The Last Sabi

Chapter three

 

 

Under the Cloak

 

Dear Lily,

I'm am worried about Lia. Is it just me or is she beginning to loose her sanity? I think you should take her to the nurse or something. Or perhaps you should just issue her a hard whack to the head?

Luv and sunshine

Tahnee


I showed everybody my new teddy bear at breakfast.

"Oh he's so cute!" Cried Jessie stroking his soft fur, "and look, he’s been charmed so he’ll never get dirty."

"Like I’d ever take him anywhere near dirt." I smiled, "I found him outside our door."

Lily cocked her head, "Really? He wasn't there when we left for breakfast. And you were only about five minutes after us."

"It's probably from Snape," Sirius said.

"How would Severus Snape get into Gryffindor tower?" Demanded Ellie, "I do believe you're just jealous Sirius Black."

Peter laughed, "ol' padfoot's been replaced."

Sirius shoved Peter, "hard to be replaced when I wasn't going out with her in the first place."

"What are you going to name him?" Lily asked me, avoiding any fights.

I thought for a moment then grinned, "I'll call him Padfoot."

The immature wolf whistle would have gone on for longer, but D'Arcy was shooting daggers in our direction. He looked like he was about to make his way towards us, so we quickly went to defense against the dark arts.


"See if you can lift that chair."

"What if someone walks in?"

"Blame it on Peeves. It's one o'clock in the morning, who's going to walk in?"

He did have a point, but I still didn't feel safe practicing in the common room.

"Why don't we just go to the tower like normal?"

"Because the seventh years are there remember? And you don't want to walk all the way to Hogsmead do you?"

I sighed and focused on an armchair by the fire. It lifted a few feet, dropped a little, then lifted up again.

"Move it to the left." Sirius commanded.

I moved it slightly to the left.

"Now to the right."

I did so.

"Ok, now put it down, without breaking it."

I bit my lip and tried to lower the chair slowly. I sort of succeeded, the chair fell quickly, but didn't break.

"You're getting better," Sirius said encouragingly.

I sighed and sat back. "Sirius?"

"Hmmmm?"

"I've been meaning to ask you, can Sabi's predict the future? Or see the past?"

"I don't know. You should be asking Rachel not me. Why?"

"Well, I've been having these dreams. There are always these two people talking, a man and a woman. The first time I had it I could hardly remember it, but I had it again the other night. It was different from the first one, but it was the same people."

"Do you remember what they say?"

"Not really. There was a baby in the second one though."

Sirius shrugged. "I don't know what it means. Ask Rachel."

I nodded, "yeah, I will tomorrow."

He suddenly grinned, "Have you seen her yet today?"

I shook my head.

"She wants you to start on some of your different powers. Like melting rocks and stuff."

I groaned, "I swear she was a slave driver in her past life."

"Cheer up Blue. Look, seems you have to try something new tomorrow, er, today and because Rachel isn't here, let's just go to bed."

I smiled, "best idea you've had all night. Maybe you white fellas aren't so dumb."

Sirius laughed and helped me stand up. "You sound like Clar," he put on a higher voice, "oi! White fella, come get some a dis tucker into ya."

I snickered, "you sound just like her."

I walked happily up to room and fell asleep instantly.


"I miss Vegimite." I said at breakfast the next morning.

Lily looked amazed, "you actually miss that stuff?"

I shrugged, "it tastes better than jam."

Sirius wrinkled his nose, "no way. Peanut butter tastes better than jam. Vegimite tastes better than nothing, except for maybe dragon eye boogies."

I smiled at Sirius, "if Tahnee heard you say that she'd kill you."

"Ellie, what's wrong?" Lily asked Ellie suddenly.

Ellie shrugged, "nothing."

"You look like you just found that out we have potions all day every day." James said, shuddering at the thought.

Ellie looked at me, "come for a walk with me Lia."

I looked at my watch, "now? We have Charms in ten minutes."

"Won't take long. Come on."


I followed her out of the great hall, she pulled me into an empty class room, looking very serious.

"What's up?" I asked, getting worried.

Ellie sighed, "Well, lately, we've all been wondering were you get to every night. And I spoke to Remus and he said Sirius goes missing at night now too. So we, me and Remus that is, decided to follow you last night."

My guts turned to ice, "oh, did you? Uh, what did you see?"

"I met Remus in the hall, we got under James's invisibility cloak and followed you to the common room. We saw everything."

I bit my lip, unsure of what to say. "So, you know."

She nodded, "Yeah, we do. Why didn't you tell us Lia? Aren't we your friends?"

I searched the roof desperately for an answer. "I didn't want you to get hurt."

"You told Sirius. And a Rachel. Is the Rachel, Rachel Sloan?"

I nodded, "Yes." I sighed, "I only told them because I had to tell someone! I couldn't do it alone. I told Rachel because she knows a lot about Sabi's and I told Sirius because..." I paused, I didn't really want to tell her why I told Sirius. "Because he saw me practicing like you and Remus," I lied.

Ellie looked at me as if she was studying a strange new animal. "So, you're the last Sabi. How long have you known for?"

"Only since Christmas." I paused, "You and Remus haven't told anyone have you?"

She shook her head, "No, we figured we'd better talk to you first." She grinned, "So what can you do?"

I smiled, "Not much yet, but I'm learning. I can lift things with my mind and my blood has healing powers. I can protect people I love and I can make people immortal. I can do other things, but I haven't learnt how yet."

"Cool," she tried to sound light, but I could see she was still troubled. She thought for a moment, "though I suppose you-know-who would kill to find you?"

I nodded, "That's why you have to forget you saw me. You're in danger as it is."

To my surprise she laughed, "Sorry Lia, no can do. Remus and I are involved now. You're stuck with us."

I could tell there was no point in arguing.

 

Solving the Past

 

Dear Tahnee,

Thanks to you I now have a large bruise on my head. (Lily hit me.) And I am not insane. I really don't know my boyfriends name. Though he's not really my boyfriend. He's a secret admirer. So there.

Luv Lia.

PS Sirius insulted Vegimite...


I nabbed Sirius as he was walking to Arithmacy.

"What?" He asked when I pulled him down a deserted passage.

"Remus and Ellie followed us last night. They know what I am."

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh. They haven't told anyone, and there not going to. But they want to help."

Sirius ran his fingers through his hair, "They can't! It's too dangerous!"

"You try telling that to Ellie."

He sighed, "Fair enough. Do they know about my dad?"

"No."

"Well, that's god I suppose."

"I'll talk to Rachel in study of ancient runes. See you at lunch ok?"

"Yeah, ok."


And so our numbers rose to five. I wasn’t happy about placing so many of my friends in danger, but I supposed it was uncontrollable. It was a few days before I got around to asking Rachel about my dreams. I did so when Sirius, Remus and Ellie were with us.

