Part One: Memories of Hogwarts

Fourth Year

Chapter 1: A Screwed Up Essay

I never was a deep sleeper, every little noise awoke me; my mother thought I had insomnia, but the real reason was the nightmares.

My imagination was vast, like another world, and my mind played tricks on me, haunted me with horrible nightmares. But when I was eight years old, it was found out that my nightmares weren't just normal nightmares of young children, they were visions. I have a curse of seeing death.

I saw omens of people dying, most murdered by the dark lord, some torture…it was terrible. But I had to live with it, a foresight passed to me from thousands of years ago. There are only two other known magical people with this curse; one was an evil wizard, Salazar Slytherin's brother-Solomon. And another was a powerful witch, Morgarnia Avaliayne, my mother's ancestor, she was a good witch but she died at the age of twenty.

My curse is a secret, only members of my family know, and when I was in my fourth year at Hogwarts (which was actually my second-I transferred a year ago) I told Lily, she was my best friend and so I trusted her.

Also that year, was when many other events also happened, the most wonderful one was meeting my other best friend, Katrina Lavinstone.

Katrina was another transfer student, this time from America, with a little trace of a bubbly accent. She is the type of person who makes you smile and feel special; Katrina gives this light to people, though she probably doesn't know it.

Another event also happened during my fourth year…the Marauders became official. The Marauders were James Potter, big head Quidditch player and had a big crush on Lily, but was so annoying and had such a big ego she hated him with passion, probably the only passion she had for him. Also Sirius Black, womaniser, another Quidditch player and James best mate. Also Remus Lupin, the only sensible one, but that doesn't make him good, he's also smart or otherwise cunning. And Peter Pettigrew, who looks like mummies-quiet-good-little-boy (about the Marauders-not my words-Katrina's') but is so not.

They became official and started their pranks and chaos, and became even more popular than ever before especially with the girls.

Sirius and James went out with a different girl every day, literally, the longest a girl for them would last was a week, we all (Lily, me and Katrina) found this so disgusting, we were probably the only girls that had not fallen for their charms.

But James really liked Lily, he asked her out fifty times a day, but Lily hated James and of course would never go out with him, and was not playing hard to get either, but alas James is one heck of a stubborn guy…who probably likes the fun of the challenge and chase of Lily.

Katrina, well she was Katrina, happy fun and social, she was even happier going out with Mark Edwards, Ravenclaw fifth year.

That just left me, while Katrina was out with Mark and Lily putting her Anti-Potter spray into action, I was just doing my usual, as I was known as Miss-Study-Smart-A lot I got on with my History of Magic essay in the library, this is where it all began. Sirius and Peter were in the library too, for god knows what reason though… and I was just scribbling away when Sirius came up to my desk.

"Hey Peter, come over here, its Know-it-all zit girl," he shouted over to Peter.

"Be quiet it's a library!" bellowed Madame Prince over him.

Sirius ignored her. I went red with embarrassment, I was fourteen and I had a skin problems over the past years, I developed early and was spotty, but that was under control now, though I still had my breakouts I wasn't that bad. But the Marauders never forgot and I got teased, Lily and Katrina stood up for me, but it didn't stop. I was also good at the old books, so a know-it-all-straight-A-student, that caused me trouble as well as being tall for my age. Yeah, I had it all messed up, but I was modest and couldn't tell a mouse "boo", but I should have told Sirius to get lost.

"Please Sirius, I'm writing an essay that has to be in for tomorrow".

Sirius just smirked,

"Slipping up on our grades are we now? Ah lets see that essay, I'll check it for you", Sirius, before I could stop him grabbed my essay and started to crunch it up.

"NO!" I screamed and tried to get it back, but he was too tall even for my height and was fiddiling with it above my head.

"Here catch Pete", said Sirius laughing and throwing it to Peter. I lunged for my essay in Peter's hand; at least I was taller than him. But he quickly threw it back to Sirius.

"Oh no, this doesn't exactly look like Celeste Demesne standard to me, I guess we'll just have to get rid of this useless draft then", said Sirius and I screamed for him to stop but he had already chucked it out of the window.

I ran over to the window and looked out, my essay was a little white ball being consumed by the giant squid.

"ALL OF YOU GET OUT OF THE LIBRARY NOW!" screeched Madame Prince's voice over to me, Sirius and Peter. I grabbed my bags and walked out of the library, hearing footsteps behind me. Knowing it was Sirius and Peter I rushed back to the common room, but Sirius caught my hair at the portrait.

"Get off!" I shouted at him, this time making no effort to control my rage.

Sirius let go, and I bashed into the wall at the impact. I could hear laughter all around me and everyone staring, I was starting to cry reluctantly, my forehead bruised.

"What do you think your doing! What's going on?" demanded an angry voice. I saw through blurry vision, a flash of red hair. Lily. She came and gently helped me onto my feet, I muttered that I was fine, and I told her quietly about the essay.

That was the wrong move, when Lily's mad, her fuse is short she just explodes in fury.

She stormed up to Sirius.

"Who the hell do you think you are? You bully people for the sake of your enjoyment? Do you ruin people's work for your enjoyment?"

Sirius just rolled his eyes in boredom.

"Ah…its not like Demesne can't write another bloody essay", he replied. This time, I couldn't bottle up my anger…I was getting extremely pissed off with Sirius.

"DAMNIT BLACK!" I screamed, catching him by surprise, "I'M CRAP AT HISTORY OF MAGIC! THAT ESSAY TOOK ME SIX DAYS TO WRITE A FOUR FEET! I NEED TEN FEET!"

Even Lily looked shocked at my volume, which I didn't usually explode in.

I looked at Sirius with loathing, he was silent for once.

"Hey Padfoot, what's the noise about?" asked a voice, we all turned. It was James. As soon as he saw Lily was there, he automatically combed his hand through his hair and slid an arm around Lily's waist. Ah…but she wasn't having that now.

"Potter get off me!" she shouted; slapping his arm away.

"Hey hey…just trying to show some affection! So what's going on now?"

I looked at Sirius who caught my eye and I turned away and entered the common rooms without a word. I began a new essay…spilling small tears on the parchment.

Lily and Kat came up to our dorm. Room a while later, they put their arms around my shoulders and said softly.

"I'm so sorry"

I turned to Kat.

"You must have heard about the "incident" then" I mumbled.

Kat smiled at me.

"Oh yes, oh yes and I'm very proud of you for yelling at Black, but I remind you that that its my job to do that and he hasn't heard the last of it", She clicked her knuckles, "I'm so gonna kick his ass"

Lily and me laughed, Kat was joking she's too sweet, but I think she would dangerously hurt someone if she really wanted to.

"I'm not kidding! I know some serious kung-fu you know!" she replied laughing too.

"You couldn't hurt a fly Katty", said Lily to Katrina.

"Let alone a guy", I added.

Kat just chucked a pillow at us, and we both jumped back at her on the bed giggling.