A Trip to the Past
Disclaimer: I only own my characters and my plot. J. K. Rowling owns everything else. Sorry for my mistakes.
It was the first Quidditch match of the year, November 10th and I was in the library. Lily had gone with her other friends after I assured her I was fine by myself. I didn't want to see James or Sirius play today because it would bring back my memories of them. I couldn't face those memories yet, they hurt so much and it was my entire fault.
Sirius and I avoided each other like a plague now. Our hearts were both broken from my stupidity. No one bothered me anymore, I was old news. Now Sirius had too many admirers. He like James and Remus ignored them much to his admirers' surprise and dislike which didn't stop them though. Those three were all so adorable and would grow more handsome by the years, along with James' ego so they would grow even more stalkers. The other Marauders had remained neutral from Sirius' and my breakup; though I did believe they agreed with Sirius but said nothing to anyone else but themselves.
When everyone heard we had broken up, Lily tried to comfort me but I gave a stony face and she stopped trying. Clara, Kasia, and Hannah laughed at me till I cast a total body bind on them. They stayed like that for many hours and when a third year uncast them. They avoided me for they feared me after that episode. James said he noticed both of us were moping around but to proud to do anything. I never cared what he said because I avoided the Marauders now. I stayed in the library when I could and Lily visited me when she felt I needed it. She never got any closer to me telling anything about our breakup. She learned everything from her gossiping friends, and Bertha Jorkins.
I now sat going through books and Madame Prince clicking her tongue at me. I took out my books and renewed the connection book so she would stop that awful tongue clicking. I put them in my bag and headed outside to sit by Hester. I could hear the game going on but now it was just noise. I sat looking in the lake and felt hot tears in my eyes. I was weak and I knew and hated it. I climbed up into Hester's branches and let the tears fall without being seen.
I watched the students file out of the pitch. Lily looked excited and so did many of my fellow house-mates. I was sure that Gryffindor had won and that gave me more reason to stay in Hester's branches. I stayed there till I saw Remus marching out to my tree an hour later.
Full moon had been last week and he looked better then when he came back. I knew that the guys had figured it out but said nothing to me because they thought I didn't know, Remus told me all of this, including their try at Animagi transformation. I knew James, Sirius, and Peter were going to try to become Animagi to keep Remmy busy, if they wanted to they would, I would probably become one to not be outdone by the boys, but register later in life. He marched straight up to Hester and looked up to me. He looked angry with me and I wondered what I had done wrong this time.
"Tempest Nicolette Potter, come down here right this instant." I was immediately reminded of my Mum and for a moment my eyes were light.
"Remus I am going to stay in this tree for today, now please go away."
"Come down here or I shall get Professor McGonagall. You didn't go to the match now please come and stay with us for a while."
"No now get Professor McGonagall if you must be so annoying."
"Fine Tempest I will be back with Professor McGonagall and Evans."
"Alright Remus, I will come down."
I put my bag on my back and climbed down from the tree. I looked at Remus with as much loathing as possible. I didn't want to even leave my tree but Lily would ask questions and nag till I told her answers. I hated that in her sometimes but it proved useful at times.
I walked back up to the tower with Remus wishing never to go there. It was like the dread I felt going to Aunt Charlottes' except I had Sirius with me and I had a memory with him for everything and I hated it. When we arrived at the portrait hole I heard music coming from it and I tried to turn and run. Remus caught this and dragged me through the portrait hole. People were dancing and talking and just having fun. Remus let go of my arm and I hid in the crowd from him. I was going to escape being here.
I carried my books upstairs and stayed up there for a few minutes to regroup getting out of this damn tower. I came back downstairs and hid in the crowd. I made my way avoiding the Marauders. I made it outside the portrait hole and took off towards Hester. No teachers caught me and it was dark outside when I made it. I climbed back into the tree and got ready for a long night.
I fell asleep in the branches and woke up the next morning in perfect condition. When I slept I barely moved so that is why I stayed in the same position with no scratches or broken limbs. I climbed down from Hester and walked back to the tower. It was empty as I expected because everyone was sleeping in from the party that happened every time we won a game. I went up to my dormitory and showered and ready for another horrid day.
