Later that night Magdalene was sitting in her dormitory brushing her long thick hair until it shone resiliently. She heard footsteps coming up the stairs, but she didn't move. Normally she would retreat to her bed and pull the hangings closed and would stay hidden until all the other girls were asleep. Not tonight however.

"She is such a freak!"

" I know! She thinks she can just come out and shake out her stupid hair and every boy in this school will look at her."

"Who is she to think she can just take two of the best-looking boys in the school! I mean James is one thing. But Sirius! How many girls have looked at him and wanted him? And how many girls has he actually staid truthful too?"

" She had to have cast a love spell, because I know James was in love with Lily Evans."

" Is Lily that Gryffindor with those green eyes? The one who keeps spurning James?"

"Yeah but---"

The girls had reached the dormitory and stared open agape at Magdalene who ran from the dormitory her hair rippling after her.

"Wait!" One of the girls yelled at her, but Magdalene couldn't stop. Her feet flew as she ran down corridors and stairs, if anyone had seen her they would of sworn that she was a phantom gliding across the halls to the unknown. So she ran until she reached the Great Lake on the outside of Hogwarts.

Out of breath and crying silently she stopped and gazed around her. The Great Lake never seemed so beautiful! The lake glimmered like crushed diamonds had been dusted over the water, and the full moon rippled and played with the waves, and the water never looked more inviting. She stripped of her robes and the clothes underneath to reveal only her black satin bra and underwear.

She paused for only a second before she dove into the icy cold depths of the lake. Swimming had never felt so good! She dove and twirled underwater like there was no tomorrow. Gliding under the waves like a dolphin was certainly a lot better than crying on a muddy piece of ground. Magdalene emerged to the surface to see a figure approaching from the darkness. The figure came closer and closer, and fear jabbed deep in her heart, she knew it was impossible but she couldn't help but think that it was the Dark Lord coming for her. The figure came into the moonlight and she saw it was Sirius. Her heart skipped a beat, as he came closer. His dark elegant hair hung just past his grey eyes, and he wore a smile that made something inside of her twist.

"It's a bit cold to be swimming, don't you think?" He asked being a tad bit flirty.

"Its not cold at all." Magdalene lied. Sirius watched the water for a second before stripping to his boxers and silently gliding in the water towards her. He was shivering, but obviously not trying to let on that he was freezing. She laughed and splashed the moonlit water towards him, "Hey!" he yelled.

"Get over here!" Sirius demanded with a pretend angry look etched onto his face.

"What if I don't want to?" Asked Magdalene with a phony cocky grin plastered on full blast. "Fine I'll come after you!" He grinned as he splashed towards her. She gave a shriek as she splashed him over and over again with the freezing water, but that didn't even deter him. She tried swimming away before he caught her around the middle and all of her shrieking and giggles subsided as he drew her in closer to him. She took a nervous breath as he held her just a distance away from him, just close enough to feel him and yet far away enough to look her in the eyes.

Her eyes were so damn pretty he thought. They were like two black opals with shimmering stars set in the middle. A lock of wet hair was temptingly positioned across her cheek. He brushed it aside with a tender caress of his hand. She shivered at the touch and somehow Sirius didn't think it was the water that was making her shiver like this.

"Why won't you tell me?" He asked her softly.

"Tell you what?"

"Tell me about your life, tell me about you, and who you are. Tell me the things that you have never told anyone, tell me."

"If I tell you. You wouldn't believe me."

"How do you know I won't believe you if you haven't even told me yet?"

Sirius asked her while looking deep in her eyes. He wanted her to trust him. He wanted to be the first one that she ever said anything to. He needed her to spill her secrets and let them go. He wished to help her, and in order to let him to let him do that she needed to open up to him.

Tears gushed down her cheeks as she fought every impulse to tell him. She longed to curl up in her ball and be quiet and not say anything. She gritted her teeth as the words fought to pour out. She longed to hug Sirius and to tell him everything, but she couldn't do it.

"Magdalene, you have a fire inside of you that is waiting to melt the ice that has reached inside of your heart. Its small, but it burns. It could bring you back to life and melt the ice that surrounds you. If only you would just let it. If you didn't have that fire, or that sparkling star inside of you the curse that you have weighted so heavily against you, could kill! You have to live Magdalene, you have to say something, and accept the help of others, or you have no hope."

