Yay! Chapter six! Finished before the holidays start!
If I'm very lucky, I'll be able to do Chapter seven too!
Tragically, I'm still not in posesssion of HP
In this chapter, Jesse's Lenape Grandmother comes for a visit, Will finally gets rid of Theodosius, Sirius' mother has an actual purpose (Other than being an annoying old hag) and Sirius gains more information about his best friends' fate.
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The next morning in the cells, found the mood slightly reserved. Most of the others were worried about what happened to Remus... and Mary kept randomly bursting in to tears, As she was doing now.
"Oh would you just shut up woman!" yelled Theo loudly, drawing more tears from Mary. Theo rolled his eyes and plopped down on to his cot.
Will lost his temper, again, and threw himself at Theo, knocking him off the cot and on to the floor.
"Stop!" Shouted Jesse
"Your going to get yourself killed!!!" Yelled Isabelle. But Will took no notice, he just carried on hitting and shoving Theo.
Remus was all for hitting the the little jerk until he stopped moving, but it was giving him even more of a headache than he already had from being stuck in the silver hell, I mean cell. Daniel and a few others weren't helping too much
"Go Will!" Yelled Daniel
"Kill that moron" Shouted Toby
"Kick the shitty little bastard in the balls!" Remus didn't have to look to know who said that.
"ADAM!!!" Shreiked Mary
"Will!" shouted Remus "Stop it now!"
"Oooh!" said Sophie "Where are the balls?"
"Can we play with them?" asked Alexander
"AAAAAAAADDDDDDDDAAAAAAMMMMMMM" Screamed Mary, in a voice that would scare Voldemort. Everyone turned and looked at Mary in horror, Maddy and Jenkin, who had previously been asleep, were climbing out of bed to see what was going on.
Adam looked at Mary, like she was the grim reaper, come to get him.
"Sorry" he squeaked "won't happen again" and he sat down quickly on his cot.
"Would anyone be so kind to tell what is going on here." Said a voice from the door
Everyone jumped, and stared up to see Lucius Malfoy.
Malfoy gazed at Will and Theo, still on the floor.
"Middleton, I told you what would happen if there was anymore trouble." He smirked
Will clambered to his feet and moved as far back in to the cell as he possibly could.
"However..." that was good, however was good "Instead of disposing of you..." he gave a nod to Flack and Meddle (who seemed to accompany him wherever he went)
Flack moved up to Adams cell, opened it, and led Adam out. Meddle went to Wills cell, and brought Theo out. Then they ushered the two in to each other's cells.
"I hope that's more convenient" Smirked Malfoy.
"Yeah thanks." said Will flatly.
However, he was obviously pleased at the swap (As was everyone else)
Malfoy smirked, and turned to Jesse, much to everyone else's puzzlement.
"Your, err, Grandmother is here..." he said silkily, as if he thought Jesse's Grandmother was utterly ridiculous.
Jesse smiled, as if he knew secrets Malfoy didn't, it gave him a very magical look, and Remus found it hard to believe Jesse was a muggle.
"I thought we weren't allowed visitors..." said Joe uncertainly
"You aren't allowed human visitors" Said Malfoy "But his, umm Grandmother, doesn't count"
"Why not?" asked E.B
"Because she's not human" Said Malfoy, as though stating the obvious
"My Mothers Mother is a Wicken" Stated Jesse softly
A Wicken!
Well that made sense, if Jesse was part Wicken, no wonder he looked magical.
Wickens were an ancient Native American species, sort of like shawmen, only with magical powers, but only among the girls. Wickens could draw power from the earth and plants, and heal people. They could also become animagus a lot easier than ordinary wizards, and Metamorphamagi like Tonks were much more common among them.
"What's a Wicken?" Asked E.B.
Then, without warning, an old woman strode into the room and looked around.
She had snowy white hair, and though old, you could see she must have been very pretty. She had deer-like eyes and a kindly look about her, and despite her age, she had very few wrinkles. Remus was almost put in mind of Dumbledore.
Malfoy gave her a fake smile and strode out, followed closely by Flack and Meddle.
She looked after them and rolled her eyes, earning smiles from the others.
She walked over to Jesse's cell, and the two of them started to converse in Lenape, and then she walked round to each of the cells in turn.
