"What the hell! What the hell was that? Oh come on that was so on purpose. Are you fucking blind?" Rebecca screamed at the Ref. It was the Gryffindor verses Slytherin match and Slytherin was playing dirty as ever, doing whatever they could to take out as many players as they could despite the consequences. The score was currently 120 to 40 with Slytherin in the lead. Within the first few minutes Slytherin managed to take out Leo and badly hurt Lex, leaving many easy scores for the Slytherins.
"A blind man could have seen that! Get your fucking eyes checked!"
"Becky might you-." Lily said and Rebecca turned to her quickly.
"This is complete bullshit." She said slamming her hand down on the railing.
"Lily its better to let her get it out now." Remus said as he pat Lily on the shoulder.
"Come on, James- NO!" Rebecca said as James missed the goal post due to a Slytherin ramming him from the side.
"It looks like Flint and Larson have spotted the snitch, they are neck and neck." The commenter said over the speaker.
"Come on Tommy, you can do it." She said as she watched the slightly larger Slytherin trying to beat on Tommy as they dove for the snitch.
"Oh shit they are going to crash." Rebecca said as they headed straight for the ground. The large Slytherin tried to pull up but instead rammed in to the ground as Tommy barely skimmed along the snowy grass and wrapped his fingers around the snitch. He held it up as the crowd cheered and suddenly out of nowhere a bludger slammed in to his side, throwing him off his broom and he went flying across the field, finally stopping, his body limp.
"What the fucking hell was that? I will kill all of you god damn fucking Slytherins, oh hell this is not going to rest." Rebecca said as she quickly grabbed her things.
"Becky!" Lily shouted as she tried to catch up to her but she was already long gone.
"You don't think she will do something do you?" Lily asked as she turned to Remus.
"I don't know but we might want to hurry." Remus said as he urged Lily along.
Rebecca stormed out on to the field and saw Rodolphus Lestrange being scolded by Madam Falcon and she strode over and gave him a hard push.
"What the fucking hell is wrong with all you stupid god damn inbred idiot. He had the snitch already you can not just fucking do that!" Rebecca said and went to lunge at him but someone grabbed her from behind and she tried to kick and punch at Rodolphus who stared at her.
"You better sleep with one eye fucking open I am going to murder you in your sleep, you cant just do that to one of my players and get away with it- LET ME GO! I am going to beat his skull in!" She screamed as the person dragged her off.
"Let go of me!" She shouted and she was dropped and she turned around and looked at Sirius and she punched him in the chest.
"What the hell is your problem?" She spat as he held his chest, the breath having had just been knocked out of him.
"You will get us disqualified if you do that." He snapped back. "Tommy is fine alright?" He said and she looked back over at Rodolphus who gave her a smirk and she pushed Sirius away from her and headed up to the castle by herself.
"Becky." James said as he walked over to her sitting by the window and she looked at him.
"Hey I know you're angry about what happened today, I am just as mad but we can't be disqualified right now, we stand a good chance of winning." He said and she sighed.
"Sorry, I just, I mean- it was just-."
"I know Becky; under different circumstances I would have been more than happy to see you kick his arse. You just can't do that type of stuff on the field." He said with a smile and she smiled. "Just do it when no one is looking." He said with a small laugh.
"How is Tommy doing?"
"He is alright; he should be out by tomorrow or so."
"Next time I will try not to get so out of control, I was just so angry I mean…" She said and sighed.
"Becky don't worry about it alright? Here have a drink, enjoy the party." He said and handed her a butter beer and she smiled and took it from him.
"Thanks." She said and he smiled and made his way back over to Lily.
"I can't believe them; honestly, I thought they were over this whole pranking thing." Lily said bitterly as she walked in to the room. Rebecca poked her head out of the curtains at Lily.
"What's going on?" She asked with a yawn.
"Well I just wanted to let you know that you wont be getting down to breakfast this morning, the boys decided to be funny and pull a prank." Lily said with a groan.
