The perfect opportunity for Auria to reveal her secret to Sirius arose two
weeks after their one-month anniversary. This problem had been bothering
her for days and she spent each night rehearsing the speech she would give
him when the time came.
The morning of February 14th dawned bright and early for Auria. She was flying across mountains in her phoenix form when suddenly she heard a person calling her name from below. Wheeling around she spotted a tiny figure perched a top the highest peak madly waving their arms. Just as she was about to fly lower a sudden gust of wind hit her and she went spinning through the air. The ground rushed up at her as she began to spiral out of control. She crashed into a pile of wet snow with a yelp and her eyes flew open.
"Aaahhhhh" she yelled, before a hand covered her mouth.
"Shhhhh, it's me," whispered a face above her.
"Oh, Sirius, you scared me" she said sitting up and wiping the water off her face. Sirius was sitting beside her on the edge of her bed, and looking beyond him Auria could see that it was still dark outside.
"I tried everything to wake you up" he said apologetically. "I called your name and then shook you a little, but all you did was roll over. So I splashed a little water on your face."
"It's ok. Um, what are you doing here?" she asked, finally awake enough to realize that this was not a place where she usually found Sirius.
"I want to show you something," he said standing up.
"What time is it?" asked Auria rubbing her eyes.
"5:30 in the morning" he replied.
"5:30" she screeched.
"Shhhh, someone will hear us."
Auria looked around at the other beds. She got up and put on her robe and slippers, shivering slightly in the cool night air.
"We might want to use the invisibility cloak," he whispered. "James has the map locked in his trunk."
Quietly Auria opened up her trunk and took out the cloak. After pulling it over them both Sirius took her hand and led her down the stairs and out of the common room. They walked through the school for sometime. Finally they reached the door to the astronomy tower. They walked up the spiral staircase and opened the door to the classroom. After seeing what was inside Auria quickly closed the door.
"Damn it, they stole my idea" Sirius said clenching his fists. They had walked in on two Slytherin fifth years making out in the astronomy room. "I was going to take you to watch the sunrise for Valentine's Day."
"Well I'm sure there are other rooms we can watch it in" Auria said, trying to comfort him.
"Yeah I guess you're right. But that is the best room in the school to watch it from" he said sounding completely crushed.
They walked back down the staircase in silence. Just as they were about to leave the tower Sirius suddenly stopped.
"Unless," he said holding up his hand and pulling the invisibility cloak over him, "wait here." He pulled open the door, looked back and added brightly "you don't mind the cold right? Then he tore off down the hall towards Gryffindor tower.
Sirius returned 10 minutes later. Pulling off the cloak Auria noticed that he was carrying his broomstick and a heavy quilt.
"Oh Sirius, I'm not really dressed for another broom ride to the mountain" Auira said meekly.
Sirius looked a little hurt at having her think he would show her the same place twice. "I wasn't planning to take you there, I've already shown you the cave."
"Oh sorry" she said wincing.
"I'm going to take you somewhere slightly less exciting but much closer." He handed her the invisibility cloak and placed his broomstick in the center of the room. "Hop on" he said to her. Auria sat down on the broomstick like before and a moment later she and Sirius were flying out the window into the dark winter morning.
Sirius proved to be right. The place he took her was less exciting, but thankfully it was very close because was freezing cold. After a moment of circling the tower Sirius landed on the roof of the school. They both hopped off the broom and walked towards the edge of the wall. Sitting down in the snow they had a perfect view of the entire horizon. Sirius wrapped the quilt around them while Auria magically started a little fire. Once that was done she leaned into Sirius and he put his arm around her.
"You know," he said proudly. "We actually have a better view up here then in the astronomy tower."
"And we are much less likely to get caught" Auria replied deviously. To show her exact meaning she sat up straight and gave him a long kiss on the lips. She was just pulling away when Sirius gently slid his hand behind her neck and pulled her in. After a moment she put her hand on his chest and gently pushed him back into the snow where they kept kissing. Auria could feel Sirius' warm body pressed against hers and she smiled inwardly as she felt his arms wrap around her. When they stopped to catch their breaths Sirius suddenly pushed her back up
"Look" he said pointing to the sky. "It's starting." Auria turned around and watched.