Magdalene looked fearful as Sirius said all this, yet she felt a spark of hope inside her, something burning waiting to flare up into an explosion of light and warmth. Her iced eyes and glazed heart had felt numb and cold all these years. She was longing to break free from all of it. Sirius was right here and right now, he wasn't dead in the future yet. She felt such a surge of gratitude towards Sirius that she leaned up on her toes and kissed him sweetly on the lips. Sirius was taken aback but was secretly pleased. He smiled faintly and just about to bend down for another kiss before, "Sirius! Moony is transforming! He needs us!" James shouted over to him from by the lakes bank. Sirius cursed as he looked up at the full moon that never until this moment looked more ominous. "I have to go! Moo- I mean Remus needs me." Magdalene looked scared and a bit confused. "What I don't under-" but before she could finish her sentence Sirius had waded out of the water and grabbed his clothes. "I'll see you tomorrow!" Sirius yelled over his shoulder. And ran as fast as he could with James up the knoll and towards the whomping willow and then vanished from sight.

Magdalene was now alone in the freezing Great Lake shivering her butt off. The wind chilled her even more and she was soon scared of the unexplained ripples that went around her feet. She crossed her arms over her chest and waded back towards land. She changed back into her damp jeans and sweater and was thankful for the Hogwarts robes that encompassed her shivering frame. She slowly marched back up to the giant Hogwarts castle that welcomed her.

She trudged back up to her dorm; mercifully the other girls were quiet if not asleep. She pulled her hair into a sleek ponytail and changed into her PJs then crashed in her bed pulling the covers up over her chin. Drifting slowly away she just realized how much she wanted peace, a simple dreamless peace…

She was back at her house again, except it was day. And her house wasn't on fire. There was nothing left but ashes scattered around the charred ground. The Dark Lord was standing in the middle of it all laughing like the maniac he was. She wanted to run, but her feet were stuck to the ground. The Dark Lord glided towards her, his cat like eyes watching her. She struggled but couldn't budge, she flinched when he took his pale spidery hands and stroked her face with a single finger. She shivered and he smiled, a huge ghastly grin that reminded her of the living dead. "I was going to kill you. But, I think you would serve me better alive." He whispered in a snakes hiss. Immediately she knew that he was only keeping her alive for her seer abilities. "You won't believe anything I tell you!" She shouted defiantly towards him. He laughed his crazy laugh as he stroked her cheek again and again. "Of course I'll believe you. I was the one who gave you your curse in the first place. And only I can take it off. It was not intended as a punishment. Oh no, I merely didn't anyone to find out the secrets that you see through your visions and dreams. Only I have access to that regiment of your mind, and when you've told me your secrets… Well," he said as he ran his hand through her hair. " You might have other uses," he leered.

"I'd rather die!" She snarled up at him. "That can be arranged," he whispered coldly. While running his finger up her back and causing her to shiver. "You would have been great as my mistress, its just to bad you've chosen death."

"There are worse things than death my Lord," she spat.

"Your wrong! There is nothing worse then death, and you are soon to find out." He hissed.

"I can't believe you were snogging her! She's my girlfriend!" James bellowed jealously across the Gryffindor common room.

"She kissed me!" Sirius retorted.

"I don't bloody care who was snogging who! Its enough that you did it!"

"Prongs…"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT! Only friends can call me that! And your no friend you backstabbing traitor!"

"James, listen."

"WHY SHOULD I!"

"Because your not in love with her!"

"And how do you BLOODY know that!"

"She's different James. She isn't any other girl to be messed around with! She isn't like any of the other girls in this school, or any school, muggle or magical. She isn't like Evans or-"

"Don't you dare bring Lily into this!" James snarled angrily.

"WHY NOT? You treat her just like you treat Magdalene. Like a toy to be played with! When you're bored with them you throw them away!"

"You should talk! What about all the other girls you go through!"

"She's different."

"I KNOW! That's why-"

"YOU DON'T KNOW!" Sirius bellowed, his usual quiet self evaporated into ripples of indignation and anger. He towered over James, and his grey eyes flashed like lightning. Bringing James back to earth, and back to reality.

"Wake up James! She isn't like any of us. She's completely different, she's seen horrors we could to never even imagine! How do I know? I've seen them in her eyes, she knows our futures, and she knows them all to well. And whatever they are, they aren't good."

Sirius breathed heavily as he said this, his grey eyes boring holes into James hazel ones.

James didn't flinch, and he didn't back down. He was not giving Sirius the satisfaction of giving up the last stand. Without a word except one cold hard stare that seemed to last an eternity. James turned his back on Sirius and slowly climbed up the stairs to the dormitory.