Chapter 11
• Fate Unfolding •
"I want to show you something I found. Bill told me what it was and I want to show it to you."
Harry was being dragged through the forest by Virginia, unsure what he was going to see. Eventually she slowed down "Here it is. It's amazing isn't it."
Harry looked around there wasn't much here. It took him a while to see exactly what she was talking about. "It's flowers..." Harry shook his head, wondering what was so special about it. "growing in a circle."
"Harry!..." Virginia shoved Harry softly. "You're not being serious, it's more than just flowers in a circle – it's a bonding circle."
Harry didn't have the slightest clue what a bonding circle was. "A what?"
Virginia's face flushed for a moment. "A bonding circle is where Faeries mate—" Her face flushed even darker. "But it's used for other magic as well."
Harry looked down at the circle again, still confused. "So why do you want me to see this?"
"It's not that I want you to see it, I want to be friend forever." Virginia pulled something small from her pocket.
Harry, even more confused now almost gave up understanding her, she was so different from every other girl he had ever met and always had something to surprise him with. "And how is this going to help us be friend forever?"
Virginia smiled, her face no longer red. "Here, in this circle, we can magically bind ourselves as friends, like a magical promise."
"But you can't do magic, you're too young too..." Harry realized what he was saying before he finished. "Not that you couldn't do it, it's just that kids don't know magic... in most cases."
Virginia seemed a little annoyed at what he had said. "You learned magic so I could too. I borrowed one of mums secret magic books she hides in her room and I memorized a friendship spell, one you can only do in a bonding circle. You want to try it?"
Harry didn't mind, besides Virginia had never performed magic before so it most likely wouldn't cause anything to happen. "Alright, I'll try it."
Virginia grinned widely. "Ok, it's really simple." The object she had pulled from her pocket appeared, a needle. She pricked herself with it and drew blood. He really didn't like cutting himself open.
"Uh Virginia, I don't know about..."
She took his hand and covered it with her hands. "It's only a little pinprick. Hold out your hand for a minute."
Harry opened up his hand and let her flip it over. "Alright."
It was over before he felt it, Virginia pricked him in the palm right were she had pricked herself. Harry winced and quivered but knew it was already over. Virginia drew her hand back. "Now step into the circle – just across from me."
Harry followed her instruction, avoiding the flowers. He stood just across from her. "Ok."
"Put your hands against mine and hold still, I'll do everything else."
Harry held his hands to Virginia's, his palm that was bloody pressed against hers. Virginia started murmuring something and the aid seemed to suddenly chilled. Harry stared at Virginia as she started to speak.
"Nos ascion sponte alter .. alter sicut unanimis nos existo quisque sui necnon sui. Nos mutatus, nos existo singuli." Harry had heard part of it, read some of it but he couldn't make out the meaning exactly. We do something and then we become different... Harry didn't know exactly what they were doing or what it meant to become different.
He felt a sudden rush of magic and forgot everything else. The magic heated his skin and chilled his bones, whatever she was doing she was doing something right. Harry felt it slowly move through him from everywhere to his hands and then from his hands back to his whole body. All he could here was Virginia repeating the same words over and over again. Nos existo singuli. As she quit talking the feeling went away but something was wrong, everything felt wrong... no, different.
"Harry!" The sudden loudness, and the difference in his voice startled him, he looked up. "It's so different, your eyes... how could you see like this, I think I could see a tree as it grew." Virginia blinked. "How can you be so quiet? Can't you feel the difference, the part of you that's me?"
Harry didn't understand what she was saying "What?"
"And your hearing... it's so... sharp. How could you hear like this, is it magic?"
"Virginia— I don't understand."
"Nos existo singuli... it means 'we are one' the spell transfers part of you to me and part of me to you."
Harry coughed, almost choked. If Sirius found out what he had just done he would sure get angry. "So you have my hearing and my sight. I'll tell you why they're like that if you never tell anyone about what we did – no one, understand? And you have to help me understand everything the spell does to you and me."
Virginia seemed to get happier and happier. "Ok, I won't tell anyone, promise."
"I sort of got them when I became an animagus." Harry remembered back then, he couldn't see very well into; then, and after he became on he could see perfectly, better then perfect in fact. Everything had been better, sharper than it had ever been before.
"You're an animagus?!" Virginia squealed, a little loud for Harry. "What are you? Show me."
Harry reluctantly changed standing still while Virginia examined him. "It's so cute, what is it? You look sort of like a big kitty." She reached out and rubbed behind Harry's ears. Harry leapt backwards, surprised at her touch. He changed back to his normal self.
