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[ 09.16.1976 ]

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at approximately twelve o'clock in the morning on september 16th of 1976, the four marauding boys were sneaking around the castle, guided by only the torch lights mantled onto the stone walls. remus had disagreed with the boys' plans for that night, but agreed to sneak around and get the map back since they said they would go to the library afterwards, and they told him he didn't have to go to the party.

james tripped for the fifth time that night and the other boys shushed him in unison, of course earning an eye roll in return. they were in front of the potions room down in the dungeons, so the boys weren't far from retrieving their map. now the only task was getting past his evil kitten, mrs. norris. rumor had it that he had gotten the cat a week after school started, and it seemed to be true. but that creature had glowing yellow eyes. YELLOW. EYES. imagine seeing that thing in the dark. yeesh.

"moony!" james whispered loudly, grabbing the boy's attention. "keep watch."

remus stood up against the frigid wall, looking back and forth on either end of the hallway. after about 5 minutes, he checked in with the boys who were trying to unlock a drawer. then he went back to keeping watch. then he saw it: filch and his torch walking straight towards the room.

"guys he's here," remus whispered hushedly at the boys, who immediately put their wand light out and hid under the invisibility cloak. they heard filch mumbling to himself, then when he saw the unlocked drawer, he scowled.

"peEVES!" filch screeched, stomping back out into the hallway. the boys laughed, throwing off the cloak and headed for the library, still being careful of their surroundings. they quietly pushed open the library door, and found a spot in the corner of the room, where the comfy couches and armchairs were.

"remus, why did you even want to come here?" sirius groaned. "wait you always want to be here. why did you want to come here at ONE O'CLOCK IN THE FUCKING MORNING?"

"merlin, sirius keep it down," peter whined. 

"i don't know i just feel like with as much time as we spend together, we hardly ever sit down and actually t—"

"truth or dare?"

"what?"

"i said, truth or dare, moony," james repeated. then he turned to sirius. "truth or dare?"

"dar—"

"you always pick dare. are you afraid of having to tell the truth or something?"peter asked, earning a glare from sirius who said truth instead.

"so, rumor has it you and ivory are finally together. true or false?"

sirius hesitated for a moment. he had already told remus that he was going to ask her out, but remus was quite aware that he didn't want to tell the other boys, mostly james, because they would constantly tease him about it. deciding upon his answer, sirius shook his head. "no we're not together." 

"peter, truth or dare?"sirius said solemnly.

"dare!"peter said immediately, startling the boys.

"jeez okay chill out. go take that book from that ravenclaw girl over there."

peter happily stood up and began speed walking over there. "take the bloody cloak, wormtail," sirius said, rolling his eyes. peter turned around and grabbed the cloak from james before disappearing into thin air, then floated back with a book. the blue-cloaked girl stomped over, snatched her book back and glared at the boys as she walked back to her reading area.

"james," peter squeaked, "truth or dare?"

"dare."

"nope if i had to do truth, you have to do truth."

"well since sirius is getting all pissy, i guess i'm supposed to say truth."

"did you set off those pixies in the hallway yesterday?"

"shit. yeah. okay remus truth or dare?"

"trut—"

"no no no. we already know everything about you. you have to do dare."

"fine then, dare."

"hmm... i dare you to go over there and talk to that freak."

" 'that freak?' who is that?"

"arden campbell."

"how do you know her?" remus questioned, wondering why his friend would call someone such a horrible name.

"i've seen her around," he answered nonchalantly.

"you've seen her around? you've seen her around! and what gives you the right to say that about someone you don't even know? wh—"

"moony, breathe. it's not that big of a deal; we call people names all the time. like we called that one ginger girl that you liked gingerbread just for the fun of it," sirius chuckled, thinking back on their innocent first year selves.

"okay whatever. what do i even talk to her about?" he asked. sirius shrugged and james pushed him in the direction of the girl.

shit, he thought. she was absolutely gorgeous, so how would he ever talk to her. then he saw it, he saw her book. "you're reading 'the outsiders' too? i love that book!"

the brunette jumped at the sound of remus's voice, not noticing that he had been there. "u-um yeah it was a back to school gift from my aunt."

"what part are you at?"

"johnny just died," she said, closing her book delicately, and putting it to the side, and looking up at him. her eyes were a shocking emerald green and hazel mixture. they were bright and they glowed as she raised her eyebrows. his first thought was 'imagine seeing those in the dark' and he silently laughed at himself, before remembering where he was. 

"oh shoot. i hated that part with a burning passion. he was a good kid."

"um yeah he was."

"well, i'm glad we had the chance to talk. i should probably get going though. my friends are getting anxious," he said, pointing behind him with his thumb at the boys leaning over in their seats. "fucking weirdos. ignore them. i hope to see you around sometime again soon. do you come here often?"

"most days yeah. i also hang out in the quidditch stands on thursdays during their morning practices. just by the way." so that's how james knew her, he must have seen her at one of his practices. "i think james wants you to report back on how your freak visit went," she said expressionless, then got up and left. sure enough, james was sitting there with his eyebrows raised with a look of "well?" written on his face. remus got up from his place on the floor that was previously beside the beautiful girl and walked up to james and smacked him in the back of the head.

"i can't fucking stand you, james."

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okayyyy so i've posted two chapters here and one chapter of black magic today. i had a lotta free time. jeez i hardly ever do this much in one day but it was worth it.