Disclaimer: See first chapter
A/N: Miranda gets one more surprise (I bet you can all guess what it is). Thanks to RonandChicken and NikkiEvans who reviewed.
00000000000000000000000000
Chapter 3- Voices
"Hi mum" Carlie smiled
"Where's Lyndsay?" Marcus asked
"At her house" Nathan replied
Marcus sighed and said "Well tell her to come here; I want to talk to you all. And call her on the phone. No telepathy!"
While Carlie called Lyndsay, Nathan and Jess sat on the couch whist their guardian paced around the room. They had met Marcus at the beginning of last year, apparently he had been chosen because he looked similar in age. With brown hair and hazel eyes he looked nineteen though in actual truth he was two hundred and sixty.
"She's coming but she might be a while, she's getting driven over" Carlie sat down beside Jess
"Am I the only one who knows about you?" Miranda asked
"Um' Carlie wasn't sure what to say, she didn't want to go into talking about Sirius, Miranda would probably have a heart attack
"Someone else does know" Jess replied
"Do I know them?" Miranda seemed to be looking straight through them
"You might" Carlie said
"Can you tell me his name?" Miranda continued to push
"Why are you asking, you normally don't care" Carlie snapped
"Because I asked Marcus who else knew and he said that you would explain" Miranda said simply
"Thanks a lot Marcus" Carlie said in an undertone
"She needs to know" Marcus replied
"Well yeah someone else knows but you won't see him around" Carlie answered
"And who is it?"
"Carlie just tell her" Jess said
Carlie murmured incoherently
"Carlie it can't be that bad" Miranda smiled
Carlie sighed "Okay don't freak but the other person who knows is Sirius"
Miranda's smiled practically fell off and all colour in her face disappeared "Youâ.don'tâ.I mean it can'tâ.beâ.the Sirius I know" She choked out
"If the Sirius you are thinking of is Sirius Black then you are spot on" Jess remarked
Miranda began to shake her head "Noâ.it'sâ..impossible"
"You've been through a lot today, maybe we should explain this another day" Nathan tried to be a peacemaker but with no avail
"I wanna hear this now" Miranda said firmly
Carlie jumped up and went into her room; she soon came out with a few pieces of paper which both Jess and Nathan recognized as Sirius's letters.
"These are the letters he sent to me, I tried to write to him last summer but her didn't write back, then as a kick ass birthday gift, Nathan, Lyndsay and Jess wrote to him and gave him some paper and stuff and he wrote back, I've been writing to him for a few months now"
Miranda read the letters and was on the second last one when the colour came back into her face, unfortunately the colour was red.
"I did not depend on magic and my family to help me" She snarled, it was quite evident where Carlie got her temper from.
"Don't worry mum, I set him straight" Carlie smiled
Miranda continued on to the last letter.
"I think I'm going to send him a letter myself" Miranda said
"Mum, he seems really nice and not insane (Jess was snickering at this and Carlie gave him a scorching look) and I really think laying into him isn't going to achieve much"
"I won't lay into him too much" Miranda assured her
"Good, is that all you wanted to talk to us about?" Carlie asked Marcus
"It isn't even the beginning of what I want to tell you" Marcus announced
Suddenly the door burst open and Lyndsay bounded in.
"You wanted to see me?" She asked Marcus
"Sit and I'll explain"
Lyndsay shook her head and answered "My mum is going be picking me up in like five minutes so hurry up and talk!"
Marcus cleared his throat "Demon activity has been recorded around here"
"Meaning?" Lyndsay asked
"Meaning that there is a demon in disguise here and it is going to try and lure you"
"And what happens if it succeeds?" Nathan asked
"Then you'll be taken to the underworld and you'll met Minaru yourself" Marcus replied
"Jeeze no pressure or anything" Carlie remarked
"That's all I wanted to say, have a nice evening" Marcus orbed away in a flare of blue particles.
"He dragged me all the way over here for that!" Lyndsay groaned
A knock came at the door. "That'll be mum" Lyndsay bounded over and waved "See you guys later"
0000000000000000000000
The next few days went uneventful, Carlie had put in her camera to get developed and Miranda was starting to get used to the idea of them. It had also dawned on Jess that this was his last week here since he was sent a letter from his uncle.
