Lana has currently been in hospital for a week - her injuries were so severe that Dumbledore took a chance and took her to the hospital in London. So far, she has spoken to no-one. Hogwarts has been re-opened and Harry is back at school. Lupin is their DADA teacher for their 6th year.

The dust inside the Department of Mysteries settled. Nobody except the people that had been there knew what had happened that day.

Exactly week after the events took place, a slight shift in the air made Lana stir in her sleep.

It was night, and the Auditorium was dark and still, thick with the blanket of silence. The Veil flickered slightly.

The writing around the Veil slowly filled up with blood, and began to glow a bright red.

A hand reached through Veil and grabbed the marble side of it. The sound echoed off the walls. Dust flew up slowly in a mist from the hand.

Another hand appeared and grasped the other side. They stayed there for a few moments, trying to get a good, firm grip on them.

The muscles in the hand clenched, and a grunt of effort and strain came from the Veil.

Seconds later, a face, slightly tanned, slightly stubbled, with long, shoulder legth black, messy hair stuck to it with sweat appeared from behind the Veil, followed by a bare torso and black trousers.

Placing a weak foot on solid ground for the first time in over two months, the man fell forwards and away from the Veil. The sound of metal clunked - a black necklace with some kind of silver symbol on it fell out of the mans hand.

As he lay there, his youthful looks came back to him, and he looked twenty one again.

Sirius Black took his first breath of air as he lay on the cold, hard marble floor.

~*~*~*~*~*~ THE END ~*~*~*~*~*~

PARTING NOTES:

Thankyou so MUCH for reading my story and reviewing it and loving it and giving me the drive to write more and helping me to believe in myself and Im going to take a breath now.

*breathes.*

Love the end or hate it? Well review and let me know. A detailed one of the whole story would be very very much appreciated if you have the time.

Just to let you know, if you're at all intrested - there will be a sequel. Not as long or complex - (*sniggers* yeah, right.) This is because I realised that I can't tie up all the loose ends that are still there after the climax of the story without rambling too much and boring you.

Love you all!

Re-Writing Destiny aka Char