Once they dipped their heads in the Pensive, they were immediately surrounded by the walls of Great Hall as the feast commenced in front of them.
"Lily," Athena nudged Lily and James, pointing to a certain place where a messy mop of black hair stood out. "Harry."
Lily's eyes were filled with motherly tears, and all she wanted was to run and hug him.
"What's your fucking problem guys!? Why are you tormenting my sister!!" Andrea's furious yell boomed through the whole corridor which only consisted of three Gryffindor, a Hufflepuff, and Three Slytherins.
"Your sister is a Slytherin!" Ron snapped back.
"So what!?" Andrea crossed her arms. "Even if she is, we believe in our upbringing! Just because she is ambitious doesn't mean she is evil!" Andrea yelled again and grabbed Athena's hand. "Now, don't contact me ever again if you can't be friends with my sister." She screamed again, dragging Athena with her.
"We eventually started hanging out and after a while, we all became such good friends that it was impossible to tell that Harry and Ron hated me first." Athena laughed quietly.
They saw Ron getting dragged away by Sirius, and Harry, Hermione and twins going inside the Whomping Willow, towards the shrieking shack.
" Harry! Hermione! I-Its a trap! He is not a dog! He is an Animagus!" The four turned around to come face to face with a ragged looking Sirius Black, who was grinning at them, littered in what looked like a Prison tattoo.
Andrea and Athena whipped their wands out, eyes hard and ready to attack. Ron stumbled but stood up as Hermione held him, and went to stand in front of Harry, panting.
"If you want to kill Harry, you will have to kill us too!" He said, voice loud and clear as he, Andrea and Athena shielded Harry.
"I am not here to kill you all.." Sirius said quietly, until a grin appeared on his face. "Only one will die tonight." He grinned.
"And that would be you!" Harry yelled before pushing all of them aside and pouncing on Sirius like a lion, whipping his wand out and pointing at his face.
"Only he can use that dramatic ass sentence when he is clearly on the run." Gideon playfully taunted Sirius.
"Well I am a renowned actor you know." Sirius wiggled his eyebrows.
"I would rather say a renowned Idiot." Remus rolled his eyes.
"Expelliarmus!" A sudden shout and Harry's wand went flying in Remus's hand, who appeared at the doorway in his robes.
"Looking rather ragged aren't we, Sirius?" Remus asked while encircling Sirius as Harry stood up from him and so did Crookshanks, Hermione's beloved tabby cat.
"Where is he, Sirius?" Lupin asked, his voice seeming like suppressing a lot of anger.
They all watched intently as Hermione revealed that Remus was a Werewolf, and then trying to explain Scabbers is Pettigrew, with Lupin explaining his childhood story to the kids.
"I am going to find that cat and adopt him." Sirius said, looking lovingly at Crookshanks.
"Two for Azkaban tonight.." Snape's eyes glinted fanatically. "Guess Lupin, how much Dumbledore is going to be hurt knowing you betrayed his trust." He said. "His favorite Gryffindors…" He sneered again. "And I am writing to your sister, Miss Archembeau." Athena scoffed at that.
"You fool.." Lupin started quitely. "Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man into Azkaban?" Lupin asked, baffled that he hadn't let go of that.
"He doesn't have any other work than poking noses in other businesses." Sirius scoffed, riling Snape up. "Why don't you go and play with your chemistry set, Snape?" He took a jibe at Snape.
"I will.. once you get the dementors kiss.." Sirius's face paled at that.
"No, Snape, you won't do that." Sirius said, warningly.
"Give me a reason, I beg you." Snape said.
Athena met Harry's eyes, and she saw him sliding out Hermione's wand while the said girl was looking intently at the scene unfolding before her eyes. He looked at her and nodded his head. "At the count of three.." he mouthed as he shifted near her.
"One… two… three!" Both whipped their wands out, sending two jets of red beam at Snape.
"Expelliarmus!"
"Stupefy!!"
And Snape was blasted to the wall behind the bed. Everyone looked at them in awe. "You attacked a teacher!" Hermione shrieked.
"Say you!" Ron retorted, clearly impressed. "You put his robes on fire!" And that shut her up.
"You have to tell me that." James looked at Andrea who nodded.
