here's the next chapter of this story! i hope you all enjoy it! and just so you know, this story is starting to get much darker, so the rating will be probably going up. i hope you enjoy it though. there's less humour in this chapter as well.
I stood dumbfounded, staring at the empty space that Sirius had just occupied.
"What's going on over here?" Professor McGonagall bustled over, confusion on her face.
"I… wand… Sirius," was all I managed to say until James walked over.
"Hey Ana, where'd Sirius go?" He asked, looking around.
"Miss Nichols, where is Mr. Black?" McGonagall stared me down, as I still looked to where Sirius had just stood.
"I don't know, Professor. There was a big cloud of smoke and then… he was just gone." I felt like I was going to cry. It was my first day and I was just trying to make a good first impression, but there I went and screwed it up big time.
"What spell did you think of, Miss Nichols?" Professor McGonagall had pulled out her wand and started waving it around in extremely complex-looking motions.
"I don't know," I said after pausing slightly. "I tried to do the one that you just taught us, but I don't think it really worked."
"Yes, well, that is obvious." I hung my head in shame as McGonagall stared at me once more.
By then, the entire class had gathered around. The girls from my dormitory were glaring at me with a mixture of smugness at my lack of wand skills and, for some reason, worry. I didn't understand why they were worried until one, Genny I believe her name was, opened her lip-glossed mouth.
"Where did Siri go?" She turned to me. "What have you done to him?
"Now Miss Stephens, it is obvious that Miss Nichols is new at this school and with magic, she should not have tried that spell, but there's no use getting upset about it now. Miss Nichols, do you remember what place you were thinking of when you said the spell? There is a good chance that that is where he has gone." The whole class turned towards me, I felt my face flush with colour. I wasn't used to this much attention.
"Um, I don't think that I was thinking of any place in particular, Professor."
Before McGonagall could respond, a bark-like laugh was heard down the hall. James and I were the first two to recognize whose laugh it was. We both dashed to the classroom door and yanked it open. Sirius was strutting casually down the hall. I noticed, as he got closer, that his hair was a vibrant shade of violet. How had I managed to do the spell right, yet send Sirius who knows where?
"Are you okay?" I questioned desperately. I ran over to him to make sure that I hadn't done any permanent damage.
"Perfectly fine, though I must say, I wasn't really expecting to land in the girls' toilets. Myrtle was quite pleased to see me though. She actually asked me to stay!" I could see that Sirius was trying to make me cheer up because the look on my face couldn't be very happy. His attempts were not working though. I was sure that I had permanently hurt him.
"Mr. Black, are you alright? McGonagall had come out of her room, the rest of the class crowding around her.
"Completely fine, Minnie. Never been better!" He grinned at her, but she did not smile back. Instead, she turned to me.
"Miss Nichols, because of your inappropriate use of spell work, you will be joining me this evening, my office, nine o' clock for detention."
"Oh, give her a break, Prof." Sirius said. "She just made a bit of a mistake. And look, I'm perfectly alright."
"Well then Mr. Black, you will be joining Miss Nichols. Back into class everyone." As the class took their seats once again, I stood back.
"Hey, come on Ana, it's okay." Sirius said, slinging an arm around my shoulders. I noticed that he had turned his hair back to its regular shade of black.
"No it isn't Sirius! I've completely messed up, McGonagall hates me, and I have detention, and now so do you!"
"Hey, hey, hey. Don't worry about all of that! All of us will help you get better. Diggory's still meeting with you, but if we also help than you won't have to be with him as much! McGonagall doesn't hate you and I could really care less that I'm in detention. Actually it's kind of good. I'm beating James right now in our contest to see who can get the most detentions." That made me smile a little, but I still wasn't very happy.
I followed Sirius back into the classroom, dreading the next half an hour that I would have to spend in there.
The rest of the day passed slowly. At lunch, I barely ate a thing. I noticed that Remus was looking at me in a concerned fashion. None of the others, except Sirius, seemed to notice my lack of an appetite.
Afternoon classes dragged on. In Charms, I refused to use a single spell. McGonagall seemed to have informed Professor Flitwick about my inability to do spell work, because he didn't seem bothered that I wasn't doing the spell like the rest of the class.
At the end of dinner, I followed the boys up to Gryffindor Tower. All I wanted to do was sink into my warm bed and sleep for a million years, but I still had Professor McGonagall's detention to look forward to tonight.
"Ana?" Remus said, turning to look at me. "Aren't you supposed to be with Diggory now?"
I cursed and turned around, heading for the library. I didn't notice the angry looks that James and Sirius were giving me as I left.
"I'm so sorry I'm late. I forgot." I dropped my bag next to a chair then sat down. Amos smirked at me from the seat opposite mine.
"It's not a problem. I heard you had a bit of difficulty today in Transfiguration."