She thought about it for a few minutes, "Can you remember anything they say? Or what they look like? Can you remember anything at all?"

I struggled to remember. "The woman's pregnant I think, and the baby in my second dream, I think it was the mans new born son."

"Were they together, or husband and wife?"

I shook my head, "No, I don't think so."

Rachel's brow was creased in thought. "I don't think Sabi's can predict the future. At least, I've never heard of it happening. It would help if you could remember exactly what happened."

"I remember when you had the first one," Ellie said, "You were crying."

"Because the woman was crying," I said, suddenly remembering.

"Why was she crying?" Sirius asked me.

"I don't know, but she wiped the tears away, because she heard someone coming. She thought it was someone coming to hurt her. She was expecting someone to hurt her."

Rachel nodded encouragingly, "Good, good. What else?"

I bit my lip. "It was the man, he sat down next to her. She congratulated him, because..."

"Because why?" Remus, like Rachel, Ellie and Sirius, were waiting for me to finish the sentence.

"Ummm, oh! because he'd just become a father. Someone, his wife I think, just had a baby boy."

"Oh, cute. What was his name?" Ellie asked.

"I don't know, I can't remember it. But I know it was familiar."

"What happened then?" Sirius asked.

"I don't know, that's all I can remember."

"Well, it's something," Rachel said smiling, "If you remember anything else, be sure to write it down or tell us before you forget."

I nodded, "I will. But now I'm going to be. All this remembering has given me a head ache. Thank god tomorrow's a Saturday."


"Look!" Cried Ellie when we entered the room.

I looked, on my bed was a bright red feather. A phoenix feather.

"Wow." I picked it up, it glowed softly and felt warm.

"Must be another gift from your secret admirer," Ellie said jealously, "Phoenix feathers are rather rare. They're supposed to make you feel happier if you’re sad."

I smiled and placed the feather next to the rose on my bedside table, "I wish I knew who he was though."

Ellie sighed happily, "You'll find out when he's ready I suppose. Sweet dreams."


"It's all worked out, I go into hiding in three weeks."

She smiled sadly, "I'll miss you. You've been a good friend to me."

He sighed, "if only we could have been more."

"It wasn't meant to be, you know that. You love Diana."

"I know I do, she gave me Sirius didn't she? But I love you as well. Ever since we first met."

She managed a small laugh, "We met when we were five. I hardly think you loved me then."

"I did!" He insisted, "But by the time I'd worked up the courage to tell you, you were already with Nick." He sighed again, "you're right. I guess it wasn't meant to be."

"I love you too you know," she was crying softly now. "If only we had longer, but time is short. I know what I am going to do."

"What?"

"When my child is born, it's due any day now, even if it's one of us, I'll send it to Kath, my sister, and I'll join the others."

He gasped, "you don't mean..."

"Yes, I'll kill myself."

He was crying now too, "You are braver than I. But you always have been. Perhaps one day our children will meet."

"Kath lives in Australia. You live in England. I doubt they will."

He kissed her softly on the cheek, "You never know. It's a small world. I'll visit you again before I go. Contact me if your child is born."

"I will."


By lunch time the next day Ellie, Remus, Sirius, Rachel and I were at the cave in Hogsmead.

"Why'd you tell us to meet you here?" Sirius asked chewing on a chocolate frog.

"I had another dream last night."

Rachel sat forward eagerly, "Really? Do you remember it?"

"No, not really," I lied "but I remember more of the others."

"Well, come on then, tell us," Remus said, smiling. "They're starting to get interesting."

I took a deep breath. "I'll start were I left off last night. I remember the woman asks the man if his son is 'one of them.'"

"One of what?" Ellie asked.

I shrugged, "I'm not sure, but I think the man and the woman are Sabi's."

Rachel nodded, "That'd make sense. That's most likely why you're dreaming about them."

I went on, "The woman is relieved when the man says no. She's bitter because in the past another one of them being born would have been a good thing."

Remus nodded this time. "This must take place just before the Sabi's killed themselves. When you-know-who was tracking them down. It explains a lot of things."

I flicked at the rocks on the ground, "I think you're right. The man is sad, because he wants to see his son grow up, he doesn't want to die. And the woman is scared that her child will be a Sabi. That's about when I woke up."

I was skirting around the important issue. I didn't want to tell my friends what else I had remembered, in case they came to the same conclusion I had. But from the look of Sirius' face he'd already realized.

"The baby," he said slowly, "His name is Sirius isn't it?"

I nodded.

Remus and Ellie looked confused. "What, do you think you're the baby?" Asked Remus, "But your dad wasn't... Was he?"

Sirius nodded. "Yeah, my dad was a Sabi."

Ellie gasped.

Rachel looked grim, "That must mean. Lia, you're dreaming about Sirius's dad."

"But then who's the woman?" Remus asked.

I felt like crying. "The woman is my mother."

 

Fate

 

"She remembers my lord. She's is remembering more every day."

"How can this be!"

"I do not know my lord. We did not plan on this happening."

"You will be punished for allowing this."

"Please my lord. No please, have mercy!"

"Crucio."


The cave was filled with silence for a whole three minutes. And let's face it, with Sirius around, that's a world record. But Sirius didn't look as if he had any intention of talking. Though I suppose you can't blame him. I had just told him I was dreaming about his dead father after all.

"How do you know it's your mother?" Ellie asked finally, "or Sirius' father."

I fought back tears. "It's the second dream. And the third. I remember them vividly."

"Can you tell us what happened?" Rachel asked me softly.

I cast a glance at Sirius. He nodded, "Go on. I want to hear this as well."

I sighed, "In the second dream they're at a hospital looking at a baby. The woman says he seems far too happy to be named Sirius. The man laughs and says the name will come in handy, then he says he says he has decided that he is going into hiding. The woman is still unsure of what to do. She can't make any real plans until her child is born."

I paused before I described the third dream. "Are you sure you want to hear this?" I asked Sirius.

He nodded, "Yes, I am. Go on."

"In the third they are talking again. The man has decided that he will go into hiding in three weeks. The woman has decided that once her child is born, even if it's a Sabi she'll send it to live with her sister Kath in Australia and she'll kill herself."

I paused again, "There is more." I said, "But I think I should tell Sirius about it first before I tell you guys."

Rachel smiled, "That's ok."

Remus sighed, "We should be getting back, the others will miss us."

We walked silently back to Hogwarts.


Sirius and I didn't go with Ellie and Remus back to the common room. We went and sat by the lake.

"What else happened?" He asked me.

I told him about the remainder of my dream and by the time I had finished I was crying.

Sirius smiled sadly, "Whenever I saw my dad," he said, "He used to tell me stories of this lady he used to know. They had grown up together and I knew he missed her terribly. I often wondered if he loved her. Now I know."

"But my mum was wrong wasn't she?" I said, cheering up slightly, "We did meet, you and I."