"What was that for?"
"I thought you might like it. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"You didn't hurt me, you just... surprised me. So what do you think... about my form?"
"It's brilliant, Do you think that I might be able to do it? After all you are a part of me now."
Harry wasn't sure, she might be able to but it was dangerous. "I don't know Virginia, maybe, but it is very dangerous, you have to be very careful if you try it. Don't think about anything, just sort of let yourself slip away and be an animal, let yourself be whatever you become. You can't fight it or it will never work."
Virginia closed her eyes, whispering to herself. Her form started to quiver and Harry stepped back. She was able to do what had taken him much, much more time something of Harry's animagus form had transferred to her. Harry wondered how much, if she would be able to take this step. To finish this, the third step it had taken him six days just to transform and months after to finish the next, to make it a natural transformation, not forced.
"You're doing it Virginia, you're so close, just a little bit further." Virginia seemed to smile but it was difficult to tell with her form quivering like it was. Harry watched but her from didn't change, her form slowly solidified again. Harry heaved a sigh of relief and sadness, he had to work terribly hard to do what he did and to see someone do it so easily... but then again while it had taken Harry a week it had taken Sirius over a month. For Virginia too do it right away was both terrifying and awesome, she was so close.
"It didn't work Harry, I couldn't do it." Virginia looked as though she were about to cry. "Harry I felt it but I couldn't change. I tried, I really did."
Harry tried to console her as Sirius had done to him. "Virginia, it's ok, really. I tired over and over until I did it. It took me a dozen times to get as far as you have already."
"Alright, could we do it again sometime soon?" The frown slowly turned into a grin. "Do 'ya think that I could do that other stuff you can do too?"
Harry didn't really want to find out that she could, he had spent a lot of time learning and understanding the spells, if Virginia could do them now it would be terrible, she wouldn't understand what she was doing. "I don't know, but I don't want you to even try them because it is too dangerous if you don't understand the spells. Understand?" Harry gave Virginia the most dead – serious look he could muster, for some reason it seemed difficult to be so serious suddenly, like it wasn't normal even though Harry did it all the time.
Harry heard someone approaching and he turned to meet them. Just near the edge of the tree line Sirius was approaching. Harry noticed Virginia also hear and smiled as he got closer.
"Harry, I've found a place to stay for a few days." Sirius looked at the two who were smiling mischievously. "What have you two been doing while I was gone."
"Just playing." Harry and Virginia answered simultaneously.
Sirius eyed Harry for a minute. "Alright, as long as you two didn't do anything foolish."
Harry fought to show any signs that might give away he had done something foolish. Sirius seemed to accept the answer for the time being and let it drop without question.
The place he had found for them to stay was small, with a wooden floor and some soft hey to sleep in. Harry didn't mind it at all, hey felt at home once he laid down and started talking to Sirius. Sirius had been working on finding proof of his innocence. Harry told Sirius the things that had happened at school, the teachers and pranks, friends and enemies. Sirius was happy to hear about those he knew and was especially interested in Ender though he said nothing about him.
•
"Harry..." A faint voice echoed in Harry's head. He looked around but couldn't quite figure out where it was coming form, everything around him was foggy.
"Harry, listen to me, let me show you what it was like for me, you have to understand."
Slowly the fog dissipated and Harry saw a cramped room in front of him, a very minimalist room, several beds, each with a small set of drawers. A woman in black was speaking to a child.
"Listen you, I can't give you that information he left you here because he couldn't handle you and if he wanted you back then he would have come and taken you."
The child was crying. "I want to know who my daddy is."
Off in the background Harry could here some kids laughing. "Tiny Tommy the Magician wants to know who his papa is."
The woman quieted them, she looked like a nun when she turned, was this some sort of orphanage? "I am sorry Tom I can't help you, you know the rules. You cannot see those things."
"I'll curse you." Tom whimpered as if he knew what was coming before it did.
The nun slapped him, extremely hard. "You know you shouldn't speak of magic in the house of the lord, it's blasphemy. Now, you shan't receive dinner tonight because you speak of such thing, you know that to say such things is against the rules. You are not a sorcerer or magician, they don't exist."
The scene faded away. "I was treated like an outcast because strange things happened around me, magic. No one could ever explain why, but they happened. I always knew, somewhere deep inside me. That night I found out who my father was, his folder somehow appeared when I woke up in the middle of the night. So, I snuck away, and went home."
