(A/N): I went on a wild frenzy with this charater so from now on there will be two stories. 'Past Partner' which will be based in Harry's time about Sarah and 'the Pranksters' Princess' which will be about Sarah when she was still in school. Sorry for any confusion!
Sarah hated this time of year it dug up to many memories. Halloween was in a week, she use to love it with the marauders running amuck and pulling pranks left and right. It was the best time of her life.
She got up from her desk in her office and walked to the window where she could see three fifth year Gryffindors walking back into the castle from a day at Hogwarts. Without thinking about it the memories came flooding back, her fifth year when everything started to fall into place. Don't think about it, she commanded herself as she turned back to her desk to plan some lessons.
"No Mr. Longbottom," Sarah smiled walking over to the boy who was trying to use the crystal ball; "concentrate on the center of the ball and then try to find the truth." It was Halloween and she could tell the student's minds were on the feast tonight as none of them were really working today; truth be told her mind wasn't focusing very well today either but that was for another reason.
A bell rang signaling the end of class; "everyone please remember to keep working until I see you again and Harry? Ron? Please do try to keep the pranks to a minimum, I would like to enjoy my feast tonight."
"We will Professor," Ron grinned devilishly as Hermione mouthed behind them that 'she would have an eye on them for me' before the trio left.
"Princess?" A familiar voice asked from her classroom fifteen minutes before the feast. Sarah fastened her other silver earring on then went into her classroom to find remus standing there. He bowed; "you look worthy of your name your majesty."
She smiled as he stood taking his arm; "you don't look to bad either. Looks like you fixed up your robes."
"Perhaps," he smiled back; "well I must escort you down to the feast or the students will start to think the rumors are true."
"I'm glad your in a good mood tonight," Sarah smiled; "sometimes I still wish that I had kept at that Amangi potion. Then I could help you now."
"No James was right to stop you," Remus said as the neared the great hall; "you were to young to do it."
"But perhaps I could do it now," Sarah muttered.
"No Sarah," Remus said stopping her just outside the teacher's entrance to the great hall; "I've already had to watch to many people suffer through that potion for me. Promise me you won't."
"Fine Moony," she said looking down; "I won't."
"Good, let's go," Remus told her as they walked into the great hall. All and all it was an uneventful Halloween no trolls, no petrified people, no criminals breaking in, and no one worrying about an obnoxious task that needs to be done. The only thing that really happened was Harry and Ron cursed the Slytherins' food so all of their hair turned green and their tongues turned to that of snakes.
Sarah smiled as Snape angrily trudged back to the teachers' table after being unable to prove 'Potter & Weasley' did it. "That was really rather tame," Sarah said sipping her pumpkin juice. "Wouldn't you agree Professor Lupin?" Remus grinned shaking his head as he continued with his meal, leaving Snape with a sour look on his face.
After everyone had had their fill and professor Dumbledore again issued a decree that no one was to be out after hours and winked at Harry, they were off to bed for the night. Sarah sat at the end of her bed in her pajamas just looking out over the grounds of Hogwarts as silent tears fell down her face, she didn't even notice someone enter the room.
"Princess?" Remus whispered as he gently sat next to and wiped her tears away. "Why are you crying?"
"Don't you know what date it is?" She reponded a little harshly; "it's the day when our lives fell apart."
He wrapped an arm around her shoulders; why wasn't Lily or Rachel here when he needed them? They were much better at this than he was. "Just don't think about it."
"How can I not think about it?" She asked angrily getting up. She was going to start babbling, Remus could already tell by the way she was walking back and forth across the floor; better just to let it run it's course. Here it comes. "If he hadn't killed them that night then Harry wouldn't be an orphan. Peter wouldn't be dead, who knows he might even be married. Sirius wouldn't be running from the law, he'd be home with me, we'd be a family. And don't say anything about it Moony I still think he's innocent. Rachel and you would still be together in some happy little cottage somewhere. And Harry would be surrounded by Beth and all our other children. Don't you see that night Remus if we could just get rid of that one night all of our lives would be perfect?" With that Sarah fell exactly were she stood crying hysterically.
Remus was shocked she had been carrying this around with her the whole time. Wait a minute, who's Beth? Gently he sat down next to her and cradled her in his arms letting her calm down before he said anything. "Sarah we have to work with what we have now, you can't think of the 'could have beens' you have to think of now. By the way who's Beth?"
Sarah visibly paled then tried to mask it; "what are you talking about?"
He pulled away from her getting an angry look on his face; "you know perfectly well what I'm talking about and your going to tell me Sarah. You've been hiding something from me since you stepped foot into this castle and your going to tell exactly what."
She lowered her head; "please Remus..."
"No Sarah, tell me now. I'm sick of the lies."
"Beth is..."
"Sarah spit it out."
"When James and Lily died I was..."
"Sarah."
"I was pregnant alright!" Sarah snapped at him loudly; "there are you satisfied?"
(A/N): ohhh! There Sarah's secret is out! A big thanx to Nate for running through dialogue with me.
P.S. (author bat's eyelashes at the readers) PLEASE REVIEW!
