A/n: Honey, I'm home. Originally I had no intention of posting this, it was just something to keep the creative juices flowing until my own computer was working again (I'm currently using my mother's). I've decided that since I haven't had a chance to update my other stories, I'll give you something I can work on until I'm back in the saddle of my main stories.
D/c: I don't own Harry Potter, The Marauders, what have you. However, I can claim most of the plot on this story and Mina and Allison. Enjoy.
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A girl moved through the halls of her new school quietly. She couldn't get caught. She would be in huge trouble with her head of house if she did. She'd been out every night this week and they were getting sick of it.
She smiled reaching her destination. The Library. She snuck in and moved to her section: Human Transformation.
She froze at the corner of the shelf just before, hearing voices. Shit, she wasn't the only one there. She heard frantic shushing and sighed. They'd noticed her somehow.
"Come out, we know you're there." Came a masculine voice. She snorted. James Potter. That would only mean his three goons, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. She growled quietly as she moved around the corner.
"Mina Rosland." Sirius Black hissed angrily. "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question, Black." Mina snapped. She was five three with waist length black hair that she kept ruthlessly tied at the base of her neck and honey brown eyes. She was average build in every aspect of her body, save her upper body strength, she was tightly and attractively toned. She was one of the few girls in her year that didn't have baby fat still.
The four boys in front of her were all set with varying degrees of muscle. James was well toned and honed with years of Quiddich under his belt. He was slightly taller than average with messy jet black hair and hazel eyes. Sirius was an inch taller than James with elegantly strait black hair at shoulder length and grey eyes. He too was well toned from his years as a beater. Remus was average height and well toned as well with chocolate brown hair that was cut and feathered. He had amberish brown eyes. Peter was short, with more fat than muscle, but not to much. He had watery black eyes and brownish blond hair that was in a bowl cut.
"We wont tell if you wont." Remus told her.
"The hell we wont." Sirius muttered, loving the idea of getting the Mina in trouble.
"How would you explain it to McGonagall?" Mina challenged. "You'd get yourself busted as well, Black."
James rose and pulled Mina around the corner. "Mina, look, we wont rat you out if you keep your mouth shut, we really need to keep the heat off us for the time being."
"What for, another prank?" Mina asked.
"Something like that." James told her seriously.
Mina thought for a moment. "I'll keep my trap shut, I'd have the same problem you do, what with busting myself out and what not."
"Thanks, Mina." James sighed. "What books did you need?"
"That's really none of your business." Mina growled. "I wont ask what your working on either. Don't really care, to be honest."
James nodded.
"All you have to do is get Black to keep his trap shut." Mina told him. "If I go down, you four follow."
"Fair enough."
Mina nodded and moved to the books she wanted. Feline Animagus Transformations. She smirked. She was a Lioness. She just needed to finish with her head and come up with the complete spell and she was done.
She took the three books she needed and sat down at a table as far away from the boys as possible without leaving the section. If you did, alarms went off to alert Madam Pince, especially this late.
Mina was in her sixth year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was in Gryffindor House and Beater for the House Quiddich Team. She was also an academically model student. However, she had a penchant for breaking curfew and Rules, getting into fights, and generally causing chaos. She wasn't as bad as the four boys with her, but she was pretty close. The teachers hated her for it. The only one that showed any remote liking to her was the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Andrew Baracs.
She was studying the transformation as a personal favor to her long time friend, Allison Wright. Allison was a Werewolf. The two had done some research on Werewolves of the past and found that they reacted well with Animagi. Since then Mina had been studying the transformation.
Allison wasn't the only werewolf in Hogwarts. Remus Lupin was as well. He knew that both girls knew that. They just never talked about it. He also knew that Allison was as well. They went to different places for the transformation. Allison was locked in a hidden room on school grounds while Remus went to the Shrieking Shack on the outskirts of Hogsmead.
Mina looked up when Remus walked over. He noticed her books and smiled. "For Alli?" He asked.
