Sirius heard her yelling, telling him to stop, but he didn't listen. He just had to get far away from there before he caused any more trouble. He put his foot out on the sea to see if it would freeze underneath him, and sure enough, it did. He looked back at Lily sadly, but he felt that he had no choice: he ran across the sea, the water freezing beneath his feet. He was halfway across when Lily was about to start running across the frozen water, and she yelled "SIRI! STOP!" but she slipped and fell on the hard surface. He looked back to make sure she was alright, and saw Severus helping her up, so he kept going.

He ran and ran, until he was climbing up the snowy mountain did he start walking, and it set in what he had just done: He failed. He failed as a new King to his people; they would never welcome him to govern them now. He knew what the people thought of his magic, and would fear him for the rest of his life. He failed himself; he couldn't keep his powers under control like he should have. Worst of all, he failed the person he worked so hard not to fail again: Lily. She would never forgive him for shutting her out once again. Sirius walked slowly as he thought about all that had happened that day, but suddenly as he looked ahead at the mountain's peak, and saw the sun rising behind it, he felt a little bit of hope. His responsibilities and worries were far behind him now, and he had gotten what he wished for earlier that day: He was free. He could finally let go of his magic, so as he took off his other glove and cape and threw them in the cold wind as it swept around him, he sent some swirls of fire and snow in the air excitedly. He then, thinking fondly of when he and Lily were young, he built the snowman that they adored: Olaf. He then moved on and when he reached a large gap between him and the peak of the mountain he built a beautiful ice bridge to take him to the other side. After crossing the bridge, he did something impulsive for the first time in his life (besides practicing his magic in secret in his room, learning how to transform into a dog, which he succeeded at the age of fifteen): He built himself a home. It would be a grand ice palace, a place where he didn't have to worry about hiding his powers anymore.

He started at the base by creating a beautiful square mosaic floor of ice, with snowflakes scattered all around. He then worked up from the base and made icy walls that shot up, and formed four walls around him. He kept working until he had created a bedroom, a living room, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a grand foyer, complete with a grand chandelier. Everything was made of ice of course, but he was able to make mixtures of blues, whites and purples to make it all look almost real, and everything glittered in the sunlight that shined through the roof of the palace, and he walked out onto the balcony that he created to be just outside the living room. He stood there as he gazed out into the morning sky: it was breath-taking to see the oranges, pinks, and purples that surrounded the sun. He took off his father's crown and stared at it, and after a moment, he said "I'm sorry father, I'm just not right for Gryffindor," as he shed a tear, and threw the crown into the distance. He wiped his tear and walked back into his bedroom, and realized how exhausted he felt, so he made himself a pair of blue pajamas of fabric ice, (you would think it would be cold, but the cold never bothered him much anyways), and crawled into the bed with the white icy fabric sheets and fell asleep, comforted knowing that he did the right thing, and knew that Lily, as well as his people, were safe. Little did he know that he caused the whole country of Gryffindor to be frozen over, and that Lily was searching for him that very moment…

The night before…

"Are you alright Lily?" Severus asked, sounding concerned, and Lily got up, ignoring the burning pain in her hands and body from her fall on the cold, hard surface of ice. She saw in Sirius's silver eyes how fearful he was, and it was in that moment she knew that she had to go and find him. She stood there quietly for a moment, and Severus asked "Lily-?" but she interrupted him, saying "I'm going after him." Severus looked shocked "What? But he's dangerous!" Lily looked at him furiously as she said "He's not dangerous! He's scared, and he needs me! I'm the only family he's got left. Mr. Dumbledore, please bring me my horse." Dumbledore nodded, and did what he was asked. The Duke of Rastleton, who was cowering behind his large guards, quickly came out from behind them as he said "He's a monster! He almost killed me AND you, his own sister! Are you a monster too?" Lily looked to him angrily, and said "He's NOT a monster, and neither am I! And that was an accident; we were able to get out of the way in time!" The Duke seemed unsatisfied, but didn't say anything more. Mr. Dumbledore brought Lily what she requested: her beautiful Chestnut-colored horse with a black mane, and was all harnessed and ready to go. Severus helped Lily onto the horse, and said "I'll go with you; it's too dangerous for you to go by yourself!" Lily said "No, Severus, I need you to stay here and watch over the people of Gryffindor." Lily said as she put her hand over Severus's, which was on top of her other hand, but then let go of him as she grabbed the reins of her horse, and announced to her people, "Everyone: I will go and find King Sirius. He is not a monster, nor is he dangerous: He is scared, and needs the support of his people. I leave you in Prince Severus's capable hands, and if you need anything, please come see him. I shall return as soon as I can." Mrs. McGonagall came out and said as she handed Lily a ruby red cloak "Be careful, Princess Lily. We don't want to lose you too." Lily offered a small smile as she said "I will be back, I promise, with Siri by my side." She put her cloak on, and nudged her horse forward as they galloped out the gates and into the forest. Little did she know how long of a journey it would be…

The next morning…

Lily, who was now cold and hungry, was still upon her horse, searching for her brother. She had been searching all night for her brother, his pale, scared face still etched in her mind. She continued searching until late that afternoon, and just as she was passing by a large tree log, a squirrel leapt from it suddenly, scaring the horse enough to make her throw Lily off her back! Lily thankfully landed in a thick pile of snow, but as she yelled to her horse "Wait!" the horse left. Lily groaned in frustration, her body achy from sitting upon horse for so long, and her stomach growling. She needed some food and rest, so she got up from the snow, shivering as she continued to walk into the forest.

