Harry leaned over the bowl, looking at the silvery liquid. Moving just a bit closer, he found himself falling into nothing, before he landed on the grass of the Hogwarts grounds.

Harry heard a group of girls laughing. He turned and almost fell over when he saw who they were.

One was a much younger Professor Lupin. Her hair was a bit longer and a darker brown than it was in the present. There was a blonde girl with a round face walking beside her. The girl on her other side had long dark hair with red streaks in it.

Black. Harry thought angrily. She was saying something to the girl on her left.

She had raven colored hair and hazel eyes behind her glasses. Mum.

Harry hurried and met them as they were coming towards him.

"Are you sure you can't convince your parents to come?", Jackie Evans asked her friend.

"For the fortieth time, Jackie, no. I can't come right away. It's too close", Raina replied tiredly.

"We'll be with you, though", Black told her. Raina shook her head.

"No, Siriena. My parents don't know what you guys did yet. And, if I can help it, they won't. Besides, do Jackie's parents know? I don't think they'd appreciate us sneaking out in the middle of the night."

"They'd be asleep, though", Jackie pointed out as the group sat on the ground under a tree.

Sirena raised her eyebrows at her. "Are you mad?", she asked. "Your dad always checks on us anyway. And I think your mum would notice that Raini looks like she was trampled by a hippogriff."

"Wow", Raina said, feigning surprise. "Sirena Black being rational. The world must be ending."

The other two laughed as Sirena shoved her.

Penny's eyes widened. "Guys, look", she said. "Luke's coming!"

Jackie blushed and looked at the ground.

"I swear if you even think -"

"Oy, Potter!", Sirena called.

Luke looked over and rolled his eyes. He left his friends and walked over.

"Can I help you, Black?", he asked.

"What? I didn't say anything", she told him. "That was Jackie."

Her friend glared at her.

"Oh, well, in that case", Luke said. "Can I help you, Evans?"

The scene changed. Raina, Penny, and Sirena were walking through Hogsmeade.

"I can't believe he actually went in there with her", Sirena laughed.

"I can't believe she thought it'd be a good idea to ask him", Penny added. "Did you see the look on his face when she suggested it?"

Raina nodded. "I know. You'd think after all she's been through with him she'd give him a break."

A noise caught their attention. Harry turned around and saw his mother walking out of a frilly-looking shop with a boy.

The boy had reddish hair and bright green eyes. Dad.

The three girls hid next to a shop door.

"It's not funny", Luke said to a sniggering Jackie.

"I know", she said, trying to contain her laughter. "I'm sorry, it's not funny. It wasn't funny at all that the old woman who works there was totally hitting on you."

"She could do worse", he said defensively, making Jackie dissolve into laughter once more.

The scene changed once more and this time they were all together in a house.

Luke was holding a bundle of blankets.

"I'm so glad to be home", she sighed.

"I think Harry is, too", Luke chuckled.

Harry's breath caught in his throat.

"He's perfect", Sirena said, putting her arm around Jackie. "And I'm not just saying that. I am a bit biased, though."

Harry watched as Black played with him as a baby. He desperately wanted to yell at his parents and tell them that they didn't know her at all.

He tried to speak, but no one acknowledged him. It was almost as if he was a spirit, or something.

The scene changed once more.

Raina was sprinting toward the cottage. It looked destroyed.

A disheveled Sirena was sitting on the porch, her head in her hands and shaking with sobs.

She looked up when Raina approached her.

"Raina", she said, standing up. "I swear -"

Harry was surprised at how angry the other woman looked. She was crying as well.

"Save it."

"Please, Raina you don't understand!"

Raina laughed bitterly. "Yeah? Well, please enlighten me, then."

Sirena's words were tangled together and she tried to speak.

"I - Jackie and I - thought that…", she dissolved into tears once more.

Raina turned on her heel and started to walk away.

"Raina, wait!"

Lupin turned to face her.

"Where's Penny?", Black asked breathlessly, the woman in the wanted posters coming to life.

Raina shook her head and was about to disapparate when Sirena grabbed her wrist.

"Wait - please, listen for a second."

Raina shook her off and crossed her arms. "What?"

"Harry", Sirena said, her eyes beginning to water once more. "He's alright. Hagrid was here, he took Harry somewhere. Something about Dumbledore's orders. He'll be safe."

Raina's eyes softened considerably. "Where?"

"I don't know - I haven't been able to think straight in hours. He's safe, though."

Raina nodded and Sirena disapparated. Raina held onto the necklace she was wearing tightly, letting herself cry again.

Harry noticed that Lupin still wore that necklace everyday. He'd make a point to ask her about it.

Without warning, Harry was pulled from the Pensieve and found himself on the floor of the Defense classroom.

Lupin entered right then.

"Sorry about that", she said. "Can I ask why you're on the floor?"

Harry blushed as he stood up. "I - erm - was looking around and I thought I saw something on this bottom shelf."

Lupin nodded, smiling. "Ah, of course. Anyway, are you ready to start?"

Harry nodded and watched as she got the trunk that held the boggart and pulled it closer to him.

"Professor?", he asked. "Yes?", she asked without looking up.

"My friend Hermione was going to ask you about your necklace", he lied, "She wondered where you got it."

An unreadable look crossed her face as she absently played with the chain.

"I'm afraid you won't find another one", Lupin said apologetically. "It was a gift from an old friend."

"May I ask who?", Harry asked, hoping he wasn't being too nosy. Lupin straightened and smiled at him.

"Your mother", she told him. "It was her idea. Apparently she'd heard somewhere that Muggles gave friends matching necklaces." The professor shook her head. "In our opinion, she was just trying to impress your father."

Our.

"But, enough about me. Let's begin, shall we?"

Harry nodded and held his wand out.

"I'm ready."