~*Cut Scenes*~
A/N: These are scenes I wrote up before I revised At The Beginning and decided to delete them. I chose not to add these because they seemed out of place, bizarre, or complicating when I first wrote up my story.
Warnings: Use of British curse words.
Dedication: Thanks to my first ever reviewers, sora-doragon and Lily Skylo! And in regards to your questions, Lily Skylo, they were very good, and I asked them myself as I was writing up At The Beginning. Yes, they can still use magic in the afterlife; and, that being the case, yes James and Sirius can still transform into Padfoot and Prongs. In fact, they use magic in my cut scenes, as you will see if you read the following.
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Scene I: Sirius Is Falling Through The Veil, And Onto The Seat.....
And in which His Wand Hits Him On The Head
As Sirius Black's knees unbuckled and he was falling through the tattered veil, he squeezed his eyes shut. Damn! Sirius swore to himself silently. I just had to let my guard down, didn't I? And I got hit by *her* of all people! He clenched his fists in anger and rage, as he envisioned the nasty hag of a woman who had just killed him. Bellatrix's lips curled into a horrible smile of triumph, and she threw her head back, laughing......
The vision faded, but the laughter he had imagined didn't, and it echoed in his throbbing head as his head hit something hard (the ground?). He still heard his cousin's peals of mirth even as he was dimly conscious of the sound of a loud thunk! This it, Sirius mused to himself, I'm dead...
As he steeled himself to face eternal darkness, however, he thought he could make out lights flickering, and he heard astonished gasps. The man's eyes fluttered open, and, brushing the long strands of ebony hair out of his face, he saw he had not hit the ground as he had guessed, in fact he had been thrown back into....a seat. A seat in what looked remarkably like a train compartment. What the hell?! Sirius wondered, as he bolted upright and his eyes went wide and round. As he sat up, his wand came flying from nowhere and hit him on the head, and Sirius yelped.
"Ah, feck!!!!!" Sirius cursed, and that outburst of his earned him not only astonished gasps, but indignant and even more stunned looks. A young girl of at least ten years gaped at him, her jaw dropped in shock, and her father hastily clamped his two hands over her two ears, and threw Sirius a very dirty look.
Scene 2: Sirius Is Having Fun With His Fellow Train Compartment Members.....
And in which Chaos Ensues
Sirius spent the remainder of his time in the train chatting away and having fun. Sirius, Fawcett, and Bolger got involved in a long and dirty game of Poker, a Muggle game of cards (Ted Tonks, Andromeda's husband, had taught it to him long ago). Sirius, being the magical one and all, had the advantage to cheat, and so he did; before the game started he excused himself for a moment, and, scuttling off to the side, he conjured a charm on himself in which he gained super vision in which he could see through pretty much anything. In simpler words, Sirius now had magical eyes, and apparently he had no shame, because as Sirius returned strolling back, his face was lit up with wicked, secretive smile. Oblivious, the three commenced playing, and, inevitably, Sirius won, and Fawcett and Bolger, grumbling, took out of their trouser pants and handed over their most prized possessions: Bolger, a rusty teaspoon he had used to stir and drink tea since he was six; Fawcett, a shaving razor. Sirius was slightly disappointed at the prizes, but took them anyway.
During the ride, Sirius had quite the entertaining time with Primula, Fawcett's daughter. Primula taught him all these various kinds of Muggle hand-games (which Sirius found quite interesting). In all, Primula taught him three games: 1) Miss Mary Mack, 2) Tweet, Tweet, Baby, and 3) Rockin' Robin, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet. Sirius had been slightly baffled at all the complex, bizarre hand movements, but enjoyed learning them quite immensely. As they continued to play these Muggle hand games, Bode, who had been nodding off to sleep, accidentally dropped his wand with a loud and pronounced thud, and his wand tip ignited, and out from the tip sprang a teddy bear. This was no ordinary teddy bear, however; it was a vicious, nasty teddy bear who was snapping at everybody with his toothless, cotton-ball filled jaws. Fawcett and Primula were all quite stunned, and Bode, now wide-eyed and awake, hurriedly made the angry bear vanish. Fawcett and Primula looked relieved, but Primula, after recovering from the initial shock, commented that the bear was quite cute.