"Lily you have to admit it was brilliant." Jenny said.
"Half of the castle can't get down to breakfast because of it, I don't find that very brilliant." She said crossly.
"What did they do exactly?" Rebecca asked, swinging her feet over the side and stretching.
"They put up an anti- gravity mist over the 2nd floor in front of the main hall to get to the Great Hall; we have to wait until one of the teachers take it down because no one will go past it." Lily said and pulled out a book and started to read.
"No way." Rebecca said as she got up quickly and started to get dressed.
"Andy and I tried to make one a few years ago but it didn't even take form." Rebecca said rushing with the clothes and nearly fell over pulling her shoes on.
"Becky you cant be excited about this."
"They are a lot of fun, it's just a little scary, you know the whole upside down thinking you're going to fall, its really nothing, you just have to keep walking and hope it was good enough hat you don't fall." Rebecca said and rushed out of the tower and headed down to the 2nd floor. A few kids were scattered and Professor McGonagall, Flitwick and Binns stood off to the side talking with each other on how to take it down. She looked around at the wary looking students and walked in to the mist and found herself upside down, hanging over an endless sky. She slowly continued to walk, wondering when it would exactly end, it hadn't looked too big. After a few more steps her feet slammed in to the ground, nearly knocking her off balance and she glanced back at the students on the other side watching her and she shrugged and walked in to the Great Hall and saw the boys sitting at the hall eating.
"So what did you guys get for that?"
"Oh just a week of detention, not too bad, you should have heard some people screaming. Easily worth a week of detention." James said with a laugh.
"Classes have been postponed until 10." Sirius said happily as he ate some toast.
"Andy and I tried to make one a few years ago outside one of the teacher's rooms, he was terrified of heights, he was a major asshole, tried to fail me out of Defense, I was better at it than him." She said as she got herself some eggs and sausage and toast. "Too bad it didn't work; it would have been pretty hilarious."
"Becky." Jenny said as she poked Rebecca in the face and she swatted at Jenny.
"Go away, I'm sleeping." Rebecca mumbled.
"But I need to ask you something Becky, please?" Jenny said and Rebecca sighed and cracked open an eye at Jenny.
"Hmmmmmmmm?"
"Well, I feel kind of awkward asking this, I don't think I have ever had to ask something like this but uh would you be alright with Andrew and I dating?" Jenny asked nervously.
"Why the hell are you asking me?" She mumbled.
"Well I know you guys are really close friends-."
"We're just friends, that's all." She said with a yawn.
"Would you be alright with it?"
"I don't control who he dates and who he doesn't date."
"Well sort of, he told me to talk to you."
"If I give you my blessing will you let me sleep?"
"Uh sure."
"Yes you may date Andy, now out of my face, I am tired." She said and pulled her pillow over her head.
"Thanks Becky." Jenny said happily and gave her a hug.
"Yeah go get him." She muttered sarcastically and drifted back off to sleep.
"Becky are you going to Hogsmead for Valentines day?" Lily asked Rebecca as they all sat outside.
"Oh please don't get her started on Valentines Day." Andrew groaned.
"Valentines Day sucks; it's the day that reminds you that if you don't have that special someone, you're alone. Everyone runs around proclaiming their love and pledging their eternal allegiance to one another. It makes me sick. If someone truly cared about you, I think you'd hear it more often than once a year and not just with a cheap box of chocolate and a mushy card. It's the stupidest holiday and a waste of time." Rebecca muttered as she doodled on her homework.
"So I take it you don't like Valentines Day?" James asked and she gave him a bland look.
"Oh my goodness you're like the anti- cupid." Jenny said with a laugh.
"More like the anti Christ." Sirius said and she flipped him the finger.
"Valentines Day is a waste of time." She said with a shrug.
"I think it's because you're all alone." Sirius said.
"I choose to be alone Sirius, you on the other hand can't stand being alone huh? It's kind of sad." Rebecca said with a shrug.
