Another World

JKR owns all the characters you recognize. As said, Aisling Poroir, Maria Poroir, and all those peoples you DON'T recognize are mine.

Yay for chappie 8! I dunno. –Moony

Chapter 8

Aisling pushed him out the door and into the elevator. For fourteen, she was pretty strong – and dang strong-headed at that.

"I can't wait 'til we apparate. I can stay even later! I only have two more years! Is apparating fun? Is it way more convenient? Do you ever walk to places now with apparition? Do you even walk? Do you remember how to walk? Do you apparate every few feet? What does it feel like? How do you do it? Is there a certain way? Why do we have to wait until sixteen?"

Remus's head spun. It seemed she had said all this in only twenty seconds.

"I don't know about fun, but it is convenient. Yeah, I have to walk to places, because of children who can't apparate. And obviously, I haven't forgotten how to walk, and I do walk, because I've walked with you. I don't apparate every few feet. And I dunno how to explain what it feels like. There is a certain way, but I am in no mood to describe it at the moment. And I don't know why the age is sixteen."

The elevator stopped and Aisling grabbed his wrist and dragged him out of the building.

"I don't need to be dragged."

"Sorry."

Aisling let go immediately. The Spirit World was a beautiful place. Everything was clean, every person was friendly, every shop had beautiful items. Here, there seemed to be no worries. All evil wizards went to Hell, and you couldn't really die again, so you could do anything you wanted.

At last, they arrived a cozy looking home and Remus followed her in.

"AUNTIE I BROUGHT MY ASSIGNMENT PERSON!" she yelled.

A petite lady came in, her chestnut hair identical to Aisling's, done into a tight bun. She smiled at him.

"I'm sorry Aisling dragged you here," she said.

"Oh no, I came of my own free will."

"Well, that's good. Sometimes Aisling forgets what other people think."

"Hey!" Aisling whined.

"Well, I'm Remus Lupin."

"Maria Poroir. Is there a special reason you wanted to come?"

"Yes, you are part of the Council?"

Remus heard a snort of 'duh' from Aisling.

"Yes I am."

"Well, you see, I wanted to speak to this Council. I was sent to the Spirit World, to bring back a particular spirit named – "

But there was a knock at the door. Maria gave a jump and hurried to answer the door.

"Why don't you discuss it with the rest of the Council?" she asked. "You can stay for dinner."

Remus nodded as four witches and wizards came in. They were an odd looking group. There were four of them. They all had very solemn looks on their faces, and something about them was sort of creepy. One of them seemed to be sucking on a lemon, and her hair was turning shades of black and then back to gray and black. Another woman's hair looked as if it were on fire. Oddities like this were kind of hard to ignore, but Aisling went up to them as if they were completely normal people, not on some Council who made the laws of the spirit place.

"We won the client war, Roxanne!" she said happily. "Again!"

"That's because you force people to go to Maria!" Roxanne said, laughing. Remus noticed she was the only one that had been smiling as they walked in.

"Nuh-uh! They like Auntie better!"

The lady, Roxanne, rolled her eyes and went over to Maria Poroir.

"Hello Maria! Good of you to invite us over to discuss matters!"

"No problem, you all needed a place, I had one!"

"Who's that?" a man asked, pointing at Remus.

"Oh, that's Remus Lupin. He wanted to speak to us all about an important mission he was sent here to complete."

"Mission? People don't get killed just to complete a mission, that's taboo. And the law of taboo is the spirit must be destroyed," the man said suspiciously.

"I suppose we'll find out what the mission is, and why it broke the taboo," Maria said.

Remus shivered. The man had looked at him with icy cold eyes. He had a feeling that this man didn't like him here, and he didn't trust him either. Remus hoped that he wasn't going to try to petition for Remus's spirit to be destroyed. Remus watched as the man's wary eyes turned toward Maria.

"I'm dreadfully hungry, can we eat?" he asked, in the same bored voice had had used before.

"Certainly!" Maria said, and led them to the kitchen.

Remus stayed behind to speak with Aisling, who apparently was doing the same.

"Aisling, who was that man who was saying that it was taboo for me to be here for a mission?" he asked.

"Him? That's Darce. After Drake retired, he got voted in. I really don't like him though. He freaks me out. I dunno why Drake retired so suddenly! I don't like Darce at all. He's snappy and distrusting of everyone."

