Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters. J.K. Rowling
does and that's obvious because if I owned Harry Potter my name would be on
the books, Sirius would be alive (and so would Cedric for that matter) and
I'd be bloody rich and getting this published instead of posting it here.
^_^;; I think I got too into detail there....
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Hello again everyone! Thanks for the reviews again, but I've come to a conclusion. I will no longer try to make updates Sunday - Thursday. My average review count went down, and I know that makes me sound shallow and a review seeker, but really, what writer isn't? I'm sorry.... v_v So remember, whenever you want to see if I've updated, check on Friday or Saturday. I can also e-mail you all again if you want to inform of the last chapter being posted. ^_^
Well, the second to last chapter is here everyone! *cries* I can't believe it's almost done... It has been quite a ride writing this and now I just realized I'm making it sound like this is the last chapter. O.O Which it is most indefinitely not!
Oh well, maybe I should just get on with this. The idea for this chapter was actually for a one-shot I was planning to write, but then I decided to make it a chapter. (Odd, because I kinda think this would've made a really cute one-shot).
Well, here it goes, 'Nothing More- part 7'. Enjoy!
AN: As for Sirius' denial, you'll see what happens. ^_~ I wanted Sirius to be this kind of guy who's confident when he's kidding around and doesn't really have a commitment, but starts to doubt things and question them (or just plain chicken out) when the situation become serious (or Sirius! XD), since that actually is how a lot of guys in the world work (even though this does kind of describe James..... dammit!). Well, you'll see what I mean.
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Nothing More - part 7
It was a few days after, and despite the fact the rescue wasn't some type of phenomenon to Sirius, everyone else seemed to think otherwise. No matter where in the castle he went people would comment on yesterday's events. That day when he entered the common room he was bombarded with applause and pats on the back.
"STOP IT!" Sirius thought he screamed in his head but it escaped through his mouth. "What I mean is..." He saw everyone go dead silent and look at him astonished, "Please stop. Remus is one of my best mates, it's only natural I'd save him. I probably would've done the same for anyone of you." Sirius noticed a bunch of girls whispering and giggling at this. "But don't you dare get any ideas..." He pointed at them and glared as he pushed open the Fat Lady to head to the Great Hall.
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He was about half-way done with his classes for the day when Sirius finally did snap. And I mean fully snap, and to of all people, it was James. Even if it was his other best friend, he just wouldn't shut-up about the bloody rescue. It happened during their lunch break.
"Shut-up Potter!" Escaped from Sirius's mouth, surprising even himself.
James's eyes widened at first, "Potter? Since when am I just Potter to you huh, Black?"
"I didn't mean to James....It just slipped. You know I'd never intentionally do that...I just kind of snapped. You're about the 800th person to talk to me about it." Sirius rubbed his temples in frustration.
"Well, if you're so stressed as to call me Potter I better leave you alone...." James got up and headed to where the Quidditch team usually sat. Sirius looked at him apologetically before he got up himself.
"I'll go to the hospital wing and visit Remus...." He mumbled and headed to towards Madame Pomfrey's realm.
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Once he reached the door to the room Remus was concealed in he knocked lightly, and was answered by a woman's voice.
"If you're here to visit Mr. Lupin he's not taking any visitors at the moment."
"But, Madame Pomfrey, it's me Sirius Black. Can't I see him for a few minutes?"
A few sentences were exchanged in the hospital wing, muffled by the heavy wooden door that acted as the barrier between the two boys. But Sirius could still make them out since he had his ear against the door.
"Madame Pomfrey, can you please let Sirius in?" Remus asked.
"But you need your rest Remus." She responded.
"I've been asleep for the last 12 hours!"
"Then sleep 12 more hours! You won't be getting any visitors while I'm on watch."
"Please?" Remus made with a pleading puppy-face.
"Mr. Lupin! I work with children all day! Do you really think a puppy-face will work on me?"
"No, but it's always worth a try."
She laughed, " You know, you're the 3rd most persistent patient I've had, second only to Mr. Potter and Mr. Black out there." She unlocked the door and allowed entry to Sirius before she slammed it shut and locked it again. "Take your time you two. I'll be in my office." She walked to another room and closed the door to it as well.
Sirius looked to the bed where Remus' lay. The amber-eyed boy sat up and eyed the dark-haired one,
"Finally you show up. I thought for a second I wouldn't get any visitors, even though Ms. Poppy Pomfrey over there wouldn't allow me any."
