Sorry I haven't updated in ages but I have been really busy with exams. This chapter is set in third year and just a heads up that the next chapter will be another time skip to fifth year and then to sixth year but after that the main part of the story begins;) Please read and review, hope you like it:)
Chapter 2- Deatheaters, caves and nightmares.
Olivia couldn't stand mornings. The fact that Lily was a morning person made Olivia extremely jealous, how her roommate could get up at seven every morning and call eight o clock on a Saturday a lay in was a mystery to her.
It was the first day back into their third year and as usual Lily was shouting the dorm room down at the rest of the occupants who were still attempting to open there eyes, squinting at the harsh light.
"Seriously guys wake up were going to be late!" Lily shouted throwing her hands on her hips already clad with her uniform,
"Jesus Christ Lil's it's only..." Alice trailed off looking at her watch "crap" She cursed and bounded off the bed running into the bathroom.
"What the heck is going on" Amelia, who over the years had been known as Amy by her friends, whispered her voice still thick with sleep,
"It's half bloody eight, that's what!" Lily shrieked at her causing Amy to flinch and run over to her trunk getting out all of her things.
Of course during all of this Olivia had yet to make a presence in the world of consciousness, thus causing Lily to lose her patience even further.
"OLIVIANNA COLLINS! WAKE UP RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL" Lily lowered her voice to a whisper and spoke the rest of her threat directly into Olivia's ear so nobody else would hear, whatever it was must have been a powerful blackmail considering Olivia's head rocketed off the pillow and glared at Lily.
"You wouldn't!" Olivia gasped and Lily smirked
"Oh yes I would! Lily replied smacking Olivia's backside "Come on get up princess, your gonna be late" Olivia smirked at her best friend,
"Oh Lily when will you learn, I am not one for rules" She laughed and ran past Alice to get into the bathroom beating Amy.
"Oi I was next" Amy shouting through the door getting nothing but a laugh in reply.
The girls rushed down to the great hall minus Olivia who was taking a casual walk not bothered if she was late or not. They all took seats next to Frank, James, Sirius who all had their heads together obviously plotting their next amazing prank on some poor helpless victim.
Olivia sat next them moving them slightly so that she could hear what was being discussed, of course her being the one and only maraudette she was entitled to such 'privileges' of course Lily didn't see them as that, especially Potter, if anyone had been purposefully created to annoy Lily it had been him.
"Where's Remus?" Lily asked and all the girls looked at the boys expectantly and they all shrugged,
"He said he weren't feeling well so he went to the hospital wing" Sirius answered mouth full from the breakfast he had just shoved in.
"Your disgusting Black" Lily commented on his lack of table manners and on queue all the marauders laughed,
"Oh Lily you act like you haven't known us for three years" Olivia told Lily when she had stopped laughing.
"Well I would have thought after three years you would have gotten manners, honestly Olivia I don't know how we are best friends when you're exactly the same as them" Lily spoke in an angry then confused tone.
"But you love me anyway" Olivia prompted smiling her most innocent smile which Lily could not help returning.
"Unfortunately" Lily finished before grabbing herself some food before lessons began.
"So guys meeting tonight, I have something I want to talk about" James said addressing Sirius, Frank and Olivia.
"Yeah sure, usual place?" Frank asked referring to the room of requirement that they had found during their second year by accident after running from Filch because they had attacked his quarters with various dung bombs.
"Yeah, say seven o' clock." James continued finishing just as Dumbledore stood up announcing that it was time to go to lessons, they all stood up and began filtering out of the great hall towards transfiguration.
As they were almost at the classroom two shadows blocked their way through,
"Move Emma" Olivia said with a snarl and Sirius moved forward to stand next to her wary that Olivia would pounce if she didn't move.
"Make me... anyway I didn't come here for a fight, just wanted to see how baby sister is doing?" Emma cooed in a creepy way her friend laughing at the completely not funny joke.
