~ The Diary of the Phoenix ~

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"Poor Lily" Hermione said, Harry nodded in agreement then all three of them jumped as an explosion was heard just outside the door. The three students turned to stare at the closed door as if they were waiting for smoke to appear through the cracks between the wall and the door.

"What, was that?" Ron asked in barely more than a whisper, just in case whatever had been outside was dangerous.

Harry was the first one to move, he walked to the door and opened it a crack and peeked out into the hall. Standing there was Sirius, Aliandra, Remus and Snape, except Snape well he wasn't really standing. "You didn't have to blow him up," Aliandra said to Sirius shaking her head as she looked at, well what was once Snape.

"He's been asking for that for a while" Sirius said.

"Sirius, you should really turn back into a dog, your going to get caught if you stick around too long like that" Remus said as he shook in mirth at the sight before him.

"Hmm he's right, but first what spell did you use to do that to him" Aliandra asked

Harry stared at Snape on the ground and then started laughing uncontrollably. He grabbed a hold of the door frame to keep him from falling over in hysterics. At the sound of laughter Ron and Hermione ran to Harry's side only to double over at laughter at the sight in front of them. Severus Snape was lying on the ground unconscious, his skin had turned a lovely shade of dark green and he had *pink* flowers growing out of his head.

The three adults turned extremely quickly at the sound of laughter, and Harry watched as relief flooded Sirius and Remus's faces at the sight of them and Aliandra smiled. "Hey Harry" Sirius grinned "Ron, Hermione" But the three couldn't contain their laughter for long enough to reply. Sirius shook his head "And you say James and I was bad" He said to Remus who finally started laughing.

"Well you have to admit Sirius, its not everyday that Snape has pink flowers growing out of his head" Harry said laughing

Aliandra raised an eyebrow "You do know he can hear you..."

"D-Don't worry, h-he can't possibly, hate us anymore than he already does!" Harry cried amongst uncontrollable laughter "It's humanly impossible for him to do that"

Aliandra rose an eyebrow a smile tugging at her lips "Since when has Severus been Human" She commented causing Sirius to burst out laughing. Ron and Harry we're reduced to the ground and Hermione found it even harder to remain standing.

Aliandra shook her head trying to keep herself from laughing, "All right," She said stopping as a giggle escaped and then she too started laughing. "All right" She repeated after a few minutes "We had better turn him back, the last thing I want to be caught with is Snape with pink flowers growing out of his head."

"Do you have to?" Ron asked "I was actually starting to think he'd make a nice addition to my mum's garden"

Harry and Sirius snickered while Remus, Aliandra and Hermione all smiled at the thought of Snape being planted in the Weasley's garden.

"You had better change back into a dog Sirius, I'd rather be caught with Snape growing in my garden than being caught dead with you" Remus said

"Hold on, I have to know how to reverse the spell" Aliandra said before Sirius could even argue with Remus about changing back into his animagus form.

"Why do you have to know, one of us can do it" Sirius said motioning to Remus and him.

"Yes I'm sure either of you *can* do the reverse spell, but neither of you *will* do it" Aliandra said as though it was obvious. "And the *will* is the important part here"

"She has a point Sirius" Remus said looking at Sirius defeated.

"Fine, you just..." He stopped as footsteps could be heard approaching the hall fast.

"Sirius" Aliandra whispered, and as if on cue Sirius was a dog, around the corner came Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle. The three of them took one look at Snape on the ground, and then started shouting.

"PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL!!!!!" Malfoy screamed, those two words set off some sort of explosion; half the staff came running to their location, followed by half the school,

Professor McGonagall looked from Snape on the ground to Aliandra's face the back at Snape with a very confused look on her face, then she looked at Sirius, in dog form of course, and realization hit her expression. "Aliandra, I must admit this is not like you," she said after a moments contemplating,

"I'm sorry but Snape was being extremely frustrating," She said as though it was normal "I mean, really I was doing everyone a favor," Those few words caused some sort of explosion, everyone, apart from the Slytherins and Professor McGonagall, burst into laughter,

It lasted only moments before McGonagall put a stop to it. "THAT WILL BE ENOUGH! All students please return to the activities you were attending to before you came here. Aliandra, I assume you can reverse the spell?"

