Good to see this back.  No hurry if your busy with real life.

  A nasty protential ending there. Leonre is a real evil bit of work.  Hopefully the 5 affected do manage to recover fully but things are still looking grim for the good guys even if they do. 

  Well that escalated rapidly.  Hopefully Allie makes a full recovery, ideally also enabling her to have children but their been through a hellish experience, especially Allie.  Hopefully the worst is over but we still have the issue of why Valdemort doesn't want him dead.

  Well another chapter and another problem.  Sirius needs to get his sleeping potion else he will be even more helpless against Lenione and hopefully that's what's he remembered now.  I wonder if he will go hunting this time as that's the 2nd attempt on Allie's life.  Definitelt not a good time although at least it sounds like she's going to be OK.

  At least he's come clean with Harry who might be able to help.  Plus is Snape can decode that book it might help both with the curse and in terms of those hints Lenore keep dropping about while Voldamort wants him alive.

  Well that was relatively short but action filled.  Sirus now has a deadline and he's also been reminded by the incident in the restuartant as to what the wars about.

  I wonder if Snape can sort out the code in the book in time and if so what he can tell the team about it?  Lenore obviously wants it back quickly and that might not be just because she's a socialpathic psycho.

  Well that might shock him out of the drinking although from what you said there's another shock or two yet.

  I wonder who Ally is going to ask about the book?  A fair number of options but if the wrong person gets it, or even hears about it that could cause problems.

  Sounds, from the lipstick decoration he had when they got back that Tonks is finally making some progress with Remus?

  So we're nearing the end of this section but there's going to be a final? part 4.  We're been so tied up in Sirius and Ally we're rather overlooked the war with Voldemort and everything else.  Not sure what this stage is in the original story and what butterflies have occurred so far.  Is Dumbledore still alive and have Harry realised about the Horcruxes yet and started hunting them down.  Going to be interesting what role Sirius and Ally will play in the fighting in the war itself but hope they and Tonks andf Remus all pull through along with the other main characters.

  Saxman66

  Good to see an update but Sirius still has his problem.  Too much drink and bitterness.  :(

  Very bad for Jack and I fear his end wasn't pleasant.  Possibly his ending will break Sirius out of his fulk and start getting his life and relationship back into order.  However sounds like some other nasty shocks are going to happen.

  Good to see this again but still Sirius being an idiot.  Hoping the session on the island would help and it has a bit, but more for Allie and he's still getting himselg drunk.  Needs to sort himself out of it quickly. 

  Jack, assuming its not something Lennone is controlling, has taken a hell of a risk and hope he doesn't pay a high price for it.  However it might help sort out the power she has over Sirus.  He still needs to sort himself out through.

  Hopefully Allie is recovering more and is catching up with her lessons.  That would help her recover and better put up with Sirus.  Wonder if that gem she picked up has any further role to play, or if we will find out more about it?

  Hope your been OK.  I've had a lot more time on my hands because of the pandemic but seem to have done very little so know the problem.  Keep well.

Well that ended better that I was fearing. Hopefully their turned a corner and can start talking to each other rather than rotting inside in isolation. Its still worrying that Lenore has the power to affect his dreams so.

I'm assuming that the 'random' stranger who paid for his drinks bill is the brother who went dark which suggests either he's watching them on Vortamort's behave or possibly some outbreak of doubt about the path he picked.

Good to see another chapter although things are still tough for the pair. Allie is obviously struggling with depression after such an ordeal. Plus I never considered her lactating which would be a further problem, especially since it would remind her of the murdered child.

About the only sign I see that see might be good is her response to Sirius's comment about hunting down and killing Lenore. I'm reminded of the two rules hunters are supposed to have given newcomers, and Lenore broke both of them. [Don't get between an animal and its mate, or a mother and her children]. If she falls under the power of either of them she better hope its Sirius as he's likely to just kill her.

That dream is worrying. Especially since the physical effects are still there with him. Lenore and probably her master are up to something but what yet and what plans they have for Sirius I can't see. The fact, if what she says is true she would have been happy killing Allie as well suggests its some role for Sirius in their deeper plans.

