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Sirius' POV
Malfoy smirked back at him. "Told you she could tell the difference between you and me."
Sirius punched him, throwing him to the ground.
"Oh this is bad, very bad," he heard Hermione saying frantically.
Both boys wrestled, rolling on the ground and throwing punches whenever they could. Lucius kicked Sirius in the shin and attempted to stand up. Lucius leaped to grab his wand from the floor, only to find Sirius kicking it away. Sirius jabbed the tip of his wand at his throat.
Hermione's POV
"Sirius, STOP IT," she yelled at him, trying to yank him off Lucius. Sirius gently pushed Hermione aside and stepped back. His eyes glittered dangerously as he struggled to not kill Lucius.
"If you lay your filthy hands on her, I'll kill you," he sneered, keeping his wand pointed steadily at Lucius.
Hermione stepped between them, facing Sirius. "Please stop it."
Sirius looked doubtfully at her and lowered his wand.
She turned to Lucius who said, "Come on we'll take a carriage together, Severus will be waiting for me."
"She's coming with me," Sirius sneered, tightening his grip over his wand. His hand grasped hers and he started to drag her away.
"WHAT THE HELL?" said Hermione. On the other hand, she didn't want to be imprisoned in a carriage with Snape and Malfoy… she'll be having nightmares for years to come. She took hold of the side of the building for support and called out to Lucius, "I'll see you later." Hermione didn't have a chance to hear his response since Sirius was now pulling her with two hands.
"Will you please walk?!" Sirius howled at her, his face darkening, "OR will I have to carry you?"
She started to run up with him, to keep up with his pace.
Hermione nearly fell backwards when Sirius suddenly turned around, "HIM?" Everyone who was gathered outside watched the two of them. Sirius began to stampede down to the carriages.
After two minutes, she reached the carriage he had saved for them, panting.
He lifted her into the carriage and sat opposite from her.
"I can't believe you!" he said in an exasperated tone. "A SLYTHERIN!"
"So," she said casually, not expecting him to have the same reaction like Harry and Ron. He had a right to be upset. Even she was angry with her actions.
"SO? ARE YOU NUTS?" he shrieked, hitting his head. He sat there, screaming about the outrageousness of kissing Malfoy. He didn't even bother to worry about the river of blood that was flowing from his nose.
She took a napkin from her bag, "Shut up."
"What?" Sirius responded, standing up in fury but falling back to his seat.
She leaned across to put some pressure on his nose. "You'll have to put some ice," she said, gently touching his cheek where it was slightly black. His hand reached out for hers, shocking her. They both looked at each other.
The carriage jerked forward and Hermione fell on top of Sirius's lap.
"Why are you going out with him," he asked weakly, gazing down at her.
"You'd better take care of your nose," she said, handing him another napkin. "I can date who I want."
She moved to the end of the same bench as Sirius, gazing at the line of carriages behind them. Gripping the seat's arm rest, she forced herself not to cry.
The rest of the ride was uneventful and they both decided silence was best. When their ride came to an end, Sirius was the first to leave.
She stared at his retreating back, knowing that she would have a difficult time parting with him when the time came.
The next morning, Hermione prepared herself for her first encounter with Sirius at breakfast. Lily had woken up earlier and was sitting further down the table. Hermione wasn't sure if she was happy or disappointed in finding Sirius' seat empty. Remus, Peter and James were in a heated discussion and to her dismay stopped speaking when they saw her approaching.
"Good morning," she said to them, sitting near James. They all muttered back. Remus seemed to smile at her hesitantly, which she found odd… he usually was quite very open around her. Then again, Sirius had probably informed them about Lucius. James coughed, catching her attention, "Do you really like him?"
"Somewhat," she said as convincible as possible, "Listen I know Lucius is a son of a bitch who has a fork up his arse. I have dealt with people very much associated with him. You just have to trust me on this… there are some benefits from going out with him."
"BENEFITS??!" Remus screamed, making heads turn to the Gryffindor table. There weren't many days that the quiet and clever Remus Lupin would raise his tone.
Sirius had not the slightest clue about the conversation when he joined them a few minutes later.
"Morning Sirius," she said cheerfully.
Sirius completely ignored her and asked for the pancakes.
A few minutes after she had abandoned all hopes that he would speak, he said, "Shouldn't you be with the Slytherins?"
She analyzed her food which she hadn't bothered to eat.
"Fine," Hermione said, standing up, "If that's how you feel."
"What's going on here?" Lily asked politely.
"Hermione?" said Lily worryingly.
"This is going too far," Hermione said to her before leaving the room.
