A/n: Hey readers!
This chapter might be a little confusing closer to the end. . . You'll see.
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Choc0 Chipz: I'm glad you did great and your exams. Thank you! "Bonded" is a word, by the way. Yeah, I was very happy with the way that Scott and Alice bonded too. Yay, the cliffhanger is over, so here's Chapter 12
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Chapter 12
"Shove off, Ava," I tell her.
Avalon ignores me. "Father hates you."
"Does he? What have it away? His letter saying how he hates me or the fact that he never loved me in the first place?"
"You're okay with that?" Avalon asks.
"If I wasn't I wouldn't be making a joke out of this, now would I?"
Doe looks a little confused. "Um, I'll just go back to the Common Room. Bye, Scott."
"Bye, Doe."
She walks away and I'm left alone with Avalon.
I turn to her. "Now that she's gone, let's get down to business."
"What business? You told me to shove off. What kind of business is that?"
"Either answer my question or go away."
She smirks. "What's your question?"
"What do you know about Severus Snape?"
"What do you want to know?"
"About his friendship with Lily Evans."
"What's in it for me?"
"Absolutely nothing. But you might not want to brush your hair tomorrow morning. Someone might have hexed it."
"Turn it back or else I'll ruin your reputation. Believe me, I can."
"You think I'll care about what some Slytherins think about me?"
"By that you mean the Slytherin house and anyone else who gossips."
"I'll change it back if you answer me."
"I can work with that."
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I'm laying on my bed right now, thinking about Snape and Evans. Evans met Snape before she went to Hogwarts. They became friends even though they were house rivals.
People bullied Snape. Especially James. James and Snape hate each other. Since Sirius is friends with James he joins him with bullying Snape. Avalon wasn't sure about Remus and Peter though.
Evans always stood up for Snape, but they occasionally got into fights.
I look at James and Sirius, who are back from the hospital wing with Remus and Peter. Are they good or bad? Unless Avalon lied about the whole thing. . . I'm so confused. At Hogwarts, truth and lies twist together.
"You don't look so good," Kevin tells me.
"I'm just. . . tired."
Remus climbs into bed. "Hey, Scott."
"Hey, Remus." I climb out of bed.
"I thought that you were tired," Kevin tells me.
"I am. I just need to go to the other dorm for a second."
I go across the hall to A5. All of the boys look at me when I enter. "Hey," one of them says. "Scott, right?"
"Yeah. I'm not so good with names. Let's see if I remember you guys." I point to the guy who just spoke to me. "You're. . . Tipton?"
"Yeah. Shay Tipton."
I nod. I point at someone else. "Barskey?"
"Greg Lincons." He points at the boy across from him. "That's Barskey."
Barskey nods. "Tal Barskey."
I point at the only one left. "So you're Simon Minsky?"
"Yep."
"Got it. So, do any of you have any Sleeping Potion I could borrow?"
"I've got some," Shay says.
He goes to his trunk and pours some from a jar into a cup. He hands it to me. I drink it. "Thanks."
"No problem," he replies. "It's a good one. You'll be out cold in five minutes."
I nod and go back to my dorm. I get under my covers. Shay was right. I fall asleep right away.
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I don't know where I am. I look around. Is this. . . the Great Hall?
I see an empty room full of truth and lies that are forging as one, impossible to take apart from the other. Something bad is happening.
"What do you see?" a voice asks.
"Who is that?" I call.
The familiar wizard steps into the light. "I am Professor Dumbledore."
"It's you."
"Yes, Scott. It's me."
"So you're the one behind all of this? You're mixing the truth and lies together?"
"You think that I did all of this?" Dumbledore replies.
"I can assure you that this is my fault, but I was not the one who started this."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I let someone— or something into the castle accidentally. I don't know where it is. I shouldn't be telling you this."
"Why are you, then?" I ask.
"Because someone's using you, Scott. You aren't an Occlumens. Someone blocked your mind himself. Someone's either trying to protect you, or just the opposite."
"Why would someone need to protect me?"
"Because you have a gift, Scott."
"I have more than one, sir."
"No, this isn't a regular gift. You may have never realized it, but you can separate the truth and the lies. Someone either wants to protect it, by blocking your mind to make sure no one takes it, or someone wants to steal it from you, blocking your mind to only allow himself in so he could take it."
"What's so great about this gift?"
"It's such a powerful gift, Scott. It can make a lie become a truth and make a truth become a lie."
"I see. So if the person can mix truth and lies together, why would he take my gift?"
"You don't understand how much power someone can have from that."
"How do I control this gift?"
"You'll find out on your own. Now get out of here, Scott."
"Yes, sir."
I exit the Great Hall.
I sit up in my bed. I inhale and exhale six times really fast. It was just a dream. Just a dream.
"Are you okay, Scott?" Remus whispers to me.
"Just a bad dream," I whisper back. "I'm fine."
"Good. I can't sleep."
"Why?"
"I just can't."
"You should try Tipton's Sleeping Potion. It works like a charm."
"No point. It's already 4:00."
"You'll be so tired."
"I'll be fine. You should go back to sleep."
"Whatever you say, Remus." I lay back down.
I think about the first time I saw Sirius.
Gray eyes? Is that even possible?
I suddenly realize what this year would turn into. Truth, lies and figuring out about Sirius Black. Truth, lies and. . . gray eyes.
A/n: Yay, I finally got the title in the story! Review if you enjoyed. Who's excited for Chapter 13?!