"It's better than being alone like you." He shot back.
"Sirius I choose to be alone, I don't mind it." She said trying to get it across to him.
"Whatever Walcott." He said with a wave of his hand and Rebecca looked across the courtyard and groaned.
"Please go away." She muttered as she rubbed her temples.
"Are you talking about Diggory who seems to be walking over here?" James asked with narrowed eyes.
"I heard he was planning on asking me to Hogsmead for Valentines Day and I have been avoiding him like the plague."
"Hey Rebecca." He said as he walked up and looked at everyone, his eyes stopping on Lily for a moment and James wrapped his arm around her protectively and raised an eye brow at Amos who shifted his gaze to Rebecca.
"I was wondering if I might talk to you for a moment."
"Actually I am a little busy, homework, swamped." She said as she pointed to her notebook at the doodles.
"It will only take a moment."
"Actually I don't have a moment; every moment wasted is a moment I get nothing done." She said and looked down at her notebook.
"Please?" He asked and she sighed, he probably wasn't going to go away until she agreed to talk to him.
"Alright." She said with a sigh and got up and looked at everyone with a strangled face and walked off to the side to talk to him.
"I have been meaning to talk to you for a while but it seems we haven't seen each other lately, uh I was wondering if perhaps-."
"No." She said bluntly and he paused.
"You don't even know what I was going to say."
"I have a very good idea."
"I was going to ask if you would accompany me to Hogsmead-."
"No."
"You aren't even going to think about it?"
"Nope, don't need to."
"Why not? Are you going with someone else? I heard you don't have a date yet."
"I actually do, see the other day I was just walking along the lake and the Giant Squid asked me to spend Valentines Day with him and I am deeply considering it." She said seriously and heard a small laugh from her friends.
"What?" He asked confused.
"I am considering going to Hogsmead with the Giant Squid. I don't know there is something just so much more…appealing."
"You would rather go with the Giant Squid than me?" He asked slowly and Rebecca paused and nodded.
"You do know you can't actually go to Hogsmead with the Squid-."
"Oh and why not?" Rebecca asked crossing her arms over her chest as she glared at him.
"Well it's a squid." He said obviously.
"Are you making judgments on the Giant Squid now? Do you have something against him? Because I am sure you two can take this up man to squid." She said snappily and he looked at her confused.
"You aren't serious are you? You are just joking right?"
"Valentines Day is no joking matter Amos." She said seriously.
"So is it a no?" He asked confused.
"It's a hell no." She said with a smile and turned him around.
"Now why don't you just go find someone else to accompany you, I think Moaning Myrtle is looking for a date." She said and he looked at her oddly.
"Go get her cowboy, she is waiting for you." She said and gave him a small push and he looked at her confused as ever as he walked away from her and Rebecca gave him a small wave before turning around and letting out a deep sigh at her friends and sat back down.
"Very well handled Becca, he now thinks you're a nut case now." Andrew said with a smile and she rolled her eyes.
"It wouldn't be the worst thing I have been called." She muttered. "You know now that I think of it, I think that the Giant Squid makes more interesting conversation than Amos."
"That's a bit harsh don't you think?" Tessa asked.
"He was a bit bland." Lily said and James frowned.
"I just said he was bland." She said as she looked at him with a small smile. "He is a total bore and taking with him for 5 minutes was the worst 5 minutes of my life." She said dramatically and James smiled and kissed her cheek.
"You are impossible." She said with a laugh and pecked his lips.
"Uh nice shirt Becky." Lily said as she looked at Rebecca's shirt that read 'Happy shallow, fake love day' across the front.
"Oh yeah? You like it? Andy got it for me a few years ago due to my dislike of the 'holiday." She said as she used air quotes as she grabbed her cloak. "Have a good shallow fake love day you all." Rebecca said with a smile as she exited the room and headed downstairs. She saw Remus and Peter sitting on the couch playing chess and she walked over and leaned against the back of the couch.
