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Chapter Fifteen

It was twenty minutes until classes would start when the group stood to leave. Hallie stayed behind to walk in back of the others so she could think to herself. No harsh comments…no mean words…something seems so different. She looked to Sirius who was talking to Peter about something or other. They both laughed. Maybe he felt her eyes on her but his gaze turned back to her and he sent a secret smile her way. This was alarming to her so she just forced a small smile back. He turned back to his friends. It's just so different.

She ran up to him. "Sirius, can I talk to you?" He looked at her for a moment before nodding.

"Sure, what's up?" he asked. She looked at him. There was a certain knowing gleam in his eyes that she hadn't noticed before. What was it?

"Er – I – I wanted to thank you again, for – for last night…well, just overall. That was a brave thing you did, something that I wouldn't have thought you would be able to do," she said to him with a grin. He didn't grin back but just let out a small smile.

"Thanks, I think. Is that all?"

She looked at him with a wondering gaze but he just looked forward. "Um…yeah, that's it." He nodded.

"All right then."

She stopped in her tracks and held out her hand. Sirius turned around to look at her for a moment. Then he shook her hand. "Everything's back to normal then?" she questioned softly.

The new gleam in his eyes sparkled noticeably. "Yeah, everything's back to normal again," he whispered. "I'll talk to you later, k, Hallie?"

"Ok." And then he walked off. She watched after him for a while before heading back to her dorm where she got her school supplies ready once again.

I guess I expected that…I mean, we're enemies…right? Or we were… Sirius shook his head. Why do I feel like something's missing…even if everything seemed to change…it still seems like something's missing.

I guess I knew that she would try to make it how it was before again…she's not used to big changes, it's new to her…but I doubt anything will ever be normal between us again. That is to say, not how it used to be, not how it was before Rogue showed up. Everything's changing though, and I guess…I guess I'll just have to deal with it. I'll have to wait for it to come, because when it does, there's no stopping it. He just sighed and ran off to class.

James sighed in dread. Divination was next. "Don't look so depressed, James, it's depressing," said Remus with a playful grin. Peter smiled.

"What's the matter? Girl problems?" James jumped up and threw one of the couch pillows at him. They laughed.

"Hey, where'd Sirius go?" he asked suddenly. Remus and Peter looked around. Peter shrugged.

Remus said, "Hallie said she wanted to talk to him about something." James' famous mischievous grin sprang to his face.

"Ooh, it isn't me with the girl problems now, it's our dear Sirius." The boys laughed and got ready for class.

"What'd you talk to him about?" asked Lily. Gwen snickered.

"I saw you down the table…looked like you two were getting comfortable…" she taunted. Hallie sent a glare her way.

"It was nothing." Lily noted the clipped edge in the girl's voice and sent a meaningful look to Gwen who didn't seem to take the hint.

"Oh," said the girl.

"I just said thanks and now everything's back to normal." Lydia looked up from her book.

"Normal? It can't be back to normal after what happened!" she protested. Hallie shrugged. "Come on, Hal, you don't really want –"

"You don't know what I want. Now come on or we'll be late for class." She slung her bag over her shoulder and led the way out. Lily and Lydia shared a secret smile before the three girls followed the girl out.

"Hallie, don't tell me you didn't bring your book again…" said Lily with a sigh. The girl smiled innocently.

"I forgot, sorry, Lil, but you don't mind, do you?" Lily grinned and shook her head. "Of course you don't, you're too nice to say so." At this, the other girl swatted at her. "Ok, ow."

"I guess that out rules me asking her for a book," said James with a grin to Sirius. The boy shrugged. "What's eating you?" The boy shook his head.

"Nothing at all."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm fine," said Sirius with a terminating tone. James looked at him for a moment, then tried to flatten his messy hair. Professor Sibylline handed out the crystal balls once again.

"Mr. Potter, you will inform me if you see anything?" she asked softly so only he could hear her. He looked up at her evenly.

"Er – yeah, sure." She smiled and nodded.

"You may begin." And the students looked into the crystal balls.

"Oh! Hallie, look! It looks almost exactly like your snow globe!" exclaimed Lily in excitement. Hallie looked at it and her eyes widened.

"No way! Hey, guys, look!" She put the ball in James' hands so he and Sirius could look at it. Their expressions didn't change to amazement, only to confusion.

"What about it?" asked James slowly. Lily looked at him as if it were obvious.


"It's practically like Hallie's snow globe! I think you saw it, but Sirius, I know you did!" The two girls were beaming at him now. He looked at each of their faces in turn.

"I – er…sorry to break your bubbles, but I don't see anything…it's only a bunch of gray clouds…" he said cautiously. Their faces slowly fell.

"Are – are you sure?" Hallie asked the two boys. They nodded. She then grinned. "Oh I get it! You guys are kidding us aren't you…some joke or something right?" They looked serious.

"No…"

"I don't understand," said Lily, looking to Hallie. The other girl shrugged. "But you do see it don't you.

"Yeah, I do. It's the redhead and the black-headed girls with the messy haired guy and the silver blonde-headed guy. They're throwing snowballs…" Lily nodded.

"That's what I see too, let me ask the professor. Professor Sibylline?" called Lily. The professor strolled over and looked at the two girls.

"Yes, dears, do you see something?" They shook their heads.

"Look, I think you accidentally put the snow globe on our table instead of a crystal ball," said Hallie with a smile. Professor Sibylline glared at her.


"Oh, you two think you're so funny do you?" Lily and Hallie shook their heads quickly.

"Not at all, Professor! I mean, it's just that it looks exactly like Hallie's snow globe," said Lily earnestly. The teacher looked at them searchingly before her expression changed to one of curiosity.

