Fandom: Harry Potter Marauders Era
Characters: Sirius (Padfoot) & Regulus Black, Severus Snape, Lily Evans, James Potter (Prongs), Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail), Remus Lupin (Moony), Madam Pomfrey.
Pairing: Severus/Regulus, Sirius/Remus, implied Lily/James
Genre: Humour, Romance
Rating: M
Warnings: Evil prank playing, implied sexual activity, yaoi
Disclaimer: Harry Potter does not belong to me, sadly.
Summary: The Marauders are back for their sixth year at Hogwarts but all is not well this year. Still up for their moonlight strolls with their favourite werewolf the Marauders must deal with their NEWTs, a new foe that has it in for them and somebody who seems a little more interested in them than before. Things are changing within the comfortable walls they had built for themselves with their friendship, will they manage to keep their bonds strong.
"Ow James, that was my foot!" Sirius complained quietly as he, James and Peter stumbled through the dewy grass as fast as they could while still keeping under the Invisibility Cloak toward the Whomping Willow. James muttered an apology, more preoccupied with shooting glances by at Hogwarts, certain windows in the school glittering with light. James was always afraid that somebody from the school would be watching them, and would be able to pierce through their invisibility. It had been a week or so since Sirius' little dizzy spell and a full moon was shining in a clear, dark sky. Remus was waiting for them to arrive and Sirius was impatient to get there.
"Okay Peter, get to the knot." James whispered and the cloak fell limp as Peter disappeared from in front of them, transforming into a rat and slipping between the waving branches of the tree to press the knot at its trunk. Sirius pulled the cloak off himself and James and shoved it into the bag that he had brought with him, filled with supplies for Remus during the night and the morning after. The Whomping Willow was frozen so the Marauders hurried forward, Sirius getting to the hole faster than the other two and slipping into it, desperate to get to Remus. This was the first time he was going to spend the transformation with Remus as a lover and they had speculated whether Moony would recognise Padfoot's scent better now because of that. When James and Peter had slid down to the entrance of the tunnel leading to the Shrieking Shack, Sirius had already disappeared but his footsteps were clear in the slightly muddy floor. The two boys followed Sirius' footsteps up into the Shack, through the house, up the stairs and into the front bedroom where Sirius was crouching in front of Remus, who was curled in a corner.
"Hey Remus." Sirius was saying, his hands held out to Remus. The boy was in a lot of pain, it happened during every transformation and Sirius did not want to startle him or make him move when it would hurt him to do so. Remus raised his head and slowly reached his hands to Sirius. His hands were shaking and his skin clammy, his face had a slight greyish hue to it and his eyes had dark bags under them. He did not look well and Sirius felt his heart beat a little faster in worry. Leaning forward he hugged him gently, careful not to jar him or hurt him.
"Sirius…I'm scared." Remus' voice trembled and Sirius tightened the hug slightly. Remus' arms slid around his back and he gripped Sirius' robes tightly, trying to quell the obvious shaking in his limbs and hide his tears.
"Don't watch." He begged. Sirius blinked. They had discussed whether Sirius could watch the transformation now the day before but Remus hadn't really had an argument against it, he had felt too ill to fight with Sirius at the time. Sirius' arguments for witnessing the transformation seemed petty but Remus understood what Sirius meant.
"I want to know what it is exactly you go through Remus…so you can cry to me, so you know that somebody at least…I can't say understands because I don't…but knows the pain, has seen it, can at least relate to it a little bit. No matter what I see Remus I will always think you're beautiful." Sirius whispered. James and Peter felt a little awkward stood in the doorway watching this scene, but they did not move away at all, not wanting to distract the two boys.
"It's really horrible Sirius." Remus sobbed into his lover's chest. Sirius held him as he cried and shook in his arms until his nails started digging into his back tighter than normal and Remus gasped in pain.
