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Chapter Eight
A week had passed since the "Lily and James" incident, as everyone now referred to it. Mo and Sirius ended up getting off pretty easy but the day following the "incident" included a pink, frilly dress for Sirius and a particularly smelly Mo.
Lily and James were now Hogwarts' hottest couple, classes were becoming more challenging, and the first Qudditch game was only a day or so away. So it came as a complete surprise to Mo that they'd already been in school a month.
She was reminded, quite rudely, of this when she was coming back from the Qudditch meeting the night before the match against Slytherin.
Mo's agreeable mood vanished at the sight of Regulus leaning on the banister going towards the Gryffindor tower. It was obvious who he was waiting for, as he wouldn't be caught dead with any other Gryffindor than herself.
Her knuckles turned white as she clenched her fist around her broom. She paused before him and raised an inquisitive brow, "Something you want?"
"It's been a month," Regulus' tone was low and harsh, nothing at all like his brother's sexy voice.
"Your point?" Mo replied.
"The Dark Lord wants to see you," Regulus answered. He paused to look at her, "And I wanted to talk. You've been avoiding me since we broke up this summer."
"Of course I have," Mo replied. "One of my best friends now is your brother. How would that make me look if I was hanging all over you all the time? It would be suspicious at best."
"You could have come to see me," Regulus said moving towards her.
At one time, Mo realized, she had enjoyed being with Regulus. He had been fun for a while but she now felt only disgust when she saw that look in his eyes. Her skin crawled in revulsion and she turned her head away from him. "It's over Regulus," she replied. "Where am I to meet my lord?"
His lip had curled menacingly as he whispered, "The heart of the forest and make sure you're not seen."
"If anyone thought someone was hiding something like this at Hogwarts nothing would go without being seen," Mo retorted. "We can only hope that no one is watching. Are you coming?"
"In a bit," Regulus replied. "I have to get Narcissa and Lucius. Bella and Rodolphus are already there. Hurry up."
Mo rolled her eyes and turned back down the corridor leaving the castle once again. She crept through the shadows as best she could as she made her way to Hagrid's hut. Once there she stashed her broom and disappeared into the gloom of the Forbidden Forest.
The trees became closer together as she snaked her way through them. It was completely dark without even the moon to guide her, although she knew exactly where she was going. She still had a hard time believing Voldemort was meeting her on the premises of the school. She shook her head and looked around when she came to a clearing.
It was filled with moonlight and shadows but she spotted Rodolphus and Bella sitting a few feet away waiting. She sat down in silence.
"Hello Maureen," a voice floated to her from the other side of the clearing. "Where are the others?"
"On their way," Mo said standing up to bow. "My lord."
"So what news do you have for me?" Voldemort asked stepping into the moonlight.
Mo sighed, "I really don't understand what you expect them to do. They're only a couple of sixteen year olds with a love to play pranks. Sure they're trouble makers but nothing that would trouble you."
"Ah you see that is where you are wrong," Voldemort replied starting to pace. "They are only sixteen year olds right now but once they become qualified wizards that will change. Have they been planning anything?"
"Nothing besides some pranks on the Slytherins," Mo replied. "They haven't even talked about you."
"They wouldn't would they?" Regulus answered he, Narcissa, and Lucius joining them.
"Why is that?" Mo snapped.
"Well because Lord Voldemort is feared," Regulus said as if it weren't obvious. "People don't like to talk about what scares them."
"Right," Narcissa replied. "And poor little Siri was to scared when he was still apart of the family. He certainly isn't any safer among his little mudblood friends."
"Sirius is a better wizard then anyone in your family Narcissa," Mo retorted. "You could do to learn something from your cousin."
Narcissa's face went black with rage," How dare you! You little-"
"Enough!" Voldemort commanded. "This is not the time for your cat fights. I want a report."
"Nothing has been going on my lord," Regulus replied. "Dumbledore hasn't changed since last year and Sirius and his little friends are harmless so far. No more than a few annoying pranks on us and Severus Snape."
"What about this new teacher, McGonagall?" Voldemort mused.
"She's a bitch," Bella retorted. "I hate that woman but I don't think you have much to fear from her unless she gangs up with Dumbledore."
"Well see that she is watched," he replied. "I can't take any chances. My plans are already being put into play although your parents seems to think it will be a few years before we take over much of anything."
"Once you get started you won't have much trouble," Mo replied. "You already proved that when you destroyed the Malfoys."
Lucius nodded, them being his family, "They weren't weak by any means my lord and you took them down within seconds."
"All right enough flattery," Voldemort snapped. "Bella, Rodolphus watch that new teacher. Lucius and Narcissa you're assigned to Dumbledore and Maureen and Regulus you're assigned to Potter and his friends."
They all nodded and bowed. When they looked up Voldemort had vanished leaving them alone in the middle of the forest.
"I don't know what he thought he would find with us keeping an eye on everyone," Bella mused as the walked back through the darkness to the castle. "Nothing at all ever happens at this school. And the day Potter and Sirius attack the Dark Lord is the day I become a Gryffindor."
