A/N: You all probably know what is in the bag... maybe I shouldn't tell you... nah, that's too mean!
Thanks for the reviews. A little reply:
Laura, I know you can't really get drunk on butter beer, but that comes from a chat we had in the RPG, when we got Remus drunk after drinking about 2 dozen bottles. So, I used it. And with the floo powder, wizards use it to also act as a telephone, so I figured that they'd have one on the platform for that. And who knows, maybe they had it removed after it bacame to used.
Roarke, the RPG is really cool, use the link below to go see it, it's one of the most active Pre-HP RPG's I'm in. Also has some really great players and storylines.
Lynds, the romance comes in mega near the end of september, I've already planned it out in my head, and need to get it on paper.
And to everyone, since people seem to want me to grammer check everything, instead of one being posted every night when I can, they will be about 2 or 3 chapters a week, so I can edit them, and have other people check them.
And lemme repeat, if you don't like my grammer/spelling, don't read the story. I'm not making you, you are here by your own choice. And if you want to inform me of some specific bad grammer, e-mail me, and be polite. I'm not nice when you get me mad.
Have I talked enough yet? Now, with the normal stuff, and then the story!
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) and some other minor characters are also owned by others.
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
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Chapter 12 - Potions Class
There was nothing there. Sirus looked at James with a confused look on his face. "What's this supposed to be James?" he asked annoyed.
"Look closer." Sirus peered into the bag. He moved it with his hand. Something silver gleamed at him.
"An invisibility cloak!" Sirus exclaimed. "This is great! Where'd you get it?"
"It's dad's. He got from his father, and it's been passed down for generations." James said with a huge grin. "Mom decided that since they will be going into hiding, it's time I got it."
"Wow, this is excellent." Remus said. "It'll be easier for you to get down to see me on those nights!"
There was a knock on the door. James quickly shoved the cloak into his trunk. "Yes?" Sirus said sweetly.
"It's us." A female voice rang out. Remus opened the door. In walked Lily and Arabella. "Hey boys." Lily greeted, plopping down on James's bed.
"What's up?" Arabella asked. They'd seen them come into the common room with a bag and run upstairs.
"Nothing really." Remus said, sitting down beside Lily. "Hey, did you girls hear from Peter at all this summer?" he asked.
They both shook there head. "I wonder where he is?" Lily said. Peter hadn't shown up to Hogwarts yet.
Just then, the door to the dorm swung open. In walked little Peter Pettigrew.
"Peter!" Everyone inside exclaimed. "Where've you been?"
Peter looked astonished. "I've been at home." he said, not used to the attention.
"Why are you so late?" Sirus asked.
Peter shrugged. "Had to go visit my grandmother in Germany, and was late coming back." was all he said. Sirus was dying to ask why they hadn't received any owls, but Arabella beat him to it.
"But we haven't heard from you all summer!" she said, wrapping her arm around his shoulders, guiding him over to his corner bed. "What else has been happening?"
Peter blushed. "Nothing, really." he stammered, going deep red.
Sirus knew he was lying. Peter was a terrible liar. "Really Peter? No one you've been owling all summer?" he taunted.
Arabella cut him off. "Peter, it's good to see you back again. Ready for another year?" Peter nodded shyly. Arabella was always so nice to him.
"Common Bella, let's go look at our Divination homework." Lily said. "And leave these boys to plan how they are going to serve their first detention." The girls left the room laughing.
Peter quickly unpacked his trunk. "What have you guys been up to?" he asked.
Remus explained to him about the map and the other things they'd been doing. James was relieved that he didn't mention what had happened at the Potters. Sirus remained silent, trying to figure out what was up with Peter.
A few minutes later the boys emerged into the common room. They walked to where Lily and Arabella where sitting on a couch. They sat on the floor in front of them. Peter dragged over a table as Sirus and James pulled out chess sets. Peter and James played together against Sirus and Remus.
The night flew by. The common room slowly emptied as students, tired from their first day of classes, wandered to their dorms. Sirus looked at the clock. '12:34' it said.
"Whoa, look at the time." Sirus exclaimed. He saw Peter stifle a yawn. "I say we go to bed." Arabella and Lily looked at him in surprise. "What?" he said. "We have a big day tomorrow." He was grinning from ear to ear.
