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Chapter 53
The next time Sirius brought food for James and Remus they didn't even acknowledge his presence: They just sat against the wall and stared into space. Once he had left, James got up.
"We may as well see if there's anything edible this time." he said in response to Remus' questioning look.
Remus nodded and the two of them began to pick apart the tray of food. Surprisingly, most of it was ok this time. They found a strange looking object buried in the middle of the food and James lifted it out. He went to hand it to Remus, and when they were both touching it they felt a jerk behind their navels.
A few seconds later, they landed face first in front of the entrance to Dumbledore's office. As they stood up and began dusting themselves off, McGonagall came around the corner with a hand on Sirius' shoulder. Sirius saw them and smiled shakily.
With a cry of rage, James leapt at Sirius. He got in a few good punches, as did Sirius, acting in self defence, before McGonagall or Remus could react. When they did, they pulled James off Sirius and held onto one arm each as Sirius spoke.
"So you really think I turned. How could you think that? After all the time that we've been friends?"
He really did look hurt and offended.
"Remus? You don't believe it too, do you?"
Remus looked at Sirius defiantly. "I trusted you. I would have trusted you with my life. Now? Now I don't think I even want to be in the same room as you."
Sirius looked genuinely hurt and a little shocked. McGonagall now looked thoroughly confused, but decided to let Dumbledore sort it out.
"Why don't you come with me Sirius?" She turned to James and Remus. "You boys go back to your common room and we'll send for you when we're ready."
***
As James and Remus entered the common room, they felt the eyes of just about every Gryffindor on them. Obviously, the school term had started without them. They heard a squeam (Sploogal: That's a cross between a squeal and a scream for all of you uneducated folks haha) from a corner. They turned to see who had squeamed and were nearly bowled over by three girls clambering to hug them.
"James! Remus! You're alive!" cried the voices of Lily, Yvonne and Helga.
"Hey! Watch it, that hurts!" James protested as he felt his shoulder being knocked around.
"What hurts? Are you ok?" Lily asked trying to check him over.
James pulled away from her. "I'm fine. Just a bit bruised up is all."
Lily hugged him more carefully this time. Yvonne was still trying to check Remus for injuries.
"Where's Sirius?" asked Helga, trying to keep the panic out of her voice.
James and Remus looked furious. They went and sat down on a couch and motioned for the girls to do the same.
Remus started. "Sirius. He, he turned."
This news was greeted by blank stares so he tried again.
"He joined Voldemort."
A moment later, Sirius walked into the common room. He looked up at five furious faces and stuttered to James and Remus, "The headmaster wants to see you."
James and Remus walked past him, not looking at him or saying anything to him. When they had left, Sirius turned to the girls. Helga looked at him with a shocked and hurt expression on her face, her eyes brimming with tears before she ran out of the common room. Sirius made to follow her but Yvonne stepped in front of him, her wand pointed at his heart. She was shaking with anger.
"If you touch her, talk to her, or approach her at all, I will hex you to hell and back." she whispered harshly.
"Aren't you even going to hear me out?" Sirius demanded. "I would never join that bastard!"
"Then maybe you can explain why James and Remus think you did?" Lily said quietly.
"Of course I'll explain," Sirius agreed. "But I'd like to wait until James and Remus get back so I don't have to repeat myself."
Lily, Yvonne and Sirius sat down on the squishy red couches and waited for James and Remus to return. When they did, both of them looked tired and strained as they had before, but now they also looked a little hopeful. James' eyes never once left Sirius' face. He quickly crossed the common room, followed closely by Remus. When he reached Sirius, he put a hand inside his pocket and pulled out a small vial.
"Dumbledore give us this." he said, looking Sirius in the eye. "It's a truth potion."
Sirius' face went from confusion to relief. "Oh, ok. You want me to drink it?"
He took the vial from James and was just about to drink the clear liquid inside when he paused and looked at him suspiciously.
"You do have the antidote, don't you?" he asked.
Remus rolled his eyes and showed him another vial. Sirius glanced over at it and nodded. He lifted the vial to his lips and gulped down the contents.
