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Chapter 7: Hey, One Question: What The Hell
Sirius' POV (Third Person)-
"Wait, wait, wait. You mean Blazen has a sense of humor?!"
"James, I have repeated this to you eight times already! Why can't you just get that through your head?!" Sirius cried.
Remus rolled his eyes. "Probably because there's nothing but air in there."
James gasped playfully. "I do too have a brain!"
Remus raised his eyebrows, unimpressed. "Prongs, if you actually have a brain, it would be the size of a peanut."
Sirius cackled, while Peter's chubby- although, they weren't as chubby as before- cheeks were spread into a grin.
James huffed. "Uh, rude much?"
Sirius smirked. "Whatever, mate." He turned to stare boredly at the Great Hall's starry ceiling.
Remus turned to Sirius. "So what is this about Blazen having a sense of humor?"
Sirius shook his head. "Yeah, mate, it was weird. I was at the platform and she ran into me. I don't think she realized who I was because all of a sudden, she screams, 'Holy... something; I can't remember... That was a painful fall! What'd this dude eat for breakfast? Concrete?' And then, she..." Sirius rambled on, telling them what all had happened. The Marauder's eyes got bigger with every sentence he uttered.
"Seriously?" Remus asked. "That's so weird!"
Peter crossed his arms. "I'll believe it when I see it. There is no way that that loser has a backbone." Yeah, like you have one, Sirius thought.
"Oh, you better believe it," James muttered darkly. Sirius raised his brows at him but didn't question his best friend. He knew it probably had something to do with the incident and he probably didn't want to talk about it.
"Oh, look! There she is!" Remus whisper-shouted.
The four pranksters whipped their heads towards where Remus was pointing and they narrowed their eyes. Audenzia Blazen walked into the Great Hall and sat down next to Regulus Black, the little brother of Sirius.
"Oh, of course, she sits next to him of all people," Sirius grumbled. Sirius wasn't a big fan of his brother. He was a total suck-up and never did anything to stop his parents from beating Sirius to the point of unconsciousness. A total Pureblood bigot. It was his dream to join the Death Eaters aka Voldemort's mindless followers.
The Marauders watched as Blazen looked up at Regulus and he turned around and shot her a quick, friendly grin. She gave a small smile back and turned to glare grouchily at her plate.
"Merlin, she looks like she wants to kill someone!" Peter exclaimed, not noticing James flinch.
Remus nodded. "Yeah, maybe she has a crush on Regulus or something?"
Sirius crinkled his nose. "Well, if she does has a crush on my brother, then she has horrible taste."
The boys watched curiously as she grumbled under her breath. Sirius could make out a few words that looked a lot like curses but he thought his eyes were just playing tricks on him. No way Blazen of all people cussed! He probably just misread her lips.
James' eyes shone with disgust as he watched Blazen shoot sad glances towards Regulus every couple of seconds. He snorted. "Looks like you're right, Moony. She definitely has a crush on Regulus." A/N- No, you walnut, it's just because she wants an actual friend.
Sirius felt a wave of anger pass over him. He didn't know why. Perhaps because Regulus didn't deserve anyone to like him like that. Or maybe it was because he just remembered that Blazen had basically called him fat at the train station. It was probably both.
Peter's eyes widened and tapped Sirius on the shoulder and whispered to him frantically. "She's looking at us!"
The Marauders turned around and saw Blazen staring at them with a curious look. As soon as she saw them looking right back at her, she turned red and looked down at her golden plate, her cheeks rosy.
James raised his eyebrows. "Merlin's beard, if Hogwarts had a class on How To Blush, she would be the teacher."
The Marauders all murmured their agreement in amusement.
Sirius jumped in surprise when the Great Hall's doors opened with a loud bang. The first years trooped in behind Professor McGonagall, looking terrified. A wicked grin spread across James' and Sirius' faces. They looked at each other.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" the two pranksters asked each other.
"Oh, no," Remus sighed.
"Oh, yes," Sirius smirked. "Time for a prank on the firsties. I'm thinking of telling them that if they take longer than thirty seconds with the Hat, the Hat will eat them. What do you think, Prongs?"
James looked at Sirius, an evil look flashing across his face. "Perfect idea, Padfoot," he purred.
Peter raised his pale eyebrows at the two boys. "I don't think that's gonna happen, lads."
Sirius and James turned towards the smaller boy, confused looks on their faces. "What do you mean, Wormtail?"
