Jessica stayed on the ground, hiding behind the tipped over chair.
"I'm just imagining it. There is no guy beside my reflection." She whispered. She picked her head up and opened her eyes to make sure of what wasn't there. A boy with pointed ears just like hers, blue eyes just like hers, and even the same facial structure, was looking at her reflection with concern.
"Who are you?" Jessica asked in a tone lower than a whisper. The boy only looked at her reflection, not the girl on the other side of the mirror. A voice she recognized before echoed in her mind, but not through her ears. She seemed to hear what her reflection heard.
"You know who I am." The boy said. The boy brushed away the hair in her reflection's face. Jessica flinched as it seemed like a breeze came into the room.
"No, I don't." She replied.
"Yes you do. You just don't want to remember. You left me. You left me to be hurt and killed by them. How could you leave me?" The boy said.
"I…I didn't do anything."
"You disappeared. They grabbed you and you left."
"I didn't."
"You did. You left me to die."
"I DIDN'T!" Jessica yelled as she backed away. She ran to the door and banged her fists on it. "Let me out!" She cried.
"Jessy. You left me. Don't leave me again." The boy whispered again. Jessica stopped at the sadness in his voice.
"I didn't leave you. Stop saying I did. I don't know you." Jessica said with equal sadness. "I didn't leave you Luke." Jessica gasped as she heard herself. She did know the boy.
"I told you. You did know me. You left me to die." Jessica started crying.
"I didn't leave you. Leave me alone."
"You are the reason they killed me."
"No!"
"Yes. They wanted you."
"No, stop it." Jessica cried. She curled into a ball and crawled over to the desk and hid under it.
"You left me." The boy said before the door was open again and Percy along with 3 ministry men came in.
"I didn't leave you." Jessica cried. "I didn't."
"She's obviously been traumatized by something." Dr. Curare Amniratio told Sirius Black as they saw Jessica trembling under the table.
"What possibly?"
"Well, you said that she was an orphan. Do you think she has any recognition of the death of them?"
"No. They didn't die."
"What do you mean they didn't die? You said she was an orphan."
"Her parents are being held in Azkaban."
"Does she have any other family to speak of?"
"Elves do not have family and the wizard that is her father had no relatives since his 2nd year at Hogwarts."
"You know who her father is? Maybe mental illness runs in his side of the family."
"I wouldn't doubt that, but I never knew of Peter Pettigrew hiding under desks trembling and crying."
"I didn't leave you Luke." Jessica said to the boy in her dreams now. He was haunting her mind. He wouldn't leave her alone. He insisted that she was the cause of his death.
"Jessica Ely. Wake up." A voice called from behind her brother.
"No Luke. If I wake up you will still be there."
"Luke? Ms. Ely, please wake up." Jessica screamed as something vacuum like pulled her away from her brothers accusing eyes. She tried reaching to him, as to not leave him again. As to not cause his death again.
"No! I can't leave him again! He'll die!" Jessica yelled at the woman sitting nearby her with a Quick Notes Quill scurrying across a piece of parchment.
"Who is he?" The woman asked in a soothing voice. Jessica opened her eyes and peered out of their deep seas of troubled blue.
"My brother, Luke."
"As a reliable Auror told me, you do not have any brothers."
"I have two. Luke and James. They are my twins."
"If you have two brothers, wouldn't they be your triplets."
"No. They live in separate worlds."
"There are other worlds different from our own?"
"Yes. A world of pure evil and a world of all good."
"And what world is this?"
"I don't know."
"She is more troubled than I first thought Mr. Black." Dr. Amniratio told them. "She believes she has visited different worlds separate from our own. She is convinced she has twin brothers in these worlds. A boy named Luke, and another boy named James." Sirius picked his head up at the mention of his old friend's name.
"James?"
"Yes. In this "world" that James leaves in, she has many siblings. And she is the daughter of her Defense Against the Dark Art's teacher, Mr. Remus Lupin. But she told me he was not yet her teacher when she visited this "world". I fear that if we do not do something soon she will fall into a cause of severe insanity and will need to be taken to St. Mungo's." Sirius sighed and slammed his head against his desk.