Mina nodded. "What do you want, Remus?"
"Just to thank you for keeping quiet. You've no idea what it means to me to know that I can trust you." Remus told her.
"Don't worry about it, Remus." Mina told him. "I haven't ratted out Alli, I wont rat you out."
"That's true, you haven't said anything about Alli, but I know for a fact that you don't like any of us very much, so I worry." Remus told her.
"I'll be honest with you, Rem." Mina told him. "Out of the four of you, you're the one I can tolerate most. You're intelligent and a good guy. Your buddies on the other hand could do with a good ass kicking now and again. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get my head done tonight because, as you're aware, the full moon is next week, and I've already got enough problems as it is."
Remus nodded and returned to his friends.
An hour later Mina had finished what she needed to do. All she had to do was write up her full incantation and perform it and the necessary charms to keep her head as she was an animal. According to the books once you did them once you wouldn't need them again, they couldn't even be undone, so after tomorrow night, she was home free.
She put her books away and made her way to the door, completely ignoring the boys that were still there. She made her way quickly back to the common rooms and to her bed. Allison was still up.
"Did you manage it?" She asked in a hurried whisper. She was half a head taller that Mina and attractively toned as well, from the werewolf thing. She had blond hair that fell strait to just below her shoulders and piercing blue eyes with a ring of amber in them around the iris. She was slightly more endowed in the chest than Mina was and could wear anything flawlessly, if she chose.
"Yeah, all I need are the finishing touches and we'll be set for next week. I can do them tomorrow and be done with it." Mina hissed to her friend.
"Thanks, Mi, you don't know how much this means to me." Allison crooned softly.
"Right. Lets get some sleep, 'kay? We have Transfig first thing in the morning." Mina sighed.
Allison sighed and slid into her bed. "Mi, will you come over here tonight. The only reason I'm up is because He is haunting me again."
Mina smiled at her friend softly and pulled on her pajamas, which consisted of a pair of black velvet pants and a black sports bra and slid into her friend's bed. "Night, Alli." She muttered.
"Night, Mi." Allison responded.
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The next morning Mina and Allison got out of bed and moved around the room at a slower pace than their hurried little bee of a dorm mate, Lily Evans.
"Lily, you gotta slow down." Mina sighed.
"Sorry, I can't find my notes from last Transfig class and we'll need them for today." Lily sighed.
Mina rolled her eyes and opened Lily's bag, pulling out the muggle folder that she kept all of her notes for Transfiguration class in. She pulled out the ones that Lily was referring to. "You're a scatter brain, Lil."
Lily gave her a grateful hug and took her things.
"Careful." Allison said as Lily headed for the door. "Potter is waiting to ambush you at the bottom of the stairs."
"Thanks, Alli, you're a godsend." Lily told her.
Lily also knew about Allison's condition, but she wasn't interested in doing anything illegal. She went down after sunrise to help her friend to the hospital wing, bandaging the worst of the injuries before doing so. Lily was a huge help.
Mina and Allison finished getting ready for class and made their way downstairs to the common room with their bags in hand. They were laughing and smiling at Lily's frantic antics this morning. She was like that only when exams were around the corner, which they were. They were the next week, actually. Their sixth year was almost over.
"Mi, I think we should wait until the new school term starts for you to start joining me, that way I don't have to worry about shocking my Wolf's system and then pulling it away." Allison told her.
"Alli, some days I think you worry about your wolf's health more than your own. That thing is going to kill you one of these days, and you're not even concerned about that part." Mina sighed.
Allison smiled. "I like to take care of myself all the way around, I always have. Even before I got bitten." It had only been three years. Allison still had nightmares about the man who'd done it. That's who He was.
"It's fine, Alli, it gives me more practice time while I wait." Mina sighed. Some days, honestly.
She looked up as they made their way to the portrait hole to go to breakfast. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin were waiting for them, not even looking the least bit tired, not that Mina did either, but she was used to the late nights.
