A Trip to the Past
Disclaimer: I only own my characters and my plot. J. K. Rowling owns everything else. Sorry for my mistakes and if you think Clara is blonde she isn't, she is a brunette.
Chapter 14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was September 1st and everything was going smoothly for me at least. I awoke in my bed around seven as usual to hear Mum walking around downstairs trying not to cry about her 'babies' growing up. I dressed in a new pair of baggy black jeans which I added patches to, a pheasant shirt, and a pair of boots after my shower. I levitated my trunk and Siren's cage down the stairs and into the living room where the guys' trunks were.
When I entered the kitchen Mum was making her way to wake up the boys. I took my seat and Dad sat there eating breakfast and looking at the paper. He smiled as I heard Mum yelling her head off to the boys to get up. They scattered on the floor because one fell on the floor from bed: James, one started to run about confused: Peter, one was ripped from his bed: Sirius and one got up quietly and made his way around like a mouse: Remus. They all entered the kitchen twenty minutes later looking quite upset and sleepy.
Sirius' long hair was dripping and Mum was fighting with James'. In all it was quite amusing to see James run from Mum who was holding a comb and Mum cursing him for having hair like his fathers. I noticed when we climbed into the car after loading into it that Sirius' hair was tied back into a pony and he looked like he wanted to shear it off completely.
We rode to Kings Cross Station in complete normality or as normal as you could get in my family. Firecrackers exploded in the back seat and showered us in sparks and Siren tried to kill James as usual. When we arrived we were thirty minutes early as usual and we found an empty compartment after the usual be good and stay out of trouble good bye. The boys were talking about pranking and I tuned them out by reading a fat book in my lap while I sat on Sirius' lap, playing with a lock of hair that escaped his pony.
"Tempest give me the book and no one gets hurt" James said his hand outstretched.
"No James leave my book alone, I am reading something you do when you have a brain that works in the place of humans" I said as if I was talking to a three year old which James had the mental conspicuity of one. James looked at me affronted and decided it wasn't worth the fight.
I settled in Sirius' lap and fell asleep reading the book that was in Latin which was a language I was very good with. I didn't dream about the woman and man as I usually did when I dreamt but a crazy dream about Sirius and James swimming with the giant squid then Sirius leaving me for the squid and then wanting me back. I smiled as I dreamt that one because it was so absurd.
~~~~~~~~~~Sirius' POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I looked down at Tempest who had fallen asleep as she usually did when she traveled. She looked lovely with her book on her lap and her head against my chest. She was smiling in her dream and I thought she looked so different from then when she was awake. Her curls were now down halfway down her back and in a black ribbon, a few shorter curls escaping the ribbon and framing her face in which made her look more like an angel then when she was awake. Now she was shy and quiet awake but now that silence was peaceful and not fearful.
I looked at James and noticed him looking at us a bit depressed but happy for us. I smiled back and moved Tempest's head into my arms. Remus watched us also from next to James but his eyes were a bit misty. I knew he liked Jeannie, Tempest's friend and wanted that with her and felt it would never happen though because of his disease. I brushed her curls away from her face and looked at her skin, it was almost pure white and it made her look so different from her tanned friends and her body was so fragile. She said to me once that she believed one good punch could take her down. It could break her bones but not her power or brains I had told her and she laughed. Though she was getting skinnier, I think we knew that she was just naturally skinny because I knew Tempest loved food when she was hungry.
I held her until Jeannie walked into her compartment and was looking for Tempest. Remus instantly patted down his hair and looked at her hopefully. She looked at Remus a bit longer then normal and a bit of a blush rose into her cheeks. As a blush rose into Remus' cheeks also at her looks
"I see Tempest has decided napping is an important part of going to school so I'll leave."
"Wait Jeannie can I walk you back to your compartment I have something to ask you" Remus said jumping up from his seat.
"Sure Mr. Lupin" Jeannie said with humor and they linked arms at the elbows in a friendly way and I saw both blush even more. They were so sweet on each other I was getting sick.
When they left James looked at me and smiled. "Looks like Remus will be the next with a girl" he said and then looked at Tempest.
"What Jamsie-poo?"
"I was wondering how you two get along so well because she is studious, rule-abiding, and quiet while you are loud, rule-breaking, and are rarely seen in the library unless it is to get a book out for our project or being forced into it."
