Halloween
They couldn't wait one more week until Halloween, to go too Hogsmende, they had to go now. They disappeared down the passage way, they had found more then one by now; they were in their sixth year after all and knew the school better then anyone else. Everyone was used to them disappearing for a few hours at time by now, and didn't think that much about where they could go; well some did wondering what they could be getting up too of course.
"Wormtail, stop taking so long." Sirius said again, as he stood waiting for him in the basement waiting to go up top and buy his loud of sweets; because his stomach was still growling, he was always hungry.
"I'm coming." Peter told him. "I don't think I've got enough for this week and next."
Don't worry about that, I've got enough; I'll buy you something if you hurry up." Sirius told him, and Peter hurried up making Sirius laugh as he pulled him out to one side and covered up the trap door again. "They've already gone up top, come on; and be quiet."
"I think that was your stomach not mine." Peter said as Sirius pushed open the door, and they casually walked out without anyone seeing them.
"We should bring Lily and Nissa one time Prongs." Sirius suggested.
"I think Nissa would be up for it, I'm just not sure that Lily would be though." James admitted. "It would be good though wouldn't it?"
After they brought as many sweets as they could carry they went to The Three Broomsticks, Hagrid weren't there yet they normally stayed until he arrived; or ran out of money or both. They drank betterbeers, and tried to keep from being noticed with their hoods keep slipping off as they acted as though they were drunk; which they weren't of course.
They got back to the school late, the Prefects were already walking the corridors; and there were two heading their way. But they had no where to hide, they were walking down their corridor; they fell back behind a suit of armour as far as they would go but they were still in view.
Sirius pushed Remus down in an odd position when he saw someone with them, he couldn't believe what he was seeing; she walked past them and throw James' cloak over them hiding them from view as the Prefects walked past.
He pulled the cloak off as soon as they were clear, and climbed over Remus who was trying to get out from under him.
"What are you doing, why didn't they see you?" Sirius asked her.
She smiled at him. "You always have loads of questions."
"That isn't the point, you were stood right in front of them and they didn't see you." Sirius told her. "And don't say it was magic, because of course it was magic; how do you know that sort when we don't."
"I think he's trying to say that you should teach us how to do that." Remus translated for her.
"Of course he does, you should start straight away." James said.
"I don't think so." Nissa told them as she started to walk back to the common room, Remus walked beside her not as bothered as James and Sirius that she wouldn't tell them how she had been invisible to those Prefects and not to them.
"Maybe we should have taken all those lessons she did." Sirius suggested.
"It wasn't them; I just know a bit more about magic that's all." Nissa told him looking over her shoulder.
"We do I feel as though you never tell me anything?" Sirius asked her.
"I don't know, but I do." Nissa told him. "So Remus, what are you doing tomorrow night?"
"It's the full moon." Remus told her; as though this was something she should know. "What do you think I'll be doing?"
"You know what I mean, are you lot going out as normal?" Nissa asked him. "Well I can't, but maybe the next."
"Why not?" Remus asked. "I don't mind you coming out with us, none of us do."
"It isn't that, I just have a bit of work what needs doing that's all." Nissa told him.
But Remus was quit disappointed now, he always liked her coming out with them on the full moon; she was so beautiful, the most beautiful werewolf he had ever and will ever see.
He was really disappointed when the full moon was over, normal he was glad when the whole thing was over for another month; but it was better now. His best mates could change into Animagi, and Nissa was a werewolf also just not a normal one like him; she was able to change when she liked and didn't need to change for the full moon if she couldn't and had something else to do.
He knew that he shouldn't feel that way towards her because she was going out with Sirius after all, they had been going out really on and off since their first year; he just put it down to her being a werewolf and tried not to think that way. This is of course easier said then done when you're a teenager, even harder when you're a werewolf as well.
*** It was Halloween morning; everyone was getting ready to go into Hogsmende for their first visit of term; well for all except, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter. Lily walked down with Nissa and Bella, while they took their time talking to everyone who stopped them.
"Only last weekend they were saying that they wanted to get into Hogsmende and now they're acting as though its nothing and they've got all the time in the world." Lily said looking back at them.
"You should know them by now Lily." Nissa said. "And so, what about you and James; the two of you are still going out?"
"That's two months." Bella informed her smiling at Lily, who smiled back at them both.
"Ok, so we are still seeing one another." Lily told them. "But we're not going out; I've told him that as well. But he is nice, once you get past everything; he's really nice. And our first date and you lot what you did."
