Seasons
Introduction / Chapter 1For those of you who have read All My Life, I'm truly sorry for putting you through that torture. The story (my first writing ever) was not well thought out and had a lot of holes in the plot, and the characters were doing things way too mature for being 11-13. I'm still continuing with All My Life, but right now I just need a little side story to take my mind off of it. I have to warn you, that in this story, the characters are probably going to have the same sort of personalities, like Sirius for example. And things that happened in the 5th book will come into play. BTW, I'm still pissed about that death. Grr… My favorite character…gone. Oh well, I might as well get on with my life. Ok, the first thing that I'm going to do for you is give you an overview of who the main characters are, what has happened that changed there lives significantly (if there are any) and anything else you need to know. It's pretty much a little bio of all of the characters, to get you up to speed w/ the story, which is set to take place at the beginning of 6th year. Ok, on with the show…
James Harold Potter~ Probably known best for his over-the-top quidditch skills and "King of Hogwarts" status, James is pretty much the leader of the 6th year Gryffindors, if not the school. His best friends in the entire universe are of course Sirius and Remus, and he is nice enough to Peter. He is an only child and really hasn't had too much heartbreak in his 16 years on earth. He is desperately in love with none other than Lily Evans, but she has her eye on a totally different marauder, much to the displeasure of James.
Sirius Black~ The good-looking, and hilarious Sirius' biggest problem these days is the fact that he doesn't have a middle name. Though this may not seem to be a big deal to you, it nags at poor Sirius day in, and day out. This is probably the reason he spends every waking moment searching for a suitable middle name. With his comedic timing, and at most time's odd personality, he is easily everyone's favorite. Playing beater for the gryffindor quidditch team hardly uses up all his energy, so he spends his free time chasing Roxanne, a girl who could care less about him. He lives with James, because his parents threw him out long ago, but he doesn't seem to mind his living arrangement too horribly much.
Remus Julian Lupin~ Though blessed with a middle name, Remus has other things to worry about. When he was young, he was bitten by a werewolf, and has had to live a jaded life ever since. He has been dating Arianna for 2 years now, but has neglected to tell her that he turns into a vicious canine once a month, and this absence of info nags at him every second that he spends with her. Even though he is the envy of many, they just don't know his life.
Lillian Elizabeth Evans~ Lily, (her friends call her Lee) is one of the prettiest girls at Hogwarts. She is also 1/3 of the Elizabeth club, a club that the three girls invented sometime during first year because of their identical middle names. But even with all her good looks and charm, she can't seem to get Sirius to notice her, though James notices her all the time. She was born to muggles, and has a sister, Petunia, whom she gets along with quite well.
Roxanne Elizabeth Austin~ Another member of the Elizabeth club, Roxanne Austin, leads a double life. To most, she is the privileged daughter of the top Auror at the ministry, and the youngest member of the richest wizarding family in all of Europe. But to her friends, she is just Roxie, the gorgeous, fun-loving party animal, who will do anything for her friends, including inviting them all to exotic places for the holidays.
Arianna Elizabeth Storm~ Arianna, the final member of the Elizabeth club, is the sweetest girl you could ever hope to meet. With her beautiful face and long hair, she is easily tied with Lily and Roxanne on Sirius' "Hotness Scale." When she was 12, Arianna's mom died from a long battle with a wizard disease, that at the time had no cure. This left her dad all by himself, to care for three children. Though it was difficult, Arianna's family has managed to cope with their loss, and even thrive in the new situation they were thrust in.
Now let the story begin…
"So Roxie." Sirius Black said as he inched toward the seemingly unreceptive teenager.
"Yes, Sirius?" She smiled, though her jaw seemed a tad, clenched.
"You do know, that if I could see you naked, I'd die a happy man."
"Yeah?" Roxie smiled and leaned towards him, "but baby, if I saw you naked, I might die laughing." She then turned away from him and started reading the newest issue of Witches Weekly.
James and Remus looked at their defeated comrade, as he smiled at them.
"I think I'm making progress." They just shook their heads when there attention went to the commotion at the train car door.
"And then," Lily laughed as she walked in, leaning on Arianna for stability between the giggles, "he, he screamed and ran into a stall, and I just about died."
"What happened?" Sirius asked eagerly, hanging over the edge of his seat.