"James to answer your question, she brings out the best me and she adores both sides of me."
"Guess so because Tempest would be quite happy being locked into a giant library for the rest of eternity if she had books she had never read before in it and you would go schizo."
"I know, now why does Mr. Remmy look so happy?" Remus had walked in a dream state and a silly grin plastered on his face.
"I asked Jeannie out and she said yes because she admitted she liked me also, just as Tempy said she did."
"You go Remmy!" James shouted and used his habit of pumping his fist into the air.
"Good for you Rem" Peter said in a quiet fearful voice.
"You finally stepped up to the plate" I laughed and we all did.
"Be quiet" Tempest muttered moving her head into my chest again.
I laid her on the seat as we decided to go find and torture students with pranks especially Snape. Before we left I noticed something slipped from her jeans. I wondered what it is but didn't take it; she would murder me if she found out. We left to find Snape and let the fun begin.
~~~~~~~~~~Back to Tempest's POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I woke up to an empty compartment and screams coming from the beginning of the train. I went to move to sit on the seats and ended up falling off them. When I pulled myself back up I noticed a note sitting on the seat I had been laying on. I picked it up and it was in my father's handwriting and I knew this could be either good or bad.
My daughter,
I know you wish to know of the prophesy made of your life. I have informed your mother that you know about it and still hold the bruise on my arm from her smacking it. By the end of this year I shall inform you of it. I wanted you to know this because I feel it is right.
DAD
I sat there stunned that by the end of the year I was going to know what I had bugged my father senseless for. I would know what was to come and I thought it was very cool. I put on my robes after reading it, burned the letter, and put Siren in her cage so I would be ready to get off this train. The boys came back right before the train was getting to Hogsmeade Station and we rode a carriage to Hogwarts.
I sat with Sirius who was next to James and Remus and Peter sitting across from us at the feast. All through the feast I just picked at my food not hungry because I was still wired on my letter. When I went upstairs I unpacked using the unpacking spell and hung up my posters of my rockers. I once again had the window bed and left Siren on the window sill who meowed at me angrily until I moved her off. Lily agreed with my posters and we went to bed before the three monsters came up.
The morning of the first day, I got up early as was in my naturally of life. I showered and dressed in a pair of bell bottoms, a black shirt, black boots, and my curls were free. I ran downstairs to the Great Hall and got my schedule. I had Care of Magical Creatures first with the Ravenclaws, then Transfiguration with Slytherins, and after lunch I had a double period of Defense Against the Dark Arts. I ate some toast and ran back upstairs to get Lily and pack my bag because all of my friends had taken Care of Magical Creatures.
Our first lesson of Care of Magical Creatures was very interesting. Professor Kettleburn started us with Crups. It looked like a jack russell terrier with a forked tail. It ate just about everything we fed it including a part of Sirius' robe.
"Hey Professor what are we to do when these things start to eat you."
"Mr. Black here" The Professor said exasperated and pulled the Crup away from him and sent him to work with me on my Crup feeding and taking notes on it.
"Hey Baby" he whispered kneeling next to me. I kissed his cheek and took some more notes which gave Sirius the hint to do so himself.
The rest of the day we took notes and worked on spells I already knew. After dinner I went back to my dorm because the library didn't look very appealing with Madame Prince sneering at you till curfew on the first day back. Lily joined me soon after and sat on my bed petting my cat. She touched my hair and looked at me.
"Tempest your hair is down to your back why don't you cut it or layer it?"
"I don't want short hair and I have refused to cut it since the disaster hair cut when I was nine."
"Let Viv cut it beside we could grow it back if you really don't like it. Please for Viv and us."
"Alright but I think we should wait till the night before the first Hogsmeade trip of the year for it."
"I can't wait to see you with layered hair."
"Wonderful now be quiet about it, I think I hear the monsters coming and I want this to be a surprise."
Right as I was Clara, Kasia, and Hannah entered minutes later looking quite upset. I decided to blare Led Zeppelin at them and make them angry. They swaggered over to us in their pajamas and looked at us like trash. I wanted to smack that look right off her face.
"Well if it isn't the mudblood and the blood traitor." I could see Lily tense at being called a mudblood by her own housemate and she was getting upset and I was angry at being called a blood traitor. I decided to make Clara regret ever uttering those words.
