I promised to have this up by the end of the day! And I did! Yeah! :D

Everyone was staring at Dani on the floor in shock. James shook his head and ran a hand through his hair.

"No." He said. "No, that's not possible. You don't have a twin." Dani, who was still crying, glared at him and stood.

"I know I don't. I used to. What part of "murdered when we were ten" did you not understand?"

"No." James repeated. "This can't be, I-"

"Can't be?" Dani said hysterically. "Can't be? Then please wise one, explain all of this to me. The pictures, the videos," she said pointing to a crate beside the bed, "the birth certificate," she said showing him an old and wrinkled certificate. "If this can't be, then please tell me how we are currently standing in this room with all of this stuff."

"Then why the hell isn't he here with us now?" James roared. Dani stared at him in shock.

"Are you really that daft? Do you not know the definition of the word "Murdered?" James was about to respond, when Remus stepped in.

"Both of you calm down!" He said staring at both of them in turn. "Now, you two yelling at us isn't gonna get us anywhere so here's what's gonna happen. Lily, you are going to take Dani into your room and calm her down. The four of us are gonna go back to James' house and calm him down. In twenty minutes, the six of us are gonna come back here and Dani's going to explain everything then. Agreed?" Five heads nodded.

"Agreed."

Twenty minutes later, the group was once again in the blue and black room, the six Gryffindors in a circle on the floor. In the center of the circle, was a stack of pictures that Sirius had taken from on the dresser. Both Dani and James had calmed down but both teens were refusing to make eye contact and Remus, who sat in the middle of them, was being used as the go between. "So," Remus said turning to Dani. "Start from the beginning. Who is the guy in this picture?" He asked while handing her one of the frames that had the only the unknown boy in it. Dani sighed.

"Like I said before," She started. "His name is…was Daniel Michael Carlson and he was my twin. He was older by three minutes. Him, James and I were best friends up till his murder." Remus nodded.

"And how did he die?" He asked. Dani sighed as she set down the photo she was holding and picked up another one. It was a muggle picture and in it she, James and Daniel were in the Carlson's backyard in a giant inflatable pool, laughing and splashing water at each other.

"Well…"

"There. I think that's the best one of the day." Tyler Potter said as he admired the picture he had just taken. It was a candid shot of the three kids doing what they did best. Goof off and try to drown each other in the pool. Katherine glanced at the picture over her husband's shoulder and smiled as she looked at her son enjoying himself.

"Looks like a keeper to me." Tyler grinned and kissed her on the cheek before turning off his new muggle camera. Just then a voice was heard from inside.

"Alright you three! Time to eat. Get out of the pool." Miranda Carlson yelled at the three kids in the backyard. She rolled her eyes as she heard them groan. "You can go back after you're done." The voices cheered and she could hear splashing around as they each tried to be the first one out and drown the others at the same time. Within seconds, Danielle, then James, and last Daniel came storming through the back door and into her kitchen. The three rushed to the breakfast bar and took their seats, where three plates of burgers and fries were waiting for them. Tyler and Katherine followed behind them, handing each kid a towel.

"And I am the winner!" Dani yelled as she punched her fists in the air. "And you are the loser!" She said while pointing across James at her brother. He grumbled and pouted, crossing his arms.

"That's only because James tried to trip me." James laughed and shook his wet hair.

"There's nothing in the racing rules that says you can't trip people."

"Well then, on the way back I'm pushing you down and spitting in your face." Daniel said as he stuck his tongue out at the boy beside him.

"Hey!" The boys turned around to see Waken reading a newspaper at the table. "Daniel, behave." His son rolled his eyes and made a face at him.

"Dad! It's Dan. Not Daniel. D-A-N. Duh."

"Yeah, dad. You should be able to remember that." His twin chimed in, her mouth stuffed with fries. Miranda made a face of disgust at her daughter.

"Danielle! Don't talk with your mouth full. Use your manners." The girl in question rolled her eyes and gave her mother a face identical to the one her twin had just given their father.

"Mom! It's Dani. Not Danielle. D-A-N-I. Duh." James looked back and forth between his best friends before looking at his parents.

"Well if they get to change their names, then I wanna go by Michael." Dan shook his head.

"You can't go by Michael because both of our middle names are Michael. We wouldn't know which one of us they were talking to." James arched an eyebrow.

"Yes we would. You go by Dan. We'd known exactly which one of us they were talking to." Dan was silent for a few seconds before shaking his head again.

