Chapter Forty-Six: My Last
Year
I arrived at Hogwarts for my seventh
and last year on September 1st 2001. (A/N- I know the books take
place in 19—something but it's easier this way, don't you think?) That date is important to me for some
reason, so I had to write it in here.
I walked up the front steps of Hogwarts with
Jamie and Hermione nervously.
"Last
year chicks." Jamie grinned.
"Chicks?"
Hermione and I both looked at her.
"Leave
me alone." Jamie walked through the open door, and we followed.
After
the sorting (which I swear get duller every year) we stuffed our mouths with
food, especially Ron who defiantly thought that there would be no tomorrow. Up
at the teachers table Remus, Maxis and Saraan were chatting merrily, Dad and
mom were engaged in some sort of NC-17 movie scene, and Severus Snape was
starring daggers at Saraan and Remus. I guess he had some sort of reason, then
again maybe not. Maxis soon decided that mom and dad had to stop and pulled
them apart which upset them for a while but then they all got up to go off and
do something. A prank I suppose. At the house tables, well lets see… The
Slytherins looked sour as usual and Malfoy was his usual cheerful self,
The Ravenclaw table was the quietest table of all. There were all having some
intelligent conversation of some sort. The Hufflepuffs were their usual happy
and friendly selves, and us Gryffindors were all loud, rambunctious, happy, and
laughing. When the feast was over Dumbledore made his usual announcements, like
how the forbidden forest was off limits (Jamie and I had quite a fit of giggles
at that one.) and all the other things he always announced. After this there
were fireworks, courtesy of the former marauders.
The best part about this feast was that
Malfoy didn't even come over to us. He left us totally alone. That didn't stop
Snape though. As soon as he took his eyes off of Saraan and Remus he focused on
us glaring continuously.
"We
love you too, Severus." Jamie daringly called out.
I
giggled and blew him a kiss. He gave us a week's detention.
"Kiss
was a nice touch." Jamie complimented.
"The
first name was awesome." I told her.
"Remind
us to laugh when you two get expelled." Said Hermione.
"Sure
thing." I told her with a grin, and then I turned back to Jamie. "50 more
detentions. That's it."
"Then lets go get to work." She answered.
The next day we had potions. Snape
seemed to have gotten over the incident fro the night before, and for once was
leaving us alone. Instead he sat at his desk filling out paper work muttering
things to him self.
"Reckon
he's going insane?" Ron asked us once we had steered clear of the dungeons.
"Probably
just an off day." Said Harry. "He'll be himself again tomorrow."
Next
we had Charms. Professor Flitwick seemed to have shrunk even more over the summer,
(or maybe I was just getting taller). We started on advanced quill charms for
spells like the 'quick quotes quill'. Harry wasn't very interested; yet he was
the only one of us whom could actualy get it right.
The
owls had been delayed at breakfast so they all came at lunch. Mine just came
for a piece of bacon since she didn't have anything to deliver to me. An owl
flew to Hermione delivering a Daily Prophet. She took it an opened in casually,
but read the front page while spitting out pumpkin juice.
"Is
there something the matter?" Jamie handed her a tissue to wipe off her chin.
"Rita
Skeeter's at it again." Hermione frowned. "Look at this. It's revenge for
Sirius's trial when you told her off Aphi. Luckily it doesn't state your
names."
I
took the paper, and read the headline.
Two
Unregistered Animagi At Hogwarts
It
went on to say how we could be very dangerous to society if we had this much
power, and how we were probably way up there in Voldemort's inner circle. And
to top it all off there was a picture. It was of me and Jamie sneaking off into
the forest. Jamie gave me sort of a week smile when I showed it to her.
"Well
no one knows it's us." She said.
"The
staff does." I pointed out. "They're all staring at us."
"Look
at Snape, he'll probably turn us in the first chance he gets."
"They
won't let 'im." I said.
"Right
whatever," said Harry. "But look at McGonagall. I can just see you two getting
a lecture later."
"Jamie
will get a bigger one," I grinned. " You're not even supposed to be an
animagus."
"Aw
f***." She groaned. (A/n- I can be profane in this story some times, but I
won't go that far)
Transfiguration
was the class I was least looking forward to. As I was dreading McGonagall gave
me and Jamie a death stare when we entered the Transfiguration room. How she
new Jamie was the other animagus was beyond me. She probably assumed it because
we were partners in crime. We went through class with out speaking too harshly
to us but asked us to stay after for a few minutes before going to D.A.D.A.
"This,"
she unfolded the issue of the daily prophet. "This has come to my attention.
Now while Rita Skeeter is not one of the most trust worthy reporters I would
still like an explanation for this photograph. I know that you Miss. Black are
the fox and I will assume that Miss. McNulty are the rabbit I see at the side
of the fox."