"I agree," Lucius said. "They may be smart but they don't have any guts."
Mo sneered, "That shows how much attention you've all been paying to our assignment. If there are any students in this school that would be a threat to the Dark Lord it's the Marauders. Lily, Caroline, and Jessi aren't cowards either. The six or seven of them combined could be a threat to anyone."
"You say that like you're proud of it," Regulus replied. "Don't start thinking about betraying us or you'll die with them when the Dark Lord kills them."
Mo stared intently at Regulus, "If I decided to betray Voldemort you would be the last one to know."
Regulus's eyes narrowed, "Are you saying you've been thinking about it?"
Mo raised an eyebrow, "What would make you even bring it up if you hadn't been thinking about it yourself?"
"Bloody hell," Bella hissed. "Would you two shut up? None of us is going to betray him. We all know what will happen, Regulus, so drop it already."
"Fine," Regulus murmured and gave a last glare to Mo before turning away.
When they reached the edge of the forest Mo sent them all on without her. "It might look suspicious if I was seen with all of you," she explained.
"Night Mo," Bella called and they all climbed up the lawn to the castle.
Mo grabbed her broom and waited till the five of them had disappeared into the castle before she started back to. When she shut the front doors behind her a voice made her jump five feet in the air.
"Mo? What are you doing here?"
Mo whipped around to stare at the empty corridor. There was no one there that she could see but then invisibility wasn't very rare in the wizarding world. "Who's there?" she asked.
Suddenly two heads appeared in the middle of the corridor as if they were floating. She immediately recognized Sirius and James. She laughed out loud, "What are you guys doing under the invisibility cloak? We don't even have to be in our common rooms yet."
"We're on a food run," James replied.
"We're going to the kitchens," Sirius added. "We're going to have a little pre-Qudditch party."
Mo grinned, "Sounds great. I'll meet you in the common room."
"Wait," Sirius said. "Where were you?"
Thinking quick Mo held up her broom and grinned sheepishly, "I was getting my nerves out for the game tomorrow. I went out and did a bunch of laps on the field."
James grinned, "As long as it was Qudditch related."
"Oh it was," Mo laughed. "See you guys in a few minutes."
She watched the boys disappear under the cloak again and headed back to the common room. When she climbed through the portrait hole she was nearly knocked over by an overly excited Caroline. Chuckling, Mo grinned at her, "What's gotten into you?"
Caroline was beaming from ear to ear, "Oh you'll never believe this!!!!"
"What?" Mo replied watching Caroline essentially jump up and down in front of her unable to get the words out.
"Remus asked her out!" Jessi shouted from across the room where she sat with Lily. "He fancied her all along."
"Aww c'mon Jessi!" Caroline said. "Could you at least let me tell one person?"
"Well if you could get it out I wouldn't have to," Jessi replied with a grin on her face.
"That's great," Mo said rolling her eyes with a smile. "So where is he?"
"Tutoring," Caroline sighed. "It would figure that out of all the Marauders I get the good boy."
"That's not always bad," Mo said as she climbed the stairs. "You could be dating Dumb or Dumber."
"Hey!" Lily said and grinned. "At least I'm only dating Dumb. Dumber's yet to be spoken for."
"The lesser of two evils," Jessi laughed.
"You might want to pay attention to who is listening when you talk about this stuff girls," Sirius said somberly appearing out of thin air. "We men do take it personally."
"Sure you do," Mo said pausing on the stairs. "That's why you all act like a bunch of first years all the time when you're how old again Siri?"
"Sixteen," he said proudly grinning at Mo. "And don't anyone forget it! You become a real man when you're sixteen."
Everyone in the common room burst into laughter and Sirius looked around at them with a wicked grin, "Well it's certainly been true for some of us this year." He and James exchanged knowing looks.
"Hey where's the food?" Mo said looking around the two boys.
James grinned, "Uh, we got caught, kind of."
"Dumbledore never gives us detentions," Sirius said somewhat glumly.
"Why the Headmaster puts up with you I'm sure I don't know," Lily said shaking her head.
James grinned and went to slip his arms around her waist, "For the same reason you do. You just can't resist me."
Lily tried to look serious but her lips twitched in an unmistakable smile as James leaned down to kiss her.
"Get a room!" Sirius shouted flopping down on the couch.
Mo, who had reappeared from her dormitory in shorts and a t-shirt, said, "You're one to talk. You and that Ravenclaw are constantly snogging."
Sirius grinned lazily up at her, "What can I say? My charm attracts."
"Only in your dreams Black," she replied. "So I guess out pre-Qudditch party is kaput, huh?"
"Kaput?" James asked making a face. "What kind of word is that?"
"An intelligent one," Jessi laughed. "You just wouldn't realize that."
Mo grinned at Jessi and Sirius said, "Well we could just go to bed. I mean James and Mo need their sleep right?"
"Hey I just got here and you're talking about going to bed?" Remus asked feigning hurt as he walked into the common room.
"Oh whoa!" Sirius exclaimed. "We can't go to bed now that you're here Rem! The party is just getting started."