Peter gestured towards the first years. "I mean, the firsties are heading over towards the Slytherin table. They're not gonna line up by the Gryffindor table this year."
Sirius and James groaned loudly. "Dang it," James moaned. "I was really looking forwards to seeing their faces when they realized they weren't going to be eaten."
Sirius nodded sadly as if his puppy had just died. "I know, right..."
The Marauders heard a loud, disapproving scoff come from a couple of feet away from the Marauders. They turned to see Lily Evans, James' dream girl, and Prefect, glaring down at them, an angry glint in her eye. "You boys are so immature. Can't you just grow up already?"
"Hi, Lily," Remus greeted her kindly. Peter gave a small wave.
"Evans, how was your summer?" James smirked at her, running a hand through his hair.
Lily glared coldly at him, her emerald eyes icier than an iceberg. "It was pretty good considering I was away from you for two months."
A flash of hurt appeared in James' eyes, but he quickly covered it up with a mask of arrogance. "Come on, Lily Flower. You know you want me."
"I'll want you when Blazen learns how to fight and beats you boys up," Lily snarled.
James blinked at her and Sirius winced. Soooo, never then? Sirius thought.
"Ouch," Remus muttered.
"Yeah, whatever, Evans. You'll love me eventually. It's worked on everyone else, so it will work on you, too," James stated arrogantly.
Lily glowered at James, her face turning as red as her ruby hair. "UGH- Why can't you- Oh, my God- WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GROW UP AND STOP ACTING LIKE AN IMMATURE IDIOT FOR ONCE?!" Lily blew up at James, her eyes lit with fury.
James recoiled from her anger. Sirius looked around to find the whole of the Gryffindor table looking at him, along with most of the Hufflepuffs. Sirius decided to take pity on his best friend and save him from getting rejected harshly.
Again.
"You know why we don't want to grow up, Evans?" Sirius asked her, getting her glare turned on him instead of James. It took all his will to not shrink back in terror. That girl was scary. "It's because if we don't do stupid and funny things when we're young, we will never have anything to smile about when we're old."
Lily's glare faltered a bit when she heard the words of sagacity come out of Sirius' mouth, but the scowl returned stronger than ever after a couple of seconds.
"Shut up, Black."
"Yes, ma'am."
With her final signature Death Stare, Lily turned to her best friend, Alice, and just like that, the screaming match was over.
The Marauders all slumped as soon as her head was turned away. "I always feel like I just ran a marathon every time after she puts that death stare on me," James grumbled.
Sirius patted his shoulder. "We feel you, mate. We've all been in that boat at least twelve times in all our years at Hogwarts."
Peter shuddered. "Merlin, that woman's scary. Why you are attracted to her, Prongs, I will never know."
James opened his mouth and Sirius could see a rant coming on why Evans was completely perfect in every way possible, so he took it upon himself to change the subject before things got out of hand. He did not want to hear another four-hour rant on Evans again for the hundredth time in a row, thank you very much.
"Hey, the Sorting is already through!" Sirius said loudly.
The boys turned towards the podium that Dumbledore was standing at.
"Yeah, it is," James furrowed his eyebrows. "We get distracted very easily, don't we?"
They looked up at Dumbledore as he made his usual speech and said some odd words to make the food appear. The food appeared on everyone's plates and they all started grabbing a whole bunch of baked chicken legs.
The funny thing is that if they hadn't argued with Lily, the four pranksters would have noticed their bullying victim pulling a very successful prank on the first years across the room.
"Shut up, Padfoot, you're gonna get us all caught," James hissed to Sirius, who was cursing every time he tripped over things.
"Well, I'm sorry that you and Moony have feet bigger than a giant's," Sirius hissed back.
"Hey, don't bring me into this," Remus snarled at Sirius. "It's not my fault I'm tall. Since I'm tall, I'm gonna have bigger feet than the average-sized person."
"SHHHHHHHH!"
Remus glared at the two of them. "Whatever; let's just hurry up and get to the kitchens."
Let us rewind and explain what was happening here. It was the middle of the night and the boys had had a little sleepover in their dorm since the next day was Saturday. They wanted to get a midnight snack from the kitchens so they went out in the Invisibility Cloak. Remus, James, and Sirius had to leave Peter behind because it was already cramped enough under the Cloak; they couldn't add an extra person even if they tried.
And trust me, they tried. It didn't go so well.
The Marauders continued walking, Sirius cussing a little quieter than before. They were almost there to the kitchens when Sirius tripped over a stone that seemed to be placed a little higher than the others. The Marauders all came crashing down, the Invisibility Cloak slipping off their hunched shoulders. They were just in a big pile on the floor in varying degrees of pain.
