Hidden Passages
Sirius sat on the chair beside Nissa's bed in the hospital wing; she had slept the whole day, though he hadn't been aloud to stay with her. She had had quit a few visitors during the day, one which almost turned out in a fight when Severus ran into Sirius and James; but Lily had stopped them and told them all to leave.
Sirius had skipped dinner and come straight up to see her, James and Peter were getting something to eat and then coming up themselves before he had to Quidditch practice. They walked into the hospital wing with Lily and Ella; Sirius got up and went over to them as Lily and Ella went over to Nissa.
"She's still asleep?" James asked.
"Yeah." Sirius answered. "Madam Pomfery still isn't sure what it is, only that it does have something with her being so cold and her hair keeping turning blue."
"How can that be though?" James asked.
"It was like that when she came back from the Christmas holidays." Peter told them.
"He did something to her." Sirius told them quietly. "I saw it, in like a dream. He hit her with these ice things, it really hurt her."
"Ok, I'm a little confused." James admitted. "You some how saw this, and it did really happen, because she told you?"
"Yes, yes and yes." Sirius said. "Though I'm still not sure how I saw it."
"Well what about the fire thing?" James suggested thoughtfully.
Sirius and Peter looked at him confused. "You know, she does this thing, she kind of absorbs it or something. She's never been hurt by it anyway."
"Well what are you suggesting that we set her on fire?" Sirius shot at him. "I'm not doing that!"
"No, not set her on fire, just make a little one near her to see if she does absorb it." James told him, now a little unsure himself if it was such a good idea.
Sirius didn't answer him, they just stood there fro a while and then sat down on the empty bed.
"I do hope she's alright." Lily said. "I can't believe though that she stayed out all last night, and with him."
"I know I don't get it, is she going out with him or with that Snape guy?" Ella whispered so that she wouldn't be over heard.
"I don't know, though I did think she would have told us though." Lily said. "I do wish you would wake up."
Nissa suddenly opened her eyes and sat bolt up right making them both jump, and Sirius and James ran over to the bed, peter legging behind. Nissa looked around at them all, they all looked so worried.
Nissa opened her mouth to say something but closed it again when she couldn't really think of anything to say.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked her.
Nissa didn't answer to start with. "I guess so. A bit cold, but nothing new of a late. I must just be getting a cold or have one, I'm not very good with the cold or having one at that."
"See." James said nudging Sirius.
The girls looked at the two best mates wondering what they meant but didn't ask them and went back to Nissa, Lily was just about to ask her something when Madam Pomfery came out of her office and came straight over to them.
"You're awake, I am glad." Madam Pomfery said.
"She said it might be because she has a cold." Lily told her.
"I don't think a cold would do that to you dear." Madam Pomfery told her smiling.
"I've only ever had a cold once before, and it kind of did this, well it was worst then this' but you get the point." Nissa told her.
"Well I'll give you something for a cold then if you like." Madam Pomfery told her and went off to her officer and came back with a potion for her, she drank in one.
Nissa surprised everyone when she didn't steam at the ears, but her hair turned back to normal. Then she jumped out of bed and changed her clothes quickly out of the night grown she had been given to wear, into a red and blue dress.
"Well... I'm not sure what to say." Madam Pomfery said. 2But it seems to have done the tick."
"Yeah, you look great." Sirius told her, making them all look at him.
Nissa smiled at him and then turned back to Madam Pomfery. "Thank you, I didn't mean to worry everyone."
"Oh my dear, you don't need to say that; that's what I'm here for." Madam Pomfery said with a small tear in her eye, she couldn't remember the last time one of them had said thank you and none of then had said it like she had. She hugged her quickly and then went back to her office.
Lily and Ella took Nissa back to the common room, before Sirius could say anything to her. But James thought it best to leave them to it, and dragged both Sirius and Peter down to the Quidditch pitch.
***
When Remus came back, he seemed different not as drained as normal; but he couldn't explain it. Well he could in a way, but he didn't really want to go into the whole thing, because it wasn't his place to say anything.
Sirius and Nissa were on better terms since that night, but not as close as Sirius thought they would have been afterward; but he thought that was because she didn't remember (Or did she?).
"I've got to go." Nissa told Lily and then disappeared into the crowd as normal.
"She's disappearing again." James said. "Do you think, one more time?"
They all looked at him and then made their way through the crowd of student's where she had been last, they looked around for a while trying to think where she could have gone too which lesson she had or something; but none of them could remember.
