Spirit of the Stars
By IsisFireDancer
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, blah blah blah. How is everyone? How's life? Sorry, random questions. I'm babbling. Do I care? No. I'm pissed off with the weather. Bloody storms a couple of days ago and unbearable heat now??? I give up. A note about updates: I will have to stop updating everyday from now on. Also, I will not be able to update any of my stories after the date 30th July until approx. the 8th August as I am going to Wales with my friend on a walking holiday (hopefully we will be able to stop at a few standing stone sites too! I loved Stonehenge when I went! If possible I'd like to visit Cerrig Duon and the Maen Mawr-especially on Lammas!). I also apologise for the crapness of the last chapter! I know you all have the right to kill me as I didn't update on Saturday but I'm going to give you TWO CHAPTERS worth of text instead!!! Generosity! Bribes! Enjoy...
CHAPTER 5: Prelude
REMUS POV
The rest of that week after we had sorted things out was spent with me getting an introduction to Hogwarts via Sirius, James and Peter. They showed me the secret passages they knew and the merits of having an Invisibility Cloak when you were feeling hungry in the middle of the night.
I had also experienced double Potions with the Slytherins (which was improved considerably when Sirius 'accidentally' knocked his Shrinking solution over Snape and Malfoy. I had to stop Sirius from standing on the tiny twosome, which was quite a task!) and Divination with Maria Trelawney [AN: Sybil Trelawney's grandmother!].
Now it was the day of the full moon, the time of every month that I dreaded. I was exhausted, as I hadn't slept at all. I remembered what I was to do and when to make my excuses. How I loathed this period of time.
I tried to make my appearance a little more presentable, failing miserably and causing myself to look even tired for worrying about how I looked. Well everyone would have to get used to the tired and moody Remus Lupin.
I sighed and looked at the time. It was my official job to wake everyone because I was always up first. I smiled. Time to have some fun! At least that would take my mind from the events of this evening.
I tiptoed round each bed, murmuring the appropriate spell and then sitting in my usual position on the window seat. I smirked to myself. A flick of a wand later...
Three buckets of fluorescent Madam Mimi's Magical Dye had fallen on the heads of the other boys in the dorm. Apart from being making anything it touched a little more... colourful, it was incredibly cold. Now imagine the surprise Sirius, Peter and James got to be soaked in an unknown substance that was freezing cold. Then they would sit up to be confronted with a mirror.
I sat on the window seat, rocking with hysterical laughter. James was frozen in a state of perpetual shock, Peter was gaping at the mirror and Sirius looked like he was about to explode.
"REMUS LUPIN!!!! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!" yelled the now pink Sirius.
Time for me to leave. I got up, sprinting out of the door at the end of the room and still laughing like a madman. Pink Sirius chased me round the Common Room several times before I ran back into the dorm.
This time, I only just had time to grab my bag before I was chased by Orange James, Green Peter as well as Pink Sirius. However, my little trick has succeeded and I was VERY happy with myself.
I decided that some bargaining was in order. I stopped abruptly, spinning out of the way as my hunters came to a sudden stop, crashing into each other and creating a large pile on the floor.
"Would you like me to take the spell off you?" I asked in a butter- wouldn't-melt-in-my-mouth voice.
"YES!!!" came a chorus from the entangled fluorescent heap in front of me. "And hurry up about it! We're going to be late!" said the voice of Pink Sirius from somewhere within the pile.
"There's no chance of that!" I said sweetly, smiling. There was a confused silence. I love pranks!
"What do you mean?" asked a newly untangled Orange James suspiciously. "You always wake us up so as we have just enough time to get dressed and ready."
"It appears that my watch did something incredibly strange last night and turned itself forwards by a small amount. Therefore you're all up nice and early."
"I should have thought as much," said Green Peter. "Just how many minutes forwards did your watch 'accidentally' turn itself?"
"Uh... Not long really. Just... three or so..." I never finished my sentence.
"Only THREE minutes early? We're still going to be late then! We've spent over ten minutes chasing you." At this point Sirius glared at me.
"Let me finish my sentence!" I said, effectively silencing my multi- coloured friends. I was very tempted to start laughing. "We're up just three HOURS early."
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" yelled Sirius. This time, I was too slow and Sirius succeeded in dragging me to the floor.
"What on Earth are you doing down here?" asked a very sleepy Lily, who had appeared on the staircase from the girls dorm. She took one look at the whole scene, turned round and ran back up the stairs. James looked on in horror.
"Lupin, you are going to DIE!" he yelled, joining in the scrum to kill me.
