Take Me Away | By : AngelaDirdge Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 1528 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter Three
Anexia
Seventh Year
Anexia had only had detention once, in her third year, for trying to see where Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter all vanished off to in the middle of the night. She’d gotten as far as the Whomping Willow before being detected by Professor Tibalt. All she had been forced to do was sit inside during the final Quidditch match for Ravenclaw-- which had been rather detrimental, since she was the Keeper.
This detention was to be held the following Saturday, which, luckily, was not a day that anything important was happening. Each member of the guilty part received a slip of parchment instructing them to meet with Hagrid at sundown. It was a dreary afternoon; ominous clouds covered up the sky and rumbled threateningly. Anexia and Lily had met with Richard at the door, and the three were the first to arrive. Severus was not far behind them, but he paid little attention, his nose buried in a text book. The remaining four were, as usual, the last to arrive, falling silent as they neared.
“Hello Evans.” James said lightly, crossing his arms over his chest.
“Hello Fucker… I mean Potter.” Evans said tersely. Anexia looked quickly at Lily-- she had never heard Lily use such profanity. Anexia saw James open his mouth for a retort, but he was interrupted by Hagrid opening the door to his hut. As the hulking figure loomed over them, and retorts that might have been expelled were quickly silenced. “Arigh’” Hagrid said gruffly. “Now that yer all here, I’m goin’ to be puttin’ yeh inter four groups o’ two. Professor McGonagall made tha list, so I dun want ter hear any arguing’.” He pulled out a piece of paper from within the folds of his moleskin jacket and read dutifully. “Snape an’ Pettigrew, Lupin an’ Godfree, Potter an’ Evans, an’ Black an’ Parker.”
Lily was the first to object. “Oh Hagrid, you honestly don’t think that I could work with that… that scum, do you?” James snorted. “Like you’re not the partner from Hell.”
Hagrid shook his head sadly. Anexia could tell he was sorry himself for the pairing; Lily was one of his favorite students, even though Hagrid wasn’t a teacher. “I told yeh, I can’t change the list. Now, yer detention is as follows: Professor Slughorn need some more stingin’ nettles, shrivelfig, flux wood, and terry root fer his potions stock.” He rummaged again through his pockets and retrieved several small burlap sacks. “Yer each to gather a bag of each-- an’ no helping’ the other teams. I’m goin’ to send you inter the forest two at a time, and be sure to separate. If yeh come across any trouble, send up red sparks with yer wand. Yeh’ve all got until sun up to be back here afore I come looking’ fer ya. Firs’ up, Severus and Peter.” Anexia watched as a trembling Peter shrank away from Severus’ harsh glare, and the two vanished into the woods after Severus had snatched the bags from Hagrid’s hands.
“Remus an’ Richard.” Hagrid said next. As Remus move to take the sacks from Hagrid, Richard kissed Anexia lightly on her forehead. “Be careful.” He whispered. Anexia was moved by the gesture, and for a moment she wondered why she had even considered leaving him. And then Richard’s lethal gaze turned to Sirius. Anexia could only just hear him as he muttered, “Touch her, and I will fucking kill you.” Anexia shivered-- somehow, she failed to be able to deny that Richard would indeed attempt to inflict harm on Sirius should he try anything. But it wasn’t as thought Sirius was interested in Anexia. They had know each other since their first year, and Sirius had never shown any honest interest in her… So Anexia had finally given up hope and began to take a look at the other boys at Hogwarts.
“Lily an’ James.” Were next on Hagrid’s list. For a moment, neither of the students moved. Finally, Lily heaved an exasperated sigh and grasped the bags from Hagrid’s hands. “Lazy prat.” Anexia heard Lily say to James as they departed. “Bitchy brown-noser.” was James’s quick retort. Sirius chuckled as Hagrid finally said “’Nexia an’ Sirius.” It took Anexia a moment before she realized she could move her legs, and by the time the signal had been sent from her brain, Sirius had already retrieved their bags and had shoved them rather unceremoniously into his back pocket. He waited patiently for Anexia at the edge of the woods, and together they walked into the forest.
It was pitch black under the dense foliage. Anexia muttered “Lumos.” and her wand tip flared to life. The silence between her and Sirius was almost to much for her to bear, but there wasn’t really much to say. The two had almost completely stopped talking to each other when Anexia had dated Severus for a few weeks at the beginning of the year. They had only been walking a few minutes when Anexia spotted something on their list of plants: stinging nettles. Thunder loomed ominously over their heads, and Anexia, nervous about making a fool of herself, forgot to place a protective spell on her delicate fingers as she reached for the plants. No sooner had she touched the vines, than she retracted her hand with a cry of pain. She glanced over her shoulder to see Sirius reclining innocently against a tree, but when he caught Anexia’s gaze he extended his hand to her. Impulsively, Anexia showed him the scathed digits. The scratches on her palm were beginning to swell and redden, and the needles caught in her flesh hurt tremendously.
Sirius clucked his tongue admonishingly as he held her hand gently in his. “Someone wasn’t thinking very clearly.” He said softly. Anexia shook her head, her cheeks burning with a blush. It was the most he’d said to her all year. Sirius reached to retrieve his wand and silently ran the tip over the numerous scratches on her palm. The cuts magically healed themselves, and tiny spines jumped painlessly out of her skin. Anexia flexed her fingers to make certain of their dexterity. Then she watched in shock as Sirius lifted her hand to his lips and placed and gentle kiss on her flesh. “There. All better.” For several moments, Anexia couldn’t breath, and her heart hammered loudly in her ears. Was that his hand shaking or hers? What exactly was going on? “Sirius, I…” she started, closing her eyes as she finally found her breath. But her words were cut short as Sirius leaned to place a soft kiss on her waiting lips.
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