This chapter we will explore more of Sirius' pov of what's going on and I've had a lot of people tell me they're excited about this chapter so I'm a little nervous about it but I'm going to go a head and set this up and I know what ship a lot of you are going to cry out but just remember this is canon guys so I'm following information that Rowling has given me because everything this story is based on is Hers
"I like it," Peter said as we entered the room. There were five four-poster beds with red blankets. James jumped onto the nearest one and bounced a few times.
"I like it," He said smiling. "Ah dude!" He picked up a couple ties and scarf sitting on top of his trunk and the other two made their way to their stuff.
"This is nice," Remus remarked. He sat down on the bed closest to the corner of the room. Peter flopped onto the bed near the middle of the room pushing on the mattress. My bed happened to be next to the largest window in the room. "Hey, Potter was your name correct?"
"Um, yeah." James said opening his trunk and beginning to put clothes into his dresser.
"So is your father Fleamont Potter? You know the guy that invented-"
"Sleekeazy's Hair Potion yes," He said before he could finish. "And yes we have attempted to use it on my hair as well. My mother comments all the time that my hair must have it's own magical properties." he pulled out a set of pajamas from his drawer and climbed onto his bed drawing the curtains.
"Why don't you just go to the bathroom?" Peter asked. He was on the way to the door with some clothes in hand as well.
"The bathroom is probably full of people," he said. He pulled the curtain back revealing his red, plaid pajamas. "Besides I'm tired and very full."
"Well, I for one don't have pajamas," I said pulling off my pants and unbuttoning my shirt. Remus appeared to be the only one really bothered by this. "I sleep in my boxers. If it's cold I'll wear a t-shirt, but it's not cold yet." I flopped down on my bed and smiled. James looked rather surprised, and so far that seemed to be what he always looked like. Peter shrugged and exited, and Remus was doing his best to look anywhere else.
"I am rather tired actually, so I think I will change like James did and get some sleep." Remus said pulling out some clothes and climbing up onto his bed. James leaned over and placed his glasses on his table and turned out his lamp. A moment later Remus' hand appeared and he shut out his light as well. I figured that Peter was likely to follow suit so I went ahead and shut off my light and that's when it hit me.
In the dimly lit room my eyes felt very heavy and my full stomach felt very comfortable. I heard Peter come in, and in moments his light was off as well and the room was so dark, and my bed was so comfortable in that moment, I drifted off to sleep before Peter was completely comfortable under his own blanket.
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I was never a heavy sleeper. So when the light from the window seemed to shift it woke me. I slowly managed to open my eyes and jumped a little at the sight of somebody standing in the window. At second glance I saw it was Remus.
"What are you doing?" I whispered, startling him. He breathed a small sigh and shut the curtain.
"Nothing," He whispered walking back to his bed. "Sorry to disturb you." He pulled his curtain shut and the room fell silent again. I rolled over and quickly fell back into a dreamless sleep.
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Peter gently woke me the next morning. I looked around and saw the sun was coming through the window. James was buttoning his shirt and Remus was already dressed and reading a few pieces of paper.
"By the looks of these" he said standing up and handing them back out to each of us. "We have all of our classes with the other first years. It's divided up by house. Our first class after breakfast is with the Hufflepuff students." James took his and ruffled his hair a bit.
"So we have the same schedules?" Peter said smiling.
"It appears to be that way," Remus replied handing me my paper. I pulled out a clean pair of underwear and did as Remus and James had done the night before climbing onto my bed.
"Well that means none of you better do anything to make me hate you." I said. I heard James snicker. "Well, James and Remus that is. Peter, I think you've already pissed me off." I said pulling the curtain back. He had a look of astonishment that melted as soon as he saw me smiling.
"You scared me there for a second." He said smiling. I hopped down and began to pull on my pants. James was fixing his tie and Peter pulling on his shoes. Remus was again trying to look anywhere but at me. James ran his hand through his hair again.
"You know James, I have a feeling that you're hair isn't actually messy and you make it look like that every morning." I said buttoning my pants. He looked up at me confused.
"What do you mean?" he ask and as he did he pushed his fingers through it as though he were feeling how messed up it was. Remus smirked at this and pulled on his shoes.
"Don't worry about that." Peter said smiling "I'm starved let's go down to breakfast."
"I'm not dressed yet!" I said urgently trying to button my shirt up.
