Author's Notes: Watch out, curses in this chapter! Snape and Lucius Malfoy are introduced, and stuff happens. Also, they notice a member is missing from their little group.
Puppygal, no need to curse me, here's chapter 8! For you and all the other wonderful people who have reviewed! Thanks, it makes my day to come home from school and read all your reviews! Kim, glad you like Sirus too, he's my favorite, and that's why I'm writing about him! Expect more stories about him and the Mauraders from me soon! Also, Happy Easter everyone! I'll be writing the 9th and 10th(maybe) chapter tonight, and post tomorrow, and then work on 2 more tomorrow (no school!) etc. I myself want to find out how this ends. Okay, I do know, but I don't know details... happy reading!
Check out my website to read more of my stories, and for the newest updates to this story, before anyone else reads it!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I do own however, the families of the Marauders, some of the teachers, and Kimball Zenobia (who comes in later) Also, my fellow RPGer Morgan owns Xanthe Shannon, and is allowing me to use her in this story (and up-coming ones of this series)
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
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Chapter 8 - An Unfortunate Meeting
Sirus dropped his Astronomy book on to the floor. He couldn't concentrate on it. 'Who cares about Professor Thump anyways?' he thought. Professor Thump was the nasty Astronomy teacher, and also head of Slytherin. Slytherin's were enemies of Gryffindor's, where Sirus belonged, and Thump hated him and his friends.
Sirus glanced around the train compartment. Taking a quick attendance, he said, "Where's Peter?" Peter Pettigrew was a 5th year student in Gryffindor as well, who had taken to following Sirus, James and Remus around their first year. They often were annoyed by his clumsy behavior, but he was fairly good with certain magic, and loved to play tricks, though got nervous and always blurted what happened if they get caught.
Remus and James looked up from their papers. "I have no clue." James said. "Come to think of it, I never heard back from him, though Darius came back."
Lily glanced up. "He probably had something important that kept him for getting on the train. Don't worry, he'll be at Hogwarts." she sounded extremely at ease, when she was the only one that acted like she cared about Peter usually, though the others actually did.
Sirus walked around the small compartment. Darius and Sabre hooted from their cages as he passed. Where was Peter? Usually he received hundreds of e-mails from Peter over the summer, but looking back, he hadn't heard from him at all.
Sirus retired to a seat by Remus, and looked in on what they were planning. Sirus smiled as he looked over the papers. Perfect.
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An hour later the little old lady that pushes the food chart stopped by the compartment. James, Remus and Sirus dug out their money, and they loaded up on chocolate frogs, jelly beans, and everything else. Passing some of them around to the girls, they took a few things themselves. Sirus grabbed one of the extra cakes they'd bought. Taking his wand, he whispered, "Flootus Flius". The cake was temporarily red and went back to normal. Sirus smile, now to find someone to test this on.
The boys spent some time charming other cakes, while the girls talked in hushed voices. At one time, Sirus offered them another cake. Both girls laughed and politely declined. You couldn't tell what they had done to the cakes.
Suddenly the door of the compartment flew open. In walked Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape. They glared at the girls who were sitting on the bench. "Black, come back for another year? You going to get expelled this time? Hopefully, I don't see how your parents can afford to send you back." Malfoy smiled deviously at him.
Sirus hated when people insulted his family. Sure they weren't rich, but they got by. "Oh Lucy, how great to see you! I'm surprised your father sent you back to Hogwarts. I was hoping you'd be sent to Durmstrangs. Durmstrangs was another wizarding school who kept it's location a secret. It apparently focused on the Dark Arts.
Lucius scowled. "We decided it'd be better off if I remained at Hogwarts. Too bad though, Durmstrangs has an excellent Quidditch team." Malfoy played the same position as Sirus, Seeker, but on the Slytherin team. Every time they'd played, he'd always came up the worst.
Remus piped in. "So, not like you could make the Quidditch team." he said. Remus didn't play on the Gryffindor team, but he did help them practice. As well as play the occasional un-official game as a Beater.
Malfoy scowled. "At least he's on the team." Snape butted in.
"Slimy Snape!" Sirus exclaimed, like he'd just seen him. "I thought you'd heard of a bath and had a heart attack? Glad to see you're alright."
Snape glared at Sirus. Of them all, they got along the least. "Oh, I heard your parents couldn't afford to feed you this summer, so you were sent to Potters." he sneered.
