Spiderman
Everyone surrounded Dee's bed as she lay there without a movement.
"Oh my Godric!" Charlie exclaimed "Look at her eyes"
Everyone did and gasped when they saw. Her eyes were a deep shade of purple.
"Madame Pomfrey!" Sirius roared. Madame Pomfrey came running into the ward. She struggled but got through the crowd of students surrounding the bed. Dee was lying as still as a rock but her mouth moved like she was trying to say something but nothing was coming out.
"Okay everyone out" She ordered. Nobody objected except Sirius.
"I'm not going to leave her!" He shouted. James grabbed Sirius's arm.
"Just let Madame Pomfrey do what she does best and you can come straight back in" James said dragging Sirius out of the hospital wing. Sirius stood outside pacing back and forth on front of the door, stopping occasionally stopping to listen to what was happening. Rebecca was sitting on the floor rubbing her temples. Remus wanted to comfort her but wasn't sure what terms they were on. Charlie, Lily and Peter were talking in a group about Dee and hoping she would be okay. James suddenly froze.
"Sarah" He said panic in his voice "Where's Sarah?"
"I don't know" Rebecca said lifting her head to look at him "She went to the Headmaster and hasn't come back"
"I'm going to look for her" He said running down the corridors.
"I'm coming!" Remus said, running after James. Everyone was silent for a while except for the sound of Sirius's feet pacing. The doors of the Hospital Wing opened and Madame Pomfrey walked into the corridor and shut the doors behind her. Everyone gathered around her.
"Desirae is up and healthy but, how can I put this nicely, she's not right in head" She smiled at us.
"What does that mean exactly?" Rebecca asked looking better already.
"We had to give her a lot of potions to ease the pain and they haven't wore off yet so she's gone a bit..."
"Mental" Charlie said finishing her sentence.
"Can we see her now?" Sirius said stubbornly.
"Of course but may I ask for only two at a time because she might get a fright if there's too many" She said and went back inside with Sirius trailing after.
"Can I go please? Just to see if she's okay" Rebecca pleaded. Everyone agreed to let her go in and they followed after Remus and James. Inside the Hospital Wing, Rebecca and Sirius sat on either side of Dee's bed as she sipped her pumpkin juice. Her deep purple eyes were quite frightening but Sirius didn't care, he was just happy she was awake and healthy. He couldn't help but keep smiling.
Rebecca was the same she was just glad Dee wouldn't be asleep forever and she couldn't help but be a little more relaxed than before. She was happy her friend was back.
"Hello" Dee said brightly to them twirling her hair in her fingers.
"Hi Dezzy" Sirius said calm smiling at Dee. Dee's eyes widened at the sight of Sirius. She turned to Rebecca.
"He doesn't know my secret does he?" She asked. Rebecca looked at her confused.
"What secret, Dee?" Rebecca asked curiously.
"I'm Spiderman, shush" She giggled taking a sip of her juice. This made Rebecca chuckle.
"No he doesn't know" She said when the door flung open and Lily came in.
"Sarah…mum dead…astronomy tower…jump" She panted. A rush of panic spread through Sirius and Rebecca. Dee was still chuckling about her secret. Rebecca shot up from her chair and ran out of the Hospital Wing. Sirius was going to follow after her but Dee had already done that, she was running out after Rebecca pretending to shoot spider webs out of her hands. Lily stood there staring at her an eyebrow raised. Sirius decided to go after them. He called Dee's name but she only laughed at his attempt to try and catch her. He stood outside with the others. They were all looking up at the Astronomy tower where Sarah stood. She had obviously been crying her eyes were red and blotchy. Her fiery red hair blew behind her as she took another step forward. Dee ran forward grabbing onto the Astronomy tower trying to climb but every now and again her foot would slip. Sirius ran and lifted her down, she kicked and screamed.
"HELP!" She screamed "I'm being raped"
Nobody took any notice of her. James was in tears pleading for her to stop and think and to just come down but she just shook her head and cried.
