Ms. Marionette
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Ms. Marionette, you're the definitely the most faithful reviewer I have. I appreciate it, greatly.
I'm glad you're liking the story so far :D
I thought I needed a bit of change from all my evil Slytherins and Dark plots. I want this story to be a little different, but probably just a dramatic as the plot picks up.
Sirius is honestly one of my favourite Harry Potter characters. I absolutely adore him :)
Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who read the story. I'd love to know your thoughts on it and reviews are greatly appreciated, but not necessary. I'm not going to hold the story hostage as long as I know people are reading it :)
Rosalie L.
'I hear you asked out Amy Duggan.' I say to James, flopping beside him on the grass.
'I hear you asked out Peter.' James replied, skipping a rock across the lake.
'Bitches need to learn to shut up.' I say to James.
'I know, Peter told me.' James informs me. 'You did a good thing. He appreciates it.'
'I like Peter. I don't know what's wrong with people these days.' I say, sighing.
'Face it. You like everyone.' James says, grinning.'
'Not the serpent lookalikes.' I declare.
James laughs. 'They don't count as humans.'
'That we can agree on, James!' I say, laughing with him.
'Sorry you couldn't go with Adam.' James adds. 'I know you were going to ask him.'
I shrug. 'There's always next time. I get to spend the day with my favourite boys.'
'Do you think they'll ever be a point where both our groups combine?' James asks me. 'You know, when we can all go to Hogsmeade together?'
'We only need one of us three girls to end up with one of you four guys.' I say, smiling. 'It'll happen, James.'
'We should hook up Alice and Remus.' James says.
'I think she's into Fabian.' I tell him.
'Yeah, I think he's into Melissa.' James tells me. 'He hasn't worked up the courage to ask her out though.'
'It's at the top of my list.' I tell James, grinning.
He grins back. 'Thanks, I knew I could count on you.'
'Why are you here alone?' I ask. 'Why aren't you inside having lunch?'
'I got an owl this morning from my mom.' James says, quietly. 'My dad's in St. Mungo's.'
I close my eyes briefly, before gently grabbing James's hand. 'I'm so sorry.'
'He'll be okay.' James reassures me, squeezing my hand. 'It just reminds me that this war...it's real and it's getting worse.'
'Your dad should retire.' I say, softly.
'Yes, he should. He's getting old.' James says. 'But they have a lack of reinforcements.'
'Just a few more years.' I say, determined. 'I'm going to be an Auror.'
'I'm joining you.' James tells me.
'At least we'll have each other after Hogwarts.' I say, truly appreciating that thought.
'We're going to be huge targets for them.' James tells me.
'Bloodtraitor Aurors.' I say, nodding my head.
'I'll protect you.' James says, sincerely.
'Probably don't have to.' I say, shrugging. 'Nobody knows who I am.'
James laughs. 'Have you seen the way you make boys heads turn?'
'I mean they don't know anything about my family.' I emphasize. 'I'm pretty sure most of them think I'm a Muggleborn or a Halfblood at most... actually, not even Halfblood, they all assume I'm Muggleborn.'
'Why aren't you inside eating?' James suddenly remembers. 'You're barely in there anymore.'
I pause for a few minutes, trying to come up with a reasonable answer.
'Jess?' James calls me.
I look up. 'Yes?'
'Forget I asked. Wanna go swimming?' James asked, grinning.
Laughing with delight, James and I both jump into the lake with our clothes on.
'Oh my god, Jess, you're soaking!' Lily exclaims, as I walk into our dorm.
'Yes and I'm freezing!' I squeal, laughing.
I rummage through my closet until I find a towel.
'What have you been doing?' Lily questions, while using her wand to dry me off. 'Honestly, it's like you don't know magic.'
'I'm just cold.' I say, still laughing. 'I'm going to take a shower soon.'
'Well, no use drying off then.' Lily says, putting her wand away. 'You're wet because...?'
