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Chapter 8

"Mea?" she turned around blinking as her eyes came back into focus. "Mea? What are you doing here?"

"Hagrid?" She asked looking at the large man. She got up quickly and hugged him. "I had forgotten that you worked here." Coming out from behind him were the kids Mea had seen before. She stepped back and starred at them.

Hagrid smiled, "Harry, Hermione, Ron, this is Mea Sandony. Mea, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter." The kids said hello as Mea stared at them once more without speaking. "Mea and I are old friends from back when she was a singer." Mea smiled, thanking him silently for taking her mind off her thoughts.

"I had heard you didn't speak to anyone anymore." Said Hermione.

Mea paused, "I, well recent... information has made me realize I have no need anymore. I might as well speak again. After all it was a bit hard anyway." Mea laughed, trying not the look at the kid introduced as Harry Potter. Hagrid had no idea that she had known James or Lily that well, so she wasn't about to say anything.

"My mum loves you." Ron quickly said, as Mea smiled.

"Well that's always nice to hear, even after all these years."

"Why are you here?" Hagrid asked.

"I... came to speak to Dumbledore, and was just looking around again, remembering when I went to school here." She turned away just as Harry looked at her. She didn't want to look at him; he looked too much like them. She missed them all so much. All of them.

"Oh well, we've got a class to go to." Hermione said.

"It was nice meeting you, all of you." Mea said finally looking at Harry who had just about the same look on his face.

"Well, how about I show you around..." Hagrid started to say.

"No! Please, I need to think about some things. Thank you Hagrid. I'll come and visit you before I leave." He nodded and waved with the kids as they walked away. Mea sighed, "It's not fair." Mea whispered as she got up and walked into the school.

Mea knew she needed to talk to Dumbledore, she knew he understood her reasons for leaving, but she did feel bad. As she got to the statue that lead to his office she bumped into someone. "Snape." Mea said quietly backing away.

He just glared at her, his eyes full of hate and anger. "Mea." He stopped as a slight smile spread over his face, "How is life treating you? Doesn't look like you have very many friends left." Mea like cursing him for saying anything about them. He wasn't allowed to speak about them.

But just then Dumbledore came down the stairs, "Mea, please, we need to talk."

Mea, still glaring and wishing death upon him, turned away and nodded to Dumbledore. "Oh, and professor Snape, would you bring Harry Potter here?" Dumbledore added. Snape glared at Mea and walked away.

Mea followed Dumbledore into his office only to find someone else was already there. "Remus?" Mea said in shock.

He turned around and smiled at her, "Mea, how have you been?" Tears began to gather in her eyes as she gave him a hug and buried her face into his shoulder now letting the tears pour. "I guess he told you then. How are you holding up?" He asked looking sad as she pulled away.

"I... wasn't... going... to cry... in front... of any... one..." She said between sobs. "You're my only friend left." She said as the door opened.

Harry walked into the Dumbledore's office, he had no idea why he had been called here, but Snape didn't seem too happy to be the one getting him. He walked in and saw the girl from earlier, Mea, who had always given him strange looks and he was told she a good friend of his mothers. She had been talking to Lupin, his hands on her arms, she was crying. He heard her say that he was her only friend left; he had assumed she meant Lupin.

Remus and Mea looked over to see Harry, she only began crying more. He pulled her down into a chair as he said quietly and away from Harry, "What happened to Sandra or Stephanie?"

"Killed. Sandra and her sister just before." Mea looked over at Harry and Lupin knew what she meant. "And Stephanie, her and Aaron were accused of the dark arts, just after they got married. They didn't get caught, but they ran away." Mea said filled with hate. "I normally don't cry." Mea said sadly and started crying even more.

"Yes, we know. But Mea, you can cry later, we must speak about what happened." Dumbledore came up behind her as she nodded, wiping away her tears. "Now Harry, as Lupin and I were both there, but Mea wasn't. So we would like you to explain your side of what happened that night... with Sirius."

Harry looked confused, why was it so important for her to know? He said what happened, as Lupin chimed in every once in a while, trying to make her feel better. "That is all Harry, you may go now." Harry nodded and got up, leaving to go find Ron and Hermione. "You see what happened Mea?" Dumbledore said.