"Whatcha guys doing?"
"Playing chess." Remus said motioning to the chess board.
"Well are you guys going to Hogsmead?"
"We weren't really planning on it, nice shirt by the way." Remus said and she smiled and looked down at it.
"Pretty much sums up the day huh?"
"I suppose you could look at it that way." Remus said with a shrug.
"Well if you guys aren't doing anything lets go get drinks or something and celebrate being single." She said with a smile and Remus looked at Peter.
"We really haven't anything better to do." Peter said and Remus nodded.
"Alright, Pete you ready to go?"
"Yeah." He said and they got up and headed out together.
"We should go to the Shrieking Shack; I've never been there before." Rebecca said as they walked out of Honeydukes with their sweets.
"Do you really want to?" Remus asked hesitantly and she smiled.
"You're not scared are you?" She asked and gave him a nudge.
"No." He said and looked at Peter.
"Do you want to go?"
"Uh sure." He said with a shrug.
"Alright let's go." Rebecca said with a smile and started off towards the Shrieking Shack.
They came up to the fence and leaned against it as they looked at the dark looming Shrieking Shack.
"You know it really doesn't look that scary." Rebecca noted as she bit off a piece of chocolate and held it out to Remus.
"No thanks." He said as he pulled his jacket around himself closer and kicked at the snow.
"We should get closer." She said with a smile.
"Becky this is as close as we can get." Remus said and she rolled her eyes.
"Fences were meant to be hopped just like rules were meant to be broken." She said as she threw her legs over and Remus lightly took her by the arm.
"Becky you really shouldn't." he said seriously and she smiled.
"Remus from what I hear its just ghost stories, nothing to be afraid of." She said and hopped over the fence and looked at him.
"Are you coming?" She asked and he looked around.
"No I don't want to get in to trouble. Can we just go get a drink or something?"
"I bet we can find a way in."
"There is no way in." Peter said quickly and Remus looked at him.
"Have you tried?" She asked and Peter looked at Remus.
"Yeah a few years ago, there is nothing interesting anyways, let's just go get drinks." Peter said and Rebecca sighed.
"You guys are no fun." She said and hopped back over the fence and they all headed to the Three Broomsticks for some drinks.
"Class we have a surprise guest." Professor Warner said as the kids lounged around the room waiting for class to begin before the door opened and they all looked to the door as a man walked in to the room. He had long brown hair swept back in a ponytail and a few scars on his face. He was tall with a strong build and his dark brown eyes were serious as he looked around the room at the students.
"Class this is Alastor Moody, he is the Head Auror at the Ministry." Professor Warner said as he made his way to the front of the classroom.
"Get up." He commanded as the students quickly got up and with a flick of his wand all the tables and chairs scooted to the edge of the room leaving a big open space.
"We are going to be dueling today." He said as he looked at all the students and stopped when he looked at Blake.
"You boy, get up here." Moody said as Blake looked behind him.
"Yes you boy, hurry up. No time to waste.' Moody said as Blake came up nervously and Moody looked at the rest of the students who took a step back and his gaze landed on Rebecca.
"You girl." He said pointing to her and she smiled and came up.
"My name is Rebecca sir, not girl." She said as she got up to the front and he rolled his eyes.
"An American I see." He said with slight annoyance as Rebecca smiled at Blake who looked nervous as he looked at Moody as the class circled around in order to watch the duel.
"Posture, posture, posture! Posture is imperative to dueling!" Moody suddenly exclaimed as Rebecca took out her wand and she glanced at him.
"My posture is fine." Rebecca said.
"I say its not." He said as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"We'll just see wont we?" She said and faced Blake.
"Now on the count of three you will begin." Moody said as they bowed to each other.
"One, two, thr-" Moody said.
"Depulso.' Blake said as he cut off Moody and Rebecca went flying back in flips and landed hard on the ground.
