Ok, everybody, I know, I'm terrible, it took my SOOO long to get this up and I
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Summer
What seemed like weeks were actually months and James, Lily, Gemini, Bella, Sirius, Remus and peter were back on the hogwarts express on their way home. Lily and Gemini invited Bella to stay at their houses for part of the summer. Sirius invited James, Remus and Peter over his house as well. All too soon they found themselves in Kings Cross Station waiting for their rides.
"Gemini! Lily dear over here!" Stella Cielo yelled as she saw the girl though the crowds of people.
"Coming mama!" Gemini yelled over the heads of the students, while grabbing Lily's hand, who grabbed Bella's hand and followed Gemini to her mother.
"Mama, this is Bella, she is the girl I told you about, the one who will be staying the summer."
"Oh, hello Bella, it's very nice to meet you."
"The pleasures all mine" Bella replied politely
"Come on Gemini, we have to get home, we have a real surprise for you" Stella said beaming
"Sure, bye guys, owl us like 200 times a day ok?" Gemini said as she and Lily headed out of the station and to the Cielo's car.
* * *
"MAMA! PAPA! Thank you! Thank you!" Gemini screamed as she walked in to her room to find a new shooting star broomstick with a big bow on it lying on her bed.
"We gave the money to Tony, who bought it in the wizard world." Virgo said, smiling at her ecstatic daughter
"Wow…" Gemini whispered in amazement as she ran her fingers over the smooth, streamline making of the new broom. "I wish I could try this out…" she though aloud, still awestruck that she owned the best broom out on the market. "Just wait till Bella and Lily see this!"
* * *
"Bella!" Lily and Gemini cried as their best friend tumbled out of the Cielo's fire.
"Lily! Gemini! How's your summer been?" Bella asked her two friends as they walked up the stairs to Gemini's bedroom, to plan what they would be doing with their time together.
"Pretty good" Lily said as they got to the top of the stairs.
"I heard that Sister dearest!" Pisces snapped as she stepped out of her room. "Now, you wouldn't want me to tell mama about a certain boy in school now would you Gemini?"
"Pisces, you have nothing against me. I'm papa's little angel. If you think you can dig stuff up on me, try it go right ahead. But if you do, I'll be forced to use my powers. Because I consider that provoked." Gemini said grinning as she walked past her dumbfounded sister and led her two best friends in to her room.
"Wow, Gem, what did you tell her that got her so mad?" Bella asked as she put her stuff down on the floor next to Gemini's bed.
Gemini cleared her throat and said dramatically "Hello, and welcome to the house of heaven. Here, you will eat the finest Italian food. Sleep in our most comfortable bed. Chill with the coolest girls in first year, and be terrified by the sight of our sisters!"
* * *
The third day the girl where together, Bella wanted to see what a muggle fast food restaurant was like. So Gemini and Lily brought her to McDonalds.
After ordering 3 hamburgers, 3 sodas, and 3 large French fries the girls sat down and began to talk about stupid stuff. School, on how Giovani fumed every time Gemini made her potion perfect. On how Remus could beat every single person in the school in chess, and how James was so smart in transfiguration, and Sirius was a hopeless cause.
"So Gemini, how's Sirius doing?" Lily asked, with a smile across her face. She loved looking at the expression ion her best friend's face whenever her boyfriend was mentioned.
"Sirius…" Gemini said, a lazy smile spreading across her face "He hasn't written like her said he would" her voice trailing off
"Oh come of it! Gemini you two have been going out for 7 happy months! He's probably driving poor James, Remus and Peter insane right now, talking about you" Bella began
"Like he usually does!' Lily finished for her
"I guess your right" Gemini said
"Of course I'm right, I'm Bella remember, I'm always right"
"Come on guys, let's go back to my house and get some delicious zepolies." Gemini said as the three girls walked back to Gemini's house.
* * *
"Hello girls" Virgo said as the girls ran in to the house.
"Hi papa" Gemini said kissing her father on the cheek
"Hello Mr. Cielo" Bella and Lily said in unison
Just then a high pitched scream echoed through the house. Pisces and Petunia ran down the stairs still, screaming
"THERES A BIRD IN HER ROOM!" Pisces shrieked
A smile spread across the three friends' faces as they sprinted up to Gemini's room to find Sirius's owl sitting on her bed.