"Get back!" He cried, "Get back it's starting!" He screamed. Sirius, instead of moving away from Remus, kissed him gently on the mouth and for that moment Remus was calm and the pain seemed far away. Then Sirius was gone and it was Padfoot who was stood in front of him, calm grey eyes, the very image of Sirius', focused on Remus' face. Licking him once gently Padfoot scampered over to where James and Peter had been replaced by Prongs and Wormtail. Stood in front of them as both of them covered their eyes to avoid the transformation Padfoot fixed his eyes on where Remus was convulsing, his fingers tearing at the clasps on his robes, tearing them from his body and throwing them aside. This was the first time any of the Marauders had ever witnessed this transformation.
Remus very suddenly jerked to his feet but his back was arched in a strange way, his spine jutting out as Remus screamed and cried, scratching at his face and arms in an attempt to remove all his clothes and allow the wolf to come out. His eyes were the first thing to change. They moved from a honey tinted brown to the yellow coloured, slit pupil of a wolf, the change happening again and again until they fixed on the latter. A mixture of a howl and a scream escaped from Remus' lips as his cheekbones started to extend, cracking and popping out of shape, becoming more snout like and his teeth ripped through his gums, becoming fangs capable of tearing through muscle and flesh and leaving grooves on bone. At the same time as his face was morphing his arms and legs were extending with the same kind of noises, sickening crunches as bones moved against their natural set, becoming more wolf like, more elongated and his hands and feet became paws, each with four extremely sharp claws extended, ready to rip away clothe and skin for a fix of human blood. Remus' back arch again, and another noise escaped him, this time a pure howl. Fur suddenly sprouted from his skin, growing at a somewhat alarming rate until it covered his entire body, the same colour as his hair but thicker and courser, the hair of a fully grown, matured and violent werewolf. Padfoot knew he could have dealt with the mere physical transformation, just watching it, but the noises that had accompanied it, especially the screaming, chilled him. He was trembling now, and whining a little bit as well. A snarl reached his ears from across the room. Moony had taken control, curled in a little ball much like Remus had been when it had first started, waiting for the pain to subside.
Padfoot took a tentative step forward, barking to alert Prongs and Wormtail to the fact that Moony was now the one in control and they could look now. Moony stretched to his full length and height and growled at the three animals opposite him. Padfoot, or Sirius when he was not in his dog form, had always wondered how frightened James was when Moony first took control, as he was a stag, easy prey for a werewolf. Moony snarled again and Padfoot tensed, raising his hackles and growling back at the werewolf. Each of the Marauders knew that it was risky for them to be there; that Moony could attack them at any time and the only one could really protect them was Padfoot. Prongs had his horns, but there was a real risk that Moony could wound him and then proceed to eat him, Padfoot was there ace card when it came to keeping Moony properly in check. Moony took a step forward and Padfoot bounded across the room, going down on his front paws in front of Moony to show submission and Moony stopped his advance to sniff at Sirius. Another low growl escaped is throat, so Padfoot rolled over and exposed his belly, taking another risk. Moony sniffed at him again, then licked him. Padfoot barked quietly and waited until Moony nosed him to symbolise that he wanted him to stand up. Climbing to his feet Padfoot licked Moony back and barked loudly. Moony howled.
Prongs came forward, as Wormtail had climbed up into his horns when Moony had started growling. He butted Moony gently and Moony looked at him, then licked him as well. Padfoot yapped happily and bounded around the room. Moony began to whine after a while and moved over to the window, scratching at it. Padfoot looked at Prongs and tilted his head to the side, to ask him whether they could allow Moony outside. Prongs seemed to be considering it, he knew that Padfoot would love to go running around the grounds with Moony on the starlit night but he was worried that Moony would be hard to control, so shook his head. Padfoot whined lightly and padded over to Moony and gently bit his tail. Moony turned with a snarl and leapt on Padfoot. Padfoot fought back, play tackling Moony and prancing around the room tauntingly. Even though they had to stay within the walls of the Shrieking Shack the night was theirs.