"Shut your trap Thornton, you are the one with dirty blood here because you are a filthy, trashy, bitch who no one likes. Well besides your minions."
Clara went to punch me but I moved. I swung and hit her square in her nose. Growing up with James taught you some things when he fought with your cousins, I watched it bleed then she went to hit me again and this time it caught my cheek. I felt it bruise and I noticed in Lily's eyes I saw she was in pain because our right hands were burning. I tackled Clara and sent her flying out the open door frame. We lay on the landing and she was aiming to claw my face and I rolled off her unto the stairs. She rolled on top of me and we went down the stairs fighting with each other.
We land with a thud at the bottom of the stairs as people turned to see what it was. Lily was running down the stairs and the Marauders were coming over. I got up first and went to touch my cheek when Clara grabbed my ankle and we started to brawl again. We were throwing fists and I knew I got Clara's eyes and she only got my other cheek because I learned to move. I felt us being torn apart by a huge prefect who looked at us both like we were crazy. Clara was still fighting so he didn't let her down but he let me down and I leaned onto a chair. Sirius ran up to me and hugged me. It hurt my ribs so I had to pry him off.
The prefect dragged us to Professor McGonagall's office and he sat us down in front of a very disgusted looking Professor. She looked at Lily to me to Clara to Kasia to Hannah and to the prefect. She pointed to me first and I began to tell what happened.
"Professor we were fighting because Clara found it appropriate call Lily a mudblood and me a blood traitor for no reason at all."
"No because you were listening to the muggle shit again" Clara intervened.
"Miss Thornton be quiet, continue Potter."
"Well I told her she was the only one with dirty blood because she was the one no girl can stand and she walked up to punch me but missed. It was only instinct to punch back. Clara then hit me again and I tackled her though the open doorway. I was on top of her and she went to claw my face so I rolled of the landing and she rolled on top of me. We went down the stairs trying to get at each other. I got up first and was willing to leave but Clara grabbed my ankle and pulled me down. We threw punches at each other till the prefect pulled as apart. The prefect put me down first because I was willing to stop fighting first."
"Mr. Brown this is a good account of the story from when they landed at the bottom of the stairs."
"Yes ma'am Miss Potter was grabbed by the ankle trying to walk away and did stop trying to fight me first."
"Miss Evans, Miss Schmidt, Miss Regan is Miss Potter's explanation for upstairs the truth?"
"Yes Professor" they all mumbled at the same time.
"Well it seems that Miss Potter was attacked but fought back so there is no punishment for her but you Miss Clara Thornton."
I always got away with everything with the professors. It was like some special gift or something. Even Professor McGonagall, who never played games, gave me no more then a few points off. She pointed for all but Clara to leave and we left. I walked back with Lily walking slowly and Kasia and Hannah sped up and made their way back to the tower quickly. The prefect made his way back with Lily and me.
"Hey Potter, how do you get away with that stuff?"
"I don't know, must be I'm quiet and don't usual try to cause trouble and every time except one when I got in trouble it was the other person's fault it happened and I guess they never blamed me."
"That is a rare gift and by the way I agree with what you did to that Thornton girl but you know I can't have a murder in the common room."
"That's alright I got away didn't I."
When we entered the tower most of it was down stairs and waiting for us. I walked upstairs and Lily followed me into the bathroom and got my wand for me that way I could heal myself. I had two bruised cheeks, my lip was spilt, and my ribs which you could see were bruised. I wasn't complaining because it was all worth it. Clara on the other hand had two black eyes, bruised ribs from the fall down the stairs like me, a broken nose, and a bruised cheek. I healed everything but my lip which to Lily I called it a battle scar.
The next day, Clara had all her bruises but her nose was fine. She grumpy all day and all people could talk about how the quiet ones always got the better of everyone. In the end I had Sirius shield me from questions by hugging me and pulling me into his chest and walking me to our next class. Dawn, Viv, Jeannie, and Alice were all hyped when the found out and approved. This died down soon afterwards, thankfully, and everyone soon went back to hating me for dating Sirius.
The first Hogsmeade trip was on Halloween and that to my word the night before I was going to let Viv cut my hair. She sat up in an empty classroom and had me sit on a desk. She brought a basin and put my head against it. She washed it first then brushed it. I had a towel on my head and I worried as she layered my hair. Viv had promised not to make any hair longer then shoulder.
