Liandra, Alaura, Lily, Sirius, Remus and James wandered onwards, down the crystal pathway that was stretched before them. Nothing was different; nothing was odd, so then what was the uneasy feeling haunting Liandra's stomach? The green grass stretched out on either side of them going on and on without a flaw.

Or not, Liandra thought, noticing five figures in the grass. As they got closer to the figures she observed that they weren't just any figures, they were her friends.

But how could they be my friends when my friends are right behind me? Liandra asked herself looking behind her. Her friends weren't there. Instead, behind her were five Slytherins. Liandra screamed and ran to the five unconscious figures. The Slytherins looked at each other, confusion shining in their eyes.

"Liandra? What's wrong?" one of them asked.

"You're asking me what's wrong? You… what the hell did you do to my friends?" The Slytherins were taken aback. Liandra never swore. Never.

"Lia… that's not us," a blond haired person said.

"Us? No of course not! These are my friends! What did you do to them?" Liandra was screaming at them frantically now. "And what the hell did you just call me?"

"I called you Lia," the blond girl replied. Liandra was confused. The girl looked like a fifth year Slytherin she had had the pleasure of tutoring once but she knew things that only Lily and Alaura would know. For example, her nickname, Lia.

"How do you know about that name?"

"Liandra, what the hell has come over you? We are your friends, through and through," the other girl, blue eyed and brown hair, said.

"You are my friends? You look suspiciously like Slytherins to me," Liandra retorted sharply. The blond haired girl sighed as a brown eyed boy wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

"We're not Slytherins, Lia, you have to believe us," a black haired boy spoke up.

"Alright then, if you really are my friends I get to ask you questions and the answers only my friends know." At the Slytherins' nods she took a deep breath. "Okay… Lily, Alaura's parents worked where when they were living in America?"

"They worked at a magical boutique store um… Astounding Accessories." There was a soft pop and Lily was there, in the place of the blond haired Slytherin girl. Liandra breathed out a sigh.

"Remus, James and Sirius change into what animals on the full moon?" All three boys looked taken aback.

"A grim-looking dog and a stag…" the black haired boy that had spoken up answered carefully. With a soft pop, Remus was standing in that spot. He looked amazed.

"How did you…"

"Not important," Liandra stressed.

"Alaura, where did Lily, you and I go last year in the summer?"

"Easy one! We went to Lily's house for a week before her parents let us go to their beach house in the south of Italy where we spent the next six weeks, Lordy that was fun, and then we went back to merry old England where we spent the rest of the time at your house. The day before term we met up with these three and got our school supplies in Diagon Alley," the brown haired girl replied. As she finished, there was a soft pop, and Alaura was standing there grinning widely.

"James, what are the nicknames of the Marauders?" 

"Remus is Moony, Sirius is Padfoot and I'm Prongs," the boy with his arms wrapped around Lily's waist answered. Another soft pop sounded and James was standing with his arms around the redhead.

"Sirius, what is Alaura's most prized possession?"

"Her photo album. She told me that they day I looked through it." There was a final pop and Sirius was standing there grinning madly. Liandra let out a sigh of relief.

So that's my weakness, she thought. My friends and those I love. She hadn't been sure of it before, but the last ten minutes had confirmed it.