Deep distant voices slowly wound their way into Auria's sleeping mind.
There were several of them but one in particular was louder than the rest.
Auria buried her head deeper into Sirius' chest in an effort to drown them
out. However, she was suddenly forced awake by Sirius' jolting movements
and flailing arms.
"James, you stupid git" Sirius spat.
Auria turned her head around and with sleepy eyes watched James fall to the floor with laughter.
"You should have seen yourself. You kept reaching up towards your nose and trying to swat me away" James said as he hauled himself to his feet.
Auria realized what must have happened.
"James held his nose closed so he'd wake up" she thought to herself.
"We would have done it to you too love" James said to Auria with a grin. "But your head was turned the wrong way."
Suddenly without warning Sirius jumped up and began to run after James. Auria was left in shock, sitting up on the couch swaying slightly from sleep. Recovering a little, she became aware of two other people in the room. As Remus bent down to pick up the blanket Auria noticed Peter staring at her, his eyes practically popping out of his head. Auria looked down and to her utter horror, remembered that she was only wearing a bra and pajama bottoms. Before she could cover herself with her hands Remus threw her the blanket. Auria wrapped it tightly around herself.
"Sorry about that" Remus said, looking rather embarrassed.
Auria was about to say that it was all right when Sirius smacked Peter hard upside the head.
"Stop goggling at my girlfriend like that. Get your eyes and tongue back inside your head," he snapped angrily, walking in front of him blocking his view.
Wormtail bent his head down and muttered a sorry. Auria was too disgusted to say anything and instead looked at Lupin who gave her a sympathetic shrug. As she glanced around the room Auria noticed that it was still dark outside.
"What time is it?" she asked getting off the couch.
"Six in the morning" James replied, rubbing a bruise on his arm from Sirius' punch.
"Why are you up so early?" Sirius asked, unwrapping Auria's blanket just enough to rewrap it around both of them. Sirius' skin was warm from having chased James around the room. Auria snuggled in closer and placed her hands on his chest.
"He has quidditch practice," Remus answered. "And he woke us up so that we could see."
"You two lying there like that" Peter said quickly finishing the sentence.
Sirius glared at James who quickly picked up his broomstick and said with a fake smile, "well I'm off to practice." He dashed out of the room before Sirius could utter a word.
"I suggested that we wake you guys up, before someone else found you and told McGonagall" Remus said shyly.
"Thanks Moony" Auria replied smiling at him.
A long awkward silence followed as everyone glanced around at each other, unsure of what to do next.
"Well, I guess I'll go up to bed and get a couple more hours of sleep" Auria said with a yawn.
"Ok you go up" Sirius said, unwrapping himself from the blanket. "The three of us" Remus and Peter looked at him shocked, "are going to stay up and decide on a prank to pull on Snivellus for you."
Auria grinned widely. "Alright, see you in a few hours" she said giving Sirius a kiss.
Just as Auria reached the staircase the rest of the Gryffindor quidditch team came down the stairs. They all looked around confused, for it must have been quite a sight. Remus and Peter were standing in their pajamas, Auria was holding her shirt, wrapped in a blanket and Sirius was sitting on a couch half naked. Shrugging they sleepily headed out of the room.
Auria walked up the stairs to her dormitory. Just as she put her hand on the door she heard Peter's squeaky voice drift up from below.
"So, did you get to feel them Sirius?" he asked excitedly.
"Shut up, you pervert. Besides, what me and her do is between the two of us, just the two of us" Sirius barked at him, emphasizing the last phrase.
Auria opened the door and smiled to herself. Sirius could be such a gentleman sometimes.
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For the rest of the day the boys refused to tell Auria what the prank would be. All through classes she would catch them grinning knowingly at each other. As they headed down to the Great Hall for dinner Sirius informed her that they had to make one quick stop. Instead of going through the doors they turned left and walked down the passageway that led towards the kitchen.
"Can you distract the house elves for a few minutes?" James asked her the moment they stepped into the cavernous room.
"Sure" she replied happily, knowing that the prank would happen at dinner, in front of the whole school.
But before Auria had time to think of a plan she was surrounded by house elves, each of them asking what she wanted.
"Actually" she said thinking quickly. "I was wondering if you could show me how to make, um, ah, hot chocolate!"
Auria knew perfectly well how to make it, but it was the first thing that popped into her mind. All the house elves nodded in unison and grabbing her hands, led her over to a table. Auria had just enough time to see the boys slip out of sight before being pushed down into a chair. In no time they were done showing her how hot chocolate was made and her arms were loaded down with chocolate, a jug of milk and some mugs.