Although the sun was not yet visible the sky had turned light shades of pink and purple. As they watched the sky grew lighter and the orange sun peeked over the horizon. The pink and purple shades became darker and were slowly replaced by the pale blue of dawn.
Auria felt very happy, snuggled up, nice and warm in Siruis' arms.
"You know," he said. "This sunrise is almost as beautiful as you are."
"She's SO beautiful," Sirius thought to himself, gazing into her eyes, the sunlight making her skin glow.
Auria just stared at him, not knowing how to respond to such a compliment. She turned away, blushed and began to tear.
"What's wrong? Was it something I said?" he asked concerned. He turned her face towards his, and was shocked when she nodded.
"That is the most beautiful thing anyone has ever said to me" she replied, blinking quickly to hide the tears. Auria threw her arms around him in a hug.
"Thank you, for everything" she whispered in his ear and then bringing her head around to look at him added, "Happy Valentines Day."
"Happy Valentines Day" Sirius replied, glad that nothing was actually wrong.
They sat on the roof watching the sky until the sun rose above the treetops of the forbidden forest. Once it was obviously morning they flew back down into the astronomy tower and snuck back to Gryffindor tower. They said a short goodbye and headed up to their dormitories to get dressed.
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The day continued on normally from there, except that at breakfast Auria received, from Sirius, a Valentine's Day card attached to a rose and box of chocolate that burst out little hearts when you bit into them. Sirius, to his surprise found a plate of pancakes sitting in front of him when he sat down to eat.
"I know it's you favorite" Auria replied grinning.
"How long did they make you wash dishes for?" he asked grabbing her hand.
"They didn't."
Sirius's eyes widened.
"The house elves didn't know how to make them so I did it myself. They figured that since I did all the work I didn't have to wash dishes," Auria explained.
"You're a gwood cwook" Sirius said, his mouth full of pancakes.
"Thank you" Auria replied proudly.
"Sorry I didn't get you much" Sirius said swallowing. "I kind of spent most of my school money on the watch."
"That's ok" Auria said happily.
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That night after dinner, Auria and Sirius sat in the common room doing defense against the dark arts homework.
"Hey, where's everybody else?" she said looking around, implying the Marauders.
"I don't know" Sirius lied.
Both became deeply involved in their essay and it was an hour before they spoke again.
"Ok, time to go" Sirius said looking at his watch.
"Go where" Auria said, laying down her quill.
"Um, somewhere" Sirius said, fidgeting nervously with his watch.
"Ok, hang on" Auria replied after looking at her own watch. It was 10 o'clock at night, and Auria couldn't possibly imagine where they had to go at this hour. She ran upstairs, grabbed the invisibility cloak and came back downstairs. Once she and Sirius were out of sight from the portrait of the fat lady they put it over them.
Sirius led her down several staircases until they reached the dungeons. He stopped in front of a door and whispered "alohomora." The door swung open and then went inside. Auria saw that they were standing in a windowless storage room. Sirius quickly peered down the hall and closed the door behind them.
"Unless Filch needs something we should be undisturbed" Sirius said.
"Lumos" whispered Auria. "What are you planning?" she said nervously.
"Um, ok, you know how, um, you said that I didn't tell you any of my secrets" Sirius began stuttering.
"Yes" Auria replied suspiciously.
"Well, I'm going to tell you a big one now" he said slowly, as if trying to pick the right words.
"Ok" Auria said looking around. Now that she was going to tell her his private secrets she was not sure that she wanted to hear them.
"I'm a, a, ok, hang on, I'd better start from the beginning."
Auria sat down on a crate, ready to hear a long story. Her stomach was churning nervously.
"Ok." Sirius took a deep breath. "You know Remus?"
"Yes" Auria said sarcastically, raising her eyebrows.
"He's a werewolf," Sirius said quickly.
"Oh, so that's why he sneaks out every time there's a full moon. I should have known but I never really thought about it. That's why you call him moony right? That's cool" Auria said her eyes widening with delight.
Sirius nodded. "So you don't care that he's a werewolf?"
"No. This is great; I've never known a werewolf before. Not like I'll treat him any differently though," she said reassuring him.