Scene III: In Which Sirius Meets Up With Lily and James Again....
And In The Process Annoys Lily
"Its been a while," Lily agreed.
"Welcome to the Great Beyond." James said.
"Welcome to death, you mean," Sirius answered his old friend, smiling at him wryly.
"Its not a bad place, you know." James defended.
"No I don't know, and I'm not going to unless you show me around a bit more. A tour would be good." Sirius looked around, and knitting his eyebrows together, Sirius asked Lily and James, "Where's the exit?"
Lily pointed to the far east side of the three towards a door; above the door read, in big, glowing yellow letters on a big red sign, Exit.
Sirius's cheeks blossomed a brilliant pink. "Oh yeah...." Sirius said sheepishly. Lily's lips curved into a smile; she was smirking. Blushing even harder, Sirius looked away from Lily and turned to James, who had a fervent glow in his hazel eyes. His eyes glinted.
Sirius smiled; he knew that look. The two exchanged mischievous glances.
"What about it, old friend? Race?" James asked, grinning.
Sirius hesitated for a moment, but then, looking into James' eyes, his face broke out into an even larger smile. "You're on, mate," Sirius replied. The two men's eyes fell on the exit with eager anticipation, and their shoulders tensed, as if they were ready to spring.
Lily, who had been narrowing her eyes at them suspiciously, now understood and, her smirk vanishing and a deep scowl replacing it, she said warningly, "Don't you two even DARE----"
Sirius and James paid no heed to Lily, however; and the two began to break out into a run. There was a sudden blinding flash of light. People near them turned their heads and several of them blinked several times, but by the time they could properly see again Sirius and James were no more and they gasped. There was a wave of commotion; and some who had witnessed what had happened --- probably Muggles --- had even fainted. Running in Sirius's and James's places were their respective Animagus forms, a shaggy black mongrel and a sleek white stag, and off the two went, lolloping about and scaring half the crowd out of their wits as they ran towards and through the exit door.
Lily sighed, and rolled her eyes. "Men." Shaking her head, she ran as fast as she could to catch up to the two.
Death really was the next greatest adventure, as Dumbledore had always said.
A/N: These are scenes I wrote up before I revised At The Beginning and decided to delete them. I chose not to add these because they seemed out of place, bizarre, or complicating when I first wrote up my story.
Warnings: Use of British curse words.
Dedication: Thanks to my first ever reviewers, sora-doragon and Lily Skylo! And in regards to your questions, Lily Skylo, they were very good, and I asked them myself as I was writing up At The Beginning. Yes, they can still use magic in the afterlife; and, that being the case, yes James and Sirius can still transform into Padfoot and Prongs. In fact, they use magic in my cut scenes, as you will see if you read the following.
*****
Scene I: Sirius Is Falling Through The Veil, And Onto The Seat.....
And in which His Wand Hits Him On The Head
As Sirius Black's knees unbuckled and he was falling through the tattered veil, he squeezed his eyes shut. Damn! Sirius swore to himself silently. I just had to let my guard down, didn't I? And I got hit by *her* of all people! He clenched his fists in anger and rage, as he envisioned the nasty hag of a woman who had just killed him. Bellatrix's lips curled into a horrible smile of triumph, and she threw her head back, laughing......
The vision faded, but the laughter he had imagined didn't, and it echoed in his throbbing head as his head hit something hard (the ground?). He still heard his cousin's peals of mirth even as he was dimly conscious of the sound of a loud thunk! This it, Sirius mused to himself, I'm dead...
As he steeled himself to face eternal darkness, however, he thought he could make out lights flickering, and he heard astonished gasps. The man's eyes fluttered open, and, brushing the long strands of ebony hair out of his face, he saw he had not hit the ground as he had guessed, in fact he had been thrown back into....a seat. A seat in what looked remarkably like a train compartment. What the hell?! Sirius wondered, as he bolted upright and his eyes went wide and round. As he sat up, his wand came flying from nowhere and hit him on the head, and Sirius yelped.
"Ah, feck!!!!!" Sirius cursed, and that outburst of his earned him not only astonished gasps, but indignant and even more stunned looks. A young girl of at least ten years gaped at him, her jaw dropped in shock, and her father hastily clamped his two hands over her two ears, and threw Sirius a very dirty look.