After she was done she dried my hair and conjured a mirror for my hair. On my chin I had two bangs level with it and she smiled sheepishly at it. My hair was layered and it ended at my shoulder blades again and I got up and hugged Viv happy with it. She made me wear a towel on my head to walk back to the tower. I wore the towel when I finished my homework at midnight, four hours after my hair was cut.
I woke up the next day to Lily shaking me awake at nine. I jumped in the shower and dried my hair. Lily held up an outfit of black bell bottoms, a ruffled white pirate shirt, and black boots that cut at my ankles. She let me go once I put on some eyeliner, black eye shadow and blood red lipstick. We put on our robes, put on our cloaks, and grabbed our money bags and left for Hogsmeade.
When we entered we were amazed. It had everything and I took pictures of everything. Our first stop was Honeydukes and we bought lots of candy there escially my favorite: Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. We then went up to the Shrieking Shack which was reported to be the most haunted house in Britain. I knew better though because the tunnel which the Whomping Willow sat on lead to it, of course I couldn't tell anyone that though. We went into the post office and looked at the owls for a while till Lily suggested we go to Gladrags Wizardwear.
In the shop I found a pair of cool socks I like while tried on robes. They were cobalt blue and had little books in gold and silver on them. I thought they were cute while Lily thought they were stupid.
"Honestly Tempest sometimes you amaze me with the fact that you like such silly things."
"Well I amaze myself sometimes."
We headed to The Three Broomsticks when something caught my eye in Dervish and Banges. I went inside and looked at the daggers because I could never use my old one again. I found one that I liked a lot. It had a hilt with three jewels in it. All were rubies I could tell and I wanted it for my own with its perfect point.
"Miss, can I help you?" asked the cashier. I pointed to the dagger and she understood.
She pulled it from glass counter and I paid for it. She put it in its box and bagged it for me. Lily still was waiting outside for me when we headed to the Three Broomsticks and didn't ask what I bought because I think she knew. We sat down at a table by ourselves and were soon joined by Dawn and Alice.
"Merlin's beard Tempest you look so different then usual" Alice cried form across the table.
"Don't get used to it Allie, tomorrow no make up just my hair being different."
"Too bad I think you resemble an even better beauty then usual in that. I'll go get us all a butterbeer if you give me the money" Dawn said and we gave her the money. I went with her to carry two butterbeers and we stood by the counter as the three monsters entered and looked around.
"What can I get you two dears?" Madame Rosemerta nicely.
"Four butterbeers please" Dawn said handing her the money and the Madame got our drinks. The monsters walked up behind us and stopped dead in their bimbo tracks.
"Kasia, Hannah I think Cobain has befriended a vampire" Clara said not taking the time to analyze my features just my pale skin and dress.
"Oh shut it Thornton I think your beating from my friend was enough to shut your mouth but I was wrong." Dawn and I pushed our way past the monsters and sat at our table which was now joined by Jeannie and Viv.
"Lily that is actually our book reading, powerful, painfully intelligent friend who has dated a Marauder for almost two years named Tempest Nicolette Potter? She looks so different, I love it Tempest" Jeannie cried happily as Viv smiled at my hair and went to their drinks.
When Viv came back the Marauders came in. Jeannie blew a kiss to Remus and I thought they were adorable and perfect for each other. Sirius hadn't noticed I was in here yet and I wanted it that way. I sat at our table chatting it up with my friends until I decided the boys should see me. I felt every eye on me while I walked over to Sirius and couldn't wait to see his face.
I leaned over Sirius whispering in his ear not letting the other boys catch my face. "Baby turn around and face me." He did as told and looked at me very surprised as did my other friends who had never seen me like this. I petted his hair and he still stared at me.
"You look so different, I love it" Sirius said standing up to get a closer look.
"Tempest you look like a vampire" Remus laughed and smiled at me. I smiled so my fang teeth showed and I put the tip of my tongue on my fang. I saw Lily laughing at this and took a photo of it.
"I have been told so before."
"I can't wait till Mum sees her hair next summer."
"I can't wait to see Mum's face. What happened to your hair Tempest, why did you cut it" I imitated my mother and we laughed.
"I like it, Temp" muttered small little Peter to me then sipped his butterbeer.
"Can you come with me Tempest?" Sirius said grabbing my wrist and pulling me out of the Three Broomsticks.
