Disclaimer: I own nothing except Ny, Ravyn, and the handfull of other random characters.
Warning: this is a yaoi fic meaning that there will be Remus/Sirius.Now be on your way and read!
Chapter 2
The sunlight shown into the room and made Remus' eyelids glow red. He finally sat up and looked at the room in slightly better light. Someone had halfway pulled the curtains on either side of him leaving the ones at the foot of his bed open.
He slowly got up. Stretching, he got a better look at the room. He retrieved a change of clothes from his trunk and strode over to the bathroom and walked in.
The wall on his left was actually four shower stalls, one stall with a toilet and two urinals. The right wall was a very long counter with four sinks and a large mirror stretching the entire length of the room.
After showering and changing Remus walked out and dressed in his school robes that rested just above the hard wood floor. He looked around at the three other sleeping boys around him. Each one had his own scent and Remus wanted to remember each of them.
He walked over to James first. He inhaled deeply. He smelled fresh cut green grass, dry hay, and the clean smell after it has rained. Remus exhaled and cleared his nose of James' scent.
He crossed the room toward Peter then hovered his head a couple of feet over Peter's the breathed in deeply again. Remus saw a candy shop, sugar cane, and hot chocolate in his mind's eye. He gently shook his head to clear it of the feeling that he was a little sick.
He finally turned to look at the last boy asleep. He softly sauntered over to Sirius and bent slightly over the dark haired child. He breathed in slowly and calmly as though savoring the smell. His scent was so strange compared to the others. It was a mix of unnamable things. Remus opened his eyes and stood up straight. He was looking at the odd human enigma before him, gently mulling his scent over in his mind. The best he could describe, if ice, desire, and silver ever had an odor it would be Sirius.
Still contemplating this Remus walked down to breakfast.
Upon entering the Great Hall Remus felt drastically different. The first time, he was so nervous the room was spinning slightly. Now, he felt calm and excited. He strolled over to the Gryffindor Table and looked around.
He wasn't alone. There was one Slytherin boy looking very upset and there were two Ravenclaws pouring over what looked like a map, a book, and a couple pieces of parchment. As he sat down he finally recognized the Ravenclaws. One was Ny and the other was the girl that sat next to her after the Sorting.
Remus looked down and saw a piece of rolled up parchment on his empty plate. He lifted it and unrolled it. He glanced over it and saw it was his schedule for the year. As today, September 1st, was a Wednesday it would be a forgiving three-day week. He was very thankful, as his transformation was on Saturday. That meant that he had to get all of his homework done Friday night. Remus sighed and began serving himself some oatmeal and toast.
"See, look at this. If we angle this way, we avoid head on winds and still get proper lift. It's the same as sailing."
"I don't care how much you sail. We can't go at a forty five-degree angle and cover enough distance and get back in time. I know that there is no way we can head straight into the wind, especially if it's just us. We need to head shaper, more like ten degrees off wind."
Remus didn't look up from his food. He didn't want those talking to know that he was listening. His wolf hearing was being put to some use at least.
"If we can, we should stay under the trees. Twenty feet should do it. The lower the better."
"Not necessarily. At twenty feet we'll be dodging a great lot of branches. There is a point at which the trees don't bother to grow branches. That's where we should aim. Then of course we have to worry about wild life. But that shouldn't be too much of a problem. If we stay fast and sharp eyed obviously."
"Well, duh. And your going to be responsible for that."
"Chill out Ravyn. No need to get your feathers ruffled when there's no opposition."
Remus knew who was talking, but no clue as to what they were talking about. It sounded as though Ny and Ravyn were going flying, but there were no planes. How could they possibly fly? He thought. It finally hit him. Brooms. They were planning on stealing a pair of brooms and take a joy ride. Remus risked a glance up and saw them getting ready to leave as other students were entering. They must be planning on doing some not allowed. Hope they don't get caught. Remus was still brooding over this as his nose was suddenly saturated by the scent of icy, silver desire.
