Last hope (a marauders era story)

7.

I smack remus' shoulder to get him to stand still, my blue and silver ball gown rubbing uncomfortably, "merlin, Remus, stand bloody still" i say in exasperation, shaking my head as i paste faux brown fur to his chest, and attach claws to his finger nails, i smile as i get the last of it pasted, and splatter him with fake blood, i then grab a pristine white shirt, and tear it in a few places, and make Remus put it on, he groans, "do we really have to do this?" He asks, as i smear fake blood over his shirt, i smirk, and grab my hair dryer, and dry the blood, and i hand him his dress robes, he pulls them over his head, i smile and punch his shoulder, you clean up well Remus, i say as i scratch my collar bone, the lace annoying me, Remus frowns at me, "what are you supposed to be anyway?" He asks, i roll my eyes, "a princess, duh" i say, he frowns, and his eyes widen, "so it's like you're a princess and i have to pretend to be a werewolf and attack you, " i clap my hands, "no shit Sherlock" i laugh, he frowns disapprovingly, "language" he warns, i roll my eyes, "whatever" i say, and hook my arm through his, let's go scare some bitc-" Remus puts his hand over my mouth, "zip it" he says, i sneer playfully at him, and we start to walk down the staircase, and to the grand hall.

I glance at the clock as Remus and i twirl around, and sigh, "still five minutes left" i whisper to Remus, he rolls his eyes, and continues to dance, i roll my eyes, and step on his foot, he gets the message and doubles over in agony, i let out an ear piercing shriek as he rips his robes off and pretend tears at his shirt, the fur protruding through the gaps, i start to back away slowly the small container of fake blood in my hand, Remus starts to advance on my, growling, i pretend to trip and Remus pounces, i put my hands up to my face and unscrew the vial, letting it pour on my throat and onto my dress and covering my face, i put a little in my mouth in the struggle and when Remus pulls back, i tale a gasping breath and let the blood trickle from the corner of my mouth, and i go limp, the great hall erupts in screams, and everyone starts to rush about, the teachers form a circle around me, but my family manage to push through pushing all the teachers away, i look at the grey face of Sirius, and can't help but burst into laughter, i roll over onto my side spluttering and thumping the floor with my fist, they all stare at me, "what....how?" Sirius asks "oh...my...merlin.....you should've....seen.....your face" i chortle, he glares at me, "this was a prank?" I smirk calming down a little, "yep, and my dear friend Remus is now accepted into U.P, for his successful prank" i say, holding my hand out to Sirius, he pulls me to my feet, "but really, did i actually look dead?" I ask, he shrugs, "i dunno i just thought you were" i smile and punch his shoulder "we'll imma go to bed, cause prank planning makes me tired" i say as i walk out the door, and up to my dorm, i shower to wash all the blood off, and climb into my warm bed, pulling the duvet to my chin, and slowly drifting into darkness.

i open my eyes and look at my bedside clock, 8:09am, i gasp and jump out of my bed, and throw my clothes on, tug a brush through my hair and bolt from the room, to the great hall

