A long time ago, when I was called Padfoot
Chapter 3: The Awakening
Disclaimer: see chap 1
Note: I may have gotten some facts wrong, and if I did, and you notice, please tell me and I will try to change it asap. ~*'s mean a change form me to Sirius and ~'s mean a change from Sirius at the present to Sirius's memories or all vise versa. It helps to clarify what's what.
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He woke up, lying on the grass on the grounds outside, just inside the edge of the forbidden forest. His mouth tasted odd, but he attributed it to the fact of being in a fight, blood in his mouth form his lip, having been pounded with curses and being transported. Zara and Karey had figured that James and Sirius needed to be woken up AWAY from the Slytherins and out of earshot of any nearby people. People steered clear of the forest, soo.
Sirus had sat up and immediately started to protest their treatment and distrust (not to mention the fact he would have liked to get in a few more punches) and wouldn't listen to a word Zara was saying as she knelt in front of him. He could vaguely hear James protesting too. Sirius ranted on and on until Zara sighed and leaned forward till their lips touched and they kissed. Her lips were soft and tasted faintly like lavender. When she pulled away, Sirius and James sat stunned and quiet. An almost echoing silence followed. It broke when James started to laugh; Karey was hiding her mouth behind her hands, but he could still hear muffled giggles. Sirius looked at Zara, his face showing shock, questions, and surprise. Hers' was bemused and pleased, she laughed, "I have to kiss you to make you shut up Sirius, but hell, it was worth listening to all your rantings for it." That shut Sirius's opening mouth once more. Zara laughed and swirled around, her calf length red, brown hair shimmering as she stepped out of the forest.
Karey now took Zara's vacated place and knelt in front of Sirius, "Your not going to kiss me too are you?" he asked, silently debating whether he wanted her to or not, the taste of Zara's lips still on his mind. Zara and James laughed again. Karey smiled, "No I'm going to fix you up so you don't have to walk around with a bloody body." It took awhile for her to touch her wand to all of Sirius's wounds, for cleaning and mending. She also cleared up all his curse side effects. "How do you know this stuff?" He asked wonderingly as she put the tip of her wand to Sirius's swelling green boils and the swelling and color faded and grew normal. "Oh, those ancient tomes of books that Reamus has to drag me out of," she grinned at the old joke.
Sirius turned to look at Zara. She had sat down beneath a tree; her robe in her lap and her wand moving along rips, mending them as it went. Sirius got up and walked over to her. He stood over her and watched her, when she looked up at him curiously all she said was, "Hand me your robe, so I can mend it. What is it? You're staring at me." Sirius took off his robe and sank down next to her. He handed the robe to her. "Why did you kiss me?" he asked. "To get you to shut up," she answered without hesitation. "That all?" he asked, digging for more. "Do you want there to be more?" she asked eying him shrewdly. "No, I mean yes, no, no, I was just wondering," Zara grinned and continued to mend the robes.
James and Karey carefully and quietly left the pair together. Zara and Sirius didn't see them join the rest of the Coalition behind some trees, out of sight from Zara and Sirius, but there were enough cracks for them to see the pair.
"Zara," Sirius breathed, Zara turned to him, waiting for him to continue. Her face seemed to give an ngelic glow. The late afternoon light glinted off her hair and made it shine as if it were a halo. He eyes were the purple of grapes or wine, her lips were full, and from experience, soft. Sirius bent towards her, Zara didn't move. He came within and inch of her before he stopped, hesitating. She grinned, "The Great Sirius, scared of a girl?" He frowned then leaned towards her once more, their lips met and held. Sirius brought a hand up to hold her check and the two sat there, locked by kiss and by the magic of the moment.
"Wait a second," Sirius thought, "Magic, that's it, I would never in my right mind kiss Zara." He frowned as his thoughts clarified for a minute. He pulled away to see Zara grinning and yelled, "YOU GAVE ME A LOVE POTION!!!" She jumped up, probably to get out of arms reach of the suddenly furious Sirius, and laughed once more, a full and gleeful laugh. "5 stars, Sirius Black, I lost. The group came out grinning like fools at Sirius's maddened face. Zara went over to James and handed him a one sickle. "Ha," James boasted, "I knew he would figure it out within 2 minutes." Zara shrugged, "I was wrong." She didn't look sorry that she had lost. "WHAT'S GOING ON?" bellowed Sirius. The girls and Reamus laughed, Peter blushed, and James told Sirius of how they had fed him a love potion for Zara right before he woke up. "That explained the taste," Sirius thought, "but- "Why?" he croaked, suddenly very limp. "It was a bet." Zara tossed over her shoulder as she headed towards the castle, "you of all people should know that."
