Sorry y'all. I completely forgot to put a disclaimer in the other chapters. No one belongs to me except for Miss Isadora Nicole Angelline, and a couple of blonde bimbos. (Although I wouldn't mind owning Sirius Black…)

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Chapter 4: Detention

The rest of the week went all right for Isadora. The classes weren't too difficult. She was just struggling to get used to new teachers, new classmates, and a new way of doing things. Lily was a great help, always giving her advice and the quickest routes to classes, which staircases changed, shortcuts and things like that.

The only class she really dreaded was potions. On her way there on Friday, she consoled herself by thinking of the weekend ahead. When she arrived at class she sat down next to Sirius who was talking to James. They had an old piece of parchment between them. "What have you boys got there?"

James quickly stuffed the piece of parchment into his robes. Sirius quickly replied, "Nothing for you to worry your pretty little head about, dear Izzy."

Isadora almost dropped all of her crystal phials on the floor. "Don't you ever call me that!"

"Call you what? Izz-"

"Don't even say it! I hate when people call me that! I never want to hear you say that name again! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!"

"Yeah. Of course, no problem," said Sirius, backing away from her slightly.

"Wow, she can be scary when she wants to be," whispered James to Sirius.

"Excuse me?" said Isadora in a dangerously low tone.

"Nothing, nothing," said James going to his seat next to Remus.

Thankfully Slughorn walked in and all talking ceased. "All right class, you should all have picked out your potions by now. I should hope that they are difficult enough that you don't know all of the ingredients. Up on my desk are a variety of books that will help you to research these ingredients. Before actually using them, you will need to write a paper about the properties of these ingredients and how they contribute to your chosen potion. Don't expect to finish all of this in class, you and your partner will need to spend extra time in the library." At this comment Sirius winked at Isadora. "You know what to do. Get started."

"So Isadora, did we pick a potion?"

"Almost Sirius. I narrowed down to either a Blood-Replenishing Potion or Amortentia. Either of those should be difficult enough to guarantee us a good mark."

"What's Amortentia?

"A love potion."

"Oooh…let's do that one."

Isadora rolled her eyes, "Look, we're going to have do a series of potions. We'll start with the Blood-Replenishing Potion and for the next project we'll do Amortentia. Can you go up to his desk and get me that big potions book at the bottom of the stack. That should have what we need."

Isadora pulled her book out of her bag and began going through the ingredients she had. Sirius came back with the book, set it down, and turned around to talk to James.

"So, I found this new hex. It swells up the persons face to six times its normal size."

"That sounds awesome. We have to try it on Snivelly."

"Let's get him right before dinner."

"We can ambush him as he comes up the stairs from the dungeons."

"You know, Prongs," said Remus looking up from his book. "If you want to get in Lily's good books, you might want to stop hexing Snape."

"Aww, we'll just do it when she's not around to see."

"Yeah, Moony," said Sirius. "We're Marauders. We can't let some silly girl think that she can boss us around."

"Sirius," interrupted Isadora. "Can you please go to the supply cabinet and get me some powdered bicorn horn? I need to run some tests on it."

"Excuse me, Isadora. I'm in the middle of a very important conversation."

"Hexing Snape is not important conversation. Now, do you like having me doing all of this research?"

"Ummm…yes?"

"Good. So when I ask you to get me something that I need, you'll do so without complaint, right?"

"Er…right," said Sirius getting up.

"You sure showed her, Padfoot," said James laughing. Remus just shook his head and went back to his book. Sirius shot them a dirty look before going over to the supply cabinet. On the way back he noticed Amber Lee and her fellow Hufflepuff Lindsay Mercer eyeing him. He decided to take a detour and sauntered over to them. He put his arm around Amber and gave her a devastating smile. "Looking good there, Amber." She giggled at him. "You know it occurs to me that this is my sixth year at Hogwarts and we still haven't been on a date yet."

"Well, Sirius, you were dating my friend Ashley last year and I guess you thought it just wouldn't be right to ask me out."

"Hmmm…that doesn't sound like me. I guess we'll just have to fix this, won't we?"