Remus turned round and caught sight of a red head.
"There." Remus told them pointing over the sea of student's still in the corridor.
They weren't sure if it was her or not, but they still went off who ever it was, they disappeared down an empty corridor. They walked up it for a couple of minutes not speaking so she couldn't hear them. A door ahead of them opened and someone stepped out, they all quickly fell back into the tapestry hanging on the wall; but instead of hitting a solid wall they fell straight through it.
They hit the ground in a heap, they just looked up in time to see the tapestry close behind them. They all got to their feet, and pulled out their wands and lit them.
"So that was interesting." Remus said.
"What do you think we should do?" Sirius asked them. "Go back, or find out where this leads to?"
"The last one I think." James answered. "Come on, we haven't a lesson to get too."
Peter moaned again, but they all ignored him knowing that he would come along anyway no matter what he said to them. They walked along the tunnel for about twenty minutes, not really getting anywhere all farer away from the school.
"Where do you think we are?" Remus asked.
"Well we can't still be at the school." James said.
"Maybe we are nearing Hogsmende." Sirius suggested.
"We could you know, it takes about this long." Remus agreed.
They all looked at each other with looks of excitement, all thinking the same thing; that it would be great if this did lead into Hogsmende they could leave school when ever they wanted.
They started to walk faster with the idea buzzing around their minds, the tunnel slopped upward suddenly, but they carried on walking. They finally came to the end of the tunnel after what seemed like hours. It was a dead end or was it, James and Sirius pushed against it.
The door opened out into the sun shine of the later afternoon, they all stepped out and looked at what they had just come out of, and it was a tree truck.
"They must like using trees' as passages." Sirius said smiling.
They walked down the hill which it was set upon and found themselves on the outskirts of Hogsmende, they couldn't believe their luck, they had finally found away out.
"Got any money of you?" Sirius asked them.
James rooted in his pockets as Peter looked worriedly around, as if half expecting a teacher to jump out and catch them there.
Both James and Remus pulled out a couple of coins, they only had enough of them for one drink each in 'The Three Broomsticks'. They pulled up their hoods and made their way through the village, they remembered from Hagrid that people didn't think it was strange for other wizards to do this, so they didn't really draw that much attention to themselves. Only when Sirius went to the bar and order their drinks, the bar man looked at him for a while because Sirius had put on a freak voice which had just sounded stupid and James, Remus and Peter were now rolling around at him. But they still got their drinks.
They had been talking for over an hour, and had long since finished their drinks and hadn't been able to get more, which was strange of course. When Hagrid walked and over to the bar, they all looked at one another; they stood up slowly and made for the door thinking that it wasn't really a good thing to get caught their first time out, especially if they wanted to use the passage again.
They got out and back up to the tree without anyone seeing them.
"I can't believe that we did that." Remus said breathing heavily.
"We have to do that again, but next time we'll have to bring some money with us." James told them.
"And something different to wear, other then our school robes." Sirius agreed.
"We're coming back?" Peter asked horrified at the idea. "But we could get caught."
"So, that's what makes it so much fun." James told him.
"Well you don't have to come with us next time if you don't want too." Sirius added as he opened the door concealed in the tree truck.
"No, I never said that I didn't want to come again." Peter told them quickly.
They all laughed as they made their way back down the tunnel planning the next time they would come back.
***
They planned it for the following weekend after the Quidditch match; they could get some stuff for a party to celebrate their victory, and make everyone wonder where they had gotten all the brilliant stuff from at the same time.
On the Friday night before the match, they were all sat together going through the plans making sure that everything was all set; while Lily and Nissa tried to get through their homework which had double after Christmas.
"Why is it that I think their not doing their homework like they should be?" Lily asked looking up at the four of them annoyed at how much she had to do, and didn't seem to be getting through any of it.
"That would be because their not." Nissa said looking up from her own work which she had just finished, and was now starting on the next.
"How can you get through all of that?" Lily asked looking at her pile of work which was double the size of her own.
"I'm starting to wonder myself." Nissa answered smiling.
"So are we." James whispered over hearing what they were talking about.
"Why don't you just ask?" Peter suggested.
They all looked at him, not believing that he had just asked that question.
"We can't do that." Sirius told him. "And if I do that, she might stop, well we might stop being friends."
James and Remus laughed at him, which he could only hit James and throw his book at Remus who caught it.
