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CHAPTER 65

I recall that September of that year was rather bizarre, we were entering our second to last year of school and nothing seemed real. Adding to that, I had received the strangest letter.

Omi hooted excitedly, flying around Sirius and Audrey's heads as they were studying. She was carrying a gold envelope.

"My inner dog wants to eat your bird." Sirius grumbled, annoyed. They had woken early that day to get a head start on their studies.

"Just because you're missing precious hours of beauty sleep doesn't mean you have to threaten my beautiful owl." Audrey replied calmly, petting Omi.

"It's Saturday." Sirius whined.

"So?"

Sirius shot her a glare.

"You're so adorable when you're cranky." She said sarcastically.

He grunted and rested his head on the table. She laughed.

"Wmmh duh noh sah?" He said.

"What?" Audrey asked, picking his head up from the table.

"What does the note day?"

Audrey opened the letter.

You are cordially invited to my funeral on September 25th at the Kyoto Botanical Garden.

Services start at 3 pm.

Wear colors of autumn.

Hisoka

Sirius raised an eyebrow at Audrey.

"Well, Hisoka is a vampire, an unregistered one. And she needs to kill herself off every eighty or so years so no one is suspicious. She's very famous among Japanese muggles, so she dies every now and then. She keeps her surname, and changes everything else. So at this point, she's her own great granddaughter." Audrey explained.

Sirius cocked his head.

"What?"

"Creatures are so weird." He said, resting his head back onto the table.

Later in the day, after they had finished studying and Sirius fell asleep on the sofa, Audrey went to the West Wing to see Hisoka.

She didn't even have to knock on the door this time.

"How did you hear me?" Audrey asked, giving her mentor a bow and looking at her with curiosity.

"You were quiet, but not quiet enough for my ears." Hisoka replied, letting her in. Audrey held up her funeral invitation.

"Really?"

"Really."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Audrey asked, cocking her head.

"It's rather sudden, I know." Hisoka said, flicking her wand and making tea. "My danna-"

"Atsuo." Audrey said.

"Mr. Isamu." Hisoka corrected, continuing. "Wishes to see me, he hasn't seen me in years and I do owe him some quality time. Plus, I'm at that age where I need to start over again."

Audrey nodded.

"So what will be your new name?"

"Amami." Hisoka replied, Audrey nodded.

"I have to ask though, am I going to this funeral as Ayla or as Audrey?"

"As Ayla, of course." Hisoka replied. "Blake was already invited to my funeral anyway."

Blake Williams was one of my top personal patrons. He called on me the most, and certainly paid the most. He was a chaser for the Wollongong Warriors. He was someone Hisoka had been pushing me further and further towards in the last few months.

Blake was a very generous patron, but this meant that I could not bring Sirius to the funeral for support.

…Then again, it wasn't a funeral.

Very early in the morning on the 25th, I port keyed with Edgar to the botanical garden. It was absolutely beautiful; hues of red, gold, and orange surrounded us.

Hisoka had taken to picking out my attire… even for her funeral. It was a long red dress, with a v-neckline that was adorned with silver and red beads. It was an open backed dress, with small thin ruffles trailing down the train. Along with it, was a gold shawl.

It was rather bizarre to me to wear something so elegant to such a morbid event.

…Then again, it wasn't a funeral.

There were so many people there, it made me wonder how many people Hisoka knew. It also made me wonder how many of them knew she was a vampire and faking her own death for the third time.

Audrey made her way through the crowd of people. They matched the trees, just like the invitation had requested.

"Ayla-san!" said a voice that gave Audrey the chills. She turned to see Atsuo Isamu grinning at her. He gave her a bow, she bowed in return.

"It is so nice to see you, but such sad circumstances." He said, looking over at the urn where Hisoka's ashes were supposed to be.

"Same to you." Audrey replied. She gave him another bow and excused herself, seeing Blake in the distance.

