DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING FROM THE HARRY POTTER SERIES. In this chapter I only own Elliot and Aida.

A/N: Okay. I love this story with a passion, and I know my spelling and grammar may be off a bit, I'm not cool enough to have a functioning spell/grammar check (yeah my computer sucks that bad) I'll try and proofread at school when I get the chance. So go ahead and say what you have to, but please review!!

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Chapter 2: I So Hate Consequences

The next morning, the four boys woke up and headed for the Great Hall. Sirius was mumbling something about how classes should begin at noon or something. James ruffled his already messy hair, and a few fourth years giggled at him. Remus laughed and turned to his friend, "Prongs, I think they like you!" Sirius yawned and ran a hand through his hair. "Yeah, they'd be a lot easier to get with than Evans." He smiled at the girls and they giggled even louder. James rolled his eyes at his friend, "I will kill you one day Sirius. The details of when, where, and how aren't perfect yet, but your death is imminent." Sirius made his eyes wide and grabbed James's shoulder, "Oh! I'm so scared mate..."

They took their seats at the table. Professor McGonagall handed Peter his schedule and continued along the table. Sirius took a piece of toast as he grabbed his schedule from her, "Thanks Professor." She scowled at him as she handed Remus and James theirs. Sirius made a sound of disgust, "First class today is double Potions...with Slytherin..." James shrugged and took a bite of his own toast, "Well, at least we get to mess with Snivellus." Sirius nodded as he grabbed another piece of toast for himself. Peter looked from one of his friends to the other before grabbing his own piece.

"You guys must hate summer." The boys turned to see Elliot standing there staring at them. "You have to go three whole months without torturing an innocent guy daily." She looked at the toast in both James and Sirius's hands, "Is that all you two eat for breakfast?" Remus watched as Peter quickly put the toast back on the plate. James nodded as he took another bite of his own, but Sirius ignored the latter question, "I don't miss torturing him. It's just fun if you're stuck with him!" Elliot bit her lip and shook her head. James put a hand on her shoulder, "Come on, Ellie! You know it's fun!" She shrugged him off and muttered something along the lines of, "Go eat your own sweaty Quidditch robes..." as she swiped the toast from Sirius's hand and walked away. Sirius turned to Remus, "Hey Moony, You think she's--"

"Mad? Most definitely."

"Bloody hell..."

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Professor Slughorn welcomed the students as they walked into the dungeon. Lily took a spot close to the front, and James claimed the spot next to her before anyone else could. Lily glared at him, but didn't move. Sirius reluctantly sat next to his friend, silently wishing that Lily would stop being such a good student and would sit in back for once. Remus and Elliot were about to take the seats behind Sirius when he grabbed Elliot's arm, "Come on Elle, you and Remus are best mates, you always sit by each other." He smiled at the girl as she glared down at him, "Do something different for a change!" Remus shrugged and Peter took the open seat next to him. Elliot ripped her arm out of Sirius's grip and walked off to the other side of the room. She turned back to him, smiled, and sat next to none other than Severus Snape.

Remus tried not to laugh as Sirius stared at the girl with his mouth hanging slightly open. Elliot had always gotten along with Severus, and it seemed that she was the only Gryffindor that the Slytherins would put up with. "And to think, she'd be sitting right behind you if you would've been a bit more polite." Sirius slammed his head on his table, "Thank you Caption Obvious..."

Sirius turned his head to see Aida Amherst sit next to him. She was a tall girl with black hair, blue eyes, and the girl was built like a model. She was a fellow Gryffindor and one of Lily and Elliot's friends. Aida also had a knack for annoying Sirius as no one else could. "Hi Sirius!" She beamed at him and he forced a smile, "Hey there Aida." She turned and looked at Elliot, then back at Sirius, lips pursed, "I don't know how she could sit with him!" Sirius nodded in agreement. He glanced past Aida to see Elliot and Snape talking to each other and let out a low growl of, "That slimeball..." before Slughorn called for the class's attention.

"Alright class. Today we'll be working in pairs to make a potion that is most likely going to end up on your NEWT. You'll be making a small amount of a potion called Felix Felicis. Can anyone tell me what this potion does?" His eyes traveled right to Lily, who's hand had almost hit James as it flew into the air. He narrowly missed it by leaning back and almost falling into Sirius's lap. "Miss Evans?" Lily put her hand down, "It's a potion that causes the drinker good luck!" Slughorn nodded, "Yes, yes Miss Evans. Ten points to Gryffindor." He turned to the board and wrote FELIX FELICIS: LIQUID LUCK. "Now, this is a fairly complex potion, and there are debates of whether it should be on the NEWTs. You may very well be one of the last classes to learn to make it while in school."

