Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything else JK Rowling created in her ingenious brain.
A/N: Everything behind the Veil is what I see, please do not take it! Or my plot either! Anyway hope you enjoy! It's kind of hard to describe the genre of this story. May be some mystery, drama, action, and romance so I'm not quite sure. It's basically based around Sirius Black, (OC) Hunter Simons, Harry Potter, Tom Riddle, and the Chamber of Secrets.
Summary: Moaning Myrtle died because of the Basilisk and Ginny was the only one to be brought to the chamber, what if there was another who willingly went there then disappeared? What if she came back years later with a Sirius Black?
Chapter Two: Where the Hell am I?
The last time I left you we experienced poor Hunter's death. Poor girl. She was so young, sixteen to be exact. However, Merlin has done things that come to be a mystery to all of us, this is just another one of those times.
You may never have met or even known about this Hunter girl of which I speak so forlornly about. For one reason you may be a muggle, non-magical folk, or perhaps you were born years after her time, whatever the reason you should know some things about her.
Hunter was always a good girl. She played it safe, never got into trouble or forgot her homework. She had a few friends and enemies like a normal girl her age. She wasn't exactly perfect like you may think now. She had her own handfuls of troubles like any teenager. Normally she appeared bookish, shy, and quiet but determined, proud, and brave. Because of these reasons she never got much attention from the opposite sex, maybe this is the reason she said yes to our dear 'good friend' Tom Marvolo Riddle. Maybe because of these reasons she became a Gryfindor, which was probably what pushed her into following said boyfriend into the Chamber of Secrets. Whatever the reason we now find her in a cold silent predicament.
As I have mentioned in one of the paragraphs beforehand, you may never have heard of this Hunter Simons. The most easily explained reason, if you're a witch or wizard, would be the simple fact that in Hogwarts you have never seen a ghost that goes by the name Hunter Simons. Have you? Didn't think so.
Ghosts, they're a funny thing. You may have been told that they are spirits that have never been put to rest. But in retrospect and lots of research I have found that it is quite the opposite. They are spirits that have been put to rest, they just prefer to haunt the place where they die. Don't get me wrong it's not like they're stuck there, no. I mean even Moaning Myrtle leaves her bathroom every once in awhile. They are kind of like a reminder, so say, I suppose that is the best way to describe them. Now to the point of this educational paragraph: Hunter was not put to rest.
As I have said before, poor girl. Her body was left in the chamber as a snack for the beast. Not put to rest. How could she? Having such a terrible and painful death one usually finds their spirit ripped from their body. Yes it sounds kind of grotesque. She was thrown headfirst into the next journey after life: Death.
Yes, however the ghost thing was incorrect, the saying: "Death be just another journey after life", is true. Need some proof? Our friend Hunter is going on a long journey I assure you. But before we can find out where our snake attracting friend is let me explain some things, after all it takes some of the very best experts, a bit of patience, and some time before you can get in touch with the dead.
I may have confused you on the Moaning Myrtle being put to rest, part. I mean they found her body, right? Then it was buried, thus being put to rest. Get it? Well for those who don't, it's like getting tucked into bed. When you die it's like you're two different people, your spirit and your body. Your body represents those old people who never want to get out of bed and like to sleep and get some rest so that's why your body stays put. However your spirit is like a child, it's restless so it gets up and wanders. Surprisingly it stays mostly in the area in which it died because it's the last place they remember so it brings comfort to them, like a big fluffy teddy bear or something. Get it now? Good.
Ah it seems our friend has awaken… I sound like a bloody Frankenstein movie! Oh well I'll get over it. Anyway, Hunter finds herself in a place that seems all to real or all to fake, it depends on how you look at it. One way, it's there, she can see it, smell it, taste it, feel it, hear it, so it has to be real, right? On the other hand the last thing she remembers is being in a big chamber with an evil man and a deadly snake, there was lots of water, bones, and plumbing. Now she sits on a nice grassy hill with a nice slight breeze and the sun's shining. The flowers smell sweet instead of like death. She can breath in easily instead of difficulty. She can run her fingers through the lush grass instead of the metal pipes. She can hear the sigh of the wind. But best of all she can see it all in front of her and still she can not believe it.
