'Stars shine across the plain. Visions of light dance in my head, winking
out as they get to the edge. Soon they reappear on the other side, to dance
a cross again. Weakness helps me to float in and out of consciousness, with
ease. All that's left of reality is a dream, a dream I will never grasp.'
The blonde girl sets down her quill, sensing a presence behind her. She sighed and whispered a few words under her breath. The lettering on her parchment vanished and she turned to look at her spy. She was a girl, about 17, with a height of 5' 8" with semi-wavy, short blonde hair. Behind her stood a tall boy, about the same age. She looked up at him with her greenish eyes and a soft smile. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Sirius Black." She laughed silently.
"Nice poem there Patricia." He said with a smile that made her blush softly.
"You punk, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with James?" Patricia looked away fast, trying to cover her red cheeks. "Besides, this little daydream I wrote kinda bites." She never really did have much faith in herself, but if anyone else said things like that, she'd fight agenst them. Laughing again, she realized she was contradicting herself in her own thoughts again.
"Besides," he smiled " it's time for dinner."
The two arrived in the Hogwarts hall, noticing the feast had begun. Patricia stood at the door for a little while. She was in the Hufflepuff house, but most of her friends were in Griffindor. Shrugging, she turned to the Griffindor table, after seeing Lily and Kathryn wave (Kathryn's in Hufflepuff too). She had been off since her little scare with Kathryn. But hey, their wolf, Youko, was so cute. He was worth being scratched up by those. What were they called? Grrr, she sighed. Man my memory bites.
Shivering as she sat down, she finally remembered. Murstaks, the skeleton-like, bear-sized dragons. She had gotten out of the hospital wing just a few days ago, and could finally stand fore more than 2 hours, on her own. Man how she hated being weak. Looking up, she noticed all her friends staring at her. She blushed and shoved food onto her plate, then into her mouth.
Thank God it was still the weekend. Monday they would begin study sessions in the classes. "Curse these friggen exams." Patricia sighed. Her mind was too full to study, and it was Friday evening. Feh, studying never gets me anywhere, Pat thought to herself. Kathryn slammed her book down.
"Let's get out of this room and do something." Kathryn suggested. Patricia was already at the door. "I guess that's a yes." Kathryn giggled and got up, followed by Lily, James, Lupin, Sirius, and lastly, Peter.
They all headed out to their favorite tree, and sat down. The wind blew lightly through the trees, and the light air filled their lungs. Pat suddenly looked up. "Someone's here." she whispered. Raising her wand she shouted. "EXPELLIARMUS!" A wand flew up out a bush, and a figure tumbled out. It was Severus. They all laughed. "You thought you could spy?" Pat asked, tears streaming down her cheeks from laughing so hard. "Did you not remember my sixth sense?" Snape blinked up at her, furious.
"Stupid females," he grumbled, "watch who you hang out with, girl." Patricia's eyes flashed. Other than her sixth sense, she was also known for her quick temper. It wasn't her that lashed out though. Sirius, who had been sitting behind her, till now, suddenly stepped forward. His eyes seemed to glow and his wand shook fiercely. Time seemed to stand still. The wind blew the robes of both males, and all was quiet except the rustling of leaves. "Protecting your wife I see." Snape glowered. Patricia's eyes narrowed. She whispered few words and Snape soon flew backwards, landing inside the doorway; followed closely by his wand. Shaking her head, Pat slowly sat back down. She slumped heavily, agenst the tree.
"Uhhh." Kathryn tried to say something. "So, uhhh. that was odd. What did he want anyway?" "Probably trying to make more trouble." James sighed. Patricia suddenly got up and walked away. Kathryn and Lily exchanged confuzzled and worried glances. "Patricia. where are you going?" Kathryn called. Patricia looked back, then forward again, shrugging. Sirius got up and walked afterward.
