The Hogwarts Express
It was the first day at their sixth year at Hogwarts and Sirius Black was ecstatic. He walked onto platform 9 ¾ with the air of a king, exuding confidence with every step. Two of his best friends, Prongs (James Potter), and Moony (Remus Lupin) walked with him. Together, the three of them were the coolest kids in school, especially James and Sirius. They were the height of cool and as they boarded the train, various students from the different Hogwarts Houses greeted them. They casually made their way to the back of the train, to the compartment which they now considered theirs as they sat in it through every voyage, to await the arrival of Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew). Collectively, the four boys made the Marauders.
When they were about halfway down the train, Remus, who had been anxiously looking into every compartment – looking for a glimpse of their friend, Adriana Finn whom he had a crush on – looked at his watch. "Christ, I've got to go to the Prefect's compartment! Catch you later guys." Moony suddenly about faced and headed back up the aisle.
James shrugged and continued what he had been saying. "I have so much planned for pranks this year ... we'll go down in Hogwarts History. After all, we only have two more years to leave an incredible impression."
Sirius snickered. "I doubt we can leave much more of an impression, but I'm certainly willing to try." James chuckled.
Finally, they reached the compartment they had been looking for, and as they slid the door open they noticed two girls currently occupying their space. One of the girls was none other than Adriana Finn, who was currently sporting light blond curls and baby blue eyes – she was a Metamorphmagus – and the other girl was one Sirius had never seen before. She sat with her face turned away from him and was deeply in conversation with Finn. She had thick, dark brown hair that went on an inch past her shoulders and flipped out at the ends. In several strategic spots there were streaks of gold, red, and orange, giving the impression of mesmerizing flames that danced whenever she moved her head. She had long legs and an incredibly nice shape and he judged that she would stand just over 5'6".
Sirius arched an eyebrow, thinking to himself that she must be a transfer student, as he made his way into the room.
Adriana spotted him and James then and a broad smile covered her face. "James! Sirius! So good to see you two!"
"Great to see you too, Finn," James greeted as he took a seat. Sirius merely nodded.
"Who's your friend?" He asked, intrigued.
A funny look crossed Adriana's face as she struggled not to laugh. James chuckled and Sirius instantly had a bad feeling.
"Better close your mouth before you start drooling, Black" a familiar sing-song voice stated coolly as the mystery girl turned around. She had dark midnight eyes and high, well defined cheekbones; her lips were a naturally dark red. Sirius's mouth dropped in shock. But it couldn't be ...?
"Circe!" Sirius was dumbstruck, this beautiful siren could not possibly be the pudgy girl who he had hung around for the last two years as she sat starring dreamily at him and his fellow Marauders (except Peter who was not at all attractive) with a look of open admiration. Circe Bloom, along with Adriana and Lily Evans were all friends with the Marauders, though Lily despised James and he was completely in love with her. They were all in the same year and in the same house, Gryffindor, at Hogwarts. The group had been friends for years. She was also one of the chasers on the Gryffindor Quidditch team alongside himself and James - he was a beater and Prongs was the seeker – but he had never considered her and him close.
She smirked up at him and he knew that it was indeed her because it was an expression he knew so well. But she no longer looked the same. Gone was the baby fat that had once covered her face, and she seemed to have lost all the excess weight that had prevented him from noticing how pretty she was before in there years as friends.
"But you're not fat anymore!" Too late. Sirius realized he had actually said the words aloud when he saw the cold glare that leapt to life in her eyes. Sirius could have shot himself and he stammered, trying to think of something to say to fix the situation. James suddenly exploded with laughter, never having seen Sirius get flustered around a girl before. "I mean ... what I meant to say was that ... I didn't mean to say that you were- "
James saved the day gallantly, "What Padfoot is trying to say is that you look beautiful Ms. Bloom."
Circe nodded, dragging her gaze away from Sirius and fixing it on James. She smiled at him.
"Where's your other half?" James questioned playfully, referring to Lily.
"Doing her best to avoid you," Adriana teased and James frowned but recovered.
"Well then, what brings you two lovely ladies to our compartment?" James asked as he put his feet up on his trunk. Sirius took the seat next to James, which also just happened to be the seat across from Circe.
