We never did Dumbledore about the Slytherin encounter ever. Lily and me had
begged the boys not to mention it to anyone or to even bring it up again. A
few weeks went by and it was almost time for Halloween. In fact Halloween
wasn't that far off at all. I was actually looking forward to it because
that was when Lily and me were getting them back. We were going to make
them wish they had NEVER messed with us.
"Do you have everything ready for Halloween? One week away, I can't wait Ashleigh." Lily said. I nodded. Everything was set all we needed now was the bait. And that would be us...
"Hey baby, are you ok?" Sirius asked me when he saw me in the hall. Him and James have been overly protective ever since the "incident". He has also been asking me if I was ok... all the time 'are you ok?' It never ends. Sirius walked next to me the whole time, his class was all the way across the campus and he was walking me to my class.
"Don't you have class?" I asked him. He nodded but still walked next to me.
"Sirius, I love you, but you can't keep doing this. You get so many detentions for being late... go to class." I said.
"But what if..." He started. I put my hand up to stop him.
"No, not what if, go!" I ordered him. I had never really done it that way before. I used to say it playfully. He looked angry and hurt at the same time but he didn't want to show the hurt as much.
"Fine, you want to be like that... I was only trying to protect you." I knew he was right but I couldn't help it. I wasn't a helpless girl after all. I was Ashleigh, someone who was very powerful. Although my "extras" hadn't been there lately to back me up. Especially during the "incident". I caught up with Lily just in time to see James leaving her side and heading to his class. He was running to catch up with Sirius. Sirius was definitely mad and I felt bad that I got him mad but I needed my space.
"What's up with Sirius?" Lily asked as we entered our Arithemacy class.
"I asked him to back off because I needed a little space." I said.
"Ha! Space, that is something I have been DREAMING about. Ever since that... night James had been crowding me more than ever. I don't think I can take it anymore." Lily said. We felt the same way. At least I knew that I wasn't in the wrong when I told Sirius that. I did need space because it was getting hard to breathe.
That night in the common room, Sirius didn't talk to me at all. He kept his back to me; obviously I was supposed to apologize. Well, I wasn't going to, not any time soon.
"Well, I told him." Lily said wiping her hands. She sat down next to me. Usually we would get together with Alyssa and talk or gossip or something. But lately Alyssa had been so tied up with Jordan she barely had time to do anything but go to class, snog and sleep. We both stared at the two as if they were the entertainment. Both of them looked like they were going to devour each other.
"Do you ever regret breaking things off with Jordan?" Lily asked me unexpectedly. Of course not, I had... well, I usually had Sirius. And I was in love with Sirius. He was the only thing I thought of when I went to bed and the first thing to enter my mind when I went to sleep. If this wasn't love then I didn't know what was. He WAS I and I was he. We were one soul inhabiting two bodies.
"Of course not. I love Sirius. I wouldn't trade him for the world." I said. Sirius's hands covered my eyes and I squealed with joy. I loved playing this, it always made flirting so much fun.
"Guess who." He whispered sexily into my ear.
"Well, it can't be my boyfriend. He is off sulking." I said. He laughed and hopped over the back of the sofa and landed next me. My athletic man whom I loved deeply. I smiled at him and gave him a peck on the cheek. He smiled but then he turned serious.
"I have been thinking and I know that you are right Ashleigh but I can't help but want to protect you. I love you so much, I don't need to lose you and I don't want to. I've come close to losing you so many times that I am scared to even think about it. Will you forgive me? I promise that I will give you space if you promise to let me guard you some of the time." He said. I contemplated it before I nodded.
"On one condition, you HAVE to go to your class instead of mine... and you be my personal slave for all eternity." I said laughing when he started to tickle me.
"Only if I can be your sex slave." He said. I smiled. Things always came down to sex with this man.
"You're a virgin right?" I asked him. He shook his head. I knew it was too good to be true.
