-Hogsmeade walk-
A week went by and Nicolette adjusted well. Lily had befriended her but Nicolette liked to have her time to herself. In all truth she preferred the crazy yet handsome Marauders. But she did not regularly hang out with either group at first.
One day after class, Nicolette saw her friends down at the lake and decided to go see them. Her Marauder friends that is.
"Hello" she said seeing them sitting around a jar of blue fire that was keeping them warm.
"Hi" they once against said in unison
"Mind if I join you?"
"Not at all" Sirius said holding his arm out showing room beside him
Nicolette joined their circle. She'd obviously interrupted a conversation because no one spoke. She sat there and shivered. Sirius took a chance ad scooted a little closer.
"Hey Remus" Nicolette said
"Hmm?"
"How come you weren't in class for a couple of days this week?"
"My grandmother was sick"
"Ironic that it was during a full moon" she added and all of them looked up
"Excuse me?" Remus stuttered
"Did you think everyone at this school was oblivious? Anyway, I'm a lover of Astronomy"
James smiled broadly
"Am I right?"
"Yeah" Remus said
"Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me"
Remus looked relieved and smiled at Nicolette.
"You guys ready for Hogsmeade this weekend?" James asked
"I can't even go" Nicolette said
"Why not?" Sirius asked
"Dad didn't sign my permission slip"
All the friends laugh.
"What?" Nicolette asked
"Slip or no slip I insist you come to Hogsmeade with me-um I mean us" Sirius said quickly
"And how do you propose I do that?"
James pulled something out of his pocket and passed it around the circle to Sirius. Quite smooth, Sirius put each arm around Nicolette and unfolded a piece of parchment. Nicolette was suddenly nervous leaning on Sirius.
"It's blank," she said feeling the warmth of him
"Try and get something to appear" James said
She pulled out her wand but couldn't think of anything to say. Sirius pulled out his own wand tapped the parchment and said, "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good"
Nicolette watched as a detailed map of Hogwarts appeared
"This is amazing"
"We're still tying up a few loose ends here and there but it's basically finished" James said. "So we know all the secret passages out of here"
"In that case, I'd be glad to risk expulsion"
And so it was a week later Nicolette was waiting by the fireplace for Sirius to come down. He came up behind her and tickled her sides scaring her but making her laugh at the same time. He quickly got his cool persona back by pushing his hair out of his face.
"You're evil," she said jokingly
He smiled slyly. "Is milady ready?"
"Course"
He led her through the many hallways and stopped in front of a one- eyed statue of a witch and pulled out his wand.
"Dissendium"
The statue made an opening and they both entered a dark tunnel. Nicolette pulled out her wand and when the statue shut it was pitch black.
"Lumos" she said which lit the tip of her wand. She jumped when Sirius was in front of her
"Sorry" he said "This way"
They walked for a long time without saying anything
"So are you really a Black?" Nicolette asked getting sick of the silence.
"Yeah. That's my name," he said resentfully
"You don't strike me as a Black
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well I had to take my mother's place at a function and I met some of the Blacks and you're much less, um-"
"Crazy? Bent on pure-blood and social status?" he asked.
"Yeah. Your mother, I assume because of the resemblance, kept making sure my mother was a witch"
"Where is your mum?"
"She's de-Ow!" Nicolette hadn't noticed the ceiling had lowered and she hit her head on the door out of the tunnel
"You okay?" he asked
The door opened above her and Remus' smiling face.
"Milady?" he said holding a hand out
Nicolette continued to rub her head as she took his hand and allowed herself to be pulled out. "Such gentlemen"
"There you are Sirius. Didn't know you were going with her," James said
"Yeah. I want to show her something though. We'll meet you later" Sirius said
He grabbed her hand and pulled her out not allowing his friends any time to retaliate. When they got to the street, he didn't know whether t let go or not. Luckily he didn't have to decide because Nicolette intertwined her fingers with his and walked on casually if there was nothing wrong or weird about the situation.
"So, what'd you want to show me?" she asked
"Nothing really. Just an excuse to get away"
"What's that?" Nicolette said nodding at a ratty looking building.
Sirius gave a little chuckle then walked over to it. Nicolette gripped his hand seeing the creepy place.
"This is the Shrieking Shack. Rowdy ghosts are rumored to live there"
"Really? Have you ever been in there?"
"No, how'd it get on your map then?" she asked staring at the building.
"You don't miss a thing do you?"
"I'm very perceptive," she said "But I never thought of you as the type to ditch your friends for a girl"
"You're a friend of all of us"
However, that's not the answer Nicolette wanted. Her grip lessened
"More to me than the others." He added and her grip returned.
"My father brought me here once but I was very young and before."
"Before what?"
"Never mind"
"Where's he at?"
"He's at our estate in Ireland-"
"You're Irish?" he interrupted curiously since he didn't notice an Irish accent.
"Part. My father's Irish and my mother is.was English"
"Was?" Sirius asked but as though he didn't want to
"She passed away last year. This was hers" Nicolette lifted up the hand Sirius held. On her middle finger she wore a silver ring. A heart was in the middle with two hands on the sides connecting the hand and finally a crown above the heart
"My dad gave it to my mum and she gave it to me" she added
Suddenly there was a loud bang and fireworks began going off in the middle of the street. Teachers began running to the scene.
"Damn, if they see me-" she started
Sirius pulled her behind a building
"Do you remember how to get back?"
"Yes"
"Go. This is James doing for sure. Unfortunately mine as well"
Nicolette ran down the alleyway while Sirius went the opposite way. She was almost angry with herself for not ding more with him. She liked him even if he was a slight cause of bullying whenever he got bored. It's not like Nicolette didn't have her share of mistakes in that area.