"No. It-it wouldn't work." The parents rolled their eyes at the age old argument the boys would have about the fact that they shared a common middle name. As they argued, Dani ate faster and soon she was done. She hopped down from the breakfast bar and placed her plate in the sink.

"Mom, I'm done. Can I start getting ready?" Miranda nodded at her daughter's question.

"Yes. Your clothes and the present are sitting on your bed waiting for you." Dani nodded and headed towards the stairs to change.

"Where is she going?" Dan asked his mother.

"Sally Summers' 11th birthday party." Dani called triumphantly from the stairs. James furrowed his eyebrows.

"How come we can't come?"

"Because you don't know her. You've never met her." Dani said staring at the two still seated boys. The two looked at her, before looking at each other, before once again looking at each other.

"So?" They asked at the same time. Dani rolled her eyes and continued up the stairs.

"I'll see you guys when I get back. And try not to kill each other before then."

'I'm late. I'm late. I'm late. Stupid James and Dan and their drowning contest that lasted 10 minutes…should've stopped it at five…' Dani thought as she ran towards Sally Summers' house. It was only a few streets away, so she had refused the ride from Katherine and Tyler. Dani continued to run and she could see the house slowly getting closer. When it was only a few streets away, Dani grinned. She was going to make it…

"Woah!" Dani tripped and fell before rolling a few inches. Dani sat up, and examined herself. Both of her elbows were scratched up, and she had a skinned knee. She could hear laughter and when she looked up, she could see two older boys pointing and laughing at her.

She had seen the boys hanging around the neighborhood a few times and they were only a few years older than her. They were known for making trouble and Dani and her friends had been warned numerous times by her parents and other adults to stay away from the two. Dani forced herself not to glare at the two of them, and closed her eyes before counting to ten. Both she and her twin had a horrible temper problem and when riled up, enough disastrous things could happen. When she felt she had calmed down enough, she opened her eyes again to see the two staring at her. Dani stood up, dusted herself off, checked her pocket for Sally's present, and once again began walking towards Sally's house. The two older boys quickly fell into step with her.

"Where ya goin',?" One of them asked. Dani rolled her eyes.

"None of your beeswax, that's where." The one who hadn't spoken gripped her arm.

"Didn't your parents teach you manners, little girl?" Dani glared at him.

"Yes. But apparently yours didn't." The older boys glared down at her before the second one picked her up and ran into an alley with her, the other boy not far behind. When they reached, the second one dropped Dani on the ground.

"Ow!" Dani exhaled as she landed in an ungraceful heap. 'Don't get mad, don't get mad…' She thought to herself. 'They're probably muggles. And mum says a witch must never reveal herself to a muggle. Never.' Dani stood up and crossed her arms. "Why don't you two leave me alone? Don't you have anything better to do than pick on a 10-year-old? Don't you have any other friends your own age? Aren't you guys like 15?"

"We're 13." The first one said. "We're not that much older than you."

"13?" Dani questioned. "You both are awfully short for 13. I'm three years younger than you and you both are only like two inches taller than me." The second one glared at her.

"If you were a boy, I'd punch you in the face. But you're not, so I won't." He looked at Dani for a second before speaking again. "You know you're kinda pretty. Don't you think Mitch?" He asked his friend who looked at her too. Mitch nodded.

"Definitely. A few years from now, she might even be really pretty. Like model pretty." As they stared at her, Dani squirmed uncomfortably and stared at her shoes.

"What's your name?" Dani snapped her head up at the question and saw both of the boys staring at her. "What's your name?" Mitch repeated.

"I-I'm Danielle." She stuttered. "But I go by Dani. D-A-N-I." She responded in a quiet voice that was unusual to her.

"Hey Jimmy. If I didn't know any better, I'd say she was acting shy." Jimmy, or the first boy, laughed.

"Me too. Well, "Dani", I wanna ask you a question."

"What?"

"You ever been kissed?" Dani's eyes widened at the question.

"What?"

"You heard me. You ever been kissed?"

"…by my parents?" Both Mitch and Jimmy threw their heads back and laughed.

"No, not by your mum and dad." Mitch said. "Have you ever been kissed by a boy?" Dani's mouth fell open in shock.

"Of course not! Boys are icky and gross!" Jimmy arched an eyebrow.

"You won't be thinking that for much longer. And you've really never been kissed? Not even by those two boys you're always with?" Dani shook her head and closed her eyes in disgust.

