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Chapter 22

The sun beats through a window and I roll over. Onto a cold floor. "God," I mumble, sitting up. I'm still in the room from last night.

What time did I go to sleep?

No idea. I stayed up late while they explained their whole map to me. My head is throbbing from the concrete and I stand up.

My wolf features are gone. I look at the Marauders. Sirius, James, and Peter are all in their animal forms. Remus is back to normal, his clothes torn from the transformation.

I look at my body. My dress-robes are ripped. Father's gonna kill me.

Dress-robes. The ball. May. Alice.

The thoughts rush into my mind like a hole in a dam. Until they finally sink. I kissed Alice, and she kissed me back. May heard about it. I started to transform.

But how was there a full moon? Just a half-hour before the transformation the moon wasn't full yet. It doesn't make sense.

Figured it out, Wayward?

That voice. He did it. He mixed the Truth and Lies again.

"Are you crazy?!" I whisper, trying not to wake the Marauders up.

Now, now, Wayward. You must be polite.

"Fine, will you please be a dear and get the hell out of my mind?!"

Of course. Not.

"Ughhhhh... So you mixed the Truth and Lies to cover the full moon?"

It could've taken you faster.

"You could've not killed my mum faster."

I never killed your precious Mummy, Prescott.

I blink. "You... didn't?"

I have no interest in her. However I do know who actually killed her. And I'll tell you too, if you agree to my plan.

"How do I know you're not lying?"

Annoying and stupid? And people have the nerve to call you clever! You're a Hope, child!

I roll my eyes. "It's a waste to me. I don't know how to use my powers and there's no other Hopes to teach me."

That isn't true. I can. And there's more Hopes than you believe there are. You'd never even realize if they were right under your nose though.

"I don't believe you. You can't teach me, you're not a Hope. Plus, I know your plans. You'll just steal my powers."

You're being idiotic, Prescott.

"Oh yeah, about that. It's kind of unfair that you know my name but I don't know yours."

That's just to bad.

"I can use my Legilimens powers."

You can't use Legilimency on your own mind.

"You're not my mind. You're just inside it."

But I have to say, it's extremely painful to use Legilimency on something inside your mind. I learn this the hard way.

"Owwww!" I whisper-yell, as my hand shoots to my forehead as if it would heal the headache.

But I got it.

I managed to pry one word out.

Mead

"Mead?" I smirk. "Is that your name?"

You're talented then. However, my Occlumency is far more powerful than your mind tricks.

"Oh really, then? I've got your name now."

No, you- stubborn brat. Yes, you know a part of my name.

"Is it your first or last name?"

His laughter rings through my mind, wiping my smirk off my face. His aggravating voice won't leave my head. "Well?"

You're a fool, boy. When you smarten up I might rethink about working with you. Until then, I'll be checking on you, watching your every move. Watch your step, Wayward, or you may land in deep, cold water with no one to save you.

"You blasting, bloody-!"

"Scott!"

I fall backwards and take a deep breath. It was Sirius.

"What is with you, Scott?" he quietly asks.

I close my eyes. "Bad dream," I mutter.

Don't lie, Scott. Soon your Lies may become Truths.

I groan in aggravation. That blasted Mead! "You'd think you'd want that for me, you bloody git!"

"No, I wouldn't, Scott," Sirius replies. "I know you're having a rough year. Anything you want to talk about?"

"Sorry I wasn't just yelling at you. I was yelling at… myself."

Lies again? Tsk, tsk.

"Heaven save me!" I mumble, falling on a moth-bitten sofa in the back of the room.

"You sure you don't want to talk?" Sirius asks. "You seem kind of tense."

"Of course I want to talk."

"Shoot then."

"But I can't."

"Why not?"

We can't talk about Truth and Lies outside of your mind, Dumbledore had said. "It's just something I can't talk about."

"Well, sorry for, y'know, being a jerk last night. With the Marauders Map."

"No worries, Black." I sigh. "I just don't get it though."

"Don't get what?"

"Don't you ever just want to escape life?"

"As in dying?!"

"Not like that… just like hideaway from life for a while."

"In that case, all of the time."

"Really? I mean, your the Sirius Black. You're practically royalty in blood, you have the looks and-"

"And a dad who wants to believe that my brother is his only son."

I blink. "I… feel like an idiot. I knew that, I'm just so fed up with my life that I forgot that other people have troubles too."

"On holidays and summer he'd lock me in my room," he blurts out, his gray eyes falling. "He'd ask the servants to send me food through a tiny elevator in my room. Now I'd stay in school for the holidays but I used to dread summers. Of course, now I'd stay over by James or one of the others. I've never told anyone. I'm embarrassed, actually. The other guys all have normal, loving families. I mean, I've told them that my father hates me, but they think I'm always overreacting, and I knew that you had daddy issues too and I just had to get that out."

"Oh." I don't know what else to say.

"I… I…" Sirius starts, and just like that he bursts into tears.

Wow. This is not happening. Sirius had feelings?

Still, I throw my arms over him into an awkward hug. I close my eyes and think about my year. It was horrible so far. But so was Sirius's. I suddenly burst into tears too. I'm such an idiot. I thought that I had a horrible life and-

A girl on the roof of Hogwarts. "I'm not doing your evil errands anymore. What's my life to this world?"

She takes more steps forward with tears in her eyes. "Goodbye…"

I open my eyes. A vision. Someone was about to jump off the roof of Hogwarts.

A/n: Surprised? Shocked? Sorry for the cliffhanger! I'll be updating soon. I'm in the middle of writing Chapter 23. Hope you're excited! Please review! I need to know what you think. Scalice or Scay? Ahh! I need you guys!