Chapter 7

Ancient Doors and Time Flows

"James Potter! Pay attention," snapped Professor McGonagall. Jay looked up from the picture he had been drawing on a spare piece of parchment. "Now, since you apparently think you know how to transfigure a hedgehog into a button, why don't you demonstrate?" asked Professor McGonagall. Jay had to stop himself from smirking as he took out, for the first time, his wand.

"What type of button Professor?" he asked innocently.

Professor McGonagall gave him a 'look', "How about a square button with a pink center, the outer edges decorative?" she replied.

"Transfigura somatas tesag neseme," he whispered under his breathe but instead of concentrating on the words, he thought of what he wanted to happen.

The hedgehog in front of him turned into a perfect square button with decorative edges and a pink center, "Would you like one with a picture of the inside of the Basilica?" asked Jay in the most innocent voice and look he could muster without smirking.

Professor McGonagall looked furious, "Mr. Potter, 5 points from Gryffindor for your attitude…" she said. All the Gryffindors gave Jay a furious and angry look.

Jay looked completely oblivious to it, until Lily stomped on his foot hard and gave him a livid look, to which Jay shifted uncomfortably, "Sorry Professor," he said.

Professor McGonagall gave him a scrutinizing look and finished with, "and 10 points to Gryffindor for your excellent transfiguration, Mr. Potter." Everyone in Gryffindor looked contented with this and stopped looking incensed at Jay.

But Lily kept looking extremely upset at him , "You moron!" she snarled at him under her breathe, "I told you not to show off!" Jay gave her a look of full misery and fear. "Err!" she snapped then went to softer tone, "Okay, okay, I forgive you… you big git!"

Jay looked so sorry it nearly broke her heart, "Sorry Lily," he said quietly looking miserable.

"I forgive you Jay, just don't do that again… okay?" Lily replied in a much softer voice. Jay gave her a weak smile and turned back to his picture, which Lily easily and quickly pulled out from under him and put in her bag, "You can have it back… after class, now pay attention!" she hissed.

"Okay, fine," whispered Jay somewhat disappointed, "it's just sooo boring."

"I don't care if it bores you, listen!" his twin sister snapped in a whisper.

"Hi," someone whispered in Jay's ear, "So, I'm not the only one that finds this boring?"

Jay turned around and glanced at the voice, "Yeah, I guess," he whispered, "So, what's your name?"

"Harry Weasley," replied Harry.

Jay looked at him for a moment surprised, "You wouldn't happen to be Ron Weasley's kid?" he asked.

"Yes, that's dad…" replied Harry.

"Were you named after my dad?" Jay asked in a whisper.

Lily ribbed him hard, "Pay attention!" she hissed at him.

"Mr. Weasley… I don't suppose you would like to attempt to make a button out of your hedgehog would you?" asked Professor McGonagall at the same time.

"No Professor," replied Harry as he sunk as low as possible into his seat. Jay endured the rest of class in silence, occasionally waking up because of his sister angrily stomping on his foot or harshly ribbing him.

Next was flying lessons, Jay wasn't looking to forward to doing anything since he was extremely tired from the day's 'workout' of finding his siblings. However, he knew it was going to be more exciting than Transfiguration. He watched Lily chat with some of the other girls on the way out; he was absolutely clueless of what they meant when they were asking about 'Lessons from your mum'. He decided to ask Lily about it later, but by her expression it looked as though she was less than… thrilled with the question.

He then decided it best to ask her right away, 'Lil, what's that mean?' he asked.

'Don't ask,' came her reply.

'Come on Lil!' Jay begged, 'I know I can be a clueless male occasionally, but I'll remain that way if you don't enlighten me.'

Lily gave a snort of laughter which the other girls asked about, 'Great one Jay, you just got them going…' she thought fiercely at him.

'What's going on?' he asked.

'Okay, they want lessons from mum about flirting… then now they're bugging me about why I started laughing!' came her upset reply.

"Hey Lil? Can you help me a moment?" asked Jay, "I wanted to ask you something about that spell in Transfiguration." Lily gave him a grateful look as the other girls gave him a look of loathing.

"Thanks Jay," she whispered to him, "I owe you for that one! They were starting to ask if I could flirt like mum…"

"You're more than welcome Lil, if you tell me there's something wrong, I do try to help you, even if it does mean the girls getting upset with me," said Jay starting to snicker as he put his arm around her and pulled her into a light hug, "Maybe I won't be the 'ladies' man you make me out to be."