"How many?" I asked. He held up two fingers. I nodded we were even at least. We spent a good two hours talking and I learned a lot more about him in the crowded room then I had learned in the Shrieking Shack that one gorgeous night. I learned that he did like one person in his family, His Uncle Alfred, who had left him a great sum of money and not to his wife or daughters. He was also the black sheep of the family. And he was living with the Potter's at the moment because he ran away from home. He learned more about my past with Alex and my mother. And I told him about their deaths and how unusual they all seemed at first until I learned of Voldermort. Then Ms. McGonagall walked in and interrupted everyone, especially Alyssa and Jordan. "I need to see Potter, Cox, Black, Evans and Lupin please!" She said and we all followed her. We didn't know what we had done now or if it was a previous pranks that was just now solved. But we bet that we all were in trouble. We followed her to Headmaster Dumbledore's office and we all waited for his appearance after she left.
"I wonder what we did." Lily said. She was always scared of getting in trouble.
"Probably found out that we were the ones who backed up all the toilets on the third floor..." James said. Dumbledore appeared and smiled down at James' guilty and terrified face.
"Ah, so that was you guys, was it? I'll make mental note of that." Dumbledore said. I glared at James for opening his big mouth.
"But for now, I will only alert you. There has been some talk that Voldermort is out for you five. James and Sirius you guys have scared him with your braveness, Remus and Lily you guys have frightened him with your intelligence and Ashleigh you have alerted him of your abilities. So I must say that I will not be allowed to let you guys leave the campus until further notice. That means no Hogsmeade trips. I'm sorry." Dumbledore said. We all stared at him. Unbelievable. This big and mighty wizard was scared of five teenage wizards and witches.
"Are you telling us that this big high and mighty Wizard with powers that not even the greatest wizards understand or can even comprehend is afraid of five teenagers?" I asked him. I actually didn't believe a word he was saying.
"Yes I am. He is disturbed by your actions over the summer. Never has he had someone fight as hard and as long to defy him as you guys. And I can honestly tell you that he hasn't seen anyone with your abilities either." He said.
"What? Just because of this summer he is wigged out?" I asked. I knew everyone in that room didn't know what "wigged out" meant but the idea was hanging in the air.
"Ashleigh, you have to understand that we are getting more and more people as of the last month onto our side and that in its self is incredible. What you 5 had displayed that day in the forest when you were running from his death eaters was astonishing to him. You aren't even supposed to know that kind of magic, and yet you do and you used it with such accuracy." Dumbledore said. Everyone kind of had a sense of pride and accomplishment. As if this was their biggest adventure.
"But Dumbledore, we are just...." I wasn't able to finish because he held up his hand to stop me.
"Ashleigh, I am just the messenger. I heard for some sources that he plans to get rid of you all one by one. And I am going to do as much as I can to save you from that." Dumbledore said.
"So I want all five of you to stay on campus and do NOT leave under any circumstances. Do you hear me? Ashleigh, your dad has gone to the states for a few months to do some research and has put me as your guardian in case something happens." Dumbledore said nonchalantly. I jumped up from my slouch and looked at him wide eyed.
"Don't say that. Why? What would happen to him? He's not in danger is he? I want to see him NOW!" I said freaking out. I had never been so far from my dad and the fact that he was halfway around the world wasn't a comfort. The last time a parent was half way around the world she had left... for good.
"Ashleigh calm down. He's ok, he is just doing research." Dumbledore said.
"I want to talk to him! Let me talk to him now!!" I half yelled. Dumbledore's expression had hardened and I knew that I was being unreasonable but he didn't understand. Dad was all that I had left.
"I can't let you do that." Dumbledore said. My eyes got a little teary eyed but I blinked a few times to get rid of it.
"You don't understand bad things happen when I am so far apart from him. Things happen and I wont... I cant... please don't let them." I stopped talking afraid that I would break down and cry. Dumbledore sighed and nodded.
"Ok, only a few minutes though." He said going to the fire and throwing floo power into it while whispering something he stuck his head in. After a minute he came back and my dad's head appeared.
"Daddy!" I said running to his... head. He smiled and his whole body started to appear. I gave him a huge hug and before I let him go I told him that I loved him.
"Aww, sweetheart, I love you too. What's wrong?" He asked me. I tried to control my swelling throat so that I didn't cry but my words came out choked.
"Why are you so far away? You know that I don't like that. Dad, I don't... please don't let things go bad again." I said giving him a hug again. I never was quite comfortable talking about my mother's death.