"Ah! Why do I have to help Draco out!! I can't stand the little turd!" Jess gasped
"Fred and George sent me a letter asking if I wanna come for the last week, I'll have to tell them no" Carlie said,
"Why?" Jess asked
"Because I can't leave Nathan here all by himself, who knows what Mum would do to him" Carlie smiled
"Who's that other letter from?" Nathan inquired
"Jack"
"Oh, your boyfriend!" Jess teased
"What does he want?" Nathan asked
"He wants to know if I wanna met up with him in Diagon Alley next week" Carlie replied
"Are you?" Nathan asked
Carlie shrugged "I have to go get my school supplies some time"
"Good point" Jess laughed
'Shut up Mcairn! Just cuz I'm gorgeous and you're not doesn't mean you have to make fun of me!"
Jess chuckled "Who has Tegan been flirting with all summer?"
Carlie rolled her eyes "Tegan flirts with everything she thinks is relatively good looking"
Jess shrugged "She still thinks I'm better looking than Fred and George"
Carlie rolled her eyes and Nathan smiled
"Speaking of letters don't you have to send a letter to Sirius?" Jess asked
"I'm waiting to get the photos developed" Carlie answered
"I'm bored' Nathan groaned "All this talking about school is making me realized that we only have a small time left"
"Let's go downstairs and see if Pete's on" Carlie stood up
Jess and Nathan followed suit.
It turned out that Pete was on and since it was a rather slow day he didn't mind talking to Carlie, Jess and Nathan.
"So off to boarding school again and we won't see you until the next holidays?" Pete asked as he washed a few plates.
"Well actually we might be able to come for weekends and stuff" Carlie answered, winking at Jess and Nathan.
"Sounds good. Must be interesting going to boarding school" Pete said
"It's different. I prefer to hang around here. I really wanna go to Whitecross more than anything" Carlie said
"Are the girls hot?" He asked Jess
"I don't think so. Not compared to what I've seen here" Jess smiled, thinking of Tegan.
"Don't just go for the looks" Nathan said, easily reading Jess's thoughts. "Tegan can be a shallow bitch"
"Must you do that" Jess whispered
"I can't help it, besides, I didn't need to read your mind, it was written all over your face" Nathan whispered back
"How about the guys Carlie?" Pete asked, oblivious to Nathan and Jess's conversation
"They're okay. I do have a boyfriend though but he's more like a friend who I hold hands with" Carlie said
"Oh! You look like a fast one" Pete winked
"No way!" said Carlie outraged "Do I look like a hoe?"
Pete laughed "Don't get you tities in a twist. I was just kidding"
"Hello is Sara around?" A voice asked
Carlie turned "Hey Mitchell! I heard about you and Sara. Way to go!"
Mitchell went a little red. Mitchell was Sara's fiancé; he wasn't exactly the most good looking guy in the world, he was on the larger side but he was interesting. He had a good sense of humour and was an art teacher.
"Hello darling" Sara had come out and gave him a kiss
"Ew! Horny old people!" Carlie announced which made the boys snicker
"Shut up you" Sara laughed
"Isn't it against health regulations to make out in a kitchen?" Pete asked
"I'm not in the kitchen and I am not making out" Sara pointed out
"I was wondering if you would like to join me at my parents place for dinner tonight" Mitchell asked Sara
"Hey Pete when's your shift end?" Sara asked
Pete looked at his watch "In about an hour and a half"
"Well since the day is so slow, would you mind ending the shift a bit earlier?" Sara asked
"That would be great!" Pete smiled "Can I call my mum?"
"Sure just don't talk for too long" Sara said
Pete went off to use the phone and Sara and Mitchell exchanged a few loving words. When Pete reappeared he said
"My mum's coming in about half and hour"
"Good, that will give us enough time to clean up" Sara said
Carlie, Jess and Nathan (since they had nothing better to do) helped clear up the place and soon a little girl who looked around seven years old with shoulder length wavy hair came running in shouting "Petey!"
Carlie didn't recognize her but Pete said "That's Anita, my sister"
Carlie nodded, she remembered Pete mentioning her a few times.
"Mum's waiting in the car" She told Pete
Sara began to say something to Pete but her voice was drowned out and Nathan heard Anita's voice in his head
"Who are you?"
"I'm a friend of your brothers" a high pitched voice replied
"Did he send you here?" Anita asked
"Yes come with me, I can take you to him"
"Hello! Earth to Nathan" Carlie waved a hand in front of his face
"Are you okay?" Jess asked
"Yeah I just heard something, that's all" Nathan replied
"Bye Pete!" Sara called
"BYE PETE!" Carlie yelled
"Bye!" he called back
"What was it?" Jess asked
"It was Anita asking someone if they were a friend of Pete's" Nathan answered
"Who was it?" Carlie asked
"I'm not sure. But I heard the voice somewhere before'
00000000000000000000000000000
Please Review. I love reviews!