Another scene faded in. A huge house, looking almost ghastly from the outside, appeared, the little boy stood at the door. A woman appeared. She looked around for a minute as if looking for an adult, finally she spoke to the boy. "What can I help you with deary?"
Tom cleared his throat and tried to speak clearly but his voice was shaking. "I'm looking for my papa." He handed the lady the folder and she looked at it for only a moment before gasping and disappearing behind the door. The scene faded out.
"He wouldn't see me, didn't want to talk to me. I could here what he said, that I was a reject, not worthy of him just like my mother. They wanted me to go back and so they sent out someone to get the nuns but I didn't want to go back. I ran away. I lived on the street for two years before they found me again, I learned more there than I had anywhere else."
Harry felt sorry for the child, it looked like his life was really difficult. His soothing voice made it seem as though he were trying to coerce Harry into something.
"Harry!!!" The voice was gone, Harry sat up fast, almost striking Virginia who was standing in above him.
"Why do you have to sleep so long? Sirius said that you must have been exhausted from the trip and that he was surprised you hadn't done it earlier."
"What do you mean? How long did I sleep?" Harry already felt discontent because of the dream, everything had felt so... real.
"You slept all of yesterday, it's Thursday."
Harry's mind cleared and he looked at her. "Thursday? Where's Sirius?"
Virginia shook her head. "Don't know, I've not seen him since yesterday, he said he had some business to take care of and disappeared. He told me not to wake you, that you needed the rest. I had nothing to do all day... but I think I can transform now."
Harry let everything sink in before talking to her. "You didn't let Sirius see you trying to transform did you, you made sure he was gone?"
Virginia nodded. "I didn't do it where anyone could see me, I went to my secret place. No one knows where it is."
Harry had a sudden visualization. "An old wooden room, with dark green carpeting and a... smell of roses. It's hidden under the..."
The smile on Virginia's face turned to a look of surprise. "How did you know? I've never told anyone."
"Don't know for sure, as soon as you said it I recalled seeing it from somewhere. Everything, the table in the corner and the worn sofa, like I was there only yesterday."
"If you remember it you must have received it from the enchantment and if you did then I might be able to see your memories too."
Harry didn't know if her remembering such things was for the best. But before he could think more about it she drew his attention back to the situation with Sirius. "What shall we do about Sirius, it's getting late in the afternoon."
Harry knew what Sirius was doing, he was going to confront Peter and try, somehow to get him to confess. He also knew Sirius would suppose he had everything figured out, planned ahead but he wouldn't, something could always go wrong that he hadn't thought about. "Grab my cloak, we must go and make sure everything is alright."
The invisibility cloak was snatched by Virginia. "Alright Harry, but how are we going to..."
Harry took the cloak and wrapped it around both of them. Virginia gasped. "Quiet, we cannot make any noise at all when we get close, I don't want anyone to spy us."
Virginal nodded and they made there way to the cabin as quickly as possible. Harry could feel someone's presence, someone other than Sirius was there, you don't live in a home for four years and not know what was happening in your own house. "I've got to go inside, stay out here and don't let anyone see you. If anything happens to us you know what to do."
Virginia slipped under the cloak and whispered. "Yeah, I know what to do. Harry... be careful." She slipped behind a tree and was gone. Harry turned back to the house, slipping to the front door which was open a crack. He listened to what was going on inside.
"Murdock... I don't understand, why don't you leave before you get hurt. You're not involved in this matter." It was Sirius speaking.
"But Sirius, Stunning Sirius, that's what they called you wasn't it? Yes, well Mr. Stunning, you've not talked with me in years, it's as though we've grown apart. Can't we be friends again?" This person, Harry supposed it was Murdock seemed overly sarcastic. "You don't understand, it really is a matter that involves me. You see, while you became Gryffindor and were the brave of the bunch you treated me as an outcast because I became a Slytherin. You had friends that helped you, made sure you never got into trouble, while I... I was as much an outcast in my own house as I was everywhere else. No matter what sort of pranks I pulled or magic spells and hexes I helped with, I never received any recognition. You see, this has everything to do with me, I will be the one to bring you to my lord, I will prove that fraud is nothing more than worthless words. You see, I want to receive a blessing from my lord, become a noble in his order." His sarcasm was lost to delirium.
It was a long moment before Harry heard Sirius reply and when he did his voice sounded both angry and afraid. "You're one of them... I'd have never thought, even if you were a Slytherin... you never had to join the Dark Lord."