A/N I meant to get this chapter out yesterday but it seems that certain forces don't want me to type at all. Um, Garden Gnome and I will be back at school next week. That means no more of this rapid-update business. There're only another two chapters left that are written but not typed anyway. After that we'll probably be back to the old 'update as we go if we have time' thing like last year. WE ARE NOT ABANDONING THIS STORY!!! If we don't update for a while, it means that we have homework or something, not that we've given up. We will NOT stop this story until the words "The End" or other words to that effect. There will probably be a sequel after that, but it depends on how much time we have.
Thanks to the following people for their kind reviews: "Hoover" "bigsmile737" "Rogue Misfit Marauder Jedi" "shnark" "Sadina Saphrite" "ElementRacer" "saxistwriterchick" "Nie Starwhistler" "ReBelleRose" "Miss_Padfoot003" "Freckled-Angel" "mione_xavier" "missprongs" "SquashyMuffin" "QueenOfBlackJack" "Star"
Rogue Misfit Marauder Jedi - Here's an update. Please don't hurt my computer!
shnark - Haha. I laughed so much when I read your review. Are you sure you don't want to take bets or something before I tell you what gender I am? Hehe. Well, Chelsea's right: I'm a gal. *walks off chucking crazily* Oh yeah and Jack from Pirates is sooooo cool! Sirius is cool too. Does that answer your question?
ElementRacer - There is a reason, don't worry.
Nie Starwhistler - Some people don't agree with you. . .
ReBelleRose - Yeah Voldemort probably does know Legilimency (however you spell it lol) but Sirius is very strong willed as we all know. . . Granola bars? Hahaha! We've noticed that we're not all that good at writing action scenes either. Glad you think this was a step up. We'll probably go through everything later on to improve the other bits. Fragmented mini- reviews are good. Like a bag of warm-fuzzies. We like writing the dialogue, so we're happy you like it so much!
missprongs - Eeep. Don't do that!
SquashyMuffin - Yes that was from Pirates of the Caribbean. We love that movie!
QueenOfBlackJack - *blushes* We're so flattered!
Chapter 53
The next time Sirius brought food for James and Remus they didn't even acknowledge his presence: They just sat against the wall and stared into space. Once he had left, James got up.
"We may as well see if there's anything edible this time." he said in response to Remus' questioning look.
Remus nodded and the two of them began to pick apart the tray of food. Surprisingly, most of it was ok this time. They found a strange looking object buried in the middle of the food and James lifted it out. He went to hand it to Remus, and when they were both touching it they felt a jerk behind their navels.
A few seconds later, they landed face first in front of the entrance to Dumbledore's office. As they stood up and began dusting themselves off, McGonagall came around the corner with a hand on Sirius' shoulder. Sirius saw them and smiled shakily.
With a cry of rage, James leapt at Sirius. He got in a few good punches, as did Sirius, acting in self defence, before McGonagall or Remus could react. When they did, they pulled James off Sirius and held onto one arm each as Sirius spoke.
"So you really think I turned. How could you think that? After all the time that we've been friends?"
He really did look hurt and offended.
"Remus? You don't believe it too, do you?"
Remus looked at Sirius defiantly. "I trusted you. I would have trusted you with my life. Now? Now I don't think I even want to be in the same room as you."
Sirius looked genuinely hurt and a little shocked. McGonagall now looked thoroughly confused, but decided to let Dumbledore sort it out.
"Why don't you come with me Sirius?" She turned to James and Remus. "You boys go back to your common room and we'll send for you when we're ready."
***
As James and Remus entered the common room, they felt the eyes of just about every Gryffindor on them. Obviously, the school term had started without them. They heard a squeam (Sploogal: That's a cross between a squeal and a scream for all of you uneducated folks haha) from a corner. They turned to see who had squeamed and were nearly bowled over by three girls clambering to hug them.
"James! Remus! You're alive!" cried the voices of Lily, Yvonne and Helga.
"Hey! Watch it, that hurts!" James protested as he felt his shoulder being knocked around.
"What hurts? Are you ok?" Lily asked trying to check him over.