"Thanks Padfoot," Remus smirked.
"No problem Moony," he replied. "But seriously folks what are we going to do tonight it isn't even ten o'clock yet!"
Everyone exchanged glances and James yawned, "I think I will hit the sheets. Big day tomorrow, you know. You should think about it to Stanton." He hoped up from this chair and up to the boys' dormitory.
"Don't let him fool you," Sirius told Mo. "Him and Lils will be up all night."
Lily who was half way up the stairs to James's dormitory paused and everyone could see her face turn red, "That's not true Sirius and you know it."
"Oh just going up for a good night kiss is that it?" Sirius teased. "Don't tire him out, he's got a big game tomorrow."
Lily shook her head and hurried the rest of the way up the stairs, disappearing around the corner. They all burst into laughter. "You would think after a while she would just say, yes I'm going to go have a nice little snog with my boyfriend so kiss my ass!" Mo said. "She's so funny about that stuff. Her and James are some couple."
"Yeah," Sirius said with a half smile. "Well what should we do?" He turned to address his other friends but Caroline was already laughing shyly as she and Remus made their way up to her dormitory and Jessi had mysteriously disappeared again. "Well then," Sirius sighed. "My dorm is full and it would seem yours is as well. What do you propose we do my Lady Stanton?"
"I haven't the faintest idea good sir," Mo fluttered her eyelashes. "Is it not the role of a gentleman to entertain a lady?"
"It is indeed fair mistress," he replied jumping to his feet. "How foolish of me to have forgotten." He paused for a moment as if deep in thought then grinned devilishly. "Shall I give you the Grande Tour of the castle? You would have the best guide I assure you."
He offered her his hand and she took it solemnly, "I should be pleased to have you escort me although it seems a rogue such as yourself might know the shall I say more interesting parts of the castle."
"Rogue?" he feigned hurt. "I beg your pardon madam, 'tis no rogue you speak to but a gentleman bent only on pleasing you."
Suddenly Mo burst into laughter, "Please do let us be quit of this place I fear it is getting rather stuffy."
As they crept arm and arm through the corridors of the school Sirius whispered, "You're quite the actress."
"Thanks," she said smiling. She wasn't about to reveal to him that it was part of her daily routine with Voldemort. "I've had practice. You were pretty funny yourself. Quite the English gentleman."
"It's what comes of playing the clown for most of the years of my life," he stopped before a door that Mo could have sworn wasn't there a second ago.
"How did you see that?" Mo asked. "I wouldn't even have noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out."
Sirius grinned, "You can only find this room when someone else shows you where it is. So you wouldn't have seen."
"What is it?"
"My favorite room in the whole school," he grinned and winked. "No one ever walks in on you." He opened the door as Mo rolled her eyes.
"That's all you guys think about- Oh my gosh!" Mo stopped in her tracks. She had seen most of the castle having made friends with the Marauders but nothing like this. The room was beautiful and resembled an old drawing room from the late eighteen hundreds. A fire was blazing in the fireplace and there were two large windows that looked out over the lake. The room was cozy and decorated generously. She couldn't take her eyes away from it all.
"Do you like it?" Sirius asked grinning as he sat down comfortably in a chair. "I found this when I was in my second year. The other guys don't know about it. I've only brought a few people here. It's kinda my place you know?"
Mo stopped gazing about to look at him. She had caught a slightly hurt tone in his voice that always seemed to be present when he spoke of the female populace, "Hey Sirius?"
"Mmm?"
"What happened with that girl, uh, Bella?"
"Nothing we just broke up is all," he said not meeting her eyes.
"Oh," Mo replied, obviously not a good subject. But she could tell that whatever had happened had hurt him. She had also noticed that he was unusually free with the girls. She gave a mental shrug, there was no use thinking about Sirius Black. He was unpredictable at best, which was probably the reason she got along with him so well. But, she realized disappointedly, friends were all they could be with her involvement with Voldemort. If Regulus found out they were dating he would probably try to kill Sirius with his bare hands, stupid chit that he was. The thought that Regulus probably wouldn't be able to lay a hand on his brother made her grin.
As she scanned the room she spotted swords laid out decoratively on a nearby stand. She grinned, "Sirius?"
"Yeah?" he asked looking up.
"Do you sword fight?" she was smiling sweetly at him.
Sirius raised a dark eyebrow and grinned his mood lightening, "Can't say that I do. Does the clever Maureen wish to teach me?"
An hour later they both collapsed in laughter on the couch. Sirius, it turned out, was a quick learner and had brought Mo to defeat more than once.
As Mo sat trying to compose her giggles Sirius watched her fascinated. He couldn't figure the girl out. She was gorgeous, God knew all the guys looked at her, but she was nothing more than friendly towards any of them. He found it frustrating himself. She had been serious most of the day but now she seemed more carefree than ever.
He had no clue why he had brought her to this room. The only other person in his life that he had brought here had essentially broken his heart, something that wasn't supposed to happen to Sirius Black. Not that he was looking for commitment, he reminded himself. After Bella he swore he wouldn't trust females ever again.