I shrug and casually reply, 'I jumped into the lake with James.'
Lily changes the topic. 'Edward asked me out.'
'Really?' I ask, wondering who Edward was.
'Yes and I said yes.' Lily added.
'Good for you, Lily.' I say grinning. 'By the way, who's Edward?'
Lily laughs. 'He's in Ravenclaw.'
'Don't know him.' I say, shrugging. 'Our age?'
'Yes, we have Charms with him!' Lily exclaims.
'Charms...' I wrack my brain trying to remember him.
Lily smiles. 'It's hard to see when you're flirting with Jesse and Nicholas.
'Jesse!' I suddenly exclaim. 'I should've asked him out.'
'You know he has a girlfriend right?' Lily says, laughing at my sudden outburst.
'No he doesn't!' I say, with a frown.
Lily looks at me sceptically. 'Yes, he does... he's been with Jennifer for a month now.'
I can feel my eyes widen. 'Tell me you're joking!'
'No.' Lily says, shakes her head. 'Why?'
'Ummm...' I hesitate and begin to mumble. 'Nothing really... some snogging and a broom closet.'
Lily looks horrified at me. 'Jess!'
'I didn't know!' I defend myself.
'There's something wrong with you and Sirius this year!' Lily exclaims. 'I mean, you both had always attracted other people's attentions but now you reciprocate!'
'Part of growing up, I guess.' I say, shrugging. 'I don't see the big deal.'
'You've snogged more boys than I can even keep count!' Lily tells me. 'Honestly, it's not all about looks, Jess.'
'I'm not all about looks!' I exclaim, offended.
'Jesse? Nicholas? Adam?' Lily lists. 'Face it, you've only gone after good looking guys.'
'Lily, I have never chased a guy in my life. Ever.' I tell her, slightly angry. 'They come to me. It's not my fault that only the good looking guys have any sort of courage!'
'Oh please!' Lily replies. 'You knew all those boy's names before they began to flirt with you and yet, you didn't know who Edward was.'
I can't help but smirk.
'So instead of choosing a good-looking guy like James, you pick plain looking Edward?' I mock.
Lily screams in frustration and angrily walks out of the room, slamming the door behind her. I guess once she figured out her words weren't getting through to me, she just gave up.
Shrugging, I headed to the shower.
'Heard you and Lily got into a fight.' Alice says, when I headed downstairs.
'Says who?' I ask.
'Says Lily.' Remus answers, with a small smile. 'She threw a little fit. For a second, I thought she had run into James.'
'I didn't do anything wrong.' I tell them.
'You have to admit, Jess, you do flirt with a lot of guys.' Alice said, shrugging.
I roll my eyes. 'Flirting is nothing.'
'See, I don't believe that.' Alice says.
'Me neither.' Remus says. 'I take my flirting to heart.'
'Well, I don't.' I tell them. 'So don't a lot of people, like James and Sirius.'
'And you wonder why Lily won't go out with James.' Alice says, shaking her head.
'Come on, Jess, hasn't there been any guy that's made you feel special?' Remus asks me. 'They can't all be the same to you.'
I briefly think back to the night of the ball. The bright, grey eyes and the equally bright, perfect smile. Not to mention his perfect aristocratic features hidden behind an elegant black mask.
'No.' I tell them both. 'They're all the same to me.'
At this point, I find myself feeling very irritated. I abruptly stand up and begin to leave. I can hear Alice and Remus calling me, but I can't find myself caring enough at this point, to turn around.
I don't really have a place to go to, so I start walking around the castle by myself. I absentmindedly head down to the fifth floor. With any luck, I'll run into someone who can entertain me for a couple of hours.
As if on cue, I hear someone call me.
'Hey Jess!'
I turn around, smiling. My smile quickly fades, however.
'Oh, hello.' I say. 'I thought you were someone else.'
'Not happy to see me?' He asks me.
