Chapter 58:Hogsmede
"Faith Anne Sloom!" Lily hollared as Faith walked into the common room after spending a portion of the night with the Marauders in the Shrieking Shack. Lily was unable to go because she had some Head Girl duty.
"Yes'm?" Faith asked.
"Have you talked to James yet?" Lily asked tapping her foot.
"About what?" Faith asked plopping down on the couch. Lily sighed heavily.
"About his father. We've covered this before." Lily said. Faith sighed.
"Fine...tomorrow. After the Hogsmede visit. I will talk to him." she said. Lily smiled.
"Please Faith!" Sarah said.
"Make Lily go." Faith said.
"No we all have to go it will be fun I promise." Sarah said making a pouty face. She had heard about this woman who was supposed to be great at telling fortunes and Sarah had been trying to get them all the go ever since they arrived at Hogsmede.
"Come on it won't be that bad." Sirius said wrapping his arms around Faith's neck and resting his chin on her head.
"If I go I'm draggin you in with me." Faith said. Sirius laughed and said
"Not a chance."
"Puhleaze." Sarah said making her best pouty voice and face she could. Everyone exchanged glances and said
"All right." Sarah smiled and walked with Remus, thier hands glued together.
Faith jumped on Sirius's back and James and Lily walked, hands intertwined and shoulders next to each other.
They all stood outside the building staring up at the sign. Faith jumped down off Sirius's back. The building was brick and dirty, a small wooden sign hung above reading "Madame Spice's Palm Readings"
They all walked into the building and found it incredibly hot and cramped. There was a small woman with frizzy blonde hair sitting behind a circular table.
"Come sit." She said in a dreamy far away voice. Sarah and Remus were the first to sit. They placed thier hands on the table and Madame Spice looked at thier palms.
"The one she loves dearly... will be passed the tool of her destruction through blind adoration. The evil in her soul creeps across her like a the night creeps over the edge of the full moon until nothing remains but infinite blackness. You must be careful my dear of the men in your life." She said. Sarah looked hypnotized and Remus was just looking at Madame Spice like 'what is that supposed to mean?'
Sarah placed two galleons on the table and Lily and James were the next to sit down.
"A son..A son..your son will bring joy and dispair. He'll have trials which you'll not be around to help him with. A great power rises from both of you and with that power you'll be able to defeat the great evil." Lily and James exchanged glances showing that they thought this woman spent a little to much time in the dark.
Sirius and Faith were next. Madame Spice inspected thier palms and said
"Out of strife, a romance blooms from spirits which are unknown to be kindred. One will fall and leave the other to mourn what was never realized, the whole that was whole ecoming half once again for the veil to be passed is not a closed door.... forever more, do heed this, we implore. Or all that was could be will pass indefinetley into darkness, love for the one nevermore."
Sirius and Faith both raised eyebrows. They placed a sickle on the table and then left.
"See it wasn't that bad." Sarah said.
"I haven't heard anything that stupid after John Lovegood said he was going looking for a popsicle stick that could sing the ABC's." Faith said. Sirius and James laughed.
"I wonder what she meant." Sarah said thinking about what she said for everyone.
James sat in the common room staring at the fire.
"Hey Prongs" Faith said taking the seat next to him.
"Hey." He said.
Faith sighed and started to speak.
"I can't stand your parents." Remus growled tearing up another letter that they had sent Sarah about Remus.
"I know. I'll try and talk to them about it." Sarah said softly.
"That won't help your parents are completely unreasonable." Remus said.
"Thats not true. They are just afraid of you. Its all those stories about werewolves." Sarah said defensively.
"I think they just don't like me. They're trying to keep you from being happy." Remus said. Sarah looked taken back.
"Of course they like you. They are just confused. Of course my parents want me happy." Sarah said her voice rising.
"Apparantly not when they're calling me...what was it...a vicious man who isn't worthy of you." Remus said picking up a shard of the letter. Sarah was angry. 'How could Remus say that?'
Remus was angry 'Why can't she understand that they hate me and don't want to see her happy?'
"Your parents don't care. They just want to see you away from me!" Remus hollared.
Sarah didn't respond to Remus. She just left. (Ohhhh Trouble in paradise.)