Sirius and Cadence walked into the dining room some time after the meal had begun. Sirius was obviously fuming and Cadence was shrinking back from fear behind him. Other than the Sirius's occasional muttering under his breath about his youngest daughter, dinner was fairly uneventful.

"Hey Harry I did you by any chance finish that report for Snape's class?" Griffin asked casually.

"Do you ever do your own work?" asked Bade.

"Of course not," answered Griffin leaning back in his chair looking at the ceiling.

"Well why not?" asked Arianna.

"Let me put it this way little sister. If I were to do my own work it would ruin the reputation that I have worked so hard to uphold."

"Griffin my friend," interrupted Harry, "I would be honored to lend you my essay."

Harry stood up and bowed to the floor in front of Griffin. Arianna just rolled her eyes and went back to talking to Ebony about Hogwarts. It seemed that after her confrontation with Sirius Cadence was unusually subdued. The Lupin twins were fighting over the last piece of bread, and the adults seemed to be immersed in a quiet conversation.

"Uncle Sirius," said Christiana, "I haven't seen Aunt Lexi all day where is she?"

"She's in the master bedroom," said Sirius not looking at her.

"Well I think that I'll go and see her," said Christiana getting up from her place at the table.

"NOOOO!" said all five adults at the same time.

"W-W-Why not?" Christiana asked hesitantly. All of the children who had been wondering about Lexi's whereabouts looked up.

"She's not feeling well sweetheart," said Remus trying to smile.

The table became eerily silent. No one felt much like talking anymore.

"It's getting late," announced Lily. "I think it's time we all went to bed."

The look she received from all of the kids was one of deepest annoyance.

"NOW!" Katie said a little more forcefully. "We're going to Diagon Alley tomorrow and we'll be leaving early," she added picking Raven up.

*  *  *  *   *   *   *

Faolon walked Christiana to her room, which was across the hall from his. All of the kids' rooms were on the second floor of the manor, while the master bedroom and two extra guestrooms were on the third.

"So what do you think about being an enchantress, Chrissy?" asked Faolon.

"I'm not really sure what to think of it," Christiana answered quietly. "To tell you the truth I don't know much about the whole thing."

They two stood holding hands in silence for a while.

"Do you think our parents are hiding something from us?" asked Christiana.

"About Aunt Lexi you mean?" asked Faolon.

Christiana nodded slowly. Faolon sighed.

"I don't know Chrissy but whatever it is I'm sure they have it under control. Try not to worry about it alright."

"Yeah sure."

Faolon leaned in and the two exchanged a kiss. Any thoughts of unease in Christiana's mind vanished as Faolon held her.

"Goodnight Faolon," she said smiling.

"Goodnight Chriss."

*  *  *  *  *   *   *

"Harry wake up wake up Harry," Ebony said shaking her older brother from his sleep.

"What Ebbs what is it?" he said as she latched herself onto him.

"I heard someone crying and screaming upstairs," she said.

"Aww Ebbs it was probably just a nightmare. Go back to bed and everything…"

But Harry didn't finish his sentence because now he heard screaming, too. Ebony had him in a death grip as the noise increased. It sounded as though someone was being tortured.

"Stay here and don't move," said Harry as he got up to leave the room.

In the hallway he collided with Christiana, Griffin and Kieran were running down the hall to meet them.

"What's going on?" said Griffin. "Who's screaming?"

"I don't know," said Harry.

"It sounds like it's coming from upstairs," said Kieran.

Arianna and Skylar stuck their heads out of the room on the left looking worried; Javen was holding Arianna's hand.

"What's going on?"

"We don't know."

"Well find out!" said Cadence who had pushed her way in front of Griffin.

"Faolon," Chrissy said running into his arms, "what's going on?"

Faolon shrugged. Bade was walking towards Arianna with a questioning look.

Another scream pierced the night, making them all jump.

"What are you waiting for," Cadence shouted at Harry, Kieran, and Griffin, "find out what's happening."

The three of them made their way up the stairs slowly, not knowing that Christiana had left Faolon's arms and was following them. At the top of the stairs the screaming became loader. The door to the master bedroom was open.

"It's coming from the bedroom," said Harry quietly. Then he spotted his sister not far behind them. "Chrissy go back downstairs," he hissed.

But she just shook her head and followed them to the end of the hall. The sight that met them when they entered the bedroom was one that they would never forget. Lexi was screaming and writhing in pain. He skin was pale and her hair matted to her face. She looked to be in the most terrible pain ever. Lily and Katie were in the corner crying, trying to shield Raven so that she couldn't see her aunt. James, Remus, and Sirius were desperately trying to wake her up.

"Mom what's happening," said Harry.

Lily looked around at four of them

"Oh you shouldn't be here. Quickly all of you back downstairs."

"What's going on?" said Kieran. "Why is Aunt Lexi scream…"

"NO, I'M INNOCNET! I DIDN'T DO IT! NOT AZKABAN PLEASE NOOOOO!"

"Lexi wake up please darling wake up," said Sirius shaking his wife as he fought back the tears that threatened to fall.

Quite suddenly Christiana went into a trancelike state and began to chant a spell three times.

"La crante sera morte. Vivez maintenant. Elle est car elle sera. Reveilles et voyez la lumiere."

(A/N: I don't know French I got the translation off a website so if it's wrong sorry.)

The room went silent and Lexi woke up.

Sirius turned to her disbelievingly.

"What did you say?" he asked.

"Fear is dead. Live now. It is as it shall be. Wake and see the light," said Lexi quietly, bracing herself with Sirius's arm.

"It's just a spell."

Lexi sighed. There were dark circles under her eyes, and she was still deathly pale.

"You should all be in bed," she said finally.

"But what just happened?" asked Griffin.

"Now is not the time for explanations," she said looking at her son. "Please go back to bed."

"But Mom.."

"ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING YOUR MOTHER?" Sirius roared. "GO BACK TO BED. ALL OF YOU."

Not wanting to get on Sirius's bad side they slowly walked down the stairs. Griffin cast a final defiant look back at his father when leaving the room and then stormed down the stairs and into his room, slamming the door.

"You should go talk to him before he does something stupid," said Christiana quietly.

"No one is going to go talk to him," said Kieran. "At least not until he cools off a bit. I'll see you guys tomorrow morning."

He then turned into the room where Bade and Faolon were staying and closed the door.

"Are you alright Chris?" Harry asked his sister.

"Yeah I'm fine," she said.

The two made their way into the room where Ebony was and found her fast asleep.

"Well at least we won't have to answer any of her questions until tomorrow," said Harry attempting to lighten the mood.

Christiana just sat down on a chair in the corner. She tried to fall asleep but how could she after the night's events.

But eventually she gave up trying and let sleep come.