"Where are we going Sirius?" Artemis asked. They were heading….somewhere… in a very fast pace. Sirius was still holding her hand since he literally pulled her out from Library.
No answer.
"Sirius?"
Still no answer.
Artemis was getting impatient.
"Sirius?"
"Sirius. Sirius. Sirius. Sirius. Sirius. Sirius. . . ."
"For the love of God, STOP!" Sirius's patience finally cave in. "God you are so annoying…" he muttered quietly but loud enough to reach Artemis's ear. "What?"
Artemis paused for a second, took a deep breath and asked with a smile on her face, "Where are we going in such a hurry?" She asked so innocently that Sirius forgot he was annoyed by her constant pestering.
"Hogwarts tour." He replied, looking at her questioning eyes. "- remember? You wanted a Tour. So, I'm giving you that."
"But James said he will be my tour guide –"
"Yeah… he is busy." He said airily. "Anyway, let's start with the tour, shall we?" and he gave Artemis his famous crooked smile.

Sirius P.O.V.
"We are in astronomy tower!" Artemis expresses her surprise in a skeptical way. "You do know that I have been here for the classes, right?"
She went to an edge and peered down. Despite her words, she was quite enjoying there. I walked up to her and leaned against the railing, "bet you haven't seen this view then." She nodded in awe and said, "It's amazing how far we can see from here, isn't it? It seems like… like we are a giant or… or we are flying, with our line of sight at this height. That'd be so cool…"
She was going on and on about things that she didn't even realized I was laughing at her. That was the weirdest analogy I have ever heard. She always amuses me with her different approach in the life. Look at her…Does anyone behaves this positive when suffering from amnesia?
What's going on in her mind?
"… Speaking of which, do you always play Quidditch like this morning? I mean… Gryffindor's team is supposed to be good, right? I know James is good but are you?" Artemis said in a disbelieving tone.
"Hey! Don't judge a player by only one practice game. I am a good player and popular too." I stressed on. "…wait a minute, you said you remember James being a good player…" She nodded. "…but not me?"
She doesn't remember me.
That 'annoying feeling' was back.
"…I don't know… I can't seem to remember you in the whole quidditch scenario. But I do remember you being a womanizer." She said with a little tease working on her face. I felt a warm sensation rushed to my face but I dismissed it by retorting, "…well, at least you remember me."
She returned my grin and said, "so,… what's our next stop, Mr. Tour guide?"
We roamed around the castle through different short-cut passageways, from Ravenclaw tower to the dungeons to the kitchens; I showed her the different trick ways and hidden routes. She was enjoying it thoroughly, like a child in an amusement park. It was truly satisfying to see her eyes sparkle at every new thing that pops in front of her.
"You are staring."
"Huh?"
"I said, 'You are staring' at me. What happened?" she asked, ceasing her pace completely, looking clearly perplexed by my behavior. We were at a deserted corridor near hospital wing, which felt emptier when our footsteps stopped resounding through it.
I came back to my senses. "It's not fair."
"What's not fair?"
"I was wondering… it's not fair that you know so many things about us but we don't know anything about you." I said looking directly at her.
"Sirius, even I know nothing about me. How am I –"
"That's not what I'm saying, I'm just talking about your interests, hobbies, etc. etc." I egged on.

(Inside Sirius' head:
'Wow, you sound desperate, like you are seriously 'interested' in her.'
'No, I'm not. I'm just getting to know her so that I don't get intrigued by her every time I'm with her, so that I could concentrate on my other things.'
'….Yeah… that's totally different from what I said.*rolling his eyes*'
'Say whatever you want but what I'm doing, is a great idea. If I get to know her, I –'
'Yeah, yeah, I know your stupid reason. I was there when you came up with this nonsensical idea on that beech tree…. Just do what whatever you want. I don't even care. I'm done reasoning with you.')

"Oh… thaaat." She grinned sheepishly. "Sure. We can do that. But do I get to ask you too? I also want to know about you too, you know."
My heart beat rose a bit. A little bit. "Later. But first .… tell me about you. Whatever you remember."
She paused for little while, like she was searching for right words, and then started, "Well, I am Artemis Hale. I recently got my memory wiped off from and for unknown reasons; I think I am a single child… which I inferred from a recent recall. I'm a proud southpaw, I can speak four languages, quite odd actually, given the fact that I don't even remember my family and how I get to know these four languages…. I absolutely love magic! Well who doesn't?... This whole place is full of it and everybody gotta love that, right? I love surprises, swords, sweets, good laughs, long walks, beaches, sunsets…. Ooh, and music!... the sound of Violin, and piano; I love the way chocolates melt into my mouth, the elated feeling after completing a book…." She was reciting with a far gaze in her eyes, I could easily tell all her words were coming out from her heart. "….The feeling of flying and wind swiping off your hair…." (A/N: Artemis, here, remembering a vague memory of her para gliding but the lack of the complete memory tricks her to compare it from a broomstick ride.) She turned her gaze towards me, her face sparkled with every word. "I also like sketching faces, capturing their expressions, lines and contours…." Her fingers motioning around her face explaining every word, "…and observing colors…. like the perfect blend of red, yellow and blue with the black in the evening sky…." And she took a step towards me, "….or the grey color of your eyes with just a tinge…" her face, tilting upwards looking into my eyes, searching for something, barely reaching my chin, "…of blue…." She added slowly, her voice only louder than a whisper, "…One might even miss it if not looked deep enough…."
By then, my heart was starting to bang on to my chest and I felt heat rushed up to my face; we were so close that it was a miracle if she didn't heard my heartbeat. We stood there for a few seconds, not moving an inch, (I don't know what was going on her mind but I was waiting for her to break the silence).
"Yeah, that's pretty much the gist of who I am." Artemis concluded, turning forward abruptly. For a moment there, I thought I saw a blush on her face, but even if it was, it was gone before I could confirm it. She twirled on her heel and beamed at me, "Next question please."
I smiled at her quirkiness. "Okay, so, next umm…. can you sing?"
"Yes."
"Can you sing well?"
"Oh, then no."
"Hey, you can't go into technicality!"
They kept the questionnaire on throughout the whole 'tour'; there were silly questions, serious questions, teasing questions, 'What if' questions, they were so immersed, that they didn't even noticed the dinner time was halfway over.
"God! Look at the time, we will miss our dinner. We need to hurry." Artemis exclaimed. They were currently at the owlery; Sirius said, despite the strong smell, it has one of the best views of the vast stretch of Forbidden forest.
"If you are hungry, eat this." I tossed a bag of chips at her, which she caught effortlessly. "We still have a place left to cover."

