Authors Rant: Another chapter today, really enjoying where this is going both present day and 1976 a like. Not much to rant about right now, unless you want to hear about the fabulous grilled cheese sandwich I just made, and I so do doubt that you do. So, on with the story!

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Chapter Eighteen

(Present Day)

Nightmares are unpredictable things, that can reoccur nightly or come back every now and again. Nightmares will suck you into a terrifying world, make your blood run cold, and your breath shorten. The students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have all had nightmares, but none of them had been like the nightmare that Kit had been having. Tucked away in one of the soft and squishy sleeping bags, she was thrashing and whimpering. So much so, it awoken those near her.

It was Percy Weasley, the Head Boy who got to her first. He had been patrolling around the sleeping students for more then half of the night already, and was now ready to reprimand her for disrupting other people's sleep. However, upon seeing the young girl thrashing about in her sleeping bag, Percy had no idea what to do. He wanted to cause as little as a scene as possible, and in turn he went to find one of the Professors that were supposed to be awake still and watching over the Great Hall.

Unfortunately for both Percy and Kit, the Professor on night watch had been one Severus Snape…a man who didn't want to be bothered. After sneering at Percy over his ignorance "You should have simply woken the girl, did you need to waste my time and yours because you aren't intelligent enough…" Severus would walk over to the thrashing girl.

He commanded the few people that were awake to go back to lay back down, and promptly wondered exactly what he should do with the girl, he would have loved nothing better then to leave her there stuck in a nightmare, but by the way she was thrashing. If someone didn't wake her soon, she would end up hurting herself. No matter how much he despised the girl, he couldn't let her hurt herself.

He simply shook her awake, causing her to gasp and struggle to sit forward while nearly punching him in the face as she did so. Her breathing was harsh, and labored and Severus had to wonder…what exactly had the girl been dreaming about?

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After waking up with surprise to see Severus standing above her, Kit tried to get back to sleep. She couldn't though, she was utterly terrified of what might meet her on the other side. As she lay there in that squishy purple sleeping bag in the Great Hall, all she wanted was Remus beside her, cooing in her ear that everything would be okay…

She dreamt of Lucius, and his attack on her and the Potters…that awful day where her heart stopped cold. She hadn't had that dream in awhile, and wondered what set it off. Hugging her self she roll to lay on the back and gaze up into the starry ceiling. The students were all in the Great Hall because Sirius Black decided to shred open the Fat Lady portrait.

She stuck to concentrating on Sirius rather then her nightmare, how horrible he looked (and smelled) how thin he was, Sirius was definitely NOT the playboy good looking guy he had been in Hogwarts. She thought about what he said 'you'll know where to find me'. It was obvious, the only place he would be hiding The Shrieking Shack. Remus didn't use it anymore now that he had the Wolfsbane potion, but wouldn't people have thought to check out the shack? Knowing Sirius he probably moved into the Shack after it had been searched.

In order to get to him she would need James's invisibility cloak and Kit wondered if it had got passed down to Harry. This meant that in order to wander off and see Sirius during the middle of the night she would have to ask Harry if she could borrow it. Hopefully the boy didn't ask to many questions. Kit was dying to find out Sirius's side to the story. What really happened, why was he wandering Hogwarts trying to get into the Gryffindor common room?

So many questions…

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Remus was having a bad day, mostly because he felt very ill. This was due to the full moon that was coming up in just a few days. Even with the wolfs bane he hated every minute of it. The painful transformation, the long nights of sitting in his office, curled up as some filthy animal…alone. His day was also made horrible by the simple fact he needed to go down to the dungeons and ask Severus a favor.

While he didn't hate the man, Remus didn't exactly enjoy his company. The only reason he was asking Severus to cover his classes was the fact that Dumbledore had told him that Severus would have made the best choice. So down to the dark and damp dungeons that made him feel like he was dying inside because things down there were so depressing looking.

He knocked on Severus's office door, a light tapping sound, and sure enough someone from inside barked "In." With Severus, there was no 'come in'…it was just 'In' as if he were commanding some dog. Remus let out a sigh and popped his head into the office, taking a moment to look around. Books and potions bottles everywhere with Severus in the middle of it all at a cauldron.

"And to what do I owe the pleasure?" He sneered, adding something into the cauldron from a tiny black bottle. The smell wafting from the concoction he was making, had made Remus a tad more nauseous then he already was.

"Well, as you know the Full Moon is coming up in a few days…"

"Do spit it out Remus, I have a lot of work to finish."

"I need someone to take over my classes for the period I am gone."

"That's all?"

"Yes, why…did you think I was coming for something else?"

Remus was highly confused now, watching as Severus bottled whatever liquid was in the cauldron. The bottle was stuck out to Remus, who took it with a raised brow. Before he could ask what it was, Severus explained.

"I thought you were coming for something along the lines of a dreamless sleep potion."

"Why would I want this?" Remus asked, turning the bottle over in his hands. Looking at the muddy looking liquid.

"It's not for you…she didn't tell you?" Severus sneered, and Remus frowned…it would seem that the greasy haired git was enjoying making whatever he was going to tell Remus last as long as possible.

"Who didn't tell me?"

"Kit, of course…"

"Why would she need this?" Now Remus was getting concerned, mostly because Severus knew that Kit had been having bad-dreams and Remus didn't.