"Oh, one last thing" she said quickly, trying to distract them for longer. "I was wondering if tomorrow you could make rose petals appear on Lily Evans' plate, on top of her food."
The house elves looked at her confused but then finally nodded.
"You know which plate is hers right?" Auria asked.
They nodded reassuringly. Just then the boys appeared at her side. Auria thanked them for the lesson and supplies and quickly walked out of the kitchen.
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"What's all that?" Lupin asked her as they headed back up the passageway.
"Supplies to make hot chocolate" she replied.
"Oh good," Sirius said, "we can make it after dinner tonight."
"Ok" Auria replied staggering under the weight.
"Oh" Sirius said, leading her over to the side of the staircase that led to the upper levels. "Here, you can hide the stuff in here." Sirius pulled out his wand and drew a circle on one of the bricks.
To Auria's surprise the brick slide sideways to reveal a hidden compartment.
"No body knows about this, except us" he said proudly, helping her put everything inside.
"Great" Auria said with a smile.
"Now off to dinner" James said, and marched off as if he were a soldier.
Everyone else rolled their eyes and headed off after him.
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Most of dinner past rather uneventfully. Auria, Sirius and James were sitting opposite the Slytherin table while Remus and Peter sat with their backs to it. Suddenly a deafening bang and a high pitch scream echoed through the school. Several of the teachers went running out of the Great Hall. As soon as they were gone a loud coughing noise was heard, along with several screams. Everyone swiveled around in their seats to see where the noise had come from. Auria looked up from her mince pie and nearly choked.
Snape was sitting apart from everyone else in the middle of the Slytherin table holding his nose. Auria blinked and saw that it was running like a facet, and that the screams had come from the girls who'd been sitting close to him. He sniffed loudly in an attempt to make it stop.
"Looks like you need a tissue Snivelly" James said tauntingly, holding up a white handkerchief.
Snape looked up and glared at him, which only caused mucus to run down his cloak. Everyone at the Slytherin table got up and moved away, as did some of the Ravenclaws nearby. The room echoed with laughter and disgusted screams. Auria was laughing so hard she had to grab onto the bench for support.
"Here, Snivellus, take a whole box" Sirius called, throwing him a muggle box of Kleenex.
The stuff running from Snape's nose was now spreading across the floor and all over the Slytherin house table. Auria noticed that even though Remus was not laughing as hard as the others he could still not suppress a grin. The only person who looked truly angry was Lily, who kept glaring coldly at James. Snape tried to get up and walk towards the Marauders, but slipped on the stuff running out of his nose and went crashing to the floor. Most people were now doubled over in laughter and several were standing on the tables to avoid the growing flood.
"Try sniffing Snivellus, it might make it better" James cried, tears running down his face from laughing so hard.
Snape glared at him but sniffed several times anyway. The more he sniffed the less his nose ran, until finally the only sound in the room was Snape sucking the stuff farther up his long hooked nose.
He stomped towards the doors, turned to Auria and screamed, "It'll get you Jacobs. I'll make you pay dearly for this!"
Auria shrugged and glanced around the room with a look of mock confusion on her face. A moment later the laughter resumed as a second Slytherin slipped in the pile of mucus on the floor.
"You are so despicable Potter" Lily screamed above the racket at James. "That was so mean, you're such an arrogant git." With that she stormed out of the Great Hall and up the stairs towards Gryffindor tower.
"Maybe we over did it a little" Remus said scrunching up his face.
Peter was just staring around the room in awe.
"I appreciated it, I really do, but that was kind of mean" Auria said to Sirius and James with a wince.
Sirius and James looked at each other for a moment and then in unison shook their heads and said, "nah."
Auria rolled her eyes; Sirius could be such an ass sometimes. She walked out of the hall after Lily. The Marauders followed her soon after, not wanting to be caught at the scene of the crime.
Lily stayed up in her room for the rest of the night, but after a while Auria rejoined the boys downstairs. They spent the rest of the night on the couches trying to finish some difficult charms homework sipping hot chocolate.
"We need Lily's help with this, she's good a charms," James said, putting down his quill.
"I don't think she's going to come down and help us tonight mate," Sirius said, leaning back.
"What do you think Snape's going to do to get you back?" Jade asked Auria. Much to Remus' delight Jade had come over and asked him to tell her all about the prank.