Stopping first outside of Adam and Will, she turned to each of them and said something in Lenape, which made Jesse laugh.
"Whad' she say" asked Adam
"She said-" said Jesse, in between chuckles "That Will has a good soul, but resorts to being physical too often, he will find love where he least expects and Adam..." Here he had to take a deep breath to stop laughing "Adam has a pure heart, but a dirty mouth, and will have it cleaned before the journey is over!"
Everyone laughed, except Mary, who gave Adam an 'I told you so' look.
"How does she know that?" asked Brittany
"She is a Wicken," said Jesse, as if that answered the question.
The Wicken moved on to Theodosius, frowned, and said something else, to which Jesse nodded.
"She said the Great Spirit is wary around you," said Jesse "As is she, and false alliances bring little security"
Theo guffawed and stared at the Wicken as if she were insane
"And I say she's a barking lunatic" he drawled
Jesse raised an eyebrow, and repeated what Theo had said to the Wicken. She smirked and said something back, to which Jesse could not stop laughing.
"She said...... That the great spirit..... Is wary because he must be in the shape of a weasel...... and is worried you are going to use him to replace you eyebrows like you did with the other weasels!!!"
The prisoners roared with laughter, Theo sneered and turned over on his cot.
And so, the Wicken (who Remus learned by Isabelle's prompting, was called Wapa-go-kos, meaning White Owl) stopped in front of every cell to talk to the occupier. Amazingly, even sullen old Ros put down her book to listen to her fortune (though Wapa-go-kos whispered it into her ear so the others couldn't hear.) Eventually, Wapa-go-kos reached Remus.
Her eyes seemed to sadden, and then she spoke, whispering into his ear so no one else could hear. Remus wondered how Jesse would translate if he couldn't hear, and then realised she was speaking in English
"A flower will wilt in darkness, you do not put ice next to a kettle." she reached into her cloak and pulled out a strange berry, she gave it to Remus. It had a sharp taste, but miraculously, Remus felt his headache vanish. She carried on talking. "Enemies can be turned to help you, by your wit... and brothers who do not agree can see when enough is enough and they can always turn back and choose a different path... but in the end, you will be living in shadow no longer."
Her words were eerie, and made no sense (not that many other peoples did) but he didn't tell the others, it didn't seem like the right thing to do. Riddles were never Remus' strong point, especially not destiny stuff, he supposed he would have to wait until the right opportunity to work it out.
"Hey, what did she say?" asked Joe
"He cannot tell you," said Jesse "Or it will not be the same"
The others looked confused, but nodded, and converted their attention to where Wapa-go-kos was speaking to the children.
After discussing with Alexander, Sophie and Jenkin, about their fates, in strange riddles, she moved on to Maddy.
Once again, she bent over to whisper in Maddy's ear. Remus watched as Maddy's expression changed from confusion to fright, and then to shock.
Strangely enough, she looked straight at Remus.
Everyone was getting freaked out at this point, and Isabelle screamed at the top of her voice when the door suddenly opened.
In strode Mack and Fleddle (giving the impression that Isabelle was right to scream) they wore demonic grins, and looked like they were about to cause trouble. Never a good sign.
They walked right up to Wapa-go-kos, and pulled a knife out on her!!!
A real seven-inch knife!!!
Remus wasn't sure what he expected Wapa-go-kos' reaction to be.
Certainly not to burst out laughing.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!!!" she laughed.
And then she pulled out a twenty-inch lethal curved sword from her cloak.
"SHIT!!!" yelled Flack, and he wasn't the only one who was surprised. The other prisoners rushed up to the bars of their cells and stared at the Wicken with shocked expressions.
They watched the two agents run out of the room, tails between legs (figuratively) slamming the door behind them.
Jesse looked like he was about to laugh, while Wapa-go-kos was also finding it had to suppress giggles.
Then Wapa-go-kos unexpectedly turned into a snowy white owl, looking a lot like Hedwig, except with bright blue eyes.
She slipped through the bars, turned her head to Jesse, who nodded in return, and left out the window
"Bye Wa-gopa-kos" said Maddy
The Wicken hooted softly in return
Remus felt like he should give some recognition to the clever old woman, so he waved too
"Good-bye" he said
"See ya' Wicken!" yelled Toby, soon followed by everyone else saying Goodbye.