Isadora looked up from where she was sitting and saw Sirius chatting to two ditzy looking blondes. She turned around to see James sleeping on the desk. She looked to Remus and got his attention. "Is he always like that?" she said, motioning towards Sirius.

"I'm afraid so."

"And girls actually like him?"

"You'd be surprised just how many of the girls in this school he's dated. Although never has one lasted more than a week."

"You seem normal, Remus. How can you stand him?"

"Well, first of all, his affections are never directed towards me, thank Merlin. And besides, once you get know him, you'll see he doesn't act like that all the time. He's actually a great friend. Very loyal." Isadora winced at the use of the word that Dumbledore had used to describe the group of friends earlier that week.

"Well, I just hope he gets it out of his system soon and stops hitting on me."

Remus just smiled knowingly and went back to his reading. Isadora looked back across the room at Sirius and the blonde bimbo. "Sirius!" she yelled across the room. He looked up. "I need that bicorn horn."

Sirius looked down at Amber. "I'm sorry, beautiful. The slave driver calls. I'll see you in Hogsmeade." He winked at her before walking away and she almost fell off her chair.

"Your bicorn horn, my little pixie," said Sirius as he sat down next to Isadora. Amber glared at them from across the room.

"Where'd you come up with that name?" Isadora replied looking down to fiddle with the bicorn horn.

"It just came to me. I think it suits you. You're short and have a fiery temper. You like it?"

"Not particularly, no."

"Well, if I can't call you Izzy and I can't call you pixie, what can I call you?"

"Isadora."

"Well, that's no fun."

"I don't care if you're having fun or not, Sirius."

"Ah, you wound me, little pixie." Isadora just rolled her eyes and continued working. Seeing he wouldn't get anywhere, Sirius turned around to wake up his sleeping friend.

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That night at dinner, Isadora found herself eating with Alice Greengrass and Erica Jameson. Lily was nowhere to be found. Alice was a pretty girl, she had brown hair and brown eyes and a bright smile. She was a pureblood like Isadora. Lily had told Isadora that Alice was dating a seventh year named Frank Longbottom. Isadora knew that the Longbottoms were purebloods too but she thought that it was just coincidence. Alice didn't seem like one of pureblood fanatics that were in Slytherin house. Besides, her and Lily's best friend was Erica was muggle born. She was a pretty blonde with blue eyes and a big personality. Isadora had heard that she was one of Sirius's many girlfriends the previous year, which explained why she always tried to stay as far away from the Marauders as she could.

Just then, Sirius and James ran up and collapsed at the table laughing and patting each other on the back. "Oh man, Sirius, you were right. That hex was bloody fantastic."

"Can you believe how big his face was?.

"Oh, bollocks. Shut up, Padfoot. Here comes Lily." The girl he spoke of sat down across from them angrily.

"Did you have anything to do with this, Potter?"

"What are you talking about Lily-Pads?"

"Sirius, did you two hex Snape?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, Lily," he said. "But I do know that I need to be on my way." With that, he got up and left.

Lily rounded on James. "Potter, if I hear from anyone that you had something to do with this…" Isadora pursed her lips. James noticed this and looked at her pleadingly. She opened her mouth to speak and he knew he was done for.

"Well, I'll see you all later. I have detention in a couple of minutes and I don't want to be late." She got up and went, James smiling at her retreating form.

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Thankfully, it didn't take her that long to find the trophy room. She was supposed to meet someone called Mr. Filch. When she got there however, she got a nasty shock.

"Pixie! This is a pleasant surprise."

Isadora quickly recovered. "What are you doing here, Sirius?"

"Oh, you know. Hexed some first year kid earlier this week and Flitwick caught me."

"I have to do detention with you?"

"Try to contain your excitement, Izzy. What are you doing her anyways? You seem like a real straight laced girl." Before she could start yelling at Sirius for calling her Izzy, Argus Filch walked in with his cat, Mrs. Norris.

"Ah, Mr. Black. In detention already, I see."