"Where is Pettigrew?" Harry asked, his voice shaking with fury.
"You, boy, give me the rat." Sirius said.
"You got out of Azkaban to get your hands on Scabbers?" Ron asked, running his hands over his pet rat. "Wait– you said he could turn into a rat, but how are you sure that he is the one?" He asked, clearly skeptical.
"That's a good question, five points to Gryffindor." Lupin said and Ron smiled triumphantly.
"He is missing a toe, isn't he?" Sirius asked and when Ron nodded, spoke, "all the remains of Pettigrew which were found were–"
"A toe.." Andrea said and when everyone looked at her, she blushed. "What?" I read the Daily Prophet!" She said, baffled.
"Of course," Lupin breathed. "So simple . . . so brilliant . . . he cut it off himself?"
"Just before he transformed," said Black. "When I cornered him, he yelled for the whole street to hear that I'd betrayed Lily and James. Then, before I could curse him, he blew apart the street with the wand behind his back, killed everyone within twenty feet of himself — and sped down into the sewer with the other rats. . . ." Sirius told them.
"Didn't you ever hear, Ron?" said Lupin. "The biggest bit of Peter they found was his finger."
"Look, Scabbers probably had a fight with another rat or something! He's been in my family for ages, right–"
Their eyes widened when Sirius and Remus forced Scabbers to transform, which he did, and was Pettigrew.
"I never believed him to betray us!" Lily gasped in shock.
"You all were illegal animagus?!" McGonagall was shocked by this information. "You better sign up to the ministry for this Black and Potter!" She scolded them.
"Remus! Sirius!" Pettigrew squeaked. "My old friends." He smiled nervously.
"Merlin's balls!" Athena swore. "I have never seen such shit in my life!" She said, "Language!" Andrea scolded her sister.
All of them raised their wands, but Lupin raised his hand, turning to Peter.
"We have been having a casual chat, Peter. You know about the night Lily and James died. You must have forgot some finer points while squeaking down here and there–"
"You don't believe me Remus?" Peter asked, faking a shock. "He tried to kill me!"
"Stop lying Pettigrew!" Andrea screeched in anger. "I can bloody read your mind, I am a born Legilimen! I can see that you're scared that they will kill you as soon as they get the answer to their answer. I can clearly read that you sold them out for Voldemort and you were working with him since two years!" Andrea seethed, her chest going up and down due to the screaming and anger.
A deafening silence fell over, and all eyes got trained over Peter again. "Why did you do that, Peter?" Lupin asked, quietly.
"What would I have done, Remus?" Peter cried. "You see! We are no match for the Dark Lord's Power! He would have killed me!" Peter tried to reason with him.
"We would have saved you!" Sirius snapped back.
"We never thought that out of all people, YOU will betray them, Peter." Lupin said, his voice laced with disbelief. "All those years, I thought I had lost my two best friends and one traitor was sitting in Azkaban. But it should have been you." Lupin sneered at him.
"Stuff like this gives me trust issues. I am thankful for having only a few friends." Andrea said.
"Says you," Athena scoffed. "You would rather be the kind, friendly, cute Hufflepuff and I have to guard you from bitches all the time." She rolled her eyes.
They all took them out, with Peter tied to Ron and Sirius, as Lupin took an unconscious Snape out. Lupin then tended Ron's broken leg, while Sirius and Harry talked. Suddenly, Lupin's eyes went wide looking over the horizon as he transformed into a werewolf, and when he tried to attack the kids, Sirius transformed and held him back.
In all these, Peter escaped.
"Whoa!" Kingsley exclaimed as soon as they were out of Pensieve. "You gotta be kidding me buddies!" He said to James, Sirius and Remus who were still struck by betrayal.
Sirius's facial expressions suddenly changed to that of rage, and he jumped up. "I am going to kill that bastard!" He snarled and proceeded to go out but Andrea ran away in front of him and grabbed his hand. Sirius turned and looked at her hand, and then her.
"Let me go, Andrea." He said sternly.
"No, I won't. I don't want you to be thrown in Azkaban." Her warm voice was surprisingly strong. "I am trying to make everyone's life better, Sirius. Please.." she said softly this time, and Sirius stopped.
