Christmas had gone with the wind and now it's only a week away from the Easter holidays. The Ravenclaw common room was full of people studying for the exams, a group of seven years were by the fire scribbling furiously, occasionally asking for help or advice, they had been studying there since the winter holidays. Flo and I were sitting on a circular wooden table in the corner of the common room by the bookshelf that was neally empty by all the books being taken out.
'One day, that'll be us.' Flo says gloomily as she looks at the seventh years, then at her transfiguration homework, the parchment had ink blots dotted all over it. Flo banged her head on the table and groaned. 'Please tell me you know what's going to be in the exam.' Flo looked up at me with weary hopeful eyes.
'I've told you, it's everything that we've learnt this year.' I continue scribbling down how transforming spells are adapted when performing cross-species switches. 'Well...' I grinned, 'it won't include the stuff we learnt at the beginning of the year though.'
Flo leaned back into her chair. 'Thank merlin. I can hardly remember anything from the first few weeks.' She groaned and picked up her quill again. 'I'm getting old. My memory is having a losing battle.' Flo frowned at her ink splattered parchment. 'I forgot the spell to repeal ink dots. What was it again?'
'Impervius? I think.' I rubbed my drowsy eyes and looked out the window, the only light was from the full moon, otherwise it was dark outside. 'It's getting really late.' I whispered to Flo as she waved her wand and all the ink blots faded. She shook her quill over her parchment but the ink seemed to fly anywhere but there.
'Look!' She grinned at me happily and waves her parchment around. 'This repeals the ink now. This spell is awesome.' Flo looks at her wand and hugs it to her chest. 'My eyes are opened to a new world of no messed up homework.' She looks at me with wide eyes and raised eyebrows. 'Open your eyes Sophie. Open your eyes.'
'I can barely keep my eyes open.' I say as I yawn. 'I really need to finish this though.' I looked at my half-finished essay. The common room was still packed though all the younger years had already gone to bed. 'I might go down to the kitchens and get some coffee.'
Flo and I had found the kitchens last year when we came across an older year hufflepuff tickling a portrait of a pear. Since then whenever we were up late finishing homework we went to the kitchens and got some hot chocolate. None of the other Ravenclaws saw when we took it to the common room since they would always be studying and wouldn't pay us much mind.
'Yeah.' Flo yawned and stands up stretching. 'Get me some too please.' She gives me a knowing nod.
'Yeah, yeah, I know.' I roll my eyes. 'Milky, no sugar but loads of cream. I only forgot that one time.'
'And that time was the worst time of them all.' Flo sank back down and frowned. 'Why did I stand up again?' She looks at me questionly. 'On yeah. I needed to find a book.' She stands up again. 'See ya. Remember my order.' She looks out the window. 'Oh cool! Sophie there's a full moon.'
I lightly bump my fist against her shoulder. 'I saw. Okay, coming back in twenty minutes tops.' I knock on the bronze eagle knocker and the wooden door leading out of our common room opens. I give Flo one last smile before leaving, she gives me a cheery wave.
I walk in the shadows of the fith corridor keeping out of sight, occasionally I brush against a sleeping portrait who then shouts obscenitys at me. Great tall Windows allow the full moon to shower me in its silvery light as my footsteps echo down the corridor. The darkness surrounded me and the quietness settled my rattling heart.
Suddenly a blur bumps into me and grabs my shoulders. A head of dark black hair and handsome aristocratic features hit me hard. Regulus?
'Have you seen them?' It's Sirius Black, Regulus's older brother. His face is haggard and worried, his dark eyes reflect guilt. What's he doing at this time of night? The hands on my shoulders tighten and a almost maniacal look on his face appears. Hard cold breath sounds and his hair is limp and stringy infront of his face. Rumpled Gryfindor pyjamas dawn his body as if he had just gotten out of bed.
'S-seen who?' I stammer. It's not every night that you bump into a worried Sirius Black.
'James and Snape.' He whispers harshly. 'Where are they?' His eyes glint madly.
'I don't know. I haven't seen them. Sorry.' I say shocked. Sirius lets out a grunt of frustration and swears before pushes himself away and running down the corridor. 'Wait!' I shout after him. 'What's happening? What's going on?' But he doesn't hear me and he fades into the darkness.