Sirius chuckled softly, "Yeah. I guess fate was kinder on us."

"I guess it was."


"Hey, can you guys keep a secret?" Lily asked when we were in bed.

We all assured her we could.

"I think I like James." She whispered.

Jessie laughed, "Well that's a surprise. Of course you like James, and he likes you."

Lily looked hopeful "You think so?"

We nodded.

"While we're confessing our crushes," Ellie said, "I'll tell you I like."

We all leaned forward. I was happy for a diversion from the days events. "Who?"

She paused dramatically, "Remus."

Everybody giggled and told Ellie that her and Remus were perfect for each other. I couldn't help but wonder what she'd do if she knew that Remus was a werewolf.

Hannah grinned, "I like Josh Benson, that Ravenclaw prefect."

Jessie smirked, "I like Severus Snape."

We goggled at her.

"Just kidding. I don't like anyone right now."

Lily hit her, "You had me worried! Severus Snape! Yuck."

"How 'bout you Lia," Hannah asked, "Who do you like?"

I thought about that afternoon at the lake with Sirius.

"I don't like anybody."

Ellie laughed, "Not even a certain Mr. Black?"

"Nope."

Desperate to change the subject I showed them my phoenix feather.

Hours later, when I finally lay down to sleep my thoughts drifted. Did I like a certain Mr. Black? I had to wonder if the answer was still no.


I fell asleep thinking about Sirius and I woke thinking about Sirius. I probably would have gone on thinking about Sirius but at the foot of my bed was a box.

"Open it!" Cried Hannah when I pointed it out to my friends.

I was more than happy to oblige. I took the lid of the box and gasped. Inside was a delicate shell, charmed to keep changing colours. When I put it to my ear, I could hear the song of a whale.

"Wow, that's pretty." Whispered Lily, touching it.

"I wonder who's sending you these things."

I shrugged, "It's a mystery, though I wish I knew." I grinned happily, "Come on, let's go to breakfast."


"Did you have sweet dreams Blue?" Sirius asked me when I reached the great hall. I knew what he was really asking.

"I didn't dream at all."

Sirius helped himself to more toast. "I did, I dreamed of a beautiful princess named Lia who lived on a castle in the clouds."

James rolled his eyes.

I smiled, "I don't think I'd like to live on a castle in the clouds. I'm not that fond of heights."

Sirius laughed and went back to eating.

See, I told myself, this is Sirius. Your friend. You like him as a friend that's all. Forget about him.

But it was no use trying to forget about him. Sirius had set up camp in my brain and wasn't planning on going any time soon.


The day passed quietly and quickly, soon it was nightfall and I found myself in the astronomy tower trying to make the damn chair land softly.

"You're letting your concentration go too early." Rachel told me as Ellie fixed yet another broken chair. "You have stay focused until it's on the ground."

I rubbed my eyes, "I'd like to see you try it. It's hard enough getting it up there."

"I'm glad my dad wasn't as bad as you he used to lift me up," Sirius said smiling.

I poked my tongue out at him.

"Don't listen to him," Rachel said, "You're learning faster than I thought you would."

Remus laughed, "You'll make a good professor one day Rach."

Rachel smiled then said, "I've been thinking about your dreams Lia."

"Yeah?"

"They must mean something. You can't just be remembering the past for no reason."

"I know that, but why am I having them then?" I asked.

Ellie shrugged, "Hopefully you'll have some more, that'll help us figure them out."

I sighed, "I don't want to have any more. They're freaking me out. Dreaming of dead people is not my idea of a good time."

Sirius smiled, "I'm not dead and I make a guest appearance."

I laughed, "Maybe that's why they're freaking me out. Dreaming of you can't be too healthy."

Sirius emptied a box of star charts on me and we went back to practice.


Dear Lia,

A secret admirer? You lucky thing. What has he sent you so far? Do you have any idea who he is? (I'm betting it's Sirius) We thought for a while at the beginning of the year that Fiona had a secret admirer, but it turned out she was sending the gifts to herself. Clar sends her love and she sends Sirius something foul and disgusting. Write back ASAP, as I am bored.

Love and sunshine

Tahnee

PS: Sirius dared to insult vegimite? Hit him for me. Really hard.

 

Chocolate

 

Dear Tahnee,

Beat up Sirius? But how could I hurt my one true love? Am joking of course. No idea who is leaving gifts. So far, have received:
enchanted rose
heart pendent
enchanted shell
teddy bear (named Padfoot. Don't ask)
phoenix feather
gemstone
All nice things. Would be nicer if knew who sent them. Am writing in note form. Do not know why. Perhaps need to sleep?

Luv Lia


Lily, Hannah, Ellie and Jessie crowded around to have a look at my newest surprise, a smooth greeny blue gemstone. It felt cool in my hand.

"Maybe it's Peter," Lily said thoughtfully, "He seems like he'd be too shy to leave his name."

Hannah wrinkled her nose, "Peter? Ew. Besides he doesn't have the mind to send such nice things."

Lily shrugged, "it was only an idea. Who else could it be?"

Jessie grinned, "I still say it's Sirius."

I yawned, "And maybe it's you-know-who. We'll never guess, I'll just have to wait for him to show himself."

Hannah suddenly look very somber, "We shouldn't joke about you-know-who, I heard that last week he killed a family of muggles for no reason."

Jessie glared at her hands, "I hate him. I wish he was dead."

"I think everyone does, unless they're evil," Ellie said gently. "Let's not talk about him, we'll only depress ourselves."

I nodded, "You're right. Now, if you all would get off my bed, I'm going to sleep."


"I came as soon as I heard."

She smiled up at her visitor, "she's sleeping now, but I'll bet she'll be awake soon."

"She looks like you," he said, looking at the peacefully sleeping child. "What's her name?"

"Lia." She sighed, "she's one of us."

"Oh no. Are you sure?"

"Yes. Oh, what am I going to do?"

"You can't tell anybody else what she is. Let her be raised like a normal witch."

She shook her head, "I can't do that! I've been thinking about-"

"The prophecy?"

"Yes, what if it's true?"

He held the her close, "then do what you know is best."

"Will you help me?"

"Yes, of course."


"Ellie!" I shook her.

"Mmmm?"

"I had another dream."

She sat up, rubbing her sleepy eyes. "Really? Do you remember it?"

I nodded.

"Do you want me to go wake the guys up?"

"No, it'd be best to wait until Rachel is with us."

She nodded, "Yeah, you're right. We'll meet after classes then."

"Sounds good."


After I finished describing my newest dream we sat in thoughtful silence.

"What prophecy?" Remus finally asked.

I shrugged, "no idea.

Remus looked vaguely annoyed, "These dreams are getting more and more confusing. Instead of our questions getting answered, more just arise."

I sighed, "Don't you think I know that?"

"I think you should just forget them," Ellie said calmly, "They could mean anything."

