who was totally oblivious to her screaming.
''What do you want Gin?'' Ron asked irritably, folding up the letter quickly to prevent Ginny reading it.
''Why hasn't Harry written to me yet, he said that he would? Maybe he has forgotten about me, or maybe the Dursleys have locked him away again. Have you heard from him?'' Ginny asked quickly, it had now been two weeks into the summer holidays and Ginny hadn't heard from Harry once, even though he had promised to write to her all the time.
''I don't know why he hasn't written to you Gin, I doubt that he has forgotten you and I doubt the Dursley's have locked him away, not with Moody watching the house. And no I haven't heard from him yet.'' Ron answered calmly, which only made Ginny feel more irratated, why wasn't anyone as worked up about there being no sign of Harry, why weren't they worried about him? Was she over reacting? but he did promise to write to her, what could possibly have happened to make him forget his promise?
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''Harry, I have something very important to tell you.'' Sirius said solemly as he looked over to Destiny who nodded her head in support. ''Me and Destiny, well we were a couple back in Hogwarts as you know. Well we've decided to get back together.''
''That's great.'' Harry said, happy that Sirius was finally happy.
''Yeah, I've always loved her, I was just too afraid that she'd hate me after coming out of Azkaban, that I never had the guts to contact her.'' Sirius said sadly.
''And I thought he'd forgotten about me.'' Destiny said as she walked over to stand by Sirius, slipping her hand into his.
''But there's more Harry.'' Sirius said, turning away from Destiny to face Harry once again.
''Oh don't tell me you're having a baby.'' Harry guessed, smiling at his godfather.
''No, Destiny....well...she's your godmother.''
''What? Really?'' Harry asked astounded. Not only had his godfather returned but he had gained a godmother too, just when Harry thought that he was going to be left with no family at all, his family had started to get bigger.
''Yeah really.'' Destiny answered. ''I've been looking for a way to tell you all year, I just didn't know how.''
Wow this is great.'' Harry said happily, this really was turning out to be one of the best summer holidays of his life.
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Ginny Weasley lay on her bed, it was a bright sunny day outside but she couldn't face being outside in the sunshine where everyone was so happy, when she was so miserable. Harry still hadn't written to her. If she were Harry she would have written about a hundred times already but she hadn't received one single letter, she didn't even have Ron to complain to anymore because Hermione had arrived at the Burrow that morning to be introduced as Ron's girlfriend to all of the Weasley's, and her and Ron were probably off snogging somewhere. 'Right that's it' Ginny said to herself as she got up off her bed and walked over to her small desk, with the photograph of her and Harry kissing in a decorative frame on it, and pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill and set about writing a letter to Harry, asking him why he hadn't written, at least she would be put out of her misery then.
She finished the letter and rolled it up tightly, before sneaking into Ron's bedroom to borrow his owl Pig, as she wouldn't be getting her own owl until she received the results to her OWL's. She watched as the tiny owl flew away from the Burrow into the sunshine, before returning to her room and flopping once again onto her bed.
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''Harry!''' Destiny called up the stairs in Lupin's house. ''There is an extremely hyper-active owl flying around the kitchen with a letter for you.''
''Pig'' Harry shouted as he ran down the stairs.
''Excuse me.'' Destiny said as Harry ran past her.
''Pig, it's the owls name.'' Harry quickly untied the letter from the owls leg and ran back upstairs to read it, muttering thanks to Destiny as he rushed past her once again. He sat down on the bed that he slept in, and hurridely unravelled the letter and took one look at the neat curly hand writing and his heart started beating faster. Ginny.
*Dear Harry
I'm missing you load and loads, I hope the muggles aren't treating you too bad. I was just wondering why you haven't written to me at all, I mean it's no big deal, it's not as if I've been hanging around waiting for an owl to tap on the window or anything, it's just that you promised you'd write to me all the time, and when you didn't I started to worry about you.
It's mental here, Lovekitty has just arrived and Snugglebunny is driving me crazy, he's been moping about reading his love letters every day, and as soon as she arrived they rushed off, probably to go and snog in the back garden. He introduced Hermione to all the family the other day, as his girlfriend, even though everyone has already met her before, don't ask me what goes through their heads!! Thier both as mad as the other.