"Well then you can catch up with us." James said. "You should try waking up earlier. Remus was up before I was. We'll save you a seat." He and Peter walked towards the door. "You coming, Remus?"
"I'll walk down with Sirius, so save me a seat too." James nodded and the two of them walked out of the dorm. We stood there in silence for a moment. Remus studied over his schedule as I noticed I was a hole of and began to unbuttoned my shirt.
"So," I said once I had it buttoned correctly. "How were the stars at 3 am?" I asked pulling on my socks.
"Lovely," He said shortly not looking up from his paper.
"Take a keen interest in astrology?" I asked. I was only trying to have a conversation to make it less... stiff in the room.
"Sirius is the dog star," He said finally looking up. "I also know that the Black family hold it as a traditional name."
"Yes," I said tying my shoe laces. "That is true."
"I also know that they are a prestigious pureblood family known to Slytherin house."
"That is also true." I said attempting to tie my tie. He picked up his transfiguration text book and placed it into his bag along with a few quills and a note book. "Do you know how to do this?" I asked after I had successfully knotted my tie wrong. He sighed and walked over to me. He was about the same height as me and it was only then I noticed that he had scars on his face. "How did-" He looked up at me as I began to ask but I felt like it was the one question that might not be appropriate.
"Hmm?" he asked finished it. He looked at me with these piercing green eyes and I froze. I didn't want to insult him. My brain fumbled over words to say. I didn't know how to describe the feeling that washed over me in that moment. There came this funny feeling that seemed to come off of him in waves.
"How did you know so much about my family?" I finally asked.
"Oh," He chuckled. "I read about them in a book once. It was brief however informative. You have a very traditional family, but it seems you don't follow that do you?" he smiled.
"Nope," I smiled back. With that I picked my bag up off of the ground and the two of us made our way down to the great hall.
Lily was sitting several seats away from James and Peter when we arrived. James was putting little pieces of cereal on a spoon and attempting to launch it into her hair. A few pieces had made it but he missed more than once.
"No," I said taking it from him. "You're doing it all wrong." I grabbed several pieces and launched them all at once so it rained cereal on her. James, Peter and I all burst out giggling, and Remus managed a smile as he loaded his plate full of bacon and eggs. Lily however didn't this it was funny and proceeded in turning to Mary and Lucinda and announcing loudly how she believed James and I to be ignorant prats.
As we ate Peter and James and I continued to flick cereal at people while Remus looked to be sure no teacher was watching, but after I had finished my second helping of eggs we decided it was best to go and begin to look for McGonagalls classroom.
Of course we didn't expect the castle to be so big.
"What do we do?" Peter asked. All around us older student were walking by quickly running up and down stairs and doing weird things to doors. We walked by a door that had a student telling it 'knock knock' jokes so it would open.
"Ask an older student," Remus said looking around. I spotted a boy who I thought looked like the prefect that lead us to our room the previous night. I pushed my way through the crowd towards him and noticed Andromeda standing there talking to him as well.
"Um, excuse me." The tall boy turned and looked down smiling. Andromeda looked away from me to hide her face. "Don't worry Dromeda I won't tell Cissy!" I said smiling. She looked really pink.
"Can I help you?" He asked "Oh you're the four first years. You guys are looked for McGonagall classroom aren't you?" I nodded. "If you go down that hallway and take a right" he said pointing to his left. "There should be the classroom. She'll let you in when it's time to begin class so there should be other first years outside waiting."
"Thank you every much! What is your name by the way I didn't catch it."
"Oh, I'm Ted Tonks. If you have any questions feel free to ask me." he said. I waved bye to Dromeda who was still very pink in the face and the four of us proceeded to shove our way down the hall. Remus lead the way since he was tallest and we all ended up making a sort of train by clutching onto each other robes. When we did make it we found the girls standing outside taking to one another in hushed tones, except Lily. She looked like she was going to be sick.
"You okay, Evans?" Remus asked as we got there. Lucinda and Mary looked up excitedly and begin whispering to one another looking over at him.
"Nervous is all." She replied shortly. She studied his face for a moment. One of the other girls gave a little cough and Lily sighed glancing at her. "Remus, I have to ask-" she was cut off when he looked at her. He gave her the look he had given me and I could see in her face what my reaction must have been. I could see she was searching for words.
"Yes?" He asked.
