The Secret Life of Cherry Potter ( A Harry Potter fanfiction )

Chapter Seven: Are You Sirius ?

All the muscles in my body ache as I almost crawl up the stairs. I caught a glance in a mirror in the hall, and I look like a truck ran over me. My hair is burnt on the ends, my face has soot all over it, and my arms are covered in large red welts. " There you are, Miss Potter." Dumbledore greets, sitting behind his desk. " Sirius is in the fire waiting for you ." He says calmly, completely ignoring me. " If you need me I'll be in the kitchen getting a mug of butterbeer. " He gets up and heads down the stairs. " Wait what do you mean he's in the fire ?!?" Dumbledore has already disappeared down the stairs though. " Squirt !!" A noise comes from the fire place. " Uncle Sirius, where are you ?" I call, expecting him to pop out behind a bookcase or something. " Down here," He murmurs. I stumble over to the fire, and plop down. " Have a bad day ?" Uncle Sirius laughs. His face floats in the ambers of the fire. In all my wizarding years I've never quite seen something like this. " Yeah if you consider getting blowtorched by a ticked off dragon a bad day," I grumble. " I'd say that meets the category." He jokes. " Yeah I guess. Hey I hate to be rude and all considering you are on the run and this is extremely difficult to contact you but Madam Pomfrey is going to come looking for me in a few minutes if I'm not in the hospital wing. Supposedly I have a small concussion." I roll my eyes at the last part. " Now take care of yourself, but I'll admit I thought you would do better than Harry. And you got cooked." He continues joking for a few minutes then gets serious. Hahah Sirius being serious. " Cherry, I want you to get better before you do what I'm about to ask you. Do you understand ? I nod so he will continue. " I want you to keep an eye on Severus Snape and Mad-Eye Moody. Something is going on." Sirius stops for a second, becaus someone is shuffling around in the background. " Moony what are you doing here ?" He asks, forgetting we are in the middle of a conversation. " Sirius who are you talking to ?" The man questions. " Uhhhh, Harry." He covers quickly. " Oh good I want to talk to him." A shaggy face appears beside Sirius in the fire. " Hey Har-." He stops and stares at me quizzically. " Hey, I look pretty messed up don't I. You know dragons." I say quickly. " Who are you ?" He asks, confused. " Harry," I lie smoothly. " What's wrong with your voice ?" He demands, staring closer. " Umm puberty," I offer. " Sirius what are you doing ?" The man turns towards Sirius. " Talking to my godchild," He says truthfully. " Do you need your eyes checked that is certainly not Harry ! " This guy starts making a huge racket. " Shhh, you'll have the teacher up here faster than you can say Quidditch !!" I warn. " Sirius you care to explain or shall I ?" I ask. " It's all yours," He says. " Uh what's your name ?" I ask nicely. " Remus Lupin." He answers unsurely. " Well hi Lupin, my name is Cherry. We were just discussing the protection act for Harry ! Very few people know about it so we just wanted to make sure you weren't a spy." I make up quickly. " Are you serious ? " He demands. " Lupin for mine and your protection please leave this alone. I am simply a spy looking out for Harry. Leave it at that. Unc- I mean Sirius I'll talk to you later." I take a pitcher of water from the mantel and pour the water out before Lupin can object. After the fire flickers out I pull myself together, and head to the hospital wing. Whatever else Sirius had to say to me I hope it wasn't important. The second I am in the hospital wing Madam Pomfrey starts fussing over me and forcing me into a hard uncomfortable bed. " Where in the world have you been ?" She whines, coaxing some nasty red syrup into my mouth. " Dumbledore needed to see me," I state. She nods then busies herself with applying thick ointment to my sizzling skin. My flesh begins to tickle, and soon my eyes are beginning to flutter closed. Humming feels the room, much like the humming my foster mom used to sing. This simple tune makes me feel safe and soon I drift off to a deep peaceful sleep