Chapter 5: Awkward Moments...

Izzie's POV

In the days after Laura and Remus got together, you could always see us girls hanging out with the Marauders. Lily tried to be civil and have a conversation with James. They looked so cute when they were chatting. They discovered that they both have a mutual hate of Astronomy. Lily for it being absolutely pointless and James because it messed up his body clock.

Laura and Remus just held hands and followed us all around. They were finally together and blissfully happy. A few hexes were sent Laura's way but Remus dealt with it. Marls brought whoever she was dating at the time. Poor guy was probably terrified; the Marauders treated us like their sisters. Marlene was actually James' cousin.

One of them didn't treat me like that. Sirius treated me as his equal. We spent most of our time in the Come-and-Go room planning pranks.
"Guys, me and Sirius here are going to do some stuff in the Room of Requirement," I told them. Lily's eyes widened and Sirius noticed.

"Evans! Get your mind out of the gutter! We're just planning pranks!" Sirius laughed and so did I. He had such an infectious laugh. Within a few seconds, we were all doubled over laughing. I loved it when we were all happy.
"My latest idea for a prank is..." I stopped to wipe some tears from my eyes. Laura looked curious.

"Well tell us then!" Sirius whined.
"Calm your tits mate! It's to blow up the Slytherin common room!" I said gleefully. Laura and Marlie looked at each other and shrugged. Remus and Lily just sighed and rolled their eyes. Sirius and James ran over and picked me up.
"What are you doing?! Put me down you freakishly tall people!" I yelled and thumped them.

"Taking you for a victory lap then to the Room of Requirement. To go over the finer details of the plan," James said to me and winced. "You thump hard for a girl!"
"That's it! Potter you are NOT involved in this prank! Understand?" I shouted and thumped James again.
"OI. What did I do?! Is it because I said you punched hard for a girl?" James asked furiously.

"YES!" I shouted back.
"Sorry!" He bowed his head meekly.
"You're forgiven! Let's go!" Sirius and James put me down and I skipped off. They started off after me, shrugging.
"You know you're completely insane right Semmé?" Sirius called to me up the stairs.

"Hell yeah! And I'm proud of it!" I called back. Sirius and James roared with laughter. Again. I could get everyone to laugh if I wanted to. We arrived at the Room of Requirement and we all stopped.
"Boys you'll have to wait a few minutes. Us girls need to talk," Marlene said, facing the guys.
"McKinnon! Tell us!" Sirius glowered.

"Uhh... No! See ya suckers!" She dragged us inside and shut the door. I gasped. It was my bedroom at home. Everything was how I left it. Clothes strewn all over the floor, posters half up, my bed unmade and my chocolate stash box was empty.

I walked over to my picture wall and saw the wizard photo of me and Sirius. I had my head thrown back laughing and Sirius was chuckling. James was obviously humiliating himself. Next to that one was one of me and the girls down by the lake. We were all smiling and laughing. That was the day I levitated a sleeping Snape into the lake. I chuckled at the memory.
"Why are we in your room?" Lily asked me gently.

"I don't know." I stopped when I saw another photo. It was one of me and my mum when I was 11. I had just received my acceptance letter. Mum was so pleased and proud of me. She had died a month into my first term. Laura came over and hugged me tightly.
"Out on the grounds tonight?" Laura murmured in my ear. I nodded. Me and Laura were Animagi. Laura was a brown owl with gold flecks and I was a big black dog. We always went out on the grounds when we were upset. It was our way of letting go of our feelings.

"I'll... I'll be back guys." I choked out. My eyes were streaming as I ran out of the room. I bashed into Sirius but I carried on running. I heard footsteps coming quickly but I didn't care. I wanted to be alone now more than ever.

Sirius's POV

I was chatting to Remus about some Charms homework when someone rushed out of the room. They bashed into me and I saw it was Izzie. Her normal sparkling chocolate eyes were filled with tears.