"Oh, I-I uh only meant to ask you if you would sit by me." She said nervously. The other girls began to giggle to one another and stopped whispering. Remus looked taken aback at this. He stood up straighter and glanced at the other girls.
"Sure, I will sit with you Evans." He said loudly. Lily's face turned pink and she refused to look at him.
"Thank you," she said stiffly. At this point McGonagall rounded the corner and opened her door.
"Good morning class," She said to us as we began to file in. The desks were set up in groups of two. James and Peter beat me in so they sat next to one another and I sat down next to a boy who's name was something like Umbry or Emberly. He looked at me and smiled nervously. "Now go ahead and say hello to the person you're sitting beside in case you didn't get to introduce yourselves yet. She said making her way to the front of the room.
"I already know you're name is Sirius," Said the boy beside me. "I'm Bertram, but you can call me Bert."
"It's nice to meet you," I said shaking his hand, which was more me moving his arm and him accepting that. He seemed to be rather shy.
"Now students. Transfiguration is by far one of the most complicated forms of magic. It requires a lot of discipline and focus." I couldn't help but notice her glance towards me and James at this statement. "Like so," She tapped a book that was sitting on her desk which twisted and bent into a small clock. "In this class I will teach you how to simply transform an object into another."
"Professor," I called raising my hand.
"Yes, Mr. Black?" she had a look on her face that kind of told me this question wasn't going to be a smart idea.
"Will I learn how to transform myself into an animal? I think the name is like unimagi." I fumbled over the last word.
"Animagus, Mr. Black." She corrected. "No, that is a skill that you must learn under the guidance of the ministry. You must register with them to become one." She smiled. "However if you are adept at this skill I will recommend you to the ministry once you reach your seventh year. Now, can anyone tell me how you can stop and animagus?" Nobody raised their hands at the question and McGonagall looked around as though she might have expected this. "If you would please pull out your quills and prepare to take notes." The room filled with the sounds of shuffling papers and the slight tapping of quills against the ink wells. "Now I want you all to write down what you observe in detail."
"Wait, Professor." Remus raised his hand. "Would you like us to write details about the object before you transfigure it?"
"Oh, no." She smiled. "I'd be a little afraid to read them. Now is everyone ready?" She looked around at the attentive faces. "You may begin." as soon as she said begin her body morphed rather quickly and suddenly into a tabby cat. Several students gasped in awe and craned their necks to get a better look.
"Merlins beard," I heard James whisper. Remus kinda shook his head and began to write but Lily seemed shocked. I pulled myself together and began to write as many details about her as I could, not forgetting to mention how she jumped up onto her desk.
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"Can you imagine transforming into an animal?" Peter asked at lunch.
"I would be a dragon," I said nodding. "Or something equally awesome. James nodded in agreement.
"I would probably be something really lame. Like a chipmunk or mole." he said shoving chips into his mouth.
"I don't know what I would be," Peter said shrugging. He bit into a sandwich and choked on it a little bit. I laughed and then bit into my own sandwich.
"You'd be a unicorn considering you're so majestic." James said. At this both of us choked from trying to laugh while James snickered into his goblet. When I looked up Peter had his fork held up to his forehead and the three of us roared with laughter at his horn.
"What about you, Remus? What would you be?" I asked once I had calmed down. He looked up from his book for a split second.
"I wouldn't want to be an animagus. I'm quite comfortable being myself thank you." He said and continued to read.
"You know I think you'd be a bunny if you were." I said smiling. "You're so quiet and you seem quite gently, and-" He looked up and me and that feeling sot through me and landed like rocks in my stomach. His eyes stared at me breaking into my very soul. I suddenly could describe what Lily and I had experienced earlier when he gave us this look.
I was scared shitless. The way he looked at me cause my body to completely shut down in fear.
"You okay, Sirius?" James asked snapping me out of it. I looked at him in surprise.
"Oh yeah, I just got lost in thought there for a moment," I said shrugging it off. When I looked back at Remus he was reading.
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Our second class was our first flying lesson. All of the first years where outside and as soon as Lily saw Severus she walked away from Mary, who was in the middle of a story, to stand beside him during this lesson. After a few minutes a woman came marching across the lawn with a wagon pulling itself following behind her.
"Good morning class. You will address me as Madam or Madam Hooch." She barked before she had fully reached us. She had incredibly white hair that fell to her shoulders and as she walked by, I noticed she had striking yellow eyes. As she passed a broom came out of the wagon and landed beside each student.