'Not really, no.' I tell him.
He looks at me, confused. 'Have I done something wrong?'
'Yes.' I tell him. 'You have.'
'Come on.' Jesse says, grinning. 'Whatever it is, I'm sorry. Now, smile for me. You're too gorgeous to have a scowl on your face.
I didn't realize I was scowling until he mentioned it. I roll my eyes and turn away from him.
'Hey, come on, what's up with you?' He asks me, turning me around.
'Why didn't you tell me you had a girlfriend?' I ask him.
Jesse looks shocked for a few moments but ends up answering at last.
'I didn't think it mattered to you.' He says, honestly.
'Why wouldn't it matter to me?' I ask him.
'Well you obviously like me.' He says, shrugging. 'I like you better than her so what's the problem?'
'The problem is you have a girlfriend!' I say, as if it were obvious.
'So? I'll break up with her.' He says, casually. 'Better?'
'No! You're missing my point.' I say, exasperated. 'Look, do me a favour, don't ever talk to me again. I despise guys like you.'
'Guys like me?' He questions.
'Yes, guys who cheat on their girlfriend.' I clarify. 'It ticks me off! Jennifer is a perfectly nice girl and I never would have let you kiss me if I knew you were with her!'
'Oh give me a break!' Jesse says, angrily.
'Excuse me?' I ask.
'You're practically best buddies with the biggest player in Gryffindor and you're lecturing me about being a cheater?' He scoffs. 'Sirius has been with more people than I can keep count of and you think really highly of him.'
'That's different, Sirius has never had a girlfriend.' I inform him. 'It doesn't count as cheating.'
'He's a player, a heartbreaker, and a manipulative user.' Jesse spat. 'You know what? You're the exact female duplicate of him.'
'That's why it's best to stick with your girlfriend!' I say, rolling my eyes. 'And I hope you know, comparing me to Sirius only compliments me!'
'Why would I want Jennifer when I can have you?' He asks me, trying to get his point across.
'One, you can never have me. Two, you should consider yourself lucky that you have Jennifer!' I yell at him. 'You'll regret taking her for granted.'
He was about to speak when I interrupted.
'I'm really sorry, Jennifer. I honestly didn't know.' I say.
Jesse's eyes widen ad he turns around to find his less than pleased girlfriend glaring at him. I turn around and start to leave, wanting to avoid the nasty scene that was about to erupt.
'How very Slytherin of you.'
I turn around and sigh in annoyance. 'What do you want?'
'I think the question is what are you hiding and why?' He replies, smirking.
'I have no time for this.' I say, ready to turn around.
He grabs me by the wrist, however, and I shriek out. 'Don't you fucking touch me, you Slytherin slime!'
I aim a punch at him and get him right on the nose. He recoils, more from shock than actual pain and I take this opportunity to run.
I don't get very far and someone else seems to grab me from behind and forcefully drags me into a classroom. I barely get a chance to think clearly, as I'm thrown to the floor.
I groan in pain, before looking to see who had flung me off my feet.
'That wasn't a very smart thing to do.' He says to me.
Soon after, he is joined by his friend, the one I punched.
'Come on,' I say, forcing myself to my feet. 'Give me your best shot.'
I take my wand out, getting ready to fight. I was doubtful that I can take them both on and leave victorious and unscathed, but I wasn't about to turn away.
They both laugh at me.
'Silly girl, don't waste our time.'
I was wracking my brain trying to figure out who they were. I know they're both Slytherins but at this moment, their names were escaping my mind.
'What do you want?' I decide to ask. 'Restitution?'
'We thought we'd send a message through you.' The one I punched answers. 'Ain't that right, Yaxley?'
Yaxley.
Well, I got one of their names.
'We hear you're close to Black.' Yaxley says, slowly. 'Am I wrong?'
I take a deep breath. So it's Sirius they're trying to get to.
I shrug. 'I wouldn't say close. He's a classmate, a Quidditch mate.'