"No where else to sit," Adriana said, looking distractedly at the door.
Circe started to speak before Adriana had even finished her sentence. "Ri wanted to come here to see Remus. But it looks like he isn't here."
Adriana scowled at Circe as James spoke, "Finn, you looking for Moony then?" He raised his eyebrows in suggestion.
"I just wanted to ask him something," she mumbled in reply.
Circe snickered and Sirius was mesmerized. He had never before noticed how cute she looked when she scrunched her nose up just like that. How had he never noticed how incredibly beautiful she was, or had this just happened?
His thoughts were interrupted when Wormtail entered the compartment. Peter was a stout boy who had the appearance of a weasel. He was completely unimpressive, something that many of the students found odd as he was best friends with the three most impressive guys in the school.
"Hey there, how's it going Wormtail!" James said excitedly as Peter took a seat next to Sirius.
Circe snickered and Adriana scowled at his entrance. Neither girl liked him as he was "an annoying tag along" (in Adriana's words). It was the same reason that neither girl like Kelsey Smithettes, a fellow sixth year Gryffindor girl. Adriana was smart and pretty, Circe was smart and a phenomenal chaser ... and had become pretty (or had she always been?) and they felt that this put them one step above Peter and Kelsey who were not extraordinary in any way. They did, however accept Remus, James, Sirius, and Lily as they felt that each of the former were all of their social quality.
Needless to say, the two girls were haughty snobs, but rightly so.
"Great!" Replied Peter. "Had a good summer ... good ... and you?"
"Fun," James said as he took out some cards. "Anyone interested in a game of exploding snap?" Everyone except for Adriana agreed to play.
After the game had been going on for close to five minutes Adriana spoke again. "So ... where is Lupin anyway?" She tried to give off the impression that she didn't actually care and was just asking out of curiosity but she failed miserably.
Both Sirius and James looked up quizzically. This was interesting as Adriana had never shown this much interest in Remus, and it was a nice thing too because he had loved her for as long as they could remember. "He's with the Prefects," answered Peter who had not noticed anything.
"Oh." Said Adriana, then, "Is he coming here when he's done then?" Circe hid a smile as she looked over at her friend. Sirius stared at her again, unable to help himself.
Before either James or Sirius could reply Peter piped in again. "Don't think so, at least not right away."
"Really?" This was news to Sirius as he had thought that Moony was to join them shortly.
"That's right." Peter finally looked up, proud to know something for once that his friends didn't. "I ran into him in the hallway, he was headed to sit with Kira and her friends."
Both Circe and Adriana suddenly stared with odd expressions on their faces. "Kira who?!" Adriana was incredulous.
Sirius could have smacked Peter, and came close to doing it. The stupid git was shooting his mouth off without any thoughts as to what he was doing. Remus was in love with Adriana, and if she was showing interest in him, they should encourage it!
But before he could comment, Peter opened his big mouth again. "Kira Thompson. She's in Ravenclaw, a prefect I think."
"Why's he with her?" Ri flushed, but didn't seem to care about how her jealousy must appear, she was too curious.
"They're dating." Peter smirked, once again proud that he knew something others didn't. Adriana looked furious and Sirius rolled his eyes. This was so uncouth, and he was, not for the first time, ashamed to call Peter friend.
Everyone's eyes were on Adriana, who stood up at once. "Good for him then!" She was absolutely furious and she grabbed her stuff, trying to leave the room when James grabbed her.
"Quit it will yah," Sirius had the suspicion that if it had been anyone other than James who stopped her she would have punched them. "Just sit back down and relax, we'll play another game of exploding snap."
Adriana looked at Circe, who looked adorably flustered in Sirius's opinion, and then sat back down, starring sulkily out the window.
"Good. Now ... back to the game." James said jovially. Sirius still did not speak, but eyed Circe from under his hair, unable to take his eyes away.
~*~A/N~*~ This story goes along with my other Harry Potter fanfic ... Broken. Only, this one is told from Sirius's point of view and is more about him while the other is about Remus. Hope you enjoy it!!
