Expect the Unexpected
Tori dropped to her knees.
"No…no. You're lying! You're a liar! Do you think I'm really going to believe that you, the biggest loser in the wizarding world, is my father? Yeah right." She got up, wand in her hand.
"You don't believe me, eh? I knew you wouldn't. But think about it. Your eyes…dark brown, almond shape, and can scare everyone off by glaring at them. And you have a great sense of evil in you—"
"Oh shut up! You're mad, you know that? You think you can go and kill my father and then claim that YOU ARE MY FATHER! Well you're wrong." Tori said, saying the last sentence quietly, and walking towards her friends.
"Tori I think he's right." Remus said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"What? But how? This is pathetic. It's lame and it's just…ironic." Tori said looking down.
"Ironic?" Remus asked.
"Yes…ironic."
"Well it makes perfect sense. Especially about the eyes. It's really scary when you do that…that…glare thing. I can see flames in your eyes and I feel like your walking over to me with a knife and…oh never mind. But it is true." Remus said deciding not to explain her glares after seeing her confused face.
Tori looked down.
"This is so stupid. Well what am I supposed to tell the ministry or my mother? Hey mom guess what I found out today. My dad is a lunatic who wants to take over the world." Tori said sarcastically.
"That would work…I guess." Remus said shrugging.
"Hey guys…do you not realize that you two are talking when we're in the middle of being confronted by Lord Voldemort here?" James said tapping on their shoulders.
"Hogwarts students, I'd like you to meet my Death Eaters. Any last words you wish to say?" Voldemort asked impatiently.
"Yes." Tori said stepping up.
"Never in my life will I ever call you my father. And I refuse to accept the fact that you are my father." She said showing him her famous glare.
"You are, and will always be, Victoria Samantha Riddle. Whether you like it or not." He said.
Tori cringed at that name.
Before anyone could make another move, several (more like 50) pops could be heard throughout the room. The aurors had just apparated into the building.
"Lily come on!" James said taking Lily.
Remus grabbed his girlfriend and followed James.
"Come on Tori! Let them handle this! Right now we need to protect our own lives!" Sirius yelled grabbing Tori's hand. But she wouldn't budge.
"Leave me alone Sirius! I don't want to go! He killed my father! Heck he is my father! I'm going to kill him. And I'm going to kill him myself!" Tori yelled back at him over the noise.
Sirius had to resist the urge to roll his eyes. He tried again, but like last time, she would move. So, he had to do what any guy would do.
He picked her up and swung her over his shoulder.
"LET ME DOWN! LET GO OF ME! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Tori yelled beating his back.
They met up with James, Lily, Kate, and Remus.
"How do we get out of here?" Remus asked.
"I don't know. But we can't disapparate." James replied.
"Here, Remus, you take Kate, and go that way." James said pointing straight ahead.
"Lily and I will go that way." He said pointing left.
"And Sirius…take Tori and go to the left. Oh and be careful, she hits hard." James said.
"You can say that again." Sirius said wincing as Tori still screamed and hit him. As much as she wanted to kick him, she knew she couldn't. It would be too much for him to take.
So the three pairs headed off they're own ways, hoping to find each other again.
Remus and Kate ran straight ahead. There was a door in front of them with a knob covered in moss.
Remus looked over at Kate as if asking if they should open it.
"You open it." She said grimacing, obviously disgusted with the moss.
Remus shrugged.
He reached for the knob.
Hesitated.
Then opened it.
Kate had her eyes closed, afraid of what was going to happen next.
Nothing happened.
After 5 more seconds of nothing happening, she opened her eyes and sighed in relief.
Remus smiled. He, too, was happy no one or creature was attacking them.
Remus walked in first, holding onto Kate's hand tightly.
Kate followed closely behind her boyfriend.
They both stopped in the middle of the area.
Remus's uncle had once taken him to a bull fight in spain. It wasn't something he would want have seen at the age of 8 but that didn't matter. What did matter though, was the fact that they were standing in the center of the place where the bull fighting took place. Of course, Kate had never been to a bull fight, so the area didn't look familiar to her.
Remus thought for a moment.
They were standing in the center of the area.
He looked around.
Nope. No bull in sight.
But then something caught his eye.
"Oh no." Remus said closing his eyes.
The cage in which the bull was meant to be in was opened.
That meant the bull was somewhere on the loose.
They were trapped.
Remus would have thought maybe there wasn't any bull in the first place. But that all changed when he realized the bull was behind him.
"Oh. My. God." Kate said her face filled with horror. She was facing the bull and her hands were shaking.
"That's a bull. Usually in places like this you are supposed to fight the bull until either you or the bull die. You usually have a red blanket thing to distract the bull, but I don't see it anywhere. I wouldn't go for the door though. It's most probably locked." Remus said, and he was right. The door was locked. How? They do not know and will never find out.
The bull charged at Kate.
Kate screamed and closed her eyes.
She could almost feel the bull on top of her.
She waited a few more seconds, but nothing happened.
Slowly she opened her eyes, one by one.
