The Marauder Stories: Sirius Black

Chapter Forty Six

Chapter Forty Six

“Seriously. Am I the only person here who wasn’t able to make that bloody egg to do a goddamn cartwheel?” Marlene asked, completely annoyed as she crashed onto her bed. Lily rolled her eyes as she watched Marlene do so.

“I’m sure you weren’t the only one M.” she said, Alice nodded in agreement so did Arianna. Marlene rolled her eyes

“Oh really?” Lily, Alice and Arianna nodded again “Someone did it even worse than me? Uh guys, I made the egg bounce instead of making it do a cartwheel and then it landed on the perfectly clean floor.”

“When you think you did extremely bad always remember: Peter Pettigrew is always there to make you look good.” Arianna said, Alice and Lily nodded; Marlene thought about it for a moment,

“I almost forgot about that.” She said, she looked up at Arianna “Thanks A.”

“No problem.” Arianna said with a smile

“What did Pettigrew do by the way?”

“He made the egg crack on his examiner’s face.” Alice said in a tone as if it was something normal. Marlene laughed so did Arianna as she brushed her hair, it had been quite a tiring day. All morning they had taken up their written Charms O.W.L.s and then just a few minutes ago they had their practical exams.

“Well that’s Day one down.” Arianna said as she put her brush away and headed to get her books “Now it’s time to get ready for Day two.”

Marlene gave an overdramatic sigh

“Transfiguration.” She said with a dramatic shiver. Lily rolled her eyes

“It’s just Transfiguration.” Lily said “Now if you’ll excuse me ladies, I’ll just be at the library I prefer to do my revising there, where I won’t be able to hear Marlene McKinnon whine as she studies.” Marlene sat up immediately

“Ah but you’re in luck Lily Evans!” she said happily as she hopped off of her bed and grabbed her bag “I’m coming with you! I need someone to teach me, Haha!” Lily groaned as she headed out of the room with Marlene following her happily, “See you later guys.” Lily grumbled

                “Hey, wait! I’m heading there too!” Alice called as she grabbed her bag and headed for the door, she looked back at Arianna who was just watching them go “You coming A?” Arianna shook her head

                “Nah,” she said as she crashed onto her bed “I’ll stay here, I like having the room all to myself. Besides, I’ve already revised for Transfiguration.” Alice shrugged

                “Suit yourself.” She said “If you need us, you know where to find us.” And at that she closed the door and left. Arianna stared at their dorm room ceiling, taking in the quietness and stillness. It didn’t take long before the “tranquility” started to scare her, she hated to admit it but ever since she became friends with the Marauders, she started to find quietness boring and in a way – annoying. This was actually quite odd, considering that before she went to Hogwarts, her life was pretty quiet.

                After a few more minutes Arianna got up from her bed and grabbed her bag. She thought of going to the library but decided against it. She had been camping out there ever since December, and her routine was getting quite redundant.

                “Guess I’m staying here then.” She said to herself as she sat on the floor and started to take out her books from her bag. Once she had started studying, there was nothing but the sound of her turning the pages of her book and her quill scratching on her parchment as she wrote. It was like that for a couple of minutes, the thing that ruined the silence was a series of knocking on her door.