Once inside the restaurant the others did their best to try and pick up Marty's spirit and get her out of the mood she had been in. She put on a good face fooling everyone except Hannibal.

He knew something was wrong with Marty but he just couldn't put his finger on it. He began to study her face trying to see if there was anything that would give him a clue but she was unreadable. 'Something is going on she has never acted like this before. Once I get her alone we are going to have to talk.' He thought.

Marty could feel Hannibal's eyes on her 'I know he is wondering what's wrong with me lately. I wish I could tell him but there's so much that I don't know.' 'I'm just going to have come up with something….but what?' she thought.

Later when they went back to the hotel the others had called it a night but when Marty went to do the same Hannibal stopped her "Baby, we need to talk." Marty sighed and sat back down on the couch. "Okay, what do you want to talk about?" she asked knowing damn well what he wanted. "What is wrong I have never seen you this depressed before? What gives?" He asked as he sat down beside her a lit a cigar.

Marty swallowed and looking deep into his blue eyes knowing in her mind what she wanted to say but insteadshe said "A person who I never expected to hear from again has come back into my life."

Hannibal looked at her quizzically "Who?" he asked with just a bit of jealousy in his voice. 'It better not be another guy.'

Marty smiled ' He thinks it's another guy' and said "No, nothing like that, she watched over me and helped me when I was younger. In essence she was the only true family I had, I have I mean."

Hannibal puffed on his cigar and to Marty it looked like he was thinking in essence so was she because after going over the memories again in her mind she realized that she was a witch but she was still confused. 'Why is it now that all this is coming back to me? What is pulling me back to the place I left all those years ago? More importantly why did I leave my home?'

She stifled a yawn "Look I'm really tired could we talk about this in the morning."

Hannibal looked at with narrowed eyes 'What is she hiding' then said in his voice he uses for giving orders "Alright will let you off the hook for right now Baby but we are going to talk in the morning you got it." Marty gave a small smile 'Hmm now is the time to smooth things over just a bit' and got up from the couch and with a wink she said in her best sultry voice "Now let's get to bed." He smiled putting out his cigar in a nearby ashtray and quipped as he got off the couch "Flirt"

Marty laughed as she walked into the bedroom with Hannibal right behind her. She had gone into the bathroom and Hannibal being as sneaky as he was managed to get behind her and wrap his arms around her waist stealing a kiss on her ear. Marty shivered even though lately she and Hannibal had been getting friendlier she still felt this wasn't right.' I don't know why this doesn't feel right? I mean its not like I don't know him at all. No this is right...it has to be.' She thought and with a smile on her lips she managed to turn around while still in his arms to face him and kissed him.

Marty went to sleep that night a bit confused and after a moment of tossing and turning she finally fell into a fitful sleep. Sometime during the night she began to dream…..

(She was outside and the weather was quiet warm. She realized as she looked around that she was standing in a cemetery and it seemed that she was at a funeral. She spotted the casket and notices all the yellow and white roses surrounding it. 'I wonder whose funeral this is' She also noticed a group of people wearing what at first to her mind were funny looking clothing but then she looked down at herself and noticed she was wearing the same kind of clothing. As Marty stepped closer she saw out of the corner of her eye someone leaning up against a tree near by. As she got a closer look she instantly knew who it was…'Severus' He was dressed in black and staring towards the casket with a mixture of hatred and sadness. As she continued to watch, the funeral soon came to a close and each person that was there placed a yellow rose beside the casket. After they were gone Marty noticed that Severus was the only one left and was walking slowly up to the casket. Marty followed him cause she was curious as to who the person was that had passed. She watched him as he laid a black rose inside the casket and whisper "Rest in Peace My Love" and gives that person a kiss and slowly walked away.

Marty slowly made her way towards the casket and was shocked to see that it was her that was lying in the casket….)