James turned to Sirius and smiled. Sirius knew exactly what the other boy was thinking; use it for one of two things. Either to win at Quidditch or to be able to do the amazing thing that would get Lily to like him. But just as Sirius smiled in reply, Slughorn burst their metaphorical bubble. "I must inform you that using this potion for tests, or any other competitions or major events is prohibited." He eyed James, "And yes Mr. Potter, that means Quidditch." Sirius and Remus laughed. James was about to hit Sirius when Lily kicked him under the desk, "If you want to sit by me pay attention! You will not be the reason I fail." James glared at the girl for a moment but gave up and folded his arms, put them on the table, and put his head down.

Slughorn finished his introduction and let the class get to work. They had a little under an hour and a half to make the potion. After about ten minutes, James realized Lily was better off without him, and he absentmindedly flipped through the pages in the book about Felix Felicis. Remus was trying to get Peter to stop shaking enough to cut up some of the ingredients. "Peter, you'll be fine." Peter took the knife, "But Remus, if I don't understand it now how will I understand it on my NEWTs?" Remus stirred the potion, "You passed your OWLs, you'll pass your NEWTs."

Meanwhile, Sirius and Aida were doing pretty well with their potion. It was beginning to take on the golden sheen instead of the yellowish color it had been for the past twenty minutes. "Hey, Sirius, can you add the Billywig stingers please? I have to keep stirring this." Sirius nodded and pulled the stingers over to him. He took a quick glance at Elliot as he dropped them in. Aida followed his gaze, "I wonder if there's anything between those two, Elliot and Severus. She's the only Gryffindor who he seems to like..." Sirius shook his head, "They're friends. Unlikely friends, but only friends." Aida looked down at her book and started to stir the potion counter clockwise. "You might be right. He does respect Lily, but I think that's because she's constantly yelling at you and James when you pick on him, which is really rude by the way." Sirius closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to push her voice out of his head.

Sirius hated Aida sometimes, well, most of the time. She always seemed to talk about his faults that no one else seemed to notice, or about how he was a bully and a jerk and she didn't know why so many girls liked him. However, the one thing she brought up that drove Sirius nuts was Elliot. Aida always said something about her that would make Sirius believe that he'd never have another chance even more than when he heard it strait from Elliot's mouth.

"Oh! Sirius can you chop up the clover roots please?" Sirius nodded and began to chop up the roots. "Careful. They can't be too small." Sirius nodded again and continued. Aida glanced over at Lily and then at Elliot and frowned, "That's odd, Elliot and Severus aren't chopping their roots, they're throwing them in whole..." She sighed and looked back at her book, "Odd how Severus gets top marks without following the instructions." She closed the book. "Maybe that's why Ellie is attracted to him."

Sirius suddenly yelped in pain and pulled his finger to his lips. "You okay?" Aida pulled his finger from his mouth, "Ooo, that's a bad cut. Lemmie fix it for you." Sirius shook his head and pulled his finger away, "So after the clover we're done right?" Aida nodded and Sirius threw the roots into the potion. Aida gasped suddenly as a little spot of red appeared on the surface, "Sirius, you got blood in it!" Sirius looked down at the potion. "Well, I wonder what that'll do." The potion began to bubble and hiss and Sirius went wide-eyed.

"You might want to move." Sirius's head snapped around to look at Snape. The greasy-haired boy smirked back and Elliot covered her mouth with her hand. Aida suddenly grabbed Sirius and dragged him down as the potion let off a small explosion. James pushed Lily back and covered his face with his arm. The arm of his robes got soaked and the potion fizzed against it. Remus had ducked, but Peter had gotten the potion all over his face. He was whimpering as his eyes bulged and became a nasty green color. His mouth was shut tight, his lips sprouting boils. The Slytherins all began to laugh.

Slughorn ran over to Peter and clicked his tongue, "O m'boy! Off to the hospital wing!" Peter nodded. Sirius got up from under the desk and brushed himself off, "I'll bring him sir." Slughorn nodded and waved them off. Aida sighed, "I'll clean up."

Sirius and Peter headed towards the door. Snape chuckled as they passed, "I told you to move." Sirius glared at Snape for a moment. Then a small smirk crept across his face, "You did. Thank you Snivellus. Allow me to offer my thanks," he flicked his left hand, causing a couple droplets of blood to land in the Slytherin's cauldron. "Your first zero in potions." And with that, he shoved Peter out the door and slammed it behind him. James stared at the cauldron wide-eyed, "Should we, Er..duck again?"

