A Trip to the Past

Disclaimer: I only own my characters and my plot. J.K. Rowling owns everything else. Sorry for any mistakes I miss.

  It was the day Christmas break began and since I had given Lily her present last night and stayed up to one in the morning to finish my History of Magic and Astronomy essay, I slept in. This lasted till Sirius and James came bounding up the stairs to wake me up. I ended up falling out of my bed, along with Siren when they jumped on my bed. I climbed back up and mumbled let me sleep. This of course made them work harder to get me up and I gave them a chance to never have children and that made them leave finally.

  I woke up somewhere around noon and thinking about all my other essays I had to go today. I showered and dressed in baggy jeans, red tee shirt, and a grey sweatshirt that came down to my knees. I pulled on my robe, packed my bag, grabbed my wand, and headed to the library without thinking of eating till I finished all my essays. I had three done by four and was beginning to start one of my last two. I finished one and a half of one before dinner was to begin. I gathered my things and headed downstairs for dinner. I would finish the other half after dinner.

  Once I was in the Great Hall I noticed that there were two Slytherins, Snape and a fifth year talking to the bastard, one Hufflepuff and two Ravenclaws that had adopted the Hufflepuff to be kind to her. I sat next to Sirius to watch the boys shoveling food into their mouths. I wondered immensely if they actually chewed their food. I never voiced my question out of disgust. I ate little dinner because I wasn't hungry even if I hadn't eaten all day. I scampered off to the library without any questions from the Marauders; I think they knew that I wanted to get my work out of the way and then experience the school afterwards. I finished the rest of my essay an hour later and went to leave for the common room for some more relaxation.

  On my way back my right hand began to burn and I rushed back to my dorm not wanting to be asked questions by the others. I revealed my circle and felt the burning hot pain running through my hand. I looked through my book cradling my hand looking for what could have caused this. I found it and read words I had forgotten, 'One may experience immense pain if they have had completed certain taxing objective before and feel they should have done better or their connection has been tampered with this should stop soon afterwards, if they relax, their connection dies but the other will still carry the crimson forever as a memoir of the other, or they have extreme feeling of emotion.'   I instantly came with one word: essays that I had just completed but felt should be done better but I wasn't willing to do so.

  I instantly began to try to relax. I laid down on my bed and closed my eyes. I was tired from everything that had happened in the last 2 weeks. The connection spell, the essays, the thoughts about Sirius, not being hungry, and the prophesy. I just wanted everything to be normal for once and I again had blown any opportunity for that to happen. Sometimes I really hated myself for not thinking through things and regretted them afterwards or just hated myself for doing stupid things that could have been prevented.

  I didn't cry for my stupidity or how much I was tired of feeling powerless with everything, with the battle against Voldemort, with my studies, with my spells, with everyone. I hated myself for so many things I couldn't change about my personality and looks. Mum said I looked over my good qualities but I told her blankly I had none and she didn't pursue the statement any longer because I would fight her in many ways about those things because I knew I was right and she was wrong.

  I fell asleep having my hand going back to normal and being plunged into my freezing black periods of sleep with no dreams till about eleven. Sirius was shaking me awake and looking at me with concern. He kissed my forehead and I understood he wanted to sleep in here with me. I let him climb in my bed as I got in my pajamas. I didn't care that he was sitting in my bed or that he was watching me. I dressed in a nightgown and climbed in next to him.

  Sirius wrapped his arms around me and I felt safe once again and knew that he was the one thing that I hadn't messed up on. He pulled me close and I smelled his signature peppermint smell and I smiled faintly at memories of last year. He made my heart beat against my chest faster and my knees almost buckle. When he talked to me I almost melted.

"Tempest why do you keep everything about you secret for only those blessed to see the real you?"

I was expecting one of these questions for a while so I thought I should give him an understanding answer, "I am afraid of people Sirius, afraid of being hurt and destroyed by them all I can't read."

"Oh, well you know tomorrow is our one year anniversary. What do you want to do?"

I had forgotten about the anniversary for a while and decided outside was out of the question but inside wasn't, "Something inside I don't care. Surprise me."

"Alright Tempest now can we sleep, I am really tired and I think your cat that is glaring at us is to."

"Night Siri, night Siren" I whispered and snuggled into Sirius' chest.

"Good-night sweet storm."

  I fell asleep in Sirius' arms and dreaded the morning because I didn't want to wake. Even though it was our anniversary I just didn't feel like facing the morning or day. I woke up before our supreme goofiness and showered and dressed. I wore a pair of flared dark blue jeans, a black shirt, and a pair of black boots. I threw on my robe, picked up my wand, put in my fang earrings, put on the concealment charm on my hand which I lucked out by not having Sirius see it last night, and headed to the common room.