Please try and write back soon Harry, I'm missing you so badly.
Love you loads and loads with all my heart.
Ginny
x x x x x x x x*
''Oh God, I didn't write to her.'' Harry said mentally kicking himself. ''I've been so caught up in everything here I forgot to write.'' Harry said to himself as he rushed downstairs to find Lupin who was sitting in his favourite chair in the front room, reading an old and tattered book. ''Moony?'' Harry asked.
''Yes Harry.'' Lupin said looking up from the book he had been absorbed in.
''Will it be alright if Ginny comes to stay for a while?'' Harry questionned hopefully.
''Of course, you can't tell her about Sirius until she gets here though. No-one knows yet, well apart from Dumbledore, we don't want anyone to find out he's still alive just when they stopped hunting for him.'' Lupin answered as he looked back down to his book.
''Yeah of course, I'll tell her when she arrives, will it be alright if I tell Ron and Hermione?'' Harry asked hopefully.
''As long as thats it, we know they can be trusted, but we don't want too many people knowing, if Fudge found out the search would start back up just as Sirius is able to have a bit of freedom.'' Lupin said seriously. ''But make them promise not to tell anyone, not even Molly and Arthur, not yet anyway.''
''Ok, they won't tell anyone.'' Harry said happily, as he rushed to his room to start writing to Ginny.
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*Dear Gin,
I'm so sorry I didn't write to you, everything has been so mad here, I'm not with the muggles I'm staying with Proffessor Lupin. I can't tell you everything in the letter incase it gets intercepted. I'll be at the Burrow tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning, ask your mother if it'll be alright if you come to stay with us for the week. I'll see you tomorrow angel, I miss you loads, can't wait to see you!
Harry x x x x x x*
Ginny folded up the letter after reading it for the sixth time, Harry was going to come and get her tomorrow, he still loved her and he hadn't forgotten about her. The black cloud of depression that had been hanging over Ginny since the start of the holiday suddenly lifted, and Ginny was happier than she had been in days, even Ron noticed a change in her mood, and that was with Hermione around to distract him. As Ginny russhed downstairs to aske her mother if it would be alright if she stayed with Harry, she made the mistake of glancing out of the window in the kitchen, where she saw much to her disgust Ron and Hermione in a passionate embrace, kissing each other feverishly, but not even that could dampen Ginny's mood as she set about finding her mother.
That night Ginny couldn't get to bed early enough, Harry would be there soon and he would take her away from her brothers, for an entire week. An entire week without having to see Snugglebunny and Lovekitty cuddled up together on the sofa, it was heaven for her, as she couldn't help but be jealous of Hermione, she had her boyfriend with her, but she didn't. Ginny had asked Mrs Wealsley if she could go to stay with Harry for a week, and after a bit of arguing, Molly Weassley had given in and decided to let her only daughter to go and spend a week with her boyfriend, comforted by the fact that there was at least one responsible adult that would be with them, but what Molly didn't know was at that precise moment in time that 'responsible' adult was play wrestling with his old school friend, making up for years of lost time together. Ginny smiled as she remembered the argument she had had with her mother only hours before.
''Please mum, I haven't seen Harry for ages I really miss him.'' Ginny pleaded desperately, hoping her mother would understand, afterall she had been seperated from Arthur, Ginny's father countless times during the first war against Voldemort, she must know how she felt.
''Believe me Ginny, I understand how you feel but I cannot let you go and stay with Harry, it's not safe.'' Molly argued back, reluctant to let her daughter stay away from home, alone with her boyfriend.
''Mum Lupin will be there, he's the most responsible person I know, please.'' Ginny answered back, determined to find a come back for everyone of her mothers reasons why she shouldn't be allowed.
''Even so, where will you sleep?'' Molly asked curiously, it seemed as though she was finally relenting to the idea. ''You can't very well sleep in with Harry can you?''
''Oh no, I wouldn't dream of it mum.'' Ginny answered smiling inwardly to herself and trying her hardest not to smile as she recalled almot every night of her last year at Hogwarts that she had shared a bed with Harry Potter. ''I'll probably sleep in his bed and he'll most probably sleep on the sofa or something.'' Ginny answered innocently.