"Sarah Black, get down here now!" Rebecca screamed up holding back her tears. "What will this solve? I know what you're going through. When my Mam died I felt like throwing myself off a tower too" She looked to James for support.
"You have too much to lose Sarah-Boo" He said "Think of Sirius, of your friends, of me"
"Sarah, please my life won't be the same without you. Remember the rings, Together Forever until the end of time no matter what we're partners in crime" Rebecca said as the tears started to roll down her cheeks "Please come down, you have so much ahead of you and we can help you get over this, Sarah, I promise"
Sarah nodded and slowly backed away from the edge of the Astronomy Tower. Everyone sighed a sigh of relief and James darted across to the steps of the tower where Sarah was slowly descending. At the bottom of the stairs she reached out for James, as if for support, he grabbed hold of her in tight embrace whispering in her ear. They walked over to the group of people who had been trying to convince her to get down. Rebecca gave her a hug telling her never to pull a stunt like that again.
"I knew you wouldn't leave me here with this lot" Rebecca said as they made their way back to the Hospital Wing. Dee had escaped and Madame Pomfrey would be worried "Like I would have to live with Charlie and Spiderman"
Dee started shouting at her. "YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO TELL!"
"Sorry Dee, I'll give her a potion tonight to make her forget" Rebecca said. Dee giggled and skipped ahead towards the Hospital Wing. When they reached the Hospital, Rebecca and James had decided to bring Sarah back to the common room and Lily had just disappeared. The five left had been scolded for letting Dee out of the Wing but was happy to have her back. It turned out Dee would be able to leave the Hospital Wing later on the day but she has to be kept a close eye on until the potions wear off.
Sarah, Rebecca and James were walking through the common room. Sarah hadn't said a word since she had gotten down from the tower. James was constantly trying to start a conversation with her but she just shook or nodded her head. She reached the stairway to the girls' dormitory, where Rebecca had already gone up leaving Sarah and James alone. Sarah turned to head up the stairs.
"Who's that Pokemon?" James said smiling, hoping this would cheer her up. Sarah was now annoyed with James for talking too much when all she wanted was peace and quiet.
"IT'S SARAH!" She screamed running up to the dorms. James didn't quite understand this but took it as a sign of her not planning on going silent for a while. Peter, Remus and Charlie then entered the common room. They sat down on front of the fire and James decided to join them.
"Did you hear Damian is having a New Year Party in Ravenclaw Tower?" Peter said. Charlie's eyes started to well up and soon she ran straight up to her dormitory. James hit Peter across the head with a pillow.
"Well done, Wormtail!" He said. Lily came down from the dormitory looking very confused.
"Okay so I'm now aware that I share a room with two crying girls, a girl high on potions and an overly happy girl trying to calm them down" She said sitting herself down beside Remus and started reading her book.
"I feel bad for Charlie" Peter said.
"Why?" A deep male voice asked. Peter turned to see a tall man with dark brown hair a broad wide shoulders. Fabian, Charlie's brother.
"Eh…eh…well…um" Peter stuttered clearly intimidated by Fabian but James answered him.
"Damian and her had fight over something" James informed him. Fabian stormed out of the common room as mad as a bull clearly in the search of Damian.
"Now, I feel sorry for Damian" Peter said. Remus snickered. They looked at him.
"For what he did to Charlie he deserves what comes to him" Remus said. Lily was oblivious to everything that was happening.
"Moony put yourself in his shoes" James said "What if you made Rebecca cry, she tells Nathan, you're, what the muggles say, road kill"
"I suppose" He said a bit unsure "But I would never make her cry"
"You never know when it comes close to the full moon you can say stuff that makes Sirius cry, and that's hard"
"But—."
"I'm Spiderman!" Dee screamed as she and Sirius entered the common room "Pew Pew Pew" She said pretending to fire more webs from her fingers. She went behind Lily and started messing with her hair.