I dressed in my black skirt that cut-off at the knees, a pair of black boots, a blood red shirt, a silver sweater, and I tied my hair back in a black ribbon at the nape of my neck. I threw on my robes and grabbed my wand for Sunday. I toke my books with me to the library and sat down for a study day. I read books for hours, grasping knowledge in its beauty. Madame Prince left me alone today for her unknown reasons and for that I was grateful as I studied.
I was joined by the Marauders later and they sat around me with Animagus books. I looked at James and he just looked back, nothing in his eyes. I decided I should tell them what I knew.
"I know what you are planning to do, if one other then us, they would know too."
"What are we going to do so dear intelligent sister of mine?"
"Become animagi to keep a friend from hurting himself."
"How did you know?" Sirius asked sitting next to James.
"I've known since last year Black." I killed me right then to call him by his last name.
I picked up all my books and left for somewhere I knew I wouldn't be disturbed. The look on Sirius' face when I said his last name was the loss of all hope and destruction of all emotions. I ran up to my dorm and threw my books on my bed. I needed to rid myself of them if I wanted to go outside and be left alone.
I walked outside and sat by the lake and stared into its depth. I didn't notice the tears rolling out of my eyes or Hagrid walking over to me. I saw a towering shadow over my little body and looked up to see Hagrid standing behind me. He was looking down at me with a mixture of curiosity and concern.
"Tempest are you all right?" He asked his face laced with concern.
I shook my head no and went back to looking in the lake.
"Do you wan' to talk about in my hut?"
I wasn't surprised by his offer. Sirius had told me that Hagrid was one of the nicest people you could hope to meet. I decided to go and talk to Hagrid because he was offering help.
"Alright" I said barely over a whisper.
He led me back to his hut, while I was trying to stop crying. A boarhound leapt at me when Hagrid opened the door and began to lick me to death. Hagrid pulled the dog off of me and put him out back. I sat in a chair across from a giant table.
"Do you wan' any tea, Miss Potter?"
"Yes, please."
I sipped my tea when Hagrid gave it to me. He sat across from me and looked me in the eye. I noticed a tea slid down my cheek and into my tea. I didn't care at that moment.
"Tempest why were you crying out by the lake?"
"You know the guys, I'm sure they told you."
"Yes Sirius did tell me about you two breaking up. He was and still is heartbroken."
"I broke my own heart in the process of hurting him and I just can't live with that." By this time tears just exploded from my eyes like back at the lake and showered my tea in salty tears.
"He made a mistake and he learned his lesson Tempest. He still cares and you and I both know it."
"Well I wrecked any chance of him loving me earlier."
"Whatever you did I'm sure he'll forgive you."
"I called him by his last name and you know how he hates, especially with his cousins and brother here. You know how he hates them all but Andromeda."
"I know but find him, apologize, and make up. He'll forgive you and he and you won't be as miserable."
"He won't forgive me for that and you know it."
"Come here Tempest cry yourself out and then find him."
I walked into Hagrid's open arms and he hugged me. I stayed like that for at least ten minutes and sobbed. I had decided to swallow my pride and find him and ask him for forgiveness and another chance. Hopefully he would forgive me and I would get another chance. I stopped crying and left Hagrid's bear hug.
"Thank you Hagrid for everything. I will ask Sirius when I find him."
"'our welcome Tempest, come back if you ever need a friend to cry on, literally."
"Sorry about your shirt Hagrid, well I best be gone."
"Go on find your Sirius."
I ran from outside to inside the castle. It was just after lunch and I hadn't eaten but I wasn't hungry any way. I ran into the library to find the guys. They looked up at me and gave me dirty glances. I ignored them and walked over to Sirius and plopped down next to him.
"Can I help you Potter?" he drawled lazily.
"Sirius can we talk in private?" I begged him.
"So I am Sirius now?"
"Please I want to say some very private things to you."
"Alright Potter we can talk privately."
I took him to an empty classroom, locked it, put a silencing spell on the room, and turned to face Sirius. He looked bored and when we locked eyes hurt. I felt disgust with myself for what I had done to him.
"Sirius I am sorry for what I have done to you. When we broke up I realized I broke my own heart as well as yours."
"Who said you ever broke my heart?"