"I, ahh, well..."

"She was going to get me to do it Professor" Hermione stepped up.

McGonagall pretended to look confused.

"Yes, that's right, you see, Miss Granger here was interested in how I did it so I was going to get her to do the reverse spell for it" Aliandra said this time looking as if she'd just made that up on the spot.

"Oh, well then Miss Granger, go right ahead"

Hermione muttered a few words and Snape was back to normal. He groaned and sat up then glared at Sirius...

* * *

It wasn't long till the only people that were left in the hall were Aliandra, Remus, Sirius, Hermione, Ron and Harry. "Thanks" Aliandra said to Hermione smiling

Ron was still laughing, he couldn't get over the fact that Snape had just screamed and shouted at Sirius, who was still in his dog form, in front of the entire school. It didn't matter that Ron knew that the dog was in actual fact a person, what mattered was that the rest of the school didn't!

"It's all right, I read about that spell last year for some extra reading." Hermione answered politely smiling back at the woman.

Aliandra sighed "I really have no idea when he learnt these things, somewhere along the lines he actually must have read a book" Remus snickered at the idea and the big black dog that sat in front of him growled at him. "It's probably pretty safe to turn back now" Ali said looking up and down the halls, "Unless of course you want to stay like that"

Sirius turned back into a human and yawned. "All that excitement has made me tired" he said.

Aliandra and Remus shared a look. "He did go mad in Azkaban didn't he," She said and Remus shook his head

"He was always like this remember..." Remus said shortly. Something about the sentence made Harry think that Remus decided against finishing the sentence which suddenly made him wonder about Ali and Sirius's relationship. They didn't look as though they hated each other, but then they didn't look as though they were crazy about each other either, Harry sighed and figured, until he understood his own relationships, he had no hope in understanding this.

Ron stretched "I think I might agree with Sirius, it's definitely time for sleep, mind you we have been up since six" He said looking at Harry and Hermione.

"Only six?" Sirius and Aliandra said at the same time then both looked at each other then turned away.

Ron, who had missed the glance looked horrified "What do you mean *only* six!! I don't usually get out of bed at six am in the morning" He cried.

Sirius shook his head "You have it good then, when Voldermort was in his prime we weren't even sleeping some nights, and forget about sleeping in, we were lucky if we got up at four am in the morning."

"They're lucky they never had to experience that" Aliandra said gently. "Even when we were kids early mornings became customary as in the evenings we were restricted to our bedrooms for safety reasons, unless of course we had some way of getting around er-unnoticed." She said grinning at Harry.

"Do you think they'll introduce those rules again?" Remus asked Sirius and Aliandra who both shrugged.

"I hope not" Ron said looking disgusted

Aliandra yawned "well I suppose it's my bed time then" She said sleepily, "I guess I'll see you in the morning, sweet dreams" She said before turning to leave.

"Night" Remus and Sirius called after her then she disappeared around a corner. "We have to go see Dumbledore" Remus reminded Sirius who nodded.

"Night Harry" Sirius said scruffing up his godson's already untamable black hair.

"Night you three" Remus said as he turned to leave.

"Good Night, Hermione, Ron, and if I was you three I stay right out of Snape's way" Sirius said as he joined Remus, and they headed off in the direction of Dumbledore's office.

* * *

"You know its not good to neglect sleep!" Ron argued, Hermione had dragged both he and Harry into an empty classroom but both boys seemed to agree that sleep was more important at this point in time.

"One entry won't hurt" Hermione argued in turn

"Yeah but we won't stop after one entry!" Ron cried in retaliation

"He has a point" Harry interrupted in barely more than a whisper. Hermione glared at him fast causing him to close his mouth and pray that Ron didn't give in.

"It's not as if I'm asking you to turn into Crabbe and Goyle again, we're just reading a book, it requires no effort whatsoever" Hermione pleaded and Ron sighed looking at Harry slightly irritated.

"Don't you have anything to say about this?" Ron asked his best friend.

"Your kidding right, I'm not going to take sides."

