Chapitre 35: Chapter - 35 : Shadows of the Past part - 2
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If there is anything I can do to help you settle into your life as a free man, do not hesitate to inform me. I dearly wish to be on good terms with you once more.
With all my best wishes for the future,
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, 1st class)
P.S. Do give my regards to young Orion. He sounds like a very intelligent and resourceful young man, and seems to have inherited your talent for creating chaos. He has already been the cause of several quite heated arguments in the staff room over which House he will be sorted into. Minerva claims that by fighting for your freedom he demonstrated his daring and chivalry and so must clearly belong to her House, while Pomona insists it shows commendable loyalty to his family and Filius is of the mind that only a Ravenclaw would display such dedication in seeking out the truth. Severus, I regret to relate, refuses to give a quotable opinion on the matter.
P.P.S. I myself am considering betting a whole bag of sherbet lemons on his being sorted into Gryffindor. With such high stakes I would very much appreciate any insider information you might offer. I would even be prepared to give you a share of my winnings - muggle sweets really are delicious, as I'm sure you agree.
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Sirius stared resentfully down at the parchment in his hands. The sentiments Dumbledore expressed were very kind and heart-warming and all that, but did nothing to stop Sirius from disliking the man. Sirius accepted that Dumbledore was probably sincere in what he wrote, but he was infuriated that there wasn't a single mention of Harry in the whole letter.
Dumbledore was the one who had left Sirius' godson on the Dursley's doorstep – an action that had led to Harry's death. Yet the man hadn't uttered a single word of apology. Considering what Orion had told him about the events in his old world, Dumbledore might even be glad Harry was dead. After all, it meant that the Horcrux contained in young Harry's scar was gone. In Dumbledore's eyes the life of one small boy was no doubt a small price to pay for the so-called Greater Good, Sirius thought bitterly.
Sirius grabbed a quill and a fresh roll of parchment and cscribbled an angry reply, splattering ink all over the place in his hurry to tell Dumbledore exactly what he thought of him. Then he realised it would be very unwise to actually send such a letter, especially since a lot of the things Sirius was so angry about were actually done by Dumbledore's counterpart in an alternate universe. Reluctantly he took out a second piece of parchment and wrote a short note acknowledging Dumbledore's apology and declining his offer of assistance.
He set his reply aside to be sent off as soon as Sirius had an owl to carry it, and picked up another letter. This one was from Amelia Bones, offering him his old job as Auror back. 'You were one of the most talented members of the Auror squad and I imagine your experiences since then have only increased your dedication to the pursuit of justice,' she had written. 'You would be a very welcome addition to my Department.'
Sirius read and then reread the letter, uncertain how to respond. He didn't have a high opinion of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, which he thought was understandable considering the last head had thrown him in Azkaban without a trial, or even an interrogation. On the other hand, Crouch had apparently been shunted off to the Department of International Cooperation and Amelia Bones seemed nice enough. And Sirius needed something to do with his time, especially once Orion went off to Hogwarts.
His silent debate was interrupted by a loud knocking from downstairs. Sirius hurried down to the entrance hall in time to see Kreacher open the front door, revealing a tall, distinguished looking wizard on the doorstep.
"The elf is still alive I see," the wizard said brusquely, striding past Kreacher into the hall.
"Grandfather!" Sirius exclaimed in rather horrified surprise, coming to an abrupt halt at the bottom of the staircase. "Er, what are you doing here?"
"I don't know why you're so shocked to see me. It's perfectly normal for relatives to visit each other," Arcturus Black said, forgoing any ordinary greetings.
"Not in this family it isn't."
"I see you're as disrespectful as ever." Arcturus frowned reprovingly. "I had hoped Azkaban would have changed your attitude."
Sirius gaped at him. "You're unbelievable! Azkaban is hell on earth! Not a bloody finishing school!"
"I don't really see the difference between the two," Arcturus replied, brushing off the horror of Azkaban with a dismissive wave of his hand. "Now, where's the boy?"
"The boy?"
"Yes, Sirius. The boy. My great grandson."
"He has a name you know."
"Does he? Good for him," the older wizard said. "Does he also have a reason for mysteriously appearing on the family tapestry the other day?"
"Er…" Sirius desperately tried to come up with an explanation, wishing he'd prepared for something like that to come up. "Well you see, grandfather… since Orion was, well, born on the wrong side of the blanket, he wouldn't normally be considered a proper member of the family. He didn't even bear the name Black… but he's my son and I wanted him acknowledged as such, so I decided to use the Blood Adoption ritual to officially claim him as mine. That must have been what caused him to finally appear on the family tree."
"Hmm," Arcturus said, his eyes narrowed. "So you took it upon yourself to welcome a bastard child into the Family without any reference to me, your Paterfamilias?"
Sirius gave an unrepentant shrug. "I didn't really think anyone would care what I did. I was blasted off the family tree for a reason, after all."
"Yes, as always you didn't think," his grandfather said, contempt clear in his voice.
"Well even if I had, I would still have gone through with the blood adoption," Sirius declared stubbornly. "Orion got me out of Azkaban, something that no one else even tried to do. Certainly you never thought to help me, so I don't see why I should care about your opinion now."
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