Later in the afternoon, Hermione sat near Lily in the DADA room.
"Now students," exclaimed Professor Ludwig, "As I explained a few classes ago, you have a project for this class. I suggest that you begin working outside of class also if you expect to outwit the other teams. Since you already know who your partners are, I will give you the rest of the class to begin. You may start."
Hermione groaned, "My day seems to be getting worst by the second."
"Relax," said Lily, "In a few days everything will go back to normal." She picked up her things and approached James.
Sirius sat stubbornly at his seat, unmistakably waiting for her to come. She moved to his desk and slouched against a nearby seat. Lucius kissed her rapidly on the cheek and joined Snape. Sirius' hand seemed to have twitched for a second in order to curse Lucius. Or maybe she was seeing things. She settled on the latter since Sirius wasn't ready to speak to her.
"So, when do we meet?" she asked.
A pause of silence. He shrugged, mumbling, "Whenever." Another pause of silence. The entire class was practicing, even James and Lily…even though Lily looked murderous with her wand directed at James. Hermione sighed, returning her gaze to Sirius who hadn't moved.
"Wow, we're working wonders here," she said sarcastically, tapping her wand on the table. Of course, this was followed by MORE silence.
"Will you please talk?" Hermione roared.
"Let's practice," he stood up, walking a few meters away and positioning his wand at her.
Rather than waiting for her to position herself, he yelled, " Impedimenta."
Hermione flew backwards and was hit by several chairs while she slid across the floor. She aimed her wand at Sirius, "Stupefy."
He narrowly missed the spell, "Is that all you can do?" He sent a swarming sea of spiders after her.
"Diffindo," she screamed, killing half of them effortlessly. A hard object hit his hand causing him to lose control of the spell. The rest of the spiders disappeared.
The entire class ceased what they were doing to watch Sirius and Hermione. Remus elbowed James, "I think Sirius has found his match."
Hermione yelled another curse which made Sirius rotate several times in his spot.
"I'd say she's better than him," Lily said, admiring Hermione's talent.
Hermione walked towards a disgruntled Sirius who lay on the floor. He directed his wand towards her, "Expell-,"
Hermione finished her words in advance, "Petrificus Totalus." Sirius fell stiffly on the floor.
"Good work, Hermione," Lucius said, proud to be associated with her, "Only wish you could have finished him off."
Snape examined Sirius. He looked up at Hermione smirking, "Impressive. Very impressive." Some of the other Slytherins nodded in agreement. There were also the girls who sent Hermione nasty looks and glanced over at Sirius troublingly as if he was dead.
"Now, now," Professor Ludwig said, "Finite Incantatem."
Sirius started to move, glaring solely at Hermione.
"You're very lucky Mr. Black to have such an exceptional partner. Did you learn that at Durmstrang, Ms. Madison?" Ludwig asked.
Hermione smiled sweetly, "No, on my spare time."
Lucius looked as if he was going to ask Hermione to marry him at that instant. Severus observed Hermione similarly… it was odd to find a beautiful girl who was intelligent and taught herself curses on her spare time.
"Alright students, that will be all," Ludwig said, walking away muttering about what had recently occurred.
In the evening, Hermione entered the Gryffindor common room and saw Remus and Sirius playing wizard chess. She grinned to herself, it reminded her so much of Harry and Ron. Peter was watching them while James and Lily were working on their DADA project.
A loud crash was heard and Sirius said, "Fifth time in a row that I beat you!"
Remus shook his head, changing seats. "No more for me."
"Oh play another game," Peter said. Remus shook his head and checked what James and Lily were doing.
"Can I play," Hermione asked, walking up to them.
"Oh I don't really feel up to it. If you don't mind," Sirius said hastily, sitting near Remus on the couch.
Her eyes widened. She had never felt more uncomfortable in her life. "No problem."
Hermione sat on the window sill and looked outside the window. Her head leaned against the chilly window. She wished that Dumbledore could find her a way back home. She wished she could be with Harry and Ron. Quite frankly, she wouldn't mind being locked up with Seamus and Lavender.
Meanwhile James told Sirius, "There will be a practice on Friday."
"I can't believe you guys!" Lily said, catching the Marauder's attention. "Can't you be nicer to her?"
"She's going out with Lucius, didn't you hear?" Remus said while he was reading a book.
"So this is what all it's about," Lily said, finally understanding. "That's ridiculous!"
"Malfoy," James pronounced clearly.
"Yes? And so you're just going to alienate her?" Lily said. All of them stared back at Lily with blank expressions. Lily shook her head, "She comes here. A total different place. You guys are her first friends, if you didn't realize it. She's missing her home… and you just had to make her feel worst!"
