Love & Scars

62. Disintegrates

A month later, the summer was coming to an end. Lily and James had been on a honeymoon for the past three weeks, really getting everything out of it.

Izzie was afraid to tell Remus about her engagement, but he couldn't be happier. He hugged her tight for twenty minutes. Regulus laughed his arse off when they told them she was the one who asked Sirius. Remus and Regulus wanted to help plan the whole thing, but they didn't want anything big. They just needed their closest friends to be there.

But the one thing they did do, which was essential to the wedding, was, of course, the cake tasting.

It was the last day of August, and Izzie and Sirius had just come out of a bakery in Diagon Alley. Sirius was carrying a box with several samples for the others to try.

"You got a little something." Izzie chuckled, wiping the frosting from the corner of his mouth before she leaned in for a kiss. "Which one is your favourite?"

"I really like the chocolate fudge."

"I noticed. You had three slices." She grinned. "It reminds me of when we went to the kitchens and shared the chocolate cake, do you remember?"

Sirius hummed. "Our non-date." He grinned. "And look at us now." He curled his free arm around her waist.

"Yeah, look at us now. Engaged and all." She smiled before kissing him again. She couldn't get enough of his lips. "We should get to the jewellery shop; the ring should be ready by now."

"Then I can show you off to the world." He whispered as they started walking through the busy street. They met a few people from school, some from Reg's year, others from their year. Sirius was telling everyone that they were engaged, making her blush the whole time.

"I talked to James about it before, but I was wondering-" She started looking up at him. His arm was thrown around her shoulder, tucking her close against him. "What is your first memory of me?"

"My very first?" He asked, and she could see the wheels turning inside his head. Then a crooked grin appeared on his face. "Do you remember-"

Sirius couldn't finish his sentence because suddenly she was being ripped out of his arms. Sirius dropped the box of cake samples and tried to grab her hand.

"SIRIUS!" She screamed as her father and her uncle bound her hands on her back and broke her wand. She was powerless, but still she tried to kick, push, scream her way out of there, back to Sirius. Her fiancé had his wand drawn; his eyes were frightened.

"Let her go now! Or I swear you will regret it." Sirius voice was ice; it was dangerous, and he was speaking the truth.

"She will never marry you! She will never do anything else again." Her father sneered while her uncle cackled as he pulled her head back.

Her uncle ran his nose against her throat, and he saw red. Sirius drew his wand back, already muttering a spell, but before it could hit them, they had disappeared.

***

"REMUS!" Sirius cried as he apparated home, his knees crashing to the floor. There were hurried footsteps before the others all appeared in front of him. They fell to their knees in front of him.

"Sirius? What's wrong? What happened?" Remus asked, his voice frantic. He saw him look around, his voice broke when he said. "Where is Izzie?"

"Her father and uncle just appeared in Diagon Alley; they grabbed her out of my arms before I knew what was happening. They took her!"

"No, no, no." Regulus was shaking all over. "We escaped! We were free."

"The Aurors-" James said.