"Ok good" Sirius said looking relieved.
"But why do the rest of you sneak out with him?" she asked.
"That's the secret," Sirius said fidgeting with his watch again. "When me, James and Peter found out we decided to help him. So we became animagi."
Auria stared at him unable to believe her ears. He had brought her here to tell her the same thing she wanted to tell him.
"So what's your animal?" she asked excitedly.
"A black dog" he replied.
"Can I see?"
Auria watched in fascination as her boyfriend turned into a big shaggy black dog right before her eyes. He walked over to her, put his paws up on her knees and licked her face. Auria giggled with delight. She patted him on the head and scratched him behind his ear.
"So what are James and Peter?" she asked once he had changed back into himself.
"James is a stag and Peter is a rat" he replied grinning.
"A rat! What an awful animal to choose to become!" she exclaimed.
Sirius simply shrugged.
"So that's why the top of your map says Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs!"
"Yup" Sirius said sitting down on a crate next to her. "The three of us stay with Remus while he's in werewolf form. It makes him gentler being around other animals. Oh, and his bite won't effect us when we're transformed." He paused and then added, "So that's my big secret."
"Um Sirius" she said standing up and facing him. Now it was her turn to confess.
"I have something to tell you too." Auria tried to remember the speech she had prepared but couldn't remember even a single word.
Sirius gazed at her.
"But if I tell you, you must promise never to tell another living soul. No matter what, not even under pain of torture or threat of death" she said frantically, a hint of panic in her eyes.
Sirius took her hands in his and looked her straight in the eye. "I solemnly swear never to tell another living soul, I promise," he added to comfort her.
Convinced that he was serious she began to tell her secret. "When my father died I promised myself that I would never let that happen to anyone else ever again. Watch them die unable to help them I mean. So this year I worked on becoming an animagus, and I become one a month ago."
"Really? So what are you?" Sirius exclaimed unable to hide his joy. His mind was already formulating pranks they could pull in animagus form.
"I'm a phoenix."
"A phoenix?" Sirius repeated curiously. "But I thought people couldn't have magical creatures as their animagus?"
"It's rare, but people can. That was what I needed in the Book of Ancient Magic. It listed the special steps you have to take."
Sirius nodded in understanding. "Can I see?"
Auria nodded. In one swift motion she changed into a white phoenix.
"You're white!" Sirius cried as she hopped up onto his knee. Auria nodded. "That's amazing, I thought phoenix's were only red and gold." He gently raised his hand and very tenderly ran it down her back. Each feather was soft and perfect. Auria jumped up and took a short flight around the room. Then she landed on the floor and changed back into herself.
Sirius was staring at her open mouthed. Auria blushed and looked away.
"I was wondering if you could help me with something?" Auria asked quietly.
"Of course, anything" Sirius replied.
"You know how a phoenix's tear can heal?" she said.
He nodded.
"I was wondering if I could give you a little cut, a very little one, so that I could find out if my phoenix tears will heal."
"Sure" Sirius said as if she'd just asked him to give her a piece of parchment.
"Are you sure, I mean you'd have to bleed and all" Auria replied sounding unsure.
"I'm sure," he said walking over and laying a gentle kiss on her lips.
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Sirius stood back and positioned himself.
"Ok, now hold out your hand" Auria commanded.
Auria pulled out her wand and aimed it at Sirius outstretched hand.
"Searus" she said.
A jet of purple light shot out of the end of her wand and hit Sirius' palm. A small gash appeared and began to bleed. Auria quickly changed into a phoenix and flew over to him. Sirius held out his hand to her. Auria felt a great sadness well up inside of her and she began to cry. Tilting her head slightly she watched as a tear rolled down her face and landed directly on Sirius' cut. It began to heal instantly. One more tear and the gash was gone. Auria changed back into a human and smiled softly.
"That was cool" Sirius replied.
"Thanks" she said with a happy sigh, relieved that it had worked. "That was all."
"Well now that we're done how about we join the other Marauder's. It's a full moon you know" Sirius said grinning.
Auria stared at him for a moment and then nodded happily.
"Ok, we have to walk back through the school to a secret passage that leads to the shrieking shack" Sirius said heading towards the door.