"Actually Slimy, we spent August in the Leaky Cauldron, by ourselves." James stretched the last part. "Something you can't do, you'd drive all the customers away with your stench." James held his nose.
Snape whiped out his wand. "Furnunculus" he yelled, pointing it at James.
Sirus, quickly reacted, grabbing his own wand. "Densaugeo" he shouted, aiming it towards Snape.
The 2 spells hit each other mid-air and bounced off. Sirus veered behind Snape, and hit Malfoy in the face. Malfoy covered his face with his hands, but the boys could already see his teeth growing extremely large. They laughed as the boys raced from the compartment.
The laughter only lasted a second. They turned at Lily's sharp voice. "Shut up!" Arabella was sitting on the floor of the compartment, crying at the pain as boils popped out of her fair skin. Snape's spell had deflected and hit her.
"Shit, Bella." Sirus said kneeling beside her. Arabella turned her face away, and not wanting Sirus to see her face. Sirus gently grabbed hold of her shoulders and turned her to face him. "Shhh," he whispered. "Let me help." Sirus grabbed his wand from the floor and pointed it to her face. "Finite Incantatum." he said. The boils immediately stopped popping up. Whispering the counter curse, the boils disappeared from Arabella's face.
Sirus backed away from Arabella, who had stopped crying when the pain stopped. Looking in the mirror Lily handed her, she jumped to her feet. Wrapping her arms around Sirus, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks Siri!" she said. Then quickly dropped her arms, she blushed a deep red.
Sirus was surprised at that reaction. Taking a step back, he felt himself go red. "No problem Arabella." he muttered. Picking up his wand, he sat back into his chair. Picking up the paper, he pretended to be reading them. Remus and James sat down again. Sirus glaced at Arabella, who was back reading her book. She looked up and caught his eye. Both blushed again and averted their eyes. 'What's wrong with me?' Sirus thought. He never blushed by a girl, let alone Arabella. 'She's my friend, that's it.' he told himself over and over.
Lily and James exchanged a look. 'What was that about?' they thought. Sirus and Arabella were always at each other's throats. It truly was a weird day.
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So, what'dya think? PLEASE Review! I'd like it alot alot alot! If no one reviews, I'll stop posting my stories here, since it takes me extra time to, since all my stories are on my website first.
CassidyRai
cassidyrai@hotmail.com
http://cassidyrai.tripod.com/stories
Puppygal, no need to curse me, here's chapter 8! For you and all the other wonderful people who have reviewed! Thanks, it makes my day to come home from school and read all your reviews! Kim, glad you like Sirus too, he's my favorite, and that's why I'm writing about him! Expect more stories about him and the Mauraders from me soon! Also, Happy Easter everyone! I'll be writing the 9th and 10th(maybe) chapter tonight, and post tomorrow, and then work on 2 more tomorrow (no school!) etc. I myself want to find out how this ends. Okay, I do know, but I don't know details... happy reading!
Check out my website to read more of my stories, and for the newest updates to this story, before anyone else reads it!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Harry Potter characters. I do own however, the families of the Marauders, some of the teachers, and Kimball Zenobia (who comes in later) Also, my fellow RPGer Morgan owns Xanthe Shannon, and is allowing me to use her in this story (and up-coming ones of this series)
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 8 - An Unfortunate Meeting
Sirus dropped his Astronomy book on to the floor. He couldn't concentrate on it. 'Who cares about Professor Thump anyways?' he thought. Professor Thump was the nasty Astronomy teacher, and also head of Slytherin. Slytherin's were enemies of Gryffindor's, where Sirus belonged, and Thump hated him and his friends.
Sirus glanced around the train compartment. Taking a quick attendance, he said, "Where's Peter?" Peter Pettigrew was a 5th year student in Gryffindor as well, who had taken to following Sirus, James and Remus around their first year. They often were annoyed by his clumsy behavior, but he was fairly good with certain magic, and loved to play tricks, though got nervous and always blurted what happened if they get caught.
Remus and James looked up from their papers. "I have no clue." James said. "Come to think of it, I never heard back from him, though Darius came back."
Lily glanced up. "He probably had something important that kept him for getting on the train. Don't worry, he'll be at Hogwarts." she sounded extremely at ease, when she was the only one that acted like she cared about Peter usually, though the others actually did.
Sirus walked around the small compartment. Darius and Sabre hooted from their cages as he passed. Where was Peter? Usually he received hundreds of e-mails from Peter over the summer, but looking back, he hadn't heard from him at all.
