Lottie woke up with a painful headache that morning while laying on a sleeping James in the middle of the Forbidden Forest.
At first, she was confused. Why was Charlotte Black lying on the James Potter.
Then it hit her like a truck.
Had they found out?
Had they found the monster she tried not to be even though it haunted her?
They would hate her?
What would Remus think?
Charlotte's mind swarmed with questions about herself and the Marauders before she fled the scene to dress herself in the space clothes she brought and hide her new cuts and bruises.
Soon after, James woke up, looking for Charlotte only to find her gone.
"Charlotte?" He called. "Charlotte?"
There was no response.
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Charlotte ran into her dorm to apply muggle products to her cuts, which usually cleared them up, and coated herself in Concealer.
After applying the rest of her makeup, tying her greaseball of hair in a ponytail and getting dressed into her Hogwarts uniform, she set off to her first class, Muggle Studies.
She avoided all contact with the Marauders that day and immediately returned to her dorm at tea time so she would not encounter them.
Hopefully, she could keep this up for at least the next year or two, if she was lucky.
Which was something Charlotte Alnair Black was far from.
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"Charlotte! Open this damned door now!" Sirius pleaded for the 5th time that week. It was now Tuesday.
He had tried everything his negative four brain cells could think of but nothing had worked.
Not even Alohamora.
"Charlotte! Open this fucking door now or I'll owl mother!" He threatened even though it would never work.
"Charlotte!"
A loud, thunderous kick erupted the room as a chair broke through the door.
"Sirius!" Charlotte scolded the laughing boy.
"I did not... think... that would oh my Merlin!"
The boy said through laughs.
"Sirius you fucking idiot!"
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EDITED 19/11/23
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Fantasy"𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝓈𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓂 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔." Where Charlotte 'Lottie' Black and Remus Lupin aren't as different as they thought they were. Disclaimer! I own no rights to the Harry Potter Franchise...
