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Chapter Seven: Releasing the pain

Days went by and James still wasn't sure what to do. He observed the two closely over the course of the next few days. Sonia, he noticed, was as quiet as ever. She barely ate and could always be found in the library away from everyone. She cast sad looks at Sirius when she saw him. She looked so depressed for most of the time. Sirius was no better; he didn't even want to prank anyone, even Snivellus! He kept looking towards Sonia for most of the time; he even went to the library sometimes, just to see her. James was absolutely stumped.

James hated seeing Sirius so lost, after all, Sirius was the only family he had left after his parents and baby sister had been murdered last year. But even though he Sirius, James still felt so lonely at times. The pain felt like a gaping hole left in his chest after some evil curse. He had to admit, thought, that he did a really good job of hiding his true feelings from his friends. They had no idea, he didn't want to worry, nor did he want their pity.

He shook his head he needed to do something. Maybe he should try talking to Sonia; lord knows she could use some cheering up. There was something about her; it hovered around her like a dark and depressing shadow. James sighed; this was going to be way harder than he thought.

Sonia didn't know what to think anymore, Sirius looked so down and all she could think about was that it was al her fault. She liked him so much, but how could he like her now? It was her fault, all of it. It was her fault her family was dead, her fault her whole village was massacred, and her fault that Sirius was so depressed.

She let out a sob; luckily there was no one in the common room, especially considering that is was about 3:00 in the morning. She was so tired but she couldn't sleep, the nightmares were getting to be too much for her. Along with all of dreams of her parents and sibling accusing her of their dead, Sirius was there too, always saying the same thing. "You hurt me so much, Sonia, why? All I did was love you!" She folded her knees up to her chest and stared into the fire. Tears made their way down her face.

She heard the portrait swing open and someone call her name. She ignored it thinking that the person, who ever they were would just go away. But to her disappointment, it was none other than James Potter. She kept ignoring him even though he bent down leveling his head with hers. What he did next surprised her.

James lifted her chin and gently cupped her face, whipping away her tears with his thumbs. "Why are you crying?" he asked gently. Sapphire eyes met Hazel, both swimming with confusion.

"Why do you care?" She said looking back down.

"Because I want to be friends with you seem like you could use a friend." James said.

"I don't. Why are you being so nice to me anyways?" She asked. 'What is this?' She thought.

"I understand what you are going through." He replied looking down. Her eyes narrowed. "You have no idea what I am going through." She said moving to get up. He moved. "What are you going through, Sonia, that you need to pushing everyone away who tries to care about you!" He said grabbing her elbow as she was turning away.

"Let me go! No one cares, it's all just fake and pity!" She cried. "No it's not!" James said vehemently shaking her by her shoulders, thankful for the silencing charm on the Common Room.

"Who would care about me James? My family is dead, everyone I grew up with is dead, I have no one, and I am alone…absolutely alone." She dropped to her knees as her body shook with her sobs. James was shocked he had no idea it was this bad. He raised her up by her shoulders so she was standing and pulled her into an embrace and let her cry it out.

"Shhh. it's okay, I know how you feel my family was killed too." He said tearing up a little bit. Sonia look up to see James' eyes filled with pain and compassion. "I'm sorry." She said softly, tears still flowing. James wiped her tears again and smiled. He was tearing up again himself. "Don't be, I'll always be there for you, you don't have to be alone ever again, I promise." She looked up at him and gave him a small smile. "Thank you…" She said quietly. He kissed the top of her head. "You don't ever need to say thank you to me, you're like my little sister now." She smiled a tear slid down from her eye. James tenderly wiped it away with his thumb and gave her another hug.

Just as they embraced a flash of bright light engulfed them. Sonia felt the magic seep into her very being and seek out that part of her heart that reflected her loneliness and replace it with something else. Belonging. She opened her eyes to see that James looked almost exactly how she felt. She blinked quickly, it seemed as if her eyes were playing tricks on her. "James?"

James heard Sonia call his name snapping him out of his daze. He looked at her only to be shocked. This was impossible. Sonia's once curly hair, was straight falling to her mid back, and her sapphire blue eyes seemed to have fleck of gold in them. She was slightly darker and taller as well. He blinked his eyes to make sure he was seeing right and not imagining the whole thing.

He conjured a mirror out of suspicion; he thought he knew what happened. He looked in the mirror to see a completely different person from this morning. His usually messy hair was tamer and it had a slight wave and his hazel eyes had flecks of blue in them as well. He also had lighter skin.

He saw Sonia's eyes widen. "Oh my word! What happened!" She asked half- way to hysterical. Something in James' mind clicked. If his suspicions were correct, something like this hasn't happened in over three hundred years in wizarding history.

"I am not sure but I have an idea. Let's do see Dumbledore in the morning. Don't worry about it. If I am correct it is nothing bad." He said giving her a hug before he headed upstairs to his inviting bed.

I am soo sorry for the delay everyone! I have been so busy lately! I have the next few chapters all written out, they just need to be typed so I shall try to get them out soon.

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