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By lunch, everyone was talking about the exploding potions. It was typical thing for things to explode around the Marauders, but making Snape's potion explode was even better than usual. He was the best potions student to enter Hogwarts in years, and for Sirius to ruin his reputation like that was actually kind of dangerous. Snape also dabbled in the dark arts a bit, and now everyone was beginning to wonder what Snape's retaliation would be. Still, it wasn't likely that Snape would attack Sirius if the other three were around.

James, Remus, and Sirius decided to skip lunch that day. Sadly, Peter didn't join them because he was still in the hospital wing. James ruffled his hair and stared out at the lake. "Wonder where the squid's at." Remus shook his head, "I'm not even going to ask why you want to know." Sirius snorted and sat down on the banks. "Hey Moony, how long til the full moon?" Remus sat down next to his friend and pulled out his potion's homework (an essay on the effects of too much Felix Felicis) "Thirteen days, and I'm not looking forward to it." James sat down too and picked up a rock, "Are you ever looking forward to it?" Remus shrugged. Sirius smiled and watched as James threw the rock. It skipped across the water for a few feet, and then sank. A minute later, it was thrown back, and James had to dive out of the way so it wouldn't hit him in the forehead. Remus stared down at his essay, which now had water spots all over it. "Well Prongs, you found the squid." Sirius laughed, and James shoved him into the lake.

The bell rang signaling their free period as Sirius dried himself off with a flick of his wand. Remus dried his parchment and sighed, "No more interaction with the lake guys, alright?" James laughed and lay down on the ground. Sirius laughed too and happened to look up towards the castle, "Oh no..." James looked up at his friend, "What's wrong Padfoot?" Sirius pointed at Aida sprinting down the grounds towards them. James shrugged, "So? It's Aida." Now it was Sirius's turn to shove James into the lake. Remus took a breath of annoyance, as his parchment was soaked for the third time. "What did I just say?!" Sirius shot him an angry look, "Move away from the lake then." Remus picked up his stuff and moved another few feet from the lake. "Sirius, I know you hate Aida, but don't take it out on me."

Aida ran up and gave Remus a quick hug, "Hey you!" He smiled at her, "Hey Aida." She then looked up at Sirius and walked over to him, "Er.. Sirius?" The boy nodded, "That's me." Aida laughed nervously, "Yeah, I know. Uhm..." She took a quick glance behind her and then up at him, "What Aida?" She bit her lip. "WHAT?!"

"I know what Severus is going to do to get back at you. Well, what he DID to get back at you..."

"And what's that?"

"Uhm..." She looked around Sirius's shoulder at James, who had just gotten out of the squid's grip and pulled himself out of the lake, and raised an eyebrow, "You okay James?" Sirius turned and looked at James, then pushed him back in the water. Remus let out a cry of frustration as his essay was once again soaked. "I quit!" he said as he shoved his essay and book back into his bag. Sirius looked back to Aida. "Forget him. What did Snivellus do?" She glanced back again at the people filing out of the castle and Sirius grabbed her shoulders and turned her back around. "Tell me already Aida!" He almost begged as he shook the poor girl.

Aida didn't have to answer him though. She stared in fear as his face suddenly contorted in rage. He had seen them over her shoulder. The one thing he had dreaded for years had finally happened. Snape and Elliot were walking towards Snape's favorite spot, the shade of a clump of bushes, and Snape had his arm around the girl.

Sirius lightly pushed Aida to the side and began towards the two. Remus turned around to see where Sirius was going and quickly scrambled to his feet, "James, come on." James, who had just gotten back out of the water, was staring horrorstruck at Snape and Elliot. Remus turned back to him, "JAMES!" James nodded, "Oh, right. Coming." Aida picked up Remus's bag so no one would mess with it and followed the boys.

Everyone on the grounds noticed Sirius walking towards Snape, and most followed at what seemed to be a safe distance. The dark haired boy walked right up to the Slytherin and grabbed his shoulder. Sirius spun Snape around and before anyone could say anything, he'd punched that greasy-haired git right in the face.

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A/N: AH HAHAHAHAHA! My friend Sophie gave me the Snape/Elliot Idea. Thanks hun! Wish you'd have reviewed though instead of calling me! Oh! and thanks to my best mate Monica who is the only one who reviewed the first chapter. You made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Oh, and thanks for requesting I use Felix Felicis in this chapter!! You helped that damn horrible writers block. And for fixing a few words for me! My wonderful proofreader!!!!

This chapter is a lot shorter than I wanted it to be, but I just LOVE this cliffhanger! I dunno why... but the fight happens in the next chapter. It'll be up tomorrow night if everything goes correctly.

And I think the whole lake incident was funny as hell. I might be the only one, but frankly, I don't give a damn!

please review! Thankies!

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