Raven had accompained Raya to the Great Hall, in an attempt to 'play nice' with the Marauders. Things were actually going fairly well until Sirius and James turned the conversation twords how Raven had been 'wasting' her time. That led to yet another scene where Raven and Sirius were are each others throats.
"Still, despite your taste in men, I can't help but find you an enchanting creature." Sirius smirked.
"I'll bloody well show you enchanting!" Raven spat. The next words from her lips were harsh hissing sounds.
Raya's eyes went wide in surprise, and she put a restraining hand on her sister's shoulder. "Raven, no!" She shook her a bit to bring her back out of the trance that the girl had begun to enter.
Raven's hand went to ther head in an attempt to alleviate the distant drumming sound thta had been creeping up on her. "Uhh...Sorry." she mumbled. "He's just so bloody agravating." Not exactly sure what was going on, Sirius was still taking pleasure in Raven's agitated state. Raven decided it was best to remove herself from the situation, and turned to leave.
Sirius on the other hand couldn't resist one more parting shot. "Come on now, I have to be more entertaining that that git Severus." 'Bingo' he thought, as Raven stopped in her tracks. "Then again, from what I've heard..." She turned to glare at him. "Lucius and Coleridge found you in his bed this morning."
"Nothing happened." Raven said through clentched teeth.
"What Snivelly not up for the job?" Sirius chuckled.
"Unlike you, Severus is a gentleman." Raven growled back.
"I can show you a real gentleman."
"Bloody hell! Go shag a werewolf!" Raven hissed. Sirius's next comeback stalled on his lips, and he paled. A smirk crossed Raven's lips. "What? The great Sirius Black finaly at a loss for words?" And with that, she turned her back on him, and strode out of the Great Hall.
Raven sat on a bench in the garden, attempting to enjoy the warm weather, but her mind and thoughts wouldn't allow for it. Try as she did to push them away, the reality of what she had thought about doing, 'No, what I started to do' kept rushing to the surface.
In all reality, Raven wasn't sure how the enchantment worked. It had been an accident before, her getting lost in dance and the serpent's song. This time...she had been going to try purposefully. A shudder ran through her. 'How could I? What would of happened if Raya hadn't stopped me?' In her own time while singing the serpent's song, she had managed to send Draco Malfoy into a trance. The boy had lost three days worth of memories by the time they had figured out how to revive him. It still plagued Raven that she had done such a thing, even if it hadn't been on purpose.
Granted, Sirius had been acting the part of prat, and he had no right to harass her about Snape...And she couldn't stand one more 'enchanting creature' remark. 'But it's not as if he knows...he's just an idiotic git.' Raven dropped her head, covering her face with her hands. This, she decided, was proof she didn't belong here. She needed to be somewhere she could learn about her powers. 'But where is that?' Raya had realized what she was going to do, and thankfully had stopped her. The boys...they were clueless. 'At this point' Raven bit her lip. 'Uncle Remus'. Did he have this memory? He was standing right there. Did he know now, what she had been about to do then? 'I'm so sorry.'
"You seem awfully quite." Raven bit her lip...could she face him today? She felt as if she didn't deserve to be around people. She didn't feel like she deserved to be around him. "I haven't seen you since this morning. Since you went with your sister to make nice with Potter, Black, and those other two." Was that a bit of a hurt tone? 'Bloody hell, I've messed this up too.'
"Severus." her voice wavered. "I..." she bit her lip.
"Something is wrong." The hurt tone replaced by one laced with anger. "What did they do to you?"
Raven took a deep breath, and looked up. "Despite Sirius's normal prattish behaviour. They did nothing." She bit her lip again. "It was me. Rather, I almost did something." Severus looked at her questioningly. Raven's stomach lurched, remebering the look on Professor Snape's face in Dumbledore's office, after the encounter with Malfoy. "I have this...inate power." Raven began. "It's like some form of mental enchantment. But I'm not sure how it works. Or for sure how to control it." It felt good just to blurt it out.
"Well if it deals with matters of the mind." Severus began, "I don't think you should allow yourself to become so upset." He looked at her with almost a smile. "I do not believe that lost has one between the four of them." Raven smiled. "There, that is better."
"Thanks." She leaned in to kiss his cheek. "I really hate to leave, but I've got to go meet up with Raya." He nodded, and Raven headed off to meet up with her sister.