Sirius Black must have gone mad to suggest this wretched place as the headquarters base and now he is counting days- correction hours to the Weasleys' arrival due to boredom that's hitting him like it got nothing else better to do. The only thought that has been running him is that he will be able to see his godson, Harry soon.
It was just another normal boring day for him until the fireplace lit up with emerald green flames and a woman walked in, covered in ashes from head to toe and hurriedly dusting off the ashes from her already half-torn clothes.
"The heck—" Sirius Black muttered lightly, that woman was strangely familiar but he couldn't figure out who. The fireplace lit up again and in walked the headmaster of Hogwarts though his eyes never left the suspicious woman who was dusting off her clothes.
"Another meeting Dumbledore?" Sirius asked Dumbledore the moment he stepped out of the fireplace with a concerned face.
"No Sirius. No meeting is being held today." Dumbledore raised his right hand and said in a calm voice and continued. "I want you to meet miss Noah Coz— " the woman who was dusting herself off came forward and pulled out her hand.
Sirius looked at her hand for a moment before he shook it. In his mind, this woman named Noah Coz was becoming more and more strange. She shook his hand firmly, he realized her hands were calloused as she withdrew her hand neatly which made Noah Coz even more strange. He looked at Dumbledore who was also looking at Noah Coz but unlike him, curiously.
Dumbledore opened his mouth again and the content that followed promoted Noah Coz's level from strange to interesting in Sirius Black's mind.
"Miss Noah Coz here — is a muggle." Sirius's eyes widened as Dumbledore spoke calmly like stating today's weather and after a brief pause in consideration of Sirius, opened his mouth again.
"I'm here to ask for your favor, Sirius."
Sirius looked at the strange woman and got an idea about what kind of favor Dumbledore might ask him. And asked calmly - "What kind of favor Dumbledore?"
Dumbledore opened his mouth and as expected said a similar thing.
"I hope that Miss Noah Coz would be under your hospitality until we find the meaning of her arrival here."
Sirius Black didn't miss the word 'arrival' and the emphasis put on 'here' by Dumbledore. Sirius knew that he could be driven by emotions sometimes, or all the time, and maybe a bit impulsive, but he wasn't stupid to miss those facts. In response, he questioningly raised an eyebrow and looked at Dumbledore.
Dumbledore successfully understood his gaze and answered his questioning eyes.
"I apologize Sirius, but I can't answer all of your questions yet. But I will tell you that she is an important person, so please take care of her."
". . . . yes," Sirius answered after a brief pause.
"Thank you, Sirius. And now I must say that I'm a bit tight on schedule so I must go now." He said as he looked at the strange Coz woman and said "Goodbye Noah, Sirius." And with that, he turned back into the fireplace, threw the powder, and said loud and clear— "Headmaster Office, Hogwarts." And vanished into erupting green flames.
"Phew- never gonna get used to it." Sirius looked at the woman.
Noah looked back at him and smiled, Sirius could almost see the confidence radiating off from her.
"Seems like I'll be in your care then."
"Yeah- seems to me too."
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FanfictionWhat happens when Dumbledore suddenly asks for Sirius Black's favor to let a mysterious muggle woman stay at Number 12 Grimmauld Place who only has a metallic instrument which she says is a metallic wand that only performs one spell which she prefer...