Moonlit Snake // R.L. Marauder's Era

TWELVE

James

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I stared at Kelsey as though she had grown extra heads.

Regulus said he loved her? Poor, Remus... but she's saying she's unsure if she loves him back.

"How did you get in here again?" I asked her

Sirius looked at me like I was an idiot.

"That's not important right now, Prongs." He responded.

"Somehow she knew my name, and let me in. I don't know how she knows my name, but here we are." She responded.

"You're not a Gryffindor though-." I was cut off by Sirius knocking me upside the head.

"Don't say that! She's not suppose to be in here and if McGonagall catches her, or if any other Gryffindor's do all three of us are in trouble!" He whisper-yelled at me and I rolled my eyes.

"Okay! Fine, we'll come back to how you got in here later. Now, what's up with this necklace?" I picked up the heart shaped locket and tried to pry it open.

"No!"

"Don't!"

Both of them tried to stop me, but I opened it and it felt like it zapped my fingers so I dropped it on the table. A voice came out of it and an eerie black smoke.

In your mind a truth resides

Clear all thoughts of past behind

Find your way though differences

Your true love is missing it

Then it snapped shut again and all of us stared in shock. I kept opening and closing my mouth trying to find the words to say something but didn't know what to say.

"What was that?' Kelsey broke the silence and asked Sirius.

"That, Kelsey, was the prophecy of the Black family."

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Kelsey

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At around two in the morning, I headed out of the Gryffindor common room promising to meet Sirius and James in the library after breakfast.

"Lumos." I lit my wand up to see where I was going.

I headed down the stairs towards the dungeons, but stopped when I heard voices.

"She's too young for this Albus." I heard Professor McGonagall say.

"Nox." my wand went out and I stepped behind a tapestry.

"I understand that Minerva, but we don't have a choice." Professor Dumbledore told her.

"Albus, perhaps another?" that was Professor Slughorn. "She is one of the brightest students in this school, we cannot just stop her education in hopes of stoping the Dark Lord."

"Keep your voice down Horace," Professor McGonagall told him.

"I will not Minerva! She is in my House, I dare say she deserves to finish her education. She has hopes of becoming and Auror, she told me in her second year." I smiled, Professor Slughorn sounded pleased with me.

"Minerva. Horace. It is late, perhaps we should all turn in and finish this discussion tomorrow?" I heard Professor Dumbledore tell them.

"Yes, alright, goodnight." Professor McGonagall headed off towards her sleeping quarters.

"You can't possible do this to her Albus, she's not ready."

"Goodnight, Horace." He said firmly.

"Yes, fine, goodnight." Professor Slughorn headed off towards the dungeons, annoyed.

"Miss Clearwater, I wonder if you could come out behind that tapestry and join me?"

Shit, he knows I'm here.

"Lumos." I said once I was out from behind it. "Hello, Professor." I said sheepishly.

"Good evening, Miss Clearwater. Would you mind accompanying me to my office? We have much to discuss." He said.

He started heading down the corridor to his office.

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Remus

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It was two days before the full moon and I was dead. Al I wanted to do was sleep, but course I couldn't very well do that because I had classes and homework.

I sighed as I finished my Charms homework and opened my Potions book to start on the foot of parchment that was due Monday.

Monday, I was dreading it. Go to classes in the day, go to the Shrieking Shack at night. I sighed and closed my potions book not bothering on the parchment. I rolled over in bed then decided to go down to the Common Room.

"What should we do Prongs? I don't think she loves him, but we can't tell him and I don't want to anyway." I stopped on the stairs to listen to my two best friends.

"Padfoot, this is our chance for them to get together! Think how happy he'll finally be, and you and I both know she likes him. I mean she didn't even tell Regulus she loved him back! That's got to be a sign!"

I gasped silently.

Kelsey doesn't love Regulas?

I feel like it's my fault, all because of that stupid necklace but I knew something was wrong when I saw her wearing it. It was like she was being different but I don't know. I'll talk to her Monday, I've heard enough. I went back to the room and took my shoes off, then plopped down on the bed and fell asleep.

Who are they trying to set up Kelsey with?