Wooing a Seer
Islay12: It's about how Sirius met and loved Christine Charles and how their daughter Cassiopeia came to be. Questions will be answered as Sirius peruses this seer of a Ravenclaw.
For Izabelle. This is my YEAR 2 story. So read and enjoy!
I do not own any part of the Harry Potter series, nor will I ever.
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Trusting a Seer
"So Sirius, what exactly is the name of this mystery girl you've been studying with?" James asked over breakfast.
Days had passed and every evening he didn't have Quittich Sirius had gone to the library to meet Christine. Every so often she showed him a bit more of her seer powers and he showed her the interesting library spots: like secret study rooms behind the History section or the books of intelligence enhancing books in the restricted section; which he swore in good humour he never used.
Now James was becoming suspicious. Sirius hadn't gone on a 'date' in a week and a half and that was a bit of a record. Sirius on the other hand didn't mind. Things were going swimmingly with Christine and he had the perfect plan to win her over. It was going to be the best kiss he ever stole.
"Just a friend." Sirius said looking over at Remus. Remus choked on his piece of toast.
"It's working?" Remus asked in disbelief after he took a long drink of pumpkin juice to subside his coughing.
"What's working?" asked Peter.
"Pete's right, what's working?" James asked Sirius and Remus.
"Nothing." Sirius said nonchalantly sipping his pumpkin juice in an innocent act. Surprisingly James dropped the issue.
"So I guess the first Quittich game is tomorrow then?" Peter asked.
"Yep. I have a good feeling we're going to beat Hufflepuff. They're a load of duffers and we can beat then with our eyes closed." James boasted.
"And here I thought our Head Boy would be higher than belittling his schoolmates." Came a voice from behind him. "So much for my notions."
James looked up. Lily Evans was standing behind him with a disapproving face. Standing beside her was Alice Prewett and fifth year Mary MacDonald. Sirius remembered back to Christine's first vision.
"Well hello girls!" Sirius said happily. "Lily, Alice, Mary." He said trying to be kind to each one but mostly trying to be nice to Mary because according to Christine he would run into her tomorrow with him broom.
"Uhh, hi." Mary and Alice responded slightly unsure of his friendliness.
"James was just saying Gryffindor rules." Peter said defending James.
"Ya but he also called the Hufflepuffs 'duffers' in his egotistical attempt to impress." Lily said to Peter.
"Give him a break Lily. James isn't a total idiot. He just got a little overconfident." Remus explained.
"Fine Remus." Lily said. "But would you please teach Potter some respect."
James bounded up from his seat. "I have mountains of respect Lily!" James protested. "I have respect for Quittich, my friends and you." He said taking her hand and kissing it.
She yanked her hand away. "James!" Lily screeched and marched off, Alice and Mary at her heels.
"She called me James." James said with an idiotic smile on his face.
"Merlin, does he have to go all gooey eyed whenever Evans slips up?" Sirius asked Peter and Remus.
"She probably just made a mistake." Peter said.
"I just wish she'd stop toying with him. It's really aggravating." Remus said looking over at James who was absentmindedly spreading pumpkin juice on his toast.
"Who knows, maybe Evans will get hit on the head and then she'll go out with him. At least we won't have to listen to the rants about how James is an arrogant toe rag." Sirius said hopefully.
"There is as much chance of James getting a date with Lily as there is of you snogging You-Know-Which-Witch." Remus said to Sirius.
"Which witch? Rosemerta down in Hogsmede?" Peter asked.
"No." Sirius said shaking his head at Peter. "She is a sweet little handful but not the girl in question."
Then a large crash alerted the three to the end of breakfast. James had been leaning on the coffee pot but when breakfast had been finished, the pot disappeared leaving James to smash onto the table.
All the people sitting around him laughed as James rubbed his obviously sore chin.
"That's what you get for dreaming of red-heads!" Sirius laughed before setting off to class.
It was the last class of the day. It was also the last class of the week before the weekend. That class was also going to be the 1st time Christine and the Marauders would all be in the same class all together; it was the only class all five of then shared. And on the Monday and Tuesday, Christine had been helping the matron in the hospital wing because her friend Izabelle had made a cauldron explode on herself and only Christine had seen what had gone wrong.
Sirius and his friends walked into the classroom to see a handful of students already in their early. The bell rang as the rest of the class filed in. Sirius sat in his usual second row right seat beside James and a desk across from Peter and Remus' second row center. But today the desk in front of him was occupied by someone different.
