Cigam

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Harry Potter series or any of the characters etc. This is only my idea about a story based upon the novel in parts. J.K. Rowling has the right to claim any of this as hers or ask for it to be taken down, as do Harry Potter Fan-Fiction by S-Writer

Edited by forbidden.light

Chapter 1: Mysterious Moon

"Hey, wake up!" James shouted as he pulled the bed covers up over Sirius' face which smothered him.

Sirius let out a muffled groan. "Wha…piss off James! I dunno why I bothered coming to stay at yours. Right Remus?"

"Yer James…Piss off," Agreed Remus, sticking a flailing leg into James chest.

"Suit yourselves," James said and released his grip on the bed covers. "By the way, our Hogwarts letters have arrived."

"Great, pass it here!" Sirius replied joyfully, fumbling with his quilt.

"Right, there you are Sirius…Remus." Commented James as he passed Sirius and Remus their Hogwarts' equipment list. Then he shouted, "Here's yours Peter!" along with a kick at his bed, which lead to Peter rolling off the edge mumbling and crashing down to the floor rocking the furniture.

A shrill cry bounded its way up the stairs. "You boys alright up there?"

"Yes Mum!" James shouted back, attempting to hide his embarrassment.

Sirius grinned evilly as he heard this and James had to endure several taunts and jokes along the lines of "Awe, is Mum worried about ickle Jamesie?"

Eventually Sirius won control over his "big mouth" and let everyone read their letter in peace. James peered at his and recited the list of books and equipment he'd need into his head.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY EQUIPMENT LIST

Set Books

Second years should acquire these books:

Standard Spells and Charms by Kathy Charmer

A Complete Guide to the Magical Past by Ignatius Olden

The Study of Ten Thousand Magical Plants and Fungi by Edward Greengrass

Transfiguring by Gerick Nimble

A Brew of Work by Geoff Boil

Wand Movement and Tricks by Vince Flick

A Study of Defence Against the Dark by Albert Glow

Magical Beasts: A Defence and Study by Jody Quack

Other Equipment

Students may bring an owl, a cat or a toad. Other animals are accepted within reason.

Please note Second years are allowed broomsticks and all students must have the uniform stated on last year's list.

James took his attention away from reading and instead focused it on folding the letter neatly back into its envelope form. A second later he heard scuffles which sounded like Sirius was having bother folding his letter.

"Having some trouble there Sirius?" James asked sounding slightly amused.

"Less than you'll have in a minute if you don't shut up!" Sirius retorted, just as he folded the parchment back into an envelope.

"Anyone going to buy a broomstick?" James asked "I think I might try and persuade dad."

"Pfft…Fat chance of that James, I'm lucky if my Mum and Dad'd buy me a twig of one!" Sirius replied. "Remus, Peter, you getting one?"

"Can't fly," came both their voices.

"Ah!" Sirius cried. "Are you both going to buy some precious books?"

"Well…Now that you've mentioned it I'm tempted in the title, 'A Complete and Useful Guide to Killing Sirius'." Remus said sarcastically.

"Sounds like a brilliant idea," added Peter.

"If you've both stopped bickering I'm going down for breakfast." James cut in along with a loud rumble from his stomach.

"Sounds like you need food James; I'm with you on that one!" Sirius replied longingly.

"Are you coming Remus, Peter?" James asked.

"Might as well." They said.

Remus, James, Sirius and Peter walked out the room and began to pad down the stairs grumbling at the early morning exercise. When they reached the kitchen a pleasing smell of bacon, eggs and toast met their noses.

"Smells good mum," commented James.

"Very!" added a hungry Sirius.

"Right boys, there you go." Mrs. Potter said whilst putting four steaming hot plates of bacon, egg and toast on a small wooden table that creaked loudly. The four boys stuffed their food down along with an array of burps, not even looking up at Mrs. Potters scowls when they dropped some egg on the immaculate wooden flooring.

When the boys had finished scraping their plates, Mrs Potter said. "I take that you boys got your letters, so we'll be going shopping today."

"Yeah…Mum, can you buy me a broom, seeing as second years are allowed…?" James asked, his voice hinting a slight flicker of hopefulness.

"I'll think about it," replied Mrs. Potter. "Now hurry up and get ready, otherwise you won't be getting anything, James.

At that, everyone exited the room, except Remus and Mrs. Potter, who busied herself with scrubbing the plates clean.

Out in the hall, Sirius asked, "What's Remus doing waiting behind?"

"No idea, said James.

"I'll wait for him," Sirius declared.

"If you must, but just to warn you mate…you don't want to get on the wrong side of my mother."

James and Peter walked up stairs at that, leaving Sirius by the kitchen door. When the creaking on the stairs stopped, and James and Peter had disappeared into the bedroom they had commandeered, Sirius heard Remus talking in the kitchen.

"…Need to be back by dusk, Mrs. Potter, you know, with the full mo…" The rest of the sentence was cut out by Mrs. Potter putting some plates away along with the sound of clinking. Even though Remus' last word was drowned out by Mrs. Potter, Sirius knew, or thought, it was moon.

The door jerked open quite suddenly, and out came Remus. An expression of concern had briefly flashed on Remus' face. Probably following the thought, 'Why was Sirius waiting there...and what did he hear?'

Authors Note: First of all, I've had a severe case of writer's block. I haven't written anything over the past two months. That's all behind me now, I hope, and as the Easter Holidays are here, I will get down to a lot more writing. Unless of course, I find something better to do with my time. Now, onto other subjects. Again, I'd like to thank everyone in my last 'Authors Note' for their contributions to this chapter. I hope you all enjoyed reading this short, but hopefully interesting chapter.

PS: I apologise for the length of this chapter, as I wanted to get it out quickly. The next chapter will definitely be longer. Also, if you've already wasted five minutes of your day reading this, please waste another two, to review. Thank you!