The Blood Clan and the Marauders

Author's Note: Well…it's been AGES! I had pretty much forgotten about this story, but I watched Ginger Snaps 3 (A werewolf movie) and then listened to one of the soundtracks…and guess what? Yup, I decided to take up the story again. So here goes!

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Chapter 11: The Beast Within Stirs In Its Sleep

As McGonagall's class finished, Elizabeth hurried to follow her friends, especially Sirius. The boy acted as usual, making fun of Peter and his numerous books. When he dropped them all on the ground, the three other boys picked some of them to help and Lily told Peter he should have just asked her to write it on a paper.

"Hey, how about we go the Great Hall for lunch? I'm staaaarving!" Sirius exclaimed, bending forwards as if his stomach hurt.

"You're always bloody hungry, Sirius." James stated with a shrug.

"Yeah, but now its worst!" he pleaded.

"I'm hungry too, anyway." Remus said with a laugh. "Let's go after we get rid of these books." He added, shifting the books he held as if they were very heavy.

"Yay!" Sirius exclaimed straightening up and smiling broadly. "Me and Lizzie will take care of that and join you there!"

"Weren't you sooooo hungry?" Lily asked mockingly.

"I am, but don't want to make Remus wait and all…and if you and James go it'll be really long since you'll do who-knows-what, so…" he was interrupted by a slap behind the head from the redhead. "…it'll be faster."

"It's okay. I don't mind." Lizzie added, taking Remus' books.

"Fine, then." James said, giving the books he held to Sirius while his girlfriend gave Sirius and amused glance.

Once Sirius and Elizabeth had all the books and walked off the Library, the others left towards the Great Hall. Once they were halfway there, Remus stopped suddenly, making Peter slam into his back..

"We gave them our manuals too." He stated, making the others break into laughter and he soon followed.


The Great Hall was full of students as usual for this time of the day. Remus, James, Lily and Peter went to sit at their usual places chatting as food appeared in front of them.

"I think he really likes her, you know." Lily said with a grin.

"Who likes who?" Peter asked innocently.

"Sirius likes Lizzie." James explained a little exasperated by his friend's ignorance.

"It'd be a good thing if you ask me." Remus said with a smile. "He'd stop flirting with all the pretty girls he meets."

"You jealous?" James asked him with a mocking smile. "You want the girls for yourself."

"N-No!" Remus defended himself. "Of course not. It's just annoying…and she looks like she'd be a good girl for him."

Before the discussion could go any further, they were interrupted by a rock thrown in Lily's bowl of soup. She let out a yelp as the hot liquid splashed on her and rapidly stood up, her chair falling on the ground. James got up almost as fast, glaring at the people standing near his girlfriend, wearing a smug look. Lily turned around to see who had done such a thing as Remus glared from his chair just besides hers and Peter tried to disappear on the other side of the table.

Surely, she found herself looking at Slytherins. Miranda and Kevin stood on one side and William on the other. They gave her an obviously fake remorseful look and that only made James even more furious.

"We're so sorry, Mudblood!" Miranda exclaimed. "We didn't want to ruin that good soup. We were going for your head, but I've got to work on my precision."

"Bitch!" James exclaimed.

"You had your fun. Just leave now." Remus told her, his glare more intense then before.

As the attention was on Miranda, William carefully passed on the other side of Remus and took out a small bag, making sure no Gryffindor saw him. He opened it and let some grey powder fall into Remus' soup. It melted and there was soon no trace of it. He moved back and grinned.

"Let's leave now. I think I'm going to puke if we stay here with them any longer." Kevin said when he saw his friend was done.

Lily picked her chair up angrily and sat down on it. James let himself fall back on his chair, looking absolutely pissed and kept glaring at them even when they were seated at their own table. Lily wiped herself up as best as she could and then slammed the napkin on the table.

"Argh! They really piss me off. I can't even eat peacefully." She muttered, pushing her bowl away.

"I should just go over there and…"

"They're not worth it, James." Remus cut in. "Besides, remember the fight Sirius had with Murray? I doubt you'd have a chance to hurt them much."

"Right. Let's just be more civilized then them." Lily said, trying to clam down, as she took some of the food that was in the table and put it in the plate that had been under her bowl.

James remained silent, but he also remained seated which was enough for his friends. He began to eat silently, still looking angry. Remus shook his head and began to eat his soup. He made a face and looked at his bowl. Lily gave him a questioning look.

"It's nothing. It tastes a little funny." He said. "I'll just put some salt in it or something."


Elizabeth and Sirius walked silently towards the library for a while. The silence was obviously a nervous one. The girl kept giving her friend nervous glances and he kept avoiding these glances. Finally they arrived and put the books on the desk, getting questioning looks from the librarian.

"We're taking these back for a friend." Sirius explained.

"Yes, but I doubt you want to give me those manuals too." she replied.

"Huh!" Sirius exclaimed as Lizzie tried no to laugh. "Oh...hum...oops."

He took the manuals out of the pile and gave some to Lizzie. They walked out of the library, Lizzie still trying not to laugh and Sirius blushing slightly. Once they were out, they both laughed. As they calmed down, Lizzie looked at the boy seriously and took a deep breath.

