When It Rains

Disclaimer: Yeah…like I own Harry Potter. Shpfft.

Author's Notes: So sorry for the extremely late update. It's just, there's been so much going on lately around here with the Christmas hols, school, and all that stuff. I promise to make this nice and lengthy for you. Also, I saw the Series of Unfortunate Events movie. I hated it. Beyond belief. By the way, I know that what happens in this chapter would most likely never be what happened in the regular books with Molly, but I am forced to put this in here because of a mistake I made earlier in my story. Which I am refusing to call a mistake. It was this darn keyboard's fault.

'The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful
Stop me and steal my breath
Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky
Never revealing their depth
Tell me that we belong together
Dress it up with the trappings of love
I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips
Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above.' --I'll Be

The Troubling Year of 1975

It was Spring time and Kiora spent most of her time hanging out with her friends and gazing lazily out of the windows of the classrooms. Except, of course, Potions. However, she found no need to stare out the window. She adored that class.

When her Potions class was over, she walked out of the dungeons and began a trip to the common rooms. Before she could arrive, she got pushed out of the way and all she saw were flaming green eyes.

Lily Evans looked furious. She didn't know what the problem was but she wasn't sure she should ask. If she did, Lily was sure to bite her head off. Turning back around, she started walking again. It wasn't long until she was pushed again by a disheveled andsteamed looking Snape.

This time, she could ask. "What's the matter?" she asked, holding his shoulder so he couldn't leave.

"It's nothing!" he barked, glaring down at her. She started to back up but deciding against it and held her ground.

"Well, it's something or else you wouldn't be so mean to me," she said, locking her jaw.

"Me being mean?" he laughed and she could swear there were tears in his eyes. "You should check who you think is mean around here because they're right under your nose."

"What? Who?" she said, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Bloody hell, Kiora!" he shouted. Looking around, he lowered his voice. "It's those blimey little snots that you call your friends." She began to open her mouth to say something but Snape cut her off, "Don't even try to defend them. You just…don't get it, do you? You know what they just did to me?"

"Wha…what did they do?" she whispered. He looked at her, searching her eyes for something. Looking away finally, he started walking again.

"Why do you care anyway?" he said before turning the corner. Kiora could feel her lip quivering and a large, almost painful, lump in her throat. She slid down to the floor as tears gushed from her eyes and she put her head in her knees.

It wasn't like it was her fault. She couldn't control what other people did, how was she to stop them from bullying Snape? And maybe they had good intentions.

'James, Sirius, and Peter…good intentions?' she almost laughed. She heard more footsteps down the hallway. She hoped they would keep on going, but they stopped as they got close to her.

"Kiora?…" the person whispered. She looked up.

"Hey Kevin," she said. Her voice sounded raspy from the crying. (A/N: I bet you thought it was Remus! Hah!) Kevin Broadmoor was one of the people she least expected to be there right now, but she didn't mind.

"What's wrong?" the boy asked, sitting down next to her against the wall. Kiora got a good look at him. He was Greek and had the skin and facial features to prove it. He had dark brown eyes with long, thick eyelashes and hair that was just a little lighter in shade. He was built like a Quidditch player, though he was a little more skinny than his brother.

"Nothing…" Kiora frowned. "it's complicated. Where's your brother?"

"Off with his girlfriend somewhere," explained Kevin. "Didn't want to be a tagalong."

"He has a girlfriend, but you don't?" she tilted her head. That was sort of confusing. They looked exactly the same. And Kevin was nicer than Karl, as far as she was concerned.

"Nah…" Kevin smiled. "Kind of shy when it comes to that department." Kiora grinned.

"Feh," she said, rubbing her eyes. "I must look horrible." In truth, she didn't look her best. Her face was blotchy and her eyes, puffy and red. She had tear stains over her face and her hair was flying every which way.

"Aw, don't be so hard on yourself," he said, playfully tweaking her nose. "You look great."

"Thanks, Kevin," she said sincerely. "You're good at cheering me up."He shrugged.

"I'm not only good at Quidditch, you know."

She nodded, "I know."

"A lot of other people don't," he sighed. "They all think I'm some stupid tosser that doesn't know anything except how to beat a bludger with a club."

"Don't worry about them, they'll soon see you're more than that," she assured him. He gave her a hug and then stood up.