"Your eyes and me" I said to him looking in his eyes and seeing every emotion pass through them that I didn't want to see. Hurt, pain, disgust, hopelessness, and suffering passed through his eyes for a minute and he walked closer to me.
"I still love you and we broke up because of our stupidity. Mine in embarrassing you and yours in taking that embarrassment too far."
"I know" I said looking at the floor and my feet.
"You still wear the locket, why?"
"I wear it because it reminds me of my mistake that I don't want to ever repeat."
"Do you still love me, Tempest because I still love you?"
"I still love Sirius."
He tucked a piece of my hair that escaped my ribbon behind my ear. When he saw I didn't flinch I leaned down to me and kissed me. I kissed back and we kissed till we heard a blast open the door. A boy that I had seen at the station stood there twirling his wand and sneering at us. He was Sirius' younger brother Regulus and a girl with blonde hair and a sneer on her face stood beside him. Sirius let go of me and we turned to face the little monsters.
"Regulus, Narcissa may we help you?" Sirius sneered at the two younger brats.
"Why brother I have been elated to find you have recaptured your love. I am going to miss you being miserable."
"I would shut it you little bastard before I have to hex you" I said to those little monsters.
"Sirius she has grown to talking to people aren't you excited?" Narcissa said in a fake happy voice.
"Regulus, Narcissa, you are talking to Tempest Potter and I doubt you both, Bellatrix, Snivellus, and Malfoy appreciated being some of the things you were last week."
"No we didn't Sirius but you know Mother is going to hate you even worse."
"Do I look like I give a damn about mother dearest" he said with loathing and sarcasm.
"Just wait Sirius, you and your little bitch will get what they have coming to you."
"Hey, Sirius this sounds what Malfoy and Snape said to me last year. Do you little Slytherins teach the new words to the first years the first night they get here so they can threaten the others with the same threat with no back up?"
"Good deduction darling, I believe it is true."
"You both are so stupid you know that right?" Narcissa said flakily.
"Now really are you in the top ten of your class or head of your class because if you aren't then you are the stupid ones to talk" I said to that little flake.
"Well you aren't" she said looking a bit unsure.
"I am head of my year and Sirius, James, Remus, and my best friend are all in the top ten. So I wouldn't talk stupid brat."
"I hate you both so much."
"Do you here that Tempest, they hate us? The Slytherins do teach each other their insults."
"Come on Narcissa. They aren't worth our time."
That is the wrong thing to say to Sirius. This upset him greatly and he flipped both of them upside down. He made them hit the floor and ceiling while singing 'I love Sirius' many times. When we were down with them we let them down and sent them walking down the hallway very dazed.
Sirius turned to me and we kissed me again. I liked feeling Sirius' lips against mine. The power that radiated between us and the feeling of perfection between us made me love kissing him all the more. I loved when we frenched because it was even more intimate then I already was with him. It was perfect when he held my chin and we kissed till we had to come up for air.
"I guess this means we are officially back together" Sirius said as we came up for air.
"Yes it does. You know I missed you and kicked myself everyday for letting you go?"
"I know and I missed you terribly. I am just too stubborn and proud I'm glad you came to your senses first. I might have lost you forever."
"Yes well we better go back and look for the guys they may start to worry we blew each other up or something."
"No I have better plans, we should let ht world I know we are back to together at dinner."
"Will this get me a detention, Mr. Sirius Black?"
"It probably will?"
"Talk Sirius, I need some information."
"Okay..."
At dinner we were planning a great surprise for the entire school and I didn't care who saw it. Sirius was talking to the guys and sitting next to me. He tapped my shoe and this was my signal.
I threw down my fork and stood up next to Sirius. Everyone was looking at me with my hands on my hips and my eyes on Sirius narrowed. Sirius stood up next to me and the entire Great Hall was silent. We knew they were expecting a huge argument between two broken hearted people. They were getting more then they would expect. I slapped Sirius and he looked flabbergasted. No one not even my brother moved and all had their mouths open.
"Stupid wench, what was that for?" I saw in Sirius' eyes that it pained him to say these things to me now.
"I hate you Sirius Black, I never want to see you again."
"I deducted that when you slapped me."
"Merlin's beard you actually thought, the world is going to end." It hurt me to say these things to Sirius because we were back together and I didn't mean them.
