DISCLAIMER: I have never owned Harry Potter, nor will I ever.
A/N (4-21): Yes, I finally got the days back in track! Oh well for the other chapters... I'll fix those when I have time. I'm going bowling tonight, so this'll probably be up tomorrow.
A/N (4-22): Yep, it should be up today! *crosses fingers* I'm tired from track, but we don't have practice tomorrow, so I should have a couple more chapters up!
CHAPTER 5: Regulus Black (Anna)
"All right, all right," said Fred.
"We can go to the Halloween Feast together," piped up Pettigrew.
"Yeah, it's only in three days and Moony'll be back by then," said Sirius.
"Shh..." James hushed Sirius, "His mum's sick remember? He could be away longer..."
"Who could?" asked a kid who looked about in fourth year, with black hair and a haughty air.
"Hull, Reggie," said Sirius.
"Regulus Black, Sirius's little brother," mattered James at James at Harry's questioning look.
"Who're they?" Regulus asked Sirius, indicating Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Hermione.
"That's Harry, a distant cousin of James's, and his friends, Ron, Fred, and George Weasley, and another friend, Hermione Granger."
Regulus, who had omitted at the name 'Weasley', now asked, "Who're the Grangers? It's not a surname I'm familiar with."
James muttered, "Lil' Reggie's obsessed with family lines," in Harry's ear.
"I'm muggle-born, so if you're only following wizarding families, you wouldn't know me, would you?" Hermione said politely.
"A Mudblood!" hissed Regulus, "Sirius, why're you out there with a Mudblood?"
James muttered, "He only talks to Sirius, seems to think you're only worth talking to if you're a Black." (Whitney)
But Harry didn't listen. He was seething with anger, but he didn't say anything. Ron, however, shouted, "What did you call her?!" pulling out his wand and pointing it at him.
Regulus looked at Ron, "A Mudblood... that's what she is... like you're any better, and a Weasley!" He said menacingly, pulling out his wand as well.
Sirius stepped between the two. "Reggie, just leave him alone..." He said, but he shot a glance at Ron, telling him to back off as well.
Regulus lowered his wand and stalked off, his nose pompously stuck up in the air.
"Don't mind him; he's just into the whole 'pure-blood' thing..." Sirius muttered, looking at the ground.
Ron lowered his wand, his ears a bright scarlet. (Beth. This is the evil part when she adds R.A.H.I.L. to this entire thing. *scowls*)
"Well, um, I have to go. I'm meeting Lily Evans in the library so if you need me, I'll be in the library," said Hermione.
"What happened to following us around?" Fred whispered as Hermione's bushy head bobbled out of sight.
James looked at Ron like he was seeing him in a new light and whispered something to Sirius. Sirius smiled.
"What's wrong with you, Ron? You're acting... strange these past few days," asked Harry.
"Nothing. I'm just not feeling well, that's all." Ron said as his ears turned bright red, "I think I am going to go get some lunch."
"Well, okay, but come find us if you need something, okay?" Harry said, sounding worried.
"Okay." Ron replied, walking off.
When Ron was out of sight, Fred, George, James, and Sirius burst out laughing. Harry looked at Peter and they both looked at each other. "What?"
"Oh, Harry, don't you see?" Fred asked. "Ron's in love with Hermione!"
It was Harry's turn to laugh. "Come off it. He would have told me... wouldn't he?" Harry asked. The fact was the more Harry thought about it, it seemed stupid that he had not seen it before. It was in plain sight. "Well, he was upset when Hermione went to the Yule ball with Krum and when she was writing to him last year," Harry said.
"Upset! More like outraged," replied George, "Hey, here's a crazy idea! Let's get them together!"
"Yeah, that would be fun!" James agreed, "But where?"
Just then Harry realized what Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs had been up to last night.
"How 'bout the Room of Requirement?" suggested Fred. (Anna... Thank goodness!)
"They do not like each other! Not in that way, I mean!" Harry insisted. "Ron and Hermione have been friends for five years! C'mon, Ron would have asked her out by now!"
