The Player or the good guy? by NotWithoutMusik . (epub ebook reader TXT) 📖

want to get up so he let himself fall back into the couch and pulled me with him. I ended up falling onto him, my face next to his black, tousled hair. 

"He is taken, Scar!", Sirius joked and all the guys started laughing when I tried to get up from the chair. My hair was in my face and mouth and James still held the hand that I tried to get him up with. I also had to be careful not to hit my knee in his balls, which I had done several times before - but of course not on purpose. 

"James, seriously. This is an emergency, I need you.", I told him and looked at him with my best puppy eyes. They always helped with him, since the first time I met him. I wanted some of his chocolate and then, by making these eyes and pretending to be almost crying, he gave them to me. Also now, when I was looking in his eyes I could see that I got him hooked. "I hate it when you do that face!", he grumbled, more angry at himself than me, and then got up. 

"Oh, that's too easy, bro! You have to make her beg for it!", Sirius commented again, but this time nobody laughed. "Dude, no wonder you don't get her, you also need to give that girl something and not only make her beg for everything.", James stated, but my heart beat faster. What girl was he talking about? Did the Sirius Black maybe fancy someone special? I tried not to look as excited as I felt when I grabbed James hand again and led him to the dorms of the boys. 

"What are you doing with him? If you want good sex you should go up there with me.", Sirius shouted after us and several girls in the common room started giggling. I just rolled my eyes. As excited as I was just a second ago, as annoyed was I now. Sirius did only think about one thing and one thing only. 

James and I walked the stairs up into the dorm that he shared with Peter, Sirius and Remus.  Their room was a mess, peaces of clothing was laying all over the place, and only Remus had cleaned up a little putting his underwear rather into the closet than in one of the corners of the room. I turned up my nose at the mess and suddenly I was glad that Ash made us clean up from time to time. 

"You know that you can just use a spell on this mess right? Oh, and I need to borrow your invisibility cloak, please!", I demanded when I kicked a pair of jeans out of the way. James looked at me and it seemed like he was not sure wether to laugh or to look angry.

"I don't really do that kind of magic and we don't mind this.", James started and then he grabbed his cloak, that was laying on his trunk. "And no, you won't get my cloak. I remember well what you did last time." I had to fight hard not to laugh at the memories of the four marauders being embarrassed in front of the whole school when I snuck into their room and spilled all their secrets. 

"Please! I have to follow Aya and see how her date is going!", I said, looking at him with my puppy-eyes again. He laughed and to my surprise he actually gave me the cloak. "I believe you and I just can't say no to your face like this." I smiled and hugged him, shouting 'Thank you!', when I let him go and ran down the stairs. Before I entered the common room, I put the cloak on. Then I walked through the room, putting a quick 'booger-spell' on Sirius that would make him have boogers for the next hour. And a lot of them. He deserved it. 

When I climbed out of the portrait - after waiting for someone to come in- I ran to the stairs and then in direction of the Entrance-Hall. But when I was in the second floor, I heard a little squeak that could only possibly be from one person: Peter. I quickly turned to the right and passed some paintings which were all empty and then I heard voices. 

"Did you put that charm on us so that nobody can hear or find us?", a guys voice asked and a girl snorted: "Do I look like your slave, Dalton? Do it yourself!"  This voice I would have noticed under a hundred voices: it was Bellatrix Black. I heard steps coming to the door and then Dalton Goyle, the best friend of Lucius opened it and looked around. I took this opportunity and slipped inside the classroom. 

"There is nobody here.", Dalton said and closed the door again, sealing it with some charms. I on the other hand looked around and quickly put both  my hands in front of my mouth when I saw Peter sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, all the tables and other chairs were being put to the walls of the classroom. Not only Bellatrix and Dalton, but also Lucius was here and Peters wand was laying on the floor next to Lucius. 

"So, you little rat.  For whatever reason the Dark Lord wants you to join him and he has asked me, his loyal follower, to persuade you.", Bellatrix said, enjoying her power over Peter and showing him her Tattoo on her right arm. She kissed it and then came closer to Peter's face, pressing her wand into his throat. He coughed and I could only see pure fear in his eyes, but he tried to be strong, only looking straight ahead. I looked at the scenario, not knowing what to do next. I just had to get Peter's attention, get his wand and then we could maybe fight them. 

"Just say it, Peter. Say that you want to be a Death Eater.", Lucius necked, stepping forward to also show his mark. This was my chance. As quiet as possible, I walked over to where Peters wand was and then picked it up. I felt like you could see my foot for a second, but when I quickly stood up, ready for any attack, all three Slytherins only had eyes for Peter. 

