Hey guys! Here's a 2 POV chapter, what do you think? Who should I do next?
Tanya Shafiq
I yawned and stretched my arms before collapsing on my inviting bed. I glanced at my watch and groaned. Great, it's one in the morning, I'll be exhausted for my classes tomorrow, I have Defense first thing in the morning! Mr. Lestrange is really cranky in the morning, he'll give me a T without hesitating if I don't do well. He loves the Slytherins and hates us Gryffindors. I really try to do well in his classes, so sometimes I'll get good grades but I think he has something against Marlene and Lily. He's always giving them detentions for no reason and treating them like dirt. Then again, I heard he doesn't like muggle-borns but I'm sure those are just rumors.
I push these thoughts away and try to get some sleep. The reason I'm going to bed so late tonight is because the girls and I stayed up trying to cheer up Lily. It's horrible what happened to her, she came into her room this afternoon and found a bunch of messages saying horrible things like: "Go die, nobody cares about you". I guess James Potter did it because Alice checked his wand but I would have never imagined him doing that. I guess people change… I bury my head in my pillow and try to think about something else, but Lily's crying face keeps coming back into my mind. I wonder what I would do if I was in her shoes. Then again, that kind of thing wouldn't happen to me, I'm too quiet for people to hate me. I try to be impartial in arguments between my friends and never get in any fights. People don't notice me that much. Well, I guess some people do, especially my boyfriend, Thomas Patil. We've been going out for a bit more than a year and a half, he's the best boyfriend anyone could ever have. Our relationship does not have a lot of drama, contrary to Mary's, who last a few days at the most or Lily's, which, until 5th year, would systematically get interrupted by James Potter and his friends. He was completely smitten. I think hearing the stories coming from my friends is enough, I don't want to get involved. Thomas and I don't get into fights, we agree to disagree. We don't spend all our time in Madam Puddifoot's like some couples, no we prefer talking at the Three Broomsticks or taking a walk around the lake. What I like the lost about Thomas is that we understand each other, we don't need to justify ourselves all the time. He's very intelligent, so we have many debates. We don't have a very physical relationship like Mary likes, we snog sometimes, but it's not a main factor in our relationship. I'm worried, Thomas has been a little distant ever since we've gotten back from vacation… He hasn't been sitting with my friends and I nearly as often as he used to… Lily and Marlene tell me that I'm delirious, that he still makes goo-goo eyes at me during class (their expression, not mine)... However I do have solid proof that something's wrong, though I haven't told to anyone yet. We didn't see each other over the summer much and even though we got back only one week and a half ago, he hasn't told me "I love you." We used to say it all the time, and now he just keeps quiet. It makes me worried, what if he decided we shouldn't go out anymore? What if he loves someone else? What if he's depressed by the war or his family? There's something you should know about the Patil family: they're almost all Aurors or working at the ministry. I know he's proud of that, that they're fighting the You-Know-Who but it also means a high death toll. Last year, Thomas's uncle and father died in the same week. He went through a really hard time after that, but I was helping him. I guess he misses his dad or another member of his family is in danger. The more I think about this, the more it makes sense. I'll talk to him about it in the morning… I turn over and stuff my head into my pillow but it's no use, all these thoughts have made me restless. I decide that the best way to proceed is to take a walk to clear my mind. I used to take midnight walks all the time, especially in 2nd and 3rd year, when I was going through a really hard time. It was the only rule I broke regularly. I anxiously block the painful memories coming through my mind and concentrate myself on leaving the dormitory without waking up the girls. It's easy, the only light sleeper other than me is Lily, and now she has her own room. I push the door open and walk discreetly to the lake.
Sirius Black
The walls are closing in on me, and the torches dance. I have to concentrate on keeping myself upright and getting to my dormitory, the last thing I want is everyone to find out that Sirius Black, the school's heartthrob, passed out drunk in the middle of the hallway. I groan, I should've listened to Moony and drunk my bottles of Firewhiskey upstairs, not go to Hogsmeade. I'm almost there, yet I can't go any further, the room is spinning too much. So close yet so far, I think wryly. I'm usually pretty good with alcohol, I can keep in about five bottles of Firewhiskey and still go on partying. Of course, everyone has a limit and ten large bottles happens to be it. I rest my head against the wall, remembering what got me to drink this amount of Firewhiskey in the first place.
( 2 hours earlier, near the kitchens)
"See you at ten." whispered James Potter to his girlfriend as she skipped away, leaving James and Sirius alone.