"Lily walked in on Snape in the toilet, and she reckons he wet himself when he saw her, if not before she came in." Arianna explained, while Lily hyperventilated next to her.
"Why were you in the boys bathroom?" James asked, staring intently at Lily.
"Arianna told me that it was the girls!" Lily said, now finding her seat amongst her friends on the Hogwarts Express. They were heading back to their true home, the place where they became friends, and the place where they will face some of the hardest things they will ever have to go through, and some of the best times of their lives.
As they sat down, Sirius made Lily describe the exact look on Severus Snape's face, over and over again.
"Hey, where's Peter?" Roxie asked, looking around the compartment.
"I dunno." The boys said in unison. They didn't think to hard though, because no sooner had they said this, had Sirius come up with a brilliant idea. Or so he thought.
"How about," he started, while clapping his hands together, "We walk by the Slytherin's compartment, and go on about some small bloke that Lily spied on earlier. Let's see if we can get a rise out Snape."
"Looked to me like that's what he was doing in the bathroom in the first place." Lily said matter-of-factly.
"Lily!" Shouted the rest of the compartment's occupants at once.
"What, I was just stating what I saw!"
"Yeah," Remus said, shuddering, "but did you need to be so graphic about it?"
The rest of the friends nodded, while Lily shrugged.
As the boys cleared the compartment, the girls got together for their yearly back to school ritual.
"Ok, now that they're gone, time for gossip." Roxie said, leaning in. "Lee, how was your summer?"
A pained expression came over Lily's face as she shrugged, "It was ok, I guess."
"Sirius still not noticing you?" Roxanne asked.
"He's noticing someone," Lily said, glaring at Roxie and then smiling, "just not me."
"You can have him!" She said in an exasperated tone.
"I wish," Lily mused as she looked at Arianna, who was gazing out the window, staring at the blurred landscape.
"You ok Arianna?" Roxie asked, talking the words out of Lily's mouth.
"Yeah," she said, turning towards the girls.
"Penny for your thoughts." Lily told her, and in return both Arianna and Roxie looked at her in a confused way.
"Oh," Lily said, noticing her mistake, "sorry, muggle thing. It means, what's on your mind?"
"I don't know," she confessed, "I just, I just have this feeling about Remus. There is something about him, like he's keeping something from me. I don't really know how to explain it. Lately he's just been acting, different."
"Like, different how?" Roxie asked.
"Like he's always going to visit his sick aunt, or his sick mother, or his sick grandmother. I don't know, there is just something funny about it. It bother's me to think that he's lying to me."
"Why would he lie about things to get away from you for days at a time?" Lily asked rhetorically.
"You know what," Roxie said, and then shook her head, dismissing it. "No, never mind, Remus isn't like that."
"What?" Arianna asked, scooting towards Roxie.
"Well, its not true or anything, but what if there is another girl?"
"No," Lily said, shaking her head, "Remus wouldn't do that."
"Yeah," Roxie agreed.
"Wait, I mean, he leaves at least once a month for days at a time to be with a sick relative? What if he is cheating on me?" Arianna's voice became higher the more she talked.
"Do you really think he is?" Lily asked, becoming saddened.
"I think so." Arianna's heart sank. She could not believe that Remus would do this to her.
"What are you going to do?" Roxie asked, feeling terrible for even bringing this whole thing up.
"The only thing I can do," Arianna said, her eyes trailing to the ground, "I have to break up with him." She then said that she needed to go to the bathroom and stumbled out of the compartment.
"Oh my God." Lily said, slouching in her seat.
"Yeah." Roxie said, knowing what Lily was thinking.
Meanwhile, the boys were out causing some trouble of their own.
"Where is the Slytherin compartment?" Sirius asked, sliding a door open, poking his head in and then closing it in defeat.
"I don't know, but we are almost at the last compartment, and still no scum. I mean Snape, still no Snape." James said, grinning.
"You had it right the first time, James." Remus said, while sliding open the second to last compartment door, but to no avail.
"Last one guys. On three we charge in, ok?" Sirius whispered, and then proceeded to count. On three, the boys stormed in the compartment.
"Peter?!" James yelled, as he grabbed the Gryffindor.
"What are you doing in here," Snape yelled.
"Well we were looking for some bloke that was whacking off in the toilet, and scarred our poor Lily for life. And now, we find the same ass in here, holding our beloved Peter against his will!" Sirius ranted.
