Where I Stood
Chapter 16
Despite the orders of Dumbledore, Gideon Prewett ran up the stairs towards the painting of the fat lady in a pink dress. She voiced her protest when she swung open without her doing, letting Gideon right inside. He scanned the common room quickly; the few occupants still up and awake whispering to one another of who he was and how he had gotten in. Seeing the one person he needed to speak, Gideon walked briskly over to the round table on the left corner, trying to school his face.
Luke slowly stood up with fear rising within him. He tried not to let the others see his panic, but knew what ever this twin (whom he had only met hours before he left with his sister to the mission) will say make him go over the edge. He hadn't told his friends or girlfriend who they were and where Sileni were to go with them as it was not his place to say anything.
Gideon and Luke stood before each other, not saying a word nor losing eye contact. Suddenly the sixteen year old shook his head as he tried to hold back his tears, his chest tightening painfully.
"No, she can't be." He whispered thickly, his hands fisting. "It's not her time!"
Gideon placed a hand on his shoulder, squeezing in comfort. "She's at St. Mungos; the spell that hit her didn't kill her but she's not conscious and she's not responding to any of the treatments given to her. The healers are doing all that they can."
The older wizard took a deep breath, lowering his voice even more as the others had strained to hear what it was that they were saying. He looked into Luke's glassy eyes, and chose his words carefully, not wanting to upset the sixteen year old any further.
"With McGonagall's permission you are able to go visit her and stay until there is some news of progress."
"Let's go," Luke nodded, his jaw tightening.
With a quick nod, Gideon turned with Luke at his side, both wizards leaving behind a confused group. Neither said a word, not really knowing what to say at that moment. Both James and Sirius voiced their concerns, Luke only looking back to shake his head.
"Don't bother waiting up; I'll be gone for a while."
And he stepped out of the portrait, not looking back once. The only person to have put the pieces together was Remus, who was slowly standing up, his eyes wide with fear.
His voice was barely above a whisper. "Sileni,"
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"Sileni,"
Sileni woke to the voices around her and a hand shaking her shoulder. She looked up with such confusion that the person standing above her rolled their eyes, mouthing words that Sileni couldn't hear. With a shake of her head, Sileni looked around her to see an unfamiliar classroom. The students were leaving, the teacher sitting behind his desk, grading papers or other. Inhaling a shuddering breath Sileni looks up to the impatient person still standing next to her, tapping their foot.
"Sileni! We're going to be late for English, come on!"
Nodding, Sileni grabbed her things and walked after the girl, a confused frown on her face. She was in school, it seemed, the high school in which she was enrolled before she disappeared to the Harry Potter world. Could it be that that world where she lived for two years was all but a dream she was having during a class? She felt no different than when she was in the Harry Potter world, even the same age. So why can she not remember the last two years in this world?
Even as she tried to remember the last memory in the Harry Potter world, it is all but a blur flash across her mind. Her frown deepening, Sileni walked towards the back of the class, ignoring the girl, and sat in the back corner close to the window. It all seemed so strange to her, being there amongst those she had grown up but had not seen in the two years since she disappeared.
Class continued to go on, Sileni staring out the windows with a confused frown. Suddenly a shimmer of colors echoed in the middle of the field, lasting only a few seconds. Sileni felt a faint pull towards it, but she shook her head and looked forward, trying to listen to the teacher, however it wasn't working. She had the urge to look back out the window, but something stopped her. Warning her not to fall into temptation. Yet the pull was ever insistent.
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Luke stumbled out of the fireplace, quickly sidestepping as Gideon walked out behind him. The older wizard quickly started down one hallway on the left, both wizards ignoring all those around them. Coming near the room that the hospital was holding Sileni a nurse started to protest Gideon into brining Luke inside the room, the sixteen year old getting annoyed very quickly.
"Lady, I'm going to my sister's side whether you like it or not! No one–and I mean no one–is going to stop me."
The nurse, having noticed the sorrow and deadly glint in the young boy's eyes, stepped back in fear. Luke strolled in, ignoring the protests of the healers and nurses that were crowded around a single bed in the room. He used anger to cover up his true emotions as he scanned the room of people that he knew his sister worked with. He saw the concern and the worry in their eyes, and respected them for actually caring for Sileni.
Luke came to his sister's side and took her hand, leaning close, tears in his eyes. It was the only emotion that he's shown in front of the others. He didn't typically care for the others in the room at that moment, hoping that in some sense he would be able to coax his sister back out of this spell with his voice.
"Sileni."
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"Sileni."
Sileni looked back out the window with a confused frown, having heard her name whispered. Again there was a shimmer of colors echoed in the middle of the football field, lasting just a few seconds. This time the pull was stronger than before, Sileni literally leaning out of her seat. Not caring about anything except that pull, Sileni stood and walked out of the class, ignoring the teacher and friends calling out to her.