"Oh we don't have to do all that" Auria replied grinning ear to ear. "We'll just fly."
The morning of February 14th dawned bright and early for Auria. She was flying across mountains in her phoenix form when suddenly she heard a person calling her name from below. Wheeling around she spotted a tiny figure perched a top the highest peak madly waving their arms. Just as she was about to fly lower a sudden gust of wind hit her and she went spinning through the air. The ground rushed up at her as she began to spiral out of control. She crashed into a pile of wet snow with a yelp and her eyes flew open.
"Aaahhhhh" she yelled, before a hand covered her mouth.
"Shhhhh, it's me," whispered a face above her.
"Oh, Sirius, you scared me" she said sitting up and wiping the water off her face. Sirius was sitting beside her on the edge of her bed, and looking beyond him Auria could see that it was still dark outside.
"I tried everything to wake you up" he said apologetically. "I called your name and then shook you a little, but all you did was roll over. So I splashed a little water on your face."
"It's ok. Um, what are you doing here?" she asked, finally awake enough to realize that this was not a place where she usually found Sirius.
"I want to show you something," he said standing up.
"What time is it?" asked Auria rubbing her eyes.
"5:30 in the morning" he replied.
"5:30" she screeched.
"Shhhh, someone will hear us."
Auria looked around at the other beds. She got up and put on her robe and slippers, shivering slightly in the cool night air.
"We might want to use the invisibility cloak," he whispered. "James has the map locked in his trunk."
Quietly Auria opened up her trunk and took out the cloak. After pulling it over them both Sirius took her hand and led her down the stairs and out of the common room. They walked through the school for sometime. Finally they reached the door to the astronomy tower. They walked up the spiral staircase and opened the door to the classroom. After seeing what was inside Auria quickly closed the door.
"Damn it, they stole my idea" Sirius said clenching his fists. They had walked in on two Slytherin fifth years making out in the astronomy room. "I was going to take you to watch the sunrise for Valentine's Day."
"Well I'm sure there are other rooms we can watch it in" Auria said, trying to comfort him.
"Yeah I guess you're right. But that is the best room in the school to watch it from" he said sounding completely crushed.
They walked back down the staircase in silence. Just as they were about to leave the tower Sirius suddenly stopped.
"Unless," he said holding up his hand and pulling the invisibility cloak over him, "wait here." He pulled open the door, looked back and added brightly "you don't mind the cold right? Then he tore off down the hall towards Gryffindor tower.
Sirius returned 10 minutes later. Pulling off the cloak Auria noticed that he was carrying his broomstick and a heavy quilt.
"Oh Sirius, I'm not really dressed for another broom ride to the mountain" Auira said meekly.
Sirius looked a little hurt at having her think he would show her the same place twice. "I wasn't planning to take you there, I've already shown you the cave."
"Oh sorry" she said wincing.
"I'm going to take you somewhere slightly less exciting but much closer." He handed her the invisibility cloak and placed his broomstick in the center of the room. "Hop on" he said to her. Auria sat down on the broomstick like before and a moment later she and Sirius were flying out the window into the dark winter morning.
Sirius proved to be right. The place he took her was less exciting, but thankfully it was very close because was freezing cold. After a moment of circling the tower Sirius landed on the roof of the school. They both hopped off the broom and walked towards the edge of the wall. Sitting down in the snow they had a perfect view of the entire horizon. Sirius wrapped the quilt around them while Auria magically started a little fire. Once that was done she leaned into Sirius and he put his arm around her.
"You know," he said proudly. "We actually have a better view up here then in the astronomy tower."
"And we are much less likely to get caught" Auria replied deviously. To show her exact meaning she sat up straight and gave him a long kiss on the lips. She was just pulling away when Sirius gently slid his hand behind her neck and pulled her in. After a moment she put her hand on his chest and gently pushed him back into the snow where they kept kissing. Auria could feel Sirius' warm body pressed against hers and she smiled inwardly as she felt his arms wrap around her. When they stopped to catch their breaths Sirius suddenly pushed her back up
"Look" he said pointing to the sky. "It's starting." Auria turned around and watched.
