Chapter 13 - - - Nightmares of Years to Come
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The Slytherin/Gryffindor hatred escalated after the Quidditch match. It was the first time Slytherin had failed to score, and they were very angry about Gryffindors rubbing it in their faces.
But they soon lost some enthusiasm for hating eachother (well, Gryffs anyway). No one could stay mad during Christmas!
"Alright! It's break!" Sirius yelled as he slid down the stair rail, Remus right behind him. They ran up to the girls' dorm and jumped on Maria's bed.
"Wake up, Mia, it's the first day of break!" Remus yelled.
Maria sat up slowly, stretching and yawning. She didn't seem at all disturbed to see Remus and Sirius in her bed.
"Just a few more minutes..." she murmured, flopping back down. "It's four in the morning!"
"But everyone else is gone! We gotta have fun!!" Sirius cried, throwing up his hands.
"Oh, really? Where'd they go?" Maria asked as she settled back down into her fluffy pillows.
"Home." Remus said, slipping under the covers and laying down, too. "Troy and Jenna are at Troy's. Noel, Lily, and James are at the Potters'."
"Oh, that's right. I remember." Maria yawned again and snuggled up close to Remus (remember, they're best FRIENDS.) "Don't hog the covers like you did when we were little, Remmie."
Sirius stared at them in disbelief. "You're going to sleep!? We could be pranking Slytherins!!"
"Shut up and lay down, Siri." Maria said without opening her eyes.
He grinned. "So, you wanna...sleep with me, Maria?"
She crossed her emerald eyes at him. "I'm sleeping with Remmie, too, you loser. An that's all it is - sleep."
He pouted. "I was trying to make a joke."
"I know. Now, are you gonna sleep?"
"It is early..."
Remus's eye twitched. "Very early."
Sirius shrugged and crawled under the blankets on Maria's left, grinning to himself.
Soon, they were fast asleep, dreaming happily. Or in Sirius's case, dreaming of pranking Slytherins.
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Someone was snoring, right in Maria's ear. She wrinkled hre nose and pulled her pillow over head. but that suffocated her, so she finally just opened her eyes and sat up.
Remus was sitting in a chair, reading a book. Maria smiled wryly and looked at Sirius. He was tangled in the blankets, snoring loudly. She rolled out of bed and onto the floor.
Remus jumped up. "Are you okay!?"
Maria sprang to her feet. "I'm fine. I'm gonna go take a shower. Wake Siri up, will ya?"
"Sure, Mia." when he heard the bathroom door close, he walked to the bed. "Wake up, Siri! Time to prank some Slyths!"
Sirius snorted. "Slytherin..pendant...I won't...!"
Remus raised his eyebrows and ran to the bathroom, banging on the door. "Maria, Maria!!!"
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...there was fire everywhere. Hogwarts was burning. Sirius stood, face to face with Voldemort. James was dead. Noel was dead. The Dark Lord went after them first, getting rid of both Heirs of Gryffindor at the same time. Troy and Jenna were dead. Lily and Remus were missing. And Maria...
"Black...the..Heir of Slytherin..." Voldemort grinned insanely, tightening his grip on the figure next to him. "And Ravenwood...the Heir, obviously, of Ravenclaw. I would like very much for you both to join my ranks..."
Maria, the figure clasped in Voldemort's hands, fidgeted and whimpered.
"Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs..." he shook his head and clicked his snake- like tongue. "They're not the Death Eater type. But you two...you are not true Gryffindors..you have the blood of others..my old friends..." his red eyes slid out of focus for a minute.
"What do you want from us?" Sirius asked sharply, his hands searching stealthily for his wand.
Voldemort looked at him. "I would love to have you and Miss Ravenwood on the Dark Side."
"You said that."
"But Ravenclaws are like Gryffindors. So I can only have one of you..."
Sirius growled. "You can't have either of us!!"
"I will have one. I will have you, Sirius Black."
" I won't join you!"
Voldemort grinned. "Oh, but you will. You see, if you don't, I will kill Maria. If you do, she will be returned to you."
Sirius did some quick thinking. Snap decisions are like breathing for a Gryffindor. "Unharmed. You won't harm her?"
"She will be returned to you...unharmed."
Sirius's shoulders sagged. Anthing to save her..."Alright. I'll join you."
Voldemort's red eyes glowed. "Excellent...now, come here."
Without hesitation, Sirius strode foward.
Maria raised her head weakly. "Siri...no...don't do it! Don't give yourself to him!!"
"Quiet!" Voldemort jerked her up by her shiny black hair.
"Hey!!!" Sirius cried angrily. He grabbed Maria's arm. "Give her to me."
Voldemort regarded him scornfully. "Hold out your arm."
Sirius did as he was told.
