"Sir please, stop beating around the bush and tell us." Sirius said getting tired of Dumbledore's riddles; I was too but I didn't trust myself enough to interrupt.
"Very well, what I found in the grave yard was a hole. A hole that in eight feet deep and just big enough for a thin person to slip through; that hole was located a Lily's grave. I distinctly believe that she dug herself out of her own grave in order to be here now."
He stopped when he saw our faces drain of color. I knew I wouldn't like the answer but even I couldn't imagine that.
Chapter 6
Exposed
Remus POV
"What….What do you mean dug herself out of her own grave?" Sirius asked clearly shaken by what he heard. This was surprising; you think that after all those years in Azkaban, nothing would rattle him anymore. However, I shouldn't talk, what Dumbledore said raddled me and Mooney (which is nearly an impossible thing to do.).
"I meant it just how I said it Sirius, I believe Lily had woken up in her coffin and dug herself out of it." Dumbledore said firmly but yet still kind.
"Okay let's just get off this subject before….we all start to lose it. What about the person who caused this to happen? You said you had a theory about that….as well?" I said feeling the strain in my voice as Mooney's anger became more apparent.
"Yes, well before I answer that question I have a few to ask myself. It is my hope that the answers to these questions would solidify my suspicions to whom may have done this."
"Fine" We both said unsure of what his questions maybe.
"Can you tell me the pervious events that happened to you this evening before I called you?"
"Um…Well I invited Remus, Author, Molly, Fred, George, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Harry over for dinner; since they will be coming back to school on Friday. I kept Remus and Author occupied with a game of chess. Molly and Ginny helped by Fred and George made dinner. And we all came the dining room for dinner, which is when you called us." Sirius said replaying tonight's earlier events.
"I see. Tell me, what were Harry, Ron, and Hermione doing earlier this evening? I don't recall you mentioning them until they came down to dinner." Dumbledore asked. I was surprised; I didn't remember seeing them for a majority of the evening. They came in, said hello, hung out for a little while and then disappeared until dinner.
"I….I don't know sir. I don't remember seeing them for a good portion of the evening. Do you Padfoot?"
"Come to think of it, no I don't. When we all separated into our own activities until dinner, they disappeared. You don't think they had something to do with this do you?"
"Tell me Sirius, was there something been bugging them recently? Something they may have wanted to stop or fix?"
And then it hit me. For almost a year now we have been trying to figure out how to clear Sirius's name, so that he can come out of hiding. Harry wants to clear his name the most because he wants to get away from his Muggle guardians. The Trio must have been working on this for a while, and may have done something stupid in order to get a wanted result. My guess would be some Dark Magic, but even I don't know a spell that could do bring back the dead; and I taught DADA.
"But sir, even if they did have something to do with this, there isn't a spell in existence that can bring back the dead. Is there?" I asked dumfounded for the first time in my life.
"No there isn't, but remember that I believe that this result was unintentional. My theory is that they may have tried to gain information from the past in order to clear Sirius's name. There is a very dark spell that I know could do just that. However, it seems to have disappeared form my office recently. It is also very risky; the spell only works once and you have no control on what you get in return. It is my guess that they used this spell but think it didn't work because they didn't get what they thought they would. However, I don't think you should tell them what they did bring back when you speak to them. I don't think Lily would what her son to see her in this condition. Well now that that's taken care of, it's late and I think I will retire for the evening. I trust that you two can take it from here."
"Yes sir." We both said in unison.
"Excellent. Well good night to both of you." And with that both Sirius and I left his office. We didn't really go anywhere though, since we continued the conversation right outside that statue door.
"I can't believe that Harry would do something like that. Doesn't he know not to mess with Dark Magic? It's dangerous!" Sirius started to rant.
"Now Padfoot, you need to calm down. We can't change what has happened but we make sure it doesn't happen again.
"Oh ya, and how do we do that?!"
"Simple, we do just what Dumbledore suggested. We'll confront Harry and his friends about their little spell, minis Lily of course, and then we'll tell them that even though the heart was in the right place it was still a stupid idea."
"That's not going to work Mooney. Harry inherited both Lily and James's intelligence; he's going to ask how we found out and what the outcome of the spell was."
"Well Dumbledore did fire call us, so we can tell him that Dumbledore found out and told us. Then we he asks about the outcome of the spell we simply sat Dumbledore's famous line: 'All in due time.'"
"Do you really think that's going to work?"
"It'll have too. We'll just have to sell it to them."
"Agreed,"
"All right let's get back before we're gone for too long, it might cause suspicion and make it harder for our story to stick." I said and started to make my way to the fire place at the end of the hall (which was connected to the network). However, it seemed Sirius had other ideas.
"Wait." He ordered grabbing my arm and blocking my path. "I'll go, you need to stay here."
"Why? It was my idea in the first place."
"Because Remus, someone has to stay here with Lily; and since I had to drag you out of the Hospital Wing to come down here, you should be the one to stay. Plus, I'm better at spinning a story then you are. In fact only Lily can spin one better than I can; so you go run along back to the Hospital Wing and let me deal with my godson."
"Are you sure Sirius?" I asked a little dumbfounded.
"Ya I'll be fine, don't worry about it. Besides, I have a perfect lie to explain your absences to help with my ingenious story. So actually you being here will help me out. Now run along and go play guard."
Sirius said, kidding around and smacking me in the arm.
"Thank you Sirius." I said before I made a bee line to the Hospital Wing. I could hear Sirius laughing at me from down the hall before he left.
When I entered the Hospital Wing, Pompy was gone and Lily still lay asleep in her bed. She was clean now, wearing hospital cloths, and the wounds on her hands and head wear healed (only leaving translucent scars in their wake). I sat down in the chair Sirius occupied earlier and took her hand again. It seemed stronger now that the bandages were gone, but the feeling of the scars that crisscrossed it reminded me of how fragile they really were. I ran my thumb over the scars on the top of her hand and soon drifted of to sleep.
A/N: Sorry if this capture was a little disappointing but I had terrible writers block when I wrote it. The next one will be in Harry and Sirius's POV. It will be better I promise. Reviews please, feedback would be great.