"Maybe we should do some of this." Remus suggested looking at the amount of homework they all had to do lay out on the table in front of them.
They all looked at him, and then slowly sorted through it, and tried to make a start on it knowing that they would have to do it, but couldn't really get that much done because they were so excited about tomorrow.
It was time already, they had crashed Hufflepuff, and Sirius had dragged James away to get back up to the castle while it was still empty. They were almost running down the corridor to get to the entrance.
"I thought you lot would be celebrating with the rest of Gryffindor." A familiar voice said cheerfully behind them.
They all stopped suddenly and turned round; Sirius smiled at her then looked back at his friends and walked over to her as they backed off.
"We will be later." Sirius told her.
Nissa smiled at him and then pulled out her wand and pointed it at him. "You know you could get into a lot of trouble."
"We're not doing anything." Sirius told her stepping closer and bringing her wand down so that it wasn't pointing at him.
"Of course not" Nissa told him smiling. "But you all look much better now."
Sirius looked at her confused at then looked down at himself, his clothes had changed, he no longer looked like a student; he looked back at his friends and they also had changed.
"Thanks." Sirius said smiling at her. "Do you..."
"I'll see you later for the party." Nissa told him and then turned round and left him.
Sirius watched her walk off and then went to join his friends at the entrance.
"How did she... do you tell her?" James asked.
"Of course not." Sirius told him firmly. "Come on, well at less we don't look like students anymore."
"He's got a point there." Remus agreed.
They arrived back in the common room about an hour later layer down with food and drink, everyone surged round asking them how they did as someone turned up the music now that the party could really start.
"Come on! How did you get all that?"
"No way, they have these in the kitchen?"
"You have to tell us where the kitchens are."
"Now, now we can't tell you our secrets now can we?" Sirius said waving a hand as he made his way through the crowd making for the food and drink.
"You're not aloud to break into the kitchens, those poor house elves." Lily said to James.
"We don't hurt them." James told her, wondering why she only ever blamed him for everything they all did.
"You wouldn't have too." Nissa said taking Sirius' drink off him just as he was about to take a swing and drank it herself.
"Sorry did I forget your drink?" Sirius joked.
"This'll do thanks." Nissa told him.
"What about Severus, aren't you still going with him?" Ella asked.
"Well what he doesn't know won't hurt him." Nissa joked.
Sirius and his friends and Nissa were the only ones, who laughed because they knew she wasn't really going out with him, but everyone else still didn't know and they hadn't set them straight about the whole thing.
"That isn't nice, even if he is a Slytherin." Ella told her.
Nissa smiled at her. "Your right of course." Then she turned to Sirius, and gave him his now empty bottle back. "Maybe we shouldn't."
Sirius burst out laughed and then hugged her annoying Ella even more, but the others knew they were only joking.
***
It was the last night of the full moon, and everyone was up late either still trying to do their homework and reversing for their exams which were due to start that week.
Lily was sat on her bed trying to finish her essay; the same one Nissa had finished over two hours ago and was now trying to help Lily do hers while finishing her own work at the same time.
"I can't do this." Lily said throwing her quill down.
Ella moaned in the bed beside hers she had also given up and finally gone to bed, it was only them two who were still up now.
"You can read through mine if it'll help." Nissa told her handing over her roll of parchment.
They worked at it for another half hour until Lily finally cleared up and got into bed, but Nissa was still up. She cleared away her own things and walked over to the window and looked up at the full moon before she too went to bed.
Next morning Professor McGonagall handed out their exam time tables, Lily looked over at Nissa's.
"Your got three exam's at the same time." Lily told her.
"What?" Nissa asked as she looked down at her time table, Sirius and Remus looked over as well; James stood up and took it off of her so that he could see for himself.
"It's like your lesson's this is impossible." James told her handing the time table to Sirius so they could look at it.
"Nothing is impossible, and can I have it back now?" Nissa asked reaching for it but Sirius moved it out of her reach.
Nissa tried again to make for a grab, but he pulled it farer out of her reach.
"Sirius, give it to me." Nissa told him.
He smiled at her." What do you want me to give you?"
"You know what." Nissa said firmly; and then she suddenly smiled at him and grabbed hold of his hand.
His hand started to get really hot, he wanted to pull it away from her but couldn't; then the time table set on fire in his other hand and reappeared in the hand which Nissa was holding and she took it off of him.