Lily grabbed her schedule. "Double Potions." she said shaking her head. "With Slytherin of course." Everyone made a face. "But Sirus is right, we should get to bed." she grabbed her school stuff and headed up the girls staircase followed by Arabella.
Sirus watched them go. Shaking his head, he lead the way to the boys dorm.
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The next morning Sirus was the first up. Jumping out of bed, he quickly took a shower. He took the time to glance at his watch. '5:47 am' it said. He smiled. He'd have plenty of time. He opened his trunk and carefully took out his broomstick. Walking over the window, he opened it. A cool breeze came in. Sirus climbed onto the ledge. He mounted his broomstick and kicked off.
He flew out over the Forbidden Forest. Glancing down, he saw something silvery move. A unicorn. Sirus soon hit the cliffs of the surrounding mountains. Flying up, he picked the right one. He pulled on top of it. Stopping his broom he hopped off. The sky was just getting light as the sun rose over the lake. Sirus lay on the ledge.
He sat there thinking for a while, watching the sun rise. Once it was fully in the sky, he glanced at his watch again. '7:26 am' Sirus mounted his broom. Marking the ledge with a little charm, he took off. He marked ledges every year, because they were the best place to think. Each year he'd plot the best ones on a map to find again.
Sirus flew back in through the dorm window. James wasn't in his bed, he was taking a shower. Remus, with damp hair, was changing into a clean robe. Peter was fast asleep. Sirus laughed at the sight. Grabbing Peter's wand, he started to poke him. Peter just swatted at the wand as Sirus poked his ear. Sirus stifled a laugh. Finally Peter opened his eyes. Glaring at Sirus he grabbed his wand back.
Sirus shrugged at Remus who'd been watching him. Making sure his broomstick was in his trunk, Sirus headed down the stairs.
Sitting already there was Arabella and Lily. "Hey girls." Sirus said. Arabella and Lily smiled and greeted him. Sirus took a seat. Soon James and Remus stumbled down the stairs. "Common, let's get some grub." Sirus said. They nodded and headed out of the common room.
Upon reaching the Great Hall, Sirus quickly found some seats. Upon plopping into one, he noticed Snape staring at Lily. He glared back. Snape saw him and quickly averted his eyes. 'So, Snape has a thing for Lily.' Sirus thought. 'Well, not for long!' he chuckled softly.
Lily heard him laughing and glared at him suspiciously, but didn't comment.
Soon after eating, the group of 5 left the Great Hall. Peter hadn't joined them for breakfast. They walked past the bulletin board, where they saw something interesting. It was a large notice about student government. Sirus glanced at it.
The Student Government
Come For An Information Meeting
Tonight at 8 o'clock
History Of Magic 4th Classroom
All Students of All Houses
Teachers Included
There also was a list of pre-selected nominees.
Sirus Black
Gilory Hevens
McKenzie Smitty
Rachel Delifrin
Gretchen Kensler
Sirus was surprised to see his name. He thought that McGonagall and Dumbledore had been kidding. He smiled anyways as Lily pointed it out. There also was an small announcement on Quidditch. Tryouts are Saturday from 3 - 5. Captains to be announced. Last there was one tiny one on dueling. Tryouts for house dueling teams start Wednesday at 8 for Ravenclaw.
After reading the announcements the group noticed how little time they had to get to Potions. Rushing to the common room, they grabbed their books, and ran towards the dungeon. They reached it with just 2 minutes to spare. Sirus sighed as they took seats near the back.
Lily watched the boys throughout potions. They hadn't seemed to do anything. But partway through she heard a popping noise from the Slytherin side of the class. Someone's cauldron was popping.
Professor Goday walked over there. "Mister Malfoy, what did you do to your potion?" he asked annoyed.
"Nothing Professor." Lucius Malfoy said. "I added all the ingredients as needed, and then it just started doing this." Goday looks suspiciously at him. He motioned for him to pull out his potion ingredients.
"This is why." Goday pointed. "This is not frog eggs, these are fish eggs." he spat. "10 points from Slytherin for being so careless." he stalked away.
Sirus was trying not to laugh. Slytherin rarely lost points, especially in Potions and Astronomy. Lily knew suddenly how Malfoy added fish eggs instead of frog. She sent Sirus a look. Sirus plastered an innocent look onto his face.
Lily took out a piece of parchment. On it she wrote, 'Lost Cause Si" she passed it back to him. He just smiled at her, and pocketed the note as Goday came to inspect their potions.