'Oh right, she's on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, all the more reason to go through with this.' The other one says.
'Give me the message and leave.' I order them. 'This is a waste of my time.'
Someone had to have seen me running from them. Someone will go to Sirius or James, I just know it. They have the Marauder's Map, they'll be here any second. All I have to do is stall.
'Well, here's the message.' Yaxley says, approaching me.
I raise my wand quickly and scream out a spell, sending Yaxley flying back. However, his buddy manages to get a hold of me, and twists my arm and shoves me to the ground.
He kicks and punches me until I very unwillingly let go of my wand.
I wipe the blood from my mouth and clutch my aching stomach as he moves away from me. Yaxley now approaches me and I remain on the ground, defenceless.
'Tell Sirius,' Yaxley says, pulling me up by my hair. 'That the more he rebels, the more his Mudblood friends suffer.'
With that, he slaps me.
I don't bother telling him that I'm a Pureblood too. I concentrate on shielding myself as much as possible. I fight back with all my strength. I curse and swear, as they punch and kick.
'Think she's had enough, Travers?'
Travers. Yaxley and Travers.
'Yeah. Let this be a warning to you, you little Mudblood bitch.' Travers hisses at me, while giving me one final kick.
I hear them both leave, after hearing a clatter on the floor. My wand.
The door shuts behind them and I force myself to sit up. I crawl to over to my wand and let out a shuddering sigh.
I think I sit on the floor for hours before I manage to get the strength to push myself to my feet. I guess no one went to James or Sirius. I guess no one saw me being chased by the Slytherins.
I laugh a bit bitterly. I put way too much of my faith in Sirius and James.
I ignore the gasps and wide-eyed stares as I walk through the hallways and up the stairs, trying to get back to my Common Room. I ignore people's questions.
I just want to get to my room already.
I stop at the Fat Lady's portrait and look at her with pleading eyes. I don't want her to ask me any questions.
She seems to pity me and didn't even ask me for the password.
I know I can't go further without being stopped.
'Jessica!' Lily screams, being the first to notice me.
She was red in the face and I see James in front of her. I conclude they must have been arguing but I can't care less at this moment.
James turns around and instantly pales.
'Jess!'
Lily and James both run to me and I give up walking. James grabs a hold of me.
'Merlin, what happened?' James whispers, before yelling. 'OI! Someone get Padfoot!'
'Are you kidding me? She's hurt and you call for Sirius?' Lily exclaims.
'Slytherins.' I whisper.
'That's why I call for Sirius.' James snaps. 'Trust me, Evans. This is our area of expertise, not yours.'
'She's my friend.' Lily insists. 'She needs to go to the Hospital Wing.'
'James!' I whine.
'She's needs to go to the Hospital Wing!' Lily repeats.
'Evans, I know better than you in this situation.' James yells, in frustration. 'Where the bloody hell is Sirius?'
Screw this. I don't even bother any more. Clearly, arguing with Lily is more important to James right now. I know exactly where Sirius is too, on top of some random whore.
I close my eyes and let the sweet darkness take over me.
'You're up!'
I groan and sit up. 'I suppose I am.'
I look around and come to the realization that I'm in the Marauder's dormitory.
'I guess you won the argument?' I ask, looking at James.
He has a guilty look on his face. I, then, look to Sirius. He looks guiltier.
'Keep rebelling and your Mudblood friends continue to suffer.' I tell him.
A pained expression crosses Sirius's features. He looks even guiltier.
'Can we get you anything, Jess?' Peter asks me.
'No.' I say, before sighing. 'You should be with Remus right now.'
'He heard what happened.' James says, quietly. 'He wanted us to stay with you.'
'Guys, I don't care.' I tell them. 'Somebody should be with him.'
'Jess, I'm really sorry.' James says. 'I should've been there to help you...'
'Yeah, you should have.' I tell him, knowing perfectly well that someone did go to him for help.