The process of killing me was interrupted by the sound of a pack of girls laughing hysterically from the stairs. We all stopped to look at the girls. Lily had brought her friends. Soon, the giggling girls had woken up almost all of Gryffindor, but no one seemed to mind after seeing the sight of Pink Sirius, Green Peter and Orange James.
The three were forced to flee back to the safety of their dorm and attempt to remove the colour from themselves. I smiled and watched them go back up the stairs. I grabbed my bag; the fun hadn't ended yet. Lily met me at the foot of the stairs.
"Well done Remus," she said, smiling at me. "Those three really needed to be brought down to their own level. It was nice to see Potter having a taste of his own medicine!" She smiled at me once more and turned back to her dorm.
I thought about Lily's words as I entered our dorm. I thought she was being a bit harsh. My attention soon returned to the three fluorescent boys muttering death threats at me. Hmmm. I was going to enjoy this...
"Uhh... I have some bad news: you can't remove the dye." The room suddenly went quiet as a cemetery. My cemetery, I thought. "BUT!" I said, saving myself from an attack just in time. "It will wear off in a while."
"How long, Lupin?" growled Sirius sounding remarkably like a dog (;-p).
"Um... The whole effect should be gone by this time tonight," I said quickly, hiding behind my bed as soon as I had spoken.
"WE HAVE TO STAY LIKE THIS ALL DAY?" all three of them yelled in unison. I had to bite back a smile.
"Hey! I have to have some light relief today!" I said, regretting my words as soon as I had spoken them. I was mentally slapping myself. Great way to ruin your fun, Lupin!
"What are you on about? You sound as if it's you're last day with the living!" exclaimed Sirius, puzzled.
"Uh... Nothing! I've gone insane! Ignore me! Got to go! Uh... Breakfast! Yeah, I could do with some food... or something... Anyway, bye!" I hurried out of the room and left the tower, wandering the corridors for a while, before deciding to go to the kitchens and get some food.
AN: What do you all think??? Hahaha! Remus has some fun, but nearly blows his secret! Next time: The Full Moon!!! What will happen??? REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!! Cake is still up for grabs! Thanks to my NEW reviewers HappyDappyDrunk, Alice Dodgson and squiddie03. You have cake! Also a huge piece of cake and my eternal thanks go to the ever-faithful AffectedMangoO. Take care and have fun!
By IsisFireDancer
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, blah blah blah. How is everyone? How's life? Sorry, random questions. I'm babbling. Do I care? No. I'm pissed off with the weather. Bloody storms a couple of days ago and unbearable heat now??? I give up. A note about updates: I will have to stop updating everyday from now on. Also, I will not be able to update any of my stories after the date 30th July until approx. the 8th August as I am going to Wales with my friend on a walking holiday (hopefully we will be able to stop at a few standing stone sites too! I loved Stonehenge when I went! If possible I'd like to visit Cerrig Duon and the Maen Mawr-especially on Lammas!). I also apologise for the crapness of the last chapter! I know you all have the right to kill me as I didn't update on Saturday but I'm going to give you TWO CHAPTERS worth of text instead!!! Generosity! Bribes! Enjoy...
CHAPTER 5: Prelude
REMUS POV
The rest of that week after we had sorted things out was spent with me getting an introduction to Hogwarts via Sirius, James and Peter. They showed me the secret passages they knew and the merits of having an Invisibility Cloak when you were feeling hungry in the middle of the night.
I had also experienced double Potions with the Slytherins (which was improved considerably when Sirius 'accidentally' knocked his Shrinking solution over Snape and Malfoy. I had to stop Sirius from standing on the tiny twosome, which was quite a task!) and Divination with Maria Trelawney [AN: Sybil Trelawney's grandmother!].
Now it was the day of the full moon, the time of every month that I dreaded. I was exhausted, as I hadn't slept at all. I remembered what I was to do and when to make my excuses. How I loathed this period of time.
I tried to make my appearance a little more presentable, failing miserably and causing myself to look even tired for worrying about how I looked. Well everyone would have to get used to the tired and moody Remus Lupin.
I sighed and looked at the time. It was my official job to wake everyone because I was always up first. I smiled. Time to have some fun! At least that would take my mind from the events of this evening.
I tiptoed round each bed, murmuring the appropriate spell and then sitting in my usual position on the window seat. I smirked to myself. A flick of a wand later...
Three buckets of fluorescent Madam Mimi's Magical Dye had fallen on the heads of the other boys in the dorm. Apart from being making anything it touched a little more... colourful, it was incredibly cold. Now imagine the surprise Sirius, Peter and James got to be soaked in an unknown substance that was freezing cold. Then they would sit up to be confronted with a mirror.
