PUNKS & POETS (book one, year 1-4)

020; Wolfsbane

Potions class had passed, professor Slughorn assigning them homework on different potion ingredients. The three boys had dragged their feet back to their dorm room to get some rest before dinner, having been turned away at the door to the infirmary by the patron madam Pomfrey. Remus was asleep they had been told, and she had way too many patients to care for to have the three of them running around the hospital wing. She seemed like a determined woman, not one you would want to get into a fight with. So the three boys had turned around, muttering as they went off to the Gryffindor tower.

Sirius yawned loudly as he plopped down on his bed. Peter sat down by the desk in the middle of their room, feeling the warmth from the radiator hit his skin as he grabbed his potions textbook from his old book bag. James watched the scrawny boy as he began flipping through the book, his eyes searching for the answers to the questions about the ingredients. Peter laid his parchment of homework and his quill out, scratching the back of his head. Sirius yawned loudly again as Peter dipped his quill in black ink before he began scribbling, biting his bottom lip in concentration. It was quiet for a moment, James and Sirius both laying in their beds. Remus's bed was empty, as it had been since yesterday. Remus's bed was nicely made, not a single crease could be found on his covers or pillow. Much unlike the beds belonging to the rest of the boys, they were all messily made. Peter not knowing how to do it correctly, Sirius not bothering and James not having the time.

"Where can Asphodel be found?" Peter suddenly asked them, glancing up from his homework. "I don't know Peter" James mumbled, sighing loudly. Sirius didn't know either, he didn't even know what asphodel was or what is what used for. He did notice James down in the dumps demeanour though. "Why are you so grumpy?" Sirius asked, looking up before throwing a pillow at James "you look like something a hippogiff ate and then spat out again"

"Lily doesn't like me"

"The ginger girl?" Sirius asked, rolling onto his back "how come?". "Stupid Severus Snape told her that me, you and Peter called him a blood traitor, accusing him of being beneath us just because he's a half blood" James muttered, hugging his pillow."Well that's a dumb lie" Sirius stated, furrowing his eyebrows. "Yeah why would I say that? I'm halfblood myself" Peter said, putting his quill down with a confused look upon his face as he turned to face Sirius and James "Sirius is right, it's definitely a dumb lie". "I know... and I didn't say that, I would never say that" James exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air frustratedly "I mean you were there, they were the ones being complete ass wipes to us". "A hundred percent" Sirius agreed, vigorously nodding his head. "Yet she believes him, not me" James muttered, sighing loudly "and now she thinks I'm some kind of shallow pureblooded twat"

"I'm sorry mate" Sirius said lowly, offering him a faint smile "that sucks"

"Big time" James muttered, burying his head in his pillow "I just don't get it... they were the ones who came up to us and bothered us and stupid little Snivellus Snape didn't even say a word, why would he go and make up a lie about us to Lily? We barely know her, I mean why even bother to tell her at all?". "And we definitely don't know him" Peter agreed "that's just weird". "What did you just call him?" Sirius asked through loud laughter. It caused James to look up from his pillow, a amused smile forming on his lips as he saw Sirius loosing himself laughing, his hands on his stomach.

"Snivellus Snape..."

"Hah Snivellus... that's a good one James" Sirius called out, laughing loudly. Sirius's amused laughter made everything feel slightly better for James, at least the air felt lighter to breathe. Peter even let a soft giggle slip out of his lips before he turned his attention back towards his potions homework, picking up his quill once more. Sirius calmed down as Peter continued to flip through his textbook. James picked up the pillow that had been thrown at him, tossing it back to Sirius.