We
both nodded looking up into her hard eyes.
"I
understand that your father encourages this sort of behavior," Her lips went
into the thinnest possible line they could. "Also Professor Lupin, and
Professor Johnson along with your mother Miss. Black. While they might
encourage you two romping around in the forbidden forest I do not. And as the
head of Gryffindor I urge you to stop."
"But
they were marauders," Jamie protested. "Of course they…"
McGonagall
took a sharp breath at the word marauders. "I can not have two of my best
students roaming the forbidden forest. Normally I would give you two
detentions, but I refuse to give you the satisfaction of it this time. Lord
only knows how Sirius has been going around bragging about you two."
Jamie
and I grinned at each other.
"This
is not a laughing matter. I want you to think seriously about this. You may
go." She walked over to the door and pushed it open for us waving the article
in our faces.
"Well
that went well." Jamie skipped down the hall ahead of me.
"Actually
it did comparing to what I was imagining." I called after her. I'd been
imagining basically the fiery pits of hell with McGonagall standing over us
jabbing with her pitchfork.
Remus
excused us walking into class late. We sat down in our seats and were filled in
by Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Hermione gave us the same thin mouth stare that
McGonagall had given us.
"Oh
lighten up Herm," Harry smiled thoughtfully. "They're junior marauders. They're
supposed to get into trouble."
"But
this is the news paper. The general public. You two are so lucky the beetle
lady didn't state your names." Said Hermione while tapping her wand in her
hand. "This could have been very bad."
I rolled my eyes and went back to taking notes.
"You
made the papers!" Dad grinned broadly in our room above the D.A.D.A room.
"Good
job." Maxis clapped us on the backs.
"McGonagall
didn't like it too much." I said.
"Of
course she wouldn't. That's the point." Dad answered.
"Did
you get any detentions?" asked Remus.
"McGonagall
said she wouldn't give us the pleasure." Jamie said grumpily.
"Just
do something in potions tomorrow." Suggested Harry. "Snape would love to help
you get some detentions."
"He
hasn't really been paying attention to us." Ron observed. "Not even to
Neville."
"Oh
that." Saraan looked quite guilty. "I'm sorry if he hasn't been paying much
attention to you, but there is a legitimate reason for it."
"Oh?"
Hermione asked interested.
"Yes,"
said Remus. "He's to busy despising the next jr. marauder, Serena for a girl
and Virgil for a boy. Funny he hates them already seeing as he or she isn't
even born yet. For all he knows they could be in Slytherin and he could love
them."
"Remus
Lupin are you trying to cruse my child!" yelled Saraan.
Meanwhile
all of us over in lala land were a bit confused.
"What
are you talking about?" asked Maxis shaking her head.
"Don't
be daft!" Mom grinned. "They're having a baby! A little marauder."
(A/n-
Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! I love babies! Especially marauder babies. It will
probably be a boy, or maybe twins! Oh yeah guess what? I am now officially a
teenager! I just turned 13 on the 18th. Yeah!!!!!!!)
Chapter Forty-Seven: No Name
Potions
was a darker place with out Snape bothering us. That extra special light just
wasn't in our hearts (by our I mean Jamie and I. Hermione was perfectly
content with Snape leaving us alone.) So finally Jamie and I decided to do
something about it. I took out a piece of parchment and wrote on top: Top
Ways To Die: Acording According to the students of Hogwarts.
I
passed it to Jamie and on it she wrote: Have sex at 7:30 in
the morning. While you're doing it have a heart attack. Make sure you're on top
of the person, so when you die they can't get you off of them. That would be
the coolest way ray to die!
Jamie
gave it to Seamus who was sitting next to her. He read it and laughed. Snape
still didn't look up, so Seamus wrote down something and then passed it to the
person next to him. The paper went al around the dark dungeon. Even some of the
Slytherins signed it. When it came back to me I dropped my ladle into my
cauldron to read it. I read it and found out that some people have problems. I
started to giggle, and Snape finally responded.
"What
is that?" He sounded all most bored.
"Nothing
sir."
"Give
it here." He took it from me nonchalantly and tore it up.
"Go
back to your fever solution." He said, menacingly glaring.
"Just
because he's angry about a baby doesn't mean he has to give us a break."
Jamie muttered.
"I
know." I whispered back. "It's only a baby. So what if it's Remus and
Saraan's."
"Detention
Miss. Black." Snape looked up from his table, breathing sharply. "I told you to
get back to work."
"That's more like it."
(A/n-
I know it was short, but more will come soon.)
-Kendra
Black (aka- Aphi Black, aka-Rouge, aka-Jean
Grey, aka-Shadowcat.)