"If you say so, mate," said Sirius, grinning.
"Trust us," said Fred, "We're his brothers, we know him even better than his best friend, and he does like Hermione."
"Okay, say he does," said Harry, "D'you really think we should get them together? Shouldn't we just let Ron do this on his own?"
Sirius, James, and Pettigrew were all for it, but Fred and George (for once in their lives) finally decided against mischief that involved their little brother's feelings.
"Fine," said James disappointedly, "We don't get them together, so what do we do instead?"
"Yeah, tomorrow's Monday! We have classes!" said Sirius. "We have to do something fun while we can."
"Hey, why don't we find Snivellus?" asked Pettigrew.
"Nah, it's getting boring, he's too easy to curse," said Sirius.
"I know, you guys can tell us the future!" said James.
This conversation seemed rehearsed in the case that Hermione was not there.
"'K, whaddya wanna know?" asked George readily.
"Umm... do you really think we should be telling them?" asked Harry.
"'Course! What could happen! Anyway, they can tell us about the past as well!" said Fred.
"Sure we will!" said Sirius.
Nevertheless, it was with slight uneasiness that Harry joined in the conversation.
"So, where'd you get the Marauder's map?" James asked.
"Filch had it in a drawer labeled 'Confiscated and Highly Dangerous,'" said Fred.
"How'd he get his hands on it?!" asked Sirius, scandalized.
"Dunno! How'd you come to write it?" asked George excitedly.
"We explored every single part of the castle!" said Sirius proudly. (Whitney)
"So, what happens in the future?" James asked. He thought for a second then said, "Hey, do you know if I ever hook up with Evans?"
Harry stifled a snigger. "Yeah, you do. She's my mum."
James punched the air in triumph. "YES!" (Anna)
"Ok, now me!' said Sirius excitedly. "Where do I end up?"
"Not so good for you, mate," said Fred sympathetically. "Thirteen years in Azkaban for a crime you didn't commit!"
"You're pulling our legs," said James disappointedly, "Pity, I was getting excited there."
"No, seriously!" said George, "Sirius goes to Azkaban for killing Pettigrew and betraying Harry's mum and dad..."
"Now, I know you're putting us on," said Sirius, "Kill Wormtail? No way, and I'd die before betraying my Prongs."
"Didn't I say already," said Fred exasperatedly, "You were innocent!"
"I-I die?" squeaked Pettigrew, looking terrified.
"I told you, he was innocent! You're still alive!" said Fred.
"If he's still alive, why do people think I murdered him?" asked Sirius.
"He hid," said Harry quickly. He didn't want to talk about Voldemort...
"Why?" asked James.
"You-know-who," said George before Harry could stop him.
"No, I don't," said Sirius and James together.
"Good, I was worried I'd forgotten something important again," said Pettigrew.
"He's gonna find out anyway, couple years from now," said Fred to silence Harry.
"WHO'S YOU-KNOW-WHO?!" interrupted Sirius and James.
"Voldemort," said Harry softly. No, I don't want to talk about this, he thought. A little more than a month ago, Voldemort's servant, Bellatrix Lestrange, had murdered Sirius... Sirius was dead...
"Voldemort," muttered James, thinking, "Voldemort..." he snapped his fingers a few times. "I've heard that name before..."
"He's that guy who wants to get rid of Muggles and Muggle-borns, somewhere in Romania?" said Sirius, "The one my parents keep talking about..."
"Some nutter from Romania's after Wormtail? Well, he'll have to get past us, first, right, Padfoot? You and me and Moony..." said James.
"He's not after Pettigrew, he's..." Harry started then hesitated. He wasn't sure how to tell them that Wormtail would be working for the most evil wizard in the world in a few years time.
"What's Voldemort doing, then?" asked Sirius.
Harry drew a breath, prepared to explain...
