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Chapter 4 - Detention

Sirius sat alone in his room reading a book about charms. He didn't have anything to do and it seemed that reading would put his mind to rest for while.

After a few minutes, Remus, James and Peter enter the room. James tries to start a conversation with Sirius, but Sirius ignores him and gets out of the room without speaking to any of them.

"What do we have to do about him?" James asked.

"James, leave him alone for a while." Remus replied.

"Let's go to class. We have potions now." Peter said.

"Okay." James sighed. "You go ahead, I'll get my book and follow you."

Remus and Peter nodded and went to their Potions class. James opened his trunk and found his book. He went out to the common room and saw Sirius sitting there near the fireplace. James wanted to speak to him, but then he decided to leave him alone for a while, so he went to class.

Hours passed and Sirius remained silently seated near the fireplace. Finally, he got up and decided to go to McGonagall's office for his detention.

He knocked the door and entered.

"Good evening Professor." Sirius said.

"Good evening Mr. Black. Have a seat." McGonagall replies.

Sirius sits down at the desk on the first row. "Professor, I was wondering if I can change my room?"

"And may I ask why do you want to change it?"

"Er…" Sirius didn't know how to reply to this one. One part of him wanted to tell her all the truth about what actually happened to Snape, but the other part wanted him to keep his mouth shut.

"Alright, don't say anything if you don't want to. Because no room changing is allowed anyway." McGonagall said. "It is as same as the sorting. Once you get into a room, you're not allowed to change it."

Sirius sighed and nodded. "Alright." He said calmly.

"Now, back to your detention." McGonagall said and got up. She took a thin book, parchments, inkbottle and a quill out of the drawer and gave to Sirius. "This book is the History of Transfiguration. You will read the book and then write an essay about what you read."

"Do I have to?" Sirius whined. "Can't I do anything else?"

"No. You are going to read this book Mr. Black, and that is final." McGonagall gave him a stern look. Sirius decides to surrender as he doesn't have any other choice, and he starts reading the book.

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The three Marauders were sitting in the common room after their Potions class. They were whispering to each other as though they were planning something.

"How about dividing the houses between us?" James asked. "Each one of us would have a target house and we can jinx some students."

"I agree with that. It would be more organized and we'll get our desired detention." Remus said.

"But don't you think we will also cause losing more points?" Peter asked.

"Who cares?!" James and Remus said together.

"Listen Wormtail, if you are scared of the big mouths of the other Gryffindors you can stay here, but you won't be joining us in anything after we're finished with our detentions." James said.

"I guess I have no choice." Peter said.

"No, you have the choice. Come or stay." Remus said. "And I think James is right. If you choose to stay, you're out. We are doing this only for Padfoot. Do you think we like losing house points?"

"Alright, I'm coming." Peter said.

"That's the spirit!" James said. "Alright, I'm taking Ravenclaw, Moony you take Slytherins, Wormtail you take Hufflepuff. Gryffindors are not to be touched."

Remus and Peter nodded and they took out their wands. They all left the common room and headed to the corridors.

"Remember, as we are not in class right now, only McGonagall can give us detention as she is the head of our house." Remus said. "If any teacher sees you and gives you detention, you have the right to correct them. But don't jinx a teacher!"

"Okay, enough talking." James said. "It's time for action!"

They got separated and each one of them headed to a bunch of students. James saw a Ravenclaw first year boy walking alone and a smile formed on his face.

"Gotcha!" James muttered and headed to the boy. He stood in front of him and pointed his wand at the first year. "Furnunculus!"

Boils started to break out of the first year's face. The boy screamed in horror and ran away.

James sighed. "Sorry kid. I had to do that." He whispered to himself and continued his way to find another victim.

Remus saw three second year Slytherins gathered in a corner and walked to them. They straightened up when they saw him approaching.

"What do you want?" one of them said.

"I was just passing by." Remus replied. "Have the rules been changed about walking in the corridors?"

"You're a Gryffindor. And one of your friends tried to kill our housemate." The other boy said.

"Oh really? How sweet." Remus said, making sure to add sarcasm to his voice. He pointed his wand at the three as they took out their own.

"Expelliarmus!" Remus shouted. The wands of the three boys flew out of their hands.

"How… how did you do that?" one of them asked.

"That's none of your business." Remus said and pointed his wand at one of them. "Petrificus totalus!"

The first boy fell to the ground, and the other two stared at him in horror. One of the other two ran to get his wand but Remus stunned him, then he turned to the third.

"Tarantallegra!" Remus shouted and the boy started to dance. Remus smiled and walked away.

"I wonder where are the other students? How are they supposed to tell the teachers if they don't see anything?" Remus asked himself as he continued searching for his own next victims.

Meanwhile, Peter was having hard time finding Hufflepuffs. It seemed like they have vanished from school. After a long walk, Wormtail saw a first year Hufflepuff girl coming out of the library with a book in her arms. He raised his wand and pointed it at her.

"Densaugeo!" he said and the girl's front teeth started to grow in size.

The girl stared at him in horror and touched her teeth, which were still growing without a stop.

"HELP!" she screamed. "Someone help!"

Peter turned back and walked away. At that moment another girl came out of the library.

"Oh my God!" she said and ran to the first year girl. She took out her wand and pointed it at her. "Finite Incantatem!"

The little girl's teeth stopped growing but they were now reaching her chest. Tears rolled on her cheeks as she cried.

"Don't worry, I think I can fix that. Reducio!" she said, pointing her wand at the girl's teeth.

The girl touched her teeth and they were back to normal. She stopped crying and smiled.