Although the sun was not yet visible the sky had turned light shades of pink and purple. As they watched the sky grew lighter and the orange sun peeked over the horizon. The pink and purple shades became darker and were slowly replaced by the pale blue of dawn.
Auria felt very happy, snuggled up, nice and warm in Siruis' arms.
"You know," he said. "This sunrise is almost as beautiful as you are."
"She's SO beautiful," Sirius thought to himself, gazing into her eyes, the sunlight making her skin glow.
Auria just stared at him, not knowing how to respond to such a compliment. She turned away, blushed and began to tear.
"What's wrong? Was it something I said?" he asked concerned. He turned her face towards his, and was shocked when she nodded.
"That is the most beautiful thing anyone has ever said to me" she replied, blinking quickly to hide the tears. Auria threw her arms around him in a hug.
"Thank you, for everything" she whispered in his ear and then bringing her head around to look at him added, "Happy Valentines Day."
"Happy Valentines Day" Sirius replied, glad that nothing was actually wrong.
They sat on the roof watching the sky until the sun rose above the treetops of the forbidden forest. Once it was obviously morning they flew back down into the astronomy tower and snuck back to Gryffindor tower. They said a short goodbye and headed up to their dormitories to get dressed.
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The day continued on normally from there, except that at breakfast Auria received, from Sirius, a Valentine's Day card attached to a rose and box of chocolate that burst out little hearts when you bit into them. Sirius, to his surprise found a plate of pancakes sitting in front of him when he sat down to eat.
"I know it's you favorite" Auria replied grinning.
"How long did they make you wash dishes for?" he asked grabbing her hand.
"They didn't."
Sirius's eyes widened.
"The house elves didn't know how to make them so I did it myself. They figured that since I did all the work I didn't have to wash dishes," Auria explained.
"You're a gwood cwook" Sirius said, his mouth full of pancakes.
"Thank you" Auria replied proudly.
"Sorry I didn't get you much" Sirius said swallowing. "I kind of spent most of my school money on the watch."
"That's ok" Auria said happily.
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That night after dinner, Auria and Sirius sat in the common room doing defense against the dark arts homework.
"Hey, where's everybody else?" she said looking around, implying the Marauders.
"I don't know" Sirius lied.
Both became deeply involved in their essay and it was an hour before they spoke again.
"Ok, time to go" Sirius said looking at his watch.
"Go where" Auria said, laying down her quill.
"Um, somewhere" Sirius said, fidgeting nervously with his watch.
"Ok, hang on" Auria replied after looking at her own watch. It was 10 o'clock at night, and Auria couldn't possibly imagine where they had to go at this hour. She ran upstairs, grabbed the invisibility cloak and came back downstairs. Once she and Sirius were out of sight from the portrait of the fat lady they put it over them.
Sirius led her down several staircases until they reached the dungeons. He stopped in front of a door and whispered "alohomora." The door swung open and then went inside. Auria saw that they were standing in a windowless storage room. Sirius quickly peered down the hall and closed the door behind them.
"Unless Filch needs something we should be undisturbed" Sirius said.
"Lumos" whispered Auria. "What are you planning?" she said nervously.
"Um, ok, you know how, um, you said that I didn't tell you any of my secrets" Sirius began stuttering.
"Yes" Auria replied suspiciously.
"Well, I'm going to tell you a big one now" he said slowly, as if trying to pick the right words.
"Ok" Auria said looking around. Now that she was going to tell her his private secrets she was not sure that she wanted to hear them.
"I'm a, a, ok, hang on, I'd better start from the beginning."
Auria sat down on a crate, ready to hear a long story. Her stomach was churning nervously.
"Ok." Sirius took a deep breath. "You know Remus?"
"Yes" Auria said sarcastically, raising her eyebrows.
"He's a werewolf," Sirius said quickly.
"Oh, so that's why he sneaks out every time there's a full moon. I should have known but I never really thought about it. That's why you call him moony right? That's cool" Auria said her eyes widening with delight.
Sirius nodded. "So you don't care that he's a werewolf?"
"No. This is great; I've never known a werewolf before. Not like I'll treat him any differently though," she said reassuring him.
"Ok good" Sirius said looking relieved.
"But why do the rest of you sneak out with him?" she asked.
