Bad Omens, Black Moods

"Well I should be heading off soon," Draco announced, helping Harry off his lap and standing up to stretch his legs. Remus didn't look up from his paper so he missed the glare sent Sirius's way, which Sirius childishly responded with by sticking out his tongue.

"Draco, stop," Harry said suddenly causing everyone to turn and stare at him. Harry was staring up at Draco with a wide eye expression, bordering on horror. A quick glance to his left revealed Remus was in much the same state.

"Draco, stand very still," Remus said enunciating each word slowly and carefully standing from his chair. Sirius's eyes darted between the three, Harry's clear green eyes never leaving Draco's face as he too stood just as slowly.

"Oh god," Ginny screamed, quickly muffling the outburst with her hand and pressing herself against the kitchen sink as if tying to get away, her expression mimicking the other two. Sirius frowned in confusion, afraid moving from his spot at the table would get him in trouble but not seeing what was bothering them so much about Draco – he could see the boy front on and everything seemed to be fine with the arrogant git.

Harry slowly approached his pureblood lover and placed his hands on either side of his face, looking deep into the others eyes and effectively blocking Sirius's view of what was going on. Remus came up behind Draco and carefully reached a hand into his pocket to retrieve his wand.

"Don't move," He said very slowly as Draco whimpered. It was at this time that Sirius saw one long hairy leg slowly make its way over the boy's robe clad shoulder. Ginny muffled another scream as she watched the thing move and Remus acted quickly with swift and precise movements.

"Wingardium Leviosa" he cried and a spider, its body at least ten inches round and almost twice as long flew up into the air. Sirius realised it wasn't just any old spider, but one of the Acromantula, the same kind found in the grounds of Hogwarts. The Acromantula hovered mid air before Remus released it onto the kitchen table. Ginny scrambled up onto the kitchen counter, trying to put as much distance between herself and the table. Harry pulled Draco to the far corner of the room and pulled the blonde into his chest.

All five of them jumped (and it was later sworn that the Acromantula did too) when the kitchen door slammed open. Ron entered looking bright and cheery for nine o'clock in the morning but stopped abruptly, his gaze fixed on the kitchen table.

"Sp-sp-spider!" He sputtered his finger outstretched and his face went a ghostly white, making his freckles stand out even more. He began hyperventilating and turned to run back out of the room but the door had swung shut behind him and he ran smack into it. They all watched as he slumped to the floor unconscious.

Harry pulled Draco off him and moved to help his best friend, while Ginny, now over the worst of her fear, slowly climbed off the kitchen bench and went to the apothecary chest to get some smelling salts.

Remus and Sirius made no move to check on the youngest male Weasley, but turned back to stare at the rare animal before them. The spider like creature stretched its enormous legs out, and if it had a face it would have looked quite disgruntled. Sirius noticed a flash of yellowed parchment attached to one of the legs.

"Do you see that Moony?' he asked mildly, making no move to lean in closer.

Remus flicked his wand again and the parchment unfolded and flew into his outstretched hand. The Acromantula remained where it was on the table. Remus looked down, his eyes quickly scanning over the contents before he burst out laughing, he slumped back into his chair with a chuckle and read over it again.

"What is it?" Sirius asked, completely bemused by his friend's strange behaviour. Remus waved a hand and a bright purple quill appeared in it. He scribbled on the back of the note before rolling it up and pushing it toward the waiting Acromantula. The beast scurried over and took it between its fangs before making a hasty exit out the kitchen window.

"Do you remember when you used to let me run around the forbidden forest when there was a full moon?" he asked, a grin still stuck on his face.

"I wouldn't exactly say we let you – you just sort of escaped," Sirius replied.

"Yes well on those couple of occasions where you lost me I ended up spending the night with the Acromantula. That was the Queen wishing me a belated happy birthday," Remus chuckled at the stunned looks he was receiving from all corners of the room.

"Why couldn't she just owl you?" Sirius asked with a chuckle, but Remus's response was interrupted.

