"Peter! Remus! Get up here!" James called, from the dormitory.
Remus and Peter looked at each other and then leaped from their chairs by the fire.
Running into the Gryffindor boys' dormitory, they saw James by the window. The curtains were flapping like in some clichéd horror film. James was standing in front of the window beside Sirius' bed. Sirius had called it every year, saying he liked to look at the stars at night.
"What's wrong James, I thought you'd broken your leg or something!?" Peter said.
"Have you guys seen Sirius recently? Have you? I'm kind of worried?" James said anxiously. Remus looked at the floor, Peter being his oblivious self didn't notice.
"Err.. Nope, now you mention it I haven't seen him for about two days" Peter said, "Well, where is he James? Where the hell is he?"
"Maybe you should check the map." Remus said quietly.
"Good plan, Remus!" James replied, laughing at his own stupidity.
James and Peter dragged out the chest under James' bed. Remus got the key, from its hiding place. Finally the boys retrieved the map.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good!" the boys called, and marvelling at their creation the boys watched their school grounds unfold on the page.
Scanning vigorously the boys couldn't find the wild-eyed boy.
"This is crazy! Where the hell is he!" Peter wailed.
"I think we should go to Dumbledore, I can't have disappeared, can he?" The last words made all the boys think. Sirius was an erratic character but had this really pushed him off the edge?
"I don't want to go" Remus said abruptly, the others boys just stared at him in disbelief.
"WHAT!" Peter and James said in unison. Sirius may not be Remus' boyfriend anymore, but he had been his friend for 4 solid years. Through thick and thin.
"Well, someone needs to be here when, if he comes back." Remus replied.
"Okay" James said slowly.
"I've never known Remus to be so, so." James paused, what was happening to his friend.
"Cold?" Peter replied. "Yeah, Cold, that's exactly what he's being, cold." James said as they were outside the headmasters' office.
"Enter boys, I've been expecting you." Called the famous headmaster.
"Sit, sit." Dumbledore gestured towards two chairs in front of his desk.
"Sir, Sirius." James said unexpectedly.
Dumbledore looked around himself, round the back of his chair, and behind the boys, even making Peter look behind himself with worry.
"Where?" Dumbledore asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"No, I mean, we're about Sirius." James replied, "We haven't, well we haven't seen him for nearly 3 days. And well, we know this school is large but Sirius is one of our closest friends, people don't just disappear."
"Ah, yes I was wondering about, well, if its any help, you, as a student are not allowed out of the front gate of this school without a few hexes being lifted." Dumbledore smiled. "I myself haven't seen him for a while, maybe he's planning his eve ball outfit?"
The boys put on a smile. Dumbledore didn't know about the map, so he didn't know that Sirius has actually disappeared.
"And talking of the ball, its nearly half past 6, you might want to get ready. Its starts at 8. I know boys are just as bad as girls when it comes to a mirror and some colourful costumes!" Dumbledore chuckled.
Peter and James smiled and quickly left the office.
Remus lay on the couch; his long hair neatly tied back, half up half down. He'd used a charm he had learnt to make it sparkle light silver. Professor Flitwick was mad about Christmas, and had even dedicated a lesson to Christmas charms at the end of the term.
Remus had a pair of bleached jeans that hung low on his hips. He wore a white "Led Zeppelin" T-shirt with an angel on it. His make-up was highly extravagant with silver and white flicks and curls, scrolling around his face. His wings were white and feathery and fluttered ever so often. He looked like an angel, but inside, inside this angel was a devil. A devil, pulling at the strings in his pure heart. Making his silver nails tingle. Making the holy water from his eyes, balance on the edge of his lashes.
"Compose yourself you stupid fool!" Remus thought to himself. And with that he pulled on an ornate and encrusted white tails jacket, his silver mask and made his way down to the great hall. James and Peter had already gone down; James as a prince, golden mask and all and Peter as an elf, unwisely.
"Well, come on feet" Remus said to himself as he went down to meet Joshua.