"Oh, baby, don't cry. You know that I can take care of myself." He said hugging me tightly.
"So could mom, or so she thought." I said. My tears were drying because I was mad at his stupidity and ignorance.
"Do you have everything ready for Halloween? One week away, I can't wait Ashleigh." Lily said. I nodded. Everything was set all we needed now was the bait. And that would be us...
"Hey baby, are you ok?" Sirius asked me when he saw me in the hall. Him and James have been overly protective ever since the "incident". He has also been asking me if I was ok... all the time 'are you ok?' It never ends. Sirius walked next to me the whole time, his class was all the way across the campus and he was walking me to my class.
"Don't you have class?" I asked him. He nodded but still walked next to me.
"Sirius, I love you, but you can't keep doing this. You get so many detentions for being late... go to class." I said.
"But what if..." He started. I put my hand up to stop him.
"No, not what if, go!" I ordered him. I had never really done it that way before. I used to say it playfully. He looked angry and hurt at the same time but he didn't want to show the hurt as much.
"Fine, you want to be like that... I was only trying to protect you." I knew he was right but I couldn't help it. I wasn't a helpless girl after all. I was Ashleigh, someone who was very powerful. Although my "extras" hadn't been there lately to back me up. Especially during the "incident". I caught up with Lily just in time to see James leaving her side and heading to his class. He was running to catch up with Sirius. Sirius was definitely mad and I felt bad that I got him mad but I needed my space.
"What's up with Sirius?" Lily asked as we entered our Arithemacy class.
"I asked him to back off because I needed a little space." I said.
"Ha! Space, that is something I have been DREAMING about. Ever since that... night James had been crowding me more than ever. I don't think I can take it anymore." Lily said. We felt the same way. At least I knew that I wasn't in the wrong when I told Sirius that. I did need space because it was getting hard to breathe.
That night in the common room, Sirius didn't talk to me at all. He kept his back to me; obviously I was supposed to apologize. Well, I wasn't going to, not any time soon.
"Well, I told him." Lily said wiping her hands. She sat down next to me. Usually we would get together with Alyssa and talk or gossip or something. But lately Alyssa had been so tied up with Jordan she barely had time to do anything but go to class, snog and sleep. We both stared at the two as if they were the entertainment. Both of them looked like they were going to devour each other.
"Do you ever regret breaking things off with Jordan?" Lily asked me unexpectedly. Of course not, I had... well, I usually had Sirius. And I was in love with Sirius. He was the only thing I thought of when I went to bed and the first thing to enter my mind when I went to sleep. If this wasn't love then I didn't know what was. He WAS I and I was he. We were one soul inhabiting two bodies.
"Of course not. I love Sirius. I wouldn't trade him for the world." I said. Sirius's hands covered my eyes and I squealed with joy. I loved playing this, it always made flirting so much fun.
"Guess who." He whispered sexily into my ear.
"Well, it can't be my boyfriend. He is off sulking." I said. He laughed and hopped over the back of the sofa and landed next me. My athletic man whom I loved deeply. I smiled at him and gave him a peck on the cheek. He smiled but then he turned serious.
"I have been thinking and I know that you are right Ashleigh but I can't help but want to protect you. I love you so much, I don't need to lose you and I don't want to. I've come close to losing you so many times that I am scared to even think about it. Will you forgive me? I promise that I will give you space if you promise to let me guard you some of the time." He said. I contemplated it before I nodded.
"On one condition, you HAVE to go to your class instead of mine... and you be my personal slave for all eternity." I said laughing when he started to tickle me.
"Only if I can be your sex slave." He said. I smiled. Things always came down to sex with this man.
"You're a virgin right?" I asked him. He shook his head. I knew it was too good to be true.
"How many?" I asked. He held up two fingers. I nodded we were even at least. We spent a good two hours talking and I learned a lot more about him in the crowded room then I had learned in the Shrieking Shack that one gorgeous night. I learned that he did like one person in his family, His Uncle Alfred, who had left him a great sum of money and not to his wife or daughters. He was also the black sheep of the family. And he was living with the Potter's at the moment because he ran away from home. He learned more about my past with Alex and my mother. And I told him about their deaths and how unusual they all seemed at first until I learned of Voldermort. Then Ms. McGonagall walked in and interrupted everyone, especially Alyssa and Jordan. "I need to see Potter, Cox, Black, Evans and Lupin please!" She said and we all followed her. We didn't know what we had done now or if it was a previous pranks that was just now solved. But we bet that we all were in trouble. We followed her to Headmaster Dumbledore's office and we all waited for his appearance after she left.
