A/N- More of Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Mione coming up. Along with other
stuff. R/R! Also, I bet I fooled all of you with your minds in the gutter
about Snape and Sinistra! Also, a lot of you want another game, and that
sounds good, but if you have any SUGGESTIONS FOR WHAT GAME, let me know
please. Thanks!
A/N- Please don't send me flames. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything. And don't yell at me for not updating in a threatening way. If you didn't do this, sorry if I freaked you out. If you did, don't do it again, because it's just plain mean and stupid. NO FLAMES.
**A/N- SORRY it took me so long to update. I've been really busy, and now that school is starting I may only be able to update once a week. I'll try for more, but don't yell at me if I can't, okay?
"I don't know if we should put back those covers. I just have a bad feeling about this," Parvati said, looking very nervous. Sirius shook his head. "Have some sense of adventure, Parvati! Let's take a look! What's the worst that could happen?" he asked, walking closer to the bed.
Parvati gulped. She was pretty sure she knew the worst that could happen, and she didn't want to experience it. But she followed Sirius, Remmie, and Cissa over to the bed. "Ready?" Remmie asked, looking apprehensively at the bed. Cissa and Parvati nodded, and Sirius walked up to the bed, counted to three, and pulled back the covers.
"We caught you!" he yelled, looking down, expecting to see Sevvie and Ally engaged in something they certainly wouldn't want to be interrupted during. "What?! They're not here!" he exclaimed in shock.
"It's Mrs. Norris! What's she doing here?" Parvati asked, taken aback. Mrs. Norris glared at them with her bulging yellow eyes, and hissed. After clawing at them threateningly, with another hiss, she slinked off towards a door at the end of Snape's room that was closed.
"What's she doing?" Cissa asked, walking over to the cat, which was now clawing at the door as if it was a scratching post. The other three followed Cissa over to Mrs. Norris. "Let's see where the door goes!" Sirius said excitedly, getting ready to turn the knob.
"No! What if this time it's really Professor Snape and Professor Sinistra?" Parvati asked, still worried about how badly Snape would punish her if he caught her. Remmie laughed. "Don't worry, we'll protect you," he said, and nodded to Sirius to open the door.
He pushed it open quietly, and the four of them walked quietly out onto what was apparently a deck with a great view of the stars. "Look! It's my star!" Sirius said, looking up at the Dog Star in the sky. Remmie rolled his eyes. "Oh god. Are you still obsessed with that?" he asked, remembering back when they had been at school together.
"Hey, look! People!" Sirius exclaimed, pointing to the far end of the deck, where two silhouettes were standing, holding hands and looking up at the stars. Sirius, Remmie, Cissa, and Parvati stood as still as they could, watching the two figures watch the stars, and then gasped as they turned to each other and kissed.
"Oh no. It's Snape," Parvati whispered, "Let's go back. I'm all for adventure, but I'm *not* all for a month's worth of detention." Cissa and Remmie would have been perfectly willing to do as she asked, but Sirius shook his head vehemently.
"We've investigated long enough. I think we deserve some fun," he said, walking towards them. Remmie and Cissa followed him, and Parvati reluctantly walked by his side. "Okay," Sirius said excitedly, "On the count of three, we'll say BOO."
"No way," Cissa said, "That is so immature. Sirius, you put your hands over Ally's eyes, and I'll do the same to Snape. If we're going to do this, let's do this right." So Remmie and Parvati stood a few feet away and watched as Sirius and Cissa put Cissa's plan into action.
"AHHH! WHO IS THAT?!" Sevvie screamed, wrenching Cissa's hands from his eyes, "CISSA! ARGH! BLACK! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ALLY!" Both Sirius and Cissa jumped back, Sirius sniggering like crazy. "What are you doing here?" Ally asked in shock, staring at Cissa and Sirius, then turning to Parvati and Remmie. Remmie looked at Ally sympathetically.
