Bonnie: Hey there, Sports fans! (Giggle) Never mind; I'm just playing with you. So what do you think so far? Actually, I don't expect you to answer that since there's only been one chapter so far.
Pairings for this chapter: Sirius/Remus, Severus/James hints and Someone/Lily pairing.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! I do own a copy of Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II on PS2 though :3
WARNING! Characters may be ooc in this AU world! You have been warned!
SECOND WARNING: There will be no Voldemort existing in this timeline. Yet.
Chapter Two: Hogwarts Castle
Hogwarts Castle: Day 1
The sky looked very blue, as blue as the eyes of that boy on the picture. Wait! Remus sat up quickly when he realized he was looking at the blue sky of a day in June at Hogwarts. He rubbed his eyes when he realized he was no longer in the darkness. Was it all just a dream? Remus was sitting by the Lake of the Giant squid, the book he was reading before, was on the ground next to him.
In the distance, a familiar bark-like laughter was becoming louder until another boy with black hair, burst into the place and then, tackled right into Remus, emitting a yelp from the latter.
"Sirius!" Remus groaned from beneath one of his best friends and secret crush, Sirius Black.
"Get off me, Siri."
"Sorry Rems." The hyperactive animagi got off of Remus, leaving him blinking in the sunlight.
"Sirius, Remus, both of you are suppose to be helping with the spells for the flying car." A deeper voice came from behind. Severus Snape strolled into view of the two Marauders on the floor.
Sirius rolled his eyes, "no need to get yourself in a knot, Snivellus. We're coming."
Severus just glared at them and left.
Sirius looked at Remus and said, "I'll race you."
"You're on."
The two Marauders sprang up and started running at full speed, past Severus, who blinked momentarily as they passed by, to the place near the Whomping Willow where James Potter was busy chanting a spell to bewitch a car.
Severus, Remus, Sirius and James were using a series of complicated spells and charms to bewitch a car for flying ever since Severus had wanted to see if there were other places or other worlds outside of theirs. Three of the Marauders were curious enough to help as well. Severus was one of the few Slytherins they could tolerate and actually be friendly with (although it took a while) and he befriended them first and spooked the rest of the houses into accepting it. The rest of Slytherin they pranked.
James had finished up a navigational charm that Severus had collected from a book. The youngest Marauder (not the smallest) (1) turned to his two best friends whom had just arrived.
"Were you two goofing off again?" He asked.
Sirius replied sweetly, "we were resting, mother."
James rolled his eyes, "Siri, don't call me that. I thought you wanted to see what other places there are you can prank!"
"Yes, but don't you think you're working a bit too hard?"
"If our car is going to fly, then yes maybe I am working a bit harder than usual."
"Or is it because you secretly like Severus?"
"I-I do not!"
"You're stuttering, Jamie."
"I-I"
James clammed up and Remus grabbed Sirius by the arm, "come on Siri, we should be working as well if we want to finish before the school year is over."
Sirius' eyes downcast, "I still have to finish a history essay." And he left.
James sighed as he turned to Remus, "I love Sirius as a friend but he keeps accusing me of liking Sev. We're getting into quarrels more often than ever since we started this car project"
Remus replied in a reassuring voice, "Do you like Severus? I won't tease you about it if you do."
"I know you won't Rems." Said James, "but I actually don't know if I do or not. I don't know if I like anyone in that way but I feel that Severus is a good friend so I want him to be a good friend."
Actually, Remus knew the real story, when he, Sirius and Peter Pettigrew found James washed up on the lake shore in their first year, which was when Severus began to befriend them. Remus and Sirius discussed this sudden change of heart since before; Severus was as mean as any Slytherin if not more. The two of them came to the conclusion that Severus likes James although that isn't surprising since most of the school liked James anyways but James was too ignorant to acknowledge that and he loved to have fun and play pranks on people even if he was one of the smartest ones in magic.
Remus snapped out of his thinking and offered James an explanation.
"Sirius resents anyone in Slytherin because of his cousins."
"I know."
James looked back at the maroon car (A/N: No, not the one Ron had) and he suddenly perked up, "Moony, can you go to the Library to get the book on muggle cars?"
"Sure Prongs," Remus agreed and he turned and set off towards Hogwarts and the Library.
Remus entered through the doors of Hogwarts Castle and passed the points system (Gryffindor was currently winning by 60 points) to the stairways and then went up three flights of stairs to the stairs to the Library Annex, he bypassed Peter Pettigrew who greeted Remus.
"Are you still working on that car?" Peter asked quietly. He didn't want to join because he didn't believe there were other worlds. He thought Severus was nuts secretly he admitted, but he was also scared of the other Slytherin so he stayed out of the way.
"Yeah, of course we are." Remus replied and he left without saying anything else to Peter.
Remus entered the library where he met up with Lily Evans and her boyfriend, reading together.
"Do you know where to find a book on muggle cars?" Asked Remus because he knew Lily was an expert of muggle studies, being muggle-born herself and Lily pointed to a corner of the library, "muggle studies, section C."
