The Forgotten Black

Order, Secrets and Power

Hello wonderfully readers, a shorter chapter this time as I have graduated and spent the past few days celebrating and catching up on all the sleep I lost. Either way I hope you all will enjoy this chapter and let me know what you think. In other news we hit over 500 reads!!! That is literally insane I never even expected one person to read my book and here we are at 500 reads, thank you all so much for you support and I'm glad you're all enjoying reading this story as I have enjoyed writing it :) <3

1977 October 22

Estrella pov

"Being summoned to Dumbledore's office is something I expected but it still unnerves me. I don't know what to expect.

"Miss Black just in time," Dumbledore says when I enter his office.

"Well let's not waste any time," he says when I don't reply he extends his arm and after a second of hesitation I take it. We disapparates, landing in front of a rather nice house. Not what I expected at all, that's for sure. I follow after Dumbledore who heads through the front door without knocking.

"Dumbledore finally you're here now tell us what's the surprise?" I hear a voice I don't recognize ask. Dumbledore steps to the side revealing me to the room and allowing me to see its occupants. My eyes stop at the person who once was my brother. I feel my body start to tremble as Sirius stares at me. Then he moves, taking one step after the other closing the gap between us.

"I'm not allowed," I say but don't back away.

"They can take a lot of things from us but what they can never take is the love we bear each other," Sirius says, opening his arms letting me decide. It takes me less than a second to jump into his arms crying. A few months ago I thought I'd never see him and yet here he is hugging me tightly to him.

"You might just save my life," I tell him. He is proof that we can make it out. I'll just make it out in a different way.

"Is this it?" I finally ask after pulling away looking around the room. The chance we stand winning against Voldemort with witches and wizards that have just graduated is slim to none.

"No, Dumbledore just thought it might do you go to reunite with us before meeting the entire Order," Lily says smiling softly at me. Oh how i've missed that smile, how I've missed all of them.

"This calls for a group hug, bring it in everyone," James says pulling everyone together into a hug.

"Oh by Merlin Lily!" I yell taking her hand and examining the ring on her left ring finger.

"Yeah in other news James proposed to me about a month ago," Lily says glancing at James with a love sick expression, one James mirrors. I turn and grin at Sirius who in reply lists his eyebrows in a what gesture.

"I remember our conversation in the the Ministry of magic three years ago. What was it you said again?" I ask out loud.

"No, Estrella-"

"I will change when Lily marries James, I believe it was," I say grinning sweetly at him.

"Run," is the only warning I get from him before he advances towards me, laughing I run away.

Lily pov

"Should we maybe do something," James asks looking genuinely scared at the two siblings fighting.

"No, this is completely normal," I answer causally as Sirius summons a knife from the kitchen.

"Oh you want to play like that brother?" Estrella asks sweetly summing her own knife.

"It seems a tad rough," James says inching to hid behind me.

"Petunia once tried to stable my finger to my face after I pushed her out of a window," I say trying to ease his worries, only children don't really understand the true depth of the love-hate relationship siblings have.

"WHAT!! You PUSHED her OUT a WINDOW!!" James screams at me.

"It was on the first floor," I defend myself glaring at him.

"If you'll please put the knives done and take a seat so we can all get acquainted," Dumbledore says not at all looking startled by the sibling fight going on. He definitely had siblings, that is a hill I will die on.

Estrella pov

The Order meeting is rather brief, for a society aiming to fight in a war against Voldemort and his death eaters there was absolutely no war talk or planning but instead becoming acquainted with the other members in the order. Despite not wanting to give Dumbledore any sort of credit I'm partially glad that he dragged me into this war, that way I could reunite with not only Sirius but all my Gryffindor friends who I've grown so close with. I also meet the hosts of the house that the Order is using as head quarters -Euphemia and Fleamont Potter- James' parents. After meeting them I can say that I definitely like them, I understand why Sirius was so keen on getting out of our house and into the home of the Potter, the change in atmosphere is refreshing. I am now back at Hogwarts and heading down to the Slytherin common room to get some sleep after such an exciting day that didn't go half as bad as I expected it to. The meeting was short but I stayed hours after catching up on everything I had missed these past couple months, Lily's and James' engagement being the most prominent. Apparently the other teachers, prefects and even Filch know that I'm allowed to be out after curfew. I will definitely use that to my advantage but some other time all I want to do now is sleep. That's when Peeves shows up smiling mischievously at me.

"If it isn't Estrella walking around at starlight," Peeves sings. Not having the energy to deal with Peeves I turn around to take the long way back. I hear Peeves complain but I ignore it. I come to a halt when I hear Andromeda's voice coming from a broom closet. Confused, I lean my ear against the door to make sure I didn't miss hear. That's when the door is opened making me fall forward but luckily I catch myself. Standing in front of me is Andromeda and a Huffelpuff student also wearing a Prefect badge. We stand in silence before I recognize who the Huffelpuff is. Ted Tonks a mudblood I know it because for some reason Regulus, Evan and Junior enjoy tormenting this particular mudblood. Why, I don't know nor do I care. Then the pieces start slotting into place. Andromeda with a mudblood in a broom closet. I'm not stupid I know what they were doing in there.

"Do you have no respect for yourself? I mean really a mudblood Andromeda?" I sneer.

"Estrella please let me explain," Andromeda begs, looking terrified.

"You know what, I don't care. Just make sure you aren't seen together until you throw it away," I say turning away.

"Estrella it's not like that," Andromeda says. Her comment makes me freeze and turn back around. That's when I see it, they love each other.

"Andromeda," I whisper in disbelief. She can't love him, she'd be disowned for that.

"Choose carefully," I warn her and leave quickly. She calls after me but I keep walking. I shake my head riding myself of the thought of losing Andromeda. Don't be ridicules I scold myself, Andromeda will get over the mudblood and everything will go back to normal. It's not love, it's a minor infatuation, a harmless crush I tell myself. And even if she loves him its not like she will chose her new lover over her family, her siblings whom she has basically her entire life. But as I close my eyes and am about to completely drift off to sleep a small voice in my head says 'but what if she does chose him'. I ignore that voice knowing it must be wrong...right? YES! I shout at myself of course it's wrong. It's also wrong of me to dare doubt Andromeda and were her loyalties lie, I know if one of my siblings thought that about me I would have been pissed. So I quickly rid myself of that thought and the small voice and force my mind to remain blank allowing me to fall asleep.