Tremendous Sacrifice

Chapter 16

Ginny and Luna left a little while ago. Madam Pomfrey kicked them both out to let me rest. I woke up to the sound of footsteps. I knew someone was there even though I couldn't see them. So that means someone was using an invisibility cloak.

"I know you are there. You don't need to hide." I said quietly.

I heard the footsteps stop. I tried not to laugh and then heard movement again. I reached my hand forward and grabbed onto cloth. I didn't realize that they were so close to me. I pulled and the cloak slipped right off. There stood Sirius.

I could not believe he was here. I looked at him surprised. He was as surprised as I was. He gave me this look and then asked,

"How did you know I was there? No one knows about the cloak!"

"I have my ways. I have been trained to know when someone is trying to sneak up on me. What are you doing here? It's way after curfew and you are not supposed to be out of bed." I told him.

"Wow Ginny wasn't kidding when you said you are a stickler for the rules." He said with a laugh.

I just gave him a look. This was a different Sirius that I was not used to. Since I started here and met the Marauders, Sirius was always cold to me. But there was something different about him right now.

"What?" Sirius asked confused.

"Nothing. It's just..... What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I don't know but something told me to be here. I always trust my gut feeling. It never wronged me before." He stated.

I did not know what to say. But I could kind of see the sincere Sirius that I knew in my time. It was like he was there but also still hidden behind walls. I knew that feeling.

"So...." Sirius spoke up taking a seat next to me.

"So....." I replied.

I didn't know what to say to him. I didn't even know why he was here.

"Those scars on you.... Did you get tortured before?" He asked quietly.

I looked down to my arms. I forgot I wasn't wearing my long sleeves and have a glam on. No one but the Order and my best friends knew about the scars. Not even anyone in Slytherins knew. I just grabbed the blanket and covered myself up more.

"Hey, it's alright. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. I have a few too." Sirius shared.

He pulled up his shirt to show one on his stomach. Right there was a scar that was lightly faded but you could still see. As well as his six-pack abs. I could feel a blush creep up on my face but I tried to hide it.

"Put your shirt down! I don't want to see all of that. Trying to seduce me or something?" I asked roughly.

Sirius gave me a look and then said,

"If that is what you are looking for. Usually the girls like to see my scars." Sirius joked about it.

I shoved him a little bit and laughed. We sat there in silence for a while. He then spoke up again and said,

"I also have a few on my back. They are the worse ones. My folk wanted to pick a spot where no one could see and they could hid when I was little."

"How old were you when you started getting tortured?" I could hear myself asking.

I didn't really want to ask it kind of just slipped out. I was thinking about it because the Sirius I knew didn't share that much of his past to us except the stories of him and the Marauders good times.