Sirius stared after her, he couldn't blush, but if he could he would be beet red by now. Sirius ws infamous for his betting, on everything and anything, but he could keep himself in check if the betting hurt one of his friends or he was low on money. He was now able to discern between the two extremes. One half wanted to run up to her sweep her off her feet and kiss her like crazy. Another half wanted to run up to her and rip her apart. He stood there, in shock and debate, then fell to his knees and lifted his arms up to the sky in mock exasperation. They all laughed and headed back to the castle, Zara told Sirius he would have to pay for the antidote. He was still very aware of her, the way her hair swished, the way she smiled, the way her hip swung, how the shirt lay on her- "Stop Sirius," he strictly told himself, and quickly and he promised anything to get the antidote from her.
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She sure did make me pay, Sirius thought, back on Buckbeak. He grinned a toothy smile. He could almost taste Zara's lips from that final French kiss that was his payment for the cure. He had swallowed the whole thing down in one gulp as soon as it was in his hands. He could never live the story down and years later they still brought it up and talked about it until Sirius threatened dismemberment to every single one of the Coalition and the laughing listeners. But James had always been the one to laugh the hardest at his friend and also the first one to take pity on Sirius and change the subject.
He wondered what had happened to everyone. Last he had heard, Zara had gone south to her families home, it was somewhere in the Pacific, he couldn't remember exactly where. He couldn't remember exactly what she did, but he thought it had something to do with birds. Karey had gone to get a job as a teacher at some college somewhere, he couldn't force more out of his brain tonight. Jane had gone to start a farm somewhere else too, he also couldn't force the answer of out his brain. But he knew about the rest; he had just seen Reamus, for all he knew, he was still a werewolf. Snape was in Hogwarts somewhere, Slickney and Laurph had been death eaters in Voldemort's closest circle, but had died many years ago. James and Lily-, his throat tightened up at the thought of his best friend, his brother practically, and James's wife. The two had looked so happy together. "Had looked.," He started to feel tears run down his cheeks, "not now," he yelled at himself, "now is not the time to think about James and Lily! Think about something else,
It might be nice to see Zara again," Sirius thought dreamily, "maybe I can. maybe I could-"
But the thought was never completed for Sirius had finally drifted off into a deep sleep without dreams.
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Well, that's all I have so far. I will try to type more if you guys like it. Please Review!
~Kit ;)
Chapter 3: The Awakening
Disclaimer: see chap 1
Note: I may have gotten some facts wrong, and if I did, and you notice, please tell me and I will try to change it asap. ~*'s mean a change form me to Sirius and ~'s mean a change from Sirius at the present to Sirius's memories or all vise versa. It helps to clarify what's what.
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He woke up, lying on the grass on the grounds outside, just inside the edge of the forbidden forest. His mouth tasted odd, but he attributed it to the fact of being in a fight, blood in his mouth form his lip, having been pounded with curses and being transported. Zara and Karey had figured that James and Sirius needed to be woken up AWAY from the Slytherins and out of earshot of any nearby people. People steered clear of the forest, soo.
Sirus had sat up and immediately started to protest their treatment and distrust (not to mention the fact he would have liked to get in a few more punches) and wouldn't listen to a word Zara was saying as she knelt in front of him. He could vaguely hear James protesting too. Sirius ranted on and on until Zara sighed and leaned forward till their lips touched and they kissed. Her lips were soft and tasted faintly like lavender. When she pulled away, Sirius and James sat stunned and quiet. An almost echoing silence followed. It broke when James started to laugh; Karey was hiding her mouth behind her hands, but he could still hear muffled giggles. Sirius looked at Zara, his face showing shock, questions, and surprise. Hers' was bemused and pleased, she laughed, "I have to kiss you to make you shut up Sirius, but hell, it was worth listening to all your rantings for it." That shut Sirius's opening mouth once more. Zara laughed and swirled around, her calf length red, brown hair shimmering as she stepped out of the forest.
Karey now took Zara's vacated place and knelt in front of Sirius, "Your not going to kiss me too are you?" he asked, silently debating whether he wanted her to or not, the taste of Zara's lips still on his mind. Zara and James laughed again. Karey smiled, "No I'm going to fix you up so you don't have to walk around with a bloody body." It took awhile for her to touch her wand to all of Sirius's wounds, for cleaning and mending. She also cleared up all his curse side effects. "How do you know this stuff?" He asked wonderingly as she put the tip of her wand to Sirius's swelling green boils and the swelling and color faded and grew normal. "Oh, those ancient tomes of books that Reamus has to drag me out of," she grinned at the old joke.
