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CHAPTER 11
"James! Sirius!" Peter Petigrew yelled up from the entrance hall. "You'll love this! Someone's got Snape with a bat bogeys hex!"
Sirius and James punched the air and sprinted down the last flight of stairs. "You! Albert Davis! You will die!" He was flailing wildly; a whole crowd of onlookers were laughing.
"So, Severus Snape... will you." Albert was looking at Snape with a mixture of laughter and loathing.
"Great!" James and Sirius were still congratulating Albert all the way into the Great Hall. "Amazing!"
"Well, it was only because he insulted me..." Albert explained, pocketing his wand. "Something about my nose."
Sirius tried to conceal his laughter at the mention of Albert Davis' bulbous nose, he had told James on countless occasions how it reminded him of 'Rudolph the red nosed reindeer'. Especially that time when he walked straight into a wall, to check his shoes were tied.
"It's funny really, I thought we could be the two nose buddies..." Albert pressed on, grinning as he spread marmalade over his toast.
Sirius and James laughed even harder at the phrase 'Nose buddies' though luckily, Albert was too immersed in his breakfast to notice.
Moments later Snape himself came skidding into the hall tripped and fell with a splat to the ground. Luckily, the hex had been lifted, though he still glared over at the Gryffindors as he scrambled to his feet. His eyes darted round for the culprits. He bared his teeth in a menacing way which in James' opinion made him look like a Vampire bat upon a juicy cup of blood. "It can be the blood of Professor Vexalt." James decided. "He was busy teaching a class when STAB! Right in the chest!"
"James! We are trying to eat!" Lily Evans was glaring at him. Her fellows were all looking the same way, having abandoned their breakfast entirely as James continued his story.
"I should write a book." He decided, tucking into his own plate.
"Yes, I'm sure it would sell very fast." Lily said grumpily, turning to Florence Patil for her approval.
"Come on Lily, we'll be late for History of Magic." Annabel was pulling her to her feet as the other Gryffindor girls dashed off.
"I dunno what the hurry is." Sirius muttered as he heaved a new batch of bacon onto his plate. "Binns won't even notice. He's dead, remember!"
The days passed quickly, and the weather began to adjust with it, rain clouds had taken to drifting over the castle and the sky had been transformed to an ugly grey. The spindly branches of trees in the grounds were illuminated against the silver sky of the evening and in the distance, a scrawny barn owl could be spotted, ploughing through the gusts to the castle, wings slicing the still air.
"Where you off to?" Remus had appeared in the common room, checking his watch nervously.
"I'm going to visit my mother." He explained. "You know that."
"Why every month?"
Remus chose to ignore him. "I'll see you in a couple of days then..." He vanished from sight,
"Right, now let's go!" James hissed when they were sure he was really gone.
Peter was already outside, Sirius was 'armed and dangerous', as he chose to define his position and James had set a trap in the entrance hall to lure any students and teachers away.
They slipped down to the entrance hall, where there was a large sign permanently glued to a door saying 'Have you ever wondered how to and who it was who put the charm on the blackboards? Or who transformed the seventh floor corridor? Just open this door and you will find out enough to fill your every desire! Yes teachers! You will be totally enriched! There is free butterbeer and honeydukes chocolate for everyone! Also, McGonnagal really needs an anti-wrinkle charm! Don't you agree? Also, Morgan needs a haircut and someone really should try and light a fire with Professor Panscratch's glasses...."
There were many 'artistic' drawings underneath. One of a large saucepan with a dent in, an arrow explaining that it is Professor Panscratch. Another of McGonnagal with rather exaggerated creases in her cheekbones and many more teacher drawings, along with pictures of bars of chocolate and drinks just for the advertising.
They had used the insults to lure in the teachers. Even as they watched, laughing students and furious teachers disappeared inside. "They won't be coming back for a while..." Sirius reminded James. (The door led into a large pit.)
