"Do you feel better now?" I asked as I rubbed Violet's back and she nodded before sniffing, her eyes puffy and red from crying.
"...sorry."
"There is no need for you to apologize." I said with a sigh. Honestly, how low was her self-esteem.
"Let's go back, Hagrid and Hermione must be worried." I then took a step back and look at her, but Violet simply kept sitting where she was.
"…I can't stand." Her voice was barely above a whisper, yet I heard it clearly and could feel my eyebrow twitch before I sighed.
"Just this once." I said as I raised my hand and Violet's eyes widened as she started to hover over the ground for a moment before she was gently placed on my back.
"You-bu-how?!" She blurred out with what I could only assume to be wide eyes and I chuckled.
"There are lots of things you don't know about me yet, Violet." Then I kept walking back to Hagrid's hut, with a pouting Girl-Who-Lived on my back.
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"Are you really sure that taking me here to meet him will help his mental state?"
"I do. He wished to talk to you and I belive this will help him more than either of you realize." Dumbledore said with a sad smile as he pushed the door open and entered the room where Sirius was sitting in his bed while looking out of the window. Hearing them come in, the former Azkaban prisoner turned his head and his eyes widened. A spark of life entering them as he moved in the bed to properly face them.
But when he did so, the light in his eyes vanished and was replaced by a guilty look. Once more he looked downtrodden and unsure of what to say.
"…you look like shit, Padfoot." Only for Remus to start the conversation with a small smile on his face, shocking Sirius who's expression turned into a wild smile of his own in a moment.
"And you look like you ate your Hogwarts self and turned him into muscle mass Moony. To think there would be a day where I would be shorter than you." Sirius laughed, followed by Remus and for just a moment; Dumbledore felt like the good old days where everything had been simpler was back. But with a sad smile, he realized that it wasn't.
It never would. Nothing would change the fact that James and Lily were gone. Or the fact that Peter was a traitor. That Sirius had spent ten years in Azkaban for a crime he did not commit. And that the Remus in front of them was nothing like the man he had been ten years ago.
Yet Dumbledore kept watching with a small smile. Cause even if it wasn't true, it did feel like everything was back to normal and just for now; that was enough.
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"Hagrid, do you think Violet is okay?" Hermione said with a frown as she tried to keep herself calm.
The way her friend had just ran out of the hut with tears... she had no idea how to react to that. She also had no idea how to react to everything Hagrid told them about Violet's parents and Sirius Black. She didn't know what to do, and she was the one who was supposed to know things! Would people actually stay around her if she couldn't give answers and know things?!
"I'm... I'm sure she will be fine. Violet's her parents' daughter, full of strength in that little for of hers!" Hagrid said with a laugh but Hermione could easily see that the enormous groundskeeper was trying to convince himself as much as he was trying to convince her. Which did little to ease her worries.
She could feel herself spiraling into a sea of what-ifs with each scenario worse than the last one before the door opened and Jonathan walked in with Violet on his shoulders.
"Jonatha-!" She jumped forward with a yell before her friend raised a finger to his mouth.
"Shh." And gestured to Violet's sleeping form. "She's kind of worn out, it's time to go back to the castle." He said as he gestured her to follow him, which she did. Before realizing that just leaving like that would be rude to Hagrid so she turned back to the groundskeeper but before she could say anything.
"Mister Hagrid." Jonathan beat her to the punch. "Thank you." He then said with a small bow, making the groundskeeper's eyes widen with confusion.
"What? No, there is no need to thank me. In the first place, it's my fault that Violet..."
"Knows the truth." Jonathan cut Hagrid off with a steely look in his eyes. "Trust me, mister Hagrid, ignorance might be a bliss; but truth is the only thing worth living. She might be sad right now, but I assure you that she will be grateful to you for telling her the truth as well." Jonathan ended his words with a smile and exited the hut, Hermione following after him after a giving small 'goodbye' to Hagrid.
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