Into the Spirit World
Moony
Yay! I'm loving the reviews! I know the last chapter wasn't interesting and really had no point in the plot at all, but this one will be better. I finally found time to write the rest too! -Moony
Chapter 5
"This is soooo hopeless!" James groaned.
"I'm with you. We can't apparate wherever this place is, and we are just meant to wander around aimlessly and by some miracle find this archway!" Sirius sighed.
"We could be wandering like this for twenty years and never find that archway, this is soooo stupid. Isn't there some easier way?"
"'Fraid not. No one knows about this veil except Sirius. But he has no clue where the veil into the Living is," Lily said flatly.
The places had become quite desolate and devoid of any civilization now. It was all dirt and occasionally you saw some flowers. There was no houses or people or shops to be seen for miles.
"How come no one settles here?" Sirius asked. As he did, a small house came into a view.
James looked a little uncomfortable.
"Well, you see, in that house… there's a lady. A lady who no one wants as their neighbor and well…"
"What's so bad about here?"
Suddenly, a loud screeching could be heard that sounded all too familiar.
"REGULUS BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sirius's mouth turned dry. He hadn't given a thought to other dead people. But if she was here… then…
James gave him a look of sympathy.
"Er… the old family's here… Siri."
"Hurry, before she sees us!"
"Right, move!" Aisling called.
They tried, but to their bad luck, Mr. Black was in outside.
Sirius froze, as his father snapped his head up. He felt the glare, and then the disbelief.
"You – you're here???"
Sirius took a deep breath.
"And with your… your friends… I thought I'd never have to… never have to see that – that Potter boy again!" he snarled, pointing at James, "Or you…"
"Give it a rest… Father," Sirius groaned.
"Cassiopeia!! Cassi! Come right here! NOW!" he yelled.
"Oh no… oh dear… oh my… Sirius I think – " Lily muttered.
"WHAT, WHAT HAVE YOU CALLED ME OUT FOR????!!!"
"Does she ever say anything in a normal tone?" Aisling whispered.
"Er, yeah, when she's talking to Regulus. Or her Pureblood friends."
"Cassi I think…"
But her head had already turned.
"YOOOOOOUUU! YOU TRAITOR!!!! SHAME ON THE BLACK HISTORY!!!! WHY ARE YOU HERE???? GET OUT! GET OUT! I NEVER WANT TO LAY MY EYES ON YOUR UNWORTHY BODY AGAIN!!!! LEAVE! BEGONE!"
Next, a short, weak looking figure walked out.
"What's the all the commo- "
"SIRIUS!" he yelled.
"Oh look, the whole family is overjoyed to see me," Sirius said, rolling his eyes. He couldn't believe his luck. Shouldn't they have all gone to some other place for bad people or something?
"But – you're dead now… how the heck are you…"
"I died of old age, yeah," Sirius said sarcastically.
"Stop it. Be serious."
"I am Sirius. It says so on my birth certificate."
Regulus groaned.
"You haven't changed. You're still the stupid older brother."
"Oh I'm stupid now aren't I? Look who ran off to join the Death Eaters?"
Regulus turned red, "That… that… that was a mistake."
"Uh-huh, yeah a mistake. I was in the Order of the Phoenix. You can see I was not killed. What were you thinking? It was Voldemort you were joining!"
"Shut up Sirius!"
"Make me!"
"Oh my…" Lily said as the brothers grabbed their wands.
"Fine!"
"You know I'll beat you. I'm the older one, I always win."
"But I'm 29 now. I've gotten older you see…"
"But you're still the puny little brother."
"NO! STOP! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT! I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!" Sirius's father yelled.
"GET OUT! GET OUT!" Sirius's mother yelled.
"I'M GONNA GET YOU!" Regulus yelled.
"SHUT UP THE LOT OF YOU!!!!" Sirius yelled.
It was sadly to say, that during this yelling match, Harry called into the mirror. Over the yelling, Sirius could not hear the voice in his mirror.
"LEAVE!"
"FINE! FINE! I'M LEAVING!!! SEE, LOOK, LEAVING!!!!"
They headed off in silence for a while. Dusk soon fell, and they conjured a tent with all homely appliances. As Lily cooked dinner, and Aisling helped, Sirius and James laid on the bed, and started to talk.
