~*~GREEN EYES~*~
Chapter 38- Suprising Discoveries
The days started going by quite fast after the dance, what with so much homework that had been assigned to them in preperation for the tests that they would be taking at the end of the year. It was in the middle of a chaotic monday morning breakfast at the beginning of december that Sirius recieved a letter that he had been waiting for since summer. He read it, got a huge grin on his face, and then passed it over to James and Remus, who also read it.
Dear Sirius,
Well I know that you have been waiting for me to fix up that motorbike so that it will fly and work at Hogwarts, and I just wanted to let you know that it's done. Of course, Molly pitched a fit when she found out that I was making a motorbike fly for a Hogwarts student, but I think she forgot about it. Did you know that we have another baby on the way? Molly is at three months. We're going to name her Virginia, well if she is a girl. Molly wants to name a boy Percy but since we already have two boys, I'm hoping for a girl. Anyway, you can pick up the bike at the post office on the tenth of December. I'm sure you'll figure out how to get down there....
Sincerely,
Arthur Weasley
"Oh this is great Sirius!" exclaimed James, sounding more excited than he had in a long time. Sirius' eyes were sparkling.
"I know! I can't wait for the tenth, it's going to be wonderful," said Sirius, sounding equally excited. Remus wasn't saying anything.
"Well Remus, what do you think about this?" asked James. Remus forelornly stared at his eggs and then replied.
"Full moon on the tenth," he stated matter of factly.
"Oh I'm so sorry Remus I can't believe that I didn't realize it," appoligized James quickly. Sirius nodded his head in agreement.
"It's okay. Really, you don't have to worry about it. I'll just see the bike the next day," said Remus, trying his best to sound happy for Sirius.
"No, we're not gonna go and pick it up without you. We'll do the usual on the tenth and go get the bike on the next day," said Sirius.
"Yeah, it won't be any fun to get that bike without you," said James. Everyone agreed, and they all anxiously awaited the eleventh of December.
***
"James were are you going?"
"What do you mean where am I going?"
"Ouch that was my foot!"
"Aren't we going the wrong way?"
"QUIET!" Sirius finally yelled. Then he continued in a whisper, "We don't want anyone to catch us before we get there do we?"
Sirius, James and Peter were silent until they got to the shreiking shack. Peter changed into a rat first in order to stop the whomping willow and give Sirius and James more room. Then a huge dog, who had a red bandana around his neck, emerged from underneath the cloak, and finally a stag, who took the cloak in his mouth, hid it underneath some bushes, and then met up with the other animals, who went in a hole made by the roots and then to a tunnel bellow.
The trip to the shreiking shack took about ten minutes, what with James and Sirius sprinting down the tunnel with Peter inside of the bandana on Sirius' neck. Finally they were to the shreiking shack, where a few long, horrifing howls told them that Remus had made his transformation. Remus looked quite like a normal wolf, although there were differences in the snout and mostly in the way that he carried himself. He let out a happy howl when he saw his friends, and they all sat in a circle to decide where they would go that night.
Peter emerged from Sirius' bandana with the marauder's map in his two front paws. He exerted huge effort in carrying this, and fell to the ground when he had got the map halfway out, the map falling on top of him. Sirius, Peter and Remus snorted, and then Sirius unrolled the map wih his paws. Everyone looked to Remus to decide where they would go that night. Remus seemed to study the map, and then pointed to the forbidden forest with his paw. Sirius clumsily took the map with his mouth and stuffed it back into the handkerchief. Then Peter once again climbed into the handkerchief and the four of them ran off through the tunnel and towards the forbidden forest.
It was quite dark in the forest, but the animals did not seem to care. They ran around aimlessly, playing games that really didn't have a point or purpose. Sirius, Remus and James would chase after each other in a sort of tag game, each of them trying to catch the other ones. They found their way to a clearing, and were extremely suprised to see that the clearing was occupied.
It seemed to be some sort of meeting. There were many people, cloaked in all black, looking up at who must be their leader, a man that was more frightening than anyone James, Sirius, Peter or Remus had seen before. His eyes shone red with malice, and his face seemed to be contorted, as if something had changed it, made it not innocent and pure like most peoples' faces. The man spoke, and his voice had a raspy sound which seemed to click in the back of his throat, making a sound that was not quite human.
"Silence, silence in the crowd!" he demanded. Everyone grew quiet. "I would like to thank all of you future death eaters for being here today. I would especially like to thank a young man by the name of Lucious Malfoy, who is earning this month's prize for recruiting the most people. Please come up to the front of the class."
A seventh year with bright blond hair come up to the front and accepted a gift of some sort of light that would only shine for the person who was holding it. Then the leader spoke again.
