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Ch. 14 Wolfsbane Potion

It was every Hogwarts student favorite time of year, Christmas. The prefects had put the decorations up two weeks before break and Hagrid had brought 12 huge trees into the great hall. All the Marauders were going home for Christmas, including Sirius. Sirius wasn't happy going home but his mother refused to let him stay at Hogwarts. Sirius grumbled the whole time while he was packing. He wanted to spend the holiday with his Marauders. They were the only family he needed.

"Padfoot come down we should all eat together before break tomorrow" Remus bossily. Sirius laughed. Everyone assumed that he or James were the leaders of the Marauders but would probably think differently if they were to hang out with the Marauders for a little bit. The young werewolf was the true leader.

"I'm coming!" Sirius said acting annoyed. He took care to walk noisily to the common room. He knew it bothered Remus, and that was the goal.

"You're just like a girl Sirius" Remus whined as if he waited forever.

"I'm not" Sirius argued.

"Yes you are"
"NO"

"Yes"

"Enough. Blimey you two argue a lot" James said with a mock stern voice. There a hint of amusement. Sirius frowned. If he didn't argue with Remus, who would? It took them a while to get down the Great Hall because Sirius and James stopped to talk to people, much to Remus's annoyance.

"Prongs can I read your Daily Prophet?" Remus asked. James obliged his fellow Marauder's request and handed him over the wizard newspaper. Sirius was excited to see that they were serving eggs, which he was pleasantly distracted with for a while. Remus went silent for a minute then let out a shocked gasped.

"It's not possible. I don't believe" Remus said in shocked.

"What?" Sirius asked.

"Their saying some guy has invented a potion that will keep a werewolf sane during the transformation. It says that with this potion the werewolf would no longer be a danger to anyone. It would also make the transformation less painful" Remus said. Sirius couldn't help but notice the emotion in his voice. Sirius knew that this was good news for Remus. Now if only they had a complete cure for his affliction.

"That's great, but what are the risk?" James asked. Remus looked at the paper and let out a sigh. Apparently disappointed with what he read.

"It's still has to be tested and it only works as long as you take the potion days before the full moon. It looks like it's gonna cost an arm and a leg. My parents can't afford that" Remus put out. The tiny ray of hope that was in his honey brown eyes seconds before had vanished.

"Well then you're just going to have to get a job in magical law enforcement. Getting me out of jail alone will get you enough for you to get your potion for a lifetime" Sirius joked. Remus smiled weakly.

"Well at least it's something" Remus said positively.

"You know Marauders we haven't bothered Snape in a while" James said. Remus rolled his eyes. Peter looked at James interestedly and Sirius smirked slightly. He proceeded to get "emotional"

"Oh we've been neglecting dear old Snivellus boys. The poor thing! We need to do something to show are affection for the dear boy." Sirius said wiping a fake tear from his eyes. There was a slight smirk on Remus's face indicated that he found his friends' antics amusing.

"Come on you gits let's go out and have a snowball fight" Remus suggested. There was a tiny bit of menace in his voice. Sirius gulped. Remus threw hard. Peter immediately called Remus as a partner. The boys went outside and pelt each other with snowballs.

Not for the first time in his short life was Sirius Orion Black bored. It had been only a few days since break started and he was already banging his head against the wall. He spent most of his time in his room. He decided to redecorate his room. He further empathize his difference from his family by putting on his bed red sheets. There was a knock on his door.

"Sirius, get ready were going to your Aunt Bellatrix's house for dinner" His mother said sternly. Sirius groaned. He didn't like his aunt. She creped him out the way she looked at him.

"What!" She snapped. Sirius thought of an alibi quickly.

"Mummy, I'm sick" Sirius said pretending to wince. He hadn't called her mummy in a long time but it was the only thing he could think of at the time. She eyed him critically. Sirius could have sworn that there was a look of concern in her eye, something that hadn't happened since he went to Hogwarts.

"Alright you can stay. We are staying overnight. We'll see you in the morning. Do you want Kreacher to stay with you" She asked her usually displeasure in her voice had came back.

"No. I think I'll manage" Sirius said trying not to sound too pleased. His mother left. A sigh of relief overcame him. It didn't take too long for relief to turn to boredom. Sirius went down to the kitchen to look for something to eat. It was a room the only room in the house that was rarely visited by members of the Black family, the kitchen. Sirius doubted his mother even know how to cook. He saw a stack of mail on the counter. Curious Sirius looked at it. It was from Andromeda invited them over. Anger boiled within Sirius. She probably asked them to come first. Sirius didn't like the way they were treating her. He decided to go against his parent's wishes and see his cousin.

"Tonks estate" Sirius said clearly letting go of the floo powder in his hands. Within minutes he was staring at a neatly cleaned living room. A man appeared sudden, investigating the noise that Sirius was obviously making.

