Gah! This is the second fanfic chapter I've done within the space of two
hours.... must sleep soon....
Anyway.
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Remus hurried down the corridor towards the front doors, on his way to his Herbology lesson. He was trying to cram one of his larger books into his book bag when he was pushed onto the wall, given a large kiss and then released to see Sirius's grinning face. Remus turned bright red and looked around quickly to see if anyone had spotted that. Thankfully, no eyes were turned their way.
'Sirius, what do you think you're doing?' Remus asked, but with a trace of a grin flitting across his face. Sirius shrugged.
'Displaying my affections?' Sirius smiled innocently. Remus rolled his eyes and dragged Sirius by his arm through the corridor. He bumped into someone and muttered 'sorry' absentmindedly. Then he noticed who it was.
Ryanne Asher. And she looked like she could have shot sparks out of her eyes.
'Come on, Sirius, come on, hurry up!' Remus urged quietly. He pulled Sirius out to the greenhouses, where they met up with James.
'What's up, Moony? You look anxious,' James asked as they entered the greenhouse.
'It was Ryanne. I saw her in the Entrance Hall ... and boy, she did NOT look pleased to see me.'
'Three guesses why, and the first two don't count,' Sirius interjected sarcastically.
'Shut up a moment, Padfoot,' James hissed.
'Shouldn't we tell a teacher about that group of Death Eaters?' Remus asked anxiously, checking to make sure nobody was listening to them. As the students had just started to learn how to tend to a teething Venomous Tentacula, most were very preoccupied with stopping the plants biting them with their vicious teeth and nobody was eavesdropping.
'I reckon we should, who wouldn't?' replied Sirius, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
'Don't you use your brain, you prat?' James asked Sirius. 'If we snitched on them, they'd be way angrier than they already are. And you know how they are ... it's all "Serve Voldemort forever or die." They'd kill us for sure! Especially Remus ... '
Remus shivered. Sirius laid a hand on his shoulder.
'But we need to report them ... think what they could do – '
'Boys! Get to work!' The Herbology teacher bustled over to them, and the three immediately began to work with their Venomous Tentacula.
Sirius flopped onto the couch in the Gryffindor common room. James followed suit, and Remus sank into an armchair. It was dinner time, so everybody was down in the Great Hall and the common room was empty.
'So what are we going to do about this?' Remus asked his two best friends.
'We're going to tell someone and we're going to do it now,' Sirius replied flatly.
'But Sirius – '
'Don't argue, James, somebody's got to know. Now let's go.' Sirius stood up and walked over to the portrait hole. James and Remus looked at each other defeatedly and got up to follow Sirius. They hurried down the corridors.
'Who are we going to tell?' Remus asked, walking quickly along behind Sirius. 'Won't they all be in dinner?'
'We're going to tell Dumbledore. If he's not there, we'll sit outside his office until he gets there.'
'Sirius – '
'James, stop protesting – '
'But Sirius!'
Sirius turned around. His eyes narrowed and he stepped automatically in front of Remus.
'What do you want?' James asked Ryanne aggressively. He too stepped in front of Remus. Ryanne looked back and forth between them, two dark-haired figures standing in front of the lighter-haired one.
'Fancy you can protect him from us?' She asked softly. 'Let me tell you something. You can never protect him. We'll get him, mark my words. It's a lifetime of service or death for us ... and you can guess which one he's getting. And if any of you even think about telling a teacher what we're up to ... you'll all meet the same fate as him,' she hissed venomously, pointing at Remus. Then, quite abruptly, she turned away and swept off down the corridor. Sirius, James and Remus stared after her.
James broke the silence.
'That was weird.'
***
'We're in a real mess now,' James commented. 'They'll know if we tell what they're up to. They'll try to get Remus anyway, and if we try and stop them they'll get us all.'
Once again, the three were sitting in the common room. They were supposed to be practicing Transfiguring a plant pot into a parrot for homework, though none had any idea as to why anyone would want to do such a thing. James waved his wand at his plant pot. It gave a loud squawk and sprouted a parrot beak.
Remus leaned his head back on his chair, closed his eyes and heaved a sigh. 'I just wish we had some option ... ' He rubbed his eyes.
'Moony, you're looking a bit pale ... you feeling all right?' James asked.
'Full moon tomorrow night,' Sirius supplied, pointing out the window to the moon, which had just a tiny sliver cut off of the side.
'Oh yeah,' said James, realisation dawning on his face. 'Well, at least they can't get us tomorrow night.'
'Yeah ... ' Remus sighed. 'They can't get us when we're all animals ... ' Thinking about the next night when they'd all be running around the grounds in their Animagus forms (or werewolf form, in Remus's case), Remus absentmindedly waved his wand in the air. A jet of sparks flew from it and hit Sirius. Suddenly a pair of black dog ears sprouted right out of Sirius's hair. He didn't notice. Remus raised his eyebrows and immediately hid his wand.
Sirius reached up to scratch his head to find that there were dog ears sticking out of it. He immediately glared at James.
'What?' asked James, looking guilty as always even though he really didn't do anything this time. Sirius rolled his eyes, then waved his own wand. A jet of sparks flew from it and hit James. A large pair of antlers appeared on James's head.
'Guys, stop fooling around,' Remus insisted. 'We need to figure out what we're going to do!'
'Okay, okay,' Sirius sighed. He waved his wand and both the dog ears and the antlers disappeared. 'I say, after the full moon, we tell Dumbledore what's going on no matter what the risks are.'
'Sounds like a plan,' said James with a smile. 'Agreed?'
'Agreed,' The other two chorused.
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Sort of short. Anyway the next one should...WILL...be more interesting. ^_^ Please review!!!
Anyway.