"As you may know, we have done many years of research to discover new spells to better the way that we work. We have found one, and I would like Mr. Boneswallow to show it to the class."
An older, skinny, bony man came up to the front of what James now realized was a class for the dark arts and cleared his throat.
"Hello, my name is Mr. Clippard Boneswallow. Some of you may know me, I work for the ministry for the department of experimental spells, potions and charms. Now before I show this to you, I must remind you that this is a top secret spell that may not, for any reason, be used on the hogwarts grounds for fear that Dumbledore or one of those other good for nothing may discover a charm to prevent it," said Mr. Boneswallow. He then took out a small cat from his pocket and muttered the word "Crucio!"
The cat started twitching violently, jerking every which way and making painful meows. James looked over at Sirius, who looked as if he might throw up. Then James darted back toward the castle, looking back to make sure that everyone else was following him. They sprinted to the tunnel and spent the rest of the night in there. When the first light shone and the moon had set, Remus turned back into himself, with only a few scrapes and bruises from his transformation. James, Peter and Sirius quickly changed back into themselves as well.
"What the hell was that?" asked Sirius, a question that he had been waiting to ask since they had first arrived at the meeting.
"I have no idea, but whatever it was we need to tell Dumbledore," said James. Remus looked at him and shook his head.
"We can't do that James. Dumbledore let me into this school because he trusted me, and if he found out that we were doing this all of us would be expelled for sure. We can't risk it," explained Remus.
"Well I'm at least gonna tell dad about that Boneswallow guy," said James, knowing that Remus was right. Sirius looked down at his watch.
"Come one guys, we need to leave before someone comes to get Remus," Sirius stated. James and Sirius said a quick goodbye to their friend and started walking away when they noticed that Peter wasn't following them.
"Peter, come on, we don't want to be late!" exclaimed James, but Peter still stood there, transfixed, seemingly too disturbed to say anything at all.
A/N- Well I know it took me longer than usual to get this one up, my appologies. It's just that, after the last chapter, I wasn't exactly sure where the story needed to go. So I examined my plot, reviewed my reviews and tried to find something that would work and lead the story up to the sequal. The next few chapters will be coming soon. Until then, please read and review, and thank you to all my great reviewers who give me their honest opinion and make me want to go on with this story. You know who you are...
Disclaimer- J.K. Rowling owns all *bows down* I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!
Chapter 38- Suprising Discoveries
The days started going by quite fast after the dance, what with so much homework that had been assigned to them in preperation for the tests that they would be taking at the end of the year. It was in the middle of a chaotic monday morning breakfast at the beginning of december that Sirius recieved a letter that he had been waiting for since summer. He read it, got a huge grin on his face, and then passed it over to James and Remus, who also read it.
Dear Sirius,
Well I know that you have been waiting for me to fix up that motorbike so that it will fly and work at Hogwarts, and I just wanted to let you know that it's done. Of course, Molly pitched a fit when she found out that I was making a motorbike fly for a Hogwarts student, but I think she forgot about it. Did you know that we have another baby on the way? Molly is at three months. We're going to name her Virginia, well if she is a girl. Molly wants to name a boy Percy but since we already have two boys, I'm hoping for a girl. Anyway, you can pick up the bike at the post office on the tenth of December. I'm sure you'll figure out how to get down there....
Sincerely,
Arthur Weasley
"Oh this is great Sirius!" exclaimed James, sounding more excited than he had in a long time. Sirius' eyes were sparkling.
"I know! I can't wait for the tenth, it's going to be wonderful," said Sirius, sounding equally excited. Remus wasn't saying anything.
"Well Remus, what do you think about this?" asked James. Remus forelornly stared at his eggs and then replied.
"Full moon on the tenth," he stated matter of factly.
"Oh I'm so sorry Remus I can't believe that I didn't realize it," appoligized James quickly. Sirius nodded his head in agreement.
"It's okay. Really, you don't have to worry about it. I'll just see the bike the next day," said Remus, trying his best to sound happy for Sirius.
"No, we're not gonna go and pick it up without you. We'll do the usual on the tenth and go get the bike on the next day," said Sirius.
"Yeah, it won't be any fun to get that bike without you," said James. Everyone agreed, and they all anxiously awaited the eleventh of December.
***
"James were are you going?"
"What do you mean where am I going?"
"Ouch that was my foot!"
"Aren't we going the wrong way?"
"QUIET!" Sirius finally yelled. Then he continued in a whisper, "We don't want anyone to catch us before we get there do we?"
