DISCLAIMER: of course...hurray to J.K. Rowling, the founder of all thatis hogwarts

The next day, Stephanie and Laura were woken at 5 in the morning while everyone was still sleeping so that they could go for their training without anyone knowing.

" Man, I thought vacation was supposed to be sleep until noon, rest, dream, sleep some more," said Stephanie groggily as she put on come clothes. Laura was too tired to respond. They had barely gone to bed 5 hours ago, due to the fact that everyone had stayed up late talking about the Order and telling stories in the kitchen. They girls tip toed downstairs and into the kitchen to be met by Snape, Lupin, and a mad looking Sirius sitting at the table.

" Hello Laura, Stephanie. Pleasure to see you both again. " said Lupin warmly.

" Hello professor." They said in unison.

" Yes, yes, you two again." said Snape.

" Professor." The girls nodded.

" Sorry to wake you up so early, but well..." Lupin tried to explain, but what was there to explain really.

" Enough with the little chit chat lets go straight to it. I am going to sharpen your mind with occulmency, mind readings, and teach you ways to control your thought and magic through your mind." Said Snape taking his wand out of his cloak.

" Yeah, and if you pull any funny business Remus and I are standing rite here." Said Sirius in a low dangerous voice. Laura glanced at him when he said this, not quite understanding why he was so upset.

" Umm yes, and after Snape is finished, I shall teach you how to defend yourself both with magic and physically." Said Lupin looking uncomfortable.

" You mean you are going to teach us how to fight?" asked Stephanie.

" Something like that." Said Snape coldly, " Stephanie you are up first, Laura take a seat and watch, because you are going next." Laura walked over to the table and sat next to Sirius. Sirius eyes got a bit brighter as she sat down, as an unusual happiness filled his heart.

Stephanie positioned herself in front of Snape, wand in hand if need be.

" I want you to close your eyes, and by your will only I want you to do a spell. In the meantime, I will enter your mind and you must fight me off." Directed Snape.

What? Snape in my head! This is not happening! This is not happening! Ok Stephanie, focus, focus, what spell shall I use…hmm…Thoughts of Frederick rushed inside her mind, the first time he kissed her, the awkwardness before they went out when the knew they liked each other, why am I thinking this, well this is nice…Wait! Snape! ' Yes, concentrate Stephanie push me out of your mind.'

She heard him say inside her head. Stephanie focused herself on a bright light, a light that would soon surround her body, she thought of this light as being her magical spectrum, and focused it on pushing Snape away. Sweat broke on her forehead, and her shoulders started trembling. She used all her might to force him out of her mind, but the shattering of a glass brought her back to reality and she tumbled to the ground. Lupin rushed to her side to help her up, as she shook violently. He helped her to a chair, and Laura was up next.

" What the hell was that Snivellus!" asked Sirius in full anger.

" She pushed me out…" he said in a small voice full of awe. He soon recomposed him self and sneered saying, " Not bad for a Gryffindor Stephanie. Did you intend to brake that glass?"

Stephanie looked at the table at the shuttered glass, and was taken aback.

" Wait—I"

Lupin rubbed her shoulder consolingly, and said with a proud smile, "that was amazing, I have never seen anyone fight off mind control so valiantly."

" Yeah Stephanie, we all felt a rush of warmth when you started to concentrate, as if—as if your magic was sweeping the room." Said Laura encouragingly.

Stephanie smiled at Laura, and mouthed ' GOOD LUCK' as it was Laura's turn to experience the mind control in the hands of Snape. Laura was very worried, seeing what Stephanie went through, but also felt safe knowing Sirius was there.

Gah! Stop thinking about him Laura! ok ok, get ready.

Snape closed his eyes at first, and when he opened them again, he looked straight into Laura's brown ones. She opened them wider in a bit of shock, then felt a tingle in the base of her neck, as if someone was physically prying her head

open. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes…

Sirius's POV:

If Snape tries anything, anything at all, I will have his head as a mantelpiece.

Nobody moved in the kitchen, and Sirius stared intently at Laura worried and concerned. She looks in pain! Why is she in pain! I need to do something Damn it, I can't just sit here!

He rushed to her side as she fell to the ground. He was overcome with worry and anger towards Snape.

Wake up, please wake up. Why won't she wake up! WAKE UP!

Back to normal:

"Laura! Laura!" yelled Stephanie kneeling at her side.

Laura was breathing very shallowly, limp and pale on the ground.

"Laura, don't do this to me, we have to much to do together, you can't leave me now!" said Stephanie fighting the worried tears in the back of her throat.

" Mmmm…mmm" said Laura trying to open her eyes, when all of a sudden her body curved upwards as her eyes brutally shot open and she gasped for air.