"He wanted to do something special for his special flower to make you see that he's not the bad guy that you thought he was." Bella told her.
"Special flower, he called me special flower." Lily said smiling unable to stop herself from laughing.
"Something like that yeah." Nissa said smiling.
They laughed as they walked down into the village and then started on shopping, something all girls love to do. But one place where they did stay out of was the joke shop; they spotted James, Sirius, Remus and Peter going in there and not coming out until an hour later; when they had already looked for clothes not that nay of them needed them because Nissa made and designed for them all, filled up on sweets and were now heading for The Three Broomsticks.
They sat down at a table in the middle so that they could see everything that was happening and so that they were in the centre of things going on around them, Liam came in with Simon and Davis; Hufflepuff's. Liam was now going out with Bella, and was very surprised when he found out about Lily his ex going out with James; because she wasn't suppose to like him.
"Are you alright for drinks?" Liam asked as he walked over tot heir table before he went to bar.
"We're fine thanks." Nissa told him.
"I'll have another one thanks Liam." Bella said smiling at him brightly; almost making him knock into the table behind as he turned round.
"Very smooth mate." Sirius told him as he sat down next to Nissa.
James sat down next to Lily while Remus and Peter came over with the drinks, and sat on he other side of the table; Remus sat next to Nissa because she preferred to sit next to him then Peter.
"Look forward tonight, Halloween feast." Sirius said. "Lots of food and fun."
"What fun?" Nissa and Lily asked.
"Your up to something, I know it." Nissa said staring at him as if trying to read his mind, he knew the look to well and waved her back; because sometimes she did seem able to read it. She turned to Remus who looked shyly away. "Ok, now I know you're up to something."
"You should have more faith in us." Sirius told her and then took a sip of his drink also turning away from her.
They avoided the subject somehow for the rest of the afternoon, not wanting to spoil the surprise. They all went down to the Great Hall, bats flying from wall to wall; pumpkin caved as heads hovered above the tables. They all took their seats, and looked along at James and Sirius half excepting them to be doing something. But nothing, even after Dumbledore had given his speech and the meal had appeared before their eyes still nothing.
Lily and Nissa were starting to think that they had just been winding them up, when a seventh year Gryffindor girl screamed at the top of her lungs. Everyone turned round and stood up to find out what was going on, not that they needed to. The pumpkin right in front of the girl had doubled in size and was moving to join with others which were also changing shape.
On every table, the pumpkins were growing larger or smaller and coming together to form pumpkin people. Once they were formed they just stood there for a moment, no one said anything not even the teachers; who hadn't even tried to stop them.
Then music blurted out of the walls and the pumpkins started to dance above the tables, dancing with one another and on their own; everyone was cheering and clapping as they watched them. Even the teachers joined in; I think because they were quit impressed with the transformation and charms mostly.
"I don't believe it." Nissa said smiling. "I know you lot like to put on a show, but this is something else."
"A good or a bad something else?" James asked.
"A good one, this is brilliant." Lily told him.
Dumbledore cleared the tables away after everyone had finished eating so that the students could dance also, but as soon as the tables had gone the pumpkin people lowered to the ground as well and danced in and out of the students.
Nissa and Sirius danced close by to James and Lily, he seemed to be having a bit of trouble and kept standing on her feet. Nissa smiled at Sirius and then waved her hand in James' direction, it seemed as though he could dance now.
"That was sweet." Sirius told her.
"Well I was only thinking that Lily wouldn't be able to walk if it carried on." Nissa joked; he smiled at her and kissed her.
They danced around the hall a couple of times before Nissa spotted Remus on his own, she nodded in his direction.
"I think he needs a dance partner." Nissa said.
Sirius looked round and saw Faith from Ravenclaw on her own as well, they danced over to Faith.
"Hey Faith, Remus looks as though he wants to dance." Sirius said.
"Smooth." Nissa whispered.
Faith blushed a little as she smiled at the two of them before they went back onto the dance floor, she walked over to Remus and smiled at him.
"Hi, do you want to dance?" Faith asked him.
"I...well." Remus stammered.
"Good." Faith said smiling still and pulled him onto the dance floor and put his arms around her.
Remus saw both James and Sirius giving him the thumbs up, as he tried to take the lead in the dance. Peter was stood with friends at the snake table quit happy to just stay there and eat.