"We actually came to look for some Veritaserum, but then Sirius heard a noise, so we checked your bed, and it was Mrs. Norris, who showed us to this door, and then we found you. Sorry for the inconvenience," he said sincerely, looking pointedly at Sirius not to contradict him.
Ally sighed. She completely believed the story. Unfortunately, Sevvie did not. "Oh right, Lupin. I'm sure that's what happened," Snape said in the same silky tone that he used when he took fifty points away from Gryffindor, "Lupin, it's more likely that you and Black were off snogging and needed some fresh air."
Sirius and Remmie both glared at him, and Cissa spoke up. "Look Sev, we weren't trying to interrupt anything. Well, maybe Sirius was, but no one else. All I want to do is find some Veritaserum so that I can find Lucius and find out what's going on. Can you please just show us where it is, and then we'll leave you and Ally alone?" she asked hopefully.
"One minute," Snape snapped, and he and Ally walked to the far corner of the deck to talk. Ally looked up at him. She could tell he was obviously upset that they had been interrupted. "It's okay," she said, brushing his hair out of his face, "They didn't mean to."
Sevvie grit his teeth. "I know, but all the same, this is awkward," he said, looking from Ally to the four intruders and back to Ally, "What do you think we should do?" After thinking for a second, Ally whispered in his ear, "I think we should help them."
This was shocking to Snape. Agreeing to help would have been the last thing to cross his mind, but if Ally wanted to, he was going to agree. So they walked back over to the group, where Cissa asked him what he was going to do.
"I'll give you the Veritaserum," he said reluctantly, "It's in the top drawer of my desk. *But* Ally and I are going to go with you, and when you give the Veritaserum to Lucius, if that's what you're planning to do, you'll let me ask a few embarrassing questions of my own."
Sirius looked very excited at the prospect of this, as did Lupin and Parvati. "Fair enough," Cissa said, turning to walk back inside to Snape's room. The other five people followed her.
Snape quickly got the Veritaserum from his desk, and handed it to Cissa, who now had free hands to carry it with since she had asked Lupin to carry the champagne and glasses. "Cissa, do you actually have any idea where Lucius and Cho are?" Remmie asked, realizing that she had never mentioned that to them.
Cissa shook her head, realizing that that was a key flaw in her plan. "I have a few guesses, though," she said, thinking back to when she had been at Hogwarts, "He's most likely in the Astronomy Tower, or the Prefects' Bathroom."
"Well let's check the Prefects' Bathroom first, since it's on the way, and then we can go check the Astronomy Tower," Sirius said logically. Snape gasped in mock-surprise. "Did Sirius Black just say something that actually made sense? What is this world coming to?" he asked sarcastically.
Sirius grinned innocently at Snape, and the group walked out of Snape's office and proceeded down the corridor towards the stairs which would take them to the Prefects' Bathroom. On the way, they passed a number of portraits. Most of them laughed at them, having seen them pass this way before, when Sirius was drunk.
However, a few looked at them with interest, and one picture of a mermaid stared at Cissa as if she recognized her. "What? What is it?" Cissa asked the portrait edgily, stopping for a second to talk. The mermaid laughed, swishing her long golden hair.
"I know you. Well, sort of-isn't it your husband in the Prefects' Bathroom making out with the little Ravenclaw Prefect?" she asked, blinking curiously. Everyone stared at the mermaid in surprise, and she laughed, loving the attention. Cissa glared at her, flipping her own hair in an imitation of her.
"Don't shoot the messenger!" the mermaid giggled, and then disappeared from her portrait, probably to return to the one on the wall of the Prefects' Bathroom. Cissa looked around the group as if daring them to say something. No one did.
"I cannot believe this. I just can't," she said after no one had spoken, "I almost expected it, but still, to actually hear it-let's get going. I need to see this for myself." No one protested, and they followed her warily down the corridor, up the stairs, and around corners until they reached the door to the Prefects' Bathroom.