The sun began to rise faster than the Marauders assumed it would, and they were gathered by the door again, waiting for Remus to turn back into himself. Sirius had decided that he would not watch the transformation back at some point during the night so when Remus' howls turned to whimpers and he began scratching at himself he closed his eyes and waited for the tell tale pants of Remus back as himself again. Once he heard those Sirius transformed to his human form and he hurried over to Remus, who was blooded and naked, grabbing the bag he had flung into one corner during the night and pulling some robes from it. They were his robes, too big for Remus, but he wrapped them around his lover anyway and pulled Remus into him.
"It's over; it's over for another month Remus." He muttered, lifting Remus up and carrying him over to the bed. James turned to Peter, as they had both turned back as well and smiled.
"Go and keep watch for Pomfrey as Wormtail okay? Don't fall asleep this time." He told his friend and Peter nodded vigorously and hurried off, leaving James to watch with a small smile as Sirius bundled Remus onto the dusty, broken bed and pile blankets on him.
"Really Sirius I'm fine." Remus muttered, though he did not complain when Sirius kept his arms around him, blankets and all.
"You're going to have to get used to it Remus, Sirius is too protective of you." James commented from the door, earning him a glare from Sirius.
"I don't mind that." Remus said softly and Sirius smiled.
"Pomfrey's coming!" Peter's cry came from down the stairs, even as he was hurrying up them to join his friends.
"She's early." Sirius said, panicked, "Or are we late. Oh god, James the invisibility cloak." He cried and kissed Remus once for good measure before scrambling over to his friends. They huddled together and stood as silently as they could, hoping that the cloak was covering all of them. Remus inspected them even as they heard Pomfrey entering the Shack and climbing the stairs. He nodded at them, letting them know they were completely hidden and then sat up to await Madam Pomfrey. When she entered she fussed over him and made sure none of his wounds were too deep.
"This is not your robe, Mr. Lupin." She commented when Remus clutched it to his chest to hide himself from her prying eyes. It was obviously too big for him and Remus sometimes had to curse Sirius' sentimentality, always wanting to dress Remus in his clothes whenever the boy was sick.
"I must have picked up Sirius' by accident on the way out. He won't mind, him and James mix clothes all the time." Remus lied and Sirius stifled a laugh behind his hand. James stood on his foot to keep him quiet as Madam Pomfrey helped Remus to stand and slowly guided him from the Shack, to the passage and out back across the grounds. It was always riskier for the Marauders to sneak in than to sneak out, but each time so far they had managed it. Once inside the castle and close to Gryffindor tower they could ditch the cloak, but there was the trouble of keeping all three of them covered.
Giving Pomfrey enough time to have Remus in the castle and towards the Hospital Wing the three remaining Marauders hurried through the Shack and into the grounds of the castle. The morning was crisp and clouds rolled across the skies slowly, blotting out the sun every now and then. There was a slight wind, but nothing that would trouble the Marauders in keeping the cloak about them. It was not so important that they weren't caught during the morning, students were allowed to wander round when it got light, so when they reached the castle doors and Sirius had complained for the fifth time it was too difficult for them to walk all the way to the tower James took the cloak from them and hid it under his robes.
"If it isn't my big brother." A voice called from the side of the entrance hall and the three turned to see Regulus stood by the entrance to the dungeons, his face slightly flushed as if he had been running. Sirius scowled.
"What do you want?" He asked. Reg and he had always had quite a close relationship and behind closed doors, when no one else was around, they were still quite close. Sirius knew it was hard for Reg at Hogwarts, with the shadow of Sirius hanging over him all the time but he was not completely sympathetic to his brother, especially as Reg showed alliances with the Death Eaters within Hogwarts' walls.
"I'm just wondering why you three are wandering around at such an early time, when your friend Remus was being escorted in by Madam Pomfrey. Shouldn't you be worrying over him?" Regulus asked. He had loitered their quietly after having woken, restless and bored, to see a bloodied Remus being helped in, wearing Sirius' robe, and taken by Madam Pomfrey towards the Hospital Wing. It was suspicious that Remus' three closest friends should appear only a few moments afterwards.
"We were out for a morning stroll." Peter stuttered. Sirius kicked him.
"It's none of your business what we do Reg, now go off and play with you Death Eater friends." He spat at his brother and started walking again. This was bad. Regulus was clever and Sirius would not put it past his brother to realise that the full moon had been last night and Remus looked tired and ill and make the connection.