It was at that moment, that I had realized that not only was this Hisoka having to cover her tracks, but this was a test for me. A test to see how well I could act, and as I looked through the crowd I saw a geisha in a black kimono adorned with red and orange leaves at the hem. She had her hair up in a style I had never seen; it was a round curve on the top and sides of her head, and a round bun in the middle. Her face was painted white, her lips were red, her eyes had black and red make up around them.

She gave me a small smile and a nod of acknowledgement. An all-knowing look in her eyes.

"She's incredibly crafty, isn't she?" said a voice in her ear. Audrey turned to see Edgar, also staring at the young geisha. He then made his way around the guests to mingle.

"Ayla, I am so sorry for your loss." said Blake, making his way over and hugging Audrey to him with one arm.

I had been crying a lot of false tears that day.

"Thank you, Blake." Audrey said, wiping her eyes. "I know that she is in a better place, in paradise."

Blake nodded, taking her hand and leading her around the gardens. Out of the corner of her eye, Audrey could see Hisoka as Amami watching her as she was conversing with someone.

If I hadn't known Hisoka for so long at that point, I would have thought that she was incredibly creepy.

They walked over the leaves, towards the Kamo river.

I always loved the sound of crunching leaves.

"Ayla?"

"Yes?"

"This may come off as incredibly ignorant and rude, but will you still be entertaining even though Hisoka is…" He blushed, feeling a little awkward and embarrassed.

"Deceased?" Audrey finished for him, raising an eyebrow. He nodded shyly.

"Yes, Hisoka passed me along to a new mentor to help me establish further, then I will be on my own." Audrey replied, looking at the river.

Edgar and I returned to the school around noon, the eight hour time different between Japan and the United Kingdom was a little odd to get used to. The sun was just setting when we left Japan, and it was still in the sky when we returned to school.

Audrey heaved a sigh as she entered the common room, Lily was the only one there.

"Hey Lily!" Audrey beamed.

"You look quite happy for someone who just attended a funeral." Lily said, sarcastic.

The two girls looked at each other, then laughed.

"How are you? Where is everyone?"

"I'm fine." Lily replied. "The boys are out at Hogsmeade and Marlene and Sarah are in the studio practicing."

Audrey nodded, forgetting it was a Hogsmeade weekend. She ran upstairs, and changed out of her dress into a pair of dark jeans and a red V-neck with Gryffindor on it.

Lily was tired of studying, so the two decided to meet up with Severus and go for a walk.

We talked about everything and anything, like we always did. It was nice to just be with them alone, we hadn't had much alone time in the first month of school. Between our separate studies, my profession, and Sirius it was difficult to see each other.

...Especially because of Sirius.

As they made their way back to the castle for dinner, something caught Severus in the back of the head. It was a disgusting green goop, some of it splattered onto Lily and Audrey.

Lily groaned in frustration, and the three turned to see James and Sirius.

They were grinning of course, like they always did.

"Black! Potter!" Lily gritted her teeth.

"Evans." The boys said, together.

"This isn't funny." Lily hissed, Audrey held both of her arms out, holding back her friends.

"Actually, Evans, I think it looks rather hilarious. You all pull off green quite well." Sirius beamed.

Severus broke lose and hexed Sirius, and then all chaos ensued. Jets of light were flying left and right, Lily joined the fray, incredibly annoyed that the two Gryffindors were ganging up on Severus. Audrey felt herself at a crossroad.

All four of them knew what Audrey was, and knew of her powers. That wasn't the issue, the issue was being seen, or severely injuring any of her friends. Audrey didn't have to break them apart when a hex that she assumed was meant for Severus, hit Lily instead. It burned her all of her arm and part of her neck.

Everything seemed to stop at that moment, time stood still among the five of us. Realization is such a terrible thing. I could tell by the look on his face, that it was James Potter who had cast that spell.

The two boys rushed over, Severus hovered over Lily, looking at her burns carefully. Audrey rushed over as well, Lily was pale and in pain.

"Lily." James choked, horrified. "I'm so sorry."

