A/n: Wow. All I can say is that this is coming faster than I ever could have expected. This chapter just came shooting out, even giving me ideas for how to end this story. Shocking.

D/c: If you don't know this by now, you should have your brain examined. See previous chapters for more details.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mina stood outside the new Potter residence with a frown on her face. Something didn't feel right about this.

"Mina, relax, it's for the best." Sirius told her, wrapping his arms around her James stepped out of the house with a sigh.

"I can't believe that I have to be locked up." James muttered to them. "I'm going to go nuts in there. I love Lily and Harry to death, but I get claustrophobic."

Mina rolled her eyes. "Sure you do, James." She put her hands on his shoulders. "This is for the best, James. It's to protect Harry. If Voldemort comes after him then we have to protect him. You and Lily have dodged him three times. You're at the top of his hit list."

James nodded, and hugged her.

"Alright," said Dumbledore, "It's time."

James and Lily looked over their friends. They nodded and went into their new home, dejected looks in their eyes. Their freedom was no void.

"Sirius, if you will?" Dumbledore asked.

Sirius nodded and stepped forward.

Dumbledore did the complex spell and turned to the others. "Sirius is the only one able to say the name of the place of Lily and James' residence."

Mina looked over at where the house was to find it gone. "What the hell?" She snapped. "I know that house was just there."

"Such is the power of the Fidleus charm." Dumbledore told her. "Sirius, if you would, please?"

Sirius nodded. "James, Lily, and Harry Potter live at number three Godric's Hollow."

Mina watched in fascination as their home shimmered back into existence.

Everyone turned towards the door and walked inside. James smiled at them as they walked in. Lily was coming down the stairs from checking on Harry.

"Did it work?" Lily asked.

Mina nodded. "And how. The house wasn't even there until Sirius told us that it was."

"Thank you so much for doing this, Sirius." Lily said, hugging him tightly around the neck.

"Anything to protect my friends and godson." Sirius told her.

James smiled. "You're a good man, Sirius."

"We knew that already." Sirius said, smirking.

Mina smacked him upside the head as Destiny came running down the stairs and latching on to her mother's legs.

Dumbledore smiled at them all. "I must take my leave, as I have to do the same with the Longbottoms, but I will return to check in with you all in time."

"Thank you, Albus." Lily told him, smiling.

"Of course, Lily." Dumbledore told her, smiling.

Dumbledore walked out and vanished as they others took their seats around the living room.

"I'm going to have to track Peter down and let him know." Sirius told them.

Mina shook her head. "I wish you wouldn't."

"Why?" Sirius asked.

"Because, I don't want you to leave." Mina told him. "If you go hunting down Peter, who could be anywhere, in either form, it means that you'll be gone for god only knows how long."

"She has a valid point, Sirius." Lily told him as she summoned drinks from the kitchen. "Besides, we got a letter from him before we went into hiding. He's coming for a visit soon. We told him to go to your place first; there was some confidential information that was necessary for him."

Mina rolled her eyes and leaned back in her seat. "Sounds like fun."

"You still haven't forgiven him, have you?" James asked.

"No." Mina told him. "The little shit doesn't like me because you guys crusaded for my cause, for lack of a better way to say it. Why should I like him when he looks down his nose at me for something I didn't do?"

James sighed and rested a hand over his eyes. "Fine. Just, please stay civil? He's a close friend to us Marauders, Mina, and we do care about him."

Mina nodded. "Sure."

They sat in around talking for a while before Sirius and Mina took Destiny home, and Remus and Allison said good night.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Sirius sat in front of the fireplace that night, his mind spinning with the events of the day. Lily and James were now in hiding in more ways than one. Harry was marked for death because of a prophesy, and all hell had broken louse across the country. They were at war.

Mina walked up behind Sirius and wrapped her arms around his neck from behind. "What has you brooding, my handsome prince?"

"We aren't safe." Sirius told her. "When He finds out, He'll be coming after me. That's puts you, Destiny, and the Baby in danger."