"Thanks! I mean, for not telling and...well, giving me a chance. I know you had said you wouldn't when I asked you after..."

"Stop." he cut her. "Look. I'm still kind of under shock...but...well...I guess I'd hate it if you were evil. Besides, you're half-human too, right?"

"Yeah...but, I've got other things to tell you now that you know that." she said, looking down.

"You mean that wasn't the only secret!" he exclaimed, looking absolutely dumbfounded.

He leaned on the wall, letting it support his back, and let out a sigh. She bit her bottom lip and whispered and apology.

"How am I going to keep all this a secret?" he let out, but when he saw her pained expression he straightened up. "No, no! I mean, I think I can deal with this...but I don't know if they would. You see, I believe you because...well, as I've said under the tree: I like you."

Elizabeth blushed and looked down, laughing nervously. He hadn't really said it, though it was obvious, but now he did. It was the first time this kind of thing happened to her. She had no idea what to do.

"And now it's when you either slap me and tell me I'm an idiot or say that you don't hate me either." Sirius said with a smile. "Unless vampires do it some other weird way..." he wondered aloud.

He suddenly moved away and gave her a suspicious look. Startled, she looked at him with he utmost confusion as he carefully moved sideways.

"It's not some scary thing or anything involving blood...or death or...you know, huh?" he asked and Elizabeth wasn't sure if he was kidding or not.

Sirius, on his side of matters, wasn't sure himself. He did like her, but she WAS a vampire, partly anyway. Who knew what kind of thing vampires did when they liked somebody. He didn't want to hurt her, but he wasn't ready to get hurt either. On the other side, he was almost certain she wouldn't hurt him on purpose...but if it didn't hurt a vampire, would she think about that before doing it?

"No." she answered, her confusion clear in her voice.

"Oh." the boy let out, relaxing. "That's fine, then...So, which is it going to be?"

"What!" Elizabeth asked, lost. This boy was definitely hard to follow.

"I like you. What about that?" he asked her with a grin.

Elizabeth swallowed and felt nervousness gain full control on her as he stared at her gently with his blue eyes, clearly waiting for an answer. She tried to look away, but found herself unable to unlock her gaze from his.

"So...do you like me too? He asked her, almost whispering, as he let the manuals he held fall on the ground beside him and stepping closer the the girl, smiling.

Sirius had an advantage, having experience with these kind of things, but he was still somewhat nervous. After all, he didn't really like the other girls that much. It's not that he liked to toy with them or anything, he just thought he liked them and every time he got to know them, they ended up not being what he thought or expected. Elizabeth was different. Wait. Scratch that. He hadn't expected her to be part vampire. However, on the personality side, she seemed different from all the girls. Of course, he hadn't known her for very long and he had fallen for such "traps" before...but he felt like this time was going to be different. Okay, so he had already felt that way before, but he didn't care at the moment.

So, as she remained silent, looking like a trapped rabbit, he stepped towards her. He stopped when he was only inches from her. She finally looked away and took a step backwards.

"You haven't answered me, Lizzie?" he said, looking still as calm even though he was growing uncertain.

"I...You're a great friend, Sirius." she said, avoiding his gaze. "I really appreciate that you're accepting me even though you know what I am...Which brings me to what I need to tell you."

(Author's Note: Don't worry, I know I suck at love scenes, there won't be many in this fic...just to set a few things up.It's far from being the main plot...which should really get goingreal soon. I'll make up forthose scenessomehow. Promise.)

Sirius, disappointed and somewhat saddened, turned and kneeled to pick the books up. Though he turned his back to her to do so, she caught a glimpse of his expression and felt guilty. She liked him, but she couldn't get involved like this. Not with all that was probably soon going to happen. Sirius got back up and turned to face her. He looked serious, maybe slightly bitter.

In fact, Sirius felt extremely bitter, but he knew walking away at that moment was a bad idea. She seemed to have some other important secret and he'd be better off knowing it. She'd also take it the wrong way, thinking he rejected her for being a half-breed vampire after all, which he wasn't.

"Okay, so what's up."

"Well...there are some people that are looking for some artifact that would be hidden somewhere on these grounds...and they'll do anything to get it. We can't tell the teachers, though."

"First: Why not? Second: By people, you mean vampires?"

"I would have to tell them about me and I mean vampires AND werewolves."

"Werewolves?"

"Yeah. Vampires and werewolves are at war against each other too. I was sent here to find it, but if I don't do as I'm supposed to, I'll be and trouble...and they'll probably send full blooded vampires here. As for the werewolves...well, I believe the three other new students are the ones who were sent."

As she spoke, Sirius completely forgot about his bitterness and was shocked into silence. Elizabeth looked at him silently, letting the information sink in.


Back in the Great Hall, the others had calmed down and welcomed the two with jokes and allusions to a date-like escapade. Sirius actually threw some bread at James to shut him up and Remus decided it would be safer to stop, while Lily simply gave the other girl questioning looks. The half-vampire decided to play dumb and act as if she had no idea what her friend was wondering about. The subject was dropped when Peter mentioned it was still raining.