"So if you don't mind, Severus, we will be taking our friend, and leaving." James said, as he opened the door for the rest of the boys.
As they left the compartment, Peter looked up at Sirius and grinned.
"Thanks guys, I don't know what I would've done if…"
"Shut-up Peter, I don't like any better than I like Snape." Sirius said as he stared angrily at Peter.
"But you just, you said that they were holding me against my, but I,"
"Quit blithering, Pete. Just because I don't like you doesn't mean I won't save your arse from the likes of the Slytherins."
"Oh, ok well," Peter said nervously.
"What were you doing in there anyway, Pete?" Remus interrupted, while opening the door to their compartment.
"Well, as you said, they were holding me against me will." Peter said, glancing around the room.
"What happened?" Roxie asked, tearing her eyes away from Witches Weekly.
"We found Peter schmoozing with the Slytherins in a hidden compartment." James explained, looking Peter up and down.
"What?" Lily asked, glaring at Peter.
"I told you, I was being held! It was torture!"
"You didn't look to tortured to us, you worthless piece of…" Sirius began, but Roxie interrupted.
"You need to calm down, Sirius. Peter, why don't you go buy a few chocolate frogs for us," she said, handing him a few coins, "hopefully no big scary Slytherin jump out from behind a treat cart or anything."
The group laughed as Peter glared at her on his way out.
"Where is Arianna?" Remus asked, looking around.
"Um, she went to the bathroom a minute ago, she should be back anytime." Lily explained as she looked at her watch. Roxie and her exchanged glances. Arianna had been gone for 25 minutes.
As the minutes went on, the group began doing their own activities. Lily and Roxie chatted candidly about the summer hols, while James, Sirius and Remus played a rousing game of exploding snap.
When Arianna finally entered the door, she was followed closely by Peter. In her arms was a large bag of assorted goodies, with everything from Pumpkin Pasties, to Sugar Quills.
She passed Remus with out so much as a glance, but he was too involved with exploding snap to even notice. When she sat down next to the girls, they looked at her with an odd expression.
"Planning for the end of the world?"
"Oh, no. I just figure since I won't have a boyfriend much longer, I might as well get fat." She said this as she stuffed 3 chocolate frogs into her mouth. She had said it rather loudly though, because James had overheard.
He caught Lily's eye, and looked towards Arianna. Lily just shrugged and proceeded to grab a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans.
A weird expression came over her face after she popped a red bean in her mouth.
"What flavour is it?" Roxie asked, while unwrapping a Pumpkin Pastie.
"I think it was blood?!" Lily said, gagging and grabbing a chocolate frog.
"Gross!" All three girls said in unison.
As the outside grew darker, they knew they were almost to the castle.
"Better get our robes on guys," Remus said as he rummaged through his trunk.
Once they were dressed, the train began slowing down, until it finally stopped. The group got out of the train and made their way to the carriages.
"You still don't see them?" Arianna asked as she stepped into the carriage.
"Nope." Roxie said, as she followed Arianna into the carriage.
"You know Arianna, it's not good to see things that no one else can see, I mean, its just not good. Maybe you should tell Dumbledore or something." Sirius said, smiling.
"And how would that conversation pan out. 'Oh, hello Professor, well you see, I keep on seeing these black scaly horse things all around, and I was wondering if that's normal?' I'd be on the next bloody broom to St. Mungos!" Arianna strained a laugh and then fell silent for the rest of the ride.
"Well, it was just a thought." Sirius said, looking hurt. But not for long. Soon after the St. Mungos discussion, the carriages came to a halt and the gang walked up the steps to the castle.
As he stepped onto the first landing, he stopped and breathed in deep.
"Ahh…" He exhaled. "It is good to be back."
"Yeah," James said stopping beside him, "it's good to be home."
"Oy! There's McGonagall! Hey Minerva! I'm back!!" Sirius then ran towards his 'favorite' teacher. James shook his head laughing, thrust his hands in his pockets and walked on, towards home.
Well, how is that for the first chapter? I think its ok, but believe me, the story will get better! In the next chapter, we will go thru the Remus/Arianna break-up, and maybe some more of the James-Lily-Sirius-Roxanne love triangle. Well, there are four people, so maybe it is more of a love square… I dunno. Well ok, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, don't hesitate to let me know. Ok, talk to you all later.
LIZ