"I wonder what we did." Lily said. She was always scared of getting in trouble.
"Probably found out that we were the ones who backed up all the toilets on the third floor..." James said. Dumbledore appeared and smiled down at James' guilty and terrified face.
"Ah, so that was you guys, was it? I'll make mental note of that." Dumbledore said. I glared at James for opening his big mouth.
"But for now, I will only alert you. There has been some talk that Voldermort is out for you five. James and Sirius you guys have scared him with your braveness, Remus and Lily you guys have frightened him with your intelligence and Ashleigh you have alerted him of your abilities. So I must say that I will not be allowed to let you guys leave the campus until further notice. That means no Hogsmeade trips. I'm sorry." Dumbledore said. We all stared at him. Unbelievable. This big and mighty wizard was scared of five teenage wizards and witches.
"Are you telling us that this big high and mighty Wizard with powers that not even the greatest wizards understand or can even comprehend is afraid of five teenagers?" I asked him. I actually didn't believe a word he was saying.
"Yes I am. He is disturbed by your actions over the summer. Never has he had someone fight as hard and as long to defy him as you guys. And I can honestly tell you that he hasn't seen anyone with your abilities either." He said.
"What? Just because of this summer he is wigged out?" I asked. I knew everyone in that room didn't know what "wigged out" meant but the idea was hanging in the air.
"Ashleigh, you have to understand that we are getting more and more people as of the last month onto our side and that in its self is incredible. What you 5 had displayed that day in the forest when you were running from his death eaters was astonishing to him. You aren't even supposed to know that kind of magic, and yet you do and you used it with such accuracy." Dumbledore said. Everyone kind of had a sense of pride and accomplishment. As if this was their biggest adventure.
"But Dumbledore, we are just...." I wasn't able to finish because he held up his hand to stop me.
"Ashleigh, I am just the messenger. I heard for some sources that he plans to get rid of you all one by one. And I am going to do as much as I can to save you from that." Dumbledore said.
"So I want all five of you to stay on campus and do NOT leave under any circumstances. Do you hear me? Ashleigh, your dad has gone to the states for a few months to do some research and has put me as your guardian in case something happens." Dumbledore said nonchalantly. I jumped up from my slouch and looked at him wide eyed.
"Don't say that. Why? What would happen to him? He's not in danger is he? I want to see him NOW!" I said freaking out. I had never been so far from my dad and the fact that he was halfway around the world wasn't a comfort. The last time a parent was half way around the world she had left... for good.
"Ashleigh calm down. He's ok, he is just doing research." Dumbledore said.
"I want to talk to him! Let me talk to him now!!" I half yelled. Dumbledore's expression had hardened and I knew that I was being unreasonable but he didn't understand. Dad was all that I had left.
"I can't let you do that." Dumbledore said. My eyes got a little teary eyed but I blinked a few times to get rid of it.
"You don't understand bad things happen when I am so far apart from him. Things happen and I wont... I cant... please don't let them." I stopped talking afraid that I would break down and cry. Dumbledore sighed and nodded.
"Ok, only a few minutes though." He said going to the fire and throwing floo power into it while whispering something he stuck his head in. After a minute he came back and my dad's head appeared.
"Daddy!" I said running to his... head. He smiled and his whole body started to appear. I gave him a huge hug and before I let him go I told him that I loved him.
"Aww, sweetheart, I love you too. What's wrong?" He asked me. I tried to control my swelling throat so that I didn't cry but my words came out choked.
"Why are you so far away? You know that I don't like that. Dad, I don't... please don't let things go bad again." I said giving him a hug again. I never was quite comfortable talking about my mother's death.
"Oh, baby, don't cry. You know that I can take care of myself." He said hugging me tightly.
"So could mom, or so she thought." I said. My tears were drying because I was mad at his stupidity and ignorance.