(NOTE : Will be updated tomorrow.. Its late but I got sick of writing long hand and decided to start typing. That was at....11pm...And Im tired. So its just this likkle bit..Almost finished the story now. Few more chapters...But...Then work on the sequel begins!!!)

They walked for about 10 minutes, down the street from where the Leaky Cauldron was hidden, in silence.

"Down here", said Lana, turning to her right and going down a dingy alleyway, turning right again and coming to an open space with about 10 garages in it.

"Arthur would love this." Lupin said, and Lana nodded. "Youre father wasnt a Muggle, was he?"

"Dont know who my father is, you know that." Lana said, heading for one of the middle garages.

"How do you know so much about the Muggle World then?" he asked, following Lana.

"I took Muggle Studies. Not that I got to finish school..." Lana trailed off, giving the door a kick.

"True..But that was techinally your fault." he tormented her.

"Psh. It was you and James and Sirius...Getting me to come out of school...Besides.." she kicked the door and twirled the key some more. "Dumbledore thought Id be more useful in the Order..." she kicked it again, and the door swung open. "Aha."

Smiling broadly, she walked in and beckoned for Lupin to follow her. The room they walked into was dark, and obviously magically locked against Muggles. Lupin heard something click and the room was filled with a low orange light. In the middle of the room stood Sirius' big black motorbike, a Kawasaki Ninja or something, Lupin couldnt remember. Sirius had altered it magically, to make it fly and added a few extras, but Sirius never let anyone but Sirius drive it, so...

Lana was over near the wall, where Sirius and hers matching jackets were hung up. Well, almost matching. Sirius' was black, whereas Lanas was red and black. Said "Lana" across the back in red. There were a few helmets lined up as well. Lana picked up Sirius jacket and looked at it.

"Still smells like him." she said, then hung it back up. She grabbed a jacket that Lupin hadnt seen and threw it at him. "Yeah, err, if we do, you know, this thing, dont tell Sirius that I drove his motor. Hed kill me." Lana said, putting her jacket on.

"I wont." Lupin said, laughing slightly as he put his jacket on. "I always feel stupid wearing this." he moaned, then his face dropped even more when Lana walked over and passed him a helmet.

"Youll need this." Lana told him, matter-of-factly.

"The way you drive..Ive got a good mind to have a crash mat hovering underneath us."

"Oh shut up." she said, but not meaning it.

Lana fastened the front of her jacket up, and flung her leg over the bike. She thought she looked pretty good, all in leather. Thing is, she looked ridiculous on the bike, way too small to really handle it, but she could anyway. Hello, witch, she thought, as Lupin put on his helmet and sat behind her.

"Arent you putting one on?" he asked.

"Oh yeah" she said, and leant over to the shelf and grabbed one, jamming it over her head as she steadied herself on the bike. "Arent you gonna hold on?"

"I am." Lupin said, holding onto the back rail that was on the motorbike.

"No, I mean, hold onto me, or youll go flying off."

"Okay." Lupin put his hands on Lanas waist.

"I mean it. Hold on." Lana told him sternly, as she tipped the bike to the side, turning the key and kicking off as the engine revved.

They zoomed off and Lana hadnt noticed that the door had swung shut. Crashing through it, Lana screamed as the wood smashed into her, but didnt cut her. Lupin muttered "Reparo" and the door fixed itself. He noticed that Lana had taken the brunt of the crash, and he hopen she wasnt too injured. But he knew that she wouldnt be.

**********15 MINUTES LATER**********

Lupin and Lana arrived outside Lanas mother, Ericas, house. Decaying slightly from the lack of use, the tall trees that stood in front of it, seperating it from prying eyes were thick and full.

Taking a deep breath, Lana turned to Lupin.

"What are you so nervous about?" Lupin asked, looking at Lana.

"Of what I might find. But more afraid of what I wont find." she answered, taking her wand out. Lana walked over to the huge iron gates and muttered "Alohomora" Looking back at Lupin, and beckoning for him to follow her, she continued. "And what Ill see. Dumbledore said something about because Ive been on another plane, Im suseptable to echoes and things that are on other planes."

They walked up the driveway, pushing back the branches of the trees. "And I dont really listen to Dumbledore anyway." Lana added, bitterly.

"You should. I dont understand why you dont - " Lupin stopped as they got to the front door.