Interesting interactions between Sirius and both Jack and Thorson. Not totally sure I trust Thorson yet but hopefully he's telling the truth. From what Jack said he's going to have problems as well. He was forced to poison Allie, who he obviously still cares for and also to murder other people which will be a burden for him to carry. I assume that there might be some investigation of that anyway as the use to magic in such ways is highly illegal as I understand it.

Well I won't say what my reaction was to the warning but it considered of four letters starting with an f! Very bad for both of them, especially this late in the pregnancy.

Very strong chapter and well written on a very sensitive subject. I have a feeling that Allie is going to be hurting for quite a while after this, which is understandable but going to be tough for them all. Especially given all the problems their been through already.

I suppose it shows how much Sirius had matured since meeting Allie. My initial reaction was “she's going to die” meaning Lenore rather than Allie because I came to the same conclusion as Sirius and I thought once he knew Allie had been poisoned he would be off for revenge. However he stayed with Allie which is where he's really needed.

Interesting point at the end. I was unhappy with the idea that Lenore let Sirius live earlier because they only killed when Voldemort requires it as it seemed unlikely but the fact she let him live but killed his child does raise a number of questions. Do they think they want or need him alive for something? Do they know/suspect something about any children of his and Allie's marriage. Definitely a deeper plot element going on here.

I had a very nasty feeling about that round of drinks brought to them. Suspected Allie was the target but wondering if the others are affected in any way? Fearing from your comments at the end that the baby is in great danger – possibly Allie herself – and hope they both end up OK. Also Sirius himself as if anything happens to either of them he will literally go berserk.

Assuming she's going to be exposed, which is pretty certain given that Lenore let Sirius live I wonder what other loose ends she has to clear up? Hopefully not too much damage or people hurt but obviously not something too dramatic. She did make clear that not only was she working for Voldemort but that other death eaters were tracking other members of the Order.

  Wonder what Jack's reaction will be if he survives and once he finds out how he's been controlled.  That could have some interesting effects on the relations with Sirius and Allie. Assuming of course that everybody ends up OK.

  Well that was a very nasty Tarot reading.  So bad that I wonder if Allie has been set up in some way.

  Draco is definitely up to something and its probably a bad sign he knows about the room of requirement. 

  Not sure if Snape has double crossed Sirus but at least the potion has partially worked.  However having Alma see him leaving the closet after an encounter with Leore wasn't good.  Hopefully he is working his way out of whatever was done to him to give him those dreams of her.

  It does sound like there are some nasty times ahead for the couple and their friends.

  Hope you and yours will continue to be OK in those troubling times.  Fear its going to get worse before its better but have to see how things go. 

Well somehow I missed Chap 16 :( so glad to catch up now :). Definitely sounds like Sirius has been influenced by something, and Lenore seems the obvious person, especially since its her he's fixating on and also Jack is acting so strange. Possibly something different is in play as as well as the cocktail from Lenore he got a drink from Jack.

Bloody stupid of him duplicating that paper for Allie and she's rightly concerned that everything else she does will get treated with mistrust now.

Hopefully Katie will make a recovery and we will find out who the cursed item was for and how it got to her.

At least Buckbeak seems to have got home, and will hopefully be safe there.

  Good to see another chapter.  Hope you had a good holiday. :)

  Some interesting development but I'm still very distrustful of Lenore and wondering if she is trying to gain influence over Jack possible.  Could be actually trying to help out but with the way she questioned Allie last chapter I'm doubtful.

  If the false name works it would sounds a good way of getting Buckbeak back with Hagrid but it does sound very simple.

  Nasty curse but was Katie the actual target as not really a major figure in the war?  When I 1st heard a girl had been cursed given that the three had left a few minutes before I was thinking it was Hermione.  Hopefully Katoe will be OK and make a recovery but someone's up to something.  A relatively random attack does seem rather pointless?

  Anyway good to see the pair again and especially that Allie seems to have been assured that Sirius isn't interested in Lenore.

Good to hear your wrist is better. Don't bother about the time and make sure your wrist is OK rather than compounding the problem.

Things are continuing to get stressful and Lenore is definitely up to no good. With the news that other members of the order are being followed and Molly has been attacked things are also getting tense in terms of the war with steadily brewing in the background. Have to see how things work out as definitely going to be dangerous for a while.