Title: Sometimes Things Just Turn Out That Way
Author: Dizzy
Rating: PG for one tiny cuss word that isn't really a cuss word, but some people may not like it.
Summary: A story set in the MWPP days. It's the beginning of their 4th year. Please review, it's my first fanfic.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Martine Schattenfield, Johanna Boggs, Fiona Fitzpatrick, Gwendelynn Servium, Professor Llewellyn, and Lily's last name. The rest belong to J.K. Rowling.
Lily Ingram was glad to be back on the Hogwarts Express. She felt a certain excitement to know that she was returning to Hogwarts. Just thinking of the grand castle made her smile. She remembered all of the turrets and towers, all of her classes and her professors, and most of all, all of her fellow Gryffindors, especially one in particular. James Potter. Just the name made her blush. Just as she was picturing his handsome face, she received a rude awakening when she slammed into the door leading to the next compartment.
Blushing furiously, she looked around to see if anyone had noticed her faux pas. Luckily no one had. She quickly returned to the task at hand, finding an empty compartment. She was hoping to find a compartment occupied by a certain James Potter, but she quickly pushed that thought out of her mind. For if she were to find James Potter, she knew she'd also find Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black. She didn't really mind Remus Lupin, a kind, skinny boy with strands of thin, silver-blond hair, or even Peter Pettigrew, a mouselike boy with small, beady eyes, and rough brown hair.
No, no, they were quite alright to be around (although Lily wasn't too fond of Peter, he just seemed too untrustworthy), the problem was Sirius Black. Actually, he was quite nice, once you got down to it, but he always seemed to make her feel uncomfortable. He played too many jokes and called her names like carrot top and fire head. And he was forever teasing her about James. He didn't know what he said was true, but it still made her feel uneasy about being around him.
'Oh well,' she thought, 'maybe I'll find Jo, Fiona, and Gwen.' Johanna Boggs, Fiona Fitzpatrick, and Gwendelynn Servium were the other Gryffindor 4th year girls. It was quite true that Lily wasn't very close to the three girls, but still, there was no one else to sit with and unless she wanted to sit alone, she would have to find them. It wasn't that Jo, Fiona, and Gwen were rude to her, but they just had different interests and philosophies. It seemed that most of the time the three were discussing new make-up secrets and the newest robes, or they were giggling about how cute James, Sirius, and Remus were. Plus they were hopeless divination fanatics and they were all quite beautiful.
Jo had shoulder-length curly black hair and extremely fair skin. Fiona, like Lily, had red hair, except it was long and flowing down her back and was lighter with blond highlights. She had the exact same fair skin as Jo. Gwen had tan skin with shinny brown hair that she could sit on. All three had cinnamon, brown eyes and were very petite. Lily was quite different. She was 5'7" and had short, chin- length, red hair that she kept out of her face by pulling her would-be bangs back into a ponytail. She had fair skin and a very promenade nose. Even though she didn't care much for her face, she had to admit that she did love her eyes. They looked like two emeralds, and she had to admit that anyone would love to have eyes like hers.
Anyway, she opened the door into the next compartment and found what she'd been looking for. Jo, Fiona, and Gwen were sitting side by side in the compartment, along with about 15 other people. Lily already had a headache from her earlier meeting with the door and didn't feel like adding to it, so she moved on.
She opened up the door to the next compartment and found it empty, well almost. Towards the back she saw another girl, one she'd never seen before. She'd always thought that Jo, Fiona, and Gwen had been beautiful, but this girl mad them look like plain Janes. She had shoulder-length, wavy, golden blond hair that framed her tawny colored face. Her nose was sharp and chiseled, though not too much so and she had high cheekbones that gave her an exotic look. But it was her eyes stood out more than anything. They were a mixture of blue and green, almost a turquoise color. She stood up and that was when Lily could see her height. She was quite tall also, maybe 5'9", 5'10". Then she spoke. "You're welcome to sit her if you'd like," she said. She had a slight accent, French maybe.
"Thank you," Lily replied, "all the other compartments were quite full. I haven't ever seen you before, yet I don't think you're a first year. Were are you from?"
"You're quite right, you haven't ever seen me before, and I'm not a first year. I'm a transfer student from Beauxbatons in France, and I will be a 4th year student. My family recently moved to England, my father is English, my mother French. My name is Martine Schattenfield, though I'd prefer you to call me Marta."
"Alright Marta, my name is Lily, Lily Ingram. I'm a 4th year also."