"I don't know. Probably try to hex me or something like that" she replied casually resting her head on Sirius' shoulder. "Nothing big."
But it was something big, very big.
"James, you stupid git" Sirius spat.
Auria turned her head around and with sleepy eyes watched James fall to the floor with laughter.
"You should have seen yourself. You kept reaching up towards your nose and trying to swat me away" James said as he hauled himself to his feet.
Auria realized what must have happened.
"James held his nose closed so he'd wake up" she thought to herself.
"We would have done it to you too love" James said to Auria with a grin. "But your head was turned the wrong way."
Suddenly without warning Sirius jumped up and began to run after James. Auria was left in shock, sitting up on the couch swaying slightly from sleep. Recovering a little, she became aware of two other people in the room. As Remus bent down to pick up the blanket Auria noticed Peter staring at her, his eyes practically popping out of his head. Auria looked down and to her utter horror, remembered that she was only wearing a bra and pajama bottoms. Before she could cover herself with her hands Remus threw her the blanket. Auria wrapped it tightly around herself.
"Sorry about that" Remus said, looking rather embarrassed.
Auria was about to say that it was all right when Sirius smacked Peter hard upside the head.
"Stop goggling at my girlfriend like that. Get your eyes and tongue back inside your head," he snapped angrily, walking in front of him blocking his view.
Wormtail bent his head down and muttered a sorry. Auria was too disgusted to say anything and instead looked at Lupin who gave her a sympathetic shrug. As she glanced around the room Auria noticed that it was still dark outside.
"What time is it?" she asked getting off the couch.
"Six in the morning" James replied, rubbing a bruise on his arm from Sirius' punch.
"Why are you up so early?" Sirius asked, unwrapping Auria's blanket just enough to rewrap it around both of them. Sirius' skin was warm from having chased James around the room. Auria snuggled in closer and placed her hands on his chest.
"He has quidditch practice," Remus answered. "And he woke us up so that we could see."
"You two lying there like that" Peter said quickly finishing the sentence.
Sirius glared at James who quickly picked up his broomstick and said with a fake smile, "well I'm off to practice." He dashed out of the room before Sirius could utter a word.
"I suggested that we wake you guys up, before someone else found you and told McGonagall" Remus said shyly.
"Thanks Moony" Auria replied smiling at him.
A long awkward silence followed as everyone glanced around at each other, unsure of what to do next.
"Well, I guess I'll go up to bed and get a couple more hours of sleep" Auria said with a yawn.
"Ok you go up" Sirius said, unwrapping himself from the blanket. "The three of us" Remus and Peter looked at him shocked, "are going to stay up and decide on a prank to pull on Snivellus for you."
Auria grinned widely. "Alright, see you in a few hours" she said giving Sirius a kiss.
Just as Auria reached the staircase the rest of the Gryffindor quidditch team came down the stairs. They all looked around confused, for it must have been quite a sight. Remus and Peter were standing in their pajamas, Auria was holding her shirt, wrapped in a blanket and Sirius was sitting on a couch half naked. Shrugging they sleepily headed out of the room.
Auria walked up the stairs to her dormitory. Just as she put her hand on the door she heard Peter's squeaky voice drift up from below.
"So, did you get to feel them Sirius?" he asked excitedly.
"Shut up, you pervert. Besides, what me and her do is between the two of us, just the two of us" Sirius barked at him, emphasizing the last phrase.
Auria opened the door and smiled to herself. Sirius could be such a gentleman sometimes.
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For the rest of the day the boys refused to tell Auria what the prank would be. All through classes she would catch them grinning knowingly at each other. As they headed down to the Great Hall for dinner Sirius informed her that they had to make one quick stop. Instead of going through the doors they turned left and walked down the passageway that led towards the kitchen.
"Can you distract the house elves for a few minutes?" James asked her the moment they stepped into the cavernous room.
"Sure" she replied happily, knowing that the prank would happen at dinner, in front of the whole school.
But before Auria had time to think of a plan she was surrounded by house elves, each of them asking what she wanted.
"Actually" she said thinking quickly. "I was wondering if you could show me how to make, um, ah, hot chocolate!"
Auria knew perfectly well how to make it, but it was the first thing that popped into her mind. All the house elves nodded in unison and grabbing her hands, led her over to a table. Auria had just enough time to see the boys slip out of sight before being pushed down into a chair. In no time they were done showing her how hot chocolate was made and her arms were loaded down with chocolate, a jug of milk and some mugs.
