If you Want to Destroy my Sweater....
part deux.
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"Lucius Malfoy, you are sentenced to ten years imprisonment in Azkaban for your involvement with the late Lord Voldemort." The judge said loudly, the crowd in the gallery were looking stonily at Lucius who looked horrified.
"Take him to his new home." The judge told the dementors who led Lucius Malfoy away.
"Well. That took a while." Edea said to Moody who was sitting next to her.
"Better late than never." Mad-Eye said gruffly. "Got what he deserved finally."
"You know, we're basically out of a job now."
"Never out of a job, believe me. Someone else'll have delusions of grandeur soon enough." Moody stood up, his wooden leg thumping on the stairs.
****
Sirius sat on Remus' bed looking through boxes upon boxes of photos and other little trinkets.
Harry knocked on the door, then poked his head round, Sirius looked up and grinned, "Heya." he said, "Did you have fun in potions?"
"It was you wasnt it!" Hermione sounded patronising again.
"Of course." Sirius said, "Wasn't that a bit too obvious?"
"Snape knows its you too." Ron said still smiling at the memory of those fetching fluffy slippers. "I wonder if he still wears them..."
"We could find out." Sirius's eyes glinted. "Should be a great deal of fun..."
"I don't think that'd be a good idea.." Hermione wrung her hands, "If you got caught..."
"We WONT get caught." Sirius said smoothly. "Done it loads of times."
"What're you looking at?" Harry asked pointing to the boxes.
"i was wondering when you'd ask." Sirius handed him a box. "The marauder's vault is officialy in use again."
"When were these..."
"Ages ago, they vary from Hogwarts second year to new year 1980." Sirius picked up another photo, "See here, this is your mum on a bad day." He showed Hary a photo that had Lily shaking her fist angrily up at them.
Sirius and Harry spent ages looking at them, until they looked up and saw Ron and Hermione had gone. Sirius unlocked another small wooden box, and picked up a few objects. "Looks like James couldn't bear to part with the Snitch. I always wondered what the sports teacher thought when they lost this." A small golden snitch floated around the room. It lookd slightly worse for wear.
"he stole the snitch?"
"Yeah," Sirius shrugged, "They needed a new one anyway... Hey see this- this was our graduation ceremony, see the person getting their results? That's Remus."
"Who's wearing the leather trousers... Sirius is that you?" Harry pointed to the back of somone in the crowd with long black hair.
"Yep. Don't they look classic." Sirius grinned, "I really liked those. i wonder where they are now."
"I do NOT want to know." Harry said smiling, "How could you wear them?"
"Everybody did... Well okay, me and James did, Remus didn't want to and... Peter well, he couldnt FIT in any, i seem to remember Severus Snape having a pair that didn't cover his ankles..."
"Grim."
"Tell me about it, you didn't need to see it everyday." Sirius rolled his eyes.
"WHere was this taken?... Is that me?" Hary pointed at another, larger picture of the entire group on a beach somewhere.
"Yes that's you." Sirius leaned back, smiling to himself, "We all rented this cottage, and spent a very nice week doing absolutely nothing. Played Quidditch on the sand, ate way too much ice-cream... You were like, a few months old. Yelling all the time."
Harry picked up a leather bound book with the initials JP in the corner. "can i take this?"
"Sure, i'm sure its full of dirty stories and plots. You'd probably learn a lot from it." Sirius grinned to himself. Remembering the rubbish he and James used to write in their diaries.
****
Edea walked through a dimly lit corridor, when a voice calls out from behind her. "Fancy meeting you here."
"Pettigrew?" Edea looks around but cannot see anything, "What are you doing in Knockturn alley?"
"What are you doing in Knockturn alley?" Peter returned the question.
"Business." Edea said quietly, "needs to be taken care of, and it looks like you've just added to that business."
"Is that what i am now?" Peter sounded folorn, "I'm your friend."
"I think you're neglecting the past tense there, mate." Edea grinned slightly. "You really think you're a worthy match for an auror?"
"You can't see me. And what you can't see can hurt you more than you can imagine."
"That's a fairly long sentence for a man of such small brain, how long did that take you to convolute?" Edea was purposefully winding him up, if he attacked with his wand, she could see where the sparks came from.
"You always picked on me, you Sirius and James, always blamed me for plans gone wrong, when you got caught, it was always Peters fault." Peter almost whined.
"If you weren't so ruddy pathetic." Edea rolled her eyes. "So you're telling me that all that was what turned you to Voldemort?"
"What could i gain by not accepting him?"
"A decent life, support from your friends, love maybe."
"Noone ever loved me,"
"So?" Edea started walking away, "You're just not worth the time."
"How can you walk away from me?"
"Well you know, its a very rudimentary thing, you put one foot in front of the other and keep doing so..."