  Sirius came from my room minutes later and grinning madly. He walked up to his dorm where I heard snores coming from but didn't dare bother with; I knew Sirius had magnified them once he entered the dorm. He emerged thirty minutes later in baggy jeans, a white tee shirt, and his now two inches above his shoulder hair soaking wet. His robe was wet from where his black hair dripped. I smiled at his cuteness and took his arm when he offered it.

  We entered the Great Hall every student giving us dirty looks because the other Marauders hadn't woken yet. He ate while I played with my food not eating because I wasn't very hungry. He looked at me but decided not to provoke me in the morning. I waited for him to finish and when he did I was dragged to a room where Sirius passed by a few times thinking hard then a door appeared.

  When we entered the room I was amazed by its coziness. It had a roaring fire, a plush couch, a record player and a table for two, a bookshelf full of romantic books and windows that overlooked the grounds. It made me love Sirius even more then I already did to go and find such a room in Hogwarts, no less! I sat on the couch and Sirius sat next to me.

  I laid my head in his lap and he looked at me with love in his strikingly blue eyes, usually full of mischief now full of care and love. He held my head in his arms like I was going to go somewhere and stared into his eyes forever. He ended up closing my eyelids and pulling me up to his lips.

  We probably snogged forever as it seemed until we both were going to die if we didn't breathe. I looked at him and he smiled lovingly at me. Then he lifted his hand and I saw the scar from the plane. I had to ask him because I remembered worrying about it. I reached up and grabbed his hand. He looked startled but then knowing crossed his face.

"My father did it with dagger one night after I 'shamed' them by standing up to them one night. Went half-way through my hand till he decided I wasn't worth his time."

"Oh Sirius how could he? You are one of the sweetest people I have ever known."

"Darling you know my family hates me and I hate them. Can we please not talk about this today?"

"Alright Sirius, I can see it is too painful for memories to come back to you."

"That is why I adore you Tempest Potter, so kind to me when I will be a bitter old man one day."

"I should say not, I won't let you Sirius."

"Really that is a nice offer," he whispered laying my head on his lap again.

  I closed my eyes and grinned at everything Sirius had done. I felt my heart beating against my chest in pure excitement and love for him and what he was planning. I leaned naturally against him and I knew he was grinning at me. He abruptly stood up, with me tumbling to the floor.

  I was winded by falling on the stone floor but got back up and stuck my tongue out at Sirius. He stuck his back at mine and then went over to the record player. He put on a soulful classical record and took my hand and kissed it. "May I have this dance and all afterwards young beauty?" Sirius asked me.

"Of course kind sir, who is adorable himself."

  I toke Sirius' hand and we began to dance. I had my head on his shoulder and left hand on his back. Sirius hand one hand around my waist and he had the other entwined with mine. We danced until lunch when food and a table set with candles for two appeared on the table. Sirius led me over to the table and we ate me barely because I wasn't hungry and Sirius had on his best manners for me.

  Afterwards we danced some more, snogged a lot more, and then headed back to the tower hand-in-hand. The others were outside I could hear them in here. Sirius and I went by the fire and stared into its depths. The blue and red flames danced joyfully and I thought about the prophesy I needed to know about.

  Daddy had refused to tell me about it and they probably were getting their Christmas presents now in France with some family Mum and Dad didn't want us to associate with because as Mum put it, ' They would fuel James' ego and Tempest's hatred of people even more so'.  I was very upset with Daddy for not telling me more about it except Sirius and I would be apart for many years. I sometimes loathed the fact that he didn't tell much about his job to us.

  I was dragged out of my thoughts by Sirius absent mindedly petting my head. He was lost in the fire's flame and a bitter look was fixed on his face. I dared not upset him because he could have a bad temper if you tried him hard enough.

  I sat there until Sirius came back to me about an hour later and kissed me soulfully. I knew he was trying to rid himself of all bad things by coming to me. I let him do it because if I had come from such parentage I would too. I ended the kiss with an excuse to go study upstairs on some charms. He let me go to get ready to fight in a new snowball battle with the guys.

  I went upstairs and changed into my pajamas for comfort and worked on two charms before I went to bed with Sirius at my side. Christmas was in a day and tomorrow would be prank filled against Snape. I hoped Snivellus would regret ever messing with the Marauders.

