Another World

By Moony

JKR owns every character you recognize from HP. Aisling is mine.

Author Notes: Just a note, that, at this point in the story, you might want go back and read Into the Spirit World, for some parts may confuse you if you haven't read it before. But I guess it still can make do without reading it. Into the Spirit World would give you some background knowledge for this story. –Moony

Chapter 6

Remus came to hours later. Hopefully the angels had been right, and this was the Spirit World. Or, the last thing he heard was that the substance in his ear was gone, and now he was all alone. Shivers crept down his spine. What was he going to do without the guidance of angels? Wander around and just happening to bump into Sirius? Amazingly his robes were still on, though his body had supposedly been ripped from his spirit. Or whatever Irene had said. He felt dizzy and lightheaded. Probably some kind of side effect of dying and waking up. He wondered if he could touch things, or would his hand just go through, like ghosts? He reached into the pocket of his robes, and grabbed his wand. So he could. Well, that was good.

Then a bubbly voice popped up –

"Are you ok? Your spirit was kind of hard to get out? It took a while, so it hurt a bit more than other people's. And I heard you almost scream. And then you conked out for like hours more than normal spirits do. And I was afraid I did something wrong and I would lose my wings. But I guess you're ok. How do you feel? Are you all right? Are you sure? Do you think you need to lie down? Tell me so I don't lose my wings ok? Answer me please!"

It all came out in a blur so that Remus could only pick out a few words. Remus sat up, and turned around to face a girl with wild, messy chestnut hair and freckles was above him, and her big brown eye were shining. Amazingly she was still grinning, though her voice sounded worried. (A/N: Yes my friends! It is the one and only AISLING!)

"I'm fine. Who are you?"

"I'm Aisling Poroir. Goody. You're fine. Ok, now I have to escort you into town. Then I have to leave ok? I have to meet with my good friends James!"

"Are you an angel or something? You were talking about getting my spirit?"

She looked quite young, fourteen or thirteen.

"Yeah, I'm an angel. You were my first spirit I was assigned to. We can be friends! Say – why don't we come and meet James together? He's an angel too!"

"Uh… sure. But wait – first, uh… Aisling, I need to ask you something."

"Yeah?"

"Have you heard of a Sirius Black that came here?"

Aisling half frowned, and her eyebrows furrowed, as she appeared to be thinking.

"I think I've heard that name before, but I can't remember. Might've been the assignment I had for getting my wings, but you know, angel's wing assignments are all erased. Only the head angel knows the assignments, and they're recorded into his head. But Chan's spirit got destroyed, so I'm afraid I can't be much help for that. Don't worry, you usually find your old friends who died in a matter of minutes!"

"Wait – so you had an assignment with Sirius Black?"

"Possibly. I told you, all wing assignments are erased from our minds. Just traces are left behind. Tiny names. Of course, the memories can be triggered by some things, but those clues are usually destroyed. Come to think of it, I don't understand why they are destroyed. I guess it's because some of them are harmful to the spirits so we can't repeat them again. Only harmful assignments and wing assignments are erased."

Remus's heart sank. So angels here would be of no use.

"What about the head angel? Can I see him?"

"I told you too, Chan got destroyed!"

"Oh – so this Chan was the head angel?"

"Yes."

"But if he died, he has records left over, right?"

"He's supposed to, but you see, Chan didn't like to write things down. He always thought there wasn't anything that could destroy him. But one of his big assignments went wrong and he died. I was there, but I can't remember what, because it was part of my wing assignment, and they erased that."

"Hold on – spirits can be destroyed?"

"Sure. But it's really hard. The way most people get destroyed is when they take trips back to the Living if they're not angels. Angels are specially protected for that, but not normal spirits. There are special ones though, who are pretty strong and can make it, but very few of them exist here. Of course, not too many spirits go back to the Living, because – number one, there hasn't been any entrance to the living found. Angels can apparate, in a way, to the Living, but normal spirits can't."

Great. So that meant, that they had a chance of being destroyed when they were going back. Then they wouldn't even be spirits or ghosts.

They were strolling into a busy city, when Remus saw people with Muggle clothes on.

"Aisling, do wizards and witches live among Muggles?"

"Oh yeah. It's pretty cool. They know all about magic. It doesn't matter anymore, because we're already dead, you know? Where would good muggles go when they die? We share."

"Ok. So, we have money here. Same as the Living. Galleons, sickles, knuts, and you should know about that. We can eat here. We have apartments here. We have everything the Living has. Got it? Good. Ok. I'm done with that assignment. Now we can actually talk!"

"Uh… right."

"Well, ok, fine, we'll talk when we get to the café."

"Fine," Remus said. He needed time to think.

But soon this angel was pushing him into a small café. The smell of coffee drifted out.

"Ok – not to be rude, but can you stop pushing? I mean, you're only like… thirteen or something, and I'm almost into my forties."

"I'm almost fourteen!" Aisling said brightly, "And really? I think James is also almost in his forties! I love hanging out with old people?"

"Hey watch the old comment. Forty's pretty young!"

Aisling rolled her eyes, as she steered him to a table. The person sitting there made Remus stop abruptly.

It was he who spoke first.

"Moony?"

Ok, sorry this chapter was short, but it's just an introduction to the spirit world. Not that you need one if you read Into the Spirit World, but yeah. If you were too lazy to read that, it's just an intro. More later! Thanks all reviewers. For you I have:

SHOUTOUTS!

ShOrTnSwEeT9013: Yes. It was supposed to be Remus. I write too many Sirius stories, so if I'm not paying attention, sometimes I type Sirius. Sorry about that.

Kyo's Babe: Yes I did, as I told shortnsweet, I write too many Sirius stories. Thanks for all the nice compliments! Oh yes, taboo is just like, it's hard to explain, but it's something that's strictly forbidden, basically. A fancy word for 'we're not allowed to'.

GMUXMenSoaps: I think we all can't wait to see Sirius again! Frankly, for me, I was excited to write about Aisling again. I love writing her. I guess a lot of people like angels to be pure or something, but you know, I don't want to be cliché.

Sirius-Black-SFan: Oh no, I stink at cliffhangers. It's not my thing. I'm trying harder to write them now. Lol. I don't think it's that great. But I'm surprised someone does. Heehee!

Lily-James14: HUZZAH! I'm happy to be making you happy! Yes, losing connection makes this all a bit more fun – for I get to torture Mr. Moony! And – you'll find out about the note. But a while from now… sorry 'bout that. Try to keep sane until you find out, k?

IamSiriusgrl: You know, you are like my official complimenter:)

Dragon of Apocalypse: Can I write Erin instead of your penname now? Well, thanks for all the encouragement:)

Thanks all reviewers! Kudos! I especially love ya'll who review every chapter! I'm very happy about this, and yes, this WILL be much longer than Into the Spirit World, which was a very stinky fic that ended too fast. This one will be better.