"God damn it I wish I could shut him up permanently." He raged as they walked through Hogwarts towards Gryffindor Tower.
"But you can't Sirius, so ignore him." James sighed and pushed Sirius so that he carried on walking. Sirius rolled his eyes and hurried off to the tower to get a few hours of sleep before their lessons started for the day, James and Peter in tow.
Regulus watched them leaving and his mind was whirring. What he had just witnessed was really strange, and it was something that he felt he had to tell Snape straight away. Turning his back on the entrance hall Regulus ran down to the dungeons, into the Slytherin common room and up to where Snape's dormitory was. Casting a silencing charm so that nobody could hear him he went over to Snape's bed and watched him sleep for a moment.
"Severus!" Regulus snapped after he had had his fill of watching, his arms folded as he watched the older Slytherin still sleeping. The dark haired sixth year moaned and cracked his eyes open. The dormitory was full of sleeping sixth years, some of them moving around in their sleep or talking quietly, Reg was the only fully awake person in there, and Severus wondered for a moment whether he was dreaming or not.
"Come on Sev, wake up!" Regulus demanded, jumping on Snape's bed and ripping the covers of his lover. The temperature of the room hit Snape and he jumped upright, reaching for the covers. Reg sat on them to stop him from getting them and Snape glared at him.
"What could be so important that you felt you had to wake me up at half six in the morning?" Snape inquired, sitting up and raising his eyebrows. Reg looked around the room, glad the silencing charm he had cast was holding, and crawled onto Snape's lap, pulling the covers with him and covering them both with it.
"I saw something weird." He began, before Snape distracted him by wrapping his arms round his waist and leaning backwards against the headboard of his four poster.
"What?"
"First I need to tell you something first, it slipped my mind yesterday because of potions work," Reg started again, "During Herbology yesterday I came across a dangerous plant." Snape chuckled and Reg pinched his arm, "Shush, this is important." He snapped, "Anyway," He stated, continuing, "Professor Sprout said that a quarter of this plants leaves can knock a person out for several hours, and any more than that can kill them. I've been pondering how we're going to knock Sirius out recently and this just seemed so perfect. If we were blamed and we had used spells they could draw those spells from our wands, and prove that we are to blame, but if we use this plant, grounded up in a drink or something, they would never link it back to us. That was my thinking." Reg finished and tilted his head back to look up at Snape from where he sat.
"Sounds interesting, how do you propose to administer the plant to his drink?" He asked. Reg frowned.
"I haven't planned that bit yet Sev, one part at a time." He replied and Severus' smile widened.
"So what did you see that was weird?" He asked. Reg nodded and squirmed around a bit to get more comfortable.
"I was checking which greenhouse the plants were actually kept in so when it came down to stealing it, it would be easier and on my way back in I saw Madam Pomfrey helping a cut up Remus Lupin into the castle. He was wearing one of Sirius' robes under a load of blankets."
"Rough night?" Snape interrupted and Reg glared at him, "Sorry."
"To be honest I thought that at first as well, but he looked tired and ill, very ill. What's weirder is that Potter, Sirius and Pettigrew all appeared about five minutes after as well, and it seemed they were sneaking back in. If they had been out there with permission they wouldn't have had to be so careful, and Pettigrew lied to me when I asked what they were doing as well, I could tell because it really annoyed Sirius when he gave me an answer. Do you not think that's weird?" Regulus asked, relaxing against Snape's form now and closing his eyes. Snape pondered on what Regulus had told him. He remembered that he and Reg had snuck up to the Astronomy Tower last night to watch the sunset and the stars come alive, and there had been a full moon alive in the sky above them. Could it be possible that Remus Lupin was a werewolf? And the other three Marauders knew? Snape couldn't help but feel he was right, but there was an element missing, the three Marauders couldn't go near Remus as humans during a transformation, even if Remus had been drinking the newly invented Wolfsbane Potion. So how did they do it, if it were true?
