Chapter 11: A Sirius Chapter
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Sirius scowled at the canopy of his four-poster bed. @#%$ing Malfoy bitch. He thought. She pretends to be a Gryffindor, she struts around Gryffindor tower like she owns the place, she pretends to be a prankster, she "befriends" Heather and Zena and the muggle born so that she looks good, even though we all know she's gonna dump them soon, she shows off in charms (he conveniently forgot how much he always showed off in transfiguration), she acts like a bloody know-it-all when it comes to werewolves, she curses me and humiliates me in front of everyone, and she has the nerve to STEAL MY COPY OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS!!! He did have a valid point on the last one, but that didn't really measure up to how cruel he could be to her.
He was working himself up into a frenzy. WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS??? She doesn't deserve to lick a Hufflepuff's shoes, much less a Gryffindor's. Sirius stood up, fuming, and began to pace the room, muttering to himself. His face was bright red with anger, and was rapidly becoming purple. He could see Sarah, laughing at him, in his minds eye. He gripped his wand. He was going to go back down to that common room, and curse the smirk off her face, and take the consequences.
Sirius stormed down the stairs and into the common room, only to find that Sarah had gone up to bed. He let out a scream of rage, and ran over to the table she had been sitting at, as if she was still there, only invisible.
Something caught his eye. It was a book, lying forgotten on the table. The title read Alanna, The First Adventure in flowing letters. Another heading named it Book 1 of The Song of the Lioness Quartet. Sirius picked it up in feverish hope. If only it belonged to Sarah, and not to another member of Silver's Gang.
He was in luck. On the inside of the cover was Sarah's handwriting, proclaiming that the book belonged to her, and if it was lost, here was how to find her. He grinned. He had his revenge.
Sirius lurked in the common room early in the morning, just waiting for Sarah to come out. James, Danny, and Zach sent him a few curious looks, but left him alone. They knew that this was the best thing to do when he had that look on his face, the look that suggested that he was up to no good.
Sarah was late coming down that morning. It was a weekend, so she slept in. Sirius watched her as she came down the stairs, still yawning. He followed her as she exited the portrait hole. She ignored him at first, but after going down five corridors with him still following, she became impatient.
"Why are you stalking me?" She asked him as he turned a corner, and found her waiting there.
"Well, that's nice. I can't even walk down to breakfast without you suspecting me of something." He muttered.
"So, you usually take the route past the girls bathroom to get to breakfast?" She asked sarcastically. "And you usually stop just outside of the girls bathroom for about the time it takes a girl to use it?"
"I'm not stalking you." He said, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. He was trying to look cool and confident, but as he was only twelve (his birthday had been a week ago) he didn't quite manage it.
"Riiiiiiiight," Sarah said, rolling her eyes. "So why are you following me?"
"Maybe I just felt like taking this route to get to breakfast this morning."
Sarah just looked at him.
"And maybe I just happened to stop in front of the girls bathroom." He continued.
"Suuurrre," She stared at him calmly. "What nasty trick have you got up your sleeve this time?"
"Guess," He said, smirking.
"You're probably the one who took my copy of The Song of the Lioness," She said, sighing. "I was loaning it to Heather you know."
Sirius was a bit annoyed that she had got it right. He had wanted to tease her about it for a while. She smiled a bit as she saw thing.
Sirius frowned. "Too bad for her. Her loss for being your friend."
"So now it's not just me. Now it's my friends too," Her voice took on a tone of menace.
"If they can't see what they're doing by being your friend, they deserve what's coming to them," Sirius said.
Sarah's eyes narrowed. "Are you insulting my friends?" She asked.
"More importantly, are you insulting Silver?" Lily's voice came from behind them. "Because if you are…"
Sirius scowled. This little encounter wasn't going the way he had intended. "Never mind." He muttered as he began to leave.
"Wait a second…" Sarah called after him. "What about my copy of Alanna: The First Adventure?"
"Where's my copy of The Lord of the Rings?" Sirius asked.
"I don't have it." Sarah answered.
"Yeah right."
"No really, she doesn't." Lily said. "Danny has it."
"WHAT???" Sirius yelled.
"Danny has it." Lily repeated.
"He's had it for a few weeks I think." Sarah added.
"You're lying." He said.
"Nope." Sarah and Lily said together.
"My copy of Alanna please." Sarah said, holding out her hand expectantly.
"You expect me to just give it to you?" He asked.
"Yes." Sarah said. "And, may I remind you, there are two of us, and one of you."
"I'll give it back to you if you give me the second book." Sirius said.
Sarah and Lily both stared at him, mouths hanging open.
"What?" He asked them.
"Umm…" Sarah stared at him. "Okay. I'll loan you the other three if you promise to give them back in good condition."
"Right. I'll go get it." He said, and walked off.