"Andy, there is a young boy in our fire place."The man said. Sirius knew this was obviously Ted Tonks. His cousin came in to investigate

"Sirius" She squealed. She helped him up to his feet and gave him a bone crushing hug.

"So you're the famous Sirius" Ted Tonks said amused.

"Infamous depending who you talk to" Sirius said shaking his hand.

"I thought Andromeda was lying about the grey eyes" Ted said amused. Sirius shook his head uncomfortable. That was everyone reactions. It was his least favorite feature about himself. People always told him what a good looking boy he was but he didn't see it. The only one that didn't have the grey eyes in his family was Andromeda. The grey eyes were considered the mark of a Black.

"It's great to see you Siri" Andromeda said delightfully.

"I'm glad I get to finally meet someone in your family, Andy. How old are you Sirius" Ted asked politely.

"13" He responded.

"We were about to eat, you hungry" Ted asked.

"Starving" Sirius groaned. Andromeda chuckled.

"You're always hungry" She said fondly.

It was a good meal. Sirius found out Andromeda made it all by herself. Sirius was surprised. She must be the only one of her sisters that was able to cook. Out of all the people she could have ended up with, Ted Tonks wasn't who came to mind. The usually Black sullenness had obviously disappeared. Ted was obviously having a positive effect on his cousin.

"So I came in and there a mini-flood in our laundry room" Ted said laughing. Sirius laughed at the embarrassed look on his cousin's face.

"I've never did my laundry on my own before" Andromeda said blushing. Ted smiled at her fondly.

"Which is a charming quirk about you that I love so much" He said affectionately. Like a normal 13 year old should Sirius mimicked gagging. A glare from his cousin told him to shut up.

"So. Sirius since you're the family member to visit, I think you deserve to hear our news" Andromeda said looking at Ted. Ted shook his head.

"What?" Sirius asked.

"Were having a baby" She said blushing slightly. There was an unmistakable pride in Ted's eyes.

"Congratulations" Sirius said hugging her. After a few minutes he sat down again.

"When are you due?" Sirius asked excited for his cousin.

"Sometime in August" Andromeda announced.

"What a year your having, hey Andy. First you runaway, then disowned, then married, and now a baby. You out due me in every way possible" Sirius smirked. Ted looked confused.

"Inside Joke" She explained. They said their good byes and Sirius went back to his still unoccupied house. As he went to sleep that night, he couldn't help but wonder what his future hold. Sirius had a vague feeling that it didn't involve children of his own. He was ok with that; he would just spoil his fellow Marauder's' children rotten.

Finally and not a moment too soon Sirius was back in his familiar dorm room. As per usually, they interrogating their werewolf friend on the last full moon. There were fresh cuts on Remus's face.

"I think I ate a bird" Remus said wincing.

"Eww" Peter said crinkling his nose.

"I like my meat raw but not that raw" Remus went on. James looked at him.

"You like raw meat" James said voicing his thoughts.

"It's a typical symptom after being bitten" He explained blushing. Sirius thought about the usual put together bookworm knawing on a bloody stake. For some reason the thought amused him.

"Hey guys. Lwhat I found in the attic of my house" James said reaching into his bag excitedly. He got out an old photograph.

"Who's that?" Peter asked curiously. Sirius could see why. It was a very old photograph.

"My great cousin Harry Preverell. I asked my mom about him and she said that he drowned in the lack outside his home when he was 13 years old. It was a huge tragedy for my father's family." James said this rather quickly.

"That's terrible. Why did he drowned" Remus asked.

"Don't know. The only people that were around were his brother and sister. They went in for a snack and when they came back. He was gone. His parent's found him floating in the water" James told them. Sirius thought that it was a horrible way to die.

"Why were you interested in him James?" Sirius asked. He knew there had to be interesting in order to keep James's attention.

"Because look at the photograph" James said. The boys examined the picture closer.

"Isn't that your invisibility cloak?" Peter asked. James shook his head excited.

"That's not all" James said watching the curiously look on his friend's faces.

"I had a dream I was him" James told them.

"Huh?" Sirius said confused.

"What do you mean by that James?" Remus asked.

"What I said" James said.

"You dreamed about your great cousin and this photograph was the first you saw of him?" Remus said raising his eyebrow skeptically.

"I dreamed I was him" James corrected.

"That's weird" Peter said after moments of silence.

"I want to find out more about him." James declared. For some reason Sirius felt that he should talk James out of it or not. There was something about it that troubled Sirius. But anyone that knew him knew you can't change James Potter's mind.

Next Chapter: James's had his first therapy session. Pranks on Snape. James has a new startling symptom. Peter's road to becoming anamgus becomes complicated