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Chapter 57
With James catching the snitch after only 10 minutes, Gryffindor easily won the quidditch match against Hufflepuff. Sirius, still feeling annoyed at Helga, had gone to rub it in her face after the match. The resulting exchange of hex's between the two of them ended only when James and Lily had the sense to place both of them in full body binds. By dinner that evening, Sirius and Helga were actively ignoring each other.
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Sirius was unusually quiet at breakfast the next morning. Instead of wolfing down his breakfast as per usual, he merely picked at his food before pushing his plate away and putting his head on the table.
"Sirius? You okay, mate?" James asked.
Sirius grunted in reply. James waved a hand in front of Sirius' face and called his name. "Siiiiiiiiiiiiiriuuuuuus! Wake up!"
Sirius continued to look blank as he half-heartedly pushed James' hand away. "Go 'way James." he groaned.
"What's up with him?" James asked Remus.
Remus shrugged and replied, "I dunno, but he better get better quickly. We have transfiguration in ten minutes."
Sirius groaned as his friends peeled him off the table and guided him out of the hall.
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"Today, we will continue our work on transfiguring pieces of parchment into rabbits. You have completed the theory work, so you may now begin transfiguring the parchment. Go ahead."
Sirius, who could usually transfigure things on his first go, looked a little green as he waved his wand over his parchment. Nothing happened. James and Remus looked shocked.
"Wow. Has that ever happened before?" James asked.
Remus shook his head dumbly as Sirius tried again. This time, his parchment sprouted a few hairs and began to smoke a little at the edges. As the three boys watched, it smoked more and more until it blew up in a large puff of purple smoke.
The class and Professor McGonagall turned to look at Sirius, who had his elbows on the bench and his head resting on his hands.
McGonagall walked over to Sirius and asked him if he was alright.
"I'll be fine." he replied weakly. "It's just a headache."
McGonagall stared for a moment before walking back to the front of the classroom.
A few minutes later, Sirius had his head down on the bench. He was deathly pale, shivering, and sweating profusely. Remus and James looked at him.
"Sirius? Are you ok? You're stating to go transparent." James said, concerned.
It was true, too: Sirius was starting to look blurry around the edges.
As Sirius didn't respond to anything that his friends did or said, James called McGonagall. She quickly looked him over and, wearing a worried expression, instructed James and Remus to accompany him to the hospital wing.
James helped Sirius to stand, and would have helped him to stay upright too, but Sirius shrugged him off.
As their friend stumbled clumsily towards the door, James and Remus walked on either side of him to prevent him from hitting the walls. Halfway to the door, Sirius clapped a hand to his head and cried out in pain. James and Remus grabbed his arms as he swayed on the spot, looking thoroughly disoriented.
After a moment, the dizzy spell seemed to pass and Sirius took a few more steps. He stopped suddenly and put a hand on James' shoulder to stead himself, then fainted backwards, hitting his head on a nearby bench as he fell.
A/N So sorry. SO SORRY!!! Very sporadic updates lately, huh? We do try to get them out as often as possible, really. Sploogal shrinks away as Gnome picks up large heavy file Ok, ok. It's all my fault. Sploogal's fault. Me take all blame. Gnome puts down file Sploogal sighs with relief Ok, so I'm slack when it comes to typing. Really, who wouldn't be with the state of Gnome's and my handwriting? It's atrocious!
Anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed. looks through reviews for any pressing questions
power-of-the-lightning-bolt – Yes, well, Sploogal here grins has come up with a water-tight theory about that whole James seeker-chaser thing. clears throat importantly His preferred position is seeker, but when he first tried out for the team, either he wasn't good enough for seeker cough or the position wasn't available, so he ended up as chaser. When he tried out again a couple of years later, he got in as seeker. That certainly explains how he could be both. looks smug
sqoogal – Our A/N's have a tendency to become long. Sorry. We're not forcing you to read them though. Usually, if there's anything really important that you should know about, we'll put a note at the beginning of the chapter, so if you see one there, read it. Also, at the end where we reply to some reviewers individually, it's probably good to read that too, because this is where we can clear up questions and comments that are getting repetitive. The general paragraphs in the A/N's at the end are usually just apologies for being slack with the updating, so you can skip those without missing anything. Um... You'll definitely know when this is finished. It's nearly there. grins evilly We've already started writing the sequel, so don't think you can get away that easily! grins more evilly
Purplefluffychainsaw – Congrats!!!
sighs I think that's all. Sorry if I missed anything important. If I did, ask it again and I'll try to get it next time round.