Sirius, who had been sitting in unusual silence, looked up, "But they could mean something. Don't who see, you-know-who would do anything to get his hands on Lia. Anything! These dreams could be warnings for all we know."

"Look," Rachel said, "Let's not fight. I've been thinking about you-know-who as well and I think we should start helping Lia learn defense."

"Defense?" Remus said slowly, trying the word out, "Like what?"

Rachel shrugged, "Well, her blood makes people immortal right? But there are things Lia can do to cause side effects."

They were carrying on the conversation as if I wasn't there. I considered getting up and walking off, would they even notice?

"Side effects?" Asked Ellie, "What do you mean?"

"Well," explained Rachel, "When a person forces Lia to make them immortal, she can't really refuse. But she can make it so there are side effects. The effects are different for every person."

"Her blood won’t always make people immortal," Sirius said, "Just sometimes. Though it will always make the person near on invincible."

Rachel nodded, "Yeah, sometimes immortal. If this works, Lia will be able to choose who becomes immortal and who becomes near on invincible."

"That could be handy," Remus said, "How does it work."

At this Rachel look slightly worried, "It's not something she can learn. It has to be done using a potion. A very difficult potion."

Ellie looked anxious, but Remus as Sirius relaxed. After all, they'd had experience with difficult potions.

"Do I get a say in this yet?" I asked, slightly annoyed.

Rachel smiled, "Whoops, forgot about you. Of course you get a say."

I thought quickly for a question, "What sort of things are in the potion?"

"A lot of muggle ingredients," Rachel said, "Unicorn tail hair, serpent venom, oh what else?"

We waited for Rachel to remember, I was feeling more and more beated.

"Oh!" Rachel remembered, "There's ordels snare and, probably the easiest, tristifico flower."

"That's the easiest?" Now even Sirius looked nervous, "You do realize that tristifico flower only grows under cliff ledges don't you?"

"Yep."

"That's what I was afraid of."


"He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not."

I laid by the lake absently plucking at the flower petals.

"Flower petals? My, my, do we have a crush? Who is it?" A voice asked as I plucked the last petal. I looked up at Sirius and wondered what he'd say if I replied 'you, I think.'

I shrugged, "Nobody really. I'm just bored."

"Ah."

We sat in silence for a while. I tried to see were the ripples went with little successes.

"Do you miss your dad?" I asked Sirius.

He nodded, "Yeah. Though I didn't really get to see him that often, because he was in hiding and all. Sometimes I really hate him, but most of the time I miss him. "

I sighed, "I never used to miss my mum. Because I thought she wasn't worth it. But now, through these dreams, it's like I've gotten to know her."

"So you're starting to miss her?"

"Yeah."

He smile glimmered across his lips, "Well, you'd better get used to it. Because it doesn't get any easier."

"Gee, wonderful."

"Let's go get some food."

"Chocolate. It has to be chocolate."

He grinned and pulled me to my feet. "Ok Miss Strummings, chocolate it is."

 

Tandem Coadunatio

 

"We can not stop her from remembering my lord."

"This does not please me."

"But the training is going very well! The spies are keeping us up to date, and we doubt that the memories will harm our plan-"

"Fool! This is the work of her mother! If she remembers everything, the plan will be ruined!"

"I am sorry my lord, I-"

"Silence! We must distract her from the dreams."

"How my lord?"


Dear Lia,

I still think Sirius is sending you all the stuff. And I know you say you don't like him, but I know you far to well my dear. You know you like him, you're just to scared to admit it. So there, that'll be ten galleons that you very much. I'm going to sign off now, before you curse me.

Love and Sunshine

Tahnee


"Were have you two been?" Lily asked when Sirius and I climbed through the portrait hole after our chocolate spree.

"Eating." I told her.

"Eating?"

"Yup," Sirius grinned at her, "We've consumed enough chocolate to last a lifetime."

"Two lifetimes even," I added, flopping down onto a chair.

Lily laughed, "Eating chocolate. Well at least you gave an excuse other then 'we've been around' this time."

I smiled at her, "Only the best for you Lils."

"Remus and Ellie have started to disappear with you two now as well. Were do you all go?"

Sirius grinned, "Around."

Lily tossed a pillow at him.


The next Hosgmead visit was scheduled for that weekend, much to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh years delight.

"Were should we go?" Lily asked as we stepped off of the carriages that took us to Hogsmead

"Zonkos?" Asked Peter.

"The three broomsticks?" Suggested Remus.

"Honeydukes?" This was Lily.

"The moon?" We stared at Sirius, who shrugged.

In the end we all went separate ways, as we all wanted to see different things. Sirius decided he was going to take me on a tour of Hogsmead, as I hadn't seen all that much of it on my last visit.

"That's the shrieking shack," he said pointing out the rambley building. "The villagers all think it's haunted, but you and I know different."

"What does it look like from the inside?" I asked Sirius.

"Even worse than the outside."

Sirius sat o the grassy ground and gestured for me to sit next to him.

"What's up?" I asked.

Sirius picked at the ground, "I have a confession to make."

"Was it you who put a frog in D'Arcys pumpkin juice?"

"Yes, but that's not what I was going to say."

"Oh, what?"

He sighed, "Well, I know who has been sending you all that stuff."

I stopped shredding a brown leaf and looked at Sirius, "Really? Who?"

"Uh, well, it was me."

"Really?" I paused, unsure of what to say, "I hate it when Tahnee is right."

Sirius half smiled, "Remus had to help me out bit. Believe it or not I'm hopeless when it comes to stuff like this."

I laughed, "The Sirius Black, not sure of how to handle a girl? That can't be right."

"I confess. Just don't tell anyone ok?"

I smirked, "Don't tell anybody you didn't know what to do or don't tell anybody that you like me?"

Sirius had a cat got the cream look on his face, "I didn't say that I liked you."

"That's a pity, because I like you."

He lost the cat got the creaminess, "Really?"

"Yup."

"Oh. I like you too."

"Really?"

"Yup."

And he kissed me.

Now I could lie here, and say it was something straight out of a Mills & Boon. I could say my knees turned to jelly, my head started spinning, that the skies opened and the angels sang hallelujah. Truthfully, none of the above happened, but it was very nice all the same.

When we broke apart Sirius grinned sheepishly, "James'll have a field day with this." He said.

"Probably."

"But it was worth it."

"It was defiantly worth it."

 

The Menoris Charm

 

Dear Tahnee,

I know you're going to say it, so I'll save you the trouble. You told me so.

Luv Lia


"What's up with you?" Lily asked me as we made our way towards the Gryffindor common room.

"Yeah," added Jessie, "You've been grinning like a Cheshire cat since Hogsmead."

I attempted to stop smiling and failed miserably. "I'm just happy, that's all."