Remus and Peter looked at each other and then leaped from their chairs by the fire.
Running into the Gryffindor boys' dormitory, they saw James by the window. The curtains were flapping like in some clichéd horror film. James was standing in front of the window beside Sirius' bed. Sirius had called it every year, saying he liked to look at the stars at night.
"What's wrong James, I thought you'd broken your leg or something!?" Peter said.
"Have you guys seen Sirius recently? Have you? I'm kind of worried?" James said anxiously. Remus looked at the floor, Peter being his oblivious self didn't notice.
"Err.. Nope, now you mention it I haven't seen him for about two days" Peter said, "Well, where is he James? Where the hell is he?"
"Maybe you should check the map." Remus said quietly.
"Good plan, Remus!" James replied, laughing at his own stupidity.
James and Peter dragged out the chest under James' bed. Remus got the key, from its hiding place. Finally the boys retrieved the map.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good!" the boys called, and marvelling at their creation the boys watched their school grounds unfold on the page.
Scanning vigorously the boys couldn't find the wild-eyed boy.
"This is crazy! Where the hell is he!" Peter wailed.
"I think we should go to Dumbledore, I can't have disappeared, can he?" The last words made all the boys think. Sirius was an erratic character but had this really pushed him off the edge?
"I don't want to go" Remus said abruptly, the others boys just stared at him in disbelief.
"WHAT!" Peter and James said in unison. Sirius may not be Remus' boyfriend anymore, but he had been his friend for 4 solid years. Through thick and thin.
"Well, someone needs to be here when, if he comes back." Remus replied.
"Okay" James said slowly.
"I've never known Remus to be so, so." James paused, what was happening to his friend.
"Cold?" Peter replied. "Yeah, Cold, that's exactly what he's being, cold." James said as they were outside the headmasters' office.
"Enter boys, I've been expecting you." Called the famous headmaster.
"Sit, sit." Dumbledore gestured towards two chairs in front of his desk.
"Sir, Sirius." James said unexpectedly.
Dumbledore looked around himself, round the back of his chair, and behind the boys, even making Peter look behind himself with worry.
"Where?" Dumbledore asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"No, I mean, we're about Sirius." James replied, "We haven't, well we haven't seen him for nearly 3 days. And well, we know this school is large but Sirius is one of our closest friends, people don't just disappear."
"Ah, yes I was wondering about, well, if its any help, you, as a student are not allowed out of the front gate of this school without a few hexes being lifted." Dumbledore smiled. "I myself haven't seen him for a while, maybe he's planning his eve ball outfit?"
The boys put on a smile. Dumbledore didn't know about the map, so he didn't know that Sirius has actually disappeared.
"And talking of the ball, its nearly half past 6, you might want to get ready. Its starts at 8. I know boys are just as bad as girls when it comes to a mirror and some colourful costumes!" Dumbledore chuckled.
Peter and James smiled and quickly left the office.
Remus lay on the couch; his long hair neatly tied back, half up half down. He'd used a charm he had learnt to make it sparkle light silver. Professor Flitwick was mad about Christmas, and had even dedicated a lesson to Christmas charms at the end of the term.
Remus had a pair of bleached jeans that hung low on his hips. He wore a white "Led Zeppelin" T-shirt with an angel on it. His make-up was highly extravagant with silver and white flicks and curls, scrolling around his face. His wings were white and feathery and fluttered ever so often. He looked like an angel, but inside, inside this angel was a devil. A devil, pulling at the strings in his pure heart. Making his silver nails tingle. Making the holy water from his eyes, balance on the edge of his lashes.
"Compose yourself you stupid fool!" Remus thought to himself. And with that he pulled on an ornate and encrusted white tails jacket, his silver mask and made his way down to the great hall. James and Peter had already gone down; James as a prince, golden mask and all and Peter as an elf, unwisely.
"Well, come on feet" Remus said to himself as he went down to meet Joshua.