"No! Ew! Dan is my twin! And James is like my other brother. That's…that's horrible. You guys are disgusting!" Dani tried to leave the alley, when her arm was gripped and she was pulled back against the brick wall. "Wha-what are you doing?" She asked Mitch, who had a firm hold on both of her arms and was holding her against the wall. He smiled down at her.

"You said you had never been kissed."

"Because I haven't!"

"Wanna change that?"

"…No…"

"Oh come on, Dani." Jimmy said. "You're gonna have to kiss a boy sooner or later. Why not make it sooner?"

"Because I don't-"

"It's not gonna hurt." Mitch interjected. "All you gotta do is stay still, close your eyes, and just feel. It's really simple."

"But I-"

"All I'm gonna do is lean down just…like…this…" With each word Mitch's face got closer to Dani's and she was too scared to move. When his lips were less than an inch away from hers, Dani's eyes shut out of fear. Just when she was sure he was going to kiss her, there was a yell.

"Oi! Get away from my sister!" There was a gush of wind and Dani felt Mitch get off of her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Dan on top of him, repeatedly punching him in the face. His clothes, shoes as well as his hair were a deep blood red and he was moving at an inhuman speed. It took a few seconds before Jimmy was able to pull him off, Dan kicking and trying to get out of his grip the whole time. After a few seconds, Jimmy gasped and let go of Dan, his hands having become scathing hot. Dani resumed his old position of being on top of Dan.

"Why'd you let him go?" Mitch asked trying to fight off the boy.

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Jimmy yelled trying to somehow cool his hands. "He-he burned me…somehow."

"Dan! Stop!" Dani yelled, tears running down her face. Hearing his sister's voice, Dan stopped and turned to look at her and Dani gasped, seeing his face for the first time. His eyes were red, his teeth were more pointed and his face looked like the skin had been stretched tight on it and his features looked almost bird like and his fingers had transformed into claws. He was snarling and barred his teeth. It was the first time that Dani saw the full extent of what their Tempertantrus powers could do and it frightened her. Laying eyes on his sister, Dan immediately got off of Mitch and rushed towards her.

As he started towards her, the red began to drain from his hair, clothes, and shoes. When he reached her, he pulled Dani in and hugged her tight. Dani wrapped her arms around him and gripped him just as tight. Dan pulled back and Dani watched the red deplete from his eyes, returning them to their natural brown. His teeth grew less sharp and the stretched out skin on his face returned to normal. Dani could feel the claws on her back return to regular human hands and she smiled.

"Are you okay?" Dan asked. Dani nodded.

"Yeah, just a little shaken."

"Did he…"

"Kiss me? No you came just in time. Thanks, bro." Dan grinned.

"Don't mention it. It was-" A shot rang out and Dan gasped and shut his eyes in pain. Dani could feel the back of Dan's shirt becoming wet and she lifted one hand over his shoulder to see it was covered in red liquid. Dan's blood. Dan's feet bucked and he collapsed on the ground, taking his sister with him. Dani looked up to see Mitch holding a gun and Jimmy staring at him in shock. Mitch's face was swollen and bruised, his nose looked broken and his lip was bleeding. Both of his hands were gripping the gun tightly and he was vividly shaking.

"Mitch," Jimmy stared still staring at his friend in shock. "What did you do?" Mitch shook his head and dropped the weapon.

"I-I don't know. It was an accident! I was upset and angry and I had the gun and I didn't think I just fired-"

"Where'd you get the gun from?"

"I found it this morning in my dad's closet. I-I took it out to show to you and the guys later and then when the brat got off of me I remembered I had it and I-I-I panicked." As Mitch confessed the puddle of blood surrounding Dan was growing bigger and thicker. Jimmy stepped closer to Dan and Dani and sank to his knees. He looked like he was about to throw up.

"Oh my god." He said weakly. "He's gonna die. Oh my god, he's gonna die and it's our fault. I told you we shouldn't have messed with her, I warned you Mitch. I said you should leave her alone. I told you she was a witch and that she would be coming to Hogwarts in a year. I told you to just wait but you wouldn't listen to me and now her brother's gonna die and we're gonna be expelled and put in Azkaban for life and be given the Dementor's kiss and-"

"Shut up!" Mitch yelled. "Shut up!" We're not going to Azkaban, because no one saw or heard anything." Jimmy looked at his friend with tears in his eyes.

"What are you talking about? She saw and heard the whole thing!" Jimmy said pointing to Dani, who was holding Dan's hand and trying to get him to remain conscious. She was barely aware of what the two older boys were saying. Mitch shook his head and walked over to where he had dropped the gun, picking it back up and pointing it at Dani. Dani looked up into the barrel of the gun, still holding her brother's hand, tears streaming down her face.