Sirius pulled me into a more unpopulated area of Hogsmeade. He touched one of my curls and looked into my eyes. I saw love and passion in his eyes and it touched my heart and soul. I reached and touched my hand against Sirius' cheek and kissed his lips. He and I just stood there hands interlocked and kissing. We didn't care that we were in public just for each other.
When we broke apart Sirius had redder lips and I went up and traced his lips with my finger. He reached over and wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me close to his chest. I smelled his scent and smiled at him.
"I love you Tempest Potter and you will always have a place in my heart no matter what."
"I love you too Sirius Black and you are adored in my soul and heart."
"Come on sweet storm, I think we better get back."
Sirius wrapped his arms around my shoulders and we walked back attracting many stares. I was because Sirius had his arms around me and I looked like a vampire and Sirius because people couldn't see my features well and it looked as if Sirius was cheating on me with another girl. We entered the Three Broomsticks again and I noticed Lily was talking to a guy I noted as Jack Knight who was a year older then us and I knew she liked him.
I walked over smiled and grabbed my bags and my camera. Jack looked at me and leaned over and whispered into her ear. She giggled as I walked away and I thought it was impossible to get Lils to giggle. I sat my bags on the table and sat on Sirius' lap. I kissed his cheek and Remus grabbed the camera and took a picture. Jeannie came over and sat on his lap and James looked a bit depressed.
"Oh Jamsie-boy don't worry one day your princess shall come" I said while trying to keep a straight face.
"Shut it Tempy or I will set my new friend called muggle fireworks on you."
We burst out laughing at that and we decided we should head back to Hogwarts to get ready for the feast. We dumped everything on our beds but the camera and headed down to the feast. It was quite enjoyable to see all my friends in good moods and I noticed looks of people were staring at me though. I got a little uncomfortable under there looks and decided to head up to my tower. I felt every eye on me as I walked out of the feast early and I saw Clara smirking.
When I got to my dormitory I started to blare Queen really loud and thankfully I was alone, no cat, no people, just me and my music. I took my dagger from its box and admired it. I stuffed it in my trunk where all my books and my vial of Lily's blood were. I locked it, grabbed my book I had been reading, and listened to Queen till the girls came back.
"That can't be her. I mean she regularly looks like a vampire but now she is one" Clara cried her brown hair flipping as she turned to her cronies.
"Oh be quiet Clara for once in your wasteful life" I hissed over top of my book.
"Well if I were you I would be quiet vamp or I will stake you."
"One I am not a vampire. Two if I was and did so you would be arrested and prosecuted with murder because unless you have proof one cannot stake nor do any harm to vampires according to the laws of the ministry on part-humans."
"I hate you so much Tempest Potter, one day you will fall from grace and I will be there making it much worse."
"Really that sounds like what the Slytherins say so unless you want to go befriend them shut your mouth and for once don't open it again."
"How dare you" she shrieked.
"Easy Silencio, Silencio, Silencio."
They started to move around not being able to make a sound. What wonders do you have when you always have one up on your classmates and understand magical theory more then they could ever hope to. Also it helps that you have spent many hours understanding how to do these spells and now being able to do them with great ease and grace, it was the one thing I had that nobody could beat me at and you beat your own family at.
Lily walked in and looked at them then to me. She was practically glowing and I knew she was even happier then usual. Either she is going out with her crush or something of equal importance happened.
"Silencing spell Tempest?" She pointed to the monsters and I nodded. "Good because I have the best news, Jack Knight asked me out!"
"Good for you Lils, I was wondering why you were so happy."
"Yes I know and Viv and Alice are looking around themselves and Dawn has informed me that she refuses to date until one catches her eye some more then Alex did."
"Wonderful and before you get all girl talky to me I am going back to my book."
"Oh alright Tempest" Lily huffed and went back downstairs.
I went into our bathroom to face off this stuff they called makeup I called it goop. I washed my face and looked into my familiar face. I liked wearing a lot of make up because I couldn't see myself in it and that was the only good thing. I knew I wasn't a pretty thing but I didn't like wearing it because it was goopy but I did like my hair layered and I thought it made me look a bit better until I got sick of it at least. I went back and read my book for a while then got bored with having to register the stuff in Latin and not English at ten in the night. I went to sleep after turning off my music and taking off the silencing spell on the three monsters.
