Disclaimer: I have no intention of saying that I own everything in this story. My mind's not worthy. Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Evans (and everything wizarding and/ or witchcraft in nature), Ms. JK Rowling created them. I'm but a mere fan. As for the other girl characters (Lae Bevin, Gin Plata-Connor, JK R'phael and Professor Kiadara Wildfire) my friends and I own them. I repeat: They are not from any of the HP books. Lyrics to the songs (as my title to every chapter) are not mine as well.

Author's notes: This is a songfic inspired by the song "Could it be any Harder" by The Calling. I've divided the verses and made a story out of the lyrics. Each chapter is titled by lines of other alternative songs (except chapter 6: the line came from Could it be any Harder) The lyrics of the song are enclosed in the ! J anyway… enuf of my introduction… I love SIRIUS BLACK! (Thanks ALEX BAND and AARON KAMIN for writing this heartfelt song. You have eternally changed my life.)

Rating: PG 13

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Of Wizards and Faerys

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Prologue

October 1977

The Marauders entered the quiet Gryffindor common room one Saturday evening after a whole day at Hogsmeade.

"Look who's back so early."

Multi-racial, pure-blood, Gin Plata-Connor greeted her cousin and friends.

"Hogsmeade suddenly became boring."

Plump Peter Pettigrew said as he sank beside Gin on the couch.

"At least that's what James told us to say…"

Frail faced Remus Lupin snickered as he took off his cloak. James Potter, tall and slender, pushed Remus aside to run to his girlfriend, Lily Evans, who was sitting on "their couch" before the fireplace.

"And you two are supposed to be our role models."

Blue-eyed brunette, Julienne Kyrstel R'phael shook her head teasingly.

"You don't expect me to do homework on a Saturday night like this, now would you?"

James smiled as he wrapped an arm around Lily.

"Uh-uh, Mr. Prefect. Homeworks first before anything else." Lily pushed him away playfully.

"Did I hear Lily Evans turn down James Potter?"

Gin, who was very keen on teasing her friends often, couldn't help let that one pass.

"Ouch! Rejection does hurt, eh, mate?"

Remus thrust his chest and held on to the couch James and Lily were on, pretending he was in agonizing pain. James hit Remus on the arm and stood up to collect his things.

"Wow… I'm surprised you're letting this one pass, Black."

James sat once again, now with parchment and books in his hands.

"With what I have to say, you're happy I'm shutting up."

Sirius Black, a mysterious looking wizard with dark features, said with a smirk on his lips.

"And where might you be headed for, Sirius?"

Peter asked as he watched Sirius walked across the common room to the spiral staircases that led to their dormitories.

"I don't wanna hear Professor Binns lecturing me about requirements on Monday."

He said as he took his cloak off while walking.

A short loud laugh broke the conversation.

"I choose to simply ignore that reaction, Bevin."

Black said before he disappeared to the staircase.

"Don't flatter yourself, Black. The world doesn't revolve around you."

Lae Bevin remarked without tearing her eyes away from her parchment.

Everyone turned to the red-haired witch who always seemed to be enveloped with fresh air and whose eyes always reflected seawater. Few Gryffindors got up from their chairs and left the common room. Remus and Peter stood up and ran to the foot of the staircase.

"Alright, all those who want their homeworks saved, staircases are this way."

Remus announced as Peter pointed to the staircase like they were Muggle flight attendants. Lae looked up and caught Remus' eyes.

"You two aren't about to start again, are you?"

Julienne Kyrstel asked discreetly with a hint of worrying in her voice.

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"BEVIN YOU ARE SO DEAD!"

A roar shook the whole Gryffindor Tower. Everyone left in the common room turned to Lae.

"I think you spoke too soon, JK," Lily said as they watched Sirius angrily descend the staircase.

"What now?!"

Lae looked up at the enraged wizard. Quiet moment as their eyes met. Obviously the silence meant that their minds were preparing duelling spells they would be using against each other seconds later.

"Give it here!" Sirius shouted.

"Give what? What do you want from me now?" Lae dipped her quill into the small ink jar.

"My essay you annoying witch! My History essay. Give it back!" Sirius was flaring up.

"I don't have it. Go look somewhere else. If you really did make one." Lae sarcastically uttered as she continued writing.

Sirius pulled out his wand,

"Accio, Essay!" he shouted and few parchment from Lae, and other people flew to his hands.

"Oh, Sirius, get real." Lae pulled out her wand, "Relaccio, essays." The essays flew back to their owners.

"We've been taught that years ago but still you cant get it right." She placed her wand on her lap.

"Now leave me be. Why do always assume I'm responsible for the things you lose?"

She said as she got back to her work. None of the other people in the room decided to get in between the two.

"Because you're always responsible for my missing things!!"

Sirius bellowed. Lae looked up and put down her quill.

"Wake up, Black, maybe you're just plain clumsy." Lae smirked. But Sirius wasn't happy at all.

Typical scenario in the Gryffindor common room. Only a few more minutes and the weekend would be most definitely complete.