"We can't waste any more time! I'll see you later!" James ran up to the astronomy tower with the invisibility cloak and Sirius dashed into McGonnagal's private stores, using a knife he explained to James that his uncle had given him.
As James arrived at the top tower he heard a loud, oddly female voice. "All students and staff alike to proceed immediately to classroom three off the Entrance hall as quickly as possible. Any student of member of staff who remains in the castle will be expelled or sacked." James laughed out loud as he heard Sirius' voice falter, obviously forcing himself not to laugh. "I will give you more information there."
James looked down over the grounds. "Peter! Let me go!" Excellent, thought James as he heard Sirius run outside.
"Remus Lupin! Come out with your hand up!" Sirius held up his wand and a long stretchy piece of purple string, which he flung over at Remus, catching him in the waist and sticking firmly.
"Sirius Black! Let me go!" Remus screamed as Sirius pulled and the sticky string forced him to rotate in the air.
"Remus... I know what you are doing..." James spoke, completely invisible, and in a voice quite unlike his own. "Now it is time to tell your friends."
"You don't understand!" Remus panted. "This is serious Sirius!" He yelled frantically as Sirius forced him into a twirl. "It's not a game anymore! Let me into the Shrieking shack! LET ME IN! I'm going to transform! I AM A WEREWOLF!"
If the rest of the school had not been trapped in a stone pit, they would have definitely heard Remus' cry. James could hear his frustrated yells as he tried to free himself. This news was not what any of them had been expecting. An icy silence followed his words, a werewolf? Then that meant... Their plan was going horribly wrong... They could make use of this though... "SIRIUS!" James shouted. "THE CASTLE!"
Sirius' eyes lit up as he flicked the end of the string back, causing Remus to fly past him and hurtle through the main door. Sirius then detached himself from the rope and closed the door behind Remus. Even from the astronomy tower, James could see both Sirius and Peter looking white and shaky. Then he remembered he was trapped in the castle with a werewolf.
His heart raced as he thought frantically of how to get out alive. Maybe Remus hadn't transformed yet... James fan down the many flights of stairs, knowing that somewhere in the castle, a werewolf could jump out of any dark shadow or any open door. He was in the entrance hall. Remus was still a boy. "James..." He croaked. "James... They all know..."
"No they don't" James assured him. "We would never let that happen to you." He looked back at Remus, smiling gently to see not a boy standing there, but a grotesque form... Snarling teeth flashed at him as it reared up on its hind legs. Ears pricked up; fur began to blossom over Remus' skin... He let out a bloodcurdling howl. The wolf turned to face James. It was ready to kill...
"JAMES!" Sirius and Peter burst through the oak doors, slamming them firmly shut behind them. "GET OUT!" But James was frozen and white. The wolf turned to Sirius and Peter, it growled menacingly and lowered its head...
"NO YOU DON'T!" Sirius had hit the wolf with a spell. It had little affect, and seemed only to have angered the wolf.
"R-Remus? Don't you remember me? I am Peter Petigrew! I am your friend! Sirius and James! You wouldn't hurt them!" Peter was looking in horror at the wolf, evidently still looking into the eyes of his best friend. "Sirius! Don't attack him! He's our friend!" Peter stammered as Sirius shot another spell.
"Let's get out! Inritare!" James shouted, having found his voice. The spell hit the wolf in the chest. It turned, snarling to face James. "RUN FOR IT!" James yelled at the other two. They didn't need telling twice. Within seconds, only James and a werewolf remained in the shadowy entrance hall.
"C'mon Remus..." James tried to reason with the wolf as it growled, eyes glued directly to James' face. "You wouldn't hurt me!"
Remus reared up upon his hind legs, he was ready to charge at him, to strike, to kill... James thought briefly of all that he would miss... Hogwarts, the forbidden forest, Lily Evans, children, grandchildren, great great...
"I think, Mr Potter, he would." James spun around, momentarily oblivious to the fact that a murderous werewolf was planted feet from him.
