The Pureblood Princess | Sirius Black

|60| Am I Really a Bully?

It had been weeks since Adelaide and Sirius had talked to Dumbledore and they still hadn't heard from the weird old wizard about beginning their lessons. Adelaide was just about ready to go to Gary and have him suggest that the Headmaster get an assistant or something, when a big barn owl dropped two letters in elegant blue scrawl, announcing that their first lessons would take place during the second week of December.

Originally, they were to receive their lessons separately. But Adelaide being who she was, all but demanded that she and Sirius have their lessons together, and got her way (of course), much to Sirius's relief. He shuttered at the thought of her being alone with a man who already proved he was willing to put her safety at risk.

Finally, after what felt like ages, on a snowy Thursday during the second week of December, the day of their first lesson arrived. But the lesson wasn't actually until that evening, which was a tremendously good thing, because the Marauders had an incredibly important matter to attend to that afternoon.

"Everyone in position!" James hissed, pulling the invisibility cloak over him and a pale-blonde girl with determination gleaming from her forest green eyes.

"Aye aye captain!" Sirius smirked, giving a salute as he sneakily scurried behind a tapestry.

"Moons, where's the target?" the voice of Adelaide whispered.

Remus scanned the large piece of parchment for the name in question. "Headed this way down the south entrance, just passing the transfiguration courtyard now." he informed them, following the dot with his finger. "And Wormy's still distracting Minnie."

"Remember, when they come by we strike him first, then the others. Understood?" James said importantly.

"Sir, yes sir!" whispered the voice behind the tapestry. Adelaide rolled her eyes.

Remus quickly ran behind a suit of armor as Adelaide and James crouched near the entrance of the corridor, and then they waited with bated breath for the target to emerge.

A greasy haired boy with a hooked nose rounded a corner of the corridor, alongside a few of the more annoying and despicable members of the Slytherin population: Finn Rowle, Walden Macnair, and Antonin Dolohov.

"Now Tuffy." James hissed.

Adelaide made a face at the name, but pointed her wand toward her target and whispered, "Pullus."

With a flash of bright white, the books within Severus Snape's arms transformed into two chickens and a goose.

"Oppugno."

The chicken duo and the goose began to attack the greasy Slytherin mercilessly.

"Gerroff!" he shouted, trying to kick his books-turned-fowl away.

"Melofors," whispered Sirius, peeking out from behind the tapestry, successfully encasing Antonin Dolohov's head in a pumpkin, causing him to let out a muffled girlish scream, and run around wildly in circles.

"Tarantallegra!" hissed Remus from behind the the suit of armor on the opposite side of the hall, wand pointed at Walden Macnair, who subsequently broke out into a rather impressive, albeit rather aggressive, Irish step dance. Remus pulled out the chewing gum from his mouth and whispered, "Waddiwasi," sending the gum with the force of a bullet, straight down Macnair's left nostril.