Lana flicked her wand and pushed the door open. "Yeah. You dont understand, because you dont know. The things he - the things he made me do for the Order."

Walking inside the house, Lupin knew the subject was closed by the tone of Lanas voice. Sometimes he couldnt believe that she was back, and that she had come out of it all unharmed. She acted like she was fine, with the odd breakdown, but Lupin got the feeling that she was pretty fucking far from fine.

"What are echoes?" asked Lupin.

"Call yourself a Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher and you dont know what echoes are?" Lana teased, and she was walking slowly down the hallway. "When a wizard or witch inhabits a place for a long time, they leave an imprint of themselves on the property, like a fingerprint, but its a spiritual one. Its like - " she paused, not sure how to explain it. "Like - Like if I was at Grimmauld Place, and I went up to Buckbeaks room, Id probably see flashes of Sirius." And yet as she said the words, she knew she wasnt explaining it very well.

Lupin nodded.

"Again, I wasnt really paying attention."

"That doesnt suprise me." said Lupin with a grin.

Smiling, Lana slapped his arm. "Cheeky git."

"You havent changed much you know." Lupin said.

"Is that a good or bad thing?" Lana asked, looking at him.

"Still trying to to figure that one out." he told her.

"Me too."

Lana stopped, pushed the door open to the lounge. Her breath caught in her chest as she stepped inside. The room had been totally destroyed. Stepping slowly into the middle of the room, she closed her eyes.

"Sirius was pretty angry, after..." Lupin trailed off.

Opening her eyes, she saw a flash of Sirius, throwing a lamp across the room. She ducked, and heard it smash. "Echoes." she whispered, standing up straight.

Jumping to Sirius' defence, Lupin said. "You cant blame him. It did make sense."

"Because I was there. He thought I was a part of it all. After he ran from Hagrid, he came here, to look for me...Thank God Sirius didnt find me...Trashed the room, but then he saw you..." Lana muttered to herself, but Lupin caught every word.

"How do you know all this?" Lupin asked.

"Echoes." she answered.

"You can tell all this from echoes?"

"Yes but I dont know how." Lana said shortly.

"Why were you there at Godrics Hollow anyway?" asked Lupin, feeling his voice rise.

"None of your business."

"Oh I think it is." Lupin said, walking to Lana.

"Its not. Drop it." said Lana, moving away from Lupin.

"Tell me!"

"NO!" Lana shouted. "And besides," she said, lowering her voice. "We dont have time."

"Make time. What were you doing there?"

Lana frowned. "You really dont know do you?"

"No."

"Dumbledore, in all these years, never told you? Any of you?"

"No."

Lana snorted. "Doesnt suprise me. Sirius knew tho. He did catch up with me. I was in, well, a state really."

"Tell me. Did you help Peter?"

"WHAT? NO! Dont you - I thought you - "

"I didnt mean it like that."

"Then what the fuck did you mean it like? No, forget it. You wanna know what I was doing there? Peter. Yes. I was helping Peter. I was at his house to protect him if Voldemort came. Peter never was as talented. Anyway, when he decided to pay Voldemort a visit, he used some kind of Dark Spell on me. Next thing I know, Im chained up, theyre using Crucio on me, and other things. I heard Peter tell Him. I begged Peter not to. Screamed and begged. Voldemort thought it would be amusing for me to watch my friends and Godson die." Her voice shook with anger, with fright at remembering, with hurt.

Lupin felt sick. He couldnt believe it. No wonder she hadnt wanted to tell him.

"Happy now? That what you wanted to hear?" Lana asked angrily, eyes shining. "Everyday, Lily and James' screams are in the back of my head. No matter how hard I try, I can never get them to go away. No matter how hard I cry, I can never get the sound of Harry crying out of my head. THEYRE THERE ALL THE TIME! 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK."

"I - Lana, I dont know what to - "

She put her hands up. "So there you have it. I havent tears enough for what happened to Lily and James, to Harry, to me."

And with that, Lana walked past Lupin, into the hallway and up the stairs.

"LANA!" Lupin shouted, running after her. He stood at the bottom of the stairs. Lana was a few steps up.

"Yeah?" Lana asked, turning to him. There was a hardness in her voice. In her eyes. All trace of the frightened little girl of a few moments ago, gone.

"Its not safe on your own."

"Fine. Ill check my mothers room. You can go check my room. I dont know what were looking for. Anything."