"Thank you." Nissa said as she stood up and walked along to the tables to meet Severus.
Sirius looked at both his hands, neither were burnt; he had no clue what she had just done.
Severus pushed past Natalie and Polly as he came out of his Transfigurations exam, Nissa and Lestrange made their way over to him to find out how it went.
"So?" Lestrange asked.
"So what?" Severus snapped at him.
"That bad." Lestrange said gingerly.
"It can't have been that bad." Nissa said.
He trust his hand out at them, but it wasn't his hand anymore it was a tea pot, some how he had managed to transform his hand instant of the object.
James and Sirius burst out laughing as they looked over Nissa's shoulder to see what had happened, Nissa glared at them both as Severus reached for his wand with his other hand, Nissa turned back round just in time to stop him and push him along.
"Don't go I fancy a cup of tea." Sirius shouted after him.
Severus pushed past Nissa and swung his tea pot hand over his head, making him sway slightly, but at lest Severus had gotten his own hand back.
James had pulled out his wand and was now pointing it as Severus as Sirius tried to steady himself, Nissa stepped in front of them all.
"I can't believe you said, you wouldn't like it to happen to you." Nissa shot at Sirius, who just open mouthed his objection but nothing came out.
Nissa went off with the very smug looking Severus.
"She sided with him after he hit me?" Sirius asked as he rubbed his head.
"It sounded like that." James said.
Gryffindor had won the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup, the party had lasted all night, though they had only gone down to the kitchen's to get supplies not wanting to miss much of the party themselves.
Sirius still hadn't apologies to Nissa and they weren't talking to one another, but for the fact that they were going home the next day and might not see each all summer Remus tried to get Sirius to talk to her before it were to late.
But it was morning and he still hadn't, they were finding compartments for the journey home, and he still hadn't. They were leaving with their families, and had missed his last chance as he watched Nissa walk off with Infidus and his Infestus and the Snape's.
(A/N: - Right normally here, I would start another story but I'm putting the third and fourth year together; so its going to be longer story. But it's worth reading on. Thanks again to Abbika-Rose-Writers, really glad that you like the story. Though there are still surprises too come, so I hope that you'll carry on reading. Always like reading your reviews, hope to hear from you soon, thanks.)
Sirius sat on the chair beside Nissa's bed in the hospital wing; she had slept the whole day, though he hadn't been aloud to stay with her. She had had quit a few visitors during the day, one which almost turned out in a fight when Severus ran into Sirius and James; but Lily had stopped them and told them all to leave.
Sirius had skipped dinner and come straight up to see her, James and Peter were getting something to eat and then coming up themselves before he had to Quidditch practice. They walked into the hospital wing with Lily and Ella; Sirius got up and went over to them as Lily and Ella went over to Nissa.
"She's still asleep?" James asked.
"Yeah." Sirius answered. "Madam Pomfery still isn't sure what it is, only that it does have something with her being so cold and her hair keeping turning blue."
"How can that be though?" James asked.
"It was like that when she came back from the Christmas holidays." Peter told them.
"He did something to her." Sirius told them quietly. "I saw it, in like a dream. He hit her with these ice things, it really hurt her."
"Ok, I'm a little confused." James admitted. "You some how saw this, and it did really happen, because she told you?"
"Yes, yes and yes." Sirius said. "Though I'm still not sure how I saw it."
"Well what about the fire thing?" James suggested thoughtfully.
Sirius and Peter looked at him confused. "You know, she does this thing, she kind of absorbs it or something. She's never been hurt by it anyway."
"Well what are you suggesting that we set her on fire?" Sirius shot at him. "I'm not doing that!"
"No, not set her on fire, just make a little one near her to see if she does absorb it." James told him, now a little unsure himself if it was such a good idea.
Sirius didn't answer him, they just stood there fro a while and then sat down on the empty bed.
"I do hope she's alright." Lily said. "I can't believe though that she stayed out all last night, and with him."
"I know I don't get it, is she going out with him or with that Snape guy?" Ella whispered so that she wouldn't be over heard.
"I don't know, though I did think she would have told us though." Lily said. "I do wish you would wake up."
Nissa suddenly opened her eyes and sat bolt up right making them both jump, and Sirius and James ran over to the bed, peter legging behind. Nissa looked around at them all, they all looked so worried.
Nissa opened her mouth to say something but closed it again when she couldn't really think of anything to say.
"Are you alright?" Lily asked her.
