I looked at the brown hair and a straight back in front of me. I made a face. Her best friend was dating me now and I was pretty sure I loved her we'd been going out for a week (way over the usual limit of three days) and the only person who still didn't like, or tolerate, me was her.

I don't understand why I care either. She isn't anything special, brown hair, grey eyes. But, hell I care that she like, or dislike, me more than I care about my girlfriend. Even I know thats wrong, I know you should care about your girlfriend more than her friends. But I fall asleep thinking about this… this wench and wake up thinking about her too.

Something had to be done but what….. Some one tapped my shoulder.

"Sirius, why are you staring at Addy?"

"Huh!" I asked staring up into the brown eyes of my girlfriend. "Hey Liz" I said.

"Why?" Liz asked.

"What? I can't say hello to my girlfriend?" I asked attempting an innocent facial expression.

"No." Elizabeth said staring at me. "Why were you staring at Addy?"

"Don't worry he was making faces at her," James mumbled as he passed us his arm around his new girlfriend, Katy Black, my twin sister.

Liz laughed and I sighed inwardly, full of relief. I knew why I had been staring at Addy but if I told Liz, she would never understand. How could I tell my girlfriend that her best friend plagued my dreams. How could I tell Liz that I hate her best friend's guts. How?

I stood up as Addy did. She called to Liz and Liz grinned at me then trotted off to walk with Addy. I steamed to Remus. "What she can't bear to be seen walking with me, unless we're walking around at dark? She doesn't even lean on me if she's scared. She leans on Addy! What am I here for then?"

Remus opened his mouth and I quickly said.

"Don't answer that question. You wouldn't want to hurt my tender feelings."

Remus snorted and changed the subject, "What is James trying to prove?"

"What?" I asked.

"He's going out with Katy. But I thought his life would never be complete without Lily?" Remus said.

"He's making her jealous," Peter said.

"Meaning he's using my sister?" I asked angrily.

Peter squeaked and said, "I didn't say a thing!" and he left our presence.

"James Bryan Potter!" I roared.

Remus looked at me and then to James, who had yet to hear me.

I stomped up to him. "Katy, leave," I said icily. One can always tell when I'm mad by the tone of my voice. This was not a time to mess with me, but she did.

"I don't have to go anywhere."

I whirled on her, "Oh yes you do."

She looked at me, looked at James and then stormed off to go walk with her friends.

"Sirius calm down," Remus said soothingly. He had seen the way I had just treated my twin sister. We were really close and we never got into arguments.

"Mate, what was up with that?" James asked.

I put my hand on his chest to stop him from going anywhere. "You will explain to me what in your right mine made you think it would be okay to use my sister?"

James paled. "Wha--- I'm not---"

I put my hand up to silence him. "I don't want any excuses. I want a reason," I told him. "You owe me the truth, Potter, and you know it."

James hung his head, "I was trying to make Lily jealous,"

"You can use any other common 'ho to make Lily jealous. You cannot use my sister!" I yelled at him.

Lily's face paled and then reddened angrily and she ran off to the dormitory.

"LOOK WHAT YOU DID!" James yelled at me.

"I DID?" I bellowed angrily. "I don't know James but last time I checked that was all you," and I walked out the Great Hall doors.

Remus looked sympathetically at James. Very rarely did he catch my wrath but when he did it was over something largely important to me. This time he had crossed the line and Remus worried about us sometimes….. okay a lot.

Anyway back to me. I was storming out making my dramatic entrance and I grasped the door handle and I pulled the door it wouldn't budge.

I grasped the handle with both hands braced my feet and threw all my weight into the task of opening this door. As I struggled many passing people laughed. Then bright red with embarrassment I took a deep breath, turned the door handle, and pushed. The door swung open. "Damn it," I muttered as I rushed out of the hall.

Back inside the hall Remus looked after me, looked at James, looked back out the door and then back at James. Then he walked up to the Gryffindor tower to do his homework during our free period.

Now, back to me.

So anyway I was walking aimlessly around the grounds growling at anyone who attempted conversation.

I ended up in front of the broom shed. I walked in and roared. Liz was snogging Brian Davies a Ravenclaw "ELIZABETH!" I roared pulling her away from Brian.

She looked at me fearfully, "Sirius I'm so sorry,"

"Are you?" I asked.

"Ye—"

"Are you truly?" I asked again.

She hung her head her black hair hanging over her shoulders.

"Well then, do me a favor and never speak to me ever again," I said icily. This day just kept getting better and better, I thought sarcastically.

Brian grabbed my shoulder and whirled me around, "You have no ri—"

But as he had whirled me around I punched him in the jaw.

Elizabeth screamed, "Sirius leave him alone,"

I looked at her, "I told you never to talk to me," and I left (this time rembering to push instead of pull).

I turned to my animagus form and ran for the forest. As I walked through the forest dejectedly I accounted my losses for the day. "By first period I had yelled at James. By second period I had broken up with Elizabeth, and punched Brian Davies. I was doing good, Not. I had never gotten in so much trouble before lunch,"

Then I heard a voice and I looked around. It was beautiful singing but I couldn't hear exactly what it was saying, something about following and mind clearing and a whole lot of junk. Then I started to hear it better.

Follow the path of gold

see it in your mind

You may be destined

To fight the enemy of old

Follow our voices

Pure as silver

Listen close and

Follow us towards the river

Fairies of light

Fairies of dark

Fairies all gather here

And hear the plight

Of one who's dark

With a heart of light

So hey I mean, what's there to lose. I followed the voices, they were kind of like drawing me towards them.

Finally, after what seemed like no time at all, I reached a small clearing with a river running through it. The singing began to die down and as I stood in the shadow of the trees. I heard a voice in my head. "Come join us in the clearing m'dear."

I walked forward into daylight and looked around, "Er. Where are you? And er who is us?" I asked.

"'Us' is the centaurs. And we are right here,"

I yelled as six female centaurs materialized around me. The tallest, and most beautiful, centaur stepped forward. I felt the urge to bow, and did so.

"You have been having a rough day so far, young one," She said looking kindly down at me.

I nodded to astonished to speak.

"We wish to tell you that this will be a day that you will look back on and wish for. This next mortal week will be the easiest of the rest of your life."

I winced if this were the easiest then how bad are the rest going to be? I did not like the picture I was getting.

But the picture kept forming, I saw me falling through a black veil and not coming out the other side, I saw me protecting a scar headed boy that looked like James. I saw Remus bouncing from job to job. I saw James lifting the veil of a red headed bride, and I saw my hands lifting another veil. I saw a young James look-a-like being born. I saw a flash of green light and James's blank face. I saw numerous other images that flashed by to fast to be seen.

I looked at the centaurs and they were gone. I felt like crying and somewhere a voice told me to just go ahead and cry. I looked up at the sky, and saw that I had been standing there longer than I had thought.

I changed my form sat back on my haunches raised muzzle and howled for all I was worth. Then I turned around, my tail up like a banner, and headed for the castle.