The next weekend was to be a Hogsmeade weekend. Kat and Lily had decided to go with James, Sirius and Remus on one condition. They would all go and visit Kat's home, mainly for her to gather her belongings. She hadn't gone to her house in a year and wanted to see what had changed.

Kat woke up on Saturday morning with apprehension. Lily had decided to sleep in her old dorm last night, so Kat had some company. She was so excited to go to Hogsmeade, but wasn't so sure on if she wanted to visit her home. She knew the house elf Melody would wonder why she hadn't come home in over a year, but she needn't worry, for her friends were going with her and they could help her in she needed them to.

Katini looked over at Lily's bed to find in unoccupied and wondered where she had been, but the moment Kat looked over her shoulder she spotted Lily looking at something out the window. "Lils?" said Kat getting out of bed and walking over to Lily

"Kat" she said staring outside at the grounds "There's something out there" she turned to face Kat with one single turn noticing that she too was still wearing her dressing gown. "I saw a boy change into a . . . thing" she said looking back down at the grounds where a boy around their age lay.

At the moment Lily said this two very good looking boys, and one short and stout boy came running out of the castle dragging the one boy by the arms and legs into the castle. "Lily, did you see what he turned into?" Kat said walking back over to her bed getting unchanged.

"I'm not quite sure what it was" Lily said getting dressed just as Kat had just done. "I saw him or" she hesitated for a moment "it transform, but I never really saw what it was"

"Alright" said Kat brushing out her hair and putting on her shoes "I'm sure we'll find out soon enough" she said walking out of the girl's dormitory and down to the common room.

Lily took a seat on a cushioned armchair then said "I wonder how long the boys will be. They said to meet them here at nine and it is nine thirty"

Kat took the seat next to Lily and started into the flames coming from the fire. "I wonder if they need help getting up" said Kat her finger nails turning orange.

Lily looked at her in surprise then shook her head. "I'm not going up there. I've told you before that I would not go up there. You can go, but I won't!" she stated plainly shoving a book into her bag.

Kat just smiled then said "Fine" she stood up from her seat then continued "I'll be right back" she said making her way up to the boys dormitory. She knocked on the door before entering, only to find three boys fully dressed hovered over a sickly looking one. Kat gave out a small shriek from shock then ran over to the four. "What happened to Remus?" she said looking from James, to Sirius then to Peter.

James looked quickly to Remus then apprehensively turned to face Kat "He just had a bad night" he said taking a good look at Kat. She too was looking apprehensive. Why was that?

Sirius looked from Remus then to Kat saying "He had a couple nightmares and woke us up. He couldn't fall asleep last night."

Kat walked up to Remus and pushed his head to one side then gave out a yell. "James" she said looking sternly at her cousin. "If he just had a bad nights sleep, then why does he have a cut on his forehead?"

Remus did have a very large cut on his forehead from the night before. He looked like he had just come from a large wrestling match with a hippogriff, and the hippogriff had won. James didn't know what to do. He was to tell Kat or not, but would Remus be upset? And would she tell Lily? He looked over to Sirius and Peter then beckoned them to come with him to a far away corner, while Kat was cleaning up the bleeding mess on Remus' forehead.

"Padfoot! What should we do!" James said passing. He turned on his heal looking at Sirius directly in the eye. "We have to tell her. It's that plain and simple, we have to tell her about Remus."

Sirius looked stunned. He was worried if Remus would be upset if they tell Kat. But right now they had to. It was the only choice. Sirius lifted his head to James then nodded. "It is the only choice we have" he said looking back at Remus. Peter nodded as James led the way back to Kat.

Kat now had a bandage around Remus' head and he seemed to be waking up. "Remus" said James looking at his friend cautiously. "I have to tell her, she knows too much"

Remus who seemed to achieve consciousness nodded his head somberly. He didn't look well, but with some Pepper up Potion, he would be fine.

Kat who was now very confused looked at her messy haired cousin questioningly. James looked back at her and started to worry on how she would take this. He, Remus, and the other two Marauders never wanted Kat or Lily to know about this, for they didn't want their lives to be in danger. But just like Sirius had said, he had no choice but to tell her.

"Kat" said James as Remus sat up from his bed dunking down a large dose of Pepper up Potion. "Remus is a" he said cautiously "werewolf".

Kat was amazed that these four devilish little tricksters' could have held on to a secret for that long. Kat just shook her head and smiled. "At least I know what Lily was talking about this morning" she said looking up at the four boys. "She saw you transform, but she didn't know who you were"

James was happy that Kat didn't take this as hard as he had done. He had thrown a fit and flung his desk out of his window when Remus originally told him. But Kat was special in this way. She knew when to freak out and when to be cool. She has so many things happening in her own life, that she could stay calm in a situation like this. But right now James had the feeling Kat was going to waltz down the stairs and tell Lily what she had discovered about her friend Remus. "Kat" he said sternly, Sirius walking in front of the door to keep Kat from getting down stairs. "You can't tell Lily this"

Kat looked up from Remus who nodded to James. "What to you mean I can't tell Lily?"