"Sev!" Regulus cried and Snape broke out of his thoughts.
"What is it?" He inquired, startled.
"Are you okay?" Reg asked.
"Yeah...I was just thinking about how weird that is and...a possible solution for it." Snape said slowly, afraid to voice his opinion yet, until he had a little more proof. Regulus smiled and turned over, kneeling between Snape's legs and kissing him gently.
"Since we're awake and...we have a long time until classes start, how about we use it for something else?" Reg asked. Snape smirked and pulled Reg down into a deeper kiss, drawing the curtains around his four poster with a flick of his wrist.
Remus felt physically and mentally exhausted when he awoke in the darkness of the Hospital Wing. He had been sleeping on and off all day and sometimes he had seen Sirius and James and Peter standing by his side, but he wasn't sure if he had imagined it. The room was silent, but Madam Pomfrey soon realised that Remus was awake and was immediately bustling around him, checking his scratches and giving him a foul tasting tonic to help with his exhaustion.
"Knock knock." Came a voice from the door and both Remus and Madam Pomfrey turned to see Lily and Sirius stood there, a strange combination if ever there was one. Remus smiled.
"You really shouldn't be here, he needs rest." Madam Pomfrey clucked but Sirius was already striding across the room.
"Please Madam Pomfrey, he's been alone all day and now that he's awake he should be okay enough to see his friends?" He asked, using his natural ability to charm ladies to his advantage.
"Fine, but only for an hour, this boy needs rest." She gave in with a faint smile and Sirius bowed to her as she walked to her office.
"How are you Remus?" He asked immediately, sliding into a seat on the edge of Remus' bed and taking his lovers hand. Lily crossed the room as well, sitting in the empty chair beside Remus' bed and smiling at her friend.
"I feel...tired." Remus truthfully admitted. He knew there was no point trying to lie after the full moon, he had not had the chance to look in the mirror and was not sure if he looked tired or not.
"We brought you something." Lily smiled and they both pulled a full bar of Honeydukes chocolate from their pockets. Remus couldn't help but smile when he saw this and he thanked them both. Sirius opened his and broke a chunk off, holding it to Remus' mouth and smirking when the boy bit a large section of it off, his face lighting up when he felt it melting on his tongue.
"Sirius this is my favourite one." Remus exclaimed as soon as he was done.
"I know, that's why I bought it." Sirius laughed. Knowing he would fee fat if he ate the whole bar straight away Remus did not ask for more, but Lily offered him some of the bar she had brought instead and Remus couldn't deny he wanted to eat it, so he did. Sirius' smile when he saw Remus giving a genuine, if slightly tired smile, was wide and Remus noticed it, but he didn't know the real reason for his lover smiling. Silently Lily and Sirius fed Remus the equivalent of a whole bar of chocolate, leaving them with around a half left of each. They didn't mention that to Remus.
"How do you feel now?" Sirius asked.
"I feel a lot better." Remus admitted and smiled. Sirius returned it.
"Do you want me to ask Madam Pomfrey if she'll allow you to shower?" Sirius inquired and Remus considered it. He had been in bed all day, and he had also had a slight fever, so he was sweaty and did need a shower, but he felt weak. Then again, Sirius could always get in the shower with him, Madam Pomfrey didn't have to know.
"Okay." He replied. Sirius disappeared into Madam Pomfrey's office and Remus couldn't help but notice how he shut the door firmly behind him, whereas Madam Pomfrey usually left it ajar. Lily saw his concern.
"Do you really think that Sirius would do that with Madam Pomfrey?" She asked incredulously and Remus blushed when he realised Lily could tell what he was thinking.
"I...no, it's just that Sirius really could do whatever he wanted with anybody." Remus admitted and Lily smiled.
"He could, but he wouldn't. I've noticed the change in Sirius recently; he's so attached to you that if anybody even decided to start a rumour that he was cheating he would destroy them. Sirius wouldn't do anything to hurt you, not intentionally." She said happily and Remus blushed.
"I wouldn't hurt him either Lily." He said.
"I know you wouldn't." Lily replied quickly just as Sirius and Madam Pomfrey reappeared.
