Title: To The Left of the Veil
Author: MalfoysChick
Rating: PG
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He really was bored. It was just a small space, with no walls and hardly any light. It was the brightest in the middle of the room, and so that was where Sirius stayed. No, of course he wasn't afraid of the dark. But it was definitely creepy to be all alone in a tiny space with no walls and dark corners. He had been sitting in the same exact spot for what seemed like ages, and every now and then, he stuck up a hand to feel the stubble on his chin.

He was beyond five o'clock shadow. He was beyond day-old stubble. He was onto full fledged week long beard, here.

Sirius sighed and looked around to the boring floor that faded to black five feet in every direction, except for directly in front of him. There was a path of light that led to the veil. Of course, he had tried multiple times to tear through the thing, pull it one way or the other.. he had even tried chewing. Nothing worked. The thin flimsy material was indestructible. And that was infuriating.

He felt a tingle in his buttocks and groaned, knowing full well that his bottom had just fallen asleep... again. Sirius stood slowly and shook out his legs, a frown on his face. What was he supposed to do? Sit and live for eternity. Well, if he was going to do that, he sure was glad that as of yet he hadn't gotten hungry. Maybe it was a curse of the chamber - one didn't need to eat.. Although if he was hungry, he probably would have tried a lot harder to eat through the damn veil.

Sirius had to do something. He closed his eyes and walked around a bit, but was so apprehensive that he opened his eyes quickly to find himself almost completely shrouded in the black corners of the space. He jumped and ran back to the light.

He was just so... bored. Completely and utterly bored. BORED. BORED. BORED. BOREDDDD! He had to find a way out. Sighing again, Sirius shut his eyes tightly and willed himself not to open them for a good five minutes. Hmmm... maybe... it had to. It was just so perfect. It was only space. No walls.

He moved a bit to his right, then to his left. Step, step, step, clap! Step, step, step, clap! Shimmy forward, Shimmy back, change direction!

"It's electric!" Sirius said aloud. He heard the echo of his voice in the empty space, eyes still closed. If this didn't work, he might have to will himself home like Dorothy in Oz. And that wouldn't be easy. He didn't have the cool shoes covered in red glitter - er, the ruby slippers. The steps took him all over the space, back and forth clapping one way, clapping the other.

"You can't see it - It's ELECTRIC!" He shouted. He didn't even know how he remembered the Muggle song. He hadn't heard it... why, not since before James and Lily died. (Lily had a big record collection.)

"It's ELECTRIC! Boogie woogie woogie!" Sirius opened his eyes a crack, expecting to be lost in the black. But he wasn't. He was out of the veil. He stood to the left of it, about five or side feet away.

Amazed, he looked around the rest of the room. There was a human body laying on the ground and Sirius hesitantly moved over to it. It was Remus, just coming back to consciousness.

As the werewolf cracked his eyes open, he groaned and muttered, "First the voice, now true hallucinations complete with mental imagery? My God, I need to see a shrink."

Sirius let out a cackle. "You heard me doing the Electric Slide, did you? I knew that dumb song would come in handy one of these days." He wiped his brow. No Dorothy antics for him... thank God.