"I'm starved," said James as the four Marauder's and Auria entered the
Great Hall for breakfast the next morning.
"Me too" replied Sirius.
The five of them sat down together and began to eat. They kept glancing nervously at the door. Just as they finished their breakfasts the doors to the Great Hall burst open. The entire student body stared at the doors and then burst out laughing. Argus Filch stood at the end of the hall looking murderous, well as murderous as he could, considering his condition.
"It worked well," said Lupin smiling.
Filch looked an absolute disaster. There were small red lumps all over his face, and from his fingers, head and bum grew big white feathers.
"What exactly was that stuff supposed to do?" asked Auria.
"Give, give him the wizard's version of, chi, chick, ha ha ha ha, chicken pox" said Sirius between fits of laughter.
Auria grinned at this and began to laugh even harder. Filch looked over towards the Gryffindor table and marched straight towards them.
"It was you," he yelled over the roar of laughter and jabbing a feathered finger in Sirius' face. The room fell silent and stared at him.
"It wasn't me," said Sirius innocently giving Filch the puppy eyes. "I would never do something like that."
"I know it was you," he screamed so loudly that a tail feather fell out. "It was the four of you," he added motioning to the Marauders.
"Now, now Argus" said Dumbledore from behind Filch. "I think you need to go to the hospital wing to get plucked."
"Plucked" snorted Auria under her breath. Dumbledore shot her a silencing glare before leading Filch out the Great Hall.
It was all Auria and the Marauders could talk about for the next couple of days, despite receiving many angry glares from Lily.
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After the prank on Filch Auria began spending almost all of her time with the Marauders. She would sit with them during class, at meals and in the common room. To James, Remus and Peter she became, almost, one of the boys. They showed her all the secret passageways, their tools, like the map, and the best way to sneak food from the kitchens. However they didn't tell her where they went at night once a month, and she didn't ask figuring that it was some sort of private ritual they had.
The only Marauder who didn't see her as one of the guys was Sirius. Nothing had happened after the kiss and neither of them seemed to want to talk about it. Sirius knew that she was still upset about her father and thought that perhaps she didn't want to be involved with anyone at the moment. He had still not found out about her date with Snape but by the beginning of November had finally mustered up the courage to ask her and was now just waiting for the right time.
One day, during the first week of November, Sirius got his wish. The Marauder's and Auria were sitting in the back of potions class making a throat soothing draught. Suddenly Auria's cauldron, (potions was not her strongest subject) began to boil over. Sirius, who was beside her, muttered a spell to try and clean it up but instead made it explode all over the back of the room.
"Who's cauldron was that?" asked Professor Verge.
"Mine sir," replied Auria feebly raising her hand.
"But it was my fault" added Sirius quickly.
"Funny, Mr. Black" said Professor Verge. "I don't see the contents of your cauldron strewn across the room. But if you insist, then you both lose 5 points from your house and you both receive detention."
A few moments later the mess was cleaned up and class returned to normal. When the bell rang everyone else headed out of the room while Auria and Sirius went to the front to see Professor Verge.
"You have detention tonight at 8 o'clock in classroom number 34."
Auria and Sirius nodded and headed up the stairs towards the Great Hall. Even though it was detention Sirius could not help but feel happy that he would have the chance to spend several hours alone with Auria.
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By 8:15 that night Professor Verge had them writing lines at desks in opposite corners of the room. At 8:45 Professor McGonagall appeared at the doorway.
"Professor" she said poking her head in. "Madame Pomfrey needs you to make her a cough potion immediately."
Verge looked from Sirius to Auria and then back to Sirius before heading towards the door. "I want 200 lines done by the time I come back," he said closing the door behind him.
They were now alone, finally, completely alone. After a couple of minutes Auria got up and walked to the window. She stared silently out of it for a long time. Sirius put his quill down and was about to ask her what had happened on her date when she spoke.
"You were right Sirius," she said very quietly, without turning around.
He opened his mouth to ask her what he was right about when she answered his question.
"About Snape I mean. You tried to warn me and I should have listened to you." Her voice was just above a whisper, yet Sirius could hear every word.
"Why? What did he do?" asked Sirius standing up.
"He helped kill my father" she said, her voice icy cold.
"WHAT?" exclaimed Sirius.
She turned around and stared at him and he could see that her eyes were full of anger.
"We started writing to each other just after school ended" she began staring at the floor. "He didn't seem so bad in letters and by the end of June we were owling everyday. The night," she paused to collect herself. "The night my father was killed." She looked up straight at Sirius, her eyes filled with tears. "They went straight for his bad knee so that he couldn't fight back. Then they hexed him again" she voice rose in anger. "and he lay on the ground dying, and I just knelt there beside him holding his hand watching him die. I didn't know how to heal him. There was nothing I could do to help him." She closed her eyes and looked down. A single tear fell to the floor. "I told Snape that my father had recently been in a bad accident and had a bad knee. He was the only one who knew besides my best friend Alexia in Ravenclaw, and I know she didn't tell anyone. Snape was probably writing to me all summer to get information that he could then pass on to Voldemort." Auria spat out the name and ignored Sirius' shudder. Then, more quietly she continued, "I should have known, I should have known he was evil. I should have been more careful with my information. I should have" But she never finished the sentence because Sirius enveloped her in a big hug.
Auria finally let down her guard and cried into Sirius' chest. He just stood there holding her. "It's alright. Snape is an ass. It's not your fault you couldn't save your father." He whispered gently into her ear.
After a few minutes he felt her hands go up his chest and around his neck, she hugged him back. They stayed in each other's arms for a long time. Finally Auria began to stop crying and Sirius decided that it was the right time to ask her his question.
"So did you actually ever go out with Snape?"
"No" she replied, and then laughed at the look of incredible relief on his face.