Scene 2: Sirius Is Having Fun With His Fellow Train Compartment Members.....
And in which Chaos Ensues
Sirius spent the remainder of his time in the train chatting away and having fun. Sirius, Fawcett, and Bolger got involved in a long and dirty game of Poker, a Muggle game of cards (Ted Tonks, Andromeda's husband, had taught it to him long ago). Sirius, being the magical one and all, had the advantage to cheat, and so he did; before the game started he excused himself for a moment, and, scuttling off to the side, he conjured a charm on himself in which he gained super vision in which he could see through pretty much anything. In simpler words, Sirius now had magical eyes, and apparently he had no shame, because as Sirius returned strolling back, his face was lit up with wicked, secretive smile. Oblivious, the three commenced playing, and, inevitably, Sirius won, and Fawcett and Bolger, grumbling, took out of their trouser pants and handed over their most prized possessions: Bolger, a rusty teaspoon he had used to stir and drink tea since he was six; Fawcett, a shaving razor. Sirius was slightly disappointed at the prizes, but took them anyway.
During the ride, Sirius had quite the entertaining time with Primula, Fawcett's daughter. Primula taught him all these various kinds of Muggle hand-games (which Sirius found quite interesting). In all, Primula taught him three games: 1) Miss Mary Mack, 2) Tweet, Tweet, Baby, and 3) Rockin' Robin, Tweet, Tweet, Tweet. Sirius had been slightly baffled at all the complex, bizarre hand movements, but enjoyed learning them quite immensely. As they continued to play these Muggle hand games, Bode, who had been nodding off to sleep, accidentally dropped his wand with a loud and pronounced thud, and his wand tip ignited, and out from the tip sprang a teddy bear. This was no ordinary teddy bear, however; it was a vicious, nasty teddy bear who was snapping at everybody with his toothless, cotton-ball filled jaws. Fawcett and Primula were all quite stunned, and Bode, now wide-eyed and awake, hurriedly made the angry bear vanish. Fawcett and Primula looked relieved, but Primula, after recovering from the initial shock, commented that the bear was quite cute.
Scene III: In Which Sirius Meets Up With Lily and James Again....
And In The Process Annoys Lily
"Its been a while," Lily agreed.
"Welcome to the Great Beyond." James said.
"Welcome to death, you mean," Sirius answered his old friend, smiling at him wryly.
"Its not a bad place, you know." James defended.
"No I don't know, and I'm not going to unless you show me around a bit more. A tour would be good." Sirius looked around, and knitting his eyebrows together, Sirius asked Lily and James, "Where's the exit?"
Lily pointed to the far east side of the three towards a door; above the door read, in big, glowing yellow letters on a big red sign, Exit.
Sirius's cheeks blossomed a brilliant pink. "Oh yeah...." Sirius said sheepishly. Lily's lips curved into a smile; she was smirking. Blushing even harder, Sirius looked away from Lily and turned to James, who had a fervent glow in his hazel eyes. His eyes glinted.
Sirius smiled; he knew that look. The two exchanged mischievous glances.
"What about it, old friend? Race?" James asked, grinning.
Sirius hesitated for a moment, but then, looking into James' eyes, his face broke out into an even larger smile. "You're on, mate," Sirius replied. The two men's eyes fell on the exit with eager anticipation, and their shoulders tensed, as if they were ready to spring.
Lily, who had been narrowing her eyes at them suspiciously, now understood and, her smirk vanishing and a deep scowl replacing it, she said warningly, "Don't you two even DARE----"
Sirius and James paid no heed to Lily, however; and the two began to break out into a run. There was a sudden blinding flash of light. People near them turned their heads and several of them blinked several times, but by the time they could properly see again Sirius and James were no more and they gasped. There was a wave of commotion; and some who had witnessed what had happened --- probably Muggles --- had even fainted. Running in Sirius's and James's places were their respective Animagus forms, a shaggy black mongrel and a sleek white stag, and off the two went, lolloping about and scaring half the crowd out of their wits as they ran towards and through the exit door.
Lily sighed, and rolled her eyes. "Men." Shaking her head, she ran as fast as she could to catch up to the two.
Death really was the next greatest adventure, as Dumbledore had always said.