Chapter 3

"You're both animagus?" Remus asked Aura astonishingly as Aura transformed back into her human form. She nodded.

"We had no idea you two were animagus, too." Aura remembered.

"W ell, there's another animagus in this room." Sirius smiled slyly as he sat down on the bed next to Aura. Aura's gaze automatically turned on Remus.

"No, I'm not what you think I am, but he is." Remus pointed towards short Peter. Aura smiled politely to him, but in her mind, she was laughing. Aura turned towards Lily.

"You knew about this?" Aura inquired.

"Oh, yes. It's quite hard to not figure out. I've known James forever and when they all took up the study to become animagus; I sort of figured it out on my own." Lily shrugged. Aura sighed while she looked at Athena's restless body sprawled on the bed where the panther had recently laid.

"How do you think her parents died?" Aura felt like crying too, but Remus put his arms around her.

"Most likely that vicious bastard Snivellus." Sirius purposed as he stroked the hair out of Athena's face and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. She shivered in her sleep and Aura could tell she was having a nightmare because after all of the sleepovers that they had, she knew her better than anyone.

"No, I don't think so. I think Voldemort did it. However ignorant that Snape may be, he's not stupid enough to murder. Besides, there's no motive. It's the perfect plot for Voldemort to spite fear in the wizarding world so that he can gain followers and attention, but not enough to let the Ministry know that trouble is brewing beneath their blind eyes."

"PARKER! No don't! Please run! NO!" yelled Athena in her sleep.

"Shhh! Athena it's just a dream. Wake up!" said Aura.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Athena jumping awake and holding her wand out to the group, while shuffling over to the corner.

Noticing that Parker or Voldemort was o where to be found Athena dropped her wand and fell into a crumpled heap.

Aura ran to her started speaking to her, "Parker isn't here, sweetheart. Thena listen to me. Parker is dead. It is not your fault. Do you understand me? Your brother is dead and it is not your fault!"

"Parker…" Athena whispered finally letting him go. She had others to grieve for its long past time she let him go.

Athena stood up and grabbed her wand. She looked down at her clothes and pointed her wand down at herself. Flicking her wrist she now had on her PJs, which were a black tank top and baggy black and white pants. She went into the bathroom and scorigfied her face so the make up was gone. Athena smiled a little as she remember the saying 'I want a guy I can run to eyes red from crying, hair all a mess, and in my pajamas and he'll still say Baby you look beautiful.'

"Baby you look beautiful." Said a voice from behind her.

She turned around and there standing in the bathroom doorway was Sirius looking dead serious (lol puns). She smiled and looked down at her hands that were playing with her wand.

"Thanks." She finally whispered,

"I'm sorry about your parents."

"It's ok. They didn't love me like they should've anyways."

"You really shouldn't say things like that." Said Sirius.

"I only say things that are true." She snapped back.

Sirius not affected by her snap in the least started to walk towards her. Once he got there he engulfed her in a hug and they just stood there wrapped together comforting one another.

Back in the dorm Peter, Lily, and James headed down to the common room to let Aura grieve as well. Aura sat down on the neatest bed, so she assumed it was Remus'. She started to pick at her nails as silent tears streamed down her face. Aura was embarrassed. She never let anyone, but Athena sees her true emotions. Remus walked up to her and put his arms around her and started saying words of comfort.

"You don't have to be embarrassed you know." He said finally.

"No I do. Athena is usually the strong one and keeps in her emotions and now I have to be the strong one for her. That's how it works." Said Aura but her words where muffled by Remus' shirt.

She lifted her head up and looked at him, tears still running down her face.

"It shouldn't have to work like that. You need to let your emotions out. It's not healthy to keep them in."

"Mmm really now?" she said slyly.

And then she did something that Remus did not expect. She kissed him full on the mouth. He pushed her back and looked into her eyes.

"That is an emotion I've had to let out for a while." She said softly still looking at him.

Next thing either of them knew they were latched onto each other's faces. They spent a good 3 minutes snogging until a throat cleared behind them.

"I Hope we aren't interrupting anything." Said Athena smiling.

"Uh...why…. we ……um…..no" stammered Remus.

"Oh well it looks like both of you need a cold shower." She said evilly putting her palms flat over them.

Next thing either of them new they were both drenched with freezing cold water. And in the background you could hear Sirius cracking up not bothering to hide his laughter.

"ATHENA! You are so going to pay for that!" yelled Aura as Athena ran down the stairs to the common room.

Athena laughed as they ran around the couch that Lily and James were on. James noticed a soaked Aura and started to crack up but Lily just took out her wand and dried off Aura. Athena ran out of the common room and started down towards the great hall. She was now in front of the great oak doors with Aura about 10 feet behind her. She pushed open the doors and started to run around the tables. The students watching in amusement. But most of the teachers in anger. Except Dumbledore. He knew of Athena's mourning process. First cry about it and get it out of your system, then have as much fun as humanly possible to take your mind off of it.