Lily gave him a playful punch, "You're sweet most of the time, once they figure that out, you'll have a line," she joked.

"Must run in the family," came another joking voice.

It was their mum with their dad in tow, "We came to watch," said Hermione.

"Sure you did," said Lily, "I hear something about the Greenhouse 4 being something of a good… spot."

"Oh… really? I didn't know that," said Hermione with a smile, "Been… in contact… with the other girls?"

Lily turned red, "NO!" she said indignantly.

"Ah, okay, you should try to make friends," said Harry, "You know, like your mother and I did."

Lily turned beet red, "I'm not interested in making friends!" she insisted, "The only reason we're here is to thwart Malitus! Unless there's something else after that… I want to go home!"

"Hmm, I've been enjoying teaching," commented Hermione offhandedly, "I think I'd like to keep it up…"

Lily rolled her eyes, "You know…" she made a frustrated noise and hurried towards the Quidditch field, Jay running to keep up with her.

"Okay, step up to the left side of your brooms!" said Madam Hooch. Jay did so with a sigh and bored look, he glanced at Lily, whom was paying the utmost attention… whether that was because she was upset about their mum's comments or mad at him; he didn't know, he hoped it was the former, because he didn't think that he had done anything wrong… at least worthy of her wrath. He glanced to his left and saw Harry Weasley was looking rather excited, in front of him was another first year, this one a girl. She kept glancing at him; Jay gave Lily a nonplussed look, as though asking her what was going on. Lily rolled her eyes and smiled slightly, refusing to answer his question.

'Is she… flirting?' asked Jay.

'Err, somewhat, more like… pre-flirting,' came Lily's reply, 'Now pay attention. Then it won't bug you!' Jay still looked bemused, he had no clue what any girl would act like that… Jay noticed almost everyone was saying 'up' to their brooms and vaguely wondered why. He looked at his sister, she looked back and they both held their hands out and their brooms flew right up into them.

He stifled a yawn as Madam Hooch approached them, "Potter right?" she asked.

Jay gave a kind of half shrug-nod in response, "Yeah, I guess," he said noticing his sister glaring at him.

"Good job, both of you," commended Madam Hooch turning to Lily and nodding.

"Thanks," Jay replied dryly.

"Everyone mount your broom!" Madam Hooch shouted. Jay and Lily did as they were told and watched Madam Hooch (although, Jay looked slightly disinterested) as she stopped and turned around at the front of the group.

"Now, push off hard, hover for a moment and touch back down softly," Madam Hooch ordered.

"Does this sound familiar?" muttered Jay as he did as she had instructed.

"Yeah," Lily muttered back mockingly, "How many ways do you think she can say it?"

"True," replied Jay as he snorted with laughter, "It must be boring doing this every year."

"Are you going to help me after? I want to check out that room," commented Lily.

"Sure Lil, what do you think is there?" asked Jay curiously.

"I don't know; that's why I want to check it out," she replied, "See, if I knew what was there; then I wouldn't want to look now, would I?"

Jay rolled his eyes, "Okay fine, just… as long as… she stops staring at me!" he hissed. Lily looked across from her brother; thinking he was exaggerating; but low and behold, she was staring at him! However, as soon as Lily looked in her direction, the girl averted her gaze.

"I think you have a fan Jay," commented Lily with a stifled giggle and teasing voice.

"Oh, shut up!" snapped Jay.

"Not quite the 'ladies' man, are you?" Lily continued to tease.

"Lily, shut up!" Jay hissed as he turned brick red in embarrassment.

"Ooo, is widdle Jay a widdle embarrassed?" she hissed back playfully, "Jay, you've got a small fan club going… you know how many boys would like that?"

"LILY, SHUT UP!" Jay nearly shouted.

Both went silent as the other students looked at them curiously.

"Is there something you would like to share with the class Mr. Potter?" asked Madam Hooch from her position at the head of the group.

"No ma'am," Jay muttered as Madam Hooch went back to teaching.

"Want me to go ask her for her name... lover boy?" whispered Lily.

Jay shot his sister a nasty look, "If you want to," he replied in the same whispering voice.

"You like her, don't you?" giggled Lily.

Jay gave Lily a demeaning look, "Maybe," came his reply, "She is kind of… cute." Lily stared at her brother for a few seconds, before bursting into laughter.

"Something to share with the class Miss. Potter?" asked Madam Hooch, "I'm sure if you find it so funny, that the class would love to know." Jay went brick red again and wouldn't look up at his sister.

