A Sirius Unicorn
Disclaimer: I own nothing, except the plot and a few OC's you haven't heard of. The world is J.K. Rowling's and a few of my idea's for the Unicorns came from the book, The Unicorn Chronicles, and the movie, The Last Unicorn.
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Chapter 9. The Snitch Princess
When the four of them, Remus, Guenivere, Sirius, and Athena came laughing into the Gryffindor Common Room, they were immediately bombarded by and an over-excited Captain James.
"Hey guys! Well-and girls, though if you really want to get technical, it'd be guys, girl, and Uni-"
Athena quickly stomped on James's toe and said, "Unitards. Awful things really," loud enough to cover up James's rather crude protest at having his toe almost flattened.
Remus sighed at his friend's behavior and asked before Guenivere could question everyone's sanity, if there was a point to James accosting them-other than just being annoying that is.
"Oh yea! I almost forgot in all the violence," James gave Athena a glare at this point which she returned with a smirk worthy of Aramos. He then shook his head at her audacity and continued, "Since Coffin pretty much quit on me, and you flew around so nicely, and since you're like already a Marauder, and since Sirius is crazy about you, and because well...I can't think of anything else-Oh Wait! Also because I'm Captain-"
"Is there a point to this Jamie?" Sirius growled. He did not like being put on the spot in front of Athena. So what if he liked her? She's a cool person to hang out with, he reasoned. James didn't need to go parading the fact.
"Yes there's a point! If you people would ever let me get to it." He paused here and was surprised when everyone stayed quiet. "Ok, right then. I'm asking you, Athena, to be the new Gryffindor Team Seeker."
Athena glanced at Guenivere, who was currently holding Remus's hand and trying hopelessly to look nonchalant about it, before she turned once again to James and asked, "This on top of all my other responsibilities?"
Thankfully, James was a little brighter on the uptake this time and said, "Well, the way I figure it, you could use a hobby to take your mind off of your other activities. And besides, it's on Sunday afternoons. That shouldn't conflict with anything."
"Well, I don't know..."
"PLEASE! I'll do anything, I'm begging here!" James dropped down on his knees as he said this and put his hands together in a plea.
Athena backed up a little, and put her hand to her chin in thought for a minute. "Alright, but you have to be my servant for a day. That means that you have to do anything I tell you to do. No if's and's or but's."
"As long as it's nothing kinky. My heart belongs to Lily." James said as he stood up.
"What does kinky mean?" Athena asked in confusion.
"I'll let Sirius explain that to you when you two are alone together some time." James said as he ducked a punch from Sirius.
"Don't worry about it 'Thena. Prongsie is being an arse." Sirius said as he stuck his tongue out at James.
"I learn from the best," James said smirking at the fuming Padfoot. He turned back to the Unicorn Princess and said, "Sure, I'll be your servant for a day. What day do you want?"
"Next Sunday would be good."
"But I just told you we have Quidditch next Sunday!" James pouted.
"I know. You'll also have to look for a replacement Seeker next Sunday if you don't do it that day." She threatened, "I hear Gideon and Fabian's Team is really good this year."
James held up his hands in defeat, "Alright, Alright. You win. Next Sunday it is."
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"I can't believe Remus actually held my hand all the way back to the Common room!" Guenivere gushed as she and Athena ate breakfast Monday morning by themselves. The boys were all sleeping in for some reason and the Gryffindor table was quite deserted save several third years and a lone sixth year girl.
"What's there not to believe? It's obvious that he likes you as much as you like him. I think it's silly that both of you keep beating around the bush." Athena said as she filled her bowl with Honey Nut Clusters and grabbed an apple.
"You mean like you and Sirius do?" Athena stopped grabbing food at this and gaped at her friend. Guenivere just gave a winning smirk and continued. "You two are so right for each other. And I've never seen Sirius so taken with anyone. Usually he goes through girls like he goes through candy."
"That bad?"
"Yea, but with you, he actually seems to have some deeper feelings. It's really surprising actually. He's always been such a playboy."
Athena knew everything Guen was saying was probably true, but it was so strange to her. Guenivere didn't know about Athena's true nature. How could she explain to her that there was no way Sirius and her could ever be more than just friends? "Maybe he does feel differently about me," Athena said carefully. "Maybe he sees me as a friend, whereas all these other girls, he simply saw as girl-friends?"
Guenivere looked like she was about to argue the point, but just then, a very nervous looking Remus came up to join them. Guen immediately forgot whatever she was going to say and gave a huge smile to the lycan.
