Hey thar folks. Sorry for the incredibly late update, it's just recently I've had exams and I haven't had the time to write. So sorry.

Anyways things with this chapter haven't gone to plan, completely wandered away from my first ideas. Oh, and this chapter is pretty boring so just deal with it and please check out my pole, i want to know who is your favourite oc char from this fic! >;}

Abi the Weird, over and out. .


The Lunar Moon

Chapter 7.

The Tree of Hearts

I smiled widely at Max, then turned away, heading back to the Great Hall. When he didn't follow I stared back at him in confusion, "Coming?" I questioned, putting my hand out for him to take. He stared down at it for a few seconds before grabbing it quite happily, smiling genuinely.

We walked into the hall, hand in hand smiling like maniacs, staying silent from shyness, which to be honest, really isn't like me at all. When I noticed Remus and Sirius staring at us I could feel my face heating up. We walked down to them and I noticed that Anna still hadn't arrived for breakfast yet. Suddenly remembering her I began to fear what her reaction would be to the idea of max and I going out. I mean, he is her brother after all, and I her best friend, things could get a little awkward.

"Getting some action ay, Tan?" Sirius asked slyly, staring down at our linked hands.

I glared at him, then turned to Max, "I'll see you later, yeah?" I said kindly, staring up into his chocolate brown eyes.

He smiled down at me once again before muttering a small "Okay" and leaving to head over to his friends who had taken to staring over at us as well. When sat down you could hear them cheering and some patted him on the back.

I laughed to myself quietly as I stared over at them, but my happiness was short lived as Sirius interrupted my thoughts, "So, who's that?" he questioned, referring to Max.

"That is Max, my boyfriend," I stated as I sat down next to Remus opposite Sirius. It felt weird saying that word so early in our relationship: three minutes to be exact… not that I was counting. "and what does it matter to you?"

He raised his eyebrows at me, "Oh, nothing, nothing at all." He said, "But more than you'll ever know" he murmured just loud enough for me to hear, spreading some jam over a piece of toast in his hands.

"What is it?" Someone said from beside me. I looked over to see Anna standing there, confused, "What you all talking about this morning?"

I was about to speak when Sirius beat me to it, "Tan here has a boyfriend." He muttered, seeming somewhat moody.

Anna's eyes widened and she grinned at me, sitting down next to me quickly, staring eagerly. "Oh really? Who is it?"

I was about to speak up, but once again Sirius had interrupted me. I groaned in frustration, "Some ponce of a third year called Max I believe." He said, scowling at me for some reason as he took a large bite out of his toast.

Anna stared at me, "Max?" she questioned in disbelief, "You're dating my brother!" she whispered harshly, standing up from her seat abruptly, hands placed firmly on the table. I smiled up at her sheepishly, shrugging my shoulders, scared of what she would do to me if I actually said yes. She narrowed her eyes at me, "You. Outside. Now." She ordered, pointing behind her, signalling to the hall doors. She stood out from the bench, grabbing my hand and yanking me with her. We almost ran out of the hall, causing multiple people to stop and stare at us. "Okay," she uttered calmly as she turned to face me once we had stopped outside, "I want to know. Is Sirius just saying those things to freak me out," I was about to speak but she silenced me. I was terrified now, "Or… or, do you really like him?"

I stared at her for a few moments, expecting her to continue, "I-I… y-yes, I really do, Anna" I stuttered.

Her hazel eyes softened, as did her features. A small smile threatened to appear on her lips and she relaxed her tense shoulders. A low sigh escaped her mouth, "I worry about you Tan, I really do. Going out with my brother, of all the people in the world" Suddenly, she wrapped her arms around my shoulders in a tight hug.

"Oh, and who do you have in mind that I should go out with instead?" I stared at her, curious at what her response would be.

Anna smirked, "I always thought that you and Siri would be a good couple, I mean, you're both obnoxious, loud mouthed and obsessive." I just continued to stare, "And you both aren't exactly the smartest people in the world. What I mean Tan is that you two are perfect for each other!"

