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A.N. Sorry about the mistake in the last chapter. I spelled Quidditch wrong. It's corrected in this chapter. Thanks for reading. :D
Chapter Two
Unfortunately for Dorcas, the first thing she saw when she got off the train was Bellatrix Black and her two cronies, Rhiannon Rogers and Brienna Baker, standing in a group on the platform, obviously waiting for the rest of their group to depart the train. The three girls were Slytherin's and insisted on making Dorcas' life, and her friends lives, a living hell. Bellatrix was the leader of the three, and hauntingly beautiful. She had thick wavy black hair that fell to her shoulder blades and dark eyes that looked black. She was tall and graceful, with a defined face and high cheekbones. She insisted on wearing Slytherin colors even while not in school, so she was currently in a long black skirt with a green long sleeved corset. Rhiannon, Bellatrix's immediate second, was practically the complete visual opposite. Rhiannon had thick platinum blond hair, blue eyes and plump lips. Shorter than Bellatrix, but still on the tall side, Rhiannon loved to intimidate by standing up as tall as she could and looking down upon people. Brienna Baker was the overshadowed one of the group, but not any less cruel. Brienna had blond hair as well, and light brown eyes. She was on the short side and very petite. Right on cue it seemed, Rhiannon made her way over to Dorcas, the other two following behind.
"Well Dorcas Meadowes. I hope you had a fun year, because believe me, your fun will not last." Rhiannon said meanly when she reached her.
"And what is that supposed to mean Rhiannon? Are you threatening me?" Dorcas shot back, refusing to back down.
"Of course not, I'm merely making a statement that you might want to heed."
Dorcas scoffed. "I would rather not heed anything that you have to say. So why don't you just get the hell away from me?"
Bellatrix chimed in. "And miss a golden opportunity to mock and hate on you? I don't think so." The three girls laughed, Brienna a little late.
"Look, I really don't care about anything you have to say. Really, it all rolls off my back. You guys don't bother me, so why waste your breath?"
"Yeah? Why do you guys waste your breath?" Roxanne came up behind Dorcas and gave the three Slytherin girls the most hateful look she could muster.
"Oh Bennett," Rhiannon started. "We only do it because its so much fun. Now, I could waste my breath and keep going on and on about how ridiculous you and you're little friends are, but I won't. I have better things to do."
"Well then go off and do them then!" Roxanne said heatedly.
"Fine. Have a great summer," Bellatrix said sarcastically.
"Yeah, you too Bella, don't get hit by a bus," Dorcas almost snarled.
The three girls just laughed and walked away, making Roxanne curse quietly to herself.
"Common Roxy, I see the other girls." Dorcas grabbed Roxanne and led her to the rest of their friends.
"What was that all about?" Marlene asked as the two girls reached her and the others.
"Nothing important," Dorcas shrugged. "Just Rhiannon being Rhiannon, stupid bitch." Marlene nodded in understanding as the Marauders sauntered up to them.
"Well, my mother is giving me the death glare, and perfect little Regulus is already over there with her, so I better go too, before she has a freaking heart attack." Sirius paused, "Actually, I'll just stay here." The group laughed and started saying their goodbyes.
Sirius pulled Dorcas away. "Think you'll be able to come over to James' this summer? That's most likely where I'll be."
"I think so. Just give me a couple weeks with the family and then I'll work out a deal with them."
Sirius smiled. "I'll miss you. I'll owl, I promise."
Dorcas grabbed his neck and pulled him in for a tender kiss. "I'll miss you too. And you better."
Chuckling, Sirius pulled her in for another kiss. They broke apart, gave each other one last hug and said goodbye. Sirius hugged everyone in the group then made it over to his mother with trepidation.
"You didn't tell me you were dating that girl," his mother told him with her eyebrows raised.
"That's because it's none of your business."
"You do know that girl is a blood traitor don't you? A laughing stock in our world."
"There's only one world mother, and you do not own it."
His mother scoffed. "We will see about that."
Sirius scowled with anger while his mother walked away, Regulus following close behind her. This wasn't the first time Sirius got a bad feeling from his mother that they were more happy about what Voldemort was doing then they should be. But then again, he told himself, they had always been all for the 'purification' of the wizarding world. This made Sirius scowl harder.
"Come along Sirius!" His mother called, and he grudgingly followed, making mental plans of when and how he was going to get to James' house this summer.
Lily was next to go. She said her goodbyes, promising to owl everyone and even gave James a hug. True, he had been begging for it for 10 minutes before she would comply, but he still got one. "Don't forget Marlene, Green Lanes!" Marlene laughed happily. "Of course not! I'll owl you!" "Okay. Bye everyone!"
"Man that girl really needs to see how wonderful I am," James said sadly, making everyone chuckle.
"Don't worry James, we'll work on her," Roxanne told him soothingly.
"You should have already been working on her! I don't know how many times I've talked about her in the Quidditch locker room!" James directed the first part of the comment to Marlene especially, seeing as her and Lily were best friends.
Roxanne shook her head. "I know, I know."