"Are you going to say the password?" Remmie asked carefully as they all stood in front of the door waiting to go in. Cissa didn't say anything for a second. "I- I don't know the password," she said quietly, shocked that she had overlooked this important detail.
"Parvati, since you're the only one of us who's a student here, do you know the password?" asked Sirius hopefully. Parvati shook her head. She wasn't a Prefect, and although she tried constantly to find out the password from people, she knew that it had changed since the last time that she had been in there.
Cissa looked down at the floor. After a second, she looked up with determination. "We are going to find out this password if it takes us all night," she said, turning to walk back down the hall. Before she could start walking though, Ally stopped her. "That won't be necessary," she said, standing directly in front of the door now, "I know the password."
Cissa breathed a sigh of relief, and Snape looked at her in surprise. "You continue to shock me," he said softly. Ally smiled at him. "Well," she said playfully, "I'm full of surprises." With that, she said the password and they crept inside, staying in the shadows of the very corner of the room near the entrance, where the bright light all around the room did not quite reach.
They looked in silence at Lucius and Cho, who were still sitting in the pool, occasionally snogging. "I just don't believe it. He can't like her better than me. She's just a stuck-up sixteen year with too much confidence," Cissa said to no one in particular.
Sirius looked at them in disgust. "I knew Lucius was low, but I didn't realize that Cho was. I can't believe Harry ever liked her," he said. After thinking a second, he turned to Cissa.
"You know," he said thoughtfully, "I dislike you almost as much as I hate Lucius. But I just don't think he likes her better than you. He's just trying to make you jealous. Don't get mad-get even."
Snape stared at Sirius for the second time, shocked that he was actually making sense. Cissa looked at him contemplatively, and then looked from Lucius and Cho in the bath to the group she was with. "Revenge will be sweet," she said, "I think I'd like to settle the score a little before we use the Veritaserum."
She put the Veritaserum down in the corner, and Lupin did the same with the champagne and glasses. "So what's the plan?" Ally asked inquiringly. Cissa didn't answer her. "Can I ask what the plan is?" Remmie repeated for Ally, just as curious as everyone else as to what the plan was. Cissa shook her head. "No," she said, "but you can be a part of it."
A/N- Please don't send me flames. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything. And don't yell at me for not updating in a threatening way. If you didn't do this, sorry if I freaked you out. If you did, don't do it again, because it's just plain mean and stupid. NO FLAMES.
**A/N- SORRY it took me so long to update. I've been really busy, and now that school is starting I may only be able to update once a week. I'll try for more, but don't yell at me if I can't, okay?
"I don't know if we should put back those covers. I just have a bad feeling about this," Parvati said, looking very nervous. Sirius shook his head. "Have some sense of adventure, Parvati! Let's take a look! What's the worst that could happen?" he asked, walking closer to the bed.
Parvati gulped. She was pretty sure she knew the worst that could happen, and she didn't want to experience it. But she followed Sirius, Remmie, and Cissa over to the bed. "Ready?" Remmie asked, looking apprehensively at the bed. Cissa and Parvati nodded, and Sirius walked up to the bed, counted to three, and pulled back the covers.
"We caught you!" he yelled, looking down, expecting to see Sevvie and Ally engaged in something they certainly wouldn't want to be interrupted during. "What?! They're not here!" he exclaimed in shock.
"It's Mrs. Norris! What's she doing here?" Parvati asked, taken aback. Mrs. Norris glared at them with her bulging yellow eyes, and hissed. After clawing at them threateningly, with another hiss, she slinked off towards a door at the end of Snape's room that was closed.
"What's she doing?" Cissa asked, walking over to the cat, which was now clawing at the door as if it was a scratching post. The other three followed Cissa over to Mrs. Norris. "Let's see where the door goes!" Sirius said excitedly, getting ready to turn the knob.
"No! What if this time it's really Professor Snape and Professor Sinistra?" Parvati asked, still worried about how badly Snape would punish her if he caught her. Remmie laughed. "Don't worry, we'll protect you," he said, and nodded to Sirius to open the door.
