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Chapter 24: The Silver Chain
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Sirius was still laughing about rabbits when he and Carly sat down next to the other Marauders and Lily,
"What's so funny?" Peter asked. Sirius gasped,
"Your actually here!" Peter's eyes became wide,
"Of course, why wouldn't I be?"
"You're never here anymore." James stated,
"Yeah, why?" Remus asked,
"I've…I've just meet…" Sirius grinned,
"You have a girl?" Peter thought for a second and nodded,
"Who?" James asked leaning closer. Peter shook his head,
"No one you need to know about." The other marauders sighed,
"Come on Wormtail, we tell you about our girlfriends." Remus said,
"You don't really tell me, I sort of can see it." Peter said indicating how close Sirius and Carly were, and how James and Lily were holding hands. Sirius shrugged and gave up piling food on his plate,
"Whatever, if you want to act all prude then don't tell us." Peter's mouth opened to retort, but he was cut off by Carly who smacked him upside the head,
"Honestly Sirius! If he doesn't want to tell you then he won't. Weren't we just talking about how we hate it when people pry into our business?" Sirius winced and Lily raised an eyebrow,
"Who else knows?" Carly rolled her eyes and waved it off while Sirius glared at his plate. James and Remus smirked,
"Come on who?" James teased poking Sirius,
"Shut up Prongs." Remus grinned,
"It's Gideon isn't it?" Sirius began to hit his head against the table and Carly threw up her hands in defeat,
"See what I mean! People always in our business! My bloody mum told him! What the hell is that all about!" The others grinned when Sirius clutched his head,
"What happen?" Peter asked. He unlike every other Marauder had no idea about Carly's…condition… Lily waved it off,
"Probably nothing." She said then gave Carly a look that said, 'Tell me later.' Carly gave her a slight nod and turned back to her food. James decided to break the tension because it seemed to much for him,
"Uhh…Hey Marauders we haven't pulled a prank in a long time." Lily snorted but said nothing. This comment seemed to make Sirius lift his head from the table,
"Yeah!" Remus grinned,
"I'm game, what's in mind Prongs." The four boys leaned in closer and began discussing things quietly. Carly and Lily chose to ignore what they were saying,
"So what happened?" Lily asked,
"Well all I know is what Sirius told me." Carly stated pushing food around her plate,
"And what's that?" Carly sighed and told her all Sirius said to her about the little meeting him and Gideon had leaving Lily shocked,
"So Gideon thinks he's like your brother or something?" Carly shrugged,
"I have no idea. Probably feels sorry because I have no male influence on my life. My mum feels like she has to play both parts."
"Oh-" Lily was cut off by a large brown barn owl flying straight at Carly. The owl hooted angrily at her,
"Sorry Sena." Carly cooed stroking the owl now on the head. It hooted at her in forgiveness and put up its leg for Carly to take the letter attached. Carly untied the letter while the owl helped it self to her pumpkin juice and flew off. "Damn…" Carly muttered reading over the letter. Lily raised an eyebrow,
"What? Is it from your mother?" Carly grinned and shook her head,
"Nope, it's from Danny."
"Who?"
"Danny Koler. He's my best friend from ASM." Lily shook her head in understanding and looked over at the boys. Sirius was glaring at the letter in her hands and Remus, Peter, and James had confused looks on their faces.
"Who's Ruff? And who's Danny?" Sirius said reading over her shoulder. Carly hid the letter in her bag,
"Danny Koler." Sirius growled causing Carly to laugh,
"He's my friend. That's all." She said putting her hand under his chin. She was laughing at Sirius,
"I'm sure." Carly rolled her eyes and went back to her lunch. James started laughing and Sirius rounded on him,
"What's so funny?"
"You." Sirius growled again and muttered something under his breath. After lunch the crew headed towards Transfiguration. Carly followed a little behind reading Danny's letter,
Ruff,
Baby! Guess what? Alright you guessed nothing. It's extremely boring over here. Nothing is going on! Charlotte house is losing because we don't have you! Betsy is the worst Capitan ever and she can't get the chasers to work as a team. We're all on strike until you come back.
I miss you…Ben misses you…The entire Charlotte house misses you. I swear even some Dominions miss you. I miss you the most though.
Any way on to more important issues…Why have you not written me in a week? And who is this Sirius Black character? I don't like the sounds of him. Lily seems nice. James seems a little off because he's best friends with Black. So does Remus. I don't like him. Stay away from him! (Carly laughed at this.) Also my mom said I could come to your next game sense its home. Can't wait to see you crush Mexico!
You luver (…just kidding…)
Danny aka Les
As Carly read her letter James pulled Sirius aside, "Do you remember what my mum gave us two years ago?" Sirius shook his head,
"No…" James sighed and pulled out two small boxes,
"The chains. The ones about the girls and stuff." Sirius gasped,
"I forgot all about those."