"OWWW-" James moaned.
"Merlin's pants, that hurt," Remus gritted his teeth (the canine teeth were sharper than the average person's, but it was attractive either way).
"Holy fu-"
Remus' head shot up and he looked down at Sirius who was at the bottom. "Sirius Orion Padfoot Black, don't you dare finish that sentence," Remus warned him dangerously.
Sirius gulped. Remus could be pretty scary for a bookworm. Maybe it was because of the wolf inside him? Sirius really didn't know.
James climbed off Remus, who tumbled off Sirius while still giving him the evil eye, and Sirius clambered off the ground clumsily. Sirius snatched up the Cloak and slung it over his shoulder.
"Come on, the kitchens are right around the corner. We don't need the Cloak for a few extra twenty feet," Sirius explained, backing away while he was still facing them. Basically, he was walking backward and not watching where he was going like he should have been.
James and Remus started following Sirius, who was still walking backward. All of a sudden, Sirius smashed into something soft and fluffy- or should I say someone- and that something fell to the ground with a loud OOMPH!
"Ow," the girl whined. "Again, what is with floors wanting to cause me pain today?!"
"What the hell?" Sirius asked out loud. That had totally caught him off guard.
"Hey, Pads, you okay, mate?" James asked Sirius, concerned.
"He's fine, James. What we should be worrying about is the person Padfoot knocked on the floor," Remus said in an accusatory tone of voice.
Oh, yeah, right. That was totally rude of me! Oops, Sirius thought.
Sirius turned around awkwardly and looked curiously at the person in front of him. The person was wearing a Muggle thing- a onesie, Sirius remembered Remus explaining to him- that was designed to look like a pink unicorn. He couldn't make out her face, but she had straight, dark brown hair, and the bottom half of her face that he could see was a tan light brown. He noticed she wasn't wearing any shoes.
Wow. That was the only thought he could think of as he looked the mystery girl over. Remus nudged him lightly with his elbow, and Sirius snapped out of his trance and held out an awkward hand for the girl.
She was still looking down and didn't seem to notice that Sirius' hand had been hovering in the air for about ten seconds. Sirius got impatient and grabbed her gently by the shoulders, lifting her up easily.
She let out a squeak of surprise.
In the back of his mind, a little voice told Sirius that that was totally adorable and he immediately told it to shut up.
Sirius faintly noticed the hard muscles in the girl's arms as he lifted her up.
She must work out or something, Sirius mused.
He placed her on the ground and- very awkwardly, I might add- dusted her off.
"Um, sorry about that. I wasn't watching where I was going," Sirius apologized.
"Uh... It's fine," she muttered, her voice barely audible.
"No, really I'm sorry!"
The girl stayed silent. She clenched her teeth and curled her hands into fists.
Sirius noticed this and decided to say something in case something happened because of why she was mad. He didn't know why she was mad, but if his mother had taught him anything, it was that women were scary when they get mad. Just look at Lily! She was terrifying.
Sirius blurted out the first thing that popped into his mind. "Merlin, you're a quiet one, aren't you?" Sirius asked.
The other Marauders chuckled.
"Yeah, well, don't mistake my silence for weakness," Mystery Girl snapped. "No one plans a murder out loud."
Sirius gaped at her. Seriously, it was just a little fall! No need to plan out his death for this thing!
Wait a second! I've heard that voice before! But where...? he thought in surprise.
To Sirius's right, he heard James mutter, "Feisty."
Sirius felt like smacking James up the head. He wasn't exactly helping their situation!
"Shut it, Potter," the Scary Unicorn spat.
Remus chose that moment to speak up. "He will when you tell us who the heck you are."
Sirius found himself nodding to Remus' words.
The girl gave a very unladylike snort. "Or I could just Silencio him to the point his voice box will be damaged beyond repair."
Sirius raised an eyebrow, slightly disturbed at how much this girl felt like causing them pain just for a little fall. "You know for someone dressed as a unicorn and all things happy, you are a very rude person."
She laughed not-so-nicely. "People call me rude. I call it "direct."
Sirius' lips twitched upwards. At least this girl had a sense of humor, even if it was being used against them at that moment.
He honestly couldn't tell if he liked this girl or not. She definitely wasn't like any other female he'd ever met. Then again, he usually went after the really girly girls who hated getting their hands dirty and he was raised surrounded by Pureblood women who would never do something like- Merlin forbid- snorting.