He pushed it open quietly, and the four of them walked quietly out onto what was apparently a deck with a great view of the stars. "Look! It's my star!" Sirius said, looking up at the Dog Star in the sky. Remmie rolled his eyes. "Oh god. Are you still obsessed with that?" he asked, remembering back when they had been at school together.
"Hey, look! People!" Sirius exclaimed, pointing to the far end of the deck, where two silhouettes were standing, holding hands and looking up at the stars. Sirius, Remmie, Cissa, and Parvati stood as still as they could, watching the two figures watch the stars, and then gasped as they turned to each other and kissed.
"Oh no. It's Snape," Parvati whispered, "Let's go back. I'm all for adventure, but I'm *not* all for a month's worth of detention." Cissa and Remmie would have been perfectly willing to do as she asked, but Sirius shook his head vehemently.
"We've investigated long enough. I think we deserve some fun," he said, walking towards them. Remmie and Cissa followed him, and Parvati reluctantly walked by his side. "Okay," Sirius said excitedly, "On the count of three, we'll say BOO."
"No way," Cissa said, "That is so immature. Sirius, you put your hands over Ally's eyes, and I'll do the same to Snape. If we're going to do this, let's do this right." So Remmie and Parvati stood a few feet away and watched as Sirius and Cissa put Cissa's plan into action.
"AHHH! WHO IS THAT?!" Sevvie screamed, wrenching Cissa's hands from his eyes, "CISSA! ARGH! BLACK! GET YOUR HANDS OFF ALLY!" Both Sirius and Cissa jumped back, Sirius sniggering like crazy. "What are you doing here?" Ally asked in shock, staring at Cissa and Sirius, then turning to Parvati and Remmie. Remmie looked at Ally sympathetically.
"We actually came to look for some Veritaserum, but then Sirius heard a noise, so we checked your bed, and it was Mrs. Norris, who showed us to this door, and then we found you. Sorry for the inconvenience," he said sincerely, looking pointedly at Sirius not to contradict him.
Ally sighed. She completely believed the story. Unfortunately, Sevvie did not. "Oh right, Lupin. I'm sure that's what happened," Snape said in the same silky tone that he used when he took fifty points away from Gryffindor, "Lupin, it's more likely that you and Black were off snogging and needed some fresh air."
Sirius and Remmie both glared at him, and Cissa spoke up. "Look Sev, we weren't trying to interrupt anything. Well, maybe Sirius was, but no one else. All I want to do is find some Veritaserum so that I can find Lucius and find out what's going on. Can you please just show us where it is, and then we'll leave you and Ally alone?" she asked hopefully.
"One minute," Snape snapped, and he and Ally walked to the far corner of the deck to talk. Ally looked up at him. She could tell he was obviously upset that they had been interrupted. "It's okay," she said, brushing his hair out of his face, "They didn't mean to."
Sevvie grit his teeth. "I know, but all the same, this is awkward," he said, looking from Ally to the four intruders and back to Ally, "What do you think we should do?" After thinking for a second, Ally whispered in his ear, "I think we should help them."
This was shocking to Snape. Agreeing to help would have been the last thing to cross his mind, but if Ally wanted to, he was going to agree. So they walked back over to the group, where Cissa asked him what he was going to do.
"I'll give you the Veritaserum," he said reluctantly, "It's in the top drawer of my desk. *But* Ally and I are going to go with you, and when you give the Veritaserum to Lucius, if that's what you're planning to do, you'll let me ask a few embarrassing questions of my own."
Sirius looked very excited at the prospect of this, as did Lupin and Parvati. "Fair enough," Cissa said, turning to walk back inside to Snape's room. The other five people followed her.
Snape quickly got the Veritaserum from his desk, and handed it to Cissa, who now had free hands to carry it with since she had asked Lupin to carry the champagne and glasses. "Cissa, do you actually have any idea where Lucius and Cho are?" Remmie asked, realizing that she had never mentioned that to them.