I sat on the window seat, rocking with hysterical laughter. James was frozen in a state of perpetual shock, Peter was gaping at the mirror and Sirius looked like he was about to explode.
"REMUS LUPIN!!!! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!!!!!" yelled the now pink Sirius.
Time for me to leave. I got up, sprinting out of the door at the end of the room and still laughing like a madman. Pink Sirius chased me round the Common Room several times before I ran back into the dorm.
This time, I only just had time to grab my bag before I was chased by Orange James, Green Peter as well as Pink Sirius. However, my little trick has succeeded and I was VERY happy with myself.
I decided that some bargaining was in order. I stopped abruptly, spinning out of the way as my hunters came to a sudden stop, crashing into each other and creating a large pile on the floor.
"Would you like me to take the spell off you?" I asked in a butter- wouldn't-melt-in-my-mouth voice.
"YES!!!" came a chorus from the entangled fluorescent heap in front of me. "And hurry up about it! We're going to be late!" said the voice of Pink Sirius from somewhere within the pile.
"There's no chance of that!" I said sweetly, smiling. There was a confused silence. I love pranks!
"What do you mean?" asked a newly untangled Orange James suspiciously. "You always wake us up so as we have just enough time to get dressed and ready."
"It appears that my watch did something incredibly strange last night and turned itself forwards by a small amount. Therefore you're all up nice and early."
"I should have thought as much," said Green Peter. "Just how many minutes forwards did your watch 'accidentally' turn itself?"
"Uh... Not long really. Just... three or so..." I never finished my sentence.
"Only THREE minutes early? We're still going to be late then! We've spent over ten minutes chasing you." At this point Sirius glared at me.
"Let me finish my sentence!" I said, effectively silencing my multi- coloured friends. I was very tempted to start laughing. "We're up just three HOURS early."
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" yelled Sirius. This time, I was too slow and Sirius succeeded in dragging me to the floor.
"What on Earth are you doing down here?" asked a very sleepy Lily, who had appeared on the staircase from the girls dorm. She took one look at the whole scene, turned round and ran back up the stairs. James looked on in horror.
"Lupin, you are going to DIE!" he yelled, joining in the scrum to kill me.
The process of killing me was interrupted by the sound of a pack of girls laughing hysterically from the stairs. We all stopped to look at the girls. Lily had brought her friends. Soon, the giggling girls had woken up almost all of Gryffindor, but no one seemed to mind after seeing the sight of Pink Sirius, Green Peter and Orange James.
The three were forced to flee back to the safety of their dorm and attempt to remove the colour from themselves. I smiled and watched them go back up the stairs. I grabbed my bag; the fun hadn't ended yet. Lily met me at the foot of the stairs.
"Well done Remus," she said, smiling at me. "Those three really needed to be brought down to their own level. It was nice to see Potter having a taste of his own medicine!" She smiled at me once more and turned back to her dorm.
I thought about Lily's words as I entered our dorm. I thought she was being a bit harsh. My attention soon returned to the three fluorescent boys muttering death threats at me. Hmmm. I was going to enjoy this...
"Uhh... I have some bad news: you can't remove the dye." The room suddenly went quiet as a cemetery. My cemetery, I thought. "BUT!" I said, saving myself from an attack just in time. "It will wear off in a while."
"How long, Lupin?" growled Sirius sounding remarkably like a dog (;-p).
"Um... The whole effect should be gone by this time tonight," I said quickly, hiding behind my bed as soon as I had spoken.
"WE HAVE TO STAY LIKE THIS ALL DAY?" all three of them yelled in unison. I had to bite back a smile.
"Hey! I have to have some light relief today!" I said, regretting my words as soon as I had spoken them. I was mentally slapping myself. Great way to ruin your fun, Lupin!
"What are you on about? You sound as if it's you're last day with the living!" exclaimed Sirius, puzzled.
"Uh... Nothing! I've gone insane! Ignore me! Got to go! Uh... Breakfast! Yeah, I could do with some food... or something... Anyway, bye!" I hurried out of the room and left the tower, wandering the corridors for a while, before deciding to go to the kitchens and get some food.
AN: What do you all think??? Hahaha! Remus has some fun, but nearly blows his secret! Next time: The Full Moon!!! What will happen??? REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!! Cake is still up for grabs! Thanks to my NEW reviewers HappyDappyDrunk, Alice Dodgson and squiddie03. You have cake! Also a huge piece of cake and my eternal thanks go to the ever-faithful AffectedMangoO. Take care and have fun!