"Sirius!" Mo suddenly exclaimed through bouts of laughter. "You're bleeding."
Sirius looked down and saw that he was. A small amount of blood was seeping through his shirt right below his shoulder. He grinned despite his earlier thoughts, "You've wounded me good lady. I surrender."
"I accept your surrender now let the good lady see to that so called wound," Mo said.
Sirius looked at her skeptically, "It's just a cut."
Mo raised a defined brow and said, "Give me your hand." When he did she cut his finger with her sword without hardly touching him. She grinned, "The sword is sharp, you don't know how deep it is."
"Women worry to much," Sirius said as he started tugging off his shirt.
Mo could barely keep her face from burning up as she realized she was alone in a room no one knew about, with Sirius Black, who happened to be taking off his clothes.
"Ow!" he said looking down at his chest. There was a long cut reaching from just below his shoulder to right below his collarbone. "You did wound me! Jeez!"
"Oh stop being a baby," Mo said trying to hide her smile and guilt at the same time. "Here sit back and let me look at it." She hovered over his chest feeling to make sure it wasn't deep.
He grinned to himself as he watched her intently. He very much liked the position he was in at that moment, with her fingers gently massaging the cut, and what he was most enjoying, he realized, was that he could be close to her without bringing back memories of Arabella.
"What are you staring at?" Mo asked suspiciously when she noticed Sirius staring at her.
His thoughtful eyes looked up at her, "Nothing---ouch! Damn it what are you doing."
"Hold still Sirius," Mo laughed able to concentrate easier without his eyes on her. "I can make it go away if you just stop moving."
Sirius noticed her wand pointed at his chest and shook his head, "Oh no! I'm not letting you anywhere near me with that thing." He grabbed her wrist and pulled her down in his lap.
She wriggled, "C'mon I'm not that bad with a wand and besides I've fixed enough scratches in my lifetime to know what I'm doing. And you're getting blood on me."
"I don't trust you females with your wands, for all I know you could do a lot more to me than just fix this cut," he replied.
Mo relaxed and a grin spread across her face, "Well now that you mention it..."
"That's it," Sirius said and began trying to wrestle her wand away from her. It proved futile and he gave up as his shoulder started to throb. But fortunately for him when he stopped struggling with her he found her folded neatly in his arms all but asking to be kissed.
Mo realized before it was to late that she was caught closely up to his bare chest. She swallowed and looked up at him seeing what she already knew was in his eyes. She couldn't have stopped him...even if she had wanted to. Without so much as a warning Sirius's head dipped down to press warm lips against hers.
Mo closed her eyes, reveling in the feeling of being kissed. Not one of her boyfriends in the past had kissed her like this, like she was the only one in the world. She knew that she shouldn't because she could never tell him who and what she was but it couldn't hurt to enjoy the moment.
Sirius felt drugged as he took in the feel of her against him and how good she smelled. He hadn't realized how much he missed kissing a girl because he wanted to not just because it was convenient. It might've helped that she was a good kisser.
As this thought crossed his mind a sharp pain bolted through his shoulder and he pulled back, "Shit. Will you fix this already."
The moment totally ruined, Mo burst into laughter while Sirius sat staring at her. She smiled, "Of course but only if you promise not to kiss me again."
He looked at her surprised as she flicked her wand sending a flash of white- hot sparks into his shoulder, "Does the princess have a complaint---Ow! Bloody hell what did you do to me?" He looked down at his chest and saw that the cut had vanished.
She grinned, "Now that wasn't so bad was it?"
"It hurt like hell but I think I'll survive," Sirius replied. "There's just one problem."
"Oh?" Mo asked pretending she didn't already know the answer.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to kiss you again," he tugged her back down next to him.
Mo tried telling herself that she couldn't be with Sirius, that is was impossible with all the secrets she was forced to keep. Unfortunately, her emotions won over her rationale and the next thing she new she was cuddling with Sirius by the fire, after having been thoroughly kissed by him.
She grinned and Sirius looked down at her, "Can I ask what you think is so funny?"
Mo tilted her head to look up at him, "Only that I realized I got stuck with Dumber."
Sirius raised an eyebrow, "Dumber? Well Dumb can't kiss nearly as well so you made the right choice."
Mo laughed causing Sirius to lean down and kiss her again. She smiled lazily at him when he pulled back, "What was that for?"
"Your laugh," he replied solemnly. "It's what makes me fall in love with girls. Girls with cute laughs are always good kissers."
Mo couldn't help it and she burst into giggles. Her eyes shining she said, "You amaze me sometimes Black."
"Why is that?"
"You can be so immature and yet when I turn around here is this part of you," she grinned. "It's great. I love a guy who can be stupid and not care what a girl thinks."
"It's what makes me attractive right?" he replied with a hopeful grin.
She sighed and sat up, "Well no..."
He saw the twinkle in her eyes and pulled her back towards him, both laughing.
An hour later they both crept back into the common room. Remus and Caroline were curled up on the couch both asleep. Mo smiled and tugged Sirius up to her dormitory where they fell asleep whispering and laughing like five year olds.