"An overgrown spider was wishing you a happy birthday!" Draco practically shrieked from his post by the pantry. Remus swivelled in his seat and smiled pleasantly at the younger man.

"Yes, rather nice of her, don't you think?"

"Nice? Nice? I nearly died and you say it was nice?" his voice was possibly even shriller than before.

"Oh stop being melodramatic Dray," Harry said, kneeling beside a groaning Ron, whose head was thrashing in his sisters lap as he came to.

"Did you just call me melodramatic Potter?" Draco growled turning a murderous stare on his boyfriend.

"Yes, I believe I did," Harry replied standing and taking several steps toward the blonde.

"That's just rich," Draco snarled to no one in particular. Said nobody's were slowly backing away from the pair not wanting to get caught in the crossfire. Ron was looking a little more than confused and Ginny took the opportunity to drag him to his feet and out the hall, they were quickly followed by the last two Marauders, who quietly closed the door behind them.

Remus motioned for them to follow and they made their way to the parlour upstairs, far enough away from the powerful pair in the kitchens not to get in the way, but not so far that they couldn't hear when things got out of hand.

"What the bloody hell has been going on in this house?" Ron asked, slumping wearily into one of the armchairs.

"Oh you know, a bit of adultery here, a case of hysterical blindness there. A botched tea leave reading and a birthday card from a rare magical beast generally found only in the forests of Scotland. You're usual weekend activities," Ginny told her brother sitting on the arm of his chair and smiling down at him. He burst out laughing and everyone just looked at him with polite expressions on their faces. When he calmed down he noticed this and his smile began to fade.

"You're kidding right?" he asked

"Nope – the second floor bathroom has also been a hive of activity," Remus informed the red head happily, which earned him an elbow in the kidney from Sirius. Luckily for the Black heir Ron was to dim to question exactly what that exchange meant.

"Wow, the most exciting thing to happen at the Burrow this week was when mum made apple pie instead of her usual rhubarb," he informed them, "Speaking of food, did I smell bacon when I walked in?" he asked eagerly. Ginny was about to reply that there was some left when they heard glass smashing from downstairs.

"Oh no, that's my favourite pitcher, and the last of the pumpkin juice," she groaned jumping up to go and save the rest of her kitchen ware.

"I'll deal with it Gin," Remus said standing up, "Come on Ron, you can help me calm Harry down," Ron gave a nod and stood to follow the werewolf out of the room.

"Sooo," Ginny drawled, coming to sit beside Sirius on the couch, "Were all alone," she bit her lip and moulded herself to his side.

"It would appear that way," he replied, a little suspicious of the fiery headed woman's motives.

"It's been a while since we've had a few minutes to ourselves," she said resting her head on his shoulder, one hand sliding up his leg to draw lazy circles on his thigh. They both watched her manicured nails shimmer in the light with each movement.

"Yes, I suppose it has," he replied swallowing hard to dislodge the lump in his throat. He hand moved a little higher.

"I'm going to miss this if you don't choose me," she breathed, lifting herself off him and lowering herself to rest between his knees.

"Miss what?" he asked, not following the conversation at all.

"This," she whispered unzipping his jeans slowly and looking up at him seductively. He sprang free of the confines and drew a quick breath, a little shocked at how quickly he had become aroused. Sirius had to admit ruefully that he had been in this state for nearly three days now.

She went to lower her pink lips around him, Sirius's hands tangled in her hair when a distinct clearing of a throat sounded from the open door. Remus stood there looking at the far corner of the room.

"I think I should teach you some locking charms Padfoot, you seem to be getting caught more often than not," he said before pulling the door closed. Sirius looked down at Ginny and found she was on her side shaking with silent laughter. Sirius waited calmly for her to calm down enough to get down to business; his whole body now straining for release. He didn't have to wait long and she soon sat up with a goofy grin on her face.

"Sorry Siri, but that was a total mood killer, some other time maybe?" she asked standing up and brushing off her robes. Sirius watched in disbelief as she walked out the door, closing it softly behind her.

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