"Sirius? Honestly Anna, have you seen the way he stares at girls who pull their skirts too high up? Or the ones who cake their faces in makeup?" I exclaimed, "I can tell you this; he is going to be a quidditch jock and the school's top playboy. Believe me Anna, I've seen the signs, it's like I can tell the future."

She ignored my remarks about Sirius, "Okay my little slut, let's go to the library, I have some work to do." She said jokingly.

"What about breakfast?" I asked her, remembering we had basically missed all of our first meal.

She waved her hand at me, "Don't worry about it, Remus always brings me food when I'm late, so we'll be fine."

The rest of the day was rather calm as most of the loud obnoxious people had left for the holiday. But Anna, Sirius and myself were still here. As I said: most of the loud people had left.

"How are the lesbians? Kissed and made up I see" I heard someone say from behind us, who I could instantly tell was Sirius.

"Maybe we have, but so what? Are you jealous you didn't get to join in?" Anna replied, winking as she turned to look at him.

He smirked, "No, not really, though I would have loved to see you two in action."

I scowled at him, "Okay Siriusly-Pervert and Anna-Banana, I will leave you two now to journey up to my dorm for the night. Au revoir." I sang as I left them down in the common room. When I reached the girl's first year dorm I found Isabelle sitting on her bed with her two, stick-thin legs crossed. I smiled at her kindly before heading to my trunk, rummaging through for my sleepwear. After I had changed I headed straight for my bed, hoping to dive right under the covers and get some well needed sleep.

"How are you?" A small voice said from across the room, their voice high like a soprano. I looked over to where the sound was coming from: Isabelle. "I mean, eh… sorry for waking you."

I grinned as I lay on the bed, surprised that she was talking to me. I sat up quickly, "I'm good Isabelle, and how are you? I haven't spoken to you in ages."

I could see from the small lamp -the flame flickering inside it- that she was smiling too. She chuckled quietly, "Yeah, two months or more it has been…" she paused, looking down at her feet in front of her, "I'm sorry" Isabelle said quietly, evidence of tears in her voice.

I frowned, feeling guilty for how long we had been apart, and more so for not thinking of how it had effected them –Izzy and Lily. I jumped out of my bed and scampered over to her bed, sitting down beside her and wrapping my arms around her. "No, Izzy, it's okay" I cooed into her blonde hair as I hugged her, "I'm gonna fix this." I muttered, still clutching onto her shaking shoulders.


I woke up to the bright sun in my eyes, my hands against some cold pebbled ground. When I sat up the whole scene around me was nothing like the dormitory I was expecting. I was in a large room, about the size of a barn, with picture frames aligning the walls, covering them from top to bottom. Inside these splintering frames were clouds, travelling from picture to picture. Each background was a different colour and shade, all ranging from sky blues to sunburst yellows.

Pushing myself onto my feet I noticed the robes I was wearing: blue and green material with silver vine patterns stitched into the underside of the cloak. The bodice was blue with silver seams, but the skirt only covered one of my legs, and my feet were bare against the chilled floor. Feeling exposed I pulled the cloak around to cover my left leg, the one without a skirt.

Something caught my attention.

What stood in the centre of the room was an old, dying tree. Hundreds of glass, ruby hearts hung from the leafless branches, reflecting the light off in all directions.

I began walking over, stretching my hand out in front of me, moving it forward cautiously towards one of the hearts. The heart that I touched began glowing blue, and I stared at it in fascination. I touched another one but nothing happened. So I tried another, then another but still no reaction. Touching the first one again it shone blue just as brightly as it did the first time.

I gazed down at it in confusion, then I heard a feminine voice from behind me, "That's your heart."

I whirled around, expecting to see my mother, but it turned out to be no one I knew. Instead it was a girl who looked like they were only fourteen, "Wh-what do you mean, my heart?" I muttered, staring at their slender face and grape coloured purple eyes. "And who the heck are you? You look like a freak."

