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Eye spy

James Potter stepped out of the muggle taxi and paid the driver with a little difficulty. He would have rode his broom over but Natasha was insistent that, as the manor was in a muggle neighbourhood, they should all learn to behave more like non-magic people. It was fine with Lily, who was already accustomed to muggle behaviour, but James found the situation a little harder to accept. However, no matter how many times he protested, Natasha wouldn't budge.

Getting out of the car, he looked around the silent and peaceful street. His eyes flew over all the different types of houses which ranged from bungalows to giant size mansions. He looked at each of the house numbers and he finally stopped searching at the one that said no.40. He glanced at the building and raised his eyebrows.

The manor was a Victorian one- that was very clear on the structure. It stood slightly raised; a flight of stairs leading to the covered porch and the big double oak door. The manor consisted of two floors but at the topmost part of the house was a very spacey attic in which, everyone had decided, the famous Book Of Shadows was to be kept. It was a spacious building and James knew that there would be no problem fitting in six nineteen year olds.

So he got out his small rucksack and made his way to the manor, which from now, would be his home. Making his way up the stairs he rang the door bell and, almost immediately, the door flew open. James only got a glimpse of the wide foyer before his eyesight got obscured by a mass of red hair.

"James!" Lily had thrown herself on him and was at the moment hugging him very tightly.

"Hey babe," James hugged her back and kissed her lightly on her head. "I missed you so much."

"Me too, I thought-"

"Ahem."

They looked around to see the other four looking at them in a bemused fashion.

"Oh, aren't they cute," Sirius said, smirking. "They should get married."

"Don't give them any ideas." Remus grinned.

"Yeah, they're bad enough as it is," Melody said, nodding. "Imagine how mushy they'll be when they actually tie the knot."

Natasha however went up to James and hugged him.

"Don't listen to them you two." She said as she closed the door. "I reckon that you would be a great husband and wife. So," She ushered Lily and James to the other three. "Welcome to your new home. Would you like the guided tour now or later?"

The day dragged slowly by and, by evening, it seemed that everyone had arrived at the conclusion that they were just not meant to be together.

"We are just not meant to be together!" Lily whined. "Seven years of bonding was long enough for me, thank you very much. Why the hell do we have to go through it again?!"

They all fell heavily onto the sofas and sighed as one.

"Now what?" Remus asked, downhearted.

Before anyone could answer, a deep voice echoed around the house,

"Lori! Why the heck not!"

And a female voice answered,

"Because I'm not ready, dammit!"

Everyone jumped up at looked wildly around, their eyes coming to a halt at two people who had just orbed in. They were both locked in a heated argument.

"Why, what is the problem?!" The guy asked exasperated. He had short blonde hair and stood about 6foot1. He looked around and started as he saw the six pairs of eyes staring at him in shock. He quickly cleared his throat. "Um, sorry about that……I'm Aaron Turner and this," he pointed to the woman standing next to him. " This is Lori Sanchez."

"We are your higher Whitelighters." She said in a way of explanation.

There was silence.

"And they are…?" Sirius broke it.

"Um….we're whitelighters except…. Higher than you- but not quite an Elder." Lori volunteered. "Though your Elder is Albus Dumbledore- I'm not sure you have met him yet or not…."

"Oh we've met him…" Remus started to say.

"Yeah and some of us are even related to him." Natasha interrupted dryly. The higher whitelighters looked confused. "Don't ask."

"Right…" Lori said slowly. Then she turned towards the others.

"Well, the main reason we came was to warn you."

"Warn us…?" Melody asked nervously.

"There is a demon on the loose. We don't know it's name but he steals innocent's eyesight. We also think…well we know… that Voldmort send him to destroy the world's innocents. And you," Lori looked around at everybody. "Being the Charmed Ones are destined to protect them."

"Yeah, uh, that's great. But we know nothing about this demon." Said Lily. "How can we stop it if we don't know what it is?"

"Well your Book Of Shadows should have all the information that you need." Aaron explained. "The demon and the vanquish. The problem will be trying to track down the demon and potential victims."

The others tried to comprehend the situation but didn't really get far. Lori, seeing this thought it better to give them some time to figure the whole thing out for themselves.

"Well, we'll leave you now and….go deal with our problem," She stole a glance at Aaron. "Good luck and blessed be."

Then, surrounded by bright blue orb lights, they disappeared.

Everyone, simultaneously, flopped down on the sofa.

"Great, just fucking great." Sirius muttered. His mood was getting worse and worse by the minute. Making up his mind, he stood up.

"Um.. listen.." He turned towards the others. "I need to um… do something… I gotta go."

Natasha raised an eyebrow.

"What now?" She asked. "While a lot of people's lives are in danger?"

"Uh…yeah… sorry." In spite of himself, a little thread of guilt began to ease out. Shaking his head, he leant forward and kissed Natasha before grabbing his coat and orbing out.

"Well, I'm going to St Mungo's to try and find out what I can about any weird accidents." Melody stood up too. "It'll be pretty easy now that I've got a job there."

"Yeah, um, Natasha, you should go too." James said, glancing at her. "You know, check in the ministry?" He stood expectantly, but Natasha didn't answer. She was looking out of the window, totally oblivious to what was going on. Lily frowned and went over. She sat down on the couch.

"Hey, you want to talk about it?" She asked Natasha.

"Um.. not now…. it doesn't matter."

"Well if it's going to affect us saving people, then, yeah, I think that it does matter."

Natasha sighed.

"It's got nothing to do with the mission or anything," She looked out of the window again. "It's more personal, you know."

"Sirius?" Lily asked suddenly.

Natasha looked at her.

"How the hell did you know?"

"Yeah, how did you know?" James asked slowly.

Both the girls turned around to look at him.

"Don't eavesdrop." They said, as one.

Lily turned back on Natasha.

"If you don't want to be with him, then, tell him that."

Natasha shrugged.

"It's not that I don't want to be with- I mean I love him to bits- but," She paused. "I just need to be with other people right now and not the same guy I was with in high school- you know- play the field."

"That's real nice Tash," James said slowly.

"Yeah, I know, I do feel kinda mean but it's true and I know that he feels the same way as I do."

"Oh yeah?" Melody asked. "And how did you figure that out?"

Natasha smiled.

"If not anything, I'm his mate- a very good mate- and I know everything there is to know about him. Trust me, he's never been able to hide anything from me."

Remus smirked.

"Sounds like you two are meant to be with each other."

Before Natasha could reply cuttingly, James interrupted.

"Okay, that's great but, Tash, can you now go to your work place and get us some information?"

Natasha nodded, and with Melody, left the room.

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