''Well if that's the case, you can go, as long as Harry agrees to spend the resst of the summer here at the Burrow.'' Mrs Weasley said determind to have the final say in the matter.
''Of course mum.'' Ginny answered obediently, as she rushed out to owl Harry back, she had planned on asking if Harry could come back to the Burrow anyway.
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''Mione, you know we've been together for almost a year now.'' Ron said to Hermione as they sat cuddled up together under a blanket on the sofa in the large living room at the Burrow, under the ever watchful eye of Mrs Weasley who was anxious to make sure that they didn't get to cosy.
''I know, I honestly thought one of us would've ended up killing the other by now.'' Hermione said smiling, as she looked up into Ron's deep blue eyess, that were filled with love and adoration for her and her only. ''I'm glad we're still together, I can't imagine being with anyone else.''
''Me neither.'' Ron agreed as he kissed her sweetly on the lips, ending the kiss before Mrs Weasley poked her head around the kitchen door to check on them again, for the second time in as many minutes. Ron smiled up at his mother, when he saw her, satified she went back into the kitchen. ''Honestly there's no privacy in this place.'' Ron huffed as he pulled Hermione in closer to him. ''I'll be glad when I move out, you can come over all the time then mione and we can do whatever we want.'' Ron said waggling his eyebrows suggestively, Hermione just laughed, she knew it'd be agess before Ron moved out, however much he threatened, he was a mammy's boy at heart and she knew he wouldn't have a clue what to do if he didn't have his mother by him.
''Hey guys.'' Ginny called as she walked down the stairs dressed in her pyjamas and a dressing gown. Thankful to catch them both at a moment when they weren't kissing or touching each other, well much anyway, Ginny swore that those two were actually sugically attached to each other, you never saw one without the other anymore. ''Guess what?'' Ginny said smiling as she threw herself down into the chair opposite them.
''Harry wrote you a letter back.'' Ron guessed.
''Correct, guess what else.'' Ginny said smiling.
''I don't know he's asked you to marry him.'' Ron said sarcastically.
''It's great isn't it, how did you know.'' Ginny asked, looking genuinely shocked.
''What!! Don't you think you're a bit young, I mean what is he thinking.'' Ron started shouting.
''Oh calm down I was jusst joking, a chance would be a fine thing.'' Ginny said winking at Hermione, who blushed remembering their conversation the previous night planning their ideal wedding. ''No, Harry's coming tomorrow.'' Ginny squealed excitedly.
''What to stay?'' Ron asked confused. ''No-one told me, I better go and clean my room, I haven't cleaned it for ages I've been too busy.'' He said smirking at Hermione, while Ginny rolled her eyes.
''No, he's not coming to stay, only to get me so I can go and stay with him.'' Ginny informed Ron and Hermione with a pleased look on her face.
''Your going to stay with the Dursleys?'' Hermione asked, shocked at why Ginny would be pleased at the prospect of being half starved to death by the Dursleys.
''No, Harry's staying with Lupin this summer, that's why I'm allowed to go and visit.'' she explained patiently, not waiting for a reply as she turned and walked upstairs to her room, to go to sleep praying that the next day would come around quickly so that she could finally see Harry again.
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(A.N How's that for a first chapter? Harry finally has some good news, I promise next chapter will have more Harry and Ginny and a lot of Ron/Hermione fluff. Please review. Thanks to everyone who told me to have fun on holiday, I did thank you. Review, Review, Review. Please!!!!!!!) YAY SIRIUS IS BACK!!!!!
P.S The main plot won't get going until their back at Hogwarts, up until then it'll probably be very fluffy, but hey we all love fluff don't we? I made this a longer chapter to make up for the wait, hope you all enjoy.
BY ICE PRINCESS12
SEQUEL TO PERFECT PAIRS
DISCLAIMER: - I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to Harry Potter, the only things I own are the plot and a few characters. I wish I owned Harry, Ron and Sirius though, I promise I'd be gentle with them.
