A/N: Question to other authors: Do you guys outline your stories before you write them? Because that seems like a brilliant idea- I'm just not that organized. I just sit down and write using whatever openings I unintentionally left myself in the last chapter...

WARNING: This chapter has a lot of cuss words...sorry :/ it was appropriate for the story.

OH! Also, I ALWAYS forget this so here goes- Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Percy Jackson. All I own is Autumn and the plot.


Chapter Eleven:

**Sirius' POV**

She can move water. With her mind. That's normal.

You're a terrible person.

What does that even mean? She can move water. Without magic. Is that like being a parselmouth?

You. Are. A. Terrible. Person.

How did she DO that? Ugh. So I know her secret..but I don't know her secret. I thought the only people who could do that were the bloody go-

YOU ARE A TERRIBLE PERSON!

"Bloody hell- I know!" sucking in my breath I froze, straining my ears to see if anyone had heard that. Hearing nothing I kept inching forward up the staircase leading towards Gryffindor Tower.

Pausing to stretch for a moment I shifted Autumn to my other shoulder and checked the map for people, once again cursing James for hiding the Invisibility Cloak. I could feel Autumn's long, silky hair brushing my bare arms and her breath on my back and the feeling sent shards of guilt through me. Making my way through the portrait hole I heard the smack of Autumn's head hitting the wall and winced again.

"Ungh.."

Frozen, I waited until Autumn had settled before I started moving even more slowly, half my mind on watching the map. The only person I had seen even close tonight was Malfoy, I'd almost run into him outside the kitchen but I was fairly certain he hadn't seen me, otherwise he would have said something. The other half of my mind was focused on the internal battle going on in my head.

Terrible person. Who drugs their friends?

I needed to know.

Why?

Because..I care about her.

If you cared you wouldn't have done this. You wouldn't have forced her to tell you.

She..she would understand.

She would NEVER understand. She won't ever forgive you.

She won't ever know.


**Autumn's POV**

"Ungh..."

"Finally! I thought you'd never wake up!"

Cracking my eye open slightly I peeked out a Lily, "What time is it?"

"Half past noon."

"What!" bolting up right I tried to stand but immediately fell back to bed, clutching my pounding head.

"Ugh! I feel terrible."

"Lie back then, it's Saturday anyway."

"No..no I need to find Sirius." Lily's eyebrows rose in confusion but I ignored it, sitting up slowly and searching in vain for a clean pair of jeans.

"Sirius? What for?"

Finding a pair I tugged them on and dragged a brush through my hair, wincing as I caught sight of a large bump on my temple. What the hell? Touching the tender spot I tried to think of why exactly I needed to talk to Sirius but nothing came to mind, I just felt like I needed to see him.

Digging through my trunk for a pair of socks I felt my hand brush the ice sphere, unbidden an image of Sirius came to mind, his face a mask of guilt. Gods I needed to get him out of my head, apparently I was even dreaming of him now.

Downstairs I searched in vain for any sign of him but without luck, it wasn't until I made it to the Great Hall that I even found James.

"Oi! Potter! Where's Sirius?"

"What! How come I'm Potter and he's Sirius? How come he's not Black? Or I'm not James?" his face was a mask of mock indignation, "Is it because you like him better than me, is that it? Well I- I don't even like you anyway!" standing up he moved as if to storm off out of the Hall.

"What? No! James! Where is Sirius?" sitting back down James picked apart a roll with his slender fingers, a curious look on his face.

"The Library."

"I'm SERIOUS, James. Where is he?"

At that moment Remus entered the conversation, his eyes twinkling with amusement, "He is being serious. Padfoot really is in the library."

"But..but WHY?"

Both boys shrugged, curiosity blazing in their eyes, "Dunno. He wouldn't tell us."

Shaking my head in wonder I trudged up to the library, trying to shake the apprehensive feeling lingering in my stomach.

My wanting to see Sirius was fading and as I stepped closer and closer to where he was my reluctance grew. Something was wrong. Something was very, very wrong. The feeling was so strong by the time I made it into the library that I almost cried in relief when my journey was interrupted by Severus, Lucius at his side.

"Autumn! Thank Merlin we found you, we've been looking everywhere."

"Why, what's up?"

"We..we have to tell you something. You're not going to like it."

Smiling apologetically Severus led the way to a table in the back of the library, it was surrounded by rows of shelves and only the faint sound of someone flipping pages could be heard.