"Sorry to leave so soon, Ky," he said. "But, ironically, I have Quidditch practice." She laughed and waved goodbye to him as he left. She sat there for a few more minutes, smiling. Kevin had certainly lifted her mood. She started to stand up but another person came over to her.

'Gee,' she thought. 'Is it 'Let's Talk to Kiora!' day?'

"Hello, Miss Harris," greeted Dumbledore's kind voice. She stood up fully and smiled at the Headmaster.

"Hello, sir," she said.

"That was very nice of you," Dumbledore said, his hands intertwined behind his back. "What you did for Mr. Broadmoor, assuring him that people will see him for who he is in time."

"He was feeling bad," she reasoned.

"So were you," he said. "It takes great strength to put other's troubles before your own. I'm proud of you." He gave her one of his trademark smiles and walked away, humming what Kiora thought might be a nursery rhyme.

She started walking, turning around every now and then to make sure that no one else was coming. She wasn't sure where she was going to go. Classes were over and she had no clue where anybody was.

When all else fails, the library.

She walked into the library and over to some bookcases. Folding her arms, she scanned the titles until she found one. It looked interesting, even if the title was very blunt (All About Potions).

She sat down and began to flip through the book, reading things she thought might be interesting or important to know. After about an hour of reading, someone sat across from her.

"Kiora, there's something I need to tell you," Snape said. She looked up from her book and smiled.

"Yes?" she asked. She was still upset about their encounter earlier, but she knew that while it wasn't her fault, it wasn't Snape's either. He was angry and he had every right to yell at her.

"I…" he bit his lip. "It's actually hard for me to say. I've never said it to anyone before."

"You can say it," she urged him on.

"I'm…sorry," he grimaced, she could tell it was tough for him to say it to her. Snape or not, he was a pure Slytherin. "For earlier. I was just…letting out my anger on you. I shouldn't have done that. It's only…I hate them…" he finished in a cold whisper.

Frowning down at her book, she fingered a corner of the page. "I can understand. James and Sirius go overboard. But Remus isn't all that bad."

"No, you're right," Snape sneered, "He just sits there and watches."

"Don't say that about him," Kiora said, the tears from earlier threatening to fall again.

"You weren't there," Snape said. "If you were, you'd say it too. You have no idea what I go through, Kiora. No idea what it's like!"

She sighed, "No…I don't."

Snape's face lightened up, looking a little less stressed. Kiora could tell that that wasn't the answer he had been expecting. He averted his eyes to Madame Pince who was giving them her best reprimanding glare.

"Let's talk somewhere else," he said, standing up. Kiora nodded and stood up as well, putting the book back on its shelf and then following Snape. Before they could get far, a sobbing Molly grasped Kiora's arm and pulled her into a hug.

"I can't believe it, Kiora!" Molly bawled through her words. Awkwardly patting the other girl's back, Kiora gave Snape a questioning look. He returned with a 'Do you really think I know?' look.

Molly looked up and sniffed, looking from Kiora to Snape.

"What are you doing with him?" she asked.

"Nothing, Molly. What's the matter?" Kiora asked, looking at her friend in concern. This made Molly howl and cry again. Kiora led Molly away from Snape, turning around to mouth a goodbye to him. When they got into an empty corridor, Kiora stopped walking. "Now, try to calm down. What's wrong?"

"Arthur…me…I…." she started hyperventilating. Kiora instructed her to take deep breaths as she held her hair up, giving her air on her neck. "Kiora, I'm going to have a baby!" Molly collapsed onto the ground, sobbing again. Kiora's eyes widened.

'Whoa…and I thought I had troubles.' "It'll be okay, Molly," Kiora reassured her, even though she wasn't so sure herself. She wasn't experienced in these matters.

"No…it won't be!" Molly said, grabbing at her hair. "I don't know what I'm going to do."

"Did you go to the nurse yet?" asked Kiora.

"No, not yet,' Molly sniffed again.

"You should go," she smiled. "Think of it as a blessing. You're going to have a baby with Arthur!"

"I guess…" Molly wiped her eyes. Kiora helped her up and walked her to the infirmary.

"There you go," she said, letting the nurse take over. She turned around and starting walking to the common rooms. Today was a very confusing day. It was hard to believe that Molly, of all people, was pregnant. Shaking her head and trying to clear it the best she could, she walked into the common room after giving the portrait the password.