"How are you feeling Mr. Lupin? Up for a little walk?" She asked and Remus couldn't help but see the small blush on her cheeks. He nodded and Sirius smiled at him.
"I told you Madam Pomfrey, he'll be fine, I won't leave his side I promise." The black haired boy stated and Madam Pomfrey shot him a slightly disapproving look, which Sirius ignored.
"Alright then, you can go to the Prefects bathroom situated a floor below. Once he's clean I want him right back here so I can check him out and see if he is well enough to return to the dormitory." She agreed and bustled off back to her office.
"Come on them Remmy." Sirius cried and held his hands out to Remus. Remus threw the covers off his body and jumped into Sirius' arms, stumbling in his weak state, but Sirius had him securely when he did. Taking a gentle hold of his lover Sirius smiled at Lily and then helped Remus towards the door, the red haired girl in tow. She held the door open for them and then skipped off to the dormitory, calling to them that she'd see them both later. The corridors were near enough empty, everyone was in their respective dormitories and common rooms, and when Lily arrived that was where she found her friends, along with James Potter and Peter Pettigrew.
"Hey Lily," James called as soon as she entered. Biting back a curt, and slightly mean reply, Lily turned to him.
"How's Remus?" He asked. Lily smiled and saw the blush on James face, feeling satisfaction when she saw it.
"He's fine, Sirius has taken him for a shower." She replied.
"How did he get Pomfrey to agree to that?" James asked, extremely aware at the moment that he was having a conversation, kind of, with Lily and feeling his heart beat a little faster.
"It's Sirius, he can do anything." She stated and James nodded, the answer was rather obvious. Wondering if there was anything he could do to keep her talking to him.
"Do you want to sit down, James?" Lily asked. James jumped.
"Oh…yeah sure." He mumbled and followed Lily to two secluded arm chairs. They sank into them and James felt his face growing more steadily red as the minutes passed by.
"Remus told me about Snape and Regulus and the plan you overheard." Lily said after a moment.
"He did?" James was surprised.
"Yeah. It's so sick how he's planning to go as far as that to get revenge for something that, though may have been somewhat your fault, was his own downfall." Lily spat and James smirked.
"Yeah, and we think it was one of them that got Sirius as well." James admitted.
Lily nodded, "I know, Remus told me that as well. That little rat. I don't really like Sirius, but he's tolerable sometimes, and he is really protective of Remus, and Remus needs somebody like that. He didn't deserve to be attacked, no matter what he's done to Severus." She exclaimed and James smiled again.
"I'm worried encase they do something to Peter, or Remus. Sirius and I can defend ourselves, and I'm not saying those two can't," James said hurriedly when Lily looked at him sceptically, "But me and Sirius aren't afraid to use magic offensively, whereas Remus and Peter aren't as willing to break the rules." He amended what he said quickly and Lily had to admit that he had a point.
"I can walk around with Remus as much as possible, since we're both prefects. As for Peter, he's always with you and Sirius anyway, so he'll be protected." She pointed out after a moment of thinking. James smiled appreciatively.
"Thank you Lily," She sent him another one of her dazzling smiles and James felt his heart quicken near to exploding point and his cheeks reddened again.
"Hopefully they'll be coming back soon, you can talk to them about it then." She stated and James nodded. Getting up from her chair Lily signalled to her two closest friends and they disappeared up to the girls dormitory together, leaving James sat in the chair with his mind racing.
Sirius had decided once they had entered the Prefect's bathroom that Remus deserved a bath more than a shower and had gone crazy adding bubbles to the water. Remus had watched, amused, as Sirius transformed into Padfoot and chased the rugby ball sized ones around the room as they poured from one of the taps.
"Will you get in with me?" He asked when the bath was done and Sirius was sat on the edge, licking himself in a very Padfoot style way.
"Sure." Sirius replied, looking up at Remus with his arm still in his mouth. Remus giggled and removed it, replacing it with a quick kiss before turning his attention to Sirius' robes. Patiently waiting until Remus had divested him of most of his robed Sirius pulled Remus close and kissed him.