"Oh no, I'm sure they wouldn't like it… just a little family joke that would take too long to explain," replied Lily with a disarming smile.

"Then keep it confined to outside class," said Madam Hooch as she went off to help a student having trouble setting down.

Lily continued to stifle giggles as she turned to her brother, who still wouldn't look at her, and asked, "Cute? You've got it bad Jay!"

Jay turned redder, if possible and turned away from her, "Jay! Come on, I think it's cute," Lily said smiling at her brother, "I'll even see if I can find out how interested she is in you."

Jay turned slightly and looked at her, "Are you nuts? I can't, I can just see mum and dad finding out I like a girl!" said Jay, then switching to an imitation of his mum, "Oh, you like a girl Jay! Found any nice spots yet?"

Lily tried as hard as possible not to giggle out of control and was barely able to keep herself from falling off her broom, "Sounds like mum," she commented, "She used to be so serious; now she and dad are getting so immature!"

"Yeah, well, I don't care about that, I just don't want to have to stand them teasing me, along with you and the rest of our siblings," said Jay looking at her.

She could tell he was being completely serious, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, but seriously, do you want me to find out for you?" she asked.

"If you could… it would be nice… no hurry though!" replied Jay.

"Next week, we will be practicing flying in a straight line!" called Madam Hooch. Jay and Lily started back up to the castle; they heard two people behind them.

"Great flying guys," smiled, their dad, Harry.

"Why even bother pretending you were watching," asked Lily severely, "I saw you two sneak down into Greenhouse 4!"

Hermione smiled as she tried to straighten her hair, "We had a wonderful view dear," she said.

Lily turned brick red, "Humph!" she said went completely silent again. Jay looked thoroughly confused. Hermione and Harry both snickered at their kids' reaction.

"You two are acting so immature," commented Lily.

"So?" asked Hermione lightly then added with a wink, "We can have fun once in a while; do you want us to grow into old stiff parents?"

"Yes!" answered Lily and Jay at the same time.

Hermione pouted, "Really? Darn, well then, we can start by giving you two an early bed time…" she started.

Jay and Lily looked at each other in horror for a moment before replying quickly, "We'd rather you two keep… err… young."

"I thought so," Hermione smiled slyly, "Well, I've got a Potions class to prepare for…" she kissed Harry on his lips playfully and bounded off towards the new Potions classroom.

"I thought this was cute… I was wrong," whispered Lily, "It's embarrassing!"

"Oh, really?" commented Jay sarcastically.

"So, are we going to go check out that room where I get a strange feeling?" asked Lily ignoring Jay's comment.

"Sure," replied Jay as they entered the castle, "Where is it? Here?"

"Yeah," answered Lily offhandedly as she, once again, felt a strange sensation.

"Look at this," commented Jay quietly as he approached the wall at which Lily was staring blankly. They saw felt there was something strange about it, Jay touched it and they wall disappeared from in front of them. Lily snapped out of her daze and followed Jay as he stepped inside, the wall appeared behind them.

Jay held out his hand and muttered under his breath; a light appeared in his hand. Jay and Lily continued down the corridor before them, it was long and dark, but the light Jay held in his hand lit their path. Finally, the corridor ended and they were looking at a door embedded in a wall that had a strange changing symbol:

"Hey… I've seen that last one before…" said Jay trying to think back as the wall went black, and then began again, "Somewhere… I don't remember where."

"I do… that last symbol is on the white cloak dad has…" commented Lily, "I remember wondering what it meant while I was ironing it for mum… only his doesn't change, and there are three different symbols on here, what do you think it means?"

"I don't know… do you think dad would?" replied Jay.

"I… don't know," answered Lily, "But I'm not sure we should tell him… yet, let's sleep on it…"

Lily turned to her brother and gave him a playful smile, "I'll check out the girls' dorms…" she commented. Jay blushed slightly and started back down the corridor. "Oh, come on Jay, I'll see if I can find out how much she likes you…" Lily said as she caught up with her brother. She waited a few moments for him to answer, but he looked too shy, "Jay! Come on, I just can't believe you would like a girl yet, but it's great," she said trying to get him to look at her, even sideways. But until they were out of the corridor and out in the hall he never spoke or glanced in any direction.

They heard someone behind them, "Hey! Wait up," came a voice. Lily looked behind her, followed by Jay and they found Harry Weasley attempting to catch up.

Lily looked at her brother, he smiled slightly, "You like him?" he asked.