Artemis P.O.V.
"Where is this place?" I asked as we started to make way downwards. It was getting darker with the sun nearly down at the horizon.
"You'll find soon enough – stop." Sirius suddenly halted right in front of me which resulted me to walk directly into him. "Ow... – sorry. Don't stop so suddenly in front of me! We are still on the stairs." I complained.
"We have to descend straight down from this point." Sirius said, not heeding to my complains.
I looked at him disbelievingly. "What?! Are you crazy? You want me to climb down these moss covered columns? That's like jumping right into a disaster willingly." That's right, the owlry, was a stand-alone structure, built at the edge of a cliff, and the stairs that leads up to it was quite narrow in ratio to the height. It could easily be measured upto 30m before the drop starts.
"Relax, I have a secret way to get down. All you have to do is to follow my lead." He smirked at my slyly.
I wasn't sure who was more stupid: the guy who decides to trek down a cliff, when sun is almost down or the girl who is blindly following him with no experience whatsoever in what they are doing. 'Great job Temi. My condolences in advance, you know, if your leg slips and you accidently kill yourself.' "Not funny!"
"What did you say?" Sirius asked from below. We were descending down an extremely narrow protrude, to God knows where, for almost fifteen minutes. The cliff rocks were hard to climb to, had we not used suction charm at our hands. It was death- tiring, using your full shoulder strength to keep grasp. I took a glance at him- he was climbing down effortlessly, with all the quidditch related muscle training…. obviously, look at his biceps… and the toned body… I can clearly see it through his T-shirt.
"Nothing!" Damn it. Not a great place to gape. Have control, you idiot. No, literally! Or you will die. Clearing my head, I asked him, "Umm… how much more we have to climb down before we reach 'the place'?" I rolled my eyes at the last part. It was because of that damned 'place' that I am risking my life here.
"I saw that. You, rolling eyes. Have patience, we are almost there. This is a special place, it had to be well hidden." He grinned up at me. We reached the place after ten more minutes of trekking.
It was a small cave.
"Whoa… this is awesome." I said, clearly astonished by this discovery. "It's a secret cave. What more do you want!" I turned full 360° to take a better look. "Killer view! Ooh… You can see quidditch pitch from here." I squinted my eyes, as I exclaimed.
"Seriously, best place in Hogwarts. Totally worth the stupid trekking."
The place was so relaxing, we sat there for another hour, gazing at the night sky in silence with occasional hooting of owls.
"Thanks for today, Sirius. It was by far, the best day in Hogwarts. Well…. I have spent a 'whole big week' here." I air quoted the last part while munching on another bag of chips that Sirius pulled out of nowhere. I sighed and looked up at the night sky. Seriously, has it only been a week here? It feels more. Like I always belonged here. A smile crossed my face as I played this past week again in my head.
Hogwarts had always been a major part of my life, I just can't remember 'when', 'how' and 'why' of it.

"Where have you been?" Lily yelled at me the moment I entered our room. It was 10:30 at night and I was not at her radar the whole day, she was bound to get angry at me.
"ehh…." I was confused what to say to her. If I mention even the name of Sirius, I would get yelled at even more. "I was with Remus, studying." I blurted out. At least it was not a lie. Technically.
"Remus was with Potter and that Pettigrew boy. Don't lie to me." She warned me. I was literally sweating at her image. I tried to delay my reply in every way possible so that I could come up with a good lie or should I tell her the truth. What the most she will do: yell at me for not heeding her warning! I don't want her to yell at me. She scolds like mother.
"It is not a lie. I did study with him but only till evening. After that I was with Sirius."
"This late?" She raised an eyebrow at my answer.
"Umm…. Yeah. He was giving me Hogwarts tour…. and also I lost my way due to the moving stairs. it took him quite a good stretch of time to find me." I laughed sheepishly. I can't tell her about the trekking or the cave, she would freak out.
"Hmm…. At least now you won't lost your way inside Hogwarts." Lily finally said, laughing with me. "but let me tell you once again…" I turned at her direction from my bed. "…Sirius is a player, I hope you know that by now too. Please don't fall for him." She added, a kind expression was on her face.
I smiled at her. "Don't worry. I won't do anything troublesome." I said, as I started making my bed. Today was quite adventurous for me; I trekked down a cliff like a daredevil, studied like a good student, even stayed out of bed after curfew.
'Just enjoy your school time while you can. Who knows what your past has hidden from you.'