"No one's come?" Sirius gave an odd look, "I would've expected you to get at least as much publicity as I have. After all, you are the one who almost died..."
"Well, Emily did stop by with a few of her friends, but Madame Pomfrey told her I was sleeping. But when I woke up, I had these flowers next to me. She told me the arrangement was made by Emily and her friend Ann." Remus pointed to a bouquet that rested on the nightstand next to his bed.
"So, you've been alone all day. Well, alone except for Madame Pomfrey."
"Yeah." Remus sighed, "I wish you were in here with me, it sucks being alone. reminds me too much of when I first got bitten by the... you know."
Sirius smiled softly at Remus and even though he would have loved to stay longer, Defense Against the Dark Arts was next period and he felt like he could never miss a lesson in that. Today they were studying boggarts. Sirius stood up and bid adieu to his werewolf friend.
"So, will you be dismissed from the hospital wing soon?"
"Yeah, Professor Dumbledore said I could be released today sometime. Maybe I'll be let out by then end of next period." He smiled.
"Well, I hope so..." Sirius winked, "Then you can see my moment of glory against the evil known as the boggart!"
Both boys laughed and then Sirius shut the door behind him with a click. A heavy sigh escaped his lips as he then headed back down the hall towards Professor Kirk's class.
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"Good afternoon class!" The quite enthused Professor Kirk announced, "I'm glad you all decided to come. As you all know, we discussed last week that today we'll be demonstrating the correct way of rendering a boggart helpless." She scanned the class and then asked, "Now, does anyone know exactly what a boggart does and the proper charm for this task?"
A few students looked to one another, until two students hands shot up. The two were Sirius and Severus.
"Ah, Mr. Black and Mr. Snape, as usual..." She smiled, "Ok, Sirius, answer the first part and Severus answer the second."
Promptly, both boys answered the questions correctly. "A boggart takes the form of its opponents biggest fear... But currently it doesn't have a shape, since it doesn't know what our fear is." Sirius explained.
"The proper charm to finish it off is 'Riddikulus!'. You have to say it strongly and force it into an amusing shape for the boggart's biggest weakness is laughter." Snape concluded, glaring at Sirius. The professor clapped her approval and then motioned for her class to step closer to a desk that would violently shake every few moments.
"That is precisely what a boggart is and the correct charm, thank you boys..." She rested an arm on the rustling desk, "One at a time you will each face the boggart and I will watch to see how well you face it. Remember, this is only a boggart, don't believe what you see, ok? That's often the demise of the people who face a boggart alone, the begin to believe what they see." She shook her head sadly. "But I have faith in you lot! You're quite bright and gifted." She grasped the handle of one of the desk's drawers, "On the count of three, Sirius you'll be up first."
He nodded lightly and stepped forward while thinking to himself, "I wonder what form the boggart will take for me? I haven't really thought about what I fear..." Just when he was thinking this he heard someone whisper,
"Betcha it won't be anything! Black has to be the bravest bloke this school has ever had." Right as this classmate finished his sentence Professor Kirk pulled open the drawer and.... Remus rose out of it.
Sirius' eyes widened and a sympathetic smile sprawled across the boggart Remus' face. "R-Remus..." Sirius gulped, "I'm afraid of you?" Then the boggart approached Sirius, he stepped backwards away from it. "No, g-get away from me...." Sirius panicked a little, "You're not Remus get away..."
The class was confused. Remus was known for being one of Sirius' best friends, why would a boggart try to scare him by turning into him? And most of all, why was it working? "C'mon Sirius! Cry 'Riddikulus!' you have to say something or it'll win..." Professor Kirk said.
He looked at her, then back to the boggart. "I don't get it!" Sirius cried out loud, "Why am I afraid of you Remus?" Then the boggart spoke with a familiar voice, and answered his question.
"I'm sorry Sirius. I don't want to go out with you, and on top of that. Don't ever talk to me again, don't even look at me in the halls. Our friendship is over..."
By now Sirius was standing face to face with Remus boggart. Tears were in Sirius' eyes and he now knew the thing he feared the most was.....losing Remus. The rest of the class stared at him astonished and Professor Kirk finally ran up and the boggart took form of a woman, probably her mother, dying. She screamed, "Riddikulus!" as Sirius ran out of the classroom to find Remus.
