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The Other Side Of The Veil

Chapter 1

"SIRIUS!"

The scream cut through the battles going on around him. "No! Sirius! SIRIUS!" Harry called out toward the arched veil again He started running. He needed to get him back, Sirius couldn't leave him now! Not when he had just gotten him back!

Two arms snaked around his middle and pulled him back. Harry let out a frustrated yell and started struggling. Lupin. No. Lupin didn't understand, that curtain had people hiding behind it, they were whispering, Harry could hear them. Sirius was simply hiding, lurking out of sight.

"SIRIUS!" Harry bellowed again. "SIRIUS!"

"He's not coming back, Harry," Lupin said from behind him, his voice cracking, his arms tightening as Harry struggled more. "He can't come back, because he's de-"

"HE'S NOT DEAD!" Harry cried, breaking free from Remus' grasp and running that veil that Sirius was hiding behind. Harry could the lycan's cries behind him, but they seemed strangely muffled as he ran. He felt like he was flying, but slowly, so slowly.

Suddenly, everything stopped. The fight, the flying, all sound was silenced except for one shrill high-pitched laugh. He turned to Bellatrix and stared. She… she was… that bitch was laughing! That fucking whore just killed his Siri, and she was LAUGHING?

Harry pointed his wand steadily; rage flowing through his veins as he glared at the dark witch. He didn't utter a single word as a sickeningly familiar green light shot through the tip of his wand.

As the green burst of light traveled across the room, time sped up again and all the frozen fights seemed to burst back into action. The sound was back and Harry almost stumbled back with the force it had hit him.

Harry turned away as the curse hit Bellatrix squarely in the chest and she fell backwards, the crack her skull made as it hit the dirty cement ground resonating is ears as he started back toward the wispy curtain.

He was almost there. Just a few more feet and he would be able to pull Sirius back toward him. One more foot. Harry stopped for a moment to look around at the battle raging around him, of Remus' running a few feet behind him. Without any more hesitation, Harry vaulted himself through the veil, the whispering stronger now, just as he felt fingers brush up against his back, failing to grab hold of his baggy t-shirt. The last thing he heard from that side of the curtain of whispers was emus Lupin's cry of distress as the last person in the man's life that was keeping him there fell through the veil of death.

tbc

(A/N) hey! New story! … Again! Yeah. But I've already started on the second chapter and I plan on having regular updates on it, too. This is my first Harry Potter fan fiction, with a pair that I absolutely adore so I really hope it turns out well and you guys like it ;)

Anyway, I'm looking for a beta. If there are any offers, I'll take the first one. Perks: you get to see the next chapters in advance! Yay! … Yeah that's it. And some virtual cookies!

Oh and I know that this chapter is short, but the second chapter is going to be longer. Promises! =] Okay, thanks for reading and all that.

~Izzy