Hey all!
This is a band new fan fic of mine. I know it's going to get really bloody confusing, but it's a great story. Really. Check it out.
Chapter 1
"Whhyyyyy is this taking so looooongggg?" Sirius Black let out a long moan from the wall of the girl's lavatories. Remus Lupin sat against another wall, reading from a tattered potions book as he stirred a large cauldron. James Potter and Peter Pettigrew sat locked in a staring contest near the large mirrored sculpture in the middle of the room.
"Be patient Sirius," Remus cautioned, "This potion has to be done exactly right or it's not going to work." He stopped stirring for a moment to carefully measure out a teaspoon of Doxy Venom.
"Oh come on!" Sirius whined, "It can't be that important. Watch." He stood up quickly, grabbing a box of Fluxweed. He strode over to the bubbling potion and dropped the small box inside.
"Sirius!" Remus yelped, jumping up. "Why did you do that?" Remus stared down at the now ruined potion he had spent the last three hours working perfectly on. The smooth, lavender surface started turning a disgusting shade of gray.
"Come on, Wormtail," Sirius ordered as he picked up a jar of Flobberworm Mucus and tossed in into the gray sludge. "Come help me." Peter looked up, startled.
"I win!" James yelled, throwing his hands in the air. "I am the champion of starring contests!"
"No fair!" Peter whined, turning back to his messy-haired friend. "Sirius distracted me!"
"Come on!" Sirius groaned as he tossed another black box into the now steaming potion.
Peter stood up quickly and started gathering other jars from the small pile Remus had gathered. Remus groaned and slid to the floor covering his face in his hands.
"This is not going to end well." he muttered.
"Oh, come on, Moony! Live a little!" James laughed as he went to help his friends toss random jars into the cauldron.
The potion had turned to a dark blue mixture. Black smoke poured over the edges and pooled on the floor around them. It crept under the lavatory stalls and headed towards the door. Peter noticed this first.
"Um, guys?" he asked quietly. "What happens if someone sees the smoke coming from the other side of the door?"
Just then -as if on cue- Lily burst through the door. Her wild red hair was tied back in a green ribbon but she let a few strands fall around her face.
"What on earth are you four idiots doing?" She screeched.
"School project, Lils'" James answered confidently. Lily's eyes narrowed and she stared at the bubbling sludge.
"This is a project?" She eyed the liquid sternly and rounded on Remus. "What is it, Remus?"
Remus looked up at her and sighed. "It's a full body control potion," He explained. "It requires quite a bit of time and Sirius here got impatient." He gestured toward the potion, which had started to leak over the sides.
"Why did you need a full body control potion?" Lily hissed. Her green eyes were livid with anger.
"For Snape," Sirius answered, as if it was incredibly obvious.
Lily groaned. "Only you four would be able to sneak all this out of the potions classroom. Professor Slughorn thought the house elves were trying magic again."
"Guys?" Peter whimpered as he backed into the far wall. "Should the cauldron be shaking like that?"
Five pairs of eyes zeroed in on the big, black tub, which was indeed shaking back and forth violently. Everyone took a few steps back.
Suddenly the black sludge shot straight up, hitting the roof and coming back down with a thunderous crash. Lily would've screamed if there had been time but she was suddenly covered in the black goo. The smell knocked her to her knees and before she knew it, everything had gone black.
