Sunny Side Up-Incredible 2
Hermione Potter
Remus Lupin was releasing an owl when suddenly four large Hogwarts birds came swooping in with a large box. As soon as he untied the box the owls flew away. He lugged it down the stairs into the living room. He found a note I recovered this from the wreckage
"Honey?" Remus called
"What!" came the cheery reply as tall brunette came bounding with a bowl of popcorn.
"This is for you," and he showed her the box.
"Presents?" she said merrily.
"Some of your old stuff I think."
"Wow, I never thought I'd see that stuff again, and she ripped open the box, More boxes, how thoughtful..."
"Bring them over to the couch," Remus suggested.
So Remus and Sunny sat on their couch going through the boxes.
"Old robes, my wand! Woo-hoo! I thought Id have to get a new one. Let's see how the old twig does, uh, Papyrus Excavatious!" and all the papers in the box vanished, "Hmm... pictures...my N.E.W.T.S... Holy crap!"
"What is it, honey?" Remus asked wondering what could possibly get his wife, wife so excited.
"My old diary from when I first came to Hogwarts."
"Oh really, can I read it?"
"Of course not this is private property. I'll read it to you."
Dear Diary, today I saw a boy, I wondered if he noticed me- (j/k j/k j/k!)
Dear Anna, (Diary was to lame
This stinks! We have to move, again! To England nonetheless, sure birth place of the Rolling Stones and Rory Gallagher, but still. Mom says my new school will be safer. What I want to know is what is the matter with Poland? Sure there is the whole language barrier thing, and the weird weather. Still, we've only been here a month and we are moving again. For the past year we've moved around so much that I have to check my passport just to know where I am. This is insane. Plus I miss my friends. I doubt that well ever go back to America, home. I haven't seen or heard from them in ages. It takes an owl 3 weeks to cross the pond.
Dad's job is with the U.N. Ministry, so we have to move all the time but they promise we will stay in the U.K./Britain/England (Why can't they pick a freaking name????) for a while.
I'll actually go to school again, probably gonna be boring. Majorly sighworthy. Oh well maybe it will be fun. Not likely.
Days Later Dear Anna,
So here I am at Hogwarts. My new school, I was sorted into a house Gryffindor. Some real characters in my room, three girls all sigh about some James bloke. Oh dear god I sound British, or Australian, who cares. One girl, flower name, is okay. She mentioned something about dinner. Gotta go.
Nighttime
Anna,
You won't believe who is here Chris, James! I haven't seen him since, well I can't remember but it's been a while. Here's what happened.
I was wandering down through the halls completely lost when I saw Lily (the nice one) talking to some of her friends. I walked over trying to score some directions when I recognized the skinny boy with black hair was Chris! I ran over (and in order to cause as much embarrassment as possible) cried "Fur-Fur the Freaky Temperamental Turtle!" and jumped on his back.
He obviously knew I (besides our cousin Leian) would be the only person to call him that so he started to tickle me. The rest of the group seemed startled, to say the least, about my entrance. The cute guy with blondish/brown hair spoke first asking if we knew each other. Of course we did so I said so. Then Lily asked who I was, I guess I didn't introduce myself to her up in the room so I introduced myself to everybody.
"Leigh Diggins half-blood witch extrodinaire (sp??)," what can I say I was a bit hyper.
The cutie asked why Chris called me Sunny. Chris intercepted that one and answered "her middle name is Allison-"
"And I'm assuming that you all know that his middle name is Christopher. Hence Fur-Fur the Freaky Temperamental Turtle.
Chris interrupted me (probably praying that I wouldn't find it necessary to explain the origin of the name) "Sunny please call me James."
I agreed but only if he would give me a tour of the school. As we bounced off (well, I bounced, he was dragged) I asked a ton of questions including, "So, who was the cutie?"
"Lily, Lily Pedersen," he sighed.
"Ooh, James likes Lily! But really James, the guy!"
"Remus? Remus Lupin, he is one of my saner friends."
