The pain was almost blinding. Dougy (Sirius wasn't sure why he'd called the elf that) had brought his master to the country home and treated the wound as best as he could, which was quite well. And there, Sirius lay, half-unconcious on his bed and quite drugged up.

That was all I ever wanted to know, really. For the first in a long time, I feel very calm.

Well, I went ahead and bought a town house in London, a house in the country (not to big, not to small and a fair share of surrounding land) and an apartment in Venice (Alternate-Cissa's world).

Now all I have to do is find a bloody decent interior designer.

"It was the five of us. Me, my brother and our three older cousins. Picking wild berries near the Black Manor, eating them, squidging them against each other. Perfectly undignified for five purebred brats but it was one of those moments of freedom where the rest of the world didn't matter. We were all still very young and the only thing important ( Read more... )

"Love is death's twin, born in the same moment, each fighting for mastery, and if death takes all, love would do the same. Yet it is easier to die than to love.

Death will shatter me, but in love's service I have been shattered many times." 'The Power Book' --Jeanette Winterson.

When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half broken-hearted
To sever for years,
Pale grew thy cheek and cold,
Colder thy kiss;
Truly that hour foretold
Sorrow to this.
The dew of the morning
Sunk chill on my brow--
It felt like the warning
Of what I feel now.
Thy vows are all broken,
And light is thy fame:
I hear thy name spoken,
And share in ( Read more... )

Everything is gone from me. James and Lily dead. Remus estranged. Peter betrayed us. Harry must live with the Durseley's. The media dog my steps, portraying me as some sort of wizarding anti-hero.

I tire of it.

I met an alternate version of my cousin Narcissa who has allowed me to live in her household in Venice for the time being, in another ( Read more... )

( Almost free )

( Meeting with Remus )

( Letter from Sirius to Sirius )