It was Albus Dumbledore. His eyes were fixed upon the wolf's scrawny structure. "I do not of course, blame you Mr Lupin." He assured, watching the wolf with no fear at all. "I am afraid I really must lead you to the shrieking shack now..." He flicked his wand and Remus began to levitate, gliding out through the doors into the grounds... vanishing into the darkness of a tree, where James heard another howl, then silence.
He glanced quickly up at Dumbledore to see not anger in his ageing face, but dismay. "I vowed to myself I would let no one discover Mr Lupin's secret. I am of course the only Headmaster to allow him into the school." James watched as Dumbledore's usually sparkling blue eyes drew sadly through the open doors into the grounds. "I have broken a promise I made to myself."
"Professor Dumbledore!" Sirius and Peter arrived panting at the scene. Their eyes were fixed nervously on Dumbledore as they flung themselves roughly through the doors. "It was all our fault!"
"Yes, excellent drawing Mr Black, I suggest you consider a career in artistry." Dumbledore said in an expressionless tone, turning to Sirius who froze. "And you, Mr Petigrew, it really was a good idea of yours, I suppose I do need to 'chill out' don't I." He turned to Peter's guilty face. "Now hundreds of memories must be modified, otherwise I really will have been a failure to myself."
"No, Professor Dumbledore, we've already sorted that out, there's a sound repelling charm on both sides of the door." James added hopefully.
"Thank you for your thought Mr Potter. You are three great friends, though have any of you heard the expression, 'look before you leap?' Hundreds have suffered from one simple piece of information. Most of it, I may add was totally unnecessary. I would advise you to spend more time planning if there would be a next time. If I were you I would go straight to the Gryffindor common room, and please remember to tell no one of the events of tonight. Your position in the school, I am afraid will need to be reconsidered."
A/N: Well they had to find out somehow right? Well thanks SO much 2 anyone who has reviewed and thanks 4 reading!!
CHAPTER 11
"James! Sirius!" Peter Petigrew yelled up from the entrance hall. "You'll love this! Someone's got Snape with a bat bogeys hex!"
Sirius and James punched the air and sprinted down the last flight of stairs. "You! Albert Davis! You will die!" He was flailing wildly; a whole crowd of onlookers were laughing.
"So, Severus Snape... will you." Albert was looking at Snape with a mixture of laughter and loathing.
"Great!" James and Sirius were still congratulating Albert all the way into the Great Hall. "Amazing!"
"Well, it was only because he insulted me..." Albert explained, pocketing his wand. "Something about my nose."
Sirius tried to conceal his laughter at the mention of Albert Davis' bulbous nose, he had told James on countless occasions how it reminded him of 'Rudolph the red nosed reindeer'. Especially that time when he walked straight into a wall, to check his shoes were tied.
"It's funny really, I thought we could be the two nose buddies..." Albert pressed on, grinning as he spread marmalade over his toast.
Sirius and James laughed even harder at the phrase 'Nose buddies' though luckily, Albert was too immersed in his breakfast to notice.
Moments later Snape himself came skidding into the hall tripped and fell with a splat to the ground. Luckily, the hex had been lifted, though he still glared over at the Gryffindors as he scrambled to his feet. His eyes darted round for the culprits. He bared his teeth in a menacing way which in James' opinion made him look like a Vampire bat upon a juicy cup of blood. "It can be the blood of Professor Vexalt." James decided. "He was busy teaching a class when STAB! Right in the chest!"
"James! We are trying to eat!" Lily Evans was glaring at him. Her fellows were all looking the same way, having abandoned their breakfast entirely as James continued his story.
"I should write a book." He decided, tucking into his own plate.
"Yes, I'm sure it would sell very fast." Lily said grumpily, turning to Florence Patil for her approval.
"Come on Lily, we'll be late for History of Magic." Annabel was pulling her to her feet as the other Gryffindor girls dashed off.