Thanks for the reviews, I hope you like this chapter!!
If you have any suggestions, complaints, criticism (possibly even compliments!) please review and tell me! I always like to hear it. :-)
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Remus hurried down the corridor towards the front doors, on his way to his Herbology lesson. He was trying to cram one of his larger books into his book bag when he was pushed onto the wall, given a large kiss and then released to see Sirius's grinning face. Remus turned bright red and looked around quickly to see if anyone had spotted that. Thankfully, no eyes were turned their way.
'Sirius, what do you think you're doing?' Remus asked, but with a trace of a grin flitting across his face. Sirius shrugged.
'Displaying my affections?' Sirius smiled innocently. Remus rolled his eyes and dragged Sirius by his arm through the corridor. He bumped into someone and muttered 'sorry' absentmindedly. Then he noticed who it was.
Ryanne Asher. And she looked like she could have shot sparks out of her eyes.
'Come on, Sirius, come on, hurry up!' Remus urged quietly. He pulled Sirius out to the greenhouses, where they met up with James.
'What's up, Moony? You look anxious,' James asked as they entered the greenhouse.
'It was Ryanne. I saw her in the Entrance Hall ... and boy, she did NOT look pleased to see me.'
'Three guesses why, and the first two don't count,' Sirius interjected sarcastically.
'Shut up a moment, Padfoot,' James hissed.
'Shouldn't we tell a teacher about that group of Death Eaters?' Remus asked anxiously, checking to make sure nobody was listening to them. As the students had just started to learn how to tend to a teething Venomous Tentacula, most were very preoccupied with stopping the plants biting them with their vicious teeth and nobody was eavesdropping.
'I reckon we should, who wouldn't?' replied Sirius, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
'Don't you use your brain, you prat?' James asked Sirius. 'If we snitched on them, they'd be way angrier than they already are. And you know how they are ... it's all "Serve Voldemort forever or die." They'd kill us for sure! Especially Remus ... '
Remus shivered. Sirius laid a hand on his shoulder.
'But we need to report them ... think what they could do – '
'Boys! Get to work!' The Herbology teacher bustled over to them, and the three immediately began to work with their Venomous Tentacula.
Sirius flopped onto the couch in the Gryffindor common room. James followed suit, and Remus sank into an armchair. It was dinner time, so everybody was down in the Great Hall and the common room was empty.
'So what are we going to do about this?' Remus asked his two best friends.
'We're going to tell someone and we're going to do it now,' Sirius replied flatly.
'But Sirius – '
'Don't argue, James, somebody's got to know. Now let's go.' Sirius stood up and walked over to the portrait hole. James and Remus looked at each other defeatedly and got up to follow Sirius. They hurried down the corridors.
'Who are we going to tell?' Remus asked, walking quickly along behind Sirius. 'Won't they all be in dinner?'
'We're going to tell Dumbledore. If he's not there, we'll sit outside his office until he gets there.'
'Sirius – '
'James, stop protesting – '
'But Sirius!'
Sirius turned around. His eyes narrowed and he stepped automatically in front of Remus.
'What do you want?' James asked Ryanne aggressively. He too stepped in front of Remus. Ryanne looked back and forth between them, two dark-haired figures standing in front of the lighter-haired one.
'Fancy you can protect him from us?' She asked softly. 'Let me tell you something. You can never protect him. We'll get him, mark my words. It's a lifetime of service or death for us ... and you can guess which one he's getting. And if any of you even think about telling a teacher what we're up to ... you'll all meet the same fate as him,' she hissed venomously, pointing at Remus. Then, quite abruptly, she turned away and swept off down the corridor. Sirius, James and Remus stared after her.
James broke the silence.
'That was weird.'
***
'We're in a real mess now,' James commented. 'They'll know if we tell what they're up to. They'll try to get Remus anyway, and if we try and stop them they'll get us all.'
Once again, the three were sitting in the common room. They were supposed to be practicing Transfiguring a plant pot into a parrot for homework, though none had any idea as to why anyone would want to do such a thing. James waved his wand at his plant pot. It gave a loud squawk and sprouted a parrot beak.
Remus leaned his head back on his chair, closed his eyes and heaved a sigh. 'I just wish we had some option ... ' He rubbed his eyes.
'Moony, you're looking a bit pale ... you feeling all right?' James asked.
'Full moon tomorrow night,' Sirius supplied, pointing out the window to the moon, which had just a tiny sliver cut off of the side.
'Oh yeah,' said James, realisation dawning on his face. 'Well, at least they can't get us tomorrow night.'
'Yeah ... ' Remus sighed. 'They can't get us when we're all animals ... ' Thinking about the next night when they'd all be running around the grounds in their Animagus forms (or werewolf form, in Remus's case), Remus absentmindedly waved his wand in the air. A jet of sparks flew from it and hit Sirius. Suddenly a pair of black dog ears sprouted right out of Sirius's hair. He didn't notice. Remus raised his eyebrows and immediately hid his wand.
Sirius reached up to scratch his head to find that there were dog ears sticking out of it. He immediately glared at James.
'What?' asked James, looking guilty as always even though he really didn't do anything this time. Sirius rolled his eyes, then waved his own wand. A jet of sparks flew from it and hit James. A large pair of antlers appeared on James's head.
'Guys, stop fooling around,' Remus insisted. 'We need to figure out what we're going to do!'
'Okay, okay,' Sirius sighed. He waved his wand and both the dog ears and the antlers disappeared. 'I say, after the full moon, we tell Dumbledore what's going on no matter what the risks are.'
'Sounds like a plan,' said James with a smile. 'Agreed?'
'Agreed,' The other two chorused.
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Sort of short. Anyway the next one should...WILL...be more interesting. ^_^ Please review!!!