"What's happened since I was gone?" James asked, "What's Voldemort doing? I know he's come back to power…"
"Well, Dumbledore said something about… like how he wants to build an army again and stuff. And Harry had these dreams about the Department of Mysteries. Then, he had this vision of me being tortured, and he went to er – save me. Yeah. He encountered the prophecy – "
"The prophecy's still around?"
"Yeah. Well, he saw it, and he grabbed it, and the Death Eaters wanted it yeah. And the lot of kids were in huge danger. So, the Order went and saved them. And then I fell through that veil."
James was silent for a moment.
"Sirius, why didn't Harry check to see if you were there first? I don't think he was so stupid…"
"I don't know. It would've been easy. All he had to use was the Two-Way Mirror I gave him… he didn't use it all year. I'm starting to wonder if he even opened it."
"The Two-Way Mirror? Sirius! You're a genius! Do you have it with you?" James asked excitedly.
Sirius's eyes widened. He understood.
"Oh gawd! I'm so stupid! I could've contacted him weeks ago… I've had this thing inmy pocket for ages!"
"And I can see him! I can talk to him! Sirius this is great! And when we get hooked up with his mirror, Lily can come too!"
The two friends excitedly took out the mirror.
"Harry…" Sirius said into the mirror.
Nothing happened.
"Harry Potter…" Sirius said, more clearly.
James tried. Nothing happened. At last, a reflection of themselves appeared, as if the mirror were just a normal mirror.
There was only one way that happened.
"James… I think he… he smashed it," Sirius whispered. Once, he had been so excited. But now, it was deflating. But he was upset. Why had Harry smashed the mirror?
James was just as disappointed, Sirius saw.
"Do you… do you think he was mad at me? I was… I was a bit moody at Grimmauld Place, but…"
"No. I don't think so. He's a teenager Siri. I think he was mad that he couldn't contact you, and he smashed the mirror."
"I hope it was that…"
"Ah, cheer up. We'll find it. We'll find that archway into the living."
"Dinner!" Lily called.
The two hurried into the kitchen.
Aisling was setting the table. She peered at the clock, and suddenly looked very flustered.
"Oh! I need to – um I need to go and – go and get something that I left! I'm sorry! I know exactly where it is though! I'll be back!"
Without a reply from any of them, she dashed out the tent.
"She could've eaten first," Lily said, "I'll just put some soup aside for her."
Lily ladled tomato soup into four bowls. They sat down and sipped the hot soup in silence. After five bowls, and an hour, Aisling had still not come back.
"I thought she knew where it was?" Sirius wondered.
"I dunno, maybe she spotted something she just had to examine," James said, rolling his eyes.
Lily cast a worried look at the exit.
"It's getting really dark, do you think we should – "
"I'm back!" Aisling's voice rang, "Sorry it took so long, but look, I found… this."
She pulled out a piece of parchment.
As Lily and James examined it, Sirius scrutinized Aisling. She looked different, somehow. Her hair was the same, she still had freckles, but she looked just… different. Sirius could not put his finger on what it was. She seemed to be glowing, and her cheeks were rosier, which was strange because the weather was warm, not cold.
Aisling blushed, and her cheeks turned into scarlet instead of crimson, and Sirius quickly lookd at the parchment.
It was a strange thing, a map of some sort.
"It says, Entrée dans la vie," Aisling said, in perfect French pronunciation, "It's French for, 'entry in the life'."
Sirius was surprised. He looked at her.
"How do you know?"
Aisling seemed very flustered again.
"Auntie Maria taught me French very well. She's fluent in Spanish, French, and English."
"Wait – did you hear what she said? It means 'entry in the life'. Do you think, this is instructions to finding the archway?" Lily asked, incredulously.
"Read the rest Aisling! Translate!" James said excitedly.
"1. Trouvez l'homme qui doit vivre encore. – find the man who still must live," Aisling said.
"Well, we have him, that's Sirius," James said, "Read on!"
"2. Trouvez ses aides. – find its assistances."
"That's us," Lily said, "Number 3."
"3. Trouvez la mère de l'homme. – oh…" Aisling stopped.
"What?" Sirius asked.
"You are not going to like this Sirius…"
"What??" Sirius demanded.
"Sirius… it says we have to find your mother…"
Note that I used an online translator for the French. If you are French, and any French I have here seems incorrect, please let me know! –Moony