Hair and tears flew everywhere. "The damn boggart was right," He cried, "I do fear losing you the most..." He ran down the hall and each footstep echoed down the corridors. He was practically running with his eyes closed to try to stop the tears. They were closed so tightly that he didn't notice the same boy he wanted to talk to pass right by him.
"Sirius?" Remus called after the boy who sped past him.
The dark-haired boy stopped mid-bound and turned to see bright amber eyes looking at him. He smiled and wiped tears from his face as he approached him, and then wrapped him in the tightest hug humanly possible.
"S-Sirius..." Remus coughed, "You're hugging me just a bit too tight there...."
"Oh, sorry Moony" He loosened his arms a little then blushed.
Remus laughed and looked Sirius in the face, "Are you okay? You look like something traumatizing just happened last period."
"No," Sirius started, "I thought it was traumatizing, but it might be the best thing that ever happened to me." He grabbed Remus' hand and pulled him towards Gryffindor tower, "We need to talk Remus."
"Uh..." He stuttered a little, "O-ok Sirius, but what is this about?"
Sirius answered simply in one word, "Us..."
~To be concluded
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Ok, that ended kinda weak, but I had to get this chapter up. ^_^ The last chapter might not be up for awhile though. Sorry. I've gotten into a lot of trouble lately, if you want to read it go visit my homepage on deviantart (it's posted on my user profile). But noentheless I hope you thought it was ok.
The boggart idea came to me when I was reading PoA for the who knows time. I just thought that it'd be cute if Sirius had an embarassing, but cute, boggart moment about Remus, and if they had a perky female teacher from whom Lupin learned how to teach DADA from and that's how Professor Kirk came to life! ^_^
Luckily though I'm on my Christmas break, which is two weeks long so you never know! The chapter might be up sooner than u think! I've also been working on an original story. The first chapter is posted on fictionpress.com. I'd really appreciate it if you'd all go and read it. ^_^ I would really love to be an author one day and since that is my first piece of original work I'd love some feedback! My pen name there is the same here.
Once again, thaks for all the support in this fic! I hope you like this chapter and hopefully the conclusion won't disapoint you (though it'll probably be filled with fluffy goodness and possibly a good snog scene or two ^_~) lol
Ja ne!
~Mira-chan~
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Hello again everyone! Thanks for the reviews again, but I've come to a conclusion. I will no longer try to make updates Sunday - Thursday. My average review count went down, and I know that makes me sound shallow and a review seeker, but really, what writer isn't? I'm sorry.... v_v So remember, whenever you want to see if I've updated, check on Friday or Saturday. I can also e-mail you all again if you want to inform of the last chapter being posted. ^_^
Well, the second to last chapter is here everyone! *cries* I can't believe it's almost done... It has been quite a ride writing this and now I just realized I'm making it sound like this is the last chapter. O.O Which it is most indefinitely not!
Oh well, maybe I should just get on with this. The idea for this chapter was actually for a one-shot I was planning to write, but then I decided to make it a chapter. (Odd, because I kinda think this would've made a really cute one-shot).
Well, here it goes, 'Nothing More- part 7'. Enjoy!
AN: As for Sirius' denial, you'll see what happens. ^_~ I wanted Sirius to be this kind of guy who's confident when he's kidding around and doesn't really have a commitment, but starts to doubt things and question them (or just plain chicken out) when the situation become serious (or Sirius! XD), since that actually is how a lot of guys in the world work (even though this does kind of describe James..... dammit!). Well, you'll see what I mean.
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Nothing More - part 7
It was a few days after, and despite the fact the rescue wasn't some type of phenomenon to Sirius, everyone else seemed to think otherwise. No matter where in the castle he went people would comment on yesterday's events. That day when he entered the common room he was bombarded with applause and pats on the back.
"STOP IT!" Sirius thought he screamed in his head but it escaped through his mouth. "What I mean is..." He saw everyone go dead silent and look at him astonished, "Please stop. Remus is one of my best mates, it's only natural I'd save him. I probably would've done the same for anyone of you." Sirius noticed a bunch of girls whispering and giggling at this. "But don't you dare get any ideas..." He pointed at them and glared as he pushed open the Fat Lady to head to the Great Hall.