"Hey there pretty" Gemini cooed as she led the owl to the bathroom for some water. When they returned, she took the note that was bound to its leg and the three girls crowded around it.
Love
The girls just grinned.
"Oh Mama!" Gemini sang as she skipped down the stairs.
After much persuasion, the girls finally convinced their parents to let them go. They ran back upstairs to write the boys back.
Love Always ~
The girls sent they letter back, and went to Lily's house so she could pack. Then they went back to Gemini's so Bella and Gemini could pack.
* * *
Gemini had to think some things out. She had a lot on her chest and she had to get it all out some where. She told Bella and Lily to go back to Lily's house and she'll meet up with them later on. She ran to her "secrete spot" as she called it. It was a clearing in the woods where she could work out with out being bothered. She began to shadow box as soon as she got there.
"Jab, Jab, Reverse, Reverse, hook, hook, upper, upper" Gemini said, executing each move as she spoke. After about 15 minutes of boxing drills. She laid down on the forest floor. It was hot out that day, and since she was alone, she decided to take off her T-shirt, and since she was wearing her sports bra, she didn't have a problem with this.
She let the warm sunshine flood on to her face, warming her body. It wasn't a very windy day but she felt a very short burnt on wind. She slowly opened her eyes and stared in to the mischievous eyes of Sirius. Gemini leaped to her feet and grabbed Sirius around his neck. She pulled away from him, then slapped him.
"What a welcome" Sirius said, grinning
"Why didn't you write to me!" Gemini said, mock pouting
"I though I would surprise you" Sirius said, taking her in to his arms "and I like this new look you have going for your self"
He was about to pull her in to a kiss when Gemini stopped. She walked backwards. She heard something. She strained her ears for any other signs of noise or movement. Her eyes were fixed on one spot in the air. All of a sudden two hysterical boys appeared out of no where, their faces red from hold back their laughter for so long.
"James POTTER AND Remus LUPIN!" Gemini screamed
"Sirius, can I use your broom for a second, please?" Giving him her infamous puppy dog eyes. "Don't worry, I have plans for this cloak." And with that she gave him a quick kiss on the lips, grabbed his broom and took off.
The feeling she got whenever she was in the air returned. She shot past the two boys, whipped around and smiled.
"I'll teach you to laugh at me" she mocked as she dove down and looped the two stunned boys. The last time they saw her fly, she wasn't very good at it.
"Oh come on, are you saying that I might actually be a match for James 'I-am-the-quidditch-king' Potter" she cried as she circles them.
"Ok that it's it, sorry Sirius, but you're girls gunna get it!" James said playfully.
James shot after Gemini and started chasing her though the trees. James was surprised on how she could maneuver so we though the air, while hysterical laughing, as if the wind was carrying her.
"Gemini Cielo! I'm going to get you!" James yelled as he followed her though the trees. He was amazed on how swift she was. She stopped short and turned towards James and dove underneath him. She flew back to the clearing and made a soft dismount on to the grass.
"Gem, that was amazing!" Sirius whispered as he looked at his exhausted, giggling girlfriend.
"Thanks" she said sitting up "oh and Sirius" she kissed him slowly and sweetly "that was for before"
"Yea, 'ya know what, that was all sentimental and all, but can we go now?" Remus said, still floating in the air
"Sure" Sirius said to Remus "YO James!" he yelled at his best friend "I THINK MY GIRL BEAT YOU!"
"NO! I gave her a head start! That's all!" James said in his defense
"What ever you say James" Remus said "oh and gem, you might want to put your shirt back on"
Gemini looked down and blushed "oops, I guess I forgot about that" She grabbed her shirt, pulled it on, hoped onto the back of Sirius's broom and they sped of to Lily's house.
* * *
"Lily, what do you think is taking Gemini so long?" Bella asked
"I'm not sure "Lily replied as she let Bella's owl out
"I think she met up with her, what did he call himself again?" Bella asked, giggling
"Sexy Sirius" Lily answered, giggling uncontrollably
"Yea, that was it. Those two are so cute together!" Bella said, calming down
"Yea, and like, most of the school knew something was up with them before they even knew!"
"Yea, just think what might happen over Sirius's house!"