"You're not even going to kill me?"
"Nope." Edea shrugged, "I'll let Sirius do that. Because i know how much he wants to..."
Edea disapparated, and Wormtail came out of the shadows, shaking slightly.
****
"You're saying he's in Knockturn alley somewhere?" Snape's head said from the fire.
"i am." Edea nodded.
"Do you want me to come help you find him?"
"No." Edea shook her head. "I let him walk away."
"Why?"
"I felt like it, he's no match for an auror and he knows it, he didn't even try to attack."
"Edea..." Snape frowned, "Do you think this is wise?"
"Why shouldn't i?" Edea threw another handful of powder at the fire and it turned normal again. She climbed back out of the house she'd broken into and disapparated.
****
-So anyway, we rigged the Slytherin common room with dungbombs to explode when a person passed a certain 'trigger'. Was so funny. Got to remember that scene forever, and what was funnier? the look on Sirius' face when he realised we'd swapped all his clothes with Snape's. lily taught me that charm. Very useful, never knew he looked so childishly innocent in green silk pyjamas with snakes on the hem. Eddie got her own back or that when we'd gone to sleep. Her and Lils must have sneaked into our dorm or something. I was wearing that foul Slytherin Narcissa Zytinski's lace nightie when i got up. Needless to say there are photos now circulating the school of that.-
Harry was reading his father's diary. It was cheering him up immensely. He'd never been told how much of a prankster his father was-
**FLASHBACK**
"PADFOOT!" James screeched, "What have you done to me you weirdo!"
Sirius looked up from his bed sleepily, and exploded with laughter. "Wasn't me...ehheheeheehee." he laughed.
"Very fetching." Remus smiled knowingly, he'd been awake when the girls had sneaked in and had watched them to make sure they did nothing to himself. "Really suits you."
"You know, i liked the shorts i was wearing... does that mean Narcissa's wearing them?" James sounded horrified.
Sirius was now wheezing with laughter, finding it difficult to breathe. "So.. funn... funny."
"Ooooh, wait. I know who did this." James suddenly twigged. "That girlfriend of yours, Miss Holier than thou DuCruet."
"She's not holier than thou, just needs a good ego bashing now and then." Sirius said, still grinning.
"She's going to regret this. I need a plan." James sank onto his duvet, still wearing the nightie.
****END****
-The plan backfired, Sirius was wearing his guilty face and Edea must have guessed something was up. Got our NEWT results this morning. Failed arithmancy rather spectacularly... totally not my fault. Got full marks for the rest. Even Sirius got Grade A in potions, which is something to behold the wonder of... Lily's going round with that smug face, got fullm arks for EVERYTHING. Argh, how infuriating is that? beaten by your own girl. Found Sirius' rubber duck just now, must have some fun with this. CAnt believe he has a bath duck. Maybe he's stolen it from Peter. Or, more likely he's charmed it to record conversations and he drops it in the girls dorms. yeah, thats' more like it.-
Harry made a mental note to ask Sirius about that.
****
"Evening oh wonderer of the storm." Sirius said as Edea came in, her travelling cloak soaking wet.
"Hey Paddy." Edea dropped her cloak on the floor and kicked her boots across the room. "I have something very interesting to tell you..."
"Really?" Sirius wiggled his eyebrows, "Are you pregnant, cuz if you are that'd be cool..."
Edea gave him an exasperated look. "No, i am NOT. It's about Peter."
"Oooh, that's not as interesting, but i'm listening." Sirius sat up
"I met him today, in Knockturn alley."
"What?" Sirius stood up, "You killed him right?"
"No, i let the opportunity slide." Edea shrugged.
"Damn you... hang on, what were you doing in knockturn alley?"
"Business." Edea said stating firmly that he was unwelcome to probe further.
"So?"
"he was being pathetic, didn't even blow sparks in my direction, i tod him you were after him, and left." Edea picked a picture up off the floor. "My god, does my bum look that big?"
Sirius grabbed the picture, "What are you talking about, its tiny, its edea sized, big.. pfff, you girls are so obsessed." he rolled his eyes. "You dont see us doing that."
"I have interesting information that proves otherwise."
"Don't tell me, please i want to preserve the tatters of my dignity." Sirius mock weeped. "You seen Remus this evening?"
"Nope."
"Oh." Sirius lookd slightly put out. "He said he'd met me here and we'd go to the pub."
"Fun." Edea said unenthusiastically, "I have papers to mark."
"I think my evening is going to be more exciting than yours." Sirius said grabbing his wand before disappearing out of the door.
"Bye to you too." Edea sank down in her chair, then stood up as she felt something sharp, it was a small jeweller's box, curiosity-hyped, she opened it...