"Damn! That means no Quidditch practice!" James let out, truly disappointed.

"No. That means practice under that pouring rain, Prongs. You know the captain." Sirius replied, playing with his found.

"Right. Not much better." the Gryffindor seeker muttered.

Sirius glanced towards Elizabeth, who was talking with Lily. He liked her no matter her feelings, so he wouldn't reject her. Besides, Sirius black didn't give up so easily.So, he was a friend. It was better than nothing. He'd be a good friend and maybe she'd change her mind...and maybe he try to help her do just that.

Remus smiled and was about to say something to his friends, but, as he looked towards James, he suddenly saw something else. He saw his friend, but he was horrifyingly different. He had a great gash on the base of his neck, as if a great beast had ripped his throat out, some threads of flesh barely holding were they had belonged. His head was hanging to the front, as he was obviously dead, and flies and other bugs flew and crawled around, hungry for the dead flesh. Horrified, Remus let out a yelp, but before he could even turn away, the vision was gone and James was alright. His friends all gave him worried looks and he tried not to look too panicked as he felt his heart beat so fast he thought he was going to faint.

"Are you okay, Moony?" James asked.

"Yeah. What's wrong?" Sirius wondered as Peter nodded his head to show he also wondered the same thing.

"You feeling alright?" Lily asked.

"Y-Yeah. I just remembered something and let out a cry without realizing it." he said to calm them down and put their worries to rest, though he knew they had reason to have them. He blamed the incident on lack of sleep and the still to recent events.

"If you say so." James said, looking doubtful just like the others, but decided to let it go. He knew his friend wouldn't talk if he didn't want to.

"I'm really tired. Maybe I should go take a nap until next class." Remus stated, looking down. His heart was finally slowing down, but he was still pretty freaked out.

"Ouch!" Peter suddenly exclaimed, dropping something on the table.

The attention was shifted to him and everyone soon realized he had managed to cut himself with his knife. How he managed it was quite a mystery, since his whole palm was cut. While he was asked how he had done it and helped to stop the bleeding by Lily, two persons were trying hard to keep control over themselves. Elizabeth put a mouthful of food in her mouth, trying to ignore the smell of the blood and how succulent it looked. Sirius gave her a glance, but she shook her head to reassure him and then looked away. The other was Remus. He grew terrified as he looked at Peter's hand as Lily pulled it away from the boy's hand to try and look at the injury. It wasn't the blood that scared him so much. It was the fact that the smell of the blood, the sight of it, made him hungry. He was hungry for warm, live, flesh and it horrified the teenager as much as it made him want to jump on his friend and rip his throat off.

Remus suddenly stood up, only wanting to get away, but realized that his friends were once again staring at him. He tried to din an excuse, but his mind wasn't quite cooperative at that moment.

"I-I...Maybe we should go see the nurse." he finally managed to say.

"The bleeding's already stopping, so no need to panic." Lily said calmly. "But I guess it wouldn't hurt."

"I-I can go by myself." Peter told Remus, believing his friend wanted to take him there.

"Wow! Our lil' Peter is becoming a man." James exclaimed, impersonating a proud mother.

"Yes. Indeed. He'll probably soon start dating girls..." Sirius added, playing along.

"Guys! Stop it!" Peter exclaimed, looking furious, before leaving.

Lily shot them angry glares and they both shrugged. Elizabeth couldn't help but let out a small laugh and then gave the other girl and apologetic look. James shook his head and pointed at his girlfriend witht he fork he had just picked up.

"No one would believe me if I said that YOU were the one who didn't like him at first." he said.

"He may not be my favorite person, but you guys are really mean to him sometimes." she replied with a smile which betrayed her fake anger.

"We can be meaner." Sirius replied as if it could be an excuse.

Remus looked on silently, thankful that he seemed not to be having visions or urges anymore. He was still nervous and every time he turned his head, he was afraid to see some kind of scary vision. A part of him wanted to tell his friends, but another told him they would think he was going crazy. He decided to leave and get some sleep.

"I'll go take a nap until next class." he told them before getting up. "I feel tired."


At the same moment, at the Slytherin table, William grinned broadly as he looked towards the scene and then looked at his friends. Kevin was grinning in a more subtle way while Miranda laughed softly. She grabbed a piece of meat and ate it with a sly look.

"Looks like it's working after all."

"Told you it would." Kevin said coldly. "She wouldn't have given it to us otherwise."

"What now? We wait for it to take effect?" William wondered.

"Well, we do as planned, except we keep and eye on him and when he's ready..." Kevin began to explain.

"We cook him a little and then he'll join us quite willingly." Miranda finished with an evil smile.

"So what, he'll just..."

"Yeah. When it takes full effect, he'd fit in Slytherin even more than most of its current house members." Kevin cut him.

"It'll be fun to watch his friends react to all of it." Miranda added, looking towards the Gryffindor table.

Okay, I know there was more dialogue than anything else in this chapter. I'm really, really sorry about that! I'll make up for it in the next one. I've started writing this it was already late, so I really wasn't into descriptions. Again, I'm sorry.

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