"I didn't have to? What, do you suppose that because we are alike physically that I would grow up and be like you? You're considered evil by most of the wizardry populous and those that know the truth only do because they are dark wizards themselves. I had to deal with the real world, deal with being turned away on every path I took, only the Dark Lord accepted me as I was... He would accept you too Sirius, make you powerful and clear your name, if only you asked, asked for his help. But you wouldn't do that Mr. Stunning Gryffindor, a good Gryffindor would never do something like that."
"I... How could you do this to me? How could you ever think I might even think of accepting him after what he did to James." Harry could tell Sirius was preparing to do something, his voice grew resolute and firm, seemed to gain strength as he spoke. "If I could get near him I would sacrifice myself to rid the world of him."
"Yes... always the good Gryffindor. You all are like that, well most of you. Peter was easy to bring astray, so weak and easy to form I was almost disappointed that my task was so easy to find someone to betray the Potters. He has his problems though, he seems to have an addiction to power, he craves it. I'll rid myself of that mistake soon enough, but you first, I should have done this personally long ago."
Harry gently pressed the door open and slipped inside, unnoticed by the two who were arguing between each other. When he saw the two there he almost gave himself away, they stood eye to eye, both with identical body size and dark black hair. If Harry didn't know that Sirius no longer had any relatives living he might have supposed him to be a twin, perhaps that was Murdock had meant earlier when he had said they were alike, they were identical. One turned, glancing about as if he was afraid someone might be there. His eyes were different, they were a dull, icy green color and it was the only difference that Harry could see.
"Just because you are a Death Eater doesn't mean you'll beat me Murdock."
"You were always more adept at duels and fights, I'll give you that. I always seemed to get the bad end of the deal, with that potion you made that caused me to look like... this." He emphasized the last words and gestured to himself. "Maybe had I known what I was getting into it wouldn't have happened, and if you knew what you were getting into now you would just give yourself up without a fight. I have received power from my lord, I am more powerful than you could ever dream of."
Sirius sprung up, knocking Murdock to the ground and rolled on the floor, struggling to his wand, which Murdock had a hold of. Harry was about to stun one but was soon confused to which one he was pointing at, both wore alike robes and while they rolled about there eyes were not visible. Finally one stood, they had separated themselves. "Sirius."
Harry called for him, both of them turned their heads. Harry's wand centered upon the green eyes. "Quiesco."
Murdock dropped to the ground, unconscious. Sirius looked about frantically. "Harry, Harry... where are you?" Harry pulled the cloak from his face to a wide-eyed Sirius. "Your father's cloak, you found it."
A noise outside quieted him before he could say anything more. Sirius looked down at the unconscious Murdock. "Harry, you need to cover him and be quiet... Here, take this." Sirius handed Harry one of the wands he was holding. Harry pulled the cloak over himself and Murdock then readied himself for whoever came next.
Peter was the next person Harry saw, prancing in the door as if he owned the place. The door swung open and Harry closed his eyes, several others followed behind, Peter obviously the one in charge. "Ah... Sirius, you returned. I was really hoping you would. I've had this place monitored by trusted associates since I found it." Sirius's eyes moved quickly sizing up his options.
"Now come quietly and I'll make it painless, as you can see there aren't any other options right now."
"There are always options Peter, though, they are a bit limited at the moment."
Peter grinned. "You'll never change Sirius, always so casual, well we can change that quickly."
Sirius, realizing the true bleakness of the situation, had a sudden change of heart. "You win, but only if you give me your word you'll never let Harry be harmed."
There was a long pause and the room seemed to tense up, the six other Death Eaters who were presently in the room looked strangely at Peter. Peter finally made some sort of decision in his head. "Well, he's not doing well right now as it is, seems he has an undesirable reaction too Veritaserum, it seemed... painful for him. It was lucky you showed up when you did, had they not got him to the infirmary as quick as they did I think there might have been permanent damage. Besides, I couldn't promise you something like that, it would be disobeying my master and I don't want to do that."
"You're an evil ba...."
"An evil what Sirius? Bastard? What, can't you say it, it isn't as though you're a child anymore. I know you hate me Sirius, but I forgive you. My master has other ideas though, you have harbored Harry from his view for too long, you must pay the price."
Sirius spit on Peter's face. "Ah, you'll suffer for that as well, and for all the other impudent things you've done in the last few years. Everyone out!"
Sirius watched, somewhat scared, he seemed to be trying not to look at Harry. Peter petrified him and looked around. "Well, this will be an easy place to burn. You will soon feel the agony of burning to death but never be able to scream."
