At about one in the morning, Jasmine and Sirius decided they should get some sleep. They woke up at eleven, Jasmine lying on a sofa hugging a pillow and using her cloak as a blanket, Sirius reclined on a loveseat half covered by a blanket. Neither had bothered to change.
When they woke, neither were very hungry, so it was just a cup of coffee each and they headed out the door. The ministry would be looking for Sirius by now, and Jasmine was sure to be questioned about him. Her apartment was no longer safe.
They decided last night to hold their own private funeral for Lily and James as Sirius wouldn't likely be invited to any other. They walked to the Potters' house, about an hour or so away, stopping only to dodge into a deserted alley to transform into their safer, Animagus forms; Sirius a great bear-like black dog and Jasmine a small fox, completely black except for a white tip on the end of her tail, which gave her the nickname 'Whitetip', or, more commonly, 'Tips' for short.
They were careful to avoid people and stay as much in the cover of shadows as possible, so they reached Lily and James's place virtually unnoticed, at least by anyone they wanted to avoid. They went to the backyard and into the wood behind it. They stopped when they came to a stream, not very large, but large enough for swimming on warm days. After making sure they were alone, they transformed back into people.
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The water was cold, but Jasmine still sat down, took off her shoes, and put her feet in it. Sirius sat next to her. This is what they wanted to do for a funeral, come to the, sit in silence, and remember. They didn't want to say good-bye because they knew Lily and James would live on in them, just as they would live on in their son.
Jasmine remembered how after a few months Lily and James were married she, Sirius, and Remus Lupin decided it would be a good idea to move in with them because of the growing threat of Voldemort. It never occurred to them why Peter didn't want to, or to talk to Lily before dropping in on her unexpectedly, carrying luggage and saying, "It's nice to know we're welcome!" while pointing at a weakly chuckling James and telling her how he said yes, they could move in.
After Dumbledore discovered that Voldemort was looking for James and Lily, however, he thought it would be best if they all moved out so Voldemort wouldn't be able to get them all at once, which they did.
Sirius remembered a time from that summer when the Marauders – minus Peter because he was 'busy' – Lily, and Harry were at the same stream. Lily and Jasmine were relaxing and tanning in a clearing near where he was now while he, James, and Remus decided it was high time to teach Harry to swim. Of course, under some stupid impulse, they took off his floaties, and although Harry's head never went underwater, unfortunately for them, Lily still wasn't happy. When the girls found out what they had done, and after making sure Harry was perfectly fine and setting him safely aside and out of harms way, Jasmine helped Lily in attempting to drown them all, which they almost did.
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They sat in silence, remembering the past until it was almost dusk. Jasmine didn't even realize her feet had turned blue, she just wanted to rest her feet in the stream for one last time. After about five more minutes, Jasmine and Sirius turned to each other in a horrible realization: Remus. They had forgotten to tell their best friend and fellow Marauder about Peter being the spy, and the Potters being dead. By now, though, he was sure to believe, like the rest of the wizarding community, that Sirius was the murderer.
"We need to tell him!" Jasmine leapt up and put her shoes back on.
Sirius got up as well, but told Jasmine, "Wait, it's starting to get late. We can't just apparate over because he'll never believe us over Dumbledore without Peter. We should talk to Moony tomorrow; just find a place to rest tonight." As he said the last part, Sirius looked a little bit to the left and across the stream.
Jasmine knew what he was getting at. About two years ago, unknown to Lily, the Marauders built a treehouse to continue their pranking in secret as Lily had recently banned them from doing it in the house. This was one of the few things that Lily didn't know about the Marauders as Jasmine – though still a Marauder through and through – had told her just about everything else there was to know.
So Sirius and Jasmine went to the treehouse, to spend the night in a place unknown to the outside world.
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