"No! No, no, no, no, no!! Siri, please, no!!!" Maria started howling, her arms wrapped around herself.
Voldemort reached out for Sirius, Maria's cries growing louder....
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"Hey, Siri, wake up!" Maria reached out and shook her friend roughly.
"He's twitching pretty bad," Remus noted. "Come on Sirius!!"
"Huh..whaaaa!?" Sirius suddenly shot up. "Maria!? Remus!? Oh, you're both here!!" he jerked up his left sleeve. "It was all a dream!!"
Maria and Remus exchanged a look.
"Are you alright, Siri?"
"We were older. Hogwarts..burning. James, Noel, Jenna, Troy..dead. Lily, Remus..missing. Ma and Maria..." he told them of Voldemort's offer.
"You became a Death Eater for me?" Maria said, her eyes full of happiness.
Sirius nodded. "For you." then he sighed. "But..he said...said, he said....I was the...Heir of Slytherin."
"I told you." Remus said to Maria. "He was muttering about the Pendant."
"I can't be!" Sirius burst out. "I'm in Gryffindor!!"
"We all are. But that doesn't matter." Remus said.
"The Hat wouldn't've put me in Gryffindor if I had Slytherin blood!" (a/n: Anyone recognize that line? lol. I just now realized that.)
"We have Ravenclaw blood, and we're in Gryffindor." Maria gestured to herself and Remus. "Jenna has Hufflepuff blood, and she's in Gryffindor."
"The Hat put us here because, regardless of blood, we have the qualities of true Gryffindors." Remus added.
"I don't wanna be Slytherin's heir." Sirius said quietly.
"None of us can help our bloodline. We didn't choose our parents." Maria said. She gazed beyond her friends, seeing something deeper. "And sometimes, the people you call parents really aren't...."
Remus nodded. "But it's past. Ancient history."
Maria blinked. "Right. Now," she rubbed her hands together, "let's go prank some Slyths!"
Remus and Sirius agreed, and they left.
It didn't occur to Sirius until later to ask how Remus had Ravenclaw blood.
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a/n: Long waits, I know. Be happy though! Finally updated. I've had a lot of homework. Evil teachers. Anyway, so many mysteries...and that dream..was it a premonition of the future? Just so you know, dreams will be an important part of these stories. Oh. And I started the new story about Maria and Remus's past. It's still untitled and not posted, but it will be ready soon. Watch out for it! It unveils many mysteries!
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The Slytherin/Gryffindor hatred escalated after the Quidditch match. It was the first time Slytherin had failed to score, and they were very angry about Gryffindors rubbing it in their faces.
But they soon lost some enthusiasm for hating eachother (well, Gryffs anyway). No one could stay mad during Christmas!
"Alright! It's break!" Sirius yelled as he slid down the stair rail, Remus right behind him. They ran up to the girls' dorm and jumped on Maria's bed.
"Wake up, Mia, it's the first day of break!" Remus yelled.
Maria sat up slowly, stretching and yawning. She didn't seem at all disturbed to see Remus and Sirius in her bed.
"Just a few more minutes..." she murmured, flopping back down. "It's four in the morning!"
"But everyone else is gone! We gotta have fun!!" Sirius cried, throwing up his hands.
"Oh, really? Where'd they go?" Maria asked as she settled back down into her fluffy pillows.
"Home." Remus said, slipping under the covers and laying down, too. "Troy and Jenna are at Troy's. Noel, Lily, and James are at the Potters'."
"Oh, that's right. I remember." Maria yawned again and snuggled up close to Remus (remember, they're best FRIENDS.) "Don't hog the covers like you did when we were little, Remmie."
Sirius stared at them in disbelief. "You're going to sleep!? We could be pranking Slytherins!!"
"Shut up and lay down, Siri." Maria said without opening her eyes.
He grinned. "So, you wanna...sleep with me, Maria?"
She crossed her emerald eyes at him. "I'm sleeping with Remmie, too, you loser. An that's all it is - sleep."
He pouted. "I was trying to make a joke."
"I know. Now, are you gonna sleep?"
"It is early..."
Remus's eye twitched. "Very early."
Sirius shrugged and crawled under the blankets on Maria's left, grinning to himself.
Soon, they were fast asleep, dreaming happily. Or in Sirius's case, dreaming of pranking Slytherins.
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Someone was snoring, right in Maria's ear. She wrinkled hre nose and pulled her pillow over head. but that suffocated her, so she finally just opened her eyes and sat up.
Remus was sitting in a chair, reading a book. Maria smiled wryly and looked at Sirius. He was tangled in the blankets, snoring loudly. She rolled out of bed and onto the floor.
Remus jumped up. "Are you okay!?"
Maria sprang to her feet. "I'm fine. I'm gonna go take a shower. Wake Siri up, will ya?"