"ATHENA! Look where your going!" yelled Aura.

It was too late though she banged into Lucius Malfoy, fell on her butt, and skidded in front of the teacher's table.

"Uhhh Hi Uncle Albus." Said Aura helping Athena up. Athena screamed when she looked down at her clothes. Her tank top was half way up her stomach and one leg of her pants was pushed up. She ran to the nearest person and grabbed their cloak. This just happened to be Sirius.

"Ladies I'm glad to see your coping." Said Dumbledore with twinkling eyes.

"Close your cloak Miss Radcliffe. We can see your mid-drift." Snapped Professor McGonagall.

Athena screeched and hugged the cloak tighter around her and buried herself in Sirius' chest.

"Now ladies I believe it is time for dinner why don't you sit down and eat? Hmm?" Dumbledore asked.

Athena ran out of the hall and changed her clothes back and magically put on her make-up and it took 5 seconds flat. She walked back in and tapped Aura on the shoulder. She did a motion with her finger telling her to come here. All of the Marauders were watching them, but the girls just smiled and sat back down.

About half way through dinner Athena nudged Aura and nodded to her. With all her might Aura focused on The Potions Masters' hair. Suddenly it burst into flames. In the whole hall Athena and Aura were the only ones to keep a strait face. But they didn't hold it for long, it's not everyday that you see your potions master run around the great hall like a loon with his head on fire. Finally thinking the man had had enough Athena snapped her fingers and the mans head was covered with water. When the water and fire were gone all that was left was a bald professor.

Albus knowing who did it turned his gaze on Aura and Athena.

"SHE DID IT!" yelled Athena, she grabbed Sirius' and hand ran out of the great hall.

"Oh, come on, Athena!! How can I burst a professor's head into fire? You'd have to be an elemental to do that!" She exclaimed.

Dumbledore smiled devilishly down on Aura and she automatically felt ashamed.

"Uhhh...I didn't....IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!" Yelled Aura repeating her sister's actions with Remus.

Aura and Remus finally caught up with them by the Fat Lady's portrait.

"Athena. Aura. That was so funny" coughed Sirius.

"I'm glad you liked it because we are about to get detention!" yelled Aura.

"RUN!" yelled Athena as she saw Dumbledore.

"Freeze!" yelled Dumbledore, "You ladies have caused me enough trouble. Professor Sereity is threatening to quit if the two of you aren't suspended. Now if you were me what would you have me do?"

"Uhhh. Let us of with a warning?" said Aura hopefully.

"This is all your fault you know?" said Aura scrubbing a cauldron bottom.

"My fault!? You didn't have to go along with it!" screeched Athena.

"Oh well these are our last cauldrons and we're done so lets go," Said Aura, "Before he gives us more work."

"I'll race you to the tower!" said Athena.

"You are on. Winner gets the others stash of wizarding cards. GO!" said Aura.

They arrived at the common room with Athena winning, but what she saw didn't make her feel like she was a winner. Sirius was on the couch snogging Liz.

"SIRIUS!" screamed Athena.

Liz jumped off of Sirius and wiped her mouth on her sleeve.

"Thena your early. I didn't expect you back for about another hour."

"Don't call me that! And that much is obvious because you were basically shagging her on the couch!" yelled Athena.

Then she walked up to him and punched him the jaw and he fell back on the couch.

"Oh and by the way that is a great way to comfort after my parents just bloody died." With that she and Aura ran up to the girls' dormitories. Once they were up there Athena jumped on her bed and started to sob into her pillow.

"What's wrong Athena?" asked Lily.

That just made Athena cry harder and left it up to Aura to explain.

"Sirius." Aura said simply.

"What did he do this time?" Lily asked frustrated.

"We caught him snogging Liz very…um…heavily on the couch."

"WHAT!?" cried Lily, "JAMES HAROLD POTTER! WE NEED TO TALK!"

With that Lily walked out of the room to find James and give Sirius and good slap. She found him sitting on the couch sitting beside Sirius, who had tears in his eyes. Lily narrowed her eyes and chucked her book that she was holding at Sirius. It hit him straight in the head.

"OWWW! What was that for!?" he yelled.

"For being a bloody man whore! I can't believe you did that Athena really liked you. I dunno maybe even loved you! And now you screw it up! You had a great thing going there. I can't believe you," she yelled back at him. Then she turned to James and said, "James I will not look at or talk to you while you are around him until he apologizes to Athena."

She turned and went back up the stairs and helped Aura comfort Athena.

In the next few days Sirius sent Athena roses, chocolates, loves letters, and everything he could think of, but none of it worked. After about a week of doing that he stopped.