Lupin sighed. "Cutting yourself off doesnt help."

"Worked pretty good for the last few years." Lana said, turning around and carrying on up the stairs.

"What am I supposed to be looking for?" Lupin shouted after her.

"I dont know!"

"This is gonna take a while..." Lupin muttered. He didnt know how she did it. In denial much, he thought. Oh God. Now I sound like a teenager. Shaking his head, he started walking up the stairs. He didnt know how to handle what Lana had told him. He never suspected Lana of doing anything like Peter, but he did know that she had been at Godrics Hollow. Sirius had seen her. Hagrid had seen her. They knew that she hadnt only just got there, she was too...Lupin didnt know. A lot of things about that night didnt add up, but a few things slotted into place. He still didnt know why Lana hated Dumbledore.

Lana almost ran down the hall and into her mothers room. She threw the helmet onto the bed and leant against the door, breathing heavily. Looking in the mirror opposite her, she said - "Keep it together. Keep it together."

This room was untouched. Perfect as it had been when her mother was at home. Key word being *when*, Lana thought. Lana had never let anyone in, even when it was the Orders HQ. Trying to push Lily and James screams to the back of her head was getting harder these days. Everybody else had had 15 years to deal with it. Lana had 3 weeks. On the other plane of existence, things had been different. But it was starting to get blurry. It was like, shed been frozen, and then when shed woken up, it had all re- started again.

Looking around the room, Lanas eyes fixed on the huge fireplace that was opposite her mothers bed. Taking out her wand, she muttered something and a huge red and orange fire erupted. She unzipped her jacket and laid it on the bed as she sat down, warming herself by the fire. It had dropped a couple of degrees, and Lana shivered slightly.

No doubt Harry will be asking a lot of questions soon, especially if hes reading that journal. Although, what his mother and father wrote should answer them. And the extra bits that I added after, Lana thought. Everythings just as screwed up as it was 15 years ago. But if I do right by Harry, which I intend to do, and will give up anything and everything to do, maybe...Maybe what? Itll ease your guilt?

"Stop it." she told herself out loud, staring into the fire. Concentrate on something else. On finding it. Finding what? Trust Sirius to be cryptic. I bet hes laughing at me now.

**********THE GHOST ROADS**********

Sirius was bored. For the past 2 days, all he had seen were tribal warriors in the jungle. If he was supposed to be learning something from all this, then he had totally missed the point.

"Cant even fight for my non-life." he complained for the 5th time that day. Or was it minute? He lost track of time.

The boy shook his head. "Sir, if you are going to help your lover - "

"Shes not." Sirius turned to the boy. "Lanas not my lover."

The boy raised his neat little blonde eyebrows at Sirius.

Sirius scowled. "I dont know what she is." He sighed. The boy was still looking at him. "Fine. Lanas my lover. I love her. She loves me."

The boy smiled. "Finally, you admit it. I wonder."

Sitting down on a rock, Sirius put his head in his hands. "You wonder what?"

"If you know yet. If youve realised."

"Dont play cryptic." Sirius was getting angry.

"You did," the boy pointed out. "Shes looking right now you know. That Dumbledore showed her something. Something he shouldnt have. Shes going to risk everything. Again."

Frowning, Sirius looked up. "Dumbledore showed Lana something? And Lana actually listened? Thats a first. And, what do you mean, again?"

The boy merely looked down at Sirius.

"Dont do this. You always do that. Say something and then dont explain it." His temper was rising. He was sick of this shit.

"You were there. You should know. You looked but you didnt see." the boy answered.

"What are you talking about?" Sirius thought for a moment. "You said Lana will risk everything again. Shes risked everything before. I know this. She saved me and Lily and James. Almost got killed herself."

The boy looked at Sirius, urging him on.

"But thats not the time you mean is it? Lanas done something, or somethings, that I dont know about hasnt she?" Sirius heart started pounding. Now he was scared.

The boy nodded. "Do you want to see?"

"I dont know why youre asking me because youre going to show me no matter what I say." Sirius said simply.

Again, the boy nodded. "Are you sure youre ready for this?"

"As ready as Ill ever be."

The boy walked over to Sirius, and grabbed Sirius' wrists. Sirius felt the now familiar sensation like he had been thrown into water, then pulled out very quickly.

They were stood in a corridor that Sirius didnt recognise.