"No she didn't. She didn't see anything. She and her brother found the gun in the alley and started fighting over it. He threatened to tell on her, and she accidently fired it, hitting him in the back. She was so distraught, that she shot herself in the face, dying instantly. We just happened to be walking this way and found them." Jimmy went pale.

"What? Are you serious? You're gonna kill her too?"

"You keep talking and you'll be next!" Mitch yelled. "Now, that's the story of what happened, and that's the story we're sticking to. Do you understand?"

"But-" Jimmy said weakly.

"Do you understand?" Jimmy nodded, too ashamed to speak.

"Good." Mitch turned back to look at Dani who was still staring into the gun's barrel. "Say goodbye, Dani. It's a shame too. You really are pretty and within a few years I'm sure you would have grown to be quite fit." Mitch cocked the gun, and just as he was about to pull the trigger, a voice was heard outside of the alleyway.

"Dan? Dan! Where are you? Are you out here?"

"Shit!" Mitch exclaimed. "It's the other boy. Let's go!" he said quickly stashing the gun in his pocket and grabbing the back of Jimmy's shirt. He yanked the other boy up and began to run the back way out of the alley. Dani watched the two run and once they were out of the alleyway, she looked down at her still bleeding brother. His hand in hers was slowly losing grip and he coughed, blood coming up out of his mouth.

"Dan? Please don't leave me. I need you. Please." Dan looked at her but his eyes kept moving and he wasn't focusing.

"Dani," He gasped weakly. "I-"

"No, don't say anything. You're weak enough. Just stay still and breathe."

"Dani-"

"No! You're not gonna die! Please...I need my twin."

"Dani, I will always be your twin. No matter what happens." Dan coughed again and more blood came out. James' voice was growing closer, but Dani was too preoccupied to respond to his calls.

"But what are me and James gonna do without you?" Dan shrugged weakly.

"You have each other. So be there for each other."

"But-"

"I'm serious Dani. You'll be fine. I promise. No, I swear. You will be okay. You, James and our parents are gonna be okay. And we'll always be twins. In death or in life." He removed his hand from in Dani's and slowly rolled up his sleeve to reveal a small scar on his left wrist. The scar was in the shape of the letters D.M.C. Dani rolled up her right sleeve to reveal the same one. They pressed their wrists together before looking at each other and speaking.

"D.M.C. Twins we be. Through fun, through pain, for eternity."

"I love you Daniel."

"And I love you too, Danielle. And I always will." The two hugged one last time before Dan gave his sister a weak smile and closed his eyes before lying down on the ground. Dani once more gripped his hand, only this time she felt no warmth from it. Dani shook her head and bit her lower lip and she checked for a pulse in both of his wrists. When she found none, she checked the one in his neck. There was none there either. She laid her head on his chest and listened for a heartbeat. She could hear none. Dani closed her eyes tightly and dug her fingers in her brother's shirt and silently cried. She could hear footsteps at the entrance of the alley but she refused to move from her position.

"Dan? Dan? Where are you-Dani? Dani? Is that you?" James walked towards her even though she didn't respond. "Dani? What are you doing in an alley? Shouldn't you be at Sally's party? Have you seen your brother? He went looking for you about 20 minutes ago. What are you sitting in a puddle of?" At his last question, he finally reached Dani and looked down at her. Dani opened her eyes to see him, and watched as his face drained of color.

"Is that…Dan?" Dani nodded. "Is that…blood?" Dani nodded again and tightened her fingers in his shirt. "Is he…" James couldn't finish his sentence but he didn't have to for Dani to know what he was asking. Dani nodded again and let out a loud sob. James collapsed on the ground beside Dani and she released her brother in order to latch onto James instead. James gripped her back just as tight and he dug his face into her hair as he cried. He opened to eyes and looked at his now dead friend.

"Goodbye Dan." He whispered. "Goodbye."

"And that is how he died." Dani said in a still voice. "The police found us a few hours later in the alley just sitting and looking at him. Mitch and Jimmy were never seen again after that day and they weren't at Hogwarts when we entered the next year either. The gun was never found and they weren't reported missing. Daniel was buried a few days later." The room was silent for a while as the others took in the story. Peter was the first on to break the silence.

"So that's why you can see thestrals?" He asked quietly. Dani nodded.

"That's why I can see thestrals. Because I watched my brother die." James shook his head.

