A Werewolf Romance
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters
This story contains several of my own characters, if you wish for more detailed profiles please don't hesitate to ask.
For the next few days the only topic of conversation was Sirius Black and every one was coming up with more and more abstract theories of how he came in and where he was hiding.
The ripped canvas of the Fat Lady had been taken down to get restored and she had been replaced by a barmy knight called Sir Cadogan, who usually resided in the corridor near the North Tower. Every time anyone went by he demanded a dual and was forever struggling to encourage his fat, grey pony into 'battle' with some the other paintings further down the corridor.
Now though he was worse than ever, the one's he deemed a cowardly were never allowed into the dormitory until a teacher managed to convince them on an evening they needed to be in. His passwords were long and complicated and he would change them at least twice a day, making it even impossible for the prefects, Micky included, to keep up with them and help the first years in.
Other than that the weeks were actually pretty normal until one day near the end of November.
Thanks to Kassi messing around both her and Micky end up late for DADA, they ran to class as fast as they could. But when they opened the door they found not Lupin standing there but Snape. Trying to sound no wiser to Lupin's condition Micky asked,
"Where's Professor Lupin?"
"He finds himself incapable of teaching today, now let's see, five points to both of you for being late and an extra ten of you Black for your cheek."
She went to answer him back but thought better of it and just sat down. Snape then started the lesson, told and page number to turn to in their books and then went off to turn on a projector that was just appearing at the back of the class.
When Micky turned to the page he had told them she realised he was doing the lesson on werewolves. He began by lecturing how the werewolf got its name and the he asked,
"Now can anyone tell me the difference between a werewolf and an animagus wolf"
Micky nervously and slowly raised her hand. Snape scanned his eyes round the class for a moment or two and then sneered slightly,
"Well, it appears that even an idiot can answer this question so why can't anyone else?"
The rest of the class merely remained silent and Micky thought it best to lower her hand. He spoke again,
"So no one in this room would even know if it was an animagus or a real werewolf standing in front of them, well I'm afraid to say, if that's the case all of you would certainly suffer in that predicament."
He then proceeded to answer the question himself, Micky didn't say a word for the rest of the lesson, she knew Snape had once had his reasons for acting this way but, although she did agree with his reasoning, she wished he wasn't so harsh.
When the lesson was over she left as quickly as she could and was just so glad to get out of there. Kassi turned to her asked,
"What was that about before?"
"Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me. And it might also have something to do with the fact my dad was younger than him in school yet still beat him up for being a cold-hearted Slytherin… even if he was in Slytherin himself, he always saw himself as kinder than most."
"Go your dad! Hang on, but there's another main reason?"
"Drop it ok."
Kassi then started to laugh out loud
"What's up with you Kassi?"
"Sorry, I've just had an image of your dad and Snape in a right bustle."
Micky had to laugh at Kassi's reply; Kassi loved a fight and happily start one with an older student if they annoyed her enough.
The term ended swiftly after that and everyone knew Christmas wasn't far behind. Even Sirius Black wasn't going to spoil this holiday for them. The Hogsmede trip was nearing and Micky and Kassi, knew this would be a great time to buy their families presents and post them off. On the day they arranged to meet with Fred and George in The Three Broomsticks later on in the day, this gave them a chance to gather up joke supplies and for Kassi and Micky to get their presents.
Kassi spent nearly the whole morning running around the shops wondering what to get her parents, Micky merely trailed on behind getting sick of this annual panic.
Every so often she would turn and ask what she was getting her dad for Christmas, and that question was easily answered as she had bought it before while Kassi was looking around the shops. She had bought him a large packet of his favourite sweets from Honeydukes and a book he had hinted at in his last letter to her.
Finally, by midday, she had made up her mind and bought them some gifts, this left them just enough time to go to the post office, post off the presents and letters and rush off to meet Fred and George for a drink of butterbeer and a spot of lunch.
They all got talking about Snape taking over DADA the week before and they were all glad to see Lupin was back. Part the way through the chat the door to the pub opened and McGonagall, Flitwick, Hagrid and, much to Micky's surprise, Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, stepped into the pub and quickly gathered the barmaid and went into a back room.
"What the bloody hell is that all about?" Fred said to the side of them.
"Like we know Fred, we've seen exactly what you have." Kassi replied.
The Christmas holidays were always brilliant but Christmas day itself was always better, and that morning Micky woke up to find a small pile of presents at the end of her bed.
She woke Kassi up by throwing her present at her,
"What the hell was that about Micky?"
"Merry Christmas to you as well... just be thankful that's paperback."
With a look of both confusion and excitement Kassi opened it to reveal a book titled:
'All you need to know about joke shop merchandise (How to make them, spells and more)'
She looked back and said,
"Neat, oh and here's yours."
She then threw Micky a package which turned out to be a huge box of every flavour beans, thanking her she then moved on to her other presents.
She searched them for a minute or so and then realised there was nothing from her dad, she was a bit upset, yes he was always very busy but he's never forgotten before, she set that aside for now and took a look at her other presents. She had gotten a collection of Fred and Georges' latest products, and her godfather (a good friend of her dad) had given her a new eagle quill and an OWLs revision collection, (she assumed the quill was to say sorry for the extra work).
She was just about to open the last present with bore no tag when a small black owl flopped itself onto her bed. Kassi and Micky both nearly jumped out of their skin with fright, but after Micky noticed there was a letter attached to the owl, which read:
Dear Micky,
Thanks for my present, I guess you got the hint on what I wanted and the sweets are lovely as well. I hope this owl isn't too late because if it is you may be thinking I've forgotten about you.
This owl here is a Black Southern female called Jet and since I know you've wanted an owl for a while and you like this sort I got her for you (Hope you like her) Have a Merry Christmas and I'll see you in the summer.
Write to me soon
Love Dad.
Wow her very own owl, and it was black, probably her dads idea of a good joke but she didn't care, it was cute. She seemed quite friendly and after being stroked for a few minutes it flew off to the owlery to join the others.
She then turned again to the present without a tag; it was rather small. She cautiously opened it and inside was a silver locket on a black cord with an inscription on the back that read 'Merry Christmas Michaela'. It was defiantly hers then but she had no idea who had given it to her. She put it straight on as it was nice. When Kassi saw she just giggled and said,
"You've got a secret admirer."
"Yeah right." Micky replied "Someone's idea of a joke more like, but who cares it's nice."
They both then got dressed and later went down to the great hall for the feast, the entire hall looked magnificent as always. Because of the whole 'Sirius Black' issue there was not many people staying for the holidays and because of that they were all sitting at the one table to eat. While they were all eating their fill of Christmas dinner, pulling crackers and swapping hats and prizes, Fred and George thanked Micky on their Christmas present she had given them. She had gotten them about six books on handy joke spells, products and also one on guidance for faults in them.
The dinner itself was as good as ever and as Micky's eyes scanned across the hall everyone appeared to be enjoying themselves. Then her eyes settled on Lupin and wondered how he was doing, he was still looking thin and pale. He then looked up and stared at her for a few seconds before his eyes dropped a few inches to a neck, he looked at the locket she was wearing and then a smile came to his face that was one of utter joy.
Sorry I'm going to leave it there, I'll be glad when my bloody GCSEs are over I can go back to writing more often. I'll try and post the next chapter soon and not leave you in suspense too long.