"Oh, one last thing" she said quickly, trying to distract them for longer. "I was wondering if tomorrow you could make rose petals appear on Lily Evans' plate, on top of her food."
The house elves looked at her confused but then finally nodded.
"You know which plate is hers right?" Auria asked.
They nodded reassuringly. Just then the boys appeared at her side. Auria thanked them for the lesson and supplies and quickly walked out of the kitchen.
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"What's all that?" Lupin asked her as they headed back up the passageway.
"Supplies to make hot chocolate" she replied.
"Oh good," Sirius said, "we can make it after dinner tonight."
"Ok" Auria replied staggering under the weight.
"Oh" Sirius said, leading her over to the side of the staircase that led to the upper levels. "Here, you can hide the stuff in here." Sirius pulled out his wand and drew a circle on one of the bricks.
To Auria's surprise the brick slide sideways to reveal a hidden compartment.
"No body knows about this, except us" he said proudly, helping her put everything inside.
"Great" Auria said with a smile.
"Now off to dinner" James said, and marched off as if he were a soldier.
Everyone else rolled their eyes and headed off after him.
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Most of dinner past rather uneventfully. Auria, Sirius and James were sitting opposite the Slytherin table while Remus and Peter sat with their backs to it. Suddenly a deafening bang and a high pitch scream echoed through the school. Several of the teachers went running out of the Great Hall. As soon as they were gone a loud coughing noise was heard, along with several screams. Everyone swiveled around in their seats to see where the noise had come from. Auria looked up from her mince pie and nearly choked.
Snape was sitting apart from everyone else in the middle of the Slytherin table holding his nose. Auria blinked and saw that it was running like a facet, and that the screams had come from the girls who'd been sitting close to him. He sniffed loudly in an attempt to make it stop.
"Looks like you need a tissue Snivelly" James said tauntingly, holding up a white handkerchief.
Snape looked up and glared at him, which only caused mucus to run down his cloak. Everyone at the Slytherin table got up and moved away, as did some of the Ravenclaws nearby. The room echoed with laughter and disgusted screams. Auria was laughing so hard she had to grab onto the bench for support.
"Here, Snivellus, take a whole box" Sirius called, throwing him a muggle box of Kleenex.
The stuff running from Snape's nose was now spreading across the floor and all over the Slytherin house table. Auria noticed that even though Remus was not laughing as hard as the others he could still not suppress a grin. The only person who looked truly angry was Lily, who kept glaring coldly at James. Snape tried to get up and walk towards the Marauders, but slipped on the stuff running out of his nose and went crashing to the floor. Most people were now doubled over in laughter and several were standing on the tables to avoid the growing flood.
"Try sniffing Snivellus, it might make it better" James cried, tears running down his face from laughing so hard.
Snape glared at him but sniffed several times anyway. The more he sniffed the less his nose ran, until finally the only sound in the room was Snape sucking the stuff farther up his long hooked nose.
He stomped towards the doors, turned to Auria and screamed, "It'll get you Jacobs. I'll make you pay dearly for this!"
Auria shrugged and glanced around the room with a look of mock confusion on her face. A moment later the laughter resumed as a second Slytherin slipped in the pile of mucus on the floor.
"You are so despicable Potter" Lily screamed above the racket at James. "That was so mean, you're such an arrogant git." With that she stormed out of the Great Hall and up the stairs towards Gryffindor tower.
"Maybe we over did it a little" Remus said scrunching up his face.
Peter was just staring around the room in awe.
"I appreciated it, I really do, but that was kind of mean" Auria said to Sirius and James with a wince.
Sirius and James looked at each other for a moment and then in unison shook their heads and said, "nah."
Auria rolled her eyes; Sirius could be such an ass sometimes. She walked out of the hall after Lily. The Marauders followed her soon after, not wanting to be caught at the scene of the crime.
Lily stayed up in her room for the rest of the night, but after a while Auria rejoined the boys downstairs. They spent the rest of the night on the couches trying to finish some difficult charms homework sipping hot chocolate.
"We need Lily's help with this, she's good a charms," James said, putting down his quill.
"I don't think she's going to come down and help us tonight mate," Sirius said, leaning back.
"What do you think Snape's going to do to get you back?" Jade asked Auria. Much to Remus' delight Jade had come over and asked him to tell her all about the prank.
"I don't know. Probably try to hex me or something like that" she replied casually resting her head on Sirius' shoulder. "Nothing big."
But it was something big, very big.