Chapter 10
Being Telepathic
On the way up to Gryffindor Tower, we were half way up the stairs when I couldn't move my right foot. I looked down and my foot was stuck in the stair you have to step over. "Help!" I yelled, but the girls were way ahead of me and couldn't hear my plea of help. I then sat down on a different stair and waited for a teacher or at least a prefect to help me. I ended up waiting for ten minutes, until I heard a pair of feet coming up the winding staircase. I looked down at my foot and asked for help. "Hey, could you help me. I got me foot stuck." I didn't bother looking up, until the person bent down and held my hands. I guess it was the warmth of the hands that made me look up. It was Sirius. He pulled me up, and looked into my eyes. I couldn't help but look back into those dark brown eyes. They felt so warm, just like his hands. I let go of his hands and ran to the Gryffindor Tower and never looked back. The whole way there, I could barely see anything because my eyes were blurry from my tears that I tried to hold back all the way there. I was only a few steps away from the portrait hole when I felt someone grab my arm. I tried to kick at them, but they pulled me into a hug. I stopped kicking and took a deep breath in. I recognized the scent: it was James.
"It's okay Anja. It's okay." He kept repeating. I felt like a child, crying non-stop. But that's what is wanted right? I wanted to be a child during dinner, didn't I?
James took me in to the common room and up to his dormitory. No one bothered to stop him, it was just a brother comforting his sister who was crying. James sat me down on his bed and sat down beside me.
"What's wrong?" he asked once I clamed down, a bit.
"I-I-I. I don't know." I said in between sobs. "Sirius!"
"What did he do?" James asked.
"He scared me." answered. "When he yelled at Malfoy, I saw something I've never seen in his eyes before. It-it was as if he wanted to do something so horrible to Malfoy, nothing came to his head."
"How did you know?" a voice came from behind from my left.
I turned my head to see Sirius. He looked concerned and yet he was smiling at the same time.
"Why are you smiling?" James asked.
"'Cause, he's happy to know why I wasn't paying attention to him." I answered for Sirius.
They looked at me: Sirius amazed and James confused (like when is he not confused, nothing happens in his tiny brain but the fact that he is good at Quidditch).
"I think I should go see Dumbledore." Is blurted out. I mean I had just read Sirius' mind right? For the second time.
"I'll come with you." Sirius volunteered.
I looked at James and he nodded.
The three of us left the dormitory and walked in the common room. Everyone was quiet when we walked in, glanced at us, and went back to what ever they were doing before. James walked over to where Peter was sitting by himself by the fire and Sirius and I walked out of the portrait hole.
"They looked pretty angry." Sirius mentioned after a few minutes of silence.
"You mean Lily, Chloe and Jenny?" I asked while leading the way to Dumbledore's office.
"Yeah." The conversation ended there, and another one started.
"So, you were scared?" he asked me.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Sirius", I stopped, "I've known you, what, nine years, and I have never seen that look from you before."
"Oh- Wait! You've known me for nine years?!" he asked uncertainly.
"Yeah."
"Man oh man!"
"I know!"
We kept walking for a couple of minutes and stopped at the phoenix gargoyle.
"Bertie Bott." I said loudly and clearly.
The statue moved and we climbed up the stairs. When we reached the top, I knocked on the door.
"Come in." came Dumbledore's voice from the other side of the door. We stepped in and walked towards his desk. Sirius stood beside me in awe at the sight of the office.
"Hello Anja. Sirius." Dumbledore said greeting us. "What can I assist you with now?"
"Mind reading Professor." I said getting straight to the point.
"Yes. You mean telepathic. He corrected me. yes sir." I paused, Sirius put his hand on my shoulder reassuringly and nodded. "Is it possible for. say a person, say about my age-"
"You mean someone like yourself?" Dumbledore interrupted.
"Yes. But is it Possible? I mean I have never been able to hear people's thoughts before now." I looked at my shoes and then out the window that was behind Dumbledore's desk.
"Who's thought's could you hear?" the Professor asked.
Sirius' hand was still on my shoulder and I reached towards it. I took it off my shoulder and held on to his hand.
"I see". Dumbledore muttered to himself. "Well, I have no solution for this problem Anja, other than you may hear Sirius' thoughts because you are close to each other." I let go of Sirius hand. "But, if you keep hearing thoughts that don't belong to you, do came and speak to me about it." He concluded/
"Yes Professor." I said,
We turned to leave but Dumbledore had more to say:
"Sirius, thank you fro coming here with Anja."