"Okay seriously you need to stop pretending you're the 'big' sister Emma, you're ten minutes older than me, and I know you like to pretend you're older but get over it! And secondly since when do you care how I'm doing?" Olivia spoke back to her voice calm but body tensed.
Emma looked a little thrown at the big sister comments but continued on anyway,
"I was just wondering if you'd heard the news" Emma said smiling a cruel smile. By now a small crowd had gathered to witness the sisterly brawl including Leander and Trixie who had pushed through the crowd to get to their sister.
"What news?" Olivia asked confused
"Oh this is great; you're going to have such a surprise when you get home" Olivia tensed once again and Sirius grabbed her hand knowing what it was like to be reminded of her home life. He went through the same thing.
"Emma what are you talking about?" Olivia asked again.
Emma moved forward slowly getting closer to Olivia which in turn made Trixie and Leander move forward as well and Sirius' grip tightened on her hand. Emma whispered into Olivia's ear so only she could hear and drew away smiling at Olivia's shocked face.
"See you soon baby sis" she winked and walked off with her 'friends' following laughing.
"Liv what did she say?" Sirius asked concerned, but Olivia just stared ahead processing what she had just been told,
"I think I need a minute" Olivia spoke quietly, that only the people around her could hear, before she took off running back round the corner away from the classroom, leaving all her friends and siblings staring after here. Just as Sirius was about to run after her a loud voice cut through the crowd,
"What is going on out here? You should all be in lesson, off you go now!" McGonagall shouted and people began to disperse quickly.
"Where would she have gone?" Trixie asked in a worried voice obviously concerned about what had just occurred between her two sisters.
"Did you not hear what I said off to lessons" McGonagall said walking over to the group of shocked teens.
"But professor..." Leander was quickly cut off by McGonagall,
"No buts' Mr. Collins off to class both of you" She said in her stern don't-mess –with-me voice.
Both Leander and Trixiarna looked in the direction Olivia had run off then back to the group.
"Don't worry Lee I think I know where she's gone, I'll go find her" Sirius told Leander.
"Mr. Black is there a problem?" The professor said beginning to get annoyed,
"Professor I need to go and find Olivia something happened between her and Emma" Sirius told the professor, knowing she would understand as all the teachers knew about the Collins family situation and well as the Blacks.
"Very well Mr. Black but only you and hurry back" She said in a sharp but understanding tone. Sirius needed no further encouragement as he ran off to find his best friend.
Sirius walked over to rose bush to the far left of the forbidden forest and moved aside the leaves to reveal a small entrance. He lowered himself down the root covered stairs onto the patch of grass at the bottom and looked around and the beautiful view. The ceiling was covered with twisting silver roots that travelled down the wall and back into the earth, the silver trees hunched over due to the restricted height of the cave. The cave seemed to always glow with a blue haze due to the swirling pool in the middle of the cave, the ripples in the water making patterns on the walls. The floor was covered in fresh grass which held various plants and flowers. He could still remember the day that he and Olivia had found this place.
"Liv come on he's coming" Sirius loud whispered behind him while dragging Olivia's hand as she giggled.
"Did you see his face" She whispered back. They had just pranked Snape the two of them lacing his pumpkin juice with the same potion they had used at the party when they had first met, causing Snape's face to swell 3 sizes too big.
"You mean what's left of his face" Sirius said and Olivia began to laugh out loud and would have continued had Sirius not covered her mouth with his hand.
"Do you want him to catch us?" Sirius said into her ear, Olivia wiggled from his hand to speak,
"What's he gonna so grease us to death?" Olivia said with a raised eyebrow this time Sirius laughed out loud, "Exactly my point" Olivia said putting her hand over him mouth returning his earlier gesture.
