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Ginny looked over her shoulder.

'I think we lost 'em,' Lily said.

'I hope so,' replied Ginny, rubbing her forehead.

'That was really cruel of them... are they always like that?'

'Yes. Fred and George are always like that.'

'Fred and George? Oh, is that why you have an 'F' and a 'G' attached to your forehead,' Lily said innocently.

'You know it was, Lil,' Ginny snorted, 'Stop pretending.'

'Yeah, well it was pretty funny. I knew those two would be trouble ever since they were born.'

Ginny muttered something about April Fool's Day.

There was a small noise from directly behind them.

'Oh, no...'

'What? What is it?!' Lily asked, worriedly.

'They've caught up with me.'

'Uh...'

'What should I do?' Ginny asked, beginning to get hysterical.

'Run!' Lily ordered.

Ginny ran.

George and Fred looked over at each other. Equal, evil grins covered their faces.

They were planning to get Ginny really well. They thought it best if she didn't get hurt or humiliated too badly, but since she didn't go to school here, yet, she could handle a harmless. little prank...

The twins hurried after their only sister, following the pulses sent out by their original spell (they had positioned a large 'F & G' on Ginny's forehead, and it pulsed different neon colors. Conveniently, it also told them where to find her). This was going to be fun...

'Left here! No, back up a bit... there!'

'That little crack in the wall? Behind the statue?'

'Yes. Listen, Gin, I know where to go!'

'May I ask how you know so many secret passageways?' Ginny wondered, testily, as she squeezed through the hole in the wall.

'Oh, you know... I hung around some... people...'

'Who?' Ginny asked, curiously.

'Er... James and his friends, actually.'

'Your husband?'

'Heh... yeah.'

'I thought you hated him during school,' Ginny said, thoughtfully, as she stumbled through the dark passageway.

'Oh, he showed these to me during our seventh year. Right after we started going out.'

'Aww, that's so sweet.'

'Oops, I missed the turn... go back about ten steps.'

'Here?'

'No, a little further.'

'Here?'

'Not yet... a little further... There! Stop!'

'Where? What am I looking for?'

'Nothing, yet, let me have control for a minute.'

'Alright.'

Lily took control of the body and put her hands against the wall, eight bricks from the bottom.

"Lillian Evans," she told the wall.

The wall opened eagerly and Lily hopped inside.

'Should I run for a while?' Lily asked Ginny, inside her head.

'Alright,'

Lily strode across the small room and opened one of four other doors. She poked Ginny's head out and checked for people. When she found the way clear, Lily shut the door and hurried along the next hallway.

'I hope there are enough corridors in this school to lose them,' Ginny said, thoughtfully.

'Me too,' Lily laughed.

"I wish they would move faster!" Remus said impatiently.

"What?" Harry asked.

"The thestrals," Remus said, plainly, "They are the ones pulling the carriage."

"Where are they?" Ron asked, "Are they invisible?"

"Only to some people. I can see them because I saw someone... die," Remus explained, hesitantly.

"You can see them if you see someone die?" Ron asked, in horror.

"Yes," Remus sighed.

"Who did you-"

"We're almost there!" Hermione interrupted Ron before he said something he would later regret.

Remus looked gratefully at Hermione. Hermione pretended not to notice, but smiled slightly, despite.

'I can't believe they know all these!' Lily exclaimed, 'I wonder if they are obsessed with rule breaking as James and his friends.'

'From what you've told me of them, I think they would have gotten along very well with Fred and George.'

'Alright, I'll try this one... they can't possibly know this one!'

Lily steered Ginny's body through another small opening, disguised as a brick wall.

'This one leads into a labyrinth of impossibly difficult passages. They shouldn't be able to find us down here!'

Lily vaulted over a fallen suit of armor and past an empty hallway. Pushing Ginny's body to it's limits, Lily sprinted through corridors and down short and long hallways alike, occasionally climbing through a hole directly behind a portrait and out another way.

"There- we- go-" Lily panted, jumping out another portrait hole and jogging down the hallway they were currently in.

"You- lead- for- a- while..."

Ginny let herself slide back into control of her body.