A week went by and Nicolette adjusted well. Lily had befriended her but Nicolette liked to have her time to herself. In all truth she preferred the crazy yet handsome Marauders. But she did not regularly hang out with either group at first.
One day after class, Nicolette saw her friends down at the lake and decided to go see them. Her Marauder friends that is.
"Hello" she said seeing them sitting around a jar of blue fire that was keeping them warm.
"Hi" they once against said in unison
"Mind if I join you?"
"Not at all" Sirius said holding his arm out showing room beside him
Nicolette joined their circle. She'd obviously interrupted a conversation because no one spoke. She sat there and shivered. Sirius took a chance ad scooted a little closer.
"Hey Remus" Nicolette said
"Hmm?"
"How come you weren't in class for a couple of days this week?"
"My grandmother was sick"
"Ironic that it was during a full moon" she added and all of them looked up
"Excuse me?" Remus stuttered
"Did you think everyone at this school was oblivious? Anyway, I'm a lover of Astronomy"
James smiled broadly
"Am I right?"
"Yeah" Remus said
"Don't worry. Your secret is safe with me"
Remus looked relieved and smiled at Nicolette.
"You guys ready for Hogsmeade this weekend?" James asked
"I can't even go" Nicolette said
"Why not?" Sirius asked
"Dad didn't sign my permission slip"
All the friends laugh.
"What?" Nicolette asked
"Slip or no slip I insist you come to Hogsmeade with me-um I mean us" Sirius said quickly
"And how do you propose I do that?"
James pulled something out of his pocket and passed it around the circle to Sirius. Quite smooth, Sirius put each arm around Nicolette and unfolded a piece of parchment. Nicolette was suddenly nervous leaning on Sirius.
"It's blank," she said feeling the warmth of him
"Try and get something to appear" James said
She pulled out her wand but couldn't think of anything to say. Sirius pulled out his own wand tapped the parchment and said, "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good"
Nicolette watched as a detailed map of Hogwarts appeared
"This is amazing"
"We're still tying up a few loose ends here and there but it's basically finished" James said. "So we know all the secret passages out of here"
"In that case, I'd be glad to risk expulsion"
And so it was a week later Nicolette was waiting by the fireplace for Sirius to come down. He came up behind her and tickled her sides scaring her but making her laugh at the same time. He quickly got his cool persona back by pushing his hair out of his face.
"You're evil," she said jokingly
He smiled slyly. "Is milady ready?"
"Course"
He led her through the many hallways and stopped in front of a one- eyed statue of a witch and pulled out his wand.
"Dissendium"
The statue made an opening and they both entered a dark tunnel. Nicolette pulled out her wand and when the statue shut it was pitch black.
"Lumos" she said which lit the tip of her wand. She jumped when Sirius was in front of her
"Sorry" he said "This way"
They walked for a long time without saying anything
"So are you really a Black?" Nicolette asked getting sick of the silence.
"Yeah. That's my name," he said resentfully
"You don't strike me as a Black
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well I had to take my mother's place at a function and I met some of the Blacks and you're much less, um-"
"Crazy? Bent on pure-blood and social status?" he asked.
"Yeah. Your mother, I assume because of the resemblance, kept making sure my mother was a witch"
"Where is your mum?"
"She's de-Ow!" Nicolette hadn't noticed the ceiling had lowered and she hit her head on the door out of the tunnel
"You okay?" he asked
The door opened above her and Remus' smiling face.
"Milady?" he said holding a hand out
Nicolette continued to rub her head as she took his hand and allowed herself to be pulled out. "Such gentlemen"
"There you are Sirius. Didn't know you were going with her," James said
"Yeah. I want to show her something though. We'll meet you later" Sirius said
He grabbed her hand and pulled her out not allowing his friends any time to retaliate. When they got to the street, he didn't know whether t let go or not. Luckily he didn't have to decide because Nicolette intertwined her fingers with his and walked on casually if there was nothing wrong or weird about the situation.
"So, what'd you want to show me?" she asked
"Nothing really. Just an excuse to get away"
"What's that?" Nicolette said nodding at a ratty looking building.
Sirius gave a little chuckle then walked over to it. Nicolette gripped his hand seeing the creepy place.
"This is the Shrieking Shack. Rowdy ghosts are rumored to live there"
"Really? Have you ever been in there?"
"No, how'd it get on your map then?" she asked staring at the building.
"You don't miss a thing do you?"
"I'm very perceptive," she said "But I never thought of you as the type to ditch your friends for a girl"
"You're a friend of all of us"
However, that's not the answer Nicolette wanted. Her grip lessened
"More to me than the others." He added and her grip returned.
"My father brought me here once but I was very young and before."
"Before what?"
"Never mind"
"Where's he at?"
"He's at our estate in Ireland-"
"You're Irish?" he interrupted curiously since he didn't notice an Irish accent.
"Part. My father's Irish and my mother is.was English"
"Was?" Sirius asked but as though he didn't want to
"She passed away last year. This was hers" Nicolette lifted up the hand Sirius held. On her middle finger she wore a silver ring. A heart was in the middle with two hands on the sides connecting the hand and finally a crown above the heart
"My dad gave it to my mum and she gave it to me" she added
Suddenly there was a loud bang and fireworks began going off in the middle of the street. Teachers began running to the scene.
"Damn, if they see me-" she started
Sirius pulled her behind a building
"Do you remember how to get back?"
"Yes"
"Go. This is James doing for sure. Unfortunately mine as well"
Nicolette ran down the alleyway while Sirius went the opposite way. She was almost angry with herself for not ding more with him. She liked him even if he was a slight cause of bullying whenever he got bored. It's not like Nicolette didn't have her share of mistakes in that area.