The Other End

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter…though I do in my dreams! But then if I did, why would waste my time writing a fic when I could be writing the sixth book?

A/N- hellooo my wonderful readers! This is gonna be my newest fic! Yay! Im going to enjoy writing this one! Hope you like!

Chapter One: Of Birthdays and Presents

"Happy Birthday Lily!" numerous shouts echoed as Lily Evans walked into the room.

"Wow. That….wow," Lily stared at all the people at a party that seemed to be a surprise to her. Lily walked in and shut the door of her appartment. Eyeing the presents and cake, she realized what Bella had done. Arabella Figg was Lily's best friend from school. They had just found a flat and shared it together in muggle London.

"Bella you really didn't have too," she said, sitting at the kitchen table.

"Yes I did! You didn't think you were going to have a party? I figured you'd know that we were goinhg to throw you one! After moving out of your parents house and never having a party in your life!" Bella rebuted.

"Alright, alright. So can I open my presents now?" said Lily.

"Well we have to sing Happy Birthday first!" said Alice Gromly.

"Yeah! It's a tradition we can not break," said her boyfriend, Frank Longbottom.

"Fine, fine. Go ahead," said Lily as they sang.

An hour later, she hadn't managed to open her presents. They had eaten cake, sang Happy birthday five times, and Lily was getting tired.

"You guys, can I open my presents before I fall asleep?" she stated.

"Fine, but you have to open mine first," Bella insisted.

"You dig it out then!" said Lily pointing at the pile in the living room.

"Uhh, oh..kay," said Bella moving toward the pile. "You know, it will probably be on the bottom," she said. After digging fo a while, "Ah ha! I have it!" She grabbed a thin package that looked like a book and handed it to Lily.

"Thanks Bella," she said as she tore off the wrapping paper. She unwrapped a notebook of parchment. On the cover, were two loopy words, Soul's Mate. "Oh, Bella, gee, it's, a notebook…"

"It's not just a notebook you ding-a-ling! It's a soul's mate notebook," said Bella looking proud of herself.

"Oh, what's it do?" she said leafing through the pages.

"It's a two way notebook, only one person has the corresponding notebook,"

"Oh, who has it?" said Lily.

"No one knows, the person who has it is supposed to be your soul mate. You have to use a fake name so you have the chance to find him by yourself," she said.

"Well, that will be an adventure," she said sarcasticlly.

"I'm sure it will," Bella said back with the same tone Lily used.

~*~

The week before in Diagon Alley, James and Sirius were in Quality Quidditch looking at new brooms when Bella Figg walked by the window.

"Hey James, there goes Bella!" Sirius said watching her walk past.

"Is Lily with her?" said James watching her too.

"Nope, hey let's follow her! Maybe she'll meet Lily somewhere," Sirius suggested.

"Okay, let's," James said walking twoard the door. They followed Bella until she walked into Flourish and Blott's. When they ran in, she wasn't in sight.

"Dang, um, well lets split up and look for her," said James.

"Agreed," said Sirius and he ran up the stairs.

James walked around a couple of book cases, looked through the tables, checked the checkout counters repeatedly and still hadn't found Bella, or Sirius for that matter. He was just about to grab a table by the door to monitor movement, when a book fell on his head.

"The sky is falling!" James yelled as people looked at him like he was crazy. He looked around the chair he was sitting in and saw a note book lying to the left of it. He quickly read the cover. It was titled Soul's Mate. He flipped through the pages and not seeing anything, set it down.

"Oh, are you going to buy that dear?" said an old woman next to him.

"Actually, I don't even know what it is," James admitted.

"You don't? I though all the youngsters would have one of these by now. Though they are quite old. I met my husband Charlie through one of these babies. Oh well then. But I do think you might find it worth while my dear," she said.

"Why? What's it do?" he asked.

"Well, you see it's a notebook that is shared between strangers. Only those two people can see the writing that the other person writes. Now these two people aren't just two people that have nothing in common. You see, these people that buy the notebook the other has bought, are said to be meant for each other. Soul mates,"

"How could a notebook know that?"

"Well it would be magic wouldn't it?"

"Oh! I get it. So there are two notebooks that belong to each other and when the right two people find them, only they can talk to each other,"

"That would be what I said,"

"Well, alright. I might think again before I put it back," James said, again leafing through the book. Just then Sirius came bounding up.

"I couldn't find her," he said almost out of breath. "We better go check outside again,"

"Kay. I'll be there in a minute, I think…I want to buy this notebook," James said, and the old lady next to him winked and walked away.

~*~

Sorry it's so short! I have to go to bed though. Stupid bus comes to early! Hope you liked it! Review! Please!

~ChicaNoche~