With that I turned and walked down the stairs slowly. And all of a sudden I broke down. I just started crying all over again. (A/N: Don't worry, she will not be crying from know on. I promise. Scout honour, etc.) Sirius came up from behind me and held me close to himself, taking deep breaths. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You did what!?" Lily screamed the next day during breakfast, while Chloe chocked on her pumpkin juice.
I said, I forgave him." I repeated myself louder and clearer.
The three of them looked at me in disbelief while I swallowed a spoonful of porridge.
"She forgave him! I can't believe it!" Jenny muttered to herself.
I rolled my eyes and looked up at the ceiling again, the post had come. Out of all those owls, I could spot Hedwing. She flew over to me and landed beside the milk that almost spilt. I took the letter off her leg and gave her some toast crust.
I opened the letter: it was from Mom; about me "thinking" that I was hearing voices and by coincidence I turned out to be correct, of maybe that Sirius was playing with my head and if I do hear voices to ignore them and "tell no one".
I read it over three times to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong, but Mom was telling me to forget about everything that happened the day before. Lily read it out loud (with my permission of course) to Chloe, Jenny, and herself. They were shocked that I had not told them about me might being telepathic. But after, they thought it was cool and said that they would do some research on it so we would know more about it. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After Charms, Sirius and I raced to the Great Hall.
"Must-get-there-before-James." Sirius puffed all the way there.
"Sirius! We're getting there early so we can eat before our detention!" I reminded him.
"Oh right." He sighed as we sat down at the closest bench to the doors.
We each got some mashed potatoes, applesauce, pork chops, pumpkin juice and carrots, shoveling the last forkful of food into my mouth everyone came in, including Remus.
"Hey!" is said towards Remus, "How is your mom felling?"
"Um, she's doing better." He replied looking paler that ever and a bit shaken.
"Well we better get going." Sirius reminded me and everyone else.
"Were to?" Remus asked now serving a plate for himself.
"Detention." James said happily.
Remus choked and sputtered on his mash potatoes.
"Anja, in detention?' Remus said, while trying no to laugh.
"yes, fortunately!" James sang, "Anja in dentition! Before me! I'm in heaven!"
"You won't be in a few minute!" I warned him.
"Well have fun, Miss Rule breaker." Remus said as a farewell.
I punched Remus in the arm.
Sirius and I headed out of the Great hall, I paused and yelled at Remus: "I'll deal with you later Lupin!" I smiled and caught up to Sirius.
Being Telepathic
On the way up to Gryffindor Tower, we were half way up the stairs when I couldn't move my right foot. I looked down and my foot was stuck in the stair you have to step over. "Help!" I yelled, but the girls were way ahead of me and couldn't hear my plea of help. I then sat down on a different stair and waited for a teacher or at least a prefect to help me. I ended up waiting for ten minutes, until I heard a pair of feet coming up the winding staircase. I looked down at my foot and asked for help. "Hey, could you help me. I got me foot stuck." I didn't bother looking up, until the person bent down and held my hands. I guess it was the warmth of the hands that made me look up. It was Sirius. He pulled me up, and looked into my eyes. I couldn't help but look back into those dark brown eyes. They felt so warm, just like his hands. I let go of his hands and ran to the Gryffindor Tower and never looked back. The whole way there, I could barely see anything because my eyes were blurry from my tears that I tried to hold back all the way there. I was only a few steps away from the portrait hole when I felt someone grab my arm. I tried to kick at them, but they pulled me into a hug. I stopped kicking and took a deep breath in. I recognized the scent: it was James.
"It's okay Anja. It's okay." He kept repeating. I felt like a child, crying non-stop. But that's what is wanted right? I wanted to be a child during dinner, didn't I?
James took me in to the common room and up to his dormitory. No one bothered to stop him, it was just a brother comforting his sister who was crying. James sat me down on his bed and sat down beside me.
"What's wrong?" he asked once I clamed down, a bit.
"I-I-I. I don't know." I said in between sobs. "Sirius!"
"What did he do?" James asked.
"He scared me." answered. "When he yelled at Malfoy, I saw something I've never seen in his eyes before. It-it was as if he wanted to do something so horrible to Malfoy, nothing came to his head."
"How did you know?" a voice came from behind from my left.
I turned my head to see Sirius. He looked concerned and yet he was smiling at the same time.
"Why are you smiling?" James asked.
"'Cause, he's happy to know why I wasn't paying attention to him." I answered for Sirius.
They looked at me: Sirius amazed and James confused (like when is he not confused, nothing happens in his tiny brain but the fact that he is good at Quidditch).
"I think I should go see Dumbledore." Is blurted out. I mean I had just read Sirius' mind right? For the second time.
"I'll come with you." Sirius volunteered.
