Alternate Endings 6
~* The Room *~
Disclaimer : Everything you recognize belongs to
J.K. Rowling
(A/N : There IS a reason that Sirius has weird dreams about James
Potter. All will be revealed. )
- If I never knew you
I would have spent
My whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why
Lost forever
If I never
Knew you
~ Pocahontas Co. Disney
"Remus ! Remus ! Are you alright?"
Remus was lying, white, on the floor. His eyes were closed, and he
looked shocked.
Sirius sprayed him with water from his wand. He didn't look too
concerned. Remus spluttered, and sat up. He looked around, and
nearly passed out again, but Daniella got to him first. She slapped
him hard on each cheek.
"Ow! Ow! What was that for ?"
She grinned sheepishly.
"You were gonna pass out again. What's with this room anyway ?"
"Uh uh "
Sirius spoke up.
"I don't know what's wrong with him but this ! My friends , is the
shrieking shack." He spread his arms wide. Lily gasped. So did
Daniella.
"THE SHRIEKING SHACK ?! YOU BROUGHT US HERE ???? ARE YOU
NUTS ?"
Sirius grinned.
"IT'S HAUNTED !" They chorused again.
"No it isn't." Remus spoke up.
"Yes it is." Said Dani. "How would you know ?"
"It just isn't. Alright ?" He got up, anger all over his face.
"You shouldn't have brought them here." He said, angrily to Sirius.
And then he stormed out. The three of them looked around, shocked,
and then walked out the door after a couple minutes. But Remus
wasn't in the tunnel.
"He probably ran to get to lunch. You do realize we have missed over
half of it. Maybe it we get there, we can still get some pudding." Said
Sirius, licking his lips. Lily shook her head in disgust. He looked so
much like a dog when he did that.
When they arrived in the Great Hall, they saw Snape back at his
table. His nose was back to normal. Well, normal for him. Huge for
other people. Crabbe and Goyle cracked their knuckles, and Evan
Rosier glowered at them. Dolohov leaned over to Wilkes, and
whispered something. Sirius grinned like a girl, smiled prettily at
them, and waved like a princess. He blew them all a kiss, and sat
down at the Gryffindor table. Lily and Daniella stared at him. Lily
edged away from him.
"What's wrong hunny ?" He said, through an already full mouth.
"I don't date gay men." She said, laughing.
"Then you don't date Rosier."
They all cracked up. Sirius choked, and food spilled all over the table.
He kept choking. He was turning purple. No one knew what was going
on. He was gasping for air. Dumbledore hurried over.
He muttered a spell, and Sirius' mouth was jerked upwards, so his
head was tilted back. Something was lifting him up, higher and
higher, like a big hook was pulling him. All of a sudden, something
flew out of his mouth, and he returned to his normal colour. He sank
back down, and sat there, gasping. Dumbledore picked up the object.
He examined it, and put it in his pocket. He then walked over to the
Slytherin table, said something to Lucius, Crabbe, Malfoy and Rosier,
and they all got up. He led them out of the hall, and out of sight.
Sirius sat there, not doing anything but breathing. And breathing. Lily
rushed over to him.
"Are you alright ?"
He couldn't answer. Professor McGonagall came over and asked them
to 'Please escort Mr.Black to the hospital wing. I will inform the other
teachers that he will not be returning for afternoon classes.'
By then, everyone in the hall was looking at them. Sirius got up, or
allowed himself to be picked up, rather, and was led out of the hall.
When they got up, ( Remus was there. His concern for Sirius got in
the way of his anger ) Madame Pomfrey was waiting for them.
"Ah. Here he is." She bustled him into bed, and drew the curtains, so
he could get into pajamas. When the curtains magically opened
themselves, ( he was finished ), they found him lying underneath the
covers, looking palid and pale. He grinned weakly at them. Lily smiled
back, and then Mrs. Pomfrey shooed them out.
"He needs rest! Now OUT !"
They were shoved out the door, so, without anything else to do, they
began to walk back to the Gryffindor Tower.
"He had better be alright." Said Lily tersely.
"Oh, I would love to get my hands around Snape's neck right now."
Growled Remus.
"Uh I would love to stay here and chit chat, but I think we should go
to CLASS ?"
"OMG ! I TOTALLY FORGOT !" Lily screeched, and ran through the
portrait. They all grabbed their books, and ran down to the dungeons.