"A little… he's cute, but it would be too strange to have a boyfriend that was named after your father," replied Lily just before Harry Weasley caught up.
"Why don't you sleep in the girls' dorms tomorrow night? I want to discuss some stuff," said Jay glancing at Harry Weasley.

"I wanted to ask you guys about that, why don't you two sleep in the dormitories with the rest of the students?" asked Harry Weasley.

"We… prefer to sleep in our parents' room, so we can… keep an eye on our siblings, our parents are often… errr… busy… so it's good for us to look out for the younger ones," answered Lily shifting uneasily and glancing at Jay.

Jay knew she was thinking he might interject the real reason she didn't want to sleep in the dormitories, but he wouldn't do that to her, besides, it was their secret.

"Oh… okay," replied Harry (W), "you guys may want to try staying with the students; it would drive me mad to stay in my parents' room like you two do." Lily smiled, that was one thing that she had to say she enjoyed; spending time with her parents, even if they were occasionally annoying with their antics. "Besides, aren't you two crowded in there? I heard you've got 19 brothers and sisters," commented Harry (W).

"Yes, we do, but no, it's not crowded, if you want you can come take a look around," replied Jay smiling at his sister.

"Sure, that would be neat," answered Harry (W). Lily glanced at Jay and started up the stairs towards their parents' room. Jay followed behind her and motioned for Harry (W) to follow them. When they arrived, Harry (W) looked around in amazement, "Wow! They built this?" he asked as he looked at the plush beautiful Persian rugs and chandeliers. A Phoenix statue that stood in the middle of the room looked almost real and looked fiercely protective of something, almost to the point of menacing.

Jay looked at Harry's (W) face and smiled slightly, "It's a family legacy, the Phoenix is our symbol, they are surprising fighters, yet unregulateable for the Ministry, Phoenixes can't be caught if they don't want to be," he commented, "His menacing look is because of what he is protecting; look beneath him."

Harry (W) looked just below the Phoenix's legs and there was a batch of eggs, "Are those Phoenix eggs? I thought that only one could exist at once," he said.

Jay shrugged, "Its meaning is separate from whatever you think about Phoenixes, it means 'don't mess with my kids'," he replied.

"Ooh, really?" asked Harry (W).

"Yeah, simple enough…" answered Lily smiling slightly.

"Hi kids," said a female voice behind them; then added in a teasing voice, "Making friends… Lily?"

"Mum, let's not go there, if you want to discuss this later, that's fine," answered Lily turning noticeably pink.

"Hello Professor Potter," said Harry (W).

"Hello Harry," replied Hermione with a smile, "I see you've met my two eldest, perhaps they'll introduce you to the others in our House…hold."

"Mum, we'll introduce him to our siblings later," said Lily turning slightly pink.

"Okay, just a suggestion," replied Hermione airily as she went upstairs.

"Hmm, it's starting to get late, I'd better head to my dormitory," said Harry (W).

"Okay, night," said Jay and Lily together. After Harry (W) left, Lily turned to Jay, "Jay… I'm going to try again tonight, okay?" she said apprehensively, "Could you sleep in my room tonight?" "But last time you tried to look into the future, you woke up screaming," answered Jay in a low worried tone. "That's why I want you to sleep in my room," replied Lily, "You'll be able to keep an eye on me." Jay sighed, "Okay Lil; it's your choice," he answered still looking worried. "I'm going to get ready for bed, I suggest you do the same, I'm hoping to learn to fine-tune my control over time," said Lily in a business-like tone that was reminiscent of their mother. "Okay, your room in five minutes," answered Jay hurrying up the stairs to his room.

"Night Lil," said Jay yawning slightly as he lay down. He felt his sister cuddle right up to him, "You're scared, aren't you?" he asked his voice, not accusatory, but of gentleness and concern.