"Don't think I haven't been trying James. But every time I mention you, she won't hear a good word about you. I'll say your name and she'll go off!" Marlene said defensively. James looked dejected.
"Oh there's my mom. Gotta go guys," Peter said suddenly. Everyone paused to give him a hug and he left.
"James, please don't look so sad. You'll get her, just stop acting like a total prat every time you're around her!" Dorcas told him, preparing to fight.
"I do not act like a prat! I'm always telling her how wonderful she is and..."
"And you also tell her how wonderful you are," Remus chimed in. James glared at his friend.
"It's true James, you can't deny it. Just know that we all do love you, but you seem to love yourself a whole lot more. Sorry, don't mean to be blunt, but somebody has to be." Dorcas said with finality.
James sighed and messed up his hair. "Okay. I get it."
"James," Roxanne started. "I'm going to tell you something but you cannot tell Lily I told you."
James looked up, slightly happier.
"Lily told me that when you are not trying to show off for her is when she likes you the most. She thinks you are a really sweet guy when you are not trying. So just be yourself around her. She likes that guy!"
James smiled. "Really? She called me sweet?"
"Yes," Roxanne said. "So prove to her that you can be sweet all the time. Prove that you are not just the prat you've made her think you are."
He nodded. "Thanks for telling me Roxy. I swear I won't tell her."
"Damn right you won't, or I will come after you and it will not be pretty."
James laughed. "Okay, but hey, gotta go, my parents are waving me down." Dorcas looked over at James' parents. They were older than most parents, they had James late in life after trying so hard to have children, so he was extra spoiled. James hugged the remainder of the group and invited everyone to stay whenever they wanted. "We have so many extra rooms you guys could all come at once if you wanted to." They all expressed their thanks and James left, waving.
"Where are your parents Mary?" Dorcas asked.
"Oh they are probably waiting for me outside the barrier... so I should probably go huh?" She laughed and hugged her friends, taking her leave, promising to owl as well.
"I should probably go too," Marlene said. "But my dad is talking to all his Ministry friends and I don't wanna hear that stuff. But I should probably go save Declan, he looks really bored." She smiled and hugged her friends, lingering on Remus for just a little longer. Dorcas and Roxanne exchanged a look. "I'll see you all sometime this summer I'm sure. You both are invited to Green Lanes with me and Lily if you wanna go, something I probably should have told Mary too. Darn. Oh well, I'll just owl her. Okay, see you guys."
The girls smiled and thanked her. Marlene waved at Remus and walked away, her thick brown hair swaying behind her.
"So what are your plans for summer Remus?" Dorcas asked. "Anything special?"
"Not really, my father said something about maybe going abroad but I don't know how safe that would be, traveling, you know?"
Dorcas nodded in understanding, while Roxanne was staring at something.
"Oh, there are my parents now. I'll see you guys later. Think you will be able to make it to James'?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, I already told Sirius more than likely, so we'll see you there." Dorcas told him. After a pause, she hit Roxanne on the arm.
"Ouch! What?"
"Remus asked you a question."
"Oh.. yes Remus? I'm sorry."
Remus smiled. "I just wanted to know if you were going to be able to make it to James' house at all."
She nodded. "Yeah, hopefully, unless my worst fear that my dad will work me like a dog comes true." Remus laughed. "Okay, I hope that doesn't happen. I'll see you guys soon." After he hugged both girls, Roxanne a little longer, he walked away.
Dorcas turned to Roxanne. "What are you staring at?"
Roxanne turned red. "Nothing."
Dorcas scanned the area, there was nobody they really knew. Except for one person. "There is nobody except Ryan Thompson over there." Dorcas observed. Roxanne turned redder. Dorcas shook her head.
"Yes he is cute Roxy, but he is trouble."
"I didn't profess my love for the guy, I'm just looking. Is that so bad?" Roxanne said defensively.
"No, I guess not. Look all you want."
Roxanne laughed. "I'm done."
Dorcas couldn't help it, she laughed too.
Ryan Thompson was a Slytherin boy in their year. He was tall, with short brown hair, bright blue eyes, and was also extremely handsome. His facial features were what drew every girl in school to him. He had high cheekbones and a finely sculpted nose with plump lips that you just wanted to get your lips on. Unfortunately, he already knew how sexy he was. He was one of Hogwarts biggest players, a different girl on his arm practically every week. The thing Dorcas liked about him though was that he didn't play into the whole pure blood mania thing. He was pretty level headed and really didn't think that being a pureblood made you better than anyone else. He was very laid back and didn't seem to need anyone's approval. He did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, with whoever he wanted to do it with. It was refreshing to see a Slytherin like that.
"So you think Marlene has a thing for Remus?" Dorcas asked Roxanne. She didn't answer. She was back to staring. "HEY! Earth to Roxanne!"
Roxanne jumped. "What? For god's sake Dorcas, do not do that!"
"You're ignoring me. I told you he's trouble. Your reputation will be ruined."