She got up and ran off. I stood shocked. I had never seen Izzie cry. Before I knew it, I was chasing after her through all these different corridors. I worked out that she was going to the Astronomy Tower. Then she tripped and cried out in pain. I winced. It stung me that she was hurt. I crept over to her and scooped her up.

"Izzie I'm taking you to the Hospital Wing. You've twisted your ankle," I whispered in her ear. She just whimpered. Soon I was running with Izzie in my arms. She was crying. We reached the Hospital Wing and I stopped. Izzie was pulling on my shirt.

"Don't leave me. Don't leave me Sirius," she whispered into my chest then fainted. "Izzie, I'm not going anywhere. I'm always gonna be your egotistical, lovable, emotionally stunted prat of a best friend. You're the only constant woman in my life." I kissed her forehead and carried her inside.
"Poppy! Izzie's twisted her ankle!" I yelled. Madam Pomfrey bustled out of her office.
"We'll have that fixed easily. She'll be able to go immediately," she said to me while she found a vial of potion.
"Rennervate," she muttered. Izzie started to splutter.
"Drink this for the pain." Poppy held up a vial of something green.

"It's moving..." Izzie whined when she took off the lid. She drank it anyway and shuddered.
"I feel all better now! Thanks Poppy!" Izzie shouted as she skipped out the Hospital Wing.
'That girl is mental!' I thought. One minute she's crying and the next she's all happy. Whoever dates her in the future will have a lot on my - umm - their hands.

Izzie's POV

"Izzie! I can smell something funny!" Laura called to me from the top of a tree.
"Me too Laur! Follow me!" I called back.
"I smell a rat! I'll be back!" Laura launched off into the darkness.
"You're gonna be washing your mouth out in the morning!" I shouted, running after her. She flew back with a rat in her claws and a humongous dog chasing after her. I crouched down in a defensive position.

"Leave her alone!" I growled.
"Give back the rat!" The dog growled back.
"Sirius?" I cocked my head to the side.
"Izzie is that you?" Sirius wagged his tail.
"Why are you chasing Laur?" I asked confused.
"Well she has Pete," he answered.

"SHIT! LAURA GET BACK HERE NOW!" I hollered. After a few minutes Laura flew back into the clearing.
"What is it Izzie? And who's the mutt?" Laura asked cautiously.
"You have Pete in your beak and this is Sirius," I answered.
"Ewwhh! Sorry Pete!" She flew to the ground and dropped Peter on the forest floor.

"Padfoot, Wormtail you alright?" A stag cantered into the clearing.
"Hey James," I called to him.
"Huh? What? You're Animagi too?" James asked quickly.
"It would seem so." Laura landed on my back.
"Izzie and Laura. Wait a sec... Izzie you're identical to Padfoot," James said. I heard the confusion in his voice.

"Prongs, did you find Padfoot and Wormtail?" A wolf spoke in a raspy voice as it crawled into the clearing. I noticed it wasn't a normal wolf; it was a werewolf.
"Moon-" Sirius started but Laura recognised the wolf's voice.
"Remus?" she asked with a wobble to her voice.
"YOU LIED!" Laura flew up to him and scratched him across the face and flew off towards the castle. I shook my head at him and ran after. When I reached the castle, I heard a heart-renching howl.

A/N hello again guys! How are things for you? Time for the disclaimer!

Sirius the honours!

Sirius: Fineee. PyromaniacValdez does not own the Harry Potter franchise as much as she would like to. Harry Potter belongs to our illustrious queen, the goddess of writing, J.K Rowling. All events, characters and other things that you do not recognise belong to PyromaniacValdez. If you might find a copy of this, private message me straight away. Copyrighted © 2013 All rights reserved.

Izzie: It's a miracle! I thought he would be brain dead forever! Oh wait...
Sirius: Oi!
*intervenes* Girls girls, you're both pretty.
Izzie: I AM A WOMAN!
Sirius: *sniggers*
Well before a shitstorm ensues, it's adios from moi!
Mischief Managed!

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