A.N. well 2/3 stories updated with switching semesters and doing exams is a good result I think, and the third story only needs to be edited.
I think it's clear that I own nothing or I would not need to get up at 7am to go to work on the weekends.
Thank you to my amazing beta disturbinglyprofound
The next two weeks were quiet at Hogwarts without Sirius; the remaining marauders didn't pull any pranks. In fact, they had split off into two groups, with James and Remus both leaving Peter to be by himself. James, Lily and Severus could often be seen together, and after the first few days Remus also was with them in this new group of four, though he always was the most drawn back since he was never going to join them in the first place.
-two days after lunch with the King and Queen-
James, Lily and Severus where studying in the library together when Remus came in and sat at a table by himself.
"Why won't he come and join us, James? He used to sit with me all the time," Lily whispered in frustration.
"I'll go ask him," said Severus, getting up and walking over to Remus.
As he got closer, he could see Remus' shoulders tense up, and the lean brunette put down the book he was perusing.
"Hello, Remus, why do you never join James and Lily anymore?" Severus asked, pulling out the chair next to Remus and sitting down.
"I wouldn't have thought that they would want to be seen with a monster such as myself. And besides they're with you all the time now, sir," Remus told him in a defeated tone.
"Nonsense. You are not a monster, you were bitten by one and now though you may get sick for a few days a month, it doesn't change anything. What does it matter that I'm with them, they can see more people than just me at a time."
"See you even admitted it. Werewolves are monsters."
"No that is not what I meant. The werewolf that bit you was a monster, only because whoever it was wanted to turn a child," said Severus, smoothly ending the argument. "Now come and join us."
And with that, Severus lead Remus over to the table where Lily and James were and pushed him into a seat. Remus waved shyly at them, and they grinned back broadly. A half hour later, if you passed by the table, you couldn't even tell that the four were ever anything but friends.
Sirius had a very different experience during those two weeks.
After getting to the Royal Palace in Canada, he was put into handcuffs and grabbed by two guards.
"Now, I am quite aware, Mr. Black, that you were treated with nothing but prosperity in England, but in these next two weeks you will find out what happens to prisoners here.Make no mistake, boy, by the time these two weeks are up you will be begging for death. Take him to the dungeons to start with the torture, and remember he almost killed the prince." With that, the King swept out of the room.
The guards dragged Sirius down into the dungeons none-too-carefully, and as a result, he banged into walls, bars, and whatever objects stood in their way. They sent a guard ahead of them to prepare for Sirius' arrival; clearly, none of them took the idea of their prince being hurt very well. All the guards had either trained or trained with him, if not just gotten to know Severus.
When they finally got their and Sirius was hooked into chains attached to the ceiling and the guards had barely let go before the curses started.
"Comminuet Ossa!" one yelled, slashing his wand through the air.
"Interficiam!" said another.
"Nocere Eum!"
The guards continued to curse Sirius until he had passed out from the pain and blood loss.
When he woke up some time later, he was in a small damp cage in the middle of a room that only had a small barred window looking out to the full moon.
Once he got his mind out of his disoriented state, he could see nothing wrong with him but his every muscle seemed to pulse in pain, causing the memories from earlier to resurface. He couldn't believe how creative those men had been, he had never even heard of those spells before and they caused such an immense pain that he previously thought could only be achieved through the Cruciatus Curse, or so he had heard.
Just then, he heard a creeping sound coming from behind him.
As he turned around he could see the stone wall opening to reveal a sight that made his blood run cold.
It was a werewolf.
He tried to transform into his Animagus form of a dog, but to his horror he found that he was unable to transform at all.
He had never been so scared in his life as the wolf approached him, getting closer and closer to the cage that trapped him. He was now thankful for the extremely small gaps in between the bars, as they did not let the werewolf bite him or scratch him with his claws. But that did not stop it from coming right up to the bars to try. As Sirius was sniffed and growled at he truly saw what he had sent Snape in to face but without the bars that even now both trapped and saved him. He could smell the excrement left as a result of his intense fear. It wasn't until now did he truly regret what he had almost put Severus through. He bowed his head in shame; he was a coward.
When the morning came the guards who opened the door found Sirius shaking, alone in his cage. There was a puddle of liquid around his feet, but far worse smells were coming off of his body. Tears streamed down his face, evidence of his admission.
"Ugh, who let the sewer rats in?" one guard chuckled.
"You're so eager to throw poor Sev at the werewolf, but it's not so easy when you'rethe one left with it, is it?"
"Aw, look at the poor little baby, does the baby need a nappy?"
The taunts just kept coming, and they got worse and worse until he whimpers as new tears where falling down his face and he curled up in a ball.
He was then pulled out of the cage and dragged over to the corner of the room where the guards striped him and hit him with jets of freezing cold water that came out of their wands. When he was dripping with the water and shivering the guards sent jets of air at him with their wands and put him into a jail uniform. That consisted of a thin pair of gray drawstring sweatpants, a gray T-shirt and flip flops. He was then dragged into a new cell. For the remainder of the two weeks he was kept in solitary, the only company being when guards showed up to beat him senseless. Food was scarce, and water even scarcer.
The last day he was washed off again and put back in the clothes he had arrived at this hellhole in.
Then, he was dragged back to see the King, looking pale and weak due to receiving no light and little food for two weeks.
"Now," the King said, gazing at Sirius with mixed revulsion and approval, "I hope that you know we cannot allow you to just speak about this to anyone."
Before Sirius could reply, the King had raised his wand and muttered, "Iocatio ordinem."
"Now, you won't be able to tell anyone what has happened. This will take you back to your school," he said as a servant handed a piece of paper to Sirius. "I do hope that we never meet on these terms again." He nodded with acknowledgement at Sirius, and gave notice to the peasant standing nearby.
The Portkey activated almost instantly, and Sirius landed at the front gates to the school.
Translations:
comminuet ossa = break the bones
interficiam = cut
nocere eum = hurt him
iocatio ordinem =gag order
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