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"Here's the deal Lils. You can't keep going on and on like this! You scare us when you decide that you're going to break down over the smallest of things," Liandra began almost nervously.
"Its not nice breakin' down. It puts a lotta strain on ya and just ain't pretty. You gotta talk to us every once in a blue moon so we can try to help ya through whatever it is you're goin' through," Alaura added. Lily sighed wiping away some stray tears that seemed to have leaked out.
"I honestly don't know what came over me. I've been having these mood swings for a while now…" Liandra nodded. It had happened once before, Lily's mood swings, and hadn't lead to anything particularly nice.
"Why?" Alaura prodded. Lily shrugged.
"I couldn't tell you that. I've been having them ever since I started having my weird dreams." Alaura looked to Liandra, relieved that she didn't know what Lily was talking about either.
"Its about the…"
"Miss Evans, Miss Winters, Miss Cook. May I have a word please." It was Professor Dumbledore. What had they done?
"Don't look so scared. You have done nothing wrong. There is a very important matter that I need to discuss with the three of you," Dumbledore said as he watched the emotions flicker across each girl's face.
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"Have a seat." Lily, Liandra and Alaura took the three over stuffed chairs in the headmaster's office looking apprehensively at the elderly man.
"Lemon drop? No? Well then. I brought you here to discuss something of great importance to not only the school and me but also to you girls. There is a seal buried somewhere in Hogwarts…"
"The… Angel's Seal?" Lily asked fearing her answer.
"Yes, the Angel's Seal. Am I correct in assuming that you have been having dreams about this particular seal, Miss Evans?" Lily nodded her head sadly.
"What is this Angel's Seal?" Alaura asked. Dumbledore hung his head.
"That is something we are not sure of Miss Cook. I am asking to you find out what you can about it. Now, I have gotten you girls out of your detentions with our caretaker for tonight because I would like to you start on this right away. I am also giving you this," he said brandishing a piece of parchment with the headmaster's loopy scrawl. "It is your ticket into the restricted section. Be careful not to lose this. Though your names are on the letter, it is quite a simple spell to change them to others." With that, he motioned the girls out of the office handing Lily the parchment.
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Later that night, Lily, Liandra and Alaura were sitting up late, surrounded by books in the common room. Liandra and Alaura had told Lily to go to bed countless times thinking it better for her to sleep with all of the dreams that it was possible for her to have but Lily refused. She had decided that she would not sleep until her friends did. She wouldn't feel like she was helping otherwise.
"We have been here for hours and haven't found anything!" Lily exclaimed throwing down yet another legend book they had taken out of the restricted section.
"I've got something here Lil, but its in Spanish… I think," Liandra said handing the book over to the redhead. Lily took a quick look over the text identifying it as the proposed language. She read it to herself.
"What are they doing with Spanish books in the restricted section?" Alaura grumbled. Lily signalled her to be quiet.
"El Sello del Angel es una apertura mística y mítica a poderes más allá del conocimiento y la comprensión humanos aparentes. Se dice para ser enterrado el interior de Escuela de Hogwarts de la Brujería y la Hechicería y creado por los cuatro fundadores. Cada es dicho para haber contribuido alguna magia u otro poder desconocido a tal Sello y a lo se dice también que las almas sólo puras son capaz de abrir este hoyo poderoso. Dónde el Sello de Angel dirige es desconocido en su mayor parte porque el Sello es mas ser encontrado," Lily read.
"Translation please?"
"Basically the Angel's Seal is a myth. Its hidden somewhere inside Hogwarts and is supposed to have been created by the founders of the four houses. It hasn't been found and can only be opened by pure souls," Lily said reading over the text again and again.
"Great. Really helpful," Alaura said sarcastically picking up a thick silk bound book and opening it to the index. She ran her finger down the page.
"Here we go. Looks like a whole section on our lovely myth. Lets compare the fact to the fiction," she said flipping through to the mentioned range of pages. Liandra peeked over her shoulder.
