C.11 Halloween Happenings
*Sigh* this chapter's not very-Remus-y. But Remus is under the
weather...that's my excuse and I am going to stick to it. Anyways, I hope you
like it and don't expect a bunch of chapters up soon...I'll try one a week,
but I'm becoming busier and busier. Also thanks to all my reviewers!
Reviews make me happy...surprisingly, even negative ones. o.o Anyways, here
y'all (haha I used y'all, how southern of me -.~ ) go:
Sarah woke up. Today is Halloween, she smiled. Halloween was great. Free candy, costumes, and jack-o-lanterns! What could be better than Halloween? She rolled out of bed and sighed. At least she didn't have to borrow any more clothes. She went through her own trunk and picked out that day's clothing. She was going to wear black and dress as a witch. Of course man of the other students would think of her costume as her expressing her disinterest in Halloween, unless they didn't dress up for Halloween at this school.
She shrugged. What did it matter? She was going dressed up as a witch. She got dressed and headed down into the Common Room. Nobody was dressed up. Wow. Must be a muggle thing, she thought.
'Dressing up for the holiday?' Sirius asked innocently. 'Lemme guess: the wicked witch of the east!'
'No, she's obviously Glinda.' Remus smiled. His smile looked rather weaker than usual, but Sarah smiled anyways.
'Glinda?' James asked. 'Who's that?'
'Wizard of Oz,' Sirius waved his hand dismissively. 'You know, the good witch of the North or something like that. Not quite as famous as the Wicked Witch of the West though.' Sirius then turned and smiled at Sarah. He then impersonated the famous scene: 'Help! I'm melting, melting. Oh what a world.' He was writhing on the ground. The room erupted in fits of laughter. After all, it's not everyday that Sirius disgraces himself by rolling on the ground with the dogs, so to speak.
They headed down to the Common Room, Peter asking 'Why did you bring up, the umm, Witch of Orz?'
'Wizard of Oz,' Sirius corrected. Then he shrugged. 'It's an inside joke.' He then caught up to James and Lily to make some snide comment. It was only as a joke and they knew that. He never meant anything mean he said to his friends. After all, who would help him pick on Snivellus, if not James? Remus was too nice and Peter, well he was a chicken-shit. (A/N: Ehh...I really don't like that word...)
Walking into The Great Hall took Sarah's breath away. Instead of the floating candles she had finally gotten used to, there was jack-o'-lanterns everywhere, some floating, taking the place of the lighted candles and others decorated the tabletops.
'Hey, it's not polite to stare, you know,' Sirius whispered in her ear.
She looked at him. She wasn't going to say anything. She was staring after all. Her mouth was open and everything! Great. Just great. She looked and saw Remus. He sure wasn't looking too great. Maybe he was catching a cold?
She sat down between Remus and Sirius. Immediately, she turned to Remus. 'Are you alright?' she couldn't hide the worry from her voice. Sure, he normally looked frail and, well, patched, but he was a werewolf after all. A werewolf...
'I'm fine,' he sounded horribly unconvincing. That's what's wrong then. Must be near a full moon.
Then owls swooped down and dropped a bunch of presents in front of Remus. 'Ow!' Sarah cried out when a rather large one nearly took her out. Remus frowned.
'Did you forget what time of the month it is?' Sirius asked Remus. 'It's October is your only hint.'
'I know,' Remus hissed. 'It's my damn birthday. Happy Birthday to me!' Remus sounded anything but pleased.
'Happy Birthday Remus!' Sarah smiled broadly. Remus responded with a smile of his own. But his head was pounding. What a day to get sick, he thought to himself.
Sarah sat there, what could she get him for his birthday? She frowned. That's when she remembered Hogsmeade. She would be bound to find something and Dumbledore had given her a few galleons as she was flat broke and had no one to send her anything. Maybe he knows the truth.
She finished eating and excused herself. Then she racked her memory of the many ways into Hogsmeade, including a certain witch hump that she had passed once. And now that she had the map she would have no trouble finding it.
She took the map out of her pocket. Sure she should wipe it off or something but that would mean not getting it back up. She couldn't afford to loose the map aspect. So she was lost in thought of gifts and maps when she arrived at the one-eyed crone. 'Dissendium?' she muttered uncertainly. Wasn't that a magic word? Maybe she should try that mirror on the fourth floor.