All my life I have never even uttered a word to Sirius Black and now suddenly I see him in the middle of the night looking desperate. Also why was he looking for James and Snape? Sirius always knows where James is, they act like they're joined at the hip. And why was he looking for Snape? He hates Snape. I shook my head and look out the window.
Moonlight floods into the corridor, bathing me in a silvery glow. Outside I can see the forbidden forest and the Great Lake where ripples form in the middle, everything is silver and dark, the grass looks like a sea of dark silvery-green. I start to move away before I come to a adbrupt stop.
There is a figure on the path that leads to the shrieking shack. Actually two figures. Both of them running towards the castle. I take in a head of messy black hair and another hair of greasy hair before I'm running to meet them.
I rush down the great staircase just as I got to the third floor landing I see a figure running up the staircase. It's Snape with James Potter in tow trying to catch up with him. We see each other at the same time. I hear James shout out 'No!' Just as Snape reaches me.
It's the second time I'm grabbed by the shoulders tonight but this time it's far more unpleasant. Snape's scared but eerily happy grin looms above me. His greasy hair touches the tip of my nose. He pants hot ugly breaths in my ear as I try not to let it affect me.
'Remus Lupin.' Snape grins nastily like he had gotten exactly what he wanted 'Is a vicious monster. He's a werewolf. Where do you think he goes everynight? That monster tried to kill me tonight! Tried to rip me in pieces!' He shakes me and laughs with a dangerous look in his eye just as James bowls him over with a rugby tackle.
There's a furious struggle of kicks and punches; wands forgotten, as I stand there in shock as James and Snape start an ugly muggle brawl on the floor one feet away from me. I always knew something was wrong with Remus, I just didn't know what. Remus Lupin, the quiet polite boy in the marauders. The boy who had once smiled at me in the library, the boy who I actually had a crush on in first year before I had gotten to see the Beauty of Regulus. He can't be a werewolf. But then again, he was always ill, always coming back with injuries, he has three scars on his face, tonight is a full moon, Sirius was looking for James and Snape. I look at Snape who has a bloody nose by now, he must have found out and told the first person who he came across, which was me.
Suddenly I'm besides the two fighting fith years trying to pull them apart. James is shouting insults at Snape while he's shouting how Remus was a monster. I'm shouting at them to stop. Snape has a bloody nose but he still shouts even though every time he opens his mouth blood pours in, in the end he starts spitting wads of blood at us. James is clearly winning the fight, he's kicking and punching Snape with only a swollen eye to account for.
'Stop!' A voice roars. Dumbledore appears with Sirius on the landing of the third floor where we are. They both at us with pale faces, Sirius looks guilty and hangs his head. James and Snape split up, immediatly Sirius goes to stand with James but James moves away not looking at Sirius only shaking his head. Snape looks gleeful while Sirius looks heartbroken.
'Sir!' Snape begins. He's still splitting blood everywhere. 'Remus Lupin is a werewolf. He's in the shrieking Shack. He's a monster. And they knew about it.' He points an accusing crooked finger in James and Sirius's direction. 'That monster tried to kill me! He has to be executed. We have to tell the ministry. He's a rabid-'
Dumbledore holds up a hand and Snape stops half way, only then I realise that Snape looks clearly scared. He must have met Remus in wolf form. I hold a hand to my mouth in horror. James looks at me in horror as if he's just realising I'm here, so does Sirius.
James looks at Dumbledore. 'No!' He shouts, 'Don't send Remus away. He didn't mean it.' Then he turns to Snape and levelled his wand at him. 'It was only because you poked your greasy crooked nose where it wasn't your business sniverllus.' James snarls at Snape and glares just as Snape brings his wand up.
'Stop!' Dumbledore roars again. 'This has gone to far.' There's none of that famous twinkle in his eye that Dumbledore is known for. His voice doesn't sound like the voice of an old man, it sounds like that voice of someone who is truly angry at what has happened. 'We shall discuss this in my office. Follow me.' He strides ahead and neally disappears before I'm coherent enough to follow him.