The girls burst in to laughter again but stopped when the window burst open
"What will happen over my house?" Sirius asked, smiling
"Yea, I didn't quite catch the last part" Gemini said, her head resting on Sirius back
"Gemini! Sirius! What are you two doing! You will be seen!" Bella cried as she pulled them in the room
"No they wont" James said, appearing behind them, climbing through to the window
"Sirius's dad put an advanced invisibility charm on the brooms, whoever's on them won't be seen by muggles" Remus said, soaring through the window.
"Oh" Bella said, looking at her hands
The friends went over to say goodbye to Lily's parents and petunia, who seemed to be drooling over James, until she found out he was one of them.
Then they headed over to the Cielo's, where Gemini introduced the boys to her parents. They said their good byes and headed up to Gemini's room to get their luggage and head off on the journeys to Sirius's house.
* * *
"Why you must be Arabella, Lily, and Gemini," A tall woman with jet-black hair and bright blue eyes said as she welcomed the six friends in to the huge house. "Gemini, I don't think there was a time that Sirius wasn't talking about you!" Sirius face turned red as he turned but bumped in to a tall man with blonde hair with gray eyes.
"Well, Well, Well, what do we have here, you must be Gemini!" the man said, "the names Orion, I see you have already met my wife Claire. So you the one Sirius he had managed to keep a secrete from us all this time"
" Yup, that's me" Gemini said, shaking his out stretched hand.
"If it weren't for James here, we would have never found out about you two!" Claire said, leading the friends in the kitchen "why don't you boys show the girls their room, while I whip together something to eat ok?"
"Sure mum, come on let go" he said, grabbing Gemini hand and pulling her in to the foyer, followed closely by the rest of their friends and they headed deeper in the house.
They finally reached a door after walking down many corridors. Remus reached out and opened the door. The sight took the girls breath away. The room was huge. It had four huge four posters. Each wall had different mural on it. The north wall had a beautiful forest painted on it. You could see the birds flying though the branches, a deer family walking though the bushes that bordered the floor. The east wall was a beautiful mountain peak, with an equally beautiful phoenix perched upon it. The south wall was a beautiful bonfire, alive with salamanders, scampering around the logs. The last wall, the west wall, was an underwater scene, full with all of the underwater creatures. The ceiling was one giant window. The girls walked over to their beds, which had the their trunks in front of them.
"Sirius…" Gemini said as she let Mischief out of his cat carrier "This room is so beautiful"
"See that wall," he said pointing to the south wall " my entire room looks like that, they say your born with it. That the one you are attracted to the most, is what soul is made of." Sirius explained
Gemini got up and walked over to the east wall, the mountain mural. She touched it, almost expecting to be able to pet the phoenix inside
Remus cleared his throat, "I have something to tell you girls," he said shakily, the boys nodded
"Remus, what is it? What's wrong?" Gemini asked, walking over to him, her eyes, brimmed with concern.
"Come on, let's go" Sirius said talking Gemini's hand "Gem, can you bring your enhancement cloak?"
Gemini ran to get her cloak and Sirius and her ran to catch up with their friends who were already out side. They walked in to the woods, and continued, no one speaking. They stopped when they got to a clearing. Remus was the first to speak
"As you all have noticed, I have been missing in action once a month, every month. I said I was visiting my mother, who was sick. She wasn't the one who was sick. Dumbledore told me not to tell anybody about my secret. But I trust you all. Peter, James and Sirius figured it out already. I completely understand if you never want to talk to me again, but I feel you have the fight to know." Remus took a deep breath before continuing " I am a werewolf"
The girls all gasped, speechless. Remus just sat there, staring at his hand, the color drained from his face. He was taken by surprise when the girls stood up and sat by him.
"Remus, We don't care" Lily said putting a hand on his shoulder
"Of course we don't!" Bella said taking his hand
"Remus, think, would I of told all the stuff I told you to just about anybody! Of course not! I trust you the most Remus, remember that, nothing, not even this will change that."
"So your ok with it?" Remus asked, looking up, some color returning to his face
"Of course they are, we all are" James said, sitting down next to Lily
"Now that everything is said and done, I have something I would like to show you all" Sirius said, helping his friends up.
They all followed Sirius deeper into the woods until that came to a hill.
"Here we are!" Sirius exclaimed "Gem, do you think you could move this for me?" he said pointing to the hill
"You want me to move a hill?" Gemini asked, staring at him "what are you on?"