"Yeah well she sent them to me the other day. She said something about Lily and then said something about Carly. I think she wants us to try them on the girls." Sirius nodded,
"How do we know which one belongs to who?" Sirius asked looking at the boxes,
"Mum said mine was gold and yours was silver." James said opening the boxes to reveal two bright necklace chains. One was a startling gold one and the other was a silver one. Both looked brand new. Sirius took the silver one and put it in his pocket,
"So your mum thinks we should give them to the girls?" James nodded, "When are you going to give it to Lily?" James shrugged,
"Tomorrow I guess."
"Halloween?" James nodded. Remus who was behind the two started tapping his foot,
"Can we go now?" James and Sirius gave each other one last look and followed Remus into the classroom.
As Carly finished the letter Lily sat down in her chair and began to read over her shoulder,
"Past boyfriend?" Carly shook her head,
"I'm not entirely sure." She said watching Sirius sit up straighter, "He's just a really good friend." She added causing Sirius to slump back down. Lily looked at what Carly was looking at and tapped her nose,
"Right a good friend." Lily said pulling out her books.
A really good friend my butt. Shut up. What do you know? A lot now that I'm in your head. We didn't do anything! Well duh…I hate you. And I love you.
Carly inwardly groaned and took out some parchment while McGonagall started teaching.
Lily began to space out thinking about nothing in particular. Lunch came to mind after a few minutes. What where to guys planning? They always do a big prank on Halloween and that's tomorrow. Lily ran her fingers through her hair remembering her 4th year. The marauders thought it would be funny to change everyone's hair color. James made her extra "special" as he put it. He changed it to neon orange which wouldn't go away for a week. She even glowed in the dark. No wonder she didn't have any friends before Carly. James…Lily sighed propping her head up on her hand and looking at the back of James' head. James…She thought giggling. James must have heard her and turned to look at her. She blushed and waved. He gave her a crooked grin and turned back around. James…She thought again.
When classes where over for the day Sirius began looking nervous. So you're telling her tonight? Yeah…Good. The sexual tension between you to is so thick that I can barely see. You don't have eyes. It's an expression. Oh, right.
Carly looked over at Sirius during dinner and nudged him with her foot,
"What's wrong?" She asked and he fidgeted,
"Not…uh…can we talk…now?" Carly nodded giving on last look at her food and standing up. She and Sirius walked out of the great hall while girls began whispering. Carly soon grew nervous also. Don't worry. Why? Is he going to break up with me. I just told you that he loves you this morning. What makes you think he's going to break up with you? Maybe he's scared. Scared of what? Being in love…Are you scared? I don't know.
"Carly?" Sirius said snapping her back from her thoughts. He had brought her to a spare classroom and was sitting on a desk.
"Yeah."
"I was talking with…Lily." Carly's eyes grew wide, "Last night…" Carly gulped, "Don't worry its nothing bad. Actually its pretty good."
"Just say it already." She said sitting next to him. He took her hand and began tracing his fingers on her palm,
"I'd never thought I'd live long enough to know who this feels, but damn you Carly for changing me again. First you tie down one of the biggest man-whores, then you have him chasing you around, and now…now you have him falling in love with you." Carly gasped,
"What?" She breathed. She knew of course that he loved her. It was just so different hearing it from him,
"I love you." He was staring intently at her. She took her other hand and cupped his face,
"I love you, too Sirius Black." Sirius let out a breath he had been holding for awhile. Sirius pulled something out of his pocket. Carly's eyes grew wide.
"Don't worry. It's nothing big, well not to big." He added with a grin. He opened up a box and pulled out a little silver chain, "Mrs. Potter, had one made for both me and James. She said that once we found the right girl that it'll fit perfectly. Of course James and I didn't believe her so we tried it on random girls and it was always to small." Carly nodded. Sirius brushed back her hair, "Can I try?" He asked. She nodded again, she was speechless he wanted to try something like that on her! This was so cliché, she thought as he wrapped the small chain around her neck. When he clasped it he gasped and stood up. "CARLY!" Carly grinned,
"SIRIUS!" He picked her up (which is no easy task) and whirled her around. She laughed and struggled out of his grasp, "What now?" She asked looking up into his eyes. He grinned,
"Lily and I talked last night. It seems that there is more then one way to break the curse." Carly gasped,
"What?"
"The one is the one Lily knows, the other it seems that she miss read. The one is a spell while the other…is that if you find your true love the spell can be broken…without a wand or your father." Carly let out a nervous laugh,
"So…you think that this is true love?" She asked nervously. Her heart was split in two. She of course was Sirius' true love, but what if he wasn't hers? She didn't want to ruin what they had if he wasn't, but she still wanted to see.