The next day I went up to the guy's dorm to find my Sirius in bed reading a book about Animagi. I sat on his bed and he looked up with his lopsided grin on his face. I leaned over and kissed him good morning. He leaned over and grabbed a lock of my hair with grace and just looked at me confused.
"No makeup today my sweet storm?"
"Yes no more goop it hides stuff and that is all it is good for."
"Alright now please go outside I know you like nature."
I went up back to my dorm and got my cloak and camera and left to go outside. When I was walking outside I found Dawn sitting under Hester crying and I had never seen Dawn cry the entire time I had known her so this must have been big. I sat down next to her and wrapped my arms around Dawn she just kept on crying till she had cried herself out in my shirt but I didn't mention it. I had done what a good friend had done and I now wanted to ask her what was wrong. "Dawn what happened to make you cry?"
"My dad and mum was murdered by Voldemort last night, I only have my gram to take care off me now."
"Dawn I am sorry for your loss."
"It is alright Temp it wasn't your fault, but can you do me a favor."
"Sure anything for you Dawn."
"When I have to leave for the funeral will you come with me? Can we go ask Dumbledore now because I need your inner strength that none of the others have with me."
"All right we will go ask him now." I pulled Dawn to her feet and we walked in silence to Dumbledore's office. I was thinking about what Dawn had said to me. I had an inner strength that she had seen but I had not and that was what had surprised me. I went up to Dumbledore's office because Dawn knew the password and we waited outside his office.
Dawn knocked at the office door and Dumbledore called us in. I sat down next to Dawn and Dumbledore watched us sadly. I saw he was looking at Dawn with sad eyes and also with a knowing that she was different.
"Headmaster I want to ask you something on Dawn's request" I began, "may I accompany Dawn to her parent's funeral because she said she needed my strength."
"Dawn is what you want?" Dawn nodded her head solemnly to the Headmaster's question.
"I believe if your parents will allow it then you may go Miss Potter."
"Then I shall write to them."
"No just a minute" the Headmaster said getting up and going over to his fireplace. He threw in floo powder and got on his knees and put his head in calling for Potter Manor. He got mother who agreed quickly and I silently thanked I had a caring mother.
"Well it seems that you may accompany Miss Cobain to her parent's funeral. Report to the Great Hall before your first class tomorrow and you shall return Tuesday. I will inform your teachers of your absence. Good day to you both" Professor Dumbledore said waving us both from her room.
Dawn and I went back outside silently and sat at Hester. I could tell she was grateful that I could come and I was glad I could help her. She was trying not to cry and I felt so sorry for her. The two people who could make this situation worse decided to make it so. Snape and Malfoy stood in front of us their faces having smirks plastered on their faces.
"Well it looks like the traitor has finally got what she has coming to her" Snape laughed viciously and I felt Dawn's pain just collapsing into tears.
"Shut the hell up and go away Snivellus and Malfoy" I growled standing up and glaring at both of them.
"I don't think so Potter, I want to torture Slytherin's traitor so get out of the way" Malfoy hissed at me and tried to push past me. I pulled him away from Dawn and glared at him. She didn't need this and I was going to get her away from them.
"Come on Dawn lets leave these arseholes to themselves. I'm sure they want to be alone to plan joining and living for Voldemort."
"You'll regret that Potter" Malfoy shouted and I saw he had dropped his wand and was throwing a punch at my eye and he aim was perfect. Snivellus said some words I didn't hear and I felt a cut forming across my cheek. They decided to retreat now that we had shone pain, pure and simple bastards.
"Temp your eye is bruised and your cheek is bleeding."
"Hold on Dawn let me heal it, Helactus, Helactus" Is said and healed my cut and eye. "Come on and don't mention this to anyone."
"Alright, we better go pack for tomorrow."
I went back to my dorm and went to pack. I put one of my good black robes in the bag and a black skirt that cut at my knees and a wine red v-cut shirt that was long sleeved. I put in my silk nightgown, a book that Dawn had given me and other necessities. I went to find the Marauders to tell them I was leaving tomorrow.
I found them in their dorm preparing for some pranks which I had given up paying attention to. They were all sitting on James' bed and didn't notice I had come in till Remus looked up into my unsmiling face. He looked at the Marauders and they looked at me and Sirius pulled me into his lap.
"Tomorrow Dawn and me have to go somewhere for to days. I want you to take notes for me and get all my work."
