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Chapter Thirteen

The morning of the first quidditch match, which just as it would have been in her time was Gryffindor against Slytherin, came all too soon after the Hogsmeade visit. Her room was blissfully peaceful as Artemisia curled up in her covers. She wasn't all that big a quidditch fan. In fact, she usually used them as a chance to be lazy. In fact, Artemisia had attended the most quidditch matches of her school years the year before while dating Roger. The door to the room swung open and Artemisia peeked out of the covers to see Lily. She looked rather flushed as she looked about the room.

"Fifi, get up!"

"No, I'm sleeping." She told the redhead as she continued to watch the girl dart about the room. "Looking for something?"

"Here, put this on." Lily tossed clothing onto the bed. Artemisia's mind was far to hazy for her to confirm more than that fact. "C'mon, we're late."

"Late for what?" She sat up and picked up the clothing. Seeing that Lily wasn't going to give up until she was out of bed and dressed, Artemisia did exactly that. "Lily, what are we late for?"

"The match." She announces as the blonde followed her out of the dorm and into the common room.

"Oh, that." Artemisia said falling onto the closest pieces of furniture, one of the couches.

"Yes, that." She stopped and stared. "Fifi, you're dating one of the beaters."

"Buggery!" She exclaimed jumping up from the couch. "Do I really have to go?" Artemisia had been officially named Sirius's girlfriend since the Hogsmaade visit, same as the other official couple of Gryffidor, James and Lily. It amused her that there was so many people interested in what she did now. Whatever actions she took, words she spoke, and clothing she wore was now up for dissection by the female population of Hogwarts. It made her wonder if this pressure was what Cho Chang felt every day.

Lily looked at the girl in surprise. "Of course, everyone goes to the matches especially girlfriends and boyfriends of the players.

"All right, all right. Let's go." She sighed as she followed her friend out to the pitch. She didn't understand the big deal about quidditch. Everyone cheered as idiots flew around the sky on brooms. Maybe if someone had ever taken the time to explain the concept of the game to her it would have made more sense but at the moment it made no sense what so ever.

Halfway through the match, Peter saw that Artemisia was paying more attention to the book that she had grabbed on the way out of her room then to the match. He alerted Remus and Lily to it. Lily confiscated the book and told her that she could have it back after the match.

Okay, why do I have to sit here and be bored out of my skull?" They looked at her in surprise. "I have no idea what is going on and can't say that I want to know."

"It's quidditch." Peter replied, ever so helpfully.

Artemisia glared at him. "That's wonderful, Peter." She rolled her eyes. "And that's the sky." Remus and Lily laughed at this as Peter turned red. She felt bad about that. Peter was just trying to be helpful. "I'm sorry, Pete, but I really know absolutely nothing about quiddtch. Other than it's a sport played on brooms." This was too much for Lily and Remus, who were still falling over with laughter when the snitch was caught and Gryffindor won. She walked with sulking Peter and the pair that were still doing their imitation of hyenas to the pitch.

"What's so funny?" Sirius asked as he wrapped an arm around her waist.

"I couldn't say for certain. Artemisia shook her head as she looked at the pair of them. Remus had a large grin on his face. Lily was down to a random giggle here and there.

"You couldn't have been telling the truth." Lily finally announced.

"Oh, that's what you thought was so amusing." She returned. "I'm glad you find it funny I was being entirely serious." She paused for she can finally see how amusing it was that she didn't know a single thing about quidditch. "There's more to it." Lily and Remus looked at her, waiting to hear what had her smiling widely at them. She let out a little giggle. "My old school had houses, some what like here. I dated the captain of my house's quidditch team." The three burst into uncontrollable laughter. If Sirius didn't have his arms around her, Artemisia would have fallen to the ground in her amusement.

"Okay, we don't get the joke." James shook his head at the three of them. "What so funny about that?"

Remus wiped tears from his eyes as he grinned at the boys. "Fifi told us that she knows, and I'm quoting this, absolutely nothing about quidditch. Other than it's a sport played on brooms." This sent James and Sirius into laughter with the rest of the group. Artemisia glanced up to see that Peter still looked aggravated with her for snapping at him.

When everyone was back in the common room, except Remus, who had gone off to meet with some Ravenclaw girl, Artemisia sat on the couch by the fire snuggling with Sirius. She talked to Lily until the redhead started to yawn before disappearing upstairs. James excused himself soon after and Peter went off sulkily because he couldn't talk the boys into making trouble. The room fell quiet and Artemisia was content to simply sit with Sirius.

"I'll teach you about quidditch, if you want me to." He told her. She gave him a smile and nodded before laying her head on his shoulder.

The winter holiday approached and to her dismay Artemisia learned that everyone was planning to go home. She was going to be the only one in the tower. With this thought in mind, she entered the common room a week before the break.

"Oi, Fifi!" Shawny motioned her over to the table she was sitting at with Lily and Sunny while Remus helped them with their homework.

"Hello, everyone." She smiled as she sat down. She couldn't help but notice the glares that Sunny was sending towards her. According to Lily, Sunny had been trying to land Sirius as her boyfriend for the last two years. She hadn't taken to losing gracefully.

