Hello all! Welcome to my first Lily/James fic. Yay! I'm usually a Harry/Draco shipper, but a couple great writers on ff.net have inspired me, and I'd like to thank them here:
Isabel aka MoonLily (userid=24203), Foxy (userid=71431), hermioneg (userid=142015), Chaos/Rini (userid=69393), Y. Kuang (userid=181168), bluebottlebutterfly (userid=165613), and someone (userid=90873).
You have all written wonderful stories that I make sure to check often, and have inspired me to test my wit at lily/james fanfiction. Bravo! And thank you to the many other authors who have written l/j stories that i have read and liked, without which I would not be here today. **grin**
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With no further ado, I give you my first chapter of Pure White.
Three raven hearts, seven strings of famensbrough, five petals from a pure white rose, one tooth from a vampire bat and a vial of your own blood. These five simple ingredients could give James Potter power and hollow satisfaction. They ran through his head for hours each night as he gazed at the redheaded girl at his side; laughing so casually, or flipping her hair. His head and his heart fought a constant battle, a struggle of strength and willpower, of emotion and dishonesty. The weathered page hid under his pillow at all times, almost knowing James couldn't resist the temptation of something that he held so closely within his grasp. Yes, three raven hearts, seven strings of famensbrough, five petals from a pure white rose, one tooth from a vampire bat and a vial of your own blood were the ingredients to a love potion.
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"No way!" squealed Lily. "I'm not kissing that little twirp!"
"Lily, you chose dare. You brought it upon yourself, really!" Sara chuckled, shooting Lily an expectant look.
"But--but I didn't think you'd make me kiss Peter Pettigrew!" She shrieked defensively.
"It's all part of the game, Lily. Settle down! People are going to hear us," complained Natalie. "And plus, you know what happens if you don't do the dare . . ."
The five girls all looked up at the rotten eggs hovering ominously above their heads. Lily furrowed her brow and tried to choose between Pettigrew and being egg-headed. "God, I hate playing truth or dare with wizards," she mumbled.
"So, what's it gonna be, Lils?" Lauren trilled in a sing-song voice. "Eggs or your dear little Petey-poo?"
Lily's eyes shot daggers at Lauren, who was laughing loudly in her over-sized red velvet chair. "If you will excuse me," Lily announced flatly, "I'm going to go take a shower."
As she calmly turned to walk towards the bathroom, her egg dropped with a small splat on her head. Her friends laughed at the yolk running down her fiery red hair and into her face. "Oh, shut up!" she squealed, failing miserably at her attempt to suppress a giggle.
She ran out of the room quickly, and the girls' laughter erupted even louder.
"Next time we should dare her to kiss Snape!" Sara suggested, grinning from ear to ear.
Lauren's eyes lit up. "Or even better--James Potter."
An instantaneous shriek of joy sprang up in the room. "Good Lord, she hates that boy more than evil itself!" Natalie cried.
"It's probably just a cover-up for her mad, passionate luuuuuurve!" taunted a blonde girl named Theresa, sprawled out on her bed.
"Are you crazy?" Sara asked. "Seriously, if that girl ever gets her hands on a knife, James better run for it. There's no way she could be hiding any affection for him deep down inside."
A silence as thick as molasses filled the room. "Is there?" squeaked Lauren quietly.
Their pensive moment was interrupted by Jenny, who burst through the door flushed and out of breath. "Don't go down into the common room," she advised, panting. "Sirius Black is down there giving people cat tails . . . I escaped just in time!" She plopped down into another large chair sitting by the doorway. "Oy! I'm truly beat."
"Say, Lauren, what's for dinner?" Theresa asked, furrowing her brow.
Lauren opened her mouth and was about to answer, when a blood-curdling shriek arose from the bathroom.
The bathroom door burst open, and Lily flew through, a cloud of raging towels. She opened the main door, and yelled, "JAMES POTTER, YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!"
She turned back to the girls in the dorm, and her face was red with fury. Her hair, however, was quite green.
"Of all the stupid pranks to play on me," she muttered, pacing around the room with her hands clenched so tightly her knuckles were a sickly white. The rest of the girls in the dorm knew to leave her alone, and just go about their normal business. She did this all the time. "And, I mean, it's not even a good prank! Not only is it the simplest spell to charm someone's shampoo to die their hair, but it's the most overused prank in the book! It's so horribly stereotypical! And still, he has the nerve to do it and expect me to be all upset? Ridiculous! I am NOT getting UPSET over this!" she screamed, drawing weird looks from her friends. "Well, what?" she asked, in reply to their disbelieving faces. "It's true!"
Lauren let out a terrified groan and collapsed onto her bed.
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"Sirius Black! Take it off NOW!" demanded an angry fourth year girl down in the common room. "Or do you want me to go get a *prefect*?"
Sirius's handsome grin wavered. "Ehh, no, that's fine, I'll just . . ." He muttered a counter-curse and the tail popped nicely back into her body. "Sorry 'bout that!" he offered, attempting an apologetic smile.
The girl rolled her eyes and haughtily stomped away. "Ooooh, Sirius is stepping down to a fourth year!" James commented. "Losing your willpower, Si?"
Sirius glared at James. "No, stupid. But a little bit of fun isn't really worth a visit with Daniel Eloinset. You know how strict he can be--you'd think he's the head of Slytherin."
James frowned. "You've been a little bit out of it lately, Si. Is something wrong?"
He reached out to set his hand on his friend's shoulder, but Sirius only shrunk away. "No! Nothing's wrong! Stop . . . stop being so serious, James." He put on a painful sort of fake smile, and attempted a laugh, but couldn't fool his friend.
"Sirius, I'm not that dumb. I can see right through you. Something's gotta be wrong." James bit his lip. "You feel like talking about it?"
"No! I tol--I--I . . ." He sighed. "Damn. Listen, James, I'll be fine, okay? Don't worry about it, it's nothing big."
"I don't care if it's big, Si, it being little only makes it easier. Come on, spit it out."
"Well, I--" He stopped, mid-sentence. "Awwww, screw it. Alright, you've convinced me. Walk and talk, pick up the pace."
He smiled--a real smile this time--and took off for
the dorm, tugging on James's arm for him to follow suit. And he did.
Woohoo! Can you guys guess what's troubling Sirius? ^_^ Well, I'm excited to finally post this . . . let's get this show on the road!
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TWO more things. First of all--I need a beta reader. If anyone's interested, that would be great. Just let me know. Second of all, I don't really like this title. So I would be more than happy with any suggestions, or any requests to keep this title.
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