"Wow, I am tired!" Ginny exclaimed.

'Yeah, no kidding.'

"Where should we go now?"

'Try going through that wall.'

"Through the wall?"

'Yes.'

"How in Merlin's name does Ginny know where all these passages are?!" Fred called out.

George turned around and shrugged.

The twins stopped and caught their breath.

"Where to now?" Fred asked.

"I dunno, I can't tell. From what are spell is telling us she went directly through that wall," George said, pointing at a wall to his left.

"Through the wall?"

"Mmhmm. Sounds about right."

"Well, I've heard weirder things. Let's give it a try."

The twins approached the wall and walked into it.

"Ow! That hurt!"

"Well, it was your idea to try to go through it!"

"Let's try some passwords."

'Bloody...! They're catching up again!'

"They-" Ginny inhaled sharply, "are? How can you-" Ginny coughed, "tell?"

'Dunno. It's in the job description.'

"So... where to now?"

'Where? We don't really have all that many other places that are accessible, at the moment, Gin.'

"Well, then...?"

'I think our best bet is to run.'

Ginny quickened her pace.

'No, Ginny, I mean they're close. We'd better run!"

"We're getting closer, I think," Fred said, grinning.

"I'm sure of it," George replied.

"Will you slow down a bit, please?" Ron asked Remus, clutching at a stitch in his side.

Remus stopped and waited for Ron, Hermione and Harry to catch up with him.

"Ron- we're trying- to tell- Professor- Dumbledore- about Sirius," Hermione gasped, "We want- to get- there as fast- as we can."

Ron nodded.

"You three can go up to Gryffindor tower, if you want to, I can handle it from here," Remus told them.

All three children shook their heads, vigorously, "No, we want to come with," Harry told the adult.

Remus shrugged, "Alright, but I'm not slowing down."

He started off again, hurrying faster than before, all the more anxious to inform Dumbledore of the new developments.

Glancing over his shoulder to make sure the three students were still following him, Remus continued down the hallway and turned the corner.

Two bodies collided forcefully. Remus found himself underneath a small red-headed girl, who was panting.

Before the girl could get off of him, however, Ron turned the corner and tripped over Remus' head. He landed on top of the girl, gasping, "Gin...?"

Hermione and Harry turned the corner next and, luckily, Hermione stopped in time and was able to grab Harry around the wrist, stopping his progression abruptly.

As Ron struggled to get a better look of the girl under him, two more people ran around the corner, landing ungainly above Ron.

"Hello, Ginny," one of the boys (the one on the top) said, happily.

"Ron," the other one agreed, nodding his head in greeting.

"C-c-c-can you get off me pl-please?" Remus gasped, appreciating that he had been unconscious when he was hit by the mountain troll.

Hermione and Harry stepped forward and dragged the twin boys off of the top of the pile.

Ron picked himself up off of the pile rather quickly, assessing the damage done to everyone.

Ginny climbed off next, cradling one of her arms and muttering about Fred and George being pests.

Finally Harry and Hermione each grabbed an arm and lifted Remus Lupin to his feet, "Ugh," he said.

"Well, that was fun," someone replied, in agreement.

"Sorry about that," the girl said, "I was just running away from them," she jerked a hand in the twins' direction, "and I wasn't looking where I was going, very..." she stopped talking and her eyes became unfocused.

"Ginny?" Ron asked, concernedly.

"Ginny," Remus pondered, looking thoughtful, "Sirius said something about someone named Ginny."

Ginny snapped back from her trance, "She's gone," she said, slowly and quietly, "Where did she go?"

Remus was about to answer when someone else answered for him, "Where did who go? Where did I go? I'm right here, Gin."

Apparently, no one else heard the voice speaking. Remus' eyes widened, "Th-th-there's some... some...thing or someone in m-my head..."

There was a cluck of understanding, the voice asked, "Ah. I'm in someone else's head, now. Who are you?"

"ARGH!!!"

Remus scampered around in a circle, "STOP! DON'T DO ANYTHING TO ME! WHY ARE YOU IN MY HEAD?! WHAT-"

Ginny understood, "Oh, she's in your head, now."