"Yeah well at least I don't have a pole shoved up my arse."
"You stupid bastard, how dare you say that."
"Easy because that is the truth."
"Well here is your truth Black."
I went to slap him and Sirius caught my wrist. I put on a scared face and Sirius pulled me closer. When we were almost touching he stopped and dropped my wrist.
"I missed your bloody lips, you know that right."
"Of course I knew. You loved them."
He pulled me closer and kissed me. I heard Professor McGonagall knock over her chair trying to come towards us. I knew Sirius was silently laughing and I was too. We parted and we smiled.
"I still love them, sweet storm. Please can I have you back?"
"Alright Sirius as long as I can keep you for now on" I said in a stage whisper.
Professor McGonagall reached us as we went in for another kiss and pulled us apart. She looked like a fire breathing dragon. She pulled us from dinner before yelling at us.
"How dare both of you? Black I could see this up your alley but Potter you are head of your class and perfectly rule-biding."
We smiled at her and Sirius snaked his arm around my waist. "We wanted everyone to know we won't be miserable anymore, Professor."
"I see, so the fight was an act?"
"Yes Professor McGonagall" I answered before Sirius could.
"Alright no detentions because you were acting but 10 points from each of you" She said exasperated.
Sirius and I smiled and we headed back to the tower. We sat on a chair together and waited for our friends to come. Lily came through first and looked at me viciously but didn't come over yet. James, Remus, and Peter came a little while later smiling at us. They sat by us and we waited for there questions and comments.
"So Siri this means no more moping, you too Tempest?" James said while smiling at me in Sirius' arms.
"Of course dearest brother" I laughed at him and kissed Sirius' lips briefly.
"James no one can call me Siri and don't even try" Sirius hissed at my brother and James took this to heart, I could tell. He never said it again, that day at least.
"Can I call you Siri and just me?" I asked sweet as sugar.
"Yes for one condition only. You kiss my forehead like last year in the infirmary."
"Alright Siri" I said kissing his forehead, like I had in the infirmary.
"Great I'm Siri now to you and you only."
"Well I have to talk to Lily soon or she will have my head. I'll come up to your dorm later."
"Bye Tempy the curly haired one."
I walked up my dorm where Lily sat on my bed petting Siren and looking quite indifferent at me. She looked at me, waved her hand for me to sit, and then decided it was time to interrogate.
"May I ask why the hell did you two do that? Everyone now knows you two still love each other."
"The thing Lily we just got back together today and we wanted everyone to know we did it in our own terms."
"Alright but you tell me first so Bertha Jorkins can't make any rumors about you two."
"Yes Lils, but what are they saying now?"
"That you two were never going out in the first place and are just pulling our legs."
"Very off, worse then usual for good-old Bertha."
"Yes, but what do you want to do before the start of a new week of school?"
"Read this connection spell. We could do this if you wanted to?"
"Alright hand me the book of your choice."
I handed her the connection book and she read over the spell three times. Each time her eyes popped a few times in surprise and made a few oh shapes by the time she was done reading. She handed the book back to me and Lils looked in by eyes a bit surprised and willing.
"Well Lils what do you say?" I asked grabbing Siren to pet her.
"I will but when could we do this?"
"Two weeks before Christmas break, that Saturday morning they have a Quidditch match and we can do this that morning."
"Yes, do you have everything already or can we get it by then."
"I have everything, but you have to get your own special outfit?"
"Alright now go bother
someone else, like your boyfriend. I want to get ready for another easy day of
school."
"See you later Lils."
I walked up to the guys' dormitory and heard muffled yelling. I decided to break up whatever was going in that room and bust in with my eyes closed. When I opened them I was shocked to see what the guys were doing.
James had a sheet around Sirius' neck. Peter was hitting Frank with pillows. Remus was wrestling with Andrew and I was surprised to see all of them in their boxers. They all froze in their positions. No one moved and I stood there with my hands on my hips and my eyes popping out of their sockets.
"Okay someone explain to me WHAT THE IN THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!" I yelled at all of them.
"Well you see Tempest" Sirius began "this all started when we had a pillow fight and it grew into a huge brawl."
"I see and why my I ask was my brother choking you?"