"This girl saved my daughter's life. I cannot let anything happen to her. I am in her debt."
"Jessica." A boy called to her again in her dreams. "Jessica. Come out and play."
"Leave me alone! I don't want to play." Jessica cried. "Just please leave me alone."
"I didn't mean to get you in trouble. I promise I would tell on you anymore."
"I don't want to play. Please. Just leave me alone. I don't want to play."
"Of course you do. Come on Jessy. Let's play." Jessica looked down at her body and saw she looked like she had when she was 5 years old. A boy much like herself, but without the pointed ears and was standing before her. He was about 8 years old though.
"I don't want to play."
"I'm sorry Jessy. I didn't mean to get you in trouble. I just wanted to play."
"Who are you?" Jessica asked.
"How can you say that? How can you act like I'm not your brother?"
"Because you aren't!"
"Jessy, why are you being so mean? All that happened was you were put in time out!"
"But I don't know you! You aren't my brother."
"Jessica! Frazier! Come on inside. Dinner is ready and your father will be home soon!"
"Mommy! Jessy is being mean!"
"Jessica! Stop being mean to your brother."
"But he's not my brother!"
"HE ISN'T MY BROTHER!" Jessica yelled at the top of her lungs. The nurse that was supposed to watch her, was woken up by the sudden infraction of her silence.
"Mr. Black! She's awake." The nurse called. Jessica looked toward the door as the knob turned. Sirius, in his tired form, walked in, limping.
"Hello Ms. Ely. I hope you're feeling better." Sirius said cheerfully.
"Mr. Black, what is happening? Am I allowed to go home yet?"
"What is home exactly?"
"The room I paid for at the Leaky Cauldron."
"That room was leased out the day you left."
"But what about all my stuff?"
"You left the key to your vault in her robes, so I had Skylar take your stuff into the vault."
"But, why are you keeping me here? Am I in trouble for what I did to that family?"
"We are currently still trying to figure out what happened. Also, you have been showing particular signs that needs further look at."
"Is that why that lady kept asking me questions and had the quill writing by itself?"
"Yes. She was trying to help."
"That quill was very distracting. She didn't seem to believe me about my brothers."
"That's what I wanted to ask you able Ms. Ely. Who are these brothers you speak of?"
"I'll show you. Take me to that room with the mirror wall."
"Alright."
Sirius helped Jessica out of her bed and led her to the room. Jessica stood before the mirror for ten minutes, and gave up. Luke didn't show up.
"I don't know why he comes at points and leaves. I saw him in a shop window. Then he popped up after Mr. Weatherby left the room."
"Who is Mr. Weatherby?"
"Um.. Percy."
"Jessica, have you ever had hallucinations before?"
"Hallucinations? I wasn't hallucinating. I heard him. I felt him. He keeps blaming me for letting them kill him."
"Who killed him?"
"The dark people. When we ran away to help you and the others. Lorna took us to the gypsy camp. I was supposed to be married to Voldemort's son."
"Wait, Voldemort?"
"He was the headmaster of the school. This world was a lot like our own."
"When did you visit this world?"
"After I was taken from the Forbidden Forest and was given that potion. I was sent on this mission type thing by Lorna Doors. She gave another potion that put me to sleep until I choose what side I wanted to be on. I first visited the world of Pure Good. I had a loving family and parents. But I wasn't happy because my friends weren't my friends. Everything was so strange for me. I think if I chose that world I would have become evil. But then I was transported to another world after my conversation with Dumbledore. This one was the world of Pure Evil. This world was the most like ours since everything I was used to was there. I had another twin, this one was Luke. Our father was Peter Pettigrew."
"Stop. Repeat what you just said."
"Our father was Peter Pettigrew."
"Thank you. Now I know you aren't lying or suffering from insanity. I'll have them release you, and have Skylar take you back to Diagon Alley. The school semester starts in one week."
"But, Mr. Black, what about Luke? And the others? Why have they suddenly just started contacting me now?"
"I'm not sure Ms. Ely. But as soon as we find the answers, I'll tell you."
