At last Remus stepped out of the fireplace at Black Manor. Everyone had successfully been brought back from Hogwarts. Presently Christiana was making her way to the stairway to go to Arianna's room when someone grabbed her arm.

"Ouch ... what's going on."?

"Nothing," said a voice barely above a whisper.

Christiana recognized the voice as her aunt's, but didn't say anything. Lexi led her niece through the hallways of the manor and through a door behind a tapestry that Christiana didn't even know existed.

"Aunt Lexi where are we going?" she asked as Lexi led her down a stone stairway.

"Under the Manor," said Lexi.

"But why?"

Lexi didn't answer. Instead she stood looking at the brick wall in front of her, muttering a spell to herself. As Christiana watched in amazement a doorknob appeared which Lexi opened to reveal a dimly lit room furnished with red and gold. It was extremely dusty as if no one had entered it in years. Christiana followed Lexi inside, the door closing behind her.

"I haven't been down here in years," said Lexi to no one in particular, then as an afterthought to Christiana, "make yourself comfortable."

Christiana sat down in one of the armchairs near the fire while Lexi began rummaging through boxes and cupboards speaking over the noise she was making.

"Sirius and I found this room about 3 months after we moved in. We never found out why it was built but it was most likely used to hide something. Which is basically what I've been using it for. When Griffin was born I took it as a start to a new life and hid my past down here."

"So many memories," she sighed to herself sifting through a few pictures.

"Now let me see, it should be right over here . . . Ah here we go."

Lexi came over to Christiana carrying a dusty box that was ornately decorated. She opened it up to reveal a large ceramic bowl filled with a swirling silvery liquid.

"Well this here is the answer to all the riddles," she said in a dangerously quiet voice. "This will show you all you need to know."

"Is that a . . . "started Christiana.

"A pensieve? Yes it is. It was a gift from Professor Dumbledore, it was meant to keep me sane," answered Lexi.

Without warning Lexi grabbed Christiana's hand and touched the silvery liquid with her wand.

"Hold on tight," said Lexi.

* * *

When Christiana opened her eyes she was sitting in a chair in a round room. She looked around at all the people whose eyes were diverted to a chair in the middle of the room.

"Aunt Lexi what's going on?"

"Shh...," said Lexi, "just watch."

A door slammed open with a loud bang hushing the occupants of the room. Christiana felt her insides chill, a feeling that wasn't familiar to her but to her right her aunt seemed used to the coldness, if she was feeling it at all.

To hooded figures, cloaked in dark robes were escorting, rather dragging, the seemingly lifeless body of a young girl towards the chair in the middle of the room. The girl was deathly pail, her head lolled back and forth on her shoulders, her hair plastered to the side of her face. The hooded figures roughly shoved the girl into the chair which immediately binded her limbs, tying her to the cold metal.

"Honorable members of the jury, you have been called here today under grave circumstances," a man's voice rang through the hall. "You have all been appointed the task of determining the fate of the young girl before you. After you have heard the evidence against her and the testimony of her defenders, you will be asked to decide whether she is guilty or not."

Christiana looked down and saw a man stand up, holding a sheet of parchment in his hands.

"Lexi Potter you have been charged with the murder of the one Arien Malfoy."

Christiana gasped. It couldn't be. She turned to her aunt who was sitting at her side. Lexi merely continued to watch the trial, unmoving, her face hard and without emotion.

The younger Lexi, chained to the chair in the center of the room twitched slightly.

"Lexi Potter do you understand the charges against you?" the man shouted.

The girl stirred and opened her eyes quietly taking in the sights around her. Her eyes met the questioner and she silently nodded.

"Very well, I call to the stand Lucius Malfoy!"

A blonde boy stood and walked over to the stand casting a dark look at Lexi.

"Mr. Malfoy would you like to relate to us what happened."

"She KILLED HIM! She used the killing curse. I saw it all happen. She's always wanted him dead," Lucius yelled out pointing at Lexi.

"No it's not true I didn't do anything wrong," said Lexi hoarsely. "I'm innocent."

"SILENCE! You have not been given permission to speak!" roared the judge. "Mr. Malfoy please continue."

Malfoy continued to speak. The younger Lexi remained silent, hanging her head hopelessly.

"Thank you Mr. Malfoy," said the judge, "We now call to the stand Sirius Black."

"Mr. Black how long have you known Miss Potter?"

"For about 6 years," said a young Sirius gazing at Lexi.

"And could you please tell us the nature of your relationship."

"We've been dating for a year and a half."

"And has she ever shown any type of aggression towards the Malfoys?"

"NO," said Sirius rather angrily, "if anything they've shown aggression towards her!"

"THAT'S A LIE!" yelled Lucius from the side of the room.

"IT'S THE TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IT!" bellowed Sirius.

"THAT'S ENOUGH! ORDER," yelled the judge, "Thank you Mr. Black."

The trial continued on. Defendants and persecutors came and went from the stand and Lexi remained seated and chained.

"Miss Potter how do you plead?"

"Not guilty," answered Lexi in barely a whisper.

"Very well . . ." said the judge. He then turned to the jury.

"Your decision?"

A wizard clad in black rose slowly a piece of parchment in his hand.

"Guilty!"

"NO!" screamed Lexi fighting at her chains, "I didn't do anything wrong!"

"Very well, Miss Potter you are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban."

The last thing Christiana saw before the room began to spin was Lexi being dragged away by the dementors unable to fight anymore.