though a [child's] eyes

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody didn't answer Sarah, he was busy watching Sirius, watching for his reaction. He felt as though Sirius didn't like something about him. He was smart, but knew little of the emotions of humans. He didn't know or understand that Sirius might not like him because he was a strong likeness of Xaver.

[ChoChangHP118]

Sirius swallowed and slowly his song died as he stared back at Cody. His eyes turned to purple and red as he stood frightened and yet angered at the mini Xaver before his eyes. He cleared his throat tearing his eyes from Cody and turning to Sarah. "Hello dear." He said, Xaver and Ginny on his mind. He occasionally glanced at Cody but then let his eyes flow back to Sarah's turned back.

[Shara2007]

Sarah then turned around. She was not expecting to see Siruis standing there. It had been about 5 months since the last time she saw him. She then smiled.

"Hello. So how have you been." She said with out any emotion then went back to work. She really did not know why that he decided to come back today. She then relized this was why Cody was quiet so she turn to him.

"I have some freshly baked cookies in the cookie jar in there if you want one."

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody thought about politely refusing a cookie, but he couldn't resist food. Ever. Another mannerism from his father. He nodded and smiled just enough to let her know he was grateful and went to the jar. He cautiously kept his eyes on Sirius, trying to think why the man didn't like him.

[ChoChangHP118]

Sirius stood, wishing he were alone with Sarah. Even if Cody were just a kid he still didn't like the way he stood looking at him. It reminded Sirius to much of Cody's father and he hated the thought of a mini Xaver running around in the world.

[Shara2007]

Sarah looked at Siruis and then finally snaped. She could not take the fact that Siruis was acting this way.

"Siruis I think you might want to leave. I mean I can tell by you look you don't like cody for some reason. " SHe then turned and put the rabbit food down. She was trying to be nice though.

"Why don't you. I mean he just a kid. He is also my company and I don't like him this quiet. He was not like this till you came" Sarah was asting calm about it.

[ChoChangHP118]

Sirius tore his eyes from Cody, his eyes still red. "Huh? Oh him? I don't mind the little guy." He said lying. He hated lying to Sarah but he wanted to show her some things that he had found while going through his old Hogwarts belongings finally.

He nodded an unfriendly nod to Cody and smiled politely to Sarah.

[Shara2007]

Sarah knew he was lying but then decided to drop it for a moment and see why he was really here then. Sarah then walked over to the owls. She had never slowed down on working but when you did it by yourself how could you.

"Okay then why you really come here. I mean last time I saw you it was 5 months ago and well it was not on good terms. I mean I was at the ministry working on animals." Sarah then stopped for the frist time and truely looked at him.

"I mean then that time you called me there not made a trip to my shop." She was still completely calm through all this. If you looked around the shop you could see pictures of her school like. One wall had a group picture of all of them and then on another it was ones that she had painted of just there heads and peiced them together like puzzle.

[ChoChangHP118]

Sirius who had noticed the pictures as well smiled. He took from his robe his wand and he tapped his hand twice. Zooming from the outside came a box that flew in and landed with a thud next to Sirius. He smiled to her without speaking before bending over and opening the box. He pulled out a framed picture that looked a bit wrinkly but still good on the inside. He poked it with his wand and it flew in the air, flowing silently over to the other pictures of Hogwarts on the wall. The picture landed on the wall and stayed up. Sirius stood and walked over to it, watching Cody out of the corner of his eye.

"Remember this?" Sirius said to Sarah calmly. For in the frame was the picture that Sarah first drew of Sirius when he was new to hogwarts. It was by the lake with Cho and himself and Sarah. All of them hanging out and playing in the water. "I found it a few days ago and i thought you might like it." He smiled to her lightly.

[Shara2007]

Sarah saw it and then teared up. "I guess. I mean I drew it for you why don't you want it. I mean I have enough."

Sarah then walked over and broke down. She wrapped her hands around him. She missed being in this position and missed holding him.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody was watching them with slight interest. He watched so few people, so few adults, he knew how so few acted.
Actually, he was an expert at reading people's motives for what they did. An expert at people. He didn't have to study them, it came naturally from his few experiences with them. He was just enough of a person to be comfortable around them, and just enough of something other than a person to see insights they perhaps never saw.

After a moment, he considered them boring and turned back to the animals with new reverence.

[Shara2007]

Sarah then pulled back. "You can keep it though. I mean I really should get back to work."

Sarah then turned and went to look at an injured owl that was seprated from the rest. She was not sure but she felt like she chould tust Cody more then she could even turst Sirius now.

[ChoChangHP118]

"No. You can have it. To remember what we used to be like. As a group, us three." Sirius smiled lightly as he watched Sarah work. Missing her dearly. He glanced at Cody and actually shivered, being reminded of Xaver wasn't a comfort where Sirius was concerned.

[Ginny Weasly]

Cody wasn't looking at Sirius, but he felt him shiver. Felt his own skin respond and tighten in stress.

"Do you fear me, Sir Black?" Cody asked quietly, not looking towards either of them, his voice low, and still childishly high pitched, "Are you afraid of me simply because I have wings? Like those of the Ministry?"

[Shara2007]

"Well okay. It can go on the wall." Sarah gave the animal a shot of some medicine that she knew would help. Then she went strait to work on the things need to make this place stay running. She knew that Sirius was mad at Cody for some reason.

"Cody I want to thank you so much. I mean your the first person in forever that has come by to just play with them." She then looked at Cody watching them.