"You know me, I just love cleaning these trophies."

"And you must be Miss Angelline. I suspect you and I will be seeing a lot of each other."

"I hope not sir." Sirius almost laughed out loud. "I didn't mean it like that…What I meant to say is that I don't expect to have to be in detention again after this month and that—"

"Enough. Both of you give me your wands." They handed them over. "Start cleaning. I'll be coming in and out periodically to check on you. And no talking."

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Three hours later, Isadora's hand was completely cramped. She almost cried out with joy when Filch came back with their wands and dismissed then. She practically ran from the trophy room, Sirius right on her tail.

"I never thought we'd get out of there. My hand is killing me."

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it."

"I don't plan on getting used to it, Sirius. I, unlike you, actually want to get through school with a decent record."

"Why were you in there anyways, Pixie?"

"My little outburst at McGonagall on Monday."

"Oh right, I almost forgot. You've been such a goody two shoes since then."

"Don't call me that."

"Hey, Pixie," said Sirius as they hit a dead end. "Where are we going?"

"Oh. We're lost."

"I'm not lost. I know exactly where we are. I was just following you."

"This isn't funny Sirius. It's past curfew and I don't want to get caught out here, especially not with you."

"I don't care if we get caught. I don't mind detention. Nevertheless, I could show you the way if you wanted."

Isadora couldn't bear asking him for help but her desire not to be assigned another detention won out, "All right, fine. How do we get back to the common room?"

"Is that how you ask someone for a favor, Pixie?"

Isadora grit her teeth, "Sirius, could you please show me the way to the common room?"

"Of course, since you asked so nicely. This way." He led her off down another corridor. "We just need to make a small detour first."

"What? Sirius!"

"I'm hungry, I didn't eat dinner. Besides, the way I see it, you can either wander around until someone finds you, or come for a short walk with me. C'mon. I promise you'll never get caught as long as you stick by me."He winked at her and she looked at him warily. He took this as a yes, grabbed her hand and dragged her off down the corridor. After a couple of minutes he stopped and whispered to Isadora to stay quiet. They heard a soft meow from around the corner. "Quick, in here." Before Isadora knew what was happening, he pushed her into a broom closet. He followed her in and shut the door quietly.

Isadora was dismayed to discover that there wasn't much room and that she was pressed between the wall and Sirius's rather well muscled chest. Ugh…did she really just think that? She opened her mouth to protest the situation but Sirius quickly clamped his hand over her mouth. "Be quiet, Izzy. Do you want to get us caught?" he hissed. She glared at him but didn't try to speak, so he took his hand off her mouth.

They sat there for a couple of minutes, Sirius listening intently to the noises out in the corridor. Isadora hated herself for thinking that being pressed up against his chest in a broom closet wasn't the worst place to be. He smelled like the outdoors and she loved that fresh grass smell. She also didn't mind the lingering scent of his cologne. It was a rather pleasing smell. Isadora mentally slapped herself for thinking like that about Sirius.

"Okay, I think the coast is clear," whispered Sirius while slowly opening the door. He helped Isadora out of the closet and she followed him for a few minutes until they reached a picture of a bowl of fruit. He tickled the pear and it giggled and turned into a door handle. He grinned at the amazed look on Isadora's face. "Impressed?" She chose not to respond and he grinned even more while opening the door for her.

Isadora stepped through and was immediately assaulted by the sound of twenty high-pitched voices asking if they could help her. "House elves?" she stammered.

"Isadora, welcome to the Hogwarts kitchens," said Sirius coming in behind her.

"Master Black, Master Black, what can we get you?" chorused the elves.

"Well, I missed dinner so I was hoping we could sit down and get something to eat." Immediately a table and two chairs were brought out and the two were pushed into seats. Isadora had hardly had time to blink before some butterbeers and a plate full of food was set on the table along with a candle and a rose to set the mood.

Isadora glared at Sirius. "How many girls have you brought down her in order to train them to do that?"

"None, actually," said Sirius amusedly. "You would be the first. James would probably kill me if he knew I brought you down here."

"Why is that?"