Wapa-go-kos flew until she was out of sight
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Enemies? .......... Voldemort?
Brothers? ............ Romulus?
Living in the shadow?........... The Order?
What did her words mean?
It was all so strange, and the feeling that he was incased in silver (which he was) returned, and his migraine felt worse than ever. He really wished Wapa-go-kos had left him some more of those strange berries.
Trying to figure out the meaning of her words was very stressful. For one thing, Remus didn't think he could ever trick Voldemort in to anything. For another, the day Romulus came back to say sorry was the day Snape became a hippie. Lastly, if he was no longer going to be living in shadows, did that mean the order was going to be exposed? None of it made sense.
"Shame of my ancestors, desecrating the noble pure-blood line!"
This was just what he didn't need.
"Filthy half-breeds, worse still, half-breed blood traitors!"
There was a collective groan from the other prisoners, but not from Remus.
He had just figured out one part of the Wickens words
Tricking the enemy? Agatha Black was never that bright.
"Hello Mrs. Black." he said as pleasantly as he could manage.
"Vermin! How dare you address one as pure as I! You are right to be locked up like the slime you are!"
"I know, I know" said Remus "But whatever happens, you can't tell Sirius where I am!"
The others looked at him as if he were mad, he winked at them... they nodded, but he could see they weren't convinced.
"What?!" asked Black, looking confused
"I mean it, you can't tell him where I am, the entire operation may be in danger, it's imperative that you DON'T TELL HIM!" he made the last words very clear.
As he expected, Agatha got a mad look in her eye, and quickly fled the portrait.
"Why did you tell her that?" asked Aaron, confused.
"Reverse psychology" said Remus with a smirk
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Sirius Black was in utter despair.
All Tim's information had done was worry him.
His best friend, who had stuck by him through thick and thin, was in the clutches of the ministry, or worse, dead. Or worse, in Azkzban. Or worst of all... KISSED!!!
It was a depressing situation, and however Molly Weasley tried to reassure him, he couldn't believe Remus would come out of it unharmed.
Harry, Ron and Hermione and the rest of the Weasley children (minus Percy) were staying for the night.
Also, Snape had considerately stopped by to tell him to pull himself together and stop acting like a big baby.
Thank you Snape. How kind.
Even Molly's cooking couldn't cheer him up (It usually did) and the escape of his lovely cousin Bellatrix was not helping him any.
He was just about to start referring to the two remaining marauders as the one remaining marauder, when the occupants of the kitchen he was in heard Ginny screaming at them down the stairs.
"MUM! DAD! SIRIUS! MAD-EYE! BILL! EVRYONE!"
Everyone in the room, (Mr and Mrs. Weasley, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Mad-eye, Tonks and himself) rushed up the stairs.
"It's all right Ginny! we're coming!!!" Shouted Mrs. Weasley
"I'M IN THE TAPESTRY ROOM!!!"
They made there way there as fast as possible, just in time to see Ginny (apparently safe) standing in front of Agatha's portrait, who was laughing evily.
"What's wrong Ginny?" Exclaimed Tonks, now looking eerily like Bellatrix (before she went to Azkaban)
Ginny just pointed at the portrait,(still laughing it's head off) and, started sobbing uncontrollably
"She said... she said..." And Ginny once again dissolved in to tears.
Mrs Weasley held her close. Mad-eye, was not so compassionable
"If all you got us up here for was to berate that old hag, cause she called you a blood traitor-"
Ginny shook her head violently. Enough was enough, it was bad enough when Agatha yelled and insulted him as a child, but now his godson's bes friend's little sister? No way in hell was she gonna survive now.
"That's it, it's time to say hello to the reductor curse" Said Sirius, brandishing his wand
"Ungrateful swine!" yelled his mother "I suppose you don't care about your blood-traitor half breed friend then..."
WHAT!!! How the hell would the old hag know what happened to Remus?
"What???" Asked Sirius, his voice shaking with anger.
"He's where he should be, the little piece of scum, desecrating the house of my forefathers"
"And where is that?" Said Sirius, becoming impatient.
"Locked in a cage! Spending his days in misery with all his nasty half- breed friends"
"We know he's been locked away" Said Tonks "But WHERE???!!!"
