Hello my readers! I finally figured out that I can see the views on my story, and they were a lot more than I thought! Anyway, I thought I would go ahead and revise and post the first chapter of this new story, Go Out With Me, Evans? This one is probably better because I like the Marauder Era way better than the next gen, so yeah. But I really enjoy writing this one. Hope you like it! Please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything JK Rowling does!
Chapter 1: Piss off, Potter
"Come on girls! We're going to be late for class! Ugh, you people are such slowpokes!" I shrieked frustratingly. My friends had absolutely no appreciation whatsoever for school! It's the first day back in fifth year! It's our O.W.L. year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for goodness sake! Ordinary Wizarding Standards! The teachers are going to have those legendary lectures that the fifth years always talk about and I don't plan to miss them!
Alice Prewett; one of my absolute best friends, Sirius Black's cousin, and my dorm mate; messy, goofy, and currently 'madly in love' with Frank Longbottom. Marlene McKinnon; another one of my absolute best friends and dorm mate; bubbly, extremely pretty, sometimes extremely annoying. Hestia Jones; my third absolute best friend and dorm mate; playfully pushy, fashion diva, sarcastic. Lily Evans; me, crazy about learning, hate James Potter. Mary MacDonald; I'm on good terms with her and she's my dorm mate.
"OH FOR MERLIN'S SAKE LILY, WE HAVE ONE AND A HALF HOURS!" yelled Hestia from under her pillow which she was holding above her head to drown out my voice.
"Well, then with that information I presume we have breakfast in forty-five minutes! So you'd better get up! And we even have to get our schedules today too!" I replied smartly.
"SHE MEANT UNTIL BREAKFAST LILS! NOW GET BACK TO SLEEP SMARTY-PANTS! IT'S FREAKING 6:00 YOU WORK-MACHINE! YOU HAVE A PROBLEM! SOME KIND OF PHOBIA OF NOT LEARNING ANYTHING FOR EVEN A MOMENT! YOU KNOW THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME UNTIL WE HAVE OT WAKE UP, BUT YOU AND LUPIN JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL, DO YOU? YOU GET TO BREAKFAST SO EARLY AND-AND-AND…" screamed Alice, trailing off at the end, too sleepy to go on.
I expected a remark from Marlene next, but none came. I looked just to see she was fast asleep. I looked at Mary, same result! How can they sleep for so long! Merlin, it was so late! It was six-thirty! Usually I wake up 45 minutes earlier! But some people, also known as my friends, thought it would be funny to turn off my alarm clock!
"Just go to sleep Lily," muttered Hestia.
"Ugh! I'm going for a shower," I said quietly.
The teachers usually expected two people to be down in the Great Hall an hour before breakfast. Those two people were Lily Evans, me, and Remus Lupin. Just us two! Only two people in this whole school found the need to be ready early. And they weren't Ravenclaws, the smart ones, no, they were both Gryffindors! They were brave enough to wake up early! And I think that's also one of the reasons us two were chose for Prefects. Now Remus was going to think badly of me! And the teachers would too!
Remus was a werewolf. He was bitten by Fenrir Greyback, the most dangerous werewolf in England. He turned kids into werewolves and raised them to hate normal wizards! Remus' dad had offended Greyback which caused him to bite Remus. It was horrible! He had to sneak away every full moon to the Shrieking Shack, a place which people regarded as haunted, though the screams they heard were just Remus. Werewolves had nothing to do but injure themselves, and that's exactly what Remus had to do. I can't bear the thought of it! He's such a good person!
"Be quiet Remus," I muttered, wanting to get right back to sleep at this instant. Why did he have to be such a school-lover!
"I agree with Jamsie here. Shut up Remus," Sirius said lazily.
I heard Remus sigh before saying, "Come on James, Siri, it's you guys' fault, along with sleepyhead Frank, that I woke up 45 minutes later than I was supposed to, now don't say you don't want to wake up now."
"We don't wanna wake up now," Sirius and I muttered at the same time. We grinned at each other from our beds.
"Whatever you guys. Lily's going to think I finally got influenced by you guys now," muttered Remus.
I immediately perked up at the sound of Evans' name. She was simply a beautiful thing. Probably the most beautiful thing that's ever walked this planet. Just one problem. All girls were after me, all girls wanted to go out with me. And some lucky ones do. Okay, almost all of them do. But not all at once! Welllll, okay it was just ten times! Anyway, back to the subject of the most beautiful thing that has ever walked this planet, Lily. She hates me. She hated me, she hates me, and she'll not always hate me. I just know we'll grow up to get married and have seven kids!
"But you are already influenced by us, Moony!" I replied silly.
"Oy, Prongs, what do you think you're doing getting up? Just go back to sleep like Pete and Frank over here who haven't even gotten up yet," snapped Sirius. "Lucky," he added quietly.
Sirius Black; my absolute best friend, dorm mate, Animagus: dog, Nickname: Padfoot, Alice Prewett's cousin, and a Marauder (our group name); annoyingly humorous, hungry, not like his pureblood prejudice family. Remus Lupin; my very, very almost absolute best friend, dorm mate, werewolf, Nickname: Moony, and a Marauder; party pooper, school-lover, kind. Peter Pettigrew; my pretty good friend, dorm mate, Animagus: rat, Nickname: Wormtail, and a Marauder; a bit chubby, quiet, never leaves my side. James Potter; me, Animagus: Stag, Nickname: Prongs, and a Marauder; slack, truly in love with Lily Evans, extremely excellent at Transfiguration. Frank Longbottom; friend, and dorm mate; outgoing, fun, and currently 'madly in love' with Alice Prewett.
To help Remus, we had all worked hard and finally became Animagi, wizards or witches that can transform into animals (determined by their personality) at will wandlessly and nonverbally. With his friends there, he has a bit of himself left in that werewolf shell and doesn't hurt himself, or us.
"Goodbye you people. I'm off for a shower," mumbled Remus angrily. That's all I heard before I drifted off to sleep so I could wake up at seven, like a normal person.
"Oh! Remus, what a surprise! I would've figured you to be downstairs by now. The girls thought it would be funny to turn off my alarm clock. I would've thought I'd wake up anyway by habit, but I didn't," I said quickly, embarrassed.
"Oh, how ironic. Same here," replied Remus with a weak laugh.
"Well, we can go down together then, right?"
"Okay."
"WAIT! WAIT! WAIT! EVANS! I HAVE TO ASK YOU SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT! DON'T GO YET! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE ALONE EVANS! WAIT!" yelled a voice from the boys' dormitory stairs. I turned to look and even though I could recognize his voice, my smile still turned into a frown and my forehead creased. It was James Idiot Potter!
I sighed heavily before saying, "What Potter? What did you have to tell me that was so important, you came in your Merlin-knows-what Quidditch team pajamas?"
"Go out with me, Evans? And for your information, everyone except for you know the pajamas I'm wearing are the Montrose Magpies," said Potter lazily. Ugh! He's such an arrogant toe-rag! I hate him!
"Piss off, Potter!" I snapped angrily.
"You didn't say no that time! So I'll take it as a yes. I'll pick you up at noon next weekend when we have our first Hogsmeade trip. 'Kay?" Potter joked, giving me his signature wink and smile that all girls (except for me of course) fall for.
"You are an arrogant toe-rag," I said simply before leaving a confused James Potter to mope for two seconds before scurrying up the stairs to go back to sleep.