Hannah raised an eyebrow, and this sudden happiness wouldn't have anything to do with a certain Mr. Black would it?"

I shrugged, "Whatever."

"Oh," said Ellie when we entered our dorm, "No more gifts."

I grinned even wider, "I won't be getting any more."

"Why not?" Asked Lily, looking confused.

"I know who's been sending them."

"Oh my gosh!" Hannah pushed me down onto my bed, "Who?"

I shrugged casually, "Oh that doesn't really matter does it?" I pushed Hannah off my bed and closed the curtain, "g'night all."

"Don't you go to sleep Lia!" Warned Lily, so of course I did.


"I'm making sure Kath sends her to Hogwarts when she's fifteen."

He looked up and smiled, "really? Maybe she will meet Sirius then."

"I hope so," she said, smiling wistfully, "and if he's anything like you then I have no need to worry about her."

"I do not doubt that Sirius could take you-know-who single handed, but we still need more protection."

She nodded, "I know that. I'm going to put a Menoris charm on her."

She thought about this, "That's complicated magic, are you sure you can pull it off? Are you sure you want to?"

"Yes," she replied forcefully, "I have never been more sure of anything. And I want you to do the charm with me."

"Me?"

"Only you and I know the truth, it has to be you. Lia has to know. Don't you see that?"

Yes, I do. Oh god, I hope you know what you're doing."


"Sirius?"

"Mmmwha?"

"Sirius! Wake up!" I shoved him.

He opened his eyes and smiled slightly, "oh, hello."

"Hello."

"What time is it?"

"Ten past one."

"Then you'd better have a good reason for waking me up."

"I had another dream."

"Oh, well, I suppose that's a good reason."

"C'mon, we need to go to the library."

"Why?"

"I'll explain on the way."


So, ten minutes later we were on our way to the library under James' invisibility cloak, which Sirius had 'borrowed.'

"So," I said after explaining the dream, "Ever heard of a Menoris charm before?"

"Nope, but I should be able to find some info on it."

I smiled, "You really are the perfect protector aren't you?"

He kissed me softly, "Of course. I could take you-know-who single handed I could."

We crept quietly into the library so not to wake the restricted books and got to work.

"The complete alphabetical guide to charms," whispered Sirius holding a ridiculously large book, "There should be something on this hey?"

He opened the musty pages and we started to flick through it.

"There it is," I said pointing, "The Menoris charm."

Sirius read the small paragraph aloud, "The Menoris charm is a very difficult charm using old magic. Normally, it is performed by two people and, if successful, will plant memories about the two castors in a third person (usually a baby or small child's) mind. The memories will be triggered at a certain time set by the casters of the charm. If used in conjunction with the futorinus charm, the third party will also eventually be able to see small chosen portions of the future.

I thought for a moment, "Well, that explains a lot."

"Yeah," Sirius closed the book, "I suppose that's why you're remembering our parents. I wonder if they used the futorinus charm as well?"

"Well, it says eventually doesn't it? So they could have, and I wouldn't know yet."

"I wonder what I have to know."

"What do you mean?"

"My mother said, she has to know. Has to know what?"

"That you're a Sabi?"

"Maybe. I don't know, I guess we'll just have to wait."

"Not for too long I hope."

I wondered if he was still talking about dreams.


I got back to the dorm at six and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. I don't think I have to tell you how unimpressed I was about Lily and Hannah waking me only an hour later.

"You have to tell us now!" Lily said as she jumped on my pillow.

"Yell you what, oh go away!"

"Not until you tell us," Hannah said, "you was sending you all that stuff."

Ellie and Jessie sat up and watched on with interest.

I moaned and shielded my eyes from the sunlight filtering in through the window. "If I tell you will you let me go back to sleep?"

"Been up all night again I suspect," muttered Jessie.

Lily and Hannah nodded, "But you have to tell us."

"It was Sirius, can I go to sleep now?"

I soon realized that a had a fly at a frog conventions chance of getting more sleep, as instead of leaving me, Ellie and Jessie also jumped on my bed.

"Go away!" I groaned.

"It was Sirius?" Cried Jessie, "oh wow! What happened?"

I sat up, grabbed another blanket from my chest and proceeded to tell them what happened at Hogsmead.

Lily sighed happily when I finished, "It took you two long enough." She paused then added, "It's a pity you couldn't have waited another week, now I owe Remus and James two galleons."

"You betted on my love life?"

Lily laughed, "Of course."

"In that case," I turned to Ellie, "I bet you two galleons that Lily and James will be together before the end of this term."

Lily went red and stalked off to breakfast.


It took a good hour that night to fill Remus, Rachel and Ellie in on my dream and the Menoris charm.

"I suspected it was a charm of some sort," Rachel said when I was done, "Though I never even gave the Menoris charm a thought."

"Is there any way to break the charm, so you'd stop remembering?" Ellie asked.

Rachel and I shrugged.

"I don't think so," said Rachel, "if there was I'm sure you-know-who would try it."

"Why?" Remus asked.

"Lia's mother must have set the charm for a reason, probably to warn her about something." She shrugged, "and if she did a futorinus charm as well you-know-who wouldn't want her seeing the future would he?"

"No," said Ellie, "I guess not."

Our talk came to a sudden halt when the door to the astronomy tower swung open and professor McGonagall stalked inside.

 

Soap Suds and Sponges

 

"Is she still remembering?"

"Yes, but we are working on it my lord."

"Well hurry, my patience is growing thin."


Dear Lia,

I told you so? Huh? Your last letter made little sense, so could you please write back and elaborate?

Luv and sunshine

Tahnee


I don't think I've ever seen professor McGonagall more angry. Not even when James accidentally on purpose transfigured Snape into a horned toad.

Sirius had to make things even worse by asking in a peeved voice, "What are you doing here?"

The professor glared at us, "What am I doing here Mr. Black? I was just about to ask you the very same thing!"

"We were star gazing," Rachel said in an even voice, "Ellie and Lia have been a little behind in their astronomy lessons so Remus, Sirius and I thought we'd help them out."

Remus nodded knowingly, "We're really very sorry for being up so late Professor, but it's just that it's not very often you see Venus in such a good position," he waved his hand at what I supposed was Venus.

She obviously didn't believe them, though I didn't see how she couldn't, they were very good liers.

"Detention," she snapped, "All of you. And thirty points from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw."


We got our detention slips the next morning at breakfast. We had to polish the glass ceiling of the astronomy tower the muggle way on broomsticks.

Ellie groaned, "This sounds like fun."

"What did you do?" James asked, "You'd better not have pulled a prank with me and Wormtail you two," he glared at Sirius and Remus suspiciously.

Remus shook his head, "no, of course not, besides, we couldn't take Ellie on a pranking run, she'd be hopeless."

Ellie flicked porridge at him, "Hey!"

"Well it's true!"