Sirius scratched his head,
"I think so." She bit her lip and explained her problem to him,
"What…if ….and that's a big if. What if your not my true love? I mean the only way to find out is if we…" she trailed off and he nodded for her to continue, "And what happens if it doesn't work?" He pulled her close,
"I don't know." She wrapped her arms around his back and closed her eyes,
"I don't want to ruin us, but at the same time…"
"I know." He lightly touched her chin forcing her to look up at him, "You can think about it. I'll wait. I promise." He said. She grinned,
"I love you Sirius Black,"
"And I love you Carly Mullet."
Carly lay in her bed tossing and turning that night. Sirius' words were echoing in her mind. There were really two ways. She was shocked. He knew another way. A way that might be a really really good thing, or a really really bad thing. She turned around again and fingered the silver chain. She hated her father for doing this to her. Hell she hated him not just for this! She screamed in her pillow (so she didn't wake Lily). "DAMN HIM!"
While she screamed she failed to notice a black figure slip into her room. As she turned around again in her bed she watched as a shadow approached her bed behind her curtain. Sirius? She asked herself. Sirius. She confirmed as she watched the figure pull back the curtain. She didn't want to ruin his fun so she pretended to be asleep. A squeak emitted from her mattress as the figure sat down next to her. She felt a hand run through her hair. It was small and dry. Not Sirius' hands, she thought. Her eyes shoot open. Defiantly not Sirius. The person smiled wickedly pulling out its wand,
"Sorry love." A women's voice said. She opened her mouth to scream, but was suddenly muffled by a gloved hand. "We don't want to wake up your mudblood friend now do we?" Carly squinted to see who it was,
"Mu-"
"Carly?" Came Lily's soft voice. The woman cursed and stood up walking over to Lily's bed. Carly reached for her wand and quietly levitated the flower pot on her dresser. When the woman reached Lily's bed Carly flung the flower pot at the person. Lily tore back her curtains looking straight at the person who was now out cold on the floor.
"Wha-" Lily began but Carly stopped her by putting a finger to her own lips. Carly stood up and looked over the person. Lily soon joined her. "Who is that?" Lily whispered in her ear. Carly shook her head,
"I think its m-" Suddenly everything went black.
Carly groaned and sat up. She was not in her bed; she actually had no idea where she was. Looking around she saw a hooded figure slumped over in the corner by a door. The door was a wood door surrounded by cement walls. The entire room was made out of cement. No wonder her head hurt. She quietly stood not wanting to wake up the hooded figure she crept towards the door. She reached for the handle and pulled on it. It wouldn't move. She grasped it harder pulling and pushing. She threw her whole weight against the door and nothing happened. She reached down in her pocket looking for her wand,
"Looking for this?" A smooth voice said behind her. She turned to face the voice, when she saw who it belonged to her blue eyes lit up with a blue fiery rage,
"Malfoy." She sneered holding out her hand for her wand he was twirling in his hands. She growled when he stood up pocketing her own wand and pulling out his own,
"So you're the infamous Caroline Mullet," he drawled. Carly was confused, he knew who she was. Why was he acting like this? "My son, Lucius, talks about you all the time." Carly put two and two together.
"Like father like son, can I have my wand back now?" Malfoy cackled and walked closer to her putting a hand under her chin,
"Your not afraid, young one?" He asked. She pulled her face away from his hand and took a step back,
"Why should I be?" She spat still holding out her hand for her wand. He took her hand,
"B. Malfoy." He stated putting her hand to his lips. She pulled back her hand,
"Why am I here? Where's Lily?" She asked glaring at him while wiping her hand on her robes. Wait robes? She was wearing robes? Sense when? I remember changing into my pajamas. She looked down and saw that these weren't even hers. They were dress robes. The robes were rich looking a deep green color. The color didn't look bad on her but she turned to face Malfoy again with a snarl.
"A little blunt?" He teased, "Don't worry about the mudblood she's being taken care of." Carly growled and opened her mouth to retort, but he silenced her with a wave of his hand, "The robes belong to your father and it was his order to dress you in them." A pink tint rose on her cheeks, but she quickly wiped it away with a scowl, "He wishes to see you and the mudblood once you are awake." With that he walked passed her towards the door and opened it, "I must say that you would have made a perfect match for my son." He sneered. She looked around, seeing nothing she took off the shoe on her foot and threw it at him. He ducked, "So violent young one." He shut the door leaving Carly alone. She scowled and picked up the shoe. It wasn't her shoe either, but the floor was cold and she couldn't see her slippers anywhere so she put it on. Her mind reeling she sat on the floor. What now? She thought. Touch the necklace. Sirius' conscious said, What? Touch the necklace, Sirius will feel it. Trust me. What other option was there? She began to rub the necklace. I feel stupid. Yeah well you want to live don't you. Carly sighed. I know your scared. Just trust me. I am part of Sirius. Can't you get a hold of him? Not this far away. Where am I? I have no idea. I already tried though and couldn't get to him. Just keep rubbing.
Carly obeyed and rubbed some more.
Little did she know that not only it sent a heat wave to Sirius, it sent one to two of the most respectable Aurors out there.
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