'If I thought for a second that it was an emergency – '
'James, I don't care.' I tell him.
'If you told them you were a Pureblood, they wouldn't have hurt you.' Sirius says, suddenly.
I glare at Sirius. 'You think it's my fault?'
'Why didn't you just tell them?' Sirius asks.
'Because it shouldn't matter!' I exclaim.
'If it could've stopped you from getting hurt then yes, it does.' Sirius tells me. 'You can't expect James and me to save you all the time!'
I force myself off the bed, not caring that I barely have any strength. Sirius catches me before I crash to the floor.
'I won't share your pain, Sirius. I won't share your life.' I whisper to him. 'My mom has suffered enough for both of us.'
I can see Sirius's face harden, but he doesn't let go off me.
'You know what, Sirius? Either let me go or put me back on the bed and let me rest.' I tell him, not bothering to hide my exhaustion.
Sirius places me back on the bed.
'Who was it?' James asks me. 'The people who attacked you?'
'I didn't get their names.' I lie. 'I was too busy trying to shield myself.'
'How many were there?' Sirius asks me. 'I can find out.'
'Leave it alone, guys. You had the chance to help and you didn't.' I say, sighing. 'Just let it go and let me heal.'
Peter speaks up. 'Guys, we should leave her alone.'
I've never loved Peter more in my life. I want them all to leave. I suddenly wish Lily had won the argument and that I was in the Hospital Wing at this very moment.
I hear the departure of footsteps and then hear the doors close behind me. I sit up and groan rather dramatically.
'I want everyone to leave.' I say, rather rudely. 'Including you.'
'They shouldn't have targeted you.' Sirius says. 'It's all my fault. I swear, Jess, it'll never happen again.'
'If they didn't target me because of you, it would be because they think I'm a Mudblood.' I tell Sirius. 'Either way, eventually, they would have targeted me. I'm against them in this war.'
I lie back down on the bed, coming to the conclusion that Sirius will not leave my side.
'I don't think this war is going to go anywhere.' Sirius says, shrugging. 'But my problems with my family...'
'James and I are here for you, Sirius.' I say, softly. 'We always will be.'
'I wish I was there for you.' Sirius sighs. 'Forgive us, Jess. We never thought – Just trust me, you're our number one priority.'
I can't help but grin. 'My Marauders. My boys. No wonder I'm the most hated girl in Hogwarts.'
Sirius laughs. 'Don't worry, because of you, we're also the most envied boys.'
He lies down beside me.
'Whose bed am I on?' I ask Sirius.
'Mine.' He replies.
'How many girls have been in your bed already?' I tease him.
'As much as you think.' He answers, smirking.
He always was such a smart ass.
'Travers and Yaxley.' I finally tell Sirius.
I can feel him tense up beside me.
'I will personally make sure no other Slytherin bastard ever hurts you again.' Sirius promises me.
'You and I are connected Sirius.' I tell him, sleepily.
'Of course.' He says, grabbing a hold of my hand.
It wasn't in a flirtatious way, but more of a friendly, comforting way.
'I mean it.' I tell him. 'Had my dad lived, we'd be part of the same Pureblood circle. He didn't live, but we were united in Gryffindor together. It's fate.'
'You believe in fate?' Sirius asks me.
I think back again, to the day of the ball, where my prince charming was busy whispering sweet messages of adoration into my ears.
Despite myself, I smile.
'Perhaps I cannot differentiate between fate and luck.' I say, yawning.
'Goodnight, Hogwarts best kept secret.' Sirius says to me.
'Goodnight, Hogwarts most infamous rebel.' I reply.
Then I close my eyes and finally let sleep come to me.
'Yo, Jess, wake up!'
I open my eyes just as a pillow hits me in the face.
I immediately scowl at James, before he points to the still sleeping figure next to me.