"Or we would compare it if it wasn't in a different language," she muttered under her breath.
"That's part of the reason its in the restricted section," Lily explained crouching beside Alaura to get a better look at the book. "They don't want people making a wrong translations and therefore getting themselves into loads more trouble than just asking a teacher."
"Then how are we supposed to read it?" Alaura asked. Lily smirked.
"There is a charm we could probably use but it'll give us the direct translation as opposed to the grammatically correct translation," she said with a shrug. Alaura looked up at Lily expectantly.
"Well?"
"What?"
"Use the damn thing already! I don't wanna be up all night!"
"Oversettium," Lily said waving her wand. The text changed from the ancient language it was written to modern day English. Liandra cleared her throat.
"The Angel's Seal is an ornately carved metal disc that resides inside of the Hogwarts walls. Created by the four Hogwarts founder, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin, and Godric Gryffindor, the power it holds is legendary, though unknown. Many have tried to locate the Seal; none have succeeded. The Angel's Seal can only be opened by pure, powerful souls ("We know all of this," Alaura interrupted). Here's something. The pure souls are uncounted and the danger mounts with each new birth. What?"
"Basically with each new birth the potential of the Angel's Seal being opened grows. Pure souls don't have to be good pure souls. The souls, technically could be purely evil souls," Lily explained.
"This just gets harder and harder," Alaura said looking up as the portrait hole opened. James, Sirius and Remus entered looking exhausted.
"You have got to be kidding me," Sirius said, being the first one to notice Lily, Alaura and Liandra. Lily ignored him reaching for an ancient looking book.
"Please tell me it's not true. I ain't dealin' with any evil souled dudes. They'd probably kill me," Alaura pleaded turning back to their seemingly tedious task of finding information. James and Remus turned at her voice.
"How did you girls get out of detention?" Remus asked sleepily but either the girls didn't register the question or they chose to ignore him as Lily squealed.
"I've got more. It's in Spanish again; give me a second…" she said. "El Sello del Angel creado por Hogwarts cuatro fundadores y localizado en dijo escuela es un disco poderoso. Teniendo el poder del conocimiento completo, se dice para ayudar los directores y las directoras en sus decisiones con respecto al bien de la escuela. El Sello se dice para ser localizado en la central que aguarda el tiempo cuando se necesita y es abierto por el director o la directora. This one doesn't like the pure souls analogy."
"Well then that one is très wrong. Why would Dumbledore put us on research for something he already knows about?" Alaura asked. Lily sighed.
"Girls?" James started getting their attention. Lily jumped not realizing any one else was there.
"What is going on?" Remus, Sirius and James asked at the same time. The girls looked at each other before looking back at the Marauders (A/N: I really don't classify Peter as a Marauder because he's just a tag-a-long and betrays them in the end. Sorry to all Pettigrew fans). Dumbledore had never told them not to share what they were doing.
"We're looking for information on the Angel's Seal. Dumbledore got us out of detention by making us do this," Liandra replied resisting the urge to throw the useless book in her lap out of the window.
"The Angel's Seal?" James asked suddenly awake. He weaved in and out of the piles of books and took a seat beside Lily.
"What do we know?"
"Not much," Lily answered watching the other boys join them. "We know that it was most likely created by the four founders of Hogwarts and is somewhere in the school."
"We also know that it holds legendary and unknown power and can only be opened by pure souls, though we aren't sure if the souls are pure good souls, or pure evil souls. Nothing's been specified," Liandra added.
"We'll help you," James said resolutely picking up one of the books closest to him. Lily smiled thankfully grasping yet another book from the seemingly everlasting piles. This was going to be a long night.
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The one translation for the Spanish that Lily doesn't describe: The Angel's Seal created by Hogwarts four founders and located in said school is a powerful disc. Holding the power of complete knowledge, it is said to aid the headmasters and headmistresses in their decisions regarding the good of the school. The Seal is said to be located in the head's office awaiting the time when it is needed and opened by the headmaster or headmistress.