as i burst through the doors of the great hall i notice that hardly anyone is here, i groan, then i look at the teachers table, each chair is filled, i go over to Remus, who is sitting on his own at the Gryffindor table, i sit beside him, "why are the teachers not in class?" I ask him, he glances up from his book, " it's Sunday, charm there is no classes for them to be in" he says, i slam my head on the table, and laugh, "it's a good thing i forgot my bag then, eh" i say pulling a plate towards me, filling it with pancakes, chocolate spread, and strawberries and cream, i cut a little bit off and put it in my mouth, chewing as i survey the hall, i notice the slytherin table laughing, an throwing food, i look at the teachers table, and back at the first year hufflepuff girl, who keeps getting hit by food, and i swallow my food and stand up, and walk, to the hufflepuff table and stand in front of the girl, the slytherin's stop throwing food out of shock, because they know who i am, or because of the snake on my robes, but they stop, and i glare, "get out of the way" a boy, in fourth year yells, i lift my head and look at him, my eyes piercing his, and shake my head, he picks up a buttered roll and throws it at me, it lands about a metre away from me, "you can do better than that, I'm sure" i mock, my voice raising above the noise, he picks up and apple, and launches it, it comes zooming across the hall towards me, and i catch it, and throw it back as hard as i can, it hits him in the face, hard, he yells and holds his nose, while his friends walk up to me pulling out their wands, i smirk, they point them at me, i slide my hand into my pocket and grip my wand, "did you really think that was a good idea?" one hisses, i tilt my head to the side, and draw my wand from my Pocket, "did you?" I say as i take three steps back, one of the five guys jostles another, "she's scared" he laughs, i smile, "oh i can assure you, i am far from it" i say as i lift my wand, and take my stance, "give me your best shot" i stay, they glare at me, and they start to throw spells, i block, and throw my own, it goes on like this for about five minutes, as I'm throwing spell after spell towards them, it's all they can do to block, but they start to throw spells towards me, so i have to block too, when i feel someone join me, and i hear the familiar voice of Remus as he sends spell after spell towards them, i hear Sirius exclaiming and two sets of feet running towards me, and they start to throw spells too, the boy i threw the apple at joins his friends, and so does a few other boys, and a couple of girls, including Delores, and her three cronies, i scoff when i count them, "thirteen against four, hardly fair, maybe you should add another ten, then you might have a chance" i yell as i throw a quick volley of spells, Sirius disarms one of them and his face erupts in boils, he drifts away and i hear another four sets of feet, i glance at the newcomers, and see, lily, Marlene, Alice, and amaravati, "eight against twelve, it's ok, if you want to give up" i yell, as another two people join me, "that's my little sister you prick!" I hear Andy yell, as he and Lexi start to throw spells, much more advanced ones, seeing as our parents were death eaters, and they taught us how to defend ourselves, i notice that Bellatrix, Andromeda, narcissa, Lucius, Severus, rebekah, molly prewitt, and her older twin brothers gideon and Fabian, came over to us, and pointed their wands at them, they falter, and stop, "nineteen" i nod my head, "so much as even lift your wand to me again and i swear i will put you in an early grave" i warn them, they all nod and curry out of the great hall, professor sharma stands up, "i foreseen the outcome of this event" she says, i laugh, "yeah well, i predict that they are gonna have a kid and name him dragon" i say pointing to narcissa and Lucius, they glare at me, "if we ever have a child, i will not allow him to be named dragon" he says everyone laughs, and i hug them all, i notice Severus trying to sneak away, and run up to him, i stop in front of him, " so why are you trying to sneak away, eh" i say, he doesn't say anything, so i wrap my arms around his neck, and hug him, "if i ever go on a hugging mission, don't run away, because i will hug you twice as long" i say when i pull away, i notice him glance at lily, and i see his eyes flicker, i see molly and her brothers, along with alice disappear and i grin, and grab his arm and pull him towards the others, "so what are we doing to day, oh hello" i say as a boy and a girl walk over and stand beside Lexi and Andy, "we could go to the room of requirement" Lucius offers, with a distasteful glance at the gryffindors, and he wrinkles his nose when his gaze lands on lily, "that's a great idea, uh, where is it?" I ask, Lucius swiped his arm forward, "right this way" he says and we all follow him out of the great hall.

i jump onto sirius' back, and he stumbles, but manages to catch his footing, "giddy up" i say pulling his hair, "leave the hair!" He whines, and he gallops up the stairs, when we are in front of everybody else i lean my head down, "draw up next to Andy" i whisper in his ear, he nods and spins around, i lock eyes with Andy, he rolls his eyes, but nods, i grin, and kick Sirius with the heel of my foot, he draws up beside Andy,and i loop one arm around his neck and swing myself onto his back, he supports me, and sprints up the steps, "Yeeehaaa!" I yell as we reach the seventh floor, "Lucius" i whisper, Andy nods slightly, and spins around waiting for the others, Andy moves his hands down and i rest my feet in them, Lexi snorts, and shakes her head, and i push down on Andy's hands and spring forward leap frogging Andy, and landing on Lucius, he doesn't even stumble, "charm, you weigh little ore than a feather, and i was expecting this" Lucius says as he continues to walk, "damnit" i mutter, he chuckles, and stops in front of a bare space of wall, " charm, you may do the honours, all you have to do is walk backwards and forwards three times thinking of what you would like it to be, ok?", i nod and slide from his back, and pace the ground three times, and a door starts to appear, i open the door and beckon to the others, "it looks just like the three broomsticks" Lexi says walking in, everyone else following her.

"right so, you two, can sit here" i say pointing to Lucius and narcissa, they roll their eyes, "Lex, and Branden" i say pointing to the next one, "Andy, and Ashleigh" i say, "lily and...severus", James glares at me, while Severus and lily smile, "all we have left is Mara, Bella, meda, rebekah, Remus, sirius, and James, damn, we need another guy, ok so, James and Mara, Remus and Rebekah" i say pointing at the two tables, "and us?, we'll we sit together of course, cause we're all family, and you ain't pairing up with Sirius, and neither am I so" i say walking to the table, i sit at the edge, and pull out a camera, "we, my dear cousins, are going to be stalkers for a while, here take these" i say handing them a camera each, "basically if you see anyone, you know having a moment, snap a picture" i say, they look at me weirdly, and my eyes widen, "that's not what i meant!" I say hastily, "watch this" i sigh, and stand up and creep down the aisles, to Lucius and cissys table, he is whispering something in her ear and she is blushing, looking down with a smile on her face, i hold the camera up to my face, and snap a picture i walk back to the table, and sit back down, i take the picture from the slot and wave it around and wait for the picture to form, when it does i show it to the others, "that main thing is not to be seen" i say, "we will meet here every Sunday, at lunchtime, and deposit what ever photos you find into the labelled boxes, one for each of us," i say, "wait, all of us?" Sirius asks, "that's what i said dumbass" i tease," now tell no one", i say standing up and going to Remus and Rebekah, and giving them a camera each doing the same, with everyone each couple given a different date, to meet up with me for the depositing, i smile as we all sip some butterbeers, and occasionally snap a few pictures of the neighbouring couples and all in all having fun.