"I dunno what the hurry is." Sirius muttered as he heaved a new batch of bacon onto his plate. "Binns won't even notice. He's dead, remember!"
The days passed quickly, and the weather began to adjust with it, rain clouds had taken to drifting over the castle and the sky had been transformed to an ugly grey. The spindly branches of trees in the grounds were illuminated against the silver sky of the evening and in the distance, a scrawny barn owl could be spotted, ploughing through the gusts to the castle, wings slicing the still air.
"Where you off to?" Remus had appeared in the common room, checking his watch nervously.
"I'm going to visit my mother." He explained. "You know that."
"Why every month?"
Remus chose to ignore him. "I'll see you in a couple of days then..." He vanished from sight,
"Right, now let's go!" James hissed when they were sure he was really gone.
Peter was already outside, Sirius was 'armed and dangerous', as he chose to define his position and James had set a trap in the entrance hall to lure any students and teachers away.
They slipped down to the entrance hall, where there was a large sign permanently glued to a door saying 'Have you ever wondered how to and who it was who put the charm on the blackboards? Or who transformed the seventh floor corridor? Just open this door and you will find out enough to fill your every desire! Yes teachers! You will be totally enriched! There is free butterbeer and honeydukes chocolate for everyone! Also, McGonnagal really needs an anti-wrinkle charm! Don't you agree? Also, Morgan needs a haircut and someone really should try and light a fire with Professor Panscratch's glasses...."
There were many 'artistic' drawings underneath. One of a large saucepan with a dent in, an arrow explaining that it is Professor Panscratch. Another of McGonnagal with rather exaggerated creases in her cheekbones and many more teacher drawings, along with pictures of bars of chocolate and drinks just for the advertising.
They had used the insults to lure in the teachers. Even as they watched, laughing students and furious teachers disappeared inside. "They won't be coming back for a while..." Sirius reminded James. (The door led into a large pit.)
"We can't waste any more time! I'll see you later!" James ran up to the astronomy tower with the invisibility cloak and Sirius dashed into McGonnagal's private stores, using a knife he explained to James that his uncle had given him.
As James arrived at the top tower he heard a loud, oddly female voice. "All students and staff alike to proceed immediately to classroom three off the Entrance hall as quickly as possible. Any student of member of staff who remains in the castle will be expelled or sacked." James laughed out loud as he heard Sirius' voice falter, obviously forcing himself not to laugh. "I will give you more information there."
James looked down over the grounds. "Peter! Let me go!" Excellent, thought James as he heard Sirius run outside.
"Remus Lupin! Come out with your hand up!" Sirius held up his wand and a long stretchy piece of purple string, which he flung over at Remus, catching him in the waist and sticking firmly.
"Sirius Black! Let me go!" Remus screamed as Sirius pulled and the sticky string forced him to rotate in the air.
"Remus... I know what you are doing..." James spoke, completely invisible, and in a voice quite unlike his own. "Now it is time to tell your friends."
"You don't understand!" Remus panted. "This is serious Sirius!" He yelled frantically as Sirius forced him into a twirl. "It's not a game anymore! Let me into the Shrieking shack! LET ME IN! I'm going to transform! I AM A WEREWOLF!"
If the rest of the school had not been trapped in a stone pit, they would have definitely heard Remus' cry. James could hear his frustrated yells as he tried to free himself. This news was not what any of them had been expecting. An icy silence followed his words, a werewolf? Then that meant... Their plan was going horribly wrong... They could make use of this though... "SIRIUS!" James shouted. "THE CASTLE!"
Sirius' eyes lit up as he flicked the end of the string back, causing Remus to fly past him and hurtle through the main door. Sirius then detached himself from the rope and closed the door behind Remus. Even from the astronomy tower, James could see both Sirius and Peter looking white and shaky. Then he remembered he was trapped in the castle with a werewolf.
