Potterverse is not mine. Before I give my many thanks while having a cat attack my face (OW! MY NOSE!) I just want to say that my classes started yesterday so sadly, updates might be slower. I'm not sure at the moment though. But I will keep writing and updating as much as I can. Now, thank you all for reading, favoriting, alerting and reviewing. It really means a lot. Now without further ado, here's the update. Enjoy!
Sirius Black liked rope. Cummings had come to this conclusion whilst sitting in a rowboat with her mentor bound and gagged while he rowed them out into the middle of a very deep lake. Cummings wasn't stupid but she also wasn't the most brilliant witch of her age, but what she did know what that this wasn't going to end well. Sirius was humming the latest smash hit from the newest wizard rock band that he heard on the radio as he calmly rowed. Cummings was glaring at him – something that Sirius was ignoring.
When they reached the middle of the lake Sirius put the oars down and grinned at his newbie. Her eyebrows pulled together and she frowned. Standing up carefully Sirius clapped his hands together and gave them a little rub. "Ready to trust me?" Cummings replied but it came out muffled and angry sounding. Sirius ignored it. He was getting quite good at that. With a swish and flick of his wand Sirius had Cummings levitating above the boat and directed her over the water. "See you soon!" He smiled before ending the spell and letting her fall into the water.
Sirius pulled out an apple and his pocket watch as he sat back down in the boat getting comfortable. Looking at the time Sirius calmly bit into his apple and started chewing, passing the time leisurely before he had to jump into the lake to rescue the fair maiden drowning in the abyss. Cummings, of course, wasn't going to possibly die without a fight, though after losing much of her oxygen from trying to scream at Sirius underwater – which obviously wasn't a smart idea – struggled tiredly against the bindings. Her head started to pound and she really wanted some air but there was none to be had as she continued to sink further down into the depths of the lake. Before she entirely lost consciousness though, Cummings swore that she saw the Loch Ness Monster. …or it could've been a genetically mutated fish.
"Three, two, one…" Sirius counted down before diving quite gracefully into the water. And it only took him a minute and a half to find Cummings. Breaching the surface Sirius pulled in a deep breath and smiled, pulling the fabric from around Cummings' mouth. "See I told you I'd save…" Sirius trailed off as he noticed she was unconscious and not necessarily breathing. "Cummings?" He asked trying to stay afloat and smacking her cheek lightly to wake her up. "Cummings? This isn't funny." He told her and smacked her face with more force, she didn't move.
"Cummings? Bloody hell." This was definitely not good. Trying as best as he could, Sirius lifted Cummings up into the boat and only dropping her once which resulted in him diving under the water once more to grab her. Sirius climbed into the boat after his unconscious newbie was safely aboard only to promptly freak out a little as he tried to remember how to save someone who had drowned. "Uh, right…what's that Muggle thing Lily tried to teach us that one summer? Hands on chest…" Sirius muttered to himself as he went to grab Cummings' chest, his hands paused just before he copped a feel. "…not like that…" Sirius switched his hand position to a lifesaving one and started pushing on her chest to get her to breath. It wasn't working. And that's when Sirius remembered something, a very important something.
"Wait, what am I thinking? I'm a wizard! Rennervate." He pointed his wand at Cummings.
Immediately she woke up coughing, expelling the water from her lungs. Sirius was smiling proudly. Cummings on the other hand wasn't so smiley. She glared up at Sirius. "I hate you Captain."
"But I saved you!"
"This isn't fun anymore." She grumbled sitting up and leaning against the side of the boat.
"Training isn't supposed to be fun." He pointed out. Something all the other newbies already knew because they didn't have Sirius Black as their mentor. "Do you trust me?"
Cummings stared incredulously at the wet and incredibly fit ex-Gryffindor and answered, "No, for some reason it goes against everything I know to trust someone who keeps trying to KILL ME!"
Sirius sighed. "We'll just have to keep doing this then." He told her slumping down next to his equally soaked companion.
"Please Captain, don't." Cummings half-heartedly begged.
"You need to learn to trust me with your life Cummings." Sirius told her with a pat on her leg before they both just sat there for a while longer, tired and soaking wet.