"Like I care about my reputation." Roxanne said, waving a hand dismissively. Then she blushed. "I'm not into him anyway. Let's drop it and move on."
"Well that's what I was trying to do, but if you want me to shut up so you can keep staring, I have no problem with that." Dorcas told her flatly.
"Oh shut up. Okay," Roxanne turned away from where Ryan was standing. "What were you saying?"
Dorcas smiled knowingly. "Well I was just asking if you thought Marlene likes Remus."
Roxanne shrugged. "I don't know, but it kinda seems like it huh? She could have just wanted to give him an extra long hug. Maybe he smells good or something."
Dorcas laughed. "Yeah maybe. So.. you would never go out with him?"
Roxanne made a face. "Remus? I don't think so. I mean.. he's... I dunno. I don't think so."
"Well make sure you let him down gently," Dorcas said wisely.
"Let him down gently? For what?"
"Well, it's just that when he left he gave you an extra long hug... but maybe you just smell good."
Roxanne scoffed and shoved Dorcas lightly. "I don't know, I'm sure he just thinks of me as a really good friend."
Dorcas shrugged. "If you say so. Are your parents here yet?"
"No, not yet," Roxanne said with a sigh. "I'm sure they are just busy with the store."
"Yeah, I'm sure they will be here soon." Just then, Dorcas spotted her parents who had apparated some twenty feet away. "Oh, my parents just apparated. And.. oh no..."
"What? Whats wrong?"
Dorcas' father, Benjamin, had just started talking to Cygnus Black, Bellatrix's father. It seemed that no matter what the man thought of her father being a blood traitor, he wasn't about to miss an opportunity to suck up to such a high ranking member of the Ministry.
"My dad's talking to Mr. Black."
Roxanne rolled her eyes. "I hope he knows that your dad sees right through him"
"Oh he does, but that's obviously not stopping him from sucking up. The jerk."
Roxanne giggled. "Jerk indeed. Well, you better get over there and make a good impression. I'll see you here in a few weeks probably. Stop by the store whenever you want."
"You're not coming over there with me? I'm sure my parents would love to see you!"
"Oh no. I think I'll stay far away from that. Besides, I'll see them at some point. I practically lived at your house last summer."
"Thanks a lot Bennett."
Roxanne laughed. "Common give your best friend a hug."
It was Dorcas' turn to roll her eyes. "Okay, traitor." Roxanne smiled and the girls hugged. Dorcas waved and walked away, wanting nothing more than to stay where she was, but she figured her dad would probably need to be saved. Mr. Black had a bad habit of talking a hell of a lot.
Dorcas' mother Ella, smiled as her daughter approached. "Hello dear? Did you have a good term?"
Dorcas smiled back and hugged her mother. "Yes, it was fine."
"Ah, Dorcas, how are you?" Cygnus Black asked her.
'Like you care you big fake.' "Oh I'm just fine, how are you Mr. Black?" She asked with a fake smile.
"Just fine, just fine. I believe you all know my daughter Bellatrix." Bellatrix stood behind her father, a contemptuous look on her face. "And my other daughter, Narcissa." The blonde girl came out from behind her sister and Dorcas recognized her as a fourth year Slytherin, but she never knew the two were related.
"Ah yes of course," Dorcas' father said. "And how did your term turn out Bellatrix, and Narcissa of course?"
"It was wonderful, thank you so much Mr. Meadowes," Bellatrix said with a fake smile of her own. Narcissa stayed quiet.
"That's wonderful. Well Cygnus, we really must be going. I'm sure Dorcas is starving, so I'll see you at the Ministry. It was wonderful to see you again Bellatrix, and nice to meet you as well Narcissa," her father told the three Blacks pleasantly.
"Yes, it was very nice to see you all," her mother added.
"Of course, of course, the pleasure is all mine," Cygnus said. "Yes Benjamin, I will see you at the Ministry. Come along Bella. Don't dawdle Narcissa. Good day to you all."
Dorcas' father nodded curtly and turned his back on Cygnus, his smile sliding off his face. "Well Dorcas, hello, how was your term?" He asked as he hugged his daughter tightly.
"It was great, thanks dad," Dorcas smiled.
"Okay, well are you up to side – along apparation?"
"Yep, that's fine, lets go." Dorcas said, not all to excited. Apparation made her want to barf more often then not, but she was starving and she just wanted to get home. She looked over at Roxanne who's parents had come, apologizing profusely for being so late. She caught Roxanne's eyes and the girls smiled at each other and waved. Benjamin then took his daughter by the arm and they disapparated.
A.N. I know some of you may ask, so I'll nip this in the bud. I realize that it isn't really canon for Bellatrix to be at school while the Marauders are there, but I really couldn't miss the opportunity to write her in as a villain. So, there's the explanation for that.
Quick updating huh? XD Actually, I've honestly had some of this story written before I got the nerve to post it on here, so let me know what you think. I know its kind of slow moving right now, but I had to introduce everyone and all that, so I hope it isn't terribly boring. It'll get better. Trust me. :D Oh, and review!