Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter but the awesome J.K Rowling
Chapter 1
Idiots
"SIRIUS ORION BLACK!"
I yelled, storming towards the dark hair git that's now sniggering in my direction, his eyes shone with amusement. He was sitting in his usual seat in the Great Hall, right in the very middle of the Gryffindor table, surrounded by his 'brothers'.
"Yes Kitty, how can I help you?" Sirius asked with a grin, a grin I'm so very tempted to wipe off with my fist.
"For starters, you can stop calling me Kitty," I gritted out, hands balled up by my sides, "And then, you can turn my hair back to its original colour!"
Oh yeah, Sirius bloody Black had turned my dark blonde hair to shocking pink, the shade turning brighter than before every time I tried a reverse spell or when I'd washed it. If I'm not the victim of such prank, I would be rather impressed by the charm Black had casted.
"Oh, is that not your original hair colour? Are you sure Kitty?"
That's it.
"WHY I OUGHTA-!" Before I can get my hands on Sirius, James had held me back, keeping me still despite all my struggling.
"There there Kat, no need for violence, it's still too early." James chuckled. Ah James, one of the very few people I tolerate. Note the word; tolerate.
"For you maybe," I growled, still glaring heatedly at Black, hoping he would just combust right on the spot. "Change. My. Hair. Back. NOW!"
"Jeez Kitty, bitch much?" Sirius commented lazily before waving his wand in my direction and muttered a spell under his breath. "There, all done."
"Good." I turned my head to look at James, raising an eyebrow questionably. Oddly, he had not loosened his hold, but had tightened it instead.
"Wha-"
"Got to go Kitty, see you later!" Black suddenly rushed, giving me a quick peck on the cheek without my consent before running out of the Great Hall, all the while grinning like a maniac.
"What the hell James-" It was then I noticed the tip of my shoulder length hair, no longer shocking pink, but an obscene fluorescent green...
"BLACK!"
"Honestly Padfoot, do you have to aggravate Kat like that? It's hard to calm her down you know." James asked, nursing a bruise Kat had left on his arm she'd caused when she'd tried to break his hold. The Marauders now sitting in the carriage, ready to spend their Hogsmeade weekend yet again.
"But it's fun," Sirius smirked, the memory of an anger flushed Kat still in his mind.
"Forget it Prongs, this is Sirius we're talking about after all," Remus joined in, his eyes still not leaving the book in his hands, "Although I still think this prank of his has got to do with the fact that Kat has a date with Ethan Nickerson from Ravenclaw today."
"I don't know what you're talking about Moony," Sirius said tersely, his reply too quick to be innocent.
"Merlin Pads, you're still at it again? It's been nearly 2 years since Kat and you dated, let it go!" James groaned, shaking his head as he remembered the on and off relationship Sirius and Kat had since their third year throughout their fifth, not once had it worked out.
"Will you let Evans go Prongs?" Sirius retorted defiantly , crossing his arms defensively.
"I think it's a little different from Lily and me Padfoot, once Lily sees the light and finally agrees to date me, I've never cheat on her. You, on the other hand, cheated on Kat, twice." James emphasised, daring Sirius to deny the truth.
"How many times do I have to clarify myself? It wasn't intentional! Both times!" Sirius threw his hands up in frustration, rolling his eyes.
"Doesn't change the fact you'd cheated on her," Remus voiced out again, "You should already count yourself lucky Kat is still talking to you and putting up with your nonsense. It's over Padfoot, she had made that clear, the least you can do for her now is to leave her alone."
Sirius frowned deeply, eyebrows creasing. Yes, he had cheated on Kat by snogging other girls both times, but those girls threw themselves at him! He was young and immature, what was he supposed to do?
He's different now, changed for the better, just like James who'd made head prefect this year. After years of playing around, he found out that at the very end, it's still Kat that he wanted. He gets her, more so than anyone else, understood her just like she understood him. He know her, know what make her ticks, know her flaws, her perfections, everything.
They works.
He'd realized his mistake and had regretted his actions. All he wanted was another chance, was it too much to ask?
