"Potter! Why is that animal in my classroom?" Slughorn asked sternly. I was still in puppy form, and being carried around by my brother and his idiot friends. It was awful, really. But what they didn't know was that while they had me transfigured into a dog, I had enough time in the world to plot my revenge.
"Well you see, it's Remus's new puppy, Fluffy." I cringed mentally at that name. "And she doesn't do well by herself." Bullshit. I've been doing fine by myself since you cut me out of your life when I was eleven.
"Well…all right, but make sure it doesn't get too close to any burners or anything. We wouldn't want any accidents," Slughorn said. He went back to rambling on about the potion they were making. Booooring. Even when you're a puppy, potions is dreadful.
"Revenge is sweet, Jade," James whispered to me. I bit his hand for the umpteenth time, and finally it broke skin. I watched as the blood dripped onto the table. I tried to laugh, but it just came out like a bark. "You bitch," He whispered as he held his bleeding hand.
"Don't be like that Jade," Sirius looked at me pointedly. I looked at his crotch evilly and snapped my teeth. A look of terror crossed his face and he shut up. That's right Black, be afraid, be very afraid. Sirius and James were making their potion and let me tell you, watching someone make a potion is more boring than attempting at making one yourself. I yawned and I curled up in a ball and decided to take try and nap. I would need as much sleep as I could get, because Regulus had a mega long practice scheduled tonight. Oh shit. I forgot about Reg. He is going to kill me if I miss practice, especially since I already missed the one this morning. I felt myself being picked up, and I expected to see James or Sirius, but instead I saw the face of Evan Rosier. I was now sitting on the table in front of the lovely faces of Rosier and Derek Pacheco. Pacheco wasn't half bad really, he was on the quidditch team, but Rosier. He was just ew.
"Look at the Gryffindor's precious puppy." Rosier picked me up and held me close to his face. That's the closest I ever want to be to his face ever. I pulled away from his face and whimpered.
"Haha, it doesn't like you," Pacheco laughed and grabbed me from Rosier. I am not a toy, don't manhandle me, I am a fragile puppy for Merlin's sake! "It's eyes are the same color as Jade's." He said, looking at me more closely. How the hell does he even know that?
"Jade? Jade Potter?" Rosier asked dumbly. Idiot, there's not too many people named Jade in this school. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one.
"Yeah, she's on the quidditch team…" He trailed off looking at me still. Maybe this whole puppy thing was paying off. It was a lot easier to eavesdrop on people's conversations.
"Someone got a wittle crush on Potter?" Rosier said in a tone like he was talking to a baby. And I hope he never does it again, because that could emotionally damage little children for life.
"Do not!" Pacheco said, but blushing. Maybe he did like me? Well hmm…Derek wasn't that bad..
"Do too," Rosier challenged back. They sound like little second year girls, help me Merlin.
"WHERE THE HELL IS FLUFFY!" I heard James yell. It took him long enough to realize I was gone. Bloody idiot. "Rosier! Pacheco! What are you doing with my dog?" He came over to the table and glared menacingly at the two Slytherins. I thought about letting James take me back to marauder-land. But that thought only lasted about two seconds, because I realized I could really irk him right now. I jumped off the table into Pacheco's lap and nuzzled my nose into his chest. Hahaha James, the Slytherins are better than you.
"Looks like she likes me better," Derek said petting my head. "I mean look at your hand." He glanced at James' hand, where the blood had dried. Damn, I did a nice job, if I do say so myself.
"Give me my dog," James said coldly as he reached across the table to grab me. I moved as close as I could to Derek, but James grabbed me. Damn it, now I have to go deal with him and his friends. I whimpered as he picked me up.
"Potter! Sit down!" Slughorn bellowed.
"Yes sir," He said as he hurried back the table. "What the hell was that Jade?" He asked me sternly as we sat down. I looked at him with wide, innocent, puppy eyes and did a little doggy smirk. I love getting under his skin. Or making it bleed.
"Potter!" I heard Regulus's voice, and it sounded infuriated. I was currently in Sirius's book bag, which really needs to be cleaned out. Scraps of parchment, broken quills...oh my god is that condom wrapper? Get me out of here.
"What do you want Black?" He asked coldly.
"Where is she? Where's Jade?" He sounded like he was ready to kill someone. Awww, my Reggie cares so much about me!
"I have no idea what you're talking about," James said. It was easy to tell he was lying. I tried to poke my head out of Sirius's bag, but it's a lot harder than it sounds.
"You have her, and you did something to her. She wasn't at any classes and she isn't up in her dorm. And she hasn't come to any meals," he said angrily.