They couldn't wait one more week until Halloween, to go too Hogsmende, they had to go now. They disappeared down the passage way, they had found more then one by now; they were in their sixth year after all and knew the school better then anyone else. Everyone was used to them disappearing for a few hours at time by now, and didn't think that much about where they could go; well some did wondering what they could be getting up too of course.
"Wormtail, stop taking so long." Sirius said again, as he stood waiting for him in the basement waiting to go up top and buy his loud of sweets; because his stomach was still growling, he was always hungry.
"I'm coming." Peter told him. "I don't think I've got enough for this week and next."
Don't worry about that, I've got enough; I'll buy you something if you hurry up." Sirius told him, and Peter hurried up making Sirius laugh as he pulled him out to one side and covered up the trap door again. "They've already gone up top, come on; and be quiet."
"I think that was your stomach not mine." Peter said as Sirius pushed open the door, and they casually walked out without anyone seeing them.
"We should bring Lily and Nissa one time Prongs." Sirius suggested.
"I think Nissa would be up for it, I'm just not sure that Lily would be though." James admitted. "It would be good though wouldn't it?"
After they brought as many sweets as they could carry they went to The Three Broomsticks, Hagrid weren't there yet they normally stayed until he arrived; or ran out of money or both. They drank betterbeers, and tried to keep from being noticed with their hoods keep slipping off as they acted as though they were drunk; which they weren't of course.
They got back to the school late, the Prefects were already walking the corridors; and there were two heading their way. But they had no where to hide, they were walking down their corridor; they fell back behind a suit of armour as far as they would go but they were still in view.
Sirius pushed Remus down in an odd position when he saw someone with them, he couldn't believe what he was seeing; she walked past them and throw James' cloak over them hiding them from view as the Prefects walked past.
He pulled the cloak off as soon as they were clear, and climbed over Remus who was trying to get out from under him.
"What are you doing, why didn't they see you?" Sirius asked her.
She smiled at him. "You always have loads of questions."
"That isn't the point, you were stood right in front of them and they didn't see you." Sirius told her. "And don't say it was magic, because of course it was magic; how do you know that sort when we don't."
"I think he's trying to say that you should teach us how to do that." Remus translated for her.
"Of course he does, you should start straight away." James said.
"I don't think so." Nissa told them as she started to walk back to the common room, Remus walked beside her not as bothered as James and Sirius that she wouldn't tell them how she had been invisible to those Prefects and not to them.
"Maybe we should have taken all those lessons she did." Sirius suggested.
"It wasn't them; I just know a bit more about magic that's all." Nissa told him looking over her shoulder.
"We do I feel as though you never tell me anything?" Sirius asked her.
"I don't know, but I do." Nissa told him. "So Remus, what are you doing tomorrow night?"
"It's the full moon." Remus told her; as though this was something she should know. "What do you think I'll be doing?"
"You know what I mean, are you lot going out as normal?" Nissa asked him. "Well I can't, but maybe the next."
"Why not?" Remus asked. "I don't mind you coming out with us, none of us do."
"It isn't that, I just have a bit of work what needs doing that's all." Nissa told him.
But Remus was quit disappointed now, he always liked her coming out with them on the full moon; she was so beautiful, the most beautiful werewolf he had ever and will ever see.
He was really disappointed when the full moon was over, normal he was glad when the whole thing was over for another month; but it was better now. His best mates could change into Animagi, and Nissa was a werewolf also just not a normal one like him; she was able to change when she liked and didn't need to change for the full moon if she couldn't and had something else to do.
He knew that he shouldn't feel that way towards her because she was going out with Sirius after all, they had been going out really on and off since their first year; he just put it down to her being a werewolf and tried not to think that way. This is of course easier said then done when you're a teenager, even harder when you're a werewolf as well.
*** It was Halloween morning; everyone was getting ready to go into Hogsmende for their first visit of term; well for all except, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter. Lily walked down with Nissa and Bella, while they took their time talking to everyone who stopped them.
"Only last weekend they were saying that they wanted to get into Hogsmende and now they're acting as though its nothing and they've got all the time in the world." Lily said looking back at them.
"You should know them by now Lily." Nissa said. "And so, what about you and James; the two of you are still going out?"
"That's two months." Bella informed her smiling at Lily, who smiled back at them both.
"Ok, so we are still seeing one another." Lily told them. "But we're not going out; I've told him that as well. But he is nice, once you get past everything; he's really nice. And our first date and you lot what you did."
