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A/N: I know that this is a long time coming but I'm a busy girl, what can I say. I hope you like this, please read and review! I'm going to try and update more consistently if I have time.

"Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train

Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again"

Ch. 5 Under a Silk Cloth

Sirius followed Melody through the door that she had magically conjured into a little back room that must have served as her office. There was a beautiful little mahogany desk and chair, a nice comfy looking leather chair in front of the desk, and some shelves that held little personal knick-knacks and moving smiling pictures of family or friends. Melody gestured to the comfy looking leather chair in front of her desk and motioned for Sirius to sit down. She herself sat down in her desk chair and tapped a drawer on her desk muttering something Sirius couldn't hear. "Ah, yes here it is!" She said excitedly. And she pulled out a silk-wrapped package. She placed the mysterious object on the desk between herself and Sirius and began unfolding the silk scarf that was around it. Sirius leaned forward eagerly and as soon as he saw what lay in front of him he gasped out loud.
"It's…well...beautiful," stammered Sirius. "It" was a lovely porcelain music box with a heartbreakingly beautiful painting of what appeared to be the backs of two little girls standing on the beach, the shorter one was whispering into the taller one's ear and from the side profile of her face you could tell she was laughing. The girls were standing on a dock over looking a breathtaking sunset over the water. The colors were so vibrant and warm Sirius almost felt the last red rays of the large sun as it was sinking into the water; the red of the sun only brought out the golden copper hair of the little girls- almost the exact same color hair that Lily had. Something else caught Sirius' eye also, there was a dazzling rainbow-like reflection of the sky in the water. All those beautiful things on one little box was almost to much for Sirius to take, he was afraid his eyes were going to start watering and quickly broke his eyes away from it.

"Wow," Sirius said looking back up at Melody. "I can't believe my eyes; it's so beautiful…and real. I feel like I can hear the waves hitting the sand."

"Wait until I open it!" Melody smiled at Sirius, obviously pleased with his reaction. She gently lifted open the lid of the box and locked the hinges open. A miniature hologram of who could only be the two little girls from the painting materialized in box. They were holding hands and smiling, as the music began to play, they began to dance together. Sirius listened to the sweet melody then turned his attention back to Melody.

"What song is it playing?" He asked enraptured.

"It's called The Rainbow Connection; many muggles sing it as a lullaby." Melody replied. Then, to her astonishment as well as Sirius' himself, he began to sing it.
"Why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me."
Sirius gasped for the second time that day. "It just came to me all of the sudden," he said a little sheepishly and a more than a little surprised. "Lily used to sing it, but I haven't heard it from her in a long time." He turned to Melody and gave her an odd look. "But how did you know?" he asked a bit taken aback.

"I didn't" she said. "I mean I wasn't sure the box would be such a perfect match, but like I said, music boxes, especially magical ones, as this one is, are extremely special. And, when you are able to find the right box for the right person, amazing things can happen." She gave Sirius a minute to digest her words then asked, "I guess this means you'll take it?" They both smiled.

"I'd say I'd have to have my head examined if I didn't. But, isn't, well, yours…already?" He asked, assuming that it had to be special to the woman if she kept it so careful tucked away in the back of the shop.

"Ah, it is both interesting and kind that you should ask me. Yes, it is very special to me but that's because it belonged to my favorite grandmother. But this is box was not meant for me, as special as it is to me, I was meant only to be a guardian to it until I could pass it on to the next rightful owner." She winked at Sirius. "It is what my grandmother would have wanted. You see, she was the first Melody, and this was once her shop. When I was a little girl I used to spend time a lot of here while my parents were working and Granny taught me everything she knew about music boxes and people. Granny grew up during the Grindlewald War and she used to tell me that one of the worst parts of war is the sounds of destruction- the screams, cries, explosions;" at mention of this Melody shuttered. "Her mission was to drown those sounds out and spread peace by filling the world with the beautiful sound of music boxes. After she passed away I took over her store and her mission. It sounds to me like your friend Lily could use some peace in her life." Sirius nodded in agreement and thanked her for her kindness.

"How much do I owe you?" He asked.

"This is a gift; I could not possibly put a price on it. I would like you to have it," she said.

"I couldn't possibly," insisted Sirius.

"Please, I want you to," she insisted.

"Thank you so much I'm…honored. As soon as Lily's back to her old self I'll make sure I bring her by to meet you. She would love your store and I'm sure she'll want to thank you herself." She smiled at him and they said their goodbyes, Sirius thanking her all the way out the door. He couldn't wait to give it Lily. The problem was, would she like it? Or would she be mad at him for prying into her business. Sirius doubted that Lily would be like that but her grief seemed to run so deep, he didn't want to make things worse.

A/N: I know it's short but review please! I want to know if you like where this is going or not.