Sirus retired to a seat by Remus, and looked in on what they were planning. Sirus smiled as he looked over the papers. Perfect.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
An hour later the little old lady that pushes the food chart stopped by the compartment. James, Remus and Sirus dug out their money, and they loaded up on chocolate frogs, jelly beans, and everything else. Passing some of them around to the girls, they took a few things themselves. Sirus grabbed one of the extra cakes they'd bought. Taking his wand, he whispered, "Flootus Flius". The cake was temporarily red and went back to normal. Sirus smile, now to find someone to test this on.
The boys spent some time charming other cakes, while the girls talked in hushed voices. At one time, Sirus offered them another cake. Both girls laughed and politely declined. You couldn't tell what they had done to the cakes.
Suddenly the door of the compartment flew open. In walked Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape. They glared at the girls who were sitting on the bench. "Black, come back for another year? You going to get expelled this time? Hopefully, I don't see how your parents can afford to send you back." Malfoy smiled deviously at him.
Sirus hated when people insulted his family. Sure they weren't rich, but they got by. "Oh Lucy, how great to see you! I'm surprised your father sent you back to Hogwarts. I was hoping you'd be sent to Durmstrangs. Durmstrangs was another wizarding school who kept it's location a secret. It apparently focused on the Dark Arts.
Lucius scowled. "We decided it'd be better off if I remained at Hogwarts. Too bad though, Durmstrangs has an excellent Quidditch team." Malfoy played the same position as Sirus, Seeker, but on the Slytherin team. Every time they'd played, he'd always came up the worst.
Remus piped in. "So, not like you could make the Quidditch team." he said. Remus didn't play on the Gryffindor team, but he did help them practice. As well as play the occasional un-official game as a Beater.
Malfoy scowled. "At least he's on the team." Snape butted in.
"Slimy Snape!" Sirus exclaimed, like he'd just seen him. "I thought you'd heard of a bath and had a heart attack? Glad to see you're alright."
Snape glared at Sirus. Of them all, they got along the least. "Oh, I heard your parents couldn't afford to feed you this summer, so you were sent to Potters." he sneered.
"Actually Slimy, we spent August in the Leaky Cauldron, by ourselves." James stretched the last part. "Something you can't do, you'd drive all the customers away with your stench." James held his nose.
Snape whiped out his wand. "Furnunculus" he yelled, pointing it at James.
Sirus, quickly reacted, grabbing his own wand. "Densaugeo" he shouted, aiming it towards Snape.
The 2 spells hit each other mid-air and bounced off. Sirus veered behind Snape, and hit Malfoy in the face. Malfoy covered his face with his hands, but the boys could already see his teeth growing extremely large. They laughed as the boys raced from the compartment.
The laughter only lasted a second. They turned at Lily's sharp voice. "Shut up!" Arabella was sitting on the floor of the compartment, crying at the pain as boils popped out of her fair skin. Snape's spell had deflected and hit her.
"Shit, Bella." Sirus said kneeling beside her. Arabella turned her face away, and not wanting Sirus to see her face. Sirus gently grabbed hold of her shoulders and turned her to face him. "Shhh," he whispered. "Let me help." Sirus grabbed his wand from the floor and pointed it to her face. "Finite Incantatum." he said. The boils immediately stopped popping up. Whispering the counter curse, the boils disappeared from Arabella's face.
Sirus backed away from Arabella, who had stopped crying when the pain stopped. Looking in the mirror Lily handed her, she jumped to her feet. Wrapping her arms around Sirus, she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks Siri!" she said. Then quickly dropped her arms, she blushed a deep red.
Sirus was surprised at that reaction. Taking a step back, he felt himself go red. "No problem Arabella." he muttered. Picking up his wand, he sat back into his chair. Picking up the paper, he pretended to be reading them. Remus and James sat down again. Sirus glaced at Arabella, who was back reading her book. She looked up and caught his eye. Both blushed again and averted their eyes. 'What's wrong with me?' Sirus thought. He never blushed by a girl, let alone Arabella. 'She's my friend, that's it.' he told himself over and over.
Lily and James exchanged a look. 'What was that about?' they thought. Sirus and Arabella were always at each other's throats. It truly was a weird day.
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So, what'dya think? PLEASE Review! I'd like it alot alot alot! If no one reviews, I'll stop posting my stories here, since it takes me extra time to, since all my stories are on my website first.
CassidyRai
cassidyrai@hotmail.com
http://cassidyrai.tripod.com/stories