See why she's confused? No? Well you go down a dark creepy chamber, get chased by a large reptile and left to your death. How would you feel then if you woke up in this place? Thanks to those who actually have an imagination. Anyway back on the ranch, it's a figure of speech.
Hunter slowly came to. Fluttering her eyelashes open, she knew something was not right. Slowly she propped herself up. Her pulse quickened as she looked about, This is most definitely NOT the Chamber of Secrets. Oh yeah this was the first thought that raced through our friend's pretty little head. Now remember this is just Hunter's spirit, the little kid within us all. So if this is only part of her, well she's not the same, we'll just leave it at that.
"Where the HELL am I?" See I told you. Goody two shoes, Hunter would have never cussed before though this Hunter doesn't realize it since it seems perfectly normal to her, at this point. But lucky for us this Hunter is still the thoughtful calculating girl. So what she did was lay back down on the grassy hill, close her eyes, and sort out her feelings and thoughts she had speeding through her head at light speeds.
Now lets leave our good friend for a moment for another educational lesson. Yes it may be boring but they bring understanding and purpose to the story. Now what you should understand is that for every minute our friend lays there hours, days, weeks or possibly months are speeding by here with the living. The reason for this? There is no real answer but mostly theories; you'll have to figure out the real reason on your own someday, maybe.
My theory? Well I think us humans are quite dense, right? We live on quite a dense planet, right? So gravity has to be stronger, making us slow down and it also weighs down time. I mean if the planets dense, it's slower spinning on it's axis and around the sun, right? In theory it sounds all right. Well in the land of the dead, everything is light as a feather. If you're a spirit you have no mass. And Death, as I like to call it? Well I have a theory, that it is just what we want it to look like. Meaning if you always believed you would go to heaven, a beautiful place in the clouds with angels, your Death would look how you greatly desire it to be. I believe it's something like a Mirror of Erised, if you have ever been lucky enough to come across one. A Mirror of Erised is Mirror of Desire, written backwards and it shows us what our greatest desires would be. I quote the great headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore: "The happiest man alive could look in this mirror and see himself exactly as he is." Mostly it's a happy place, since who wants to die and go to the fires of hell? Besides that's reserved for demons and Vampires.
Anyway so now you know that time is rapidly spinning by with us, well that means you know what comes next. Lord Voldemort goes to visit the Potters of course! Lily and James both end up dying. Little Harry Potter becomes The-Boy-Who-Lived, a legend. Lord Voldemort flees, weak and barely alive. Sirius Black is convicted of killing one of his best friends, Peter Pettigrew and like 13 muggles, and sent to Azkaban, the wizard prison guarded by Dementors. Harry grows up with his muggle family, consisting of his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon, and Cousin Dudley Dursley. 10 years later, he receives his letter saying he's a wizard and has been excepted to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. That first year, he meets Draco Malfoy, becomes a Gryfindor, defeats a troll, becomes friends with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, Voldemort who was living in Professor Quirrel, the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher (DADA) gets defeated as well. Second year he defeats the sixteen year old Voldemort, Tom Riddle in the Chamber of Secrets, killing the Basilisk, unknown to him that Hunter had died years before in that very chamber. Third year our friend Sirius Black escaped trying to get revenge on the supposed 'dead' Peter. Werewolves, Escaped 'murderers', Whomping Willow, Dementors, these were some of the things they faced this year. Fourth Year he manages to get through with all these: Triwizard Tournment, Death Eaters, Cedric Diggory, Yule Ball, Victor Krum, and Rita Skeeter. Fifth Year he gets weird dreams, witnesses a rather embarrassing memory of Snape, then drags his friends into a trap at the Ministry, his godfather, Sirius Black, falls into the Veil, because of a cousin, or something, Bellatrix Lestrange.
I think I'll stop here for now since our friend Hunter has finally sorted all her thoughts and feelings into neat little piles. It's very clear to the girl. However a good 20 years or so have passed, and she has no idea how long she's been lying there.
This is where she starts her Journey. Her Journey to what? That would soon be discovered. One might say it was a Journey to self-discovery. Another person may say a Journey to adventure or knowledge. However if your anything like me, (talented, charming, witty, wise, you get the point) you would have long realized that her Journey would be not to an experience but a person. And if you already know you would not be wasting your time reading this paragraph. Anyway those who are too thick to figure it out are probably peeved at me now when reading this so I'll just continue. Hunter Simons was on a Journey to find Sirius Black. Though she didn't know it at the time, who would, after all in school he had been a few years her junior so they didn't converse much, except for the scoldings she gave him for misbehavior.
