As/N: Ok, so this is Chapter 2. We'll be uploading a lot in the same day, whenever we can.
We don't like the idea of uploading one chapter a week, so it'll be more like three chapters a week, depending on how many we can finish.
Chapter 2: 5 Years Later
Sirius POV:
Being the only Gryffindor in a long line of loyal Slytherins is hard enough, but when your entire family is in love with Lord Voldemort, well, it doesn't get better than that.
In this situation, I go from being a blood traitor to the Anti-Lord Voldemort himself. Yeah, sure, there are a lot of people who hate that old man. But I doubt their entire families have been drooling over him for decades.
Anyway, it definitely is good to be a Gryffindor. We have the hottest girls in the school (correction: Iget the hottest girls in the school, not that I'm interested in anyone in particular right now... it's the facts which count).
"JAMES! SIRIUS! HURRY UP! YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE!" Except for right then, when James's mum called up to was I staying with ol' Jamesie? At that second, I didn't know either. I loved James's mum, honestly, but when she shouts, banshees cower in terror.
"Coming mum!", James shouted back. He turned and grinned at me. "Just wait until she opens the oven!" At that moment, there was a loud crash followed by more screaming. I groaned. I wondered what a dementor would do if one ever came in contact with Mrs. Potter in one of her rages. "What did you do now?" I asked James. "Nothing major...just might've put a couple of dungbombs in there?" he said sheepishly. I burst out laughing.
Just then our door flew open to reveal Mrs. Potter, disheveled and truthfully, looking a bit like my dear mum. My laugh turned into a series of violent coughs. Next to me, James started screaming like a little girl. Awesome! I was sogoing to use that against him! Mrs. Potter started screaming some more. She probably would have continued if it weren't for James' dad. He came into our room, his eyes sparkling with amusement (I can see where James got his pranking skills from) and gently caught his wife's arm. Man, he had guts!
"Dear, I understand that you're angry, but now's probably not the time to shout at him. They've both got a train to catch."
"Well, then when CAN I shout at him?" His wife demanded acidly.
"Over Christmas vacation?" James piped up hopefully.
I rolled my eyes. "Mrs. Potter, just do what my parents do - send him a Howler!" James turned to glare at me. I just shrugged, smirking.
Finally, James' parents left the room. We weren't even in school yet and James had managed to piss someone off. What a great start!
At Platform 9 ¾
I yawned lazily. We had another 10 minutes before the train would leave. I glanced at James but he wasn't paying any attention to me. He was scanning the crowd and I knew who he was looking for. He sort of had a thingfor Lily Evans, despite the fact that she seemed to despise his very existence. Not to mention that she was older than him. It was just under two months, but still... he was after an older woman! I smirked at him.
"Looking for Lily?" I asked. He started and mumbled something.
"Hmmm..." I said. "I bet she'll be pretty interested in you once she hears about how you scream like a little girl when you see your mum."
James perked up. "Really? Would she?"
I sighed. Ah, the poor sod... "No, James. NO ONE is interested in a guy that screams like a little girl."
James pouted. About ten girls sighed. Seriously?
He's usually this silly, but he also has a caring side which Lily Evans would be amazed to encounter.
I rolled my eyes, continuing to randomly look at faces around me. Suddenly, I saw a girl's face which was only vaguely familiar to me. I didn't even remember her name... which was surprising, considering that I thought I knew all the girls at Hogwarts (especially the good-looking ones).
Focusing a bit more on the girl's features, I noticed that she was seriously beautiful. Graceful body, long black hair, deep blue eyes, which seemed to be hiding something. Who was she? Then I remembered- Skylar Moody, the niece of my so-called family's enemy, Alastor Moody.
And then I realized that I was wasting my time, of course. She didn't even want friends, let alone something else.
"
LILY! I LOVE YOU!" James shouted, startling me out of my reverie and drawing attention towards us. Skylar looked over at us, smiling slightly. I stared at him. "Have you gone mad?" I shouted back. "What was that about?"
"I don't know," he said, "It sort of came over me."
"How on earth could THAT come over you?"
James grinned. "When you fall in love, you'll understand, my dear Padfoot."