Will Sirius finally ask her out.find out tomorrow.
"Me too" replied Sirius.
The five of them sat down together and began to eat. They kept glancing nervously at the door. Just as they finished their breakfasts the doors to the Great Hall burst open. The entire student body stared at the doors and then burst out laughing. Argus Filch stood at the end of the hall looking murderous, well as murderous as he could, considering his condition.
"It worked well," said Lupin smiling.
Filch looked an absolute disaster. There were small red lumps all over his face, and from his fingers, head and bum grew big white feathers.
"What exactly was that stuff supposed to do?" asked Auria.
"Give, give him the wizard's version of, chi, chick, ha ha ha ha, chicken pox" said Sirius between fits of laughter.
Auria grinned at this and began to laugh even harder. Filch looked over towards the Gryffindor table and marched straight towards them.
"It was you," he yelled over the roar of laughter and jabbing a feathered finger in Sirius' face. The room fell silent and stared at him.
"It wasn't me," said Sirius innocently giving Filch the puppy eyes. "I would never do something like that."
"I know it was you," he screamed so loudly that a tail feather fell out. "It was the four of you," he added motioning to the Marauders.
"Now, now Argus" said Dumbledore from behind Filch. "I think you need to go to the hospital wing to get plucked."
"Plucked" snorted Auria under her breath. Dumbledore shot her a silencing glare before leading Filch out the Great Hall.
It was all Auria and the Marauders could talk about for the next couple of days, despite receiving many angry glares from Lily.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
After the prank on Filch Auria began spending almost all of her time with the Marauders. She would sit with them during class, at meals and in the common room. To James, Remus and Peter she became, almost, one of the boys. They showed her all the secret passageways, their tools, like the map, and the best way to sneak food from the kitchens. However they didn't tell her where they went at night once a month, and she didn't ask figuring that it was some sort of private ritual they had.
The only Marauder who didn't see her as one of the guys was Sirius. Nothing had happened after the kiss and neither of them seemed to want to talk about it. Sirius knew that she was still upset about her father and thought that perhaps she didn't want to be involved with anyone at the moment. He had still not found out about her date with Snape but by the beginning of November had finally mustered up the courage to ask her and was now just waiting for the right time.
One day, during the first week of November, Sirius got his wish. The Marauder's and Auria were sitting in the back of potions class making a throat soothing draught. Suddenly Auria's cauldron, (potions was not her strongest subject) began to boil over. Sirius, who was beside her, muttered a spell to try and clean it up but instead made it explode all over the back of the room.
"Who's cauldron was that?" asked Professor Verge.
"Mine sir," replied Auria feebly raising her hand.
"But it was my fault" added Sirius quickly.
"Funny, Mr. Black" said Professor Verge. "I don't see the contents of your cauldron strewn across the room. But if you insist, then you both lose 5 points from your house and you both receive detention."
A few moments later the mess was cleaned up and class returned to normal. When the bell rang everyone else headed out of the room while Auria and Sirius went to the front to see Professor Verge.
"You have detention tonight at 8 o'clock in classroom number 34."
Auria and Sirius nodded and headed up the stairs towards the Great Hall. Even though it was detention Sirius could not help but feel happy that he would have the chance to spend several hours alone with Auria.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
By 8:15 that night Professor Verge had them writing lines at desks in opposite corners of the room. At 8:45 Professor McGonagall appeared at the doorway.
"Professor" she said poking her head in. "Madame Pomfrey needs you to make her a cough potion immediately."
Verge looked from Sirius to Auria and then back to Sirius before heading towards the door. "I want 200 lines done by the time I come back," he said closing the door behind him.
They were now alone, finally, completely alone. After a couple of minutes Auria got up and walked to the window. She stared silently out of it for a long time. Sirius put his quill down and was about to ask her what had happened on her date when she spoke.
"You were right Sirius," she said very quietly, without turning around.
He opened his mouth to ask her what he was right about when she answered his question.
"About Snape I mean. You tried to warn me and I should have listened to you." Her voice was just above a whisper, yet Sirius could hear every word.
"Why? What did he do?" asked Sirius standing up.
"He helped kill my father" she said, her voice icy cold.
"WHAT?" exclaimed Sirius.
She turned around and stared at him and he could see that her eyes were full of anger.
"We started writing to each other just after school ended" she began staring at the floor. "He didn't seem so bad in letters and by the end of June we were owling everyday. The night," she paused to collect herself. "The night my father was killed." She looked up straight at Sirius, her eyes filled with tears. "They went straight for his bad knee so that he couldn't fight back. Then they hexed him again" she voice rose in anger. "and he lay on the ground dying, and I just knelt there beside him holding his hand watching him die. I didn't know how to heal him. There was nothing I could do to help him." She closed her eyes and looked down. A single tear fell to the floor. "I told Snape that my father had recently been in a bad accident and had a bad knee. He was the only one who knew besides my best friend Alexia in Ravenclaw, and I know she didn't tell anyone. Snape was probably writing to me all summer to get information that he could then pass on to Voldemort." Auria spat out the name and ignored Sirius' shudder. Then, more quietly she continued, "I should have known, I should have known he was evil. I should have been more careful with my information. I should have" But she never finished the sentence because Sirius enveloped her in a big hug.
Auria finally let down her guard and cried into Sirius' chest. He just stood there holding her. "It's alright. Snape is an ass. It's not your fault you couldn't save your father." He whispered gently into her ear.
After a few minutes he felt her hands go up his chest and around his neck, she hugged him back. They stayed in each other's arms for a long time. Finally Auria began to stop crying and Sirius decided that it was the right time to ask her his question.
"So did you actually ever go out with Snape?"
"No" she replied, and then laughed at the look of incredible relief on his face.
Will Sirius finally ask her out.find out tomorrow.