Sirius was stunned. The shouts from the other Order members didn't even reach his ears. He just sat there and stared at Dumbledore who tried to calm the others down so he could explain. The children didn't understand much, but they did know that Sirius was the oldest.
"SHUT IT AND SIT DOWN!" Yelled Sirius after he could think again. Everyone sat down, but no one looked away from Dumbledore.
"Albus, are you sure." Asked Remus. He hadn't thought Sally Jackson could be Sirius older sister.
"Yes I am Remus. I know that she already knew this information when she attended Hogwarts, but she never wanted it to get known." Sirius felt like he was slapped in the face. Dumbledore who caught his expression went on with his explanation.
"I will tell you why in a moment, but first how it is that you don't know about her." Sirius nodded and Dumbledore went on. "Your parents wanted a boy, not a girl, so they put her up for adoption when she was one and a half weeks old." "WHAT!" Sirius jumped up. He was murderous and everyone backed away from him a little.
Dumbledore gave Sirius a sad smile, but Sirius didn't let him talk. "I had a SISTER! And my PARENTS gave her up for ADOPTION when she was A WEEK OLD!" "And that is the reason she didn't want to tell you. I had contact with her yesterday and she told me her story. She said you hated your family enough as it was and she didn't want to make you angrier than you already was." Sirius sat down.
He could understand Sally's reasoning, but he wasn't happy. "She was adopted by the Jackson's who died when she was one and a half years old." "She told me something like that!" Said Remus. "She went to live with her uncle after that. He didn't really care about her, he was a muggle himself and thought wizards were weird. He never hit her or something like that, but he didn't like it." Dumbledore nodded in agreement.
"When she quitted school in her seventh year she had to take care of her uncle. She never considered any Black her family, well except Sirius. She took the Marauders as the younger brothers she never had." The Order smiled at this, even the ones that don't know her personally.
"Her uncle died a few years after that and she went to live as a Muggle. She couldn't work in our world, because she never finished school. She met Perseus father 15 years back. He is still fourteen, but will turn 15 in a few weeks. They stayed together for a few months, before the father had to leave. He was lost at sea and his body wasn't found. She is currently married to a muggle named Paul Blofis." The twins snickered at the name while the others just smiled.
"She finished her Muggle education a few years back and is now a writer of fiction." Hermione's eyes lit up. She would be more than glad to read the books of Sirius sister. "I would like to visit Sally and her son tomorrow and would like to take Arthur, Molly, Remus and Sirius with me. We will stay there for a few days. That will leave Charlie, Bill and Fleur in charge." Said people nodded.
"Are you sure I should come? " Asked Sirius. He understood that he was welcome to come with, but he was accused of massmurder and the whole country was looking for him.
"You aren't searched for in America and they have very good security messures. I would like to talk to you four after dinner." They nodded and Molly got up to make dinner.
Harry and his friends went upstairs until dinner was ready while the rest of the order would continue talking downstairs.
"What do you think this Sally and her son would be like?" Asked Ron. They had all heard the stories of the black family and the malfoys that were related.
"I don't know about her son, but from the stories we just heard Sally should be really nice. Do you think she is going to visit?" Ginny was excited to meet Sally. She sounded really nice.
"I want to meet this Perseus." Said George. "Yeah, I want to know if he is a pranker!" Agreed Fred
"He probably is." Said Hermione. They all looked puzzled. "How would you know?" Asked Ron. Hermione rolled her eyes and sighed.
"He was kidnapped, that probably wouldn't happen if he stayed in school. Also I saw McGonagall when she discovered he would come to Hogwarts. She was looking like she was glad to, but also like she would have more problems than she could count." "How do you know how she looks if she thinks that?" Asked Ron.
"Because she looks like that when you and Harry, Fred and George or Sirius does something stupid again." This was Ginny who laughed at the faces the boys made.
Until dinner and during dinner everyone was speculating how this Perseus would be. He was a Black, but with his mother it would be almost impossible to be a mean person.
After dinner everyone left the dining area and went his or her own way. The teachers went back to Hogwarts, the aurors went to the ministry and the children went upstairs. Dumbledore placed a few charms in the room so they couldn't be over heard.
"What is wrong Albus?" Asked Molly. She didn't expect this to be something so secret Dumbledore himself had to cast the protections.
"It's about Perseus." Dumbledore's eyes had lost its spark and it was clear this was serious.
"He isn't a normal wizard. He is, as we already know, the heir of the Black family. The adoption of Sally wasn't complete. Your parents" he turned to Sirius. "Were in such a rush that the papers were never signed so she is still a Black, as is her son." The others nodded.
"Also there is his father. He isn't a wizard, he is something else. I want you to listen to me carefully and not interrupt." Again nodded everyone.
"The muggles from centuries ago believed in the Greek Gods didn't they." Even the wizarding families knew this. "What if I tell you that those gods are real. They are really out there and are still mating with the people on earth?" Dumbledore looked at the others who stared disbelieving at him.
"Perseus is the name of a son of Zeus. He was one of the only greek hero's to live a happy live. That is why Sally named him that. His second name is a star, as the Black family normally has. His full name is Perseus Mirzam Black." Dumbledore gave a small smile to Sirius. "This Mirzam is the second brightest star of the constellation Canis Major." Remus grinned. "And the star named Sirius is the brightest star of that constellation!"
Sirius looked from his best friend towards his old mentor. They both nodded and he grinned madly. His older sister clearly didn't forget him.
"He is a son of Poseidon, so that is where the wandless water magic comes in." The wizards and witch nodded again, it was like all they did in this conversation was nodding.
"Perseus has a very... eventful life. He didn't know he is a wizard until a few days ago. He is currently preparing to leave for Olympus where he will be trained to be a seventh year student as level. He is quite the troublemaker and will probably be friends with your boys Molly, Arthur." Those two smiled a little and nodded.
"I won't tell you about Perseus' life now. He has to tell you himself or maybe Hecate, Poseidon or Sally will tell you. Chiron can tell you to. I, myself, don't know the details either, just that he saved the world, twice." Molly was shocked. The boy wasn't even seventeen! How could he save the world at that age?
"We will be staying with Sally and her husband Paul, he is a muggle but knows she is a wizard, he also knows about Perseus being a demigod. I also want to tell you that no one really calls him Perseus, they shorten his name to Percy." Molly grabbed Arthurs hand and Dumbledore smiled sadly at the couple.
"His mother and all his friend call him that. He doesn't go to a school for magic, he goes to a camp for demigods. They learn to swordfight as soon as they are there. Some stay there year round, but I won't tell you more, he would be able to explain everything better anyway." The adults nodded, but Molly was slightly pale. Such young children fighting with swords? That couldn't be right!
"I want to ask you to not tell this to anyone, not the children not the teachers no one is that clear?" "So this has to stay a secret for everyone?" Dumbledore nodded. "There are already some demigods at Hogwarts and Minerva herself is one to. She is a daughter of Athena and the first demiwizard daughter of her. That is why her dad called her Minerva after Athena's roman form." Everyone nodded in a daze. Minerva McGonagall was a demigod? That was new.
"If you have questions you can ask Bill or Fleur. Fleur herself is a daughter of Aphrodite and a wizard. She already told Bill when they started dating, so he knows to." Again a stunned silence filled the room.
"We will leave tomorrow at 10:00 in the morning. That way we have all the time to discuss this matter with Sally.(I don't care about the time difference sorry)"
After a few more unimportant questions the Dumbledore left to who knows where and the other wizards and witch went to pack and after that to bed.