"But," Peter said, interrupting their fight, "Why'd you get a detention if you weren't pulling pranks?"

"She found us wondering the halls at about one o'clock," I told him.

Lily raised an eyebrow, "Wondering the halls? Is that your latest excuse?"

Remus grinned, "Would you like to wonder with us, oh Lily dear?"

She laughed, "And join your little business? But of course."

"Since when have we been a business?" Ellie asked, "I hardly call five teenagers a business."

"Five?" Peter appeared to be counting us. "There's only four of you."

"You sure?" I asked him.

He counted us again, "yes."

Sirius nodded, "That's very observant of you Peter. And you are right, there is only four of us, Ellie was just mixed up."

"See why you can't take her pranking?" I heard Remus mutter, so Ellie dumped her porridge over his head.


"Gah," Rachel said wrinkling her nose at the brooms. "I hate heights."

Sirius grinned like the overgrown dog he was, "C'mon Rach, heights are fun!"

"Even when you have to be polishing great big dirty windows?" Asked Ellie picked up a bucket of soapy water and a sponge.

Sirius shrugged, "Just concentrate on the danger my dear. That'll keep it interesting."

"Gah," repeated Rachel. I had to agree.

Remus picked up another bucket and handed one to Ellie, "Let's get this over with."

I eyed the brooms warily, then had an idea...


"This is unfair you know Lia!" Ellie called from above me, she rinsed her sponge and kept polishing.

"I don't think it is," I said happily, "After all, it's only fair that my stupid powers should come to some use."

Unlike Sirius, Ellie, Remus and Rachel, who were sitting awkwardly on their brooms trying to polish the glass, I was quite comfortable on solid ground simply using my mind to make the sponge scrub the windows.

"Are we nearly done?" Rachel asked, wiping her sweaty brow.

Remus studied the ceiling, "Nearly."

"Good," I called up to them, "My brains getting sleepy."

"Stop complaining you," Sirius answered, splashing most of his soapy water at me.

"Puppy love is a wonderful thing," Remus said grinning. I hit him in the face with my sponge.

Soon, what looked like a good water fight was starting. I had the biggest advantage, as whenever someone tried to wet me, I had more than enough time to move out of the way.

Yes, it would've been a lot of good fun, but with her increasing habit of showing up at the worst times, Professor McGonagal arrived.

I quickly let the bucket and sponge dropped from the air, much to Ellie's relief as my bucket had been just about to tip water all over her.

"What is going on here?" She yelled, then without waiting for an answer she turned to me, "Why aren't you up there with the others?"

"Uh," I thought hard, "I just, uh, dropped my bucket. And was just down here to get some more soap. And water. To clean the, you know, glass."

I could hear Sirius groan at how obvious it had been that I was lieing.

Luckily, the professor seemed to be in a rather good mood, she only sighed in exasperation and sent us back to our common rooms. Though I couldn't help but notice the curious looks she gave me.


"How was detention?" James asked teasingly when we arrived back at the common room, sopping wet. (Well, at least Remus was, as Sirius had tipped all his water over him.)

"It was fine," I said.

Remus hopped over to James, eager to give him advice on his chess gave with Lily.

"Oh no," James told him, "I'm not taking advice from you ever again."

Remus grinned, "But if you move your king there," he pointed, "you can check mate her king."

James' eyes lit up and Lily shot Remus a dirty look, "You just broke my winning streak!"

I laughed at her, "oh no! How awful!"

"Be quite, Miss Black!"

"Er, let's stick to Strumming for now ok?" I asked.

Sirius nodded, "Yeah, Strummings is good. Strummings suits Lia."

Sick of being laughed at, I went to bed.


"Ok, I've got the Menoris charm right here."

He looked up from changing his sons nappy, "and the futories?"

"Yep, that too."

"And you spoke to the Sloans?"

"Yes."

"And you brought the enchantment for Sirius."

"Uh huh."

"And you made sure that it said in your will she was to be sent to Hogwarts?"

"Yes! Stop panicking! I did everything, geez your worse than me."

He grinned somewhat sheepishly, "I can't help it."

He laughed, "I know you can't."

"The Sloans agreed to help?"

"Yes, reluctantly, but they did."

"Well, that's a good thing. Right?"

"I hope so."

 

Private eye McGonagall

 

"Well?"

"There is a potion my lord, she plans to use it against us. It could ruin the plan."

"If the plan is ruined you will die a very slow and painful death!"

"I am sorry my lord! But this potion, it could be used for our advantage my lord."

"Very well, make sure it is. Is she still remembering?"

"Uh, yes my lord, but that will soon be remedied."

"It had better be."



Dear Tahnee,

Yes, I do believe my letter was slightly confusing. I can't really elaborate though as I can hear Ellie and Remus calling (more like screeching) for me. Let's just say that you can tell Clar that Sirius is no longer available...

Love Lia


"Miss Strummings could I speak to you before you leave please?"

"Uh, sure professor."

Sirius laughed at me as everybody went to lunch, I sat down in front of professor McGonagal, wondering how she could have found that it was me who put the Hippogriff turd in Snape's book bag.

The professor gave me a very serious look. "Lia, do you know what a Sabi is?"

I suddenly wished I had taken Sirius and Remus up on their offer to teach me how to lie. "Uh, yes. They're an extinct species aren't they?"

"Some say they are, but their are those who say there is one left."

"Really? What do you believe professor?"

"I'm not sure. You may go now."

So I went, trying not to faint in the hallway.


"She asked you what?"

Sirius was in full blown paranoia mode. So was Remus. Rachel was her annoyingly calm self and Ellie had an anxious look on her face.

"She just mentioned Sabi's out of the blue then told me I could go. What if she knows? We could be expelled!"

"We don't know that she knows."

Remus sighed, "We're dead. She knows, of course she knows. Why else would she say that stuff?"

"She probably suspects, but doesn't know. Everybody stop panicking for crying out loud."

"Right, yeah ok," I took deep supposedly calming breaths and tried to think of a way to change the subject, "I had another dream last night."

Remus and Sirius became slightly less ruffled. "Oh?" Sirius looked at me, "What new questions arose this time?"

I smiled, "Plenty to keep you happy." I told them about the dream, almost forgetting about Professor McGonagall.

Sirius groaned when I had finished, "I'm not even going to bring up the millions of new questions."

Ellie's brow wrinkled in thought, "Sloan?" She looked at Rachel, "Were they talking about your family?"

Rachel shrugged, "Sloan is a common last name." She paused then remembered something, "Oh! Remember that potion I was telling you about?"

"The one were you get to pick who gets to be immortal?"

"Yup. I've found the book it's in, so if you guys want, we can start."

"Yeah why not?" I mumbled, "It'll give us something to do before McGonagal hands us over to the ministry of magic."

Sirius rolled his eyes, "C'mon my little ray of sunshine, let's go get some food."


