AAAIH: Chapter 11

Sand Fights and Sea Saviours

Summer before 7th Year

I woke up the next morning feeling pretty fresh actually; we were going to the actual beach beach and we were going to have fun.

Ack. Damn.

Lily still isn't talking to us, I must fix this now!

I quietly walked over to Lily's bed, she was still asleep it was about half nine in the morning. We were leaving in an hour, good excuse to wake her up.

"Lily" I said gently shaking her a little. Lily opened her eyes a little and saw me.

"Cele?" she asked sleepily.

Bingo, point number one she used the shortened version of my name.

"Look I'm sorry to wake you up Lils but we're leaving for the beach in an hour we should be getting ready. Kat's in the bathroom right now" I told her.

Lily got up pulled her hair out of her face in a ponytail.

She glanced me, realising that "hey I just talked to my so called best friend Celeste Demesne".

I sighed and put my hands on hers,

"Look Lily, Kat and me are really really sorry for what we did we shouldn't have interfered with anything I know you are happy with Sam"

Lily looked at me and smiled.

"It's okay Cele you know I simply can't stay mad at you and Kat for long" replied Lily.

We hugged each other and just at that time, Katrina came speeding in wearing a wet towel over her head and jumped on us.

"YAY! We all make up! The Three Musketettes are back in business!" she cried. We laughed.

"Ewwww Katie you're head is all wet get off my bed!" said Lily shoving Kat off her duvet.

Kat rolled her eyes and used a heating charm to make her hair dry.

"So what were you doing last night Katrina?" I asked grinning.

Kat froze and turned around in shock.

"How-"

"I saw you sneaking out and putting a disillusionment charm on yourself…care to share?" I replied making space for her on Lily's bed.

"All right Sherlock, I was following the Marauders after dark and I found out something" said Kat in a low whisper.

"What?"

"You have to vow not to tell anyone. Ever"

"As long as you didn't see them murder anybody-" began Lily laughing

"No stupid! I'm serious"

"Do we have to make the unbreakable vow?"

"No just vow, and I'll kill you if you break it"

"Okies"

Lily and me put our hands on Kats and vowed not to tell anyone what she saw last night.

There was a silence and Kat closed her eyes.

"Remus is a werewolf," she said suddenly.

Lily gasped; I clapped my hand over my mouth.

"But please guys, I know it is like all shocking but don't say-"

"We won't" I finished firmly, Lily nodded.

"The poor thing that explains a lot" said Lily quietly.

"I know," said Kat with a sad smile.

---------------------------------------xoxoxoxoxoxox-------------------------------------------

"Kat NO!"

"Cele I'm going to be honest with you it is going to look weird if you don't" replied Kat shaking her head in disapproval.

"What?" asked Lily coming into the room with our breakfast.

"She doesn't want to wear a bikini"

I folded my arms,

"I have not worn a bikini since-" I counted my fingers, "I was six, okay? And besides I wouldn't look good in one"

"You need to get out more Cele," commented Kat grinning. I thumped her with a pillow.

"Ow…look Cele, you've got to start liking yourself! You are a gorgeous girl okay?" said Kat pleadingly.

"Okay" I said rolling my eyes and agreed to wear the damn bikini.

"Yay! We're all Cali girls now! Lets put these on and get outside!"

"Heh maybe Cele and me should wear one-piece swimsuits then you'll look weird," commented Lily.

"No!" protested Katrina

"Okay! Just joking"

"You two would be total tomboy's without me," said Kat huffily,

"Exactly"

We all changed, Lily in white, me in black and Kat in red. We wore the sarongs that Aunt Jenny lent us and stepped outside.

"Hey the Marauders are coming too right?" I asked as we walked down to the beach.

"Yup Aunt says that they're already here" replied Kat merrily.

Lily grumbled,

"We're going to have to put up with them then"

"Well they're not that bad 'speshly Remus" said Kat skipping along ahead of us.

"Well he's alright but Black especially is going to be drooling so much that we'll need a couple of buckets so he doesn't flood the place" replied Lily laughing.

"Hey wait a second Kat" I said, Kat both stopped and turned to me.

"What?"