"Oh, we Marauders like to keep our secrets. Much like yourself, I daresay. I know hardly anything about you, Isadora, except that you're an Angelline and that you transferred here from Beauxbatons."

"And that's all you need to know."

"All right, that's fine," said Sirius taking a bite of the food in front of him. "Why don't you tell me about what classes you're taking then?"

Isadora was surprised and pleased to discover that Remus was right about his friend. Once Sirius had stopped hitting on her, she actually had a good time with him. He gave her a lot of advice on getting through her fifth year classes and what to expect from the different professors. All in all, not a bad way to end the day, thought Isadora.

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"You know, Sirius, you've been really nice tonight," said Isadora when they had reached the portrait to Gryffindor tower an hour later. "You're not so bad when you act like a normal wizard."

He leaned in close to her. "So does that mean you want go find that broom closet again and ravish me."

Isadora was incensed. "What is wrong with you, Sirius Black?! I have made it very clear that I am not interested in you like that! Here you are acting like a nice, normal person, someone I could actually stand to spend time with! Someone I thought I could be friends with! Then you have to go and ruin it by acting like a total jerk and—"

Sirius cut her off by kissing her. She was so surprised she didn't have time to think. She just kissed him back. Sirius was cupping her tiny pixie like face with his hands. The kiss itself was a little hard and insistent, but that didn't mean it wasn't nice. After about ten seconds, Sirius pulled back. Still holding her face in his hands, he stared into her eyes and whispered, "I don't want to be your friend, Isadora."

Suddenly reality set in and Isadora did the first thing she thought to do. She slapped Sirius in the face, hard. "How dare you? I can't believe….you just…" She trailed off. After giving the password to the disgruntled fat lady she quickly ran inside and up to her dormitory.

Sirius was left fingering the stinging cheek that she had slapped. He chuckled to himself and smiled before following her through the portrait.

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When he reached his room, he was immediately assaulted by his fellow Marauders.

"All right, what happened?"

"What did you do, Sirius?"

"Geez, nice to see you too," said Sirius, throwing a napkin full of desserts at Peter, who looked like he was about to wet his pants. "Now, what the hell are you talking about?"

"We saw you on the map with Isadora in the broom closet!" said James.

"Tell me you didn't screw her, Sirius," said Remus wearily.

"Not that it's any of your business, Moony, but no I didn't."

Both Remus and James relaxed visibly. "Thank you, Merlin," said Remus. Peter just kept stuffing his face.

"All I did was kiss her," continued Sirius going to lay down on his bed. "It must not have been a very good kiss though, because she slapped me afterwards. What's the big deal anyways?"

"Look, Padfoot, mate, we talked to Lily tonight…" began James.

Remus continued, "…and she told us that Isadora is only thirteen years old."

Sirius fell out of the bed. "WHAT!!!" he yelled. "No, that's not possible," he said, getting up. "Just look at her. She looks….well…just look at her! She is very grown up…"

"Yeah we know, mate," said James.

"But Lily has no reason to lie to us about something like that," said Remus.

"No," continued Sirius. "I talked to Izzy tonight. She told me she was a fifth year. She was just ahead in some classes and that's why she's in some sixth year classes with us."

"She's ahead in ALL her classes," said Moony. "Apparently she's really smart and ahead by at least two years."

"No, I don't believe it," said a dazed Sirius.

"Sorry, Padfoot," said James. "I asked a third year. She's in their dorm, mate. I don't know why she didn't tell you."

"She didn't tell me," began Sirius, "because age doesn't matter to her and it doesn't matter to me either."

"Think about this, Sirius," said Remus. "I know she looks older, but she's only thirteen. You're about to turn seventeen. You're way too old for her. It would just be wrong and a little sleazy."

"I know, I just…I like her, Moony."

"C'mon," said James. "There are a hundred other girls in school that are your age and who would kill for a chance to screw you." Sirius just glowered at them and disappeared into the bathroom to get ready for bed.

"Do you think he'll listen to us?" asked Remus.

"No, Moony. I really don't."

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