Author: Tanith Lilitu
Disclaimer: I own Aislin, Mr. and Mrs. Highland, and the plot. I also own the character Kate, but Emikae, whom Kate is based upon, owns herself. Okay, so I really only own Kate's personality, because Emikae owns her own middle name and description. I partially own the swirls. I own Toni's personality and such. Any characters you may recognize are property of J. K. Rowling.
Summary: …Oh my god, I've really gone off the deep end… Have you now? What brought you to that conclusion? Because I've made myself believe that I'm possessed, by a fictional character nonetheless! Hey! I resent that!
Timeframe: This chapter takes place in the Trio's 6th year, '96.
Warnings: OC, spoilers for OotP
Rating: K, for three or four minor swear words.
A/N: I hate having to go to school. Because, school leads to homework, and homework leads to procrastination, and procrastination leads to lack of Internet. Well, lack of Internet was threatened at, I'm not sure if it ever really happened… So, mainly procrastination is the reason this hasn't come out earlier, and a teeny bit of writer's block, oh how I loathe it. But I think I'm good now, I hope I'm good now. I'm going to try to get a few chapters out in the next little while, because I'm gone for most of May. School trips and such, I get to miss eleven days total, yay for me! I could also get inspiration in Waterloo and Kingston and Quebec, so there we go, I'm also taking a writing course when I go to Kingston. I'm a very happy duck. Okay, enough about me, I should really write something to do with the actual story.
Emikae & James – Poor sad James, and to think, you've been going to Hogwarts with your hostess, and not once have you known that Lily was there near you. Fifteen lonely years, but you'll see her soon, don't despair. And yes, Snapey is feeling left out still, but he gets more time in this chappie, yay! I want to go to Origin Alley, I'm gonna go there and buy robes, I think you're right, the robes there are amazing. I think I'll try my hand at drawing them sometime.
RebelHanyouofDarkness – Don't worry Lily! You'll soon be rescued! I don't think there are any all girls schools close to where I live, there's a private school about twenty minutes from here, but no all girls schools, so I don't have that option. I wouldn't want to be a human tracer lol. You'll be seen more throughout the story now I think.
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Chapter 10: Snape's Plight
Snape sneered downwards, wondering if this muggle was deaf as well as stupid. Why was it up to him to fetch this incompetent brat? Why couldn't someone else? Someone who didn't have to deal with dunderheads ten months of the year? But no… they were all far to busy. It was investigation this, attack that, as if his life wasn't busy enough without searching for idiot children in his spare time.
He had just been settling down with a good book and a cup of tea, when that despicable wolf's head popped into his fireplace. He remembered the conversation like it was yesterday, it had been twenty minutes prior, his memory was slipping.
"Severus! We can't find Aislin! She was missing for about an hour or so, then Molly found her, but she's gone again!"
"Why am I being told about this?"
"Because everyone else is busy, we need you to go find her! You're not doing anything else with your time, come on!""Actually, I am –"
"Good," Then a hand shot out and pulled him through, upsetting his tea in the process.
It hadn't been hard to locate Aislin, where else did wandering fools go? Origin Alley of course. The alley couldn't be found if you were actually looking for it, you had to stumble on to it by mistake. He could see how no one could find her; it was also nearly impossible to find your way back. You could walk out a passageway, but it never lead the same way twice, and the passage disappeared as soon as you were on the other side. It was also known to disappear whilst you were still in it, an experience similar to splinching oneself.
Pity he didn't know of the girl's last name, so that he could seem even more menacing. Ah yes! That's what occlumency was good for!
"Highland, do not make me repeat myself."
This got her attention, How did he know my last name?
The greasy bastard's an occlumens.
First I attract crazies, and now occlumens.
You didn't attract the crazies; you just noticed them more. And maybe the N.O.T. is stalking you.
The knot?No, the N.O.T., N-O-T. The Nasty Occlumens Troupe.
There's a troupe of occlumens? Do they have freaky looking tattoos too?Snape, who had been observing her thoughts, quickly got out. Sheer idiocy was all that was taking place in that head. The whole time the two were talking, Aislin stood there with a blank look on her face. Finally, she spoke,
"Well, she knows about Sirius."
Good Merlin this child was thick! Of course she knew about Sirius! What he wanted to know was why! He took a few deep breaths to calm himself, "I knew that much, Highland, why does she know?"
"She's not going to tell anyone."
Potter was a genius compared to this one.
"Toni's possessed to."
Now they might be getting somewhere…
"Are a lot of people here possessed?"
Or maybe not. "What about Miss Shadow? Why does she know that you are possessed?"
"Well… SiriusgotouttacontrolandthenhestartedtalkinglikemebutitdidntsoundlikemeanditwasallhighandthenshewasliketalkingtoherselfandshesaidLilsandSiriwantedtoknowifitwasLilyPotteranditwasandtheytalkedandIfelldownandthenshesawyouandthensheleftandIleftandhereweare… Can you believe it? What a total coincidence!"
"I wouldn't know, I didn't catch a word you said."
She gave him a sheepish smile and proceeded to recount her tale more slowly, "I said, Sirius got out of control and then he started talking like me. But it didn't sound like me, and it was all high. Then she was like talking to herself, and she said Lils. So Siri wanted to know if it was Lily Potter, and it was. And they talked and I fell down and then she left and I left. And here we are."
Snape shook his head to clear out the sudden rush of information. "You mean to tell me that Lily Potter is inhabiting Shadow? Just ducky."
Aislin paled, "Oh my god, you and Sirius have something in common!"
"What would I ever have in common with the mutt?"
"You both say… Just ducky!"
It was now Snape's turn to pale, his arms failed wildly for the nearest wall, which he promptly slid down and collapsed against. This was how the rest found them: Snape gasping for breath at the far corner of Diagon Alley, and Aislin with a blank look, evidently talking to Sirius.
They all emerged from Quality Quidditch Supplies, well; Ron had to be dragged out, and ran right over. Molly and Remus set about righting Snape, and Hermione walked over to Aislin. Harry wore a blank expression akin to Aislin's, and Ron was using Harry to steady himself from falling over laughing at the sight Snape made. Aislin soon snapped out of her conversation, and rejoined the real world.
"Oh, hi, you're all here. I got lost."
"Who got lost?" Ron was a bit out of it.
"Don't mind Ronald, where were you?" That was Hermione for you, curious as always.
"Who are you?" And there was Harry, just as out of it as Ron, but he had an excuse.
Aislin stuck out her hand, "Aislin Highland, and you're Harry Potter, right?"
"Well, er, yes," He felt his forehead, his hair was covering the scar, "How did you know my name?"
Molly interjected before Aislin had a chance to answer, "Why don't we head back home? You never know what sorts of people are listening. Severus, I'm sure you wouldn't mind getting Harry's things from his room at The Leaky Cauldron?"
Snape was still dazed, so he couldn't really refuse, and as they all walked down the street, he couldn't help thinking that he had once again been forced into a job he didn't want to do.
A/N: Sorry it's sort of short. I just had to type about poor Snape, forced into jobs helping dunderheads. He's one of my favourite characters, so he had to be in there. The next chapter should contain more of Harry. I'm not saying anything, about when it'll be out, because I can't keep with what I've said. Review please! And tell me what characters you'd like to see more of later on.