"Oh really, why are you going by James now? I liked cousin Fur-Fur."
"Dad isn't here so there isn't another James around to get confused with." Makes sense.
Anna
For the past week James and I have reminisced of family reunions, birthday parties etc. When last night James dragged me into the haunted girl's bathroom, where three of his friends were waiting, Sirius Black (that guy is hilarious), Peter Pettigrew (creepy) and Remus Lupin (just too cute that one).
"Sunny," Remus interrupted, "did you really write all that stuff or are you yanking my chain?"
"Well, now that you mention it… I liked Sirius, he had that whole bad boy thing going-" she paused, "You don't actually think I'm serious do you?"
"NO! Of course not."
"Good, now back to the diary."
James leaned over a bubbly cauldron, then looked over at the guys, "Well, it's ready."
The creepy little idiot leapt out of his puny little chair, "What are you crazy! Don't talk about that in front of…her!"
"Jeez man, take a chill pill. Sunny is my inspiration for the whole animagus thing." He looked at me expectantly; I rolled my eyes and transformed. They were all stunned except for James who seemed a bit smug. The one bad thing about being a dog is the whole colorblind deal, really annoying and after you change back, scary man, real scary. Anyway, after I changed back it was silent, so I spoke first "Now do you get the whole Sunny thing?"
They mumbled affirmatives and I explained to Remus what he and I would be doing. Watching our Sleeping Beauties so they wouldn't croak. James and I continued to make fun of each other until Sirius interrupted our repartee by drinking his bit of the potion. One, two, three, the boys dropped like flies...pity it would only last for an hour but still it gave Remus and I a chance to chat. At first all he wanted to know was how I had figured out the animagus potion. Then the conversation drifted, he wanted to know everything about me, it was so sweet.
After I gave him the story of my life in a nutshell, I asked him something I had been wondering about, "How much does it suck to be a werewolf?"
He seemed surprised, "What are you...how did you know?"
"James told me that one of his friends was a werewolf and the other was a wacko. Sirius is a borderline nut job so process of elimination leaves you, Moony. Your nickname didn't discourage me much."
"Oh. Well, it's annoying, you have to keep secrets from your friends so they won't think you're a monster and when the full moon comes I'm locked away like, well, a caged animal, just so I won't hurt anyone."
"I've never heard it explained like that before," I said softly. He just smiled, my knees went weak but before I could go to a more interesting subject, like whether or not he had a girlfriend, James began to stir. I was at the missed opportunity to I yelled in his ear, "IT'S ALIVE!"
He grumbled but was interrupted by turning into a deer. Sirius was a dog, and whatisface was a rat. There was a big hubbub blah blah, now I sleep.
Anna,
Sorry I haven't written in a while but the full moon just passed so for the past three nights we (me, James, Sirius, Remus and the other guy) have been out in the forest, or in Hogsmede having a blast. I haven't been around this many animagi for a year. Sorry this is so short, time for breakfast!
A,
Oh dear God why? Why did he have to kill them? I just can't believe I'll never see mom or dad ever again, they're just dead. That nincompoop Voldemort killed them. I don't have a family. And those idiots at the ministry are sorry to inform me of it a week after it happens in a FORM LETTER! A form letter for Christ's sake.
I'm just glad James is here, he says I can go live with him, Aunt Cathy and Uncle Jim. But, why did they have to leave me here, I should be with mom and dad instead of sitting on my bed playing "Don't Cry Out Loud" over and over again. Nobody else is ever going to call me 'Little One' when I'm 5'8" like daddy did and no more snuggling with mom, oh god I miss them so much.
Anna,
I've decided to sing in the talent show on Halloween, Mom & Dad's song "Unforgettable" they won't play it this year so I'll sing it for them. Maybe James will sing it with me, probably not but we'll see.
