Okay, Chappie 2…
Lily knew the boys were up to something. After five years of being in the same house as the Marauders, she developed a sixth sense as to when they were plotting up a storm. She was absolutely correct.
"Hey! Why have you got Freda's cauldron? She's been looking for it all week…" she kept rambling on and on in the ears of Sirius and James. They were walking (James and Sirius were walking, Lily was storming) down the corridor that lead to the courtyard outside. James actually had the cauldron (with a lid on it, of course) tucked under his arm, and a plain piece of parchment in the other hand.
"Lily-kins, although your gracious presence gives me more joy and pleasure than unicorns dancing in chocolate, can you please go away? I'm rather busy"
Lily turned red with rage. "James! I'm talking to you!" she stood there and waited for him to apologise (1), but he kept on walking, his faithful Sirius at his side. "Huh?" now Lily was confused. James never skipped a chance to talk to Lily, which left her wondering what was more important than her.
…Somewhere in the castle…
The guards had a system of their patrol; half would be patrolling the very edge of the perimeter, a third would be silently patrolling the castle itself, two people would always be publicly patrolling the halls for comfort purposes, and one or two people would be taking a break. The guards rotated after six hours at each post, except for the two who were visibly patrolling the halls; they were deemed the friendliest and most approachable of the group and they could take breaks and/or naps at their leisure. Lucky bastards. But, like all of them, both had to wear the ANBU uniform mask.
It was actually the ANBU wearing a sparrow mask that was lazily strolling around the outside courtyard, enjoying the content view of students enjoying life. She quite liked the students, but there was one person who got on her nerves; Remus Lupin. He was always avoiding all the guards, and when he spoke, it wasn't always pleasant words that came out of his mouth. He kept on asking if her hair was a natural colour, and he always had an air, a feeling about him, anyway.
But, Remus was sitting in the corner with two of his friends, Sirius and Peter, and Remus looked quite angry at Sirius for a strange reason, but what made Sparrow take notice was that he kept pointing at her. After years and years of living with perverts, Sparrow couldn't but help think 'stalker'.
Sparrow sat down on a bench in the corner of the courtyard, legs kicked up and relaxing, when suddenly, a cauldron flew at her from the door.
She jumped up, and backhanded the cauldron away from her. The lid that was on top of the cauldron flicked off and a never settling Boggart came out of the cauldron. It hadn't taken a shape as it settled a few meters away from Sparrow, but then it split in two. One form rose up high and away, and the other half backed up several meters.
Sparrow was ready to defeat the unique enemy, but she recognised the forms. They had taken shape of the two most precious people in her life; Naruto and Sasuke. Both teens were old, and they looked just like they did today, except they wore their genin clothes, and where hurtling towards each other. They screamed words that Sparrow thought she would never hear again;
"CHIDORI!"
"RASENGAN!"
They collided, and an explosion ensued. It shook Hogwarts as the shockwave passed over a small radius. Dust was floating in the air, and debris was falling off the tiles of the roof. The students in the courtyard backed up to the wall, and most were shocked at the sudden noise. All four Marauders had taken cover and had hidden behind a brick column.
Sparrow ripped off her mask as she rushed to the broken teammates as they lay bloodily in the crater the explosion of power left. Everyone could see her panic and pain when she saw their condition. Naruto was missing chunks from his torso, and his jaw was nearly ripped off. Sasuke's chest was twisted and deformed. They were both struggling to breathe.
"Sakura…" they were both gasping. The now revealed Sakura didn't know what to do. She kept on panicking, tears rolling down her face. She couldn't stop sobbing, but she still didn't know what to do. Who was she going to heal first? Her extinguished love? Or her best friend? If she saved one, the other would surely die.
"Sakura…"
Rat and Monkey arrived on the scene, as they were the ones who were patrolling the area, and both paused as they saw the crater's contents. Rat turned to face Monkey, nodded, and lifted both ninja to carry to the hospital, and Sakura hadn't even registered they were there; she was in major shellshock.
Rat and Monkey nearly exited the courtyard, when magically, the bodies flew out of their grip, the crater was rapidly fixing itself, and Sakura was pushed back by the force of the crater fixing itself. All debris was fixed in an instant, and students where popping out of where rubble once was, mildly confused.
The Marauders were a bit disappointed; that was it? Where did the Boggart go?
Then, there was another battle cry.
"CHIDORI!"
"RASENGAN!"
And before they collided again, Sakura added in her own word; "NO!" she was crying again, and before the inevitable collision came, Monkey grabbed the wrist of Sasuke, and Rat caught Naruto's. They redirected the blow somewhat, and both masked ANBU had the males in a headlock.
"What the hell-" Monkey started to scream into Sasuke's ear, but the Boggart morphed once more. It twisted and turned out of Monkey's grip, and the one inside Rat's grip did the same. They twisted and morphed into one ball, and couldn't decide what to do to Monkey and Rat. Neither had the same fear and the Boggart was completely confused.
It then zoomed back as if jerked by a string, and made a beeline toward the entrance. Rat was about to chase after it, but Monkey put a hand on his shoulder, and gestured towards Sakura. She was sitting down and shuddering violently, eyes wide and tears running down her face.
Naruto and Sasuke were right there, and she couldn't do anything. She was a failure, and they were probably dead now. It was all her fault, all hers…
She kept thinking that over and over again, as if her mind was a broken record, when comforting hands where around her shoulders. She looked up to see the comforting mask of Rat, who nodded once. Sakura stood up, and was being helped to stand up.
She tottered back to the hospital with the help of Rat, but Monkey had left to go find ANBUs Fox and Tiger, for they were the only ones who could help her now.
(…)
There were four confused Marauders sitting by the Common Room fire, trying to unravel the mystery of Sparrow's fear.
"It couldn't be explosions, could it? What a weird fear…" whispered Peter.
"Nah, otherwise it would've been a lot more boom! boom! ya know?" James argued back. He now carried the Boggart in a pencil case, and had stowed it in his trunk. He used the Summoning and Expulsion charms to move the Boggart around.
"Who were those people? She must be afraid of them." Sirius deducted.
"Nah, she ran to them after the explosion, ya know?"
"Did you see what was in the crater?" Peter enquired.
Remus had been quiet the whole time, but decided to add his tidbit in "There was blood. Lots of blood" he shuddered. No one questioned how he knew.
"So she is afraid of the people fighting?" Sirius put in his thought.
"Maybe, but I reckon it was something more than that. Did you see her face? She looked more than scared, she looked helpless, ya know? I think she was a afraid of not being able to do anything."
They sat in silence, and then Sirius snapped his fingers. "Damn it!" he cursed, "How the hell are we supposed to use that against her? At least we can use mums, fat people and leeches against the other guy…"
The other three nodded their agreement. Remus however, didn't like using Boggarts on people, no matter who they were. That was why he was arguing with Sirius earlier.
R&R, plz!
That is how I spell apologise in Australia. If there are other words that you think are spelt funny, like "mum", then it's probably just my version, so don't worry about it.