Hey this is a story (well, duh). It's eventual SBRL. Let me know what you think and I'll write a second chapter if reviews are good and plentiful.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Harry Potter or Hogwarts or the Hogwarts Express or Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot or Prongs. If I did, it would be very different.
Chapter One - The Hogwarts Express
'Hey!' Remus Lupin looked up from where he was loading his trunk on to the Hogwarts Express to see his best friend literally running towards him.
'Aah!' Remus was knocked half into the train as Sirius Black ran into him with full force.
'Get up, Padfoot, or the train's going to leave with half of you and Moony still on the platform,' They looked up and saw James Potter standing over them, a big grin on his face.
'Prongs!' Sirius jumped up from Remus and onto James and they both fell on the trolley with James' luggage which began rolling across the platform. Remus stood, rubbing his elbow, glaring a little at Sirius but also laughing a bit, which was very difficult so Remus settled for being amused; it was much more fun and, by the looks of it, James had taken over the glaring. He was giving Sirius a death glare as he supported his back. Sirius seemed supremely unconcerned and was still grinning like an idiot.
A small, round boy by the name of Peter Pettigrew approached them as James finished loading his luggage onto the train.
'Hi Wormtail.' Sirius did not jump on Peter, he had never been quite as fond of him as of James and Remus.
'Hey Wormy,' James patted him on the back in greeting.
Remus merely nodded in welcome as he was trying to stop James's trunk falling on his head and it proved a difficult task as it was very heavy.
He finally managed to steady the trunk and hopped back on to the platform, looking at James incredulously, 'What have you got in there?'
'Just the bare necessities'
With that, Sirius jumped up and began singing 'Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities, forget about your worries and your strife'
Remus rolled his eyes and James just looked confused. 'What's he singing?' he whispered to Remus.
'It's a song from a muggle cartoon.' Remus wondered where Sirius learnt it, he was pureblood and had never had a TV.
'I mean the bare necessities, that's why a bear can rest at ease, with just the bare necessities of life' Sirius stopped singing when he reached the end of the second chorus and looked at them expectantly.
Reluctantly, Remus started clapping, knowing it was exactly what he was waiting for.
James then joined in, with Peter soon following, and Sirius beamed at them.
When they had all boarded the train and it was slowly moving out of the station Sirius looked at James with an evil glint in his eye. James returned it and Remus knew what was about to happen: the first prank of the year.
'What is it this time? First prank of the year, will have to be something big and will have to scare all the first-years… are you going to do something stupid and incredibly dangerous like the time you attempted to lure the innocent small children into the Forbidden Forest? You were lucky McGonagall came. Well you weren't but the first-years who were about to be eaten were.'
'Yeah…' Sirius smiled as he remembered. 'But no, this time is going to be the best, most spectacular prank that Hogwarts has ever seen! They're going to be scared shitless!'
'Or just confused because you didn't explain the prank properly. Like the time you pretended to be a girl and then when you announced it, half of the students didn't know you had ever announced you were a girl in the first place.'
'Oh yeah… Well, I want to do something like that! Yes, Moony, you've just given me the best idea! Ok, what we do is pretend I'm gay!'
'What, so you just get to run around snogging guys for a while then you go back to girls? Sure, the girls are going to be disappointed but I doubt they'll be scared shitless, as you so eloquently put it.'
'Oh yes they will be,' He paused for suspense, 'if they catch me having sex with another boy.'
Remus gaped at him.
James laughed 'Who do you have in mind, Padfoot?'
'Well, couldn't be you, Prongs, you're way too obsessed with Evans, they would take a bit of convincing to believe you now don't care about her.' James nodded, 'And not you Wormtail,' Sirius moved in his seat to look at said boy, 'I just don't think either of us would be comfortable doing that. Or pretending to do that.' Wormtail looked slightly relieved as he nodded too.
Remus could tell what was coming and he was already glaring when Sirius turned to look at him.
'You're gay.' Sirius said this simply and as if it was the answer to everything.
'WHAT?!' Remus jumped up and stared at Sirius incredulously, 'Why? Why would you say that? Why? Answer me goddamn it!'
'You haven't given me a chance!' Sirius stood so they were at the same level, 'I just mean, aren't you?'
'What business is that of yours?' Remus was steadily getting redder and redder in the face and his voice was getting higher and higher.
'I'm your friend and I just thought…' Sirius hesitated, 'You're right, it's not really any of my business, I just thought friends weren't meant to have any secrets, I mean, compared to your 'furry little problem' I thought this wouldn't be a big deal, but if it means that much to you, we'll never mention it again, right? I just thought that you'd help me with the prank…'
'And saying I'm gay would get me to help you? You ignorant prat!' Remus stormed out of the compartment and went in search of somewhere else to sit, not bothering to stop the flow of tears now streaming down his face. He wasn't really angry at Sirius, and he knew it, he just wasn't even sure of the answer. 'Git.'
He found a compartment with one small boy whom he supposed was a first-year. 'Can I sit here?'
The small boy nodded looking absolutely petrified. Remus sat closest to the window and stared out, noticing it had begun raining. Perfect start to the year, he thought, staring at the miserable looking countryside, Sirius already hates me.
A few minutes later, he heard a knock at the compartment door but didn't bother to look up. He heard the small boy open the compartment door with, by the sounds of it, shaking hands.
'Rem,' Since when has he called me Rem? Remus thought, trying to block out the situation at hand. 'I'm sorry, I am, I am so sorry, I didn't mean- I just…' Sirius seemed unable to find the right words, 'Please, Moony, just come back to the compartment? I- we'll never speak of it again ok? Please, I'm so sorry, come back, everything will go back to normal, ok?'
Remus vaguely wondered why he was being so apologetic, he had hardly done anything yet there was guilt in his eyes. Remus couldn't say no to those eyes.
'Fine.' He got up and walked out into the hallway, Sirius not far behind.
'So, I've got an idea for the first prank of the year, it'll be spectacular.' James said when they entered.
Remus didn't bother listening as James went over his idea, though he gathered that it had something to do with the Giant Squid and him looking like a hero in front of Lily Evans. Ah, well, his mind said, that was a bit weird but like Sirius said, we'll never speak of it again. 'That's right,' Remus responded to his mind, 'so shut up.'
He looked up to see the others looking at him, damn, I was thinking out loud again. 'Uh, sorry, my mind is somewhere else today.' They accepted his answer and went back to discussing The Great Prank, as James had dubbed it.
Remus looked down at his book he hadn't realised he was holding and tried to read but soon gave up and let his mind wander to his best friend.
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