"A little bit," she admitted. Jay sat up and placed pillows behind him so he could sit up, Lily smiled into the darkness and sat up too, but she leaned onto her brother and felt his arms around her. She took a deep breath, let it out and opened her mind to the ripples and twitches she knew so well, ones she could manipulate and change, she felt the river behind the twitches and ripples, she also knew some of those ripples were caused by Time-Turners, and which ones. She turned her attention towards the river portion, one that she knew that once she had full control of her powers, she could reverse and stop the flow. She felt a cold wave envelope her as she dived in, letting time wash over her and started moving forward fast, faster than the normal flow. She found herself caught up in some sort of whirlpool, then the familiar river disappeared, stars flashed before her eyes, the birth of stars and galaxies, the destruction of stars and galaxies, then a voice spoke to her; "All things have their birth and death, their rising and their fall, their dawning and their declining." Piercing blue eyes full of pain and cold rage showed through the stars and contrasted the darkness surrounding them, "(hidden text) Completus timatus shalemus estse et shumulius ymilius tesumal(All things are completed in their time and timed according to plan)." Stars and galaxies flew past her as earth drew near, the earth spun so quickly it almost made her dizzy. Then it stopped and piercing blue eyes guided her gaze to the earth, it seemed to fly at her, she tried to scream, but found she couldn't, the earth stopped flying towards her just before she hit the ground.

She was staring at the scene of a small battle; in the middle of it was her father, and them (her and her brother)! They were obviously winning from the look of all the Aurors' faces, all movement paused in mid-motion. Time began again, she found herself in the middle of a barrage of spells flying from both directions, she tried to duck but found she couldn't move; however, the spells went right through her! The scene around her played out in their favor, she wondered why this was being shown to her. Then the scene in front of her reversed, dissolved and another replaced it… This one was of her mother, fighting more Aurors, but she was dramatically outnumbered. A dark-cloaked figure stood at the edge of the forest watching the ensuing little war, Lily saw her mother was starting to win. Then the dark figure intervened, "SHALTAS MALITUS ADAVA KEDAVATUS!" he shouted, Lily watched her mother draw up a shield of enormous power, but it wasn't enough as her shield shattered and she was ripped apart by the tide of power behind the spell."NO!!!" Lily screamed, time shattered and exploded in an arc, space rippled as time was ripped apart.

Somewhere, half a world away… a boy awoke, gasping, his blue eyes piercing the darkness as though a cold blue laser almost seemingly made of ice-fire. The boy sat up and shivered in the raw cold and brought his knees to his chest. He sat there, shivering and hugging his knees… it had happened again, he had seen the future… once more, although this time he hadn't been alone, someone else had 'caught' a ride with him. He hated his life… he looked on his wall… he read the poem he had written…

'I find myself cold and alone, no hope fills mine soul; no love found in mine heart, only bitterness and rejection. What love I had I have lost thus far, hurt and loneliness fills its place; mine heart hath stopped, yet somehow causes mine pain, pain of rejection and loneliness. Hate and apathy eats mine rotting heart and decaying soul. I find mine conscience hath fled mine rotting corpse, what doth rule me now? Now Ahriman comes, greater and more terrible than before, riding death and hate. Control shall he take? I knowith not, only that darkness hath fallen and soon night will come; when night doth come, destruction shall reign. Morning shall rise to find the blood-stained earth and barren land. Judgment shall befall them that repel me; despair and unhappiness shall find them. Understanding shall escape them, Spirit will abandon them. I shall rise; apathetic and hateful, despair now; for feel I not, emotions limited. Hurt I feel, but yet for the last time, for I will not dare love again. Thou wilt find me frost, cold and vengeful. Nothing can penetrate this wrath of cold; warmth is defeated with frigid cold, mine last holds weakens in cold and threaten to snap for I no longer care for anything, nor anyone. Pain alone keeps mine company; alone I sit, knowing that despair comes… that destruction will reign, and wrath will fall, whom will meet it? This I see, thou wilt find me merciless and cruel, pitiless and harsh, destructive and ruthless, quick and decisive.'

'Soon… by next year… my preparations shall be finished… I will have revenge…' he thought with a cold rage building in what was left of his heart…

Lily awoke with a scream, but found herself in bed with her brother holding her tightly and rocking her gently, "Shhhh Lil, it's alright," he whispered in her ear gently as she felt her nightshirt plastered to her, she felt the cold sweat all over her body, her panic was overtaking her, her heart raced and cold sweat permeated the last bit of dry clothing she had on. Jay didn't seem to notice; or care that he was getting wet as he rocked his sister and gently scanned her mind, she felt a part of her mind that seemed safe and crawled into it, warm feelings surrounded her and she felt as though she was shielded from everything and everyone but Jay's loving and caring thoughts. Jay looked up as his mother and father entered, concern etched over every inch of their faces, Jay frowned slightly and shook his head gently; both trying not to disturb Lily, and indicate to his parents everything was fine and they should go back to bed. Jay continued to rock her gently and scan her mind ever so gently. For a few minutes, Lily felt completely safe, nothing could harm her here, neither time nor visions. Slowly and gently, Jay let it fade away so his sister could face the world once more. He remembered fondly doing this for her on several occasions; it was something that she knew he did and looked for it when she felt bad or panicked. Slowly, she rose off of his chest and hugged him tightly, "Are you okay?" Jay asked softly pushing her sweat soaked hair out of her face.