Lily smiled at the flicker of emotion which glinted in Sirius's eyes.
"Now, which memory?" Frank asked, ready for another blow.
"Triwizard Tournament." Athena said.
Once they all dwelled inside, they all encountered a crowd with bated breath at the stadium while Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Cedric Diggory and Harry Potter were inside the maze, trying to win.
Hermione, Ron, Andrea and two other Slytherin boys were sitting at the second row, with Athena clutching one's hand tightly.
"Who's he?" Fabian pointed at him.
A small, sad smile broke at Athena's face. "Theodore Nott. My ex boyfriend. He died at the hands of Rodulphus Lestrange when he refused to join the Death Eaters." She told him and he side hugged her, rubbing her shoulder in a comforting manner.
Suddenly, two bodies fell out of teleportation, and the crowd erupted in cheers but they all stopped looking at the scene in front of them.
Harry was crying badly while clutching Cedric, who was not moving at all, and his eyes looked into the vast night sky, empty. The professors ran ahead, and Hermione, Ron, Andrea, Athena, Theodore along with the blonde Slytherin too joined them.
"He is back!" Harry yelled through his tears, his voice scratchy. "He is Back! V-Voldemort is back!" He yelled again, his throat sore.
A collective gasp had them looking at each other in horror, as Harry was sent inside with Alastor Moody, and others followed too.
"Cedric!" Andrea ran towards the stretcher, but this time his eyes were closed and it looked like he was sleeping. Tears freely fell from her eyes as she took his palm and softly kissed it, crying with her head on his chest, desperate to hear some heartbeat. "You left me!" She cried again.
"An-Andy…" Athena grabbed Andrea while Madame Pomfrey took Cedric away. Andrea hugged and cried at Athena's shoulder as she watched him go.
"It was bad, really bad." Andrea said with a sniffle. "Harry was in a great depression at that time. He told us that he was always plagued with nightmares of the night Voldemort came back to life and Cedric died. He always held himself responsible for Cedric's death."
The memory now was of Dumbledore's army trying to get past the inquisitorial squad. Harry, Athena and Ginny were tiptoeing away from Inquisitorial Squad, until Harry bumped into a certain Blonde.
"Oohh~ looks like we caught a butterfly on the web." Draco smirked, his grey eyes glinting. "Where are you going, Potter?" He spat Harry's name.
"I don't think it's any of your concern Malfoy." Harry spat back.
Athena groaned. "Shut up! Draco, please let us go! You told me you won't let me get in trouble." She said with pleading eyes. Draco looked conflicted, until he turned back and peaked out of a corridor.
"Filch's coming this way. Go fast!" He ushered them away, and Athena grabbed their hands, running to the Room of Requirement.
"Why did he listen to you?" Lily asked, confused.
"Draco might be an asshole to others, but he was a lonely boy who was jealous of Harry, Hermione and Ron's friendship. He always got friends who wanted his popularity, so he was always sad. I once heard this and me and Theo started getting close to him. It all changed after the battle of the Department of Mysteries and Lucius Malfoy was thrown into Azkaban."
The scenery changed and now they all were in the Department of Mysteries, surrounded by globes which were falling and crashing on the floor beneath them, as they shot spells on Death Eaters and ran, stumbling into the Death Room.
Andrea felt a cold shiver run up her spine, as she shot spells at the unnamed and masked death eaters, while Bellatrix's cackles were booming around. Someone had grabbed her and pointed a stick up her neck, and she saw literally everyone tied up.
Bellatrix was poking Neville's ear.
Antonin held Athena and had that shit eating grin on his face, while Harry and Lucius bickered back and forth like kids for Prophecy which was in Harry's hand. Suddenly, bright flashes entered the room, and Sirius stood in front of Harry.
"Don't you dare touch my Godson!" Sirius yelled and punched Lucius in his face.
James and Kingsley started laughing badly at the scene, and Remus smiled. Sirius looked astonished.
Taking the opportunity, she jabbed her elbow in the death eater's stomach behind her, and gave a stunning roundhouse kick to his face, breaking the mask.
"Petrificus Totalus!" She snapped her wand at him, running and grabbing Ginny.