"Hello Sirius." Remus greeted without turning to look at him. Sirius sat down next to him looking disappointed. "What is it?" Remus asked turning his head to look at him.
"Oh, nothing. It's just that I thought I could startle you. Then I would laugh it would wake me up so I don't to drink coffee and then have bad breath all day and make people pass out while talking them and then be expelled for harming the students and then get sent home where I will be further punished all because of you." Sirius completed this statement while reaching for the coffee and pouring himself a cup. Remus nodded while watching the two girls leave. Sirius followed Remus' eyes and spotted the two as they left the Hall. "Ah, already got yourself a girl, eh Remus?" Sirius asked with a sly smile.
Remus looked back at his food. "No Sirius. They're up to something. I know it."
"Whose up to what where, now?" James asked sitting down, pulling some bacon towards him.
"Well Sir James, Lord Remus has put forth the belief that Ladies Chrysaetos and Corvus are in the planning of horrid and heathen plots against the sacred student body and holy school grounds," explained Sirius with an air of royalty. Both Remus and James looked at him with raised eyebrows.
"Let's just say the coffee did it to him. Best left alone I say," said James glancing at Sirius. He returned to his bacon and eggs. He took a bite then looked up at the other two. "Do you know what Ny and the other girl are planning?"
"Ny and Ravyn. No idea except that it has something to do with brooms and flying." Remus said before taking a sip of his orange juice. "Oh, look, owls." He stated calmly. The other two looked up one smiling the other glaring at one of the messengers.
A charcoal colored sooty owl landed in front of Sirius then took off leaving a plain envelope in its place. Remus saw a flash of fire in Sirius' eyes before he went to open it.
He had only made a small tear in the top when it seemed as though it had exploded.
"HOW DARE YOU, YOU BLOOD DEFILIER! JUST LETTING YOURSELF BE PUT IN GRIFFINDOR! YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE A BLACK, A SLYTHERIN! WE REFUSE TO LET YOU DIRTY OUR HOUSE UNTIL YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST! MAY YOU FAIL, YOU FAMILY TRAITER!"
Sirius continued eating breakfast as though nothing had ever happened. A startled Remus looked up and saw something burn in Sirius' eyes. Something like… defiance. He got the feeling that this was not an unusual occurrence in Sirius' life.
"Wow mate. They sound pissed. All I got was a good luck letter and some advice about teachers," James said looking over at Sirius.
"Like I said. I'm born and raised Slytherin pureblood."
They went to their first class of the day, Defense Against the Darks Arts. The teacher was young, looking to be in her late twenties early thirties with loosely tied back dirty blonde hair and pale blue eyes. Professor Rorret basically gave them an overview of what they would be learning over the year.
"Chapters 1 through 24 will hopefully be covered. That is 1 or 2 chapters a week depending on length and subject. I am expecting a lot out of this class. Especially since you are all either Gryffindors or my own House (Ravenclaws)."
After that short speech they dived right into the first chapter, A Big Picture of Dark Arts & Defenses for Them. Remus was extremely interested and finished it in the better part of the twenty minutes given to read it. He and most of the Ravenclaws were ready to move on to the discussion. Both Sirius and James were on the second to last pages when Rorret stood up to explain in more detail what they had just read. Peter was still struggling on the second.
"Any questions?" One girl raised her hand. "Yes Emily."
"It says here that most Dark Arts are concentrated in Northern Europe and Northeastern Asia, with patches in South America. Who practices Dark Arts in South America?" Professor Rorret nodded her head slowly contemplating.
"Well you see, most of them live in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. Very few are considered great threats as most use familiars and use animal sacrifice in place of human. The Ministry obviously does not find that worthy of intervention, but I personally find it disgusting. Any others?"
Remus looked around and saw Ny with her hand up. "Yes Miss Chrysaetos."
"In your opinion, Professor Rorret, which Dark beast is most dangerous?"
