Marauder Mayhem
Disclaimer: Yeah, I obviously don't own any HP stuff. you all know that cuz you're not stupid, and even if ya are, it's okay! However, I do own Raven McKinnon and a few other made up characters along the way.
Random Thought #1: "Life is a storm. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes." ~The Count of Monte Cristo
Random Thought #2: "I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna get the world by the tail and wrap it around and pull it down and put it in my pocket!" ~Matt Foley (Chris Farley) in SNL sketch, "Motivational Speaker."
A/N: HI EVERYBODY...WOW, FANFICTION.NET IS ACTING WEIRD! FIRST I WASN'T GETTING ANY OF MY REVIEWS OR AUTHOR ALERTS ON MY EMAIL. I COULD SEE MY REVIEW COUNT GO UP, BUT THEY WEREN'T SHOWING UP ON MY REVIEW PAGE, AND I WASN'T GETTING EMAILS. AND NOW I'M GETTING LIKE 10 COPIES OF EACH REVIEW. IS THAT HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE? GRR, IT'S MAKING ME MAD! BUT I'M GONNA KEEP UPDATING AS LONG AS YOU KEEP REVIEWING EVEN IF I DON'T GET ALL MY REVIEWS RIGHT AWAY.
Chapter 28 - November 6th
Raven stormed into the common room, closely followed by Sirius.
"I cannot believe you were sitting there having a decent conversation with my brother! After everything he's done to me, my own girlfriend can't keep her hands off him!"
Raven spun around and narrowed her eyes on Sirius. "Excuse me? I didn't have my hands anywhere near him! He asked me if I knew where you were. I was about to tell him that you had detention after McGonagall's class when you came running up, accusing me of 'fraternizing with the enemy!'"
Sirius laughed. "Why the hell would he care where I was?"
"He said he needed to talk to you. You pulled me away before I could--"
"Regulus doesn't want anything to do with me! How stupid do you think I am?"
Raven rolled her eyes. "How stupid is there?"
"What, do you like him now or something? Cuz if you really want Regulus, maybe you should stop barking up the wrong tree!"
"And maybe you should just stop barking altogether!" Raven calmly but quickly strode to her portrait and it slammed down after her.
Lily was sitting by the fire working on her transfiguration essay. "Did that just happen? You honestly think she wants your brother?"
Sirius sighed and sat down next to her. "No. But why would she lie about Regulus wanting to talk to me?"
"I don't know, Sirius, maybe she was telling the truth."
Sirius scoffed. "He hasn't wanted to talk to me since he was eleven."
"Well, why don't you just go ask him instead of yelling at Raven about it!"
"Little too late for that, isn't it?"
Lily smiled sympathetically at him. "Maybe Raven's right. Perhaps you *should* just stop barking altogether."
"Yeah. I'm gonna go talk to my dipshit brother now," Sirius got up and then turned back to Lily. "Speaking of dipshits, where's James?"
"Helping Peter with something upstairs."
Sirius nodded and proceeded out of the common room. He found Regulus in the second floor corridor and *accidentally* ran into him. "Sorry...oh, it's you. Never mind."
"Sirius, I gotta talk to you. I got an owl from mum today."
Sirius rolled his eyes and started to walk away. "I care."
"Dad's sick." Sirius turned back around. "He's in St. Mungo's. Anyway, I just thought you'd wanna know," said Regulus, turning and heading for the stairs.
"He's not gonna die or anything, is he?" asked Sirius.
"No," said Regulus. "Sorry to disappoint you."
When Sirius stepped back into the common room, he found it empty. He was late for class. He half sprinted to the dungeons and grabbed a seat at the end of the row next to James without Pitstain noticing. Raven wasn't there. "Where's Rave?" he whispered to James.
"She said she'd be here in a second."
She walked in a few minutes later. Sirius leaned back in his chair, blocking her way into their row. She cleared her throat. "Move, Pitstain's gonna see me."
He tapped his lip with his finger. "Gotta pay the toll."
Raven's face remained expressionless. "You want me to punch you in the face?" She kicked the back of his chair and it quickly snapped forward, sending him into the desk with a thud. Raven took her seat next to Lily. Sirius doubled over onto the desk.