The two girls talked for quite a while. They were interrupted when the witch with the food cart came. Both bought several sweets, chocolate frog, cauldron cakes, and the like. Lily found the conversation enjoyable and was glad to make a new friend. She talked with Marta about things that she hadn't talked about before. Marta was a good listener and Lily found it easy to open up to her. As it turns out, Marta faced many of the same problems Lily had and was eager to share advice. Lily found out Marta was a pureblood witch who had lived in Cannes, France with her father, William, and her mother, Marie-Brigitte. She had four older brothers, Olivier, Henri, Marcus, and James. Her family had recently moved to Manchester, England and Marta very much missed her old home and her old friends.
Marta was also happy to have a new friend, she missed her old school and her best friend Adele. She was worried about fitting in at this new school, Hogwarts. Lily was happy to tell her about Hogwarts. She learned about the houses, which classes to, and not to, take (Oh divination is horrible. Our teacher Professor Trelawney is and old crackpot.) and which teachers were nice, and which to avoid. (Professor Sinstra is quite nice, but you have to avoid Professor Llewellyn, the Herbology witch.) She also heard about Lily. She learned that she grew up in Aberkenfig, Wales and that she had an older sister named Petunia. Petunia hated Lily because she was a witch and she made it quite clear that she wanted nothing to do with Lily and "her kind".
Lily and Marta's conversation was cut short by a loud BOOM in the next car over. They watched as four boys tumbled into their compartment laughing. Lily and Marta caught a few phrases like "Did you see the look on the grease ball's face?" or "Malfoy nose was turned up even further than usual." It was quite obvious that they didn't realize that there was anyone was in the car. James was the first to look up and speak, "Oh, hi Lily. We didn't realize anyone was in here. By the way, whose that, I don't recall seeing her before?" Suddenly Sirius raised his head. He made eye contact with Marta still beside himself with laughter. As soon as he caught her eye, he suddenly became silent and his smile turned to a frown. As soon as she'd seen him, she looked shocked and then her eyes narrowed. Everyone in the car quit laughing and just stared at the two. Nothing was said for a split second until Marta jumped out of her seat and cried, "YOU!" Sirius suddenly jumped up, too. "What the censored are you doing here," he screamed. Then all hell broke loose.
A/N- I hope you liked that. Again, this is my first fic just to let you know. Please review. I don't mind constructive criticism. (Key word there constructive!) My spell checker is skrewed up so sorry about any misspellings.
Author: Dizzy
Rating: PG for one tiny cuss word that isn't really a cuss word, but some people may not like it.
Summary: A story set in the MWPP days. It's the beginning of their 4th year. Please review, it's my first fanfic.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Martine Schattenfield, Johanna Boggs, Fiona Fitzpatrick, Gwendelynn Servium, Professor Llewellyn, and Lily's last name. The rest belong to J.K. Rowling.
Lily Ingram was glad to be back on the Hogwarts Express. She felt a certain excitement to know that she was returning to Hogwarts. Just thinking of the grand castle made her smile. She remembered all of the turrets and towers, all of her classes and her professors, and most of all, all of her fellow Gryffindors, especially one in particular. James Potter. Just the name made her blush. Just as she was picturing his handsome face, she received a rude awakening when she slammed into the door leading to the next compartment.
Blushing furiously, she looked around to see if anyone had noticed her faux pas. Luckily no one had. She quickly returned to the task at hand, finding an empty compartment. She was hoping to find a compartment occupied by a certain James Potter, but she quickly pushed that thought out of her mind. For if she were to find James Potter, she knew she'd also find Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black. She didn't really mind Remus Lupin, a kind, skinny boy with strands of thin, silver-blond hair, or even Peter Pettigrew, a mouselike boy with small, beady eyes, and rough brown hair.
No, no, they were quite alright to be around (although Lily wasn't too fond of Peter, he just seemed too untrustworthy), the problem was Sirius Black. Actually, he was quite nice, once you got down to it, but he always seemed to make her feel uncomfortable. He played too many jokes and called her names like carrot top and fire head. And he was forever teasing her about James. He didn't know what he said was true, but it still made her feel uneasy about being around him.
'Oh well,' she thought, 'maybe I'll find Jo, Fiona, and Gwen.' Johanna Boggs, Fiona Fitzpatrick, and Gwendelynn Servium were the other Gryffindor 4th year girls. It was quite true that Lily wasn't very close to the three girls, but still, there was no one else to sit with and unless she wanted to sit alone, she would have to find them. It wasn't that Jo, Fiona, and Gwen were rude to her, but they just had different interests and philosophies. It seemed that most of the time the three were discussing new make-up secrets and the newest robes, or they were giggling about how cute James, Sirius, and Remus were. Plus they were hopeless divination fanatics and they were all quite beautiful.
