Chapter six
Sirius crept towards Professor Zela's private stash in her office. He had waited until the bad tempered teacher had marched off to lunch before moving towards the door. He saw the cabinet open and quickly began reading the labels on small bottles filled with vile-looking liquids.
"Antidote for Reduction, Toe Inflammation Tonic, Wart enlarger, Pain Remover, Antidote for Willow's Fever, wolfsbane." He muttered to himself. Sirius was sorely tempted to take some of the bottles, they'd come in useful for his pranks.
*Stop it! If you hadn't used that antidote for a prank, you wouldn't be in this mess! Focus on solving the problem at hand!* his mind scolded him. Suddenly, a tiny deep blue bottle caught his eye, he took it down off the shelf.
Love Potion Antidote
"Yes!" he whispered, and pried the lid off, where it fell to the floor. Sirius took a little bottle out of his robes and poured a bit of the black liquid into it. He corked up his own container and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Quite astonishing, really." Remarked Professor Zela from just outside the dungeon. All the blood drained from Sirius' face. He quickly grabbed the stopper off the floor and hastily shoved it into the bottle opening.
"Yes, it is. Whoever knew wolfsbane could create a remedy like that." Sirius recognized the voice of Professor Briarwood, Zela's friend, and practically the only person she actually liked. "Think you'd be up to brewing one if you could, Marie?"
"Possibly. Hold on, I'll get your tonic from the cupboard." Sirius froze. Zela was coming into her office! He shoved the antidote back on the shelf and threw the invisibility cloak over his head just as she walked into the room. "Let me see.ah!" She reached right over Sirius and grabbed a purple bottle before handing it to Briarwood.
"Thank you, Marie."
"Not at all Estelle. I believe we have a meeting with the Headmaster?"
"Right you are." The two women left, talking. Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ran out of the dungeon and up to the Great Hall.
Danielle watched as Professor Zela exited the Great Hall with Professor Briarwood. She prayed that Sirius had taken his chance and was now out of the dungeon. Sure enough, several minutes later he came into the Hall looking flustered but otherwise perfectly fine. He sat down with them and began shoveling food into his mouth, James paid him no attention as he was too preoccupied with Lily.
"Do you have it?" Elsa whispered to him a few minutes later.
"Yeah." A small bottle was shoved into Danielle's hand under the table. She looked at the black liquid inside skeptically.
"You're sure this is it?" Sirius nodded, still eating. "All of it?" He nodded again.
"Alright."said Elsa. She took the bottle from Danielle and stood up. "Lily?"
The red head looked up. "Yeah?" she smiled at James. "Did you need something?"
"Yes. Could you come with me for a minute?"
"Okay! Hold on." She turned to James and kissed him deeply. "See you in a minute!" She added breathlessly after she was done. People from other tables were sitting opened mouth at all the tables. Lily Evans had kissed her worst enemy! Eyes followed the red head as she left with Danielle and Elsa.
Remus turned to Sirius. "You have to explain, now." He said.
Sirius turned white for the second time in the half-hour. "Y-You know?" He asked weakly.
"We know." Said Peter. "And we told Danielle and Elsa, we'd have you tell James and apologize now, while they're giving her the antidote."
"Tell him now, otherwise it'll be worse. If James finds out by Lily smacking him he'll hate you even more." Remus instructed. Sirius gulped, but his look of fear was replaced by a grim one of determination.
"You're right." He said. "James?"
"Yeah Padfoot? You've seen Lily? She finally got her act together and went out with me! Told you I'd get her in the end." He said smugly.
"Uhhh.great! Er- Listen, James..I need to tell you something."
"What's up guys?" asked Lily bouncing up and down. "I really should get back to James, you know."
"Lily, drink this!" Elsa shoved the bottle at her. Lily gave a curious look at the black liquid.
"Trust us. You'll be glad you did." Said Danielle.
"Ok." Lily took the bottle and took of the lid. Tilting her head back, she swallowed the whole thing. She gagged. Looking at her friends, she blinked stupidly for a moment. Then she looked at the bottle and it all came flooding back.
A look of terrified comprehension dawned over her face. "Did. I-I just do what I think I did. James. I- what how did it happen? WHAT WAS I THINKING?" She yelled
Elsa and Danielle winced. Apparently the potion didn't effect memory, and Lily clearly remembered what had happened perfectly.
"Well," began Danielle.
"Don't get too mad," said Elsa "but you see."
"SIRIUS ORION BLACK!" the cry was heard from both ends of the Great Hall. One was from the table where Sirius sat, the other from the doorway. James was now standing up at the table and Lily had just entered the Hall. She stormed over to them, took Sirius by the cuff of his shirt, and jerked him out of his seat
"SIRIUS."