"That's some weird friend you girls have, so confusing." James muttered. "Nah, she just feels kinda alone at the moment." Kathryn explained. Lily was sitting on the other side, away from Lupin and Peter, with James by her side. She was still uneasy about knowing there was a werewolf at Hogwarts. Kathryn looked from left to right. Lily, James, to Lupin, and Peter. "Ok people, what's going on." They all looked at her. "Hellooo, just because I'm part blonde, doesn't mean I'm blind.. come on spill." They all exchanged glances. "You guys are animagi aren't you." All heads snapped to her.
"How the. what the. WAH??????" James gasped, horrified. Kathryn laughed.
"Oh come off it. When Patricia and I were in the forest, I vaguely saw a huge dog, and a stag. I know it wasn't a dream, come on tell me. It was you and someone else, right James?" James blinked, still surprised.
"Errr, yeah, well. I'm the stag Sirius is the dog." Kathryn nodded, knowing there was more. Lily was so awestruck, she couldn't move.
"Come on there's more, isn't there." James glanced at Lupin, who got up and went more towards the door. He leaned and rested his head on the wall. Kathryn blushed and fell silent.
"I'm a werewolf." Lupin sighed, barely above a whisper. He turned to face her, almost like he was waiting for her to scream and run. She merely blinked at him. He sighed again, sliding down and sitting with his back agenst the wall, and his head in his hands. Kathryn nodded and fell silent. James soon spilled the whole story to her.
"Remember you promised to tell no one, not even Patricia-"
"She already knows." The group looked up to see Sirius and Pat step out of the shadows. "After we walked a little ways, she looked up at me and said. 'You're a dog aren't you.'" He laughed. "At first I thought she was asking me if I was a dog naturally. Then I realized she knew, so I went ahead and spilled all." Chuckling, he grabbed Pat around the waist and playfully through her to the ground. She laughed and pulled him after her.
"You bloody flirts." James could barely get it out, he was laughing too hard. Patricia just grinned.
"That's us." Sirius said, a huge smile playing across his face.
He was still laying flat on his back, Patricia at his side, when the group saw a bright light coming from the forest. A few moments later, a silver flash darted into Kathryn's lap. "Youko!!" Pat and Kathryn exclaimed together. Their silver fox licked their hands in turn. "What are you doing here?" Kathryn asked, when their pet had finished his greetings. He seemed to telepathically link with his owners. Kathryn nodded silently and Pat had a weird expression on her face. The others looked at them questionably.
"So this. what did you say. Murstaks?" Pat nodded at Sirius. "Have come back?" She nodded again. "Do you think we can do something?" She shrugged. Sirius had transformed into Padfoot, and James was now his Stag self. Lily and Kathryn were riding on Prongs' back, and Pat was on Padfoot's. Lupin was riding on a bigger, Youko, and Peter had bravely volunteered to make sure no one followed (note: that was sarcasm). They were all racing into the forest to see the commotion. Apparently, the Murstak had tried to attack a centaur. More of them had come but couldn't quite contain the beast. James had wondered why they went to help the centaurs; They were well known for their dislike towards humans, but Sirius quickly reminded him of the fox being the pet of Kathryn and Pat.
Onward they ran, chilled by the fast blowing wind. Deeper and deeper into the forest, using Youko to guide them. The riders blinked, eyes tearing from all the cold wind, rushing at them.
They quickly reached the clearing where Patricia and Kathryn had been found, barely a week earlier. The place was littered with bodies of centaurs and spots of blood. Kathryn shrieked and covered her eyes, Lily gaped, horrified. Patricia jumped off of Padfoot, and closed her eyes, trying to sense the Murstak. "It's close." She muttered. The rest of the friends dismounted.
They cautiously moved forward, staring at the little alcove the Murstak had made for it's self. Spots of blood had led them from the clearing to this place. The trees had blocked out the moon again, and the nest was covered with thorns, which tore at their clothes. Padfoot and Prongs wrinkled their noses, or tried to anyway. "Grosssssss! It stinks!" James grunted. Patricia laughed, then stiffened. "You punk, it herd us." she said in a low voice. They could feel the earth shake now. The two boys had transformed back into their human selves and whipped out their wants, followed by the rest. The Murstak appeared in all its glory. Its hands were covered in blood, as well as it's teeth. It snarled at the six, obviously thinking they were its dessert.