Cissa shook her head, realizing that that was a key flaw in her plan. "I have a few guesses, though," she said, thinking back to when she had been at Hogwarts, "He's most likely in the Astronomy Tower, or the Prefects' Bathroom."
"Well let's check the Prefects' Bathroom first, since it's on the way, and then we can go check the Astronomy Tower," Sirius said logically. Snape gasped in mock-surprise. "Did Sirius Black just say something that actually made sense? What is this world coming to?" he asked sarcastically.
Sirius grinned innocently at Snape, and the group walked out of Snape's office and proceeded down the corridor towards the stairs which would take them to the Prefects' Bathroom. On the way, they passed a number of portraits. Most of them laughed at them, having seen them pass this way before, when Sirius was drunk.
However, a few looked at them with interest, and one picture of a mermaid stared at Cissa as if she recognized her. "What? What is it?" Cissa asked the portrait edgily, stopping for a second to talk. The mermaid laughed, swishing her long golden hair.
"I know you. Well, sort of-isn't it your husband in the Prefects' Bathroom making out with the little Ravenclaw Prefect?" she asked, blinking curiously. Everyone stared at the mermaid in surprise, and she laughed, loving the attention. Cissa glared at her, flipping her own hair in an imitation of her.
"Don't shoot the messenger!" the mermaid giggled, and then disappeared from her portrait, probably to return to the one on the wall of the Prefects' Bathroom. Cissa looked around the group as if daring them to say something. No one did.
"I cannot believe this. I just can't," she said after no one had spoken, "I almost expected it, but still, to actually hear it-let's get going. I need to see this for myself." No one protested, and they followed her warily down the corridor, up the stairs, and around corners until they reached the door to the Prefects' Bathroom.
"Are you going to say the password?" Remmie asked carefully as they all stood in front of the door waiting to go in. Cissa didn't say anything for a second. "I- I don't know the password," she said quietly, shocked that she had overlooked this important detail.
"Parvati, since you're the only one of us who's a student here, do you know the password?" asked Sirius hopefully. Parvati shook her head. She wasn't a Prefect, and although she tried constantly to find out the password from people, she knew that it had changed since the last time that she had been in there.
Cissa looked down at the floor. After a second, she looked up with determination. "We are going to find out this password if it takes us all night," she said, turning to walk back down the hall. Before she could start walking though, Ally stopped her. "That won't be necessary," she said, standing directly in front of the door now, "I know the password."
Cissa breathed a sigh of relief, and Snape looked at her in surprise. "You continue to shock me," he said softly. Ally smiled at him. "Well," she said playfully, "I'm full of surprises." With that, she said the password and they crept inside, staying in the shadows of the very corner of the room near the entrance, where the bright light all around the room did not quite reach.
They looked in silence at Lucius and Cho, who were still sitting in the pool, occasionally snogging. "I just don't believe it. He can't like her better than me. She's just a stuck-up sixteen year with too much confidence," Cissa said to no one in particular.
Sirius looked at them in disgust. "I knew Lucius was low, but I didn't realize that Cho was. I can't believe Harry ever liked her," he said. After thinking a second, he turned to Cissa.
"You know," he said thoughtfully, "I dislike you almost as much as I hate Lucius. But I just don't think he likes her better than you. He's just trying to make you jealous. Don't get mad-get even."
Snape stared at Sirius for the second time, shocked that he was actually making sense. Cissa looked at him contemplatively, and then looked from Lucius and Cho in the bath to the group she was with. "Revenge will be sweet," she said, "I think I'd like to settle the score a little before we use the Veritaserum."
She put the Veritaserum down in the corner, and Lupin did the same with the champagne and glasses. "So what's the plan?" Ally asked inquiringly. Cissa didn't answer her. "Can I ask what the plan is?" Remmie repeated for Ally, just as curious as everyone else as to what the plan was. Cissa shook her head. "No," she said, "but you can be a part of it."