I shook my head and pulled him towards the train. The train whistle sounded and the remaining students hurriedly boarded the Hogwarts Express. I saw Mr. and Mrs. Potter waving and smiling. Even though she was scary when she was angry, Mrs. Potter couldn't bear to be mad at her son for long.
"Come on, James," I said, dragging him over to one of the cars?, "Don't you want to go to Hogwarts this year?"
"AWAY TO HOGWARTS WE GO!" James shouted, once again drawing attention to us. Remembering the last time this had happened, I found myself looking back at the spot I had seen Skylar. She was no longer there, obviously.
Resolutely, I forced James onto the train. Finding an empty compartment, we sat down. Finally seated, I stared back out the window, then shook my head again. This was pathetic. She was one of the least popular girls in school. Why was I obsessing over her now?
I heard the compartment door open and grinned as our other friends walked in- Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
"Was that you we heard shouting, James?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, it sounded like a lovesick puppy." Peter chuckled.
"At least it wasn't like a rat.", James retorted. Pettigrew turned slightly pink. "You know", I said, smirking slightly, "that the animals we turn into are indicative of our character. So if Wormy turns into a rat...."
James and Remus burst out laughing. Peter turned redder still.
Over the next few hours, we laughed and made plans for new tricks and pranks. The trolley came by and we bought Cauldron Cakes, Liquorice Wands, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties and boxes of Every Flavor Beans.
Several games of Exploding Snap later, James stood up and stretched.
"I'm going to go look for Lily." he announced.
"You're a stalker who screams like a girl," I muttered. "Do you really think she will want to see you?"
"She doesn't have to see me," James grinned, "I will see her."
Remus smirked. "Yeah, because that's so much better."
I snorted. Poor, delusional James. "We'll come with you, make sure you don't get in trouble." As will undoubtedly happen. Seriously, if this is how lovesick people act, I sure don't want to get involved with anyone like that. We made our way down the train, James looking around for Lily. I wondered what he'd do once we saw her. Obviously, she wouldn't want to talk to him. I wondered if he'd actually thought about that. I was so caught up in these thoughts that I didn't look where I was going. I bumped into someone. Feeling soft skin, I looked to see who it was. It was Skylar. Again. Feeling her deep blue eyes on me, I knew I needed apologize. "Sorry", I mumbled.
She looked like she was going to say something, but just then James exclaimed, "Skylar? You go to Hogwarts?"
Her eyes flashed. "I've been here for 5 years now! We're in the same house and the same year... well, that just proves just what a great friend you are." She turned and walked away.
I stood open mouthed. "James? You know her?" I asked.
"Yeah, my parents knew her parents really well. I used to hang out with her when we were little, but we were never really close," he said, looking slightly guilty. I thought about that for a minute. Suddenly, James started yelling.
"OH MY GOSH LILY FLOWER! GO OUT WITH ME AND LOVE ME AND EVERYTHING!" I heard a resounding slap, undoubtedly from Evans.
"NEVER CALL ME LILY FLOWER!" She screeched.
James looked back at her with a hurt look on his face. "But Lily, I love you! I've even planned our wedding!"
Evans sighed, before slapping his other cheek. Wounded, both physically and emotionally, Prongs put up little resistance as I dragged him far away from Lily the way back to our compartment, where Moony and Wormtail were waiting for us patiently, James started talking about Skylar. "I had no idea she even went here, I haven't seen her since we were nine years old!"
I looked at him curiously. "Why, what happened?" Just out of curiosity. Nothing else.
James looked down at his feet despondently, "Her parents passed away. I wasn't even allowed to attend the funeral."
Not actually feeling anything but hatred and disgust towards my own parents, I tried to put myself in Skylar's position.
Parents? None.
Friends? None.
Anybody who talks to her at all? ...None.
So why wouldn't she be bitter? I couldn't understand exactly why this was bugging me so much. She was a girl I'd hardly ever spoken to before today - why did I suddenly think about her so much? I get it, she's gorgeous. So? I know tons of gorgeous why have I never obsessed over a single one of them? I frowned. It must be just because I hardly knew her, which was something new for me- not knowing much about a girl in school, Usually, they seemed eager to talk to me or gossip about other girls. Yes, that must be it. I pushed the matter from my mind as we approached Hogsmeade station.
As/N: Hope you liked that... suckish ending, but still. :P