"In the room of my other portrait" Said Agatha
"And you are telling us this why???" asked Harry
"Because that filthy half-breed told me not too" she replied
*****************MEMORY******************
"Are you sure this prank is gonna work, Sirius?" asked Peter in a whiny voice
"Yes, I'm sure Wormtail, you just don't like it cos we're playing a trick on James" he answered
"Trick," said Remus in a fake surprised voice "Who said anything about a trick, He should enjoy this one"
"Right, so we tell him to open that door-"
"No-way Padfooot, waaaayy too suspicious"
"So what are we supposed to do?"
"Leave it to me..." Said Remus mysteriously. And the three of them ran down to the common rooms to find James.
"Prongs! Prongs!" yelled Remus
"What is it Moony?" asked James, looking up from 'Quidditch through the ages'
"Whatever you do James, don't go into the wardrobe next to your bed!" Said Remus frantically
"What? why not?"
"Just don't" he said urgently. Predictabley, James ran up to the dorm.
"Wait for it..." Said Sirius
"MOOOOOOOOOOONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" yelled James from upstairs
And the three of them burst in to laughter.
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"Reverse Psychology" muttered Sirius, remembering the time they magically charmed James' wardrobe to sing 'That's when I fell for the leader of the pack' in Lily's voice, "He tricked her into telling us where he is, and It's just a simple spell to figure out where her other portrait is, and then we can rescue him"
"Well you'd better hurry, ungrateful swine" said Agatha
"And why is that?" asked Ron, confused.
Sirius wasn't listening, he was too busy listening to the sound of his hopes soaring higher and higher, rescueing Remus would be easy, and everything would be all right.
"Because, blood traitor brat" said Agatha "I don't think being locked up in a silver cell and being subjected to the crutatius curse is doing too much for his health"
Or maybe not.
His hopes were suddenly dashed at the bottom of his heart.
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The end of chapter six, oooooh! I added in a smidge of mystery.
but I have a feeling that most people are smart enough to figure out instantly what the other two sentances in Remus' prophecy meant.
Sigh, oh well... I think this will be the last chapter I put up before I leave, otherwise I'll just get about one review for every chapter. Good bye everyone *Sniff* wish me luck *SOB SOB SOB SOB SOB*
If I'm very lucky, I'll be able to do Chapter seven too!
Tragically, I'm still not in posesssion of HP
In this chapter, Jesse's Lenape Grandmother comes for a visit, Will finally gets rid of Theodosius, Sirius' mother has an actual purpose (Other than being an annoying old hag) and Sirius gains more information about his best friends' fate.
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The next morning in the cells, found the mood slightly reserved. Most of the others were worried about what happened to Remus... and Mary kept randomly bursting in to tears, As she was doing now.
"Oh would you just shut up woman!" yelled Theo loudly, drawing more tears from Mary. Theo rolled his eyes and plopped down on to his cot.
Will lost his temper, again, and threw himself at Theo, knocking him off the cot and on to the floor.
"Stop!" Shouted Jesse
"Your going to get yourself killed!!!" Yelled Isabelle. But Will took no notice, he just carried on hitting and shoving Theo.
Remus was all for hitting the the little jerk until he stopped moving, but it was giving him even more of a headache than he already had from being stuck in the silver hell, I mean cell. Daniel and a few others weren't helping too much
"Go Will!" Yelled Daniel
"Kill that moron" Shouted Toby
"Kick the shitty little bastard in the balls!" Remus didn't have to look to know who said that.
"ADAM!!!" Shreiked Mary
"Will!" shouted Remus "Stop it now!"
"Oooh!" said Sophie "Where are the balls?"
"Can we play with them?" asked Alexander
"AAAAAAAADDDDDDDDAAAAAAMMMMMMM" Screamed Mary, in a voice that would scare Voldemort. Everyone turned and looked at Mary in horror, Maddy and Jenkin, who had previously been asleep, were climbing out of bed to see what was going on.
Adam looked at Mary, like she was the grim reaper, come to get him.
"Sorry" he squeaked "won't happen again" and he sat down quickly on his cot.
"Would anyone be so kind to tell what is going on here." Said a voice from the door
Everyone jumped, and stared up to see Lucius Malfoy.
Malfoy gazed at Will and Theo, still on the floor.
"Middleton, I told you what would happen if there was anymore trouble." He smirked
Will clambered to his feet and moved as far back in to the cell as he possibly could.