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Chapter Eight
A week had passed since the "Lily and James" incident, as everyone now referred to it. Mo and Sirius ended up getting off pretty easy but the day following the "incident" included a pink, frilly dress for Sirius and a particularly smelly Mo.
Lily and James were now Hogwarts' hottest couple, classes were becoming more challenging, and the first Qudditch game was only a day or so away. So it came as a complete surprise to Mo that they'd already been in school a month.
She was reminded, quite rudely, of this when she was coming back from the Qudditch meeting the night before the match against Slytherin.
Mo's agreeable mood vanished at the sight of Regulus leaning on the banister going towards the Gryffindor tower. It was obvious who he was waiting for, as he wouldn't be caught dead with any other Gryffindor than herself.
Her knuckles turned white as she clenched her fist around her broom. She paused before him and raised an inquisitive brow, "Something you want?"
"It's been a month," Regulus' tone was low and harsh, nothing at all like his brother's sexy voice.
"Your point?" Mo replied.
"The Dark Lord wants to see you," Regulus answered. He paused to look at her, "And I wanted to talk. You've been avoiding me since we broke up this summer."
"Of course I have," Mo replied. "One of my best friends now is your brother. How would that make me look if I was hanging all over you all the time? It would be suspicious at best."
"You could have come to see me," Regulus said moving towards her.
At one time, Mo realized, she had enjoyed being with Regulus. He had been fun for a while but she now felt only disgust when she saw that look in his eyes. Her skin crawled in revulsion and she turned her head away from him. "It's over Regulus," she replied. "Where am I to meet my lord?"
His lip had curled menacingly as he whispered, "The heart of the forest and make sure you're not seen."
"If anyone thought someone was hiding something like this at Hogwarts nothing would go without being seen," Mo retorted. "We can only hope that no one is watching. Are you coming?"
"In a bit," Regulus replied. "I have to get Narcissa and Lucius. Bella and Rodolphus are already there. Hurry up."
Mo rolled her eyes and turned back down the corridor leaving the castle once again. She crept through the shadows as best she could as she made her way to Hagrid's hut. Once there she stashed her broom and disappeared into the gloom of the Forbidden Forest.
The trees became closer together as she snaked her way through them. It was completely dark without even the moon to guide her, although she knew exactly where she was going. She still had a hard time believing Voldemort was meeting her on the premises of the school. She shook her head and looked around when she came to a clearing.
It was filled with moonlight and shadows but she spotted Rodolphus and Bella sitting a few feet away waiting. She sat down in silence.
"Hello Maureen," a voice floated to her from the other side of the clearing. "Where are the others?"
"On their way," Mo said standing up to bow. "My lord."
"So what news do you have for me?" Voldemort asked stepping into the moonlight.
Mo sighed, "I really don't understand what you expect them to do. They're only a couple of sixteen year olds with a love to play pranks. Sure they're trouble makers but nothing that would trouble you."
"Ah you see that is where you are wrong," Voldemort replied starting to pace. "They are only sixteen year olds right now but once they become qualified wizards that will change. Have they been planning anything?"
"Nothing besides some pranks on the Slytherins," Mo replied. "They haven't even talked about you."
"They wouldn't would they?" Regulus answered he, Narcissa, and Lucius joining them.
"Why is that?" Mo snapped.
"Well because Lord Voldemort is feared," Regulus said as if it weren't obvious. "People don't like to talk about what scares them."
"Right," Narcissa replied. "And poor little Siri was to scared when he was still apart of the family. He certainly isn't any safer among his little mudblood friends."
"Sirius is a better wizard then anyone in your family Narcissa," Mo retorted. "You could do to learn something from your cousin."
Narcissa's face went black with rage," How dare you! You little-"
"Enough!" Voldemort commanded. "This is not the time for your cat fights. I want a report."
"Nothing has been going on my lord," Regulus replied. "Dumbledore hasn't changed since last year and Sirius and his little friends are harmless so far. No more than a few annoying pranks on us and Severus Snape."
"What about this new teacher, McGonagall?" Voldemort mused.
"She's a bitch," Bella retorted. "I hate that woman but I don't think you have much to fear from her unless she gangs up with Dumbledore."
"Well see that she is watched," he replied. "I can't take any chances. My plans are already being put into play although your parents seems to think it will be a few years before we take over much of anything."
"Once you get started you won't have much trouble," Mo replied. "You already proved that when you destroyed the Malfoys."
Lucius nodded, them being his family, "They weren't weak by any means my lord and you took them down within seconds."
"All right enough flattery," Voldemort snapped. "Bella, Rodolphus watch that new teacher. Lucius and Narcissa you're assigned to Dumbledore and Maureen and Regulus you're assigned to Potter and his friends."
They all nodded and bowed. When they looked up Voldemort had vanished leaving them alone in the middle of the forest.
"I don't know what he thought he would find with us keeping an eye on everyone," Bella mused as the walked back through the darkness to the castle. "Nothing at all ever happens at this school. And the day Potter and Sirius attack the Dark Lord is the day I become a Gryffindor."