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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
Thanks for the reviews. A little reply:
Laura, I know you can't really get drunk on butter beer, but that comes from a chat we had in the RPG, when we got Remus drunk after drinking about 2 dozen bottles. So, I used it. And with the floo powder, wizards use it to also act as a telephone, so I figured that they'd have one on the platform for that. And who knows, maybe they had it removed after it bacame to used.
Roarke, the RPG is really cool, use the link below to go see it, it's one of the most active Pre-HP RPG's I'm in. Also has some really great players and storylines.
Lynds, the romance comes in mega near the end of september, I've already planned it out in my head, and need to get it on paper.
And to everyone, since people seem to want me to grammer check everything, instead of one being posted every night when I can, they will be about 2 or 3 chapters a week, so I can edit them, and have other people check them.
And lemme repeat, if you don't like my grammer/spelling, don't read the story. I'm not making you, you are here by your own choice. And if you want to inform me of some specific bad grammer, e-mail me, and be polite. I'm not nice when you get me mad.
Have I talked enough yet? Now, with the normal stuff, and then the story!
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) and some other minor characters are also owned by others.
This story is based on an RPG called Before the Downfall (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/beforethedownfall)
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Chapter 12 - Potions Class
There was nothing there. Sirus looked at James with a confused look on his face. "What's this supposed to be James?" he asked annoyed.
"Look closer." Sirus peered into the bag. He moved it with his hand. Something silver gleamed at him.
"An invisibility cloak!" Sirus exclaimed. "This is great! Where'd you get it?"
"It's dad's. He got from his father, and it's been passed down for generations." James said with a huge grin. "Mom decided that since they will be going into hiding, it's time I got it."
"Wow, this is excellent." Remus said. "It'll be easier for you to get down to see me on those nights!"
There was a knock on the door. James quickly shoved the cloak into his trunk. "Yes?" Sirus said sweetly.
"It's us." A female voice rang out. Remus opened the door. In walked Lily and Arabella. "Hey boys." Lily greeted, plopping down on James's bed.
"What's up?" Arabella asked. They'd seen them come into the common room with a bag and run upstairs.
"Nothing really." Remus said, sitting down beside Lily. "Hey, did you girls hear from Peter at all this summer?" he asked.
They both shook there head. "I wonder where he is?" Lily said. Peter hadn't shown up to Hogwarts yet.
Just then, the door to the dorm swung open. In walked little Peter Pettigrew.
"Peter!" Everyone inside exclaimed. "Where've you been?"
Peter looked astonished. "I've been at home." he said, not used to the attention.
"Why are you so late?" Sirus asked.
Peter shrugged. "Had to go visit my grandmother in Germany, and was late coming back." was all he said. Sirus was dying to ask why they hadn't received any owls, but Arabella beat him to it.
"But we haven't heard from you all summer!" she said, wrapping her arm around his shoulders, guiding him over to his corner bed. "What else has been happening?"
Peter blushed. "Nothing, really." he stammered, going deep red.
Sirus knew he was lying. Peter was a terrible liar. "Really Peter? No one you've been owling all summer?" he taunted.
Arabella cut him off. "Peter, it's good to see you back again. Ready for another year?" Peter nodded shyly. Arabella was always so nice to him.
"Common Bella, let's go look at our Divination homework." Lily said. "And leave these boys to plan how they are going to serve their first detention." The girls left the room laughing.
Peter quickly unpacked his trunk. "What have you guys been up to?" he asked.
Remus explained to him about the map and the other things they'd been doing. James was relieved that he didn't mention what had happened at the Potters. Sirus remained silent, trying to figure out what was up with Peter.
A few minutes later the boys emerged into the common room. They walked to where Lily and Arabella where sitting on a couch. They sat on the floor in front of them. Peter dragged over a table as Sirus and James pulled out chess sets. Peter and James played together against Sirus and Remus.
The night flew by. The common room slowly emptied as students, tired from their first day of classes, wandered to their dorms. Sirus looked at the clock. '12:34' it said.
"Whoa, look at the time." Sirus exclaimed. He saw Peter stifle a yawn. "I say we go to bed." Arabella and Lily looked at him in surprise. "What?" he said. "We have a big day tomorrow." He was grinning from ear to ear.
