sigh I dont own any of these characters except Jaye...most of them are JKRs and I just like to play puppetmaster with their lives mwahahahahah

Chapter Three: Creative Chaos.

When they arrived at the Creative Magic classroom, Sirius, Peter and Tara sauntered in, shutting the door behind them. Jaye blinked.

It's not like Tara to be so rude! She thought.

Remus just sighed. He opened the door and held it there as Jaye walked through. She smiled her thanks at him and then stared around the room in amazement. Gone were the usual group of tables and chairs and in their place were a pile of magic books in the corner and a huge working space. Remus was looking around the class too in an interested manner. As he opened his mouth to talk to Jaye, Professor Bhoy's voice filled the room.

"Listen up, class! Today you'll have your first practical lesson using your own spells. It's the first real challenge of the year so I expect you to be ALERT and WARY all the time!" Professor Bhoy flicked his wand and a list of incantations appeared on the blackboard. "You and your partner will practice variations of these spells. They MUST have a reference to the root charms, whether you're trying to achieve the same result or an opposite effect. But this way the damage you are all likely to inflict will be minimal and reversible. There are a number of books here for reference and I will help those who need it. BEGIN!"

There were a few moments of chaos as people paired up. Eventually, Remus, Sirius and Peter were the only group of three. James and Lily retired to a corner on their own, giggling about why Professor Bhoy didn't put up a love spell. Jaye and Tara positioned themselves right next to the three remaining Marauders. Sirius and Peter decided they'd do the prac work first and Remus picked up a book to research their incantation.

"OK!" Chirped Tara. "What charm should we do?"

Jaye glanced at the board. "What about Silencio? We could reverse it and see if it worked like a Truth Spell?" Tara nodded in consent and drew her wand.

"OICNELIS!" She said firmly, waving her wand. Jaye went to say 'nothing happened' but found her lips shut tightly together. She couldn't even open her mouth. She gestured wildly to Tara who was tittering helplessly.

"Yes, I see that Jaye." She laughed again. "You have no idea how weird it is, you not talking."

Jaye went to stick her tongue out at Tara but obviously had trouble with glued lips. She groaned in frustration and resorted to glaring at her best friend.

"Alright, alright. I'll go get the Professor." Still grinning, Tara joined the already long line of students awaiting Professor Bhoy's aid. Jaye sighed and went to sit with Remus by the window.

"What spell are you and Tara doing?" he asked politely, crossing his arms across his chest.

Jaye drew her finger across her lips and locked the corner, the way she did years ago when she promised not to tell someone's secret. Remus looked puzzled for a while. Then he laughed, showing perfect white teeth.

"Silencio…I see. How appropriate, I haven't had a chance to talk to you and now you go and get yourself sewn up."

Jaye glowered at him too and took out her wand. She placed it at his temple, glad to see he looked a little worried but defiant at the same time. He made no attempt to push her wand away. Projectus she thought.

Smartass!

Oh, language, language Jaye!

She looked at him in surprise. Tara had never been able to talk back to her when she used Projectus.

How're you talking back to me?

I don't know…I'm just thinking. Is it unusual?

Well, Tara and I have never been able to talk this way.

Remus grinned cheekily.

Well, normally you speak faster than a Nimbus 1999! I suppose you're both too exhausted to talk using your minds!

Jaye smiled as best she could with jammed lips. They looked at each other for a long time until a loud bang woke them from their trance. Peter was standing over what appeared to be Sirius on his knees. But Jaye looked closer and realised Sirius' legs had disappeared.

"Wormtail!! When I can walk you are so dead! I'll chop the nose right off your face!!" Sirius growled. Although it wasn't as intimidating as Sirius at his usual 6ft, Peter sobbed and came towards Remus and Jaye, a pleading look in his eyes. Remus sighed.

"What charm were you using, Peter?" he asked kindly, trying to calm Peter down.

"J-j-just a simple Jelly-L-legs spell. I don't know what went wrong." He said, wringing his hands. Remus looked at the forlorn Sirius and smiled weakly.

"This isn't funny Moony!! Help me. Where are my legs??" Sirius sulked.

"You never were any good at Transfiguration, Peter." Remus turned back to face his cowering friend. "It's lucky Sirius isn't harmed too badly."

"NOT HARMED?!" Sirius bellowed. "I don't know if you realise this but I AM MISSING MY LEGS!!" Jaye laughed silently.

Tara hurried back, escorted by Professor Bhoy. They walked straight past Sirius and marched up to where Jaye was sitting. The Professor tried to prise her lips open then muttered a few incantations under his breath. When nothing happened, he sighed.

"You'll just have to wait until it wears off. Practice your silent spells on Miss Phillips in the meantime." He turned around and spotted the Legless Sirius. "What happened here? Care to explain what this is, Mr Lupin?"

Remus smiled. "That would be Mr Black."

"Well observed!" Mocked Sirius from the ground. "Peter did it to me sir!" He knew Peter was petrified of Professor Bhoy and loved to get him in trouble.

"Is that correct, Mr Pettigrew?" Shaking, Peter nodded. "Right. And what spell were you attempting to perform?" His eyes bulged out of his head but that was nothing compared to the throbbing vein near his temple. Peter merely quivered.

"Jelly-Legs, sir!" Remus spoke for the whimpering Peter.

Professor Bhoy exploded. "YOU IDIOTIC BOY! YOU'VE REMOVED HIS LEGS COMPLETELY!!"

"You can fix him, though, can't you Professor?" asked a concerned Tara.

"Of course I can!" Professor Bhoy snapped. "Didn't I tell you to practice your charms?"

With that, Jaye tried to concentrate on Silencio. But the image of Remus, his hair illuminated with light and lips open in laughter kept floating into her head.

Silemus

Tara's brown eyes widened. Her hands grasped at her throat. Jaye stood there in horror, unable to call for help and unable to move. There was a loud popping noise and a cry of glee as Sirius tested his newly found legs. He rounded on Peter when he caught sight of Tara, blue in the face, crawling on the floor with Jaye standing helplessly above her.

"What's going on?" he asked.

Professor Bhoy whipped round and yelled, wand arm outstretched.

"OPENIO LARANTUS!" Tara gulped in lung fulls of welcomed air. The Professor turned on Jaye.

"You brainless child! What were you thinking?? Did I not tell you, YOU HAVE TO STAY ALERT! You could have seriously harmed Miss Phillips, maybe even killed her! How you got in my house I'll never know!"

Jaye was stunned. Then to everyone's surprise she bolted out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

I'm sorry for running away like this

I'm sorry for hurting you, for letting you down.

But I still want this; I still want to feel beautiful.