Until Death Do Us Part
Chapter: Blue Eyes
"Minerva?" She opened her eyes and saw first that she had fallen asleep on Albus' desk and second, she saw Remus Lupin, hand resting on her shoulder, shaking her awake.
"Remus.." she smiled groggily and say up in the chair. "Remus, can i ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Do you think that he's alive?" She studied his face, he looked pale, ill.
"Dumbledoor?" he asked
"Yes,"
"No." The blunt answer cut through McGonagall's heart like cold glass. Lupin slumped on a chair and sighed, his skin was ghostly pale and his eyes were sunken and red, the bags that had began to form under his eyes made him look old and testified to his lack of sleep, as Minerva looked at him she realized that he was still in the same ripped, blood stained robes that he had fought in two days ago.
"Remus? Are you alright?" She paused, waiting for an answer, when she didn't get one she carried on. "Remus. You're worried about Tonks, aren't you. I'm sorry, you've been so kind to me and I've totally forgotten that you have your own problems..."
"No," He sat up straighter and shook his head, "Tonk's is... well she's not dead. I can't imagine what it must be like for you, loving someone and not knowing weather they're dead or alive. It must be torture." McGonagall's looked intently at the table, the things on it were very disorganized, Papers were stacked everywhere, quills placed all over, her fingers longed to put some order to the chaos, but she didn't. It was Albus' chaos and it made her think of him. There was a tap on the window.
"Fawkes!" McGonagall's gasped, that's it, she thought, Albus must be alive! She hurried to the window and flung it open. The Phoenix flew through the window and round the office singing loudly and somersaulting in the air. As the two professors watched, their moods lifted, the bird was so full of life, and that was just what they needed the most in a castle so full of death. Fawkes flew gently onto Lupin's shoulder and he laughed out loud as the bird chirruped joyfully in his ear.
"Hello Fawkes," Fawkes turned on Lupin's shoulder and locked eyes with McGonagall.
"Remus... that's not Fawkes..."
"What?"
"Fawkes has red eyes... this Phoenix's eyes are blue." The birds eyes sparkled as it took flight once more, this time to land on McGonagall's outstretched hand. The singing stopped. The bird looked right into McGonagall's eyes... it was like it was looking into her soul.. she could feel all the walls she'd put up around her emotions breaking away,
"Albus!" She gasped. The bird burst into song a new and flapped it's golden wings and sawed into the air, it's song, a sweet ballade, it's colors reflected in McGonagall's teary eyes. She ran for the window... but she was too late. The Phoenix sped forwards and out into the open air. It sawed high above Hogwarts before disappearing into the starry night sky.
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"Minerva, it was a Phoenix... not Albus... just a phionix gone a stray."
"No, Remus, if you'd looked it in the eye's you would have seen. I'd know those eyes anywhere." Lupin's eyes searched McGonagall's face,
"So, what will you do?" The old witch thought for a moment, unsure, then, she caught sight of the empty picture frame in the corner.
"The Forbidden Forest..." She said, "I'm going to see Chantille LaBelle."
(AN: I've sorted my spelling out but if some of it's still bad then tell me coz my spell check doesn't always work properly. Thanks :) )