Who Insulted Your Hippogriff?

Back in Black- Sirius Black

Looking back on his life, Sirius Black could call it many things. An adventure, a tragedy, a tale of misery, but a fairy tale was not one of them. If his life were a fairy tale, after meeting his Prince Charming, they would have lived happily ever after. Sadly, in a world with Voldemort, happily ever after was as rare as James admitting he was wrong.

After graduating from Hogwarts, everything started to go wrong. Soon after graduation, James and Lily got married which was great - of course. Unfortunately, it meant that James and Lily became a family and Sirius Black was now an outsider, despite what the happy couple insisted. But that was okay, Sirius had Davey.

He and Davey had been dating for two years. Yes, they faced prejudice but they were happy nonetheless. After all, Sirius was never the type of person to submit to the horde. Although, he was slightly sad to see his title of womanizer go down the drain. What? He had spent years building up that reputation.

But not everything can last. After half a year, Davey Gudgeon was targeted by the Dark Lord because of his family. He was killed, murdered, soon after and Sirius was stuck going to a funeral, absolutely grief stricken. Of course through all this, his emotional turmoil was worse than it had ever been. The anger he felt towards his family before, and even after, he ran away was nothing compared to this sadness. James and Lily were always there, gripping his hand, saying kind things, and helping him deal with the grief. Although Sirius never cried, the melancholy had a firm hold on his life.

By the time Sirius Black had gotten over his grief enough to go about his normal life, tragedy once again struck and he was thrown back into depression. Upon Lily and James' death, Sirius had lost almost everyone dear to him. And somehow, that was still not enough punishment for one man's life and he was thrown into Azkaban for a crime he didn't commit. But still, he never cried.

There were only two things that kept him sane well he lived out his life in a cell. One, the fact that he was innocent. Two, the fact that James, Lily, and Davey knew he was innocent. And three, of course, that little Harry Potter, and that betrayer Peter Pettigrew, were still alive. When he finally did escape to get revenge, he held on to these thoughts as everyone, even his godson, wrongly called him a murderer. It was all that kept him from slipping into grief. Unlike the other criminals in Azkaban, he still never cried.

Life at Grimmauld Place was hard. Seeing Tonks and Lupin fall in love, and even seeing the redhead, reminded him of his previous romantic endeavors. It made him lonely, to say the least. He had more people who believed in his innocence though so he once more pushed away his sadness and never let himself shed tears.

These were all the thoughts that passed through the head of one Sirius Black as he fell backwards, away from his loneliness, into the white flowing veil. He was unafraid of death, as his young self had been. He let himself relax as he awaited whatever was to come next.

Opening his eyes, he looked around. Not believing his eyes, Sirius scanned the place again. Finally, after what seemed like a lifetime of grief, Sirius felt tears pouring down his tired face. Standing around him, Sirius saw everyone dear to him.

"Thank you for taking care of our son," Lily said stepping forward.

"Thanks, for sparing Peter's life," James smiled, taking Lily's hand, hair as crazy as ever.

All around the circle, people Sirius had lost stepped forward, and greeted him in their own ways. Finally, the last person in the circle stepped up to speak.

"Hey hotstuff! How have you been?" Davey asked, trying and failing to strut up to him.

"Just because I haven't seen you for years doesn't mean you are suddenly cool," Sirius stated, trying to sound annoyed. Then he wiped his tears away and leaned forward to kiss Davey.

After years of sadness and loneliness, Sirius Black's heart was finally filled with joy.