Chapter four.

a/n: If you haven't read Emerald Eyes then there is really no point in reading this chapter cos' you won't understand it. Scary chapter, claudia the insane ex is back! hahahaha! read onto see what she's done now...

"James, where are you going?"

"Out."

"Out where?" Lily asked, looking worried, "Tell me."

"To find out who did it."

"Did what?" Lily asked, and then she realised, "Oh. James, please don't."

"I have to."

"James." Lily said in a firm tone.

"Lily, please let me do this."

"Fine, but be aware, stay alert at all times and keep your wand at the ready."

"Ok. Bye, I'll be home by five." He said, and kissed her on the cheek then walked out. Lily started to worry; she had a feeling that something awful was about to happen. She tried to focus on reading her book; 101 ways to create the perfect wedding. It was hard; she didn't like the feeling of anxiety that had overcome her.

Emma walked home in tears; she didn't feel like apparating, she didn't even know if she was actually going to go home. Maybe she would go back to her parents house, but then she realised they were on their annual trip to Australia. They were visting Emma's older sister, Rose. Rose was happily married with two sons.

Emma walked slowly down the cobblestone road. She wanted to scream, she wanted to have a tantrum right there in the middle of Hogsmeade. She wanted to break something, she didn't care what. But she didn't, she was determined to remain calm. So she decided to go to the Hog's Head, she pulled her cloak over her head. She didn't want to be noticed, she didn't want to talk to anyone.

Sirius also felt like having a tantrum, so he did.

He rampaged through his apartment in a fit of rage, throwing things on the floor, pegging things at the wall and screaming. His face was bright red. He hated himself, for not telling Emma about his past, and for being such a prat when he was at Hogwarts. He was ashamed of himself. He eventually collapsed on the floor, breathing heavily, his eyes were bloodshot, his cheeks tearstained. That night Sirius did not move from the floor, he fell asleep there.

James examined the scene carefully, the window was broken, and the space where the bodies had lay had been outlined in white. James was desperate to help Lily, he wanted to put her mind at peace, but most of all he wanted revenge. His temper was not as quick as Sirius' but when someone hurt the ones he loved, he would not rest until he had killed whoever that was.

He had come close to hurting someone very badly in his fourth year.

Lily had been going out with a boy called Daniel Woodland; he was in Hufflepuff. James had been immensely jealous, occasionally hexing Daniel in the corridors, until one day he witnessed something that made his blood boil.

Flashback.

Daniel had pulled Lily into a deserted corridor. He had kissed her, and then hit her, hard, straight across her face. Lily plunged her hand into her robes in search of her robes. Daniel raised his hand.

"Looking for this?" he laughed hollowly, in his hand was Lily's wand.

"Give it back now!" she hissed.

James watched from under his cloak, normally he would of hexed Daniel instantly, but for some reason he hesitated.

"No." Daniel snarled

"Give it to me." Lily's words were like pure venom.

"I already said no. You stupid mudblood."

"I was wrong about you. You're a complete prick."

"Shut up, you are total filth." He hit her again.

"Oi! Get away from Lily. Now!" James said, his wand raised and pointing at Daniel.

"Oh, I'm scared, what is Potty going to do if Lily gets hurt?"

"You'll see." James said, he was about to hex him when he saw Lily's face, she was bleeding; this made him angrier. "Infantius octaver." James yelled, Daniel's head shrinked to the size of a baby's. It let out a wail and burst into tears. His normal sized body ran off.

"Oh, James, thank-you!" Lily said; she flung her arms around him.

"You're welcome, now this is the third time I have saved your life, will you go out with me?"

Lily let go of him; she frowned angrily.

"No, you're so pathetic!" she screeched and stormed off.

"I will never understand that girl." James said to himself.

End Flashback.

Sirius woke up the next morning to the sound of the phone ringing, his head aching, not because he had a hangover but because when he had collapsed the night before he had landed on his head hard.

He had told James he did not want to buy a phone but James had insisted saying it was a lot quicker than sending owls.

He got up and stumbled into the kitchen, he picked up the phone and spoke groggily into the receiver "Hello?"

"Sirius?" a frantic voice replied.

"Emma?" he said hopefully

"No, it's Claudia." She sounded very frightened.

"Claudia. Why are you calling me? What do you want?" he hissed, he did not like this woman one bit; she had hurt Emma.

"I know you probably hate me, but I need your help," she said frantically, "I didn't know who else to call…"

"What do you need?"

"They've kidnapped me," she whispered weakly, "at knife point, I didn't have my wand. I need you to come and help me. Please, I don't want to die."

"How did you call me?"

"I had my mobile, they walked out," she said,

"Where are you?"

"It's an old shack, there's a big mean tree outside, and everything is broken. Please Sirius," but then she stopped, he heard a scream, then the line went dead.

"Claudia? Claudia!" he yelled.

Without thinking he grabbed his wand and stuffed it in his back pocket. and he walked out the door, he knew he shouldn't care but he didn't want her to die. He knew exactly where she was. The Shrieking Shack. He apparated to Hogsmeade, then he ran as fast as his feet would take him to Hogwarts, he went through a secret passage that led him to the Shrieking Shack when he arrived.

He found Claudia in an upstairs room, sitting on a broken chair, her hands were tied up and she was gagged. There was a table next to her; it had a sharp butcher's knife on it.

"Oh my god, Claudia." He said, her pulled the gag out of her mouth and grabbed the knife; he cut the rope as quick as he could.

She stood up and hugged him tightly; she cautiously pulled his wand from his pocket without him noticing. Then she released him from her tight embrace.

She pointed the wand at him, Sirius felt his pocket, and the wand was gone.

Claudia then proceeded to snap the wand in half; she threw the pieces out the window. She grabbed the knife and pointed it at Sirius.

"Sit." She commanded maliciously.

a/n: laughs evilly what is claudia the insane ex going to do next? i know and you guys don't. i feel so mean for not telling you, oh well.

now, here's an instruction; when you review, you must refer to claudia as; claudia the insane ex, that is her official name from now on.

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