The Murstak reached down, barely smashing Youko. James used the opportunity to hit it with a stunning curse. It blinked and shook the spell off. Lupin hit it with a petrify curse. It fell backwards momentarily. Pat brought out a sword and cuts it's hand off. Kathryn's eyes grew huge and she backed away and hid behind a tree. "Sorry luv!" Patricia yelled back to her. The Murstak reached down it's other hand and hit Lupin, throwing him into a tree. Youko pounced and bit the monster, in the neck. Then Sirius hit the Murstak again and knocked it out. Pat looked at him, out of breath. "Danka." He smiled back at her. "Ok, so what do we do with this?" The others just shrug at her. "Hmmmm.. ok." She sat down and thought for a moment. The body started to stir. "Damn it!!" Pat hit it on the head with the handle of her sword. "now. what to do." She snapped her fingers, chanted a spell, and it was gone. "What happened?" Sirius asked, as he and James transformed. "I sent him to the mountains, but we should tell the headmaster." Pat sighed, hoisting up Lupin, onto Prong's back.
Kathryn sat by Lupin's bed most of the weekend. She had dark circles under her eyes, and her hair was a mess. The force had broken Remus' back, luckily, the nurse could heal broken bones. Sunday evening he woke up, startling Kathryn. "Hey." He said softly, grabbing hold of her hand and smiling. Kathryn jerked out of her remaining sleep. "How are you?" "Tired" he said laughing. She smiled, relived. "You look dead Kathryn, have you been here all this time?" She nodded.
(Later that night in the library)
"So are you and Lupin together now?" Pat asked Kathryn. The brunette shook her head. "Not really. He's too tired anyway. What about you and Sirius?" "Dunno. He never asked. No clue if he ever will." She sighed. "Someone mentioned my name?" Sirius had appeared in the library. Patricia turned bright red and picked up a book. Sirius laughed at her and pulled her book down, meeting her eyes. "You have it upside down my dear." Pat turned away, blushing even more. Sirius just laughed. "So I was thinking, we should date." Patricia looks back at him, blinking. He looked down into her green eyes again. "Yeah you heard me, you and I should date, is that good for you?"
The blonde girl sets down her quill, sensing a presence behind her. She sighed and whispered a few words under her breath. The lettering on her parchment vanished and she turned to look at her spy. She was a girl, about 17, with a height of 5' 8" with semi-wavy, short blonde hair. Behind her stood a tall boy, about the same age. She looked up at him with her greenish eyes and a soft smile. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Sirius Black." She laughed silently.
"Nice poem there Patricia." He said with a smile that made her blush softly.
"You punk, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with James?" Patricia looked away fast, trying to cover her red cheeks. "Besides, this little daydream I wrote kinda bites." She never really did have much faith in herself, but if anyone else said things like that, she'd fight agenst them. Laughing again, she realized she was contradicting herself in her own thoughts again.
"Besides," he smiled " it's time for dinner."
The two arrived in the Hogwarts hall, noticing the feast had begun. Patricia stood at the door for a little while. She was in the Hufflepuff house, but most of her friends were in Griffindor. Shrugging, she turned to the Griffindor table, after seeing Lily and Kathryn wave (Kathryn's in Hufflepuff too). She had been off since her little scare with Kathryn. But hey, their wolf, Youko, was so cute. He was worth being scratched up by those. What were they called? Grrr, she sighed. Man my memory bites.
Shivering as she sat down, she finally remembered. Murstaks, the skeleton-like, bear-sized dragons. She had gotten out of the hospital wing just a few days ago, and could finally stand fore more than 2 hours, on her own. Man how she hated being weak. Looking up, she noticed all her friends staring at her. She blushed and shoved food onto her plate, then into her mouth.
Thank God it was still the weekend. Monday they would begin study sessions in the classes. "Curse these friggen exams." Patricia sighed. Her mind was too full to study, and it was Friday evening. Feh, studying never gets me anywhere, Pat thought to herself. Kathryn slammed her book down.