"Lily?" She said sweetly.
"Yes"
"Can I have a lollipop?"
"I don't have one" She said.
"You make me sick" She said running up to her dormitory. Lily looked at Sirius who was in bits laughing. Lily then left the common room to go to the library leaving the Marauders alone - Never a good thing.
"James?" Sirius asked in a posh voice.
"Yes, Sirius" He said smirking.
"I'm in the mood for some pranking, what about you?"
"I would love to, let us go and plan" James said standing up and making his way to their dormitory. Remus sighed heavily and he and Peter followed them up to the dorm.
The next morning, the Marauders and the girls sat at breakfast. Dee was examining a piece of toast and occasionally pretending no one could see her by hiding her eyes behind it. Sarah was moving her spoon around her plate obviously not wanting to be there. Rebecca and Sirius were trying to stop Dee from messing and to just eat but they ended up getting hit with the toast.
Charlie was laughing at Dee and saying how she liked her this way. Remus was chatting to James and Peter and about the party that was tomorrow night. Then, the Ravenclaw table filled with laughter. The group turned around to look and saw Damian Wood sitting down at the Ravenclaw table, beside Xenophilius and Bernice, his eye was slightly bruised and his face covered in boils. The Marauders laughed out loud at the sight of him.
Charlie looked completely surprised at Damian's appearance and was completely puzzled on what had happened. She looked around the Gryffindor table for a guilty face but instead Fabian winked at her before he got up to leave with Nathan. Charlie raced after him out the great hall doors.
"What did you do to Damian?" Charlie demanded finally catching up with Fabian. He turned and looked down at her.
"What he deserved" Fabian said "Nobody make my little sister cry"
"Well, as I do appreciate you being all big brother protective, you can't just go around giving people boils and black eyes!" She said "No more or I tell Mum"
"Fine but I could've given him twenty four hour one but I decided not to put him in so much humiliation and only gave him twelve hour one" He said. Charlie gave him one of Rebecca's famous Devil-Glares. "Okay, no more" He said and he and Nathan went off talking. Dee came out of Great Hall screaming and giggling at the exact same time.
"I took your shoe!" She giggled running off screaming waving a shoe in the air. Sirius came running out after her with only one shoe on.
"Get back here you little rascal" He said playfully running after her. Sarah came out holding James's hand but her eyes filled with sorrow and grief. She was not herself and you could tell she wouldn't be for a while. Peter and Remus came out after them but headed out for the grounds after waving at Charlie. Charlie then decided to follow the others up to the common room as Rebecca was clearly not coming out yet.
Rebecca walked down the grounds until she stood on front of the beech tree staring down at Remus and Peter. Remus stood up leaving Peter sitting against the tree staring at them. The snow was starting to thaw and Peter and Remus were well wrapped up unlike Rebecca.
"I'm sorry" Rebecca said taking a bar of chocolate and handed it to him. He smiled down at her.
"It was the night of the full moon I shouldn't of snapped" He said taking the chocolate.
"You wouldn't of had to if I just pulled myself together and stopped blaming myself and took a moment to realise there was nothing I cou-."
Remus kissed her lightly on the lips making her be quiet. The stopped when Peter started making pretend gag noises. Remus sat down and Rebecca sat on his knee.
"Looking forward to the Party?" Peter asked the two.
"I am now" Remus said laughing slightly. He looked at Rebecca who was frowning but realised she was being watched and smiled and nodded.
"You're ginger" Dee said fiddling with Sarah's hair that was asleep on the couch as she didn't get any the night before.
"Dee, leave Sarah alone" James said.
"But it's like carrots" She giggled.
"Dee, leave her alone" James said getting angry which frightened Dee and she left Sarah alone to go climb on the back of Charlie's chair. Sirius couldn't help but keep smiling. Everyone thought his jaw muscles must be really sore by now. Rebecca and Peter entered the common room.