"We were taunting each other and I got the better hand" James cut in to safe his own skin.
"Alright get in your pajamas all of you and I will be back in here in ten minutes."
I waited ten minutes outside their door and came in to see Remus restoring the dormitory to the normal messiness. Sirius lay on his bed and I decided to annoy him first. While he closed his eyes to go to sleep, I put a finger to my lips so everyone wouldn't say anything to him leapt on his bed. I jumped on his bed and he fell off of it on to the stone floor. He got back up and sat on the bed, while I stopped jumping and sat next to him.
Sirius smiled at me and I crawled up in his lap. He then started to tickle me mercilessly while the others watched us with interest. I laughed until tears ran from my eyes. Sirius stopped when he saw my tears and put me in his lap. He kissed my tear tracks and then my lips.
"You know the one thing I am going to miss about them broken up is we didn't have to be forced to watch their lovey-dovey acts" James said to Remus and Peter.
Sirius and I broke apart and we glared at them all. James shut his egotistical mouth; Remus smiled knowingly, and Peter just smiled at us. I hated all of their little looks and smiles. "Oh dearest brother may you leave my dear boyfriend and I to are acts of love. I hear there is a nice squad of stalkers to date you at the moment" I said to James who turned beat red from my comment.
"Just shut up you stupid brat. At least I have fans."
"No James you have lots of stalkers and you know I am correct."
"Tempest please leave Jamsie-poo alone" Remus added to embarrass my dear brother.
"Oh alright Lupin, but I might add you have your own stalkers."
"Yes I do but so does Sirius. He on the other hand has the perfect intelligent girlfriend that could murder me if I don't stop talking."
"Yes all of you best believe it because I'm sure you don't want your future wife to know you can't reproduce."
I saw all of them cringe at that threat and smiled inwardly. They could never beat me in threats I was too smart for them, those puny humans! 'Wonderful I have been listening to James way to long. I am starting to call them puny humans. I must find an antidote for this.' I walked back to my dormitory without another word to them and decided to sleep off my illness of talking like the Marauders. When I woke up the next morning I had slept off talking like those morons as I called them, hopefully.
2 weeks before Christmas break, morning-------------------------
I woke up before everyone excited at what Lily and I were going to do while the rest of the school was at the Quidditch match. I had showered and waited for everyone but Lily to leave for the Quidditch match. We were dressed in outfits we could never wear again because they were now tainted in a spell that forbid it. I wore a long black flowing skirt, a black tang-top; my hair was pulled up in a wine red ribbon, and I was barefooted. Lily wore a wine red skirt that cut-off at her knees, a white renaissance shirt, her hair was flowing down her back, and she was barefoot like me. It was important to have one color matching each other, we chose wine red.
I gathered all the items we needed to begin the spell and Lily and I began to set up. We put twelve candles in a circle and sat in them. I laid the wine red cloth between us and sat the dagger in the middle. Lily and I sat vials next to us on the right and our wands to the left.
Lily lit six candles next to me and me six next to her with our wands. This signified the beginning of the complex spell. We toke each others hands and held them over the cloth. We needed to begin the chant we had memorized.
"We call upon all of those before us
To help us connect to each other
Through our crimson we shall be forever connected
With the other's blood running through our veins
We shall know each other more then any
Give us this power to complete our connection."
Lily and I dropped hands and we felt a power being forced into the room. I toke the dagger first and drew a perfect circle in my right hand. I handed the dagger to Lily and she did the same to her right. The blood was gushing onto the cloth and we took the vials and filled them up half way with our blood.
We combined our hands on the circled and the blood that flowed from the circle went into the other's hand. We parted and the blood that had fallen flew into the others hand and the mixed blood was slip evenly. I could feel Lily's power in my hand but then I felt no more difference in my hand. I was still pureblooded and she muggleborn but we were forever connected because this blood would run through each others body forever.
I cleaned up my dagger with a cleaning charm, hid it under my bed, and exchanged my vial for Lily's. I hid the vial in my wardrobe and changed into different clothes. I dressed into black baggy jeans, my Doors shirt, a pair of black boots, and I let my hair fly away. I grabbed my robes and wand and went to leave but Lily stopped me first.
"Put on the concealment charm before we leave to see the rest of the Quidditch game."