Remus, meanwhile, was hitting himself over the head with a large slab of chocolate which came from who-knows-where.

Every syllable he accentuated with a thump of chocolate-to-head.

"GET- OUT- OF- MY- HEAD!"

"Looks like what Mr. Black was doing earlier today, when Pettigrew was cursing him," Hermione pointed out to Harry.

"I can't, you know. I was only in Ginny's head before, and I have no idea how I got to be in your head. I think it had something to do with the jarring impact of your two bodies colliding at such high speeds."

Remus paused his head-bashing, "What?"

"I said, I think my abrupt departure from Ginny's body, and my appearance in yours has something to do with the jarring impact of your two bodies colliding at such insanely high speeds. You really shouldn't run in the halls, you know. Now, I ask again, who are you?"

Remus was taken aback, "You're the one in my head! Why are you asking me who I am?! Who are you?"

The intruder laughed, "I bet I know who you are!"

Remus shivered. That voice sounded strangely familiar, gloating like that, "And who am I?"

"I think you are, now correct me if I'm wrong... are you Remus Lupin?"

Remus was severely shaken, "Er..."

"AHA! I knew it. You always have those cute little one-word answers when you're nervous."

"Who are you?" Remus asked, completely nonplussed for what seemed like the billionth time in the past few weeks.

"I, my dear friend, am Lilian Evans-Potter. Pleased to make your acquaintance!"

Remus was speechless.

"Th-that was... that was a direct contradiction," he stuttered out, finally, not able to think anything clearly enough to answer properly.

"Yeah, I know. I did that just to vex you, Remmy."

Remus cracked... No one except Lily Potter had ever called him Remmy (until Sirius had adopted the nickname, apparently).

"REMMY! AM I REMMY? Why must you IRK me by calling me that?!"

Before another second passed, Remus was sprinting through the hallways again, six children running pell-mell after him.

He reached the Headmaster's office in record time and gasped out the password. As the kids arrived at the bottom of the stairs, Remus had taken them four at a time and was already at the top.

"I think he's- lost it," Ron said, worried, panting for air, "I hope it wasn't- my fault- this time."

"Why did he start- yelling random- things, back- there?" Hermione asked, fearfully, also gasping for breath.

"Because Lily's in his head," Ginny explained, mildly unhelpfully.

"Oh, that- explains everything!" Ron exclaimed, sarcastically, throwing his hands into the air.

The six children made it to the top of the staircase and Ginny wrenched open the door.

Remus' booming voice cascaded out, "...THAT THERE IS A PERSON IN MY HEAD?! AND SHE SAYS SHE'S LILY!"

Professor Dumbledore was sitting calmly behind his desk, his eyes twinkling madly behind his glasses.

"SHUT UP! STOP TELLING ME WHO YOU ARE, YOU ALREADY SAID THAT!" Remus yelled to no one in particular.

Ginny sighed, "It probably would've been better if I'd kept her in my head."

Ron got a good look at his sister then and gasped, "Ginny, why do you have Fred and George's initials in your forehead?"

"Oh, I forgot about that," Ginny said, glaring at Fred and George.

Fred grinned guiltily and waved his wand at Ginny's head. Ginny rubbed the area it had been in and turned to Hermione and Harry, "Gone?" she asked them.

"Yup," Harry replied.

"Good."

Albus could see that Remus was getting hysterical. He decided in an instant what he should do.

In full knowledge that the werewolf may, and probably would, react badly to it for a couple of reasons, the Headmaster summoned a potion from his personal stores and handed it to Remus. The werewolf took a break in his tirade and drank down the Calming Draught.

The werewolf promptly lost consciousness.

Albus sighed as the six children who had been standing outside of his door, piled into the room, "What happened to him?" George asked.

"I gave him a Calming Draught and he passed out. Perhaps the emotional strain is getting to him."

"Oh," Hermione said looking at the adult, laying prone, "When will he...?"

Remus groaned and sat up, weakly.

"What happened?" he asked, rubbing his forehead.

"I gave you a Calming Draught, and your over-stressed body latched onto the opportunity to relax, by-"

"Yeah, I fainted, didn't I?" Remus interrupted, standing up, "Sorry about that."