"Trust me Gemini, just focus on it and try to move it."
"Ok…" Gemini said putting on her enhancement cloak and outstretching her hand. She focused on the hill and surprised her self when part of the hill began to move. What they though was the side eof the hill was a perfectly camouflaged rock, that covered an opening to a small cave. Sirius led them all inside and it truly took their breath away. They were soon standing in a cavern. The walls looked like one continuos waterfall, cascading down in to the floor, where it disappeared. The ceiling was dense white fog, which had fairy light, blinking about. But it didn't end there. A pond was located in the middle, but it was not filled with water, but with the intense heat of liquid rock. The plants and flowers that inhabited the cavern where absolutely amazing, blooming in every color imaginable.
"This," Sirius said, breaking the silence " is the cavern of elements. The first Blacks where alchemists. Pretty damn good alchemists. Before they died, they put all of their magic in to this cavern on the land, now Black Estates. This is the only place where you can handle your element safely." He demonstrated by sticking his hand in the hot lava "see, no harm done. If you were born an earth sign, you can eat the most poisonous plant in the cavern and not get one single side effect. Or if you were born a water sign, you could very well, breathe underwater. Air signs can breathe the highly poisonous, but beautiful air above our heads."
"So your and fire sign, right?" Lily asked, looking around the cave
"And proud of it" Sirius said, sitting down
"Then what am I?" Gemini asked, sitting down on his lap
"You Gemini would be a" Sirius stopped to think "an air sign"
"Why do you say that?" Bella asked, wondering why she would be an air sign
"Well, she has all the characteristics of one, and she went strait to the mountain peak mural in your room, that symbolizes air" Sirius said in a matter-of-fact fashion.
"Well thank you professor" James laughed as he sat down
Gemini yawned and stretched out looking at her watch "guys, it's already 8:30" she muttered getting up
"No, stay" Sirius said holding her down "my parents know where here, besides, no one else knows about it"
Gemini gave in and leaned back on to Sirius chest. She gazed up and stared in to the beautiful mist that hovered above them and slowly fell asleep, listening to the boys arguing about quidditch and Sirius rhythmic breathing.
* * *
"You know" Sirius said as Gemini awoke "you seemed pretty comfortable last night
"Everyone is still sleeping" Sirius said softly as he propped himself up on his shoulders
"Aw, there so cute!" Gemini whispered as she looked at her friends. James was sprawled out on the ground, Lily's head on his leg, covering him with her hair; Bella was lying on her stomach with Remus as he feet, curled up into a little ball, with his thumb hovering by the opening of his mouth.
"Sirius, can I ask you a question?" Gemini asked timidly, after making sure every one was asleep
"Yea, what's wrong?"
"What did the sorting hat tell you?"
"That I had no sense of danger, and I would scare the hufflepuff's to death" Sirius said proudly "why, what did it tell you?"
Gemini took a deep breath before saying "I can still remember it, word from word… Very difficult, very difficult, indeed. Two sides you have, it's hard to see. When I look into your mind I see a person who is great; you have powers my dear, powers that will marvel you! You will go far, sly and cunning are you to achieve your goals. Yet I see a side of you who is daring and doesn't take danger very seriously. Talent, yes a great talent with powers beyond your dreams! Slytherin will do you good, but you are best in GRYFFENDOR" Gemini finished off, she looked up at Sirius and smiled "I've never told that to anybody before, so if you say a word, I will have to personally kill you"
"You're secretes save with me Miss Salazar" Sirius said with a grin.
"Meow" Gemini heard as her head snapped towards the opening
"MISCHIEF!" she said as she scrambled to her feet and threw her coat on, she put her hands on to the stone and moved it with her strength a little bit to allow her cat in.
The little black cat bounded in to the cavern and straight in the arms. After being cuddled and kissed he jumped out of her arms and began to ruin to Sirius but stopped. He did a 180 in the air when he spotted the sleeping friends. He sprinted to them but skidded to a stop when he go tot his first victim, Remus. He began to lick their faces, nip at their noses and slap their faces with his paws until they were all up.
"Man, Gemini, you cat is acting more like Sirius each day…" James said, trying to stand up.