"Contrullio" I said and my scar was hid. This concealment charm was especially for this charm and only its own reveal charm could reverse it. Lily and I had memorized both; ("Recturio") was the reverse of the concealment. I walked with Lily to the Quidditch pitch and sat in the back.
The match was almost over but Gryffindor was in the lead against Hufflepuff by fifty points and our seeker, Maddle was closing in on the snitch. Sirius sent a Bludger at one of the Hufflepuff's chaser, just as Maddle caught the snitch. I jumped up with the rest of Gryffindor and screamed.
I ran down with Lily at my heels to James and Sirius. I noticed when I got near them Lily went to join her other friends. I leapt at Sirius and we hugged out on the field. James, Remus, and Peter whistled. I shot them a glare at them and they stopped. Sirius lifted me up onto his shoulders and I was laughing too hard at this all to care.
I was carried back to the Gryffindor Tower and was left as James, Sirius, and Remus went with some other boys to go to the kitchens and other places and would be back very soon. Sirius had given me his word on that and I sat in a chair waiting for them. Playing with my right hand, out of habit to touch a new scar, tracing where I subconsciously knew where the scar was, I waited for them and I was soon joined by horrible company.
Clara, Kasia, and Hannah stood in front of me, looking quite unpleasant. All three of theirs arms crossed against their chests and their mouths were twisted into smug smirks. I personally thought they should just give up and go stalk someone else.
"Can I help you, repugnant ladies?" I asked with malice reserved only for them, Snivellus, and Malfoy.
"Potter why is that you insist on keeping Sirius to yourself, even though we know that you and him don't love each other?" Great once again with their stupid questions and god those three were dumb as bricks sometimes.
"Well you see Clara, Sirius and I really do love each other. So why don't you go find some other guy and his girlfriend to stalk, it might be easier on all of your brains."
"Oh God Potter why must you be so infuriating?"
"I can be because I have many more brain cells then you do which makes it quite hard for you to actually know what I am saying. Now do you understand?"
"Hmph" Clara, Kasia, and Hannah snorted and left with their noses in the air at me. It was quite funny to actually see it.
I sat by myself until the guys came back with sweets and everything you could imagine. This got the victory party going and the music began to play. I sat in my chair till Sirius dragged me from it. James was chasing after a third year girl and Remus was talking to Frank, Peter, and Andrew. I was now having pure fun time with Sirius trying to get away from his lips.
I was being chased like that third year girl and I was laughing the whole time of the chase. Everyone was looking at us four and then James caught and held me for Sirius. James had given up chasing that third year and decided helping his best friend was funnier. I was thrashing until Sirius kissed my cheek and let me go on my way. I joined Lily who was chatting up with some older girls and stood by her silently.
"Hello, aren't you Tempest Potter?" a tiny scared voice said from behind me. A little first year was trembling before me and she was utterly adorable though. Her blonde hair was braided and her eyes were a deep soulful brown. She was looking quite afraid of everything and reminded me of myself on my usual days.
"Yes I am and who may ask are you?"
I lead the little girl away and she was smiling at me brightly but still looked fearful. I took her to a corner of the crowd and she nodded her head in thanks. "You haven't told me your name, please will you tell me?"
"I am Amber Klimm" she whispered and I smiled at the tiny girl.
"Now what did you want Amber?"
"I wanted to meet the girl many speak wrong of because they are jealous and to know that the gossiping girls were wrong."
"Quite intelligent Amber, well I shall tell you that they are very wrong about me."
"I know now, thank you, Tempest." The girl went to leave but turned to smile at me. "Oh and Tempest good look with Sirius, you two are perfect opposites."
I smiled at her and went to find my boyfriend who was causing trouble. He and James were torturing girls by throwing sweets on them and I laughed. They were so kooky sometimes, well actually all the time. I put my hand on my hips and looked at them with my fake glare. They smiled and tried to look innocent. I didn't fall for it and they began to eat the rest of the sweets they were going to throw.
It was quite a night but I couldn't wait for Christmas break to start. James, Remus, Peter, Sirius, and I were the only Gryffindors staying again. It would be enjoyable with Snape staying here and them pranking him senseless. I couldn't wait for the trouble to begin again.