"I agree," Lucius said. "They may be smart but they don't have any guts."
Mo sneered, "That shows how much attention you've all been paying to our assignment. If there are any students in this school that would be a threat to the Dark Lord it's the Marauders. Lily, Caroline, and Jessi aren't cowards either. The six or seven of them combined could be a threat to anyone."
"You say that like you're proud of it," Regulus replied. "Don't start thinking about betraying us or you'll die with them when the Dark Lord kills them."
Mo stared intently at Regulus, "If I decided to betray Voldemort you would be the last one to know."
Regulus's eyes narrowed, "Are you saying you've been thinking about it?"
Mo raised an eyebrow, "What would make you even bring it up if you hadn't been thinking about it yourself?"
"Bloody hell," Bella hissed. "Would you two shut up? None of us is going to betray him. We all know what will happen, Regulus, so drop it already."
"Fine," Regulus murmured and gave a last glare to Mo before turning away.
When they reached the edge of the forest Mo sent them all on without her. "It might look suspicious if I was seen with all of you," she explained.
"Night Mo," Bella called and they all climbed up the lawn to the castle.
Mo grabbed her broom and waited till the five of them had disappeared into the castle before she started back to. When she shut the front doors behind her a voice made her jump five feet in the air.
"Mo? What are you doing here?"
Mo whipped around to stare at the empty corridor. There was no one there that she could see but then invisibility wasn't very rare in the wizarding world. "Who's there?" she asked.
Suddenly two heads appeared in the middle of the corridor as if they were floating. She immediately recognized Sirius and James. She laughed out loud, "What are you guys doing under the invisibility cloak? We don't even have to be in our common rooms yet."
"We're on a food run," James replied.
"We're going to the kitchens," Sirius added. "We're going to have a little pre-Qudditch party."
Mo grinned, "Sounds great. I'll meet you in the common room."
"Wait," Sirius said. "Where were you?"
Thinking quick Mo held up her broom and grinned sheepishly, "I was getting my nerves out for the game tomorrow. I went out and did a bunch of laps on the field."
James grinned, "As long as it was Qudditch related."
"Oh it was," Mo laughed. "See you guys in a few minutes."
She watched the boys disappear under the cloak again and headed back to the common room. When she climbed through the portrait hole she was nearly knocked over by an overly excited Caroline. Chuckling, Mo grinned at her, "What's gotten into you?"
Caroline was beaming from ear to ear, "Oh you'll never believe this!!!!"
"What?" Mo replied watching Caroline essentially jump up and down in front of her unable to get the words out.
"Remus asked her out!" Jessi shouted from across the room where she sat with Lily. "He fancied her all along."
"Aww c'mon Jessi!" Caroline said. "Could you at least let me tell one person?"
"Well if you could get it out I wouldn't have to," Jessi replied with a grin on her face.
"That's great," Mo said rolling her eyes with a smile. "So where is he?"
"Tutoring," Caroline sighed. "It would figure that out of all the Marauders I get the good boy."
"That's not always bad," Mo said as she climbed the stairs. "You could be dating Dumb or Dumber."
"Hey!" Lily said and grinned. "At least I'm only dating Dumb. Dumber's yet to be spoken for."
"The lesser of two evils," Jessi laughed.
"You might want to pay attention to who is listening when you talk about this stuff girls," Sirius said somberly appearing out of thin air. "We men do take it personally."
"Sure you do," Mo said pausing on the stairs. "That's why you all act like a bunch of first years all the time when you're how old again Siri?"
"Sixteen," he said proudly grinning at Mo. "And don't anyone forget it! You become a real man when you're sixteen."
Everyone in the common room burst into laughter and Sirius looked around at them with a wicked grin, "Well it's certainly been true for some of us this year." He and James exchanged knowing looks.
"Hey where's the food?" Mo said looking around the two boys.
James grinned, "Uh, we got caught, kind of."
"Dumbledore never gives us detentions," Sirius said somewhat glumly.
"Why the Headmaster puts up with you I'm sure I don't know," Lily said shaking her head.
James grinned and went to slip his arms around her waist, "For the same reason you do. You just can't resist me."
Lily tried to look serious but her lips twitched in an unmistakable smile as James leaned down to kiss her.
"Get a room!" Sirius shouted flopping down on the couch.
Mo, who had reappeared from her dormitory in shorts and a t-shirt, said, "You're one to talk. You and that Ravenclaw are constantly snogging."
Sirius grinned lazily up at her, "What can I say? My charm attracts."
"Only in your dreams Black," she replied. "So I guess out pre-Qudditch party is kaput, huh?"
"Kaput?" James asked making a face. "What kind of word is that?"
"An intelligent one," Jessi laughed. "You just wouldn't realize that."
Mo grinned at Jessi and Sirius said, "Well we could just go to bed. I mean James and Mo need their sleep right?"
"Hey I just got here and you're talking about going to bed?" Remus asked feigning hurt as he walked into the common room.
"Oh whoa!" Sirius exclaimed. "We can't go to bed now that you're here Rem! The party is just getting started."
"Thanks Padfoot," Remus smirked.