She didn't say anything, Severus was furious. He raised his wand and pointed it at James, but Sirius pointed his at Severus.

"ENOUGH!" Audrey hissed, gently knocking them away from each other on a gust of wind. She helped Severus back up off the ground but completely ignored Sirius and James.

"C'mon. Let's get her to the hospital wing. These burns are beyond either of our knowledge." Audrey said, in a dead voice.

When we brought Lily to the hospital wing, I was juggling back and forth whether I should tell Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall that James and Sirius were responsible. I wanted them to be punished for what they did, but thinking about it…they had already served so many detentions in their five previous years that I hardly thought it would have much of an affect on them.

Afterwards, Audrey bid farewell to Severus and made her way back to the Gryffindor common room.

Of course, with my luck, the Marauders were the only ones in the common room.

"Russia, how's Lily?" James jumped off the couch, nervous.

Audrey didn't respond, her eyes narrowed in annoyance.

"Honestly, darling." Sirius said. "Now's not the time to play the silence game."

It was a game Sirius knew well after all, he was pretty sure Audrey had given him the cold shoulder for something stupid he did almost every year at school except for the previous one. But this time, he wasn't the one at fault…at least, he didn't think so.

Audrey still didn't respond, and made her way up the spiral staircase to the girl's side.

She came back down a few minutes later in her dance shorts and a Zoloto Quidditch teeshirt with Sven's last name, Beria, on the back.

"Audrey." James was desperate. She ignored him once again, and walked straight for the portrait hole.

"HEY!" Sirius shouted, annoyed as she walked through the hole and out of sight.

Audrey proceeded down the hallway, heading off to the studio to meet with Marlene and Sarah. Not far behind her, was Sirius.

"Audrey."

She ignored him.

Thud.

A stone hit her in the back.

A huge mistake.

More like a catastrophic mistake…

Sirius threw something at Audrey, and then she turned, raising an eyebrow. Her eyes were red.

"Why are you acting like this?" Sirius asked from across the hall, beginning to approach her.

"Why am I acting like this?" Audrey was incredulous, one of her hands rested on her hip. "Sirius, don't be thick. You're a lot brighter than this, I know it."

"James and I have been pranking Snivellus f-"

"SEVERUS." Audrey hissed. "His name is Severus."

"for years." Sirius finished. "Look, I'm sorry it got on you and Lily, and then that stray hex but-"

"Sirius." Audrey said serious. "It's not the slime, it's the mere fact that you two continue to go after Severus. What has he done to you? Nothing!"

"He's a slimy git, and he's always been on our backs since the very first night at school. You either choose to ignore that, or were not around." Sirius spat, getting annoyed.

"Regardless. The fact that you both continue to just attack him. If you're so concerned, you'd be the bigger person and not stoop so low." Audrey replied, her eyes alternating between red and black.

"Audrey, it's hard not to attack a future Death Eater." Sirius did not blink, staring her down.

"He's not going to be a Death Eater, Sirius." Audrey snarled back. "If you even took the time to know him you would see that as well."

"Oh don't be thick, Audrey!" Sirius threw his hands in the air, and then pointed at her. "You've seen the people he associates with."

"You know why he associates with them?" She hissed, coming towards him. "It's so he's not bullied by his own house like he is by you and James!"

"WELL MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE YOU BEING SO CLOSE TO HIM!"

"SEVERUS WOULD NEVER HARM ME." Audrey shouted, now shaking with anger.

"OH YEAH, I'M SURE WITH HIS PURE BLOODED MANIA HE DEFINITELY WOULDN'T TURN YOU IN IF HE HAD THE CHANCE." Sirius was incredibly sarcastic.

Audrey did not raise her voice, but she walked up to him, dangerously close. Her eyes were black, her voice wavered slightly as she whispered in his ear.

"Not all pure-bloods are like that, Sirius. I thought you of all people would know that."

With that she spun on her heel and sprinted down the hall, she needed to hit the studio before she exploded.