Well, much to Sarah's luck, the old spinster's hump opened. God was she lucky or what? She crept into the hump and walked forward. Then to her dismay, the hump closed, incasing her in sheer darkness. 'Shit. So much for luck.' She put her hand on the wall and trailed forward, praying not to get lost or worse...
It seemed forever before she began to ascend. Good. For once, good. But then an expected cliff was in front of her, that's what it had to be. She tripped and her knees landed on it. 'Ah God, Fucking shit of a tunnel. Why the hell didn't I remember the mirror one before this one?' Because Harry used this one, her mind told her. But that didn't make it better.
She sighed and struggled for her feet. Time to crawl. These had to be stairs. She crawled until *bump* she hit her head on something. This had best be that damn trapdoor, she thought bitterly. And, lucky for her, it was. She foolishly opened the door as soon as she found how to. Then she blinked in frustration as light streamed into her eyes, but only a bit, thank the Lord.
Lucky for her, no one was in the room. She crawled out of the secret entrance and hid it. She was going back the long way and she didn't care who saw. She snuck out of the basement and into Honeydukes, where she proceeded to sneak out again.
Where to go? She had no earthly clue...or magical for that matter. She stopped at a window. No way in the world...she thought. No way on God's green earth. She turned and looked into the window. Inside the porcelain shop was a deer, a wolf, a dog, and a mouse. There were other animals in the assortment, but that was perfect. A black dog, an elegant stag, a small rat, and the wolf. They were what she was looking for. Of course she couldn't tell him that she got it for him. It would have to be the clichéd secret admirer type thing. Well, he would think one of the guys sent it to him at least.
She went in and asked to see the figurines. They moved together which was all the more better. She looked at the sales lady, 'How much?'
'Oh well I think I can manage at selling them for 4 galleons.'
Sarah took out the money and counted out four of the gold coins. She handed them to the lady, who then froze the four figurines and wrapped them. 'Would you like a box?' she asked. Sarah nodded.
Taking the box she left the store and headed back to Hogwarts, the long way. No one saw, or, if they did, they kept it to themselves. She then hid the gift as she walked into the castle. She would hide it in his room when she knew he wasn't looking.
^-^; Eh...a bit on the short side. I'll be making yet another chapter as soon as can in Remus point-of-view for the whole gift-getting thing. But then I'll probably switch back to Sarah mode and hopefully kick it up a notch.
Sarah woke up. Today is Halloween, she smiled. Halloween was great. Free candy, costumes, and jack-o-lanterns! What could be better than Halloween? She rolled out of bed and sighed. At least she didn't have to borrow any more clothes. She went through her own trunk and picked out that day's clothing. She was going to wear black and dress as a witch. Of course man of the other students would think of her costume as her expressing her disinterest in Halloween, unless they didn't dress up for Halloween at this school.
She shrugged. What did it matter? She was going dressed up as a witch. She got dressed and headed down into the Common Room. Nobody was dressed up. Wow. Must be a muggle thing, she thought.
'Dressing up for the holiday?' Sirius asked innocently. 'Lemme guess: the wicked witch of the east!'
'No, she's obviously Glinda.' Remus smiled. His smile looked rather weaker than usual, but Sarah smiled anyways.
'Glinda?' James asked. 'Who's that?'
'Wizard of Oz,' Sirius waved his hand dismissively. 'You know, the good witch of the North or something like that. Not quite as famous as the Wicked Witch of the West though.' Sirius then turned and smiled at Sarah. He then impersonated the famous scene: 'Help! I'm melting, melting. Oh what a world.' He was writhing on the ground. The room erupted in fits of laughter. After all, it's not everyday that Sirius disgraces himself by rolling on the ground with the dogs, so to speak.
They headed down to the Common Room, Peter asking 'Why did you bring up, the umm, Witch of Orz?'
'Wizard of Oz,' Sirius corrected. Then he shrugged. 'It's an inside joke.' He then caught up to James and Lily to make some snide comment. It was only as a joke and they knew that. He never meant anything mean he said to his friends. After all, who would help him pick on Snivellus, if not James? Remus was too nice and Peter, well he was a chicken-shit. (A/N: Ehh...I really don't like that word...)
Walking into The Great Hall took Sarah's breath away. Instead of the floating candles she had finally gotten used to, there was jack-o'-lanterns everywhere, some floating, taking the place of the lighted candles and others decorated the tabletops.