As soon as Peter entered the room Sirius nodded and himself, James and Peter started to head to the boys Dormitory. Sirius kissed Dee's cheek making her giggle and blush. James stroked Sarah's hair and Peter stood watching them with a bit of jealousy in his eyes and they made their way up to their dorm.
Rebecca was pacing back and forth and biting her nails paying no attention to anyone. Charlie had moved to sit on the ground beside Sarah's couch. Dee's eyes were following Rebecca moving back and forth. Sarah woke up but stayed lying down on the couch watching the girls.
"Okay!" Charlie shouted "What's with the pacing?"
"I'm freaking out!" Rebecca said her voice panicked.
"What happened?" Sarah yawned.
"Remus!" Rebecca said "He wants me to go to the party tomorrow and I never go because of the mistletoe and the na—." She stopped and yelped in pain. Dee had just slapped her across the face. Sarah was choking on her laughter but Charlie was a lot more concerned and mature.
"What was that for?" Rebecca asked, her hand pressed against her cheek.
"You wouldn't shut up" She said innocently.
"Ow it stings" Rebecca moaned. She sat down on a chair by the fire while Dee skipped around the common room.
"What do I do?" Rebecca asked.
"The only thing you can do" Charlie said.
"Get over your fear of Nargles" Sarah finished hoisting herself into a sitting position.
"I might not go" Charlie confessed "You know with Damian being there"
"If she's not going I'm not going!" Rebecca said looking at them, eyes wide.
"You are both going!" Sarah roared "I'm going to take my mind of my mum…passed away, Rebecca's going to get over this fear of hers and Charlie is going to get dolled up to make Damian know what he's missing out on" She smiled evilly.
"What about Dee?" Charlie asked.
"She's going to frighten every single damn person in that room" Sarah said smiling making everyone laugh.
The next evening the girls were in the Dormitory getting ready for the New Year's party. Dee was sitting on her bed in leggings, shorts, uggs and a t-shirt with a panda with a moustache. In her hair she wore hairband to brush the hair away from her face. Rebecca had laid all her shoes on her bed so she'd know if a pair went missing. Sarah was getting herself ready and Rebecca was getting Charlie all dolled up. She was ready in a waist high denim skirt, a plain white tee-shirt tucked into the skirt and a pair of white pumps and a blue ribbon in her hair.
Charlie came out of the bathroom looking like a Greek goddess. She was in a white dress the reached her knees but it had black flowers spread out along the bottom of the dress. She had a charm bracelet and a heart shaped necklace on as well. Her hair was curled and brought away from her face.
Sarah was finally ready. She had her hair lying loosely on her shoulders. She wore a yellow denim jacket, a top with Pikachu on it, jeans and yellow converse. She looked lovely as always. Before they left the room Rebecca but a blue beaded necklace on which at the end hung a butterbeer cork. Sarah raised her eyebrow as they linked arms and skipped down to the Ravenclaw common room behind Dee and Charlie. Sarah seemed to be back to herself but you could tell at night she would be terribly sad and maybe even cry. There was a Ravenclaw member at the common room hole to let you in. As soon as they entered everyone split up but Rebecca's muscles tensed she started fiddling with her necklace. Sarah tapped her shoulder and she jumped.
"C'mon we'll get a butterbeer"
Charlie wandered around the common room not knowing what to do.
"Lottie" A voice called. A voice she knew too well. She took a deep breath, smiled and turned around to face Damian. Damian smirked. "You look good"
"I know" She said. Damian chuckled.
"I think we should ta-." He started.
"CHARLIE!" Dee called. Charlie turned away from Damian and went to meet Dee over by the bowl of cherries with one in her hand. Sirius and Remus were standing beside her. She put one in Sirius's mouth and laughed as he pretended to choke. "Open your mouth" She ordered Charlie. Charlie obeyed and Dee but a cherry in Charlie's mouth. Charlie ate it and spat the stone from the middle out.
