Engaging

Follies of Fright

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me, they belong to J. K. Rowling. Except for Sara Sweets, she belongs to me . And Sapphire. Author's note: This is based upon what I have taken from the Harry Potter stories, and is totally in my head. And I seriously believe that Voldemort is either in love with Lily or is her half-brother, so that is in this story. If you are easily offended by vulgar language or sexual content you should not read this fanficiton. Please review.

Lily watched as the couple approached a motionless Sara. She had come by to see Sara and to tell her good-bye before she and James left to go to their, rather short, honeymoon. But Sara wasn't in the mood for it at the moment, and these new guests seemed to have something more important on their minds.

So Lily simply walked off, leaving her best friend to fend for herself.

Something shook her.

"Gow awayn," she mumbled and turned her head away from the source of the annoyance.

She was shaken again, "Sara?"

Her eyes opened and she shot up, "I wasn't sleeping!" she denied immediately, for she was technically still supposed to be talking strategy with, a rather vacant, Remus. Then she looked at who was addressing her. It was Sapphire and Peter, standing side by side and staring down at her. Her heart skipped a beat but she swallowed her quickly rising fear, "Yes?" she asked, hoping her voice didn't give away her emotions.

Sapphire smiled, "Sara, Peter wants to talk to you. Is now a good time?"

Sara blinked, then shook her head to loosen those frightening thought that were sticking to her mind. God, how could a pyromagus such as herself be afraid of a single, small, fat rat? "Um, sure. Now's as good a time as any."

Sapphire turned to Peter, who seemed to be swallowing a similar fear, "Er…Um…Yes, well you see I was wondering," he stammered and stumbled over his words, "Well, I was wondering if you had thought about…well about me being a spy for you." He said nervously, looking anywhere but at Sara, preferably in Sapphire's direction.

For some reason his twisting fingers seemed rather threatening to Sara, and for a moment she thought that one of his hands was silver, but the color faded back down into his usual pallor, "Peter," she began, using his first name because she could do so without fear. That confused her, for if it had been his last name that she had used, it would have terrified her immensely.

His hopeful eyes were upon her, though his fingers still nervously twisted with one another.

"Peter, why do you want to be a spy for me?" Sara asked finally, for she really didn't know. He was always sheltered by the other marauders, always protected. Why would he feel the need to do something so drastic as to go against the most evil wizard of their time? Possibly of all time!

He blinked at her, "I thought it was obvious…" he said, staring at her blankly.

She blinked back at him, "Well it's not. Perhaps I just do not see it," she suggested. How could she? There was no way that he could really pull it off. Was there?

He frowned, "This man is out there murdering people. If someone doesn't stop him he'll continue to murder people. I feel that I can help stop him, but the only way I can really see for me to do so is by being a spy for you. So here I am, trying to put an end to the reign of a truly evil person. Is it really that confusing?" he asked, his brow furrowed. He seemed a bit hurt by her words.

Sapphire couldn't help but smile at him…well, down at him, for he was two inches shorter than her at least.

Sara stared at him. Somehow, when he held Sapphire's small hand in his thicker one, he didn't really seem all that frightening. The thought of him being frightening was almost humorous. He was about five four, he had brown hair and brown eyes, and he was fairly round from his every angle. There was nothing frightening about him whatsoever!

Suddenly, her fear of this man who had terrified her only moments ago, seemed ridiculous as he stood by his love, their hands intertwined.

Laughter bubbled up in her and she couldn't help but let it out, allowing the rather cute couple before her to see her merriment.

Sapphire blinked, this was a side of Sara she'd never seen before. One that no one, except maybe Lily, had seen before.

Peter watched the redhead; he had never seen Sara like this. He had always thought her harsh and cruel, for she had never liked him, though he had never actually done anything to her. She seemed to have hated him since she first laid eyes on him, since she first heard his name. Now that this had happened, it seemed that, suddenly, Sara liked him. He couldn't help but smile, his own fear of her gone completely.

Sara swallowed as much of her laughter as she could to say, "Of course Peter, you can be a spy. But you'll have to take it into your own hands. Speak to Sapphire only, she'll come to me. We'll work it all out later. Right now Sapph, spread the news."

Sapphire smiled and led Peter off.

Sara watched until they were completely out of sight, leaving her all alone.

She smiled as her hair flickered with anticipation.

"Hello Sirius," she said, looking at the empty space where the couple had been.

He came up behind her, "I thought you didn't like him," Sirius stated.

Her eyes came up to meet his, "I can see now how foolish my fears were. Peter wasn't really that frightening, simply something that I was expecting to happen," she said.

He smiled, the mischievous grin covering his lips, "Now that you're not so frightened, wanna have some fun?"