"Not feeling well, Mr. Black?" asked Pitstain, hearing the thud and turning around.
"Uh...no."
"Go see the nurse before you sick up."
Sirius tried not to laugh as he shakily got up from his chair and ambled slowly out of the room. Once the door had closed behind him he straightened up and smiled. He went up to the owlery and found Wheaton, his eagle owl. With Wheaton perched on his shoulder, he headed back to the common room in search of some paper. When Gryffindors started filing back into the common room after their classes were over, he read over what he had written:
Medda,
How are you and Ted? Sorry, that's supposed to be a secret, right? Do you know anything about my dad? Regulus just told me that he was sick. Is it bad? I just wanted to know. If you know anything, can you send a message back with Wheaton? I know I'm not 'part of the family anymore,' but I just wanted you to know that it's not because of you. I miss you.
Love, your cousin,
Sirius
Raven was reading over his shoulder. "Your dad's sick?" She sat next to him.
"That's what Regulus had to talk to me about. I'm sorry."
Raven shook her head. "Me too." She ran her hand across his stomach where he'd hit the desk. "Does it hurt?"
Sirius smiled. "Nah, my six pack broke my fall."
She rolled her eyes. "Andromeda?"
"Medda. Yeah. She's the only one in the family I actually miss. But she's actually engaged to a muggle, Ted Tonks. No one's supposed to know yet. She told me the day before I left. I'm just hoping she'll know something about my dad."
"So...what are you gonna do if it's bad?"
"I haven't figured that out yet. Let's not talk about it." Sirius tied his letter to Wheaton's leg and he flew out the window.
Raven looked over and saw Lily in James' lap, laughing at something he was telling her. "What do you think of them?"
"I think James is gettin ready to slide into home."
Raven smacked Sirius' arm. "They ever tell you exactly how they got together?"
Sirius shook his head. "I figured you set it all up and everything."
"No. I mean, I gave James a few pointers and shoved Lily in the right direction, but that's all. They got together on their own."
"And what exactly did you tell him?"
Raven smiled as she remembered cornering James and telling him what he was doing wrong.
(A/N: FELT LIKE DOING A LITTLE FLASHBACK) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Raven pushed James into the wall and grabbed him by the collar. "What are you doing? You're not ready yet. You go up to her now and you're gonna act like an idiot, like you always do."
"Well, tell me how not to act then!" said James, clearly frightened by being backed into a wall by his best friend.
"To start with, don't mess up your hair; it doesn't need it, believe me."
"But--"
Raven held up her hand to silence him. "Don't act like she's the luckiest girl in the world for having the priveledge of talking to you, and most importantly, don't tell her how perfect you are."
"So you're saying...people think...I'm perfect?"
Raven sighed.
"I'm kidding. Okay, I can do that. You really think I'm that cocky?"
"No, you're not at all. It's just that when you're around Lily, you don't know what to do, so you show off. You can't do that. It clearly doesn't work on her. Find out something about her instead of trying to tell her every little detail about you. And stop calling her Evans."
"I think she likes it."
"No, James she doesn't. Do you call me McKinnon? Do I call you Potter? Not unless I'm pissed off at you. Ya got it?"
"Yeah, I'll try."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sirius laughed. "Well, he must have eventually gotten it down."
"Well, keep in mind that she liked him the whole time, too. She just never would admit it. I guess when he finally started acting decent to her, she gave in."
"You mean kinda like how you gave fell for me?" asked Sirius, raising her head by lifting her chin with his finger.
"Get over yourself. I'm using you to get to Regulus."
Sirius smiled fakely. "That was below the belt. Try to keep the gloves up."
They both looked over at James and Lily again. James pecked Lily lightly on the lips.
Sirius turned back to Raven. "Excuse me, does my tongue taste funny to you?"
Raven rolled her eyes and kissed him.
A/N: THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO: RAVEN'S BIRTHDAY'S COMING UP, MORE THAN JUST PG-13 RELATIONSHIPS, AND ANOTHER TRIP TO RAVEN'S COTTAGE. HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER. PLEASE REVIEW!
