(A/N): Hey Guys! This chapters shorter than the others, and it's a little late, but I haven't been on my computer in three days and I've been having trouble writing this. My muse is still in a coma from overuse, seeing as over the past three days I've written 34 1/2 pages of info for my book series. Also, schools being difficult. My Drama teacher says that I have 'acting talent' though I really, really, really don't, Maths is being a bitch as per usual, I don't have P.E anymore so I have to sit through Home Ec, English is getting better because we got a new teacher who actually likes the English language, Humanities sucks because our teacher never explains anything. Oh, and in Metalwork the other day, I used a gas welder! How exciting is that? Apparently, I did it perfectly, my two best friends did it well, and the other guy we were in the group with turned on the acetylene on too much and nearly burnt down the whole school.
I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Elaine, Nicholai and Quiggly.
Leo
The boys dragged me through the deserted corridors of Hogwarts before we finally 'arrived' at a far off corridor on the fourth floor where two chairs sat, looking extremely out of place.
"Now," James said, before pushing me into the chair furthest from the way we came and spinning the other chair around so he was sitting on it backwards as Sirius shone his wand light in my eyes, making me blink once before getting used to the sudden bright light, a lot quicker than a human could.
"We overheard you telling Evans and Folley that Dumbledore told you a lot about Hogwarts and its secrets. This is officially an interrogation to get you to tell us those secrets." I almost straight out laughed in his face, but instead just let a small smirk slip onto my face.
"And how do you propose to do that?" The boys all froze and looked at James, who just stared at me before shrugging and rubbing the back of his neck.
"We were kind of hoping you'd just tell us." He admitted, causing Sirius and Remus to groan.
"Why didn't we make sure he had a better plan than this?" Sirius asked Remus who shrugged, looking dumbstruck.
"Well then, I guess we won't have much to worry about if you turn to the dark side, now will we?" I said cheerfully before starting to stand up, only to be pushed back into my chair by Sirius.
"Oh come on, tell us!" He pleaded, dropping to his knees in front of me, causing me to raise an eyebrow.
"Now, if I did that, then you'd know, and that wouldn't benefit me, not to mention how much danger it would put our fellow students in." James and Sirius grinned at me while Remus smiled at me tiredly. "Besides, you kidnapped me, and I don't negotiate with kidnappers." I said before quickly standing up and dodging out of the way as Sirius went to push me down again.
"Lily and Elaine are waiting for me, and you really don't want to get on their bad sides." I said with a small smile, turning around only to have to dodge Sirius again.
"But we really want to know!" I looked down at Sirius's pleading face from where it rested at my feet before my eyes darted to the other boys expressions. They looked curious...and determined.
"How about this, I'll tell you if you can tell me my last name without asking Lily." They looked confused, as they probably should.
"Isn't it just Joannis?" I smirked at Peter before shaking my head.
"Nope, that's my mother's married name, and my parents didn't marry, so technically I have no right to the name. I'm referring to my fathers' last name." They still looked slightly confused.
"Well how are we supposed to find that out?" I grinned at them before shrugging.
"That's the idea." Sirius looked perplexed and even a little bit angry.
"That's not fair!" He whined, causing me to roll my eyes at him with a smile.
"I think that's the point, Sirius. If he made it fair, or easy, then he'd have to tell us, and he obviously doesn't." I smiled at Remus as he said this before it dropped as he continued. "We'll just have to find another way to get it out of him." I raised an eyebrow at him and smirked almost evilly, Damn I would have made a good Slytherin, even just for the facial expressions alone.
"Don't forget Remus, I have blackmail on everyone." I said darkly, and the other boys looked like they wanted to take a step back, and Peter did, but Remus simply froze for a second before nodding slowly.
"Duly noted." His eyes were glazed over, staring at the floor, before his head tilted up and he looked me in the eye. The other boys eyes darted between us in confusion and suspicion.
"What? What does he have on you?" Remus paled and shifted uncomfortably, so I fielded the question.
"Nothing important, just something no one would want to become common knowledge. Besides, I have blackmail on everyone." James snorted, rolling his eyes, obviously not believing me, and I grinned confidently.
"James Charlus Potter, born on the 27th of March 1960 to Fleamont and Euphemia Potter, and your wand is eleven inches long. You like my best friend Lily Evans and dislike Severus Snape, though that one's probably obvious. Also, you had potatoes, spaghetti and tacos for lunch." They stared at me in shock and James blushed furiously at the mention of his crush on Lily.
"How did you know-?" I cut him off with a roll of my eyes.
"Well it's pretty obvious to those who look hard enough." James looked to Remus for support but he just shrugged.
"He's telling the truth mate, it is kind of obvious." James seemed a little bit put out at this, glancing at the floor before his head snapped up again.
"How did you know the rest of that stuff? I mean, it's not exactly common knowledge. Did Dumbledore tell you?" he asked suspiciously and I shook my head quickly.
"Dumbledore only told me secrets about the school, not about its residents." James paused for a second, staring me in the eye before nodding.
"He's telling the truth...I think." He said unsurely, glancing at me sideways as if to make sure I hadn't moved after he took his eyes away.
"Of course I'm telling the truth. I don't lie unless it's absolutely necessary." Remus's head snapped up.
"If Dumbledore didn't tell you secrets about students, how did you know about my...blackmail?" i glanced at him, surprised it had taken him this long to catch onto that before answering.
"Let's just say, I have my ways."
(A/N): So, uh...yeah. It wasn't very good but still. Please review and/or check out my other story. By the way, Sand Paper Button, are you okay?
I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.
This chapter has had minor edits made to it on 25/12/22 - When I originally wrote this chapter, the names of James's parents weren't known, so I made them up, and since they've since been named, I changed Leo's info to match.