"Well, how come my parents haven't ever mentioned him? Or yours? I think they would remember losing a child." Dani sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"Because you erased their memory." James' jaw dropped in shock.

"What? Me?" Dani nodded.

"Wanna elaborate on that?" Sirius asked gently. Remus reached over and intertwined his hand with hers.

"You can take your time, Dani." Dani nodded weakly and shut her eyes before taking a deep breath. She reached into the circle and pulled out a picture of her and James dressed in black and looking down at the ground. They were holding each other's hands tightly and the tips of Dani's hair were dyed red. She set the picture in her lap before taking Lily's hand in her free one.

"It started as…"

"The red looks good on you." James commented quietly. "It looks nice in your hair. You should keep it like that." The two were currently in Dani's living room sitting on the couch as people walked around just as upset and depressed as they felt. Dani nodded in thanks. Someone had just come by and taken their picture, but neither of them had the strength to look up and smile. Dani glanced up and saw her parents standing in a corner and crying as they held each other while looking at a picture on the wall. Dani glanced back down and bit her lip as a tear escaped from her eye. She was gonna wipe it away, but James' empty hand bet her to it. He kept his hand on her face and she looked up at him to see him smiling sadly at her.

"Wanna go up to your room?"

Dani nodded and the two stood up and headed towards the stairs. No one stopped them. When they reached Dani's bedroom and the door was shut behind them, Dani collapsed in a heap on the floor. James gently picked her up and walked her to her bed, passing the door that connected Dani and Dan's bedrooms. In all the years he had known the twins, he had never once seen the door closed and as he placed Dani on her bed, he thought of how he probably never would see it open again. When Dani was settled, James laid down on the bed next to her.

"It's my fault." Dani whispered.

"What?"

"Daniel is dead. And it's my fault. If I had just gotten the ride from your parents-"

"Hey. Hey! What happened was not your fault. It was the fault of those two dicks Jamie and Mitchie."

"Their names were Jimmy and Mitch."

"Doesn't matter. It was their faults not yours. And Daniel wouldn't have wanted you to blame yourself for what happened to him. And if you ever need to talk about it, come to me. Got it?" Dani nodded in understanding as she wiped her eyes.

"Got it. But I really feel bad for my parents. I hate seeing them like this. They're like…like shells of themselves. As if a part of them is missing. I got up this morning and they were sitting at the kitchen table, just staring at it. And I don't think that this is gonna end soon, if ever. I don't wanna watch this destroy them. I wish there was something I could do." James remained silent as he stroked her hair.

"There might be." He muttered. Dani sat up and glanced at the boy beside her.

"What?"

"Well, I heard my parents talking about a memory erasing spell."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Apparently all you have to do is concentrate on what you want the person to forget, point a wand at them, and say 'obliviate'."

"That's it? It's that simple?" James nodded.

"It should be as long as you're concentrating hard enough." Dani furrowed her eyebrows and looked down at her comforter.

"But neither of us have got a wand." She looked back up at James to see him grinning sheepishly. "James…" James reached into the pocket of his robes and pulled out a long wand. Dani gasped.

"James! Is that your father's?" The boy nodded.

"I nicked it last night when he wasn't looking. I've been thinking about doing the same for my parents. Dan was practically their second son."

"And he's not aware it's gone?"

"No." James answered. "But to be honest, he's been so wrapped up in Dan's funeral, he hasn't really been aware of anything. I took some Firewhiskey from his stash yesterday and even though he saw a bottle was missing, he didn't say anything." Dani nodded.

"So are you sure about this? Will it work?" James nodded and shrugged.

"Even if it doesn't, what do we have to lose?"

"But you guys were underage. Underage wizards can't do magic. They've still got the trace on them. The ministry would have found out." Lily stated.

"Not necessarily." Dani said. "Why do you think Sirius always gets away with doing magic? You growing up in a muggle home and being the only one able to do magic, the ministry can pinpoint exactly when you're doing it. But for the rest of us, who grew up in wizarding homes, it's nearly impossible to tell because there's always some kind of magic going on whether it's caused by our parents or someone else. And since we used James' father's wand, and since his dad is of age, we never got busted for it. As far as we know it never even came up on the ministry's rosters." Remus nodded and gripped Dani's hand tighter.

"So what happened after you guys talked in your room?"

"That night, while our parents were asleep, then James erased their memories of my twin. Both of our parents woke up the next morning and couldn't remember a thing. They couldn't remember him, they couldn't remember the funeral, anything. Then we went around our houses and removed all of the pictures and videos with Daniel in them and brought them up here. They've been in this room ever since."