"No problem Moony," he replied. "But seriously folks what are we going to do tonight it isn't even ten o'clock yet!"
Everyone exchanged glances and James yawned, "I think I will hit the sheets. Big day tomorrow, you know. You should think about it to Stanton." He hoped up from this chair and up to the boys' dormitory.
"Don't let him fool you," Sirius told Mo. "Him and Lils will be up all night."
Lily who was half way up the stairs to James's dormitory paused and everyone could see her face turn red, "That's not true Sirius and you know it."
"Oh just going up for a good night kiss is that it?" Sirius teased. "Don't tire him out, he's got a big game tomorrow."
Lily shook her head and hurried the rest of the way up the stairs, disappearing around the corner. They all burst into laughter. "You would think after a while she would just say, yes I'm going to go have a nice little snog with my boyfriend so kiss my ass!" Mo said. "She's so funny about that stuff. Her and James are some couple."
"Yeah," Sirius said with a half smile. "Well what should we do?" He turned to address his other friends but Caroline was already laughing shyly as she and Remus made their way up to her dormitory and Jessi had mysteriously disappeared again. "Well then," Sirius sighed. "My dorm is full and it would seem yours is as well. What do you propose we do my Lady Stanton?"
"I haven't the faintest idea good sir," Mo fluttered her eyelashes. "Is it not the role of a gentleman to entertain a lady?"
"It is indeed fair mistress," he replied jumping to his feet. "How foolish of me to have forgotten." He paused for a moment as if deep in thought then grinned devilishly. "Shall I give you the Grande Tour of the castle? You would have the best guide I assure you."
He offered her his hand and she took it solemnly, "I should be pleased to have you escort me although it seems a rogue such as yourself might know the shall I say more interesting parts of the castle."
"Rogue?" he feigned hurt. "I beg your pardon madam, 'tis no rogue you speak to but a gentleman bent only on pleasing you."
Suddenly Mo burst into laughter, "Please do let us be quit of this place I fear it is getting rather stuffy."
As they crept arm and arm through the corridors of the school Sirius whispered, "You're quite the actress."
"Thanks," she said smiling. She wasn't about to reveal to him that it was part of her daily routine with Voldemort. "I've had practice. You were pretty funny yourself. Quite the English gentleman."
"It's what comes of playing the clown for most of the years of my life," he stopped before a door that Mo could have sworn wasn't there a second ago.
"How did you see that?" Mo asked. "I wouldn't even have noticed it if you hadn't pointed it out."
Sirius grinned, "You can only find this room when someone else shows you where it is. So you wouldn't have seen."
"What is it?"
"My favorite room in the whole school," he grinned and winked. "No one ever walks in on you." He opened the door as Mo rolled her eyes.
"That's all you guys think about- Oh my gosh!" Mo stopped in her tracks. She had seen most of the castle having made friends with the Marauders but nothing like this. The room was beautiful and resembled an old drawing room from the late eighteen hundreds. A fire was blazing in the fireplace and there were two large windows that looked out over the lake. The room was cozy and decorated generously. She couldn't take her eyes away from it all.
"Do you like it?" Sirius asked grinning as he sat down comfortably in a chair. "I found this when I was in my second year. The other guys don't know about it. I've only brought a few people here. It's kinda my place you know?"
Mo stopped gazing about to look at him. She had caught a slightly hurt tone in his voice that always seemed to be present when he spoke of the female populace, "Hey Sirius?"
"Mmm?"
"What happened with that girl, uh, Bella?"
"Nothing we just broke up is all," he said not meeting her eyes.
"Oh," Mo replied, obviously not a good subject. But she could tell that whatever had happened had hurt him. She had also noticed that he was unusually free with the girls. She gave a mental shrug, there was no use thinking about Sirius Black. He was unpredictable at best, which was probably the reason she got along with him so well. But, she realized disappointedly, friends were all they could be with her involvement with Voldemort. If Regulus found out they were dating he would probably try to kill Sirius with his bare hands, stupid chit that he was. The thought that Regulus probably wouldn't be able to lay a hand on his brother made her grin.
As she scanned the room she spotted swords laid out decoratively on a nearby stand. She grinned, "Sirius?"
"Yeah?" he asked looking up.
"Do you sword fight?" she was smiling sweetly at him.
Sirius raised a dark eyebrow and grinned his mood lightening, "Can't say that I do. Does the clever Maureen wish to teach me?"
An hour later they both collapsed in laughter on the couch. Sirius, it turned out, was a quick learner and had brought Mo to defeat more than once.
As Mo sat trying to compose her giggles Sirius watched her fascinated. He couldn't figure the girl out. She was gorgeous, God knew all the guys looked at her, but she was nothing more than friendly towards any of them. He found it frustrating himself. She had been serious most of the day but now she seemed more carefree than ever.
He had no clue why he had brought her to this room. The only other person in his life that he had brought here had essentially broken his heart, something that wasn't supposed to happen to Sirius Black. Not that he was looking for commitment, he reminded himself. After Bella he swore he wouldn't trust females ever again.