She smirked down at me from across the room, "That, is a tree of hearts. This one in particular shows the hearts of all of the people you know and care about… or not." She paused, brushing a strand of her long red hair behind her ear, "And that one that glowed blue was your heart. It represents you: trustworthy, dependable and committed. But somehow, blue also represents someone with a mind of exhilaration and excitement. Strange isn't it?"

I stared at her in confusion, "Eh, okay… sorry, I didn't catch your name Batty." referring to the pair of violet leather wings that were connected to her back.

She ignored me, "Celia. Celia Weighburn and I am your guide, or a figment of your imagination, whatever you prefer." She placed her hands on her hips, "Now stop staring at me like you're brain-dead and face the bloody tree."

"Ooh, somebody's a bit moody." I teased, turning to face the tree that was in fact, not bleeding. He, he, terrible sense of humour I have. "Okay brood and snap, what is so interesting about this tree that you need to start lying about it bleeding?"

A low growl escaped her lips, causing me to jump in shock. Okay, this is one freaky winged, red haired demon thing… I don't like her, "You see that heart over there," Celia said, pointing over to a heart that was one of the highest up the tree. Unlike the other hearts which glowed red it was a vibrant jade green, causing it to stand out from the others, "that's your father's. Can you think of any reason why it's like that?"

I raised an eyebrow at her, simply because she hadn't just gone and given me the answer straight away. Damn her, now I need to think, "It's because he's a werewolf isn't it?"

She bit on her lower lip before answering, "Eh, no, it isn't, but we'll get to that later… For now let's get as much done as possible before you wake up."

I stared at her sceptically, "I'm asleep?" Celia nodded slowly, "So this is just a dream right? None of it is real then."

"Well, not exactly… the stuff I'm telling is all very true, it's just that I'm not real." She played with the hem of her skirt.

I gave her a blank expression, "Wow, I would never have guessed you weren't real, I mean the blood red hair, purple eyes and leather wings just seem so realistic to me." I muttered sarcastically.

She furrowed her brow, "Your mother knows who I am, I was there her whole childhood after all."

"Are you calling my mum crazy?"

"What gave you the idea I was calling your mother crazy?" she frowned, "I helped her see the world in a completely different way, I just happened to appear in your mind later than hers."

We both stood in complete silence, staring up at the hearts for a few minutes before I spoke up, "Does everybody have one of the trees?"

She averted her gaze from the glowing orbs to look down at the roots of the tree that were breaking through the pebbled ground, "Yes, but very few people ever see it and that's because of some sort of mental block every mind creates. It stops them from seeing their own mind… unlike you." She linked her fingers together, "You can see your mind," she continued, lifting her arms, referring to the room around us, "because of your bloodline."

"My blood? Are you serious?" I uttered, boredom evident in my voice.

She smirked, "Yes, the Silverwood bloodline is gifted."

I scoffed, "Yeah, sure, me and my crap grades sure prove that now don't they?"

"Believe it or not Tanya but your mother, Henrietta didn't have the best grades either," I chuckled, still refusing to believe her, "but her understanding of the world and my help caused her to be a Ravenclaw."

I shook my head, "Wait, you helped her?" I shifted my weight onto my right hip, crossing my arms as I did so. "As in cheating?"

"No, of course not! Nothing like that at all in fact," Celia averted her gaze to the ground, "I just kinda helped her figure out all of the answers for tests… nothing much. No, not cheating at all."

I stared at her, my mouth hanging wide open, "You really don't understand the definition of cheating do you?" I turned away from her, growing irate from our conversation and began walking to the door on the far side of the room.

"Wait, where are you going?"

"Where ever I want, it is my mind after all now isn't?" I said, not turning back to look at her, "Plus, there's a door there, and me being the nosy person I am I just have to open it."

"That door…" I heard her whisper to herself, "That door!"

Her footsteps echoed through the large room, the sound bouncing off of the walls. I didn't stop when she asked me to, but simply opened the large door instead. A bright light escaped it as I pried it open, and I felt myself drifting away, as if falling asleep. Again.


"Oh, look, our sleeping monster has decided to finally wake up." Anna's voice said from across the dormitory.