James, Remus and Peter started to realize what they had been doing. Sirius was the only one who didn't want to accept it. He didn't like the notion of Hermione dating Lucius.
Lily left them and went to talk with Hermione
"We still haven't figured out how I'm going to get past the Slytherins after I get the password," Hermione said, smiling at Lily.
"Easy," Lily said, "Polyjuice Potion."
"That takes one month," said Hermione, already giving up with the plan.
"No, I saved some when we made it in class," Lily whispered, noticing that the Marauders were suspicious as to what they were talking about.
"The only other thing we need is the Verisaterum," said Hermione, "I'll take care of that." Lily nodded in approval. Hermione picked up her bag which was near her feet and left.
Hermione returned to the nearly empty Gryffindor common room at eleven in the evening. Seeing no one she knew, she flopped down on the couch. About fifteen minutes later, she watched as a furious Lily entered the room with James following behind her.
"Lily, I'm really sorry!" James apologized to her.
She slapped him in her rage, "DON'T YOU EVER TALK TO ME JAMES POTTER. YOU STUPID PIG." She stalked up the stairs to the girls' dormitories.
James stood there looking at the stairs for five minutes before he saw Hermione on the couch. She moved over and patted the seat for him to come. He took the invitation and collapsed on the couch.
"What happened?" Hermione asked him.
"We were practicing for DADA in a classroom because the Gryffindor common room was crowded and she said that she wanted to return back here to finish some stupid assignment which is due in like what… TWO WEEKS! So I said that she should stop being a hermit and get out some more… you know, be more normal! I only meant it as a joke," James said rapidly in one breath.
"Ouch," Hermione said, knowing that the comment was hurtful because it was the same accusations she had heard from Ron. "That's not bad, what was the slap for?"
"Exactly! I don't know! ," he said sheepishly, "Well… it might have something… well cause you see…then I -."
He seemed to be having a difficult time saying it. "Yes?" Hermione asked expectantly.
"I … I…. I kissed her," James said quietly, realizing what he had just said.
"There you go," Hermione said, "You accuse her of being a hermit. Of being
abnormal. Then you kissed her against her will probably."
James looked at her for some encouragement in his situation.
"You're doomed," said Hermione. James put his head in his hands in desperation.
"I could talk to her… maybe in a few days after she cools off," Hermione said, wrapping an arm around him to make him feel better.
"Thanks," he said, hugging her, "But I am doomed."
"I'll see what I can do," she said, smiling. "Don't lose sleep over it!" She kissed him on the cheek to wish him goodnight and ran up the stairs to the girls' dormitory.
Sirius' POV
A few nights after, Sirius supported James to his bed.
"Are you sure that you can handle the team," James asked, laying his head against his pillow.
"Definitely, besides you're in no shape to fly," Sirius said, seizing his broom.
James jerked up from his bed, "WAIT!"
Sirius stopped from exiting the room. This was the last time he was ever going to Hogesmeade to cheer up James over a girl. James stumbled on his own feet while running to him, "I need to tell Lily I'm sorry"
"That's nice mate, put on some clothes first and get some sleep," Sirius said amusingly.
"My pants are on," James said, pushing his way to the door.
Sirius looked down at James' navy boxers. "No they're not."
James observed his legs, "I could have sworn they were just here!" He roamed the room, calling for his pants.
Sirius sighed, tugging James to his bed. "How the hell do you expect to woo the girl when you're doing some sort of Riverdance stunt." He threw the blankets over James legs.
"But I need to talk to her!" James yelled.
"Yes, but you can't walk," Sirius said, starting to get frustrated.
James nodded furtively at him like a child and he glimpsed down at the blanket covering him. "They've taken my legs too!"
"Yes they have," Sirius said, playing along.
James swore. "Now, you'll have to tell Lily that I'm sooooo sorry!"
"Yes, I will," Sirius said. "Now sleep!"
James nodded and magically dozed off.
At ten thirty (three hours later), Sirius returned to the Gryffindor common room from the Quidditch fields. What he saw on the couch, completely threw him off guard. He felt a pinch of jealousy as he saw one of his friends kiss Hermione. She waved her hands in frustration, trying to get him off. All Sirius could do, was laugh.
If anyone is reading this… I have put the rating higher… to R… I took out one f-word in this chapter. Do you think ff.net allows f-words in the R-rated chapters b/c I really have noooooooooooo freakin idea what they want.
I'm really sorry if there are mistakes… some chapters are the ones corrected by my beta reader… and others aren't (I'm not quite sure). I need to upload whatever I have…