[AN ~ I'm surprised I only had one person comment on the fact that I put Harry, Ron and Draco together in a group, with Harry as their leader.  I even threw in Neville and nobody noticed what might potentially be a disaster in the making, haven't decided yet.

For those who are wondering why Harry chose Draco to be in his group here is your answer:

Who would you rather have at your back, someone who you know will betray you, or a complete stranger that you know nothing about.  Personally I'd prefer the one I know will betray me because I'd know what is going through their head in a battle.  With a stranger you don't know that.

Sorry this is so late I got loaded down with work and assignments.

My Reviewers ~

Thanks to all four of you for reviewing. jasmine-softly-spoken, Sara Minks, LG, and Sev Rickman.]

Disclaimer: the characters of Anastasia Kou Cosmos and Rosaline Kou Cosmos are mine everything else belongs to J. K. Rowling.

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Chapter 4-When Padfoot meets Lunar

            It wasn't until the next day after classes that Harry remembered the box of pictures Rose had given him on the train.  Picking them up out of his trunk Harry brought them down to the common room.  Together with Ron, Hermonie, and Ginny, he sorted through the pictures.  As Harry looked through the pictures he came across a picture of four girls.  One of the girls in the picture (Rose) was trying to pull another person into the picture.  The other girls in the picture included his mother, Ana, and a girl with black hair.  As he watched Rose got tired of pulling on the arm and let it drop, sticking her tongue out at the person before moving to join the other girls.  Harry turned the picture over and read the writing on the back.

*The Heavens; Lunar, Solar, Star, Night, and Serpent.  Winners of the 5th Year Prank War.  Serpent's there, he just likes to hide. 5th year at Hogwarts.*

Harry turned the picture over and attempted to find the elusive Serpent but soon gave up when it was evident that he had no intention of appearing on the photo for now.  Harry continued to look through his pile.  The next picture to catch his eye was a group shot with everyone standing in pairs.  Turning it over Harry read the writing on the back.

*The Marauder's and the Heavens.  Couples: Prongs & Star, Moony & Night, Padfoot & Solar, Serpent & Lunar.  7th year at Hogwarts*

When Harry read the word Serpent he immediately turned the picture over to look at the mysterious male.  Harry got the feeling that he new the man standing next to Rose (the one he deduced was Serpent, being as he knew all the others), but brushed the feeling off.

"Look at this one guys.  It has my parents and some of the others in it," Harry said as he passed the picture to Ron.  Ron looked at it briefly before he passed it on to Hermonie and Ginny.  They stared at the photo, turned it over, read what was written on the back, and turned it over to stare at the photo again.

"What are you doing Hermonie?" Ron asked as he looked at the girls.

"It's Snape," Hermonie said as she stared at the picture.

"What?" Harry and Ron said together as they came to stand beside the girls.

"There standing beside Rose," Hermonie said as she pointed him out to the boys.  Harry realized why the man looked familiar.  Except for the expression on his face the man looked exactly like Snape did now.  "He looks different,"  Hermonie said as she looked at him.

"He looks happy," Ginny replied as she too looked at the photo.  At that point the Rose in the photo whispered something in Snape's ear and he began to laugh.

"This is so weird," Ron said as he watched the couples in the photograph.  Harry's parents were running around the photo, chasing each other.  Remus and Night were curled up together under a tree having a discussion.  Sirius and Ana were standing in the middle of the photo kissing each other senseless.

"Yah, I mean unless you look closely, you would never know it was Snape," Harry said as he watched the younger versions of his parents in the picture.

"Know who was Snape," Fred asked as he and George walked over to the quartet.

"The guy standing next to Rose in this picture," Ginny informed her brothers as she handed the picture to the twins.  The twins did the same thing that Hermonie and Ginny had done with the photo.  They stared at the photo, turned it over to read the writing on the back then flipped it over again to look at the picture.

"Blimey," George said as he looked at the picture, then seemed to come out of his shock.  "Wait a minute, The Marauder's.  So all the guys in this photo except Snape were Marauder's," George said as he stared at the photo of his idols.

"Yah, I know what their names are to," Harry said as he came to stand between the twins.  Harry then began to point to the various people in the photo.  "This is Prongs, my father," Harry said as he pointed out the man with black hair and glasses.  "This is Padfoot.  Also known as Sirius Black," Harry continued pointing to a second man with black hair.  "And this is Moony, or Remus Lupin," Harry ended as he pointed to the man with brown hair.