Rorret looked puzzled. "Well Nyceta, if you consider animals that do not speak or understand humans I must say werewolves." Remus flinched slightly at this. "They are only dangerous to humans once a month, but still. The fact that there is no cure and they can spread the curse makes them extremely dangerous. However," Rorret's eyes gently landed on Remus before she looked back at Nyceta, "I do not believe that they are in need of extermination."
The rest of the class went smoothly with no more mention of werewolves or killings.
The class left with an assignment of an eight inch long essay describing Dark Art basics, familiars and Dark beasts, places of Dark Art existence and simple spells used against them.
The Gryffindors left the school and walked out onto the flowing slopes down to the lake. They stood waiting while the Slytherins joined them. Many glares were passed from side to side. Remus swore Sirius and James were about to jump Snape when the Professor walked own to them.
Professor Nrocinu looked down at all of his pupils. "Sit." He commanded. "This class will teach you how care for and deal with magical creatures. You will get hand on experience though I highly doubt any of you can deal with anything above a Flobberworm." He was looking down at the students with a chilly air of indifference. "YOU." He suddenly barked while pointing to Peter. "Tell me. What is the main diet of Flobberworms?" Peter looked scared and about to pee his pants or cry. "Speak!" The Professor almost yelled. Peter looked around desperately for some form of help. None was forth coming. He was forced to look back at the Professor.
"I… umm…I-I don't know sir." Professor Nrocinu looked coldly at the boy. "Then sit down." He whispered in a voice equally as frozen.
"YOU!" His glare turned to Remus. "Same question."
Remus looked boldly into the Professor's eyes. "The diet of the Flobberwoms consists of mainly lettuce and other low growing watery vegetation." Professor Nrocinu held his gaze then said, "Five points to Gryffindor. I suppose you all aren't completely useless. Open your books to page four and someone read out loud so the illiterate aren't completely in the dark."
By the end of the class they were all so tense that they jumped whenever anyone said the word 'you'. He had assigned them a foot long piece of parchment about the basics of magical beasts living in Europe.
Peter hung closer to the group now. At first it was because he needed Remus helping him then it turned more to idolizing James.
At lunch they were all so exhausted Sirius went up to the dorms for a nap. James was too lazy to go give him so me food. "Let him starve 'til he gets his fat ass down here and eat."
"Oh, be nice. Sirius is your friend after all. At least I'm feeding him." Remus said while grabbing a flask of pumpkin juice and some food. "Are you going to chew it and force it down his throat too or do you think he can handle that part?" James asked loudly, laughing as Remus left the table smiling and shaking his head.
Remus walked into the dormitory looking for Sirius and finding his curtains closed. "Sirius, I got you something." No response. "Hey Sirius. I brought food." Remus heard a shifting of sheets then saw Sirius fallout of bed and roll across the floor to his feet. Remus looked down smiling. "Get up sunshine and join me for lunch."
He started setting the things on his bed then sat down picking out stuff he wanted. Sirius picked himself up and plopped down opposite Remus and his eyes roved hungrily over the food. He was soon stuffing himself with everything in reach.
Remus glanced up and smiled. "If you choke don't expect any Heimlich maneuver from me." Sirius tried to talk. "Ow bo e pu er?" He swallowed and tried again. "How about CPR?" Remus raised an eyebrow. "No. Unless it was life threatening. No. I wouldn't."
They grabbed their books and headed up to the North Tower for Divination. As they waited more Gryffindors came, all looking nervously around for a room. When they were all there a silver ladder descended and all the students looked at it nervously. James was the first to go up, then peter. Sirius went next, Remus hesitated. He put hand on it. It was as though a very strong electric shock was going al the way up his arm. He cringed then put his other hand and climbed all the way up.
His nose was attacked with the heavy odors of the tower. Incense and old furniture along with boiling tea all fought for dominance.
"What's wrong Remus?" Sirius asked as the four of them sat around one of the tables.
"Just a little static shock. That's all." The other three looked at him strangely for a second before turning their attention to the Professor.
