Chapter 9:
"POTTER! BLACK!"
"Yes, Professor Mucliber?" Sirius asked, suddenly very interested in spreading the jam on his toast.
"What is the meaning of this?" Mucliber roared, pointing at the twenty or so Slytherin students, glaring, and covered in a clear, gooey substance. James got up and inspected the nearest girl closely. She blushed scarlet and moved away.
"Looks like 'Non-Slip Slipper' to me, Professor," he said thoughtfully.
"I know perfectly well what it is, but why did you cover the dungeon corridor with it?" Mucliber shouted.
"Professor, don't you think it's a bit prejudiced to blame these two boys when there is clearly no proof?" Kira said, pointing to James and Sirius who looked up at Mucliber with innocent faces.
"I'll find proof, don't you worry," he hissed, storming out of the hall, the students trailing behind him. Sirius bit thoughtfully into his toast.
"You know the best part, the Slipper Stays on for eight hours and the more they try to scrub it off, the bluer their skin grows," he said, chewing slowly.
"How can you say that with such a serious face?" Kira gasped between fits of laughter.
"That's just me, isn't it," Sirius said, grinning broadly.
"Miss Sharp and Miss Lyrin, you're detention is tonight. Meet me in my office," Mcgonagoll said, coming up behind them.
"Damn, I was hoping she had forgotten," Faith muttered.
"Do you really think Mucliber would have let her forget?" Kira said, "After all, you did attack one of his perfect students, a Mister Avery," Faith grinned.
"That was fun."
"Faith, I don't want to go," Kira whined, following her slowly down the hall to the head of Gryffindor's office.
"We've had detentions before. Besides, it might give you the chance to get back at Avery," Faith said, smiling as Kira's pace quickened considerably. When they arrived, Malfoy and Avery were already seated at desks, pouring over work.
"You're late," Mcgonagoll said sternly.
"Sorry," Kira muttered, taking the papers the Transfiguration teacher handed them.
"These are third year test. I want you to mark them. I am warning you, one wrong mark and you will have detention for the rest of this term. I want you four to sit in silence, I have to speak to another teacher. I'll be back in twenty minutes," she said, standing up and sweeping out of the room. Kira and Faith reluctantly sat down, glaring at the Slytherins.
"Thanks for getting us into this, Avery," Faith muttered. His head shot up.
"Hey! You attacked me first!"
"That is such a lie! Malfoy jinxed Kira, I was merely helping a friend," Faith cried.
"She was asking for a curse," Malfoy snapped.
"I object to that. I don't tend to go walking alone asking to be hexed," Kira said.
"I only hexed you because you told Dumbledore Avery knew about Lupin," Malfoy said.
"What?" both Kira and Faith cried.
"That's such a lie! I never told anyone," Kira said.
"Apart from all your friends," Avery said.
"Miss Evans is known for her whole goody-two shoes act. Quite the person to go running to the Headmaster, don't you think?" Malfoy said.
"Lily doesn't even know," Faith snapped. "Only the four of us, James and Sirius. I would swear on my life that neither of them told. So that leaves you two," she smiled sweetly.
"Why would we tell? The information was for blackmail use. We're hardly about to go crying to a teacher," Avery cried, standing up to face Kira and Faith, Malfoy right next to him.
"No one told the Headmaster. He sees everything that goes on in this school," Professor Mcgonagoll's sharp voice came from the door. "And now I will ask all of you to sit down and continue the rest of this detention in silence, for those of you who don't know what that means, it's 'without a sound'," she barked. The students glared at each other before sitting down and going back to the papers, Mcgonagoll's steely gaze still fixed intently on all their faces.
"Sounds like an eventful detention," Remus smiled mildly. "Next time you beat up Slytherins, try not to get caught, you might find life easier."
"Of course, Remus, seeing as I was just calling out to Mcgonagoll to find us," Kira replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm. He smiled.
"Well, at least he can't blackmail you anymore," Sirius said, sliding into the armchair behind Kira, who leant against him.
"And now you're free to come with us on our next prank!" James cried, his eyes lighting up as he looked away from the chess game. "It'll be the five of us again. Like it used to be," he grinned.
"Do you never think of anything but pranks?" Faith asked, smiling.
"Haven't you learnt yet?" Remus said. "Prongs here has a three track mind: pranks, Quidditch and you."
"I feel so touched," Faith grinned.
"Hey!" James cried. "I liked that bishop!"
"Sorry," Faith muttered, trying to stifle a laugh. "I guess I will always beat you. Fact of life. You should be used to it by now."
"You blatantly cheated. I want a rematch," James humphed. Faith laughed.
"You are too cute," she said, brushing the chess aside and sitting on his lap.
"Thank you," James smiled, the game forgotten.
"Three track mind," Remus repeated rolling his eyes at the two couples.
THE END
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