I walk a little way behind Sirius and James, Snape is a little way behind me. Sirius keeps opening his mouth as if he's trying to tell James something but by the look on James face he shuts it. The look on his face when it happens is so sad. I wonder what happened? Why is James so mad at Sirius? James looks behind himself and sees me, immediatly he stares at me with suspicion, he thinks I'm going to tell everyone I come across. The only I would tell would be Flo and I don't think she would mind that much, she just wouldn't hang around Remus afterwards. She was raised in a plueblood family who were very traditional in some beliefs.
I glanced away from James inquisiting stare and looked at the walls as we moved. I haven't even thought about Flo since I met Sirius a few minutes earlier. Would Flo be looking for me in the fith corridor? Or would she just forget and fall asleep by the fire, it wouldn't be the first time she had done it. I touched my face and in the silvery moonlight I saw something red and glistening on the finger. Snapes blood and spit. I flinched.
Suddenly a howl cut through the air, James and Sirius stopped and looked out the window. Snape moved on with a disgusted snort and muttered something underneath his breath. I froze and stood next to James by the window. Another howl cuts through the end, it's full of pain, I see James wince and Sirius look even guiltier than before.
Remus is doing that. That is Remus howling. Remus is a werewolf. Suddenly I feel like I can't breathe, Remus is the one howling in pain because he's a werewolf. I never knew I was in shock until right now. My fingers dig half-moons into my palms as I let out a small sob. I don't know why I'm crying but I am. Maybe it's the shock of everything tonight. James looks at me again as Sirius just looks so self-pitying. I wonder what he's done. We continue our footsteps echoing in synchronisation.
Dumbledore comes to a stop next to a gargoyle in the middle of the third floor. My silent tears have gone leaving in its place red eyes.
'Phoenix fudge.' Dumbledore says clearly. The gargoyle shifted with a deep groan that came from the depth of the stone and revealed and spiralling staircase. 'Come along.' Dumbledore says as he climbs the stairs.
We reach a magnificent oak door that Dumbledore pushes open with surprising strength. His office is full of odd instruments, some were creaking and whirling while others were emitting puffs of smoke, some were just there and seemed to do nothing. On the walls were portraits of all the headmasters and headmistresses who were now waking up and looking at us disprovingly. On a shelf beyond Dumbledores desk sat the sorting hat, without it talking it looked just like a normal hat.
Sirius and James looked around unimpressed, they've been here so many times before. Snape however was looking around in wonder like me, when he caught me watching him he sneered.
Dumbledore gestured at the comfy red armchairs and we all sank down. I placed my head in my hands. I only went to get some coffee and then this happened. I didn't even reach the kitchens. Silence settled.
'Miss Tremlett.' Dumbledore sits down at his desk and lowers his glasses at him. 'Where do you come into this?' His voice is stern. I swallow loudly. Everyone's eyes were on me.
'Well...' I look around at anything but Dumbledore. James and Sirius were looking at me curiously, Snape looked like he couldn't care less. 'I was studying late with my friend Flo-'
'Mis Florence Cooper?' Dumbledore asks. I nod, no one ever calls Flo by her real name.
'Yeah, we were really tired so I went to get us coffee from the kitchens.' My hands entangle themselves in each other in nervousness. 'Then I came across Sirius and he looked really scared and he kept asking me where James and Snape were. So, I, uh, told him I didn't know where they were and he, like, ran off. Probably looking for them.' I rubbed my eyes, what time was it? It must've been an hour since I went to get coffee.
'Then once he left I looked out the window and I saw James chasing Snape. Um, so, I saw how worried Sirius was over them so I went downstairs and tried to catch them and ask what was going on.' I took a deep breath. 'I caught them on the third landing of the staircase and that was when Snape told me Remus was a...' I looked up at the ceiling before looking at Dumbledore. 'A... You know... Like... A werewolf. Snape said Remus was a werewolf.' I say with conviction. 'Remus is a werewolf.' I say again. 'And then he talks about how he was neally killed or something, then James comes and they start fighting. That's when you and Sirius found us.'
'Is that all?' Asks Dumbledore, he leans forward and looks at me like he was trying to see into my soul.
I look away and nod. As I look away I catch Snape sneering, but it looks forced, adbrupty I realise Snape's scared, he's just trying to cover it up. James is looking at Sirius, not glaring but looking more hurt, as if Sirius had betrayed his trust, or someone close to hims trust while Sirius is looking so sad and selfpitying as if he had done something wrong and he knew he could never make it up to himself.
