When It Rains
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling and/or the movies by Warner Bros. Please forgive me, Jo.
Author's Notes: Ah, now FFnet is back on air and working fine. I can once again be happy.
Aika: Thank you!
Messed-up Madness: I hadn't read a RemusOC in a while either so I decided to do this. And thanks, you were my very, very first reviewer!
'When you're safe inside your room you tend to dream
Of a place where nothing's harder than it seems
No one ever wants or bothers to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means'
A Knack for Learning
Kiora awoke at the brink of dawn. The sky was pink, orange, and gold as the tips of the sun's rays were just coming from over the lake. It was a beautiful sight, she had to admit as she looked out her window. None of the other girls in the dormitory were awake yet. She hadn't really gotten a chance to meet them, except Molly because she had ridden with her in the boats. But they didn't really talk then anyway.
She stood up and pulled out something to wear and then put on her robes afterwards. She silently brushed her hair and tied it up with a green ribbon. Green. It was her favorite color. Everyone always associated it with envy and greed. She didn't know why though, it never made a bit of sense to her. She always thought green was a beautiful color. The color of grass.
She grabbed her bag and walked down to the common room. Three of the four Marauder boys were down there. Remus, Peter, and James.
"Hello," she smiled softly at them.
"Hey, Sirius hasn't come down yet," James said, explaining the absence of the forth boy.
"We woke him up, but we think he fell back asleep after we left," Remus said, shrugging. Kiora laughed, shaking her head. Sirius was a little bit of a goofball. She didn't think he minded being late for classes though, even if they were the first ones they were having this year.
"Yeah, we're actually pretty sure he did," Peter said. "I'll go get him." And the mousy boy ran back up the boy's dormitory steps to go get Sirius. A few moments later, Peter and Sirius came down the stairs. Sirius was looking a bit groggy, his hair was messy and his robes disheveled. He had probably just tossed them on when Peter had woken him.
"Morning, Siri," James greeted, patting his comrade on the back.
"Yeah, yeah," said Sirius. He followed with a yawn as they walked out of the common room. On their way to the Great Hall, they caught up with two girls. One had silky red hair and brilliant green eyes. She was tall and very pretty, Kiora kind of envied her. Maybe that's why they say Envy is Green… because of those shocking green eyes. The other girl was shorter (though taller than Kiora) and had black hair that curled under her chin and blue eyes the color of a swimming pool on a cloudy day.
"Hey there, Evans," James cooed, running a hand through his already unkempt hair.
"Hello, James," the pretty girl said, sounding a bit annoyed.
"Lily,be niceto your boyfriend," the black haired girl nudged Lily in her side. A blush crept across Lily's face as she scoffed.
"How could you even think I'd like an insufferable git like James Potter?" she asked and the two of them walked away.
"Tough cookies," Kiora said. Lily seemed like a pretty cool girl, telling James off like that even if it was indirectly. Kiora knew she'd never be able to do that. They walked to the Great Hall, trailing behind Lily and her friend. When they got there, they sat only a few seats away and James and Sirius started talking about girls with Peter listening. 'And practically taking notes…' Kiora thought.
She looked over to Remus who had pulled out a book and started reading. She glanced at the cover. On it, were the words Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks. She giggled and he looked up, blushing.
"Found it in the library," he said.
"You've already been to the library?" she asked. This really surprised her, she didn't think he'd had enough time. It was only their first day after all.
"Yeah, this morning. Nobody else was awake. I needed something to do," he said, still blushing. She smiled at him and nodded.
"I love reading too, I've never been the most social person. I'm always reading and writing," she said. This made him seem less nervous.
"Me too. Everyone says it's weird, like Sirius and James, that I read so much and pay so much attention in class. I can't help it, things just interest me."
"I know, it's like…it gives you something to think about and just….Just the fact that you know…"
"Hard to explain," he smiled. Kiora nodded, that was exactly what she meant. She was getting to like talking to Remus, he was a much better conversationalist than Sirius and James who seemed to have only three things on their mind. Quidditch, girls, and food.
"I can't wait until classes. I've wanted to learn about magic my entire life. I guess I know a bunch about it, reading as many books as I have. But I want to see it first hand and not just in my imagination," she smiled at Remus as he nodded.
"It's amazing in your first days," he said. From her preferable vision, she saw Snape walk into the Great Hall. She turned her head and watched him but she didn't dare walk over to him. That would mean leaving Remus and getting in trouble with James and Sirius too (though she didn't think it at all fair that she couldn't talk to whoever she wanted..).
"I know it isn't fair," Remus said to her, smiling encouragingly. It was as if he had smelled her remorse or something.
"Yeah," she said, sighing. Snape looked at her confused and she put her head down, turning back around. Remus patted her shoulder.
"Cheer up, we've got classes in less than five minutes," he said. He went back to his book and Kiora listened to James and Sirius talk about how much they hated their History of Magic teacher, whom was a ghost. They talked about how they figured he had died one day and not really realized it, just continued on as normal, lecturing his classes.
Kiora found that a little funny. Maybe he loved teaching so much that he just got up and did it every day, anticipating the moment when he could see all the students learning. Or maybe he thought it was a complete bugger and just did it as a chore, getting used to it. But sometime he had to realize he was a ghost. He probably did and it was just a rumor that had traveled years along the grapevine.
A few minutes passed and then they stood up, saying goodbye and walking to their respective classes. Kiora had Potions first. She was always interested in actually making one of the ingredients she had studied…