Anna,
We won! but THAT LITTLE PRICK! Just walking out after I work up the nerve to kiss him he walks out! Okay, okay, okay I was in the library thinking about mom and dad so I started to cry, when Remus came in looking so damned adorable and being so sensitive and when I looked him in the eye I just couldn't help it, I kissed him. His lips, oh it was amazing-but back to him being a jackass. I barely have time to open my eyes and he's gone. The nerve of that guy!
Here comes Lily, "What's the matter Leigh?"
"Boys are pigs." I reply
"Realllly. What happened?"
"Well, I've really liked this guy for a while but I've been to shy to do anything or when I do work up the nerve somebody would get in the way. Then tonight I finally worked up the courage to do something about it and he walked away. Do you have any idea what that feels like?" I explain.
"The walking away thing? No. Really liking someone but having other people get in the way? Oh yeah."
"Well you should go for it. Don't let anyone stand in your way. That is my advice for the week. Good night."
Anna,
Lots to say so I'll start at the beginning (for once).
I woke up this morning, brushed my teeth blah blah. Lily and I were walking down to the Great Hall for breakfast but she had to go back for something. I don't know, so I grabbed us a couple of seats, I wasn't about to sit with James, Sirius, the jerk and the rat. Lily looked kind of guilty when she sat down but I was more interested in my French toast, again contemplating the origins of its name when Remus came in dragging James behind him. Then he dragged Lily and I out to a corridor. I was pissed, oh yeah, if I was one of those guys on Merry Melodies*, smoke would be coming out of my ears. Here's why a) he walked out on me b) after he KISSED me c) he ripped me away from my French toast (a capital offense).
So I asked, "What do you want Lupin?" yes I was most certainly pissed.
"Sunny, we need to talk." I tried to reply but he continued, "I'm really sorry about last night. I just kinda freaked out because I thought I had just kissed James's...Girlfriend."
A dozen thought's streamed through my head such as: eww, gross, nasty "Yicky."
He continued, "Well think about it Sunny, in all of our conversations you failed to mention you two were related."
How stupid of me right Anna? Then I realized something else, "Wait, does that mean you do like me?"
"Of course I do Dingbat," I smiled so hard my face hurt.
I looked over at James and Lily, those two looked awful cozy. I took Remus by the hand and led him back into the Great Hall.
"Why are we going in here?"
"Breakfast you Dingbat, French Toast to be exact," he looked confused oh well.
And with that Sunny closed the old diary and asked, "What was that owl you sent earlier?"
"A surprise that will be hear in 5...4...3...2...1."
The fireplace lit up and a sooty figure tumbled out. As the figure dusted himself off he saw Remus, "Professor Lupin!" it was Harry.
Sunny looked shell shocked, "J-J-James?!" she cried incredulously and threw her arms around him
"Um, no, James was my father, I'm Harry Potter." Harry replied while shooting Remus confused looks.
"Sunny, this is Harry, Harry this is Leigh, my wife and James's cousin."
"Little Harry, last time I saw you, you were just a little baby all snuggly in your cradle."
"I have family other than the Dursleys's! What on earth was I doing living there for 11 years or where you in Azkaban like Sirius?"
"What on earth was Sirius doing in Azkaban?" Sunny said.
Remus explained to Harry about his cousin and filled Sunny in on what had happened to Sirius. "Can I come visit you guys over the holidays?"
"Or go back to Lily's horrid sister's house? Not a chance buddy," Sunny said excitedly.
"Smashing, wait 'til Hermione and Ron here about this!" Harry said cheerfully.
THE END
A/N: That's all she wrote folks! Merry Melodies are what we now know as Loony Tunes. I started to cry while writing the part where Sunny's parents die, so that is why it is a bit jumbled not to mention that your train of though tends to go out the window when you are mad or upset. If I offended anybody with my random comments about England or Australia I'm sorry. Read and review as always and ferret w/ a fez- yes I do believe that you are the only person to not like pizza (besides my dad, he hates cheese). Ah, yes, I like Napster. My random comment of the day. I'm seriously considering changing my penname what do you guys think?? PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Sunny