"Blue!" James poked me with his wand, "What's the answer for question nine?"

"I put 'the Hippogriff was executed.'"

"Oh," James looked very pained, "I put three..."

Sirius snorted, "Not cut up for homework are you Prongs?"

Ellie and Lily burst into laughter quite suddenly.

"What?" Peter asked looking confused.

"The guys call you Blue," Lily said, grinning like this was a funny, new piece of information.

"Yes, I have no control over that as the Avarda Kedavra curse is illegal."

Ellie giggled, "but if, I mean when, you marry Sirius, you'll be Blue Black."

James, Peter and Remus broke into fits of laughter, but Sirius suddenly looked rather worried. I'm sure I did too.

"Uh, marriage, excuse me? Did I miss something?"

Lily rolled her eyes, "Calm down Sirius."

"I'm fifteen," I announced, "I hardly think I'll be getting married any time soon thank you very much."

Jessie grinned, "I don't believe that. I've been planning my wedding since I was seven."

"I was six," Lily said smiling.

"I didn't start until I was eight," Hannah said,

"I was seven." Jessie sighed happily, "I can't wait until I'm married."

"Is this a British thing?" I asked sitting, "Because I've never given any thought to my wedding. If I have a wedding. I don't know if I even want a wedding."

Lily and co. looked at me as if I were insane. "Not have wedding? That's preposterous!"

I shrugged, "Call it what you want. I have homework to do."


That night, as I prepared for Transfiguration the next day, Ellie, Remus and Sirius gave me advice on how I should act in front of professor McGonagal. This proved rather difficult as Lily, Hannah, Jessie and James were with us, so the advice tended to be rather vague.

"Act like you didn't even speak to her," Ellie told me.

'What, ignore her?"

"No," said Remus, "Just act like you've forgotten the conversation. Like it wasn't important."

"But it was."

"Lia!" Cried Sirius in despair, "What are we going to do with you? You should've let me and Remus teach you to lie."

Lily looked at us with interest, "Is there even a remote chance, that if I ask what's going on you'll tell me?"

"Nope," Remus grinned at her, "Not unless you say please."

"Please."

Sirius smirled, "With a cherry on top."

"With a cherry on top."

"And sugar."

"And sugar."

"And say Sirius has the cutest moonta this side of Hogsmead."

"I'm not saying that! What's a moonta?"

Sirius just looked all mysterious but I took pity and leaned close to her ear so I could whisper the translation.

She laughed once I'd told her, "Oh, in that case. James, you have a very nice moonta."

Sirius laughed so hard he choked on his licorice wand. James just looked confused.

"Sirius has a better moonta," I told Lily.

"No, James does."

"Sirius does."

"James."

"Sirius."

"James."

"Sirius."

"James!"

"Admit that it's Sirius or I'll tell James what moonta means."

Lily thought this one over. "Ok, Sirius does."

Apparently sick with being confused, the boys went to bed.

 

To Tell or not to Tell

 

Dearest Lia,

You stole my guy, you hussy! Now what am I to do with all these wedding plans? Though I've heard (ok, Celia heard) that Matthew Pike is free...

Lia, please ignore the above insane ramblings. Clar wrote them, not me. So you and Sirius a together now huh? All I can say is:

IT'S ABOUT BLOODY TIME!!

Luv and sunshine

Tahnee


I eyed the door to Transfiguration with a growing sense of forbidding. I had considered calling in sick, but the boys and Ellie said that would make it obvious that I was guilty.

"Don't look so scared," Sirius advised taking my hand, "You look like you're on your way to a death eater convention."

Remus gave me a gentle push in the back, "It'll be ok Lia. She doesn't know anything, now let's go in before the others come to see were we've got to."

I slowly trudged into the room and took a seat next to Ellie and Lily. Professor McGonagall didn't even look twice at me so I felt a little better.

"Today," she said loudly, so the people at the back stopped talking, "We are going to be transfiguring these old quills into birds," she gestured to a box on her right and so the lesson began.

When the end of the lesson was only ten minutes away and the professor still hadn't spoken to me, I began to relax. Rachel was probably right, I told myself. I just overreacted.

"Miss Strummings?"

Or maybe not.

"Yes professor?"

"Would you come with me please? The rest of you may go."

I gave Sirius and Remus a stricken look and followed Professor McGonagall out of the room.


I'd always wanted to see Professor McGonagall's office. But I'm afraid that once I finally got there, I was to worried to pay much attention.

"Miss Strummings, I have received some troubling news." She peered at me closely.

"Oh? Um, what?"

"It has been brought to my attention, by a student who shall remain anonymous, that you have taken to wandering the halls late at night with a select group of others."

"Really? We would someone say that? I mean, the other night was a one off, really."

"Really?"

I nodded.

"Lia, I will not have students roming the halls after dark. Especially those from Gryffindor. Do you understand?"

Another nod.

"I can guess who the others are. Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin, Miss Linton and Miss Sloan. Am I right?"

Nod.

"And would I be right in presuming you are not just star gazing?"

Nod. Why couldn't I think of a better reply?

"Then what are you doing?"

Ok, had to think fast. Damn! Were was Sirius when you needed him?

"Lia?"

"Uh, we just walk around. You know, find secret passages and stuff. I know it's against the rules, but I have trouble sleeping sometimes and it's the only way I can get sleepy..."

The professor raised a hand to silence me. "Lia please, do not treat me like a fool. You can go now, but I will be talking to you and friends again soon."


It was a rather nervous looking group who sat in the common room that night. Well Sirius, Remus, Ellie and I were nervous. Everyone else was just confused and annoyed.

"Will you guys EVER tell us whats going on?" James asked us.

I shrugged, "May as well, you have a right to know before we're shipped to Azkaban."

"Maybe they won't take us to Azkaban, maybe they'll just, I dunno, kill us?"

"That's a bit of an over reaction padfoot," Remus said, with an unsure smile.

Ellie chewed her nail, "Is it? I mean, if this gets out, there'll be an awful lot of people after Lia at least."

"Don't remind me," I moaned.

"I told you to forget it Blue," said Sirius shaking his head, "But did you take heed? Nooooooo."

"I can't believe you dobbed us in Blue," said Remus, "I know your a hopeless lier and all, but you could have tried."

"That's it!" Yelled Lily, making everyone in the common room star, "If you guys don't tell us what's going on NOW someone is going to going to get HURT!"

"Yes mum," muttered Sirius. Lily shot him a dark look.

"So do we tell them?" I asked the guys, "I can't be bothered thinking about it."

A short silence followed.

"We might tell you tomorrow," Remus said at last, "But first we have to talk to... someone. Ok?"

Lily nodded. "Fine."

Funnily enough, at that moment she reminded me of McGonagall.


"They're going to keep bugging you guys until you tell them," Rachel said.