"My dears, welcome to the fine art of Divination. Though many of you strive to become Seers of the future, very few of you will succeed if you do not commit yourselves fully to the future. Now, we will begin by reading tea leaves."
All of the students obeyed Professor Trelawny's directions and now they were trying to decipher what the leaves were telling them.
"In your cup I see…umm" Sirius was struggling to figure out what was in Remus' cup. "It looks a lot like crap. You better eat some fiber Remus or you're going to be constipated tonight." They all burst out laughing but tried to pass it of as very bad cough before Trelawny came over. She gave them a scalding look before returning to the girls she was helping.
"Well now let's see what Sirius is up to." Remus rotated the cup looking for a symbol. "A mountain. An obstacle apparently. A pair of scissors, or a cross. That could either be family troubles or problems on the horizon. If I were you Sirius," Remus looked up at his partner, "I'd avoid drinking or eating incase they decide to poison you."
Sirius snorted "Wouldn't put it past them to do something like that. What about you Jamesie."
James glared at Sirius while Peter tried to explain. "Umm it looks like a lion, or kinda like a lizard. That could be good friends or hidden enemies."
"Well obviously that's us and then Snape. Like that was so hard." Scoffed Sirius. This was a waste of his time.
"Wait there's more!" Exclaimed Peter. "I see an ox, trouble with associates. We're going to have an argument."
"I highly doubt that. I just want to be done with this class." Sighed a very tired looking James.
They went down the ladder at the end of the class with a complete analysis of what their cup told them and what events those might be. Remus pulled the sleeves of his robe to cover his hands on the second trip.
The Gryffindors all stayed together as they headed to Charms. The short Professor Flitwick paired them all off to start off with a simple levitation charm. Remus was paired with Peter, who was having extreme difficulties with it.
"Don't be so sharp with your movements. It's more graceful, smoother. Let it flow this time." Peter tried again. His wand movements were worse. He levitated his feather. Straight through the ceiling of the classroom. The startled students looked down through the hole.
Flitwik rushed over to them. "No worries, no worries boys. Repairo. Now, don't move your wand so angrily Mr. Pettigrew."
Peter looked up glaring. "But it won't work. I can't make it levitate."
Flitwik looked up at him with raised eyebrows. "But, you did levitate it. Right through the ceiling." The rest of the class started laughing, but Peter looked hurt. "Now boy, no worries. I'm sure Mr. Lupin would be willing to help you." He looked to Remus for a response.
"O-of course I'd be willing to help." He was startled. A teacher was actually asking for his help knowing what he was? He must senile.
He left to inspect the work of two girls working nearby. Remus glanced at Sirius and James and saw the latter staring at one of the other students, very intently in fact. He looked for and saw the object of his attention. The girl was Lily Evans.
After leaving all of their books and thing in their dorm they went down to dinner. The selection was amazing. James decided to practice his levitation charm. Over the heads of the Slytherins.
He charmed the flask of pumpkin juice to hover just a couple of inches off of the Slytherin table. Nobody noticed. Then it went a little higher and started going towards one, Severus Snape.
"Fini." James whispered. The flask poured all over Snape and splashing some of the nearby students. Angry shouts were barely heard over the laughter from the other tables.
The boys all enjoyed themselves as they finished their meals then headed up to the dormitory to work. After a couple of hours they went to bed.
Peter changed first then closed the curtains around his bed. His snoring was intoxicating. It made all of their eyelids heavy. "Screw this." James muttered then also got ready for bed.
Soon, Sirius also sought the refuge of sleep. Remus stayed up a few more hours until all of his work was done. He blew out the remaining candles.
The near full moon watched him as he stripped of his school clothing. He did not bother to change in the bathroom. No one else was awake. He slid under his wonderfully warm covers and closed his eyes. As turned over, one lingering thought lulled him to the gray oblivion.
Only two more days to the full moon.
Authors Note: Thanks for reading. this chapter is dedicated to the one person who reveiwed. You Rock KawaiiTenshi27.