"That's the secret," Sirius said fidgeting with his watch again. "When me, James and Peter found out we decided to help him. So we became animagi."
Auria stared at him unable to believe her ears. He had brought her here to tell her the same thing she wanted to tell him.
"So what's your animal?" she asked excitedly.
"A black dog" he replied.
"Can I see?"
Auria watched in fascination as her boyfriend turned into a big shaggy black dog right before her eyes. He walked over to her, put his paws up on her knees and licked her face. Auria giggled with delight. She patted him on the head and scratched him behind his ear.
"So what are James and Peter?" she asked once he had changed back into himself.
"James is a stag and Peter is a rat" he replied grinning.
"A rat! What an awful animal to choose to become!" she exclaimed.
Sirius simply shrugged.
"So that's why the top of your map says Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs!"
"Yup" Sirius said sitting down on a crate next to her. "The three of us stay with Remus while he's in werewolf form. It makes him gentler being around other animals. Oh, and his bite won't effect us when we're transformed." He paused and then added, "So that's my big secret."
"Um Sirius" she said standing up and facing him. Now it was her turn to confess.
"I have something to tell you too." Auria tried to remember the speech she had prepared but couldn't remember even a single word.
Sirius gazed at her.
"But if I tell you, you must promise never to tell another living soul. No matter what, not even under pain of torture or threat of death" she said frantically, a hint of panic in her eyes.
Sirius took her hands in his and looked her straight in the eye. "I solemnly swear never to tell another living soul, I promise," he added to comfort her.
Convinced that he was serious she began to tell her secret. "When my father died I promised myself that I would never let that happen to anyone else ever again. Watch them die unable to help them I mean. So this year I worked on becoming an animagus, and I become one a month ago."
"Really? So what are you?" Sirius exclaimed unable to hide his joy. His mind was already formulating pranks they could pull in animagus form.
"I'm a phoenix."
"A phoenix?" Sirius repeated curiously. "But I thought people couldn't have magical creatures as their animagus?"
"It's rare, but people can. That was what I needed in the Book of Ancient Magic. It listed the special steps you have to take."
Sirius nodded in understanding. "Can I see?"
Auria nodded. In one swift motion she changed into a white phoenix.
"You're white!" Sirius cried as she hopped up onto his knee. Auria nodded. "That's amazing, I thought phoenix's were only red and gold." He gently raised his hand and very tenderly ran it down her back. Each feather was soft and perfect. Auria jumped up and took a short flight around the room. Then she landed on the floor and changed back into herself.
Sirius was staring at her open mouthed. Auria blushed and looked away.
"I was wondering if you could help me with something?" Auria asked quietly.
"Of course, anything" Sirius replied.
"You know how a phoenix's tear can heal?" she said.
He nodded.
"I was wondering if I could give you a little cut, a very little one, so that I could find out if my phoenix tears will heal."
"Sure" Sirius said as if she'd just asked him to give her a piece of parchment.
"Are you sure, I mean you'd have to bleed and all" Auria replied sounding unsure.
"I'm sure," he said walking over and laying a gentle kiss on her lips.
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Sirius stood back and positioned himself.
"Ok, now hold out your hand" Auria commanded.
Auria pulled out her wand and aimed it at Sirius outstretched hand.
"Searus" she said.
A jet of purple light shot out of the end of her wand and hit Sirius' palm. A small gash appeared and began to bleed. Auria quickly changed into a phoenix and flew over to him. Sirius held out his hand to her. Auria felt a great sadness well up inside of her and she began to cry. Tilting her head slightly she watched as a tear rolled down her face and landed directly on Sirius' cut. It began to heal instantly. One more tear and the gash was gone. Auria changed back into a human and smiled softly.
"That was cool" Sirius replied.
"Thanks" she said with a happy sigh, relieved that it had worked. "That was all."
"Well now that we're done how about we join the other Marauder's. It's a full moon you know" Sirius said grinning.
Auria stared at him for a moment and then nodded happily.
"Ok, we have to walk back through the school to a secret passage that leads to the shrieking shack" Sirius said heading towards the door.
"Oh we don't have to do all that" Auria replied grinning ear to ear. "We'll just fly."