Lily grabbed her schedule. "Double Potions." she said shaking her head. "With Slytherin of course." Everyone made a face. "But Sirus is right, we should get to bed." she grabbed her school stuff and headed up the girls staircase followed by Arabella.
Sirus watched them go. Shaking his head, he lead the way to the boys dorm.
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The next morning Sirus was the first up. Jumping out of bed, he quickly took a shower. He took the time to glance at his watch. '5:47 am' it said. He smiled. He'd have plenty of time. He opened his trunk and carefully took out his broomstick. Walking over the window, he opened it. A cool breeze came in. Sirus climbed onto the ledge. He mounted his broomstick and kicked off.
He flew out over the Forbidden Forest. Glancing down, he saw something silvery move. A unicorn. Sirus soon hit the cliffs of the surrounding mountains. Flying up, he picked the right one. He pulled on top of it. Stopping his broom he hopped off. The sky was just getting light as the sun rose over the lake. Sirus lay on the ledge.
He sat there thinking for a while, watching the sun rise. Once it was fully in the sky, he glanced at his watch again. '7:26 am' Sirus mounted his broom. Marking the ledge with a little charm, he took off. He marked ledges every year, because they were the best place to think. Each year he'd plot the best ones on a map to find again.
Sirus flew back in through the dorm window. James wasn't in his bed, he was taking a shower. Remus, with damp hair, was changing into a clean robe. Peter was fast asleep. Sirus laughed at the sight. Grabbing Peter's wand, he started to poke him. Peter just swatted at the wand as Sirus poked his ear. Sirus stifled a laugh. Finally Peter opened his eyes. Glaring at Sirus he grabbed his wand back.
Sirus shrugged at Remus who'd been watching him. Making sure his broomstick was in his trunk, Sirus headed down the stairs.
Sitting already there was Arabella and Lily. "Hey girls." Sirus said. Arabella and Lily smiled and greeted him. Sirus took a seat. Soon James and Remus stumbled down the stairs. "Common, let's get some grub." Sirus said. They nodded and headed out of the common room.
Upon reaching the Great Hall, Sirus quickly found some seats. Upon plopping into one, he noticed Snape staring at Lily. He glared back. Snape saw him and quickly averted his eyes. 'So, Snape has a thing for Lily.' Sirus thought. 'Well, not for long!' he chuckled softly.
Lily heard him laughing and glared at him suspiciously, but didn't comment.
Soon after eating, the group of 5 left the Great Hall. Peter hadn't joined them for breakfast. They walked past the bulletin board, where they saw something interesting. It was a large notice about student government. Sirus glanced at it.
The Student Government
Come For An Information Meeting
Tonight at 8 o'clock
History Of Magic 4th Classroom
All Students of All Houses
Teachers Included
There also was a list of pre-selected nominees.
Sirus Black
Gilory Hevens
McKenzie Smitty
Rachel Delifrin
Gretchen Kensler
Sirus was surprised to see his name. He thought that McGonagall and Dumbledore had been kidding. He smiled anyways as Lily pointed it out. There also was an small announcement on Quidditch. Tryouts are Saturday from 3 - 5. Captains to be announced. Last there was one tiny one on dueling. Tryouts for house dueling teams start Wednesday at 8 for Ravenclaw.
After reading the announcements the group noticed how little time they had to get to Potions. Rushing to the common room, they grabbed their books, and ran towards the dungeon. They reached it with just 2 minutes to spare. Sirus sighed as they took seats near the back.
Lily watched the boys throughout potions. They hadn't seemed to do anything. But partway through she heard a popping noise from the Slytherin side of the class. Someone's cauldron was popping.
Professor Goday walked over there. "Mister Malfoy, what did you do to your potion?" he asked annoyed.
"Nothing Professor." Lucius Malfoy said. "I added all the ingredients as needed, and then it just started doing this." Goday looks suspiciously at him. He motioned for him to pull out his potion ingredients.
"This is why." Goday pointed. "This is not frog eggs, these are fish eggs." he spat. "10 points from Slytherin for being so careless." he stalked away.
Sirus was trying not to laugh. Slytherin rarely lost points, especially in Potions and Astronomy. Lily knew suddenly how Malfoy added fish eggs instead of frog. She sent Sirus a look. Sirus plastered an innocent look onto his face.
Lily took out a piece of parchment. On it she wrote, 'Lost Cause Si" she passed it back to him. He just smiled at her, and pocketed the note as Goday came to inspect their potions.
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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