"But wouldn't the people who went to the funeral, remember him? Did you obliviate their memories too?" Lily questioned. Remus shook her head.

"Didn't have to. Excluding James and his parents, there were only about ten people who went to the funeral because only a handful of people even knew my parents had kids. They preferred to keep their private life, including me and my brother, just that. Private. And they're still the same way today. They kept the funeral a secret and they didn't take out an ad in the obituary section of The Daily Prophet. The people who went to the funeral were mostly family who we don't ever talk to, and the ones who we do have contact with have figured that since they never talk about him, and there are no pictures of him around the house that they've repressed his memory and they never bring him up. Ever. So we didn't have to erase their memories." James pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes.

"But if we only erased our parents' memories, why do I have no memory of him?" Dani sighed and looked at her best friend, tears in her eyes.

"Because I erased yours as well."

"Well, I think that's the last of 'em." James said dropping a video into the crate with the others. "Wow. I didn't know there were so many pictures of Dan. What do you think Dani? Dani?" James looked behind him to see the girl in question standing at the dresser and holding a picture of her and Dan standing back to back and smirking at the camera. James walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Are you gonna be okay?" He asked her quietly. Dani bit her lip and looked over her shoulder at James, and nodded.

"I'll be okay." She said. Dani turned in his arms and hugged him tightly. "Thank you." She whispered in James' ear. "For everything." She pulled back and looked deeply into the boy's brown eyes that mirrored her own. "I couldn't have done any of this without you." James gave her a small smile.

"It's okay. I miss him too." The two stood there in silence, staring at each other before James let out a yawn. "Well, I'm tired. We need to get some sleep. We have an early day tomorrow and we need to find out whether or not the spell worked." Dani nodded in agreement before letting go of James and the two left the room. Dani sat on her bed and watched James open her bedroom window. Just as he was about to climb out he looked at her one last time and she sent him a small wave. James smiled before steeping out onto the tree limb and climbing out of Dani's room. When his entire body was out the window, Dani let her small drop and fell back on her bed. She stared at her ceiling for a few minutes before sitting up and exiting her room.

She softly walked down the hall and peeked into her parents' bedroom. They were still asleep, completely unaware of what their daughter and best friend had done. She tip-toped into the room and crept over to her mother's side of the bed. She opened the bedside drawer and slowly opened it, pulling out her mother's wand. Dani felt a tear fall down her face as she thought about what she was about to do.

Dani climbed across the tree limbs that separated her bedroom window from James'. It was middle of summer in July, so the boyfriend's bedroom window had been left open in order to let a breeze circulate through the room. Dani quietly landed in James' room, and looked around for the boy in question. She saw him sound asleep in his bed, still wearing his funeral clothes from earlier that day. She walked over until she was standing next to him. He was lying on his back, his mouth wide open as he snored. Dani chuckled and playfully rolled her eyes as she softly ran a hand through his hair. She pulled his glasses off of his face and gently set them on his bedside table. Dani leaned down and softly kissed his forehead. When she stood back up, she pulled her mother's wand out of her boot and pointed it at James' sleeping form. "I love you James," She whispered in fear of waking him. "And I don't wanna see you so upset over losing Dan. I'm sorry." Dani closed her eyes as tears ran down her face and focused hard on an image of her brother.

"Obliviate." She said and opened her eyes as she watched a gray mist appear from the wand and envelop James' head. It swirled around him for a few seconds, before sinking into him. When the mist cleared, James breathed deeply and Dani hung her head. There was still one more thing she had to do.

Dani climbed back into her room and walked over to the door connecting her room with Dan's. She took a look around the blue room, storing everything into memory one last time before shutting the door. She then stepped back and did a spell she had watched her mother and father do numerous times. She aimed the wand at the door and traced the edges while performing a permanent sticking charm. The edges of the door glowed gold and when she was done they remained gold for a few seconds before returning to their regular color.

"Goodbye Dan. Goodbye."

"You erased my memory of him? Why?" James asked.

"I didn't want you to hurt anymore. So I erased your memory too." Dani, who had been looking at the floor as she spoke, glanced up at James. "Do you hate me?" James sighed and got up from his position and crawled over to kneel in front of Dani.

"No. I don't hate you. Do I think you're crazy as hell for keeping all of this a secret for so long? Yes. I do. But I could never hate you." The two hugged. And when they separated the other Marauders as well as Dani hugged as well. When everyone had had a turn, Peter glanced at her.

"So what happens now?"