"Hey you halfwit give it back!"

Lae stood abruptly when Sirius had snatched the essay she was finishing.

"Hmm… History… we need this by Monday. And you've obviously finished." Sirius read the essay.

"Yes. See, unlike you, I actually do my homework."

She stepped forward, away from the table she was using and walked closer to where Sirius was.

"I don't 'do' it and then accuse someone 'stole' it."

Her big round, blue-green eyes were eyeing him intently.

"Hmm… right…" Sirius uttered.

"Sirius… don't." James warned his best friend.

Everybody held their breath and waited for any action from the two Gryffindors in the middle of the room. Most of them fled to the safety of their rooms. Only James, Lily, Remus, Peter, Gin and JK were present with the two.

"Lae, drop it." Gin said.

"Now, give it back, Sirius." Lae asked quite politely.

"Hand me back my essay first and you get yours unharmed." Sirius smiled at the witch in front of him.

"What the— What is this supposed to be now, a rescue operation?!" Lae shouted.

"Rescue operation?" James whispered to Lily.

"Muggle thing…" Lily whispered back.

"Well, you have my essay. Consider this a trade." Sirius rolled up the parchment.

"You are SO bloody maTURED, Black. I DON'T have anything to give BACK. Now hand me back my essay before I blow YOU up!"

Lae snatched her wand and pointed it directly to Sirius' chest.

"Was that a challenge?" he asked as he pointed his wand at the girl like she did.

Remus, James and Peter ran to Sirius and Lily, Gin and JK ran to Lae. The two were ready to duel and not even their closest friends could stop them.

"Come on, Sirius, drop it." Remus pulled Sirius at the back on his shirt. He shook him off easily.

"The lady wants to duel. I don't wanna let her down." Sirius said as he tossed his rather long hair.

"Lae, please. We don't have time to repair the common room tonight. We've got loads of homework to do."

Gin said as she tried to take Lae's wand. Lae stood back and slowly dropped her wand. Sirius started doing the same thing.

"Thank you guys…" JK said.

James took their wands from the both of them. Peter took Lae's essay and gave it to JK. She gave it back to Lae.

"Good luck on that essay... Muriel."

Lae opened her parchment to find the writings were erased.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, BLACK!!"

She ran towards the other end of the room and jumped on Sirius.

"With or without magic I can beat the hell out of you!"

Lae gave Sirius a strong jab on his jaw. Their friends hovered over them to try and stop Lae. Sirius pushed Lae off of him and stood to attack. James and Peter stopped Sirius. Lae stood up but Remus held her arms on her back to stop her. Lae was so strong, she almost freed herself from Remus' grip.

"Let me go, Remus. I'll inflict so much pain to your arrogant airhead friend!"

Lae shouted as she kicked and punched the air.

"Let her go, Remus. And we'll see who'll end up in the hospital wing. Let me go, James!" Sirius was very mad.

Lily and Gin pulled out their wands and gave the furious and enraged sorcerers the leg lock curse. Remus threw Lae on his shoulders and carried her off to the girls' dormitory. Gin and JK went with them.

And the grandfather clock was saved. Along with the whole common room at that.

"Take this off, Lily." Sirius asked Lily.

"Not until you promise you wont run upstairs and finish off my friend."

Lily asked. James helped Sirius get back on his feet.

"As if I'd try. She's terribly unstable now. I think she'll actually kill me if I piss her off more than I already have."

He said. Lily did the countercurse and Sirius rubbed her knees.

"If only she wasn't so stubborn…" Sirius whispered as straightened up and combed his hair with his fingers.

"You'd what?" James asked. "Huh?" Sirius asked.

Remus returned from the girls' dormitory. Lily kissed James and retreated to their room.

"You said something. If only she wasn't so stubborn…"

Sirius slumped on the couch. His friends were staring at him, waiting for an answer.

"Nothing." He sighed.

Remus pushed Sirius to move aside and sat down himself.

"This has got to stop right now, Padfoot." He said.

"You're lucky James and Lily are prefects. If not, you'll both be spending detention with Filch every week." Peter said.

"It's not my fault." Sirius reasoned.

"We can't understand why you guys keep on fighting." James said.

"She's not all bad, you know." Peter said.

"Yeah, you can say that now. You didn't see her when she was five and you didn't have to sit next to her for years. It's not as pretty as you think." Sirius said.

"But that was years ago, Padfoot. Why don't you get over your childish angst?" Remus said. Sirius just looked at him.

"Moony, mate, why don't you tell that to her?" Sirius stood up and walked to the staircase. "We were kids. Kids make mistakes. She just wont accept that." He said before going up. Remus nudged James. The three of them ran after him.

"Are you sure you hate her?" James asked.

"Define hate."

He took off his shirt and laid on his four-poster. Each Marauder sat on their beds.

"Sirius." James uttered.

"Its not that I hate her. I actually don't if you would believe me."

He said as he stared at the scarlet curtains of his bed.

"Then why do you give each other a hard time everytime you breathe the same air?" Remus asked.