Mina kissed up his shoulder. "Sirius, you worry too much." She told him. She smiled nipping at his ear. "It's fifty-fifty odds that Voldemort goes after Lily and James."

"It's more than that." Sirius told her. "Because the Longbottoms are using Dumbledore as their Secret Keeper."

Mina sighed. "So what do you think we should do."

"Switch. To someone no one would ever expect." Sirius told her. "That way, when they come looking, I can't tell them a thing, and they won't know who it is."

"That's brilliant." Mina murmured in her husband's ear. "But who?"

"Peter. He's always abroad, travelling. As long as we can visit them, no one else needs to know."

"Pure brilliance." Mina told him.

"I know." Sirius told her smiling. He kissed her cheek and stood up.

They went to their room, teasing each other as they went.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Sirius sat in the Potter sitting room not more than a week later with Peter.

"James, I'm telling you, I'd be the obvious choice." Sirius was saying. "I we let everyone believe that I'm the one that's Secret Keeper but switch to Peter then no one would be any the wiser."

Peter was nodding. "Who in their right mind would think you'd use someone as close to a squib as I am."

James sighed. "Alright."

Lily walked into the room with Harry. "Are you all sure about this? What did Remus and Alli say? What about Mina?"

"Mina thinks it's brilliant." Sirius told her. "We haven't talked to Moony and Alli yet."

Lily sighed. "If you think it'll protect Harry …"

Sirius stood and wrapped his arm around her. "I know you're worried, but Lily, you know I would never do anything that would put you guys in danger."

Lily nodded and kissed him on the cheek. "Fine. Switch." She wandered off into another part of the house while the guys transferred the power from Sirius to Peter.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

The hallway again. They always start in a hallway.

"Lily, it's him, take Harry and run. I'll hold him off." That was James' voice.

"Not Harry, please not Harry." Lily.

"Stand aside you silly girl." That voice. That cold, malicious voice could only belong to one person. Voldemort.

Mina ran, sprinting down the hall until she found the ajar door. This time, she could move, she could see.

"Not Harry, please not Harry."

It kept repeating. The same three lines.

Mina watched horrified as James fell, the green light hitting him square in the chest. She choked on a sob when she watched Lily fall. She nearly screamed when Voldemort turned to Harry. She did scream when she saw the flash of light, the lightning bolt cut, and the crumpled heap of robes that was once Voldemort.

Then it started over…

Mina shot bolt upright in bed, drenched in a cold sweat and panting.

Sirius sat up next to her. "Mi, are you alright?"

"No." Mina said, shooting out of bed. "I'm not. Sirius, I had another dream. Like the one I had when Destiny was kidnapped by Amos."

Sirius was up, pulling on his pants. "Mina, where are you going?" She was fully dressed in pants and a tanktop and sweat shirt.

"To see Dumbledore. I know what they mean now, Sirius. I understand what my dreams are for, and I'm preventing what's going to happen. I'm not going to sit back and watch as Lily and James die." Mina told him as she grabbed her wand and turned to face him. "Take care of Destiny, I'll be back in a couple of hours."

"Mina, it's three in the morning, love, Dumbledore probably isn't even up." Sirius told her.

"This can't wait, Sirius, I'm sorry. I love you, I'll be back soon." She stepped into the fire place, gave her location and was gone.

She stepped gracefully out of Dumbledore's office fireplace to find him sitting calmly at his desk.

"Mina, my child, what brings you here so late? Or rather, early?" Dumbledore asked, looking shocked.

"You remember my seventh year?" Mina told him. "I had a dream that Destiny would be kidnapped by her father?"

Dumbledore nodded.

"I haven't had one since then. Until tonight."

"And what did this dream entail?" Dumbledore asked.

