Moria blinked slowly realizing that she was now floating in bleak darkness. It was silent, no sound entering this bleak background. She turned around.

And her eyes widened at the two people that stood in front of her.

"Mum? Dad?" She whispered out. The woman smiled at Moria revealing pearl white teeth that seemed to shine brighter and show off her ice blue eyes, her light wavy blonde hair falling well past her shoulders. The man grinned at her holding the woman to him with an arm wrapped around her shoulder. He looked nearly identical to Moria; the only thing contrasting them was skin color. The two images smiled at her and the feminine form raised her hands as though to welcome a hug. Moria started towards her, a blatant smile stretched on her face, her eyes filled with emotion. But the moment she touched the fingertips of the woman, the image vanished. Moria's eyes filled with horror at the scene in front of her.

Twisted metal lay in clumps on the ground, smoke rising off the burning metal. A disgusting orange hew colored the black scenery. Her eyes widening in pain she looked side to side. Several feet away from her, his back pressed against a tree was a man, his face away from her, his body in an awkward angle. Unmoving.

"Ah…Ah…" a chocked scream clogged Moria's throat as she tried to think of anything coherent. She looked down and there laid the woman. She too was unmoving and blood sickly pooled around her body that was pinned by a piece of tangled metal. The puddle slowly formed around Moria and Moria looked into the puddle to see large tear filled eyes, the face of a young girl that was covered in dirt, grease, dust and blood.

It was her.

"MUMMY! DADDY!" she cried in despair, sobbing now.

Suddenly the image began to disappear and soon after, the sound of footsteps echoed in the blackness. Her heart sped almost feeling like it would rip out of her now childlike chest as curses and insults began to be heard. The sound of a belt being removed and a knife being sharpened echoed loudly, the pain on her back coming almost immediately after.

"No! Not again! I'll be a good girl! DON'T! PLEASE!" her voice finally called out. No reply answered and soon after a loud, petrified wail filled the black void, only to be answered by silence.

Moria's eyes snapped open, her body jolting slightly. She breathed in deeply and quickly glanced at her bunk-mates. They were all still asleep. She hadn't screamed out loud. She sighed heavily in relief and rested her forearm on her forehead. Dammit nightmares were coming more often now. Why now? She thought she had grown out of those nightmares. She stared at the curtains, her heart throbbing in pain, wishing she could go to her mother.

But she couldn't.

She turned in her bed, pressing her face into her pillow and inhaling the scent of the soap used to clean the sheets. And slowly the emotion died out in her eyes, the fear being slowly locked away. She closed her eyes and once again fell into the safety of the shadows, where no memory could reach her. No emotion could touch her. Nothing could hurt her there. No one could hurt her there.

"Blimey, Professor Tunes is nuts. Why is he so insistent on this stupid project?!" Sirius groaned out as Moria followed him. She shrugged innocently.

"Dunno. Can't wait to see the groups and where the groups are going though." She countered.

"But it is summer break! It's time for us to relax!" he groaned out.

"Geez, would you calm down. The project is a report on muggle habits and your experience about it. It's easy as hell. Besides it would give you an excuse to avoid your family. Weren't they planning on going somewhere?" she asked as they crossed the foyer.

"Don't remind me."

"So now you have an excuse. Gotta know though. Where are the rest of the Marauders?" she asked, grinning

"Moony is doing the last few prefect duties before the summer, no clue where Wormtail is, and Prongs-"

"Is stalking Lily I presume?" She finished and he nodded with a grin. They finally reached the door for Muggle Studies where a large crowd had gathered. She could hear cheers, groans, and several curses as another group moved away. She peered onto the parchment that had been nailed to the door assigning groups and places. She searched for her, Lily, and Alice's name. She saw to some joy that they were in the same group. But then she saw the name and stiffened.

Inverie,Knoydart.

"Hey Moria." She heard someone call out. She looked up and saw Sirius staring at her.

"Well it appears Longbottom, Moony, Prongs and I are in the same group as you three. Ever heard of Inverie?" he asked his eyebrow rose in question.