"I'm just imagining it. There is no guy beside my reflection." She whispered. She picked her head up and opened her eyes to make sure of what wasn't there. A boy with pointed ears just like hers, blue eyes just like hers, and even the same facial structure, was looking at her reflection with concern.
"Who are you?" Jessica asked in a tone lower than a whisper. The boy only looked at her reflection, not the girl on the other side of the mirror. A voice she recognized before echoed in her mind, but not through her ears. She seemed to hear what her reflection heard.
"You know who I am." The boy said. The boy brushed away the hair in her reflection's face. Jessica flinched as it seemed like a breeze came into the room.
"No, I don't." She replied.
"Yes you do. You just don't want to remember. You left me. You left me to be hurt and killed by them. How could you leave me?" The boy said.
"I…I didn't do anything."
"You disappeared. They grabbed you and you left."
"I didn't."
"You did. You left me to die."
"I DIDN'T!" Jessica yelled as she backed away. She ran to the door and banged her fists on it. "Let me out!" She cried.
"Jessy. You left me. Don't leave me again." The boy whispered again. Jessica stopped at the sadness in his voice.
"I didn't leave you. Stop saying I did. I don't know you." Jessica said with equal sadness. "I didn't leave you Luke." Jessica gasped as she heard herself. She did know the boy.
"I told you. You did know me. You left me to die." Jessica started crying.
"I didn't leave you. Leave me alone."
"You are the reason they killed me."
"No!"
"Yes. They wanted you."
"No, stop it." Jessica cried. She curled into a ball and crawled over to the desk and hid under it.
"You left me." The boy said before the door was open again and Percy along with 3 ministry men came in.
"I didn't leave you." Jessica cried. "I didn't."
"She's obviously been traumatized by something." Dr. Curare Amniratio told Sirius Black as they saw Jessica trembling under the table.
"What possibly?"
"Well, you said that she was an orphan. Do you think she has any recognition of the death of them?"
"No. They didn't die."
"What do you mean they didn't die? You said she was an orphan."
"Her parents are being held in Azkaban."
"Does she have any other family to speak of?"
"Elves do not have family and the wizard that is her father had no relatives since his 2nd year at Hogwarts."
"You know who her father is? Maybe mental illness runs in his side of the family."
"I wouldn't doubt that, but I never knew of Peter Pettigrew hiding under desks trembling and crying."
"I didn't leave you Luke." Jessica said to the boy in her dreams now. He was haunting her mind. He wouldn't leave her alone. He insisted that she was the cause of his death.
"Jessica Ely. Wake up." A voice called from behind her brother.
"No Luke. If I wake up you will still be there."
"Luke? Ms. Ely, please wake up." Jessica screamed as something vacuum like pulled her away from her brothers accusing eyes. She tried reaching to him, as to not leave him again. As to not cause his death again.
"No! I can't leave him again! He'll die!" Jessica yelled at the woman sitting nearby her with a Quick Notes Quill scurrying across a piece of parchment.
"Who is he?" The woman asked in a soothing voice. Jessica opened her eyes and peered out of their deep seas of troubled blue.
"My brother, Luke."
"As a reliable Auror told me, you do not have any brothers."
"I have two. Luke and James. They are my twins."
"If you have two brothers, wouldn't they be your triplets."
"No. They live in separate worlds."
"There are other worlds different from our own?"
"Yes. A world of pure evil and a world of all good."
"And what world is this?"
"I don't know."
"She is more troubled than I first thought Mr. Black." Dr. Amniratio told them. "She believes she has visited different worlds separate from our own. She is convinced she has twin brothers in these worlds. A boy named Luke, and another boy named James." Sirius picked his head up at the mention of his old friend's name.
"James?"
"Yes. In this "world" that James leaves in, she has many siblings. And she is the daughter of her Defense Against the Dark Art's teacher, Mr. Remus Lupin. But she told me he was not yet her teacher when she visited this "world". I fear that if we do not do something soon she will fall into a cause of severe insanity and will need to be taken to St. Mungo's." Sirius sighed and slammed his head against his desk.