"Yes, L-Lily?" he asked tentatively.
"Did you give me a LIKING POTION, so that I would like James?"
"Its.a.possibility." He muttered.
"And it acted as a Love Potion?"
"Maybe?"
"AND I BLOODY FELL IN LOVE WITH POTTER, AGREED TO GO OUT WITH HIM AND KISSED HIM?!"
Most of the school was watching now. "It's not in the farthest possible reaches of the imagination." Sirius murmured.
"You will be sorry, Black." She turned to James. "This changes nothing between us, Potter." Lily stalked out of the Hall. James turned to Sirius.
"Padfoot, I thought even you had more sense then this?" He followed Lily out of the hall, looking furious.
Sirius slumped in his chair and covered his face in his hands.
"That went well."
"Shut up Wormtail!" he snapped. "I've made a grand mess of things, haven't I?"
"It's nothing you can't fix." Sirius looked up and saw that Elsa was the one speaking. "Everyone makes mistakes, James has too. This hasn't changed much of the way Lily regards him, maybe it'll even improve his chances with her."
"I don't think so." He remarked dryly.
"Even if it doesn't," she continued. "He will forgive you eventually. You're his best friend."
Sirius smiled. Somehow, with these few words, Elsa had managed to make him feel better than he had all day. "It's good I have you guys around." He remarked. "I need someone around once in a while to prove to me that even I do things wrong. And to pull me out of the traps I make for myself."
Elsa, Danielle, Peter, and Remus' jaws all dropped.
"Sirius Black? Admitting he's wrong?" choked out Danielle.
"I didn't know such a thing was possible," said Remus.
"Well, I did." Announced Elsa, getting up from the table. She threw Sirius a smile and left. He stared after her, his mouth open.
"What?" he asked Danielle, Remus, and Peter, who were all sniggering.
"Nothing." Said Peter, trying to contain his laughter.
"Lets get to History of Magic." Said Danielle.
AN: YES YES YES!!!! Another (I think the longest) chapter! Hahahah.thanx 2 reviewers! I luv u! more coming soon. Review if you like!
Author Apology: Ruth3 and United Losers of America..I honestly thought I would have room for u in my story but have realized I will not. I am v. SORRY~!
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Sirius crept towards Professor Zela's private stash in her office. He had waited until the bad tempered teacher had marched off to lunch before moving towards the door. He saw the cabinet open and quickly began reading the labels on small bottles filled with vile-looking liquids.
"Antidote for Reduction, Toe Inflammation Tonic, Wart enlarger, Pain Remover, Antidote for Willow's Fever, wolfsbane." He muttered to himself. Sirius was sorely tempted to take some of the bottles, they'd come in useful for his pranks.
*Stop it! If you hadn't used that antidote for a prank, you wouldn't be in this mess! Focus on solving the problem at hand!* his mind scolded him. Suddenly, a tiny deep blue bottle caught his eye, he took it down off the shelf.
Love Potion Antidote
"Yes!" he whispered, and pried the lid off, where it fell to the floor. Sirius took a little bottle out of his robes and poured a bit of the black liquid into it. He corked up his own container and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Quite astonishing, really." Remarked Professor Zela from just outside the dungeon. All the blood drained from Sirius' face. He quickly grabbed the stopper off the floor and hastily shoved it into the bottle opening.
"Yes, it is. Whoever knew wolfsbane could create a remedy like that." Sirius recognized the voice of Professor Briarwood, Zela's friend, and practically the only person she actually liked. "Think you'd be up to brewing one if you could, Marie?"
"Possibly. Hold on, I'll get your tonic from the cupboard." Sirius froze. Zela was coming into her office! He shoved the antidote back on the shelf and threw the invisibility cloak over his head just as she walked into the room. "Let me see.ah!" She reached right over Sirius and grabbed a purple bottle before handing it to Briarwood.
"Thank you, Marie."
"Not at all Estelle. I believe we have a meeting with the Headmaster?"
"Right you are." The two women left, talking. Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ran out of the dungeon and up to the Great Hall.
Danielle watched as Professor Zela exited the Great Hall with Professor Briarwood. She prayed that Sirius had taken his chance and was now out of the dungeon. Sure enough, several minutes later he came into the Hall looking flustered but otherwise perfectly fine. He sat down with them and began shoveling food into his mouth, James paid him no attention as he was too preoccupied with Lily.
"Do you have it?" Elsa whispered to him a few minutes later.
"Yeah." A small bottle was shoved into Danielle's hand under the table. She looked at the black liquid inside skeptically.
"You're sure this is it?" Sirius nodded, still eating. "All of it?" He nodded again.