"No…" she said her voice trembling.

"What did you see?" asked Jay softly as he continued to hug his sister.

Lily shuttered, "Mum… died," she said as she started to cry.

Jay didn't move but called silently to his mum, she was at the door almost before he had finished asking her to come. Jay motioned for her to sit on Lily's side. Hermione sat as Harry (P) looked concerned while leaning on the door jam. Hermione took her daughter from Jay and held her gently, "Are you okay Lil?" she asked softly.

"Oh mum! I saw a terrible fu… dream," Lily replied starting to cry harder. Jay was amazed at the presence of mind his sister had, even when she was panicked, to stop from letting the truth out and be able to correct it so readily, she could have easily let slip the truth about herself by accident and Jay wouldn't blame her for it either.

Hermione continued to hold her daughter for a few minutes, "You feeling better?" asked Hermione.

Lily nodded slightly and smiled at her mother, "I love you mum, I don't think I ever say that enough," she replied.

"You two, out, let Lily get changed… you get changed too Jay… you're just as sopped," said Hermione quickly.

"Mum, can Jay stay, please? He can turn around, I don't want him to leave…" said Lily quickly, her panic returning in full measure.

"Oh, gee, I feel wanted," came a sarcastic comment from the door.

Hermione glared at Harry (P) for a moment, before getting up and starting for the door; Harry (P) flinched and left quickly as his wife chased him out and closed the door, "Jay, turn around," she said in a little bit of a snappish voice.

Jay rolled his eyes, he thought it both irritating and slightly amusing that his sister had him turn around, "Yes, mum," he replied with a sigh as he turned around.

"What's with you two? Neither one of you ever want to separate, even for a few minutes," commented Hermione as she threw Lily a dry night-shirt and pants.

"Umm… Jay and I… we're just close and I feel safer with him around," replied Lily quickly.

"What were you two doing in the first place?" asked Hermione.

"I… I was testing out a new…spell, for… dreams," replied Lily trying to smile.

"Nightmares?" asked Hermione sarcastically, "That sounds like trouble."

"Umm, no, not nightmares, it was supposed to be sweet dreams, but I guess I didn't get it quite right," answered Lily with a slight smile.

'Nice cover Lil,' commented Jay as he stared blankly at the wall.

"You can turn around now," said a slightly muffled Lily in a much calmer and happier voice as she was hugging her mother.

Jay turned around, "Want to go back to bed then?" he asked lightly.

"You can go back to bed Mum, I'm fine now," said Lily sounding much calmer than before.

"You sure?" asked Hermione.

"Yes Mum, I'm fine now," she answered.

After their mum left Jay turned to Lily, "So?" he asked, "What did you really see?"

"Too much," answered Lily, "Galaxies swirled and I saw the birth and destruction of stars, the future was shown to me by someone… I'm not sure who."

"What did the future hold?" asked Jay.

"I… I saw mum die," replied Lily.

"Mum died?" asked Jay incredulously, "Where… how?"

"We were fighting with dad, then at the same time, he… it… whatever it was, frozen time and reversed the flow, then showed me mum's side on the other side of the castle… she was killed… I think by Malitus," answered Lily.

"Malitus?" Jay asked, "Are you sure?"

"It looked like him… although, we haven't ever seen him, but I just knew it was him," replied Lily, "Something told me… something deep inside me told me it was him."

"Do you remember anything said?" asked Jay.

"My guide… he spoke the Ancient language… Completus timatus shalemus estse et shumulius ymilius tesumal…" answered Lily.

"All things… are… complete… in time and… timed… in accord plan?" asked Jay with a confused look.

"No," replied Lily, then added with a teasing voice, "You speak it everyday, and you missed it? It actually says 'All things are completed in their time and timed according to plan'."

"They omitted stuff!" said Jay defensively.

"I know, funny, it's an older version of the Ancient language, weird, huh?" replied Lily.

"Yeah… I thought that dad said no one but us spoke it anymore," answered Jay.

"There was another thing… the guy… or whatever he, she or it was, was filled with such pain and anger… a cold rage beyond belief…" said Lily with both concern and empathy in her voice and eyes.