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sorry to those who read this that i haven't updated in such a long time, but school is over now and so is wrestling season(sadly) and i got nothing to do until wrestling camp, but don't worry it is only 4 days, i could have gotton to go to another camp but they won't let me go cuz i'm a girl, sexist jerks! oh well. ============================================================================ =========
They all sat silently in Dumbledore's office waiting for her to speak. She finally stop crying enough to say, "He told me to leave if anything went wrong. He promised me that he would be here when we returned."
Dumbledore handed her a hankercheif and asked, "Sirius told you to leave if what went wrong?"
"That night that Lily and James died, he went after Peter. He wouldn't listen to me, he said everyone believed that he was their secret keeper and he had to do something about Peter. He told me that if anything went wrong and I didn't hear from him in 24 hours then to leave because they would think that I had something to do with it. Then he told me to come back to Hogwarts in 15 years, that he would be here for me, he promised that he would be here for us." Brooke sobbed. Rubbing her eyes fiercly with the hankercheif. "Why did he break his promise. Please tell me how it happened."
Nobody spoke at first, then in a flat voice Harry said, "He fell through the veil."
Brooke looked up at him very quickly and stopped crying, "The veil in the department of Mysterys?" she questioned.
"That is the veil." Lupin replied in the same tone as Harry. "In the battle he was hit by a spell and fell through."
Brooke smiled, tears still in her eyes and said, "He's not dead then."
Harry looked up at her very fast. He couldn't believe his ears.........Sirius wasn't dead. Was it true, could it be possible? Who was this lady even? How would she know this? He was about to voice this question when Dumbledore did it for him. "What do you mean he isn't dead, how do you know?"
"Before I left I was the one to find that veil, and I had just finished my research on it but I never was able to give it to the department. I know what it does, it doesn't kill you, it puts you in another dimension. Something that resembles limbo, but it freezes time in a way, because time never runs out there." Brooke laughed, Gemini would get to meet her father after all. "All we need is someone to go into the veil willingly and get him."
From the shadows Lupin chimed in, "There must be a catch, it can't be that simple."
"It's not, there is a chance that the willing person might not be able to get back out." Brooke replied. "There is also a possiblity that their magic won't be effective behind the veil."
"But Sirius will definatly come back out?" Harry questioned.
"Yes, that is a definate. He will come back out." Brooke said.
"I'll do it." was Harry's answer to hearing this, and stood up heading for the door, but Lupin stopped him.
"No you're not going Harry, I will go." Lupin said strongly.
"You are all wrong, if anyone is going it will be me. I know more about the veil than any of you, I have the best chances of getting out." Brooke said matter-of-factly.
"But mom-" Gemini started but Brooke cut her off.
"Gem, you had 15 years with me, and I know better than anyone how much you want to meet your father, I know how much you need him. I want you to be with him, I know how much he needed you. You have to understand that you need him more than me, and Harry needs him too." Brooke said to her. "Do you understand how important this is? Do you understand that I have to do this?"
Everyone was watching her silently, she looked over at Harry and saw the pleading look in his eyes and the hope that was also there. She looked up at her mom and saw the tears in her eyes. 'This isn't fair!' she thought, 'I have to give up my mother so I can have my father?! But Harry needs him too. Mom is right, I have to let her do this.' "I understand," that was all she could say as the tears welled up, but she wouldn't cry. She refused to cry. She couldn't upset her mom, not now.
"Ok. Then it's set, I'm going now." Brooke said to the entire room.
"I'm coming with you," Gemini and Harry said in unison.
"Me too." said Lupin, Ron, and Hermione together.
"We will all go, but Brooke, I trust you know what you are doing? I hope you understand the effect this could have." Dumbledore said the twinkle gone from his eyes.
"I do." She said.
"We must go when the department is closed, but not now." Dumbledore said in his calm tone.
"Why not, this shouldn't wait!" Brooke nearly screamed.
Dumbledore's reply was, "You should at least give your daughter one last night with you."
She looked down at her daughter and seen the pain that all this was causing her."When do we leave then?" Brooke questioned.
"Tomorrow night." Dumbledore answed. "I will have a Portkey ready."
They all filed out of his office silently Brooke with her arm around her daughter. Harry surveyed them, he understood how much this was going to hurt Gemini and he promised to make himself there for her if something bad happened. Harry, Ron and Hermione went to the Gryffindor common room and Brooke and Gemini went back to their house in Hogsmeade together, probably for the last time.
"What should we do?" Gemini asked her mom when they got home.
"What ever you want to do." she said.
"Do you think we could talk."Gemini asked quietly.
"Yeah, that sounds great to me." Brooke answered.