"You said especially Remus…do you have a thing for him?" I asked a little slyly.

Kat looked shocked,

"No way! Remus is just my friend though…"

"Though what?" asked Lily and me.

"He looks so shmexy when he sleeps!" Katrina blurted. I almost fell over with laughter, Lily almost cried and Kat was just standing there looking out to the ocean with this dreamy look in her face.

"Oh my god!" I said finally.

"Heh c'mon you can't blame me, I'm just a girl after all"

"And so are we" said Lily.

"Well are you sure about that?" asked Kat raising an eyebrow.

SMACK!

Two bucketfuls of sand from two mad girls splattered Kat's bikini.

"OH I WILL GET YOU TWO FOR THAT!"

"SANDFIGHT!"

Kat chucked sand in my hair. Lily flipped a load of seaweed back. I got two buckets of water and dunked them over both of their heads.

Lily and Kat both gave me an evil glare.

"Celeste Demesne that was a big mistake" said Lily wickedly.

I screamed and ran for it. My two best friends coming to murder me!

"AAAAAAH!"

BANG!

I bashed into someone.

"Errr…sorry" I began but immediately stopped as I looked up.

Marauder. Idiot.

Sirius Black was standing there, his friends behind him with this wild grin on his face wearing blue swimming trunks that were too small.

"Move Black…please?" I asked a little coldly.

"Uh oh"

Lily and Kat with they're two buckets of water each were coming they lunged at me.

Quickly dodging, they missed me and chucked water all over Sirius.

"Holy Shit!" he cried, dripping with wet seaweed and seawater.

"Well it was better than nothing," said Lily shrugging. Kat couldn't stop giggling and the rest of us just couldn't stop laughing.

Sirius gave me a sinister death glare,

"Demesne, no one touches Sirius Black…I will get you for that"

"You wish" I replied raising an eyebrow.

"Lets play a game!" said James.

"Sure what?"

"Truth or Dare"

"Huh?" said almost all of us.

Remus laughed,

"It's a muggle game, we each have turns to either do a truth or a dare, sit in a circle," he explained.

All six of us sat in a circle on the sand, I caught Sirius's eye. Uh oh. What had I got myself into?

"I'll start," announced James looking at all of us.

He turned his eye to Katrina,

"Katie truth or dare?" he asked.

It was pretty obvious what she was going to say; Kat would rather die than back down from a dare.

"Dare" she replied.

"Okay huddle peeps what are we going to dare Katrina?" asked James we all made a tighter circle.

I noticed Lily was the furthest away from James though.

"Kat kat kat" I thought.

"There must be something she'd hate to do"

"I know," said Lily grinning, I was more than glad for her participation.

"Katie would never take off her clothes in public"

"Very good Miss Evans" said Sirius winking.

"You want her to strip in public?" asked Remus bewildered.

"Ah don't complain Moony I know you'll enjoy it" said Sirius ruffling his hair.

"You're a perve Padfoot"

"It's my doggy side"

"Ewww" I said, "Look not completely okay, 'cause I for one thing don't want to know"

"Maybe Moony wants too see another Moony though," replied Sirius winking and nudging Remus.

"SIRIUS BLACK!"

Remus grabbed a load of wet sand a dumped it on Sirius's head. Oozing down his face.

"REMUS LUPIN!"

Lily broke it up, still no bloody eye contact with James.

"Look you guys time for dare no fight"

"Yup, Lily go tell Kat"

"Ok"

Lily walked over to Kat was grinning but excepting the worst. I saw her eyes widen drastically and laughed.

Kat walked over to us and nodded.

"Fine then" she said coolly.

She whispered in my ear.

"I'm going to kill you for this Cele"

I didn't believe she was doing this.

Kat walked over to the rock pool and sat in it, back facing us.

Lily and me couldn't stop laughing. James and Remus having some courtesy turned away. Sirius was left there staring; I grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"Black however much I know your enjoying this, could you give her some privacy while she-"

"Is a free show? Not missing it Demesie"

"Don't call me Demesie"

"Awww Demesie is cute when she's mad"

"Shut up"

"Stop arguing you idiots" said Kat.