James was startled, in the fact that Lily and Kat hold so many secrets within each other. "Kat" he said warningly "You can't tell Lily, because she would go straight to Dumbledore and then he would know that we are unregistered animagus'" he said walking around Remus' bed and finally reaching Kat.

There was a defining silence following this. Kat was watching James, and James doing the same towards Kat. Sirius was looking at the two in concentration. "Kat" he said as she turned her head towards him. "Promise us that you wont tell Lily" said Sirius breaking the silence

"Or Dumbledore for that matter" said Remus talking for the first time.

"Remus I will keep your secret in my heart for as long as I live" said Kat walking over to the door and pushing Sirius away. "I won't tell Lily" she said as James gave her a warningly look "or Dumbledore. Now hurry up! We need to get going to Hogsmeade"

Kat flung the door shut as Sirius ran over to Remus "Sorry mate, we had no other choice but to tell her"

James walked over to Remus then asked "Hey" he said facing Remus "Why were you in the grounds this morning anyway? I thought the Womping Willow was where you transform"

Remus looked down at his feet wondering if he had permission to go into the Womping Willow. "Well" he said looking over at James curiously. "I still haven't gotten permission from Dumbl-"

"REMUS!" roared Sirius "You can not tell Dumbledore!"

"Sirius calm down I'd only be telling him about my transfigurations, not about you guys being unregistered animagus'" He stood up and gathered a bag for Hogsmeade. Peter tried to stop him from going, but failed. "Peter I'm going to Hogsmeade no matter what. Even if I had a broken leg, I would still go to Hogsmeade!"

By the time they reached the girls they were both talking feverishly about how stupid the boys were. Kat had told Lily that they were playing a game of exploding snap and lost track of time. Remus had taken off his bandage and covered up his scratch with a quick healing spell his mother had taught him in case of an emergency. Sirius was wearing a cloak that matched his eyes perfectly, and James looked as messy and confused as always.

Kat smirked as she saw the four boys appear and pointed Lily to their direction. "Finally" Lily said grabbing her cloak and her schoolbag. "I thought you were never going to come down. Come on lets go. We have to visit Kat's home remember?"

Kat frowned. This was the first time in ten minutes she had the thought of her home in her mind. "Thanks Lil" Kat said as she got an inquiring look from Lily. "I had finally gotten the thought of my home out of my head before you come with it bursting into my imagination again"

James and Sirius laughed, but Remus still exhausted from the night just yawned. Peter by this time had walked away and gone to bed once more for he was watching Remus all night.

James led the group down to the Entrance Hall and down the path to Hogsmeade. He was tired just as Sirius, Remus, and Peter had been, but he had enough strength to lead the group to Hogsmeade. But when he saw Honeydukes he collapsed. Kat and Lily took no notice of this, but continued leading the group into Honeydukes. Sirius and Remus, on the other hand, grabbed James' cloak and dragged him into Honeydukes finally sitting him down on a chair.

"What was all that about?" said Remus as Kat and Lily walked back to the table carrying five butterbeer's.

James grabbed one of the butterbeers and gulped it down. He looked up as Remus was handed a butterbeer then smiled. "What? I've been living in my house all summer without the pleasure of coming here. You have probably come here loads of times during the summer, as for me, I haven't been here since our last weekend to Hogsmeade"

Kat smirked. "You got that wrong James" he looked up at her "I haven't been here either, but I wasn't the one falling on the ground the moment they saw Honeydukes"

Everyone laughed. They knew Kat could be tough but today she was abnormal. Maybe it was the fact that she had to go to her home. And for her that could mean going to a funeral.

Kat was looking straight into her butterbeer, stirring the spoon slowly around it. "When" she said watching the foam slowly shrink in her cup "do you think we should go to my home" Kat said waiting a second before she said home, for that place had never felt like home to her. James' house was where she belonged.

James was wondering the same thing for he, Sirius and Remus had finished their butterbeers and they were waiting for something to happen. "How about after we're done here?"

Kat nodded and stood up. "Well" she looked over to Lily who looked startled "should we go now then?"

Everyone was ready for Kat except Sirius. He had the fortunate event of not being around when she went to her home. Remus had gone the earlier year with James and Lily when Sirius had to go to a party his mother was hosting.

They walked out of Honeydukes and followed the road down until there was a small ledge where Kat whispered "Give me the path to Flame Manor".

Immediately following this a door appeared. Lily, James, Remus and Sirius followed Kat through the door which disappeared once they passed through it. They seemed to be on a dark alley way with a small single light at a house in the far distance. "Melody is expecting me, I see" mumbled Kat as she walked up the alleyway with James at her right.

"Hmm?" he mumbled to her elaborately

"No one except my house elf" Kat said reaching the spot in which she could leap pulling her friends along with her. But she couldn't. Sirius and Remus still didn't know that she was and Elemental, so she couldn't have the wind help her to get there faster. She didn't even know if the wind would help her.

There was one time in her life where she was one with the wind, but didn't realize she could control it then. She felt like she would fall into its path again tonight but . . .