Chapter 57
With James catching the snitch after only 10 minutes, Gryffindor easily won the quidditch match against Hufflepuff. Sirius, still feeling annoyed at Helga, had gone to rub it in her face after the match. The resulting exchange of hex's between the two of them ended only when James and Lily had the sense to place both of them in full body binds. By dinner that evening, Sirius and Helga were actively ignoring each other.
-----
Sirius was unusually quiet at breakfast the next morning. Instead of wolfing down his breakfast as per usual, he merely picked at his food before pushing his plate away and putting his head on the table.
"Sirius? You okay, mate?" James asked.
Sirius grunted in reply. James waved a hand in front of Sirius' face and called his name. "Siiiiiiiiiiiiiriuuuuuus! Wake up!"
Sirius continued to look blank as he half-heartedly pushed James' hand away. "Go 'way James." he groaned.
"What's up with him?" James asked Remus.
Remus shrugged and replied, "I dunno, but he better get better quickly. We have transfiguration in ten minutes."
Sirius groaned as his friends peeled him off the table and guided him out of the hall.
-----
"Today, we will continue our work on transfiguring pieces of parchment into rabbits. You have completed the theory work, so you may now begin transfiguring the parchment. Go ahead."
Sirius, who could usually transfigure things on his first go, looked a little green as he waved his wand over his parchment. Nothing happened. James and Remus looked shocked.
"Wow. Has that ever happened before?" James asked.
Remus shook his head dumbly as Sirius tried again. This time, his parchment sprouted a few hairs and began to smoke a little at the edges. As the three boys watched, it smoked more and more until it blew up in a large puff of purple smoke.
The class and Professor McGonagall turned to look at Sirius, who had his elbows on the bench and his head resting on his hands.
McGonagall walked over to Sirius and asked him if he was alright.
"I'll be fine." he replied weakly. "It's just a headache."
McGonagall stared for a moment before walking back to the front of the classroom.
A few minutes later, Sirius had his head down on the bench. He was deathly pale, shivering, and sweating profusely. Remus and James looked at him.
"Sirius? Are you ok? You're stating to go transparent." James said, concerned.
It was true, too: Sirius was starting to look blurry around the edges.
As Sirius didn't respond to anything that his friends did or said, James called McGonagall. She quickly looked him over and, wearing a worried expression, instructed James and Remus to accompany him to the hospital wing.
James helped Sirius to stand, and would have helped him to stay upright too, but Sirius shrugged him off.
As their friend stumbled clumsily towards the door, James and Remus walked on either side of him to prevent him from hitting the walls. Halfway to the door, Sirius clapped a hand to his head and cried out in pain. James and Remus grabbed his arms as he swayed on the spot, looking thoroughly disoriented.
After a moment, the dizzy spell seemed to pass and Sirius took a few more steps. He stopped suddenly and put a hand on James' shoulder to stead himself, then fainted backwards, hitting his head on a nearby bench as he fell.
A/N So sorry. SO SORRY!!! Very sporadic updates lately, huh? We do try to get them out as often as possible, really. Sploogal shrinks away as Gnome picks up large heavy file Ok, ok. It's all my fault. Sploogal's fault. Me take all blame. Gnome puts down file Sploogal sighs with relief Ok, so I'm slack when it comes to typing. Really, who wouldn't be with the state of Gnome's and my handwriting? It's atrocious!
Anyway, thanks to everyone who reviewed. looks through reviews for any pressing questions
power-of-the-lightning-bolt – Yes, well, Sploogal here grins has come up with a water-tight theory about that whole James seeker-chaser thing. clears throat importantly His preferred position is seeker, but when he first tried out for the team, either he wasn't good enough for seeker cough or the position wasn't available, so he ended up as chaser. When he tried out again a couple of years later, he got in as seeker. That certainly explains how he could be both. looks smug
sqoogal – Our A/N's have a tendency to become long. Sorry. We're not forcing you to read them though. Usually, if there's anything really important that you should know about, we'll put a note at the beginning of the chapter, so if you see one there, read it. Also, at the end where we reply to some reviewers individually, it's probably good to read that too, because this is where we can clear up questions and comments that are getting repetitive. The general paragraphs in the A/N's at the end are usually just apologies for being slack with the updating, so you can skip those without missing anything. Um... You'll definitely know when this is finished. It's nearly there. grins evilly We've already started writing the sequel, so don't think you can get away that easily! grins more evilly
Purplefluffychainsaw – Congrats!!!
sighs I think that's all. Sorry if I missed anything important. If I did, ask it again and I'll try to get it next time round.