AUTHORS NOTE:- Welcome back to everyone who read PERFECT PAIRS, This story is going to be rated R, just in case, I don't exactly know what'll be happening yet. Have fun!!!!!
CHAPTER 1
FAMILY
As Harry entered the front room, a tall, dark man raised himself out of the arm chair and turned to face Harry, Harry gasped in shock as he took in the man's chiselled features and mop of dark hair.
''Sirius?!''
''Hello Harry.'' Sirius said slowly and apprehensively, not exactly sure what Harry's next action would be, he couldn't imagine how he would feel if someone he had thought dead for a year, suddenly turned up in his old Proffessors front room.
''What?........How did you?........What?....Why?'' Harry spluttered, unable to comprehend the fact that his dead godfather was standing in his teachers front room, looking at him expectantly.
''Now Harry, Sirius has been waiting for us all to be together before explaining to us how he did it.'' Lupin said as he entered the front room, along with Destiny.
''YOU KNEW HE WAS ALIVE........YOU KNEW HE WAS ALIVE, AND YOU LET ME THINK HE WAS DEAD.......YOU LET ME GRIEVE FOR HIM ALL THIS TIME WHEN HE WAS HERE IN YOUR HOUSE ALL ALONG.'' Harry shouted, turning on Lupin, he had spent all those months trying to hide his grief and lonlieness from everyone, when Sirius had been alive and well the whole time.
''Look Harry, it was impossible to tell you, it only would've upset you more.'' Destiny said quietly from her place in the corner. ''We couldn't tell you.''
''WHY NOT?'' Harry shouted, turning on his Defence Against the Dark Arts proffessor. ''HOW COULD THAT HAVE UPSET ME, HE'S ALIVE, I COULD'VE DONE WITH SOME GOOD NEWS.'' Harry screamed angrily at both Lupin and Destiny who just sat down and took his ranting, they were expecting it.
''Harry, I was in a coma for four months, they didn't know whether I'd even make it through, now imagine how you'd feel if they got your hopes up by telling you I was back, then me not waking up. That would make you feel ten times worse.'' Sirius said calmly as he walked over to Harry and placed his hand on his shoulder. ''It was for the best you have to understand.''
''I do understand.'' Harry said calming down, realising that what they had done was to protect him and not just because they felt he didn't deserve to know. It was all for his benefit. ''I'm sorry I shouted at you all, it's just I'm always kept in the dark about everything. It was jut a huge hock to see him standing there. I know you were only thinking of me. Thanks.'' Harry said sheepishly to all the adults in the room with him, they accepted his apology graciously and told him that it was exactly how they expected him to react. ''So Sirius how did you come back to life?'' Harry asked curiously after pulling out of another fatherly hug from his godfather.
''I didn't come back to life.'' Sirius answered simply.
''Then are you ghost or something?'' Harry asked stupidly, even though he had just been hugged and touched by his godfather without feeling the familiar icy feeling, he got when he accidentally walked through one of the Hogwarts ghosts.
''No, I didn't come back to life because I never died.'' Sirius started, getting interrupted again by Harry.
''But then where were you? Why didn't you come back when I called you?'' Harry interrupted, earning a frustrated glare from Lupin who had been waiting the longest to finally hear how Sirius returned.
''I'll tell you if you just stop interrupting.'' Sirius said, smiling fondly at Harry. ''Now here goes, the whole story.'' Sirius said pausing dramatically before launching into the full story.
''As you all know, I fell through the veil, but what caused me to fall was a curse that hit me right in the chest, from my evil bitch of a cousin, who I really should remember never to provoke again. I remember this one time when we were kids......''
''Sirius.'' Lupin shouted, getting annoyed at Sirius who was really dragging out the story, to build up the mounting tension in the small room.
''Oh sorry Moony old pal.'' Sirius said smirking at Harry and winking at Destiny. ''Well anyway she shot a curse at me, but it wasn't a killing curse, it was only a stunner, so I was unconcious as I fell through the veil. I didn't hear you call to me Harry, or the rest of the fight, or anything else for a very long time actually.'' Sirius said sadly. ''I must've been unconcious for a good couple of months, then when I awoke I was in a bright white room, laying on a soft white floor, there were shadows floating all around, these sort of wispy looking people. So obviously as soon as I saw these shadows I thought that I must've died, and was in the after life but I still felt pain, a terrible stabbing pain in my head, where I must've hit it in my fall, and a dull continuous ache in my chest where the stunner hit me. I looked down at my body, and saw that it was normal, not shadowy or see through, but normal.''
