The first Potions lesson after the holidays, Professor Slughorn walked in and beamed at his students. “Good morning! How was your Christmas?” Nojiko gave Peter a concerned look, but the question didn't seem to matter. How tactless could you be? Everyone knew what had happened to the Pettigrews and tried to cheer up poor Wormtail! All except Slughorn, of course! Nojiko growled softly to himself, but the professor didn't hear anything. He wrote something on the board, Oromatea! This potion was a dream potion that fulfills almost every wish of the drinker. Sunny already knew him, she had read about it and was now watching the astonished faces of James and Sirius, who couldn't get their mouth shut.

A little later everyone was sitting concentrated over their cauldrons or chopping the ingredients. “Wow, that's pretty exhausting.” Remus, who was sitting next to Sunny, wiped the sweat from his forehead and pointed to his brew. “It doesn't look so bad after all!” Of course, the potions from the Marauders, apart from Peter and Lily's, were perfect. Slughorn praised Evans, and each of the five got 10 points for Gryffindor. "Tell me, what do you think of ...?" Sirius and Sunny talked again in their minds and exchanged a lot of telling looks. "Not a bad idea! I could use some sun!" He nodded and the grin grew wider. "Of course you can try the magic potion now, but it is not advisable for you, because ..."
He didn't even get to speak further, because at that moment there was a bang, then another and all the students looked around curiously or fearfully. Shortly before, Nojiko had leaned conspiratorially towards Remus and whispered in his ear: "Arrivederci!" He looked at her confused and shook his head. When he realized what she was doing, he wanted to stop her, but it was too late. Nojiko had taken a long swig of Oromatea and was gone!Just like Sirius, as Remus discovered to his horror! “What… what happened?” Slughorn looked around in amazement as the smoke that had formed when the two of them disappeared had subsided. “Where are Mr. Black and Ms. Strife?” Remus swallowed and held up his hand. "Sir, I'm afraid you are in ..."

"Italy? ITALY? What the hell are the two students doing in Italy? If I catch them, it'll cause trouble like never before!" McGonagall jumped up from her desk and gave Remus a reproachful look. He stuttered with difficulty: "You certainly didn't want to, you haven't thought about it. Please, Professor!" He had been sitting in the vice director's office for half an hour and was yelled at. He was sure his friends were having a lot more fun right now!

“What do you think you're doing?” Nojiko laughed and put her hands over her face. She could hardly believe her luck, she was in Italy, in Rome, the sun was shining and Sirius was standing next to her. “Stop it, this is embarrassing!” She could hardly breathe from laughing! The people next to her probably wondered why she was yelling at a dog, but what the big black animal was doing next to her was really no longer normal. At first he had only jumped up and down, but now he was running in circles, chasing his tail in one of Rome's many fountains. "I beg you to come out of there!" Sirius obeyed, hopped lightly on the stone edge and shook himself.

A minute later, Nojiko was completely soaked, her dress was sticking to her body and her hair was completely ruined. "That's not funny, Mr. Black!" Sirius, who had turned back into an unobserved moment, grinned at her and casually brushed his own dry hair back. “Come on, we have a few more hours!” Her request had been 6 hours in the Italian capital and so far it was only half over. "Ice?"She pulled him to a little café, they collapsed into the comfortable chairs and each ordered a cappuccino and a large sundae." You know that McGonagall is going to kill us, right? "He nodded and continued to grin cheekily." At least we deserved detention this time ... "Yes, they really did.

A friendly Muggle had taken a picture of them in front of the Colloseum, they had been as good as anywhere in the Eternal City and had royally enjoyed themselves. Now they sat next to each other on one of the many bridges on the Tiber, the Castello Sankt 'Angelo shone in the background and the river flowed slowly. "Do you see that star up there? That, my love is Sirius, the dog star!" She nodded and looked at the brightest of the constellation for a long time. He suited her boyfriend, but of course she wouldn't tell him that. So they sat in silence for a while and enjoyed the atmosphere, she had snuggled up against him and let her legs dangle over the parapet.

“It's a shame that it can't always be like that, right?” She could have stayed on this little bridge forever, hugging her boyfriend on a warm winter night… “Maybe it can?” He sounded hopeful, even though they both knew that it would just be a wish. "Soon our six hours will be up, then we'll have to go back to Hogwarts and listen to McGonagall's sermon!" Sirius put his arm around her and pulled her a little tighter. “Can you imagine her face?” She had to laugh and nodded. "Mr. Black, Ms. Strife, that was irresponsible and childish! You will be detained with Mr. Filch for the next thirty years, did you understand me? How could you?" They both laughed out loud at Nojiko's imitation, which is the original came pretty close. "Another half an hour, what are we going to do?"

Sirius looked at her, the stars reflecting in his gray eyes. "Mhm, how about St. Peter's Square in the moonlight?"He nodded and pulled her to her feet. Together they ran through the streets, past groups of tourists and chattering Italians until they reached the most famous square." Signora, a dance? "She just shook her head, laughing, and took his hand. He softly hummed a melody in her ear as they slowly floated over the now almost deserted place." Hey, you master dancer, it's time, say goodbye to Rome! "

As soon as she had uttered these words, they stood in McGonagall's office with a loud bang and a lot of smoke. She looked at her infinitely sternly. "Hi Professor, we've brought you something!" Sirius conjured a small gold chain out of his pocket and held it out to the teacher with his most charming smile. "Your doggy eyes won't help you, Mr. Black! Neither will this admittedly attentive gift!" A small smile crept over the pressed lips as she took the chain from her student.

"You will be detained, write down a hundred reasons for me and me why it is a bad idea to get out of class! We were worried! In these times, children, think about it! Furthermore, you will Mr. Filch a few Evenings, that is to say for the next month, join us every evening after dinner! For their irresponsible and childish, not to be forgotten thoughtless and dangerous action, Gryffindor gets 50 points deducted for both of them! " but they just couldn't get the grin off their lips.

"Was it at least worth it?" Remus asked when they entered the common room a little later. “Yeah, you could say that.” Sirius was still grinning, as was Nojiko. “There they are, my heroes!” James jumped up and hugged her, laughing. “Are you insane?” Lily looked angry, although she looked a bit like McGonagall.“Evans, how about the two of us in Rome?” James grinned at her, but she just rolled her eyes and left the room. “Shame, maybe something else then?” He yelled after her, but Lily was already in the dormitory. “I'm going to bed too, I'm too tired to do anything!” Nojiko wanted to go, but she wasn't allowed to.

Her friends wanted to know everything and so Sirius and Nojiko talked for a good hour. Even Lily came back and sat down next to them, being careful not to look at James. When she heard the punishment of the two, she sighed and just said: "Be glad they didn't kick you out, you crazy ones!" But you could tell that she would have liked to be there too. Probably better with a crown than a paw, Nojiko thought to himself and nodded. "That's right, and now I'm going to bed for good!" She kissed Sirius on the mouth and disappeared upstairs, followed by Lily.

“I was really worried, honey!” Lily threw herself on her bed, making it creak dangerously. "Oh what, it was really awesome! It's a shame that the potion only works once!" Every weekend in Rome, that would have been to her taste! "And the party? Is it still going up?" Nojiko nodded, they had to spend an hour with Filch each evening, but only for an hour. “What should I wear then?” Lily was worried about her outfit? That was new, she always looked good but never really paid attention to it ... "Who do you want to make yourself pretty for?" Nojiko grinned all over her face and gave her friend meaningful looks. "Oh shut up!" Lily pulled the bed curtains with a quick movement and turned off the light. She probably didn't want to talk about it ...