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Soon, after an hour and a half of spending time with the dead Janna and Harry had to leave "We all hope this evidence has swayed you Harry" Dumbledore said to Potter as Janna prepared to place the stone back in the stump in the special hiding hole.

    "This is still dark magic, Dumbledore, Janna is only thirteen" Potter explained desperately, seeming to fight the urge to disagree with himself.

   "Dumbledore has thought this through, Harry, the situation will seem to have nothing to do with Janna, as far as the Ministry will be concerned she will be as innocent as the rest of the students" Remus explained carefully.

Janna was still sat on the stump, Sirius and her watched the group argue with Harry "who will the scapegoat be?"

   "Scapegoat?" Sirius questioned, looking at Janna who he had his arm wrapped over.

   "Yeah, there is usually one in these situations... Dead people don't just jump out of the ground, acting like they haven't been dead for decades... If the Potters come back people will believe their celebrations when Voldemort was distinguished in 'eighty-one were in vain, people who are proven wrong are the most violent of people, believe me, they will become skeptical quickly, they'll do anything to find the cause"

   "Well, if people come at you with torches and pitchforks I'll fend them off—"

   "What if they wrongly accuse someone else? Not me, but someone else" Janna's voice lowered "what if they accuse you, people are quick to do that"

   "I'm dead," Sirius smirked "there, that's my excuse. How could I have brought everyone and myself back to life, since I'm dead?"

   "Using a living accomplice that understands dark magic or is affiliated with darkness..." Janna shook her head into his shoulder "Argh Sirius, anyone who had read my file would know about my darkness intake, then we'll both be incarcerated"

   "Not if they can't catch us"

Janna sighed "They might draw us out, put a reward up, people love money"

   "I've done it before," Sirius' face darkened, obscuring shadows shrouded his eyes "I hated it, when I was on the run I was endangering my family and myself, if I was with them there was always the possibility of getting them killed...I know that..." Sirius' voice lowered "At least you won't be alone, it'll be the only upside, nothing good comes out from being on the run"

   "I see, living in constant fear isn't pretty... It makes you wonder whether your closest allies are on your side" Janna leaned onto Sirius "I don't need to be told that you can't trust strangers, strangers at least don't know your deepest secrets most the time... Some strangers are always willing to help, some... aren't as helpful, they're just downright dangerous, distrustful because of misshapen beliefs..." Janna stared at her wrists "They'll do anything to hurt you, even if they don't know who you are, they'll just hunt you down... Take your family to hurt you, killing them, driving you away from home, everyone you loved... Just taken away from a stranger" Janna laughed slowly "that must be so confusing... I'm just—"

   "That was not confusing at all, I understood, Janna," Sirius pulled Janna closer to his side, he glanced at the group that was still debating the topic from moments ago again "we both know, ey? There are some that are trustworthy, some you shouldn't underestimate"

   "How did you find that out?" Janna asked, watching the group with Sirius.

   "I... I thought Remus was the one ratting us out... I was a great idiot to not trust him, Moony was possibly going through worse situations than I thought..." Sirius stared with regret in his eyes "trust him, Janna, trust Harry, the Potters, definitely James" Sirius grinned "even if Harry doesn't agree, trust your friends, and watch that Leana closely, she might have a few pointers to what is sticking out." Janna yawned, leaning onto Sirius heavily, he patted her cheek to keep her awake "if you fall asleep the stone is gonna fall out your hand and you'll fall off this stump"

   "They're taking a long time to come to an agreement" Janna groaned, rubbing her eyes to keep herself awake.

   "Yeah, it's like waiting for two women to end a conversation after meeting in a supermarket" Sirius said, brushing Janna's hair from her face.

   "Oh, those are entertaining, seeing the poor child attached to the woman, it's priceless" Janna and Sirius chuckled, however as Harry and the group moved to the stump the laughing faded.

    "And?" Janna asked as Potter stopped at the stump with the group, seeming a little more disgruntled as usual.

   "Harry has agreed to let you bring us back," Remus said, already seeming to not enjoy the next fact "only if you have enough strength—"

   "I'm strong enough!" Janna murmured "I just need to know when this will happen, I need to prepare myself"

   "Around the end of the school year, to be subtle so the event does not catch attention" Potter said, then added  "we should get going now"

Janna pursed her lips, rolling the stone in her palm, she looked up at Sirius "see you later"

   "Sooner than you think" Sirius began to fade with everyone else,  Janna placed the stone in the hiding hole.

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   "Well, look who's back from the dead" Jake greeted Janna as she came to sit at the table for breakfast.

Orion wrapped his arm around Janna's shoulders, roughly ruffling her hair "where've ya been, Black?"

   "Yeah, we haven't seen you in a week" Juno commented, keeping his book open on he page he had been reading when she walked in.

  "Another one of those visits to the extra lessons?" Jake asked, Janna shook her head.

   "Just catching up on some family, you know, the resurrection and all..." Janna lowered her voice leaning to the boys "Professor Potter is in on it, on the condition I can only bring everyone back at the end of the school year"

   "Oh, I have te give this to ya" Orion pulled out an envelope from his coat pocket, Janna felt the strange paper, smelling rose water while reading the curly silver font "if  I gotta, yu're gaun with me"

    "This is from Slughorn..." Janna read the invitation on further "An invitation to the Slug Club"

   "Bloody disappointed I wasn't picked, Juno didn't get one either" Jake folded his arms, soon his face became mischievous with a smirk forming on his lips "Wonder why" Jake wriggled an eyebrow, his eyes flickering from Janna to Orion.

Janna looked at Orion, they burst into laughter.

   "She's a sista t'me, mates." Orion turned to Janna who was hiding her laugh under her hands "Slu'horn must be off his trolley thinkin' we'll be an item!"

   "Or you two are striking his interest in Quidditch, Janna's father was a seeker too, there's even been a history of Slughorn teaching all of the Blacks," Juno took a sip of tea, soon closing his book "except Sirius Black, there's been controversy to why Sirius Black wasn't taught by Slughorn. Theories from it just being how to classes were set up, to people not wanting to give Slughorn the satisfaction of teaching Black"

   "Then why am I taught by Slughorn?" Janna questioned.

   "To further frustrate Slughorn, still able to teach one of the last of the Blacks," Juno shrugged "still unable to teach them all"

Orion swatted his hand at Juno "Nah, jus' coincidence"

   "Look at you, using big words" Juno said cooly, lifting the lip of the cup to his mouth.