I don't think I've ever seen Sirius look so calm and relaxed. He almost looks like an innocent little kid. Looking up, I wave hello at Peter. He grins back, expecting me to do something to Sirius.
They all know me too well.
'Sirius.' I coo, seductively.
I run the fingers of my right hand through his hair and rest my left hand on his left cheek.
Sirius lets out a content sigh but still does not wake up.
'Sirius.' I whisper, even more seductively in is ear, before climbing on top of him.
I lean down and let my breath skate over his neck, before getting off.
Sirius turns to his side, eyes still closed.
'Morning, love.' Sirius says. 'Last night was great.'
The looks on the other boys' faces is priceless. The three of us are trying really hard not to laugh.
I kiss Sirius's cheek, before hitting him with a pillow.
'Wake up, you moron!' I yell.
Sirius practically jumps off the bed and then scowls at me.
James and Peter begin to roar with laughter at once.
All signs of drowsiness from Sirius are gone. He proceeds to take a pillow and practically tries to kill me with it. I scream playfully and within seconds, the other boys join in.
It soon turns into a play fight, rather than a pillow fight. I remain on the bed, laughing at the three way fight between the boys.
It takes a few moments before they actually stop fighting.
'All done then?' I ask.
James nods. 'Yes and I'm famished.'
'Just say you're hungry, you dolt.' Sirius says, rolling his eyes.
I laugh at James who just grins sheepishly.
'We should head down for breakfast then.' Peter says, getting up.
I hesitate. 'Shouldn't we visit Remus?'
'Actually, we should do that after we're done eating.' Sirius says.
I don't say anything as Sirius makes his way to the washroom to change into some new clothes.
'What's wrong, Jess?' Peter asks. 'Aren't you hungry?'
Starving. I can't remember the last time I had a proper meal.
'No.' I lie. 'I guess I'm not. My appetite hasn't been with me lately.'
'You sure that's it?' James asks.
I nod. 'Listen, you guys go and if you see Lily and Alice, just tell them I'm in the library.'
'You're going to see Remus then?' Peter asks, as I start to head out of the room.
I smile and nod my head. 'I'll see you guys there?'
James nods and I leave their room.
I sigh as soon as I close the door behind me and ignore the rumbling in my stomach. I realize that it's foolish to keep avoiding going down into the Great Hall. I mean, I know that there's no reason to avoid him. I just don't know how I'll react if I do see him.
I walk down the stairs and ignore the envious glares I get from a few girls. I'm sure they all know I just came from the Marauder's bedroom. Some of them look like they want to approach me but I narrow my eyes, making it clear that I do not wish to be disturbed. I keep up this demeanour until I step out of my Common Room.
I start walking down the halls giving a few friendly smiles to some people I know. Before I know it, I climb down flour flights of stairs and end up on the third floor, in the Hospital Wing.
'Good Morning, Madam Pomfrey. Is Remus up yet?' I ask her.
She gives me a small smile. 'He just woke up, actually.'
'Remus!' I greet cheerfully.
He smiles weakly at me. 'I'm glad to see you're okay, Jess.'
I shrug. 'Oh, it was nothing. How are you feeling?'
'Tired.' Remus admits.
He makes an effort to sit up, but I just put my hand up, letting him know it's okay.
'Sirius, James and Peter will be here soon.' I tell him. 'They just wanted to get some breakfast first.'
'Why aren't you with them?' Remus asks. 'I don't see you in the Great Hall anymore, with us, or with Lily and Alice.'
I shrug. 'I don't know. Just lately, I don't feel like eating. The Great Hall is far too crowded and the different assortment of smells just gets to my head.'
'Jess?' Remus says.
'Yes?' I ask.
'That is the worst lie I've ever heard.' Remus says, smiling even wider. 'And believe me, I know a thing or two about bad lies.'
I laugh out loud at this.
I really don't know what to say. I'm hoping my laughter will distract him from asking further questions.
'What happened with the Slytherins?' Remus asks me quietly.