The girl started walking away, her unicorn tail swaying back and forth. Sirius's eyes widened. He finally recognized that voice!
It was...
It was...
He grabbed the girl's arm and started dragging her back to the Marauders. She fought tooth and nail; Sirius was afraid she would judo flip him if he loosened his grip on her. He honestly couldn't believe that Mystery Unicorn Girl was...
He grabbed her hood and yanked it back. She whirled around and her pretty eyes widened in panic.
It was...
"Blazen?!" the three pranksters all shrieked.
"Vae!" she cursed loudly.
Vae? What does vae mean?
She turned around to face the Marauders fully, her eyes lit with a fire that was very similar to the one Lily was sporting earlier that night. Sirius about shrank back in fear when he saw her glare at him, but he straightened up when he remembered it was only Blazen; she was about as harmful as a marshmallow.
"Απλά άσε με μόνο, ηλίθιοι! Δεν μπορώ να αντιμετωπίσω τα χάλια σου τώρα!" Blazen screamed at them, her hands flapping wildly in the air.
Sirius found himself at a loss for words. He had no idea what she was saying, and that had to be the first time he's ever heard her express another emotion besides fear, and panic to him, so he really had no idea what to do.
The Marauders all blinked.
"Uh, what? What did you say?" James asked Blazen. He whacked Remus on the arm and hissed, "What did she say?"
Remus stared at her, his eyes full of questions and awe. "I don't know. It sounded like Latin and Greek though. I can tell from her tone though that it wasn't exactly a compliment."
As soon as Sirius and James heard that, they glared daggers at her. "I don't know what you said, Blazen," Sirius snarled, "but you're gonna pay either way for that mouth of yours."
Blazen glared right back at them. "Okay. You know what? Fiocci non faccio about you guys. You can vescere bracis meis for all I care. Σκάσε και άσε με να πάω στο κοινό δωμάτιο μου τώρα, εντάξει?"
Okay, I don't know whatever languages she is speaking, but I know swearing when I hear it, Sirius thought.
The Marauders all stared at her in shock. She huffed at them and stomped away, presumably back to the Slytherin dungeons.
Remus immediately started questioning what Blazen was saying and how he was going to look in the library for answers the next day. James started talking bout how he was going to get revenge on her the next day, either by beating her up or pranking her. Sirius mostly just tuned them out.
Sirius couldn't help but think that he liked that new side of Blazen. It definitely made her seem like a more likable person, even if some of it made her seem a bit too much like Lily Evans for his taste.
And that hair! Oh, wow, he loved what she did to her hair (not that he would ever admit that to her of course). It just looked so soft and smooth... He had to ask her what she used for her hair!
Sirius mentioned this to Remus and James. "Did you guys not notice how she straightened her hair? I wonder what charm she used?"
It was a simple sentence yet James and Remus both glared at him and smacked across both of his arms at the same time. The noise reverberated throughout the halls, along with his sharp yelp when the pain settled in.
As Sirius climbed into his bed, his red comforter spread across his chest, he thought about what he had seen and heard throughout that day. Who knew Blazen could make jokes? Who knew Blazen knew what sarcasm was? Who knew Blazen wore Muggle things especially since everyone thought she was another Pureblood git? Who knew Blazen knew different languages?
Not him.
Not anyone.
And that bothered him for a reason that he could not explain.
He managed to convince himself, however, that that was just a one-time thing. Everyone had those days where they were so grumpy, they acted like a whole other person. It was obviously one of those days.
He told himself that it would never happen again.
Little did he know, that the next day, everything would change and things would be set in motion the moment Audenzia Blazen walked through the Great Hall's doors decked out in camo with a force field protecting her, along with a new air of confidence.
A/N- I am currently writing this from my grandparent's house. It's Spring Break, so we just had Easter (that food was amazing at the family gathering), and my parent's 18th anniversary was yesterday, so they dropped us off at my grandparent's house for some alone time. My little brother and sister (twins; ten years old; absolute demons) have no idea that tomorrow we are leaving for the beach for five days. I only know because my mom accidentally let slip to me about it lol. She was so mad at herself for telling me; it was supposed to be a surprise. We're staying in my grandmother's condo WHERE THERE IS NO WIFI. HOW WILL I SURVIVE?! Since we are staying for five days instead of a day and a half like normal, my mom will probably want to take me shopping for a TON of new clothes (which I am dreading. I hate shopping with a passion). Wish me luck!
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