"Thank you." She said and hugged the older one.

"You're welcome. Who did this to you?"

"A fat boy. He was a Gryffindor. He left when you came."

"Alright, I'll take care of him. So, what's your name?"

"Jane."

"Nice to meet you Jane. I'm Christine."

"Aren't you the new girl in our house?" Jane asked and Christine nodded. "Wow! Nice to meet you too."

Christine smiled. "Let's go to our common room. I won't let you walk through the corridors alone today, as that boy might come back."

"Alright." Jane replied.

After taking Jane to their common room, Christine went to McGonagall's office. She knocked the door and entered.

"Excuse me professor." Christine said.

"May I help you Miss Williams?" McGonagall replied.

Christine saw Sirius sitting there writing something, so she walked closer to McGonagall and whispered in her ears.

"He did what?" McGonagall said. "Did you take her to the hospital wing."

Christine blushed and looked at the ground. "No. I managed to bring her teeth back to normal. She's fine now. I took her to our common room before coming here."

McGonagall smiled. "That's nice of you. And since no one has had the brains to use two simple charms against the tooth enlarging spell before, I give 20 points to Hufflepuff."

"Thank you professor." Christine smiled.

McGonagall smiled. "You can go to your common room now. I'll take care of the trouble maker."

"Yes professor." Christine said and turned to go out. She looked at Sirius at the moment he raise his face up from the parchment and stared at her wondering what she was doing here. Christine smiled at him and walked out.

"Mr. Black, you still have about 15 minutes. Make sure to finish your essay as soon as I return." McGonagall said.

"Yes professor." Sirius said.

As soon as McGonagall left the classroom Sirius cursed under his breath and continued writing. He finished at the same moment when McGonagall returned. James, Remus and Peter now followed her in.

"Can't you ever spend a day without causing trouble?" McGonagall looked at them angrily as she spoke. "Five days of detention starting today, and ten points from Gryffindor each. Sit down."

The three looked at Sirius as they sat down and smiled, but he ignored them. Sirius got up and gave the book and his essay to the teacher.

"You are free to go now Mr. Black." McGonagall said.

"See you tomorrow professor." Sirius said calmly and walked out. He went straight to his room.

Professor McGonagall gave Remus, James and Peter copies of the same book.

"Read it all and write an essay." She said and gave them quills and parchments.

"Let me clean the class but don't make me write an essay! Please professor?" James whined.

"Read the book Mr. Potter!" McGonagall said and sat at her desk. She took Sirius' essay and started to read it while the three Gryffindors started reading the books that she gave them.

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Sirius walked through the corridors on his way to the Gryffindor tower. He saw Christine talking to some Ravenclaws. He didn't dare to get closer; instead he just passed them.

Christine noticed him and excused herself from the others. She reached Sirius and put her hand on his shoulder. Sirius stopped and turned back to see who was it.

"Hi." Christine said with a smile.

"Hi." Sirius replied.

"Looks like we're going to see each other more often now. Why didn't you tell me that you study here?"

"You didn't ask." He replied as a-matter-of-fact.

"Yeah, right." She smiled. "So, what were you writing back there in class?"

"I'm on detention."

"Oh, and may I ask what you did?"

Sirius stared at her with blank expression on his face. Did he care if she turned her back on him if he told her about the reason that he got detention? "Well…" he paused. He wasn't sure about this for the first time in his life. He has talked to many girls before and he was always showing himself around. But with Christine he felt something new. Something that he has never felt before. "Alright, I'll tell you." He said finally. "You heard about Snape? Who is in St. Mungo's at this moment?"

"Yes. Everyone is speaking about him." Christine said and stared at him as the thought hit her. "You didn't!"

Sirius nodded. "I did. I was the one who hit him."

"How could you do such thing?" Christine said looking at him in the eyes. "How could you be so cruel!"

Sirius sighed. "Well, that's how I am. And no one can change it."

"When I saw you at the Leaky Cauldron I thought you were…" Christine paused. "Never mind. It's not important anymore." She said and walked away.

Sirius stared at her as she left. "Great. I've ruined a relationship with the only person who wasn't mad at me." He said to himself. "Just get back here Snivellus and I'll kill you for sure this time. At least I'll end up in Azkaban and I won't see the disgusting faces of these people again."

Sirius went back to his room and lays in his bed for a couple of hours. He tries to sleep but he couldn't.

At that moment James and Remus enter the room followed by Peter.

"I hope she wouldn't get angry when she sees that I didn't write anything." Peter said as he went to his bed.

"Don't you mention the word writing when I'm around, okay?" James said. "My fingers hurt!"

Sirius got up and walked out of the room without saying a word. He went to the common room and sat on a couch in front of the fireplace.

"What's wrong with him this time? We got ourselves into detention just to show him that we care and he doesn't even look at us!" James said angrily. "I'm not going to speak to him anymore! From now on there are only three Marauders at Hogwarts."

"James, don't say that. You know that it was our fault too." Remus said.

"Yes! And we admitted that, and we told him we're sorry. In addition, we got ourselves in detention! What more should we do? I'm not going to spend the rest of my life trying to bring him back. Good bye good ol' days. A new page starts for James Potter starting this very moment." James said and threw himself on his bed.

Remus shook his head and he also got in bed. "If you say so." He said.

Sirius was sitting in front of the fireplace and staring at the flames. He felt alone, confused and angry. However, that didn't bother him at all. There was this new strange feeling that invaded him the moment Christine asked him about his detention. He didn't know what was it, but he kept thinking of her. Eventually, he fell asleep on the couch in the common room.