As he left the room Harry could here come commotion outside, he didn't know what to do, Peter couldn't see him here, but he couldn't just leave Sirius. The wall nearest the door burst into flames and Harry jumped back, scared. Peter wouldn't be coming back in, he was going to watch from the outside. Harry hoped no one was watching the rear, he would take the spell of Sirius and they could escape through the back.
After a moment he pulled himself from underneath the cloak and pointed his wand at Sirius to take the spell off of him. "Vigoro."
Nothing happened. "Vigoro, vigoro, vigoro..." Nothing happened.
The roof caught on fire. "Sirius, you have to get up, I can't drag you out, you weigh too much." Harry grabbed both arms and tried to pull him. "Sirius, please!!!"
One of the beams creaked and Harry looked up. It cracked and Harry yanked, the beam fell, barely missing Sirius. "I can't get you out Sirius, but there is no way I'll let you die again, I couldn't do that."
The back door opened up and Harry looked up, seeing someone he vaguely recognized, it was only another second before Harry felt something strike him in the back of the head.
•
He was somewhere familiar, somewhere he recognized somehow.
Harry opened his eyes, trying to identify what it was he was smelling, why this place felt so familiar. It was dark, wherever here was but he could still make out the room, small, made of stone, just a basic room. He was laying on an extremely comfortable bed. He tried to sit-up and quickly found it to be a mistake as his head started pounding.
"You're awake." Sirius stood at the top of some stairs looking happy. "Don't move too quickly, I couldn't finish healing you, had to take care of a couple things that came up."
Sirius walked down the stairs and then pulled out a wand. "I thought he took your wand."
"He did, but you had Murdock's." Sirius's face fell suddenly. Harry wondered why.
"Sirius, where is Murdock, is he ok... and how did we get out? I don't remember anything, I was trying to pull you and that was the last thing I remember." Sirius looked away from Harry and it only took a second to catch on too what had happened to Murdock. "He didn't make it..." Harry thought out loud.
"No, Bill didn't see him, your cloak was still covering him." Sirius's voice cracked and Harry ignored it, Sirius didn't cry, he just needed some time. "He was a good person, he didn't deserve what happened no matter what he was. I'll never doubt who he was."
"He was your friend then?" Harry remembered little bits of the conversation, and though some of it was confusing he had put part of it together.
"I... we were best friends until Hogwarts. He got sorted into Slytherin and got mixed up into some things that I didn't want to be involved in. We split apart and never saw eye to eye again. I think he started to hate me because that's what he saw in the mirror every time he looked."
Harry remembered the eerie similarity between them. "How old were you when it happened?"
"I had just turned seven, we were playing magic and he wanted to try something for real. My father had a potion mixed up for something, I knew it wasn't harmful so we used that. Murdock dropped his dragons necklace in there, I think that was what went wrong. After that somehow something of me got into it, Murdock wanted to try it so he did... and you saw what happened."
Harry knew he needed to draw his attention some how. "Bill who? How did he know we would be there."
Sirius took a breathe and looked back towards Harry. "Bill Weasley. He said that Ron sent him a letter that said that you would need his help. He also said we could trust him, that he knew all about everything. He saved us both, and Virginia. She ran in and tried to help, but I guess you got hit at the same time by a falling beam. Bill came just in time to save us all."
Harry remembered vaguely Virginia showing up, after that there was nothing. "Is she alright?"
Sirius nodded. "Yeah, she's in the infirmary right now getting healed, the smoke got her pretty bad."
"The infirmary... but that would mean that we are at..." suddenly the smells made sense, they were in the dungeon at Hogwarts. The potions classroom had to be near.
"Hogwarts, yes. It was the only place I knew I could keep you safe and hide at the same time."
Harry didn't understand, if he was at Hogwarts then he must have been out for a long time. "How long has it been Sirius?"
"Two days, it took me a while to get you and Virginia here even with Bill's help. I had to keep everything secret. Maybe if everything hadn't gone so wrong. I was just trying to get Peter to admit it, I was going to force it out of him in front of someone, someone that could testify to it, then Murdock showed up."
Harry knew it was time to get Sirius to think about something completely different. He tried to think, it was Sunday sometime. "Sirius, what time is it?"
"Late, I'm not sure, nearly dinner time."
Something clicked in Harry's head, he remember what was happening right now, the theft of the time turner and finding his cloak. There had been two people unlabeled by the map going through a passage to the Great Hall. "Come on Sirius... I want to show you something."