"Of course." Mea merely blinked as another tear ran down her cheek. "Sir, did he... before all of that... did he ever..." She stopped as Lupin chimed in.

"He went to see you. But he didn't think that you would want to see him." Lupin said sadly.

"But why?" Mea always shouted.

"He once said something about a promise."

"He didn't think?" Lupin nodded sadly. "Oh, this is all my fault. I... if I had only..." Mea closed her eyes painfully.

"Mea, there is a room in the next corridor, next to the one Lupin has been staying in, you can stay there for the night if you so wish." Dumbledore said. "And you are welcome to join us at the teachers table for all meals today and tomorrow."

Mea smiled, "Thank you sir."

"Lupin would you show Mea to her room?" Dumbledore said as Mea and Lupin stood.

When Mea got to her room she smiled, "Thank you." She said giving him another hug. "You're the only one I have left. After my parents died I didn't see anyone but Mr. Harddare, who seems to have gone home."

"Look, if you ever need to talk."

"I'll come and find you." Mea smiled as she closed the door. "Goodnight."

It was about midnight when Mea opened the door. She silently slipped out and into the halls. She soon found a familiar door and she stopped. She took a deep breath and pulled out her wand, tapping the door. She quickly walked through the door and up the stairs. She stopped when she got the top; she walked over to a ledge and dangled her legs over the edge.

"Mea?" the 16 year old Mea was woken up by someone.

"Huh? What do you want?" She said sitting up.

"You feel asleep again." Lily said worried. "Are you alright? You've been falling asleep a lot lately. Especially during studying." She put her hands on her hips.

"Trust me Lily; it isn't to get out of homework. I don't know why I'm been like this." Mea said as Sirius jumped down next to her.

"Like what?" He said.

"I've been falling asleep all the time lately." Mea said as Lily walked away rolling her eyes.

Sirius put his hand on her shoulder, "Then maybe you shouldn't be getting up in the middle of the night." He smiled and got up. Mea looked confused, how did he know she was getting up every night?

Mea tiptoed down the stairs to the common room. Good, no one was there. She quickly and silently ran out the halls and into the night. How she had managed to slip past teachers and ghosts Mea never understood, but every night she had been running outside to the lake. She just needed be alone, outside. It seemed to clear her mind, she felt so stressed with school, Aaron still constantly writing her; luckily she didn't have to deal with her parents right now. Mea sighed, sitting down next to the lake. Looking up at the sky she smiled, tomorrow night would be a full moon, she always felt so energized on those nights. Tomorrow would be interesting. Just then Mea heard something behind her, "Please don't be a teacher." She whispered as she turned around.

Behind her was a big black dog, "Huh?" Mea looked confused. "Since when has there been dogs around here?" It barked loudly as she laughed. "Shh! Don't bring a teacher down here. I can't get in trouble. Actually, I just need to get away from it all, I've been really stressed, and bringing a teacher here will not help." Mea joked. The dog sat down and saw quiet. "Funny." She said, it couldn't understand her, could it? Mea smiled. "Lily's been trying to get me to study all the time and I don't want to. Doesn't anyone understand that feeling of just not being able to do it? But now I'm getting behind." Mea began to tell the dog about her problems. "Stephanie and Sandra have even been doing better than me. I'm starting to think it might not just be me though. I can't tell him, but god I like Sirius." Mea sighed. The dog perked up, "Oh, know him you do?" Mea joked, like the dog could know who she was talking about. "I just wish sometimes... when I see him its like, ah! I don't know. I've never been like this before. And Aaron won't leave me alone. He can't tell from the fact I've practically stopped writing to him that I don't care. But that probably not the best way to tell him no. Maybe I should just tell him I don't care about him. I love someone else." Mea smiled and pet the dog. "Thanks for listening to me rant." She smiled and walked back into the school slowly, thinking about everything.

She quietly walked back into the common room, just as she was about to go upstairs she heard someone. "Sirius!" she yelled scared and shocked. "What are you doing...?"

He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her. She couldn't believe it, it was just what Mea had always wanted. She felt herself melt as her put his hand to her face, "I really like you too."

""This is a dream." Mea whispered staring into his eyes.

"Yeah. It is." He smiled and kissed her again.

The next thing she knew she was in bed, "Damnit!" she screamed as she sat up, sunlight pouring through the windows.