I take a deep breath. 'They attacked me to get to Sirius. It seemed to have worked.'
Remus looks at me sadly. 'I'm sorry, Jess.'
I shrug. 'It doesn't matter, it's over now. I'm just afraid Sirius is going to do something stupid.'
'Well, it is Sirius.' Remus adds.
I nod my head. 'And I'm sure James will be right by his side, helping him.'
'You don't want any vengeance?' Remus asks me, curiously.
I shake my head. 'I don't want any attention from the Slytherins.'
'What's the worst that can happen if they know who you are?' Remus asks me.
I give Remus an honest answer.
'To tell you the truth, I don't know.' I say, softly. 'I just don't want to find out either.'
Remus, being the nice guy that he is, decides to change the topic.
That's one of the thing I love about Remus – all the Marauders, actually. They all know when to let a topic drop. They know when to let things go and when to stop talking. Unless, of course, if it's James speaking to Lily.
'I wanted to thank you.' Remus says, suddenly.
'For what?' I ask, truly clueless.
'Melissa asked me out.' Remus says, his face brightening. 'I know you and James had something to do with it.'
'Why Remus Lupin, I assure you, I have no clue what you're talking about!' I say, innocently.
It's too bad I can't contain my laughter.
Remus and I remain talking and laughing until James, Sirius and Peter shows up. I was also busy eating some of Remus's chocolates, as I'm too hungry to resist food.
'Moony!' Sirius exclaims, with a large grin.
Too large, in my opinion.
In fact, as James and Peter greeted Remus, I can't help but notice how happy they all are.
'Okay, either Lily Evans finally said yes to James... or you guys did something...stupid.' I blurt out.
Remus finally takes note of all his friend's happy glances and frowns.
'What did you do?' Remus asks.
'Hey!' James cries, offended. 'How do you know Lily didn't say yes?'
'Prongs, really?' Sirius asks, unable to control his laughter.
James grumbles under his breath but I ignore him and glare at Sirius.
'What did you do?' I ask, clenching my teeth.
'Let's just say I gave a fair warning to the Slytherins.' Sirius says, casually. 'They won't be bothering you any time soon, Jess.'
'Yes, Padfoot, they'll be after us instead.' James says, rolling his eyes.
However, he was grinning nonetheless.
'What do you mean Slytherins?' I ask. 'I told you, it was only Travers and Yaxley.'
'I'm sure they were all in on it.' Sirius replies, darkly. 'You should've seen the looks on their faces!'
'What did you do?' I repeated. 'Tell me!'
'Don't worry yourself, Jess.' James tells me. 'It's nothing bad, we just wounded their pride.'
'I thought it was brilliant.' Peter says, enthusiastically.
'What did you – '
'They're so fond of green, I don't see why they would mind.' Sirius adds, shrugging his shoulders.
'And I think it was wonderful of us to bring out the femininity of the males and the masculinity of the females.' James adds.
'You know what.' I interrupt them. 'Forget I asked. I don't want to know.'
'You may want to leave then.' Sirius tells me. 'I reckon a bunch of them will be bringing themselves into the Hospital Wing.'
I immediately tense up.
I didn't want to risk seeing him.
'You're right.' I tell them. 'I think I'm going to head early for class. In case you don't get out of here alive, it was nice knowing you guys.'
'Don't worry!' James calls as I leave. 'We'll make it out alive!'
Sirius adds. 'You may not see us around much though! Look us up in detention!'
I can't help but laugh as I make myself down the hallways. I wish I can see what Sirius and James did to the Slytherins, but it's a risk that I don't believe is worth taking.
I'm sure someone will have taken a few pictures.
Author's Note: Lucius won't be a main character in the story for a few more chapters. It mostly centres Jessica, the Marauders, and her roommates, Lily and Alice. Next chapter will be their trip to Hogsmeade. :) thanks for reading!
Rosalie L.