"Whatever Moony."
"I'm really sorry, I know you didn't exactly plan on having a roch ness monster as your date today," I apologized to Ethan once more, tugging my fluffy wool hat further down. My shoulder length hair was too short to be tied up, thus impossible to hide my green hair completely.
"It's really alright Kat, in fact, I find it rather cute," Ethan chuckled, playing with the end of my hair. I resisted the urge to snort, knowing very well he's trying to be polite. I'd always seen Ethan around in some of my class, but only recently had we started talking, and he soon asked me to a Hogsmeade trip. He's pretty alright, good looking, nice, composed and smart, so why not?
"So, you and Black..." Ethan started, jolting me out of my thoughts, "There's nothing going on between the two of you now right? Because I wouldn't want to interrupt anyt-"
"Black and I are history, the past. There's not a single thing going on between us, none, nada, ziltch. You're not interrupting anything, I swea-."
"KITTY! HEY KITTY!"
Bollocks.
"BUGGER OFF BLACK! I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOU TODAY!" I screamed back, whipping my head towards the source of the shouting, seeing Black running towards Ethan and me, James, Remus and Peter tagging behind, all giving me an awkward apologetic smile.
Bar Peter of course, he still looked as lost as usual.
"Hey Kitty, nice to see you too," Black draped an arm around my shoulder, one which I promptly pushed away roughly. Black remained unaffected, looking at Ethan from head to bottom critically instead. "Another Ravenclaw eh? The last one not working out?"
My jaw dropped, so desperately wanted to punch the living daylights out of him to shut his big mouth up. That sabotager! I was about to pounce on him when James and the rest caught up, him and Remus looing apologetic, Peter tagging behind like a lost little mouse.
"Hey Kat," James said, tugging Sirius away, "Sorry about him, we're going now! Have a nice date!"
"DON'T WORRY KITTY! I'M SURE THERE'LL STILL BE MORE RAVENCLAW LEFT AFTER YOU'RE DONE WITH THIS ONE!" Sirius bellowed at the top of his lungs as he was dragged away, giving me a thumb up.
He. Is. So. Dead.
"Don't listen to him, he's just being a prick," I said tersely as I turned back to Ethan, but a thoughtful look already dawned upon his face.
"He's not exactly incorrect, Black. There's always some truth to every lie..." He pondered, his Ravenclaw brain put to work, "Is he right? Am I just another Ravenclaw? Is that why you agree to go out with me? Because of my house?"
"Pfft, of course not! How can you even listen to Black's word in the first place? All his big mouth ever sprouted are nonsense." I scoffed, pretending nonchalant as I secretly plot Sirius' murder.
"Are you su-"
"Yes I'm bloody sure!" I snapped, only to blush the next second, embarrassed I've yelled at him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have swe-"
"Just tell me something," Ethan suddenly interrupted, "Does it have anything to do with your sister?"
My expression hardened in a split second, lips pressed tightly into a grim line. Oh yeah, I have a twin, a doppelganger of me that's in Ravenclaw.
Leala Michaela Turner, the intelligent, soft spoken, elegant, kind and friendly Ravenclaw. She's the exact opposite of me, Katy Aaralyn Turner who's the loud, sarcastic, arrogant and rude Gryffindor.
The stupid one.
Despite our same build and height, she's slightly different from me if you look hard enough. Her hair was always a few inches longer than mine, her blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes a few shades lighter. Least that's how others differentiated us, the angel and devil of the Turners.
Guess who's who.
"Kat? Are you even list-"
Even before I know it, two familiar words had already escaped from my mouth, cutting Ethan off.
"Date's over."
"You proud of yourself now Padfoot? You probably ruin another one of Kat's relationship," Remus lectured disapprovingly. He'd liked Kat, him enjoying the intellect conversation that always took place when it's just the two of them. Most importantly, Kat had accepted him as who he was. Kat had found out he's a werewolf when she' a third year, but only told him about it in their fifth.
