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Hi again. I was bored with working on my Science project so I decided to write another update. And omg I have another reviewer!
Tarheelsrule01: Thanks! I like the part with Molly too cause it says that her and Sirius were related in the 5th book by marriage and I was thinking that maybe Molly's father was Sirius's mother's brother or something. I could be totally wrong but that's life for you. We certainly sound alike. I love soccer but right now I'm going through some sorta crisis. If you wanna know about it look at the answer to Chelles's review in Chapter 4. Thanks again for reviewing!
Chelles: Thanks. I like that part too with Adam and Melissa. I was just thinking about it and it happens sometimes with me and my brother (Adam) too. How funny is that! (And disgusting). I probably should take my time writing and get back to the real world which I will do during the next four days. Eww the real world is so boring. Lol. Just kidding. Thanks for reviewing!
Anti-Sheep Cheese Muffin (love your pen name): Thanks for reviewing!! You've made my day! School is horrible, isn't it? This next week is going to be so stressful. Does my story really "kick ass" as you say? Lol. Thanks. There will be some Sirius/OC and Remus/OC in the future. And if I'm feeling generous maybe some Peter/OC. Thanks again for reviewing!!
Yo!! Here's the next chapter that I cooked up. Hope you all like it!
Chapter 6: The Howler
"No, it's that way!"
"No, I'm telling you we went up these stairs!"
"Both of you are wrong. She led us down this corridor."
"This is hopeless," James declared. Sirius, Remus, and Peter stopped bickering and looked at him. It was the first day of classes and the boys were trying to get to breakfast but forgot the way down. "We're never going to find our way to the Great Hall with all of you arguing."
"Well, do you have an idea Sherlock?" Sirius asked irritably. He always got this way if he wasn't fed.
"Yeah, I do. Why don't we just ask the portraits?" James inquired.
"That's a good idea," Remus decided. He looked towards Peter.
"Sounds like a plan to me," Peter agreed. He looked at Sirius.
Sirius grumbled but looked up and smirked at James. "Since when did you become so smart?"
"Ha ha," James faked a laugh. "Come on I'm starving."
They four of them walked up to a portrait of a thin lady drinking tea. "Excuse me miss?" Remus pardoned. "Would you be so kind as to direct us to the Great Hall?" he asked politely.
The lady looked startled and James realized that most students didn't talk to the portraits. She nodded. "If you go down four flights of stairs and walk down the left corridor you will arrive at the Great Hall," she told them brightly. "My name's Violet by the way."
"Such a pretty name," Sirius said laying the charm on thickly. James rolled his eyes. "Thank you ever so much. We have to go now or we'll miss breakfast. Nice meeting you."
The boys started walking for the stairs. "You can come visit me anytime," Violet called after them.
The four Gryffindor boys got to the Great Hall without much incident, except when Remus forgot to jump the third step from the bottom and got stuck. James and Peter helped him out while Sirius roared with laughter. The doors to the Great Hall were open so they walked right through them. There weren't that many people there so they figured they were early. James spotted the four other Gryffindor first years down the other end of the table and motioned for Sirius, Remus, and Peter to follow him. They all slid into seats across from them.
"Good morning!" Lily greeted energetically. Melissa looked nearly as excited as Lily did. Shannon and Kelly, on the other hand, were falling asleep in their breakfast.
"Morning," James responded. The boys helped themselves to all the food in their reach and began eating. "So how did you girls sleep?"
"We slept fine until Miss Sunshine over here decided to wake us up an hour before we needed to be up," Shannon mumbled pointing at Lily.
"I said I was sorry," Lily reminded her. "I was just so excited! I mean today we'll be doing magic. Magic!"
"I know exactly how you feel Lily," Melissa told her.
"I take it you two are muggleborns," Remus stated, buttering some toast.
"What?" the two girls asked simultaneously.
"Muggleborns. Magic people whose parents are non-magic people," Peter explained.
"Oh. Well, I guess we are muggleborns then," Lily admitted, sharing a glance with Melissa who shrugged and took a bite of her bacon. "Is that a bad thing?" Lily asked, looking worried.
"No, it's not bad at all," James reassured her, taking a sip of his pumpkin juice.
"You'll have to watch out though," Sirius pointed out gravely. "Some stupid people out there think that muggleborns shouldn't be allowed at Hogwarts." He sighed. "Like my family for instance."
Suddenly a loud noise filled the hall and several owls poured in from the rafters above. Melissa, Shannon, Peter, and James himself received letters from their owls. Unfortunately, so did Sirius. James, Peter, and Shannon gasped at what he held in his hands. Remus and Kelly's eyes widened. Melissa and Lily had confuses looks on their faces.
"What's th-," Melissa began to ask.
"You'll see," James cut her off. He turned to Sirius who had turned white. "Sirius, mate, just open it and get it over."
"I-I can't believe she found out already. And she sent me a Howler!" Sirius exclaimed panicking.
"I'm sure it will be fine," James lied, patting Sirius on the back.
"Famous last words," Sirius muttered. He went to open the envelope and everyone who knew what was going on braced themselves. "Here goes nothing," he said untying the red letter.
"SIRIUS ORION BLACK!" Everyone in the Great Hall turned to stare at him while Sirius slouched down.
"YOU GOT SORTED INTO GRYFFINDOR?!! HOW COULD YOU?! YOU ARE ALREADY A DISGRACE TO OUR FAMILY NAME AND YOU GO AND PULL A STUNT LIKE THIS! WHY, IF THE TWINS HADN'T TOLD US WE PROBABLY WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN. YOU'RE FATHER AND I ARE ABSOLUTLEY MORTIFIED. POOR REGULUS IS ASHAMED TO CALL YOU HIS BROTHER. I BET YOU THIS IS ALL THAT POTTER BOY'S FAULT!"
James knew he was going to get pulled into this somehow.
"DON'T EXPECT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT BECAUSE YOU WON'T BE RECEIVING ONE!!
With that the red envelope burst into flames in front of Sirius's gaunt face. James sighed and put his hand on Sirius's shoulder. All of their friends stared open mouth at him and so did the rest of the hall. James yelled, "What're you all looking at?! Get back to your breakfast! There's nothing to see here!"
The students, after seeing James' angry glare turned back to their meal and started whispering to their friends.
Sirius took a deep breath and his face broke into a smile. "That wasn't so bad. I've gotten much worse," he looked over to the Slytherin table. Two girls, one with blonde hair the other with black hair, sneered at him. "Bellatrix and Narcissa. I should have known."
"Who?" Melissa asked. She seemed concerned about Sirius from James' point of view.
Sirius turned back to look at her. "They're my cousins. Nasty little creatures. I wouldn't recommend getting on their bad side."
Everyone turned back to their breakfast. Soon Professor McGonagall came up to them. "Here are your timetables," she said handing each of them their own. "You're first class will start in 10 minutes so I think you should get a move one."
She left them to go give out more time tables. "Does everyone have Transfiguration first?" James asked. They all nodded. "Let's see it says here we have it with the Ravenclaws. It's on the second floor."
"Oh great. We're going to get lost again," Peter moaned.
"You guys got lost coming down here?" Shannon giggled and Peter glared at her.
"Oh sorry Miss I Have to Know Exactly Where I'm Going," Peter retorted.
Shannon laughed even harder. "Oh Peter, I've always told you that you have the worst comebacks."
The group laughed and Peter turned red. Lily saved Peter from more embarrassment. "Shouldn't we be going? The Professor said class started in ten minutes and we have to find it first."
They all nodded and picked up there bags and headed out the doors. On to our very first class, James said to himself. Here we go.
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~Melissa~