Born A Weapon

fallen from heaven (part 3)

tw: drug use/child abuse

The last part of Fallen from Heaven

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21-12-1996

After my father's outburst, I had not left my room much I spent most of my time in my bed trying to ignore everything and everyone I didn't want to see anyone or speak to anyone. Father had shown his true colours once more and broken the pink bubble I always placed him in

I had always convinced myself that he secretly loved me and was lying to himself about his true feelings.

It had set me back in my confidence by a lot and I did smoke some pot and drink quite a lot.

One afternoon, I sat on my bed, my radio perched on my bedside table, playing one of my David Bowie CDs and smoking a joint when I heard a distant hoot and looked at my window to see Sirius's scruffy owl 'rockstar' sitting on my window ledge with a letter in his beak.

I stood up, quickly putting my joint out put the pillow aside, and opened the window, letting the owl in. I was mildly surprised as I wasn't expecting him to write to me I grabbed the letter and opened the envelope, pulling the piece of parchment out.

I began to read

Dear delphini black

I want to invite you to stay at my residence (Grimwauld Place) this Christmas with me (Sirius black) and my husband (Remus Lupin)

You are welcome to stay until the start of the school year, and we will accompany you to the train on January 6th if you so choose

If you visit us, there are a few limitations.

. You are not allowed to bring any dangerous objects and or deatheater propaganda into the home, no matter what it is

. You are not allowed to take any drink or drugs into the home, and you will be checked on this upon arrival, given your previous mishaps

. You will be given a physical examination by either me or Remus (your choice) so we can assess and heal any injuries or illnesses

. There is to be no, and I mean no, mentions of purism or muggleborn hate in the house we know you are used to this in your home, but do not take it lightly

Now, fair warning: Madeye Moody is in the home and will be there every day of your stay this has nothing to do with you but more with the fact that Harry will be in the house with you, and we do not want any dangerous situation occurring between anyone.

We wish you safe travels and are waiting for your arrival or a letter of your absence.

Yours sincerely

Sirius, o, black

I closed the letter and internally celebrated as I would not have to stay in this godforsaken home any longer, but I also read his rules and realised that most of the trust they had in me was broken due to the stunt I pulled before the Christmas break

Nevertheless, I got up and packed my stuff. Halfway through packing, Father walked in by the washed-up look in his eyes and the faint smell of whiskey coming off of him he was he was drunk most days...or at least tipsy

I had also noticed the weed smell around him sometimes, and that was a habit he had left far behind him years ago, so it was like a nostalgic slap in the face

He walked to me and crossed his arms

T: what are you doing? The school doesn't start until January 6th