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Chapter 8- Breakfast Rumble
Sam woke up feeling refreshed, though whenever she thought about the other night a dull pang stabbed at her heart.
If I'm lucky, Sirius will just let sleeping dogs lie. She thought hopefully.
The other part of her mind snorted in disbelief. Yeah, and you're from this time period. She sighed. Her stupid mind was right. It would just be better to avoid Sirius and the others like the plague for the rest of her life.
With a grim face she showered and dressed in her uniform, gathering her things for the day, intent on eating breakfast early and not coming back to the common room till midnight that night if she could help it.
The Fates must have had it in for Samantha that day because as soon as she walked into the Great Hall the Marauders, minus Remus, looked up and scowled.
Remus and Frank smiled and waved her over but she shook her head and stalked to the Slytherin table, grabbing a seat between Lucius and Nikko.
She accepted their warm greetings then answered in undertones the questions they asked her about why she was sitting with them. After hearing Sam's excuse, Lucius looked up and locked eyes with Sirius.
He smirked and put an arm around Sam's waist, pulling her to him and hugging her tightly. Sirius' eye twitched slightly and he hurriedly looked down as Sam looked up at Lucius confusedly.
"What was that for Luc?" Lucius looked down at her adoringly and kissed her forehead. "Black's jealous." Lucius and Nikko replied grinning.
She smiled at them and thought about how much had changed since she had first come to the past. Lucius, Nikko, Severus, and Regulus were much like her own brothers and Narcissa was easily seen as a sister. They always knew how to make her laugh when she was down and she loved them for that.
"Thanks guys, you're the best. Where're Cissa and Sev?" Lucius thought for a moment. "She's forcing him to help her in potions." Regulus supplied from Nikko's right. Lucius smiled in thanks.
Sam groaned looking at her schedule and stood, bringing the guys reeling up with her. Nikko frowned and snatched the schedule out of her limp hands and read it aloud.
"0 hour- Breakfast
1st hour- Charms (with Slytherin)
2nd hour- Potions (with Slytherin)
3rd hour- Transfiguration (NEWT Students)
3a) – Lunch
4th hour- Dueling Club (extra-curricular with Slytherin)
5th hour- Herbology (with Ravenclaw)
6th hour- Wandless Mag-
"Hey!" Nikko cried indignantly as Sam snatched the schedule away.
"I was reading that, and- (gasp!) You've given me a paper cut." He pouted, thrusting a barely-scratched finger under her nose.
Sam gave his finger an imaginary kiss and patted his head. "I'm terribly sorry Mr. Zabini but I do believe it will have to be lacerated. My regrets to your many, ah, 'girlfriends'."
Nikko grinned and shuffled his feet in mock embarrassment, "Yeah, they're gonna miss-" Once again he was cut off as he realized no one was paying attention to him anymore so he dropped his antics and quickly followed the Slytherins out of the Great Hall.
Sam turned to ask Lucius if there were to be anymore meetings held by Tom when a foot shot out from under the Gryffindor table and tripped her up.
She gasped when Lucius caught her in mid-fall and pushed her behind him as Regulus launched himself onto Sirius.
James tried to pull the warring brothers apart but Severus appeared and grabbed James around the neck, pulling him to the floor.
Sam looked around her in horror from behind Lucius' back and saw Remus and Nikko dueling in a corner, James and Severus grappling for any wand they could find, Narcissa dueling with Alice (Soon to be Mrs. Longbottom) and Bellatrix tossing a few dark curses at Frank.
What was worse was Sirius and Regulus, who had both thrown their wands to the side and were fighting a very violent muggle street-fighting style with wizarding techniques thrown in here or there.
Both boys looked a little worse for wear and were so absorbed in beating the crap out of the other they didn't notice when Dumbledore and McGonagall (sp?) rushed in bellowing for them to stop.
All signs of dueling diminished when Dumbledore roared, "ENOUGH!" but Sirius and Regulus kept at it. Finally Lucius and Nikko both seized a battered Regulus by the arms and James and Remus pulled a bloodied Sirius away from the other, glaring at each other throughout the process of keeping the struggling brothers from diving back in again.
After the two houses hadcalmed down Sam found out that Dumbledore gave the dueler's a detention each, whilst Sirius and Regulus received a week's worth shoveling unicorn dung for Hagrid.
All in all, both believed to have gotten off considerably easy.
Sam was walking down to Charms with Lucius and Nikko- Severus and Regulus were in the Hospital Wing treating their injuries- when Lily came running past them, glancing around cautiously as she went.
"Sam!" She hissed very discreetly in her ear as she ran past. Turning around Sam saw Lily drop a folded piece of parchment and watched as she nodded to the paper before flicking around the corner.
She 'accio'd' it into her pocket and caught up with the boys, the Slytherins none the wiser.
When they reached the Charms class Sam graced a chair between Nikko and a bruised Regulus- Lucius sat next to Narcissa and Severus in the row in front of them- and peeked at the letter from Lily.
"Hey 'Mione,
We need to talk at lunch time- go to kitchens! Also, look out for James and Sirius- I overheard them on the way to the Hospital Wing- Sirius has got it in for you. See you soon and BE CAREFUL!
Love, Ginny"
Sam smiled and vanished the letter just as the Marauders entered the room.
Charms passed uneventfully but for the frightening glaring contests held between four certain Gryffindors and six certain Slytherins that the other students watched like a tennis match.
At the sounding of the bell Sam met up with Lily and Narcissa (who had become secret friends with Lily) and reluctantly went to potions, for she knew the glaring contests couldn't last much longer.
Oh, how right she was.
A/N: How was it? I think I'm losing my touch. Oh, well, next chapter should be better. If it isn't- well, I'll let you be the judge. Thanks for reading! ∞ Me ∞