"Move back I can see him" Sirius said and they both shuffled backwards, further into a bush until Olivia felt her foot go down a hole, She grabbed hold of Sirius' arm trying to hoist herself back up and failing,
"Sirius!" she spoke in a dramatic stage whisper "Pull me up you jerk" she said her Americanisms coming out. He pulled her out and looked into the hole,
"Liv quick get down there we can hide there, there are steps so we can get back up" Sirius spoke and he and Olivia climbed down the hole. When they were in they could do nothing but stare in amazement at the beautiful scenery before them.
They stayed there for a while not just to keep away from Snape, he would have been long gone, but so they could bask in the beauty of the place they had found.
"Sirius let's make this our place, just me and you don't let anyone else know. That way when were upset or need somewhere to think we can come here and the other one will know where they are." Olivia said turning towards Sirius to voice her idea.
"Okay, so if neither of us can find the other check here" Sirius said agreeing
"Promise?" Olivia said holding out her pinkie,
"Promise" Sirius repeated wrapping his little finger around hers.
They had stuck to that promise for three years and Sirius knew somehow that it would remain like that until they left Hogwarts. Sirius looked around and immediately spotted her sitting under the silver tree that they had carved their initials in, marking the place as their own, for anyone who found it in later generations.
Sirius walked over and sat down next to her, she didn't flinch pr say anything but just continued to stare and pick at the grass.
"What happened Livy?" Sirius asked after a few minutes of silence. Olivia looked up at him her eyes looking moist but Sirius knew no tears would fall, Olivia hadn't cried since she was seven the night of the party when her dad had first hit her.
"Orion, he..." She stopped looking for the words "I knew this was coming I just kept hoping that something would change and he wouldn't but..." She rambled on.
"Liv I don't understand?" Sirius asked his brow furrowing.
"He's signed up to become a deatheater when he turns seventeen, apparently in their own sick way, it's my parents coming of age birthday present" Olivia spoke of parents with disgust.
"Liv there was nothing you could have done" Sirius said knowing that she would be blaming herself for not stopping him become a deatheater.
"I know... this is stupid" She sighed and threw the grass she had been playing with back on the floor.
"Hey, this isn't stupid it's serious and really serious I know what it's like remember" Sirius of course did know with his family also being deatheaters and Olivia also knew that Sirius sometimes got angry with himself when he failed to persuade his eleven year old brother that deatheaters were evil and not to become one... much like what Olivia was feeling now.
"I know" She smiled at him reassuringly "We should get back" She said taking one last look at the view before getting up and brushing her school skirt and reaching her hand out to Sirius who grabbed and pulled himself up brushing himself down.
They both climbed back out of the hole and began walking back hands still holding each other from where Sirius had helped Olivia up as he always did when they left the cave. Sirius loosened his grip on her hand and smirked,
"Race ya back" He said before running off, but Olivia was fast and athletic and had no problem catching up with him and gave him a run for his money.
They both ran through the Transfiguration door laughing and panting causing the class and McGonagall to look over at them the class in amusement and McGonagall with a displeased expression,
"If you would kind enough to take your seats, Miss. Collins, Mr. Black" McGonagall spoke sternly giving them a disapproving glare almost making them laugh harder, but they managed to get back to their seats. Olivia next to Lily and Sirius behind her next to James and Frank.
"She okay Sirius" Frank and James asked almost in unison with each other.
"Yeah she's good now" Sirius said not elaborating which James and Frank took as a hint to drop it because it most probably had something to do with her family.
"You okay Olivia?" Lily asked her best friend worriedly.
"I'm fine lily-kins, don't you go worrying about me" Olivia smiled and patted Lily's head which made Lily smile and smack at Olivia's retreating hand.
Later that night Olivia made her way down the deserted corridor to the blank wall and closed her eyes,
I need the place for the meeting
I need the place for the meeting
I need the place for the meeting
A wrought iron door formed in the stone wall and Olivia looked around before entering, making sure that no-one saw or followed her. As she walked in she saw the familiar surroundings, the roaring fire place with pillows on the floor in front and two sofa's flanking each side which were currently occupied by three boys now staring over at Olivia.
