She distinctly heard Lily shout her name then a pair of arms catch her, opening her eyes through her goggles she saw Sirius, once he put her on the ground his friend James passed her a broom which happened to be hers, "You've got some serious skill and I would have done the same in your situation… drop rather than get hit I mean."
Sirius nodded, "You're lucky I happen to be a nice bloke and caught you."
She looked around and saw Lily running towards her then she saw Harrison and stalked towards him and he actually stepped back in what was that… fear, "Harrison." His name came out in a deadly whisper.
"I thought you don't play anymore?"
She laughed, "Doesn't mean I don't train myself for it."
Apollo looked at Harrison, "You missed."
James frowned, "He didn't miss one shot in fact he didn't make one shot."
Lily was now standing behind James and glaring at him, "Potter you really do pick your team mates to hurt people don't you."
James turned around, "Lily." Then the grin he got dropped when he registered her words "Huh?"
"Harrison and your Beaters where deliberately trying to hit…." Seeing Artemis tense up she quickly said, "Enigma." Seeing his confused look she pointed to Artemis who raised an eyebrow at the name but smiled for a brief second before it was gone.
James looked from Harrison to 'Enigma' then back to Harrison, "Who told you to become a beater during a game when you're a chaser."
"It was my decision I wanted to get the bitch back for something she did."
Artemis sniggered, "Couldn't you have just you know fought me instead of choosing the cowards option."
Sirius barked with laughter at her choice of words.
Harrison growled out, "You have no one to help you this time. OR do you have friends now because last time I looked you was a loner and you always will be."
Lily was going to say something but a look from Artemis stopped her, "Loner that's new oh wait a minute no it really isn't. Got anything better?"
"Freak."
She laughed, "Now that is old." Grinning a Cheshire grin she added, "You really don't have any imagination do you."
"How about you leave us Hogwarts students and go on your merry way."
Grinning Artemis said, "I am a Hogwarts student."
"Since when?" He looked livid at the idea of her going to Hogwarts.
"Today." Looking at Apollo she walks up to her and grabs her before she can react "Now today was low even for you."
Four wands ended up pointed at her and she sighed then Apollo smiled while saying, "Face it I have more friends than you."
"Face it I don't care." Laughing she added, "I have one and that's enough."
Apollo hit Artemis before she could react and Lily pointed her wand at Apollo, "Move one step and I will hex you."
Apollo turned to Lily as well as everyone else, "Lily you wouldn't break the no magic out of school rule."
"Test me." The look on Lily's face said everything. She would cast a hex on Apollo if she moved one step.
Remus came running up, "Everyone put the wands down."
Apollo turned to Remus smiling, "He's right she's lost anyway."
"I didn't mean it like that." Remus went past Apollo and helped Artemis up and winced seeing the busted lip then looking at her eyes he asked, "Do I know you?"
Artemis opened her eyes from under her goggles and cocked her head then grinned, "Well if it isn't the guy I bumped into six years ago."
Remus smiled then helped her walk to a bench while everyone behind them stood shocked, "Artemis wasn't it?"
Artemis nodded, "Yeah it is Remus."
"You remember my name."
Nodding again, "You remembered mine and you where the first person to be nice to me."
Smiling Remus took some water and washed her cut lip not noticing the conversation going on behind them.
Lily turned to Apollo when Remus walked Artemis to a bench and growled out, "How could you do this to your own sister? Not only bring someone she hates but also try and purposely hurt her."
"Sister?"
Sirius paled when Lily said that even more so when James repeated the word sister, "Artemis."
James turned to him, "How do you know her name?" Then he turned to Apollo, "Is that her name?" Turning to Lily he asked, "I thought you said she was called Enigma."
First Lily answered James seeing him so confused frustrated her to no end and she had no clue why, "She didn't want me to say her real name out loud."
Apollo shrugged "She's my sister and yes her name is Artemis."
"I was her friend at one point." Was Sirius's answer.
Lily whiled around to him "You was not a real friend to her. In fact you are the reason she stopped playing Quidditch and the reason she only trained herself for a thing she thought she was not going to do again. Until that is I finally convinced her that if she loves it that much she shouldn't stop because of a bloody git like you."
James looked at Lily in shock "You said git."
Lily turned on him next "Shut up Potter."
"As good as shut up." Sirius gave him a look "What I know when not to piss her off more."
Sirius shrugged "Stopping something she loves because of one friend is stupid if you ask me."
Lily was about to say something when they all heard her voice from behind Sirius "You were my only friend except for Remus here but I was so much in a rush back then I couldn't get his address so I could become his friend."
Sirius turned around to find her hair back to its natural brown and her goggles off and he found him self staring finally noticing that Artemis had 'grown' "What happened to you?"
She raised an eyebrow and she saw Sirius slap himself on the head obviously not meaning to ask the question out loud "I grew up." Smiling at Lily when she came to stand next to her she looked back at Sirius "Next time just let me fall."
"Sorry can't do, wouldn't be the manly thing to do."