Jo had shoulder-length curly black hair and extremely fair skin. Fiona, like Lily, had red hair, except it was long and flowing down her back and was lighter with blond highlights. She had the exact same fair skin as Jo. Gwen had tan skin with shinny brown hair that she could sit on. All three had cinnamon, brown eyes and were very petite. Lily was quite different. She was 5'7" and had short, chin- length, red hair that she kept out of her face by pulling her would-be bangs back into a ponytail. She had fair skin and a very promenade nose. Even though she didn't care much for her face, she had to admit that she did love her eyes. They looked like two emeralds, and she had to admit that anyone would love to have eyes like hers.
Anyway, she opened the door into the next compartment and found what she'd been looking for. Jo, Fiona, and Gwen were sitting side by side in the compartment, along with about 15 other people. Lily already had a headache from her earlier meeting with the door and didn't feel like adding to it, so she moved on.
She opened up the door to the next compartment and found it empty, well almost. Towards the back she saw another girl, one she'd never seen before. She'd always thought that Jo, Fiona, and Gwen had been beautiful, but this girl mad them look like plain Janes. She had shoulder-length, wavy, golden blond hair that framed her tawny colored face. Her nose was sharp and chiseled, though not too much so and she had high cheekbones that gave her an exotic look. But it was her eyes stood out more than anything. They were a mixture of blue and green, almost a turquoise color. She stood up and that was when Lily could see her height. She was quite tall also, maybe 5'9", 5'10". Then she spoke. "You're welcome to sit her if you'd like," she said. She had a slight accent, French maybe.
"Thank you," Lily replied, "all the other compartments were quite full. I haven't ever seen you before, yet I don't think you're a first year. Were are you from?"
"You're quite right, you haven't ever seen me before, and I'm not a first year. I'm a transfer student from Beauxbatons in France, and I will be a 4th year student. My family recently moved to England, my father is English, my mother French. My name is Martine Schattenfield, though I'd prefer you to call me Marta."
"Alright Marta, my name is Lily, Lily Ingram. I'm a 4th year also."
The two girls talked for quite a while. They were interrupted when the witch with the food cart came. Both bought several sweets, chocolate frog, cauldron cakes, and the like. Lily found the conversation enjoyable and was glad to make a new friend. She talked with Marta about things that she hadn't talked about before. Marta was a good listener and Lily found it easy to open up to her. As it turns out, Marta faced many of the same problems Lily had and was eager to share advice. Lily found out Marta was a pureblood witch who had lived in Cannes, France with her father, William, and her mother, Marie-Brigitte. She had four older brothers, Olivier, Henri, Marcus, and James. Her family had recently moved to Manchester, England and Marta very much missed her old home and her old friends.
Marta was also happy to have a new friend, she missed her old school and her best friend Adele. She was worried about fitting in at this new school, Hogwarts. Lily was happy to tell her about Hogwarts. She learned about the houses, which classes to, and not to, take (Oh divination is horrible. Our teacher Professor Trelawney is and old crackpot.) and which teachers were nice, and which to avoid. (Professor Sinstra is quite nice, but you have to avoid Professor Llewellyn, the Herbology witch.) She also heard about Lily. She learned that she grew up in Aberkenfig, Wales and that she had an older sister named Petunia. Petunia hated Lily because she was a witch and she made it quite clear that she wanted nothing to do with Lily and "her kind".
Lily and Marta's conversation was cut short by a loud BOOM in the next car over. They watched as four boys tumbled into their compartment laughing. Lily and Marta caught a few phrases like "Did you see the look on the grease ball's face?" or "Malfoy nose was turned up even further than usual." It was quite obvious that they didn't realize that there was anyone was in the car. James was the first to look up and speak, "Oh, hi Lily. We didn't realize anyone was in here. By the way, whose that, I don't recall seeing her before?" Suddenly Sirius raised his head. He made eye contact with Marta still beside himself with laughter. As soon as he caught her eye, he suddenly became silent and his smile turned to a frown. As soon as she'd seen him, she looked shocked and then her eyes narrowed. Everyone in the car quit laughing and just stared at the two. Nothing was said for a split second until Marta jumped out of her seat and cried, "YOU!" Sirius suddenly jumped up, too. "What the censored are you doing here," he screamed. Then all hell broke loose.
A/N- I hope you liked that. Again, this is my first fic just to let you know. Please review. I don't mind constructive criticism. (Key word there constructive!) My spell checker is skrewed up so sorry about any misspellings.