Christine flashed Sirius a quick smile before sitting down in front of Sirius and James. To James' dismay she had switched places with Lily who was now in Christine's front row center seat.
"Good afternoon class!" Professor Flitwick squeaked in his high pitched voice. "Today we will be reviewing last week's disguising charms. I hope you all realize they will be non-verbal."
A few groans were heard from different parts of the classroom. Sirius and the rest of his friends on the other hand (with the expectation of Peter) smiled. It would be too easy for some of the smartest students in the school. Nonverbal was really the only way to go. After all that was how the Marauders had turned Professor Flitwick's hair a rich red last St. Patrick's day, stuck him in green boots and had gold letters hanging on top of his head saying 'Don't feed the leprechaun.'
"So partner up and let's get to it!" The professor said wobbling on his tower of books.
"Partner?" Sirius asked James. James shook his head and pointed at Lily. Alice had already paired up with the weedy boy next to her, leaving Lily looking dejected.
"Ahh." Sirius said understandingly. "Go for it."
"Lily? Want to be partners?" James said tapping Lily on the shoulder.
"Uhh. I'm already partners with Christine!" Lily said quickly. "Right Christine?"
Christine looked between James and Lily and then over at Sirius. Sirius shook his head discreetly and she nodded.
"Sorry, I'm already partners with Sirius. It looks like you're stuck with James." The brunette shifted her chair over to face Sirius.
Lily frowned as James gave an 'I owe you' thumbs up over at Sirius.
"So Miss Charles, seeing as we're supposed to be doing disguises, what would you like to look like? I think it's only fair to ask." Sirius said holding his wand with a playful executioner look.
"Whatever happened to ladies first?"
"Alright." Sirius said. "But I'm not sure I trust you."
Christine smiled. "I'm not sure you have to." She waved her wand at Sirius and he could feel a tingling on his skin and hair. Christine laughed at the result.
"What? What' going on?" Sirius asked grabbing for the mirror on the desk. Christine stopped him.
"No, not until you're finished changing me." She said swiping her hand away from his with a rosy grin.
"Alright miss cheeky." Sirius said pointing his wand at her and switching around her brown hair and blue eyes, not to mention her face.
"Wands up, let's see what you've done." Professor Flitwick said giving the order to stop.
Christine picked up the mirror and giggled. "Wow, I look beautiful!" Her long brown hair was now short and jet black. Her oval face was now heart shaped and much more angular, like a sculpture rather than a painting. He had also switched her eyes with a bright clear grey.
"No problem, that's what friends are for." Sirius said happily.
Christine looked away. "Now I feel a little sorry about what I did to you."
"It can't be that bad." Sirius said looking into the glass. He chocked at his reflection. His longish black hair was now bleach blonde and his eyes had gone baby blue. His rough handsome features were now quite feminine and girlish. James looked over at him and laughed.
"Shut it pink boy." Sirius said over at the poker straight pink haired James. Lily, in soft brown waves, giggled at the boys.
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist." Christine said turning red with embarrassment when Professor Flitwick asked what happened to Sirius.
"When does this wear off?" James asked fingering his pink hair.
"It can be removed by the caster or it switches back in twelve hours." Lily said reciting the charms textbook from memory.
"Alright then; does anyone have a bag?" Sirius asked covering his oh so pretty face, quite sure Christine wasn't going to change it back.
"Oh stop doing that Sirius." Christine said gently pulling his hands away from his face. "It was just a joke." She flicked her wand and he could feel his usual charming looks coming back.
"Good job Miss Charles. You effectively showed cross-gender disguising." Professor Flitwick said, flicking a small piece of paper towards her. "Take this as a reward."
Christine read it. "Non-Hogsmede Weekend pass. This pass enables you to go to Hogsmede for the day on a non-Hogsmede weekend, you may bring one guest." She looked up at the Professor on his pile of books. "Thank you Professor!"
People leaned over her shoulder to get a little look at it. "Cool! Neat! I wish I was you." Were a few of the comments.
Christine walked out of the classroom talking to a short Ravenclaw girl, who was apparently one of her friends, "This is so nice of Professor Flitwick. I really need a new set of quills and the next Hogsmede weekend isn't for two weeks."
Sirius then saw trouble on the horizon. "Look out guys. Here comes Snivellus."
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I found out from some digging that Neville's mum is a Prewett.
