She Always Gets What She Wants

#5: Literally Together Forever

Rain awoke at 5:30, a little excited about her new busy schedule, but not too happy about her waking up time. It was still dark outside and even Lily was asleep still. Rain got ready in about twenty minutes and ate a quick breakfast in ten. She quietly escaped the common room to head to her first class, Arithmancy. There was barely anyone in the castle, except for a few older students. It was so quiet and roomy, Rain had the chance to look around and appreciate the castle more, but unfortunately there wasn't much time to look around. She entered her first class and handed an envelope to Professor Vector which contained information about Rain's new schedule. Since the room had maybe twelve people in it, she assumed she could sit anywhere. She sat next to Remus, who looked a little less zombie-ish than the rest of the maruaders. "Good morning, Rain." Remus grumbled.

"Good morning to you too, is everyone usually this tired?"

"Sometimes, it depends. Maybe you could brew us all energy potions. Anyways, be quiet and attempt to pay attention. Vector is very strict." Remus leaned his chin on his hand and sighed. If Remus was bored by this subject, Rain knew she would too. The hour passed by kind of quickly for Rain, since this was a new class and she didn't really know what Arithmancy was. Actually, her whole day passed by a bit quickly, until lunch.

Rain ran to the quidditch field to meet up with James. Rain expected to just play quidditch for an hour, but was sadly mistaken. James made her run for miles, do push ups, sit ups, and several other training techniques. This was why James should never be put in charge of anything, he takes it way too seriously. But Rain made good use of her Time-Turner and actually sat down and ate her lunch while the other Rain was training with James. The other half of the day went rather quickly too, she sat in between Remus and Sirius in almost all her classes. That way she could stay focused with the help of Remus and Sirius would keep her entertained.

At eight, Rain and Remus walked with each other to the library and worked on homework together.

"It was nice having you in all my classes today." Remus smiled, looking back on his day.

"I agree, except James is working me hard. I don't know if I can do it."

"You can, you only have him three days a week and after the first week, I'm sure he'll get lazy and want to play quidditch."

"Did any of you have to do all this training?" Rain asked curiously.

"No, but we were marauders since the beginning of the year. I guess we did have a period when we exercised all the time, but we didn't want to get too buff so we stopped. However once a month we run in the morning. Stamina is very important. But since you're a girl, things will be different. You are the weaker of the sexes, so yes you will be overworked at times. The only reason you've been given this training is because you didn't start out as a marauder. You're making up for the 3 years you missed basically." Remus explained.

"Do you think I can do it?" Rain asked quietly.

"Of course! And if not I'll always be there for you and I'll help you along the way. You're training is also a test by the way. The contract you signed isn't valid for another 2 months. We're basically seeing if you can handle all of this before we actually make you a part of us. So if you need to quit, you can do so until January. That's supposed to be a secret by the way, so don't let that information leave your lips."

"Why was I let in so easily? This seems like a really serious organization." Rain again questioned, annoying Remus a bit.

"We started the marauders because we wanted to remember each other after Hogwarts. We didn't want to grow distant during school and we didn't want to go our separate ways after school either. We all wanted to be successful aurors. What a better way than to work together for it. That way none of us gives up along the way. You were let in because since you were sorted we all knew we wanted to remember you. When you first got here all we did was talk about you. There was something about you that touched something in all of us. We still don't really know why, or if we can trust you. But no one else in Hogwarts has ever done anything to us like that before. So please, you must be loyal to us until we die or you die. If you can't do that I understand, and you need to leave if you can't. But we really need you, and we really need all of the knowledge you're about to get, and we really need someone to always care for us, sort of like a mum." Remus breathed, a bit happy that she knew more.

"Oh wow." Rain gasped, startled at all of her future responsibilities. "Well, I wont back down."

"Good." Remus smiled, then frowned remembering the dance. "Sorry about leaving you after the dance like that."

"Oh it's fine." Rain lied awkwardly.

"No it's not. I'm sorry I led you on like that. I really do care for you and like you and I had an amazing time at the dance, really I did. But we're going to be together forever, really. And maybe if we like each other still in a couple years we can give it a try. But now. If we date now, well like any young relationship it's most likely going to end, it's most likely going to hurt, and there will most likely be drama. And since there's a ΒΌ chance you'll marry me, I don't want to ruin that in our early years of knowing each other. Are you ok with that?"

"Uhm, yes of course." And with that the two of them studied and did their homework until there was nothing left. The two awkwardly walked into the common room to see the rest of the marauders chatting by the fireplace.

"Mr. and Mrs. Lupin! Good to see you! How was your study date?" Sirius shouted with a mocking smile that quickly left when he saw Rain's face. Remus shook his head and stared at the floor making his way up to the boy's dormitories. James and Peter followed, but Sirius got up and gave Rain a hug.

"What happened?" Sirius asked, sincerely concerned, while enjoying the smell of her hair.

"It's stupid. I don't know why I'm so upset about it. But Remus basically said he liked me but he didn't want to date me because he's afraid he'll ruin things since we'll all be together forever. And well, I really liked him. And I'll be around him forever, he'll always be a reminder of what I couldn't have. He's such a great guy, I just wanted to be his." Sirius sighed and comforted her until Rain decided to go up to bed. The boys stared at Sirius' wet shoulder as he entered their dorm.

"Nice going Remus." Sirius spat.

"It had to be done." Remus defended miserably.

"You guys, we're the marauders. Shit will happen. We can't ever break apart though." James said, and turned off the lights, praying that Rain wouldn't be a mistake.