James Potter nervously entered the now very familiar office of Albus Dumbledore.
"Ah, James…Do you know why you're here?" asked the headmaster.
"Uh…No?" tried James even though he knew perfectly well why he was there.
"You are here because this was found in your possession." said Albus Dumbledore, holding a tiny silver crystal ball in his hand.
"I didn't know you played with marbles, sir" said James weakly.
"That is because I don't…not with this one at least." replied the head master, "What I want to know is what it was doing with you this morning. This marble is a very complicated piece of magic. Do you know what it does, Mr. Potter?" he asked
'No…" said James, looking straight at Dumbledore.
"It teleports you to the person you're thinking of. But the only way to get back is if that person is thinking the same thoughts that you thought about them." said Dumbledore.
"Imagine what would have happened if you clutched it between your hands and wished to see some one who ever existed or who is dead. You would be gone from this world forever." He continued
"This is not some thing you should be carrying around in your pocket. This is not some thing you can show off to your fellow students. This is not some thing that you can steal from my private office either."
James shifted uncomfortably.
"If you had accidentally used it then the only other way to get you back is by using the other marble exactly like this one, except that it has been lost for the past 7 decades." said Dumbledore, eyeing James carefuly .
He put the marble on the desk in front of him and got up.
"As head boy of this school, I expected better of you. I do not find this serious enough to take away your title, much to the dismay of Miss Evans, but if I hear one more complaint against you this week and the next, Gryffindor will forfit all matches played against Slytherin."
James stared at him horrified.
"But, sir, you can't do that to the team…" started James.
"James Potter, I am the headmaster of this school. I can and will do anything that I see fit for my students. You clearly don't realize the enormity of the situation when the punishment is on you alone. Hopefully, you will take this more seriously now that quidditch is involved."
"Yes sir." said James devastated.
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"JAMES! IS IT THE SAME?" screamed Sirius as James entered the Head common room.
"Shut up or Lily will hear you!" snapped James.
"James! Is it the same?" whispered Sirius
"Where's Remus?" asked James ignoring his friend.
"At the library." Replied Sirius
"Then lets go to the library!" said James.
AT THE LIBRARY
"Nicholas Flammel only unsuccessful creation was a silver crystal orb that he called Abyssest. It was created out of 2 stones called Amethyst and Peridot and inside it was the most powerful summoning charm known to wizard. It was unsuccessful as most people did not understand its complicated usage and ended up lost forever in an Abyss. To overcome this problem, Nicholas invented another stone to bring back the people who were lost. He claimed that if a wizard holds the marble between his hands and wishes for a person…he or she shall appear. As the stones were identical to look at, it was difficult to tell which one was used for what. One stone had a piece of Amethyst in it and the second one there was a piece of Peridot. The Amethyst Abyssest was for disappearing and the Peridot Abyssest was for bringing back the disappeared people.
Wizards and witches still found the creations too dangerous to try and even with the second stone, it was too complicated for simple wizards. The ministry felt that if in the wrong hands, the Abyssests could cause mayhem in the wizarding world considering the fact that they allowed time travel.
Nicholas was very upset that the orbs did not work as he had planned out. He turned to his trusted friend Albus Dumbledore to hide the orbs in the castle of Hogwarts. What happened of the Abyssests is still a mystery but they are no doubt safely hidden in the enormous school of Hogwarts under the supervision of Albus Dumbledore."
"That is the only information I could find on that stone and I've been looking for hours." said Remus.
"That's not very helpful but it's not totally useless." said James.
"At least we know what this is for." said Sirius as he extracted a marble like object from his pocket.
"The Amethyst Abyssest." He said.
"Is the one in Dumbledore office the same?" asked Remus.
James nodded
"The one in his office is green in the center. I guess that's the piece of Peridot in it." He said.
"So, What are you going to do with these anyway?" asked Sirius, looking at the marble curiously.
"I'm going to use them." said James, confidently.
FLASH BACK
IN THE COMMON ROOM
"James!James!James!James!James!" screamed Sirius.
"I think he heard you, Sirius!" said Remus.
Sirius looked at him and then at James.
"No,I don't think he did." said Sirius
"JAMES!JAMES!JAMES!JAMES!JAMES!" he screamed again.
"Shut Up!" cried Remus and half a dozen other voices
"JAMES!JAMES!JA..."
"Silencio!" said Frank Longbottom from the other side of the common room.
"Thank you, Frank." said Remus and went back to finishing his work
Sirius glared at his friends angrily. He walked over to James and waved his hands in front of his face.
James looked up.
"What happened now?" he asked.
Sirius opened his mouth to speak but couldn't.
"Sirius, What happened?" he asked again.
Sirius looked pleadingly at Remus, who continued his work totally oblivious to Sirius. Sirius tried waving his hands in James face again but that didn't work.
In desperation, Sirius took some thing out of his pocket and thrust it in James' face
"What's that?" asked Remus. Despite himself, he was curious about what Sirius wanted to show James. If it was nothing important, Sirius usually kept quiet after he screamed "James" around 8 times. Now he was trying to talk even with a silencing charm.
Sirius looked at him smugly at him and waved the object in the air, mouthing words at him.
James sighed and lifted the charm
"....And I'm not going to show you...."