"Your hopeless" Ron said

"Actually I'm quite happy with it this way, this way only Voldermort and the death eaters are my enemies,"

"Oh and that's something to be jumping for joy about" Ron said sarcastically then he turned to Hermione "One entry and that's it"

She grinned and nodded turning to the page they had left it at last time.

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Dear Diary,

Hi, I'm awake again, it's me Ali by the way. I woke up exactly four minutes and thirty two seconds ago which was 1:13am, and I'm actually quite awake. Lily's asleep in here; she was using the diary as a pillow, bad choice of pillow if you ask me but then no one's awake to do that. She isn't the only in the room, for some strange reason all the Marauders are in here... Err, I think I had better read the entries I missed because this is not normal...

....

Sirius saved my life.... Sirius saved my life.... Oh for Merlin's sake why on earth did he do such a stupid thing... you just *don't* save your worst enemies life...

WHAT AN IDIOT!!

I mean did he take a bludger to the head or something, I mean it is against all morals to save your worst enemies life!!!! WHAT HAS HE DONE!! WHY!! *Cries* This is so not fair, now what do I do? How can I be enemies with the person that saved my life.... Why did you do that Sirius!! IDIOT... *sigh*

Ahh now this explains the Marauders presence in this room. I'll have to talk to James about "Mum". *Takes a deep breath* I think I might actually be getting used to Voldermort taking away people I care about. Somebody better do something about him quick! Mental note, who ever rids this world of Voldermort you had better send a thank you card!

Hmm, what else stands out in these entries, the teachers miss me, oh that's a laugh, doesn't wake up soon, needs something to heal internal bleeding. Mental note: before doing something stupid, see Madam Pomfrey for disgusting potion that rids people of internal bleeding.

TEACHERS NEED PRANKS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Lily, are you okay, I mean seriously, that's just not right. Oh boy, I've been out of it for way too long. Hmm lets see, yeah Voldermort attacks, well I think I've covered almost everything.

So now what? Lily looks too peaceful to wake up yet. Akk, Pettigrew is snoring, sheesh reminder: if you ever want to wake up someone unconscious, let Pettigrew sleep in the room with them. Lets see, James looks like the person that scored the most comfortable seat in the room. Sirius is cute when he's asleep. Oh for Merlin's sake, what the hell is wrong with me. I did not just write that, oh no, I've got to go find something to get rid of it, be back soon

Lil, if you wake up, I'm just taking a walk

Love always, Aliandra

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"I never got a thank you card," Harry said

"What?" Ron exclaimed

"Well I didn't!"

"But you didn't really rid the world of him did you, I mean he's back" Hermione said

"Thank you Hermione, I'm so sorry that I didn't do the job properly, its your fault that you leave the fate of an evil wizard in the hands of a one year old. sheesh"

Ron lost it laughing. "Nice one Harry"

"Seriously Harry, if you really desperately need a thank you card just ask her for it" Hermione said.

"I'll be right, I mean I managed up until now, but why didn't anyone ever send me one, I mean I got bowed to in a shop, and everyone wanted to shake my hand at The Leaky Cauldron, but no one has ever said thank you for ridding the world of Voldermort for fourteen years."

"Thanks Harry" Ron said laughing.

"Shut up Ron"

"Shut up the both of you, I want to know what happens" Hermione said rolling her eyes.

"Hold on, I thought it was just *one* entry remember, we agreed it is definitely time for bed, you know that thing you sleep on every now and then." Ron cried

"I'm with him on this one Hermione, I don't get enough sleep as it is with the nightmares so going to bed late is just going to make things worse."

"*One* more?" Hermione pleaded

"Sorry 'mione" Ron said, "I don't think I'll manage to stay awake during it, and I would hate to think what McGonagall would say if she found us all here in the morning fast asleep"

Harry shuddered "Imagine if Snape found us, no Hermione it is most definitely bed time. We've always got tomorrow after classes" Harry said

Hermione sighed as she nodded giving into the two boys.

"See the difference you make when you enter the argument" Ron said to Harry as they linked their arms with Hermione's and all walked out of the room in the direction of the painting of the Fat Lady. Harry laughed and the three walked the rest of the way silently.