"Harmony, wake up." Lily's soft voice pulsed through Harmony's brain several times while she fought to stay sleeping blissfully.
"No." Harmony muttered bluntly when Lily's voice continued to assault her.
"What is the matter with you? The train leaves in an hour!" Liven huffed from across the dorm.
"I think she's just tired." Lily countered, pursing her lips and studying Harmony.
"'M trying to sleep!" Harmony lifted her head off the pillow enough to yell this before she let it drop again.
"Yes, but you can sleep on the train, Harms! We need you to help us carry the trunks! The boys are also pitching in...but we're a couple of teenage girls starting March break. Of course we're going to be loaded up on clothing and such." Liven called.
March break. Finally. Only a week had passed since the Sea family was attacked again, a horrible letter sent to Lily from her older sister, and the discovery of a Voldemort-minion lurking around, stalking Harmony and Sirius like a cat and prey. Since then, Harmony and Sirius never stayed too long out alone of the common room, and they were extremely cautious of their words.
"Harmony, I'll call James and Sirius in here to wake you up," Becca warned, arms crossed while she loomed over Harmony's bed, a frown on her face.
"Empty threat," Harmony muttered, burrowing deeper into her covers.
"No, it's not." Becca countered.
"I'm in nothing but a bra and pyjama bottoms. Also I'm PMSing, and they won't come within forty feet of me this time of month." Harmony told her smartly, spitting hair out of her mouth with as much aggression as if she had an insect in there.
"I won't tell them. And I don't think Sirius would mind seeing you in a bra." Liven threw in, while she slammed the lid of her trunk closed.
"Screw off." Harmony grunted and she rolled over again, now resembling a cocoon because if her tangled blankets wrapped around her body several times. "The lot of you are tossers."
"Tossers, are we?" Liven asked distractedly, completely immune to Harmony's morning insults.
"Yes, now leave me alone," Harmony ordered, voice muffled. "or I'll call you a tosser for thirty days straight. Your real name will not cross my lips."
Liven ignored her.
"I'll go." Alice sighed and she disappeared to go retrieve fifty percent of the marauders. Or in other words Sirius and James. Remus was too nice to wake Harmony and Peter was just...Peter.
Harmony gathered all the covers around her and rolled herself up even tighter, then she proceeding to propel herself off the side of her bed. On the cool floor all wrapped up in blankets, she fell back into a blissful slumber. A blissful slumber that lasted all of three whole minutes.
"Why isn't she up? You can usually handle her." Sirius asked a moment later when him and James entered the dorm on a broomstick. Liven watched as a thought dawned on Sirius. "Unless she's on her you-know-what...?"
"Er-" Liven started, knowing full well that both boys would high-tail it out of there if the answer to Sirius' question was true. "There's a slight possibility-"
"Pfft, she's your problem, mate." James shoved Sirius off the broom and zoomed out of the girls' dorm like the wuss he was.
Sirius groaned partly because he fell hard and partly because of the task at hand. He pulled himself up off the floor reluctantly.
"Are you kidding me?" Lily threw her arms up in frustration. "You just woke up too?"
Sirius looked down at his t-shirt and boxers sheepishly. "Well, it was more like 10 minutes ago, so not exactly right now-"
"You both are unbelievable. Just for that I'm not helping you wake the dragon." Lily poked her thumb in Harmony's direction.
Sirius gazed at the bundle of red comforter on the floor. "Why is she on the floor?"
"Are you honestly questioning one of Harmony's bizarre actions?" Lily asked exasperatedly.
"Do you always answer questions with questions?" Sirius snapped, rubbing sleep from his eyes and plotting the least life-threatening way to awaken Harmony.
"Do you?" Lily retorted.
"Guys!" Liven cut in, "Just wake her already or we'll miss the train."
Sirius glanced at Lily in desperation. "You're on your own, Black." she said, backing away from him with her arms raised in an I'm-having-nothing-to-do-with-this gesture.
"Thanks," he muttered sarcastically. He approached Harmony warily. "Where's her face exactly?"
"I believe it's on the end closest to the wall as she decided to sleep normally in her bed last night." Lily called.
"Harmony," Sirius whispered after locating Harmony's head albeit the seemingly endless amount of blankets. "Harmony, wake up."