Suddenly it came to me, just like that, Sirius self-pitying look, Snapes scared sneer and James betrayed glance woke me up and now I know what has happened, I gasped. Sirius played a prank on Snape, Sirius told Snape where to find Remus on a full moon. James saved Snape from Remus. I turn swiftly and look at Sirius disgustedly.
'How could you!' My voice is strong and filled with thick emotion. The night is catching up with me. 'Remus trusted you and now you go and tell the first person you see. You tell the one person that you know will go and see if it's true, will go and seek the werewolf out. You're so lucky that James realised. You're so damn lucky that Snape wasn't killed. And you should wish that you'll be this lucky when Remus wakes up in the morning and realises what you've done. You'll wish that you'll be this lucky when Remus is facing an EXECUTION BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUVE DONE TO HIM!' Sirius looks like a scolded dog. 'You have great friends and you throw it away just like that! I can't believe you.' I shake my head. 'I just can't.' I sit back down, I never knew I stood up.
There's silence for a long time after that. Sirius stares at his feet and doesn't look at anyone. James and Snape are staring at me with mixed emotions, there's defiantly shock in there. Sirius doesn't realise the friends he has. I've only got one friend, Flo, and I treasure her so much because of it. Sirius on the other hand just throws them away like broken toys.
Finally the silence is broken by Dumbledore.
'How did you know Mr Black played a prank on Mr Snape?' He looks at me inquisitly. 'I'm sure both of them never told you. How did you know that it was Mr Potter that saved Mr Snape? How did you know all that?' Dumbledore says quietly.
I stare at him in shock. Do I have to tell him I just 'know' things now. I'll sound like I'm crazy.
'When I met Sirius I heard him muttering it as he ran away looking for them.' I say as convincingly as I could. Dumbledore nods and I let out a silent breath of relief. Sirius finally looks up and stare at me long and hard. I try and shrug him off.
'You do know that you can never tell anyone that Mr Lupin is a werewolf.' Dumbledore says. He looks at both me and Severus. 'I allow him at this school to have an education. Without this Mr Lupin would be in a muggle school. I would appreciate that you would not tell anyone about this.'
I nod. Snape looks ahead stony.
'If this is spread then Mr Lupin will be taken to the ministry and most surely executed. Hogwarts may shut down entirely becuase of this. Parents won't send their children here and there will be many angry letters to the ministry who will be forced to close Hogwarts. I trust you to not tell anyone.'
I nod again but this time Snape speaks up.
'Headmaster. Lupin is a dangerous vicious animal. How can you trust him? He nearly killed me along with Potter and Black-'
Dumbledore held up a hand and cut him off. 'I'm sure that you must agree that Mr Lupin is only dangerous on the full moon.' He looks at Snape as if daring him to disagree.
Snape grits his teeth and nodded jerkily.
'Then I'm sure that you won't be in any danger as long as you don't go near the shrieking shack at moonlight.' Dumbledore says. He reaches over and tweaks a creaking instrument on his desk until it was silent, then he says, 'We will have to involve Professor Baldwin to deal with this as well as all the teachers, they must be told so you will be punished accordingly. Miss Tremlett you can go now.'
I didn't need to be told twice. I jumped out of my seat and nearly ran for the door.
'Before you go.' Dumbledore says just as I reach the doornob. 'Please do not travel in the castle after it's lights out. Have a good night.' I glance around. James looks tired as he puts his head in his hands and wipes the condensation off his glasses. Sirius stares at me suspiciously.
I nod and open the door glad to be leaving. I stumble down the staircase and run back to the Ravenclaw common room. As I get to the knocker it whispers.
'The more of me you have the longer your life,
The more of me you have the less you have left,
What am I?'
'I... Don't... Know...' I moan between pants. I slowly slid down onto the floor. 'Let me in!' I begin pounding on the bottom of the door. Tears begin falling from my cheeks and before I know it I begin crying. I don't know why. 'Go away.' I say to my tears. 'I just want to sleep, let me in. I should know this. I know things.' I whisper.
'The more of me you have the longer your life,
The more of me you have the less you have left,
What am I?'
The bronze eagle head knocker repeats itself and I groan and lay my head on the cool stone walls. I slowly begin knocking on the door again. My eyes close and I'm about to fall asleep when the door opens and a familiar voice calls out.