It was the first day at their sixth year at Hogwarts and Sirius Black was ecstatic. He walked onto platform 9 ¾ with the air of a king, exuding confidence with every step. Two of his best friends, Prongs (James Potter), and Moony (Remus Lupin) walked with him. Together, the three of them were the coolest kids in school, especially James and Sirius. They were the height of cool and as they boarded the train, various students from the different Hogwarts Houses greeted them. They casually made their way to the back of the train, to the compartment which they now considered theirs as they sat in it through every voyage, to await the arrival of Wormtail (Peter Pettigrew). Collectively, the four boys made the Marauders.
When they were about halfway down the train, Remus, who had been anxiously looking into every compartment – looking for a glimpse of their friend, Adriana Finn whom he had a crush on – looked at his watch. "Christ, I've got to go to the Prefect's compartment! Catch you later guys." Moony suddenly about faced and headed back up the aisle.
James shrugged and continued what he had been saying. "I have so much planned for pranks this year ... we'll go down in Hogwarts History. After all, we only have two more years to leave an incredible impression."
Sirius snickered. "I doubt we can leave much more of an impression, but I'm certainly willing to try." James chuckled.
Finally, they reached the compartment they had been looking for, and as they slid the door open they noticed two girls currently occupying their space. One of the girls was none other than Adriana Finn, who was currently sporting light blond curls and baby blue eyes – she was a Metamorphmagus – and the other girl was one Sirius had never seen before. She sat with her face turned away from him and was deeply in conversation with Finn. She had thick, dark brown hair that went on an inch past her shoulders and flipped out at the ends. In several strategic spots there were streaks of gold, red, and orange, giving the impression of mesmerizing flames that danced whenever she moved her head. She had long legs and an incredibly nice shape and he judged that she would stand just over 5'6".
Sirius arched an eyebrow, thinking to himself that she must be a transfer student, as he made his way into the room.
Adriana spotted him and James then and a broad smile covered her face. "James! Sirius! So good to see you two!"
"Great to see you too, Finn," James greeted as he took a seat. Sirius merely nodded.
"Who's your friend?" He asked, intrigued.
A funny look crossed Adriana's face as she struggled not to laugh. James chuckled and Sirius instantly had a bad feeling.
"Better close your mouth before you start drooling, Black" a familiar sing-song voice stated coolly as the mystery girl turned around. She had dark midnight eyes and high, well defined cheekbones; her lips were a naturally dark red. Sirius's mouth dropped in shock. But it couldn't be ...?
"Circe!" Sirius was dumbstruck, this beautiful siren could not possibly be the pudgy girl who he had hung around for the last two years as she sat starring dreamily at him and his fellow Marauders (except Peter who was not at all attractive) with a look of open admiration. Circe Bloom, along with Adriana and Lily Evans were all friends with the Marauders, though Lily despised James and he was completely in love with her. They were all in the same year and in the same house, Gryffindor, at Hogwarts. The group had been friends for years. She was also one of the chasers on the Gryffindor Quidditch team alongside himself and James - he was a beater and Prongs was the seeker – but he had never considered her and him close.
She smirked up at him and he knew that it was indeed her because it was an expression he knew so well. But she no longer looked the same. Gone was the baby fat that had once covered her face, and she seemed to have lost all the excess weight that had prevented him from noticing how pretty she was before in there years as friends.
"But you're not fat anymore!" Too late. Sirius realized he had actually said the words aloud when he saw the cold glare that leapt to life in her eyes. Sirius could have shot himself and he stammered, trying to think of something to say to fix the situation. James suddenly exploded with laughter, never having seen Sirius get flustered around a girl before. "I mean ... what I meant to say was that ... I didn't mean to say that you were- "
James saved the day gallantly, "What Padfoot is trying to say is that you look beautiful Ms. Bloom."
Circe nodded, dragging her gaze away from Sirius and fixing it on James. She smiled at him.
"Where's your other half?" James questioned playfully, referring to Lily.
"Doing her best to avoid you," Adriana teased and James frowned but recovered.
"Well then, what brings you two lovely ladies to our compartment?" James asked as he put his feet up on his trunk. Sirius took the seat next to James, which also just happened to be the seat across from Circe.