"James will you slow down! You're going to make all our supplies fly out of the sled!" Remus yelled at his brother as he tugged on the reins that James's deer-form was wearing. James slowed down reluctantly, but then he stopped as he heard something in the woods. Remus heard it too, and they listened carefully as they looked all around. They knew it was dangerous to be in the forest at night, so they moved slowly forward to the top of a snow mound, and noticed a form trudging through the snow below them, and watched it cautiously. They continued to watch, and when it stopped, they could hear it talking, saying "Snow! Why snow, Siri? I mean, I love snow, but this is ridiculous!" James and Remus looked at each other questioningly, but continued to observe. The girl then tripped and fell into the snow, (and James and Remus winced slightly) but as she lifted her head, she blearily saw smoke rising from a little hut in the distance. She said gratefully "Fire! Warm, t-t-t-toasty fire!" but as she got up, she fell down a steep hill. Remus gasped and said "James, we've got to make sure she's alright." James nodded, and they slid down the mound and went to the spot where she just was, and as they looked down they both winced as they saw she landed right into a freezing river, and she now was shivering violently as she got up, and pulled her cape closer around her (even though it didn't offer any warmth as it too was sopping wet). She walked right to the hut that she had seen the smoke coming from, and she saw the sign next to the door, and read aloud: "H-hagrid's and F-fang's S-s-shop" She knocked on the door, and said "Hello? A-are you o-open?" and a minute after she knocked, a huge man opened the door, and said "Hello there! Blimey are ye alright? Come in! Ye shouldn' be out in this cold wea'her we're havin'!" and he ushered her in and closed the door. Remus sighed in relief as he said "That poor girl, what was she doing out here in this weather? And wearing barely anything but a gown and cloak!" James nodded, and they found another way around to get to the hut, for they needed some supplies as well.

Lily was ushered in, and the giant, heavily-bearded man said as he pulled out a chair for her to sit at a table, and took her cloak and put it on the fence near the fire to dry, "The name's Rubeus Hagrid, but ye can call me Hagrid, ev'ryone does." Lily nodded, and said "T-thank you, I'm Lily." She didn't want the kind man to worry about formalities, and was surprised that he, who looked so large and intimidating, could be so kind to take her in. He said "'ere, have some tea, it'll warm ye right up, and I'll give ye some stew, don' ye worry, it'll be ready in a bit." Lily took the large mug of tea gratefully, and said "T-thank you so much for your kindness, Hagrid. I r-really appreciate it." Hagrid waved his hand as he said "No trouble t'all! What were ye doin' out there in the cold? Wearing not much but a gown an' a cloak!" Lily sipped her tea, which warmed her right up, and said "Well, my brother ran away, and-" she sighed as she stopped herself, and asked "Hagrid, are you afraid of magic?" Hagrid looked surprised at the question, but answered "Well, no, I suppose no'," Lily nodded, and said "Well, my brother can practice magic. And once he revealed it by accident at the coronation ball last night, the people became frightened. He ran away, he looked horrified at what he had done, and I knew I had to go after him." Hagrid nodded understandingly, "So he's a wizard, eh? That's tough to be, 'specially 'round 'ere. 'Ere in Gryffindor the people believe tha' magic is a bad omen. I don' believe tha' rubbish o' course. Neither does Fang 'ere. Fang, come say 'ello to Lily." Fang was a giant dog, with thick fur and a thick coat of drool along his mouth. Lily giggled at the sight, and Fang came right over to her as she put her tea mug down to pet him. Fang was more than happy to have the attention, and as a token of his appreciation, he gave her a very slobbery kiss on the cheek, and Lily laughed, and Hagrid said "Alr'ght Fang tha's enough, don' want Lily 'ere to start shiverin' again." He handed her a towel to wipe off the drool, and Lily said "Thank you, and Hagrid? Do you happen to sell any winter clothes at the moment? I know it's technically the Summer right now, but I could really use some proper clothes for this weather. I have some money to pay for it too of course," Hagrid thought for a moment, and said "Yea', I think I migh' have somethin', though mind ye it's no' much: All I 'ave is wha's lefto'er from las' winter. Come o'er to my shop 'ere, let's see what I've go'." Lily, who felt much warmer now, followed Hagrid as he went to the counter of his shop and got his keys to check in the stock room. "I'll be righ' back, I'm goin' to check and see what I'e got in 'ere," Lily nodded and waited at the counter, and Fang walked over to her and sat down next to where she was standing. Lily smiled at the dog and patted him on the head, when suddenly a man about her age, perhaps a little older, walked in.