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She was like fire, the burning warmth of protection, but yet a single touch she would scorch you. Her cryptic words stung deeper then the deepest of wounds. He couldn't understand how this one tiny little girl could cause such a effect on him. It wasn't just him either. Most people didn't notice her as she passed by but the few who did had the same bewildered expression he found himself wearing in her presence.

She stood in front of him with that knowing look, the corner of her lips curling slightly. He had insulted her trying to break her down but still she stood tall. They seemed to be stuck in a dance. Meeting up on the roof top, time after time.

"You never run out of things to say, do you?" He just stared at her. "What happens when there are no more words to hid behind, what will you do then?" Her eyes pierced into his before she sighed and turned away.

"Who are you?" He asked her.

" If you are the star, then I am the night sky. And I am the only thing holding you from crashing to the earth." She walked away leaving him stunned and angry. How dare she? But then again, she wasn't wrong.

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Sirius had been thinking about things a lot lately. He didn't know who he was. The strange girl was right. He had tried to talk to Remus but now he was out of words to say. He was left in the silence, it was killing him. She was right, when it came down to it he had nothing to hid behind. He had nothing. He picked up the mirror he had been carrying around hoping in vain that James would have a change of heart.

"I'd hate to be a mirror." He jumped slightly surprised at her appearance. She hadn't been around lately, he didn't blame her. He had waited day after day but she didn't come. But as it seemed, when he wasn't in the mood to talk, she came like clock work.

" And why is that?" He smiled up at Ari curious.

" People could spend all day looking at you but never really seeing you, only the reflections of themselves." She paused momentarily as he thought on her words. She smirked at him. " Plus the hole vanity thing."

He rolled his eyes. " It's a two way mirror, so I can talk to James, if he was talking to me." He sighed, putting it away.

" You haven't fix it yet?" He wanted to scream at her. IT wasn't something that you could just super glue back together, it would take more then that. He had cut in too deep for a bandaid, this wound needed stitches and he didn't know how to sew.

" Honesty is the best policy." She said cheerily.

" Only if he'll hear me out."

Ari paused looking down at Sirius for a long moment.

" Most of the time the answer is easier then you think."

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"Remus, wait please." Sirius couldn't keep the tears from hindering his voice as the boy froze to the spot. It was the first time he had caught him alone since the Snape indecent. For once James or Peter weren't there to interferer.

" What do you want from me?" Remus turned to face him, angry tears rolling down his face.

" Nothing." Sirius whispered. It felt as if he was chocking on his words as he looked at Remus.

" That's right nothing you can explain can fix this Sirius. You can't just smile and everything will be fine it's past that and you know it."

Sirius staggered a breath unaware he had been holding onto the last one. Thinking of Ari he did smile lightly, only for a second before slipping back into the sorrowful moment.

" your right, I can't explain it, there is no justification for what I did." He felt as if the words were dying on his lips, just like their friendship. He hadn't noticed that he had moved closer to Remus. He seemed disconnected from his body, he had no control over his actions. He looked Remus in the eye, despite the pain staking guilt, he held the werewolf's gaze.

" Remus, I am sorry."

Lupin's face broke. A smile splintering off the sadness they both felt in their hearts. The smaller boy through his arms around his friend pulling him into a hug.

"Took you long enough." He whispered in his ear.

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Ick the sap moment I hate writing, hope it's good enough for you peoples, anyhow the next chapters jump to moments Sirius runs into Ari again, the big moments I wrote long ago in the time before the dinosaur…