  Today was Christmas day and when I woke I gathered all my presents from the bottom of my bed to go to the guys' dormitory and decided that waking them would ruin the serenity of the day. Oh well lets begin the end of a perfectly good day. I went to wake up Sirius first because he was the natural alarm for the rest.

"Hey Siri get up there are presents."

"PRESENTS!" came a shout from him which resulted in the same from the other three. They began to rip off paper from their presents before I even got to the empty bed my presents were placed on.

  I began to open Mum's and Dad's present first because it was tradition. It was some more muggle rock records charmed to work here and very old looking books. Mum and Dad each enclosed a note and I read them bother quickly.

Dearest Daughter,

                             I hope this letter reaches you in perfect health. I know you will use these presents well, you always loved to read. You are lucky you aren't in France. Your Father is about ready to jump in anybody of water and drown himself, just like he is over in America with Charlotte. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

                                                                        Love,

                                                                       Mum

Tempest,

             I want you to know that I love you and you will not know about the prophesy till I tell you. Do not write to ask questions, please my daughter. Don't worry if you are doing what the prophesy says, it doesn't matter if you don't think you are, just do what your heart and mind says is right.

                                                                   Dad

  I opened Peter's next and it was a plant of a magical version of Deadly Nightshade. It was a lovely flower with many healing powers in potions that it is rarely used in. Remus' gift was that of a pair of onyx drop earrings. Lily gave me some more books on advanced healing. James present was of a bloody Quidditch book and sugar quills. Sirius gave me ring of white gold and three opals set in it. I loved all of there presents.

"Thanks guys' for everything. Now I must go put my presents away."

"Thanks for the chocolate and books Tempy" Remus drawled over a new book.

"Thanks for the bag of candies" Peter said between eating his huge collection of sweets.

"Sis I thank thee for your ever smartness about the pranking items and personal planner."

"Tempest, may I also add my thanks in the sugar and pranking items, also the picture of us in that really cool frame."

"You are all very welcome. Now I must go."

  Sirius instantly grabbed some of presents and helped me carry them up to my dorm. He stood silent as I placed everything away. I put his ring on my finger and kissed him lightly on the lips as thanks. He grinned and went away without another word.

  I showered and got ready for the feast that was later today after the boys have one of their snowball fights. They had learned to not even ask me to join them because I would stare at them and raise an eyebrow, in winter at least. I loved any other season but winter and avoided going out as much as possible during it. It was pure evil, with snow and coldness.

  I read one of the books that my parents gave me and as I expected it was old and fat. They probably found it in some French place and sent it to me. At least it was in English my French was very poor and I think they knew that. I was halfway through the book when Sirius came up to take me to dinner. He looked at me then grabbed my camera off my nightstand and took my hand.

  Sirius got some shots of the castle while we walked down never looking me in the eye. We stopped before the Great Hall doors and he whispered into my ear, "I want to actually eat today; I could see all your ribs last night." I nodded at Sirius' request and we entered the Great Hall were everyone was sitting and waiting for us.

  There was one table and we sat at the bottom of the table with the other three and the teachers and other students at the top and middle. True to my word I ate dinner but wasn't really hungry. It wasn't helping that the two Slytherins glared at me all through the, meal. I wondered what the boys had done to them yesterday. I finished my meal and left quickly and I blessed the boys for not following me up to my room.

  I put on my pajamas and read till Sirius came up and got in my bed. I snuggled against him and I fell asleep instantly because of all the energy I had used in the past weeks and it was finally catching up to me. I woke up and Sirius was gone and I was feeling a bit dizzy, I attributed it to eating too much last night.

  I showered and dressed in a cotton forest green dress that cut-off at mid calves. I went downstairs and tried to work some spells but I felt too dizzy and ill to. I sat in the window sill and watched the boys have their daily snowball fight. I touched my scared hand and a tear slipped down my cheek because of my stupidity in using so much energy and not being able to rebuild it until now. I stayed this way till the boys came inside because they were soaking wet and freezing off their bums.

  Sirius came downstairs and we waited for the others to come down so we could attend dinner with them. They all came downstairs and we went downstairs where our house tables were back. I just played with my food because I thought that eating when I wasn't hungry had made me sick. They all looked at me and I lightly smiled at them though it was forced, they didn't ask anymore questions with their eyes.

  When we went to head back to the tower our friend Snivellus decided to join us, I guess he got his balls back from two days ago. He sneered at us and snorted at us as we tried to go up the stairs. Sirius sniffed the air like a dog and then turned around to face Snape.

"Ah I knew I smelled a Snivellus, disgusting, revolting smell. Don't you agree James, everyone?"

