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AN: Ahhhhh! We are so excited to officially post our first chapter on Halloween 2021 (10-31-21). I know, we are so cool we timed it that way 😏 . We hope you enjoy, and let us know if you have any questions, suggestions, ect. On with the story!
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Setting: Black family home
Halloween 1981
The night was quiet, like any other. The moon shone brightly over the dimly lit streets of Godric's Hollow , with a small breeze blowing through the trees. There was a chill to the air, sure that is normal given it was the end of October, but it felt disconcerting. Something was different that All Hallows Eve, different from any other. Everyone was tense and uneasy, even the muggles who were oblivious to the raging war, knew something was different. Something was going to happen, something big, but no one knew what.
"Marlene, Marlene!" Sirius screamed as he sprinted down the brick paved road. She had to be okay, she just had too, his wife, and his little girl! He knew he should have done more, if only there had been more time! Poor Harry, he thought, oh why was life so unfair! Tears streamed down Sirius' face as he neared the door. He killed them! Peter! How could this have happened?! After all this time, Peter would be the one to rat them out, how could he have done this to them, to him, to Lily and James! Oh the faces of Lily and James, he would never get those images out of his head, poor Harry. "Marlene!" He screamed again as he reached for the door. It felt like his heart was beating a thousand times a minute, if only he wouldn't have installed those anti-apparition wards he thought. He opened the door with a BANG and stormed into the house. "Marlene! Marlene!" Wand at the ready he looked through the first few rooms of what used to be his home, there was broken glass and bits of everything all over the floor. "Marlene!" He screamed again.
"In here dear cousin." His heart dropped, the hair on the back of his neck stood up. He knew that voice. How could he forget that voice? The high pitched tone of insanity was not easily forgotten. Bellatrix.
"What are you doing here?" Sirius said, though he could barely speak. He knew what she was doing there, he just didn't want to believe it.
"Oh me, I'm just cleaning up your mess, covering my tracks and making it look like you killed your wife." She said with a cackle. She smirked and gestured towards a pile of rubble a little ways away.
"There is nothi-" Sirius then turns and looks closer, he then sees the body. The body of his love, his whole world, there, Marlene Elizabeth Mckinnon Black, laid dead in front of the fireplace. Sirius' face dropped, he quickly paled, his whole world had just been rocked. It was like all time stopped, he had already gone through the death of his closest friends, and now his wife as well, all in one night.
"I want to make sure you end up in Azkaban, I wouldn't want Peter to take the fall for your crimes would I?" The utterly insane witch said with such joy, it made Sirius fume. He then raised his wand at Bellatrix, full of a mix of emotions, the strongest being hate, rage, and sadness.
"Oh Sirius, put your wand down, it's all over."
"You're right it is, for you, your precious Dark Lord is dead."
"Stupify!"
Bellatrix then fell to the floor with a loud thud which echoed throughout the house. He lowered his wand, exhausted in more ways than one. He then turned back to Marlene, where she laid still near the fireplace.
"No. No. No! This can't be real, there is no way this can be real, I am dreaming, surely it is just a night terror." Sirius knew better though, this was not just a night terror, this was real life. His best friend, his brother, the one who took him in as family during his time of need, James Potter was dead. Lily Evans, his surrogate sister, the girl one of his best friends was in love with, she too was now dead. Then the love of his life, Marlene Mckinnon, the girl he met at Hogwarts, through Lily actually, was now dead as well. And who was to blame? Peter Pettigrew! Sirius was furious! Peter, one they thought to be their best friend, helped murder everyone he loved! Everyone he-
"Wait.." Sirius thought out loud.
"Vivian! Where is Vivian!" Sirius then frantically searched the house, but his precious little girl was nowhere to be found. What could Marlene have done with her? Was she still alive? He had to find her, and Harry as well.
He took one last look back at Marlene as tears still steadily streamed down his cheeks, he had to find Vivian and Harry, he also had to find Pettigrew. He would hunt Pettigrew down, even if it was the last thing he ever did, he couldn't let James, Lily, and Marlene die in vain.
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Setting: Remus Lupin's house
Halloween 1981
Remus Lupin sat at his kitchen table sipping on his chilled butterbeer, his leg was bouncing faster than ever as the clock struck ten and still no message from Sirius or James. He felt sick to his stomach, he had been sipping on that same butterbeer since six that evening and it wasn't even close to being empty. Something felt wrong, very wrong. Last time he spoke to either of them was when they left his house that afternoon after having lunch, all four of them were there, including Peter. When they left, they had all promised to send each other letters after dinner to ensure one another were safe, so where were their letters?! The tick of the clock grew louder and louder as Remus Lupin slammed his fists down on the table. "Where could they be?!" He exclaimed.
Before he could continue voicing his worries, a loud bang followed by an ear-piercing scream echoed through the small house. Remus jumped up, sending his chair flying across the room, reaching for his wand, he flung the kitchen door open. "Show yourself! I know someone is here, I have a wand and I am not afraid to use it!" he screamed. No reply. The house was then eerily quiet, wand at the ready he decided to search the house. One by one he kicked each bedroom and bathroom door open, no one was there, it was then when he heard a faint noise, almost a whimper coming from the living room. Holding his wand ready to fight whatever evil was in the next room, he kicked the door open, "Drop your wands!" he yelled. Only then did he realize it was not Voldemort or a death eater that had entered his house causing that noise, it was only a baby.
"Vivian?! What- How-" Remus said with an unsteady voice. He looked down at the child who was alone in this living room, she was only around a year old, how could she have gotten here? She raised her arms up in the air signaling she wanted her godfather to pick her up, he reached down and scooped her into his arms. As he looked at her closer he saw there were tiny tears rolling down her cheeks, she was also covered in dirt, and is that blood?! He then quickly checked the child making sure the blood was not her own, it was all over her arms, legs, and clothes, but he found no wound. "No-" He said in a voice so small you almost couldn't hear it. He then looked at where the child had been sitting moments ago, it was at the base of the fireplace. He did not want to think of whose blood this was on young Vivian, or what she had been through. Still sick to his stomach, for the time being he decided he had to take care of the child, it was his goddaughter afterall. He gave himself this task so he would not think further into how or why Vivian had been brought here, because he already had a hunch what had happened, and if he was correct, something was very wrong.