"Where've you been, your late" Sirius said standing up glaring at her Olivia raised her eyebrow at him.
"Sorry Professor McGonagall, didn't realise this was class" Olivia said sarcastically before realising why he was acting strange,
"You thought I was gonna get in trouble with Emma?" Olivia asked questioning tones evident in her voice. Sirius faltered for a second then took a deep breath,
"It's just after this morning..." Sirius trailed off rubbing the back of his neck out of habit "anyway moving on, James what did you wanna talk about" Sirius said as he sat looking over at James waiting for him to start talking,
"Well it's to do with Remus, don't you all think it's a bit strange that he always seems to be ill at a specific time of the month, which happens to be round the full moon?" James said hesitantly as if he was concerned to what the others would think,
"Wait... you think that Remus could be a werewolf?" Frank said with a questioning gaze "Well thank god I'm not the only one who thinks that!" Frank continued and James let out a breath obviously happy that someone else thought the same.
"I've had a few thoughts about it too" Olivia admitted and Sirius nodded in agreement.
"What if there was a way that we could help him through his transformations?" James pressed on looking around the group.
"How would we do that?" Sirius asked
"Well I've been doing some reading..."
"Whoa hold up there boy you reading... please James, did you hurt yourself?" Olivia teased causing the group minus James to laugh,
"Oh ha-ha Olivia very funny" James said using his sarcastic voice "Anyway like I said I've been reading and i saw something that could help"
"What was it" Frank said leaning forward obviously interested
"We could become an animagus" James finished and watched as the three in front of him as their mouths dropped open in surprise.
"No freaking way! That is so awesome, count me in" Olivia spoke with delight the mysterious glint in her eyes twinkling furiously.
"Ah, such a pleasure to have you on board Miss. Collins" James spoke sitting straighter to give off a professional aura,
"Pleasure to be on board Mr. Potter" Olivia teased and Frank and Sirius soon agreed and they set their heads together to come up with their plan.
"Well if that's all gents and lady gents well... lady gent, I do believe that I have a date with Laura Mason so if you'll excuse me" He stood up stretching getting ready to take his leave.
"Yeah I gotta go to I'm meeting Shaun in ten minutes" Olivia said also standing and referring to her new boyfriend. Each of the boys scowled about that, they were extremely protective of Olivia particularly Sirius.
"Well we can meet back here tomorrow and bring Remus back, but if it turns out he isn't a werewolf; I'm still doing this I so want to turn into an animal!" James called after Sirius and Olivia as they left the room.
Olivia woke with a start her heart pounding and wiped a hand across her face attempting to slow her breathing down. She hadn't had a nightmare in weeks as she hadn't been at home, but given the recent news that Emma had told her it seemed that the nightmares had decided to pay her a midnight visit and attack her subconscious at full force.
She slowly got out of bed and walked over to trunk at the end of her bed, grabbing her quidditch jersey and throwing it on over her pyjama top, it came down to just rest on the top of her night shorts her legs still unprotected from the nightly chill.
Olivia slowly creaked the door open and looked down the steps as if looking out for any danger as she was still scared from her dream. Without thinking she ran full speed down the staircase, across the common room and back up the boy's staircase.
Olivia without hesitation walked straight over to Sirius' bed, pulled back the curtains as a disgruntled looking Sirius raised his head,
"Liv what's wrong?" Sirius asked gaining his whereabouts and realising something was wrong,
"I had a nightmare" Olivia whispered and looked behind her as if making sure that nothing had followed her up the stairs.
Sirius without needing to ask pulled the covers back and Olivia slid in next to him. Sirius knew that she wouldn't talk about it until they were in there special place but he had the feeling it had been about Orion and the deatheater situation, but her was content enough just to hold her and wait till she had gone to sleep before he himself lost the battle with consciousness.