"However..." that was good, however was good "Instead of disposing of you..." he gave a nod to Flack and Meddle (who seemed to accompany him wherever he went)
Flack moved up to Adams cell, opened it, and led Adam out. Meddle went to Wills cell, and brought Theo out. Then they ushered the two in to each other's cells.
"I hope that's more convenient" Smirked Malfoy.
"Yeah thanks." said Will flatly.
However, he was obviously pleased at the swap (As was everyone else)
Malfoy smirked, and turned to Jesse, much to everyone else's puzzlement.
"Your, err, Grandmother is here..." he said silkily, as if he thought Jesse's Grandmother was utterly ridiculous.
Jesse smiled, as if he knew secrets Malfoy didn't, it gave him a very magical look, and Remus found it hard to believe Jesse was a muggle.
"I thought we weren't allowed visitors..." said Joe uncertainly
"You aren't allowed human visitors" Said Malfoy "But his, umm Grandmother, doesn't count"
"Why not?" asked E.B
"Because she's not human" Said Malfoy, as though stating the obvious
"My Mothers Mother is a Wicken" Stated Jesse softly
A Wicken!
Well that made sense, if Jesse was part Wicken, no wonder he looked magical.
Wickens were an ancient Native American species, sort of like shawmen, only with magical powers, but only among the girls. Wickens could draw power from the earth and plants, and heal people. They could also become animagus a lot easier than ordinary wizards, and Metamorphamagi like Tonks were much more common among them.
"What's a Wicken?" Asked E.B.
Then, without warning, an old woman strode into the room and looked around.
She had snowy white hair, and though old, you could see she must have been very pretty. She had deer-like eyes and a kindly look about her, and despite her age, she had very few wrinkles. Remus was almost put in mind of Dumbledore.
Malfoy gave her a fake smile and strode out, followed closely by Flack and Meddle.
She looked after them and rolled her eyes, earning smiles from the others.
She walked over to Jesse's cell, and the two of them started to converse in Lenape, and then she walked round to each of the cells in turn.
Stopping first outside of Adam and Will, she turned to each of them and said something in Lenape, which made Jesse laugh.
"Whad' she say" asked Adam
"She said-" said Jesse, in between chuckles "That Will has a good soul, but resorts to being physical too often, he will find love where he least expects and Adam..." Here he had to take a deep breath to stop laughing "Adam has a pure heart, but a dirty mouth, and will have it cleaned before the journey is over!"
Everyone laughed, except Mary, who gave Adam an 'I told you so' look.
"How does she know that?" asked Brittany
"She is a Wicken," said Jesse, as if that answered the question.
The Wicken moved on to Theodosius, frowned, and said something else, to which Jesse nodded.
"She said the Great Spirit is wary around you," said Jesse "As is she, and false alliances bring little security"
Theo guffawed and stared at the Wicken as if she were insane
"And I say she's a barking lunatic" he drawled
Jesse raised an eyebrow, and repeated what Theo had said to the Wicken. She smirked and said something back, to which Jesse could not stop laughing.
"She said...... That the great spirit..... Is wary because he must be in the shape of a weasel...... and is worried you are going to use him to replace you eyebrows like you did with the other weasels!!!"
The prisoners roared with laughter, Theo sneered and turned over on his cot.
And so, the Wicken (who Remus learned by Isabelle's prompting, was called Wapa-go-kos, meaning White Owl) stopped in front of every cell to talk to the occupier. Amazingly, even sullen old Ros put down her book to listen to her fortune (though Wapa-go-kos whispered it into her ear so the others couldn't hear.) Eventually, Wapa-go-kos reached Remus.
Her eyes seemed to sadden, and then she spoke, whispering into his ear so no one else could hear. Remus wondered how Jesse would translate if he couldn't hear, and then realised she was speaking in English
"A flower will wilt in darkness, you do not put ice next to a kettle." she reached into her cloak and pulled out a strange berry, she gave it to Remus. It had a sharp taste, but miraculously, Remus felt his headache vanish. She carried on talking. "Enemies can be turned to help you, by your wit... and brothers who do not agree can see when enough is enough and they can always turn back and choose a different path... but in the end, you will be living in shadow no longer."