"NO YOU DON'T!!!" Hermione stormed up. "I LEAVE FOR TEN MINUTES AND YOU THREE CAN'T EVEN KEEP YOUR MOUTHS SHUT! HARRY, I EXPECTED BETTER OF YOU! I THOUGHT YOU'D AT LEAST UNDERSTAND, BUT NO, I COME BACK AND YOU'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT VOLDEMORT AND FOR ALL I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT WORMTAIL AND SIRIUS AND HARRY'S DAD AND-"
"Lily Potter?" James suggested innocently.
Hermione now exploded and built up a head of steam worthy of Mrs. Weasley, shouting for nearly an hour at all of them, despite Fred and George's attempts to head her off like they did their mother, Sirius and James' amused sniggering, and Harry's attempts to apologize. She only stopped when Ron came up the hall, wanting to know what the shouting was all about.
Hermione turned to Ron. "D'you know what these idiots have been doing? They've been telling James and Sirius about the future." (Whitney)
"Cool! Did you tell them about how we saved Siri-"Ron began, but Hermione cut him off.
"It is NOT cool! THEY COULD RUIN THE FUTURE!" Hermione shot them all a look that could kill as she caught her breath.
Sirius looked at Hermione. "Geesh, you'd think it was the end of the world..." he muttered to Harry.
Harry glanced at Hermione apologetically. "Okay! We won't tell them anymore. I'm sorry."
"You'd better not tell them anymore. You don't know what could happen..." Hermione said, starting to calm down.
Sirius looked quickly at Hermione, who was facing the other way. He turned to Ron and said, "So, you save me? When?", his voice in a whisper.
"I HEARD THAT!" Shouted Hermione, turning around, "SEE?! I CAN'T EVEN TURN MY BACK TO YOU AND-"
"We've got it! I wasn't going to tell him anyway!" said Ron quickly. Hermione blushed, embarrassed and James laughed out loud, unable to keep his laughing down to a snigger. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Tim e for reviews!
Erica- Thanks for the review again! A lot about the way I write has changed since I started roleplaying. Silly Beth, writing in R.A.H.I.L.... Me no likey. Anywho, thanks for your encouragement, once again! Also, if you can figure out who my favorite character is in chapter 4, I'll give you... a Jack Sparrow plushie! You can have a trophy for being my one and only reviewer...
A/N (4-21): Yes, I finally got the days back in track! Oh well for the other chapters... I'll fix those when I have time. I'm going bowling tonight, so this'll probably be up tomorrow.
A/N (4-22): Yep, it should be up today! *crosses fingers* I'm tired from track, but we don't have practice tomorrow, so I should have a couple more chapters up!
CHAPTER 5: Regulus Black (Anna)
"All right, all right," said Fred.
"We can go to the Halloween Feast together," piped up Pettigrew.
"Yeah, it's only in three days and Moony'll be back by then," said Sirius.
"Shh..." James hushed Sirius, "His mum's sick remember? He could be away longer..."
"Who could?" asked a kid who looked about in fourth year, with black hair and a haughty air.
"Hull, Reggie," said Sirius.
"Regulus Black, Sirius's little brother," mattered James at James at Harry's questioning look.
"Who're they?" Regulus asked Sirius, indicating Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Hermione.
"That's Harry, a distant cousin of James's, and his friends, Ron, Fred, and George Weasley, and another friend, Hermione Granger."
Regulus, who had omitted at the name 'Weasley', now asked, "Who're the Grangers? It's not a surname I'm familiar with."
James muttered, "Lil' Reggie's obsessed with family lines," in Harry's ear.
"I'm muggle-born, so if you're only following wizarding families, you wouldn't know me, would you?" Hermione said politely.
"A Mudblood!" hissed Regulus, "Sirius, why're you out there with a Mudblood?"
James muttered, "He only talks to Sirius, seems to think you're only worth talking to if you're a Black." (Whitney)
But Harry didn't listen. He was seething with anger, but he didn't say anything. Ron, however, shouted, "What did you call her?!" pulling out his wand and pointing it at him.
Regulus looked at Ron, "A Mudblood... that's what she is... like you're any better, and a Weasley!" He said menacingly, pulling out his wand as well.
Sirius stepped between the two. "Reggie, just leave him alone..." He said, but he shot a glance at Ron, telling him to back off as well.