Sirius stopped, confused at the sudden return of this voice. Then he realised that the spell was lifted and,
"I CAN SPEAK AGAIN! OH MY VOICE! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" shrieked Sirius
"I didn't." said Frank.
Sirius shot him a death glare.
"What did you want to show us, Sirius?" asked James.
Sirius showed them the object in his hand. It was a small silver marble like object.
"What is that?" asked Remus
Sirius shrugged
"Why does it look so familiar?" asked James
"Because there is another one just like that in Dumbledore office." replied Sirius
"How do you know that?" asked Remus
"Do you really think that I listen to him when he scold us?" said Sirius
"No." replied James and Remus in unison.
LATER THAT NIGHT
"Sirius, do you have the marble with you right now?" asked James.
"Yeah I do, Why did you ask?" replied Sirius.
"If Dumbledore is sleeping right now then his office must be empty. So i could just sneak in and take a look at the marble."
"What if he's not sleeping?"
"He is."
"How do you know?"
"Because the map says so."
"Okay, but take the invisibility with you."
"Okay."
AT DUMBLEDORE"S OFFICE
"Whose there?" said the voice of Albus Dumbledore suddenly.
James froze.
"Shit!Shit!shit!" he thought.
"Is that you, Fawkes?" asked the voice, again
James relaxed a bit when he realised that he wasn't completely caught yet. He quickly spread the invisibility cloak over himself and clutched the marble tightly in his hand.
Seconds later, Dumbledore walked into his office. He looked around suspiciously.
"It appears that i was mistaken that there was someone here. Perhaps it was my imagination." he said and wandered out of the room.
James waited till he left and then followed him out of the office.
THAT MORNING AT BREAKFAST
"James Potter, Are you completely insane?" asked Remus, angrily after he told them what he did last night.
"No..." said James.
"Yes you are!" said Remus, still angry.
"Why? What did he do?" asked Peter
"What did he do? Tell him, James. What did you do?"
"I stole this from the headmasters office" said James, in a small voice, taking the marble out of his bag and showing it to Peter
"YOU WHAT?" asked Peter, jumping out of his seat
"Yes Potter, What did you do now?" asked Mcgonagall.
James quickly put his hand in his pocket but he was not quick enough.
"What is in your hand Potter?" asked Mcgonagall again
"Nothing." said James, trying to slip the marble to Sirius.
Sirius gave James a wink as if to say 'I got the marble' and the his expression horrified and he looked at the floor. James followed his gaze.
On the floor lay the marble rolling around.
"What is in your hand Potter?" asked Mcgonagall, threateningly
James showed her his empty hands.
"Black, show me your hands." said Mcgonagall
Sirius showed her his hands.
Mcgonagall looked from one boy to another suspiciously.
"It appears I was mistaken." she said and was about to walk away when she suddenly stopped and looked down.
She bent down and picked up the marble and examined it closely
James cursed inwardly.
Mcgonagall gave a cry of surprise and returned to the teachers table.
"You are screwed James." said Remus.
"I know" replied James.
IN CHARMS, THE SAME MORNING
"If I get called, go to the head's office, Sirius , you hide the other marble thing... Remus, you start researching on the marble." said James
"I started last night." replied Remus
"And Peter, you help Sirius to come up with a reason why I'd vanish for a week."
"Why?" asked Peter
"Becau..." started James but Sirius interrupted him
"Is the one in dumbledore's office the same?" he asked.
James had returned to the dormitory last night and gone straight to sleep. In the morning, he hadn't taken the marble out till breakfast, when he got got.
Again he was about to answer Sirius question when a girl walked into the class room and said, "James Potter has been called to the headmaster's office" and Left.
"Okay guys, you know what to do." said James as he left.
END FLASHBACK
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"You're going to what?!" asked Peter
"I'm going to use the Abyssests." replied James
"How?" asked Sirius
"Dumbledore accidentally told me how to."
"What did he tell you?" asked Remus
"He said to use it, I have to think of the person I want to go to."
"So you're seriously going to do it?" asked Peter
James nodded.
Sirius gave him the Amethyst Abyssest, the invisibility cloak and the two way mirror.
"If you're not back within a week, we'll Dumbledore and use the Peridot Abyssest." said Remus
"Fair enough." said James
"Who are you going to think of?"
"Some one." replied James
"How are we going to get you back if Dumbledore doesn't let us use the Abyssest?"
"Tell Lily to think about her qualities in me."
"You and Lily have zero similar qualities." said Peter
"That's how much you know." said James
Then he took the Abyssest between his hands and thought.
'Lily Potter. Take me to Lily Potter.'
He knew there was a chance that he'd end up in an abyss but he just had to know if he and Lily got married. He suspected that she was starting to like him as a friend and maybe she'll agree to go out with him sometime later that year. But he needed to know if there was more to their relationship. If there wasn't then he needed to know what happens to them as a couple. If nothing does then it would be better if he started moving on, better for him and Lily. He could only love a person for so long without being love back.
'Lily Potter, who is smart, fun to be with and extremely sarcastic. Her patience is astounding but her temper is not something you want to be faced with. Her serenity with trouble makers made her head-girl.' thought James closing his eyes
'She is witty but modest. She is loyal to her friends and she never gives up on them. Her auburn hair reaches her shoulders. And she has the most beautiful eyes.' he continued
' beautiful em...'
then he disappeared.