Disclaimer: Same as all other chapters and forever will be
Chapter 6: The Unexpected Figure

"Oi! James! Come 'ere. Look at this!" said an excited Sirius Black as he read the Notice Board.

"Hey Sirius," said James mockingly, "I'm doing Slughorn's essay." He put his quill down and walked over to a large notice on a piece of aged looking parchment.

"Look, the first Quidditch lesson for first years is this Saturday! Reckon we could make the team this year?" said Sirius with a sly grin on his face.

"Sirius, I know I'm fabulous but first years usually don't make the house team. And besides, the only opening is keeper. I want to be chaser or seeker. Preferably chaser..."

"Have you ever heard the saying, 'You get what you get and you don't throw a fit'? And even if we didn't make it, there would be next year and we would know what we were doing."

"Let's goto the lesson and see how we do."

"Alright..."

"In the meantime... Remus, you are a clever boy, would you mind helping me with my essay? There are a few pointsI need to cover and wouldvery much like your assisstance."

"Sorry James. I would if I could but me mum is sick now and I, I need to go visit her and take care of her. I'll be back in a few days."said Remus as he stood akwardly by the window, looking at the sky as he crinkled a letter.

"Fine, but whenI fail potions, there'll be no one to blame but yourself. You'll miss me in all your classes and I'll work at a sad job in theMinistry of Magic." said James as he crossed a"T" ferosiously. And so, James satin a poofy red chair by the fire and finished the foot long essay.

That night, James had the strangest dream. He was dancing in a monkey costume. And then a girl with ginger hair was laughing at him, but then, he was always witty and clever. Then Sirius joined in in a African dance ritual. There was a huge explosion of green and there were dead bodies everywhere. A full moon came shimmering from behind the trees and then..."

James startlely woke up because of a tiny squeak from Peter. He gazed up at the dorm, Sirius was asleep with a determined look on his face, Peter was cuddled ina denfensive ball, and Frank, another Gryffindor first year, was lying on his back, looking as though he had been petrified. James got up, went to the pitcher by the window, and poured himself a good drink of water.

"The moon is round," said James as he peered over the grounds of Hogwarts. The Black Lake was as smooth as glass, the gamekeeper's hut had smoke billowing out of the chimmeny, and by the tall tree by the edge of the forest sat a stout hooded figure and a figure almost the same in height.

"Sirius, Sirius wake up and tell me what you see!" said James as he shook a lathargic Sirius from his deathlike slumber.

"Whasamadder..."

"You see those two hooded figures by that messed up tree?" said James excitedly pointing out the window.

"Ya but I only see one deatheater." For in fact, the other had disappeared. This struck James hard. Where had the other gone if you cannot apparate in the Hogwarts Grounds. Was it a deatheater?

"Deathearter? But I don't think You-Know-Who is here."

"Well he was just asking me for a chicken sandwich and stuff." said a groggy Sirius as he slid back into bed. "Don't worry James. Just get into these nice, satin sheets."

"Sirius, these are clearly silk cotton."

"Hippogriff..."

James got back into bed and pulled the covers over his head. Sleep overtook him and he drifted into a pleasanter dream.

End
Sorry the other chapters were a bit rushed... from the Sorting and all. If I have time I will redo it but in the mean time...