"How the bloody hell did you hear about that?" I laid my head down on the table.
"Oh, I believe everyone in the school heard about your little accident. Sirius's fan girls are a bit upset with you, to put it lightly."
"Can we just get started? I still have a detention with McGonagall tonight."
"Fine," He said with another sadistic smirk. "But you're going to have to come sit next to me. It'll be easier for me to show you the stuff in these books." He lazily indicated numerous books around the table.
His request seemed a bit strange, but I really needed to get better at magic. So, I picked up my bad and took the seat directly next to Amos. I looked around and noticed that from this spot, not a single person was able to see us, unless they walked around three bookshelves.
"Now, these books have simple spells in them. How about you give them a go?" I was a bit uncomfortable at having Amos this close to me. His arm brushed across my chest as he pointed at a spell in a book in front of me. I wasn't sure if it was on purpose or an accident.
I tried each of the spells he wanted me to. I couldn't do any of them. For some reason, I couldn't concentrate. I think it had something to do with the fact that Amos kept his hand on the book, his arm pressed tight to my chest.
"So, I'm going to have my work cut out for me. Aren't I?" I felt Amos's hand slide to my thigh, his other arm stayed where it was to my chest.
"Get your hands off me." I said trying to be strong, but my voice shook slightly.
Amos smirked. "You should be used to it, you're Black's new toy. To be on the safe side though…"
His hand left my thigh. I was about to breath a sigh of relief until I felt his wand pushed into my side. An electric shock went through my body. It felt like my insides were being electrocuted over and over again.
"You won't mention this to anybody, will you?" I couldn't defend myself. We were too far away for anyone to see us and the spell he was using was causing my brain to fog up, so I didn't even think of yelling for help.
Amos's arm moved up and I felt his hand brushing past my chest. "You tell anybody and you will regret it for sure. " I didn't doubt the sincerity in his tone. I understood that if I told anyone, I would most certainly regret it.
"I'll see you tomorrow, same time and place. Remember, not a word to anyone."
I grabbed my bag and pulled away from him. As I left the library, I felt my chest rising falling, gasping for breath. I had ten minutes to get to McGonagall's office for detention, but if I went in this state, Sirius was sure to notice that something was wrong.
I had seen Amos talking with the Slytherins at lunch. The same Slytherins who had taunted me earlier before breakfast. He seemed friendly with them, which meant that he had friends in powerful places. If Sirius guessed that anything was wrong, he would immediately suspect Amos, then Amos would think that I told him, and then who knows what would happen to me.
I opened the door to a, thankfully, empty broom closet. I sunk to the floor, taking deep, calming breaths. It took awhile, but my breath finally returned to normal. I left the broom closet, than started walking to McGonagall's office.
"You're late, Miss Nichols." McGonagall raised her eyebrows at me as I entered the room.
"Sorry, Professor, tutoring went a little late." I hoped she or Sirius wouldn't catch me in the lie.
"Alright then. I was going to give you two lines, but instead, Mr. Black is going to be teaching you asorted spells Miss Nichols."
I almost groaned in misery, just what I needed after that horrifying tutoring session, more spells.
I tried to concentrate and forget what had happened with Amos. With Sirius with me, I felt more confidant and even managed to succeed in a few of the spells.
"Good job, Ana. With all of us Marauders helping you, you'll be caught up in no time." Sirius said proudly as we walked back to Gryffindor Tower after detention. I tried to smile at him, but I think that it came out as more of a grimace.
"What's the matter?" Sirius eyed me suspiciously.
"Just tired." I lied.
Sirius continued to look at me, but didn't question me further. He bade goodnight to me at the bottom of the girls' staircase, then went up to his own dormitory.
I trudged up the stairs. I almost screamed in anger and frustration when every girl in the dormitory glared at me. Though, I did notice that the Head Girl, Lily, wasn't present. I got into bed and pulling my curtains around me. I cast one of the only spells that I had learned today, silencio, on my curtains, than sunk into my pillows and let the tears flow.
I was dreading the next day. A day full of difficult classes, evil glares from girls, and my tutoring lesson with Amos.
I didn't understand why everyone thought that I was Sirius's toy. I knew he had a bad reputation with girls, but why did everyone think that I was that to Sirius. None of them even knew me. The same thing had happened at my old school though. Everyone thought I was a nerd and was too stuck-up to be friends with any of them because my mum was head mistress.
I couldn't understand why I was placed in Gryffindor because I didn't have any courage to tell my friends what was going on. A scary thought had just occurred to me. If I told anyone about what he did to me, would Amos hurt someone besides myself, like my friends? I couldn't let that happen. I knew that no matter what Amos did to me, I wouldn't mention it to anyone. Surely he would stop after awhile, right?
so what do you all think? i am very happy with the way im doing stuff so far, but please tell me if im right.