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better and I could maybe be happy. Not this birthday. I woke up with a heavy heart, with so much on my mind. First of all my 'present' from Dalton. I knew that it was going to be something horrible and I didn't want to have to open it in front of my friends.
Second of all Remus. He had carried me back to the castle two days ago, then put me on a couch in the Gryffindor common room and asked me what was going on. He told me that I could trust him with anything, but I just couldn't tell him. I didn't want to imagine what Dalton and his friends would do to Peter if they found out that I told my boyfriend about their secret. Plus, my wound would have started to bleed again and I didn't know if it was possible to stop the bleeding after I actually told the secret. I had to read more about it. 
Third of all Aya. From the way she was acting, so mysterious and even ignoring me at some times, I thought that either, she didn't want to be friends with me anymore, or she planned a surprise party. She was the Queen of Parties, which is why I concluded that option 2 was more likely. 

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" I grunted and put my pillow over my head. The amazing mood of Aya was nothing for me today. To my surprise, she did't tickle me or tried to wake me otherwise, she just sat on my bed and hugged me over the blanket. 

"Remus told me that he had to rescue you from Dalton", she whispered so that Ash wouldn't hear. My heart skipped a beat and fear took over my whole body. "Don't worry, Scar. I know you can't tell us anything, we figured out that much. I think it all has something to do with Peter and the bleeding of your arm. I don't want you to answer, just know that we are always here for you and we will fight Dalton with you. You are not alone in this please never think that. I put my present next to your head, I'm going to wait for you in the common room. I love you, Scar!"

I felt how she got up and her footsteps walked to the door. "Ash, come with me. Let's wait downstairs for the Birthday girl." I heard how the two girls left the dorm and when I sat up, I felt how my tears streamed down my face uncontrollably. I had the best friends in the world. Wiping my tears away, I grabbed the little box and opened it. When I saw what was inside, my heart seemed to melt from the love to Aya right now. 

 

Inside of the box were three things: A new Quidditch book, a bracelet that said 'Never give up' and a picture of her and Aya when they were both laughing like they had no care in the world. On the back, Aya had written: 'Remember the good moments in life'

Damn, I had to stop crying like a baby all the time! After putting the bracelet on and putting the other things into my bag, I quickly got ready for breakfast and went down the stairs. When I set foot into the common room, all of my friends already awaited me and pulled me into a big group hug. Peter was there too, he must have been discharged and now he smiled at me, this time with a real smile. He probably didn't know about the incidence with Dalton, otherwise he wouldn't be so relaxed right now. Maybe it was better this way?

 I felt a soft kiss on my cheek and Remus whispered: "Happy birthday, beautiful" into my ear. I should let myself feel happy right now and enjoy it why it lasted. So I smiled and then kissed my boyfriend passionately. I didn't care about anything that the Marauders said or whistled right now, I just enjoyed the amazing kiss. I felt his soft lips on mine and his hands on my back, while I had mine around his neck. 

"Get a room", Sirius shouted, but when we let go of each other, I could see that he was touching Marlenes ass himself. I smirked, because she had tamed him. He wasn't even looking at other girls anymore. When I thought about that, I realized that we all had found our match, except Peter. James was happier than ever with Lily, Aya had her Fabian and I was the luckiest girl with Remus. Only Peter got left out and I felt like it was time to change that. Why should I suffer so much, why should I be afraid of ONE guy, when I had so many friends behind me? This day was going to be legendary and not even Dalton's present would change that. 

"I got you a present. Well it's actually from all of us, but this is an extra from me", Remus told me and gave me two boxes, one really small and one had the size of a Quaffel, just in a square. "Open it!", James said impatiantly, so I ripped the wrapping paper nice and slow. When James send me a death glare and walked towards me to tickle me, I sped up my action and unpacked: A beautiful bag. It was a small purse that I could wear across my shoulder, black with some silver chains. 

"It's amazing, thank you all!", I said, but Lily smirked and told me, that there was something special about it. James took the purse from my hands and then put his whole arm into it. 

"Undetectable expanding charm", he explained: "Lily and Marlene worked on that for weeks, I have to be honest that they also chose the bag..."

