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A.N: I figured that this song was appropriate for this chapter. You will see what I mean. Enjoy and r and r.
Tale as old as time,
True as it can be.
Barely even friends,
Then somebody bends,
unexpectedly.
Just a little change,
Small to say the least.
Both a little scared,
Neither one prepared,
Beauty and the Beast.
Never just the same,
Ever a surprise.
Ever as before,
Ever just as sure,
As the sun will rise.
Chapter Five: The Gift
"Arianna, are you okay?" Sirius had been walking around the Lake, when he saw her talking to her thestral, a gift from lupin, Phantom, So he decided to investigate.
"I guess." Arianna did not tell want to tell him what was going on. He wouldn't understand.
Anyone else would have left it at that. But Sirius wasn't just anybody else. Arianna had a far away look in her eyes, almost like she wanted to cry but couldn't.
"You now you can tell me anyathing, I wont tell the others." Sirius wanted him to open up to her so badly, why he didn't know.
"You wouldn't understand Mr. Black. Your not from my world." Arianna felt like she would burst at any moment. She wished that he would just go away.
"Your right, I probaly wouldn't understand, but I can try." Sirius felt like he had finaly broken through.
"Well...okay" Arianna only hesitated for a moment before she started ramnling on. "You heard about how my mother died when I was seven, right." She only waited for a brief nod, before she continued. "Well when she died she left me this strange book. I haven't been able to figure out it's powers completely, but when I open it up it shows me anything I want to see, wether it is letters that someone has written, or what someone else is doing at that same moment. It is very usefull when I due homework assignments. (A.N: Try and picture a mix of the book from Ella Enchanted, and the Book of Shadows. Phoebe got this book from the keeper of fairytales when he married Paige.) Anyways, ever since I arrived at Hogwarts I can't stop thinking about my mother or the book."
Sirius was silent for a moment. "Arianna, here in the wizarding world we consider any book that can think for itself evil. Most of the time it is a dark wizard who has cast the spell on it."
"Oh, it can't be evil. In my world, there are three sides. There's the good, the evil, and the innocents. Many years ago the keeper of fairytales was attacked by the wicked witch, you know the one from Snow White, anyways my aunt Piper helped save the realm of fairytales. He is the one who gave this book to my mother. After our family helped protect him he would not betray us by giving us some thing evil. Sure many demons may want the book, but they don't know that I have it." Arianna was still puzzled by his comment. Why would the keeper of fairytales give them something that was evil?
"Hold on a second, the fairytales are reall.?" Sirius sounded disbelieving
"They Were. The Keeper of Fairy Tales keeps what i guess you could call the "origanal copy" like little red riding hood cloke, Snow Whites Glass Coffin, Cinderella's Glass Slippers, and so on. If they are changed then the stories that all the children in the world know are changed as well. Therefore the wold changes. That is why the Keepers job is so imprtant. " Arianna watched his expression slowly change to understanding
"Come, Arianna there's something that I think you should see." Sirius got up and started making his way towards the castle. He turned around and notice that she wasn't following. "Come on, I don't bite." He did not realize that he had said that rather seductively.
Hermione did not know if she could make herself walk, let alone face him after what she had just heard. Did he really care about her like that? Stop thinking that way Hermione. So what if he did, You have Sirius.
"Are you daft? I said enter!" Great, Hermione thought, now he knows that I heard him. She slowly opened the door and saw that he was sitting at his desk. Hermione had to admit, him sitting their all alone and livid mad him pretty sexy. Stop thinking that way you have Sirius!
"Tel me the truth, Granger, how much did you hear?" Snape was trying everything to stay calm and not explode at that very moment.
Hermione decided to not even try and lie. "I heard most of it sir."
"What do you mean that you heard most of it!" Snape's face was growing purple.
"I heard Mr. Malfoy say that Voldemort wanted me as a present for Draco, why I don't know. We can barely stand eachothers presents for mor than ten seconds. Then I heard Mr. Malfoy say that you had feelings for me, and you did not deny it." Hermione practicly said it all in one breath.
"Your right I did not deny it, but that's not what is important right now. What's important is how we are going to solve this problem." Snape had a silent longing in his eyes. Hermione was so stunned that she did not know what to say.
"Where are we going?" Arianna asked as they made there way up the spiral staircase. She was still a little confused as to why the enetered the castle.
"Do you still have your book with you." Sirius was growing nervous.
"Yes why? I already told you that it isn't evil." Arianna was growing impatient with Sirius.
"I want to be sure about something, so we are going to go and see someone who is an expert in the Dark Art." There was a stunned silence that followed.
"Were going to go and see Snape?" Arianna asked. There was no answer. They were standing outside of an office.
A.N: hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, the next chapter will probaly be posted on Monday, that is if I get any reviews. Well enjoy!