"The other night (the one where Black came into the castle) she nearly woke up the Great Hall, thrashing about and whimpering like some kind of dog. I had to wake her up before she hurt herself."

Remus blinked, and frowned thoughtfully…why didn't Kit tell him that? Well, then again it had only been three day's since, and both of them had been busy. Severus continued, "I'll take over your classes for you."

Remus gave a nod, and walked out of his office with a heavy heart. He should have known that she was having nightmares again. She did look tired in the Great Hall during Dinner…

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Getting the cloak from Harry had been easier then Kit had thought it would be, when she asked him about it, he lead her up to the boy's dorms and stuck it into her hands, all the while asking her about it.

"Well, it's been in James--your dad's family for ages. Each one of the Potter boys get's it during their first year at Hogwarts."

"So that's why Dumbledore gave it to me…"

"Probably, but that's really not the point right now. Harry, would it be okay if I borrowed this for tonight?" He looked at her with questioning eyes, and she tried not to start calling him James.

"Why do you need it?"

"I…well, I really can't tell you."

He seemed to think about it for a moment, and she continued on, "I'll bring it back to you the moment I'm done with it. I promise that nothing will happen to the cloak. I'm well aware this is the only thing of James that you have Ja--Harry."

Finally, Harry gave a nod; "It's okay." He said, and paused for a brief moment, "I know how hard it is for you…"

"Excuse me?"

"Every time you look at me it looks like your going to cry. I just wanted to say that I don't blame you for trying to stay away from me."

Kit sighed and tried to think about what an older her would do in a situation like this, "It's not that I want to stay away from you Harry…it's just, I need time to adjust. Things are crazy right now, I've had to come to this world and learn that so many people I loved and cared for are gone…seeing you…what James and Lily created. It's just, unbelievable."

Harry gave a small smile, and Kit continued on, "Do you know what your name means Harry?"

He shook his head and Kit grinned, thankful that she took the time to look up his name meaning in the library because she had a feeling he was named Harry for a reason, "It means warrior. Or head of house, but I do think they choose it because it means warrior. You are so very strong, and they would have been proud. I…I just can't be around you without thinking of them…but I'm not trying to stay away from you…I'll come around."

He nodded, and pulled her into a rather tight hug, causing her to blink with surprise. He pulled away with a blush on his face, "I'm sorry…but it's just, you're the first person who I've met that was so close to them…"

"I understand."

Kit and Harry smiled to one another and left it at that, there was no more that needed to be said or done, and so, Kit easily slipped the cloak over her shoulders a slight raise of her brows. "It feels different without several other people trying to hide under it."

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It was still daylight out when Kit wandered down towards the Whomping Willow, she had seen Remus halfway down, pacing in front of the library with a small bottle in his hands. He looked…not angry, more concerned then anything. Kit had wanted to stop and ask what was wrong, but the current task at hand was far more important. She NEEDED to find out what had really happened. Thus was the reason she nearly got her head cut off while trying to get into the Whomping Willow. It was really harder then James and the boys made it look. Finally she settled on using a rather large stick she found, wondering if it looked odd that a stick was floating in mid-air as she touched the tree with it, in just the right stop.

It finally stopped swaying, and she was very thank-full. She slipped into the passageway as silently as she could, she didn't want to surprise Sirius…after spending so long in Azkaban who knew what he would do had she snuck up on him. Halfway down the passage, the cloak was taken off and balled up in her hands.

Kit peeked her head into the room of the shrieking shack that the passage way led to. Blue eyes darted around before stepping into an empty room, save for a few bits of messed up furniture. "H-hello?" She called out, knowing full well if she was caught there…problems would arise.

Nothing but silence responded to her question, the sun shone into the room in small slivers from the boarded up windows. This was where he would be right? He had told her simply, you-know-where. This was the only you-know-where she could think of.

With a great sigh, she took a seat in the corner of the room, tucking the invisibility cloak next to her. Well then, she could just wait here all night if she had to.

When a few hours past, that's really what she thought she would have to do. The light in the room started to fade away slowly, and a simple 'Lumos' was uttered and the tip of her wand bathed the room in light. She leaned her head back onto the wall. Was she crazy? Well, this whole being in the future thing was crazy…

It was right when she was about to give up and leave when she heard a dog bark her out of her thoughts. He was sitting next to the stairs, tongue hanging out, and before she knew it or could do anything about it…he was on top of her.

For a moment she thought she really did have it wrong…that Sirius had gone crazy and killed and was going to kill her…but then, she felt the slobber.

"Ew, damnit Sirius…that's so disgusting."

He was licking her face, happily…

She cringed…he wasn't exactly the freshest smelling dog in the world.

In moments he got off of her, and transformed into Sirius Black, who had a grin on his face (that really looked as if he'd gone insane). "I wondered if it was really you I saw yesterday." He told her, as she used the sleeves of her shirt to get the slobber of her face.

"Yes well, I kind of just…fell into this time."

"Lot's of things have changed." He said, Kit simply arched her eyebrows…that was the understatement of the year.

"Tell me everything…down to the last horrid detail. I have got to know."

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AN: Woo, done with the chapter. Honestly I didn't know where to leave it off at. Hmm, is it okay? I hope so, not a lot of fluff in this chapter (-cries- I miss my fluff) Trust me, in a few chapters there will be so much fluff it will come out of your ears when you read it.

Toodles.