"What's going on here?" the realtor asked suddenly.
All three jumped again and James banged his head inside the machine.
"Well, this machine started and we stopped it and then we wanted to see where the heat was coming from. Lily is this a T.B.?" Shay asked.
Lily was frozen in her place, trying to think of a way to explain this to the realtor.

"Vernon, Lily is very good in charms and potions. She could help you with your problem," James said.
"What problem?" Vernon asked nastily and squinted his already small eyes.
"Well, I don't think it's natural for someone to turn that shade of purple. Unless you're a metamorphmagus, but I would guess against that" James said and heard Harold snort again.

“Shay I’m sorry. Today must have been rough. But I had to go on the mission. If I would have had time to tell you, I would have.”
“Sirius you’re a father now. You have responsibilities. One of your responsibilities is to be home with us,” Shay said.

Shay walked into the kitchen and felt sick to her stomach. Who was the person in her dream? When was this going to happen? She knew it was not a dream. Dreams are not that real. She was scared that the person in that room was her.

Shay agreed and then the doorbell rang again. Shay opened the door and found that no one was there. She was about to close the door when a snowball came out of nowhere and hit her square on the forehead. Shay immediately heard Sirius’s bark-like laugh and James higher pitched chuckle.

“What? Did I hit a nerve? Your son is one of the Dark Lord’s favorite subjects. He is obsessed with your little family,” Scarlett said.
“That’s enough,” Shay warned her.
“The truth hurts doesn’t it? It not going to hurt nearly as much as what’s going to happen with you and your family. One by one, the Dark Lord has a plan for you all,” Scarlett sneered.
Shay had enough.
“Legilimens!”

“Her boyfriend is a beast. Literally,” Shay said and Niki snorted in her drink.
“Well, what about you?” he asked.
“I have a kid,” Shay said bluntly and gave him a smirk.
“Well, it was nice meeting you ladies,” the creep said excused himself from the table quickly.
Niki looked at Shay and laughed.
“Once they hear you have a kid, they’re gone in a second.”

Suddenly there were four consecutive pops and everyone looked into the hall to see who it was. It was Dumbledore, Mad-Eye, another older looking wizard, and even though Shay couldn’t believe it, Emmeline Vance.
“There’s no way,” Shay said to herself and got up.

“Do you know what tomorrow is?” Sirius asked with excitement.
“Monday,” Shay said and her voice croaked.
“Well, yes but what else is tomorrow?” Sirius said, still playing with her hair.
“Today is August 6th so tomorrow is August 7th,” Shay said and started to fall back asleep.
“And?” Sirius asked, egging her on.
“And that would make it my birthday tomorrow,” Shay said with a smile and finally opened her eyes.

“Severus, I didn’t know that you ate ice cream,” Shay said with a smile and Snape sneered at her.
“Well, are you going to sit down?” Shay asked and motioned to the empty chair at her table.
Severus glared at her, “I don’t think Black will be too happy with that.” 
“Oh, who cares about him? I do what I want,” Shay said with a smile and motioned to the chair again.

“Dearest girlfriend, mother of my child, I promise you that I have nothing up my sleeve tonight,” Sirius said with an angelic smile.
Shay raised her eyebrow and smirked at Sirius,”You’re lucky you’re handsome.”

“Sirius, are you ok?” Shay asked as she opened the door more.
Sirius got up quickly and slammed the door on Shay. Then she heard him fall against the door. She walked away, not knowing what to do anymore.

“Oh, James and I got to meet her this morning before you and Remus showed. She seemed nice until Sirius came over and put his cheating tongue down her skanky throat. James just got up and left. I sat and stared daggers at them until they left,” Lily said casually.
Shay looked at Lily and laughed.
“You truly are my best friend.”

“I don’t want to be powerful,” Shay said bluntly.
“You don’t have much of a choice,” Dumbledore said with a small smile.

“I think it’s time for you to leave,” Shay said without looking at him.
“But Shay…” Sirius started.
“The door is over there. We’re done talking,” Shay said and motioned her head towards the door.
Sirius got up and headed towards the door. Shay waited to hear it open and shut, but it never did.
“Do you not know how to open a door?” Shay asked.