"James, shut it! I don't want to have to give her something else!", Sirius interrupted, but then they both suddenly smiled and threw a package at me. Only due to my good reflexes I caught it before it could hit my nose. Smiling, I unwrapped it and inside was a brand-new set of Quidditch gloves and googles. I laughed and thanked them all, but then I turned my attention to the small package of Remus. 

"I think it's a book!", Aya joked and we all giggled a little, but then I saw the little box. I opened it slowly and when I saw the most beautiful silver necklace with a little heart, my heart seemed to skip a beat in excitement. I just stared at the necklace, not moving or saying anything, making James joke: "Is it an engagement ring?"

"Shut it, James. Do you like it?", Remus asked with his hand around my waist, making me feel so protected that I never wanted to leave his side again. Slowly I turned my head to look into his eyes and then I whispered: "I love it. Can you help me?"
He knew what I tried to say and then took the necklace out of the box and hooked it. 

"You look beautiful", Aya smiled, but I suddenly had a bad feeling in my stomach, like a curse was spoken or something. Maybe it was just my stomach telling me that I was hungry. Just thinking of that, I heard Sirius' stomach growling as well, so we all decided to go downstairs for breakfast. 

When we just reached the Great Hall, Remus gave me a kiss on the forehead and told me he would be right back. Then he turned around and left, to the direction of the mens restrooms. He probably just had to pee, so I caught up to the others and started with my breakfast. Suddenly, I could feel that someone special was walking into the room. Excitedly, I turned around to see - Dalton. A shiver ran down my back, but at the same time I couldn't help but notice that he looked really hot today. 

"Scar? Why are you staring at that evil bastard like that?", Aya whispered into my ear, so that the boys couldn't hear us. I could see the smirk on Dalton's face and then he formed the words: Happy Birthday 

Schocked, I dropped my fork. What did he do? What was my 'birthday present'? Did he poison my food? Did he hurt Remus? Just as I wanted to get up and run to the men's bathroom, I saw a very sleepy Remus walking into the Breakfast Room. He looked like he just got up, maybe after a bad night of drinking, not like he looked before. Worried, I walked towards him and hugged him. Happy to see me, he hugged back and then said: "Happy Birthday, my beautiful girlfriend. I'm sorry that I overslept the group hug, I don't know why my alarm didn't go off. Oh, but I see that you are already wearing my necklace. I hope you like it."

The blood seemed to freeze in my veins when he gave me a kiss on the cheek and walked to our friends. If he had been sleeping all this time, who was the Remus that I kissed in front of everyone? Slowly, I turned my head to the Slytherin table, and my eyes met Daltons again. I almost had to puke when he licked his lips, winked and then said: "Polyjuice Potion."

-14-

Chapter 27 - Dark times

Thur- 20. November 1977

    

I caught myself staring at Dalton again and Aya had to push her elbow into my ribcage to get my attention. 

„Why can’t you stop staring at him again when you have a perfect boyfriend?“, she asked again, making me remind it rather than her. 

„He put love potion in the locket, long lasting but not as strong, it makes him more attractive to me. I still hate him, don’t worry and I am still trying to get the necklace off but seriously, nothing works!“, I explained to her again, like I did the whole last week since my birthday. 

„Our match against Slytherin is soon, you better get rid of that necklace before it starts“, Aya said but I didn’t worry about that. I worried about the 12th of December that kept coming closer- and with that day, the decision to join the Death Eaters. 

I knew that I would never join them, but after Peter found out that I actually kissed Dalton, believing it was Remus, he started freaking out more and more. He still hung out with the Marauders, but even they started to realize that he was different. He kept saying something about parents, school and a girl from Hufflepuff that he liked, but I knew that it was Daltons words coming out of his mouth. 

I felt so useless and on top of that, I kept staring at my worst enemy, thinking about how good his muscles showed under his shirt. Obviously, Aya noticed it and so I told her everything. I told her that it was the biggest secret in my life and made her swear with an unbreakable vow not to tell anyone. My arm bled the whole time, but just when I was about to pass out from the pain and blood loss, we did the unbreakable vow and it stopped bleeding. 

She almost puked when she heard the whole story and then hugged me forever, telling me that