Regulus lowered his wand and stalked off, his nose pompously stuck up in the air.
"Don't mind him; he's just into the whole 'pure-blood' thing..." Sirius muttered, looking at the ground.
Ron lowered his wand, his ears a bright scarlet. (Beth. This is the evil part when she adds R.A.H.I.L. to this entire thing. *scowls*)
"Well, um, I have to go. I'm meeting Lily Evans in the library so if you need me, I'll be in the library," said Hermione.
"What happened to following us around?" Fred whispered as Hermione's bushy head bobbled out of sight.
James looked at Ron like he was seeing him in a new light and whispered something to Sirius. Sirius smiled.
"What's wrong with you, Ron? You're acting... strange these past few days," asked Harry.
"Nothing. I'm just not feeling well, that's all." Ron said as his ears turned bright red, "I think I am going to go get some lunch."
"Well, okay, but come find us if you need something, okay?" Harry said, sounding worried.
"Okay." Ron replied, walking off.
When Ron was out of sight, Fred, George, James, and Sirius burst out laughing. Harry looked at Peter and they both looked at each other. "What?"
"Oh, Harry, don't you see?" Fred asked. "Ron's in love with Hermione!"
It was Harry's turn to laugh. "Come off it. He would have told me... wouldn't he?" Harry asked. The fact was the more Harry thought about it, it seemed stupid that he had not seen it before. It was in plain sight. "Well, he was upset when Hermione went to the Yule ball with Krum and when she was writing to him last year," Harry said.
"Upset! More like outraged," replied George, "Hey, here's a crazy idea! Let's get them together!"
"Yeah, that would be fun!" James agreed, "But where?"
Just then Harry realized what Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs had been up to last night.
"How 'bout the Room of Requirement?" suggested Fred. (Anna... Thank goodness!)
"They do not like each other! Not in that way, I mean!" Harry insisted. "Ron and Hermione have been friends for five years! C'mon, Ron would have asked her out by now!"
"If you say so, mate," said Sirius, grinning.
"Trust us," said Fred, "We're his brothers, we know him even better than his best friend, and he does like Hermione."
"Okay, say he does," said Harry, "D'you really think we should get them together? Shouldn't we just let Ron do this on his own?"
Sirius, James, and Pettigrew were all for it, but Fred and George (for once in their lives) finally decided against mischief that involved their little brother's feelings.
"Fine," said James disappointedly, "We don't get them together, so what do we do instead?"
"Yeah, tomorrow's Monday! We have classes!" said Sirius. "We have to do something fun while we can."
"Hey, why don't we find Snivellus?" asked Pettigrew.
"Nah, it's getting boring, he's too easy to curse," said Sirius.
"I know, you guys can tell us the future!" said James.
This conversation seemed rehearsed in the case that Hermione was not there.
"'K, whaddya wanna know?" asked George readily.
"Umm... do you really think we should be telling them?" asked Harry.
"'Course! What could happen! Anyway, they can tell us about the past as well!" said Fred.
"Sure we will!" said Sirius.
Nevertheless, it was with slight uneasiness that Harry joined in the conversation.
"So, where'd you get the Marauder's map?" James asked.
"Filch had it in a drawer labeled 'Confiscated and Highly Dangerous,'" said Fred.
"How'd he get his hands on it?!" asked Sirius, scandalized.
"Dunno! How'd you come to write it?" asked George excitedly.
"We explored every single part of the castle!" said Sirius proudly. (Whitney)
"So, what happens in the future?" James asked. He thought for a second then said, "Hey, do you know if I ever hook up with Evans?"
Harry stifled a snigger. "Yeah, you do. She's my mum."
James punched the air in triumph. "YES!" (Anna)
"Ok, now me!' said Sirius excitedly. "Where do I end up?"
"Not so good for you, mate," said Fred sympathetically. "Thirteen years in Azkaban for a crime you didn't commit!"
"You're pulling our legs," said James disappointedly, "Pity, I was getting excited there."