It had never bothered her she said, rationalizing that it only happened once in a month and that werewolf and him was two living thing. Remus had tried to disagree with her naivety about how dangerous he was, but it only resulted in Kat bringing out a huge stacks of books about werewolves she'd read to back up her argument, turning it into a heated debate. Never backing away from a fight, that's Kat for them.
"As a matter of fact, yes, I'm actually rather proud of myself Moony," Sirius grinned, his attention drawn back from the pretty Hufflepuff that'd walked pass by their table. The Marauders now resided themselves in the Three Broomstick, savouring the warm delicious butterbeer in this cold weather. "He's no good for her, I can tell, she's better off without him."
Sirius' lips tugged down when Remus said nothing but raised a brow, as if he was saying 'Like you would know'.
"As much as I hate to say this Moony, I have to agree with Padfoot on this one," James chimed in, earning himself a disgruntled noise made by Remus. "Let's face it Moony, not one of Kat's relationship has lasted any longer than what she had with Padfoot, no matter how dysfunctional it was, so what make this Nickerson guy any different?"
"Prong's absolutely right!" Sirius agreed smugly, giving James a pat on the back, "Thanks mate."
"You don't know about that, maybe he is different." Remous countered.
"I don't think so," Peter interjected, his face pressed up against the window, "I just saw Nickerson stomped by alone, I think he'd been dumped by Kat."
"YES!" Sirius cheered, jumping up from his seat, pumping a fist up in the air, "Got to go guys, I have someone to cheer up right now, by-!"
"No you don't! Give her some space!" Remus all but growled, pulling back Sirius and forced him back onto his seat. For a lanky fellow like Remus, he 's actually deceptively strong due to his werewolf counterpart, easily gotten Sirius to stay put.
"But Moo-"
"Don't you but me or give me that look, I'm not your fangirl, it's not working on me." Remus said promptly, dismissing that puppy dog look Sirius now had.
"James, talk some sense into Remus! He's being a wet blanket!" Sirius complained, but was only answered with a half hearted hummed, his best mate was already lost in his own world as his eyes were locked onto one redhead girl...
Lily Evans.
"Oh Merlin," Sirius groaned, staring at the same direction James had his eyes at, already knew what's going to happen next-
"Honestly! What does she sees in Amos Diggory? He's a friggin' puff!" James suddenly exclaimed out loud when Lily and Amos Diggory had finally left the Three Broomstick, his frown deepened. It's no secret to all that Lily had been going out with Amos just to prove a point to James that she'll never fall for him, and it's pissing him off.
"Going to hex him again James?" Peter asked, excited. Sirius brightened up too, he like hexing, and if James is going to hex Digg-
"No Peter, we're not hexing anyone," Remus warned, directing his words at both James and Sirius. Remus knew both of them having a habit of hexing any males that came close to Lily or Kat, both acting like territorial baboons. For some 'unknown' reason, whoever went onto a date with either girls would ended up in the Hospital Wing the next day.
Unknown reason that went by the name James Potter and Sirius Black.
"Right right, not going to hex him," James muttered, but exchanged a quick look with Sirius, a look Remus did not miss at all.
"Er Moony, Padfoot and I have yet to finish our Transfiguration essay and I think we should go back to the castle and finish it now or Minnie will be mad at us, right Pads? " James started, getting up from his seat, just as Sirius.
"Yes yes, I agree with Prongs, so we should be going now, we'll see two of you later!"
This time round, even before Remus can stop them, the two of them had ran out of the pub, leaving him with the mousey boy alone. Taking another long sip of his butterbeer, Remus let out another sigh, shaking his head lightly.
"Idiots," He scoffed, "Both of them, pure idiots."
A/N
A side project from my Draco Malfoy's 'Unwanted' series, so updates might not even be frequent. This is sort of like a sudden whim kind of thing (need a change of scenery) so yeah, I have a rough idea and just see how it goes I guess.
Kat will most definitely be different from Alexi, for obvious reasons, more will be said in future chapters. Anyway, would appreciate reviews on how this story is going and what not.
Cheers!