"Alarte Ascendare!" she bellowed and Blake shot straight up into the air, hit the ceiling, and then descended again, landing on the floor with a sickening crunch. "Depulso!" With the second incantation, Blake was thrown roughly back into the other wall.
At first he looked like a deer caught in the headlights at Rebecca's violent spells, but Ravenclaws were definitely intelligent and always quick to react. "Everte Statum!" he screamed, intending to make Rebecca do a back flip, but his attempt at retaliating was thwarted.
"PROTEGO!" the dark purple beam of light shot off the invisible wall Rebecca had conjured and flew back right at Blake, who barely managed to duck out of the way in time.
"Tarantallegra!" Suddenly his leg began to dance uncontrollably underneath to the point where fell over.
"Flipendo!" he managed to shout.
"PROTEGO!" the spell flew away from her and hit a window on the far side of the room, causing the glass to shatter. "Langlock!" she added, before he could attempt to shoot another spell at her. The Langlock spell caused his tongue to become glued to the top of his mouth, making it impossible for him to speak.
"Orbis!" She shouted and Blake began to spin rapidly around, so rapidly that he nearly passed out from it, "Incarcerous!" she finished, and ropes wrapped around his body like snakes, hugging him forcefully. The spinning finally stopped and Blake was left lying on the ground in a miserable looking lump. He tried to mumble out something, but his tongue was still attached to the roof of his mouth. Rebecca straightened her robes and looked at Moody.
"I guess your posture is fine." He mumbled as Professor Warner started to help out Blake.
'Sorry Blake, no hard feelings." Rebecca said with a smile and he nodded weakly as a small smile escaped his lips.
"Okay then, pick your next opponent." Moody said as Rebecca looked around the room as the kids looked hesitant but Sirius stood around laughing at something James had said.
"Okay, Black." She said before he stopped laughing and looked at her.
"I don't think you'd have that much fun dueling me." He said and she laughed.
"Don't be a wuss.' She said as he sighed and came to the middle of the room.
"Don't go easy on me Sirius." She said with a smile as they bowed.
"I wouldn't dream of it." He said with a laugh as they got in positions to fight.
"One, two, three, go.' Moody said before spells started to fly.
"Expelliarmus." They both said as there was a small explosion that sent them both back onto the floor.
"Stupefy." Rebecca said as Sirius rolled out of the way.
"Confundus." Sirius said and Rebecca blocked it.
"Chair." Rebecca said as she pointed at Sirius and a chair flew at him.
"Expulso." He said as the chair exploded and she sent another one at him and he blew it up and sent a Jelly Legs curse at her that caused her to crumble to the ground and she threw Professor Warner's desk at him and it threw Sirius against the wall and pinned him there as she removed the Jelly Legs jinx and he blasted away the desk.
"Lucidus.' She said as she closed her eyes and a bright light filled the room as everyone groaned covering their eyes and she laughed as Sirius was temporarily blinded.
"Not fair Walcott." Sirius said as he looked around blindly.
"Never said this was going to be a fair fight Sirius." She said with a laugh and waited as he got his vision back.
"Expecto Patronum.' She shouted as a panther charged at Sirius with a loud growl as he stumbled back.
"Locomotor mortis." She said as Sirius' legs locked up.
"Furnunculus." She said and he blocked a boil's curse.
"Rictusempra.' He said as she fell to the ground holding her side as she laughed and Sirius had time to unlock his legs.
"Depulso." Sirius said and she shot back in a wild somersault and hit the wall hard as she fell down in a heap laughing still before she pulled herself on her feet as blood dripped down the back of her neck.
"Silencio." He said as she gave him a glare.
"Now what Walcott?" Sirius asked cockily and she smirked and with a quick flick of her wand his feet tripped out from underneath him and his wand went flying. He got up to go grab his wand and he suddenly crashed in to the ground limp as a dead body, only his eyes moving and she smirked at him and pointed her wand at herself.