Sirius sat up and looked at his friends.

"I don't know."

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"Black! The goal is to shoot the Quaffle through the hoops! Not stare at the Keeper!"

James shouted after Sirius missed another goal.

"It's not my fault! Look at her! Her hair is so damn red!"

Sirius shouted as he stayed stationary 30 feet in front of Lae.

"Sorry James. I didn't mean to block that!"

Lae shouted teasingly as she did a Somersault through the air. Her hair flew with the wind. In the past years, she usually tied a bandana around it but this year she decided to leave it in a pigtail.

"Nice block, Lae." Gin commented.

"Sirius, leave the dreams for tonight. Focus now, will ya?" Remus added in the jesting. Gin flew near Sirius.

"Her hair isn't that red. But your face sure is." She whispered as she flew past her cousin.

He was going to kill James for this. Then Remus for contributing. He was going to kill Gin last, for the sake of relation.

Sirius sat silently before his locker after Quidditch practice, Friday following that weekend. It was hard not to think about what the guys told him. It was hard to ignore it and keep it at the back of his head. He really didn't hate Bevin. She was just bloody annoying. She always picked on him, of course as a guy, it would hurt his ego if he didn't fight back.

And he had his reputation to take care of. Sirius Black, champion chaser, number one joker, Hogwarts Don Juan and irresistible hunk. He simply couldn't let a girl, an annoying redhead, ruin the name he'd established for himself. He was just protecting what was his.

He put on a sweater and almost left his seat. What the hell where the guys thinking of, suggesting something like that? It's absurd. It's pathetic. It's lame. Him? Fall in love with that obnoxious keeper?! Why would he settle for someone like… like Bevin… when he could get practically any witch in Hogwarts (or even the girls and older women who beg for his attention at Hogsmeade and at his Muggle home?!) Why would he allow himself to fall in love with that Irish girl? It was a waste of good thought. And that coming from Remus. He expected more sense from him. But Remus never said anything about falling in love. Neither did James nor Peter. Where the bloody hell did that come from?!

"Going up yet?" Gin asked him. She was ready to go back to tower.

"No. Not yet. I still have to fix my stuff. It's a jungle inside this."

He stood up and slightly hit his locker with his elbow. Gin walked towards him and sat down on the bench.

"You? Clean up? You can't be serious." Gin giggled.

"Well… I don't wanna go up just yet. I might lose it and blow up James and Remus." He said as he opened his locker.

"What's the deal, Sirius?" she asked. "You saw what they did during practice." He said.

"No, with you and Lae?" she asked.

Sirius paused and sighed. Somehow, he couldn't look at his cousin.

"Nothing." He uttered unconvincingly. "Yeah. Right." Gin said and stood up.

"They think I like her."

Sirius said without looking at Gin. Gin stopped and looked at Sirius. Sirius looked at her. She smiled and shook her head.

"You think you like her." She said.

JK and Gin left Lae still in the showers. She always took longer than they did. That time, Lae simply sat under the shower. Thinking. She couldn't let this happen. She hated thinking. She heard him. She felt him. He was still in the locker room. She hated having to feel him. It was improper she could feel his presence. And the feeling couldn't be ignored easily. He was thinking deeply. Of her. Of the very witch who felt the emotions he was trying to fight. Lae fought it too. She didn't have to feel this way. She didn't have to know. She didn't have to feel. At all.

She stood up and closed the shower taps. She grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body. She shook her head and walked to her locker. It was stronger from where she stood.

You think you like her. His thoughts were swimming around that one idea. She hated the fact that her other half was taking over. She's a witch. And she didn't have to feel what she had to. But she could feel it.

She put on some clothes and magically dried her hair. She didn't bother tying it. She walked closer to his locker. It shut abruptly and he picked up his broom.

"Black." She said.

"I thought I was the only one here," he said.

"Well sorry for spoiling your fun." She said and turned away.

"No, wait, Bevin. Sorry." Sirius said. What the hell was that?! Lae was taken aback.

"Wow." She couldn't help herself.

"Do you wanna walk together?" he said. "Back to the tower?" he added.

"Sure." She found herself say.

She still felt it. And it was stronger now that they were together. It was calling her closer to him. Darn it.

"I have to do something."

Lae stopped Sirius before they exited the Gryffindor locker room.

"Alright, I'll wait here."

"No, no… to you."

"What?" Sirius was surprised.

"I have to do this, so I would know, if, if I have to stop myself or if I have nothing to worry about."

"What?" Sirius asked again.

"I have a feeling, that I have to get out of my system. Or else I'll never know. So, kill me if it would hurt you to try, tell the world, I don't care. I just have to do this. Now."

"Bevin, you are weird, can you please explain to ---"

He didn't have time to finish what he was saying. Her lips were kissing his. And he didn't take long to respond.

-more in chapter 1-

AN: sorry for the ongoing changes… I think this probably is the last one. J reviews pleasE?! I'd like to hear what you guys have to say. J LaEnAn-DeVnEt-BeViN