Chapter 2
"Hold on. You can't just give up like that." Sirius growled grabbing her shoulder as she turned to go. Lyra turned him and tried to reason with him. "No way. It is impossible. I can't. I mean if you can't why do you think I can?" "You obviously don't know anything about magic because magic is about doing the impossible. You could at least give it a try. How do you know you can't?" He was getting frustrated. She could at least try. She was beginning to fume. Lyra just knew she couldn't do it. They were facing a solid brick wall. He expected her to reopen a doorway to another world. "JUST TRY." Sirius said through gritted teeth. He was losing his patience. Lyra's face flushed with anger. Why couldn't he leave her alone?! Then there was a deafening roar as a growing hole formed on the wall. It grew in to a shape on an archway with a tattered curtain something alone familiar to Sirius. "What is that?" Lyra asked bewildered. Sirius was deep in thought. "Maybe emotions trigger the portal…that makes sense." he murmured. "What makes sense?" She asked thinking the whole situation couldn't be more confusing. "Yes…Lyra, you were angry at me right?" Lyra stared at him. "Yeah…" Sirius continued. "Well when you were angry that was an emotion you were feeling. The doorway sensed the emotion and opened. Like it opened to my emotions when I tried to save Harry. The portal is there…but you can't be opened unless someone is feeling strong emotions at the time. That is how it works." Sirius had an air of triumph about him. Lyra sighed. It made sense. Sirius then said nonchalantly. "Now we need to go through it."
"Through it? We?" She repeated. "Yes, through it to my world. A world which holds people who are muggles and of the magical kind. We, because I have decided to take you with me." "Who says I am going with you?" Lyra said her words full of anger. Why did he think she just go with him? "I do." He growled. Sirius realized she may not go willingly and began to roll up his sleeves just in case it came to. "What if I don't want to go?" She said glaring at him with those peculiar eyes. "You're going willing or not." "You wouldn't dare." "I would." "You couldn't. Remember I knocked you out. Who says I can't do it again?" She said spitefully. "Please, I was caught off guard. Besides that was play of emotion." Sirius said coolly. Sirius evaluated what he knew of Lyra and tried to anticipate her next move. After evaluating Sirius decided he would be first to strike. He pulled out his wand and with words muttered under his breath thin cords shot out from the tip to bind Lyra's hands and feet. She fell to her knees and began to struggle with the cord. Lyra looked up at him and her eyes flashed dangerously. "At least tell me why." She said fiercely. "You're a witch do you think I am going to leave you in a world of muggles?" Sirius replied. Lyra froze, her eyes turned to him in wonder, and her simple response "What?" He looked at her in disbelief. Sirius bent down and came close enough that their noses were on the brink of touching. He looked deeply into her eyes. In the depths of her eyes he saw awe and wonderment. "You're a witch. And if what I think is true you will be a damn good witch too. So are you coming willingly or am using my brute force?" Sirius said gesturing to the bindings. Lyra thought about it. Neither the idea of him dragging, or carrying her appealed to Lyra. That wasn't the only reason to go though (willingly.). The thought of leaving this world and becoming a witch was good motivation. "I'll go, willingly, thank you!" She said smiling. Sirius stood up, smiled, and undid her bindings with a wave of his wand. Lyra stood up. "You first." She said looking at the doorway. "Nice try. You need to go first so I can make sure you go." He said slightly amused. Lyra took a deep breath, and stepped through.
Lyra felt as though she stepped into black nothingness. She saw nothing, heard nothing, smelled nothing, breathed nothing, and felt nothing. Then as soon as it began it was over as she was thrown out onto a tiled floor. Lyra looked around her to find herself in a room of strange and unusual objects. She stood up. Then jumped as Sirius was thrown out of a doorway in the wall and onto the floor to her feet. "You okay?" She asked shaken. "Fine." Sirius said standing up and dusting off his clothes. "Where are we?" she asked looking at all the weird things around her. "The Department of Mysteries. Keep close to me and don't touch anything!" Sirius said cautiously. As Lyra looked around in curiously he found his better judgment and Lyra felt him grab her shoulders and begin to push her toward the exit. They went through a series of doorways before they actually left that particular department. Lyra was confused. Where were they now that they left the department? She asked. Sirius began to explain the Ministry of Magic to her to best of his ability. Realizing this was valuable information for the future she was so absorbed in listening she barely noticed when the left the Ministry. Where to now? She wondered as they hurried down the street.