TBC... not a cliffhanger, well not really....
part deux.
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"Lucius Malfoy, you are sentenced to ten years imprisonment in Azkaban for your involvement with the late Lord Voldemort." The judge said loudly, the crowd in the gallery were looking stonily at Lucius who looked horrified.
"Take him to his new home." The judge told the dementors who led Lucius Malfoy away.
"Well. That took a while." Edea said to Moody who was sitting next to her.
"Better late than never." Mad-Eye said gruffly. "Got what he deserved finally."
"You know, we're basically out of a job now."
"Never out of a job, believe me. Someone else'll have delusions of grandeur soon enough." Moody stood up, his wooden leg thumping on the stairs.
****
Sirius sat on Remus' bed looking through boxes upon boxes of photos and other little trinkets.
Harry knocked on the door, then poked his head round, Sirius looked up and grinned, "Heya." he said, "Did you have fun in potions?"
"It was you wasnt it!" Hermione sounded patronising again.
"Of course." Sirius said, "Wasn't that a bit too obvious?"
"Snape knows its you too." Ron said still smiling at the memory of those fetching fluffy slippers. "I wonder if he still wears them..."
"We could find out." Sirius's eyes glinted. "Should be a great deal of fun..."
"I don't think that'd be a good idea.." Hermione wrung her hands, "If you got caught..."
"We WONT get caught." Sirius said smoothly. "Done it loads of times."
"What're you looking at?" Harry asked pointing to the boxes.
"i was wondering when you'd ask." Sirius handed him a box. "The marauder's vault is officialy in use again."
"When were these..."
"Ages ago, they vary from Hogwarts second year to new year 1980." Sirius picked up another photo, "See here, this is your mum on a bad day." He showed Hary a photo that had Lily shaking her fist angrily up at them.
Sirius and Harry spent ages looking at them, until they looked up and saw Ron and Hermione had gone. Sirius unlocked another small wooden box, and picked up a few objects. "Looks like James couldn't bear to part with the Snitch. I always wondered what the sports teacher thought when they lost this." A small golden snitch floated around the room. It lookd slightly worse for wear.
"he stole the snitch?"
"Yeah," Sirius shrugged, "They needed a new one anyway... Hey see this- this was our graduation ceremony, see the person getting their results? That's Remus."
"Who's wearing the leather trousers... Sirius is that you?" Harry pointed to the back of somone in the crowd with long black hair.
"Yep. Don't they look classic." Sirius grinned, "I really liked those. i wonder where they are now."
"I do NOT want to know." Harry said smiling, "How could you wear them?"
"Everybody did... Well okay, me and James did, Remus didn't want to and... Peter well, he couldnt FIT in any, i seem to remember Severus Snape having a pair that didn't cover his ankles..."
"Grim."
"Tell me about it, you didn't need to see it everyday." Sirius rolled his eyes.
"WHere was this taken?... Is that me?" Hary pointed at another, larger picture of the entire group on a beach somewhere.
"Yes that's you." Sirius leaned back, smiling to himself, "We all rented this cottage, and spent a very nice week doing absolutely nothing. Played Quidditch on the sand, ate way too much ice-cream... You were like, a few months old. Yelling all the time."
Harry picked up a leather bound book with the initials JP in the corner. "can i take this?"
"Sure, i'm sure its full of dirty stories and plots. You'd probably learn a lot from it." Sirius grinned to himself. Remembering the rubbish he and James used to write in their diaries.
****
Edea walked through a dimly lit corridor, when a voice calls out from behind her. "Fancy meeting you here."
"Pettigrew?" Edea looks around but cannot see anything, "What are you doing in Knockturn alley?"
"What are you doing in Knockturn alley?" Peter returned the question.
"Business." Edea said quietly, "needs to be taken care of, and it looks like you've just added to that business."
"Is that what i am now?" Peter sounded folorn, "I'm your friend."
"I think you're neglecting the past tense there, mate." Edea grinned slightly. "You really think you're a worthy match for an auror?"
"You can't see me. And what you can't see can hurt you more than you can imagine."
"That's a fairly long sentence for a man of such small brain, how long did that take you to convolute?" Edea was purposefully winding him up, if he attacked with his wand, she could see where the sparks came from.
"You always picked on me, you Sirius and James, always blamed me for plans gone wrong, when you got caught, it was always Peters fault." Peter almost whined.
"If you weren't so ruddy pathetic." Edea rolled her eyes. "So you're telling me that all that was what turned you to Voldemort?"
"What could i gain by not accepting him?"
"A decent life, support from your friends, love maybe."
"Noone ever loved me,"
"So?" Edea started walking away, "You're just not worth the time."
"How can you walk away from me?"
"Well you know, its a very rudimentary thing, you put one foot in front of the other and keep doing so..."