"Hello Athena,...Guenivere." When Remus spoke her name, he said it so carefully, he seemed scared that he might break it. He continued in a soft mumble, "I wanted to apologize for my behavior yesterday. I was a bit too forward and-"
"Remus Lupin! If you were any more forward, you'd be living like a muggle! I really like you!" At this last statement, Guen seemed to freeze. She quickly put her hand to her mouth as if she had said a bad word. Then she shook her head, straitened up and looking Remus directly in the eye said, "Yea, that's right. I REALLY LIKE YOU. I have for a long time and yesterday was one of the most amazing days of my life. Just spending time with you is wonderful. I've always hoped that you might feel the same about me, because I don't think I could take that kind of rejec-"
Remus suddenly leaned forward and gave Guenivere a soft, sweet kiss. As he was about to pull back, when Guenivere pulled him down to the seat beside her and deepened the kiss. Athena was too shocked to say anything for a moment, then when she remembered she was a human, and that humans had vocal cords, she stammered, "I'll just be going. First class is Potions. Don't want to miss that!" They continued kissing, oblivious to the world around them. Athena sighed and said, "Oh don't worry, I'll be fine. You two take your time."
With that, she quickly retreated from the Great Hall and blissfully scampered to the dungeons.
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"They WHAT?" Sirius exclaimed when Athena told him about what Guenivere and Remus were doing at that exact moment. "I didn't know old' Moony had it in him!"
"Yea, it was pretty...umm...well, interesting." Athena said as she pulled out her NEWT level potions book and began gathering the ingredients they would need for the Draught of the Living Death potion they would be doing in class today.
They worked silently for a few minutes before Sirius turned to Athena suddenly and asked, "How is it that Unicorns express emotions like love? I mean, you can't very well kiss when you're a Unicorn. Right?"
Athena laughed at this and said, "Not really. We sort of nuzzle each other." She stirred the potion five times counter clockwise and then said, "Oh, and one Unicorn putting their neck over another Unicorn's neck is a great show of affection, that and crossing horns. Though that's more of a friend thing." She stopped for a second and thought of Aramos. They had crossed horns all the time, whenever one of them had done something cool. It had almost been like a high five to them.
"I think I'll keep to kissing. Although I'm not against nuzzling." Sirius said playfully, earning a slap on the arm from Athena.
Athena was about to retaliate verbally, when a second year entered the classroom and handed Slughorn a note. The Professor glanced at it and headed over to their table saying, "Miss Skydancer, I've got a message for you." He handed her the note and glanced at their potion. "By the way, very nice Draught. This is the first one I've seen today that actually is the right shade of red. Ten points to Gryffindor, oh and Miss Skydancer, I'd like to talk to you after class." Athena nodded and Slughorn turned and left them to themselves.
"He's probably going to ask you to come to his lame Slug Club meetings." Sirius whispered as he gathered the potion in a vile to be graded.
"I take it this is some club he's formed?" Athena asked as she began cleaning up their area.
"Yea. Lily, Remus, and Gideon are all in it. The Pruitt Punk is always lording it over me, but I have the inside scoop from Moony, and he says it's just about the most boring thing he's ever done. And let me tell you, Moony has done his fair share of boring stuff."
"So what do you recommend I-"
Just then, a very flustered Remus Lupin and Guenivere Pruitt entered the classroom. They quickly took their seats and began on their assignment. Athena noticed that this didn't stop them from sneaking glances at each other.
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The ten points that Athena and Sirius had gained for Gryffindor were taken away almost immediately by Lupin and Guen's late arrival. The loss didn't seem so bad though when you looked on the faces of the two. It had obviously been worth it.
Sirius had advised Athena to try to wiggle her way out of the club, so as she waited for everyone else to filter out of the dungeon she tried to think up convincing excuses. Besides Quiddich practice on Sunday's, nothing was coming to mind.
"Aw, Miss Skydancer!" Slughorn beamed as he waddled over to her desk once more in the now empty classroom. "I'm sure that by now you've heard of my little club for Hogwart's brightest stars, the 'Slug Club'?"
"Yes." Athena's mind was still racing for excuses. This wasn't going to end well.
"I would like to offer you membership into my exclusive club. What do you say?"
"Well, I'm terribly busy with all this school work and you probably haven't heard it yet, but I've recently been made the seeker on the Gryffindor House Team, and I really don't think I'd have time for-"
"Excellent! So it's settled! Our first gathering will be this coming Saturday night. Be at my office here promptly at 6:00. So good to have a fresh face in the club!" With that, the rotund Professor left the Unicorn Princess gaping and journeyed into his office.
Athena stood rooted to the spot for several moments with her mouth gaping before she finally realized that people would never fail to amaze her. With that thought, she threw her bag over her shoulder and left the Dungeons. She didn't notice the pair of eyes that followed her movements as she walked down the deserted hallway.
As Athena rounded the corner and disappeared from sight, the figure who had been spying on her stepped out of the shadows. He was a young man of about twenty years with steely gray eyes and platinum blond hair.
"The Dark Lord will be pleased." He said with a smirk as he flicked his onyx black cloak behind him and began pursuing the Unicorn Princess at a leisurely pace.