"What's going on guys?"

"We..well Lucius..he saw..Well why doesn't he tell you." turning to his friend Severus nodded, "start at the beginning."
"Alright, well as you know I'm a Prefect" absentmindedly Lucius tapped the badge on his chest before continuing, "and last night I was doing my rounds, down by the kitchens around midnight and I saw you and Black come out." his icy blue eyes met mine and were full of concern,

"Autumn, you were unconscious. He was hauling you around like a sack of potatoes and being real sneaky about it."

My eyes were wide and while part of me was sure it wasn't true the rest of me was busy trying to remember anything from last night and drawing a blank. The last thing I remembered was Sirius calling my name..and leading me to the kitchens.

Again the image of Sirius' face rose in my mind, his lips forming the words, 'I'm sorry' over and over again.

"Autumn?"

He drugged me. He drugged me. But..why- no. NO! Hiding my face in my hands I bit back a sob of anger and despair. He drugged me to find out my secret. He must know by now.

"No..no, no, no, no.." tears streaking down my face I pushed away Lucius' outstretched hand. He and Severus sat starting at me in silence.

The quiet was broken suddenly by an angry shout. The previously unknown 'page-turner' had decided to make an appearance.

"You little fuckers! What the hell did you do to her?! Why is she crying?" Standing Severus and Lucius moved for their wands but I stopped them, whirling around and shoving hard against Sirius' chest. He fell back into the bookcase and the book he was holding fell to the ground, 'Complete World of Greek Mythology'. The sight of it filled me with so much anger that I threw my bag at him, and reached behind me to snatch up everything in reach.

"What-Autumn! What're yo-"

"Shut up! Just shut up you untrustworthy git! Don't you DARE insult my friends again! That is all you have ever done but they are better friends than you are, you lying bastard!" scrubbing my tears away angrily I stepped back towards where Lucius and Severus still stood, backing away from where Sirius was, shoulders hunched in shame.

"So you know my secret, huh? Are you HAPPY now? I hope so, since apparently you wanted it so badly you had to DRUG me. To force it out of me." my face showed how betrayed I felt and for once when I looked into Sirius' beautiful grey eyes all I felt was disgust.

His mouth opened and he reached a hand out to me beseechingly but I just shook my head. Linking arms with Lucius and Severus I walked past him. His eyes sparked in anger at the sight.

Pausing just before I rounded the corner I turned back to him and spat, "At least now I know the real you, BLACK. I'm just sorry I didn't see that you were just pretending like you cared." turning I dragged Lucius and Severus down the row of books towards the exit.

I'd expected to end it at that. Expected him to wallow quietly in shame while I escaped someplace to cry my eyes out alone. But I should have known better. I should've known he'd fight back.

"Oh don't act like I'm the only bad guy here, CRANE." he was on his feet, his face a twisted mask of anger and contempt. There was no sign of the beautiful boy I had come to love. My heart ached even more but my anger masked the pain.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me! I'm not the one who has been lying to their friends! To the whole school!" at this point everyone in the library was staring at us and even Madam Pince was wide-eyed and waiting breathlessly for what would happen next.

"Don't you dare..." my voice was just a whisper but it shook with anger. For a moment there was silence. Everyone in the room was holding their breath, waiting for what Sirius would say next.

And then Sirius smiled.

"Don't what? Tell the truth? Tell them that you're half witch and half god? A FREAK?"

My eyes closed and for a moment I thought with relief that I was going to black-out but Sirius' soft voice drew me back and I stood with tears streaming down my cheeks as people gasped.

"But Crane..I thought you wanted me to tell the truth. Because I'm a lying bastard. But don't worry. I won't lie anymore."

Opening my eyes I struggled to take in a breath. Meeting Sirius' eyes I saw the thing that I had dreaded for so long. Contempt. Disgust. Glancing around I saw it written clearly on every face.

People backed away from me like I had a disease, but they didn't look away. They kept staring at me shamelessly like I was a zoo animal.

"Freak."

The word fell from every mouth and turning back to Sirius I couldn't make myself meet his eyes as I heard him say it too.

"I will never forgive you, Sirius Black."

Turning I was shocked to see that Severus and Lucius still had my arms, they looked at me with nothing but concern and compassion and I was so overcome that I burst into a fresh round of tears.

"Don't cry, Autumn, don't cry. We're here for you. You don't need them...
You're with us now."


A/N: PLEASE review!