As he rounded the corner, he heard Lily mutter to Sarah. "Why are you trusting him?" He stopped. He was wondering about the answer to this himself.
"Well, he does have good taste in books, if nothing else." Sarah answered. "And he doesn't seem the type to burn them or anything."
"True…" Lily said. "But, I didn't think you would ever let him borrow anything from you."
"He's never asked before." Sarah said.
"But, ordinarily when two people hate each other, they don't loan books to each other."
"My dear flower, when have I ever acted in a ordinary manner?" Sarah asked.
"Umm…" At this point, Sirius lost interest in the conversation, and walked off.
"DANNIEL LONGBOTTOM!!!" Danny, Zach, and James heard Sirius's voice from the doorway to the great hall.
"Uh oh." Zach teased. "Looks like someone's mad at you Danny."
"Wonder why." James said.
"Hmm…" Danny frowned. "Is Malfoy in here?"
"Which one? Albino or Snake?" James asked.
"Sarah." Danny answered.
"Albino," James said. "No. Why?"
"That explains it." Danny said.
"Explains what?" Zach asked. "What the heck is going on?"
"DANNY!!!" Sirius was at their part of the table. "I spend WEEKS trying to figure out how to get my book back from Miss Malfoy, and I find out YOU'VE HAD IT THE WHOLE TIME!!!"
"Sarah told you," Danny said mildly.
"Well, it certainly wasn't you who told me." Sirius growled. "May I please HAVE IT BACK???"
"Sure." Danny said casually. "I'm finished with it."
James and Zach chuckled at the furious look on Sirius's face. Glaring at the three of them, he stormed off, choosing a seat as far away as possible from his supposed friends.
He began to plot how he would get back at his friend as he ate his breakfast. The problem was, Danny was the one who usually figured out how to make the pranks work. Sirius was good at thinking them up, but they usually had gaping holes in them. James and Zach probably wouldn't help him, which meant one thing…
If he was going to get help, he would have to ask a member of Silver's gang.
It was then that he noticed that his determination to be as far away from James, Zach, and Danny as possible had positioned him very close to the rival group of troublemakers. In fact, he had been sitting right next to Heather, and he hadn't even noticed.
"Hey, Heather," Sirius muttered as he nudged her.
Heather jumped. She hadn't noticed that it was Sirius sitting next to her. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Eating breakfast," Sirius answered. "What else?"
"Obviously." Sarah drawled from behind him. She and Lily had finally arrived at breakfast. "Would you mind moving? You're in my seat."
"Just as a reminder, your seat is over there," Lily added, pointing towards the other end of the Gryffindor table. "Next to Danny."
"Not today." Sirius muttered.
"Why not?" Zena asked.
"I told him what happened to his book." Lily answered for him.
"Ah. That would explain it," Zena said.
"Wow, you must be pretty angry to have come over here," Heather noted.
"Yeah. I want revenge." Sirius told them.
"And…" Sarah said. "What does this have to do with us?"
"Ineedyourhelp." Sirius muttered.
"Speak up. We can't hear you." Sarah said.
"I need your help." Sirius nearly shouted.
"Our help?" Lily asked. "Is the great Sirius humbling himself by asking a Malfoy and her friends for help?"
Sirius scowled. "Well, you're the only other people who can help me."
Sarah raised her eyebrows. "Anyone in this hall could help you." She pointed out. "We're the only ones who might help you."
"Whatever." Sirius muttered.
"So, what's in it for us?" Heather asked.
Sirius had to think about this. "I…" He hesitated. "I promise to stop calling Malfoy Alibino." He offered.
"And…" Lily prompted.
"And I…" Once again he thought about it. "I'll owe you one."
"Hmm…" Lily mused. "How about this: We'll help you, but in return you will owe us one time when you will help us with something to the best of your ability, to be called upon anytime we wish. Whatever this thing is, you will keep it completely secret and tell no one, no matter how illegal it is. And you'll stop calling Silver Albino." She added as an afterthought.
"No matter how illegal it is? What are you guys up to?" Sirius asked. They all just smiled mysteriously at him. "That's a rather unfair trade." He said, crossing his arms.
"Okay, you don't have to stop calling me Albino." Sarah said.
"That's better." Sirius said. "We have a deal." He held out his hand to Sarah. She took it and shook it tentatively.
"Right." Sirius said. "Let's start planning. Oh right…" He took something out of his robes. "I think I'm supposed to give this to you." He handed the book to Heather.
That night, as Heather sat down and opened the book to start reading, a sort of explosion happened. When the smoke clear, Heather discovered that her nose had become a mouse.
Sirius had never promised that he wouldn't hex the books.
AN: Hmm… Is Sirius beginning to crack? Are we going to see the end of the battle of the girls and the boys? Or is this just temporary peace?
Well, on thing we do know, Danny is in for it. With Silver's Gang and Sirius working together, something interesting is bound to happen.