"Sirius!" Mo suddenly exclaimed through bouts of laughter. "You're bleeding."
Sirius looked down and saw that he was. A small amount of blood was seeping through his shirt right below his shoulder. He grinned despite his earlier thoughts, "You've wounded me good lady. I surrender."
"I accept your surrender now let the good lady see to that so called wound," Mo said.
Sirius looked at her skeptically, "It's just a cut."
Mo raised a defined brow and said, "Give me your hand." When he did she cut his finger with her sword without hardly touching him. She grinned, "The sword is sharp, you don't know how deep it is."
"Women worry to much," Sirius said as he started tugging off his shirt.
Mo could barely keep her face from burning up as she realized she was alone in a room no one knew about, with Sirius Black, who happened to be taking off his clothes.
"Ow!" he said looking down at his chest. There was a long cut reaching from just below his shoulder to right below his collarbone. "You did wound me! Jeez!"
"Oh stop being a baby," Mo said trying to hide her smile and guilt at the same time. "Here sit back and let me look at it." She hovered over his chest feeling to make sure it wasn't deep.
He grinned to himself as he watched her intently. He very much liked the position he was in at that moment, with her fingers gently massaging the cut, and what he was most enjoying, he realized, was that he could be close to her without bringing back memories of Arabella.
"What are you staring at?" Mo asked suspiciously when she noticed Sirius staring at her.
His thoughtful eyes looked up at her, "Nothing---ouch! Damn it what are you doing."
"Hold still Sirius," Mo laughed able to concentrate easier without his eyes on her. "I can make it go away if you just stop moving."
Sirius noticed her wand pointed at his chest and shook his head, "Oh no! I'm not letting you anywhere near me with that thing." He grabbed her wrist and pulled her down in his lap.
She wriggled, "C'mon I'm not that bad with a wand and besides I've fixed enough scratches in my lifetime to know what I'm doing. And you're getting blood on me."
"I don't trust you females with your wands, for all I know you could do a lot more to me than just fix this cut," he replied.
Mo relaxed and a grin spread across her face, "Well now that you mention it..."
"That's it," Sirius said and began trying to wrestle her wand away from her. It proved futile and he gave up as his shoulder started to throb. But fortunately for him when he stopped struggling with her he found her folded neatly in his arms all but asking to be kissed.
Mo realized before it was to late that she was caught closely up to his bare chest. She swallowed and looked up at him seeing what she already knew was in his eyes. She couldn't have stopped him...even if she had wanted to. Without so much as a warning Sirius's head dipped down to press warm lips against hers.
Mo closed her eyes, reveling in the feeling of being kissed. Not one of her boyfriends in the past had kissed her like this, like she was the only one in the world. She knew that she shouldn't because she could never tell him who and what she was but it couldn't hurt to enjoy the moment.
Sirius felt drugged as he took in the feel of her against him and how good she smelled. He hadn't realized how much he missed kissing a girl because he wanted to not just because it was convenient. It might've helped that she was a good kisser.
As this thought crossed his mind a sharp pain bolted through his shoulder and he pulled back, "Shit. Will you fix this already."
The moment totally ruined, Mo burst into laughter while Sirius sat staring at her. She smiled, "Of course but only if you promise not to kiss me again."
He looked at her surprised as she flicked her wand sending a flash of white- hot sparks into his shoulder, "Does the princess have a complaint---Ow! Bloody hell what did you do to me?" He looked down at his chest and saw that the cut had vanished.
She grinned, "Now that wasn't so bad was it?"
"It hurt like hell but I think I'll survive," Sirius replied. "There's just one problem."
"Oh?" Mo asked pretending she didn't already know the answer.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to kiss you again," he tugged her back down next to him.
Mo tried telling herself that she couldn't be with Sirius, that is was impossible with all the secrets she was forced to keep. Unfortunately, her emotions won over her rationale and the next thing she new she was cuddling with Sirius by the fire, after having been thoroughly kissed by him.
She grinned and Sirius looked down at her, "Can I ask what you think is so funny?"
Mo tilted her head to look up at him, "Only that I realized I got stuck with Dumber."
Sirius raised an eyebrow, "Dumber? Well Dumb can't kiss nearly as well so you made the right choice."
Mo laughed causing Sirius to lean down and kiss her again. She smiled lazily at him when he pulled back, "What was that for?"
"Your laugh," he replied solemnly. "It's what makes me fall in love with girls. Girls with cute laughs are always good kissers."
Mo couldn't help it and she burst into giggles. Her eyes shining she said, "You amaze me sometimes Black."
"Why is that?"
"You can be so immature and yet when I turn around here is this part of you," she grinned. "It's great. I love a guy who can be stupid and not care what a girl thinks."
"It's what makes me attractive right?" he replied with a hopeful grin.
She sighed and sat up, "Well no..."
He saw the twinkle in her eyes and pulled her back towards him, both laughing.
An hour later they both crept back into the common room. Remus and Caroline were curled up on the couch both asleep. Mo smiled and tugged Sirius up to her dormitory where they fell asleep whispering and laughing like five year olds.
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