Cheshire (Young!Remus x reader)

Cheshire~Part 1

It was the summer before 6th year. The marauders had finally finished becoming animagi. James could now turn into a stag, Sirius a dog, Peter a rat and me a cat. We had decided that we needed nicknames for our new animal forms. After coming up with Padfoot, Prongs and Wormtail, we were trying to decided on one for me. I was small with (Y/H/C) hair and when I was in my cat form, my normal (Y/E/C) eyes were magnified.

As we sat and thought, we realised that we had nothing. I was a cat, wasn't a cat supposed to be one of the easier animals to come up with a nickname for? After a while, we had come up with "Moony" for Remus, but still nothing for me. I shifted into my cat form and crawled up onto James' lap. He began to pet me as he continued to talk about my nickname. Sirius, being Sirius, was quick to suggest "Pussy" which I dismissed just as fast with a hiss. "Whiskers" was also suggested but Remus claimed that it wasn't special enough for me.

"I give up. There's nothing! Why is this so hard?" said Peter from the floor. The others murmured in defeat. I got up and shifted back into my human body.

"Wait! I've got an idea." said Remus suddenly, "We could try using some names that already exist. Like from books and other stories. Does anyone know any famous cats?"

The boys looked at each other. Still no one had any ideas. What good, well known stories, starred a cat? Or even had a cat in them that was worth remembering? Cats weren't funny, they couldn't talk. That made me start thinking about a talking cat. What would a talking cat sound like? If it could talk, could it have facial expressions too? That would be weird. A cat that could frown, smile-...a cat that could smile? The cheshire cat. One of my favourite stories of all time had a smiling cat in it. No, not just one of my favourite stories, one of my favourite characters of all time was a smiling cat and I completely forgot.

"OH, OH I've got it!!!" I exclaimed, jumping up from my spot on the ground. Everyone stared at me, waiting for my suggestion.

"I can't believe I didn't think of this when Remus suggested cats from stories! Now I feel like a fucking idiot, I mean I should at least be able to remember one of my favourite characters!"

"Y/N, what's the name?!" Sirius yelled.

"Well if you guys like it as a nickname, then we can use it, but if not it's fine. I just thought of it because he's one of my favourite-"

"Give us the bloody name!" James interrupted.

"Alright fine, no need to get so fucking angry. The Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. He's one of my favourite characters."

They thought about it for a few seconds before all agreeing that Cheshire was actually a good idea for a nickname. It quickly became Chesh for short. By September 1st, our nicknames had not only caught on but were almost the only thing we called each other.

"Hurry up Moony! We're gonna miss the fucking train!" I yelled, running up to Remus' bedroom. All of the marauders had stayed at his house the night before so we could all those to the station together.

"Stop being so dramatic, we've got an hour and half before it leaves" he replied when I arrived at his door frame.

"What are you even doing?"

"Packing."

"You haven't packed yet?!"

"'Course I have, i'm just packing a few more books."

"You have seven. That's enough!"

"Oh really? How many are you bringing?"

"...twelve."

"Exactly." I groaned a went downstairs to wait with the others.

"What's he doing?" Sirius asked when I appeared at the bottom of the stairs.

"He's packing more books." I answered. All three boys groaned at that.

"I swear to Merlin, you two are the same person." James said, "I'm surprised you're not dating."

When he said this, my cheeks went pink. Really, my cheeks went pink at anything but I still didn't want them to see, so I turned around. Unfortunately for me, turning around was basically the same thing as saying "I'm embarrassed because you just suggested that Remus and I should date and I secretly I really like his."

"Oh my godric." I heard James say.

"What?" Asked Peter.

"Chesh likes Moony!" He exclaimed.

My eyes widened and I could feel my cheeks burn bright red. "Say it louder, I don't think he heard you!" I said in a hushed voice while shooting daggers with my eyes at James.

"Sarcasm! More proof that you two are basically the same person!" said Sirius.

"Hey Moony! Guess wh-"James began, but I cut him off by grabbing the collar of his shirt.

"Prongs if you don't shut the fuck up I will tell your precious Lily flower about how you sing and dance when we leave you alone in the dorm!"

"I don't do that!"

"Oh please! Do you think we don't hear you? Next time wait more than three seconds to start."

"Okay, I sing. How do you know I dance?"

"Through the magic of sight!" I yelled. At that moment Remus came down the stairs.

"What's all the yelling about?" He asked. We all looked at him, then I looked at James.

"Nothing. Just blackmailing Prongs is all. C'mon let's go." Then I grabbed the handle of my trunk and walked out the door.