Prequel by Syriana
Chapter 7: Soul mates
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After their talk about soul mates, the mages were pretty shaken up, even though they did not fully show it. Lily slept on it, and though she acted as she always did with Terra most of the time, Terra still found Lily staring into the creek a half a mile into the forest behind the house, obviously looking for answers in the water beneath the frozen surface. Rose Evans noticed her daughter's behavior too, and about 5 days after the girls returned from the Potter household, she approached Terra about it.
"Terra?" Rose asked the amethyst eyed girl, who looked up and smiled at her as she approached.
"Yes?" she replied, fixing her eyes on Rose. Rose sighed, and finally asked,
"Have you noticed that Lily has been acting a bit…passive lately?" Terra turned away and stared intently at the leaves of the plant in the corner.
"I know why. She has been so passive because I told her the truth," Rose looked at her, confused. Why was she blaming Lily's behavior upon herself? She placed a hand on Terra's shoulder. The girl sighed.
"There was a part of her fate that even she did not know about. Only Remus-the other Earth mage- and I knew. We hadn't intended to tell the others until we were 15, but somehow the fire mages and the other water mage, James, heard a whisper about their fate," Terra took a deep breath, and then continued.
"On Christmas, while we were all together, Ahlia, one of the fire mages asked me what the whisper had meant. Remus and I decided not to withhold the information entrusted in us from birth. We revealed their fate.
"I already told you of our fate to fight the evil 8 and decide the fate of the rest of the world. But what I didn't tell was that the mages prophesy had one more part to it. This part told or fate possibly after and even possibly before the fight. Each element is a pair of soul mates," Rose gasped involuntarily. Terra stood up and faced her.
"I'm sorry I did not tell you sooner," and with that she walked out the door in her gold turtleneck and dark blue jeans, leaving Rose to contemplate what she had been told, heading for Lily's favorite place in the woods.
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Things were not much better for Rachel. Since she had come home, she had been living off the non-perishable food she kept in her room, locking the door and not letting anyone, including her sister, who shared the room, inside. When ever she needed more food, she would sneak out of her room and take it from the kitchen downstairs. She mostly contemplated her thoughts, and occasionally went on instant messenger to chat with her muggle friends, especially Shannon, another muggle born witch who lived 3 blocks away, but attended Beauxbatons. Shannon knew about the prophecy and was constantly there to support her and help her through her problems. Rachel sighed and signed on to the instant messenger. (A/N: proudPEPSIlover Shannon & feelthewind Rachel)
proudPEPSIlover: u ok?
feelthewind: not so well
proudPEPSIlover: is HE getting to u again
proudPEPSIlover: ?
feelthewind: that and the prophesy
proudPEPSIlover: HE cant bother u in ure room, can he? & y r u so mad about the prophesy?
feelthewind: part 2
proudPEPSIlover: o.
proudPEPSIlover: peter isn't bad, is he
proudPEPSIlover: ?
feelthewind: no
feelthewind: i just don't wanna accept it
proudPEPSIlover: well u have 2. u have 2 accept ure fate.
-proudPEPSIlover has signed off-
Rachel stared at the computer screen, knowing that Shannon was right, and that she couldn't let it get to her.
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At the Potter's, Sirius (who had stayed for the rest of the holidays) and James did not let the whole soul mate thing get to them, or at least they didn't let anyone see it. Ahlia, however, had taken a different course. She would spend long periods of time thinking about it, and no matter what the guys did, they couldn't get her to be happy. She wouldn't speak to anyone. She'd let them talk, but would not respond. Sirius would come and talk to her more than once per day, talking about everything and nothing to the irresponsive girl. About a week after the others had left, Sirius knocked on the door of Ahlia's room before walking in and finding her staring into the fire, a phoenix resting on her shoulder. He sat down next to her and stroked the bird's fiery plumage, feeling the heat. Sirius knew by now that she probably wouldn't respond, but he would keep having his little conversations with her until she did. He spoke for hours about everything and nothing, until a voice from his right said,
"Stop," her voice was hoarse, as though she hadn't used her vocal chords for years. Still, Sirius was happy that she was talking. His happiness caused the fire before them to crackle happily. She took a deep breath and stated,
"I'll answer the question that you don't want to ask every day for the last week. Sirius, no, the reason I'm upset is not you. It will never be you. It's me!" she screamed, turning away from him so he couldn't see her tears. She continued,
"When I was coming to Hogwarts, ever since I got my letter, I dreamed that I would search for my soul mate, and find him when I knew I was ready to know who he is. I am only 11, and I am NOT ready to know this part of my fate. I feel so stupid that I asked about that whisper. If I hadn't, I would still be able to achieve my dreams. But I ruined my own life. And I have to live with it," Sirius stared into the fire as she dried her tears. He didn't know what to say, or what to do. He had been prepared to be rejected, but not for her to blame herself. He cautiously put his arm around her, and she leaned into him, crying. He held her for who knows how long, just staring into the fire.