First her right eye.
When she was sure it was safe, she slowly lifted her left eyelid.
Kate relaxed, her heart beating hard into her chest. Remus could even hear it pump.
The bull was rather big for its size. It had red eyes, and today it looked very hungry. Like it hadn't eaten for days. But currently, the bull was frozen in its spot, just inches away from the blonde girl.
"Wha…what happened?" Kate asked still recovering from her near death experience.
"I paralyzed it." Remus said calmly.
"How?" Kate asked confused.
"Kate…are you a witch or not?" Remus asked raising one eyebrow.
"Oh…sorry." Kate said smiling sheepishly.
"Okay, let's get out of here before he recovers. I don't know how long that spell will last. I remember seeing the guy go through a hidden door when he won the tournament thing. All we need to do is find it." Remus said searching the walls for a hidden door.
"Is that it?" Kate asked pointing to a normal looking door near the bull's cage. She was still standing very close to Remus, in case the bull miraculously recovered from its paralyzed position.
"Huh? Oh that. No, does it look hidden to you? Anyone can tell that's a door. The door to exit is camouflaged with the wall." Remus said still searching.
"Then what does that door lead to?" Kate asked.
Remus shrugged, more interested in finding a hidden door.
Kate looked at him.
Then at the door.
She gave him a quick kiss, then went through the door she was talking about.
Remus hadn't realized Kate had gone, until he heard the door slam shut.
He looked around, suddenly getting scared.
He was all alone, with a bull frozen 20 feet away from him.
He ran for the door to catch up with Kate.
"Hey Kate! Wait up! Maybe you were right!" He yelled. He finally reached her panting. She was smiling. Seeing her smile made him smile too.
"We're free!" She yelled jumping up and down, her arms stretched out wide.
Though they have no clue how they made it, they were on a sidewalk in London.
Remus took Kate's hand and started dancing with her. Twirling her around and dipping her.
"Now we just need to pray James, Lily, Sirius, and Tori are going to make it out okay." Kate said.
"They're going to have a little trouble. James and Lily will never be able to agree on which way to go and Sirius is probably having some difficulty managing Tori…if you know what I mean." Remus said.
"GET ME OUT OF HERE!" Lily yelled on the top of her lungs. She was banging on the door and yelling so loud that James had to stick his fingers in his ears just to hear himself think.
"Lily please! Can we just calm down! It would be easier to find a way out! I can't even hear myself thing!" James yelled.
They were stuck in a dark little room, fit for 1 person, and no doors. How they got there, you ask? They found a door similar to the one Remus found. They opened it and both went it. When they found it as a dead end they turned around to go back out. But the door had disappeared. Lily and James have been stuck there for only 5 minutes, though it seemed like days.
Lily finally calmed down, staring angrily at the ground with her arms crossed.
"Lily. You've read many books right?" James asked.
"Duh." She said wondering what this had to do with getting out of the room.
"Well, when someone is stuck inside a room, what do they usually do?" James asked.
"Um, well they either die, or someone comes to rescue them." Lily said.
"Well we're definitely not dying, and I doubt anyone will rescue us, so anything else?" He asked searching for an answer.
"No. but…I've watched my little cousin play many video games with that situation in it. He usually has to look for a wall that looks different in someway. Most of the time, the color was different." Lily said looking at each wall.
"All the walls are green." James said.
"Yeah but it could be a different shade of green." Lily said.
"And how do you suppose we see that when there's no light in this room?" James asked raising an eyebrow.
"Like this. Lumos." Lily said smiling.
They both looked around and in fact, Lily was right. The wall on the left was a slightly darker green than the others surrounding it.
"Okay we found the wall. Now what?"
"Where are we Sirius?" Tori asked entering a place covered in trees and plants.
"I think we're in a forest." Sirius said.
They had opened the door and walked straight into woods. Or something that looked like the woods.
Sirius had quit carrying Tori once he was sure his back was broken.
Tori clung onto Sirius, shaking.
"Are you okay?" Sirius asked Tori. He had never seen her this scared and nervous in her life. Not even in front of Voldemort.
"Huh? Oh yeah. I just hate the woods. For some reason it just always gave me the creeps." Tori said.
"That's why you we had to literally drag you into the woods to play in James backyard." Sirius said smiling.
Tori gave him a look that told him to shut up.
Suddenly, both teens froze. They heard a low growl echo in the trees.
"What…what was that?" Tori asked gripping Sirius's arm tight.
"I don't think I want to know." He said searching for the creature.
In the corner of his eye, Sirius could see an orange figure standing 20 feet away.
He turned to have a better view of it. Was it a tiger? Yep. It was definitely a tiger.
"1…2…3…PUSH!" James yelled for the 4th time. They had been trying to push the wall to see if it would budge. It did move a little but it wouldn't move anymore.
"Maybe we're supposed to lift it up." Lily suggested.
"Okay, let's give it a try." James said bending down to lift up the wall.
"OW! My back! Bloody wall!" James yelled holding his back like an old person.