"Sure, Mia." when he heard the bathroom door close, he walked to the bed. "Wake up, Siri! Time to prank some Slyths!"
Sirius snorted. "Slytherin..pendant...I won't...!"
Remus raised his eyebrows and ran to the bathroom, banging on the door. "Maria, Maria!!!"
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...there was fire everywhere. Hogwarts was burning. Sirius stood, face to face with Voldemort. James was dead. Noel was dead. The Dark Lord went after them first, getting rid of both Heirs of Gryffindor at the same time. Troy and Jenna were dead. Lily and Remus were missing. And Maria...
"Black...the..Heir of Slytherin..." Voldemort grinned insanely, tightening his grip on the figure next to him. "And Ravenwood...the Heir, obviously, of Ravenclaw. I would like very much for you both to join my ranks..."
Maria, the figure clasped in Voldemort's hands, fidgeted and whimpered.
"Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs..." he shook his head and clicked his snake- like tongue. "They're not the Death Eater type. But you two...you are not true Gryffindors..you have the blood of others..my old friends..." his red eyes slid out of focus for a minute.
"What do you want from us?" Sirius asked sharply, his hands searching stealthily for his wand.
Voldemort looked at him. "I would love to have you and Miss Ravenwood on the Dark Side."
"You said that."
"But Ravenclaws are like Gryffindors. So I can only have one of you..."
Sirius growled. "You can't have either of us!!"
"I will have one. I will have you, Sirius Black."
" I won't join you!"
Voldemort grinned. "Oh, but you will. You see, if you don't, I will kill Maria. If you do, she will be returned to you."
Sirius did some quick thinking. Snap decisions are like breathing for a Gryffindor. "Unharmed. You won't harm her?"
"She will be returned to you...unharmed."
Sirius's shoulders sagged. Anthing to save her..."Alright. I'll join you."
Voldemort's red eyes glowed. "Excellent...now, come here."
Without hesitation, Sirius strode foward.
Maria raised her head weakly. "Siri...no...don't do it! Don't give yourself to him!!"
"Quiet!" Voldemort jerked her up by her shiny black hair.
"Hey!!!" Sirius cried angrily. He grabbed Maria's arm. "Give her to me."
Voldemort regarded him scornfully. "Hold out your arm."
Sirius did as he was told.
"No! No, no, no, no, no!! Siri, please, no!!!" Maria started howling, her arms wrapped around herself.
Voldemort reached out for Sirius, Maria's cries growing louder....
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"Hey, Siri, wake up!" Maria reached out and shook her friend roughly.
"He's twitching pretty bad," Remus noted. "Come on Sirius!!"
"Huh..whaaaa!?" Sirius suddenly shot up. "Maria!? Remus!? Oh, you're both here!!" he jerked up his left sleeve. "It was all a dream!!"
Maria and Remus exchanged a look.
"Are you alright, Siri?"
"We were older. Hogwarts..burning. James, Noel, Jenna, Troy..dead. Lily, Remus..missing. Ma and Maria..." he told them of Voldemort's offer.
"You became a Death Eater for me?" Maria said, her eyes full of happiness.
Sirius nodded. "For you." then he sighed. "But..he said...said, he said....I was the...Heir of Slytherin."
"I told you." Remus said to Maria. "He was muttering about the Pendant."
"I can't be!" Sirius burst out. "I'm in Gryffindor!!"
"We all are. But that doesn't matter." Remus said.
"The Hat wouldn't've put me in Gryffindor if I had Slytherin blood!" (a/n: Anyone recognize that line? lol. I just now realized that.)
"We have Ravenclaw blood, and we're in Gryffindor." Maria gestured to herself and Remus. "Jenna has Hufflepuff blood, and she's in Gryffindor."
"The Hat put us here because, regardless of blood, we have the qualities of true Gryffindors." Remus added.
"I don't wanna be Slytherin's heir." Sirius said quietly.
"None of us can help our bloodline. We didn't choose our parents." Maria said. She gazed beyond her friends, seeing something deeper. "And sometimes, the people you call parents really aren't...."
Remus nodded. "But it's past. Ancient history."
Maria blinked. "Right. Now," she rubbed her hands together, "let's go prank some Slyths!"
Remus and Sirius agreed, and they left.
It didn't occur to Sirius until later to ask how Remus had Ravenclaw blood.
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a/n: Long waits, I know. Be happy though! Finally updated. I've had a lot of homework. Evil teachers. Anyway, so many mysteries...and that dream..was it a premonition of the future? Just so you know, dreams will be an important part of these stories. Oh. And I started the new story about Maria and Remus's past. It's still untitled and not posted, but it will be ready soon. Watch out for it! It unveils many mysteries!