Lady Black (Sirius Black's Daughter)

Going out with a flash

"Have you heard from your Dad yet?" Charlie asked a few days after the incident with professor Trelawney. We had been discussing the teens and come to the conclusion that we have to get them to open up to us or someone else from the Order, especially Harry. The little bugger has shown to be a lot more secretive than I would've liked. The thing is that I don't know whether he's just holding back the normal youth secrets, crushes, bad grades, fights in the corridor ... or if he's still dreaming about Voldemort. Harry hardly tells me anything and it's getting on my nerves. Am I that horrible to open up to? I'm only two years older, surely he can't think of me as just one of the adults, can he?

"Jane?"

"Oh right, no we haven't really had the opportunity. Dad doesn't want to use owls because all letters are being watched and we wouldn't want this to be intercepted, but then the fireplaces are also being watched and he can't just come over and visit whenever he feels like it and neither can I... why can't it ever be easy?" I pouted a little. Charlie bit back a chuckle but couldn't keep the grin from his face.

"You know... I don't have to leave for work for another hour and the twins are still asleep... Why don't you come back to bed?" Charlie whispered as he came to stand beside me, arms wrapped securely around my waist.

"You would like that, huh? Quess I'll be a good wife and fullfill your wishes then." I smiled playfuly at him which was all the encouragement he needed. I yelped in surprise as he lifted me off the ground.
"Can't have my lovely wife walking now can I?" He grinned.
"Oh shut up, idiot, and kiss me already." With those words I pulled his head to meet mine to let our lips meet. I barely registered the bedroomdoor fall shut behind us as Charlie lowered us on the bed. He kissed my neck from my colorbone till my ear where he stopped to whisper a question that I hadn't really put much thought in yet but liked anyway. "What do you say we make another baby?"

"Mmm, yes." I smiled as we continued. As the kisses deepened and the clothes were disgarded, things soon got heated. Thank Merlin, I don't usually get surprise visitors anymore!

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Later that day, another meeting of the DA found place. By now, Harry mostly ran the meetings alone. I still assisted if necessary but mostly just observed. Harry would make a good DADA teacher if he set his mind to it. Then of course, he'd make a brilliant auror and with the jinx that seems too be on the DADA position it might be better to stay clear of that.

Tonight's topic was rather interesting. Harry had everyone set up to practise patronusses. Though some only managed to produce silver whisps or nothing at all, others already formed corporeal ones. Hermione for instance, had a beautifull silver otter playing around her. Seamus almost got it, only just losing his form before it was totally visible.

A few had asked me to show mine as well, so not too long after my silvery wolflike dog sprang to life, running around in a crazy manner. I smiled at it and felt truly happy to see the amazement at some of the younger students' faces.

Harry corrected a few people's stances, pronunciation etc. Untill the door seemed to have soundlessly opened and closed. The students there fell silent and it only became clear what was happening after Dobby was spotted. The house elf immediatly went to Harry who had a short conversation with him before bellowing out the most important command to be given if what you're doing is against the rules.

"RUN!!!"

Panic errupted as everyone crammed to get through the doors. In the midst of the hassle I approached Harry.
"What's going on? What did Dobby say?"
"Umbridge is coming." And with that, I tried to get everyone out as fast as possible, Harry by my side doing the same. As everyone was getting out, I spotted Luna still flaundering around dreamingly.
"Harry, I'm going to drop Luna off at Ravenclaw. Are you going to be allright?" He nodded in reply and I set off. I took hold of Luna's hand and promtly let the fire transport us to the other side of the castle. When she was inside, I walked towards the Gryffindor tower. If everything went well, Harry should be there...

He wasn't.

I could say I kept calm and simply walked to the Headmaster's office to ask about Harry's possible whereabouts, but that's not what happened, now is it? It's not.

Instead, I might have left a burnmark on a nearby wall before storming to the office and barging in, that might have happened. As I entered I took in the scene. There were quite a number of people present. You had Dumbledore with a cautious gleam in his eyes by his desk, Mcgonagall right beside him, Fudge stood looking pleased by the fireplace, two Aurors stood perched by the doorway one being Kingsley and in the shadows of the room you could find my brother in law, Percy. Lastly the Toad hovered close by Harry's side, preventing him from escaping I suppose.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!"

My shout cut their little conversation off and they turned to me. It must have been quite a sight. My hair seemed to have been replaced by angry flames and my eyes probably showed the fiery pits of hell. As I said, quite a sight.

"Is anybody going to enlighten me as to why you have my godbrother held here against his will?" I asked in a dangerously low voice. Fudge gulped a little but still held his smug smile.

"Mr. Potter has broken school rules. Haven't you Harry?"

"Ye-No." I stared at him in masked confusion until I saw the look Dumbles was giving. He has a plan.

Fudge didn't hide his doubts and questioned Harry further but Harry insisted he wasn't aware of any violations of school rules or ministry decrees. After a few minutes Fudge quit arguing and called upon a witness.

Marietta Edgebomb. How did I not see that one coming?

However much to the Minister's displeasure, Marietta refused to speak. It might have had something to do with the purple spots spelling 'SNEAK' across her face. Umbridge tried to use a testimony from a wizard present when the first meeting had found place in Hogsmead to corner Harry but back then, a defense group hadn't been forbidden yet.

Everything seemed to be going in our favour until Umbridge pulled out the list of names. Now Dumbledore wouldn't be Dumbledore if he couldn't come up with random twists.

"Well, the game is up,' he said. "Would you like a written confession from me, Cornelius - or will a statement before these witnesses suffice?"

Mcgonagall, Shacklebolt and I exchanged glances. This wasn't going to be pretty. The others didn't seem to understand what was going on yet.

"Statement? What - I don't -?" Fudge mumbled with pursed eyebrows.

"Dumbledore's Army, Cornelius. Not Potter's Army. Dumbledore's Army."

After that, understanding dawned on everyone. Fudge looked horrified by the thought of Dumbledore actually having an army against him, while Harry immediatly wanted to protest and save Dumbledore.

Not too long after the conversation got heated until Dumbledore ended it with a bangliterally. He knocked out the two Aurors, Fudge and Umbridge. Percy had already left with his notes on Dumbledore to get them printed in the Daily Prophet. Dumbles exchanged a few words with Minnie and Harry before they woke up again. By that time Fawkes flew over for Dumbledore to grab his tail, and with a flash, he was gone.