Smiling she didn't realise how hot she looked at that moment and boy did she look good to Sirius "Manly things like a girl sticking up for you and breaking someone's nose who hurt you then telling said girl you never wanted to be on a team with her again or for her help again."
James looked at Sirius "You said that after she helped you?"
"Yes I did and I tried saying sorry I bloody sent her a letter every day." Turning around to her he asked "Did you even read one of them?"
Artemis shrugged "I read them all." She actually still had the original letter and it made her laugh and cry at the same time so she had stopped reading it years ago.
"Then why didn't you bloody write back."
Harrison decided to add something to the conversation "She's a freak what do you expect?"
Sirius turned to Harrison "Shut up." He slowly turned back to Artemis while asking again "Why didn't you write back?"
"I didn't see the point and I never wanted to feel the pain of losing a friendship again."
Harrison laughed "He was your only friend. I mean Lily there now is your only friend but she'll leave you eventually too. When she realises how much a loser you really are."
Lily punched Harrison "I will never leave her and she is not a loser."
Remus stood next to Artemis much closer now "Lily isn't her only friend. I'm her friend too."
Harrison laughed getting up from where he landed "So she has two friends a half blood and a mudblood."
Everyone was about to do something to him when all of a sudden Artemis punched him in the nose breaking it "Call her that again and I swear I will hex you." Looking at his odd shaped nose "I would get that looked at its broken and it won't stop bleeding until you get it mended."
Sirius shook his head "Well that was a de ja vu moment for me except instead of sticking up for me you stuck up for Lily."
Artemis turned to Sirius "I would still do everything I did that day the same way if I had the chance to go back."
"Why?" Sirius wished he could go back many times and now she was saying she wouldn't change anything. Didn't she like him at all? Talk about hurting a man's pride, saying that she definitely hurt his pride.
"I wouldn't be who I am today." She had unknowingly fallen for Sirius when she first met him and laughed at Beaubaxtons upon seeing a couple eating ice cream together and the boyfriend licking ice cream off the girl's nose, that was during her second year when she avoided guys like the plague.
Sirius nodded his pride not so much damaged anymore "Why don't we go to yours and all talk."
Artemis nodded then the Marauders and Lily followed her home but before they could leave Artemis turned to Apollo and saw her helping Harrison "You have got to be kidding me."
Apollo glared at Artemis and helped Harrison up "Artemis I would like to introduce you to my boyfriend Harrison Vendez."
Artemis and everyone around her froze "Boyfriend?"
Apollo nodded "You know the thing you've never had."
Artemis eyes darkened "I had a life to live."
"No the real reason is no guys paid attention to you." Apollo froze when she heard Artemis start laughing "What?"
Artemis clutched her legs laughing her head off "A… lot of … guys asked… me … out." Calming down she finished her sentence this time without any pauses for laughter "But I said no to each and every one of them although Pierre nearly convinced me to go on a date with him. I made the flower he held bite him… it was really funny."
"Pierre?"
Artemis nodded "Yes Pierre. I have dozens of letters from guys asking me out. I just decided to keep them to have a laugh at the letters and the sorry excuse for the guys who wrote them."
"So have any proof on you now?" Apollo was seething with anger at the idea of Artemis having admirers.
Artemis took a chain from around her wrist which held many charms some muggle charms but most magical ones she pressed the microphone one whispering 'speak to me' and a very masculine French voice was heard "Artemis I know you don't want to date me or any other lad for that matter but please be my friend. Pierre."
Sirius didn't want to admit hearing that made him jealous but he wasn't the only one who got a tad bit jealous. Remus looked at the charms on Artemis' charm bracelet and asked if he could have a look, she smiled and passed it him.
Apollo growled her anger growing "How is it guys bought you presents even though you would not date them."
Artemis took a very provocative pose that had Sirius and Remus watching her every movement, she fluttered her eye lashes while winking at Harrison who actually smiled at her charmingly, "I may not have dated but guys adored me well a lot did but then a lot didn't because I had my own mind and did things for myself." Artemis went to Apollo "Even Harrison is concentrating more on me than you."
Apollo looked at him and sure enough he was practically undressing Artemis with his eyes, "Harrison!"
He blinked then looked at Apollo, "Artemis has a point, and she got the looks in your family… and the talent."
Artemis turned then and left the couple to argue, she gestured for the Marauders to mount their brooms, James nicely offered for Lily to get on his broom and she shocked everyone by accepting, "I'm only doing this because you asked nicely."
Peter got on the back of Sirius leaving Remus on the ground.
Artemis smiled at Remus, "Get on Remus."
Remus got on carefully and when he wouldn't get a proper hold of the broom, Artemis grabbed his arms and wrapped them around her waist, Remus turned a very dark shade of red.
On the way to her house she had to admit it felt nice having Remus' arms around her, she leaned back ever so slightly but he noticed and he had to admit he loved the smell of her. She smelt of Lavender and honey. He smiled at her when she glanced back at him and the smile that lit up her face nearly made his heart stop.