"Thanks." Remus went off to the corner of the library to find the book; meanwhile thinking about the time Lucius had persuaded them to build a flying car. Remus had been reluctant because it would mean breaking the rules but he learned a lot from the different spells and enchantments needed to build a flying car so now he has less problems with it. He was confident that they would be able to do it; (although James was confident the most) they were the Marauders after all. Remus had no idea how Lucius got the idea to explore and see whether there are other worlds but now he was curious about it himself.
Remus found the book, Muggle Cars and How They Work without Magic and set off out of the library back to James where he was talking with Lucius. He managed to catch a bit of their conversation before they stopped talking.
"-Sirius will come around." Severus was saying when Remus reached the two.
"Rem, you got the book! Great, now we can finish up the flying enchantment." James exclaimed when Remus gave the book to him. Severus was looking a bit odd but James saw the expression and interpreted it, "Severus wants to give you a potion that he made for helping." He said with a happy expression and James took out a bottle. "It's a potion that will rejuvenate your health. Here." James dropped it into Remus' hand.
"Thanks, it might come in handy." Remus said as he pocketed the bottle into his Hogwarts robe.
Sirius came up to them, yawning. "It's getting late; I'm going to turn in. Are you coming Rems?"
"Did you help at all with the flying car?" Remus teased.
"Of course I did!" Sirius exclaimed, mocking an offended look, "I already gave Jamie the book on spacing charms awhile ago and helped him perform it."
"Tomorrow, we need to get food for the journey," Severus cut in with a more serious tone.
"Easy!" James replied, "We'll go to the kitchens later to get food."
Remus noticed that Severus seemed more… happy when he's near James and the Slytherin doesn't act hostile whenever the youngest marauder is near.
Sirius, James, Severus and Remus started heading up to the castle to the dinner feast in the great hall.
"Oy, Rems!" Sirius called to Remus and he ran up to the werewolf wizard. Sirius seemed a bit… fidgety? That wasn't like Sirius at all and Remus waited for the dog animagi (2) to speak and Sirius finally spoke.
"I-I was wondering if you want to be my boyfriend…" said Sirius, his voice trailing and blushing faintly. Remus was surprised, he knew he had a crush on his friend but he never thought Sirius would actually return the feelings but he must've looked different to Sirius when he started stuttering and panicking, "W-Well Jamie told me that I should ask you… since I…"
"Since you what?" Remus inquired softly. Is Sirius going to say what Remus was thinking he'd say?
"That I really like you, as in like-like you." Sirius whispered.
Remus' brain registered the sentence slowly and then Sirius finally became a victim to a crazed glomp, courtesy of Remus Lupin.
"Yes! I do too!" Remus half shouted when he bowled Sirius over, who knew Remus had it in him to do that?
After the feast, Sirius, James and Remus were situated in their dormitory. Peter was at the library for some last minute homework. James grinned after he was told the news of Remus and Sirius getting together.
"You two finally plucked up the courage and express your undying love. Why didn't you pick a more romantic spot to do it?" James smiled.
"Sirius would probably die of being neglected the love he wants before it happens." Remus replied affectionately.
"Is that kind of stuff really all that great?" James tilted his head, referring to the other meaning.
"Maybe if you express your undying love to Snivellus then you can see if it's fun or not. Based on what Lucius had told us about what Snivellus says in his dreams, I'm sure Snivellus knows a thing or two on shagging." Sirius grinned mischievously.
James scowled at his best friend and threw a pillow that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, at his best friend's face. Remus shook his head, not sure whether to be amused or be embarrassed at Siruis's implications.
TBC…
Bonnie: First day done! It wasn't very long and I was debating about what Remus should be doing on this day.
The way this story works is that each different location will have a chapter, in that way, the story can progress easily since some places will most definitely have shorter scenes happening and I can write it easier. Long chapters tire me. Sorry for the little bit of James ooc–ness and Sirius but it's only day one. I know I seem to favour James too much. He's my favourite marauder and doesn't get much credit! He just gets killed… it's not fair! (Then again, it's not fair for Sirius to get sent to Azkaban either!)
(1) I want to make Jamie the youngest. Don't ask me why, at least it means that in a pairing, Severus is for sure the seme! Go uke Jamie! Here's a question: Who's the most innocent of the marauders? Definitely not Peter although some people might answer him but he's like a secretive coward or something and maybe not even Sirius and Remus can be shy but he turns into a werewolf, that's what makes him less innocent although Remmy can't be counted out for that! So in the running, I would say Remus and second James!
(2) Animagi is somewhere in the 4th or 5th year and it's nearing the 5th so I'm making it so they know animagi. Isn't animagi the coolest?
I know I rushed the Sirius/Remus pairing but don't worry, it will become better and they will have some stuff throughout the story. As for Jamie and Sev, their relationship comes MUCH later in the story and more of a "fireworks" start since James doesn't even know whether he has feelings toward Severus or not. But this is a sure fire SeverusJames story!