I couldn't stop laughing, as she stood there huddling herself (yes back facing you perves in an enclosed rock pool).

I suddenly heard new voices, I turned and saw a young couple arm in arm walking to the rock pool from the other side.

Oh shit.

"Kat err hide people coming!" hissed Lily as she spotted them too. Sirius burst out laughing which didn't help.

"How do ya expect me to hide? What submerge myself fully underwater or something and become invisible"

"The day we forget it" said Remus sighing.

"What your invisibility cloak?" said Lily?

"Yeah…how do you know?" asked James.

"Fudge Potter" replied Lily coldly.

"Hello guys" waved Katrina frantically grabbing seaweed to cover herself.

"Just put it back on!" I said as the couple approached nearer.

"Earth to Celeste, my bikini top has ripped! Don't you think I would've thought of that earlier" retorted Kat throwing us her torn top.

"Sorry"

"I should keep this and stick it in a scrap book" said Sirius grinning and catching the top.

"Don't you dare think about it BLACK!"

"Look Katrina catch" said Remus, turning and throwing her his t-shirt.

"Thanks…Why were you wearing a shirt Remus?" asked Kat hastily putting Remus's too-large-for-her-blue-shirt on.

"Katrina however much we all know you would like to see Remus without his shirt all the time…Poor Moony boy gets a little cold" replied James dryly. We all laughed. Remus blushed. Kat ran out of the rock pool furious (yes with the shirt on) and started throwing seaweed at James.

"Okay people second dare," said Lily as we all ran away from the couple that were looking very oddly at us.

"My turn!" cried Sirius and pulled us all down on some random place in the middle of the beach.

"I dare…" he began looking at us all. I had a tumbling stomach. I knew it was me.

"Celeste Demesne to go swim far out in sea" Sirius finished grinning evilly at me.

I turned white (whiter).

"C'mon Sirius…Cele hates swimming" said Kat pleadingly putting her arm around me.

"Yeah choose something different," added Lily doing the same.

"Katrina did you like stripping?" asked Sirius.

Kat gave him an infamous death glare.

"Thought So. Exactly"

"I'll go," I said at last wearily. I wasn't going to avoid this, especially with Sirius Black out for revenge.

Before anyone could say anything, I took off my sarong and walked towards the ocean. The breeze was a little humid but calm, it soothed me a little as I looked out at the satin azure ocean, glimmering softly.

Surprisingly there weren't many Muggles out there; I guess it was getting to the evening. I looked up; the sky was an amber shade.

I took a deep breath. I was swimming in the ocean, far out. I never wanted to do this in my life. I was a terrible swimmer. I hated water.

I started walking into the water; okay I knew there was a point where I had to start swimming. I felt frozen, my heart thudding and my breathing sharp and quick.

The water was warm and I could feel the sand at my feet. I didn't want to step on anything sharp. I looked down and kept walking. I felt myself rising and looked back at the beach. Lily and Kat were standing there watching me. The Marauders sat down, Sirius eating something. I felt a rush of hatred at that moment. He was just there, uncaring; I could've drowned at this moment. Hate. Rage.

I started to swim now; well not really I was floating and moving my legs as swiftly as possible. I could still touch the ocean floor though. I was taller, that gave me comfort there would be a little more time before the water was higher than me.

The water was becoming colder now. There was no one else in my sight near me, I was alone. Crap.

Double crap, I was six foot deep now. Swimming pool deep end. I could manage right?

Wait a minute…it was darkening to evening…doesn't the tide come in.

Triple crap.

I wanted to go back now, the water is rising drastically. I turned around to see my friends.

Oh god.

There was something moving in the water. Its coming from my left, I can't see it to well. Maybe I'm not seeing anything really. I swear I saw something white yellowish.

I turned around, my head bobbing in the water.

I can't move, panic grips hold of me.

I scream.

There was this gigantic wave coming towards me, faster than hell I could swim.

Overlapping by the tides, larger than normal. Soon it would.

What about that thing in the water.

It couldn't be right.

I swear I saw it. It was probably coming towards me. I cry for help.

If only I could apparate. All of us had to get our licence first. Who the hell cares about a license? I was going to die! I couldn't move at that point in time whatsoever. I was frozen by fear.

