Disclaimer: I own nothing. All characters belong to J.K. Rowling. The story belongs to Kurinoone, writer of 'The Darkness Within' trilogy as well as 'The darkness Within: A Rewrite', a story inspired by 'The Shattered Prophesy' by Project Dark Overlord.

Enjoy!

Chapter 1

The Diary.

Sirius Black was walking towards the Quidditch pitch, munching some chocolate cookies (courtesy of the house elves). His best friend, James Potter was walking with him, staring ahead. He still had a frown on his face, because of which Sirius was getting really irritated.

"Forget it, Prongs. Lily is a fool to reject you." Sirius said, cleaning his hands on his robes.

"She is not a fool, she is very smart. Not to mention gorgeous, and-"

"Yeah, I get it. But she rejected you. Get over it, don't brood. Afterall…" Sirius winked at a fifth year Ravenclaw "…there are plenty of fish in the sea."

James merely sighed.

Shrugging, Sirius went back to enjoy his cookie, with delicious chocolate chips and a hint of vanilla…

"Honestly, Padfoot. Can't you eat with your mouth closed?" James asked, looking at Sirius with a disgusted expression.

Sirius merely gave him a toothy smile and continued eating in the same fashion.

James sighed, and started walking at a faster pace.

"Oye Prongs! Wait for me!" Sirius matched his pace, placing his half eaten cookie in his mouth.

On they way, they met Severus Snape. Severus kept glaring a James, and James being James, took the bait.

"What do you want, Snivellus?" James shouted.

"Nothing, Potter. I heard that you got rejected, again." Snape said with a sneer.

"That's none of your business, Snape. Sod off."

"O course its none of my business. You are the one who's making a fool of himself." Snape said.

James ignored him and started walking ahead, and Snape started to follow him.

"I heard Evans was really angry after the scene you created at the great hall. Surely, even you have enough sense to understand Evans hates attention. On second thought, you don't have any sense."

"Go back to your snakes, Snivellus."

"You must feel so humiliated, right. Evans dumped your roses on your head in front of the whole great hall. How shameful it must have been."

"Go away."

"I am surprised that Evans can understand your true nature. Being the mudblood she is-"

"That's it!" James shouted, clearly enraged. Snape just smirked.

"What? You don't like when I call Evans a mudblood?" the rest of the students in the corridor froze. Whispers broke out among the crowd. Sirius knew this was not going to end pretty, but he too was interested in the outcome.

"You filthy snake! Immobulous." Snape dodged the spell.

"Rictusempra."

"Protego."

"Tarantallegra."

"Stupefy."

"Petrificus Totalus."

"Engorgio." Snape dodged the spell again, and it went and hit someone behind him.

Lily Evans screamed when the spell hit her. At once, her right ear started enlarging at a rapid speed. James stared, horrified that his spell did this. Lily was glaring and shouting at him, knowing very well he was behind this spell.

"You rude, arrogant, bigheaded POTTER! I will never forgive you for this. You foul, blind..." and she kept shouting even when her friend Alice and Maritta dragged her away to the hospital wing.

"Man, you are so screwed." Sirius whispered, looking at the dumbfounded face of James Potter; the empty pack of cookies laid forgotten on the floor.

Daimen and Sirius emerged form the pensieve laughing loudly. Daimen still cannot believe the rotten luck of his father. And looking at his face…

"Did you see his face?" Daimen asked, wiping the tears from his face.

"Forget James, did you see Lily's face?" both laughed loudly.

Both were currently sitting in Sirius's bedroom, and for the past hour, Sirius was showing Daimen his Hogwarts days.

"When did this happen?" Daimen asked, finally stopping laughing.

"Sixth year. Slughorn gave James one hell of time that year." Sirius relied, thinking about the good old days.

"Why?" Daimen asked.

Clearing his throat, Sirius started imitating the former potions professor. "Mr. Potter, stop trying to seduce my innocent students. I don't want Miss Evans to score anything less than a 'O' in her Potions paper." Both started laughing again.

"Ha, ha. Very funny." James said, walking inside the room. The corners of his mouth was twitching, trying to stifle a smile.

"Prongs. When did you come?" Sirius asked, composing himself. Daimen continued laughing.

"Just now. The order meeting will begin in two hours."

"There's plenty of time, dad. Sit down, Padfoot is telling me about your embarrassing adventures."

"Don't forget, young man, its me who will buy you Nimbus 2000." Daimen quickly stopped teasing his father.

"That's better." James said, smiling. "Your mum wants you to each lunch before going at the Weasleys." James said.

Daimen mumbled something in protest, but left for the fireplace.

"I'll be here later, for the meeting." James said, following his son.

"Sure. And tell Lily to bring me some lunch."

"Sure." And both left.

Sirius sighed, and levitated the pensieve back to the library. It got quite lonely when the headquarters was empty. Sirius smiled at the young Potter's antics. He was a true marauder in making. Sirius shuddered to think about the pranks he has planed for the beginning of his second year, and it's not even a week since the vacation started.

After placing the pensieve in the library, Sirius sat on the couch. He looked around the library, filled with nothing but books about Dark Arts and Dark creatures. He once tried to read a book from this library. Thirty seconds later, he was ready to burn down this place.

Sighing, he got ready to go back downstairs when something caught his eyes. He didn't know what was so special about this diary, but he had a deep urge to read it. It looked as a simple leather diary, in rich brown colour. He examined the diary, which looked absolutely normal. Few charms and it was proved that there was nothing wrong with this book. It was not normal with the Blacks to leave any of their propert without any sort of protection. He suddenly got wierd ideas about the diary. Maybe Mother dearest wrote her dark secrets, or dear brother wrote in it about his time with You Know Who.Curiosity got the better of him, and he opened the book. A note fell on the floor.

Be careful with whom you share the contents of this diary. Choose well.

Huh?

Confused, but curious, Sirius proceeded with the book. On the first page, in neat calligraphic handwriting, three words were written.

The Darkness Within.

Sirius turned the pages. It looked as if the owner of this diary has used it for writing some sort of story (maybe his/her life story), or an extremely long essay (he desperately hoped against that). He sat on the sofa, and started reading the first chapter (it was a story then, thank god!).

After reading few pages, he dropped the book horrified. The content of this book were so similar, so true…

He needed to call Lily and James, urgently!