Order Only: Private message to Sirius

[alt_harry]

To the one who now calls himself Harry Potter:

You belong to me, and always have. This has always been your purpose. This has always been your destiny. Accept it - embrace it.

Come to me and you need never know pain or fear again. Come to me willingly, and you can end this pointless conflict now and forever. Come to me before midnight in two days' time, and no one else need die because of your cowardice. Submit to my will, and understand. It's time, Harry.

Your schoolmates' lives depend on you obeying my command.



I have a question about the Black Curse.

You're the only person who's ever survived it.

How soon after Bellatrix cast it on you did you know something was really wrong? It wasn't right away, was it?

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[alt_sirius]

Why do you

... Yes, it was obvious very quickly that something was wrong. At first, I hadn't realised she'd hit me. I thought it had merely glanced or that I had bounced off the corner of a building as I took a side turning.

But nearly immediately, I began to feel less than myself. I believe I survived on adrenaline alone because I knew I couldn't stop running at that moment. If I'd stopped, I would have been caught.

I would say within an hour, I had to find somewhere to hole up and lie down. My instinct was to ride it out as a dog, but it took immersing myself in salt water to really push through, and I still felt weak as a puppy for days afterward.

Has Draco cracked it? Do you think it will work if we can get him close enough to Voldemort? I hope