So after a few hours, her time, of walking through this strange, yet curiously familiar, world she managed to trip over a certain Sirius Black, quite literally I might add.
"Ow! Bloody Hell woman!" Yelled a furious and peeved Sirius Black, former supposed murderer, Gryfindor, Order Member, Godfather, need I go on? So the dark haired man looked over to find a girl, about half his age (if only he knew!) lying on the ground shaking, facing away from him. Pity and guilt washed over him as he thought about the fact she may be hurt.
Yes I'm afraid I must stop once more. Have you ever been in a moment when you just lost it? Seemed for just that moment you went insane? Well that's how our Sirius Black found Miss Hunter when he flipped her on her back. His intention was to see if she was ok. He was welcomed with quite a sight. She was laughing, yes laughing. Ever been in the situation when all of a sudden you find just about everything laughable? I have, and apparently Hunter has.
"What is your problem?" Sirius warily asked the young girl who seemed a little familiar. Perhaps it was just the outfit. After all it was a Hogwarts Uniform consisting of the normal gray skirt, white blouse and black robes. However she wore pinned to her outfit a Prefect's badge. Strange…Unlike our friend Hunter, Sirius is not a very calculating person as many probably have guessed. At least he's not a thoughtful and rational person.
Wiping the tears that had formed in her eyes a couple of moments later, Hunter was able to regain control. "Sorry but do I know you?" The strange man in front of her seemed quite familiar. I suppose that sentence seemed quite familiar.
"Is that all you can bloody say after bloody laughing your bloody head off for nearly two bloody minutes?!" Sirius apparently was just a little confused about the whole ordeal.
She glared at him, "So, answer the question!"
Sirius mumbled a 'bossy bitch' before deciding to answer; "No idea but you look familiar too." His voice was calm and the words were simple but held an icy edge to them. It would be hopeless for them to get along, it already was showing. Things may change though, as the saying goes: "Never count your dragon eggs before they hatch!" For you muggles substitute with a chicken. "When did you die?" he continued.
A thoughtful look passed over her delicate features as she contemplated what he said, "1978 I believe." Sirius gasped as he finally realized whom it was. We already know though. "What?"
"Your that annoying Prefect that disappeared around the time of the attacks concerning the Chamber of Secrets!"
Hunter growled, yes really growled, "Yes! I went inside the bloody chamber and end up getting bloody bit by the bloody Basilisk thanks to bloody fuckin' Tom!" she was practically yelling now.
"Feel better?" she nodded, "So you went into the chamber and got killed?" Another nod, "No one realized you died you know, well we guessed but there was no proof!" Talk about dissapearing of the face of the Earth!
"I have a name you know!"
"Yeah but… I just can't remember it!" He was teasing her now.
"The damn you can't remember!"
"Chill out! I remember; it's Hunter Simons! Merlin talk about PMSing much!"
She growled again, "So when did you die?"
"Um I think it was about 2002…"
"What that's not possible! I have to be what, 40 or so years old!?! I've only been here a few days at the most!" This just had to be Sirius Black! No one could annoy her this much and if she did her math right she was positive it was he.
"Huh, that's something to ponder…" Sirius said quite uninterested in what this girl's affairs would be. However it was most confusing since she didn't look much older then 16, "Well I'm going to go back through that Veil and…"
"Veil? What Veil?"
"The bloody Veil, what, 2 feet in front of you!" He seems stressed, or frustrated, possibly both. As I have said few times before, Poor girl. Hunter could just not see the Veil.
Yes another explanation. You see the Veil is a doorway into the land of the dead. The whispers one may hear from it are the conversations on the other side. However hard you listened though you can not decipher what the dead is saying. Sirius Black is in actual fact not dead since he fell into the Veil it just means he is exploring or traveling, a tourist perhaps. He is however not dead so he can see the Veil, so he can get back to his world. The dead however is not allowed to travel between worlds. You're either there or here. However you can but you would find it quite difficult. Though neither of our friends knows this little piece of information.
"Whatever, your bloody insane!" Sirius mumbled to himself but she heard.