"Finally, I thought she was never going to leave." Sirius joked as James frowned but let it slide.
"Come on, let's plan our next prank." James suggested, tickling the pear to get to the kitchens. Sirius nodded vigorously and they started planning a new prank, involving Argus Filch, Mrs. Norris and the invisibility cloak. They were so into it that they didn't notice Regulus Black, Sirius's brother accompanied by Nicolai Mulciber, Nott, Severus Snape, Bellatrix Black, Antonin Dolohov, Alecto and Amycus Carrow, behind them an unconscious muggle-born girl.
"Well, well, isn't this a nice family reunion?" Bellatrix sneered, there were now three Blacks in the room.
"Thank God I'm not part of it anymore." Sirius retorted, getting his wand out
Sirius's eyes searched the room until he found his brother, Regulus. An angry expression set on his face, masking the hurt behind it.
"What's behind your back?" James asked Nicolai Mulciber coldly
"None of your business, now I suggest you get out before we make you; as you see, you guys are outnumbered." Bellatrix said angrily, gesturing to the people behind her. James gulped, there was no way Sirius was going to take that lying down, a fight was almost inevitable, and, though he hated to admit it, they were outnumbered. He tried to drag Sirius out of the room but Sirius wouldn't budge. James sighed, this wasn't the fun afternoon he had planned.
"Is that a girl? Why is she unconscious?" demanded Sirius, horrified as he saw the girl.
"Who cares about her, she's just a filthy mudblood who tried to insult us." guffawed Alecto as the others glared at him.
"Get out Sirius, it was for her own good." Regulus said quietly.
James immediately knew that was the wrong thing to say, Sirius started hurling hexes everywhere. James followed, seeing he had no choice and that what they had done was horrible. Once Bellatrix, Regulus, Mulciber and Nott recovered from the shock, they too, began throwing hexes and curses at James and Sirius. Alecto and Amycus had been stunned and nobody was going through the trouble of waking them, seeing as they were more trouble than they were worth.
"Crucio!" Regulus yelled, aiming at James, hitting him right in the chest. The effect was immediate, James started screaming and writhing on the floor.
"STUPEFY!" yelled Sirius, furious as he knocked out Regulus, releasing James. His vision was red, he wanted to destroy everything in sight.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" yelled Sirius, helping James back up, dodging curses.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE! Expelliarmus!" a voice said behind them as all their wands flew into her hand. It was Mrs. Mcgonagall and she was livid.
"Never, in all my years at Hogwarts, have I seen a duel like this. James Potter, you are Head Boy, you should know better than this. I'm afraid I'll have to take off 150 points from Gryffindor." Mrs. Mcgonagall finished twenty minutes later in her office with James and Sirius. The Slytherins were with Slughorn. Sirius stayed quiet, he couldn't believe his own brother had tortured his best mate. As soon as Mrs. Mcgonagall let them go he ran far, far away, trying to forget his problems.
(Present)
I wince as the memories I had tried so hard to suppress came back. I felt my eyes closing and the world around me blur, I needed to sleep.
"Sirius?" a voice said, confused. I looked up wearily and saw it was Shafiq, Tanya Shafiq.
"What are you doing here, and why do I smell Firewhiskey from across the room." she asked sternly, seeing I was awake. She comes closer. I groan in response and her expression softens.
"Come on, let's get you back to the common room." she says extending her hand
Tanya Shafiq
An hour ago, if someone had told me I would be half-carrying a drunk Sirius Black to the common room, I would have never believed them. But here I am, almost collapsing under his weight and setting him down on the sofa. I'm lucky it's two in the morning on a school night, nobody's here. Not that I care if people see me with Sirius Black, it's just our crowds don't mix. I fetch a warm blanket and set it on him, staring into his chocolate eyes as he falls asleep. I wonder what happened for him to get so drunk, people don't drink that amount of Firewhiskey for fun, even if they're a Marauder. I sit on a comfy armchair beside the sofa and open a book, checking on him every once in awhile. This has to be one of the strangest nights of my life. I wonder what Thomas would do if he found me here, it would be hard to explain. He would understand, but it would put me in a sticky situation. After an hour or two of reading, I tell myself that he's alright and I should get at least two hours of sleep before class tomorrow. I'll pull it off, I've survived on less. I tiptoe out of the room settle into my bed, sleep coming immediately…