A/N I hope you all enjoyed Part 3, I am sorry for killing Draco in the end. This is Chapter one of PART 4 in the series of SIRIUS BLACK'S DAUGHTER. I dont think it will be a long part because there isnt much more to write and the chapters might be a bit shorter then Part 3...but I'm sure you'll enjoy it none the less! Reviews are always welcome and I just wanted to thank those who have reviewed and read this series...it does mean a lot! Once again thank you and without further ado, PART 4!
SIRIUS BLACK'S DAUGHTER
PART 4
CHAPTER 1
With everything that had happened Dumbledore saw fit to close the school early, not before having an early end of year remembrance assembly for Draco. Sirius and Remus stood close to the back keeping an eye on their daughter, Riley Maddox Lupin Black. Riley sat at the front with Harry and Ron on either side of her. As Dumbledore spoke about Draco being loyal to those he loved, Riley sat there wondering just exactly how she and Harry were going to defeat Voldemort. She wasn't thinking about Draco only because every time she did, a flood of tears would open and she'd cry for days. She did notice however, that Dumbledore left out the bit where Draco died jumping in front of the killing curse saving Riley. She looked up from her hands and saw Pansy staring at her, among other slytherins.
"So let us have a moment of silence for Draco Malfoy." Dumbledore told the school. The Slytherins bowed their heads along with the rest of the school, but continued to glare in Riley's direction. "Thank you everyone." He finished and dismissed the whole school.
"Are you coming Riley?" Harry asked quietly as she hadn't moved.
"Suppose so." Riley replied and got up and followed Harry in the direction of Sirius and Remus.
"Ready to go home?" Remus asked.
"We're not going back to Grimmauld Place are we?" Riley asked.
"For now we will be, there's no where else to go." Sirius replied.
"Oh it just keeps getting better." Riley said and she wasn't just referring to going back to that house, Pansy and her band of slytherins were heading towards her.
"You just had to do it didn't you." Pansy shrieked "Just because he loved me, you had to kill him." She added.
"Loved you?" Riley asked "Please and for your information, it was his wonderful death eater father who killed him, so don't you dare say it was me." Riley told her.
"You won't win; you'll all be joining his parents soon." Pansy said as she pointed to Harry and before anyone could stop her, Riley had punched Pansy, causing a stream of blood to gush from her nose and making her fall down.
"Riley!" Sirius yelled and dragged her out of the great hall. Harry and Remus followed suit, not daring to look back. Not a word was spoken between either four of them the whole journey home. When they arrived at Grimmauld Place, Riley stormed inside yanking her arm out of Sirius' grip.
"Where are you going?" Sirius asked.
"If you want to lecture me, do it tomorrow I'm not in the mood." Riley said as she headed up the stairs.
"Actually I don't want to lecture you." Sirius said his voice softening, "Just thought maybe we could just talk." He added.
"Every idea we have come up with, we've found a way to shoot it back down, and I am out of idea's dad." Riley said sighing as she rubbed her eyes, "I've spent every hour since Draco died, trying to come up with a solution and I'm out of ideas." She said as she fought back the tears.
"I think a rest is a good idea and we'll discuss everything later." Remus said. Riley sighed and trudged up stairs to her room. She was in a different room now; she left everything but her clothes in that room, along with Draco's things. She didn't want anything moved from where he left it; even his jacket was still lying on the bed where he threw it off when they arrived home. She flopped onto her bed and took a photo out of the drawer next to her bed. It was a photo of her and Draco, down by the lake at the school, one of the rare times she and Draco were alone. They were smiling and Draco had his arms around her in the picture and every so often, they'd kiss. She kept running thru her head the whole scenario of opening her eyes to find herself alive, but Draco motionless on the floor having taken the killing curse for her. She loved him so much and all she wanted right now was to see his mischievous grin, his voice and feel his arms around her, making her feel safe. She hated the idea that Lucius was still alive, but they had convinced Riley that he will be needed as bait at some point. Riley tossed and turned constantly trying to get some sleep but as she turned again and nearly fell off her bed, she decided to get up.
"Hey Dad." Riley said as she entered the living room and saw Sirius sitting on the couch reading. "I never thought I'd see you reading willingly." She added laughing a little.
"Cant sleep?" Sirius asked.
"Nah." She replied "What are you reading?" she asked.
"Some books that hopefully will have an answer for us." Sirius replied.
"Any luck?" she asked as she sat down next to him.
"Not yet but we'll find something." Sirius told her.
"I was thinking, can you perform a tracking charm that no one else can detect?" Riley asked.
"Yes I suppose if you're powerful enough." Sirius replied "Why?" he asked.
"Why don't we do that to them and put them in Azkaban and then track them when they are sprung." She said "Or just put them in Azkaban and wait for him to show up, then we get him." She added.
"Yes because having a massive battle on a place that has a very big drop is a wonderful idea." Sirius said sarcastically.
"Well I am running high in frustration but low in ideas." Riley told him.
"I know kiddo, we're trying and I promise we'll find something soon." Sirius replied. Sirius had noticed and couldn't blame her that the spark in her eyes ad gone out ever since Draco died and he was afraid it wouldn't come back.
"Don't make promises Dad, they're never kept." Riley said and then left the room. Sirius knew she was talking about the promise ring Draco had given her. He had promised he'd find a way for them to be together, but unfortunately that won't happen now but Riley was determined to make sure she kept her promise and that was to get Lucius back for taking Draco away. Sirius rubbed his eyes and looked at the stack of books next to him, there was a lot of information to get thru, and he just hoped they would be able to get thru it all quick enough. They didn't have any idea what they were looking for because they didn't know what would destroy him once and for all. There were no clues, no former evil dark lords that were like Voldemort that were defeated so they didn't know where to start looking, so they did their best and looked thru every single book they could get their hands on. Sirius sighed and went back to reading his current book, silently praying that they'd find the solution soon.