Marty woke up and sat straight up in bed sweating and her heart was pounding. 'I can't be dead, I'm right here…oh god I'm so confused……' She slowly got out of bed making sure not to wake up Hannibal and crept out into the living area. She stayed there the rest of the night she couldn't sleep. Memories of her past were playing over and over again in her mind. One in particular stood out more then anything……

("I can't believe the damn Ministry doesn't believe what we are trying to tell them…what a bunch of morons including that idiot Fudge!" Martintha exclaimed pacing back and forth in front of the fire place. "Yes they are dolts Martintha so it is up to us to stop this creature since no one will listen." Martintha stopped pacing and faced Severus saying "You do realize that if something goes wrong I'm going to be in even bigger trouble then I am now. Tell me Severus are you sure you want to risk helping me with this?" "Yes Martintha I am willing to risk everything to help you and you know that." Severus said giving her a genuine smile and pulled Martintha onto his lap kissing her and said "I love you,")

Marty came out her trance more confused then ever. She couldn't understand what all this meant. She sat there on the couch for a while then decided that she needed to get some air.

She quickly got dressed and grabbed one of the security cards from the coffee table and headed out.

As she walked around London she kept wondering how she was going to explain anything to Hannibal or the others for that matter.

Marty soon found herself in front of an old building with an old sign of a cauldron on it. Marty at first couldn't figure out what it was about the building that made her stop but then as she observed other people walking around her noticed that they didn't pay any attention to the building at all. 'That's strange' she thought.

As she was standing there contemplating weather or not to go inside the building, she felt a hand rest on her shoulder. Marty let out a yelp and when she turned around she saw that it was Hannibal.

"God you scared me!" She exclaimed. "What are you doing wandering around out here in the middle of the night?" Hannibal looked at her and said "I could ask you the same thing Baby."

Marty thought quickly "Well I couldn't sleep so I decided to go for a walk. I've got a lot on my mind."

"You are still thinking about that friend of yours?" He asked

"Yes, I am." Marty replied. 'Duh! course I'm also thinking about someone I once was involved with but you don't need to know that.' She thought sacastically.

"Well if you are worried about her that much then you should go and see her."

Marty smiled and said "Well it's not quiet that easy and it's a long ways from here, tell you what I'll go and see her and catch up with you guys back in LA in about a week or so." 'Yeah right, I have a feeling I'm not going to come back to you guys.'

Hannibal looked at her as if she had slapped him in the face. "No." He said in a stern voice, "I don't think so, you have been acting odd and now you are pushing us away." Marty started to protest but Hannibal cut her off "I don't know who this woman is but you are willing to put her ahead of us, of me and that is not going to happen. So we will go with you to visit this woman friend of yours if for no other reason then to get a handle as to what is going on."

Small voices inside Marty's head kept screaming 'Don't let them go with you its too dangerous.' She had to talk him out of doing this "Hannibal, you don't know what you are asking for or about to get yourself into." Hannibal replied, "I'll take my chances and the team will back you up no matter what you know that."

Marty sighed 'Yeesh he can't take a hint well if he wants to risk this then that is his problem' "Yes I know that but this is something that is completely different from anything we have ever tackled before and it….changes you once you have experience it."

"What the hell are you talking about? Is there something you are not telling me Baby?" Hannibal asked. Marty didn't know quiet how to answer that because she could only remember bits a pieces but she knew it was going to be dangerous what ever it is she had to do.

Marty shook her head "No, there isn't and don't say I didn't warn you." Hannibal agreed "Now let's get back to the hotel." He said offering his arm to her which she accepted.

As they were walking back all Marty could see in front of her was a path that lead straight back to the one place on this planet that her head told her she should not go but her heart longed be….Home.

(A/N: Okay I know this story is probally getting a bit more twisted and hopefully it will become a bit more clear in the next few chapters but not much I don't want to spoil the ending (evil smirk). I couldn't think of a title for this chapter so I left it as it was. Please bare with me and I will update again as soon as I can.)

TBC