Kat was walking with her best friends and felt like the road could last forever, but in one single sweep the wind lifted them off the ground and they landed at the doorstep of Flame Manor.

Sirius started on Kat saying "What was that? Is your street enchanted? What is up with this place?"

Kat wasn't paying attention, but she was rather admiring the house. She knew it would be her last time coming here and wanted to make a mental picture.

There was a small wooden fence around the home and large rose bushes along the walkway. The house was navy blue with a tint of black, but the walls inside the house were yellow, except for one room which had black walls and a Gryffindor flag hanging on one side of the window.

Kat nocked on the tall wooden door and a house elf the size of a small dresser answered. "Oh mistress!" she exclaimed dragging Kat in by the sleeve "Oh mistress! How I have waited your return. Would you like anything? Why have you been gone for so long? Who are they?"

"Melody" Kat said pushing the elf back into a chair in the dinning room "Go and clean the kitchen. Make us a pot of hot cocoa and don't ask anymore questions"

Melody walked away still looking anxiously at Kat and the group that followed her. She forgot how large this house was and wondered what her room looked like, and where was that necklace?

She walked around a corner and trotted up a flight of stairs and finally reached the dark black room covered with Gryffindor objects. She flung herself into the room and reached for the light. The room looked bland, nothing like she remembered. There was a small box on the nightstand next to her bed that was covered with what looked like letters from friends. She walked over to them, then lifted up the box which revealed a small locket.

Kat had received a locket from her grandmother two years ago, before she went off looking for some book with secret signs that reveal a way into the past, but she had never worn it. She opened the locket which revealed the small charm she had received from her parents the night of her birthday. That charm was cold and dull, but when her parents were alive it was glowing and warm. It gave her the feeling of warmth every time she wore it. She put the locket around her neck and watched as the charm glowed red and warmth ran through her body. My parents are always alive she thought they live within my heart.

Kat rummaged around her room and was able to find her favorite purse. She was lucky to have that. It was her mothers and she desperately wanted to find it when she was there. And there she was holding the small black purse, and wearing her grandmothers locket, happiness running through her.

Kat walked over to her closet which revealed loads of cloaks with a small scrawny elf crying in the corner. "Piki?" said Kat as the elf turned her head "Piki!"

"Mistress! Mistress!" said the elf called Piki. She was wearing an old smock which looked like it had a picture of herself and Kat. She had a handkerchief in her hand and a small sock in the other. Piki came running at Kat then squeezed her. "Mistress, why has it been so long?"

Kat released herself from Piki's grip and looked along the back of the closet until she found it. "Piki, I've been gone for school. I know it has been long and I can't do anything but say I'm sorry" she tuned to Piki and handed her a small hat.

Piki looked stunned and refused to accept it. "Mistress, I will not leave this household. I love you too much. I do not want to be a free elf, let me stay" She curled the hat back into Kat's hand walking towards the door.

"Piki" Kat walked over to the elf then hugged her tightly "I thought you would want to leave by now. That is why I gave you that hat. Please stay; I don't want you to go."

Piki gave a small nod then wandered out the door. "Mistress, I will keep your guest happy" She turned on her heal and headed towards the Kitchen when she was joined by Melody who smiled at Kat then followed Piki into the Kitchen.

Time to see if my dear grandmother was as crazy as I've heard thought Kat walking over to her closet once more. She looked beyond the clothes and examined two wooden doors with a metal shield across the door handles. That shield had a small opening and when opened a place for a locket was placed. Suddenly realizing what she had to do, Kat picked up the locket lying against her chest, opened it and placed it where a locket belonged.

A bright blue light came out of nowhere and a voice issued from the opening. "Katini Flame"

Kat was startled and didn't know weather to answer or not. "Yes" she said worryingly

"You have been chosen for a long quest that lies before you. It is the same quest your grandmother failed to succeed" There was a long pause as if a moment of silence was laid for Kat's grandmother. "She has disappeared among the world trying to succeed in this quest, but her life is getting shorter by the second" the light changed to orange then the voice continued a bit more casually. "The World of Beyond has given you the quest of finding the book Secrets Within. Only then will you be able to discover the World Beyond and be able to help your parents"

"My parents? But they're dead aren't they"

"No Katini. Now this is your only chance to help them out of their misery. Find out the secret within this locket in the book. You need to or your parents will suffer forever. Good luck Katini Flame."

The voice died and Kat was mesmerized by these words. It was a miracle for a path to be hidden in her closet. "Wow" said Kat seizing the locket out of it's place. "My parents are alive and I need to find Secrets Within" she said dreamily. She looked to the door, her vision coming out of focus. "Lily" she said "Help"

She was falling, down onto a hard cold floor. Lily was running towards her calling for James. She knew something was wrong. There they were all four of them running down the long hallway that lead to Kat. She was looking at them with a blank face. "Help me" she said as they all came to a halt, James down at her side, with Lily looking over her.

James was calling for her, but Kat was too weak to respond. She was gone in her own world. Then suddenly, everything went dark.