Disclaimer: The fantastic characters that you are about to read about in my story solely belong to the magnificent and almighty J.K. Rowling. I just like to take the characters and twist them to my wills. Oh, if I owned them the things I would do (smirks)! The only thing of value I do own is a Pentium one laptop which the monitor doesn't even work so I have to hook it up to another one. The one I hook it up to turns blue at random and I have to beat it with my fist to turn it back to normal... Pathetic, huh? Well now enjoy the story and on with the show!

Raises Curtain

Always And Forever

Chapter Five : Bad Dream

"You what?" Lily and Molly yelled as we were getting ready for bed. We had just finished dinner and I was telling them about the date.

"We began walking up to the school and we ended up kissing in the rain," I said as if it were something that I normally do everyday. I couldn't help it though, the looks on their faces were once in a lifetime looks.

"You...kiss...Sirius...rain...I think I'm going to faint," Lily stuttered. I laughed and looked over at Molly who looked as if she was hyperventilating.

"Are you alright?" I asked. She looked at me and nodded.

"Don't mind me, just having a mild heart attack," I began to laugh and even Lily and Molly chuckled a little bit. I climbed under the covers and stared at the top of my canopy.

"You'll just have to accept the fact that Sirius and I like each other...a lot," I said grinning widely.

"I can't believe this! I mean you have hated him for years and now your kissing him," Lily said as her and Molly got into bed.

"Look at you! You kissed James Potter, the person you supposedly hate more than anyone else in the entire world,on the cheek after your date!" I exclaimed.

"He's not that bad when he's not trying to constantly ask you out," she defended. I rolled my eyes and turned out the light.

"Good Night!" I exclaimed happily.

"Night," Lily said as she turned over.

"Night," Molly said sleepily.

I closed my eyes and began drifting off to sleep. If only I knew what I was about to relive in my dreams.

Flashback / Dream

"We are gathered today to mourn the loss of John and Lynn McCain. As requested in their final will and testament, their daughter Kelly McCain will be singing a song in their honor," the man said. Hundreds of people, including me, were sitting outside for my parents funeral. I got up and stood in front of the crowd. I grabbed the microphone I was handed and closed my eyes.

"Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you feel the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'cause I know I don't belong here in heaven..."

I looked at all the crying faces of the people that knew my parents. Their sorrows and sadness not being hid from anyone. It tore at my heart to see so many upset faces, but it hurt more to think about what made them feel this way.

"Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day
'cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven..."

I blinked, trying to hold back tears. They wouldn't want me to cry, they would want me to be strong, like them. My voice began to shake as a lump began to rise in my throat but I held my emotions back.

"Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart, have you begging please...begging please"

'If only I had left the closet, I could have saved. I could have stopped the murders, but no, I had to have promised to stay in the closet.' I told myself mentally. 'They are gone and they aren't ever coming back, the worst thing was that it's your fault.'

"Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven..."

'Why now! Why did they have to die!' I heard a voice screaming inside my head. 'It's not fair! They didn't deserve it! They'd done nothing wrong!' A glossy tear filled with sorrow, anger, pain, depression, and sadness escaped my eye.

"Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you feel the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'cause I know I don't belong here in heaven..."

I set the microphone down and more tears began to spill from my eyes. Some of the out of anger and hate for the people who killed them, but most for the sorrow, pain, loss, hurt, despair, and unfairness of the loss of my heroes. My parents.

I walked with everyone towards the soo-to-be resting place of my beloved parents. As the priest began to speak I walked up to the graves and extended my hand. I dropped a red rose on my mother's, and then my father's coffin. I stepped back as the priest said the last words, "And we commit their bodies to the ground; earth to earth; ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The Lord bless them and keep them, the Lord make his face to shine upon them and be gracious unto them and give them peace. Amen."

"Amen." Everyone said quietly. As everyone began to leave they would pat me on the back or say some words of comfort but I did not see or hear any of them. All I could hear was my heart pounding and all I could see were there grave stones.

I heard a crack of thunder sometime later and looked around. Everyone seemed to have left to leave me here, alone. I knelt besides their graves as I began to sob. "Mommy! Daddy! Please come back to me! Oh please! Please...please...please..." I felt someones arms rap around me and looked up.

He had black hair and chocolate brown eyes. I couldn't see his face from the tears that still plagued and came from my eyes. I rested my head on the strangers chest and continued to cry as he spoke to me. "It'll all be ok, LeAnne...You can cry as long as you want... I'll always be here for you."

End Of Flashback / Dream

I bolted upright in bed, drenched in cold sweat, and gasping for air. That voice! I knew that voice it was Sirius! What was he doing their? How could I not have known? I jumped out of bed, put on my bathrobe, and ran down the girls dormitory stairs. "This will be fun," I muttered sarcastically.

' THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! ' I banged my fist on the door up the boys dormitory stairs. "Open up!" I yelled. I heard groans and shuffling.

"Who is it?" someone asked sleepy and slightly agitated. I knew it was Sirius' voice.

"It's LeAnne! Now open this door Sirius Black!" I yelled. I hear a loud thump, frantic scrambling, and then the door flew open.

"What is it? What's wrong?" he asked, his face pale and worry etched in each feature. He stepped out and closed the door.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why weren't you honest with me! You could have told me before! Why were you there to-" I began but he cut in.

"Woah! What are you talking about?" he asked oblivious to what I was talking about.

"My parents funeral, that's what! I know it was you! Why didn't you tell me it was you in the first place! Why were you their!" I asked, hurt because he didn't tell me before.

"I had read about it in the Daily Prophet and wanted to see if you were alright," he said looking at his feet but still not answering the most important question.

"Why didn't you tell me it was you before, Sirius?" I asked. He looked up from the ground and met my eyes. "Why didn't you tell me!"

"I was scared, alright! I was scared that you'd reject me, laugh at me! I didn't think I would be able to bare it. I'm sorry. If you don't want to see me again I can-" he began but was cut short as I pressed my lips on his. Just as quickly as I had done it I moved away.

"I just wish you would have told me," I said smiling.

"So are we ok then?" he asked nervously.

"Yes," I said as I hugged him. "Night."

"Night," he whispered back. I walked back to my dormitory, took off my robe, and got back into bed. I just prayed I wouldn't have another...

Bad Dream

(A/N) Thanks for reading the chapter! Please read and review! The reason I wrote in the funeral scene is because it is important to the plot later in the story. Here's random clips from the next chapter:

"Sleep well?"

"More than you'll ever know."

"You two are so cute!"

"I know!"

I'll update soon and thanks to everyone who reviews!

Quinn LeAnne