"This girl saved my daughter's life. I cannot let anything happen to her. I am in her debt."
"Jessica." A boy called to her again in her dreams. "Jessica. Come out and play."
"Leave me alone! I don't want to play." Jessica cried. "Just please leave me alone."
"I didn't mean to get you in trouble. I promise I would tell on you anymore."
"I don't want to play. Please. Just leave me alone. I don't want to play."
"Of course you do. Come on Jessy. Let's play." Jessica looked down at her body and saw she looked like she had when she was 5 years old. A boy much like herself, but without the pointed ears and was standing before her. He was about 8 years old though.
"I don't want to play."
"I'm sorry Jessy. I didn't mean to get you in trouble. I just wanted to play."
"Who are you?" Jessica asked.
"How can you say that? How can you act like I'm not your brother?"
"Because you aren't!"
"Jessy, why are you being so mean? All that happened was you were put in time out!"
"But I don't know you! You aren't my brother."
"Jessica! Frazier! Come on inside. Dinner is ready and your father will be home soon!"
"Mommy! Jessy is being mean!"
"Jessica! Stop being mean to your brother."
"But he's not my brother!"
"HE ISN'T MY BROTHER!" Jessica yelled at the top of her lungs. The nurse that was supposed to watch her, was woken up by the sudden infraction of her silence.
"Mr. Black! She's awake." The nurse called. Jessica looked toward the door as the knob turned. Sirius, in his tired form, walked in, limping.
"Hello Ms. Ely. I hope you're feeling better." Sirius said cheerfully.
"Mr. Black, what is happening? Am I allowed to go home yet?"
"What is home exactly?"
"The room I paid for at the Leaky Cauldron."
"That room was leased out the day you left."
"But what about all my stuff?"
"You left the key to your vault in her robes, so I had Skylar take your stuff into the vault."
"But, why are you keeping me here? Am I in trouble for what I did to that family?"
"We are currently still trying to figure out what happened. Also, you have been showing particular signs that needs further look at."
"Is that why that lady kept asking me questions and had the quill writing by itself?"
"Yes. She was trying to help."
"That quill was very distracting. She didn't seem to believe me about my brothers."
"That's what I wanted to ask you able Ms. Ely. Who are these brothers you speak of?"
"I'll show you. Take me to that room with the mirror wall."
"Alright."
Sirius helped Jessica out of her bed and led her to the room. Jessica stood before the mirror for ten minutes, and gave up. Luke didn't show up.
"I don't know why he comes at points and leaves. I saw him in a shop window. Then he popped up after Mr. Weatherby left the room."
"Who is Mr. Weatherby?"
"Um.. Percy."
"Jessica, have you ever had hallucinations before?"
"Hallucinations? I wasn't hallucinating. I heard him. I felt him. He keeps blaming me for letting them kill him."
"Who killed him?"
"The dark people. When we ran away to help you and the others. Lorna took us to the gypsy camp. I was supposed to be married to Voldemort's son."
"Wait, Voldemort?"
"He was the headmaster of the school. This world was a lot like our own."
"When did you visit this world?"
"After I was taken from the Forbidden Forest and was given that potion. I was sent on this mission type thing by Lorna Doors. She gave another potion that put me to sleep until I choose what side I wanted to be on. I first visited the world of Pure Good. I had a loving family and parents. But I wasn't happy because my friends weren't my friends. Everything was so strange for me. I think if I chose that world I would have become evil. But then I was transported to another world after my conversation with Dumbledore. This one was the world of Pure Evil. This world was the most like ours since everything I was used to was there. I had another twin, this one was Luke. Our father was Peter Pettigrew."
"Stop. Repeat what you just said."
"Our father was Peter Pettigrew."
"Thank you. Now I know you aren't lying or suffering from insanity. I'll have them release you, and have Skylar take you back to Diagon Alley. The school semester starts in one week."
"But, Mr. Black, what about Luke? And the others? Why have they suddenly just started contacting me now?"
"I'm not sure Ms. Ely. But as soon as we find the answers, I'll tell you."