"It'll take more than that, sweetie." Liven laughed from her perched position on her overstuffed trunk. This ought to be a good show; all she needed was popcorn and a pumpkin juice.
Sirius looked pointedly up at the wall and hissed through gritted teeth. "Do you want to come over and do this?"
"Hell no." Liven grinned widely.
"Then shut it," Sirius said, his attention back on Harmony. "Harmony."
Nothing.
"Harmony!"
Still not a sound.
"HARMONY!"
A little stirring but her eyes remained closed.
"HARMONY!" Sirius shouted.
"Shut up," Harmony mumbled, burrowing deeper into her covers.
"Harmony you have to get up now! A giant spider is crawling on your covers! AND IT'S PREGNANT!" Sirius hollered, while crouching down by Harmony.
Well, that got the desired reaction.
"WHAT?!" Harmony launched out of the covers. She stood panting, terrified and entirely confused for a second before she clued in to what was going on.
Sirius took in the sight of her long locks of curly hair tangled and sticking up all over the place. Was it bad that he still found her bed head attractive? Then his eyes caught sight of the fact that she was in nothing but a black bra and striped pyjama pants.
Unfortunately Harmony also realized this, as Sirius willed his eyes not to admire how perfect that bra was on her. "Fuck you! I cannot believe I actually fell for that!" she screamed and launched herself back under the blankets, shielding her almost bare upper half from the eyes of Sirius Black.
"Liven, I am going to murder you in your sleep." Harmony threatened, practically eating her pillow.
Too bad Liven was busy wetting her pants with laughter to respond. She had the whole roll-on-the-ground-laughing thing going, too.
Sirius slowly started to realize that he just saw Harmony in a bra - a slow and stupid smile spreading over his face.
"Sirius Black you wipe that grin off your face or I might have to slap it off." Harmony hissed, her face flooding with colour as she lifted it from the pillow.
"That requires you standing up again..." Sirius pondered, then grinned even wider. "Yep, I'd love to be slapped right now." his eyes focused back on her.
Harmony sighed. "Leave," she told him. "Go get dressed you git."
"Yes ma'am."
Acting true to his animagus form, Sirius put his head down shamefully and walked out of the dorm, his imaginary tail between his legs. A second later Harmony heard a loud curse word, a bump, and the screeching sound of skin on a slide.
"You deserved that!" Harmony yelled. No reply. Just a lot of curses.
Harmony watched the rain drops slide across the cold window as the train started to move faster, steam billowing everywhere. She was yet again going over the Death Eater attack that happened a week ago; it's what her mind resorted back to when she ran out of things to ponder. "Where're the marauders?" she asked Liven, shaking herself out of her trance.
"Good question. I thought you'd know?" Liven raised her perfect eyebrows, dark hair shining despite the lack of light.
"Nope." Harmony turned away from the unfair, natural beauty of her best friend. Rubbing her arms to keep them warm, she looked back out the window. Sometimes silence was nice. Sometimes mainly means on mornings she was woken up. So, almost every morning silence was good. Silence with coffee. Coffee. What she wouldn't do for one of those.
The door to the compartment slid open, and Harmony watched as the marauders filed in. Sirius immediately took the seat next to Harmony as the others struck up an animated conversation.
He took in the dark circles under Harmony's eyes, Sirius' old jumper and sweatpants she wore. He tried to keep the burst of affection out of his voice as he asked, "What's the matter, love?"
"Just tired," an image of Bellatrix Lestrange looking upon the dead body of Becca flashed in her mind. "and pissy. And in need of a coffee. Not a good combination." Harmony started distractedly cracking her knuckles while gazing out the rain-streaked window again.
Sirius reached his other hand around and handed a cup that was evidently filled to the brim with coffee. Harmony looked blankly from his tousled hair and sympathetic eyes to the coffee a couple times before she grabbed it and set it down beside her on the window ledge. She then proceeded to attack him in a bear hug, her feet slipping off the seat.
"You're fantastic." she muttered in his shoulder. "Literally every time the thought I need a coffee crosses my mind you're always there to provide me with one."
"Oi, get a room!" James yelled, turning the attention on Sirius and Harmony.
Harmony shot him the finger. "Shut your trap, Potter."