"Let's get out of this room and do something." Kathryn suggested. Patricia was already at the door. "I guess that's a yes." Kathryn giggled and got up, followed by Lily, James, Lupin, Sirius, and lastly, Peter.
They all headed out to their favorite tree, and sat down. The wind blew lightly through the trees, and the light air filled their lungs. Pat suddenly looked up. "Someone's here." she whispered. Raising her wand she shouted. "EXPELLIARMUS!" A wand flew up out a bush, and a figure tumbled out. It was Severus. They all laughed. "You thought you could spy?" Pat asked, tears streaming down her cheeks from laughing so hard. "Did you not remember my sixth sense?" Snape blinked up at her, furious.
"Stupid females," he grumbled, "watch who you hang out with, girl." Patricia's eyes flashed. Other than her sixth sense, she was also known for her quick temper. It wasn't her that lashed out though. Sirius, who had been sitting behind her, till now, suddenly stepped forward. His eyes seemed to glow and his wand shook fiercely. Time seemed to stand still. The wind blew the robes of both males, and all was quiet except the rustling of leaves. "Protecting your wife I see." Snape glowered. Patricia's eyes narrowed. She whispered few words and Snape soon flew backwards, landing inside the doorway; followed closely by his wand. Shaking her head, Pat slowly sat back down. She slumped heavily, agenst the tree.
"Uhhh." Kathryn tried to say something. "So, uhhh. that was odd. What did he want anyway?" "Probably trying to make more trouble." James sighed. Patricia suddenly got up and walked away. Kathryn and Lily exchanged confuzzled and worried glances. "Patricia. where are you going?" Kathryn called. Patricia looked back, then forward again, shrugging. Sirius got up and walked afterward.
"That's some weird friend you girls have, so confusing." James muttered. "Nah, she just feels kinda alone at the moment." Kathryn explained. Lily was sitting on the other side, away from Lupin and Peter, with James by her side. She was still uneasy about knowing there was a werewolf at Hogwarts. Kathryn looked from left to right. Lily, James, to Lupin, and Peter. "Ok people, what's going on." They all looked at her. "Hellooo, just because I'm part blonde, doesn't mean I'm blind.. come on spill." They all exchanged glances. "You guys are animagi aren't you." All heads snapped to her.
"How the. what the. WAH??????" James gasped, horrified. Kathryn laughed.
"Oh come off it. When Patricia and I were in the forest, I vaguely saw a huge dog, and a stag. I know it wasn't a dream, come on tell me. It was you and someone else, right James?" James blinked, still surprised.
"Errr, yeah, well. I'm the stag Sirius is the dog." Kathryn nodded, knowing there was more. Lily was so awestruck, she couldn't move.
"Come on there's more, isn't there." James glanced at Lupin, who got up and went more towards the door. He leaned and rested his head on the wall. Kathryn blushed and fell silent.
"I'm a werewolf." Lupin sighed, barely above a whisper. He turned to face her, almost like he was waiting for her to scream and run. She merely blinked at him. He sighed again, sliding down and sitting with his back agenst the wall, and his head in his hands. Kathryn nodded and fell silent. James soon spilled the whole story to her.
"Remember you promised to tell no one, not even Patricia-"
"She already knows." The group looked up to see Sirius and Pat step out of the shadows. "After we walked a little ways, she looked up at me and said. 'You're a dog aren't you.'" He laughed. "At first I thought she was asking me if I was a dog naturally. Then I realized she knew, so I went ahead and spilled all." Chuckling, he grabbed Pat around the waist and playfully through her to the ground. She laughed and pulled him after her.
"You bloody flirts." James could barely get it out, he was laughing too hard. Patricia just grinned.
"That's us." Sirius said, a huge smile playing across his face.
He was still laying flat on his back, Patricia at his side, when the group saw a bright light coming from the forest. A few moments later, a silver flash darted into Kathryn's lap. "Youko!!" Pat and Kathryn exclaimed together. Their silver fox licked their hands in turn. "What are you doing here?" Kathryn asked, when their pet had finished his greetings. He seemed to telepathically link with his owners. Kathryn nodded silently and Pat had a weird expression on her face. The others looked at them questionably.