Sirius grabbed her to not let her fall back down to the ground, and held her in his arms as he carried her to the kitchen table to lay her down.

" Stephanie! I saw them! I saw them, my parents! I saw them!" she was frantic, and Stephanie opened her mouth not knowing what to say.

Snape stood in the shadows watching the scene unroll before him. He was still shocked at what he saw. He never knew Laura was an orphan, and the parents he saw in her mind were, he knew them, he…he had been in love with her mom…wait, was it her? He wondered to himself. It took awhile to come Laura down, and Stephanie just told her that they would talk after to get all the details, because they needed to finish their training before the whole household was awake.

" Stephanie are you ready?" asked Lupin concerned.

" yeah…yeah…so what are you going to teach us? Or I mean how?"

" Well first of all, I will need you to focus on your senses. Ol' Buckbeak's room will be transformed into a training room, that will appear to you and Laura only when you say the password: moonlight. I expect you two to train everyday on the equipment, for your endurance and flexibility, because who knows what you will need to do in this upcoming war. Today, since it's the first time, I will blindfold you and I want you to concentrate and tell me where you think I am in the room."

Stephanie nodded nervously, and Laura looked apprehensively. Sirius still had his hand on Laura's shoulder, but she didn't mind.

Stephanie closed her eyes, and pictured the room in her mind. She could feel every object in the room, every energy focusing on her body. She felt a slight breeze on her forehead, and she brusquely turned around and said, " You are standing behind Sirius, your head is turned to the left."

" Wow" whispered Lupin and Sirius who never thought she would get it so fast.

" Excellent Stephanie, I must say." Said Lupin proudly.

Snape simply stared, but his eyes contained disbelief and a certain detachment.

" Ok, Laura I guess that means you are next." Said Lupin.

Laura gave Sirius a nervous glance, but he just squeezed her shoulder reassuringly as she stood up. Now it was Stephanie's turn to sit back and watch

the show.

" Ok Laura same thing."

Laura closed her eyes, and took a deep breath as she tried to picture everything around her. She felt herself spinning in place, then everything became very still. She became very aware of Sirius's breathing, in, out, in, out, in, out, every breath, every movement of his body. She could even picture the way his lips were slightly parted as he took more air in, then the way his fingers ran through his hair, flexing his arm ever so slightly as he did so. Then all of a sudden she grabbed something in mid air, and with the speed and agility of a striking cobra she took Remus's hand and flipped him upside down in midair. As soon as she heard him land she opened her eyes, and started to panic apologizing profusely.

" Omg, omg prof-I mean Remus are you alright? I am so sorry, it was a reflex, I didn't mean to, I—"

" It's all right…oof…it's all right Laura, actually what you did was very advanced, I wasn't going to teach you that until next time." He tried to regain his breath, as she had knocked the wind out of him, and regained his balance as he stood, rubbing his backside.

"he he he" a snicker could be heard in the background.

" My my, I must say I am very impressed, I guess this will be easier than I thought." Said Lupin very proudly.

" he he HAHAHAHAHAHAHA," All of a sudden Sirius erupted with laughter and doubled over on his chair, " HAHAHAHA REMIE, YOU GOT KNOCKED OUT COLD BY Laura! HAHAHAHHAHA man I can't even breathe HAHAHAHA, YOU ARE NEVER LIVING THAT DOWN!"

" oh shut up…" said Remus turning bright red, as Stephanie was trying to bite back her laughter too.

" I have never seen so much immaturity. My my, what a lovely bunch of toddlers you make. Well, I must be going, I expect you girls to practice before next time." And Snape apparated away.

" That sonavabitch!" spat Sirius angrily.

" Sirius, why do you hate him so much?" Laura inquired.

" It's when we where at school, and he has always been such a dumb oily prat!" Sirius started ranting until Lupin held his hands up and said, " No more! Shut up Sirius you are ranting again. Who wants to start the day so negatively, plus I hear people coming down the stairs." He was right, because soon enough Mrs. Weasley opened the door getting ready to make breakfast.

" Good morning all of you! What are you girls doing up so early?"

" Uhh… we couldn't sleep very well ...and…"

" Oh never mind that, I remember now. Dumbeldore business rite? Well don't you worry about me; I'll just be making breakfast. You are aware that the rest of the children don't know of your secrets my dear, but a secret is a secret and it is safe with me. Now off you go, get cleaned up and come back down for some warm food." Stephanie and Laura were so grateful Mrs. Weasley knew, because it is always helpful to have a woman to talk to and be the motherly figure.

" well I am going to go take a shower, thanks Lupin, Sirius." Stephanie left in a little skip, ready to relax under the warm bubbling water.