Disclaimer: Yeah, I obviously don't own any HP stuff. you all know that cuz you're not stupid, and even if ya are, it's okay! However, I do own Raven McKinnon and a few other made up characters along the way.
Random Thought #1: "Life is a storm. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes." ~The Count of Monte Cristo
Random Thought #2: "I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna get the world by the tail and wrap it around and pull it down and put it in my pocket!" ~Matt Foley (Chris Farley) in SNL sketch, "Motivational Speaker."
A/N: HI EVERYBODY...WOW, FANFICTION.NET IS ACTING WEIRD! FIRST I WASN'T GETTING ANY OF MY REVIEWS OR AUTHOR ALERTS ON MY EMAIL. I COULD SEE MY REVIEW COUNT GO UP, BUT THEY WEREN'T SHOWING UP ON MY REVIEW PAGE, AND I WASN'T GETTING EMAILS. AND NOW I'M GETTING LIKE 10 COPIES OF EACH REVIEW. IS THAT HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE? GRR, IT'S MAKING ME MAD! BUT I'M GONNA KEEP UPDATING AS LONG AS YOU KEEP REVIEWING EVEN IF I DON'T GET ALL MY REVIEWS RIGHT AWAY.
Chapter 28 - November 6th
Raven stormed into the common room, closely followed by Sirius.
"I cannot believe you were sitting there having a decent conversation with my brother! After everything he's done to me, my own girlfriend can't keep her hands off him!"
Raven spun around and narrowed her eyes on Sirius. "Excuse me? I didn't have my hands anywhere near him! He asked me if I knew where you were. I was about to tell him that you had detention after McGonagall's class when you came running up, accusing me of 'fraternizing with the enemy!'"
Sirius laughed. "Why the hell would he care where I was?"
"He said he needed to talk to you. You pulled me away before I could--"
"Regulus doesn't want anything to do with me! How stupid do you think I am?"
Raven rolled her eyes. "How stupid is there?"
"What, do you like him now or something? Cuz if you really want Regulus, maybe you should stop barking up the wrong tree!"
"And maybe you should just stop barking altogether!" Raven calmly but quickly strode to her portrait and it slammed down after her.
Lily was sitting by the fire working on her transfiguration essay. "Did that just happen? You honestly think she wants your brother?"
Sirius sighed and sat down next to her. "No. But why would she lie about Regulus wanting to talk to me?"
"I don't know, Sirius, maybe she was telling the truth."
Sirius scoffed. "He hasn't wanted to talk to me since he was eleven."
"Well, why don't you just go ask him instead of yelling at Raven about it!"
"Little too late for that, isn't it?"
Lily smiled sympathetically at him. "Maybe Raven's right. Perhaps you *should* just stop barking altogether."
"Yeah. I'm gonna go talk to my dipshit brother now," Sirius got up and then turned back to Lily. "Speaking of dipshits, where's James?"
"Helping Peter with something upstairs."
Sirius nodded and proceeded out of the common room. He found Regulus in the second floor corridor and *accidentally* ran into him. "Sorry...oh, it's you. Never mind."
"Sirius, I gotta talk to you. I got an owl from mum today."
Sirius rolled his eyes and started to walk away. "I care."
"Dad's sick." Sirius turned back around. "He's in St. Mungo's. Anyway, I just thought you'd wanna know," said Regulus, turning and heading for the stairs.
"He's not gonna die or anything, is he?" asked Sirius.
"No," said Regulus. "Sorry to disappoint you."
When Sirius stepped back into the common room, he found it empty. He was late for class. He half sprinted to the dungeons and grabbed a seat at the end of the row next to James without Pitstain noticing. Raven wasn't there. "Where's Rave?" he whispered to James.
"She said she'd be here in a second."
She walked in a few minutes later. Sirius leaned back in his chair, blocking her way into their row. She cleared her throat. "Move, Pitstain's gonna see me."
He tapped his lip with his finger. "Gotta pay the toll."
Raven's face remained expressionless. "You want me to punch you in the face?" She kicked the back of his chair and it quickly snapped forward, sending him into the desk with a thud. Raven took her seat next to Lily. Sirius doubled over onto the desk.