Her words were eerie, and made no sense (not that many other peoples did) but he didn't tell the others, it didn't seem like the right thing to do. Riddles were never Remus' strong point, especially not destiny stuff, he supposed he would have to wait until the right opportunity to work it out.
"Hey, what did she say?" asked Joe
"He cannot tell you," said Jesse "Or it will not be the same"
The others looked confused, but nodded, and converted their attention to where Wapa-go-kos was speaking to the children.
After discussing with Alexander, Sophie and Jenkin, about their fates, in strange riddles, she moved on to Maddy.
Once again, she bent over to whisper in Maddy's ear. Remus watched as Maddy's expression changed from confusion to fright, and then to shock.
Strangely enough, she looked straight at Remus.
Everyone was getting freaked out at this point, and Isabelle screamed at the top of her voice when the door suddenly opened.
In strode Mack and Fleddle (giving the impression that Isabelle was right to scream) they wore demonic grins, and looked like they were about to cause trouble. Never a good sign.
They walked right up to Wapa-go-kos, and pulled a knife out on her!!!
A real seven-inch knife!!!
Remus wasn't sure what he expected Wapa-go-kos' reaction to be.
Certainly not to burst out laughing.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!!!" she laughed.
And then she pulled out a twenty-inch lethal curved sword from her cloak.
"SHIT!!!" yelled Flack, and he wasn't the only one who was surprised. The other prisoners rushed up to the bars of their cells and stared at the Wicken with shocked expressions.
They watched the two agents run out of the room, tails between legs (figuratively) slamming the door behind them.
Jesse looked like he was about to laugh, while Wapa-go-kos was also finding it had to suppress giggles.
Then Wapa-go-kos unexpectedly turned into a snowy white owl, looking a lot like Hedwig, except with bright blue eyes.
She slipped through the bars, turned her head to Jesse, who nodded in return, and left out the window
"Bye Wa-gopa-kos" said Maddy
The Wicken hooted softly in return
Remus felt like he should give some recognition to the clever old woman, so he waved too
"Good-bye" he said
"See ya' Wicken!" yelled Toby, soon followed by everyone else saying Goodbye.
Wapa-go-kos flew until she was out of sight
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Enemies? .......... Voldemort?
Brothers? ............ Romulus?
Living in the shadow?........... The Order?
What did her words mean?
It was all so strange, and the feeling that he was incased in silver (which he was) returned, and his migraine felt worse than ever. He really wished Wapa-go-kos had left him some more of those strange berries.
Trying to figure out the meaning of her words was very stressful. For one thing, Remus didn't think he could ever trick Voldemort in to anything. For another, the day Romulus came back to say sorry was the day Snape became a hippie. Lastly, if he was no longer going to be living in shadows, did that mean the order was going to be exposed? None of it made sense.
"Shame of my ancestors, desecrating the noble pure-blood line!"
This was just what he didn't need.
"Filthy half-breeds, worse still, half-breed blood traitors!"
There was a collective groan from the other prisoners, but not from Remus.
He had just figured out one part of the Wickens words
Tricking the enemy? Agatha Black was never that bright.
"Hello Mrs. Black." he said as pleasantly as he could manage.
"Vermin! How dare you address one as pure as I! You are right to be locked up like the slime you are!"
"I know, I know" said Remus "But whatever happens, you can't tell Sirius where I am!"
The others looked at him as if he were mad, he winked at them... they nodded, but he could see they weren't convinced.
"What?!" asked Black, looking confused
"I mean it, you can't tell him where I am, the entire operation may be in danger, it's imperative that you DON'T TELL HIM!" he made the last words very clear.
As he expected, Agatha got a mad look in her eye, and quickly fled the portrait.
"Why did you tell her that?" asked Aaron, confused.
"Reverse psychology" said Remus with a smirk
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Sirius Black was in utter despair.
All Tim's information had done was worry him.
His best friend, who had stuck by him through thick and thin, was in the clutches of the ministry, or worse, dead. Or worse, in Azkzban. Or worst of all... KISSED!!!
It was a depressing situation, and however Molly Weasley tried to reassure him, he couldn't believe Remus would come out of it unharmed.
Harry, Ron and Hermione and the rest of the Weasley children (minus Percy) were staying for the night.
Also, Snape had considerately stopped by to tell him to pull himself together and stop acting like a big baby.