"Don't piss off the PMSing tiger, Jamesy-poo." Liven sung, sitting back in her seat.
Unfortunately for Liven, James backed down immediately and Harmony cracked up, feeling instantly better. She gave Sirius a kiss on the jaw and sat up, her eyes already on the coffee prize.
"Got any plans for the March break?" he asked, watching as she downed half the mug in one go.
"Nah, but I reckon Becca and I will spend most of it together." she replied, leaning against Sirius and curling up in the seat like a cat, her body still partially wrapped protectively around the mug.
"Hey Harmful, have you ever snuck out?" a slow grin spread over his face as he said this. No one was paying attention to them now since a game of exploding snap started up and multiple conversations were resumed now that the train had started on its journey to King's Cross.
"To meet Becca, loads of times..." Harmony replied.
Sirius intertwined his fingers with Harmony's and rested them on her knee. "Well, wouldn't it be the ultimate experience to sneak out to meet a boy?"
Harmony grinned a little. "Are you implying we sneak out to meet each other?" Harmony loved how impulsive they were about everything - they just sort of fed off of each other's ideas and plans. There was nothing they wouldn't-slash-couldn't do, and Harmony admired how Sirius was up for everything, at any time of the day, no questions asked.
"Yeah." Sirius grinned. "It'll be fun."
"Sirius Black, you ought to be the death of me."
"How about this," Sirius said, turning his body towards Harmony's, excitement in his eyes. "I'll come to yours, obviously, and I can come get you at your window."
"No," Harmony sighed. "My dad, don't ask me why, has muggle video cameras all over the place. I tried explaining to him that we live in the middle of no where and the chances of ever needing a security camera are very, very slim...but he's determined to have video surveillance 24/7."
Sirius laughed out loud. "How have you gotten away with it before?"
Harmony smiled mischievously. "Trial and error. Knowledge of the camera placements and views."
"You are such a little badass," Sirius grinned affectionately, "and I like it a lot."
"Why, thank you, Black." Harmony laughed, looking up at him.
He kissed her nose. "So, will I just have to meet you?"
"Yeah, wait across the street from my house in the bush. My dad goes to bed around eleven, usually. I always had to wait longer for Becca because her Dad stays up until one."
"You guys have this all figured out. Where do you go?"
"Meh, anywhere. We always end up in the forest, the one right next to my house?" Harmony broke off and Sirius nodded, remembering from the time he dropped her off for the Christmas break. "Yeah, and in there we have a whole whack load of spots to stay."
Sirius was enjoying the way Harmony's eyes lit up when she talked. And he was genuinely interested. It felt like they were the only people in the world in that moment. "Like what?"
"There's this clearing that is just perfect for star gazing, and then we have this tree which I love I climb and read in. There's also this old tree house we discovered which is actually pretty big, and that's where we usually get hammered." Harmony grinned at the memories of the endless nights spent there.
Sirius raised his eyebrows and laughed. "You guys-?"
"Yup," Harmony smiled. "My dad doesn't hide the alcohol. It's so easily accessed through the refrigerator in the garage. When I turn seventeen, I'll be able to just make it appear without all the trouble of sneaking about and clinking bottles."
"Where's the fun in that?"
"That's what Becca said, and I kind of agree. It gives me adrenaline when I do things I shouldn't."
"That's not healthy, Harmony Sea." Sirius smiled and started playing with Harmony's fingers absent-mindedly. His dark hair fell into his eyes but he didn't bother move it.
"I know. But I just can't stop." Harmony said. "And besides, I enjoy the fact that the majority of the people who 'know' me think that I'm just the quiet, innocent bookworm."
Sirius' eyes slid out the window, surprised to see that it was now sunny. "You are the quiet bookworm...but you just have a really, really rebellious streak in you, and a love for fire. Not," Sirius finished, "a good combination."
"That's very true. Although, I wasn't quite so rebellious before I met you. Sure, I was very bad sometimes, but that's just it. It was sometimes. And now, Mr. Black," Harmony cast her twinkling eyes upward at Sirius. "it's prominent all the time."
Sirius leaned down and kissed her full on the mouth.
"OI, AGAIN! Get. A. Room!" James shouted, and Harmony broke away from Sirius, blushing scarlet to her roots.