'Hey, it's not polite to stare, you know,' Sirius whispered in her ear.
She looked at him. She wasn't going to say anything. She was staring after all. Her mouth was open and everything! Great. Just great. She looked and saw Remus. He sure wasn't looking too great. Maybe he was catching a cold?
She sat down between Remus and Sirius. Immediately, she turned to Remus. 'Are you alright?' she couldn't hide the worry from her voice. Sure, he normally looked frail and, well, patched, but he was a werewolf after all. A werewolf...
'I'm fine,' he sounded horribly unconvincing. That's what's wrong then. Must be near a full moon.
Then owls swooped down and dropped a bunch of presents in front of Remus. 'Ow!' Sarah cried out when a rather large one nearly took her out. Remus frowned.
'Did you forget what time of the month it is?' Sirius asked Remus. 'It's October is your only hint.'
'I know,' Remus hissed. 'It's my damn birthday. Happy Birthday to me!' Remus sounded anything but pleased.
'Happy Birthday Remus!' Sarah smiled broadly. Remus responded with a smile of his own. But his head was pounding. What a day to get sick, he thought to himself.
Sarah sat there, what could she get him for his birthday? She frowned. That's when she remembered Hogsmeade. She would be bound to find something and Dumbledore had given her a few galleons as she was flat broke and had no one to send her anything. Maybe he knows the truth.
She finished eating and excused herself. Then she racked her memory of the many ways into Hogsmeade, including a certain witch hump that she had passed once. And now that she had the map she would have no trouble finding it.
She took the map out of her pocket. Sure she should wipe it off or something but that would mean not getting it back up. She couldn't afford to loose the map aspect. So she was lost in thought of gifts and maps when she arrived at the one-eyed crone. 'Dissendium?' she muttered uncertainly. Wasn't that a magic word? Maybe she should try that mirror on the fourth floor.
Well, much to Sarah's luck, the old spinster's hump opened. God was she lucky or what? She crept into the hump and walked forward. Then to her dismay, the hump closed, incasing her in sheer darkness. 'Shit. So much for luck.' She put her hand on the wall and trailed forward, praying not to get lost or worse...
It seemed forever before she began to ascend. Good. For once, good. But then an expected cliff was in front of her, that's what it had to be. She tripped and her knees landed on it. 'Ah God, Fucking shit of a tunnel. Why the hell didn't I remember the mirror one before this one?' Because Harry used this one, her mind told her. But that didn't make it better.
She sighed and struggled for her feet. Time to crawl. These had to be stairs. She crawled until *bump* she hit her head on something. This had best be that damn trapdoor, she thought bitterly. And, lucky for her, it was. She foolishly opened the door as soon as she found how to. Then she blinked in frustration as light streamed into her eyes, but only a bit, thank the Lord.
Lucky for her, no one was in the room. She crawled out of the secret entrance and hid it. She was going back the long way and she didn't care who saw. She snuck out of the basement and into Honeydukes, where she proceeded to sneak out again.
Where to go? She had no earthly clue...or magical for that matter. She stopped at a window. No way in the world...she thought. No way on God's green earth. She turned and looked into the window. Inside the porcelain shop was a deer, a wolf, a dog, and a mouse. There were other animals in the assortment, but that was perfect. A black dog, an elegant stag, a small rat, and the wolf. They were what she was looking for. Of course she couldn't tell him that she got it for him. It would have to be the clichéd secret admirer type thing. Well, he would think one of the guys sent it to him at least.
She went in and asked to see the figurines. They moved together which was all the more better. She looked at the sales lady, 'How much?'
'Oh well I think I can manage at selling them for 4 galleons.'
Sarah took out the money and counted out four of the gold coins. She handed them to the lady, who then froze the four figurines and wrapped them. 'Would you like a box?' she asked. Sarah nodded.
Taking the box she left the store and headed back to Hogwarts, the long way. No one saw, or, if they did, they kept it to themselves. She then hid the gift as she walked into the castle. She would hide it in his room when she knew he wasn't looking.
^-^; Eh...a bit on the short side. I'll be making yet another chapter as soon as can in Remus point-of-view for the whole gift-getting thing. But then I'll probably switch back to Sarah mode and hopefully kick it up a notch.
