Disclaimer: I own Liz, the mysterious enigma Isabel (who is revealed in this chapter), and the plot...Nothing else!
(A/N: I have the newest version of Word, so I can FINALLY spell check!)
Mirror, Mirror.
All of a sudden, Lupin's face appeared in the mirror.
"Hello, Harry! I suppose Isabel is around as well?"
"It's Elizabeth, professor."
"As my name is Remus, not professor."
Liz smirked, remembering how she only called him "Professor" to his face at Hogwarts... She also remembered her classmates' nickname for him, "Shabby." Many of her fellow Ravenclaw's had thought his hand-me-down robes were something to be ashamed of, but Liz was from a middle-class family and knew money could get tight.
"And I'm just lost..." Harry's voice broke into her reverie.
"Well, Harry... This predicament sounds a lot like one Sirius had during our last year at school. James and I had girlfriends, and Pettigrew, he, er, he..." Lupin broke off, a trifle uncomfortable.
"Did he shag girls?" Liz asked, curious about the infamous Wormtail.
"Er, yes. Sirius couldn't understand it. How could HE, the hottest guy in school, not have at least three girls vying for his attention?" Lupin grinned as he could hear Liz growling to herself.
"That vile, foul, filthy, little RAT! Treating girls like toys, like mere playthings..." She was a bit of a feminist.
"That's not quite my problem..." Harry had never considered himself to be cute, or 'HOT', as most girls seemed to put it.
"I understand that Harry, but the way you described reminded me of it."
"What'd Sirius do?" Harry decided he might want to hear this after all.
"He cornered the Grey Lady and asked her to pretend to be infatuated with him."
"HE WHAT?!" Liz and Harry exclaimed.
"The Grey Lady?" Harry just couldn't believe it.....
'The RAVENCLAW House Ghost!?' Both Harry and Liz were thinking the same thing.
"Yes, he did...I know it sounds crazy, James and I thought he needed to go to a mental asylum when he told us. The weirdest thing is she agreed."
"I'm writing to Dumbledore and asking if we can visit Hogwarts, and I'm going to ask Areana about this!" Liz said, suspiciously.
"Who's Areana?" Harry's mind had left the problem in light of Sirius' foolishness. Liz turned red. 'The Grey Lady's will kill me for telling someone that her real name is Areana Trily. Only true Ravenclaws and staff were allowed to know.' Liz thought.
"Areana...I remember her. One of your friends, wasn't she? Areana Trily?" Lupin said, covering Liz's mistake.
"Yes. She graduated a year early, she was so smart." Liz said, smiling. She had forgotten Are had the same name as The Grey Lady, as they always called each other 'Isil' and 'Zara,' respectively Trily and Buen. Isil was the granddaughter of The Grey Lady, after all.
"I remember her well. She was a bright young girl, although Hermione was better n certain classes, including my own." Lupin grinned at Harry.
"She is the Ancient Runes professor now. I didn't take that class; it was much too hard for me." Liz grimaced at the thought of translating runes. She had had a hard enough time in muggle school with Spanish, she hadn't been about to take another troublesome language like that.
"That was one of Areana's better subjects, if my mind serves me right." Lupin said.
"Well, it's been nice reminiscing about our school days." Harry said sarcastically.
"Oh! Harry, I'm so sorry. I forgot why we had Hermione fix the mirror. I'll go check on Draco..." Liz trailed off, looking embarrassed and walked away. Harry watched her walk off, waiting till she was with the others to talk to Lupin again.
"What was that mirror, Liz? Why did Harry want me to fix it?" Hermione asked, glancing at Harry to make sure he wasn't listening.
"Something Sirius gave him. It made him feel closer to Sirius. Harry was feeling lonely." Liz wasn't watching Harry, but instead the handsome, blond boy next to her.
(A/N: Chatty says that she knows you're laughing, personater who knows who Chatty is!)
"You really love him, don't you?" Hermione couldn't help but laugh at Liz's constant vigil.
"Draco? Yes....of course I do." Liz wasn't really paying attention. All of a sudden, the group was thrown in all directions as Ernie stopped the bus abruptly.
"What was that?" Ron said.
"I don't care, just get off me!" Ginny replied, sounding strained.
"Oh, that's you?" Ron asked, as the group picked themselves up. Luckily, Hermione had charmed Draco's stretcher so it wouldn't bounce around, and he was sleeping soundly.
As they gathered their scattered belongings, a faintly green witch, wrapped in a traveling cloak, walked to the front of the bus, holding a handkerchief to her mouth. Liz shook her head, looking frustrated. 'Didn't I tell Ernie to drive as carefully as possible?" She thought.
"Somebody should take Ernie to Driver's Ed." Hermione said, a smile playing at the tips of her mouth.
"I know what you mean. I have feeling he'd probably fail." Said Liz, as the bus started up again. Ron and Ginny looked confused. (Actually, Ron looked like he thought that Hermione and Liz were crazy)
"Oh. You don't know what Driver's Ed is, do you?" Hermione glanced at Harry, who seemed to be fine, as if he hadn't even noticed the bus had thrown the rest of them around.
"No, we don't." Ginny replied. "Could you explain it?"
"Well, Driver's Ed is where Muggles learn to drive, and get their driving license. It's like Apparator's Ed, but for driving." Liz said.
(A/N: Would you spell it Apparator, Apparater, or Apparatir? Apparatur, Apparatar?)
"Oh, okay." Ginny said, as a look of comprehension dawned on Ron's face. To cover his awkwardness, Ron changed the subject.
"Hey, Liz? What's Harry doing? He looks like Draco did, that time we saw him talking to Rita Skeeter in her beetle form." Ron said.
"Oh, he's just, um......" 'Oh dear. I don't think they know about Sirius' mirror. I only knew because Harry told me everything. I'm his confidante, I shouldn't break his trust.'
"He's just thinking. We gave him quite a shock today. What with Draco and I, Hermione and you, and all, he needs some time alone." Liz replied. Ron was sure she wasn't telling the whole truth, but decided not to press her. All of a sudden, Ginny yawned.
"Oh...I'm tired." She said. Liz looked at the clock. It was 11:50 pm.
"I guess we just so scared and, for lack of a better word, excited by Draco being shot that we didn't realize how late it was." Hermione said.
"Someone should stay up, incase he wakes up. Not that I'm volunteering, or anything." Ginny said.
"I'll stay up. I couldn't sleep anyway. Not with him being hurt." Liz glanced at Harry.
"I'll, I'll go tell him he should go to bed, okay?" Ginny said, looking as if she would really rather not.
"Okay, Ginny. If he doesn't want to turn in just yet, just tell him not stay up much longer." Hermione, as Ron slid under the covers of a bed. Hermione got into the bed next to Ron's, and they both fell asleep quickly. Ginny hurried over to Harry, her cheeks slightly pink
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Oh, Kudos to the first person who knows who Isabel is without me saying so. I've given you the answer in this chapter, although most peopleaters haven't figured it out yet. Same with the quotes. If you find a sentence that seems like a quote, tell me so I can give proper credit!