"Yes I do Sirius, so what do you think we should do to Snivelly?"

"How about some torture, James he deserves it for even existing."

"Of course how could we forget such a reason?"

  James and Sirius descended down the stairs to Snape. He showed no emotion but by his movements I could tell he was nervous, would he ever learn that you shouldn't anger Sirius and James? I guess not because they soon had out their wands at each other and looked menacing to each other. I felt almost sorry for Snape, he was an unpopular person but he deserved it for believing heavily into what the dark arts said. Also it didn't help he was as unpleasant as they came.

  I couldn't watch to see what they did to him because my room was beginning to spin a bit and I decided to just go to the common room. Remus and Peter didn't stop me and I walked slowly to the common room and up to my dormitory. I heard the boys come in minutes later talking and laughing about what they had done to Snape. I slipped off my dress into my nightgown and fell on my bed.

  My room was spinning around and I closed my eyes in an affect to stop it. It stopped only when I fell asleep because I didn't want to worry the guys about anything. I felt warmth come to me later in the night and subconsciously knew it was Sirius but it couldn't register in my mind or icy depths of my sleep. I had no dreams and slept for hours I had no clue how long in pits of darkness and ice and hot on and off.

~~~~~~~~Sirius' POV~~~~~~~~~~

  I woke up that morning with Tempest still asleep. She had been asleep when I had come up here at eleven and probably had been from dinner because Remus said soon after we encountered Snape she went up to our common room slowly. She was still asleep and for some reason that bothered me about it, because Tempest was not one to sleep late often. I didn't want to wake her so I kissed her forehead. It was burning hot and I knew somehow she had gotten sick.

  I went to get the other boys so we could take Tempest to the hospital wing and make sure she would be okay. I woke up Remus first who looked at me and then nodded to James. He, I believe he understood that something was wrong with Tempest and to get James and not Peter because Pete would get in the way. James got up quickly and rushed with Remus and me to get Tempest. We didn't care that we were in our pajamas and going to be seen in Hogwarts but that one of the greatest people we knew was sick that was the only thing that mattered to any of us.

  Remus levitated Tempest to the infirmary because we didn't feel she needed to be woken and she was really sick. When Madame Keystone saw Tempest she sent us away without a word but that she will be alright eventually. We walked back to the tower and collapsed on chairs and thought about our friend, James' sister, and my girlfriend who meant the world to me. Peter came down soon and was told what happened soon we had to go eat, so we dressed.

  While we were eating we all wanted to know about our Tempest so we were very subdued. We decided to keep our minds off and not worrying to work on research of the Animagus transformation. We did this till we decided that our dorm was more comforting then the library. We sat in there wondering about Tempest our minds not on the books or anything but our sick friend.

  She was part of us, the one who kept us from going too far if she could help it and we adored her for it. Tempest was our angel with a broken wing but still she flew. She flew into her books to avoid people who she thought could hurt her, she was terrified of being hurt and from what James' said she always has been very shy and since she was eight fascinated by books.

  Tempest tried so hard to excel and she was very powerful but sometimes she did try too much and end up getting sick because she was merely human. Even if we put her with the Ancients she would still be human with her faults which she always tries to hide but they still show through. She was scared, vulnerable, cold and aloof many times. Tempest was many more but she had some of the best qualities you could see if she graced you with her true personality. She had the most knowledgeable mind about her, her eyes never gave away her ideas, her creativity, and she was kind and graceful, even if sometimes she ends up running into things like doors at times.

  I needed to see her now, to make sure my baby was okay. I leapt from James' bed where I sat and ran to the infirmary. No one followed me because they knew I needed to see her alone. I rushed to Tempest's bedside and plunked down on a chair next to her.

  Tempest was asleep still, a wet cloth on her forehead which was magiced to stay on her forehead, even when she moved her head. I could see chills going up and down her spine because she tried to kick off her quilt then pull it up to her neck. Madame Keystone was looking for something in her cabinet and didn't say anything to me, though I did see a slight smile appear on her lips when I rushed in. I took Tempy's hand and it was burning like her forehead was this morning.

  I looked in her face and her cheeks were flushed, her lips weren't as pale as usual, and her forehead was also flushed from what I could see of it. I knew she would get better but she had me worried. I looked in her face and she didn't seem as peaceful as people are supposed to when they sleep, she looked pained and uncomfortable.

"Please Tempest become well, for me, for your brother, for your friends, and quick."

"Mr. Black you act as if she will die, she won't."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, she has a high fever and chills but she shall be alright. She needs rest and care because I am out of fever reducing potion and I need for Professor Zimmer to make some soon. She will be alright by the end of break."

"Thank you Madame Keystone" I whispered so Tempest wouldn't be disturbed.

  I sat there for hours, James, Remus, and Peter visited but left an hour after they came. Tempest came no closer to waking up as I came no closer to doing my essays. I fell asleep in the chair holding Tempest's hand and hoping she would wake soon.