"No, seriously!" said George, "Sirius goes to Azkaban for killing Pettigrew and betraying Harry's mum and dad..."
"Now, I know you're putting us on," said Sirius, "Kill Wormtail? No way, and I'd die before betraying my Prongs."
"Didn't I say already," said Fred exasperatedly, "You were innocent!"
"I-I die?" squeaked Pettigrew, looking terrified.
"I told you, he was innocent! You're still alive!" said Fred.
"If he's still alive, why do people think I murdered him?" asked Sirius.
"He hid," said Harry quickly. He didn't want to talk about Voldemort...
"Why?" asked James.
"You-know-who," said George before Harry could stop him.
"No, I don't," said Sirius and James together.
"Good, I was worried I'd forgotten something important again," said Pettigrew.
"He's gonna find out anyway, couple years from now," said Fred to silence Harry.
"WHO'S YOU-KNOW-WHO?!" interrupted Sirius and James.
"Voldemort," said Harry softly. No, I don't want to talk about this, he thought. A little more than a month ago, Voldemort's servant, Bellatrix Lestrange, had murdered Sirius... Sirius was dead...
"Voldemort," muttered James, thinking, "Voldemort..." he snapped his fingers a few times. "I've heard that name before..."
"He's that guy who wants to get rid of Muggles and Muggle-borns, somewhere in Romania?" said Sirius, "The one my parents keep talking about..."
"Some nutter from Romania's after Wormtail? Well, he'll have to get past us, first, right, Padfoot? You and me and Moony..." said James.
"He's not after Pettigrew, he's..." Harry started then hesitated. He wasn't sure how to tell them that Wormtail would be working for the most evil wizard in the world in a few years time.
"What's Voldemort doing, then?" asked Sirius.
Harry drew a breath, prepared to explain...
"NO YOU DON'T!!!" Hermione stormed up. "I LEAVE FOR TEN MINUTES AND YOU THREE CAN'T EVEN KEEP YOUR MOUTHS SHUT! HARRY, I EXPECTED BETTER OF YOU! I THOUGHT YOU'D AT LEAST UNDERSTAND, BUT NO, I COME BACK AND YOU'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT VOLDEMORT AND FOR ALL I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT WORMTAIL AND SIRIUS AND HARRY'S DAD AND-"
"Lily Potter?" James suggested innocently.
Hermione now exploded and built up a head of steam worthy of Mrs. Weasley, shouting for nearly an hour at all of them, despite Fred and George's attempts to head her off like they did their mother, Sirius and James' amused sniggering, and Harry's attempts to apologize. She only stopped when Ron came up the hall, wanting to know what the shouting was all about.
Hermione turned to Ron. "D'you know what these idiots have been doing? They've been telling James and Sirius about the future." (Whitney)
"Cool! Did you tell them about how we saved Siri-"Ron began, but Hermione cut him off.
"It is NOT cool! THEY COULD RUIN THE FUTURE!" Hermione shot them all a look that could kill as she caught her breath.
Sirius looked at Hermione. "Geesh, you'd think it was the end of the world..." he muttered to Harry.
Harry glanced at Hermione apologetically. "Okay! We won't tell them anymore. I'm sorry."
"You'd better not tell them anymore. You don't know what could happen..." Hermione said, starting to calm down.
Sirius looked quickly at Hermione, who was facing the other way. He turned to Ron and said, "So, you save me? When?", his voice in a whisper.
"I HEARD THAT!" Shouted Hermione, turning around, "SEE?! I CAN'T EVEN TURN MY BACK TO YOU AND-"
"We've got it! I wasn't going to tell him anyway!" said Ron quickly. Hermione blushed, embarrassed and James laughed out loud, unable to keep his laughing down to a snigger. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Tim e for reviews!
Erica- Thanks for the review again! A lot about the way I write has changed since I started roleplaying. Silly Beth, writing in R.A.H.I.L.... Me no likey. Anywho, thanks for your encouragement, once again! Also, if you can figure out who my favorite character is in chapter 4, I'll give you... a Jack Sparrow plushie! You can have a trophy for being my one and only reviewer...