I sighed, "I know. But if we tell them they'll want to help and I don't want to endanger the or get them into trouble. Especially with McGonagal sniffing around the way she is."

"They're going to keep getting angry," said Sirius, "James and I have had more then enough fights about this."

Ellie nodded, "They'll figure it out on their own soon anyway. They nearly had it when Remus and I found out."

"Ellie's right," agreed Remus, "I think we should tell them."

"Who exactly?" I asked.

"Lily and James," said Sirius instantly. "They're the two who want to know the most, and they're who we trust the most. I suppose we could tell Peter, but I don't think he really cares."

"Does everyone agree?" Rachel looked at us and we nodded. "Fine, I'll leave it up to you guys to tell them, as I don't really know them. Ok?"

More nods. It seemed our numbers were to rise again.


Before the great confession could take place we had a meeting with our favorite professor to attend.

"Do you all know why your here?"

Non, nod, nod. nod, nod.

"Good. I want to know why you have been out so late."

Sirius grinned a charming grin, "Do you really want to know professor?"

"Yes."

"Oh. Well, if you're sure. You see, little Lia here is a Sabi and we've been training her."

I could have killed Sirius then, but I thought that might create a slight fuss.

"Really," Professor McGonagal raised an eyebrow, "Is this true Lia."

"Um, no?"

Was she smiling? Her mouth was set in a firm line but her eyes twinkled in a Dumbledor like way. "I will let you five off this time. But if I hear of this happening again, there will be large consequences. Understand?"

Nod, nod, nod, nod, nod.

"Good."

We left then, but I still couldn't help but feel the professors eyes burning holes in my back.

 

Return of the Prophecy

"Report."

"She is concentrating on the dreams more than learning my lord."

"Then stop the dreams."

"We are not sure how."

"Find a way!"

"Yes my lord."


Dear Tahnee and Clar

Clar, very sorry. But do get over it, as I do not plan on letting Mr. Black go any time soon.

Tahnee, would you please tell Celia I am going out with Sirius and take a photo of her reaction? Also, I will not be coming home for the holidays next week, as I will be very busy here.

Luv Lia


"So you're finally going to tell us what you've been up to?" Lily asked, peering at me like she didn't quite believe it.

I scanned the common room once again making sure it was empty and Sirius answered, "Yep."

"Are you sure we shouldn't be doing this in the astronomy tower or the cave?" Ellie asked, biting her nail.

"If we get caught again McGonagall will cream us," said Remus sensibly.

"Hello? Just tell us for crying out loud!" James said irritably.

"Go on Blue, you do the honors," said Sirius flashing me a grin.

"Why me?"

"Because this is totally unbelievable and let's face it, you just can't lie."

I poked my tongue out at Remus and turned to Lily and James. "Ok, like Remus said, this will seem totally unbelievable at first and I'll probably have to give myself a head ache proving it. But just hear me out ok?"

Lily and James nodded.

"Ok. I can't be bothered beating around the bush, so I'm just going to say it." I paused then went on. "Ever heard of the last Sabi?"

Lily nodded James thought for a moment, "I think so, yeah."

"That's me."

"Are you serious?" James asked me in a disbelieving tone.

No, I am," Sirius said. I realized that was the line I'd used when I first told him about my being a Sabi. I hoped Lily and James wouldn't react the same way.

"Prove it then," Lily said.

I sighed, "I knew you'd say that." I focused on the armchair James was sitting in, with James still in it.

"Hey!" James realized he was floating in air, "hey! Put me down."

"Prongs," Sirius said, trying not to laugh, "She hasn't figured out how to do that properly yet."

"What!"

I though for a second, "Ok James? I'll lower it as much as I can, then you jump."

"Uh, ok then."

I managed to get the chair about a metre off the ground, "Jump James!" He jumped and the chair his the ground and broke.

"Repario." Remus put his wand away and turned to James, "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine," he said dusting himself off. He looked at me, "So you're really the last Sabi?"

"Uh, yeah."

He grinned, "Cool."

"It is not cool!" Lily yelled, suddenly.

"Shh, Lily, you'll wake everyone up!" Sirius hissed.

"I don't care!" But she did lower her voice.

"Don't you know what happened to them Lia?" She asked me desperately.

"I do Lily. And I know it's dangerous, but I am what I am."

"How long have you known?"

"Only since the beginning of the year."

"Well, if you ignored it for fifteen years, why can't you just ignore it now?"

"I can't that Lily, please, try to understand."

"No," she stood up, shaking her head. "No Lia. I can't understand why you would want to risk your life like this. So don't expect me to be apart of this, ok?" She turned and fled the room.


I tried several times to talk to Lily the next day, but on each occasion she ignored me. I was thinking about this in study of ancient runes when Rachel dropped a piece of parchment on my lap.

"That's everything we need for potion we were talking about. The Sabris potion."

I quietly read the list aloud to Remus. "Serpent venom, Unicorn tailhair, ordels snare, tristifico flower, water, sugar, mint, lemon juice," I paused, "Mint? Lemon juice?"

"Keep reading," Remus urged.

"All right. A werewolf hair," I pretended not to notice Remus' cringe, "A hair from the head of a Sabi and a drop of blood from an enemy."

"Not that it's going to be difficult or anything," commented Remus dryly.


"G'night James."

"Good night Blue."

"G'night Remus."

"Good night Blue."

"G'night Ellie."

"Good night Lia."

"G'night Peter."

"Good night Bluey."

"G'night Sirius."

"Good night muffin."

"Muffin?"

"It's better than pork chop."

"Good point. G'night Lily."

"Lily?"

"Fine. I'm going to bed."


It is indeed a pity, that they are no more.
Now who will save the young, rich and poor?
Ah, but you have it all wrong, indeed you do,
she's still here, but she has not a clue.
Then how will she help him if she does not know?
How will she save us from our undoubted foe!
The maurorders of four, forget them not,
they'll awaken her brain, before it can clot!
ah but of course, it will not last,
she'll save the child then leave our world fast.
I am afraid your right, but do not despair,
she'll do her bit, it's only fair!


"It wasn't really like my other dreams." I told James, Sirius, Ellie, Rachel and Remus the next day by the lake. (Remus and Sirius had already filled James in on our past 'adventures.' though I didn't know if he knew about Sirius' dad.)

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked.

I shrugged. "I didn't see anything, it was all black. But I could hear someone reciting a poem or something."

"What sort of poem?" Ellie inquired.

I recited the bits I could remember, which were few. James snapped his fingers, "I know that. It's prophecy you read, you know, when we all had detention?"

"A prophecy?" Remus thought this over, "Didn't you're mum mention a prophecy in one of your dreams Blue?"

"I think so."

Rachel nodded, "Ok, James, Sirius? Go find the prophecy if you can, Lia? You try to remember it, in case it can't be found."

Glad to be given a distraction from the Lily fiasco, I went to work without a complaint.