"Have you seen Rebecca?" Remus asked walking over to Charlie.
"No, why?" She asked. Remus dug into his pocket and took out a piece of mistletoe. Charlie squealed and knocked it out of his hand and hit him across the head.
"Have you gone mad?" She screamed at him. Remus looked utterly befuddled. "Rebecca has a fear of Nargle and they infest mistletoe. You would've scared the living daylights out of her!"
"Okay, sorry" He apologized
Sarah and Rebecca were over by the table with a bowl full of butterbeer. Sarah and Rebecca had just filled their cups. Sarah turned around and bumped into someone spilling her drink on him.
"SHIVERING!" He roared. Sarah took a tissue from the table and started to dab his t-shirt dry.
"I'm so sorry" Sarah kept repeating. Rebecca was laughing softly beside her.
"It's okay" He said stopping her from drying his t-shirt. Sarah looked up at him. He had fair hair it was very messy and these gorgeous bright blue eyes. "I'm Felix" He said.
"Sarah and this is Rebecca" Sarah said pointing to Rebecca who smiled and waved.
"Well, aren't you two beautiful" He said laughing filling another drink out and handing it to Sarah.
"She's my beauty" Remus said hugging Rebecca from behind making her jump with surprise. Sarah laughed at Rebecca's reaction.
"I told you not to do that" Rebecca said turning her head to look at him.
"I just couldn't help myself" He said kissing her cheek.
"C'mon we'll go find the others" Remus said taking her hand as she said goodbye to Felix and Sarah.
"They're just adorable" Felix said smiling at Sarah making her blush.
"They get annoying sometimes" Sarah admitted "But yeah I suppose"
"I see you like Pokémon" Felix said looking at her t-shirt.
"Yeah" She said taking a sip of her beer.
"I could be your Pikachu" Felix said leaning against the table smirking at her making her smile and blush uncontrollably.
Remus, Dee, Rebecca and Sirius stood in a little group as they watched best child-hood friend Charlie and James dance. Peter hadn't arrived yet. Dee was twirling uncontrollably in a circle every now and then stopping to steady herself. She had a piece of mistletoe in her hand which made Rebecca tense and nervous. Remus tried to get her to loosen up but it never worked.
"Sirius?" Dee asked.
"Yeah, Dezzy?"
"Can I have a biscuit?"
"No you had too many already" He said. Dee then suddenly grabbed the bowl of biscuits and dropped them over Sirius's head and walked away.
"I'd take biscuits over a slap any day" Rebecca told them. Peter then joined the group.
"The mistletoe is going around and guess who's bringing it? Me!" He said delighted and so was Sirius. They walked over to James and then walked to a specific corner.
"That doesn't look good" Charlie said joining them.
"I'm just staying away from Peter at all costs" Rebecca said drinking her beer. Remus grabbed her hand.
"No you're not. I'm kissing you under the mistletoe" He said dragging her off. She called for Charlie but Charlie just laughed. Dee came back over to her.
"Would you like to dance?" She asked holding her hand out to Charlie. Charlie looked at her and smiled.
"Of course I would" She laughed taking Dee's hand. The skipped into the middle of the room with the rest of the students and danced.
James had just spotted Sarah in the crowd laughing with a sexy boy that wasn't him and he has a flirty grin on his face while talking to Sarah who was laughing at almost everything he said.
"Who's with Sarah?" Sirius asked securing the rope.
"I don't know but after we're done I'll find out" James said anger burning in him. No one is going to take his Sarah away after him only getting her.
"Okay where's Peter?" Sirius asked.
"He's bringing Narcissa and Malfoy over to the pace we said" James informed. "Okay they're in place"
Sirius took the rope in his hands and pulled. Nothing had happened.
"What's wrong?" James asked concerned.