"Amdy!" Tonks held her. "Grab everyone, and get out! Especially Harry. We don't want him anywhere near here." She said and Andrea nodded. "Go!"
Remus and Athena had indulged Antonin in a neck to neck competition, while Tonks was single handedly facing Bellatrix.
"Wassup! Aunt Bella?~" Tonks wiggled her eyebrows playfully, making Bellatrix snarl and throw spells at her.
"Protego Maxima!" Andrea yelled as she joined Tonks.
"Where is Harry?" Tonks asked.
"I don't know!" Andrea replied through chaos.
Bellatrix left them alone after that, and two different Death Eaters.
"You can do better than that!" Sirius took a jibe at Bellatrix, whose face was contorted in a permanent scowl. She snarled and snapped her wand towards him, and a bright red jet hit Sirius, and he was sucked inside the transparent veil.
"NO!" Hermione and Ron cried out loud, trying to go towards Veil but Remus grabbed him, his face shining with tears.
"SIRIUS!" Andrea yelled out in horror, clamping her mouth with her hand as tears began falling out of her eyes like a waterfall.
Harry struggled against Remus's hold, his terrifying screams resonating against the walls, as he broke off the hold and ran behind Bellatrix, ready to kill her.
"Harry!" Andrea cried again as she shook out from her reverie and ran behind Harry, who was attacked by Voldemort.
"Diffindo!!" Andrea yelled, her wand high in air but her spell was directed towards Bellatrix, who shielded herself from Shield Charm, and Dumbledore indulged Voldemort in battle.
Suddenly the Hearths roared with green fire, and Voldemort turned around, getting a glimpse of Cornelius Fudge. He grabbed Bellatrix and apparated away from there, but was seen by Fudge.
"He is back.." Fudge said in a small voice, laced with worry.
Others came out from the memory, and everyone was dead silent.
"I.. I died?" Sirius questioned Andrea who was being smothered in a hug by Alice, and she nodded her head.
"We had a hard time coming to terms with your death. We never really went back to Grimmauld, until one time when we learnt about Regulus Black, who stole Slytherin's Locket." Athena took a deep breath in.
"Our sixth year was emotionally a roller coaster for me, at least. I didn't see Theo, and I needed emotional support which Draco gave me. We were best of friends. Until he revealed where Theo was." She said, before taking out a vial with shaking hands, and opening it.
James grabbed her hand. "You don't need to show it if it hurts, Athena."
Athena looked at James with tearful eyes. His hazel eyes were similar to the stormy grey of Draco, but had light green color in them. "I want to."
The silver swirled across them as they saw a sixth year Athena stumbling back, as Draco showed her his arm. His eyes bloodshot red and brimmed with tears.
The ominous skull with a snake slithering around it was making Athena feel like throwing up, the Dark Mark etched upon his arm was looking hideous.
"Theo..?" Athena asked through her unshed tears.
"Theo out right denied taking the Dark Mark. He said he would rather die than take it. He did it for you, Thena. And the Dark Lord had him killed by Rodulphus Lestrange." Draco cried out and Athena fell on her couch beside the bed.
Athena felt empty. As if her life was taken right out of her. She really loved Theo, he was there for her when no one was, he always hyped her up. And when it was her turn to return the favor, he sacrificed himself.
Athena let her head fall on her palms, as she started crying. She was never a crybaby, but when she cried, it meant she was in so much pain. Her ugly cry echoed through the whole dormitory, paining anyone who could have heard it but was concealed due to Muffliato Charm. Draco went ahead and hugged her, hiding her face in his stomach.
"I am sorry Thena." Draco sniffled.
"No." Athena's voice was muffled until she harshly showed off Draco from herself. Draco stumbled back, but caught himself. He looked up to see Athena's eyes blazing fire, and her hairs were the deepest shade of red. As if she was bleeding from her scalp.
"You hid this from me!" Athena yelled. "You hid this from me, for a whole fucking year!" She yelled again.
"Thena please listen–" she raised her palm, effectively shutting her up.
"I hate you, Malfoy." She spat out his last name. "I don't think friends hide things from each other. I hate you!" She cried and ran out of her room and dormitory, passing Daphne Greengrass and Blaise Zabini who tried to stop her.