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He was about half-way done with his classes for the day when Sirius finally did snap. And I mean fully snap, and to of all people, it was James. Even if it was his other best friend, he just wouldn't shut-up about the bloody rescue. It happened during their lunch break.
"Shut-up Potter!" Escaped from Sirius's mouth, surprising even himself.
James's eyes widened at first, "Potter? Since when am I just Potter to you huh, Black?"
"I didn't mean to James....It just slipped. You know I'd never intentionally do that...I just kind of snapped. You're about the 800th person to talk to me about it." Sirius rubbed his temples in frustration.
"Well, if you're so stressed as to call me Potter I better leave you alone...." James got up and headed to where the Quidditch team usually sat. Sirius looked at him apologetically before he got up himself.
"I'll go to the hospital wing and visit Remus...." He mumbled and headed to towards Madame Pomfrey's realm.
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Once he reached the door to the room Remus was concealed in he knocked lightly, and was answered by a woman's voice.
"If you're here to visit Mr. Lupin he's not taking any visitors at the moment."
"But, Madame Pomfrey, it's me Sirius Black. Can't I see him for a few minutes?"
A few sentences were exchanged in the hospital wing, muffled by the heavy wooden door that acted as the barrier between the two boys. But Sirius could still make them out since he had his ear against the door.
"Madame Pomfrey, can you please let Sirius in?" Remus asked.
"But you need your rest Remus." She responded.
"I've been asleep for the last 12 hours!"
"Then sleep 12 more hours! You won't be getting any visitors while I'm on watch."
"Please?" Remus made with a pleading puppy-face.
"Mr. Lupin! I work with children all day! Do you really think a puppy-face will work on me?"
"No, but it's always worth a try."
She laughed, " You know, you're the 3rd most persistent patient I've had, second only to Mr. Potter and Mr. Black out there." She unlocked the door and allowed entry to Sirius before she slammed it shut and locked it again. "Take your time you two. I'll be in my office." She walked to another room and closed the door to it as well.
Sirius looked to the bed where Remus' lay. The amber-eyed boy sat up and eyed the dark-haired one,
"Finally you show up. I thought for a second I wouldn't get any visitors, even though Ms. Poppy Pomfrey over there wouldn't allow me any."
"No one's come?" Sirius gave an odd look, "I would've expected you to get at least as much publicity as I have. After all, you are the one who almost died..."
"Well, Emily did stop by with a few of her friends, but Madame Pomfrey told her I was sleeping. But when I woke up, I had these flowers next to me. She told me the arrangement was made by Emily and her friend Ann." Remus pointed to a bouquet that rested on the nightstand next to his bed.
"So, you've been alone all day. Well, alone except for Madame Pomfrey."
"Yeah." Remus sighed, "I wish you were in here with me, it sucks being alone. reminds me too much of when I first got bitten by the... you know."
Sirius smiled softly at Remus and even though he would have loved to stay longer, Defense Against the Dark Arts was next period and he felt like he could never miss a lesson in that. Today they were studying boggarts. Sirius stood up and bid adieu to his werewolf friend.
"So, will you be dismissed from the hospital wing soon?"
"Yeah, Professor Dumbledore said I could be released today sometime. Maybe I'll be let out by then end of next period." He smiled.
"Well, I hope so..." Sirius winked, "Then you can see my moment of glory against the evil known as the boggart!"
Both boys laughed and then Sirius shut the door behind him with a click. A heavy sigh escaped his lips as he then headed back down the hall towards Professor Kirk's class.
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"Good afternoon class!" The quite enthused Professor Kirk announced, "I'm glad you all decided to come. As you all know, we discussed last week that today we'll be demonstrating the correct way of rendering a boggart helpless." She scanned the class and then asked, "Now, does anyone know exactly what a boggart does and the proper charm for this task?"
A few students looked to one another, until two students hands shot up. The two were Sirius and Severus.
"Ah, Mr. Black and Mr. Snape, as usual..." She smiled, "Ok, Sirius, answer the first part and Severus answer the second."
Promptly, both boys answered the questions correctly. "A boggart takes the form of its opponents biggest fear... But currently it doesn't have a shape, since it doesn't know what our fear is." Sirius explained.
"The proper charm to finish it off is 'Riddikulus!'. You have to say it strongly and force it into an amusing shape for the boggart's biggest weakness is laughter." Snape concluded, glaring at Sirius. The professor clapped her approval and then motioned for her class to step closer to a desk that would violently shake every few moments.