"The rope it stiff or something" He said. "Wait, I have it!" He said pulling the rope. They heard a girl scream and laughed hysterically. The walked over to the spot where Narcissa and Malfoy were supposed to stand but instead stood Remus and Rebecca with mistletoe in their hair and attached to their clothes. Rebecca was having a panic attack and Remus was trying to calm her down.
"We're so sorry it wasn't meant for you" Sirius apologized. "I wouldn't be that cruel to you"
James was laughing so hard his eyes started to water. Sirius thumped his arm to make him stop but when he did he just laughed again. Rebecca was shaking with fright as she and Remus started to take the mistletoe out of her hair. Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy were laughing at James and Sirius's mistake and Rebecca's meltdown. Rebecca's brother, Nathan came and led her away from the prying eyes. Remus followed after them shaking his head. Not many had noticed but a few had and were laughing. James made his way away from the crowd and over to Felix and Sarah.
"So meet me tomorrow?" The sexy boy said.
"Yeah" Sarah replied.
"Hey" James said kissing Sarah's cheek making Felix's eyebrow raise.
"I'm Felix" He said holding his hand out.
"Potter, James Potter. Your voice is weird" James said shaking his hand.
"I'm 100% Swedish" He said.
Sarah was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable the two of them hadn't taken they're eye off each but it wasn't a Lets-Be-Friends look it was a tense look.
"Felix would you like a drink?" Sarah asked breaking the tension.
"Sure, Angle" He said winking at her as she walked over to another bowl of butterbeer. "She is one cutie pie isn't she" James curled his fingers into fists.
"Yeah, one of a kind" James whispered. Sarah came back with a cup of butterbeer for Felix.
"C'mon we better find the others it's almost midnight" James said grabbing Sarah's hand and walking away from Felix. Sarah stopped him and turned to Felix.
"Would you like to join us?" She asked. James hated this idea but played along for the sake of Sarah.
"I would love to, Muffin" He said following after the pair.
Sirius stood a few meters away from Dee watching her play with mistletoe. He thought he looked gorgeous. Then he saw Regulas, his brother, pass by. Dee stopped him and put the mistletoe above their head and kissed Regulas passionately. Anger blazed in Sirius. His eyes bulging he pushed his way through the crowds and out the door of the Ravenclaw common room.
Dee skipped away from Regulas, who she thought was Sirius because of their similar features, and towards Rebecca, Remus and Charlie. Remus was sitting on a one-seater with Rebecca on his knee her head rested on his shoulder. Charlie was sitting on the love-seat sipping her butterbeer talking to Remus. Dee sat down beside Dee smiling.
"What happened to Rebecca?" She asked in her normal voice not the crazy one she had always had. Charlie looked into her eyes and smiled the purple was fading. She was becoming more and more like herself.
"Public humiliation with some Nargles" She informed her when James, Sarah and Felix joined them.
"Shut-up" Rebecca yawned, making Charlie laugh.
"Charlie, Dee, Remus" Sarah started "This is Felix"
They greeted him pleasantly as he did back.
"Where's Sirius?" Sarah asked. Everyone hadn't got a clue where he was and then the countdown began. The room was filled with people shouting. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1! Charlie and Dee sat there awkwardly watching the couples kiss. James had grabbed Sarah and kissed her, for what seemed like ages. Remus had kissed Rebecca's cheek making her smile and kiss him properly. When James and Sarah broke apart, Felix grabbed Sarah and gave her a light kiss on the lips, making everyone's eyes bulge with surprise. Felix, feeling embarrassed, turned to everyone.
"It's a Swedish thing"
Everyone just nodded who was to question his culture. James was staring at him with fury in his eyes.
"Sarah would you like to dance" Felix asked. Sarah nodded and took Sarah's hand and went out to the dance floor. They were dancing and laughing.
Felix was singing some made up song. "Shut-up and sleep with me I know you want to sleep with me" over and over again, making Sarah laugh and blush.
James then stormed out of the common room. Felix has some nerve doing that to his Sarah-Boo. All he had to do was get Felix out of the picture, but how?