She ran through the school and across the field. The pull was ever stronger in the middle of the football field, the air tight and low. Coming to a slow stop, Sileni panted for breath, watching a figure start to form before her in a series of colors.
"You have been hit by a spell none can figure out. I will give you the counter spell if you want to go back."
Sileni frowned, knowing exactly what the thing was talking about, yet didn't at the same time. She had a feeling that she has had this conversation before, with this figure. The seventeen year old wondered why she didn't have fear for this form of life that just couldn't be possible. Looking back behind her at the yelling and shouting to see teachers and students running towards her. People she did not know.
Suddenly flashes of what's happened the night she saved Fabian Prewett came back to her at full force, giving her a headache. With a hand to her head, Sileni narrow her eyes at the people still running towards her, making up her mind quickly.
"Take me back," Sileni looked back at the figure, dropping her hand. "Take me back, Andi."
Andi seemed to smirk. "As you wish."
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Sileni sat up quickly with a gasp, feeling nauseas. She noted a lot of people in the room, wondering who half of them were as her vision was blurred and out of focus. Luke hugged his sister, grateful for her to be alive. Though he did wonder how it was possible for her to have been cured so quickly.
"How is this possible? No one did anything!" One of the healers cried out.
As Luke pulled back, Sileni smiled weakly, holding his hand as tightly as he was. She felt the nauseas coming back tenfold, wondering if she can even say a word. Swallowing it, Sileni inhaled quietly, holding back the nauseas as much as she can.
"Andi was somehow connected to me. She was able to help me wake up." She whispered to her brother.
But because it was completely silent everyone heard. However, before anyone could ask who this person was, Sileni spoke up once more, remembering something important that Andi told her before waking up.
"Nessuno Più Sognare, that's the counter curse spell."
The group all frowned, looking to one another. Could a spell that no one was able to figure out have a counter spell that simple?
"No more dreaming, that's the counter spell? How do you know this?" One of the healers asked in suspicious.
Sileni waved a hand, "I just do. Bucket!"
And she vomited as soon as Fabian gave her a conjured bucket, not able to hold back the nauseas any longer. With a shudder, Sileni leaned back against the pillow after a few minutes, closing her eyes in pain. She always hated vomiting; it made her weaker than she already was.
"Let's Sileni get some rest; everyone out, now." Fabian told the large group in a stern voice that surprised everyone who knew him and his twin.
He walked over to her and laid a hand on her shoulder. Sileni brought her free hand to his and squeezed, smiling sleepily at him. Fabian smiled back, trying hard to hold back his tears. He leaned close to her ear, praying his voice won't hitch with too much emotion.
"I owe you my life. Thank you."
He kissed her cheek and stood up straight, quickly leaving with his twin brother. Sileni, blushing, smiled at Luke before closing her eyes and falling asleep quickly. Luke smirked, leaning back to get a comfortable position, never letting his sister's hand go.
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Christmas was spent at their home for Luke and Sileni, the siblings not wanting to go back to school just yet. Or, rather, Sileni didn't want to go back to school just yet. They had visitors come and go (Sileni insisting that they stay with their families), leaving presents for the two siblings. The only ones who were not able to see Sileni were their friends. They had visited with Luke while Sileni had gone to her Muggle job (on purpose when she found out Remus was coming). They stayed well into the night with Luke before returning to their own home and families, leaving their presents for each of the siblings behind.
Giving her the clear, Sileni walked in from the back yard freezing, Luke shaking his head. She gave him a look before taking off her boots and walking up the stairs for a needed hot shower. Because she had done her Christmas shopping two weeks before the mission, Sileni had let Luke sent them out two days before Christmas as she bought lots of presents that year, and it would have taken both of their poor owls to fly out to everyone.
Sileni had sent Luke to James' home to spend the rest of Christmas vacation and New Years so he wouldn't feel alone, now that his parents were deceased. She had reassured him that all she would be doing was going to work and home–no detours. With the promise of writing to him whenever she got home, Luke finally left his sister to her own. Of course, it went without saying that Luke had actually owled the Prewett twins, whom quickly went to their home and spent the night to give Sileni company–and protection.
The older Thorn had yelled and cursed both the twins and her brother, but gave in and let them stay. On New Year's Sileni was force (literally) by the twins to spend it with them rather than at work. Sileni didn't mind, feeling exhausted and ill from all the work she has been putting in. However, what the girl did not expect was both the Prewett twins and her brother to go against her and bring, not just her friends (not that she minded them), but Remus as well.
Having woken five hours before midnight, Sileni walked down the stairs in her short shorts and tight, gray, muscle shirt (which she stole and shrunk from her brother). She was yawning and scratching her head, not heeding the many conversations going on, and entered the living room, her eyes still closed from sleep.