"That is precisely what a boggart is and the correct charm, thank you boys..." She rested an arm on the rustling desk, "One at a time you will each face the boggart and I will watch to see how well you face it. Remember, this is only a boggart, don't believe what you see, ok? That's often the demise of the people who face a boggart alone, the begin to believe what they see." She shook her head sadly. "But I have faith in you lot! You're quite bright and gifted." She grasped the handle of one of the desk's drawers, "On the count of three, Sirius you'll be up first."
He nodded lightly and stepped forward while thinking to himself, "I wonder what form the boggart will take for me? I haven't really thought about what I fear..." Just when he was thinking this he heard someone whisper,
"Betcha it won't be anything! Black has to be the bravest bloke this school has ever had." Right as this classmate finished his sentence Professor Kirk pulled open the drawer and.... Remus rose out of it.
Sirius' eyes widened and a sympathetic smile sprawled across the boggart Remus' face. "R-Remus..." Sirius gulped, "I'm afraid of you?" Then the boggart approached Sirius, he stepped backwards away from it. "No, g-get away from me...." Sirius panicked a little, "You're not Remus get away..."
The class was confused. Remus was known for being one of Sirius' best friends, why would a boggart try to scare him by turning into him? And most of all, why was it working? "C'mon Sirius! Cry 'Riddikulus!' you have to say something or it'll win..." Professor Kirk said.
He looked at her, then back to the boggart. "I don't get it!" Sirius cried out loud, "Why am I afraid of you Remus?" Then the boggart spoke with a familiar voice, and answered his question.
"I'm sorry Sirius. I don't want to go out with you, and on top of that. Don't ever talk to me again, don't even look at me in the halls. Our friendship is over..."
By now Sirius was standing face to face with Remus boggart. Tears were in Sirius' eyes and he now knew the thing he feared the most was.....losing Remus. The rest of the class stared at him astonished and Professor Kirk finally ran up and the boggart took form of a woman, probably her mother, dying. She screamed, "Riddikulus!" as Sirius ran out of the classroom to find Remus.
Hair and tears flew everywhere. "The damn boggart was right," He cried, "I do fear losing you the most..." He ran down the hall and each footstep echoed down the corridors. He was practically running with his eyes closed to try to stop the tears. They were closed so tightly that he didn't notice the same boy he wanted to talk to pass right by him.
"Sirius?" Remus called after the boy who sped past him.
The dark-haired boy stopped mid-bound and turned to see bright amber eyes looking at him. He smiled and wiped tears from his face as he approached him, and then wrapped him in the tightest hug humanly possible.
"S-Sirius..." Remus coughed, "You're hugging me just a bit too tight there...."
"Oh, sorry Moony" He loosened his arms a little then blushed.
Remus laughed and looked Sirius in the face, "Are you okay? You look like something traumatizing just happened last period."
"No," Sirius started, "I thought it was traumatizing, but it might be the best thing that ever happened to me." He grabbed Remus' hand and pulled him towards Gryffindor tower, "We need to talk Remus."
"Uh..." He stuttered a little, "O-ok Sirius, but what is this about?"
Sirius answered simply in one word, "Us..."
~To be concluded
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Ok, that ended kinda weak, but I had to get this chapter up. ^_^ The last chapter might not be up for awhile though. Sorry. I've gotten into a lot of trouble lately, if you want to read it go visit my homepage on deviantart (it's posted on my user profile). But noentheless I hope you thought it was ok.
The boggart idea came to me when I was reading PoA for the who knows time. I just thought that it'd be cute if Sirius had an embarassing, but cute, boggart moment about Remus, and if they had a perky female teacher from whom Lupin learned how to teach DADA from and that's how Professor Kirk came to life! ^_^
Luckily though I'm on my Christmas break, which is two weeks long so you never know! The chapter might be up sooner than u think! I've also been working on an original story. The first chapter is posted on fictionpress.com. I'd really appreciate it if you'd all go and read it. ^_^ I would really love to be an author one day and since that is my first piece of original work I'd love some feedback! My pen name there is the same here.
Once again, thaks for all the support in this fic! I hope you like this chapter and hopefully the conclusion won't disapoint you (though it'll probably be filled with fluffy goodness and possibly a good snog scene or two ^_~) lol
Ja ne!
~Mira-chan~