N/A: Alright this one is dedicated to Panic-at-the-market and just.a.reader.not.a.writer! Luv y'all!
Disclaimer: I still don't own any of this. The song is by Simple Plan.
The next morning Sirius had a very wet awakening.
He opened his eyes to see Addy standing over him with a now empty bucket of water.
"Come on sleeping beauty!" Addy laughed, dragging Sirius down the stairs.
Sirius followed Addy mumbling something about hating mornings. However, as soon as he took sight of the presents littered around the common room he completely perked up.
"Presents!" he yelled, "I love presents!"
Sirius sat down and began to tear open his presents. Addy walked over to her reasonably smaller pile and began to unwrap each of her presents carefully. She got a homework planner from Lily, Chocolate frogs from Amelia, Bertie Bots Every Flavor Beans from James, A trendy set of baby blue robes from Maddi, a sneak-o-scope from Remus, and How to Prank a Prankster Volume 1, from Sirius (who had also given James Volume 2 and Remus Volume 3. Very creative with presents isn't he?)
"Are you done yet?" whined James, who wanted to go down for breakfast.
"I have one left!" Addy protested pointing to a small package.
"Well, open it!" Sirius said sitting down next to Addy. Addy carefully undid the red ribbon and the gold wrapping paper. Inside was a necklace. On the end of the of the chain was an Irish knot. Addy gasped.
"No," she muttered.
"Wow Buzz," said James, "That totally blew my present out of the water. Who gave it to you?"
Addy opened the card and her head dropped.
"Peter," she said meekly, "I can't accept this."
"Why not?"
"I don't like Peter."
"You don't?"
"Not the way he likes me."
Breakfast that morning was a grand charade. The house elves had prepared every type of breakfast food imaginable and even some that were not typically found on a breakfast menu. (including chocolate pudding)
Christmas Day passed by in a flash and all too soon it was coming to an end. Kingsley, Addy, James and Sirius sat around the fire in the Gryffindor common room roasting marshmallows.
"I have some pretty prestigious relatives myself," said Kingsley, "My uncle is the senior undersecretary to the minister of magic."
"Oh, yes, I think my dad has met your uncle before, he is the head of Magical Law Enforcement," said James.
The conversation had been going along these lines for quite a while now, none of the three boys realizing their silent companion who was feeling more and more uncomfortable by the second.
"My grandfather was a Headmaster at Hogwarts," bragged Sirius.
Finally, Addy couldn't take it any longer. She stood up and stormed out of the common room with out turning around to look at the boys.
"What's the matter with her?" asked James. Sirius just shrugged his shoulders and muttered "girls."
The next morning, when James and Sirius woke up Addy had already left Gryffindor Tower. She was also nowhere to be seen during breakfast. James and Sirius were planning on going straight outside after breakfast but yesterday Addy had asked them to return the books on werewolves. She had officially given up.
As soon as James and Sirius entered the library they saw that there was only one person occupying it. That one person was Addison Mae.
"Hey Addy," said Sirius sitting down next to her, "I thought we had given up?"
"We did," she answered simply.
"So what are all these?" he asked motioning his hand over the books.
"Hogwarts yearbooks."
"What are you looking for, Buzz?" asked James.
"If you all have to know, I'm trying to find myself." With that she stood up and picked up the yearbooks and walked out the door.
"What was that about?" asked Sirius.
"I think I know," said James. He ran out the door and after his friend. He finally caught Addy on the bank of the river.
"Hey, Addy, wait!" he grabbed onto her arm and she tried to pull away dropping all her books on the snow. Wiping tear away from her eyes from her eyes she went down to pick up the books. James grabbed her and forced her to look him in the eyes.
"Addy, what's the matter. I want to help."
Addy Sunk down to her knees and sat in the ground.
"Nothing makes sense," she said.
"Then make it make sense. What makes sense to you?"
"Music.." she whispered.
I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't
How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
I made my mistakes
I've got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me
"And I just want to why? Why me?" cried Addy, "I just want to know who I am."
James smiled at her.
"I'll help."
The two friends went into the common room and spent all night flipping through the yearbooks looking for any mention of Mae or someone who gave a striking resemblance to Addy.
They didn't find anything.
N/A: I had a great idea for this chapter and it just isn't turning out right. Oh well. I think I might still be a little sedated.