Spell 2

"You actually want to play with me. It's funny. Alright," James said getting ready for the snowball the Severus was ready to throw. "I think you had better think about this before you throw that. It could mean another trouser loss for you."

"Not this time Potter. Who said that I was aiming for you?" Severus grinned. He knew better than to hit Potter or Sirius and he had a small feeling for Lily. There was only one person left. Severus turned to Remus and threw the snowball as hard as he could. Everything happened so fast. Remus closed his eyes and the snowball hit his on his face. An ammonia like odor began to fill the area. Severus snickered and was about to run away, but he was face to face with Rev. "What are you looking at?" Severus said rudely.

"Why did you do that? You're so mean!" Rev said. Everyone except Remus was giving her odd looks. She was a different person than the past few days. The Rev that they knew would have stood up to Severus and scare him, but she was close to tears. She ran to Remus and tried to cast a spell to undo the crime that Severus commited, but it wouldn't work. "I'm sorry Remus. I've never been good at spells." Severus gawked at Rev as if she was out of this world.

"Whatever," Severus said walking away.

"Severus, you had better buy a new pair of clothes, because trust me, we will get you back!" Sirius yelled. Everyone ran up to Remus holding their breath. "Moony, are you ok?"

"No. I smell like urine!" Remus managed to say.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it," Lily said kneeling down to the defenseless wolf. She quickly casted a spell that none of them even heard of and Remus was back to his lovely smell of books. "Feel better?" Remus nodded.

"Don't worry, mate. We'll get him and this time, he'll wish that he'd never even been born," James said trying to comfort Remus.

"It's getting late, we need to go back to Hogwarts," Lily reminded them.

When they were back in the school, they huddled around the fire for warmth. After a while, Rev said that she'd go ahead and go to sleep. When she was gone, it was only the 4 of the Marauders. James then had a serious face wondering if he was wrong about Rev.

"You shouldn't feel that way, James," Lily said getting comfortable in the sofa.

"Lily, she almost succeeded in one of the Forbidden Spells. Then you should have seen her that night when Dumbledore found Snivelly petrified in the hallway. Then, she had this sudden personality change that was the exact opposite of what we saw," Sirius said.

"Even though, I think I could trust her. She may have almost killed Severus, but there's something about her that doesn't match and evil person. James, if you knew that Sirius used the Avada spell, I knkow that you'd still trust him. Anyway, it's getting late. I'm going to go to bed too. After all, I need to do my essay in class."

"Goodnight dear," James said puckering his lips hoping for a kiss.

"You wish," Lily laughed and then walking up to the Girl's Room.

"I guess if Lily says it alright, we can go on living," Remus commented.

"Still, I'm starting to wonder. I don't think I've seen her in Hogwarts until this year. Do you think she transferred?" Sirius asked James.

"Maybe, I don't know, I guess, Yes, No," James said trying to pick a word.

"I'm going to go ahead and sleep. It's been a long day for me," Remus said not bothering to tell his friends goodnight or even looking at them. It was just James and Sirius in the room, both, getting aggravated at everything going around. Sirius sighed and shook his head.

"I should have tried to stop Snivelly. It's all my fault."

"Sirius, don't be like that. It was our fault. We should have done something to that greasy slime ball."

"And then, Rev is starting to confuse me."

"Same here and Peter is acting weird. Why would he go home for the holidays when he despises his parents?"

"True. I guess it's just school. So, shall we have a small stroll around the castle."

"I'll get the map and cloak."

During that walk, they found Severus inside the boy's bathroom muttering something in front of the mirror. He was still in his night clothes and his dark hair was messy. Sirius cocked his eye brow and James giggled a bit. Severus turned around hearing James giggled and looked around cautiously. James and Sirius covered their mouth, holding their breath as they walked behind Severus to try to scare him. But someone beat them to it. Rev slammed the door open and glared at Severus. Severus turned around quickly and tried to look for an exit, but she was blocking the door.

"Why did you do that to Remus?" Rev said calmly. Sirius noticed her eyes, numb and empty. Her happy and cheery personality was gone. And, for once, her braid was down, leaving curls in one said of her head. "Tell me now or you're going to get another taste of last night."

"Go ahead. Try it. Dumbledore should be on his way right now."

"So?"

"Shit, he IS on his way," James whispered pointing at the map.

"Well, answer me this. Why didn't you tell the professor about what I did? Are you that scared of a girl?"

"You think I did that out of cowardice. You're wrong. I don't want you to get expelled. I want to show the school how you really are."

"Fine. Go ahead. But you don't know what you're up against. That isn't even a warning. That was advice." The door opened and a tall old man appeared. "Professor?"

"I see that we have a few students out of bed. May I ask what you're doing here. In the boy's restroom," Dumbledore said cheery.

"Nothing, Professor. I was just about to curse Severus, but you came just in time," Rev said grinning at Severus. Everyone in the room except for Dumbledore had their mouths open. "I guess I have to be expelled."

"Why would you say that? You've told the truth and Severus wasn't hurt. But, I suggest you two get back to bed. If McGonagall catches you, you will be receiving detention." The two students nodded and walked out of the bathroom, but Rev stopped and turned around staring into James and Sirius' direction. "Is there anything wrong?"

"No, sir. I just thought I saw something," Rev said still staring at them. "I guess it was just a bat."

"Maybe."

After everyone left, James and Sirius finally breathed. They walked slowly to the Gryffindor Common Room and up the stairs to their beds. James and Sirius were still in shock and thought for a while of what to say.

"Well?" James asked.

"Well, what?"

"Let's just go to sleep. We'll talk about this tomorrow with Remus. Maybe he'll know something."

As the boys went to sleep, Rev was in the Girl's Room sitting beside the window. The stars were shinning brightly and the half moon was showing. Below was the ocean, giving off the reflection. Past those, were the trees from the Dark Forest. Inside, there was something that she knew very well, something that scared her. Dark red eyes peered out of the trees and stared back at her. Rev just turned away and lay in bed.