I looked at James and he nodded.
The three of us left the dormitory and walked in the common room. Everyone was quiet when we walked in, glanced at us, and went back to what ever they were doing before. James walked over to where Peter was sitting by himself by the fire and Sirius and I walked out of the portrait hole.
"They looked pretty angry." Sirius mentioned after a few minutes of silence.
"You mean Lily, Chloe and Jenny?" I asked while leading the way to Dumbledore's office.
"Yeah." The conversation ended there, and another one started.
"So, you were scared?" he asked me.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Sirius", I stopped, "I've known you, what, nine years, and I have never seen that look from you before."
"Oh- Wait! You've known me for nine years?!" he asked uncertainly.
"Yeah."
"Man oh man!"
"I know!"
We kept walking for a couple of minutes and stopped at the phoenix gargoyle.
"Bertie Bott." I said loudly and clearly.
The statue moved and we climbed up the stairs. When we reached the top, I knocked on the door.
"Come in." came Dumbledore's voice from the other side of the door. We stepped in and walked towards his desk. Sirius stood beside me in awe at the sight of the office.
"Hello Anja. Sirius." Dumbledore said greeting us. "What can I assist you with now?"
"Mind reading Professor." I said getting straight to the point.
"Yes. You mean telepathic. He corrected me. yes sir." I paused, Sirius put his hand on my shoulder reassuringly and nodded. "Is it possible for. say a person, say about my age-"
"You mean someone like yourself?" Dumbledore interrupted.
"Yes. But is it Possible? I mean I have never been able to hear people's thoughts before now." I looked at my shoes and then out the window that was behind Dumbledore's desk.
"Who's thought's could you hear?" the Professor asked.
Sirius' hand was still on my shoulder and I reached towards it. I took it off my shoulder and held on to his hand.
"I see". Dumbledore muttered to himself. "Well, I have no solution for this problem Anja, other than you may hear Sirius' thoughts because you are close to each other." I let go of Sirius hand. "But, if you keep hearing thoughts that don't belong to you, do came and speak to me about it." He concluded/
"Yes Professor." I said,
We turned to leave but Dumbledore had more to say:
"Sirius, thank you fro coming here with Anja."
With that I turned and walked down the stairs slowly. And all of a sudden I broke down. I just started crying all over again. (A/N: Don't worry, she will not be crying from know on. I promise. Scout honour, etc.) Sirius came up from behind me and held me close to himself, taking deep breaths. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"You did what!?" Lily screamed the next day during breakfast, while Chloe chocked on her pumpkin juice.
I said, I forgave him." I repeated myself louder and clearer.
The three of them looked at me in disbelief while I swallowed a spoonful of porridge.
"She forgave him! I can't believe it!" Jenny muttered to herself.
I rolled my eyes and looked up at the ceiling again, the post had come. Out of all those owls, I could spot Hedwing. She flew over to me and landed beside the milk that almost spilt. I took the letter off her leg and gave her some toast crust.
I opened the letter: it was from Mom; about me "thinking" that I was hearing voices and by coincidence I turned out to be correct, of maybe that Sirius was playing with my head and if I do hear voices to ignore them and "tell no one".
I read it over three times to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong, but Mom was telling me to forget about everything that happened the day before. Lily read it out loud (with my permission of course) to Chloe, Jenny, and herself. They were shocked that I had not told them about me might being telepathic. But after, they thought it was cool and said that they would do some research on it so we would know more about it. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After Charms, Sirius and I raced to the Great Hall.
"Must-get-there-before-James." Sirius puffed all the way there.
"Sirius! We're getting there early so we can eat before our detention!" I reminded him.
"Oh right." He sighed as we sat down at the closest bench to the doors.
We each got some mashed potatoes, applesauce, pork chops, pumpkin juice and carrots, shoveling the last forkful of food into my mouth everyone came in, including Remus.
"Hey!" is said towards Remus, "How is your mom felling?"
"Um, she's doing better." He replied looking paler that ever and a bit shaken.
"Well we better get going." Sirius reminded me and everyone else.
"Were to?" Remus asked now serving a plate for himself.
"Detention." James said happily.
Remus choked and sputtered on his mash potatoes.
"Anja, in detention?' Remus said, while trying no to laugh.
"yes, fortunately!" James sang, "Anja in dentition! Before me! I'm in heaven!"
"You won't be in a few minute!" I warned him.
"Well have fun, Miss Rule breaker." Remus said as a farewell.
I punched Remus in the arm.
Sirius and I headed out of the Great hall, I paused and yelled at Remus: "I'll deal with you later Lupin!" I smiled and caught up to Sirius.