" I guess I should do the same…" said Laura, " Thank you Remus, and see you tomorrow perhaps." As she was about to turn around however, Sirius said, "Would you like me to show you your training room before everyone is up and about?" He stood up to lead the way, and she nodded. Remus turned around to chat with Mrs. Weasley and help her with breakfast.

Laura had to slightly jog to keep up with him as he took two steps at once. He went to the top floor of the house. The stairs opened to a dark hallway, were no light was seen. Laura became a bit frightened, but did not want to seem scared in front of him, so she just kept behind him, but after she felt a crunching noise under her foot she yelped and grabbed on to his arm. In the dark, Sirius smiled warmly although she could not see his face, and said, " Those are just some rat bones that Buckbeack has thrown around, don't worry." He took her hand in his and went to a door whispering " Moonlight" The door opened revealing an enormous training room, equipped with swords, lances, archery, mats, vaulting poles, all the things required to train a warrior. Taken by the grandness of the room, Laura opened her mouth unable to say anything, and looked around, "Sirius…this is…it's amazing…how did you do this?"

" You like it? I mean you and Stephanie will like it?"

" Like it, I love it, and I am sure she will more than love it. Who did this, I mean how, when?"

Sirius chuckled softly and replied; " Well Dumbeldore fixed it up when you arrived, "

"…this is soo amazing…actually it's a bit sad in a way…"

" How do you mean?"

" Well this. The training. The whole situation Stephanie and I find ourselves in. then things I saw…" she shuddered when she remembered her experience with Snape.

Sirius put his arms around her into a protective hug, wanting to absorb all her pain, and said, " You don't have to worry, I will make sure nothing happens to you." Laura breathed in his scent as she buried her head into his chest listening to his heartbeat.

" But how will you Sirius? How will you know to be there?"

He softly took her chin in his index finger and thumb so she could look rite up at his face, "Laura, I promise you this, I will always protect you." And he kissed her cheek after having said this. Laura felt a surge of emotion flow through her. Part of her wanted to kiss him, no not kiss him, snog his brain senseless, but the responsible side of her knew that she was still with Oliver, and if she didn't want pain, then why should she inflict it on others. Yes…Oliver, don't cheat on Oliver,

So Laura did the only thing she could do, she hugged him tighter not wanting to let him go, as he tightened his hold on her, whispering, " I'll never let you go…

In the meantime, the rest of the household was starting to stir…

" Argh, I don't wanna get up Fred…you get up first and test the floor, tell me if it's cold…" said George groggily from his bed.

" No you do it."

" No you do it, I asked first."

" Do it George, stop being a whinny ass."

" But I don't wanna! You test the floor."

Fred just rolled over on his mattress and went back to sleep, ignoring his brother.

" Fine fine, have to do everything myself these days! You watch it mister, soon you'll be the one with a rubbery wand…stupid cold floor, why do I need to put my foot on you! What you wanna piece of me stupid floor? I can take you!"

" George will you shut up, geez sometimes I swear you are just soo…"

" Sexy, witty, charming, better looking.."

"Yeah rite, everyone knows I am the better looking twin," said Fred sitting up after deciding he would never be able to go back to sleep.

" Better looking! Ha! My foot you are!" cried George indignantly.

" Yeah, well your feet are chickens if you ask me, you are to chicken to even try the ground," With that Fred swung his feet on the ground, stood up and said, "See, oooo the coldness of the floor will eat me alive! Oh no! Run for you life! IT'S ALIVE! AAAAHH"

" GOT YOU!" cried George, who turned around to catch some more shuteye, after having made his brother get up.

Fred just stood there dumbfounded and scowled, " can't believe I fell for it, my own brother! Guess I better take a shower then, before lazy bum here decides to hog the bathroom."

As Fred left the room with his necessary needs, he missed George's lump on the bed giggling madly, having pulled the old one two over his brother.

Fred dragged his feet to the bathroom, barely opening his eyes. He opened the door, and felt warmth coming from the inside. MMmmmmm warm…I like warm…he thought. He took off his pj's and hung his towel on the rack, then he prepared to step in the shower, but as he pulled back the shower curtain he heard a scream that woke him rite up.

" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! GET OUT! GET OUT!"

" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" yelled Fred back at the naked form in the shower.

" FREDERICK I SWEAR I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" Stephanie roared trying to cover herself up.

Fred just stood there dumbfounded, staring in shock, forgetting that he too was naked. Stephanie wrapped a towel securely around her body and pushed him out of the door, locking it behind her. She was mad and embarrassed beyond belief, but just on the other side of the door, the corners of Fred's mouth started twitching, and slowly forming into a smile.

Ron came out of his room, rubbing his eyes, and said, " What's all the noi—Fred, what are you doing naked in the middle of the hallway?"