Doing the first thing I could think of I grabbed my pillow and threw it at her, hitting her right on the side of her head. She turned to glare at me, "I had the weirdest dream, would you know." I started, slowly pulling the duvet off of my legs. "It had a strange girl in it with purple wings and a bad temper."

"Wait" Anna began, "so you saw yourself in demon form is that it?" She grinned.

"Yeah probably…" I murmured, "But there was this strange tree that apparently had a heart for each of the people I know."

"Wow, that is weird, but you wanna know what dream was about? Foxes! Yeah, and a random with red hair told me something about birds and their wisdom and what not."

Not listening to her properly I changed into some fresh clothes, "I'm going to the library just now, meet you in the hall for lunch." Without waiting for her reply I quickly ran out of the door, deciding to not wear any shoes. Bouncing down the steps into the common room I found Max sitting in his usual spot by the fire. "Hello mate."

He grinned and stood up, walking to my side in three long strides, "Where you going?"

"Library, wanna come?" I replied, grabbing onto his hands gently.

He shrugged his shoulders, "Sure, I got some work I need to do."

I smiled and we headed to the library, once again hand in hand.

"So you're really against the idea of piercings, aye Remus?" I said. I


t was midday and we were having lunch at the moment, but we sat outside, right beside the lake. It was the last day of the holidays so we were making the most of it.

"Yeah, just the whole idea of having holes in your body is kind of disgusting" He replied.

"Well, Remy I hate to tell you this but you already have holes in your body." I started.

Sirius continued, "Yeah, in your eyes, nose, ears-"

"-and in your as-" I was cut off by Anna.

"Tanya!" She scolded, slapping my arm. Rather hard too.

Oh and don't forget girls have a pu-"

"TANYA!" Anna screamed at me once again, punching me in the arm. I grabbed it in pain, wincing as it went numb. She's a lot stronger than she looks, believe me.

"Do boobs count?" Sirius questioned, yet Anna didn't scold him like she did me.

"Ye they probably do…" She muttered, leaning against the tree we were sat under. "Hey, why do guys have nipples?"

I glared at her, yet she just ignored me. "Probably so you can do this," I piped up, turning to Sirius and grabbing him by the nipples, "and twist."

Sirius yelped as he slapped my hands away. Anna doubled over in laughter just from the sight of Sirius' reaction. "What the hell was that for?"

I blanked him, "So you can cause them pain like so."

"You're gonna pay for this" he groaned darkly, his eyes drilling a hole through the back of my head as I ignored him.

"Anna, stand with me." I pulled her up with me as I stood, "Now swing your hips like this-" I began waving my hips as an example for her, "And throw your arms around like crazy…"

"Yeah…" Anna said, giving me a sceptical look.

I noticed Sirius beginning to stand up, and advancing towards us, "And run!" I shouted as Sirius made a grab for me. We both did as I said and ran around the lakeside, Sirius hot on our heels.

We were panting as we came to a stop, hiding behind one of the corners around the outside of the school. We sat down, backs against the wall.

We were silent before Anna started speaking, "Tanya, I always meant to ask, what animal do you think you would be if you could Animagi?"

That question somehow sent me back to that dream I had a week ago, how that person had spoke about the colour blue. Suddenly, I heard Celia's voice ringing through my thoughts. Falcon, she whispered as if she was right beside me. "Falcon" I said, not realising that I had. And she has the mind of a fox, even ask her. Celia's voice said again, "What about you Anna?"

Anna stared off into space thoughtfully, "I think I'm a lot like a fox, that's not weird now is it?"

"It's just you thinking things Tanya" I thought to myself, pushing Celia's voice out of my mind. "No, it's not weird at all."

Just you keep thinking I'm not real Tan, just you keep believing that. Her voice rang again, echoing in my thoughts for the rest of the day.


Sorry, that was a really boring chapter that, even to me was kind of obscure. Originally the dream was supposed to go on for another 1000 words or so, but I decided to leave that for the next chapter: The Cathedral Of Time. See you later dudes, and remember Reviews make a writer feel loved in so many ways!