'Sophie!' It's Flo and she takes one look at me before hauling me in. 'What happened? You were gone for an hour. And you didn't even get the coffee.'
Only a handful of seventh years were left in the common room but they all stare at my bedraggled appearance. Thank merlin I'm not crying right now. The room is blurry and I want to lie down in my bed.
'I'm going to sleep.' I begin to pack up my books before I stop. 'Screw it.'
'Sophie what happened?' Flo sounds worried. The seventh years are still staring at me. They heard my commotion outside.
'Snape and Sirius were being arseholes to poor Remus. James saved him,' I say drowsily. I sluggishly made my way upstairs but not before I heard someone ask what I was talking about.
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As I walk down to breakfast this morning with Flo it was clear that word got out. I don't know how or who but someone had said something had happened with the marauders and how Snape and I were involved. Everyone knew how Sophie Tremlett stumbles into the Ravenclaw common room looking bedraggled and talking about how Sirius and Snape were arseholes and how James saved them. Everyone also knows how The marauders aren't talking to Sirius any more and how James saved Snapes life, though Snape denied it.
Flow is still trying to get me to tell her what happened last night, and so was everyone else.
Flo and I eat in silence this morning hearing the sound of hushed voices as people discuss the rumour and glance at us. I look up as I push my eggs around my plate, I meet light brown eyes and my breath hitches. Remus Lupin glances down and immediatly James glares at me threatening, I roll my eyes. Who is he trying to impress?
Down the Gryffindor Sirius sits surrounded by admirers and curious people. Although he's surrounded by people I've never seen him so lonely, every once in a while Sirius would glance at Remus and James before looking back down again and nodding mutely to someone talking to him.
I turn and look at the Slytherin table, Snape is talking in hushed voices with Rosier. As if sensing my stare he looks up and turns his nose up at me. Regulus is sitting on the other side of Rosier, he looks at Sirius curiously as if wondering why he wasn't sitting with his friends. Flo looks at me curiously as I turn around.
'You done?' She asks.
I look at my uneatened plate of food. 'Yeah.' I mutter. 'Lets go.' We grab our bags to go of to our first lesson; transfiguration.
'What happened?' Flo whispered as we walked up the staircase; jumping trick steps.
'You can't tell anyone.' I stopped and looked at her seriously. People rushed by hardly noticing us. 'Promise me you won't tell anyone.'
Flo nodded. 'I promise. Swear on my magic pinky.' She put her hand on her heart. I rolled my eyes and lead her into a hidden alcove on the stairway.
I explained everything to her, Flo was a good listener; doing the correct facial expressions and notices at the correct moments.
'Woah.' Flo said in a breath. She shook her blonde hair. 'That was... Interesting. Lupin is a werewolf. A werewolf in Hogwarts. What was Dumbledore thinking?' She nods her head before checking her watch. 'That must have been intense. Not going to hang around that Lupin bloke much anymore though. We're going to be late to transfiguration, come on.' She drags my hand and leads us into the third floor. Just as she enters the classroom a portrait opposite me opens and I get pulled through into pitch black.
'Ahh-mmmf.' I scream as a hand is put over my mouth. I try to kick the attacker just as I hear a silencing charm being performed, the hand is then removed. 'Let me go!' I shout. I feel a thud of satisfaction as my foot hits something soft and I hear a 'oomph.' I take out my wand and began to shoot out spells before someone utters a lumos.
'She kicked me.' Squealed Peter Pettigrew holding his stomach.
'Oh man up.' James potter says to him before standing infront of me. 'We want to talk to you.'
Behind him are Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and Sirius Black. They made up when Sirius came to them 5 minutes ago and apologised his arse off. Sirius stares at me menacingly while Remus avoids looking at me completely, Peter tries to act intimidating like Sirius but he looks like a idiot.
'Yes.' I say. 'I'm not going to tell anyone about your condition. If that's what you're wondering.' I look around to see where I am. I'm in a little cave that was hollowed out behind this portrait when the Goblin war began and they needed a secret hideout in Hogwarts that was easy access if someone invaded them. I just know this. I know things, it's a talent.
'So you're fine with Moonys furry little problem.' Sirius asks. He comes to stand next to James.