"Well considering it's my town and my family live there. Yes."

"Wait. You're Scottish? But you don't have a Scottish accent."

"I lived most of my life in London. Lived with an uncle there." She said shortly. He looked at her. "The rest of my family lives there." She continued.

"What about your parents?"

"What about them?" she finally asked looking away. Before he could get another word out, she raced away, gripping her books tightly. He stared at her fading form, wondering what had been said that had gotten her so short about him.

What had her parents done to her that she didn't even want to talk about them?

"Ugh. This is going to be the worse vacation ever." Lily groaned out as they sat in compartment on the train. Alice laughed weakly.

"Maybe it won't be really bad." Alice tried to reason and Lily shot her a 'yeah right' look. "Look, just don't hex James in the first hour okay? This will be a long summer if you do, right Moria? Moria?" Alice asked. They both glanced at Moria who, ever since it had been revealed that they were going to be reporting on her village, had been quiet. Now she was just staring out the window, though it seemed that her mind was elsewhere than on the scenery that was passing by. Secretly Alice and Lily were quite happy for the events being played out. Finally they would find out about Moria.

They just wished that they knew whether it was bad or good.

"You like her don't you?"

Sirius jumped slightly and turned, and saw that James now stood behind him, a playful smirk on his face.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Please Padfoot. Don't insult my intelligence. I've seen the way you look at Prescott whenever we're in the common room, the great hall, Quidditch, class-" James listed different places he had caught Sirius staring at the oblivious girl. Sirius in response blushed madly.

"You're mad Prongs."

"If I wasn't right, you wouldn't be blushing." James easily countered. "Besides the fact I think you've liked her since we were younger, just been oblivious." Sirius glared at him before looking away on the train and for the first time much to his relief saw the train station appearing. Soon after, the train was once again alive as students hurried around, saying last minute goodbyes and getting their carry-ons ready for departing off the train. Once they finally reached the station it was a full flurry of movements as people rushed around grabbing their bags and trunks, greeting their parents happily.

After finally retrieving their own bags and finding Moria the group began to follow her.

"I think my Uncle Monroe is coming to pick us up." Moria finally said. "But knowing him he's probably having trouble finding a spot."

"A spot? A spot for what? Parking? Seems like there's plenty of that." Lily said looking around at the now half-filled parking lot. Moria offered a sheepish grin, the first smile she had done the entire day, looking at the group.

"You guys are going to hate me."

"Why would we hate you?"

"You could have told us we had to ride on a boat to get to the bloody place!" Alice groaned out trying to tie her hair in an unsuccessful ponytail. Moria looked at her innocently.

"I thought you guys knew this." Moria said. It wasn't anything new. Uncle Monroe would pick her up, they would go on a double decker bus for about 30 minutes, get to pier and then sail off to Inverie. However a friend of Monroe had shown up saying that Monroe was busy fishing. So he had done the same things with her and dragged the entire group.

"Sorry." She said simply and then smirked as loud retching was heard near the side of the boat. Remus peeked in with an annoyed look.

"How are those two?" Alice asked as Frank sat down next to her handing her a drink.

"Still retching over the side of the boat."

"Honestly, Potter and Black can handle flying on a broomstick perfectly fine, but put them on a boat and on water and they can't hold their stomachs." Lily complained. Moria laughed before seeing worry in Remus's face. Sighing she got up and grabbed his arm, yanking him away.

"Stop worrying about it."

"You know about my-"

"Furry problem?" Moria asked, raising an eyebrow. "Remus, give me a break. The population of Inverie is about 100." She explained, lifting her arms up. "And it is surrounded by forests. You'll be fine." She replied. He looked at her in surprise.

"How…"

"It's not like I just moved there." She retorted. "I've lived there since I was 8…you get to know everyone there." She replied looking at him with a small smirk. "You aren't getting out of this okay?" she finally said and he couldn't help but smile, sighing as though in defeat.

"Fine."

She smiled and then turned back towards the boat that was behind them. She then turned and pointed towards the small town that lay just beyond the beach. She gave a slight smile.

"Welcome to Inverie,Knoydart."