"Do you need some help with your robes Remus?" He inquired and Remus nodded. He wasn't entirely sure if he did need the help, but he wanted it anyway. Sirius did not undress him in a seductive way, like he normally did to tease Remus, but a gentle way. His movements were very careful and he made sure that when he pulled Remus' robes over his head they didn't catch on any part of him. When they finally both stood naked together they smiled and kissed again. Sirius ran an eye over Remus' body, the cuts and bruises he had from the night before shining against his pale skin. The boy did not look as bad as he normally did, which was a relief for Sirius.
"I'll get in first okay? Then help you in afterwards." He told Remus and the light haired boy nodded, waiting, shivering a little, as Sirius stepped into the bath, pushing the bubbles aside as he did so. There was a ledge about waist deep in the water which Sirius sat on and was pleased to find there was enough room for Remus to sit between his legs, resting on his chest. Reaching a hand out to his lover Sirius gently helped him into the water and Remus settled between Sirius' legs, letting the water wash over him and soothe his aching body.
"How did you charm Madam Pomfrey into letting me come here?" Remus inquired after a moment and Sirius blinked.
"Charm? I didn't." He replied. Remus turned slightly and looked up at his lover.
"So what did you do?"He asked.
"I just told her that you could do with a wash and said that you'd been feverish throughout the day, so probably didn't feel completely fresh. She looked a little suspicious, like she could tell I knew why you were so ill, but she didn't say anything, just agreed." Sirius explained but Remus felt there was a little bit that Sirius was withholding from him, but he didn't press, merely rested his head against Sirius' chest and lay there, completely relaxed. Sirius had never suggested this before but Remus decided that he rather enjoyed it and made a mental note to ask Madam Pomfrey if he could shower every day after the full moon, if it meant he could sit there and relax with Sirius.
The two Marauders were not the only two relaxing in a bath. In another Prefect bathroom that Regulus had stolen the password for and then charmed the door so it would only open from the inside, Regulus himself and Snape were relaxing, in near enough the same position as Remus and Sirius, except that the younger Black was the one sitting between Sev's legs. They had spent about half an hour in silence, but both of them were thinking hard.
"Say Sev," Regulus broke the silence and Severus titled his head down, leaning his chin on the top of Reg's head, waiting for his lover to speak. "It's nearly Christmas right? And we Remus and Sirius are staying here at Christmas right? Have you informed your parents you're staying yet?" Reg asked.
"No, I'll owl them closer to the time. They won't mind though. I'll keep a close watch on Sirius and Remus while you're gone, don't worry." Snape replied.
"I know you will." Reg smiled. Their plan was finalised. The week before the Christmas holidays, which were drawing ever nearer, they would send Sirius to the Hospital Wing and then charm Remus and James to do sexual things together when Sirius is heading back to the dormitory after his week there. Betrayed and humiliated Sirius would break off all contact with both Marauders, effectively breaking their bonds. To avoid suspicion Regulus would go home for the holidays as normal and Snape would stay, which was not abnormal and during that time he would keep an eye on Sirius and Remus and see how their relationship was deteriorating.
"Reg I was thinking about the plan." Snape began and Reg moved in the water, slipping from between Severus' legs so they were facing each other.
"What?"
"Well, instead of charming both Remus and James why don't we just charm one? Potter perhaps? That way he will be alienated but their bonds will still be broken? I want the most revenge on him." Snape said cautiously and Reg smiled widely.
"That's brilliant. Our last minute change may just serve to poison them more than ever. You're brilliant, Sev." Reg complimented and swam a little closer, kneeling between Severus' legs and kissing him. Snape smirked when Reg moved back.
"Of course." He whispered and the rest of the bath was lost in moaning and friction. Outside the window the first few drops of snow were beginning to fall on the grounds of Hogwarts.
So it's been a while since I updated, but there have heptic things going on recently, so I've not really had the chance to write the fic as much as I'd want to ^^ But here is the fourth chapter. Something big is going to happen in the fifth chapter, so please look forward to it.
