Chapter 1: A Contest ?!
Summary: In this chapter, Lily and James (two-fourth years that do not know of each others existance) are introduced, and circumstances are explained. A mysterious contest may take place.
It was increddibly stuffy in the little classroom. This was no ordinary classroom; paintings of funny people in bright cloaks and pointed hats covered the walls ( one could swear the people in the paintings were moving ! ), and a collection of small animals in cages were stacked in one corner. Furthermore, the most unusual objects lurked about, such as famous Viking's kidney stones, and the students were bent over frightened rodents with wands. "Order, order, I will not tolerate this noise !", boomed the angry voice of Proffessor McGonagall. This was quite immpossible to do, as the heat was unbearable. This August, the temperature was higher than most people could remember. It was the last period of the day, and the students (aswell as the teachers) suffered miserably. Sweat tickled down the necks of many, so that their black robes clung to them unbearably. This made the room fill with an unpleasant odor. Proffessor McGonagall gave up. The mice would not become armadillos today. More for her own sake than for that of the class, she yelled " Class dissmissed. " The students stampeded out. " That half hour must must have been unbearable for old McGonagall-she's older than time ! ", laughed a plump brown-haired boy. Remus, though sweating to death, always had time for a joke, particularily when it made fun of a teacher. His friend, James, chuckled. He was tall, skinny, and was still clumsy on his feet, since his latest growth-spurt. He had thin black hair, just slightly static, and soft, very kind blue eyes. " Hey, you know what I heared, Remus ?", said James, " They might give us a whole two weeks off, till everything cools off." Hope flickered in Remus' eyes, but then a quizzical expression crossed his face. " What would they do with us students ?" Remus knew the school couldn't just let students run wild, or send them home. James sighed. " Probably, they'd give us some stupid project, like an interact-with-your enviroment thing." "Lily, wait..," panted the tired voice of Bernice Grompt. A pair of emerald green eyes met Bernice's grey-blue ones. Lily, her long red hair flowing loose of her pony tail, smiled. Though Bernice was a skinny thing, she was not athletic. The sight of her running was very much like an Ostrich at full speed. Completely impossible. " School...(wheeze)..Dumbledore..out....weeek..(pant)..ble."Bernice could say no more. " Berni, calm down," said Lily. Bernice laughed her sudden, melodic laugh." I must be quite a sight!".Bernice's laugh was certainly catchy. After both girls calmed down (it was unbearable to have a fit of giggles when it just made you sweat some more), Bernice started again. " We have two weeks off! Dumbledoor said since teachers and students do not deserve hours of working in this heat, we'll do something else. He said something will be arranged, as it wouln't make sense to let us go home for two weeks, when we are supposed to learn stuff. Jake told me there would be some kind of ...CONTEST. Don't know exactly what." Bernice collapsed into a chair. Lily's eyes were bright. She loved competition.
Summary: In this chapter, Lily and James (two-fourth years that do not know of each others existance) are introduced, and circumstances are explained. A mysterious contest may take place.
It was increddibly stuffy in the little classroom. This was no ordinary classroom; paintings of funny people in bright cloaks and pointed hats covered the walls ( one could swear the people in the paintings were moving ! ), and a collection of small animals in cages were stacked in one corner. Furthermore, the most unusual objects lurked about, such as famous Viking's kidney stones, and the students were bent over frightened rodents with wands. "Order, order, I will not tolerate this noise !", boomed the angry voice of Proffessor McGonagall. This was quite immpossible to do, as the heat was unbearable. This August, the temperature was higher than most people could remember. It was the last period of the day, and the students (aswell as the teachers) suffered miserably. Sweat tickled down the necks of many, so that their black robes clung to them unbearably. This made the room fill with an unpleasant odor. Proffessor McGonagall gave up. The mice would not become armadillos today. More for her own sake than for that of the class, she yelled " Class dissmissed. " The students stampeded out. " That half hour must must have been unbearable for old McGonagall-she's older than time ! ", laughed a plump brown-haired boy. Remus, though sweating to death, always had time for a joke, particularily when it made fun of a teacher. His friend, James, chuckled. He was tall, skinny, and was still clumsy on his feet, since his latest growth-spurt. He had thin black hair, just slightly static, and soft, very kind blue eyes. " Hey, you know what I heared, Remus ?", said James, " They might give us a whole two weeks off, till everything cools off." Hope flickered in Remus' eyes, but then a quizzical expression crossed his face. " What would they do with us students ?" Remus knew the school couldn't just let students run wild, or send them home. James sighed. " Probably, they'd give us some stupid project, like an interact-with-your enviroment thing." "Lily, wait..," panted the tired voice of Bernice Grompt. A pair of emerald green eyes met Bernice's grey-blue ones. Lily, her long red hair flowing loose of her pony tail, smiled. Though Bernice was a skinny thing, she was not athletic. The sight of her running was very much like an Ostrich at full speed. Completely impossible. " School...(wheeze)..Dumbledore..out....weeek..(pant)..ble."Bernice could say no more. " Berni, calm down," said Lily. Bernice laughed her sudden, melodic laugh." I must be quite a sight!".Bernice's laugh was certainly catchy. After both girls calmed down (it was unbearable to have a fit of giggles when it just made you sweat some more), Bernice started again. " We have two weeks off! Dumbledoor said since teachers and students do not deserve hours of working in this heat, we'll do something else. He said something will be arranged, as it wouln't make sense to let us go home for two weeks, when we are supposed to learn stuff. Jake told me there would be some kind of ...CONTEST. Don't know exactly what." Bernice collapsed into a chair. Lily's eyes were bright. She loved competition.