"She's not with us. Go away brother." Sirius said, sneering a little. Oh hell no. No one (except for me that is) can talk to him like that. I poked my head out of Sirius's bag finally, ah fresh air at last.
"Like I would believe you." Regulus snapped. I whimpered softly, hoping Reg would hear me. He did.
"YOU TURNED HER INTO A DOG! Don't you ever touch her again, got that?" Anger filled his eyes and his wand was whipped out. Thank Merlin someone recognized me, not even McGonagall recognized me, and she's the bloody transfiguration teacher. "CRURA INSTABILIS!" Regulus yelled, sending a perfect jelly legs jinx at Sirius. He fell to the ground and I landed with a thud. I ignored the pain and scampered over to Regulus.
"You're going to pay for that Black," My brother growled, but Regulus beat him to it.
"Langlock!" He said, and James's tongue was glued to the roof of his mouth. Regulus picked me up and carried me towards the common room. He stopped when he was sure we were far enough away. "Caninus humana," He muttered and I could feel myself turn back into a human.
"Thank Merlin you came Reg. It sucks being a dog, not being able to talk, and they pick you up like you're a toy." I wrapped my arms around him in a hug. It felt good to be able to talk and to be standing on two legs.
"How did they do it?" He asked seriously. "Are you hurt?"
"Well I was outside watching the sunrise before practice and they must have snuck up from behind or something, because then I was transfigured into a dog. I believe they were implying I'm a bitch," I finished. "And no, I'm not hurt, just scarred for life. Sirius's bag is terrifying."
"Ok good. We'll get revenge later, right now we need to get ready for practice." He started walking off.
"You're going to make me practice, when I spent the whole day as Lupin's puppy?" I whined, I didn't really want to go to practice.
"Of course silly. I want Gryffindor to get their sorry arses handed to them at the game."
I flew out onto the pitch, and you could hear some cheers, but mostly boos. Well then. And they say that Slytherin is the evil house….look at Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, they're booing and we haven't even done anything yet! Meanies.
"And here comes the Slytherin team. Regulus Black as their captain and seeker. Derek Pacheco, Penelope Avery, and Terence Higgs as chasers. Rabastan Lestrange as their keeper, and for their beaters they have Jeremy Wilkes and is that Jade Potter? Bloody hell, their new beater is in fact, Jade Potter." A voice from the commentator box sounded utterly shocked. I laughed as I did a lap around the pitch. I landed to face the Gryffindor team, and James's face was priceless.
"What are you doing!" He scolded me but whispering. Who is he to tell me I can't play quidditch?
"Playing quidditch, what does it look like I'm doing?" I smirked. I shot a glance at Sirius. I was surprised he didn't tell James. Oh well, I'm glad he didn't. It caught James off guard, maybe it would throw off his game. A girl can have dreams. Reg and James shook hands, and it looked like they were having a contest to see who could break the other's hand first. The whistle was blown and I flew up above the ground, bat in hand.
"And they're off, Gryffindor in possession of the quaffle." I scanned the pitch with my eyes, in search of the bludgers. I soon saw one come flying towards me. I hit it towards Kasey Marino, who had the quaffle. I got the job done, because the bludgers buzzed by her face so fast it scared the shot out of her. She dropped the quaffle and Penelope caught it quickly, heading towards the other end of the pitch. "And Slytherin now in possession with a nice hit from Potter."
"Good hit Jade, keep it up!" Jeremy shouted to me as he flew past.
The game wore on, tied at 75-75. I had made some pretty good hits, especially for my first game. I had broken one of the Gryffindor beaters bat with a bludger (I think it was Russell? I believe her name is Caitlin? I don't know. I didn't even know bats could break) and I had almost broken my brothers nose. It was nice being a beater, when you hit the bludgers, all I had to do was imagine James's face there and I could hit that thing hard enough to send it to the moon.
"And Black has seen the snitch!" I looked over and saw Reg speeding towards the Ravenclaw stands. The Gryffindor seeker (ahg what was his name? I can't remember…Scott something) was close behind. Somehow, the Gryffindor seeker got ahead of Reg. Scott was stretching out his arm, I looked around and saw a bludger coming towards me. I hit it towards Scott's hand, not caring if it totally maimed it. All I cared about was us winning, and me beating my brother at something. It worked. The bludgers connected with his wrist and you could hear a sickening crunch, but I did not care (the whole point of quidditch for Slytherins is to play dirty, duh) because now Regulus had captured the snitch. "Slytherin wins 200 to 75." The commenter shouted, though he didn't sound too enthusiastic. Oh well, he can go shag Filch for all I care.