They walked in 20 minutes late, according to Remus.
They opened the door, to find Professor Diabolic staring back at them.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? The only one I understood was
missing would be Sirius Black. I was not told about his friends."
"We wer-"
"I don't care what you were doing. You are late. And you will sit down
and be quiet if you know what's good for you !"
They sat. They weren't fool enough to not to.
"As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted," He glared at the
three of them, "we will be beginning a different type of potions today.
As you all know, Voldermort has been steadily gaining power. You do
all know who Voldermort is, correct ?" Remus looked over at Malfoy,
Snape, Avery, Rosier, Wilkes, Pettigrew and Gary Lestrange, who were
all smirking, and sending secret looks to each other. Remus couldn't
tell whether they were already involved with Voldemort, or were just
planning to. It was impossible to decipher what those furtive looks
meant, but they all shared some common bond. And Remus didn't like
it. Not at all.
"If you don't know who he is, you are a blithering idiot. Anyway , I
have been instructed by Dumbledore to begin to teach you Antidotes
a year early. I don't necessarily understand why, it's not like the
Death Eaters are going to poison you, or tell you what they are using
to poison you, and even if you knew, I doubt you would be able to get
to a cauldron and an apothecary fast enough to reverse it. However, I
have been instructed to teach you, and so I will. We will start out with
basic antidotes, such as for the Draught of the Living Dead. You will
not be able to use this particular antidote on yourself, as you will be
unconscious within seconds of receiving this potion. I will be handing
out 2 new textbooks to you today. They are not yours to keep. Make
no mistake about that. Lupin. Evans. Pettigrew. Milano. Come get
textbooks."
The 4 of them got up. Remus got a weird feeling, one he didn't
understand. Like the 4 of them being together was normal, not like 3
Gryffindors who hated the one Slytherin. But he shook it off,
disregarding it. He went up to the front of the class, and picked up
half of the stack of one textbook. He looked down at the cover. It was
black. There were stars, and there was a person, dressed in black,
stirring a potion. White star like shapes were shooting out of it. The
title was "Dark Potions For Dark Times". He passed it out to the
Gryffindor half of the room. Emilie and Sarah, the identical twins,
smiled at him when he gave it to them. He smiled back. He had never
really thought about them. He had been too caught up in his own life,
with the Marauders. He, Sirius, Lily, and Daniella. Sirius had been
talking about the Marauders in his sleep. But it was different.
Something about Moony, and Prongs And animagi, and Potter.
Remus had heard him, when he was lying awake in bed. He asked
Sirius about it when Sirius woke up. Sirius blanched when Remus
asked him about Potter, but he shook it off, and the four of them
began to call themselves the Marauders. Pranksters of Hogwarts. They
had made enemies with Filch, the school caretaker by October of the
first year. Sirius was the man behind the machine, in a way. He could
almost wake up after a dream and know what pranks to play, and how
to do them. Sirius, his best friend. They had two sets in their little
group. Lily and Dani. Re and Sirius. Remus couldn't picture, anymore,
life without them. They were everything now. Finally, he grabbed a
book for himself, and sat down. There was an empty chair beside him
that was more pronounced than usual. Where Sirius should have
been. A hot wave of fury erupted inside of him. They were SO dead.
~*~
Frank Longbottom looked out the window in Gryffindor Tower.
Everything was as it should be. Supposedly. The grass outside was
green and lush. The water in the brook was gurgling. Even the trees
seemed to smile down at everything. But he had a strange sense of
foreboding. Beneath all that beauty Something was concealed.
Something so dark, so terrifying He loved Hogwarts. He loved being
a wizard. He loved his life, he loved the beauty. But something was
very, very wrong.
~*~
Sirius lay in the Hospital Wing, the wish for motion coursing through
him. He felt so so helpless lying in a bed. He wanted to kill Malfoy.
Malfoy, and everyone of his slimy Slytherin friends. But he knew he
couldn't. If they wanted to ally themselves with Voldemort, let them.
They would get their comeuppance sooner or later. And he hoped he
had something to do with it.
~*~
(A/N Wasn't that just PEACHY ? Now, I really like HEARING FROM YOU
WHAT YOU THINK . It gives utmost pleasure. Spanx. )
I LUV ALL OF YOU REVIEWERS, but I am writing this on vacation, and
I can't access the names. I will in the next chapter.
