Oh go Suck a Duck, Sirius Black

Up and Away

I was yet again outside in the beech tree, but this time, i was not reading a book, no i was looking at quiddich plays, making sure we knew them all, the match was tomorrow. Sirius and James have been trying to talk to me for ages, but until they apologise they can suck ducks.

 'Freya' i heard someone call me, i looked up from my notes and looked at the direction of the castle, Lily was walking closer to me, 

  'Hey Lily' i shouted to her, i grabbed the tree by my hands and let my feet go and let go of the branch landing on my feet. i walked towards her, the ground seemed to be covered in a thin frost, it was late October, Halloween was soon, and Slughorn's party the night before that.

We met halfway, and she took my arm in hers and lead me towards the lake, it was a steely grey and looked quite miserable, a lone tenticle drifted through the water a few meters from the shore as the giant squid swam gently through the water making a gentle ripple, 

'Freya, i asked Potter, you have to ask Black' Lily practically begged

'No Lily i'm not taking him, do you know what he tried to do?' i said to her seriously, she nodded and bit her lip

'I know what he was going to do, but he didn't do it did he?' She said with a sigh

'Look Lily, five years of my life i have spent going after him, it is about time i get a life and i don't think it includes him' i said after a minute, she let out a long breath, i looked from the lake back to the tree i was at and saw the same dog that me and Lissa had seen, i stuck my tongue out at him, and was shocked when it did the same, i masked my shock and looked back at Lily, although i think my eyes were slightly wider than normal.

'Well its up to you, i just feel like this year they have both matured and maybe, just maybe you'd have more of a chance with him' she said slowly

'Thanks Lily, really, but i think it's for the best if i try and forget about him' i said as we began to walk back to the castle, we passed the dog who had his head tilted to the side as we passed him, i tilted my head too and started to walk backwards, we were having a staring contest, and i was going to win,

'Freya' Lily asked sounding puzzled

'Yes Lily' i said my eyes starting to sting

'What are you doing?' she asked

'Having a staring competition with a dog' i replied casually

'Oh ok, what dog' she asked

'The one by the tree' i said pointing to it, the dog blinked and lowered his head his tail between his legs 'Ha, yes i won! take that dog!'

'Kind of a mangy looking thing don't you think?' Lily said, the dog cocked its head

'i dont know, it's rather cute in a scruffy kind of way' i replied, the dogs tail swished back and forth a few times,

'Come on lets go have some lunch' Lily said i skipped into the hall after her, she practically ran from me over to the gryffindor table as i skipped towards Lissa and Jake,

'What's up?' i asked them

'The sky'

'the roof' they answered, i rolled my eyes and sat down with them at the table.

The next day i woke up early, i gulped, today was the day, we were going to beat Hufflepuffs, I put on my quiddich gear, it being a saturday the match was at eleven, so i still had a while i walked out of the room, and looked at my watch, it was six in the morning, i let out a huff, every time, i just get so much adrenaline i can't help but get up early, i walked into the great hall and was surprised to see that breakfast had begun, and that a few students were actually eating. How did i not know this? i grabbed a piece of toast and continued to the quiddich pitch, i grabbed my broom and the snitch i had been given as a birthday present by Lissa two years ago,