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Chapter Twenty Three

The Truth of Riddles

The room was quiet when the group entered. There was a bridge that spanned a chasm. It looked rickety and old. Arabella squeaked.

"Come forward." An old and scratchy voice instructed. Lily moved forward, heart fluttering in her throat.

"To cross the bridge you must tell me five things. They must be true, or else you'll fall."

Lily nodded.

"What is your worst fear?" the old man asked her.

"That I won't have enough time to do something important in the world." Lily replied after a moment.

"How do you want to die?"

"Fighting all the way through."

"What would you do for the ones you love?"

"Die for them."

"What do you want no one to find out about yourself?"

Lily stared at him. wasn't the point that she didn't want them to find it out about her. "I'm a half blood, not a muggle born." She mumbled.

"You'll have to speak up." the man said.

"I'm a half blood." Lily said a little louder.

The man nodded and then asked the last question. "What is the scariest thing you saw in the last chamber?"

Lily froze. She wasn't supposed to tell. "Peter being killed by my son and Remus and  Sirius not stopping him." she said quietly.

Everyone stared at her.

"You may pass." Lily looked at the bridge. She moved onto the bridge and began to cross it. James's voice carried to her.

"What do you love most?"

"My friends and parents." James replied.

"Where would you like to die?"

"In the arms of the person who loves me the most."

"What was the scariest thing you saw in the last chamber?"

"L-L-Lily dying." All the time James's eyes were on Lily's retreating back. Lily could feel them.

"What is your deepest fear?"

"That my parents will die when I'm not there. that they'll go before I can say goodbye."

"How do you want to die?"

"Fighting to make the world a better place."

"You may pass."

James hurried to where Lily was while listening to Sirius's answers.

"What was the scariest thing you saw in the last chamber?"

Sirius seemed frozen. He didn't seem to be able to answer. He backed away from the gap. "I won't—" he muttered.

Remus moved forward and answered the question. "Sirius falling through a veil and me, stopping someone from saving him."

He looked so sad standing there.

"What is your greatest fear?"

"That I'll be rejected because of what I am."

"What do you keep secret from everyone?"

Remus whispered something. The man nodded. "What do you fear you might do in the future?"

"That I'll condemn another to a fate such as mine."

"What do you want in the future?"

"A simple life."

"You pass."

Arabella looked at Sirius, who was refusing to come down. "I'll go next." She murmured.

"What is your worst fear?"

"That I won't be anything. I'll be a nobody."

"What do you want to do right now?"

"Get out of here."

"What is your goal for life?"

"To live it out to my oldest days."

"What was the scariest thing you saw in the future?"

Arabella looked down fallen. "Karrie being tortured into a stupor with a small child wailing behind her."

"How do you want to die?"

"In my sleep." Arabella replied.

"You may pass."

Arabella turned to look at Sirius. "Are you coming?"

"No." Sirius rasped.

Arabella nodded and hurried after the others.

"How far can a man walk into the woods?" a voice asked.

Arabella almost laughed. "Why, only half way otherwise he would be walking out of it."

"Correct." The voice replied as a thin woman with a crocked nose appeared. "A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How can this be possible?" the woman asked.

"They're all boys. Half of them are boys, the other half are boys too." Arabella replied. "These are all really easy."

"Hmmm," the woman smiled. "Two mothers and two children go into an ice cream parlor and get ice cream. They all pay for their own ice cream and there are only six bills used, there is no change changing hands, how is this possible and how much did they pay for an ice cream?"

James, Lily and Remus all frowned, very confused. Arabella smiled. "There is a grandmother, a mother and a daughter. They are two mothers and two children. They each pay two bills."

"At night they come without being fetched, And by day they are lost without being stolen."

"Duh!" Arabella said with an air of knowing. "the stars!"

Lily wished she had known that.

"The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place." the woman said.

Arabella rolled her eyes. "The letter e."

"Runs over fields and woods all day, Under the bed at night sits not alone, With long tongue hanging out, A-waiting for a bone."

Arabella laughed. "A shoe."

The woman seemed to be angry at Arabella for knowing the answers. "I never was, am always to be, No one ever saw me, nor ever will And yet I am the confidence of all To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."

"Tomorrow." Arabella said yawning.

"There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What are the house called?"

"A watermelon."

"Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?"

Arabella thought for a moment then smiled. "A coffin. I've heard all of these before!"

"I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. What is the word?"

"Few." Arabella replied. The woman looked ready to pull out Arabella's hair.

"I give up!" she yelled suddenly and disappeared. A key clattered to the floor where she was.

"That was easy." Arabella said, hurrying to the next door.

"How did you do that?"

"Oh I sorta heard them all from my dad." Arabella replied, opening the door.

A/N:

WAHOO! I'm almost done with this, then I can start on the later years… after they all graduate and stuff.

Please review so I feel loved and write faster.

On a small note that you should all know about if you want updates, and want them now, I'm going to camp for two weeks from July 13 to the 26, so there won't be any updates in that time… sorry!

Also, My computer (Amanda if you want to know her name) is acting up so it's hard to write this quickly.

I'm working on faceless march (the next chapter!) and it should be out before Sunday, but I won't be able to get A Day In the Life You Once Knew, or The Full Moon or *scampers off to see other chapter titles* or Facing Your Fears, or The Last Task or Destiny or Veritaserum (those aren't in order…) out sooner then the 27, because I'll have to type them up.

I promise I'll try and get some more chapters to you but I'm not sure I'll be able to what with Amanda shutting down randomly, the internet playing up, packing my room up, going to camp and then England…

Anyways, Hope you liked the chapter….