What are friends for?
Alanna woke up the next morning with a killer headache. She crept downstairs and got to work concocting a hangover remedy as quietly as she could. Alanna gulped the nasty tasting potion. She was halfway through breakfast when the events of the day before came rushing into her head. The nausea hit her like a brick. Alanna barely made it to her bathroom before her scant breakfast came up. After her belly was empty, Alanna kept retching dryly. She couldn't stop. Smooth hands held her head as she began shaking violently. She sank back against Remus' legs. He wet a washcloth with warm water and rubbed her back and stomach. Her shakes subsided and Alanna sat there numbly. Remus gently put his hands behind her elbows and helped her to her room. He sat with her on her bed and Alanna cried into his shoulder.
"I thought we weren't allowed to see each other," Lily finally said when she gained control of her sobbing.
"Well, the Aurors got my story and when they discovered that I couldn't, no wouldn't, defend Black, they let me go." Alanna slowly drew away from Remus.
"You think Sirius betrayed Lily and James?" She asked, disbelief in her voice.
"How could I not Alanna? Dumbledore himself said that Black was their Secret Keeper." Alanna stood up and backed away from her friend.
"Pettigrew was their Secret-Keeper! They switched last minute. They didn't even tell Dumbledore. They knew someone was spying for Voldemort and everyone thought they would use Sirius. So they did the unpredictable and switched. And Sirius told me. And I can't believe you're turning on your own best friend." Alanna concluded rather lamely. She was having a hard time feeling any emotion for very long, even anger, her favorite emotion. Remus stared at her numbly.
"I don't believe you. You've let your feelings for Black get in the way. You just don't want to admit that you fell in love with a traitor and a murderer." He stopped, not because he wanted to, but because Alanna slapped him. He was shocked. Alanna had never hit any of the Marauders. Well, except for Sirius and he deserved it.
~*~*~*~*~*Flashback~*~*~*~*~*
The Gryffindors were woken up one morning by an enraged girl's scream.
"Sirius Black!" Was the sound that came from the third year girl's dorm. In the third year boy's dorm, the object of her anger grinned. It was the best prank ever. His three roommates groaned as they sat up, wondering what Sirius had done to Alanna this time. Before it had been squishy objects in her bed, fake wands, and brightly colored hair. She had retaliated with Filibuster Fireworks, Dungbombs, and strange-tasting food that made Sirius do wacky things. The door to their room burst open and there stood a small whirlwind, aka Alanna Brown. Her skin was a terrible orange color that clashed with her hair. She ripped open the curtains around Sirius' four-poster and froze. He was sitting in the lotus position, looking for all the world like he was meditating. Alanna glared helplessly at James, Remus, and Peter who were sniggering. She didn't want to interrupt Sirius' meditation if it was real, but she thought it wasn't. There was still the possibility. Sirius began shaking. Alanna thought he might be having a seizure or something until she realized that it was suppressed laughter. He opened his eyes slightly and whooped when he saw that Alanna was turning red. Unfortunately, this clashed even more with her orange skin and she ended up looking purple. The other three Marauders laughed even harder when a stream of purple pineapples ran up to Alanna and began singing the Robin Hood: Men in Tights theme song. Alanna went over to Sirius and slapped him across his face. The pineapples stopped singing and disappeared. Her skin returned to its normal shade.
~*~*~*~*~*End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*
"Get out of my house," Alanna hissed in a voice she had always reserved for Slytherins.
"It's not like I wanted to be here anyway!" Screamed Remus on his way out the door. "Mudblood," he muttered under his breath.
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Thanx again to Molly W. My faithful reviewer.