Into the Spirit World
All characters you recognize are the property of JK Rowling. Yadayadayayda…
W00t! Thanks for all the joyous reviews! Let's begin with some shout outts:
Dans-girl-4ever: Yes, we must help Sirius. This new information is surely driving him crazy.
Brilover: Thank you for the compliment, I am very honored. No, this is not a one-shot, as you can tell, I'm on Chapter 4, so of course not.
Eratosthenese: Thank you, thank you, thank you. But it's not a one-shot. Oh no, it's not. The story shall CONTINUE!!! Thanks for pointing out the mistake, I always manage to do something like that.
Padfoot: Fine, Sirius lived in London. EH!
Dans-girl-4ever: Yes, yes, anticipating anticipating…
Brilover: Psychotic? What makes you think that? Ok, maybe a little…
Patriot Girl: I am glad you changed your mind and read my fic. And it's a mistake that Sirius is there anyhow, I do hope he finds the archway and gets back… we'll just have to see.
RoWaN bLaCk: Thankies thankies. Me likes, me likes. Lolz. I like capturing Sirius.
Eratosthenese: YES CLIFFIE!!!! MUAHAHAHAHA! I SHALL TORTURE MY READERS WITH UNTOLERABLE CLIFFIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Patriot Girl: See above comment for Eartosthenese.
Miss Piratess: Thank you, thank you for the comments on my characters. Yes, I fell in love with Aisling too! She's my favorite character in this. And I loved your fic, I'd Kill You If You Weren't Already Dead. You're one of my favoritest authors here on And I guess it is, in a way humorous…
Willow Evenstar: Yes, yes. I will update!
Dans-girl-4ever: Poor, poor Siri, Lily and James.
Eratosthenese: Well, Aisling will be with them… sorry.
Vaguely Amused: I'm sorry, but the age doesn't really matter in this story, so I don't really care. I only made up an age, it's a really trivial thing. The conversation was just to show everyone what a pain Aisling was.
YAY!!! Thanks all reviewers. Now, to the story.
Chapter 4
The next morning, Sirius woke up, knowing exactly where he was. He just rose and quickly dressed. He had spent the night at Lily and James' home.
Sirius couldn't describe the sort of feeling he felt right now. It was so weird. Just days before, he had been alive and miserable, and now coming here, it was strange. He was dead, but he could wake up and touch things, it was as if he was alive, but dead. And now he was actually getting used to it.
After he had brushed his teeth, washed his face, and dressed, he opened the bathroom door, where James was waiting.
"You changed in one way," he said, grinning.
"Yeah?" Sirius asked.
"You get up early."
Sirius laughed. Back when he was at Hogwarts, he was always the last one awake, therefore, he had made his friends late for class waiting for him.
"I'm a morning bird now," Sirius joked.
"Suuuure…"
Sirius had gotten up early particularly today, because well… he didn't know why. It must've been something to do with him being dead.
After everyone had dressed, brushed their teeth, and everything necessary, the three settled down for breakfast, though they didn't need to eat of course. Sirius found it quite odd that even though you got hungry, you couldn't exactly 'die' of hunger, so you didn't really need to eat. It was just a little torture that bothered you.
Lily made pancakes and they ate in silence. Neither of them knew what to say. Soon they would be looking for some archway into the Alive World who-knew-where, and how was a conversation supposed to be opened up on that.
Lily broke the ice.
"So how was Harry like? I mean, I know we watch him, but we only see glances."
"He was a lot like Jamesie. I sometimes thought he was Jamesie, 'cept for when I saw the green eyes that he's got."
"A lot like James, in what way??" Lily asked, raising her eyebrows, "You didn't encourage him to…"
"Blow up toilets?" James asked, eagerly, "You did encourage him right? And taught him all the passageways and everything? So he can be a little Marauder?"
Sirius grinned. Lily frowned, "James! I don't want Harry becoming what… what you were at age fifteen."
"Don't worry Lilykins. He has a bit of you in him too. He's not as much of an idiot as James was. And I assure you – he doesn't blow up toilets, though I have mentioned it once in a while… as for all the secret passageways, I do know he somehow came ahold of the Marauders' Map."
"That old map? Does it still work? How did Harry get it?"
"No clue. He just got it. Plus, Arthur Weasley's twins, found it I think. They know them passageways as good as us. I say, they would be a perfect addition to our Marauder team if they were living in our time."
Lily was frowning even deeper.
"But he didn't do anything stupid and dangerous with it?" she said.
"Well… sort of, it was kind of a danger when he did it, you know. When they thought I was a mass murderer and all, he wasn't supposed to go to Hogsmeade when I was supposed to be trying to kill him. But he has your old cloak, and he found out that passageway to the Hogsmeade cellar."
"Brilliant!" Jamnes exclaimed.
Pop.
"Hi guys!!!!! Are we ready to go yet?"
Sirius and James groaned in unison, "Aisling…"
"Well, are we?" Aisling asked.
"Actually Aisling, what we're doing is called eating… and if you can see, I still have half a pancake left to finish," James said sarcastically.
"How'd you get here anyway? You're only thirteen, you're not old enough to Apparate," Sirius said.
Aisling rolled her eyes, "He-loooo? It's not as if you can actually die or have something horrible happen to you here… I got my license early."
"Why don't you help me with the dishes, Aisling?" Lily asked.
"Oh no!" Aisling said, still smiling, "I hate doing dishes. It was the worst chore I had to do back in the Alive World."
"Well, could you help me clean up?"
"Can't I just sit here and talk to Sirius?" Aisling asked, "Oh, and James?"
Sirius glanced at James nervously, who held back a snicker. It seemed that Aisling's devotions had turned to someone else…
"I suppose… JAMES POTTER, you help me with the dishes!" Lily said, turning to James.
