Danielle was caught up in watching the moon and the clouds floating across the sky. The stars starting to twinkle. To be away from here. To not get confused with every little development. If she believed she was finally understanding everything, it turned out that she was five steps behind. Some days, it felt as though she was on her own, trying to figure everything out. Nothing more than just a pawn in this game.
The voice behind her disrupted her swirling thoughts and she twisted her body to look over her shoulder and she shook her head, running her fingers through her hair. “I can tell.” She said, looking over at the fence, if she could call it that. “You should see the home, I swear the electrocuted the wires after my last break out.” A soft teasing. But he inquired what was wrong and she went back to looking at her shoes, as if they were the most interesting thing in the world. “It’s so tense right now. Everyone is yelling at each other as if thats supposed to solve everything. I have a headache that won’t go away. I don’t know why I am here, Sirius. What use do I have to anyone in there? Harry, Ron and Hermione seem to be the ones everyone should be looking at. ”
Sirius looked over his shoulder and into the darkened house, but there was no real need to confirm it: even from out here, they could hear the continued bickering. Sirius wanted very much to barge back inside and order everyone out–it was, after all, his house–but he knew if he did, it would be the last time he’d ever know what the Order was up to, and he’d be kept well away from Harry and Danielle until they went off to Hogwarts, and then they were left only with fire-side-chats or letters. His house, his godchildren, but Dumbledore’s rules. Even after all these years, following rules and listening to authority didn’t sit well with the marauder, leaving a pit where his stomach should have been.
Harry and Danielle, however, were a quite effective motivation.
“Use?” Sirius repeated. “You’re fourteen. Your use is to be alive. You don’t have to do anything. You’re to be around the people who love you, to be with your–” he cut himself off, the word ‘family’ on the tip of his tongue. Sirius cleared his throat, pushed back his hair, and tried again, “If you’d like to go back to the home, we can make that happen. If you’re…more at home there. Merlin knows, there’s not much to do here.”
He stared moodily out at the yard for a moment then heaved a would-be-happy look back into place and squeezed Danielle’s shoulder good-naturedly. “Look, it’s important to know what’s going on. No one’s expecting you to go out there and fight. In fact, I’d prefer if you didn’t. But you have to know. Know what you’re facing, what we’re all facing. You’ll be safe at Hogwarts, and you’re safe here, but the world–as much as I wish it was–isn’t safe for you right now, for any of you.”
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