"You're not even going to kill me?"
"Nope." Edea shrugged, "I'll let Sirius do that. Because i know how much he wants to..."
Edea disapparated, and Wormtail came out of the shadows, shaking slightly.
****
"You're saying he's in Knockturn alley somewhere?" Snape's head said from the fire.
"i am." Edea nodded.
"Do you want me to come help you find him?"
"No." Edea shook her head. "I let him walk away."
"Why?"
"I felt like it, he's no match for an auror and he knows it, he didn't even try to attack."
"Edea..." Snape frowned, "Do you think this is wise?"
"Why shouldn't i?" Edea threw another handful of powder at the fire and it turned normal again. She climbed back out of the house she'd broken into and disapparated.
****
-So anyway, we rigged the Slytherin common room with dungbombs to explode when a person passed a certain 'trigger'. Was so funny. Got to remember that scene forever, and what was funnier? the look on Sirius' face when he realised we'd swapped all his clothes with Snape's. lily taught me that charm. Very useful, never knew he looked so childishly innocent in green silk pyjamas with snakes on the hem. Eddie got her own back or that when we'd gone to sleep. Her and Lils must have sneaked into our dorm or something. I was wearing that foul Slytherin Narcissa Zytinski's lace nightie when i got up. Needless to say there are photos now circulating the school of that.-
Harry was reading his father's diary. It was cheering him up immensely. He'd never been told how much of a prankster his father was-
**FLASHBACK**
"PADFOOT!" James screeched, "What have you done to me you weirdo!"
Sirius looked up from his bed sleepily, and exploded with laughter. "Wasn't me...ehheheeheehee." he laughed.
"Very fetching." Remus smiled knowingly, he'd been awake when the girls had sneaked in and had watched them to make sure they did nothing to himself. "Really suits you."
"You know, i liked the shorts i was wearing... does that mean Narcissa's wearing them?" James sounded horrified.
Sirius was now wheezing with laughter, finding it difficult to breathe. "So.. funn... funny."
"Ooooh, wait. I know who did this." James suddenly twigged. "That girlfriend of yours, Miss Holier than thou DuCruet."
"She's not holier than thou, just needs a good ego bashing now and then." Sirius said, still grinning.
"She's going to regret this. I need a plan." James sank onto his duvet, still wearing the nightie.
****END****
-The plan backfired, Sirius was wearing his guilty face and Edea must have guessed something was up. Got our NEWT results this morning. Failed arithmancy rather spectacularly... totally not my fault. Got full marks for the rest. Even Sirius got Grade A in potions, which is something to behold the wonder of... Lily's going round with that smug face, got fullm arks for EVERYTHING. Argh, how infuriating is that? beaten by your own girl. Found Sirius' rubber duck just now, must have some fun with this. CAnt believe he has a bath duck. Maybe he's stolen it from Peter. Or, more likely he's charmed it to record conversations and he drops it in the girls dorms. yeah, thats' more like it.-
Harry made a mental note to ask Sirius about that.
****
"Evening oh wonderer of the storm." Sirius said as Edea came in, her travelling cloak soaking wet.
"Hey Paddy." Edea dropped her cloak on the floor and kicked her boots across the room. "I have something very interesting to tell you..."
"Really?" Sirius wiggled his eyebrows, "Are you pregnant, cuz if you are that'd be cool..."
Edea gave him an exasperated look. "No, i am NOT. It's about Peter."
"Oooh, that's not as interesting, but i'm listening." Sirius sat up
"I met him today, in Knockturn alley."
"What?" Sirius stood up, "You killed him right?"
"No, i let the opportunity slide." Edea shrugged.
"Damn you... hang on, what were you doing in knockturn alley?"
"Business." Edea said stating firmly that he was unwelcome to probe further.
"So?"
"he was being pathetic, didn't even blow sparks in my direction, i tod him you were after him, and left." Edea picked a picture up off the floor. "My god, does my bum look that big?"
Sirius grabbed the picture, "What are you talking about, its tiny, its edea sized, big.. pfff, you girls are so obsessed." he rolled his eyes. "You dont see us doing that."
"I have interesting information that proves otherwise."
"Don't tell me, please i want to preserve the tatters of my dignity." Sirius mock weeped. "You seen Remus this evening?"
"Nope."
"Oh." Sirius lookd slightly put out. "He said he'd met me here and we'd go to the pub."
"Fun." Edea said unenthusiastically, "I have papers to mark."
"I think my evening is going to be more exciting than yours." Sirius said grabbing his wand before disappearing out of the door.
"Bye to you too." Edea sank down in her chair, then stood up as she felt something sharp, it was a small jeweller's box, curiosity-hyped, she opened it...
TBC... not a cliffhanger, well not really....