Thank you Snape. How kind.
Even Molly's cooking couldn't cheer him up (It usually did) and the escape of his lovely cousin Bellatrix was not helping him any.
He was just about to start referring to the two remaining marauders as the one remaining marauder, when the occupants of the kitchen he was in heard Ginny screaming at them down the stairs.
"MUM! DAD! SIRIUS! MAD-EYE! BILL! EVRYONE!"
Everyone in the room, (Mr and Mrs. Weasley, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Bill, Charlie, Mad-eye, Tonks and himself) rushed up the stairs.
"It's all right Ginny! we're coming!!!" Shouted Mrs. Weasley
"I'M IN THE TAPESTRY ROOM!!!"
They made there way there as fast as possible, just in time to see Ginny (apparently safe) standing in front of Agatha's portrait, who was laughing evily.
"What's wrong Ginny?" Exclaimed Tonks, now looking eerily like Bellatrix (before she went to Azkaban)
Ginny just pointed at the portrait,(still laughing it's head off) and, started sobbing uncontrollably
"She said... she said..." And Ginny once again dissolved in to tears.
Mrs Weasley held her close. Mad-eye, was not so compassionable
"If all you got us up here for was to berate that old hag, cause she called you a blood traitor-"
Ginny shook her head violently. Enough was enough, it was bad enough when Agatha yelled and insulted him as a child, but now his godson's bes friend's little sister? No way in hell was she gonna survive now.
"That's it, it's time to say hello to the reductor curse" Said Sirius, brandishing his wand
"Ungrateful swine!" yelled his mother "I suppose you don't care about your blood-traitor half breed friend then..."
WHAT!!! How the hell would the old hag know what happened to Remus?
"What???" Asked Sirius, his voice shaking with anger.
"He's where he should be, the little piece of scum, desecrating the house of my forefathers"
"And where is that?" Said Sirius, becoming impatient.
"Locked in a cage! Spending his days in misery with all his nasty half- breed friends"
"We know he's been locked away" Said Tonks "But WHERE???!!!"
"In the room of my other portrait" Said Agatha
"And you are telling us this why???" asked Harry
"Because that filthy half-breed told me not too" she replied
*****************MEMORY******************
"Are you sure this prank is gonna work, Sirius?" asked Peter in a whiny voice
"Yes, I'm sure Wormtail, you just don't like it cos we're playing a trick on James" he answered
"Trick," said Remus in a fake surprised voice "Who said anything about a trick, He should enjoy this one"
"Right, so we tell him to open that door-"
"No-way Padfooot, waaaayy too suspicious"
"So what are we supposed to do?"
"Leave it to me..." Said Remus mysteriously. And the three of them ran down to the common rooms to find James.
"Prongs! Prongs!" yelled Remus
"What is it Moony?" asked James, looking up from 'Quidditch through the ages'
"Whatever you do James, don't go into the wardrobe next to your bed!" Said Remus frantically
"What? why not?"
"Just don't" he said urgently. Predictabley, James ran up to the dorm.
"Wait for it..." Said Sirius
"MOOOOOOOOOOONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY" yelled James from upstairs
And the three of them burst in to laughter.
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"Reverse Psychology" muttered Sirius, remembering the time they magically charmed James' wardrobe to sing 'That's when I fell for the leader of the pack' in Lily's voice, "He tricked her into telling us where he is, and It's just a simple spell to figure out where her other portrait is, and then we can rescue him"
"Well you'd better hurry, ungrateful swine" said Agatha
"And why is that?" asked Ron, confused.
Sirius wasn't listening, he was too busy listening to the sound of his hopes soaring higher and higher, rescueing Remus would be easy, and everything would be all right.
"Because, blood traitor brat" said Agatha "I don't think being locked up in a silver cell and being subjected to the crutatius curse is doing too much for his health"
Or maybe not.
His hopes were suddenly dashed at the bottom of his heart.
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The end of chapter six, oooooh! I added in a smidge of mystery.
but I have a feeling that most people are smart enough to figure out instantly what the other two sentances in Remus' prophecy meant.
Sigh, oh well... I think this will be the last chapter I put up before I leave, otherwise I'll just get about one review for every chapter. Good bye everyone *Sniff* wish me luck *SOB SOB SOB SOB SOB*