''So you were still alive when you fell through the veil?'' Harry interrupted, unable to resist. ''How did you get back?''
''Well these shadow people noticed that I had woken up and came over to me, they were people's spirits, and they helped me get back to the other side of the veil. It was hard going, what with my injuries, and it drained me of most of my strength, but finally we made it and I got back to the world of the living.'' Sirius said triumphantly.
''So what is behind the veil?'' Lupin asked curiously.
''It is the after life, like heaven. It's where the people who have been good in their lives go , it's just like this life, only better, it's more pure, there is no pain, no suffering, only happiness.'' Sirius said as he fondly remembered the place where he had spent the beginning part of the year.
''So the people there were all the spirits of good people who have died?'' Destiny asked confused.
''Yes.'' Sirius answered firmly. ''Although there was a man there who if I remember correctly was anything but good in his life.'' Sirius said fondly.
''You didn't?'' Lupin asked unbelievingly.
''Yes I did, I saw James.'' he said proudly, smiling at Harry. ''Remind me never to sneak up on a red head ever again though.'' Sirius said suddenly serious. ''I have never even heard of half the words that came out of little TigerLily's mouth when I gave her and Prongsie a little surprise.'' he said happily.
''You saw my parents?'' Harry asked, unable to believe how the day that he had dreaded most, the last day of school, was fast becoming one of the best days of his life.
''Yes Harry I did.'' Sirius said seriously, looking into Harry's eyes. ''They are so proud of you Harry, they'e been watching over you and can't believe how you've grown up.'' Harry felt a tear form in his eyes, his parents had been watching over him and they were proud of him, that was all Harry had ever wanted was to have parents that were proud of him and he thought that it would never happen, but it had and they were proud of him. ''Your father said to tell you that you have an amazing Quidditch talent, I think he was quite jealous, he also said you've done a fine job of picking a girlfriend.'' Harry grinned as he pictured his father telling Sirius all of this.
''Really?'' Harry asked hopefully.
''Really, and Lily told me to tell you to be sure that you treat her right and to never hurt her, she was so happy that you have found a great girl that really loves you Harry.'' Sirius said slowly to Harry who was starting to cry, feeling the need to lighten the mood Sirius started talking once again. ''After I'd finished getting lectured by Lily and James, who wished you both well.'' Sirius said to Lupin and Destiny, who smiled happily, remembering their old school friends. ''Anyway I got out of the veil and I slowly but surely made my way to the only place I could think of going, Lupin's house. The last thing I remember is knocking on the door, then I must've collapsed because I don't remember anything until I woke up with his scary face looming over me.'' Sirius said earming a scandalised look from Lupin. ''And I've been here ever since.'' he finihed his story and sank ino the chair that was next to the large bookcase. ''But theres one question that I have to ask.''
''What's that?'' Harry asked curiously, he would've thought that Lupin would've filled him in on everything that had happened while he was unconcious.
''Who's this girlfriend of yours that I've been hearing so much about?'' Sirius asked mischievously.
''Ginny Weasley.'' Harry said proudly, smiling at Sirius.
''What the youngest Weasley, that pretty little red head?''
''The very one.'' Harry answered grinning at the amused look on Sirius's face.
''I should've known you'd fall for a red head.'' Sirius said laughing at Harry. ''Exactly like your father.''
The following week at Lupins house were spent very enjoyably for Harry, he had his godfather back, the one person he had come to trust and love like a father. Things couldn't be better. He realised that Sirius must've been the person that Lupin and Destiny were talking about, all those times he'd heard them talking secretly in Hogwarts, although he never let slip to Lupin or Destiny that he had overheard their whispered conversations. One evening that night Sirius called everyone in to the front room, saying that he had something very important to tell Harry, so Harry sat in the living room along with Lupin and Destiny who didn't seem as anxious to hear the news as Harry was. Perhaps they already knew.