"Why just you and Dawn?" James asked looking me in the eyes.
"Dawn needs me she said she needed my inner strength."
"Where are you going to with her for two days?" Sirius asked wrapping his arms around me.
"Dawn's parents funeral, they were murdered by Voldemort and she had Professor Dumbledore if I could come with her and he agreed."
"Alright and we promise not to tell anyone" Remus uttered quietly giving the rest the look that said he meant all of to agree to this also.
"I better go get ready."
"Can I help you?" Sirius piped up and took what he meant was can we have one last make out session in your room before you leave.
"Yes Siri, no come" I got off his lap and we walked into my empty dormitory.
Sirius and I laid on my bed and we started to kiss my forehead, then my eyes, my nose and I did the same to him. I pressed my lips against his and worked my hands through his hair. His tongue begged entrance to my mouth and I let his massage my own. I felt his hand against my cheek brushing it as I returned the favor with my own tongue. We breathed through our noses so we could keep on kissing.
Eventually we stopped and just lay there breathless and listened to a record I slipped on. I felt Sirius playing with my curls and I leaned into his chest. I didn't care about anything but him and just wanted him. I needed him because he was the one thing I would give up everything for, I loved him that much. He nuzzled against my face and I looked over to him.
"Can I help thee Mr. Black?"
"Yes I need to ask you something that only you can answer."
"Ask away Sirius, you know I don't care what I'm asked."
"Why do you think so low of yourself when you're beautiful inside and out?"
I wasn't expecting that but decided to answer anyway. "I do because that is what I feel and I shall not elaborate any more."
"Okay we better go to dinner then."
We walked hand in hand to dinner me dreading having to leave for a part of friendship that I didn't want to experience yet because it was going to crush a part of me to se Dawn cry again. I also didn't want to see any of Dawn's family crying because it would remind me of watching a muggle film and I never liked those feelings. I ate quickly and ran up to my room to prepare my outfit for tomorrow and sleep my night away before the dread set in of a funeral I shouldn't even be going to.
The next morning I awoke early as usual and showered. I dressed in a black pheasant skirt that ended at me ankles, a black velvet long sleeved shirt, black high heels with black fishnets. I lined my eyes with black eyeliner and mascara as a promise to Dawn that I would were the goop again for her. My lips I dressed in wine red lipstick that would match my shirt tomorrow and my hair was in a tight bun. I put on my other best black robes, grabbed my wand, and bag that I had packed for tomorrow and headed to breakfast.
Dawn was already sitting downstairs when I arrived she smiled weakly at me and I gave her it-will-be-okay smile. I sat at breakfast all my friends subdued by Dawn's parent's death. Even if we hadn't known the Cobain's it still affected us because it had affected one of our own. This was something that would affect us all and grow stronger in the fight against Voldemort to stop him from doing this to any more innocents. After breakfast I kissed Sirius goodbye and went up to Professor Dumbledore with Dawn at my side.
"You shall floo to your grandmother's house, Miss Cobain and Miss Potter you shall follow. I have alerted your grandmother of your coming this morning."
"Thank you sir and Temp it is 10 Place Street" Dawn said as she shrank her bag down and put it in her pocket. I did the same and we walked with Professor Dumbledore to the closet fireplace.
Dawn went first then we I went to leave Professor Dumbledore held me back for a moment. His eyes were pained and sad. I knew he wanted this senseless death to stop as much as we did and I respected him greatly for it.
"Watch your friend so she doesn't do anything drastic, she is different from her house I know but she still might do something in her grief she might regret."
"I will sir" I said going to step into the fireplace.
"Oh and Tempest I want to thank you for standing by your friend when others would have abandoned her."
I nodded and called out the address. I fell out of a dusty fireplace and an old woman looked sadly down at me. I pulled myself up and went to introduce myself. I stuck out my hand and she took it, her hands were very clammy but she seemed strong for an old woman.
"I am Edna Cobain, welcome to my home. I wish it was on more pleasant occasions."
"I'm Tempest Potter and so do I Mrs. Cobain."
"Call me gram and Dawn is dusting herself off in the guest room you shall both share. We leave in a half an hour for the viewing. It is second door to the right up the stairs."
I walked numbly up the stairs and into the room. Dawn was sitting on one of the two twin beds looking glazed eyed at the room. She seemed to be beyond tears at the moment. I enlarged my bag back to normal and sat on the other bed facing Dawn. I took her hands into mine and made her look at me.