"Have you finished the questionnaire for DADA, yet?" Remus asked, motioning to the papers before the four of them.

"I did it yesterday."

"It was just assigned yesterday." Sunny mocked the girl, not that it bothered Artemisia. Everyone in the tower teased her about her homework techniques, but it was simply six years of Ravenclaw shining forth.

"So, it was. It was simple, barely took me anytime."

"What dark creature did you choose for number seven?" Lily asked in hopes of avoiding another confrontation between the two blondes.

"Which question it that?" She asked trying to remember.

Remus shifted before answering. "What creature would you least like to have a run in with?"

"Oh, that one," she replied. "I don't think that there is a question to that one, but you tell me first."

"Vampire." Lily announced.

"Oh, that's a good one." Shawny grinned. "I picked a banshee."

"Werewolf." Sunny announced.

Artemisia noticed out of the corner of her eye that Remus was looking very uncomfortable. Sirius, James, and Peter, who were nearby, all opened their mouths but she beat them to the punch.

"Why would you not want to run into a werewolf?" She asked, hoping that she looked puzzled enough. She knew it worked when Sunny launched into a speech about them. Not much truth to the speech but a speech none the less. Artemisia waited for Sunny to finish and then laughed. "Oh, Sunny, that's priceless." Everyone looked at her in surprise. She saw Remus was smiling and lied a bit so that he wouldn't figure it out when he taught her. "I've met a werewolf or two back at Hexwood, except that they got mighty cranky once a month, they were normal people." She shook her head as Sunny.

"Please." She rolled her big blue eyes. "They go around bitting people and infecting them with their disease.

"It's not anyone's fault that they are a werewolf. In most cases, the person is but a child, when they are bitten. Then it's a painful process to turn into a werewolf once a month." She found herself standing up as anger rushed through her. She'd never been this mad even when her father had been pushing her to join the Death Eaters and marry Marcus Flint. Sunny's lack of intelligence floored her. "No one asked to be a werewolf. Of course, werewolves bite during a full moon. The pain of transformation is unbearable and most during that time loose themselves in it. One day, there might be a way to at least give them their minds, but even that will be a far cry from a cure." Without another word, Artemisia stormed out of the common room. She took herself out to the lake in hopes of walking off some of the anger that was still rushing through her. It was because of small-minded people like Sunny and Snape that she had lost the best DADA teacher in her years at Hogwarts. Artemisia absently kicked a stone out of her way as she ranted in her head about the injustices in the world. A hand tapped her on the shoulder and she turned to find the four boys. Remus smiled widely at her just as the rest of them were.

"You know." He said with a kind of wander in his voice. She realised that he expected everyone who found out to run from him. The other three of his group were different because they accepted him for whom he was, even though they knew. Artemisia nodded. "Why didn't you say anything?"

She frowned for a moment as she thought of a way to explain her reasoning to him. "Because, it's your secret. If you wanted anyone to know you would tell them."

His smile grew. "When did you figure if out?"

"When you disappeared in November."

Sirius pulled her into a hug. "Not once did you treat him differently."

"Why should I" Just because he gets cranky once a month, doesn't make him someone else, I mean I don't think there's a female alive that doesn't get cranky every month." The four of them laughed at her horrible joke.

"So, you're really not afraid of me?" Remus asked.

Artemisia looked at him for a moment. "Not in the least." She moved forwards and kissed him on the cheek. "You're still the same guy to me."

Sirius pulled her back into his arms. "Hey, don't forget who your boyfriend is?"

"I don't think you'd let me."

When the sign up sheet for those who were going to be staying for the holiday was put out, Artemisia went forwards to sign it, only to have Lily take the quill right out of her hand. "I've talked to my parents." She announced pulling the girl away from the bulletin board. "You're going home with me."

"Really." The blonde smiled widely as the two girls started towards the potions classroom.

"Hey, I thought you'd want to come home with me." Sirius smiled rakishly at her.

"I'm sure that your parents would be thrilled to have you bring your girlfriend home for the holidays." She laughed.

"I don't live with my parents." His dark eyes lit up with mischief. "I have my own apartment."

"I'm not about to go home with you, so you can take advantage of me." She teased him.

"Well, there goes my plans for the holiday."

During the class, Artemisia took a seat next to Remus who had partnered her since the first class, while Sirius continued in trying to talk her into going home with him instead of Lily. This led to Slughorn glaring at the two when his lecture that was closer to speech about who he knew had been interrupted by Sirius. It didn't help that the teacher didn't seem to care all that much for Sirius in the first place.

"Miss Wyndham, this is not a social hour." He boomed. "Please gather your things and trade places with Miss Paddington." She stood up and shot a look towards Sirius before she took a seat next to Snape. "This shall be your spot for the rest of the year, Miss Wyndham."

"Very well, Professor." Artemisia replied. Slughorn wasn't half as scary as the man by her side would one day be. She must have sounded too cheerful.

"And ten points a piece from Gryffindor from you and Mr. Black for interrupting my class." She rolled her eyes and began to take notes for the potion Slughorn was introducing to the class.

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