"Oh my God, Jade! That was brilliant! I didn't think you had it in you to play dirty!" Regulus shouted as our whole team hugged each other. Just because we're Slytherins doesn't mean we aren't softies. We have our moments, gosh. Compliments were exchanged and I looked over at the Gryffindor team, they were all shooting us dirty looks, especially to me. James was giving me the dirtiest look of all. Yeah brother dearest, be jealous of your little sister. I beat you finally. I finally proved to you that I am good at something.
Celebratory parties are the bomb, I'm telling you. The Slytherin common room was experiencing the best party its had in years. Potter's know how to party, what can I say? I had already bought the alcohol (what's a party without booze?) because I figured we would either have a celebration party (like we were) or we would have a we-came-close-lets-drink-ourselves-into-a-coma-so-we-forget-we-even-lost party. I stepped outside the common room to get some air. Surprisingly I wasn't drunk…yet.
"Bitty?" I heard Regulus call me. I almost forgot about that nickname. Itty bitty Jade.
"Yeah? Don't worry I'm not pissed yet Aquarius, so I won't elbow you." I laughed lightly as I sat down against the stone wall. Reg sat next to me. Uh oh. This isn't good, Regulus is only like this when he has to talk about something serious.
"Jade.." He started. Oh shit…what did I do this time?
"What did I do this time, because I don't think I have done anything bad lately. Well okay, my cat threw up on Leigha's bed, and I told Jaws that she missed and she should have got Leigha's face, but you have to agree with me! Besides I don't think it's that bad. So I don't know what I did this time…" I rambled on, I don't think I did anything wrong, really. A small grin light up his face for a second before it went back to it's seriousness.
"Back when you were drunk that one night…" He started again. Oh bloody hell, who knows what I said when I was drunk. I never shut up when I'm sober, think about how bad it must be when I'm pissed! "You said you had to talk to my brother about something, and then you ran off to find him." He finished. Oh shit, it must have been to talk to him about the almost kiss...I had almost forgotten about that. Okay, I lied. I didn't forget about that at all, I just occupied my mind with other things. When I was alone though, I found myself thinking about it all the time. Seriously all the time. I hated it really.
"Regulus…"
"What did you have to tell him? What happened?" He looked upset, his brother was a touchy subject. He wasn't as open about him like I was about my frustration with James.
"I…" I weighed my options. I could lie to him, I was excellent at lying, but I hated lying to Reg. I guess the truth is needed here, because I would hate it if he was lying to me about my brother. "Okay, well you know when I had detention?"
"Mmmhm." He nodded.
"Well Sirius had detention with me that week, and well I guess you could say we were decent to each other that week. And well I also could say we were nice to each other," I started. Regulus's face was blank. I couldn't read him at all. "And…I don't know, on the last day of detention, we were sorting potions ingredients in the cabinet, even though Slughorn could of done so with the flick of his wand. Lazy bastard."
"Jade. Get on with it." Regulus snapped. He probably already knew what was coming anyway, Reg could read me like an open book.
"Well um…wekindofalmostkissed." I rushed out in one big breath.
"You what?" He looked angry and upset and betrayed all at the same time, and it made me want to cry. I hated hurting him like this, but he deserves the truth.
"Don't jump to conclusions. We almost kissed. I don't know what really happened, I guess…he was leaning in towards me and I guess I was leaning in too….and then Slughorn came. And really it meant nothing, because me and him have gone back to ignoring each others' presence. It was just a fluke, or something." I finished, looking him in the eyes, hoping to see understanding. Nope.
"How could you Jade? After everything he has done? Jade…" Regulus said, and got up to leave.
"Regulus wait!" I called after him, I could feel tears stinging my eyes. I don't even care if I cry, I just want my best friend.
"Of all people Jade, I thought you would be the last to fall under his charm. How could you? After all the pain he put me through. How would you feel if me and James became best mates behind your back? And why didn't you tell me right away?" He looked angry now, he kept asking questions I knew he didn't really want an answer to. He turned his back to me and walked off to who knows where.
"Regulus! Please! It meant nothing ok? Me and him have nothing, and we never will. You will always be more important to me. Sirius can go fuck himself for all I care, because I need my best friend. I need you Regulus, please understand. It was just one time and it was a mistake and it was nothing! Please Reg…" I desperately tried to make him understand. He walked off, without saying anything, and for the first time in years I let the tears fall.
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Author's Note:
Hello Loves! I love your reviews, incase you didn't know. So a little Jade/Regulus drama, and let me tell you, I hated writing it. Regulus and Jade need to be BFFL! Haha, anyway, I'm already writing chapter 7 (this is why weekends rock. Lots of fan fiction writing. That is until Sunday night, when I'm doing all the homework I should of done earlier) ok well I'm rambling now. Hope you liked the chapter!(:
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