"Hey, Fabian, Gideon, have you guys made food? I'm hungry."
With a satisfied sigh, Sileni opened her eyes and dropped her hand to her side, slowly waking up from the shock and surprise. Twelve people, including the Prewett twins, stared back at her with either amused and teasing smiles or apologetic smiles. Sileni noted her brother and the Marauders', Sarah, Lily, Severus, Remus' father, and two adults she didn't know.
Sileni flushed a bright red, glaring from the Prewett twins (whom pointed at Luke) to Luke, who glared at the twins before giving his sister an apologetic look. It was silent, everyone noting the tension within the room as the seventeen year old girl had fully woke up from her sleep. Lily stepped forward, clearing her throat to get Sileni's attention.
"Sileni, these are my parents–I hope you don't mind, Petunia went to her fiancé's house this year. Mom, dad, this is Luke's older sister, Sileni."
Sileni nodded to the two adults that she didn't know. "Mr. and Mrs. Evans, it's nice to meet you. Sorry for my lack of dress."
Mr. and Mrs. Evans waved a hand in her direction. Sileni noted that Lily looked nothing like her parents. This made the teenager wonder where Lily had gotten her red hair and green eyes. Perhaps a grandparent or even some sort of past family member.
"Not to worry, dear. The twins had told us you were sleeping and, along with everyone else, how many hours you have been putting in both your jobs." Mrs. Evans had explained.
Sileni smiled, nodding to her friends before looking over to Remus' father. "Mr. Lupin, it's nice to see you again. Mrs. Lupin is not here?"
Mr. Lupin nodded in return, smiling behind his drink. "No, my wife had decided to spend Christmas with her parents in England. They don't like me very much."
Sileni smiled, nodding her head before turning serious. "You three," Sileni said in a quiet, dangerous, voice to her brother and the twins. "In the kitchen, now!"
Without waiting for a reply or even if they would follow, walked down the hallway into the kitchen. All three wizard did as they were told, not wanting to disobey even further. Once in the kitchen, Sileni rounded on them, anger blazing within her eyes.
"What the hell were you guys thinking? Absolutely nothing, that's what! You guys should know better that in no way, shape or form, did I want to see Remus–ever!" She whispered harshly, not wanting anyone to hear.
"We're sorry, Sileni, but I thought it was high time to face him. The twins agreed with me." Luke replied, tilting his head. "He's my best friend, my brother; you're going to see a lot of him whether you like it or not. You just can't keep hiding!"
Sileni sighed, shoving a hand into her disheveled hair. "Damn it, I was going to start when we went back to school."
Gideon put a hand on her shoulder. "Well, now you can face it earlier."
"I need to change, that's what I need to do." Sileni grumbled, feeling tired once more.
Fabian grinned, looking her up and down. "I think what you're wearing is just fine, in my opinion."
Sileni rolled her eyes and slapped his upper arm, making the older wizard laugh before a mischievous glint enter his blue eyes. Before Sileni could figure that out, Fabian had thrown her over his shoulder and raced towards the stairs, all the while Sileni yelling at him to put her down and threatening him in ways he wouldn't have children. Most of the group laughed at this, except Remus, who was scowling at the scene.
Once in her room, Fabian dumped Sileni on her bed, rushing back out with the girl yelling threats at him. Quickly changing into a pair of jeans and a shirt, Sileni returned to the group, Mrs. Evans giving her a plate of food. At first, Sileni kept her distance from Remus, but slowly warmed up to speaking with him–politely, of course. Come midnight, everyone started to give hugs or kisses to their respective partner.
What surprised them all, however, was Fabian and Sileni turning to each other and kissing. None of them, especially the two who were kissing, saw this. Though, it didn't mean that the couple stopped after a few minutes. At least, not until Severus literally knocked Sileni to the side did they break apart, both parties blushing with embarrassment. They looked to one another confused before turning to others, giving out hugs and a kiss on the cheek.
Sileni wore a frown of confusion, trying her hardest to concentrate on anything except that kiss. That had proved to be hard as she never had been kissed like that, especially from Remus. Coming up to Mr. Lupin, he surprised her by hugging her tightly, whispering so that the others close by wouldn't hear a word he was saying.
"I know that you didn't mean that kiss; but know that my son, despite being an idiot, never meant to hurt you as he did. He continues to see himself as a monster that always needs to be protected–something, as you might have known, that his mother had drilled into his head." He kissed her cheek. "Just think about it."
Still frowning, Sileni looked over to Remus, whom was not himself. She could forgive Remus, though becoming a couple again was a different matter. She just realized that no matter how long they were together, Remus was just a friend, nothing more. Besides, there was a Metamophmagus yet to be born and was to become his wife to bear him a child; not Sileni–never Sileni.
A/N: All right you guys, PLEASE review and give me your thoughts on the story thus far; thanks!