"What does it look like?" she asked mystically. Hallie described it once more. "And the globe you speak of?"

"It looks the same," replied Lily.


"I see…" said Professor Sibylline, though she didn't look like she did. "Look it up in the book, dears, and write me a report, due tomorrow."

"How rude!" proclaimed Hallie to her best friend on their way out of the classroom. "What an old miserly bloke! Don't you think?" Lily grinned.

"Maybe we did see something in that thing after all…" she told the girl. Hallie raised an eyebrow.

"You believe in that prophesizing stuff?" Lily shrugged. "Well I don't. Seems to me like she's just an old hag pretending she can see things that aren't there," said Hallie. Lily elbowed her.

"Hallie…"

The other girl put up her hands in defense. "I'm just being honest!"

"Good, but can you not be honest in such a blunt way?" asked Lily.

"I guess."

"Hal, there's a question I've been meaning to ask you," said Lily after a while. Hallie looked at her expectantly.

"What is it?"

"Well…it's about that Rogue guy and the Alloy Child. Is that real?" she asked. Hallie looked thoughtful.

"I'm not sure…Sirius said it probably is. Otherwise Rogue was a fake. But he wasn't, so I guess it is real…I have no idea."

Lily said, "Well, why don't we ask Professor Greggors then? He's the one with the amulet said to hold Rowe…"

"Yeah, let's." They stepped into the classroom but were both replied to see that it wasn't Professor Greggors at the head of the classroom, it was someone else.

"Professor Jenkins?" exclaimed Sirius in incredulity. "What're you doing here?" She smiled and rolled her eyes.

"Professor Greggors has fallen ill so I will be teaching in his place. Is that all right with you, Mr. Black?" she asked. He grinned.

"Of course it is. Any extra class I have with your dear teaching skills is a gift from heaven," he replied sweetly. She rolled her eyes again and began the class.

Everything seemed normal through the rest of that month and before anyone knew it, it was time for the Christmas Holidays. "I know you'll miss me, but try to behave, won't you?" said Gwen with a smirk. She winked at them before they all gave her hugs and waved her off. And then it was Lydia's turn. She smiled.

"I'll see you guys soon, and please pay heed to what Gwen said, and behave?" she directed this comment with an edge and then glanced at the two boys waving behind the girls. "But I guess it's pretty useless to ask at all, isn't it?" Lily and Hallie laughed and looked at each other.

"Pretty much, yeah." They each gave her a hug and then waved her off too.

"Well, it's just you and me now I guess," said Hallie. Lily chuckled.

"You're forgetting two notorious boys…" she replied pointing her thumb behind her. Hallie looked around at the two boys following them and sighed.

"Maybe I didn't forget…maybe I was trying to pretend that they don't exist…" Lily laughed and put her arm around the other girl's shoulder and Hallie did likewise.

"Just enjoy the holidays, we'll be here for a while…"

The girls were sitting in their dormitory. Lily was catching up on a book she was reading called "Witch Week". "Hey, Hallie, look. In this book, they burned witches!" she exclaimed. Hallie turned and looked at her with wide eyes.

"Who would write about that?" she wondered.

"Personally, they should just get rid of all those books. It gives the muggles ideas." Lily laughed.

"But you know that they really used to do that, don't you?" she asked. The other girl nodded.

"But I heard it was fun. This one witch, I don't remember her name, but she used a little charm that made the fire tickle her instead."

"Really?"

"Mm hmm."

"Whatever you say." Hallie looked at her snow globe.

"I'm bored, let's go do something, something fun." Lily raised an eyebrow.

"Like what?"

"Like…play in the snow!" said Hallie with a bright smile.

Lily laughed. "But there's not snow outside," she protested.

Hallie sighed. "Lily, Lily, Lily, have you taken a look out of our window lately?" At this, the girl jumped up and looked outside her window to where snow was falling heavily.

"No way! Let's go!" They rushed to put on their thicker robes to go outside. Then they went to Professor Jenkins' office.

"Professor, can we go outside and play in the snow?" asked Hallie. The teacher looked at them for a moment before nodding.

"All right, but don't stay out too long, we don't want you getting sick so early during the holidays," she warned. The girls nodded and walked out.

Hallie started to hum:

"Powdery flakes of white snow

Are flowing to the ground

Christmas carols are being sung

To make the winter sound.

People always wonder what they should do,

To make their loved ones love them too –"

But then applause interrupted her song. "Bravo, bravo! Encore!" yelled Sirius and James. She turned around and glared at them.

"What do you want?" she asked them. Lily laughed and then she too turned around.

"We're just going outside," replied Sirius.

"Yeah, did you guys see how hard it's snowing?" exclaimed James.

Lily nodded. "It's like a blizzard out there!"

"Oh, damn it!" yelled Hallie. They looked at her. "I forgot my tune!" She glared accusingly at James and Sirius.

Sirius said, "Don't worry, I remember it!" He started to sing, "People always wonder what they should do, to make their loved ones love them too…" The other three burst into rounds of laughter. He looked around in confusion. "What, didn't I say it right?" he asked looking at them in puzzlement.

James nodded, still laughing and Hallie said, "I've never heard you sing before!"

Lily agreed, "It was priceless!" He shrugged.

"Did it blow all that badly?" he asked. James shook his head.

"Actually, it wasn't that bad." The girls nodded in assent.

Hallie clapped a hand onto his shoulder. "I never thought you had it in you."

Snow flakes falling to the ground

Children doing their very best

To make their parents proud.

Chilled air flowing, rushing by,

Birds singing songs,

Flying high in the sky.

Laughter, cheer, happiness and glee

Families hanging ornaments

On their Christmas tree.

There was never another season, people say,

That was ever happier

Than Christmas Day.

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