"Now what Black?" She asked and turned around to look at the other students.
"Who's next?" She asked with a smile and walked up to where Sirius was and undid the spell on him and he looked up at her with a glare and pulled himself up.
"How about we give someone a turn to duel Miss Walcott." Professor Warner said as he looked at her. "Why don't you get yourself to the Hospital wing and get fixed up." He said and she felt the back of her neck and looked at her hand and saw indeed she was bleeding and she grabbed her things and left the classroom to the Hospital wing.
Rebecca laid in the common room staring at the dying embers in the fireplace with the letter from her sister in her hand. Next week was the wedding and she didn't want to go. It wasn't that she didn't love her sister or anything, she loved her sister but she was not looking forward to seeing Scott, Ryan's little brother who was a year older than her. He was a perverted creep just like his older brother. Rebecca had never liked him and had managed to avoid him for the past two years but now it seem inevitable. Kimba ran around the common room like he usually did on full moons, hardly able to keep still for some odd reason, he had always done that, even as a kitten. She heard someone enter through the portrait and she lifted her head up and squinted through the darkness and made out three figures.
"Where exactly do you guys go?' She asked and saw them jump as a wand lit up and she covered her eyes.
"Oh it's just Walcott." Sirius said with a sigh and she saw a cut above his eyebrow and James seemed to be cradling his arm.
"What the hell happened to you two?" She asked as she got up.
"Mind your own business." Sirius snapped.
"Nothing, uh mind not saying anything to Lily?" James asked her with pleading eyes and she walked over.
"Your wrist is broken James, you need a healer." She said as she looked up at him crossly.
"It's fine, really." He said and she sighed.
"Come here, I can splint it up so it doesn't get worse." She said motioning to the couch and looked at Sirius. "You might want to get that fixed because that might leave a scar." She said and sat down with James and felt around on the ground for her wand and picked it up.
"Thanks." James said and she shrugged.
"Well I can always find out if you won't tell me." She said with a shrug and tapped his wrist.
"Ferula." She said and his wrist was bandaged up so he couldn't move it. "Go get that looked at by Madam Pomfrey tomorrow morning." She said and he nodded.
"Thanks." He said and got up and she looked at Sirius who stood off to the side.
"Get over here buttface." She said and he raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'm going to fix your face; the world might end if Sirius Black doesn't look absolutely perfect." She said sarcastically.
"No thanks, you'll do something awful."
"Fine then." She said and got up. "Good night James, Peter, wait where is Remus?" She asked as she looked at them.
"He had to go home to see his mum." Peter said and James and Sirius looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah his mum is sick." James said and she looked at them suspiciously.
"I think you're lying."
"Why would we lie?" Sirius spat. "You can ask him yourself when he gets back."
"I think it's awfully strange that he goes to see his mom all the time like that, what is she sick with anyways?"
"Why don't you mind your own business Walcott?" Sirius said and walked past her and went up the stairs and she looked at James and Peter.
"We should be going to bed, class in the morning. Thanks Becky." James said and walked past her and went up the stairs and she looked at Peter.
"Uh, well, I have to- uh bed." He said and quickly walked past her and went up the stairs. She looked up at the stairs and frowned to herself. There was something going on, something serious and it had something to do with Remus and the reason he was gone once every month. She sat back down on the couch and looked at Kimba sitting by the window; the full moon shining in on him making him look pure white and then it finally hit her. He was always sick during the week of the full moon and gone for the full moon, she never saw him at dinner the nights of the full moon; he had scars along his face and arms. Remus Lupin was a werewolf!
Thanks for reading, i hope you enjoyed it. Please R & R, it makes me happy =)
I know this chapter was rather long, i have been trying to keep them a little shorter, I usually like long chapters but i know that some people like them a little shorter. This is probably my favorite chapter so far, i really like Moody as a character and cant wait to have him in later chapters, i love his character.
Next chapter should be up very soon so keep an eye out.