I turned and waved and called.

Damn I'm shortsighted. I did not know whether they could see me or not.

I couldn't apparate now. I tried thinking of the beach. I had no concentration.

The wave.

Water.

My lungs then filled with water. I choke.

I closed my eyes.

I'm sure it's all over now.

I'm dead. Dead. Dead.

I can't feel myself.

I kept thinking all this things.

But then I felt…something. I snapped open my eyes, and saw in this foggy blueness…some eerie white light coming towards me.

A shark? I really don't want to be ripped to shreds as my death.

Was this Heaven?

That something what I felt, I was being lifted. I was rising somewhere. But where?

Something strong underneath my body was pulling me up. I closed my eyes; I felt this terrible sense of calm.

And I saw things then I'd never seen before.

In my mind I saw first my parent's wedding. How happy they wear, my mum, she was so beautiful especially in that crystal white dress she wore. My father didn't look to bad either, and all my uncles and aunts were there, in formal outfits. They all looked so happy. My grandparents looked over the moon.

I felt happy.

Then I saw my mother's face change, and another young women's face came into view. I couldn't believe it. It was me. The bride was me. I was so different, but it was me. The wedding changed, I was still wearing my mother's gown but my husband was different.

I couldn't see him; only that he was taller than me with wait…brown, black hair? It was dark hair not fair though.

I didn't believe it, was that real?

Then I saw the three of us. I felt happy.

Katrina, Lily and me, three amigos, three musketeers with our arms linked and head inclined in a sweet photo.

Then my mind went black.

I smiled, even though my body felt so weak. Was I dead? Was this heaven?

But if I had died, then I would've seen it last night. In one of my omens.

If I had died, why would I have seen my wedding?

Was that a dream too? Was I dreaming?

"Celeste" said a voice. I opened my eyes but all I saw was light, that eerie misty white light. No blue just white. I closed my eyes again

The voice was so gentle, so beautiful.

"Celeste" said another voice. I gently opened my eyes open. The voice was different, real, salty, deeper, husky but warm.

I was alive!

I looked up I could see the sky, pale blue with no clouds. I could feel Pismo Beach. Warm.

I felt I was being carried. By the white light?

Skin against mine. I was being moved.

My vision became less foggy and focused. I could hear voices.

All calling.

"Celeste"

"Are you alright?"

"Is she…she-"

"No"

Soft, caring, worried, crying.

I saw the face, the one who was carrying me, whoever it was looked down and grinned. That familiar...rougish grin? Dark wild hair? Blue..blue eyes...

HOLY CRAP.

SIRIUS!

Snapping back into reality was seriously (yes no pun..that joke is beyond sad) was not my thing.

I flipped my legs and whacked him in the face.

"AAAAAAH!" he shouted.

"AAAAAAH!" I screamed in shock. I was dropped. Not hard, but I felt my body thud. Andwet sand came against my cheek.

"CELESTE!" cried two voices in happiness and panic. Lily and Kat?

I was alive, alive, and alive.

My vision went black. I smiled. I felt a comfort in the darkness.

A/N

I'm so sorry that this took so long. I've been really busy. Tomorrow I go to Switzerland for five days no updates then but when I come back! Ya!

Hope you enjoyed this chappie, and no Cele is not dead. I wouldn't kill her off XP

THANK YOU

I 3 you reviewers, cookies, hugs, chocolate, fluff (lol), everything! All for you! Kat and Remus are on. Heh, it takes time but hey they're cool.

I'm so happy. Perfectly Sirius thank you so much for your review, if you're still interested I would 3 for you to beta for me! I don't have a beta reader and sorely need one. Corina, thank u so much too! You rock (lol) Heh I love Katrina, she's a part of me. All three amigo girls are. Kat is based on my best friend. They're both hilarious!

Calibabe…lol…thank you for your review a lot. Heh I'm happy. Yes I have been to Cali three times in my life. I've actually been to Pismo Beach when I was seven. But the best visit for me was to LA I have relatives there.

Anyways look out for me! I'll post cookies on my profile probably.

Butterfly

Xox