They spent most of their last night together sitting on the couch and talking. Gemini fell asleep around 4 a.m.. For awhile, Brooke simply sat and watched her daughter sleep. She used to watch her sleep all the time, how much like Sirius she looked. Thinking of Sirius brought back so many memories. Brooke stood and walked over to the desk that was littered with parchment, quills, and ink bottles. She stared at the for a second and then sat down and started to write a letter for Sirius. After she finished, she cast eyes upon Gemini, still asleep on the couch, and started a second letter to her and placed it in her trunk that would be taken to Hogwarts soon. Then she went back to her daughter and fell asleep right next to her.
The next day went by fast. Gemini had to start school today. They had breakfast and they took a few photos and then she took Gemini over to Hogwarts. "I'll come back tonight just stay in your common room."
"I haven't gotton sorted yet mom." Gemini realized.
"Oh my gosh you haven't have you. Damn it, I guess we will go up to Dumbledore and get you sorted." Brooke said.
They walked up to the stone gargoyle and it open without the password, McGonnagol came out with the sorting hat. "I thought you might need this." She said. "Hurry up and put it on lessons start soon."
She placed the hat on Gemini's head and it shouted instantly, "Gryffindor!" Brooke smiled, how proud Sirius would be when he found out that his daughter was a Gryffindor, it would be as proud as she was now.
Gemini left to go to her classes and Brooke went back to the house and did some cleaning and also did some shopping for Gemini. In no time at all, it was time for her to go back up to Hogwarts. She made it there quickly, and went to Dumbledore's office to find everyone waiting for her.
"Are you ready?" Dumbledore asked.
A/N: Wow I didn't think I was going to update this story because no one seemed to like it but I was like hey, I'm going to write it because I feel like it, and I did. It was kinda weird really, I didn't stop at all. I was going to finish what would happen with the veil but I decided not to, so if anyone is actually reading this then review and I will update faster. Because I now have nothing to do since wrestling season is over, and if anyone is going oh my gosh I can't believe there is a girl that wresltes, well Women's Wrestling is going to be an Olympic sport this year, one quick thing to say, "GO KRISTIE MARANO" because she is so cool, everybody root for her! I sure think she will win. And another thing "GO FHN WRESTLING" cuz that's the team I wrestle for and they are awsome, but now i am the only girl on the team because my best friend moved away, that was a very sad day for me, still is as a matter of fact, and i am sorry about all of this because i am starting to vent and it is going on forever. Main points, please review.
sorry to those who read this that i haven't updated in such a long time, but school is over now and so is wrestling season(sadly) and i got nothing to do until wrestling camp, but don't worry it is only 4 days, i could have gotton to go to another camp but they won't let me go cuz i'm a girl, sexist jerks! oh well. ============================================================================ =========
They all sat silently in Dumbledore's office waiting for her to speak. She finally stop crying enough to say, "He told me to leave if anything went wrong. He promised me that he would be here when we returned."
Dumbledore handed her a hankercheif and asked, "Sirius told you to leave if what went wrong?"
"That night that Lily and James died, he went after Peter. He wouldn't listen to me, he said everyone believed that he was their secret keeper and he had to do something about Peter. He told me that if anything went wrong and I didn't hear from him in 24 hours then to leave because they would think that I had something to do with it. Then he told me to come back to Hogwarts in 15 years, that he would be here for me, he promised that he would be here for us." Brooke sobbed. Rubbing her eyes fiercly with the hankercheif. "Why did he break his promise. Please tell me how it happened."
Nobody spoke at first, then in a flat voice Harry said, "He fell through the veil."
Brooke looked up at him very quickly and stopped crying, "The veil in the department of Mysterys?" she questioned.
"That is the veil." Lupin replied in the same tone as Harry. "In the battle he was hit by a spell and fell through."
Brooke smiled, tears still in her eyes and said, "He's not dead then."
Harry looked up at her very fast. He couldn't believe his ears.........Sirius wasn't dead. Was it true, could it be possible? Who was this lady even? How would she know this? He was about to voice this question when Dumbledore did it for him. "What do you mean he isn't dead, how do you know?"
"Before I left I was the one to find that veil, and I had just finished my research on it but I never was able to give it to the department. I know what it does, it doesn't kill you, it puts you in another dimension. Something that resembles limbo, but it freezes time in a way, because time never runs out there." Brooke laughed, Gemini would get to meet her father after all. "All we need is someone to go into the veil willingly and get him."
From the shadows Lupin chimed in, "There must be a catch, it can't be that simple."
"It's not, there is a chance that the willing person might not be able to get back out." Brooke replied. "There is also a possiblity that their magic won't be effective behind the veil."
"But Sirius will definatly come back out?" Harry questioned.
"Yes, that is a definate. He will come back out." Brooke said.