"You're related to one of the Marauder's," Fred said as he stared at Harry in awe.  "Wait, Remus Lupin, as in Professor Lupin, our DADA teacher 2 years ago," George asked in shock as he looked at Harry.

"One and the same George," Harry answered as he began to collect all his pictures together and replace them in their box.

"What are you doing Harry?" Ginny asked as Harry took the pictures she was holding out of her hands.

"I just remembered, when Hagrid sent me his note on my birthday he asked me to come down and visit him as soon as possible after school started.  He said he would give me my present then.  Do you guys want to come with me?" Harry asked looking at his five friends.  All of them nodded and within minutes they were on their way to Hagrid's hut, the box with the pictures in it resting within a pocket of Harry's robes.

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            As they knocked on the door to Hagrid's hut, the unmistakable sound of Fang's barking reached their ears.  When Hagrid opened the door, while holding off Fang.  The six walked into the hut.  Harry's attention was drawn towards the large black dog sitting near the fireplace.

            "Snuffles," Harry cried out as he threw his arms around the dog in a hug.  His cry brought the attention of the others to the black, grim-like, dog that Harry was holding on to for dear life.  Ron and Hermonie quickly explained to the twins and Ginny why Harry was so happy to see the dog.  When they were done the three looked at Harry with smiles on their faces.  A "pop" echoed through the cabin as the dog transformed into a man with black hair, crouched beside the fire.

            "Hey Harry," Sirius said as he gathered his godson into a hug.  When Sirius had loosened his grip on him Harry turned towards Hagrid.

            "Hagrid was this the present that you mentioned in your letter to me," Harry asked as he looked at his friend from the comfort of his godfather's arms.

            "Part of it 'Arry.  I'm looking after 'im for one of the professors.  'E's to be their pet, so you'll see 'im around everywhere.  This is the rest of your present," Hagrid said as he took a package off the mantelpiece and handed it to Harry.

            "Thank you, Hagrid," Harry said as he took the package from Hagrid.  Everyone watched him as he unwrapped the square package.  When the paper was removed there sat a white box covered in carvings of lilies and stags.  Slowly Harry opened the box and stared at what was inside.  There sitting in the folds of fabric was a chain, upon which was strung a ring.  Picking it up Harry looked at the ring and read the inscription written on the inside of the ring.  "To Lily, Together Forever, Love James."

            "Both the box and the ring belonged to your mother.  Your father gave the box to your mother on their first wedding anniversary.  The ring was the promise ring given to your mother by your father when they were still in school.  Even after they were married, she wore it on that chain around 'er neck," Hagrid told Harry as he watched him look at both the box and ring in fascination.

            "Thank you, Hagrid.  I've never had anything that belonged to my mother before," Harry said as he placed the ring back within the box before closing it up again.  He then stood, walked over to Hagrid and gave him a hug.  When he was finished he went back to sit beside his godfather.  When he was seated again, Harry removed the box of pictures from his robe pocket and opened it.  "Sirius," Harry said as he searched through the pictures for the one he wanted.  "Did you ever date while you were at Hogwarts?" Harry asked as he found the group photo and pulled it out of the box.  Sirius looked at his godson in shock.

            "Why do you want to know, Harry?" Sirius asked confusion evident in his voice.

            "Professor Kou," Harry began, but was interrupted by Sirius.

            "Professor Who?" Sirius asked even more confused now.

            "Kou," Hermonie answered.  "Professor Rosaline Kou Cosmos, our new DADA teacher."

            "Lunar's here?" Sirius asked his eyes lit up in recognition of his old friend.

            "If you mean Rose, then yes she is here," Ron answered as he looked at Sirius.

            "Is Solar, sorry I mean Ana here too?" Sirius asked as he looked at each of the children in turn, his eyes filled with hope that she was.

            "Not yet, but Professor Kou said she will be coming soon to help with the classes," Harry answered his godfather.  The light in Sirius' eyes dimmed a little before it was replaced with determination.  The others didn't notice.  "Now as I was saying before I was interrupted," Harry began shooting Sirius a look.  Sirius had the decency to look embarrassed.  "Professor Kou gave me this box of photos of my parents.  I found this inside of it," Harry said as he handed the group photo to his godfather.

            "I remember that day.  It was just after we had completed our NEWTS.  Wormtail took the picture," Sirius snarled, his hatred of Wormtail evident in his voice.

            "Who's this Sirius," Ron asked, partly out of curiosity, and partly to distract Sirius from his thoughts of murdering Wormtail, as he pointed to the girl standing next to Remus Lupin.  Sirius looked at the picture.  Slowly his anger drained away, and he began to smile.