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''Ron.........RON!!'' Ginny shouted loudly and impatiently at her brother who was laying on his stomach reading over a piece of parchment, probably another letter from Hermione, Ginny thought sulkily as she waved her hand in front of her brothers face who was totally oblivious to her screaming.
''What do you want Gin?'' Ron asked irritably, folding up the letter quickly to prevent Ginny reading it.
''Why hasn't Harry written to me yet, he said that he would? Maybe he has forgotten about me, or maybe the Dursleys have locked him away again. Have you heard from him?'' Ginny asked quickly, it had now been two weeks into the summer holidays and Ginny hadn't heard from Harry once, even though he had promised to write to her all the time.
''I don't know why he hasn't written to you Gin, I doubt that he has forgotten you and I doubt the Dursley's have locked him away, not with Moody watching the house. And no I haven't heard from him yet.'' Ron answered calmly, which only made Ginny feel more irratated, why wasn't anyone as worked up about there being no sign of Harry, why weren't they worried about him? Was she over reacting? but he did promise to write to her, what could possibly have happened to make him forget his promise?
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''Harry, I have something very important to tell you.'' Sirius said solemly as he looked over to Destiny who nodded her head in support. ''Me and Destiny, well we were a couple back in Hogwarts as you know. Well we've decided to get back together.''
''That's great.'' Harry said, happy that Sirius was finally happy.
''Yeah, I've always loved her, I was just too afraid that she'd hate me after coming out of Azkaban, that I never had the guts to contact her.'' Sirius said sadly.
''And I thought he'd forgotten about me.'' Destiny said as she walked over to stand by Sirius, slipping her hand into his.
''But there's more Harry.'' Sirius said, turning away from Destiny to face Harry once again.
''Oh don't tell me you're having a baby.'' Harry guessed, smiling at his godfather.
''No, Destiny....well...she's your godmother.''
''What? Really?'' Harry asked astounded. Not only had his godfather returned but he had gained a godmother too, just when Harry thought that he was going to be left with no family at all, his family had started to get bigger.
''Yeah really.'' Destiny answered. ''I've been looking for a way to tell you all year, I just didn't know how.''
Wow this is great.'' Harry said happily, this really was turning out to be one of the best summer holidays of his life.
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Ginny Weasley lay on her bed, it was a bright sunny day outside but she couldn't face being outside in the sunshine where everyone was so happy, when she was so miserable. Harry still hadn't written to her. If she were Harry she would have written about a hundred times already but she hadn't received one single letter, she didn't even have Ron to complain to anymore because Hermione had arrived at the Burrow that morning to be introduced as Ron's girlfriend to all of the Weasley's, and her and Ron were probably off snogging somewhere. 'Right that's it' Ginny said to herself as she got up off her bed and walked over to her small desk, with the photograph of her and Harry kissing in a decorative frame on it, and pulled out a piece of parchment and a quill and set about writing a letter to Harry, asking him why he hadn't written, at least she would be put out of her misery then.
She finished the letter and rolled it up tightly, before sneaking into Ron's bedroom to borrow his owl Pig, as she wouldn't be getting her own owl until she received the results to her OWL's. She watched as the tiny owl flew away from the Burrow into the sunshine, before returning to her room and flopping once again onto her bed.
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''Harry!''' Destiny called up the stairs in Lupin's house. ''There is an extremely hyper-active owl flying around the kitchen with a letter for you.''
''Pig'' Harry shouted as he ran down the stairs.
''Excuse me.'' Destiny said as Harry ran past her.
''Pig, it's the owls name.'' Harry quickly untied the letter from the owls leg and ran back upstairs to read it, muttering thanks to Destiny as he rushed past her once again. He sat down on the bed that he slept in, and hurridely unravelled the letter and took one look at the neat curly hand writing and his heart started beating faster. Ginny.
*Dear Harry
I'm missing you load and loads, I hope the muggles aren't treating you too bad. I was just wondering why you haven't written to me at all, I mean it's no big deal, it's not as if I've been hanging around waiting for an owl to tap on the window or anything, it's just that you promised you'd write to me all the time, and when you didn't I started to worry about you.