"Morning Rosland, Allison." Sirius said.
"For the record, I have nothing to do with this." Remus told Mina. "Alli, may I escort you down to breakfast, I'm afraid Mina is going to be … Tied up, for the duration of the journey down."
Allison and Mina exchanged wary looks. Allison had fancied Remus for little over a year now, but she'd never expected anything like this. Mina nodded and motioned forward with her hand. Allison noticed the position of the hand. It meant ' might as well.'
Allison nodded and took Remus' offered arm. He also took her bag and slung it over his shoulder with his own. Allison glanced back at Mina with a 'would you look at that' look.
Mina turned to Sirius and glared before she continued walking. "What do you want, Black?" She snapped out. She had a bad feeling about this.
"You, Gorgeous." Sirius said, silkily.
"Forgive me if I don't faint." Mina growled.
Sirius smirked. "That's fine, I'll just go to McGonagall's office and tell her that I saw you leave the tower for an hour last night."
Mina froze mid-stride. She pulled her foot back, spun on her heel, and faced him. "Pardon?"
"I'll rat you out." Sirius told her. "I spent a good portion of last night thinking of a way to do it without getting in trouble myself. I figure if I tell her I was only up late in the common room and saw you leave, I wont get any problems. Curfew is only for being in the common room, we can stay up as late as we want, I checked with Remus and Lily."
Mina slapped her hand to her forehead. He was smarter than she'd given him credit for. She couldn't get busted being so close to being done. She needed to finish this this week. "Fine, smart ass. What are your terms?" She was being Black Mailed by Sirius Black. Oh, Irony, how we despise you.
"Nothing much." Sirius told her. "As of final Exam, you're my girlfriend."
Mina wanted to gag. "What do you mean?"
Sirius smirked and stalked up to her like a wolf on it's prey. "Put simply, you're mine. Even in private. I get full access and you … well, you get to stay out of trouble."
"I don't see how this will carry into next term, as soon as we get on that train to go home anything I've done this year is null and void." Mina told him.
"Not that little mewing tick you have." Sirius told her. "And you have to start publicly warming up to me, or no one will believe it, and I have a reputation to keep."
"How did you know?" Mina asked, stepping back a couple paces.
"I saw which books you pulled down." Sirius told her, smirking still.
Mina wanted to rip that cocky smirk clear off his face.
"So what are you? A kitten, a fox?" Sirius asked as they started walking down to the Great Hall.
"A lioness." Mina mumbled. She couldn't believe this. "How long?"
"Until I get bored with you." Sirius told her. "Who knows, could be a week, could be a few months. When I'm done, I'll forget all about what you are and leave you alone, outside of what contact we'll have through Allison and Remus."
Mina groaned. Sirius Black was infamous for not having extended relationships, but when he did get a girl he like he kept her for anywhere from a month to six. She could be with this idiot for half a fucking year.
"Fine." Mina sighed. "But I get Sunday through Thursday mostly with Lily and Alli."
"Fine, I'm mostly busy with the boys then anyway." Sirius told her, smirking. "See you around, Babe." With that he vanished into a secret passage and was gone.
Mina sighed in disgust. How could she have been so stupid. She should have left when they noticed her. Now she was stuck with Sirius 'asshole of the world' Black indefinitely. This sucked.
She made her way down to the Great Hall and sat down between Lily and Allison. She sighed.
"What's wrong?" Allison asked.
"I'll tell you later." Mina told her as she glared at Sirius, who was chatting with James.
"If you're sure …" Allison muttered.
"Trust me, this is something we'll want to discuss in private." Mina growled.
Allison nodded and they finished their Breakfast and headed to Transfiguration.
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A/n: there you go, the first chapter. Hope you liked it.
The odds of this story going full are nil, but I figured my loving readers would like something to tide them over until I can get back to The American Twin, Middle Earth, and Why Me.
I love you all.
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