"No, he just hits us with pillows" Remus added in
"Well, at least I don't lick you to wake you guys up" Sirius said brightly
"Come on, I'm starving, lets get something to eat" Lily said as James pulled her to her feet
"Good idea" Bella added in, still not completely awake
The six friends' and mischief walked out of the cave. Gemini sealed it back up. They joked the whole time, following mischief back to the Black's house. When the got out of the woods Sirius got an idea.
"LAST ONE TO MY HOUSE IS A SLYTHERIN SUPPORTER!" he yelled on top of his lungs.
The friends all sprinted to the house, but Gemini found herself there in a matter of seconds. Surprised, she turned around to see Lily come in second, followed by Remus, then by Bella. James and Sirius came in last, trying to pull each other to the ground.
"HEY, that wasn't fair, you cheated" Sirius complained loudly, drawing his parents attention towards to windows to see what was going on
"You think I need this cloak to beat you! "Gemini exclaimed "HA, that's a good one, when did you become a comedian Sirius?" Gemini laughed
"Right here, right now Cielo" Sirius said "to the big oak tree and back"
"Fine, ready. One, Two-" but Sirius already began to run
Gemini set off in a full sprint, toward the oak tree. She passed Sirius about half way there, but decided to challenge him even more, she passed the tree, turned around and began to run in the other direction. When she got back to the house, she did a set of victory cartwheels.
"Wow – you – are – fast!" Sirius said between gasps
All of a sudden claps came from the back door of the house. There was Mrs. Black with Sirius trademark smile and Mr. Black looking like he was trying very hard to hold back his laughter
"Mum, Dad... how long have you been standing there?" Sirius asked, worriedly
"Oh, only long enough to hear young complain loudly, race Gemini, and see Gemini beat you, hands down" Mrs. Black said, giving Gemini a high five
"So Gemini, have you ever played quidditch before?" Mr. Black said as he led the friends inside to a delicious lunch prepared by Mrs. Black and the house Elves.
* * *
"So the beater is the one who hits those, oh what are they called again! Oh yea, Bludgers at the other team" Gemini said, trying to absorb all the information the boys and Mr. Black was telling her
"Exactly" Sirius said, "it's the best position of them all""
"There's a large chance that you can hurt playing the sport right?" Gemini said, grinning
"Of course, getting hit with the Bludgers, falling of your broom, it's one of the most dangerous sports around" Mr. Black said seriously, but still held a smile on his face
"Sounds like the perfect sport for me" Gemini said, smiling. Bella gave her a look like she was crazy "What! I mean I box for crying out loud, and I am proud to say I have never broken my nose once!"
* * *
"Sirius! You're cheating!" Gemini yelled as she shot by her friend
"No I'm not!" Sirius retorted
"Yes, you are" Mr. Black said, "You cannot tickle other players"
"Fine" Sirius humped, crossing his arms over his chest
"Now, All I have to do is hit that flying ball thing with this bat thingy?" Gemini asked, still confused about the whole thing
"Yup, now lets see ya do it!" Sirius yelled
"Ok, your going to get it Sirius Zander Black" Gemini said soaring towards the nearest bulgier. She let go of the broom, swung her bat, and sent the Bludger flying, far. It left the quidditch pitch, hit a tree, and came soaring back towards Sirius.
"Wow…" Mr. Black whispered. He has never seen such power, or such an ability to stay on her broom. It was almost as if the wind carried her, bringing her to where ever she wanted to bring her.
"This isn't fair!" Lily exclaimed, "You guys all already know how to play!"
"Yea but you've got Gemini, she nearly killed me with that Bludger!" Sirius yelled back
"Yea, well you guys can all fly really, really good!" Bella said in defense
"Girls, Boys, Enough of this arguing! Yes the boys have a big advantage over you girls, but you also have an advantage over the boys as well" Mr. Black, looking at the stunned kids "Bella already has flying experience, Lily is quite a good chaser, and Gemini should be considered a lethal weapon when she playing"
"Yea, but where still better" James said, sticking his tongue out at the girls
"KIDS, OROIN DINNER!" Mrs. black called up to the fliers
""YES!" the three boys said as the soared down to the ground, followed by Lily and Bella
"Gemini, wait up" Mr. Black called out "Gemini, you are a very, very good beater, would you like me to help you out with your skills over the summer, to get to ready for quidditch trial this year?"
"That would be great Mr. Black"
"Besides, it's about time my son gets his cocky attitude knocked out of him"