selenophile || remus lupin

chapter seventy one

2 March 1977

6:34 pm

The Marauders had been working very hard on their proclaimed Marauder's Map. While Remus and James were tasked with finding a spell to locate and identify the entire school population, Ophelia, Sirius, and Peter were supposed to be mapping out the school.

Keywords: supposed to.

Ophelia really didn't mind mapping out the school, she found it relaxing to walk around alone and be able to think about something other than her studies. It kept her mind away from her family and all of her pureblooded issues.

She had been mapping for about an hour that day, working on the west part of the fifth floor. She turned down a back hallway that she had only been down a few times. She heard a bit of rustling like there were people who weren't supposed to be there trying to keep quiet. She pulled her wand out, ready for an attack from a gang of Slytherins at any minute, but what she stumbled across surprised her way farther than any group of Slytherins could.

Of course, she wasn't really surprised, she knew it was bound to happen eventually, call it twintuition maybe, but she was sure neither of them wanted her to find out this way.

She had turned a corner, wand up in defense, but quickly lowered it as she saw Sirius being pinned against the wall by a Ravenclaw guy in their year. They were clearly in the middle of an intense make out session, but they quickly stopped and pulled away as they heard Ophelia's footsteps turn the corner.

The three looked at each other, not making any noise for several moments, just open mouthed and wide eyed.

Suddenly, Ophelia couldn't stop herself from laughing out loud and she slapped a hand over her mouth to muffle the noise. The Ravenclaw looked at Sirius, absolutely terrified as Sirius tried to talk, yet no noise was coming out. His mouth just opened and closed wordlessly as he tried to figure out what to say.

"Phee-" he started, cautiously and frightened, even though he knew there was no real reason to be.

"I knew it! I fucking knew it!" she shouted.

"Phee-"

"Oh my Godric, just wait until Peter hears about this. We've had a bet for the past year and a half-" Ophelia turned to leave, but her twin was faster, pulled out his wand, and cast a silent Impediment Jinx on her, causing her to completely stop moving.

"Ophelia. Please don't tell Peter. Don't tell anyone for that matter. Please, let me tell them myself when I'm ready."

The jinx quickly wore off and Ophelia turned around, facing her brother. "Yes, of course! I didn't think, of course, tell them yourself. I'm so sorry that was my first instinct. Yes, tell them yourself, I won't say a word. But a quick reminder, you know that none of them are going to care. I bet you over half of us are a part of the community," she said, gently.

"I know, thanks, Fia."

"Anyways, who's this?" she asked, excitedly.

"Philip Alderton, nice to meet you. Only I wish it was under other circumstances," he said, extending a hand towards her, to which she shook in return.

"Nice to meet you, Philip. Well, I better get going. You two lovebirds have fun."

"Piss off," Sirius rolled his eyes with a smile.

"Oh, and by the way, Siri," Ophelia leaned over and whispered into his ear. "I now have living proof that you're a bottom."

Sirius gasped, absolutely appalled at the accusation, "How dare you!"

"It's the truth, Siri!"

"And you're not?"

"No actually, I'm not."

"I bet you are with Remus," he smirked.

Ophelia's cheeks grew hot as a faint blush appeared on them, "That's different," she muttered. "And we haven't even gone that far yet."

"Yet. And we both know it's true."

"I hate you."

"Love you too!"

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3 March 1977

7:41 am

Ophelia, of course, kept her word and had not told the marauders or maraudettes anything about what she found the previous day. So when she found herself walking into the great hall with both groups and immediately saw a large, rolled up banner suspended from the ceiling, she knew it had to be something to do with her twin.

The moment the large group stepped foot into the hall, the banner unraveled to a large sign saying 'Sirius is gay!!!'

Sirius ran out a few steps in front of them, turned around to face them, and shouted, "surprise!" flinging his arms out into the air.

James was the first to come up to him and hug his best friend, "I'm proud of you, mate. I really am."

As they walked to the table, the rest of the marauders congratulated Sirius, as well as the maraudettes. Ophelia looked up to the staff table, and once again saw Dumbledore with a twinkle in his eerie blue eyes as he handed McGonagall a handful of galleons.

"Hey, I learned this especially for you," Ophelia told Sirius. She took a large muffin and pointed her wand at it, as icing began to appear on the bread. Within just a few seconds, Ophelia had written out 'Straight' with a big X across it.

"Happy coming out, Siri."

He bumped her shoulder with his playfully before speaking.

"Hey, I want to see something real quick," he told his sister. "Okay, be honest. How many of you guys here are not straight?"

Of the marauders and maraudettes, Remus, Ophelia, Alice, Marlene, and Dorcas all raised their hands. Everyone around them was supportive of each other no matter what, and most people at Hogwarts didn't really care who they chose to love. That is, except for a few select Slytherins, but that could easily be dealt with.

Mulciber yelled a few slurs that Ophelia didn't dare repeat as she just looked at him with a smirk, waved her wand, and made his cup of coffee explode, the hot drink splashing all over him and his uniform. He cussed her out and stormed out of the great hall as she watched with that Black smirk stuck on her face. 

a/n: okay listen, i love neville too much for this to actually be true, but i am a firm believer that alice is a full ass lesbian. she gives me major astrology/crystal lesbian vibes and no one can tell me that i'm wrong. but bc of neville we'll just say that she's omni (?) does that sound fair? 

possible fancast for phillip??? -- brad renfro