Nissa didn't answer to start with. "I guess so. A bit cold, but nothing new of a late. I must just be getting a cold or have one, I'm not very good with the cold or having one at that."
"See." James said nudging Sirius.
The girls looked at the two best mates wondering what they meant but didn't ask them and went back to Nissa, Lily was just about to ask her something when Madam Pomfery came out of her office and came straight over to them.
"You're awake, I am glad." Madam Pomfery said.
"She said it might be because she has a cold." Lily told her.
"I don't think a cold would do that to you dear." Madam Pomfery told her smiling.
"I've only ever had a cold once before, and it kind of did this, well it was worst then this' but you get the point." Nissa told her.
"Well I'll give you something for a cold then if you like." Madam Pomfery told her and went off to her officer and came back with a potion for her, she drank in one.
Nissa surprised everyone when she didn't steam at the ears, but her hair turned back to normal. Then she jumped out of bed and changed her clothes quickly out of the night grown she had been given to wear, into a red and blue dress.
"Well... I'm not sure what to say." Madam Pomfery said. 2But it seems to have done the tick."
"Yeah, you look great." Sirius told her, making them all look at him.
Nissa smiled at him and then turned back to Madam Pomfery. "Thank you, I didn't mean to worry everyone."
"Oh my dear, you don't need to say that; that's what I'm here for." Madam Pomfery said with a small tear in her eye, she couldn't remember the last time one of them had said thank you and none of then had said it like she had. She hugged her quickly and then went back to her office.
Lily and Ella took Nissa back to the common room, before Sirius could say anything to her. But James thought it best to leave them to it, and dragged both Sirius and Peter down to the Quidditch pitch.
***
When Remus came back, he seemed different not as drained as normal; but he couldn't explain it. Well he could in a way, but he didn't really want to go into the whole thing, because it wasn't his place to say anything.
Sirius and Nissa were on better terms since that night, but not as close as Sirius thought they would have been afterward; but he thought that was because she didn't remember (Or did she?).
"I've got to go." Nissa told Lily and then disappeared into the crowd as normal.
"She's disappearing again." James said. "Do you think, one more time?"
They all looked at him and then made their way through the crowd of student's where she had been last, they looked around for a while trying to think where she could have gone too which lesson she had or something; but none of them could remember.
Remus turned round and caught sight of a red head.
"There." Remus told them pointing over the sea of student's still in the corridor.
They weren't sure if it was her or not, but they still went off who ever it was, they disappeared down an empty corridor. They walked up it for a couple of minutes not speaking so she couldn't hear them. A door ahead of them opened and someone stepped out, they all quickly fell back into the tapestry hanging on the wall; but instead of hitting a solid wall they fell straight through it.
They hit the ground in a heap, they just looked up in time to see the tapestry close behind them. They all got to their feet, and pulled out their wands and lit them.
"So that was interesting." Remus said.
"What do you think we should do?" Sirius asked them. "Go back, or find out where this leads to?"
"The last one I think." James answered. "Come on, we haven't a lesson to get too."
Peter moaned again, but they all ignored him knowing that he would come along anyway no matter what he said to them. They walked along the tunnel for about twenty minutes, not really getting anywhere all farer away from the school.
"Where do you think we are?" Remus asked.
"Well we can't still be at the school." James said.
"Maybe we are nearing Hogsmende." Sirius suggested.
"We could you know, it takes about this long." Remus agreed.
They all looked at each other with looks of excitement, all thinking the same thing; that it would be great if this did lead into Hogsmende they could leave school when ever they wanted.
They started to walk faster with the idea buzzing around their minds, the tunnel slopped upward suddenly, but they carried on walking. They finally came to the end of the tunnel after what seemed like hours. It was a dead end or was it, James and Sirius pushed against it.
The door opened out into the sun shine of the later afternoon, they all stepped out and looked at what they had just come out of, and it was a tree truck.
"They must like using trees' as passages." Sirius said smiling.
They walked down the hill which it was set upon and found themselves on the outskirts of Hogsmende, they couldn't believe their luck, they had finally found away out.
"Got any money of you?" Sirius asked them.
James rooted in his pockets as Peter looked worriedly around, as if half expecting a teacher to jump out and catch them there.