~* The Room *~
Disclaimer : Everything you recognize belongs to
J.K. Rowling
(A/N : There IS a reason that Sirius has weird dreams about James
Potter. All will be revealed. )
- If I never knew you
I would have spent
My whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why
Lost forever
If I never
Knew you
~ Pocahontas Co. Disney
"Remus ! Remus ! Are you alright?"
Remus was lying, white, on the floor. His eyes were closed, and he
looked shocked.
Sirius sprayed him with water from his wand. He didn't look too
concerned. Remus spluttered, and sat up. He looked around, and
nearly passed out again, but Daniella got to him first. She slapped
him hard on each cheek.
"Ow! Ow! What was that for ?"
She grinned sheepishly.
"You were gonna pass out again. What's with this room anyway ?"
"Uh uh "
Sirius spoke up.
"I don't know what's wrong with him but this ! My friends , is the
shrieking shack." He spread his arms wide. Lily gasped. So did
Daniella.
"THE SHRIEKING SHACK ?! YOU BROUGHT US HERE ???? ARE YOU
NUTS ?"
Sirius grinned.
"IT'S HAUNTED !" They chorused again.
"No it isn't." Remus spoke up.
"Yes it is." Said Dani. "How would you know ?"
"It just isn't. Alright ?" He got up, anger all over his face.
"You shouldn't have brought them here." He said, angrily to Sirius.
And then he stormed out. The three of them looked around, shocked,
and then walked out the door after a couple minutes. But Remus
wasn't in the tunnel.
"He probably ran to get to lunch. You do realize we have missed over
half of it. Maybe it we get there, we can still get some pudding." Said
Sirius, licking his lips. Lily shook her head in disgust. He looked so
much like a dog when he did that.
When they arrived in the Great Hall, they saw Snape back at his
table. His nose was back to normal. Well, normal for him. Huge for
other people. Crabbe and Goyle cracked their knuckles, and Evan
Rosier glowered at them. Dolohov leaned over to Wilkes, and
whispered something. Sirius grinned like a girl, smiled prettily at
them, and waved like a princess. He blew them all a kiss, and sat
down at the Gryffindor table. Lily and Daniella stared at him. Lily
edged away from him.
"What's wrong hunny ?" He said, through an already full mouth.
"I don't date gay men." She said, laughing.
"Then you don't date Rosier."
They all cracked up. Sirius choked, and food spilled all over the table.
He kept choking. He was turning purple. No one knew what was going
on. He was gasping for air. Dumbledore hurried over.
He muttered a spell, and Sirius' mouth was jerked upwards, so his
head was tilted back. Something was lifting him up, higher and
higher, like a big hook was pulling him. All of a sudden, something
flew out of his mouth, and he returned to his normal colour. He sank
back down, and sat there, gasping. Dumbledore picked up the object.
He examined it, and put it in his pocket. He then walked over to the
Slytherin table, said something to Lucius, Crabbe, Malfoy and Rosier,
and they all got up. He led them out of the hall, and out of sight.
Sirius sat there, not doing anything but breathing. And breathing. Lily
rushed over to him.
"Are you alright ?"
He couldn't answer. Professor McGonagall came over and asked them
to 'Please escort Mr.Black to the hospital wing. I will inform the other
teachers that he will not be returning for afternoon classes.'
By then, everyone in the hall was looking at them. Sirius got up, or
allowed himself to be picked up, rather, and was led out of the hall.
When they got up, ( Remus was there. His concern for Sirius got in
the way of his anger ) Madame Pomfrey was waiting for them.
"Ah. Here he is." She bustled him into bed, and drew the curtains, so
he could get into pajamas. When the curtains magically opened
themselves, ( he was finished ), they found him lying underneath the
covers, looking palid and pale. He grinned weakly at them. Lily smiled
back, and then Mrs. Pomfrey shooed them out.
"He needs rest! Now OUT !"
They were shoved out the door, so, without anything else to do, they
began to walk back to the Gryffindor Tower.
"He had better be alright." Said Lily tersely.
"Oh, I would love to get my hands around Snape's neck right now."
Growled Remus.
"Uh I would love to stay here and chit chat, but I think we should go
to CLASS ?"
"OMG ! I TOTALLY FORGOT !" Lily screeched, and ran through the
portrait. They all grabbed their books, and ran down to the dungeons.