"I'll do it." was Harry's answer to hearing this, and stood up heading for the door, but Lupin stopped him.
"No you're not going Harry, I will go." Lupin said strongly.
"You are all wrong, if anyone is going it will be me. I know more about the veil than any of you, I have the best chances of getting out." Brooke said matter-of-factly.
"But mom-" Gemini started but Brooke cut her off.
"Gem, you had 15 years with me, and I know better than anyone how much you want to meet your father, I know how much you need him. I want you to be with him, I know how much he needed you. You have to understand that you need him more than me, and Harry needs him too." Brooke said to her. "Do you understand how important this is? Do you understand that I have to do this?"
Everyone was watching her silently, she looked over at Harry and saw the pleading look in his eyes and the hope that was also there. She looked up at her mom and saw the tears in her eyes. 'This isn't fair!' she thought, 'I have to give up my mother so I can have my father?! But Harry needs him too. Mom is right, I have to let her do this.' "I understand," that was all she could say as the tears welled up, but she wouldn't cry. She refused to cry. She couldn't upset her mom, not now.
"Ok. Then it's set, I'm going now." Brooke said to the entire room.
"I'm coming with you," Gemini and Harry said in unison.
"Me too." said Lupin, Ron, and Hermione together.
"We will all go, but Brooke, I trust you know what you are doing? I hope you understand the effect this could have." Dumbledore said the twinkle gone from his eyes.
"I do." She said.
"We must go when the department is closed, but not now." Dumbledore said in his calm tone.
"Why not, this shouldn't wait!" Brooke nearly screamed.
Dumbledore's reply was, "You should at least give your daughter one last night with you."
She looked down at her daughter and seen the pain that all this was causing her."When do we leave then?" Brooke questioned.
"Tomorrow night." Dumbledore answed. "I will have a Portkey ready."
They all filed out of his office silently Brooke with her arm around her daughter. Harry surveyed them, he understood how much this was going to hurt Gemini and he promised to make himself there for her if something bad happened. Harry, Ron and Hermione went to the Gryffindor common room and Brooke and Gemini went back to their house in Hogsmeade together, probably for the last time.
"What should we do?" Gemini asked her mom when they got home.
"What ever you want to do." she said.
"Do you think we could talk."Gemini asked quietly.
"Yeah, that sounds great to me." Brooke answered.
They spent most of their last night together sitting on the couch and talking. Gemini fell asleep around 4 a.m.. For awhile, Brooke simply sat and watched her daughter sleep. She used to watch her sleep all the time, how much like Sirius she looked. Thinking of Sirius brought back so many memories. Brooke stood and walked over to the desk that was littered with parchment, quills, and ink bottles. She stared at the for a second and then sat down and started to write a letter for Sirius. After she finished, she cast eyes upon Gemini, still asleep on the couch, and started a second letter to her and placed it in her trunk that would be taken to Hogwarts soon. Then she went back to her daughter and fell asleep right next to her.
The next day went by fast. Gemini had to start school today. They had breakfast and they took a few photos and then she took Gemini over to Hogwarts. "I'll come back tonight just stay in your common room."
"I haven't gotton sorted yet mom." Gemini realized.
"Oh my gosh you haven't have you. Damn it, I guess we will go up to Dumbledore and get you sorted." Brooke said.
They walked up to the stone gargoyle and it open without the password, McGonnagol came out with the sorting hat. "I thought you might need this." She said. "Hurry up and put it on lessons start soon."
She placed the hat on Gemini's head and it shouted instantly, "Gryffindor!" Brooke smiled, how proud Sirius would be when he found out that his daughter was a Gryffindor, it would be as proud as she was now.
Gemini left to go to her classes and Brooke went back to the house and did some cleaning and also did some shopping for Gemini. In no time at all, it was time for her to go back up to Hogwarts. She made it there quickly, and went to Dumbledore's office to find everyone waiting for her.
"Are you ready?" Dumbledore asked.
A/N: Wow I didn't think I was going to update this story because no one seemed to like it but I was like hey, I'm going to write it because I feel like it, and I did. It was kinda weird really, I didn't stop at all. I was going to finish what would happen with the veil but I decided not to, so if anyone is actually reading this then review and I will update faster. Because I now have nothing to do since wrestling season is over, and if anyone is going oh my gosh I can't believe there is a girl that wresltes, well Women's Wrestling is going to be an Olympic sport this year, one quick thing to say, "GO KRISTIE MARANO" because she is so cool, everybody root for her! I sure think she will win. And another thing "GO FHN WRESTLING" cuz that's the team I wrestle for and they are awsome, but now i am the only girl on the team because my best friend moved away, that was a very sad day for me, still is as a matter of fact, and i am sorry about all of this because i am starting to vent and it is going on forever. Main points, please review.