"Not feeling well, Mr. Black?" asked Pitstain, hearing the thud and turning around.
"Uh...no."
"Go see the nurse before you sick up."
Sirius tried not to laugh as he shakily got up from his chair and ambled slowly out of the room. Once the door had closed behind him he straightened up and smiled. He went up to the owlery and found Wheaton, his eagle owl. With Wheaton perched on his shoulder, he headed back to the common room in search of some paper. When Gryffindors started filing back into the common room after their classes were over, he read over what he had written:
Medda,
How are you and Ted? Sorry, that's supposed to be a secret, right? Do you know anything about my dad? Regulus just told me that he was sick. Is it bad? I just wanted to know. If you know anything, can you send a message back with Wheaton? I know I'm not 'part of the family anymore,' but I just wanted you to know that it's not because of you. I miss you.
Love, your cousin,
Sirius
Raven was reading over his shoulder. "Your dad's sick?" She sat next to him.
"That's what Regulus had to talk to me about. I'm sorry."
Raven shook her head. "Me too." She ran her hand across his stomach where he'd hit the desk. "Does it hurt?"
Sirius smiled. "Nah, my six pack broke my fall."
She rolled her eyes. "Andromeda?"
"Medda. Yeah. She's the only one in the family I actually miss. But she's actually engaged to a muggle, Ted Tonks. No one's supposed to know yet. She told me the day before I left. I'm just hoping she'll know something about my dad."
"So...what are you gonna do if it's bad?"
"I haven't figured that out yet. Let's not talk about it." Sirius tied his letter to Wheaton's leg and he flew out the window.
Raven looked over and saw Lily in James' lap, laughing at something he was telling her. "What do you think of them?"
"I think James is gettin ready to slide into home."
Raven smacked Sirius' arm. "They ever tell you exactly how they got together?"
Sirius shook his head. "I figured you set it all up and everything."
"No. I mean, I gave James a few pointers and shoved Lily in the right direction, but that's all. They got together on their own."
"And what exactly did you tell him?"
Raven smiled as she remembered cornering James and telling him what he was doing wrong.
(A/N: FELT LIKE DOING A LITTLE FLASHBACK) ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Raven pushed James into the wall and grabbed him by the collar. "What are you doing? You're not ready yet. You go up to her now and you're gonna act like an idiot, like you always do."
"Well, tell me how not to act then!" said James, clearly frightened by being backed into a wall by his best friend.
"To start with, don't mess up your hair; it doesn't need it, believe me."
"But--"
Raven held up her hand to silence him. "Don't act like she's the luckiest girl in the world for having the priveledge of talking to you, and most importantly, don't tell her how perfect you are."
"So you're saying...people think...I'm perfect?"
Raven sighed.
"I'm kidding. Okay, I can do that. You really think I'm that cocky?"
"No, you're not at all. It's just that when you're around Lily, you don't know what to do, so you show off. You can't do that. It clearly doesn't work on her. Find out something about her instead of trying to tell her every little detail about you. And stop calling her Evans."
"I think she likes it."
"No, James she doesn't. Do you call me McKinnon? Do I call you Potter? Not unless I'm pissed off at you. Ya got it?"
"Yeah, I'll try."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sirius laughed. "Well, he must have eventually gotten it down."
"Well, keep in mind that she liked him the whole time, too. She just never would admit it. I guess when he finally started acting decent to her, she gave in."
"You mean kinda like how you gave fell for me?" asked Sirius, raising her head by lifting her chin with his finger.
"Get over yourself. I'm using you to get to Regulus."
Sirius smiled fakely. "That was below the belt. Try to keep the gloves up."
They both looked over at James and Lily again. James pecked Lily lightly on the lips.
Sirius turned back to Raven. "Excuse me, does my tongue taste funny to you?"
Raven rolled her eyes and kissed him.
A/N: THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO: RAVEN'S BIRTHDAY'S COMING UP, MORE THAN JUST PG-13 RELATIONSHIPS, AND ANOTHER TRIP TO RAVEN'S COTTAGE. HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER. PLEASE REVIEW!