I have discovered wrock music! My life=complete! I used to think it was sooooo nerdy, but then I thought, hey, why not give it a chance. And I LOVE it! Especially Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls, Ministry of Magic, and RiddleTM. Yes, I admit, it's definitely super nerdy, but then again, so am I, so it's pretty awesome! Although, I admit sometimes I'll be at home, singing along to some of my favourites, and I'll be like. Oh my god. I cannot believe I'm listening to a song that uses the line "Sirius, I'm seriously missing you"! But I'm still in love with it, so...yea. Okay, you can read.
Transfiguration was boring. While McGonagall droned on about switching owls into opera glasses, James was flipping madly through a book he'd borrowed from the library.
"Uh, Prongs?" I whispered.
"Yea?" he asked.
"What are you doing?"
"I've run out of spells to use on Snivellus," he answered, sounding exasperated. We both glanced over at Severus Snape who was taking notes on a piece of parchment.
"What about this?" I asked, pointing at a picture of a wizard being chased by a flock of birds.
"I don't know how to make them attack," he answered, leaning back in his seat. "I'm always conjuring birds to bring flowers to Lily—it's just so much more romantic than an owl, don't you think?—but I haven't got a clue how to make them angry."
"Oppugno," Remus whispered, not looking up from his parchment, on which he had drawn a detailed diagram outlining the steps of transfiguring owls.
"Really?" James asked.
"Yea," he answered, still taking notes. "Why?"
"Thanks, Moony!" James exclaimed, hugging him. Remus squirmed out of his grasp and shot him a dirty look. "Stupify is getting so old. Take this, Snivellus. Avis." A flock of birds shot out of James' wand and flitted around his head.
"What the—?" McGonagall began, turning around.
"Oppugno," James said, aiming his wand at Severus. The birds flew towards him and began pecking at him and pulling out his hair.
"Ow!" he exclaimed. "Get them off me!" James and Peter laughed and I covered my mouth with my hand to hide my smile.
"10 points from Gryffindor," McGonagall shouted over the commotion. "And two weeks detention for you, Mr. Potter."
"What?" Peter exclaimed, getting out of his seat. "Two weeks? That's outrageous!"
"Well, you can keep him company then, Mr. Pettigrew," she answered. "Two weeks detention for you too."
"Sucks about detention, eh Prongs?" I said as we left the Transfiguration classroom.
"Yea," he answered. "But it was worth it." Peter and Remus didn't speak. Peter was upset about getting in trouble for defending James and Remus looked a little miffed that we'd used his spell against Severus. He had never really been too keen to get in on the fun with us.
"I guess we can't spy on the Slytherin Quidditch team meeting tonight, then," I said sadly. James and I had planned on using his invisibility cloak to sneak into the Slytherin common room where they were going to be going over strategies for the upcoming match between our house and theirs.
"Right," he said, sounding disappointed. "Well, we can't afford to not spy on them. I heard Lucius Malfoy saying they have a secret weapon all ready for the game." I scunched up my face at the mention of Malfoy. He and my cousin, Narcissa, had started dating over the summer and they'd come to visit us for a couple of weeks in June. It didn't take long for me to discover that he was as stuck-up and snobby as Narcissa.
"You want me to go alone then?" I asked, not sure I liked that idea. It just wouldn't be as fun sneaking into Slytherin House on my own.
"Why don't you bring Moony with you?" he suggested. Remus looked up from the homework McGonagall had given us.
"What do you say?" I asked hopefully.
"Alright," Remus agreed. "Quidditch may not be my thing, but I'm always looking for an excuse to stick it to Slytherin."
That night after dinner, James and Peter headed off to detention with McGonagall while Remus and I returned to our dorm to get ready.
"You remember the plan right?" I asked. "We just have to wait outside the entrance to the common room until someone goes in. Then we'll know the password and we'll sneak in after them. We better leave soon if we want to get there before the meeting starts. After all, the less people in the common room when two invisible people walk into the room, the better."
"Yea, the door opening by itself would look awfully suspicious," Remus agreed. He opened James' trunk and pulled out his cloak. It felt a little weird using it without him, but what could we do? The rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team was counting on us to get this information.
Careful to avoid bumping into other students, Remus and I slowly made our way through the halls of Hogwarts, using the Marauder's Map to find our way to Slytherin house.