'Um.' I scratch my head. My parents and everyone I knew had always drilled it into me that werewolves are dangerous creatures, yet Remus stands here infront of me looking as harmless as a Guinea Pig, he was looking fearful at me, as if I was going to hurt him. The 'moony' nickname makes sense now.
'As long as I'm not near him during the full moon it's cool.' I say. I look at Remus. 'Yeah, I don't mind.'
James grins, his mouth stretching to show gleaming white teeth, it seemed everything about him was perfect, perfect looks, perfect grades, great friends, the only thing not perfect in his life was Snape and not getting Lily Evans to go out with him.
'Alright then.' James claps me on the shoulder. 'Why were we so worried. See you around Ravenclaw. Come on. Marauders forwards.' He points his finder towards the portrait opening and winks at me before opening it and disappearing.
Sirius follows him with a smirk in my direction, he gives me a two-fingered salute before going. Peter just smiles as he follows Sirius. Finally it's just me and Remus.
'Thanks.' He say looking at me before promptly disappearing.
Suddenly I'm left alone in the dark. I get up and go outside into the corridor again. It was silent. Only then did I remember I was suppose to be in transfiguration. I open the door and was greeted with McGonagalls stern look.
'Late Miss Tremlett.' She looks at me over her glasses. Everyone was staring at me as I felt my face flush. 'Detention. Tomorrow night. My office. Now sit down.' McGonagall notes something down before continuing her lecture.
I take a seat next to Flo.
'You were right behind me. Like, right behind me. I saw you as I walked through the door.' Flo looks at me confused. I explain everything I can to her as quietly as possible. She nods.
'Stuff just keeps happening to you, doesn't it?' She shakes her head. 'Anyway, you forgot to finish the transfiguration homework last night so I finished it for you while you were with Dumbledore and drama happened. You know.' She winked at me as she pronounced it with a flourish. 'Thank me later.' I smiled in gratitude even though I knew that would happen.
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Mrs Sophie Black
Mrs Sophie Black
Mrs Sophie Black
Mrs Sophie & Regulus Black
Mrs Sophie & Regulus Black
Regulus Black
Regulus Black
Regulus
I scrawled our names onto the parchment I was meant to be writing lines on. I smiled happily. I knew it was never going to happen but it was fun trying to write in different cursive styles.
I was in detention with The Marauders for being late to our class, they were late to charms while I was late to transfiguration. Professor McGanagall was making us write the line 'I will not be late to class.' Until eight. I could see James next to me writing Lily Evans name over and over again, I smiled. Sirius was in the seat infront of James, occasionally he would lean back and they would pass notes between themselves while Peter would try and join in. Remus and I were the only people actually doing the lines.
Thank Merlin Professor McGonagall was going to leave us unsupervised for 10 minutes, I don't think I can stand being in this suffocating silence for much longer, even if James is going to see part of who's name I'm writing down once McGonagall leaves, but I can manage.
Just as I predicted the fireplace fired up as a face appeared asking McGonagall to go to Dumbledores office. McGonagall frowned but left anyway instructing us to behave.
As soon as she left James tapped me on my shoulder.
'Who's name you're writing down?' At my raised eyebrow he continues. 'No one smiles that much at writing lines.'
'Yeah, he knows what he means. He's had experience writing down Evans's.' Sirius shrugs and ruffles James hair making it even more messier. Remus smiles.
'I don't know what you're talking about.' I say smoothly as I wave my wand inconspicuously under the table so my cursive writing disappears. I give Remus a sly smile when he notices.
James grabs my notes and hurriedly looks through them. His expression turns sheepish as he doesn't find any names, only lines.
'Mate if you weren't writing down any names,' James cocks an eyebrow, 'why were you smiling while writing down lines?'
'I was thinking of something funny.' I reply after a moment of hesitant trebelation. Remus smirks.
'Remus what are you smirking at?' Sirius asks getting out of his chair and leaning on Remus's desk. 'I think Remus knows something that we don't.' Sirius suddenly turned in my direction. 'She put a spell on the paper. Get them!'
He jumped on my desk as I screamed and pushed him off. He landed in a ungrateful heap on the floor. James had already taken his place and was trying to reach my notes, casting random spells in any direction. One stray spell turned Peters skin blue.
