CHAPTER 1
"SIRIUS! REMUS! Over here guys!" James Potter swept the black hair from his face and waved Sirius and Remus over to him.
The three of them pulled each other into hugs.
"Omg! It has been forever since I saw you Prongs!" Sirius exclaimed. James laughed, "Oh yes, two weeks is such a long time!" Remus grinned boyishly, "Forever in two weeks."
They stood there a moment in silence, just grinning at each other. Then they took off walking down the streets of Hogsmeade gushing to one another about their summer so far and what they planned to do once they got back to Hogwarts for their 7th year.
The trio went in and out of various shops until they came across a small shop and stopped outside its premises.
A rusty looking sign hung crooked above its slightly leaning doorway. The building looked as if it could have been there for years.
"Wow, talk about an old store," James said, "Funny we never noticed it before now."
Remus pointed to a small sticker in the window. "That's because it wasn't here before."
They all followed his gaze and Sirius read the sticker out-loud, "Now open. Now hiring. Well," he said, "what are we waiting for? Lets check it out." So they all squeezed through the doorway and into the store.
At first glance Sirius was sure they weren't in the right place. The walls were freshly painted a brilliant red and the floor kept changing from orange to yellow and back again as if it was on fire. Glass shelves hung suspended in the air and were lavished with an assortment of different trinkets, all glowing neon.
"What is this place?" Remus asked, remembering that no one had even read the hanging sign outside.
James opened his mouth but before he could answer a voice drifted from back behind one of the rows of shelves and a young girl wearing white robes emerged and spoke. "Lareen's emporium. It's a mixture of random objects that glow. Or are lightrem, which is by definition what these things are." She smiled and tossed Sirius a glowing something.
He turned it over in his hands before figuring out that is was a shoe- except that the laces seemed to be made of strings of light. And the soles kept changing different shades of blue.
"Um. wow, it's um, uh.." Sirius tried to find a word that could describe it, " Well it's er bright."
The girl laughed and came forward to take the shoe back from the awed Sirius.
"This is my aunties shop. Just opened a few days ago. Care for a lightrem tie?" She asked James and Remus, holding up to them what looked like a tie woven with Christmas lights.
She laughed again and putting the ties back picked up a glowing bird.
"What is your name?" Sirius blurted out eyeing her long wavy brown hair and crimson cheeks.
She laughed again (James really wished she would stop doing that), "Aurora" she said, "Aurora Lightengale. I know I know, it's really cheesy but hey, I didn't pick it." She smiled at them. "And your names?"
"Beautiful." Sirius blurted out. The three others stared at him with raised eyebrows.
Aurora smiled, "My name is beautiful. or is that your name?" she teased.
Sirius looked around as his face reddened, "Neither." He said quickly, "I- I was t-talking about um, the lighted stuff." He looked quickly at his friends for some help but they all just looked back, their eyes laughing.
"Well?" Aurora inquired, "Do you have a name?"
Sirius's face went from red to a deep scarlet. "Oh, oh my name." He took a breath but Remus jumped in front of him first and held out his hand.
"Hi, I'm Remus Lupin. This is James Potter (he gestured to James) and this here.." Everyone started laughing when Remus pointed to Sirius, "Is Sirius Black."
Sirius looked down and mumbled something inaudible under his breath.
"Well," Aurora said happily, "It is a pleasure to meet all of you! I take it you all live around here?"
James nodded, "Yeah, and we go to Hogwarts."
At this Aurora let the bird she was holding go and clasped her hands to her face, "Oh really?" She gushed, "That splendid! I just moved here with my aunt and I don't know a single soul! Oh this is so great!"
The three boys exchanged looks of confusion at the girl's sudden change. Aurora let out a happy sigh, "I'm going to be attending Hogwarts too!"
"SIRIUS! REMUS! Over here guys!" James Potter swept the black hair from his face and waved Sirius and Remus over to him.
The three of them pulled each other into hugs.
"Omg! It has been forever since I saw you Prongs!" Sirius exclaimed. James laughed, "Oh yes, two weeks is such a long time!" Remus grinned boyishly, "Forever in two weeks."
They stood there a moment in silence, just grinning at each other. Then they took off walking down the streets of Hogsmeade gushing to one another about their summer so far and what they planned to do once they got back to Hogwarts for their 7th year.
The trio went in and out of various shops until they came across a small shop and stopped outside its premises.
A rusty looking sign hung crooked above its slightly leaning doorway. The building looked as if it could have been there for years.
"Wow, talk about an old store," James said, "Funny we never noticed it before now."
Remus pointed to a small sticker in the window. "That's because it wasn't here before."
They all followed his gaze and Sirius read the sticker out-loud, "Now open. Now hiring. Well," he said, "what are we waiting for? Lets check it out." So they all squeezed through the doorway and into the store.
At first glance Sirius was sure they weren't in the right place. The walls were freshly painted a brilliant red and the floor kept changing from orange to yellow and back again as if it was on fire. Glass shelves hung suspended in the air and were lavished with an assortment of different trinkets, all glowing neon.
"What is this place?" Remus asked, remembering that no one had even read the hanging sign outside.
James opened his mouth but before he could answer a voice drifted from back behind one of the rows of shelves and a young girl wearing white robes emerged and spoke. "Lareen's emporium. It's a mixture of random objects that glow. Or are lightrem, which is by definition what these things are." She smiled and tossed Sirius a glowing something.
He turned it over in his hands before figuring out that is was a shoe- except that the laces seemed to be made of strings of light. And the soles kept changing different shades of blue.
"Um. wow, it's um, uh.." Sirius tried to find a word that could describe it, " Well it's er bright."
The girl laughed and came forward to take the shoe back from the awed Sirius.
"This is my aunties shop. Just opened a few days ago. Care for a lightrem tie?" She asked James and Remus, holding up to them what looked like a tie woven with Christmas lights.
She laughed again and putting the ties back picked up a glowing bird.
"What is your name?" Sirius blurted out eyeing her long wavy brown hair and crimson cheeks.
She laughed again (James really wished she would stop doing that), "Aurora" she said, "Aurora Lightengale. I know I know, it's really cheesy but hey, I didn't pick it." She smiled at them. "And your names?"
"Beautiful." Sirius blurted out. The three others stared at him with raised eyebrows.
Aurora smiled, "My name is beautiful. or is that your name?" she teased.
Sirius looked around as his face reddened, "Neither." He said quickly, "I- I was t-talking about um, the lighted stuff." He looked quickly at his friends for some help but they all just looked back, their eyes laughing.
"Well?" Aurora inquired, "Do you have a name?"
Sirius's face went from red to a deep scarlet. "Oh, oh my name." He took a breath but Remus jumped in front of him first and held out his hand.
"Hi, I'm Remus Lupin. This is James Potter (he gestured to James) and this here.." Everyone started laughing when Remus pointed to Sirius, "Is Sirius Black."
Sirius looked down and mumbled something inaudible under his breath.
"Well," Aurora said happily, "It is a pleasure to meet all of you! I take it you all live around here?"
James nodded, "Yeah, and we go to Hogwarts."
At this Aurora let the bird she was holding go and clasped her hands to her face, "Oh really?" She gushed, "That splendid! I just moved here with my aunt and I don't know a single soul! Oh this is so great!"
The three boys exchanged looks of confusion at the girl's sudden change. Aurora let out a happy sigh, "I'm going to be attending Hogwarts too!"
