A/N: This will enventually be a Sirius/Hermione, but it may take a while to get there.

Sirius groaned as he sat up and tried to remember what happened. The only thing he could remember was dueling with Bella and falling through the veil. "Am I dead" he asked himself as he got to his feet.

"No" a voice answered through the darkness.

"Who's there?" Sirius asked, terrifed and he had no idea why.

"Calm down Sirius" came a gentle familiar female voice. he could her hands touch his face.

"Lily" he said not believing it.

Suddenly a light came from above his head and he could see her face. Lily Potter was kneeling in front of him. He pulled away and backed up as far as he could. Lily looked distressed.

"Please, Sirius" she begged "don't be afraid.

"Your dead" Sirius blurted out, "You died"

"No" James replied coming up behind his wife. "Were not dead and niether are you?"

"I don't undertsand" Sirius whispered.

"You fell protecting someone" James supplied, "Right?"

Sirius nodded, "Harry and Tonks"

"Harry" lily echoed, "harry is he ok?"

"As far as I know" Sirius answered, "Dumbledore is there, or he will be soon. Harry is fine"

Lily looked relieved and put her hand on james's arm. "He's ok"

James nodded and looked at his best friend, "When you fall protecting someone, at either Voldemort's wand or one of his followers you end up here"

"Where is here?" Sirius asked.

"From what I can tell"Lily asnwered lookign around, "it's like an abyss"

"It's an odd place padfoot" James told him, "We have no way to keep track of time but we have everything else we need. it's like were doing wandless amgic. Anytime we need something it just appears"

Sirius stood up and looked around.

"What year did you come from?" lily asked him.

"June of 1996" Sirius repleid.Suddenly a thought crossed his mind and he had to ask, "Are we here forever?"

Lily and james exchanged a look, "Don't know" Lily asnwred.

"But lil has a theory" James added, "She thinks once Voldemort is desroyed we will be released,"

"Goos:" Sirius replied.

"How close is that?" Lily asked him.

"We were pretty far from that" Sirius asnwered, "Let me fill you in"

Sirius started to tell them everthing that had happened and they cried at the pain thier only son ahd suffered and they laughed at all the trouble he got into at Hogwarts.

"So what do we do now?" Sirius asked before they fell asleep.

"We wait" James answered. "Goodnight Padfoot"

"Night Prongs" he answered before drifting away.