It's mental here, Lovekitty has just arrived and Snugglebunny is driving me crazy, he's been moping about reading his love letters every day, and as soon as she arrived they rushed off, probably to go and snog in the back garden. He introduced Hermione to all the family the other day, as his girlfriend, even though everyone has already met her before, don't ask me what goes through their heads!! Thier both as mad as the other.
Please try and write back soon Harry, I'm missing you so badly.
Love you loads and loads with all my heart.
Ginny
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''Oh God, I didn't write to her.'' Harry said mentally kicking himself. ''I've been so caught up in everything here I forgot to write.'' Harry said to himself as he rushed downstairs to find Lupin who was sitting in his favourite chair in the front room, reading an old and tattered book. ''Moony?'' Harry asked.
''Yes Harry.'' Lupin said looking up from the book he had been absorbed in.
''Will it be alright if Ginny comes to stay for a while?'' Harry questionned hopefully.
''Of course, you can't tell her about Sirius until she gets here though. No-one knows yet, well apart from Dumbledore, we don't want anyone to find out he's still alive just when they stopped hunting for him.'' Lupin answered as he looked back down to his book.
''Yeah of course, I'll tell her when she arrives, will it be alright if I tell Ron and Hermione?'' Harry asked hopefully.
''As long as thats it, we know they can be trusted, but we don't want too many people knowing, if Fudge found out the search would start back up just as Sirius is able to have a bit of freedom.'' Lupin said seriously. ''But make them promise not to tell anyone, not even Molly and Arthur, not yet anyway.''
''Ok, they won't tell anyone.'' Harry said happily, as he rushed to his room to start writing to Ginny.
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*Dear Gin,
I'm so sorry I didn't write to you, everything has been so mad here, I'm not with the muggles I'm staying with Proffessor Lupin. I can't tell you everything in the letter incase it gets intercepted. I'll be at the Burrow tomorrow at 11:00 in the morning, ask your mother if it'll be alright if you come to stay with us for the week. I'll see you tomorrow angel, I miss you loads, can't wait to see you!
Harry x x x x x x*
Ginny folded up the letter after reading it for the sixth time, Harry was going to come and get her tomorrow, he still loved her and he hadn't forgotten about her. The black cloud of depression that had been hanging over Ginny since the start of the holiday suddenly lifted, and Ginny was happier than she had been in days, even Ron noticed a change in her mood, and that was with Hermione around to distract him. As Ginny russhed downstairs to aske her mother if it would be alright if she stayed with Harry, she made the mistake of glancing out of the window in the kitchen, where she saw much to her disgust Ron and Hermione in a passionate embrace, kissing each other feverishly, but not even that could dampen Ginny's mood as she set about finding her mother.
That night Ginny couldn't get to bed early enough, Harry would be there soon and he would take her away from her brothers, for an entire week. An entire week without having to see Snugglebunny and Lovekitty cuddled up together on the sofa, it was heaven for her, as she couldn't help but be jealous of Hermione, she had her boyfriend with her, but she didn't. Ginny had asked Mrs Wealsley if she could go to stay with Harry for a week, and after a bit of arguing, Molly Weassley had given in and decided to let her only daughter to go and spend a week with her boyfriend, comforted by the fact that there was at least one responsible adult that would be with them, but what Molly didn't know was at that precise moment in time that 'responsible' adult was play wrestling with his old school friend, making up for years of lost time together. Ginny smiled as she remembered the argument she had had with her mother only hours before.
''Please mum, I haven't seen Harry for ages I really miss him.'' Ginny pleaded desperately, hoping her mother would understand, afterall she had been seperated from Arthur, Ginny's father countless times during the first war against Voldemort, she must know how she felt.
''Believe me Ginny, I understand how you feel but I cannot let you go and stay with Harry, it's not safe.'' Molly argued back, reluctant to let her daughter stay away from home, alone with her boyfriend.
''Mum Lupin will be there, he's the most responsible person I know, please.'' Ginny answered back, determined to find a come back for everyone of her mothers reasons why she shouldn't be allowed.