Remus sat down in an empty seat, and looked uncertainly around. It was very odd to eat dinner at friends' homes to him, but even odder when he was eating dinner with people he had only just met. He hadn't ever been the social type, and the Council's solemn faces and hollow eyes only made it feel odder and colder.

He ate his stew in silence, until Maria brought up the subject of his mission again.

"Now then, I do believe we should hear what Mr. Lupin has to say," she said, smiling at him.

Forks clinked, and all the heads turned to look at him.

"All right. I was sent to the Spirit World, to complete a mission. You see, there was a certain wizard, who was killed before his registered death. We then found out, from a Seer's prophecy that this particular wizard had a great effect on the whole war going on in the Living. It was then said, that this wizard must be brought back. So, they sent me here to do it."

The eyebrows rose.

"How could that be possible? Few wizard die before registered deaths," one man said.

"Yes, and another thing is, how could you be 'sent' to do this? They just killed you?"

"There's also the fact that it is taboo to bring dead spirits back."

They were not helping. This was hopeless.

"You see, there is this veil in the Department of Mysteries in the Living. Apparently, this veil is the entrance to death. The wizard I've been sent to retrieve fell through that, and I went through it to retrieve him. You must understand, that if this wizard is not retrieved, the whole world will be doomed."

"Fair, fair. Circumstances can be made. The question is – who is this wizard?"

"Sirius Black."

At this statement, all five heads shot up. Eyes grew wide. An awkward silence fell over the room, as they all stared. Remus's heart began to race. He knew they knew something. How many people went all silent over one name?

"Do you… do you know something?" he asked tentatively.

"We don't!" the man who had been distrusting to him said harsly. "We know nothing of such a man, he never came here and we have no records. Don't bother us with childish jokes and such. We have more important matters."

What? Remus had been so sure! This wasn't possible.

"Yes. We don't, please do not joke around. There is no 'Sirius Black' in the records."

They all nodded in agreement. Remus turned red.

"No, I assure you it's true. We saw him go," he said desperately.

"We do not have any records of this man in Hell or the Spirit World!"

The matter was dropped immediatley. Remus did not dare say anything more. It seemed no one knew what had happened to Sirius. But what was going on? He was certain they knew something, why else had they gone so quiet at the mention of his name? Why weren't there records in Hell or Spirit World? And if he wasn't here, then how come he wasn't in the Living either, as James had suggested? Was it possible his spirit had been destroyed?

It was certainly a possibility. Remus's heart ached as he thought about Sirius being destroyed, gone forever. That couldn't be. No, it couldn't. How could that happen? Sirius couldn't be destroyed! Sirius had to live! Sirius had to save the Living!

The dinner passed by quickly, and as Remus prepared to leave after the people, Maria grabbed his arm.

"Wait," she whispered.

She watched the others go, then beckoned him closer.

"I know something about Black that might help. I know that his mother has a hint of information of what happened to him. You must go to her. She is the only person I know who knows what happened to him. She lives far away from here, in a city called Tsudnwot, please visit her, I know she will help you."

"Thank you," Remus said.

He walked out the door into the outside world. The sun was setting, and it was a beautiful sight, but Remus did not notice. His mind was racing hard. She had said that Sirius's mother knew something… but he wasn't sure if he would be welcome to his mother…

SHOUTOUTS:

ShOrTnSwEeT9013: Aisling gets excited over many things, and when she does she talks a mile a minute, driving everyone crazy!

IamSiriusgrl: Yes, it's because Aisling is older, at fourteen, therefore, more mature, but still the same bubbly girl!

GMUXMenSoaps: Yup. That was my plan. I won't answer the question about where Sirius is, or I'll spoil the whole plot point. Keep reading!

dweem-angel: I'm sure you're all wondering what happened to Sirius! But I won't say! Hehe, it's all in my little imagination. Aisling rox! Remus is so confused, and he's going to be more confused, because it's a confusing world. Don't worry, you'll see more of James and Lily soon!

Sirius-Black-Sfan: Aisling WAS based on a hyperactive friend.

RonniekinzLuvr: Thank you! Thank you! I'd really like to improve my writing style, because I use too much dialogue, but thanks for the compliments anywhoo!

Erin: Don't you update? I thought you did. I won't say howRemus gets out.You think and you read, and you'll find out how!