Sirius, James and Peter were silent until they got to the shreiking shack. Peter changed into a rat first in order to stop the whomping willow and give Sirius and James more room. Then a huge dog, who had a red bandana around his neck, emerged from underneath the cloak, and finally a stag, who took the cloak in his mouth, hid it underneath some bushes, and then met up with the other animals, who went in a hole made by the roots and then to a tunnel bellow.
The trip to the shreiking shack took about ten minutes, what with James and Sirius sprinting down the tunnel with Peter inside of the bandana on Sirius' neck. Finally they were to the shreiking shack, where a few long, horrifing howls told them that Remus had made his transformation. Remus looked quite like a normal wolf, although there were differences in the snout and mostly in the way that he carried himself. He let out a happy howl when he saw his friends, and they all sat in a circle to decide where they would go that night.
Peter emerged from Sirius' bandana with the marauder's map in his two front paws. He exerted huge effort in carrying this, and fell to the ground when he had got the map halfway out, the map falling on top of him. Sirius, Peter and Remus snorted, and then Sirius unrolled the map wih his paws. Everyone looked to Remus to decide where they would go that night. Remus seemed to study the map, and then pointed to the forbidden forest with his paw. Sirius clumsily took the map with his mouth and stuffed it back into the handkerchief. Then Peter once again climbed into the handkerchief and the four of them ran off through the tunnel and towards the forbidden forest.
It was quite dark in the forest, but the animals did not seem to care. They ran around aimlessly, playing games that really didn't have a point or purpose. Sirius, Remus and James would chase after each other in a sort of tag game, each of them trying to catch the other ones. They found their way to a clearing, and were extremely suprised to see that the clearing was occupied.
It seemed to be some sort of meeting. There were many people, cloaked in all black, looking up at who must be their leader, a man that was more frightening than anyone James, Sirius, Peter or Remus had seen before. His eyes shone red with malice, and his face seemed to be contorted, as if something had changed it, made it not innocent and pure like most peoples' faces. The man spoke, and his voice had a raspy sound which seemed to click in the back of his throat, making a sound that was not quite human.
"Silence, silence in the crowd!" he demanded. Everyone grew quiet. "I would like to thank all of you future death eaters for being here today. I would especially like to thank a young man by the name of Lucious Malfoy, who is earning this month's prize for recruiting the most people. Please come up to the front of the class."
A seventh year with bright blond hair come up to the front and accepted a gift of some sort of light that would only shine for the person who was holding it. Then the leader spoke again.
"As you may know, we have done many years of research to discover new spells to better the way that we work. We have found one, and I would like Mr. Boneswallow to show it to the class."
An older, skinny, bony man came up to the front of what James now realized was a class for the dark arts and cleared his throat.
"Hello, my name is Mr. Clippard Boneswallow. Some of you may know me, I work for the ministry for the department of experimental spells, potions and charms. Now before I show this to you, I must remind you that this is a top secret spell that may not, for any reason, be used on the hogwarts grounds for fear that Dumbledore or one of those other good for nothing may discover a charm to prevent it," said Mr. Boneswallow. He then took out a small cat from his pocket and muttered the word "Crucio!"
The cat started twitching violently, jerking every which way and making painful meows. James looked over at Sirius, who looked as if he might throw up. Then James darted back toward the castle, looking back to make sure that everyone else was following him. They sprinted to the tunnel and spent the rest of the night in there. When the first light shone and the moon had set, Remus turned back into himself, with only a few scrapes and bruises from his transformation. James, Peter and Sirius quickly changed back into themselves as well.
"What the hell was that?" asked Sirius, a question that he had been waiting to ask since they had first arrived at the meeting.
"I have no idea, but whatever it was we need to tell Dumbledore," said James. Remus looked at him and shook his head.
"We can't do that James. Dumbledore let me into this school because he trusted me, and if he found out that we were doing this all of us would be expelled for sure. We can't risk it," explained Remus.
"Well I'm at least gonna tell dad about that Boneswallow guy," said James, knowing that Remus was right. Sirius looked down at his watch.
"Come one guys, we need to leave before someone comes to get Remus," Sirius stated. James and Sirius said a quick goodbye to their friend and started walking away when they noticed that Peter wasn't following them.
"Peter, come on, we don't want to be late!" exclaimed James, but Peter still stood there, transfixed, seemingly too disturbed to say anything at all.
A/N- Well I know it took me longer than usual to get this one up, my appologies. It's just that, after the last chapter, I wasn't exactly sure where the story needed to go. So I examined my plot, reviewed my reviews and tried to find something that would work and lead the story up to the sequal. The next few chapters will be coming soon. Until then, please read and review, and thank you to all my great reviewers who give me their honest opinion and make me want to go on with this story. You know who you are...
Disclaimer- J.K. Rowling owns all *bows down* I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!