"He wanted to do something special for his special flower to make you see that he's not the bad guy that you thought he was." Bella told her.
"Special flower, he called me special flower." Lily said smiling unable to stop herself from laughing.
"Something like that yeah." Nissa said smiling.
They laughed as they walked down into the village and then started on shopping, something all girls love to do. But one place where they did stay out of was the joke shop; they spotted James, Sirius, Remus and Peter going in there and not coming out until an hour later; when they had already looked for clothes not that nay of them needed them because Nissa made and designed for them all, filled up on sweets and were now heading for The Three Broomsticks.
They sat down at a table in the middle so that they could see everything that was happening and so that they were in the centre of things going on around them, Liam came in with Simon and Davis; Hufflepuff's. Liam was now going out with Bella, and was very surprised when he found out about Lily his ex going out with James; because she wasn't suppose to like him.
"Are you alright for drinks?" Liam asked as he walked over tot heir table before he went to bar.
"We're fine thanks." Nissa told him.
"I'll have another one thanks Liam." Bella said smiling at him brightly; almost making him knock into the table behind as he turned round.
"Very smooth mate." Sirius told him as he sat down next to Nissa.
James sat down next to Lily while Remus and Peter came over with the drinks, and sat on he other side of the table; Remus sat next to Nissa because she preferred to sit next to him then Peter.
"Look forward tonight, Halloween feast." Sirius said. "Lots of food and fun."
"What fun?" Nissa and Lily asked.
"Your up to something, I know it." Nissa said staring at him as if trying to read his mind, he knew the look to well and waved her back; because sometimes she did seem able to read it. She turned to Remus who looked shyly away. "Ok, now I know you're up to something."
"You should have more faith in us." Sirius told her and then took a sip of his drink also turning away from her.
They avoided the subject somehow for the rest of the afternoon, not wanting to spoil the surprise. They all went down to the Great Hall, bats flying from wall to wall; pumpkin caved as heads hovered above the tables. They all took their seats, and looked along at James and Sirius half excepting them to be doing something. But nothing, even after Dumbledore had given his speech and the meal had appeared before their eyes still nothing.
Lily and Nissa were starting to think that they had just been winding them up, when a seventh year Gryffindor girl screamed at the top of her lungs. Everyone turned round and stood up to find out what was going on, not that they needed to. The pumpkin right in front of the girl had doubled in size and was moving to join with others which were also changing shape.
On every table, the pumpkins were growing larger or smaller and coming together to form pumpkin people. Once they were formed they just stood there for a moment, no one said anything not even the teachers; who hadn't even tried to stop them.
Then music blurted out of the walls and the pumpkins started to dance above the tables, dancing with one another and on their own; everyone was cheering and clapping as they watched them. Even the teachers joined in; I think because they were quit impressed with the transformation and charms mostly.
"I don't believe it." Nissa said smiling. "I know you lot like to put on a show, but this is something else."
"A good or a bad something else?" James asked.
"A good one, this is brilliant." Lily told him.
Dumbledore cleared the tables away after everyone had finished eating so that the students could dance also, but as soon as the tables had gone the pumpkin people lowered to the ground as well and danced in and out of the students.
Nissa and Sirius danced close by to James and Lily, he seemed to be having a bit of trouble and kept standing on her feet. Nissa smiled at Sirius and then waved her hand in James' direction, it seemed as though he could dance now.
"That was sweet." Sirius told her.
"Well I was only thinking that Lily wouldn't be able to walk if it carried on." Nissa joked; he smiled at her and kissed her.
They danced around the hall a couple of times before Nissa spotted Remus on his own, she nodded in his direction.
"I think he needs a dance partner." Nissa said.
Sirius looked round and saw Faith from Ravenclaw on her own as well, they danced over to Faith.
"Hey Faith, Remus looks as though he wants to dance." Sirius said.
"Smooth." Nissa whispered.
Faith blushed a little as she smiled at the two of them before they went back onto the dance floor, she walked over to Remus and smiled at him.
"Hi, do you want to dance?" Faith asked him.
"I...well." Remus stammered.
"Good." Faith said smiling still and pulled him onto the dance floor and put his arms around her.
Remus saw both James and Sirius giving him the thumbs up, as he tried to take the lead in the dance. Peter was stood with friends at the snake table quit happy to just stay there and eat.