"Can't we just torture him? This is not fun!", Bellatrix said and  stepped back from Peter, dancing around the chairs. This was it, this was the time to do it. With a wave of my wand I transported the cloak back into the boys room, so that the Slytherins wouldn't get their hands on it, then I shouted: "Catch, Peter!", and threw the wand to Peter, who actually caught it. All three of them now turned to me and I used the moment of surprise to just punch Bellatrix in the face. "That is my brother you slut!", I shouted and then I used the bat-bogey-hex on Lucius, since the idea of Sirius with a lot of bogies just popped into my mind. Bellatrix dropped her wand, unprepared that I would hit her with my fist rather than cursing her and Lucius had to fight with all the bats crawling out of his nose. 

"Run, Peter.", I told my brother who was just battling Dalton, and he did take my advice. Dalton turned to me and smiled: "Such a waste of a pretty girl."  Then he spoke curses, which I had to protect myself from. Now Bellatrix was back on her feet, her wand in her hand and an evil grin on her face: "Did you really think you could win against us?", she asked and  then she shot curses at me too. We fought hard and destroyed the whole classroom in the process, while Lucius was still being attacked by the bats. 

Then, two things happened at once: The door slammed open and Professor Slughorn came inside with Peter behind him, and one of Daltons curses hit me. I heard him say the word: "Imperio."

 

Sat- 26. September 1977

 

"Merlin's beard, what is going on in here?", Slughorn asked when he came in, looking at all the mess that we made.

I heard his words like they were far, far away and I was just floating. I felt so happy like the time I got into the Quidditch team and my brain seemed to be surrounded by big, white fog so that I couldn't think clearly. Somewhere really far away I asked myself how I got here and why nothing worried me, but I just ignored it because this feeling was so awesome. 

"Did you make her take drugs?", Slughorn asked and waved his hand in front of my face. I must have been smiling like an idiot, and I quickly recovered, trying to look normal. I could see Peter behind Slughorn, looking at me, trying to tell me something. Maybe it was important for me to understand what he was saying, but right now I didn't care. Then I suddenly heard Daltons voice in my head: Tell him that it was just for fun and you hit your head a little and that is why Peter was scared.

I don't even know why, but it felt like the right thing to tell Slughorn exactly what Dalton wanted me to say. This is wrong! Fight the curse!, a little voice in my head, but that voice didn't seem very convincing, while Daltons voice, who told me that we just had a little fight to study for the exams seemed like the master of me now. Somehow I knew that as long as I listened to this voice, I would stay in this amazing fog and would just feel happy. 

"Oh! I am glad that you are studying and I am even more glad that Gryffindors and Slytherins get along well. I am so proud of you.", the Professor said and smiled at us. 

"We will of course clean everything up and we are very sorry that Peter bothered you!", Dalton said, smiling charmingly. I knew that Slughorn would  believe this story, since Dalton was in his 'Slug-Club' and one of his favorite students. 

"Okay, well. If you clean everything up, I don't think that there is a problem. I just hope that you only used harmless magic. Have a nice day.", the old man said and patted Daltons shoulder like an old friends. Then he turned around and left the class, closing the door behind him. 

I felt really happy about him believing the story, even though in some part of my brain there was an alarm clock ringing, telling me that something was wrong. Just like the voice earlier, I just ignored it. 

"What did you do to my sister?", Peter asked angrily, but at the same time scared. 

"Oh, nothing. She just finally realized how great I am.", Dalton said with a self-loving smile on his face that remind me of the one from Sirius. Bellatrix started laughing, coming towards me and holding her wand agains my throat. I felt like I should maybe defend myself, but then Daltons voice told me to stay exactly where I was. And of course I listened to him. 

"Scar! Snap out of it!", Peter said and came over from the door. Despite being scared of Bellatrix, he pushed her out of the was and shook my shoulders. I realized that he was really scared for me and I wanted to do what he told me to, I wanted to snap out of it, but the force to follow Daltons orders was stronger. 

"You used an unforgivable curse!", Bellatrix said, surprised and respectful at the same time. "I never thought that you had that in you."

"Do you know how dangerous that is?", Lucius asked, he just stood there since Slughorn came in, saying nothing but biting his lip: "You will get expelled when they find out!"

"Well they aren't going to find out.", Dalton said and pointed his wand at Peter: "Or are you going to tell them?" Bellatrix seemed