"Yes dear…"
"Hey, when do we leeeeeeeeeave? I wanna start on the perilous quest!!!!" Aisling whined.
"After we do the dishes," Lily said, pushing James into the kitchen, who was holding a stack of dishes.
Aisling grinned.
"A perilous quest, a perilous quest! Then someone might write a book about us, the four of us, Aisling Poroir, Sirius Black, James Potter, and Lily Potter and the Search for the Archway to the Living!" she said.
"Mhm…" Sirius said not paying attention to the constant chatter.
At last, Lily came out with a basket full of food and James too.
"YIPEEE! We're leaving!!!!!!!!!!!" Aisling screamed.
"Um… yay?" James said.
Somehow, the thought of leaving the house to search years and years for some weird archway wasn't as exciting as Aisling put it. Number one, they didn't know how long they would searching. Number two, the temptation to jump into the Alive World when you had been dead for 15 years was huge. Number three, they were dealing with an obnoxious, chatterbox thirteen-year-old.
As they walked across the still-dewy grass, it seemed no more different than a little walk. No one would guess that they were searching for a legendary archway into the Alive World. It was actually really boring. It was just as if well, they were walking…
But they were searching for something extremely important.
Hell, everything seemed weird in this world.
"You know, we don't have to make it a 'perilous quest'," James said, "We can just call it a… a road trip."
"Oh goody! I love road trips!" Aisling said happily.
"Well, our first stop is right here!" James said, pointing at a sign.
"ROSEN'S QUIDDITCH FIELD"
"Quidditch!" Sirius breathed. He had wanted to play that time, but of course, Lily had stopped them, "You're not stopping us this time, Evans?"
Lily looked at Sirius, "I'm not Evan's anymore Black."
"Right, sorry. Old habits die hard. Let's go!"
James and Sirius ran ahead past the gate. A wizard standing at there said, "Hold it!"
"Yees?" James asked.
"I'll need money. How many and what kind of brooms will you be renting?" the wizard asked.
"Aisling, are you playing?" James asked.
"You bet! I was a Keeper!"
"Ok, we'll be having three."
"What kind?"
James thought, "Can I get a Firebolt?"
"Me too!" Sirius said eagerly.
"Me three!"
"They cost 300 galleons each."
"Whew! That's more expensive than in the Alive World!" Sirius said.
"Yeah, well we have tons to spend!" James said, "Enjoy it Paddy!" James pushed 900 gold coins into the man's hands, whose eyes turned just as big as the coins.
"Here's your tickets, Dave'll show you the way to the brooms," the wizard said, giving them each tickets.
The man named Dave led them into a shed, unlocked it, and gave them three beautiful Firebolts.
"You'll be placed on another team with four more people. I need to get the positions you play so I can place you accordingly.
"Keeper," Aisling said immediately.
"Chaser," James said (A/N: Yes, James is a Chaser! JKR said so in an interview).
"Chaser," Sirius said.
Sirius felt the broom vibrating in his hands. He hadn't been on a broom for so long… The feel of this new, beautiful broom in his hands was wonderful.
"All right, I'll go looking for another Chaser, Seeker, and two Beaters. You can practice here. When you see red sparks, just come on down."
Sirius did not hesitate, he kicked off right as he sat down. The sensation was pure ecstasy. The wind whooshed on his face, and his long hair blew back. He dived, he swooped, it was pure bliss. Never had Sirius felt this free. He didn't want it to end. He stared as blue sky was around him, and he went through a cloud. He could see James swirling up toward him, and Aisling flipping around on her broom. Lily was watching from below.
It was bliss. If the fact that he was going to be leaving soon and that the other world was in darkness wasn't looming in the air, he would've stayed forever.
James was circling over head, until Aisling called out, "I see sparks!"
They dove and landed. Dave smiled, "You three are great Quidditch players."
He led them to a different field, where four other people were waiting with Nimbus 2000s in their hands.
"Well then, we'll have the fastest brooms on this team," Aisling said.
Soon, the other team came by. Dave himself sat on his broom, and released the Snitch and the Bludgers. The two teams faced each other.
"3… 2… 1!"
The Quaffle was thrown. Sirus dove for it. The excitement was exhilarating. He passed it to James, who threw it into the goal and scored ten points.
But the Quaffle was now moving towards their goal. Whoosh! It flew past Sirius before he could catch it – but Aisling caught it and threw it back. No doubt she was a good Keeper. Sirius looked to see their seeker, who was hovering overhead, his eyes narrowed, searching for the tiny, fluttering, golden ball. It reminded Sirius of Harry, in his Quidditch games. Harry had inherited James' great Quidditch skills.
The other Keeper on their team threw Sirius the Quaffle, it caught him off guard, but his instincts kicked in, and he caught. Sirius began to fly towards the other goal, but a Bludger was pelting his way. He ducked and threw the Quaffle back to the other Keeper, who flew towards the goal, and tried to score – but the other team's Keeper blocked it.
The Quidditch game ended, with the other team winning. Aisling was surprised, "I can't believe they won! Our Seeker was really bad, and even though we had Firebolts! I never rode that kind of broom before! It was really wonderful!"
Sirius didn't mind. It had been exciting. He hadn't played for so long, and it was the best thing he had done so far in this world.
Breathing heavily, the three returned their broomsticks.
"That was wonderful playing you three," Lily said, giving James a kiss.
"Yeah, our Seeker couldn't see the Snitch that was like right next to his ear," James mumbled.
"Ahh well, you can't always get a good team," Sirius said.
It had been a wonderful day. The four walked down the road and into a hotel, where Lily rented a room to stay for the night. Sirius finally slept soundly that night.