"So this. what did you say. Murstaks?" Pat nodded at Sirius. "Have come back?" She nodded again. "Do you think we can do something?" She shrugged. Sirius had transformed into Padfoot, and James was now his Stag self. Lily and Kathryn were riding on Prongs' back, and Pat was on Padfoot's. Lupin was riding on a bigger, Youko, and Peter had bravely volunteered to make sure no one followed (note: that was sarcasm). They were all racing into the forest to see the commotion. Apparently, the Murstak had tried to attack a centaur. More of them had come but couldn't quite contain the beast. James had wondered why they went to help the centaurs; They were well known for their dislike towards humans, but Sirius quickly reminded him of the fox being the pet of Kathryn and Pat.
Onward they ran, chilled by the fast blowing wind. Deeper and deeper into the forest, using Youko to guide them. The riders blinked, eyes tearing from all the cold wind, rushing at them.
They quickly reached the clearing where Patricia and Kathryn had been found, barely a week earlier. The place was littered with bodies of centaurs and spots of blood. Kathryn shrieked and covered her eyes, Lily gaped, horrified. Patricia jumped off of Padfoot, and closed her eyes, trying to sense the Murstak. "It's close." She muttered. The rest of the friends dismounted.
They cautiously moved forward, staring at the little alcove the Murstak had made for it's self. Spots of blood had led them from the clearing to this place. The trees had blocked out the moon again, and the nest was covered with thorns, which tore at their clothes. Padfoot and Prongs wrinkled their noses, or tried to anyway. "Grosssssss! It stinks!" James grunted. Patricia laughed, then stiffened. "You punk, it herd us." she said in a low voice. They could feel the earth shake now. The two boys had transformed back into their human selves and whipped out their wants, followed by the rest. The Murstak appeared in all its glory. Its hands were covered in blood, as well as it's teeth. It snarled at the six, obviously thinking they were its dessert.
The Murstak reached down, barely smashing Youko. James used the opportunity to hit it with a stunning curse. It blinked and shook the spell off. Lupin hit it with a petrify curse. It fell backwards momentarily. Pat brought out a sword and cuts it's hand off. Kathryn's eyes grew huge and she backed away and hid behind a tree. "Sorry luv!" Patricia yelled back to her. The Murstak reached down it's other hand and hit Lupin, throwing him into a tree. Youko pounced and bit the monster, in the neck. Then Sirius hit the Murstak again and knocked it out. Pat looked at him, out of breath. "Danka." He smiled back at her. "Ok, so what do we do with this?" The others just shrug at her. "Hmmmm.. ok." She sat down and thought for a moment. The body started to stir. "Damn it!!" Pat hit it on the head with the handle of her sword. "now. what to do." She snapped her fingers, chanted a spell, and it was gone. "What happened?" Sirius asked, as he and James transformed. "I sent him to the mountains, but we should tell the headmaster." Pat sighed, hoisting up Lupin, onto Prong's back.
Kathryn sat by Lupin's bed most of the weekend. She had dark circles under her eyes, and her hair was a mess. The force had broken Remus' back, luckily, the nurse could heal broken bones. Sunday evening he woke up, startling Kathryn. "Hey." He said softly, grabbing hold of her hand and smiling. Kathryn jerked out of her remaining sleep. "How are you?" "Tired" he said laughing. She smiled, relived. "You look dead Kathryn, have you been here all this time?" She nodded.
(Later that night in the library)
"So are you and Lupin together now?" Pat asked Kathryn. The brunette shook her head. "Not really. He's too tired anyway. What about you and Sirius?" "Dunno. He never asked. No clue if he ever will." She sighed. "Someone mentioned my name?" Sirius had appeared in the library. Patricia turned bright red and picked up a book. Sirius laughed at her and pulled her book down, meeting her eyes. "You have it upside down my dear." Pat turned away, blushing even more. Sirius just laughed. "So I was thinking, we should date." Patricia looks back at him, blinking. He looked down into her green eyes again. "Yeah you heard me, you and I should date, is that good for you?"