"Jeez grandpa. Say that a little louder…I don't think the people in Japan heard you." Lily said sarcastically.
"Hey! It's not my fault my back hurt! You try lifting a wall sometime and then you'll know what it feels like." James said.
"I'll do that next time a see a wall." Lily said leaning back against the same wall they've been trying to open.
Instead of leaning on it, she fell right through it.
She tried to yell, but nothing came out.
"Holy shit! Lily!" James said jumping through the wall.
He landed on his feet and helped Lily get up. They both looked around.
"Where are we?" James asked.
"I think we're somewhere in a London dining area." Lily said looking at the fancy restaurants. She recognized this place, whenever her mother would take her here to eat for special occasions.
"How do we get back to the ministry?" James asked, hoping Lily would know the way back.
"I don't know…but…why is it so nice outside? Look at the stars. It looks like it never rained. People are walking on the streets like nothing ever happened." Lily asked, the weather seeming to take in her interest.
"It probably just didn't rain over here." James said looking over to Lily. But Lily wasn't there. She was talking to a young man walking nearby.
"Excuse me, what was the weather like in the evening?" Lily asked.
"Oh it was wonderful! I took my family out to a picnic. One of the best days I've ever seen in my life!" The man said then continued walking on.
Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Strange." She whispered. James rolled his eyes and dragged her along the streets in London.
"T…t…ti…ti…ger…tiger." Tori managed to say, staring in horror at the tiger.
Sirius pulled out his wand. He shot one spell at the tiger, knocking it down.
But the tiger was quick to recover.
Obviously angry at what Sirius had done, he came charging at the two teens.
"RUN!" Sirius yelled shooting more spells at the tiger to slow him down.
Tori had to admit, that tiger was awfully fat. Even without sending spells to the tiger, they could probably out run it.
Sirius turned around to shoot one more spell at the tiger. But the tiger had stopped.
Tori stopped too, not hearing Sirius behind her.
"Is it…whining?" Tori asked Sirius. It was making some weird noises and sounded a lot like a whining noise.
"I…I…don't know." Sirius said walking closer to the tiger.
The tiger made some weird face, and practically howled in pain.
Tori's eyes widened.
"Oh my god. It's having a baby!" She said and ran over to the tiger.
"It's a she?" Sirius exclaimed.
"Don't worry sweetie. Everything's going to be alright." Tori said talking to the tiger.
Sirius shut his eyes.
"Great. Just great. A pregnant tiger. What more do we need?" He said and followed Tori.
Tori was petting the tiger's back to comfort it.
Slowly, a baby tiger came out. Sirius took the baby tiger in his hands and looked down at it, disgusted.
The mother had lie down, breathing heavily.
Sirius's face softened as he looked at the baby.
Its eyes were closed, but it was moving its four legs around a little.
"Aw. It's so cute." Tori whispered, careful not the wake the mother up.
"Should we name it?" Tori asked.
"Sirius junior." Sirius said grinning.
Tori laughed.
"Okay."
The mother's eyes were opened now. It slowly walked over towards Tori.
Tori turned around the face the tiger, half scared it might attack her.
But it didn't
It licked her.
They stayed there for an hour. Sirius was playing with Sirius Jr. It looked like they were playing tag.
Tori decided it was time to find their way out of the place.
"Sirius, I think we should leave now." Tori said getting up.
"Aw! Please! Can't we just stay here for some more time? Can we keep him?" Sirius whined.
But Tori didn't hear what Sirius said. She had run over to the mother, who was now breathing very heavily.
"What's wrong?" Sirius asked running over to Tori, Sirius Jr. in his arms.
"I don't know! I think it's dying!" Tori said, tears coming to her eyes.
They both watched, slowly, as the mother stopped breathing and closed her eyes.
They had just witnessed two deaths in one night.
Both teens walked in silence through the forest.
Tori was thinking about the mother. She had tried to protect the baby from them. She had only spent an hour with her child. She didn't even get to know her baby. Tori could feel tears streaming down her cheeks.
Sirius was thinking about Sirius Jr. He was just born and barely got know his mother. Did he have a father? Of course he had a father! How else would the mother have a baby? It probably died or left them for someone else. Now Sirius Jr. would never know about his parents. Sirius swallowed hard. He wasn't going to cry in front of Tori or the baby.
After another hour, they finally found themselves outiside.
"What should we do with Sirius Jr.?" Tori asked.
"Can we keep him?" Sirius asked pleadingly.
Tori sighed. "Fine."
"Where are we?" Sirius asked.
"Downtown London. My mom and Mrs. Potter used to take me shopping here when James, his dad, and my father…" Tori stopped, thinking about her father.
"Used to hang out." She finished.
"I'm sorry Tori. Here you can have Sirius Jr. to remember your father. After all, both of you had a loved one die." Sirius said handing over the baby tiger.
Tori laughed.
"No, but thanks anyways Sirius. I'd rather not be carrying a tiger in downtown London." Tori said.
"Now let's go find our friends." Tori said and they both walked off down the streets, Tori also window-shopping at the same time.