Chapter 35: Who Am I?

"Good to see you back professor." A student said as Faith passed through the halls. She gave the student a smile and headed into the Divination room. Sarah was walking over to her desk looking at a piece of parchment as the last few students left.

"Faith, When'd you get back?" Sarah asked with a smile when she noticed her friend.

"I just got back. Wanted to spend some time at home but I'm back to teaching." She answered with a smile.

"That won't make Severus very happy. I think he rather liked teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"He'll adjust."

"Yes, I'm sure he will." Sarah said with a chuckle and sitting on the edge of her desk.

"I'm sure you know this already but, the full moon is in a week." Faith said taking a seat behind the desk and looking up at the fake starlit ceiling.

"Of course. Feburary 14th is the first night."

"Yes, and that night we will find out if…ya know. I'm a werewolf or not." Faith said giving a small shrug.

"I remember. Do you think you are?" Sarah asked. Faith sighed and leaned back in the chair. She spun the chair around and looked up at the ceiling. She stopped the chair from spinning with her foot and said

"I don't know. I mean it's not like I'm hoping to be or anything…" She said trailing off and looking at Sarah who gave an understanding nod.

"Have you been practicing becoming an animagus yet?" She asked raising an eyebrow.

"A little."

"Faith! You need to become one. If you don't and aren't a werewolf than Remus could bite you or worse!" Sarah said sternly.

"I know." Faith said sighing and getting up out of the chair.

"I tried to become one when I was with Sirius back home…but we kept getting distracted by the wedding." She said walking over to the window and watching as a first year ran by.

"Understandable. Have you picked out a date yet?" Sarah asked.

"I was thinking of taking Sirius." Faith replied with a sly smile.

"Don't be a smartass." Sarah said laughing.

"I mean WHEN is it?" She said giving Faith a playful smile.

"Oh is that what you meant?" Faith said teasingly. Sarah nodded.

"June 31" Faith said. Sarah gave a low whistle and said

"Really quickly then. Don't even give us much time to get out of school do you?" She said.

"No." Faith said with a smile.

"Already got the guest list ready?" Sarah asked.

"Sirius and I are still having troubles with that. Oh, Remus isn't invited." Faith said.

"What!" Sarah asked standing up.

"Just kidding. Your not invited." Faith said with a teasing grin. Sarah just gave her a glare which made Faith laugh.

"So have you at least discovered what animal you will be transforming into?" Sarah asked after a minute of silence.

"Uh…no." Faith replied shuffling her feet.

"Faith!"

"I know! That's the hardest part. I mean the animal picks the person not the other way around."

"That's right. I'm a cat because I'm shy, playful and quiet." Sarah said.

"How do you know your those things?" Faith asked raising an eyebrow.

"You just…do." Sarah said. Faith sighed and shook her head.

"Listen, Why don't you come by after dinner and we'll try and see if you can figure out your animal."

"Ok." Faith said giving a small smile.

"This is bloody hard." Sirius said while plopping down onto James's bed.

"No one said anything about it being easy." James said setting the book he and Sirius nicked from the Restricted Section of the Library down.

"How do we know if any of these people are even intelligent enough to tell us how to become an animagus?" Sirius asked sitting up on his hands.

"We just have to trust them." James said taking his glasses off and rubbing his eyes.

"Remind me. Why are we doing this?" Peter asked in his high pitched voice. Sirius heaved a hugh sigh and covered his face with his hand. He muttered something along the lines of 'Dumb Git'.

"Because we will be able to be with Remus on his..dangerous nights." James said simply and ran a hand through his hair messing it up.

"We've only got 18 more days till the full moon." Sirius put in.

"What do you think you'll be?" Peter asked James.

"I don't know something noble and brave probably. Something with courage and-" James started but was cut off by Sirius.

"Isn't the first rule to say who you TRULY are?" he scoffed. As Sirius gave a laugh a pillow came flying down on top of him.

"Ok. Stand there." Sarah instructed pointing to the center of the room. She went and sat on her desk with a book poised in one hand.

Faith moved to the center of the room and gave Sarah a curious look.

"Ok…it says….'Stand in a quiet room and close your eyes. Ignore everything else but yourself. Think of who you are and think only of yourself.'' Sarah read out of the book.

"Wow…this must have been really easy for James and Sirius then." Faith said laughingly and closing her eyes.

'Ok…Who am I? I am Faith Sloom. Future wife of Sirius Black, Best friend of-'

"Damn it. I thought of other people." Faith said in frustration, her eyes bursting open.

"Who'd you think of?" Sarah asked out of pure curiosity.

"Sirius, You, Remus, Lily, and James."

"Try again." Sarah said giving a nod to Faith.

'Try this again, I am Faith Sloom. I am smart, sarcastic, a bit violent at times. I have dark brown hair and brown eyes. My favorite sport is Quidditch and I was a Chaser until I beat the shit out of Lucius-'

"Ah, bugger this." Faith said

"Give it another shot." James said to Peter as his eyes opened and still didn't have an animal.

"Well if it isn't deer boy." Sirius said as he and Remus entered the boys dorm.

"Actually he is a Stag." Remus corrected.

"Deer, Stag. Same thing." Sirius said shrugging. He walked over and grabbed James's butterbeer sitting next to one of the many books.

"I don't think you have an animal yet. And in case you've forgotten we have 14 days left till the full moon." James said with a smile.

"I've got time." Sirius said with a wave of his hand.

"You know…you guys don't have to do this." Remus said quietly sitting on the edge of his bed.

"What are you saying? Of course we do. We're the Marauders. Gotta stick together." Sirius said taking a large gulp of butterbeer.

"Yeah. Peter almost has his animal." James put in. Remus gave a shy smile and looked down at his feet. He heard Sirius mutter something like 'Probably a rat '

"Can't we just give up?" Faith asked as she took a drink of Sarah's butterbeer.

"No." Sarah snapped rescuing her butterbeer.

"We've been at this for 3 days." Faith said plopping down into a students desk.

"Give it one last try. Come on." Sarah said looking at the time. Faith sighed and stood up. She closed her eyes and thought.

'Faith Anne Sloom. I am sarcastic, and smart. I have gotten into several fights. I am a troublemaker, a woman. I am in love. I am a godmother. I am … a deatheater' The tattoo on her arm gave a twitch and burned. Her eyes burst open. She smiled and said

"Got it."

(A/N: Faith's a godmother. What? Yup, it's true. Bet you didn't know that till now did ya? Also I knew this question was going to come up sooner or later. How is it that Sirius is able to go places without being arrested. Well, I tried to sneak it in subtly but I still knew that people would wonder. After Sirius died, the Ministry got information that he wasn't a deatheater. His slate was wiped clean and none of the real deatheaters cared because they figured he was dead and gone for good. )