"I am not insane! I seriously can't see it!" She was yelling now. She stood up, hands on hips. She had to be, what, a foot shorter then he but she still managed to look menacing. He almost got worried. Almost. Then he remembered he was like 35 years old. This now reminds me of something my father once told me, "When your older then me…" which was then followed by something like "You can drive" but that's not the point of this sentence. In retrospect, Sirius was now the older one. Now remember that back in school Hunter had been Sirius' senior by, what, 5 years? Wish I could do that with my father… anyway…
"You're serious huh?" He grinned at the stupid joke.
"YES!"
"Sorry love but that's me!"
It took Hunter a full two seconds to realize what he was talking about, "SIRIUS BLOODY BLACK THAT IS SO NOT FUNNY!" Apparently he touched a nerve.
"I thought it was!" he laughed which earned him a slap on the arm. He faked being hurt and could have sworn a look of concern flashed in her strangely mysterious, royal purple (flecked with silver) eyes. However if it had been there it wasn't now.
"Oh grow up!" Yea this was Black.
While this meaningless (to me) fight was going on, years were still passing back in (reality?) life (?). Sirius' 'Death' was mourned and cried over for a long time between the Order of the Phoenix Members and celebrated between the Death Eaters. However being so close to the Veil made time go faster. Because for every minute, years passed. It was probably caused by the magic that made the Veil. Anyway, back with everyone else. Harry and the others fought Voldemort two more times, each time a draw. Then they, being Ron, Hermione, and Harry, graduated from their school. Harry was accepted to become an Auror as did Ron and surprisingly (depending on how you look at it) Neville. Hermione became a Medi-Witch as did Ginny and Luna when they graduated the next year. They were all preparing for the war to end all wars. Now I sound like a bloody Lord of the Rings movie! Whatever. Five more years passed and the war draws steadily closer…
However (I really like this word if you didn't notice) our two friends have finally stopped arguing. "Ok apparently you can't see the Veil!" He was avoiding eye contact now. Merlin he was acting like a child because of her! "I still think your bloody insane!"
"WHAT!"
"Just kidding! Anyway I'm leaving now, bye!" With that he stepped towards the eerily fluttering Veil that stood there in this field by itself, yeah weird much!
"Wait!" He heard a quiet scared voice behind him. He turned and looked at the girl. She looked so helpless, lost and scared, "Please don't leave me alone…" Sighing and cursing his heart Sirius held out his hand to the girl and without hesitation she took it in hers. Mustering all the Gryfindor courage he had, Sirius Adonis Black stepped forward and through the Veil.
END OF CHAPTER
A/N: There is the land of the dead for ya! Not interesting in one bit! Now Hunter and Sirius have met up and yes, SIRIUS DID NOT DIE! I'm happy! Anyway so there's no confusion, they don't hate each other, and they just get on each other's nerves! Brother/Sister thing will start next chapter. NO they are not getting together!
Ok I did some math for this chapter (surprise!). I had to find out how old everyone is and such! Anyway the first book came out in 1998 (I believe!) well subtract 11 years from that and get 1987, when Harry was born. I guessed that Sirius was 20 years older (roughly) then Harry so 1987 minus 20 equals (the year) 1967 when Sirius was born. I decided that when the Chamber had been opened that Sirius should be a first year so 1967 plus 11equals 1978 which is when Black is a first year and when Hunter died. So back to the beginning, 1998 (when Harry was a first year) plus 4 equals 2002 when Harry was in fifth year and when Sirius 'died'. 2002 plus 5 equals 2007 when they will come back from the dead. 2007 minus 1978 equals 29 years Hunter was dead. 2007 minus 2002 equals 5 years Sirius was dead, quite simple! LOL! R/R, please! Bye!
Coming Up: Hunter and Sirius find themselves on the other side of the Veil. Why do they feel a strong bond already? Why do they feel as if no one knows them better? Well they find themselves in the year 2007. 5 years after Sirius died, 29 years after Hunter died. How will this go with the Wizarding World when one man comes back from the dead and a young woman who disappeared comes back looking not a year older? Harry also fits into this mess how?
Please do not let this information out! Lets just say many things in our Universe would not be at piece if greedy people and scientists searched and proved my theories and discoveries. Some things are just not made to be tampered with, such as a rose. It may be tempting to pick but unless you're careful it's going to cause someone or something pain.
From a Gurl