"Now if you will all listen carefully we we talk about brooms. It is not an easy mode of transportation, but a practical one. Once you mount your broom it no longer is an object, but a part of you itself. Now, today we will be calling them and simply lifting off the ground. Stick your hand out over your broom like so," She held her arm over her own broom on the ground. "I want you all to very firmly say 'up'," as soon as the word left her mouth, the broom shot up to her hand. We all looked at her waiting for her to give the signal but she only stared back. After a few seconds a few of us realized she was waiting for us to begin.
"Up!" Shouted a voice before the others. I looked over to see Lily's broom move a little. A lot of people stared at her and she turned bright pink. "Up!" he said a little softer. She broom barely twitched.
"Up!" Severus shouted. His broom moved slightly under his hand. Suddenly everyone was shouting 'Up!' over and over. James was the first person to get a broom to come up to his hand. Shortly after all of the brooms were lifting up into the hands of the students. My broom came up after several vigorous tries. I looked up to see that Lily and Severus had already successfully called up their brooms.
"Now," Madam Hooch said loudly. "We're going to simply lift up into the air a few inches and touch back down a few times and I will dismiss class." She swung her leg over her broom. "Mount your brooms," She instructed. "At the mark of my whistle kick off of the ground hard. Then once I blow again lean forward just a little and you should touch back down. Ready?" She all gripped onto the brooms firmly. The high pitched screech of the whistle pierced my ears and I lifted up. Only a few of us did actually. James was hovering like a master, and Lily was gripping onto hers for dear life. Snape hovered beside her whispering to her and she smiled at him. Remus floated effortlessly but Peter only managed a small jump. After a few tries though everyone managed to get two or three inches off the ground.
"Well done," Madam Hooch said. "Now as I instructed lean forward slightly at the sound of the whistle and touch back down to earth. When the whistle blew James nudged me and instead of touching down I fell. Lucky for me, several student fell off of their brooms instead of having their feet land safely.
"You alright there, Black?" James said smiling and offering a hand to me.
"Better than you I suppose," I said smiling. At first he looked confused, but that changed when I reached for his hand and pretended to trip again. Only I maintained my footing and James face planted on the grass.
"Ah you broke my glasses," He said standing up and looking at the crack in the lenses.
"Oculus Reparo," Remus muttered point is hand at them. The glasses mended and cleaned themselves and James nodded in approval. The whistle blew and over and over we practiced lifting up and touching back down until Madam Hooch was sure that the majority of us ad gotten the hang of it.
"Be prepared to move some next Wednesday class. You are dismissed." She collected the brooms and we all dispersed.
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"I find it funny that our first day here we only had two classes," Peter remarked that evening. We were all dressed for bed, but not actually laying down as if to attempt to sleep yet.
"Well it's Wednesday. The other days usually consist of at least three. On Friday we have four!" James said. I stretched and reached down into my trunk.
"Anyone want a chocolate frog?" I asked.
"I would," Remus replied almost immediately. This surprised me.
"Here you go," I tossed on to him. "Peter? James?" Both of them shook their heads. "Remus, you want another?" I looked over to see him stuffing the frog in his mouth. He nodded and I tossed him the other. He wasted no time swallowing them.
"You like chocolate, Remus?" James smiled as we watched him lick the chocolate off his fingers. This seemed to embarrass him.
"Ah, I'm sorry I am very fond of it." He said "I don't get a lot of chocolate at my house."
"Well, you're more than welcome to my stash." I said throwing him another.
"Thank you," He said smiling. He ate this one with a little more dignity.
Soon enough the two of us had eaten enough to make our stomachs hurt. The four of us chatted long into the night about our first day here. As the night got longer Remus seemed to open up more, but we realized how late it was when we heard a snort from Peter who had fallen asleep.
"I suppose we should do the same," Remus said turning off his light. "Goodnight you two."
"Night." I muttered "Oh, Remus, one more thing. Did you want to sleep next to the window?" He looked and me and shook his head.
"No, I don't really." And with that I felt like I should not push it. I turned out my light and went to bed.
Well that's it for Chapter 2 and I barely finished 10 mins before I wanted to get it done phew. The next chapter will explore more about Remus and his quirks and maybe a little problem he might have? The reviews also encourage me to continue to write so thank you so much for that you guys! As always lots of love to you all