Everyone shook their heads and waved it off.

Ginny was the first person to speak, "Is... eh... is Lily still inside your head?"

Remus' face contorted as if he were trying to see something out of his sight range, "Yeah, she's here," Remus turned to face the headmaster, "Is she... is it really Lily, headmaster?"

Albus nodded, "It is indeed. Earlier this morning I encountered young Ginny Weasley wandering around my office-"

"I wasn't wandering, exactly," Ginny told them, "I just flooed to Hogwarts and ended up in his office. I was only trying to find Remus Lupin."

Remus looked at her, "For what?"

"Because Lily reckoned he was one of the only people who would believe her, I think."

Remus nodded, accepting this answer, "Oh. I'm Remus Lupin, you know."

Ginny looked him over carefully... he didn't look like a werewolf... not one that would eat her, in any case. Nevertheless, she shook her head and extended her hand, saying, "Pleased to meet you, Mister Lupin."

The adult's hand was firm, yet gentle. Ginny narrowly perceived that his hand was as cold as ice.

Albus continued his story, "I encountered Ginny Weasley and briefly we spoke. After a while, Ginny let Lily take control of her body. Lily provided some unquestionable evidence for me, and it was proven that she was whom she said she was."

Remus nodded, quietly.

"She also explained the situation of their Secret Keeper," Albus told the group. Remus' head snapped up. He was all ears.

Harry was confused at why this was... hadn't they already established who was lying and who was telling the truth?

The headmaster looked critically at his former student, "Do you not know who it was, Remus?"

Remus nodded, "I'm sure I know who it was... who it is, but..."

Albus nodded, "You want to hear it from me... and Lily?" this was really more of a statement than a question.

The silence that filled the room was almost unbearable.

Remus gasped slightly as a voice inside his head spoke, 'Tell him to get on with it... the tension in your mind is giving me a headache... and I don't even have a head!'

"Lily says to get on with it," Remus told the room, his face tinged with pink.

Ginny wondered if Lily actually said that, or if Remus just wanted Professor Dumbledore to hurry up.

"Sirius was not the Secret Keeper," Albus said, bluntly, "They switched to Peter at the last moment. We've locked an innocent man in Azkaban."

Remus let out a gasp, his knees buckling, "I'm so sorry, Sirius!" he cried to the room, "I'm sorry, Padfoot!"

'Do you suppose that they are back yet?' James asked.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure they are," Sirius answered, "We should probably check it out to see what's happening."

James blinked his silvery eyes, 'Should I try to move back into the puddle, or should I just try to transport myself there from here?'

"Try transporting yourself from your patronus form."

James tried... and tried... but after a while he gave up.

'It's not going to work, Sirius! I'm just gonna try to get back in the puddle...'

Sirius nodded, "By all means, go ahead, James."

This time, James was able to transport himself. Once he had left the patronus, it vanished.

"Well, I'm guessing you made it back alright?" Sirius asked, peering into the pool of water.

'Uh huh. Hold your Hippogriffs for a minute while I try to find those kids and Remus.'

Sirius watched as the images in the puddle grew more clear until it focused on an empty hallway.

"There's nothing there, James," Sirius pointed out.

'I know that, Padfoot, I'm working on it.'

Suddenly, Sirius had the impression that he was moving very fast over the top of the hallway. The puddle stopped right outside Dumbledore's office.

"I don't think you have to guess the password to get in, James," Sirius informed him, helpfully.

'I knew that...'

James directed the image directly through the gargoyle and up the stairs to Dumbledore's office.

They made it just in time to hear Albus Dumbledore say the words, "Sirius was not the Secret Keeper. They switched to Peter at the last moment. We've locked an innocent man in Azkaban."

Sirius watched in silence as Remus let out a gasp and fell to his knees, "I'm so sorry, Sirius! I'm sorry, Padfoot!"

James seemed to think this was hilarious.

"Be quiet, Prongs, I want to hear what's going on."

'Poor Mooney, I bet he thinks it's all his fault.'

Sirius nodded in agreement, "Poor Remus."

End Chapter.

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