"Lily and James dying at Voldemort's wand. It was so real." Mina told him, sitting down. "I was in a hallway. They always start that way. I hear James speaking, telling Lily to take Harry and run. Voldemort was at their house in Godric's Hollow. I hear Lily pleading with Voldemort to let Harry live. Then I hear Voldemort telling her to step aside. As I run down the Hall I can hear the scene repeating. Then I find the door that it's behind. The door is open, and I'm watching from behind Voldemort, kinda like he walked through the door."

Dumbledore nodded. "Thank you for coming to me with this."

"That's not all, Professor." Mina told him, standing to pace.

"What do you mean?"

"It's not just Lily and James I see die." Mina ran her fingers through her long, louse hair. "It's also Voldemort. When he fires at Harry, and it rebounds and leaves nothing but a pile of robes by the time the light fades …" She froze, swearing to herself. "How could I have not realized before. How could I have possibly have missed that…"

"Mina?"

"Peter Pettigrew is in the dream too, Headmaster." Mina hissed. "In rat form, that son of a bitch. Turned. He switched sides and watched as that bastard killed both Lily and James .." She looked over at Dumbledore. "Can I break something?"

Dumbledore nodded and floated something over in front of her. She took it in her hands and slammed it into the ground. She crushed it in with her feet, causing it to form a fine powder. The ceramic china was dust. With a casual flick of her hand she reformed the piece and passed it back to Dumbledore.

"Thanks." Mina sat down across from him. "Is there anything we can do?"

Dumbledore looked thoughtful for a moment. "There is one thing, but it's risky, and they have to be aware of it happening."

Mina nodded. "I'll go to them next, but I want to have a plan first."

"Well, it's a sort of magical clone." Dumbledore said, getting up and moving around. "Essentially, it won't be Lily and James, but it will be Harry. You can't make one of these clones out of Harry, he's much too young. However, anything that the clones do will affect Lily and James, except die. If, for instance, the clone Lily died for Harry, as you've seen, then the magical protections created from that will still hold with the real Lily."

Mina nodded, smiling. "Thank you, Headmaster."

"Please, Mina, call me Albus. After all these years …"

"You're still the man that gave me my education." Mina told him. "It's force of habit."

Dumbledore nodded. "Very well. We should inform Lily and James in the morning."

Mina nodded. "I need to get home. When you're ready, we'll head over."

Dumbledore nodded as Mina rose and stepped into the Floo Network, headed home.

Mina arrived back at the Black house and saw Sirius was waiting for her.

"Well?" He asked.

"Dumbledore has an idea." Mina told him, hugging him. "Oh, Sirius, if they die …"

"I know, love."

"Peter is going to betray them, Sirius." Mina told him. "I saw it."

"Mina, are you absolutely sure?" Sirius asked.

"Yes, I saw him there. I can't explain it …" Mina sighed. "I wish I didn't get these dreams, but if we can save Lily and James."

Sirius held her tight for a moment before they heard they heard the patter of Destiny coming down the stairs.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

A/n: Okay, there's that chapter. This is actually moving faster now that my plot bunnies have decided that they want to work. I think they went on strike from over use. Go figure, either that or the button broke down. Stupid rabbits.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

REVIEWS:

naflower05: Here's the next chapter. I had this one partially done a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't know how to start it. Then I got up this morning and BAM, there it was.

kt. potter 93: Yeah? here's the next one. (for some reason it won't let me put your name all together without deleting it. annoying.)

THANKS TO:

StabMeWithASmile for adding me to their favorite stories list.

I didn't leave anything long enough to get more than that this time. lol

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

On a more personal note, I went to see the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last night. I wasn't all that happy with it. David Yates just didn't do it justice. I'm not going to get specific because I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't seen it yet, but I wasn't impressed. There were scenes that weren't even in the book, Scenes that were in the book went word for word what the book said. There were scenes that deviated too much from the book even though there was still the esence. As a stand alone piece, it was a terrific movie. As a companion to the book series, as the rest of the movies have been, I don't think it did justice.
That's all I'm saying on that matter.

See you all next time on Sirius' Obsession.

leggy freak003