~~~~~~~~~~Back to Tempest's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  I woke up very dizzy and hot then cold. I felt a hand holding mine and recognized it as Sirius' because he was sleeping in a chair next to my bedside. I looked around and noticed I was in the infirmary and it was spinning around again. Wonderful, just bloody wonderful, spinning rooms and people, will it ever stop?

  I kicked off my covers because I got to hot then had to pull them up because I got to cold. Madame Keystone decided to check up on me and noticed me trying to kick down the covers again. I detested chills because they made me move when all I wanted to do was sleep off my illness. She rushed over to me and took off the wet cloth on my forehead and touched my forehead. I really didn't like that woman right then.

"Tempest why are your eyes so unfocused?"

"The room is spinning; can you do something for me? Like fever reducer or something to stop dizziness or the room spinning!"

"Spinning room, well I guess I should give you dizziness correction potion and something that can stop the spinning."

  I closed my eyes not wanting to see the room or people spinning. Madame Keystone gave me two goopy potions that were both disgusting. This stopped my dizziness and seeing everything spinning. I still had my fever and chills which was upsetting me even worse. Sirius woke up soon after everything returned to normal in vision and looked elated to see me awake.

  He dropped my hand and rushed over to give me a one arm hug. It was appreciated but I was sick and didn't want to give him what I had. He sat back down and I wanted to be alone and sleep some more so I decided to send him away. "Sirius can you tell the others I'm awake and please go get ready for the day."

"Alright sweet storm" He whispered. He kissed my hand and almost skipped out of the infirmary.

  I turned away from the door where Sirius left and was still tired and sick. I was miserable and decided sleeping was always a good activity, even if one wasn't tired. I cleared my mind and went back to sleep till I was torn out by sunlight in my eyes the next day. I was alone this time and I noticed I felt a lot better.

  Madame Keystone smiled at me and came over and touched my head. I noticed she was smiling more. I noticed I no longer had chills or a fever. I guess the illness had run its course or Madame Keystone had healed me while I slept. She gave me one more look over and let me go back to my tower. I ran into no one going back and came to an empty common room.

  I went up to my dorm and showered. I put on a long sleeved dress that came down to my ankles and was deep blue. I slipped on my fluffy slippers and grabbed a new book. I stayed down there till the guys came back wet. Sirius magiced himself dry and rushed over to me. He picked me up from my chair and held me close. He kissed me and let me go. Everyone came up and hugged me like one of them. I smiled and went back to my chair and waited for them to return dried and changed.

  When they came back down they were all really happy and wanted to take me up to their dorm and let me in on something they had been working on to get Snape. As we entered their dorm I was horrified by the messiness. It was worse then on Christmas day. Clothes were hung-off poster beds, on the floor, in window sills, and just about every where. You could barely walk through it, things were every where. I stood in the door way and turned to them.

"What happened to your bloody room?"

"Well you see in celebration of you waking up yesterday, we had a pillow fight but it seems we have pillows again."

"That is interesting James but how do you find anything in here?"

"Don't know if we will be able too but you will be proud of us, after the pillow fight we did all our essays" James said to spare himself from my questions.

"Good children, now please spill the beans able this Snape thing..."

  It was the morning after I got out of the hospital wing and we entered the Great Hall in good spirits. We were going to prank Snape today and they said it was because Snape had insulted me behind my back about me catching something from sleeping with Sirius. Of course this was a good cover story for just wanting to prank Snape and I was up to watch their works of art that I knew was going to happen.

  Snape entered the Great Hall looking very smug for about five seconds, this was wiped right off his face quick enough by seeing me with the Marauders. He sat down and soon their prank went into action. James pointed his wand and fake farting sounds were coming from Snape and they resounded against the whole hallway. He looked affronted then instantly he jumped on the table and was singing some disco hit that James and I hated. Professor Zimmer dragged him from the hall as everyone was laughing at him and the great thing was it wasn't blamed on us.

  The rest of my break went by quickly by the Marauders pranking Snape senseless, researching through the library, completing some spells and charms, and Sirius and my snogging sessions. The last disgusted James, Remus, and Peter very much and they left the room quickly once we started kissing. We abused this by doing it to annoy them constantly for the times they had been morons.