His heart raced as he thought frantically of how to get out alive. Maybe Remus hadn't transformed yet... James fan down the many flights of stairs, knowing that somewhere in the castle, a werewolf could jump out of any dark shadow or any open door. He was in the entrance hall. Remus was still a boy. "James..." He croaked. "James... They all know..."
"No they don't" James assured him. "We would never let that happen to you." He looked back at Remus, smiling gently to see not a boy standing there, but a grotesque form... Snarling teeth flashed at him as it reared up on its hind legs. Ears pricked up; fur began to blossom over Remus' skin... He let out a bloodcurdling howl. The wolf turned to face James. It was ready to kill...
"JAMES!" Sirius and Peter burst through the oak doors, slamming them firmly shut behind them. "GET OUT!" But James was frozen and white. The wolf turned to Sirius and Peter, it growled menacingly and lowered its head...
"NO YOU DON'T!" Sirius had hit the wolf with a spell. It had little affect, and seemed only to have angered the wolf.
"R-Remus? Don't you remember me? I am Peter Petigrew! I am your friend! Sirius and James! You wouldn't hurt them!" Peter was looking in horror at the wolf, evidently still looking into the eyes of his best friend. "Sirius! Don't attack him! He's our friend!" Peter stammered as Sirius shot another spell.
"Let's get out! Inritare!" James shouted, having found his voice. The spell hit the wolf in the chest. It turned, snarling to face James. "RUN FOR IT!" James yelled at the other two. They didn't need telling twice. Within seconds, only James and a werewolf remained in the shadowy entrance hall.
"C'mon Remus..." James tried to reason with the wolf as it growled, eyes glued directly to James' face. "You wouldn't hurt me!"
Remus reared up upon his hind legs, he was ready to charge at him, to strike, to kill... James thought briefly of all that he would miss... Hogwarts, the forbidden forest, Lily Evans, children, grandchildren, great great...
"I think, Mr Potter, he would." James spun around, momentarily oblivious to the fact that a murderous werewolf was planted feet from him.
It was Albus Dumbledore. His eyes were fixed upon the wolf's scrawny structure. "I do not of course, blame you Mr Lupin." He assured, watching the wolf with no fear at all. "I am afraid I really must lead you to the shrieking shack now..." He flicked his wand and Remus began to levitate, gliding out through the doors into the grounds... vanishing into the darkness of a tree, where James heard another howl, then silence.
He glanced quickly up at Dumbledore to see not anger in his ageing face, but dismay. "I vowed to myself I would let no one discover Mr Lupin's secret. I am of course the only Headmaster to allow him into the school." James watched as Dumbledore's usually sparkling blue eyes drew sadly through the open doors into the grounds. "I have broken a promise I made to myself."
"Professor Dumbledore!" Sirius and Peter arrived panting at the scene. Their eyes were fixed nervously on Dumbledore as they flung themselves roughly through the doors. "It was all our fault!"
"Yes, excellent drawing Mr Black, I suggest you consider a career in artistry." Dumbledore said in an expressionless tone, turning to Sirius who froze. "And you, Mr Petigrew, it really was a good idea of yours, I suppose I do need to 'chill out' don't I." He turned to Peter's guilty face. "Now hundreds of memories must be modified, otherwise I really will have been a failure to myself."
"No, Professor Dumbledore, we've already sorted that out, there's a sound repelling charm on both sides of the door." James added hopefully.
"Thank you for your thought Mr Potter. You are three great friends, though have any of you heard the expression, 'look before you leap?' Hundreds have suffered from one simple piece of information. Most of it, I may add was totally unnecessary. I would advise you to spend more time planning if there would be a next time. If I were you I would go straight to the Gryffindor common room, and please remember to tell no one of the events of tonight. Your position in the school, I am afraid will need to be reconsidered."
A/N: Well they had to find out somehow right? Well thanks SO much 2 anyone who has reviewed and thanks 4 reading!!