"James Potter, you ignorant Quidditch dolt! If you touch me one more time, I'll scream!" she heard Lily Evans yelling. James and Sirius were standing near her and bugging her. She looked livid. Kiora walked over to Peter.

From the corner of her eye, she watched Peter slip his wand out and point it at Lily quietly. "Silencio," he whispered.

"Hey!" Kiora shouted, grabbing the wand before it hit Lily with the spell, hitting Sirius instead. Lily screamed at the top of her lungs, her hands balled up into fists and Sirius began to scold and yell at Peter, no noise coming from his beet red face. Peter cowered under Sirius's silent rage and James doubled over in laughter.

Kiora had to admit. It was pretty funny.

Remus stared from over the book he had been reading, his face contorted as he held down his laughter. Standing up and taking on his prefect duties, he walked over to them.

"Please take the spell off of Sirius, Peter," he ordered. Peter whimpered.

"C-can't…too scared. He'll kill me," Peter said. Remus took a glance at Sirius and decided Peter might be right.

"Remus!" Lily bellowed, "You have to give them a detention or something!"

"Peter, go upstairs," Remus said. Peter obliged and walked up the boy's dormitory steps. Remus promptly took the spell off of Sirius.

"I'LL KILL HIM!" Sirius's voice rang out across the common room.

"Sirius, calm down," Remus pleaded.

"REMUS!" Lily squealed.

"Haha! Remy!" James was still laughing.

"OUT OF MY WAY, REMUS!" Sirius shouted. Remus sighed and looked helplesslyat Kiora, then back at the three.

"Sirius, sit down!" he said, sternly. Sirius looked at him in bewilderment and sat down in the nearest chair. "James, shut up. And Lily, um…just…stand there."

"Remus isn't going to give us a detention, is he Padfoot?" James asked.

"Detention to both of you," Remus ventured.

"WHAT?!" Sirius shouted.

"With Flitwick," Remus continued. "Helping him send Honeydukes candy stocks to the stores. He told me he needed help."

"What are you getting at, Moony?" James said, raising an eyebrow. Remus winked at him and Sirius's face calmed, getting in on the joke.

"Good, that serves them right," Lily huffed and stood up. When she passed Kiora, she stopped. "Thanks. That was reallykind of you." Kiora smiled and nodded and Lily disappeared up the girl's stairwell.

"So, what's up with this detention?" Kiora asked.

"Flitwick says he needs people to move candy to the store and possibly take all the extras that they couldn't fit into the basement," Remus smiled. James and Sirius burst out laughing and patting each other on the back. Kiora grinned and hugged Remus.

"That's my genius," she said in a sing song voice. He kissed her and stuck out his tongue at her. Catching it in her mouth with another kiss, they sat down on the couch, mouths still connected.

"Ew," Sirius said. "Stop snogging in front of me and Prongs, it's gross." The two parted and he smacked them with a throw pillow fromthe chair. People that had come down to inspect all the noise decided that nothing worth watching was going on and they went back to the dormitories.

They played around for a while before Remus said he was tired. He walked up the stairs and Kiora followed. Laying down on his bed, she sat by his feet.

"Remus, I have to ask you something…" she said, unsure of how to begin the question she was wondering ever since she saw Snape in such a bad mood.

"Mm?" he asked, playing with her fingers that were resting on his stomach.

"Earlier today…after you took your O. W. L.'s… did anything happen between you guys and Snape?" she asked, nonchalantly rubbing his stomach. He sighed heavily, his stomach rising and lowering.

"Yes…" he said and he told her about how James and Sirius got into a fight with Snape, James showing off in front of Lily and turning Snape upside down.

"That's horrible," Kiora shook her head. Snape was right, she realized.

"I know…." Remus whispered. She laid down on top of him and rested her head in the crook of his neck.

"Why didn't you do anything?" she asked, brushing her fingers across his collar bone.

"It's complicated…kind of hard to explain," Remus said, wrapping an arm around Kiora. "James and Sirius can be terribly mean at times, I know…but they're good deep down. And they're my friends. I don't know what I would do without them, they've already done so much for me. I guess I feel like I owe them." Kiora nodded and closed her eyes, listening to the even beating of Remus's heart.

"I understand," she said.

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