"What?"
"You'll see Sirius, let's go." Harry found the passage and pointed it out to Sirius. "Here, this is the one. I saw two dots on the Marauders Map that weren't labeled, I think they were us now. Why didn't it label you, it probably doesn't understand me, because there are two of me. But you, why doesn't it know who you are?"
Sirius slowed. "You remember what I told you about the map, that it can see anywhere we map? I always worried that Peter might get his hands on the map and try to find me with it, we had to go to Hogsmeade sometimes and I didn't want him to see me or you there so I cast a spell over us that hid us. I took it off you the night before you went to Hogwarts."
Harry was satisfied with that answer, but it raised another question. "Sirius, why didn't you ever tell me about that, I thought you had taught me all the spells you knew."
Sirius completely stopped walking and turned back to Harry. "I didn't need to teach you some things, you need to learn them on your own. I can't make life too easy on you." He turned and continued down the hallway while Harry followed, lost in thought.
If Sirius hadn't taught him everything what was he concealing, what did Harry have to learn on his own? Sirius slowed again and Harry looked up, they were above the hall, looking down on the tables from a mirror four yards in the air.
It was the perfect timing, the hall was full and several students started eating. It would be a few more minutes before any of the potions kicked in. "So what is going to happen?" Sirius wondered out loud while he stared down at all of the students, looking for something to catch his attention.
"A prank, your prank, the one that you always wished you had done."
Sirius took a short breath. "The flying Slytherins and confounded school prank?"
"Yeah, that's the one. I had to make sure that everyone was distracted when I got the Time Turner."
"You didn't do it yourself?"
"No, I gave the Weasley twins, I felt they were the best choice for the job. It seemed that it worked out pretty well."
Sirius smiled. "Well, we'll soon see, wont we."
Harry watched the hall, he located the twins, sitting near the end of the Gryffindor table, as far away from the front as possible in the darkest corner. They were whispering among themselves and pointing, just barely noticeably, towards the Slytherin table. No one seemed to be taking any notice of them accept for Dumbledore, he was casually watching them and smiling, Harry wondered if there was anyway that he could know... but there wasn't only 4 people knew about what was going to happen and they weren't talking.
Dumbledore stood, surprising Sirius who also seemed to notice him. "He doesn't know does he?"
Harry shook his head. "No, I hadn't told anyone accept who is was necessary to tell."
The first Slytherin began feeling the effects of the potions and yelled out something, his voice suddenly muted in the middle of a word. Another Slytherin felt himself lifted into the air and found he couldn't scream, that nothing came from his mouth. It only took less than two minutes for the Slytherins to all be feeling at least some effects of the potions. Several were already above Harry and Sirius, pressed up against the roof while others were running frantically around the room screaming without a voice.
Harry was watching the whole thing with amazement, it was extremely entertaining. The Gryffindors were the first ones who had caught on to what was happening and there whole table had started laughing uncontrollably, followed by the Ravenclaws and most of the Hufflepuffs. When there laughing changed, became inconsistent and annoying Harry laughed. Everyone had now fallen under the confounding spell. That was funny.
Harry located Dumbledore again, who was watching the hall calmly as it slowly turned into a complete disaster area, Teachers and students were moving about, trying to find someone they could communicate with, Sirius started laughing, hard. Harry turned to him. "Snape." Was all he could say under his breath.
Harry turned and tried to find Snape, it took a while but he was the only teacher still near the table, something seemed to be bothering him. He kept swinging, trying to knock something away from him. After a long time staring at Snape he finally could see what it was, dozens of little fairy's where flying around him with something in there hands, they kept flying towards Snape's head and then getting batted away.
Sirius started laughing and looked at Harry. "I don't ever remembering telling you about getting fairy's to attack Snape with soap."
He hadn't. "You didn't Sirius, this wasn't part of the plan at all."
"Then..." Sirius blinked and looked back, looking for someone. "He know." His eyes wandered around the hall two or three times but he couldn't find anything.
"Sirius, what are you talking about? Everyone thinks you are dead, even Peter."
Sirius shook his head. "No, he knows, he's out there waiting for me to make a mistake. He can smell me, I was worried he might be here and I took every precaution possible but he still knows I'm here. We have to leave before he finds where we were hidden."
"Who Sirius?"
"Moony."
• Edited 2004.09.18 •
The direct translation of the spell that was said (or as direct as I can figure): We take up willingly the one... the other, just as if of one mind we become himself and also herself. We become different, we become one.