"Shut up, James!" Lily hissed. "She doesn't look like she could kill a small country anymore. She looks happy?"
Everyone stared at Harmony. "Stop looking at me like an animal."
"But, this is the first time ever that you've been happy-looking when you're on your-" Becca stared in amazement.
"HOW ABOUT WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE ABOUT MY FEMALE ORGANS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH." Harmony screeched.
"Well," Liven said finally, "it was nice while it lasted."
Remus snorted, then quickly buried himself in his book once again. "You prats." Harmony sighed. "I have to use the loo."
She stood and slid the door open, almost losing her balance because of the train's movement. She swore and caught herself on the door.
The second she stepped out a nearby compartment door slammed shut, the hem of a cloak disappearing rapidly. Harmony stared around in amazement, shocked at the sudden noise. Everything was calm now; there was no way of knowing which door shut the most recently.
Harmony backed into her own compartment again, eyes glued to the view beyond the door. "What happened?" Sirius whispered.
"That little fucking spy, that's what." Harmony said through her teeth.
Sirius' eyes widened for a fraction of a second. "The one time we talk about a semi-private thing in a semi-private place we get fucking spied on. Of course."
"It's fine. They're gone. Let's just enjoy ourselves as much as possible right now, okay?" Harmony whispered urgently, willing him to act normal-ish lest the others look up.
"Okay," Sirius muttered, pulling Harmony down with him on the seat.
"Sirius," Harmony yawned. Clearly there was going to be no bathroom break, but it wasn't massively urgent anyway.
"Yeah?"
"Would you mind I napped?" Harmony blushed for some reason unknown to her.
Sirius laughed. "Yes, go ahead and sleep. I'll wake you when we arrive."
"Thanks, Pup." she leaned into him and cuddled up to his side, basking in his body heat. March was still a pretty cold month.
He kissed her atop the head as she quickly fell asleep. Her last thought was how good the day had actually been so far, well mainly just because of Sirius, despite the conditions.
"Harms," a soft voice interrupted Harmony's slumber for the second time that day.
"I don't appreciate getting woken up twice within the same 24-hour span." Harmony bit, eyes still closed.
"But we're just arriving at the station." Sirius told her gently. He watched her open her eyes slowly, as she sat up. There were lines from his Quidditch jumper that he had chosen to wear across her face. He reached out and poked them, her cheekbone warm and soft under his fingers.
Harmony lifted her hands up and patted her hair, cringing when she felt the tangles and curls flying all over the place, and leaned back on the seat again. She felt a hand on her head and looked up to see Liven. "Bye, love. I've got to leave fast or my dad'll flip."
Harmony stood up and hugged her best friend. "I'll see you over break?"
"Is that even a question?" Liven flashed Harmony a grin and left the compartment soon after all the hugs and goodbye's were exchanged with her.
Sirius grabbed Harmony's bag along with his own and the two followed their noisy group of friends out off the train. Riding the massive wave of students in the small hall, Harmony took hold of Sirius' jumper.
"Talk about rush," Harmony commented once they were off.
"Oh, I agree." Lily replied. "It's like the last call for Quidditch tryouts."
James stopped what he was doing and looked over at Lily, his mouth agape and eyes full of affection. "Lily Evans just made a Quidditch reference."
Lily blushed and looked into the crowd, suddenly entirely focused on finding her parents.
Harmony burst out laughing and hugged her friend. "What would I do without the James-Lily situation? I swear, it's constant entertainment."
"You should see him when she's not around!" Sirius laughed. "He's either mopey or constantly talking about how good she looked in that kilt-"
James cut him off by completely tackling Sirius to the ground.
"Boys," Alice piped in, coming up behind the group.
"And where were you?" Becca questioned, already knowing the answer.
"Erm-"
"She was off snogging Frank in some empty compartment, that's what." Harmony giggled, her arms still around Lily.
"All right!" Remus shouted, prying James and Sirius apart. Neither of them were injured, they just looked a little scuffed up. James' glasses were askew, dangling off his nose adorably while he grinned like a kid.