Both James and Remus pulled out a couple of coins, they only had enough of them for one drink each in 'The Three Broomsticks'. They pulled up their hoods and made their way through the village, they remembered from Hagrid that people didn't think it was strange for other wizards to do this, so they didn't really draw that much attention to themselves. Only when Sirius went to the bar and order their drinks, the bar man looked at him for a while because Sirius had put on a freak voice which had just sounded stupid and James, Remus and Peter were now rolling around at him. But they still got their drinks.
They had been talking for over an hour, and had long since finished their drinks and hadn't been able to get more, which was strange of course. When Hagrid walked and over to the bar, they all looked at one another; they stood up slowly and made for the door thinking that it wasn't really a good thing to get caught their first time out, especially if they wanted to use the passage again.
They got out and back up to the tree without anyone seeing them.
"I can't believe that we did that." Remus said breathing heavily.
"We have to do that again, but next time we'll have to bring some money with us." James told them.
"And something different to wear, other then our school robes." Sirius agreed.
"We're coming back?" Peter asked horrified at the idea. "But we could get caught."
"So, that's what makes it so much fun." James told him.
"Well you don't have to come with us next time if you don't want too." Sirius added as he opened the door concealed in the tree truck.
"No, I never said that I didn't want to come again." Peter told them quickly.
They all laughed as they made their way back down the tunnel planning the next time they would come back.
***
They planned it for the following weekend after the Quidditch match; they could get some stuff for a party to celebrate their victory, and make everyone wonder where they had gotten all the brilliant stuff from at the same time.
On the Friday night before the match, they were all sat together going through the plans making sure that everything was all set; while Lily and Nissa tried to get through their homework which had double after Christmas.
"Why is it that I think their not doing their homework like they should be?" Lily asked looking up at the four of them annoyed at how much she had to do, and didn't seem to be getting through any of it.
"That would be because their not." Nissa said looking up from her own work which she had just finished, and was now starting on the next.
"How can you get through all of that?" Lily asked looking at her pile of work which was double the size of her own.
"I'm starting to wonder myself." Nissa answered smiling.
"So are we." James whispered over hearing what they were talking about.
"Why don't you just ask?" Peter suggested.
They all looked at him, not believing that he had just asked that question.
"We can't do that." Sirius told him. "And if I do that, she might stop, well we might stop being friends."
James and Remus laughed at him, which he could only hit James and throw his book at Remus who caught it.
"Maybe we should do some of this." Remus suggested looking at the amount of homework they all had to do lay out on the table in front of them.
They all looked at him, and then slowly sorted through it, and tried to make a start on it knowing that they would have to do it, but couldn't really get that much done because they were so excited about tomorrow.
It was time already, they had crashed Hufflepuff, and Sirius had dragged James away to get back up to the castle while it was still empty. They were almost running down the corridor to get to the entrance.
"I thought you lot would be celebrating with the rest of Gryffindor." A familiar voice said cheerfully behind them.
They all stopped suddenly and turned round; Sirius smiled at her then looked back at his friends and walked over to her as they backed off.
"We will be later." Sirius told her.
Nissa smiled at him and then pulled out her wand and pointed it at him. "You know you could get into a lot of trouble."
"We're not doing anything." Sirius told her stepping closer and bringing her wand down so that it wasn't pointing at him.
"Of course not" Nissa told him smiling. "But you all look much better now."
Sirius looked at her confused at then looked down at himself, his clothes had changed, he no longer looked like a student; he looked back at his friends and they also had changed.
"Thanks." Sirius said smiling at her. "Do you..."
"I'll see you later for the party." Nissa told him and then turned round and left him.
Sirius watched her walk off and then went to join his friends at the entrance.
"How did she... do you tell her?" James asked.
"Of course not." Sirius told him firmly. "Come on, well at less we don't look like students anymore."
"He's got a point there." Remus agreed.
They arrived back in the common room about an hour later layer down with food and drink, everyone surged round asking them how they did as someone turned up the music now that the party could really start.
"Come on! How did you get all that?"
"No way, they have these in the kitchen?"
"You have to tell us where the kitchens are."
"Now, now we can't tell you our secrets now can we?" Sirius said waving a hand as he made his way through the crowd making for the food and drink.
"You're not aloud to break into the kitchens, those poor house elves." Lily said to James.
"We don't hurt them." James told her, wondering why she only ever blamed him for everything they all did.
"You wouldn't have too." Nissa said taking Sirius' drink off him just as he was about to take a swing and drank it herself.
"Sorry did I forget your drink?" Sirius joked.
"This'll do thanks." Nissa told him.