James pulled away from her. "I'm fine. Just a bit bruised up is all."
Lily hugged him more carefully this time. Yvonne was still trying to check Remus for injuries.
"Where's Sirius?" asked Helga, trying to keep the panic out of her voice.
James and Remus looked furious. They went and sat down on a couch and motioned for the girls to do the same.
Remus started. "Sirius. He, he turned."
This news was greeted by blank stares so he tried again.
"He joined Voldemort."
A moment later, Sirius walked into the common room. He looked up at five furious faces and stuttered to James and Remus, "The headmaster wants to see you."
James and Remus walked past him, not looking at him or saying anything to him. When they had left, Sirius turned to the girls. Helga looked at him with a shocked and hurt expression on her face, her eyes brimming with tears before she ran out of the common room. Sirius made to follow her but Yvonne stepped in front of him, her wand pointed at his heart. She was shaking with anger.
"If you touch her, talk to her, or approach her at all, I will hex you to hell and back." she whispered harshly.
"Aren't you even going to hear me out?" Sirius demanded. "I would never join that bastard!"
"Then maybe you can explain why James and Remus think you did?" Lily said quietly.
"Of course I'll explain," Sirius agreed. "But I'd like to wait until James and Remus get back so I don't have to repeat myself."
Lily, Yvonne and Sirius sat down on the squishy red couches and waited for James and Remus to return. When they did, both of them looked tired and strained as they had before, but now they also looked a little hopeful. James' eyes never once left Sirius' face. He quickly crossed the common room, followed closely by Remus. When he reached Sirius, he put a hand inside his pocket and pulled out a small vial.
"Dumbledore give us this." he said, looking Sirius in the eye. "It's a truth potion."
Sirius' face went from confusion to relief. "Oh, ok. You want me to drink it?"
He took the vial from James and was just about to drink the clear liquid inside when he paused and looked at him suspiciously.
"You do have the antidote, don't you?" he asked.
Remus rolled his eyes and showed him another vial. Sirius glanced over at it and nodded. He lifted the vial to his lips and gulped down the contents.
A/N I meant to get this chapter out yesterday but it seems that certain forces don't want me to type at all. Um, Garden Gnome and I will be back at school next week. That means no more of this rapid-update business. There're only another two chapters left that are written but not typed anyway. After that we'll probably be back to the old 'update as we go if we have time' thing like last year. WE ARE NOT ABANDONING THIS STORY!!! If we don't update for a while, it means that we have homework or something, not that we've given up. We will NOT stop this story until the words "The End" or other words to that effect. There will probably be a sequel after that, but it depends on how much time we have.
Thanks to the following people for their kind reviews: "Hoover" "bigsmile737" "Rogue Misfit Marauder Jedi" "shnark" "Sadina Saphrite" "ElementRacer" "saxistwriterchick" "Nie Starwhistler" "ReBelleRose" "Miss_Padfoot003" "Freckled-Angel" "mione_xavier" "missprongs" "SquashyMuffin" "QueenOfBlackJack" "Star"
Rogue Misfit Marauder Jedi - Here's an update. Please don't hurt my computer!
shnark - Haha. I laughed so much when I read your review. Are you sure you don't want to take bets or something before I tell you what gender I am? Hehe. Well, Chelsea's right: I'm a gal. *walks off chucking crazily* Oh yeah and Jack from Pirates is sooooo cool! Sirius is cool too. Does that answer your question?
ElementRacer - There is a reason, don't worry.
Nie Starwhistler - Some people don't agree with you. . .
ReBelleRose - Yeah Voldemort probably does know Legilimency (however you spell it lol) but Sirius is very strong willed as we all know. . . Granola bars? Hahaha! We've noticed that we're not all that good at writing action scenes either. Glad you think this was a step up. We'll probably go through everything later on to improve the other bits. Fragmented mini- reviews are good. Like a bag of warm-fuzzies. We like writing the dialogue, so we're happy you like it so much!
missprongs - Eeep. Don't do that!
SquashyMuffin - Yes that was from Pirates of the Caribbean. We love that movie!
QueenOfBlackJack - *blushes* We're so flattered!