Padfoot's Rose | Sirius Black love Story

10. Game Plan

I woke the next morning to the sun shining through the window, soeks of dust dancing in the light. Smiling slightly to myself only to turn over to find a cold and an empty bed. If it wasnt for the small piece of  torn parchment left on Sirius' side of the bed I would have sworn the pervious night was but a cruel dream.

Stretching my stiff muscles I rolled onto my side and carefully picked up the folded parchment as I attempted to rub the sleep from my eyes.

My dearest Rose,

When you read this I will be long gone, I am sorry for abandoning you once again but we both know I could.nit stay in the castle undetected.  I'm the most wanted man in the wizarding world and to harbour a fugitive would put you at unnecessary risk and you my live have already been through too much.

Know that I am not too far away and my thoughts are with you and our future reunion.  I have a plan.

I will caught the traitorous rat if it is the last thing I do and he will pay for the pain he has caused you and our boy.

Keep him safe Rose. He needs his family. Dumbledore failed him, we can not.

When moony is ready, tell him I'm sorry, for everything. I should have trusted him. I dont have many regrets in life, I can only think of five. Allowing my trust for moony to waver under the pressure of that rats sliver tongue... well it will forever be one of my biggest regrets. Only topped by handing our boy into the headmasters care.

We can't trust him Rose. He knew. He was there. He cast the fidelus charm. He knew all along it was Pettigrew. Be on guard my love, he has eyes everywhere. I would not be surprised if he was keeping his eyes on you, planning something to keep bambi out of your care.

Put that beautiful slytherin brain of yours to work.

Until I see you again, stay safe.

Yours always,
Padfoot

"Well shit" I grumbled re-reading the messy scrawl. There was far more at play that I could have ever imagined. Though a unsettling feeling in my heart let me know I agreed with Sirius. There  has to be an alternative motive for dumbledork letting both  remus and myself teach here this year... I just needed to find a different angle, to try and uncover his scheme.

At this stage it wouldn't have surprised me if Albus dumbledore has groomed the dark Lord in to the vial being he was. I could see him grooming Harry into the perfect sacrificial lamb.

"Over my dead body" I scoffed rolling out if bed pulling one of lily's old gryfindor jumpers over my head, one of the few small pieces if my sister that had been hidden away in my apartment all these years. Clinging to the fabric  I whispered a silent prayer "I'll keep him safe lils, I promise just give a gal a hand any signs would be helpful"

It was time to put a plan in motion, Dumbledore wasn't going ti do anything to clear Sirius' name, I knew one overly protective lioness who would hear me out and help clean up Dumbledore's mess before Sirius got himself killed for trying to dispose of the rat.