'You think that's going to let us see the notes?' Sirius asks sarcastically at James. I was standing on the desk now holding my notes up in the air as they jump up and down. James got on the desk opposite me.
'I paniCKED!' James shouted as the table he was standing on wobbled. 'I'm going to jump!' He leaped on my desk just as I leaped on the next one closest to me. It was Remus's
'Go MOONY!' Sirius shouted as Remus flushed red with embarrassment. I jumped quickly to another desk.
The next few minutes were me, Sirius and James leaping from one desk to another trying to see our notes. I hardly know these boys yet we already seem comfortable with each other, even if I'm in Ravenclaw and a year younger.
A stray spell hits my parchment and the names are revealed. I clutch them tightly to my chest as I leap onto professor McGonagalls desk. Remus gives out a gasp, he's quite the teachers pet.
'I saw it! I saw it!' James shouted dancing on top of Peters desk. Sirius started doing a jig.
'No!' I shouted, but I didn't really mind, James only saw part of it. The one person I'm worried about whether Sirius will find out its his brother.
'Prongs! Please share with us your knowledge.' Remus adds, giving James a I-couldn't-care-less look.
'The name end with Lus. It's something Lus. Or it's Lus something. I don't know.' James trailed off.
'Good job.' Sirius looked at James.
'It was all I could see,' James defended himself. 'Anyway at least we know part of the name now.' He jumped onto another desk.
Professor McGonagall was coming. I could feel it.
'Guys. McGonagall she's coming!' I shout. I get down from her desk and tidied it before running back to mine, straightening desks along the way.
'That's the oldest trick in the book Sophie,' says James raising an eyebrow. 'You don't think we'll really fall for-'
'No, she's actually coming.' Remus backs me up. He must have smelt her, or heard her.
Immediatly there was a stampede to get all the desks right and to turn Peters skin back to normal. Sirius helped me by straightening the desks while James out back all books we knocked over, Remus turned Peter back the right colour.
Suddenly I could hear footsteps, 'she's just turning the corner.' I whisper.
Everything freezes before everyone starts rushing around. We all return to our seats and pretend we're busy writing just as McGonagall returns. She gives us a suspicious look before settling at her desk.
How did you know she was coming? James mouths at me. Sirius is looking at me as well, awaiting my answer.
I shrug and turn around. The rest of the detention carried on in silence. As soon as it was over I rushed out and met Flo at the bottom of the giant staircase.
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The rest of the year continued without any drama, I talked occasionally to the marauders but not much, I wouldn't say we were exactly friends. Flo and I aced the exams, I knew we were going to do well. I felt sorry for poor Peter Petigrew who failed transfiguration OWLS, everyone else found it easy.
Next year we'll be going into fith year. We'll be doing our OWLS. I don't know anything about the future at this moment.
On the last day Flo and I were ready and hour before the train was about to leave, so we walked around the castle.
'This year has been crazy.' Flo muttered looking down at her shoes. 'I mean, we found out some things,' she gave me a knowing look as a couple of first years passed us chatting excitedly. 'And now you're friends with the marauders.' She bumps my shoulder. 'Congrats.'
I roll my eyes. 'We're not exactly friends. We just say hi to each other in the corridors. That's about it.'
A seventh year passes us crying but laughing at the same time with her friend. Happy tears roll down her face as I hear her recounting all the best moments of her time at Hogwarts. Flo looks on.
'I don't want to have summer holidays.' Flo says. She kicks her heel out of her shoes, then puts it back on. 'I'm always so bored.'
'Buuuuutttt...' I grab her hands and swing her around. 'We're going to GLASTONBURY!' I laugh and clap my hands together. 'I CAN'T WAIT!'
Flo grins and hugs me just as someone passes. My eyes widen as I catch him look at us from over Flo's shoulder, his nose turns up.
'Did you see him.' Flo whispers quietly in my hair.
'Yep.' I'm breathless with happiness. 'I saw him.'
Flo and I began jumping up and down in the corridor just as Regulus Black turned the corner.
'He stuck his nose up at us.' I shout. We both do our happy dance. 'I've never been so happy to be looked down on.' I grin. 'He noticed me!'
'Yay!' Flo shouts.
In the end we crack up on the floor laughing, ignoring the people stepping over our feet. I can't wait to go back to Hogwarts again.