Sirius turned to look at Zara. She had sat down beneath a tree; her robe in her lap and her wand moving along rips, mending them as it went. Sirius got up and walked over to her. He stood over her and watched her, when she looked up at him curiously all she said was, "Hand me your robe, so I can mend it. What is it? You're staring at me." Sirius took off his robe and sank down next to her. He handed the robe to her. "Why did you kiss me?" he asked. "To get you to shut up," she answered without hesitation. "That all?" he asked, digging for more. "Do you want there to be more?" she asked eying him shrewdly. "No, I mean yes, no, no, I was just wondering," Zara grinned and continued to mend the robes.
James and Karey carefully and quietly left the pair together. Zara and Sirius didn't see them join the rest of the Coalition behind some trees, out of sight from Zara and Sirius, but there were enough cracks for them to see the pair.
"Zara," Sirius breathed, Zara turned to him, waiting for him to continue. Her face seemed to give an ngelic glow. The late afternoon light glinted off her hair and made it shine as if it were a halo. He eyes were the purple of grapes or wine, her lips were full, and from experience, soft. Sirius bent towards her, Zara didn't move. He came within and inch of her before he stopped, hesitating. She grinned, "The Great Sirius, scared of a girl?" He frowned then leaned towards her once more, their lips met and held. Sirius brought a hand up to hold her check and the two sat there, locked by kiss and by the magic of the moment.
"Wait a second," Sirius thought, "Magic, that's it, I would never in my right mind kiss Zara." He frowned as his thoughts clarified for a minute. He pulled away to see Zara grinning and yelled, "YOU GAVE ME A LOVE POTION!!!" She jumped up, probably to get out of arms reach of the suddenly furious Sirius, and laughed once more, a full and gleeful laugh. "5 stars, Sirius Black, I lost. The group came out grinning like fools at Sirius's maddened face. Zara went over to James and handed him a one sickle. "Ha," James boasted, "I knew he would figure it out within 2 minutes." Zara shrugged, "I was wrong." She didn't look sorry that she had lost. "WHAT'S GOING ON?" bellowed Sirius. The girls and Reamus laughed, Peter blushed, and James told Sirius of how they had fed him a love potion for Zara right before he woke up. "That explained the taste," Sirius thought, "but- "Why?" he croaked, suddenly very limp. "It was a bet." Zara tossed over her shoulder as she headed towards the castle, "you of all people should know that."
Sirius stared after her, he couldn't blush, but if he could he would be beet red by now. Sirius ws infamous for his betting, on everything and anything, but he could keep himself in check if the betting hurt one of his friends or he was low on money. He was now able to discern between the two extremes. One half wanted to run up to her sweep her off her feet and kiss her like crazy. Another half wanted to run up to her and rip her apart. He stood there, in shock and debate, then fell to his knees and lifted his arms up to the sky in mock exasperation. They all laughed and headed back to the castle, Zara told Sirius he would have to pay for the antidote. He was still very aware of her, the way her hair swished, the way she smiled, the way her hip swung, how the shirt lay on her- "Stop Sirius," he strictly told himself, and quickly and he promised anything to get the antidote from her.
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She sure did make me pay, Sirius thought, back on Buckbeak. He grinned a toothy smile. He could almost taste Zara's lips from that final French kiss that was his payment for the cure. He had swallowed the whole thing down in one gulp as soon as it was in his hands. He could never live the story down and years later they still brought it up and talked about it until Sirius threatened dismemberment to every single one of the Coalition and the laughing listeners. But James had always been the one to laugh the hardest at his friend and also the first one to take pity on Sirius and change the subject.
He wondered what had happened to everyone. Last he had heard, Zara had gone south to her families home, it was somewhere in the Pacific, he couldn't remember exactly where. He couldn't remember exactly what she did, but he thought it had something to do with birds. Karey had gone to get a job as a teacher at some college somewhere, he couldn't force more out of his brain tonight. Jane had gone to start a farm somewhere else too, he also couldn't force the answer of out his brain. But he knew about the rest; he had just seen Reamus, for all he knew, he was still a werewolf. Snape was in Hogwarts somewhere, Slickney and Laurph had been death eaters in Voldemort's closest circle, but had died many years ago. James and Lily-, his throat tightened up at the thought of his best friend, his brother practically, and James's wife. The two had looked so happy together. "Had looked.," He started to feel tears run down his cheeks, "not now," he yelled at himself, "now is not the time to think about James and Lily! Think about something else,
It might be nice to see Zara again," Sirius thought dreamily, "maybe I can. maybe I could-"
But the thought was never completed for Sirius had finally drifted off into a deep sleep without dreams.
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Well, that's all I have so far. I will try to type more if you guys like it. Please Review!
~Kit ;)