            "Her Name is Kiara Braeden.  She and Remus started going out in our 6th year.  She was a shadow mage, and as such could be with Remus throughout his transformation as a human," Sirius told them as he stared at the picture, a smile evident on his face.

            "Why?" Hermonie asked as she looked at Sirius.

            "A shadow mage can control dark creatures if they so chose.  How did she explain it?" Sirius asked himself as he thought back to his schooldays.  "I remember now.  Elemental mages can communicate with the creatures who are associated with their element.  For example an earth mage can communicate with any creature that lives on land.  Water mages communicate with creatures that live in the water.  Air mages communicate with creatures that can fly.  Fire mages communicate with magical creatures.  Light mages can communicate with any creature that is not classified as a dark creature.  Shadow mages communicate with dark creatures.  A werewolf is considered a dark creature.  Remus once told me that even when he wasn't transformed he could feel the bond that existed between his wolf form and Kiara.  The three of them," Sirius said point to Kiara, Ana and Rose.  "Found out that Remus was a werewolf during their first year here.  Lily found out the next year.  The year following that, our 7th year, is the year that Snape had his encounter with Remus in the Shrieking Shack.  I don't know who I was more scared of afterwards, Remus or Rose.  I realize now that it was a stupid thing to do.  Ana was furious to, now that I think about it," Sirius said as he tipped his head to the side and lost himself in the memories of his past.

            "We had a right to be Padfoot, after all, you had just tried to kill one of our friends," a voice called out from the door to Hagrid's hut.  The eyes of everyone in the hut swung to the door to look at the person standing there.  It was Professor Kou.  Rose turned her attention to the children in the hut.  "You'd better head back to your dorms, curfew is soon and you don't want to get in trouble," she told them.  The children said goodbye to both Sirius and Hagrid before heading back up to the school.  Harry carried both the box of pictures from Rose and the box that Hagrid had given to him.  When they were out of sight within the school Rose stepped into the hut and shut the door behind her.

            "Hello Si, long time no see," Rose said to him as she came to sit beside him at the table.

            "Rose," Sirius said as he nodded his head at her in acknowledgment as well as respect for her position within the courts as the Queen of Cosmos.

            "You and me need to have a long talk Sirius," Rose said as she accepted the cup of tea offered to her by Hagrid.

            "I'll leave you two to talk.  Got to check up on the forest, something just isn't right about it," Hagrid said as he gathered the things he needed for his walk in the forest.

            "Be careful, Hagrid," Rose called after him as he left the hut, Fang trailing after him.  Rose turned her attention back to Sirius and the conversation began.

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            Their conversation lasted until nearly midnight.  In it they discussed everything from Harry to the plans being made to prove Sirius' innocence.  Plans were also made to protect Harry and the children of the prophecy.  If any of them died before they could be trained, the results would be disastrous.  They would survive the war with Voldemort only to fall to the shadows.  As Rose walked back towards her rooms in the castle she thought about how her life had proceeded and what her destiny had in store for her now.  As walked into the school, Rose's thoughts grew darker.

"No matter what it costs me, I will not let the darkness win.  Even if it costs me my life," Rose whispered into the hallway around her.  With that thought in her mind, Rose reached her rooms and entered.  She prepared for bed and was just laying down to go to sleep when a picture flashed through her mind.  In it James and Lily stood with their arms wrapped around Harry as he was now.  All three of them had tears in their eyes as they held on to each other for dear life.  As quickly as the picture had appeared it vanished.  Rose fell asleep with the words, "I will bring you back," echoing throughout her head.

[AN ~ and another chapter done.  Things will begin to pick up from here as the elemental children begin to appear.  Using the various clues given so far take a guess at who you think each child is.  A person can only be used once, and they are all 4th year or above.  I will try to get either another chapter of this or RotS out this weekend but I don't know if it will be possible.  All next week I have an assignment due or a school trips almost everyday.  Add in work and I have no time to type.  Both the second chapter of RotS and the fifth chapter of PoS are already written, I just need to type them out.  One good thing to keep in mind though is that in just over 6 weeks (or is it under?) school lets out for the summer.  Once summer rolls around I hope to have a new chapter for both stories out each week.  My goal this summer is to have PoS done or nearly complete (translation no more than 3 or 4 chapters left in the story) by the time school starts up again.  Then I'll have to cut down on my postings again as it's my last year of high school and I want to get good grades.  If the next chapter is going to be delayed again like this one was, I'll post an update to let you know when approximately it will be up.  Till next chapter

Silver Tenshi]

[Edited on June 20, 2002]