"Alright."said Elsa. She took the bottle from Danielle and stood up. "Lily?"
The red head looked up. "Yeah?" she smiled at James. "Did you need something?"
"Yes. Could you come with me for a minute?"
"Okay! Hold on." She turned to James and kissed him deeply. "See you in a minute!" She added breathlessly after she was done. People from other tables were sitting opened mouth at all the tables. Lily Evans had kissed her worst enemy! Eyes followed the red head as she left with Danielle and Elsa.
Remus turned to Sirius. "You have to explain, now." He said.
Sirius turned white for the second time in the half-hour. "Y-You know?" He asked weakly.
"We know." Said Peter. "And we told Danielle and Elsa, we'd have you tell James and apologize now, while they're giving her the antidote."
"Tell him now, otherwise it'll be worse. If James finds out by Lily smacking him he'll hate you even more." Remus instructed. Sirius gulped, but his look of fear was replaced by a grim one of determination.
"You're right." He said. "James?"
"Yeah Padfoot? You've seen Lily? She finally got her act together and went out with me! Told you I'd get her in the end." He said smugly.
"Uhhh.great! Er- Listen, James..I need to tell you something."
"What's up guys?" asked Lily bouncing up and down. "I really should get back to James, you know."
"Lily, drink this!" Elsa shoved the bottle at her. Lily gave a curious look at the black liquid.
"Trust us. You'll be glad you did." Said Danielle.
"Ok." Lily took the bottle and took of the lid. Tilting her head back, she swallowed the whole thing. She gagged. Looking at her friends, she blinked stupidly for a moment. Then she looked at the bottle and it all came flooding back.
A look of terrified comprehension dawned over her face. "Did. I-I just do what I think I did. James. I- what how did it happen? WHAT WAS I THINKING?" She yelled
Elsa and Danielle winced. Apparently the potion didn't effect memory, and Lily clearly remembered what had happened perfectly.
"Well," began Danielle.
"Don't get too mad," said Elsa "but you see."
"SIRIUS ORION BLACK!" the cry was heard from both ends of the Great Hall. One was from the table where Sirius sat, the other from the doorway. James was now standing up at the table and Lily had just entered the Hall. She stormed over to them, took Sirius by the cuff of his shirt, and jerked him out of his seat
"SIRIUS."
"Yes, L-Lily?" he asked tentatively.
"Did you give me a LIKING POTION, so that I would like James?"
"Its.a.possibility." He muttered.
"And it acted as a Love Potion?"
"Maybe?"
"AND I BLOODY FELL IN LOVE WITH POTTER, AGREED TO GO OUT WITH HIM AND KISSED HIM?!"
Most of the school was watching now. "It's not in the farthest possible reaches of the imagination." Sirius murmured.
"You will be sorry, Black." She turned to James. "This changes nothing between us, Potter." Lily stalked out of the Hall. James turned to Sirius.
"Padfoot, I thought even you had more sense then this?" He followed Lily out of the hall, looking furious.
Sirius slumped in his chair and covered his face in his hands.
"That went well."
"Shut up Wormtail!" he snapped. "I've made a grand mess of things, haven't I?"
"It's nothing you can't fix." Sirius looked up and saw that Elsa was the one speaking. "Everyone makes mistakes, James has too. This hasn't changed much of the way Lily regards him, maybe it'll even improve his chances with her."
"I don't think so." He remarked dryly.
"Even if it doesn't," she continued. "He will forgive you eventually. You're his best friend."
Sirius smiled. Somehow, with these few words, Elsa had managed to make him feel better than he had all day. "It's good I have you guys around." He remarked. "I need someone around once in a while to prove to me that even I do things wrong. And to pull me out of the traps I make for myself."
Elsa, Danielle, Peter, and Remus' jaws all dropped.
"Sirius Black? Admitting he's wrong?" choked out Danielle.
"I didn't know such a thing was possible," said Remus.
"Well, I did." Announced Elsa, getting up from the table. She threw Sirius a smile and left. He stared after her, his mouth open.
"What?" he asked Danielle, Remus, and Peter, who were all sniggering.
"Nothing." Said Peter, trying to contain his laughter.
"Lets get to History of Magic." Said Danielle.
AN: YES YES YES!!!! Another (I think the longest) chapter! Hahahah.thanx 2 reviewers! I luv u! more coming soon. Review if you like!
Author Apology: Ruth3 and United Losers of America..I honestly thought I would have room for u in my story but have realized I will not. I am v. SORRY~!
Thanks to: Senna2, Ruth3,
Legolas' Girl,
Shayley Rain,
Tears4sirius08,
Algoechen (u always review! Yay!)
Trapped in Icy Flame
I LUV U ALL!