Harmony detangled herself from Lily and retrieved her bag from its place on the dusty floor where Sirius had dropped it. For the first time she realized how many people were crowded in the little platform by the magnificent red Hogwarts train. Families were shouting out to their children, an owl was flying around, frantically screeching its head off, and there were kids reciting every detail from the Christmas break to the March break rapidly while mothers attempted to pull them along.
"I'll be off. Tuney is glaring at me so much it's burning my skin." Lily sighed sadly. She hugged everyone - even James, albeit awkwardly - and scurried off.
"I reckon I'd better get going, too." Remus said. And the process repeated. And repeated again for Peter. Then Becca.
James shouted out moments later. "I see Mum and Dad! Meet me there in a minute, yeah?" James said the last part to Sirius, and then gave Harmony a hug. "See you, Harmful. Perhaps over the break, who knows!"
"Bye!" James was off.
Sirius turned to Harmony. "Best be getting off."
"Yeah," Harmony smiled, looking up at Sirius' handsome face.
"What day do you think?" Sirius asked, his arms fastening loosely around Harmony's waist.
"How about Wednesday night?" Harmony suggested, resting her head on Sirius' chest. The pain potion was wearing off.
"Sure," Sirius replied, his chest rumbling with every word. "I think that'll work."
Harmony suddenly looked up at him. "Is it crazy that I'm already missing you? And it's only March break and I'm going to see you Wednesday and-"
Sirius just leaned down and kissed her. A good kiss. A kiss that if performed in the common room would receive whistles and shouts.
She slipped her arms around his neck as Sirius pulled a hand up to rest on her cheek. Harmony leaned back after a long moment and said, "My father can probably see us, you realize."
"Your family is a little ways back. They didn't see you when I kissed you, but I reckon they've spotted us now." Sirius kept his face really close to Harmony's the entire time he spoke.
"Shit," Harmony muttered. "Maybe if we don't move then they won't see us?"
"They're not dinosaurs, Harmony."
Harmony burst out laughing and hugged Sirius tight. He hugged her back. "I better get going, as much as I'd like to snog you and hug you all day."
Harmony hit him playfully, but affectionately. "You're such a male."
"Why, thank you." Sirius grinned and picked up her bag, slinging it on her shoulder after handing it to her. "I try."
"Get out of here, you prat." Harmony laughed, pushing him away.
"Yeah, yeah." Sirius watched as Harmony walked away, having already located her parents.
"Mum, Dad!" Harmony smiled as she approached her family. "Alright?"
"That was quite the-" her dad started.
"Charlotte!" Harmony screeched too loudly, cutting her father off. "It's been a week!"
Charlotte giggled as she hugged her sister back, in a scramble of curls and limbs.
Ryan stomped over. "Mum, Dad."
"What's got your knickers in a knot?" Harmony snickered.
"Shut it." Ryan hissed.
"What, girlfriend didn't give you a kiss goodbye?"
"At least I did't get practically shagged-"
Harmony stood up and shoved her brother. Easier said than done. He was taller and stronger than her, even at fourteen. He pushed Harmony right back.
"You're such a moody little prick! No wonder why I don't spend time with you!" Harmony shot daggers at her brother with her eyes. He glared back, his dark curly hair a mess atop his head and his clothes rumbled slightly.
"You have been in each other's company for ten seconds! Cut it out!" Harmony's mother snapped tiredly. Those words had been way over-used throughout the years.
Ryan dropped it immediately, and Harmony then had no choice but to follow his lead. After all, fighting with yourself is only fun on Thursdays.
Hand in hand with Charlotte, Harmony left the station, thinking that this break might not be so bad, after all. So as long as Voldy keeps his Death Eaters put away along with that little spy of his.
A/N- This chapter is rather short, and I apologize for that but this is supposed to be a filler. Good stuff is coming, okay? And as far as the reviews, I will repeat myself in saying that I have no intention of changing the plot line of JK's writing.
As far as Harmony and Sirius, I'm happy to hear the feedback about how you think I'm portraying them. Harmony is going a little insane. She's not herself. Death Eaters, school, spies, gossip, war. Sirius is her firm grip. I truly apologize if I wrote something you didn't like! Feel free to come to me about any questions or concerns.
Oh, and I'm really sorry you don't like the names of my characters. It's a little late to change them now, so, I guess they'll just have to stay the same. Bummer.