"What about Severus, aren't you still going with him?" Ella asked.
"Well what he doesn't know won't hurt him." Nissa joked.
Sirius and his friends and Nissa were the only ones, who laughed because they knew she wasn't really going out with him, but everyone else still didn't know and they hadn't set them straight about the whole thing.
"That isn't nice, even if he is a Slytherin." Ella told her.
Nissa smiled at her. "Your right of course." Then she turned to Sirius, and gave him his now empty bottle back. "Maybe we shouldn't."
Sirius burst out laughed and then hugged her annoying Ella even more, but the others knew they were only joking.
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It was the last night of the full moon, and everyone was up late either still trying to do their homework and reversing for their exams which were due to start that week.
Lily was sat on her bed trying to finish her essay; the same one Nissa had finished over two hours ago and was now trying to help Lily do hers while finishing her own work at the same time.
"I can't do this." Lily said throwing her quill down.
Ella moaned in the bed beside hers she had also given up and finally gone to bed, it was only them two who were still up now.
"You can read through mine if it'll help." Nissa told her handing over her roll of parchment.
They worked at it for another half hour until Lily finally cleared up and got into bed, but Nissa was still up. She cleared away her own things and walked over to the window and looked up at the full moon before she too went to bed.
Next morning Professor McGonagall handed out their exam time tables, Lily looked over at Nissa's.
"Your got three exam's at the same time." Lily told her.
"What?" Nissa asked as she looked down at her time table, Sirius and Remus looked over as well; James stood up and took it off of her so that he could see for himself.
"It's like your lesson's this is impossible." James told her handing the time table to Sirius so they could look at it.
"Nothing is impossible, and can I have it back now?" Nissa asked reaching for it but Sirius moved it out of her reach.
Nissa tried again to make for a grab, but he pulled it farer out of her reach.
"Sirius, give it to me." Nissa told him.
He smiled at her." What do you want me to give you?"
"You know what." Nissa said firmly; and then she suddenly smiled at him and grabbed hold of his hand.
His hand started to get really hot, he wanted to pull it away from her but couldn't; then the time table set on fire in his other hand and reappeared in the hand which Nissa was holding and she took it off of him.
"Thank you." Nissa said as she stood up and walked along to the tables to meet Severus.
Sirius looked at both his hands, neither were burnt; he had no clue what she had just done.
Severus pushed past Natalie and Polly as he came out of his Transfigurations exam, Nissa and Lestrange made their way over to him to find out how it went.
"So?" Lestrange asked.
"So what?" Severus snapped at him.
"That bad." Lestrange said gingerly.
"It can't have been that bad." Nissa said.
He trust his hand out at them, but it wasn't his hand anymore it was a tea pot, some how he had managed to transform his hand instant of the object.
James and Sirius burst out laughing as they looked over Nissa's shoulder to see what had happened, Nissa glared at them both as Severus reached for his wand with his other hand, Nissa turned back round just in time to stop him and push him along.
"Don't go I fancy a cup of tea." Sirius shouted after him.
Severus pushed past Nissa and swung his tea pot hand over his head, making him sway slightly, but at lest Severus had gotten his own hand back.
James had pulled out his wand and was now pointing it as Severus as Sirius tried to steady himself, Nissa stepped in front of them all.
"I can't believe you said, you wouldn't like it to happen to you." Nissa shot at Sirius, who just open mouthed his objection but nothing came out.
Nissa went off with the very smug looking Severus.
"She sided with him after he hit me?" Sirius asked as he rubbed his head.
"It sounded like that." James said.
Gryffindor had won the Quidditch Cup and the House Cup, the party had lasted all night, though they had only gone down to the kitchen's to get supplies not wanting to miss much of the party themselves.
Sirius still hadn't apologies to Nissa and they weren't talking to one another, but for the fact that they were going home the next day and might not see each all summer Remus tried to get Sirius to talk to her before it were to late.
But it was morning and he still hadn't, they were finding compartments for the journey home, and he still hadn't. They were leaving with their families, and had missed his last chance as he watched Nissa walk off with Infidus and his Infestus and the Snape's.
(A/N: - Right normally here, I would start another story but I'm putting the third and fourth year together; so its going to be longer story. But it's worth reading on. Thanks again to Abbika-Rose-Writers, really glad that you like the story. Though there are still surprises too come, so I hope that you'll carry on reading. Always like reading your reviews, hope to hear from you soon, thanks.)