They walked in 20 minutes late, according to Remus.
They opened the door, to find Professor Diabolic staring back at them.
"Well, well, well. What have we here? The only one I understood was
missing would be Sirius Black. I was not told about his friends."
"We wer-"
"I don't care what you were doing. You are late. And you will sit down
and be quiet if you know what's good for you !"
They sat. They weren't fool enough to not to.
"As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted," He glared at the
three of them, "we will be beginning a different type of potions today.
As you all know, Voldermort has been steadily gaining power. You do
all know who Voldermort is, correct ?" Remus looked over at Malfoy,
Snape, Avery, Rosier, Wilkes, Pettigrew and Gary Lestrange, who were
all smirking, and sending secret looks to each other. Remus couldn't
tell whether they were already involved with Voldemort, or were just
planning to. It was impossible to decipher what those furtive looks
meant, but they all shared some common bond. And Remus didn't like
it. Not at all.
"If you don't know who he is, you are a blithering idiot. Anyway , I
have been instructed by Dumbledore to begin to teach you Antidotes
a year early. I don't necessarily understand why, it's not like the
Death Eaters are going to poison you, or tell you what they are using
to poison you, and even if you knew, I doubt you would be able to get
to a cauldron and an apothecary fast enough to reverse it. However, I
have been instructed to teach you, and so I will. We will start out with
basic antidotes, such as for the Draught of the Living Dead. You will
not be able to use this particular antidote on yourself, as you will be
unconscious within seconds of receiving this potion. I will be handing
out 2 new textbooks to you today. They are not yours to keep. Make
no mistake about that. Lupin. Evans. Pettigrew. Milano. Come get
textbooks."
The 4 of them got up. Remus got a weird feeling, one he didn't
understand. Like the 4 of them being together was normal, not like 3
Gryffindors who hated the one Slytherin. But he shook it off,
disregarding it. He went up to the front of the class, and picked up
half of the stack of one textbook. He looked down at the cover. It was
black. There were stars, and there was a person, dressed in black,
stirring a potion. White star like shapes were shooting out of it. The
title was "Dark Potions For Dark Times". He passed it out to the
Gryffindor half of the room. Emilie and Sarah, the identical twins,
smiled at him when he gave it to them. He smiled back. He had never
really thought about them. He had been too caught up in his own life,
with the Marauders. He, Sirius, Lily, and Daniella. Sirius had been
talking about the Marauders in his sleep. But it was different.
Something about Moony, and Prongs And animagi, and Potter.
Remus had heard him, when he was lying awake in bed. He asked
Sirius about it when Sirius woke up. Sirius blanched when Remus
asked him about Potter, but he shook it off, and the four of them
began to call themselves the Marauders. Pranksters of Hogwarts. They
had made enemies with Filch, the school caretaker by October of the
first year. Sirius was the man behind the machine, in a way. He could
almost wake up after a dream and know what pranks to play, and how
to do them. Sirius, his best friend. They had two sets in their little
group. Lily and Dani. Re and Sirius. Remus couldn't picture, anymore,
life without them. They were everything now. Finally, he grabbed a
book for himself, and sat down. There was an empty chair beside him
that was more pronounced than usual. Where Sirius should have
been. A hot wave of fury erupted inside of him. They were SO dead.
~*~
Frank Longbottom looked out the window in Gryffindor Tower.
Everything was as it should be. Supposedly. The grass outside was
green and lush. The water in the brook was gurgling. Even the trees
seemed to smile down at everything. But he had a strange sense of
foreboding. Beneath all that beauty Something was concealed.
Something so dark, so terrifying He loved Hogwarts. He loved being
a wizard. He loved his life, he loved the beauty. But something was
very, very wrong.
~*~
Sirius lay in the Hospital Wing, the wish for motion coursing through
him. He felt so so helpless lying in a bed. He wanted to kill Malfoy.
Malfoy, and everyone of his slimy Slytherin friends. But he knew he
couldn't. If they wanted to ally themselves with Voldemort, let them.
They would get their comeuppance sooner or later. And he hoped he
had something to do with it.
~*~
(A/N Wasn't that just PEACHY ? Now, I really like HEARING FROM YOU
WHAT YOU THINK . It gives utmost pleasure. Spanx. )
I LUV ALL OF YOU REVIEWERS, but I am writing this on vacation, and
I can't access the names. I will in the next chapter.