"This is it," I whispered, pausing in front of a portrait of a man and a large boa constrictor. The snake hissed menacingly and I jumped backwards, accidentally stepping on Remus' foot.
"Ow!" he shouted. He covered his mouth suddenly realizing what he had done.
"Who's there?" the snake man asked, looking in our direction. "Who's there?"
"What's going on?" a first-year Slytherin asked him, walking up to the portrait.
"I thought I heard someone, but there's no one here," he explained.
"Well, maybe it came from inside the common room," the first-year suggested.
"Yes, that must be it," the snake man agreed, still seeming a little unsure. "Password?"
"Devil's Snare," the first-year answered. The portrait moved to reveal the entrance he stepped inside the common room.
"That's their password?" Remus said. "Everything about Slytherin is just so...morbid." The portrait swung closed and Remus and I shuffled over to the portrait.
"Devil's Snare," I whispered.
"I knew there was someone there," the snake man exclaimed. "Who are you? Why can't I see you?"
"It's Lucius Malfoy," I lied. "I was practising invisibility charms and accidentally cast one on myself. Now can I please come in? There's a Quidditch meeting starting in ten minutes."
"Sorry," the snake man answered, moving aside. "Good luck at the game tomorrow." Remus and I crawled carefully through the hole and into the Slytherin common room.
"Where should we sit?" I asked. "We can't sit in a chair in case someone else sits there."
"How about that corner over there," Remus suggested, pointing at a spot near the fire place with a good view of the group of chairs the Quidditch team would likely be holding their meeting in. "We have a good nine minutes before the meeting starts though, so we'll just have to sit tight until then." We settled down in the corner, taking care not to talk whenever someone passed through the room. Finally, it was 6:00, and the Quidditch team was starting to gather. It seemed like everything was working out perfectly when Lucius Malfoy burst into the room, looking furious.
"Meeting's cancelled," he informed the rest of his team. Everyone started talking at once, wondering why the meeting they'd had planned all week would be cancelled so suddenly. "Quiet," Lucius said. "The snake man just told me that a spy has snuck into the common room to spy on our meeting." Everybody started looking around, trying to find the spy. "He's invisible," Lucius told them. "We could be here all day trying to find him, so instead, we're skipping the meeting and going straight down to the pitch." The team got up and left the room.
"Don't let anybody out of the common room unless you can see them," Lucius told the snake man as he left. "That invisibility charm's got to wear off some time and when it does, we'll catch whoever it is red-handed. Who knows? If it's a Gryffindor, they may even be disqualified for cheating." The exit closed and Remus and I just sat there in silence, not knowing what to do. How were we going to get out of Slytherin House without the snake man catching us.
"What if we never get out?" I asked, starting to panic. "Oh no, we're going to die."
"Merlin!" Remus exclaimed. "Keep it together, Padfoot. It's not a big deal. We'll just go find Andromeda and get her to let us out."
"What makes you think we'll be able to get up to the girls' dormitory?" I asked. "The stairs are probably charmed so boys can't get up."
"Then we'll go find Ted," Remus suggested.
"Okay," I said, starting to calm down. "I guess we could do that." Remus and I quietly made our way to the stairs leading to the boys' dormitory and knocked quietly on Ted's door.
"Maybe he's not here," I said when he didn't answer. Remus opened the door a crack and peeked inside.
"Ted?" He opened the door a little wider and we stepped inside. Ted was sitting on his bed, holding a sobbing Andromeda in his arms.
"Just tell me what's going on, Dromeda," Ted said, taking her hand. Andromeda wiped her tears away with the back of her hand. What could have happened that was making her this upset?
"I...I don't know what to..." she stammered, starting to sob again.
"Is it your family?" he asked. Andromeda shook her head. "Well, then what?" Andromeda looked up at him and took a deep breath.
"I...I'm pregnant."
Not a big shocker their probably, but hopefully at least one person was surprised. That is if anyone is actually reading...I've only gotten one review! So review to at least let me know if you want me to keep writing, otherwise, I'm not sure I will...
Hey, look! Another error! There's no portrait that lets you into the Slytherin common room, but remember, I hadn't read Chamber of Secrets yet when I wrote this, and this chapter just doesn't work without there being a portrait, so...sorry.
Tune in next time to see what will happen. Please? I'll give you cookies. (I'm lying. I ate them all.)
Peace out! (I'm getting there. Didn't call you suckahs this time...baby steps.)