"Dawn one day everything will be alright, I can't say when or where it will happen but it shall happen one day."
"How do you know, you are just as old as I am."
"No darkness can last forever Dawn, the light must rise again."
"I guess so, Temp. We better clean up for the viewing."
"Yeah" I said sadly at seeing to dead bodies of my friend's parents.
We cleaned off the dust we missed downstairs and sat on the beds waiting to be called to go by gram. When we were a magical taxi service had been called and we had been driven to the funeral home. Seeing as Dawn's mum was muggle they were going to bury her parents' muggle style so not to arise suspicion from her mum's family because they didn't know about the magical world. I felt Dawn grab my hand and we walked into the viewing.
People were sitting in the room talking, crying, or just sitting down silently. The sorrow in the room was high and it made you want to cry or sit down and reminisce. I walked over with Dawn to her parents' caskets and they had looks of shock on there face and I knew instantly that they had been murdered by the killing curse. I stood there by down clinging to my locket while Dawn sobbed at her parents. I put my hand on her shoulder and let her cry into my shirt like she had done the other day.
We had decided to sit in the back of the room so she wouldn't be seen crying and Gram sat next to us. Dawn wasn't sobbing anymore and I knew she was past tears. She had lost both of her parents and her pain was beyond anything I could image. I felt my blood burn because this was all Voldemort's fault, he shouldn't be allowed to exist, why is he allowed then to ruin so many lives and affect so many that he doesn't kill. I felt my own eyes prickling with tears and I let them fall. I hugged Dawn and she and I sat like that till Gram said we were to go home.
That night I didn't sleep. I kept seeing the Cobain's shocked faces and I didn't hear Dawn's light snoring and I knew she was awake also. I turned over to face her and she signaled me to be quiet and I knew why, her Gram was asleep and we had been told to make no noise while she slept because she was a light sleeper. I buried my head into my pillow and clung to my locket. I drew strength from it and I didn't want to lose that strength.
The next day was the burial and we moved numbly around the house getting ready. They burial was at noon and we had to get to a cemetery that took an hour to get there so we had to leave at eleven. We called the magical taxi again and we arrived on time to the burial and stood on our feet to be ready to walk up to say our last words quickly. A priest came and said some words and it was time for Dawn to go up and say her last words.
"I loved and still love my parents and their death shall not be in vain. The creature who did this shall pay for the senseless death he caused and he will pay for it with all my and the others on my side fight him. I will not watch him kill and hurt again without in my own heart and I will sacrifice my own self if it means he shall not kill one."
She stepped down tears clouding her vision and I hugged her. I was touched by her speech and I realized what this had done. It had brought the victims of Voldemort a face I didn't see before. I saw all the people I had seen pictures in the prophet who were dead flash before my own eyes and their faces all said the same thing. That Voldemort must be stopped before he does this to the entire magical community.
After we threw a handful of dirt on both lowered caskets we went back to Gram's. She made us eat before we left for Hogwarts and then we shrank down our bags so we could floo back at three. I went first and waited for dawn to come. When she did we went back to our own dorms at and I went to find the boys for my work over the two days.
I found them working on the Animagi thing that they would succeed in I knew and I would join them in their project one day just as help. I sat down in a chair by Remus who was searching in a book I had read.
"Try page 572 it might help and all of you where is my work?"
"You are so weird sometimes Temp but here is all the notes and stuff for you" James said handing me all these papers.
I worked until Madame Prince shooed us out at eight because I didn't want to have to think about the funeral or seeing dawn cry and sob. I went up to the guys' dorm and worked on the rest of my stuff till nine when Sirius started to jump up and down. He looked excited and also like a monkey.
"Sirius stop it!" I yelled at him and he flopped back on his bed and looked at me.
"Sorry Temp but we just had a huge break through."
"What that if any one tries hard enough that anyone can become and if they complete the ritual with flying colors."
"How-"
"I have read anything I can on animagi but that is only half of it because I haven't been able to get in the restricted section."
"You haven't ever just taken the invisibility cloak and taken books from it?" James asked looking at me curiously.
"No I haven't ever used that damned thing."
"Sorry Miss Grump what happened at the funeral to make you so grumpy"
"I lost my innocence to the truth."