''Even so, where will you sleep?'' Molly asked curiously, it seemed as though she was finally relenting to the idea. ''You can't very well sleep in with Harry can you?''
''Oh no, I wouldn't dream of it mum.'' Ginny answered smiling inwardly to herself and trying her hardest not to smile as she recalled almot every night of her last year at Hogwarts that she had shared a bed with Harry Potter. ''I'll probably sleep in his bed and he'll most probably sleep on the sofa or something.'' Ginny answered innocently.
''Well if that's the case, you can go, as long as Harry agrees to spend the resst of the summer here at the Burrow.'' Mrs Weasley said determind to have the final say in the matter.
''Of course mum.'' Ginny answered obediently, as she rushed out to owl Harry back, she had planned on asking if Harry could come back to the Burrow anyway.
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''Mione, you know we've been together for almost a year now.'' Ron said to Hermione as they sat cuddled up together under a blanket on the sofa in the large living room at the Burrow, under the ever watchful eye of Mrs Weasley who was anxious to make sure that they didn't get to cosy.
''I know, I honestly thought one of us would've ended up killing the other by now.'' Hermione said smiling, as she looked up into Ron's deep blue eyess, that were filled with love and adoration for her and her only. ''I'm glad we're still together, I can't imagine being with anyone else.''
''Me neither.'' Ron agreed as he kissed her sweetly on the lips, ending the kiss before Mrs Weasley poked her head around the kitchen door to check on them again, for the second time in as many minutes. Ron smiled up at his mother, when he saw her, satified she went back into the kitchen. ''Honestly there's no privacy in this place.'' Ron huffed as he pulled Hermione in closer to him. ''I'll be glad when I move out, you can come over all the time then mione and we can do whatever we want.'' Ron said waggling his eyebrows suggestively, Hermione just laughed, she knew it'd be agess before Ron moved out, however much he threatened, he was a mammy's boy at heart and she knew he wouldn't have a clue what to do if he didn't have his mother by him.
''Hey guys.'' Ginny called as she walked down the stairs dressed in her pyjamas and a dressing gown. Thankful to catch them both at a moment when they weren't kissing or touching each other, well much anyway, Ginny swore that those two were actually sugically attached to each other, you never saw one without the other anymore. ''Guess what?'' Ginny said smiling as she threw herself down into the chair opposite them.
''Harry wrote you a letter back.'' Ron guessed.
''Correct, guess what else.'' Ginny said smiling.
''I don't know he's asked you to marry him.'' Ron said sarcastically.
''It's great isn't it, how did you know.'' Ginny asked, looking genuinely shocked.
''What!! Don't you think you're a bit young, I mean what is he thinking.'' Ron started shouting.
''Oh calm down I was jusst joking, a chance would be a fine thing.'' Ginny said winking at Hermione, who blushed remembering their conversation the previous night planning their ideal wedding. ''No, Harry's coming tomorrow.'' Ginny squealed excitedly.
''What to stay?'' Ron asked confused. ''No-one told me, I better go and clean my room, I haven't cleaned it for ages I've been too busy.'' He said smirking at Hermione, while Ginny rolled her eyes.
''No, he's not coming to stay, only to get me so I can go and stay with him.'' Ginny informed Ron and Hermione with a pleased look on her face.
''Your going to stay with the Dursleys?'' Hermione asked, shocked at why Ginny would be pleased at the prospect of being half starved to death by the Dursleys.
''No, Harry's staying with Lupin this summer, that's why I'm allowed to go and visit.'' she explained patiently, not waiting for a reply as she turned and walked upstairs to her room, to go to sleep praying that the next day would come around quickly so that she could finally see Harry again.
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(A.N How's that for a first chapter? Harry finally has some good news, I promise next chapter will have more Harry and Ginny and a lot of Ron/Hermione fluff. Please review. Thanks to everyone who told me to have fun on holiday, I did thank you. Review, Review, Review. Please!!!!!!!) YAY SIRIUS IS BACK!!!!!
P.S The main plot won't get going until their back at Hogwarts, up until then it'll probably be very fluffy, but hey we all love fluff don't we? I made this a longer chapter to make up for the wait, hope you all enjoy.