"No where else to sit," Adriana said, looking distractedly at the door.
Circe started to speak before Adriana had even finished her sentence. "Ri wanted to come here to see Remus. But it looks like he isn't here."
Adriana scowled at Circe as James spoke, "Finn, you looking for Moony then?" He raised his eyebrows in suggestion.
"I just wanted to ask him something," she mumbled in reply.
Circe snickered and Sirius was mesmerized. He had never before noticed how cute she looked when she scrunched her nose up just like that. How had he never noticed how incredibly beautiful she was, or had this just happened?
His thoughts were interrupted when Wormtail entered the compartment. Peter was a stout boy who had the appearance of a weasel. He was completely unimpressive, something that many of the students found odd as he was best friends with the three most impressive guys in the school.
"Hey there, how's it going Wormtail!" James said excitedly as Peter took a seat next to Sirius.
Circe snickered and Adriana scowled at his entrance. Neither girl liked him as he was "an annoying tag along" (in Adriana's words). It was the same reason that neither girl like Kelsey Smithettes, a fellow sixth year Gryffindor girl. Adriana was smart and pretty, Circe was smart and a phenomenal chaser ... and had become pretty (or had she always been?) and they felt that this put them one step above Peter and Kelsey who were not extraordinary in any way. They did, however accept Remus, James, Sirius, and Lily as they felt that each of the former were all of their social quality.
Needless to say, the two girls were haughty snobs, but rightly so.
"Great!" Replied Peter. "Had a good summer ... good ... and you?"
"Fun," James said as he took out some cards. "Anyone interested in a game of exploding snap?" Everyone except for Adriana agreed to play.
After the game had been going on for close to five minutes Adriana spoke again. "So ... where is Lupin anyway?" She tried to give off the impression that she didn't actually care and was just asking out of curiosity but she failed miserably.
Both Sirius and James looked up quizzically. This was interesting as Adriana had never shown this much interest in Remus, and it was a nice thing too because he had loved her for as long as they could remember. "He's with the Prefects," answered Peter who had not noticed anything.
"Oh." Said Adriana, then, "Is he coming here when he's done then?" Circe hid a smile as she looked over at her friend. Sirius stared at her again, unable to help himself.
Before either James or Sirius could reply Peter piped in again. "Don't think so, at least not right away."
"Really?" This was news to Sirius as he had thought that Moony was to join them shortly.
"That's right." Peter finally looked up, proud to know something for once that his friends didn't. "I ran into him in the hallway, he was headed to sit with Kira and her friends."
Both Circe and Adriana suddenly stared with odd expressions on their faces. "Kira who?!" Adriana was incredulous.
Sirius could have smacked Peter, and came close to doing it. The stupid git was shooting his mouth off without any thoughts as to what he was doing. Remus was in love with Adriana, and if she was showing interest in him, they should encourage it!
But before he could comment, Peter opened his big mouth again. "Kira Thompson. She's in Ravenclaw, a prefect I think."
"Why's he with her?" Ri flushed, but didn't seem to care about how her jealousy must appear, she was too curious.
"They're dating." Peter smirked, once again proud that he knew something others didn't. Adriana looked furious and Sirius rolled his eyes. This was so uncouth, and he was, not for the first time, ashamed to call Peter friend.
Everyone's eyes were on Adriana, who stood up at once. "Good for him then!" She was absolutely furious and she grabbed her stuff, trying to leave the room when James grabbed her.
"Quit it will yah," Sirius had the suspicion that if it had been anyone other than James who stopped her she would have punched them. "Just sit back down and relax, we'll play another game of exploding snap."
Adriana looked at Circe, who looked adorably flustered in Sirius's opinion, and then sat back down, starring sulkily out the window.
"Good. Now ... back to the game." James said jovially. Sirius still did not speak, but eyed Circe from under his hair, unable to take his eyes away.
~*~A/N~*~ This story goes along with my other Harry Potter fanfic ... Broken. Only, this one is told from Sirius's point of view and is more about him while the other is about Remus. Hope you enjoy it!!