The Beginnings of Forever
A/N: I know, I should be updating my other stories, I'll get to those, but this just popped in my head and I feel like it'll turn into something good...hopefully! I only own characters that are not on the god-knows-how-long wikipedia Harry Potter Character list. It all belongs to the magnificent JK Rowling. I swear, if I did own the series, I would be living in some Upper East Side Mansion!
A/N: Italics are present time Serenity commentating throughout the thing.
Dear Darling,
I know I'm dying, I know I've got a few days to live, so I'm compiling this for you. Don't feel sad when I'm gone, read this and remember our love, remember the good days. Because love is a powerful force, and I'm afraid that without me you'll be lost. Remember that even though you can't see me, I'm still here, waiting for you. I'll be patient, don't hurry to me because I can't stand the idea of you not existing in that world. It needs you, don't lose hope. I'll love you forever because 'you are the best thing that's ever been mine.'
Love,
Serenity Malfoy
P.S. Don't hate me for saying this, but don't leave your brother, I don't want my death to cause a rift I worked so hard to fix, to form again.
"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU STUPID PRAT!" the redhead screamed dashing into the first compartment she saw. 'Rather be with awkward strangers than have Potter follow me' was her first thought.
"LILY DARLING!" the three occupants chorused, evidently surprised. Lily froze and slowly spun around, a look of pure terror on her face.
"I would have thought that this year, being last and all, you would hide the entire trip!" I commented.
"Seriously though, this makes things so much easier! I hate having to hunt you down!" the brunette sitting across from me smirked, clearly enjoying our best friend's distress.
"No! No! Why me? I just wanted to get Potter to stop following me! I'm just gonna -" Lily cut off, attempting to open the compartment door.
"They'll just follow you Lily, you know better!" the brunette's twin warned, sitting back looking excited.
"You're just in time! We thought of the perfect one ever!" Lily ran out the door with brunette and I following at her heels.
"Ready Serenity?" the brunette asked.
"I was born ready Layla!" I called before clearing my throat. Lily looked horrified. "It's been so long -" I sang.
Students were already opening their compartment doors excitedly, clearly expecting the serenading.
"That I haven't seen your face!" Layla finished, delighted that Lily stopped running and buried her face in her hands.
"I try to be strong -" I laughed.
"No! Stop it!" Lily whined, slowly backing up.
"But the strength I have is washing away!" Layla chanted.
"I wanna make up -" This time I was stopped by the fact that a particularly large boy was unceremoniously thrown out of his compartment and right at me. "OW!" I yelled as he fell.
The boy jumped up and, in the process, smacked my face right against the compartment door. "Oh Merlin! I'm so sorry let me -" he broke off when he realized who I was. His face fell slightly as he sprung back, as if he was burned by just looking at me. How rude!
"Black!" ("Malfoy!") Sirius and I glared.
"Oi Padfoot! Get back in here! You deserve to be thrown out again!" James Potter called, oblivious to the crash and everything else. He looked around and oh was there a strange sight.
The one girl who absolutely despised his best friend was standing a mere foot away from him, with a face covered in blood and a broken nose. "Evans!" he called, noticing that the redhead was standing there as well, still blushing from the singing fiasco.
Lily looked at him in disgust and muttered something under her breath to Layla. They both pointed their wands at me and, at the same time, stated their spells. "Episkey!" ("Scourgify!")
"Lets -er- go back to our compartments...shall we?" Layla tried breaking the tense silence after a few moments. Then she proceeded to drag Lily and I away, leaving both boys staring after us.
"That little jerk! How dare he push me down! And then break my nose! It could have mutated my face! Thank Merlin Lily knew the spell otherwise I would have hexed him into oblivion! Oh I'm going to get him back for this!" I fumed, pacing around the compartment.
"Relax Rini, he did apologize!" Layla reassured.
"Oh no! If he had known it was me he wouldn't have!" I was furious that he, Sirius Black, had the nerve to freaking touch me! "Plus, we didn't get to finish singing!" I whined.
"Don't hex him Rini, you're prefect now!" Lily reminded me, flipping her hair. Oh yeah, that's new. Prefect, wow. Wait, you probably don't remember the way my friends used to be, while we were still in Hogwarts.
Lily Evans, Marlene and Layla McKinnon, Sadie Clearwater, and I were the best friends imaginable. It was a strange group, a muggle born, two blood traitors, a half blood and me, the pure blood elitest. Somehow this didn't bother either of us in the slightest.
Lily and Layla were Gryffindors while Marlene, Sadie, and I were Ravenclaws. Wondering why there's no Sadie? Yeah, it's a sad story. Sadie's mother died when she was thirteen and since her father was still young, he remarried. One would be very afraid of having a step-mother at that age, but they turned out having a great friendship.
Unfortunately, Clarissa Clearwater died through a complicated childbirth this summer. Sadie felt it was her duty to take care of her new baby brother since Clarissa had always been so kind to her. Poor Sadie now had home schooling along with raising a baby all by herself while father worked.
That is why, I was suddenly turned into a seventh year prefect. How should I describe myself? Oh yeah, I'll just use your words. I, Serenity Malfoy was the lesser known cousin of the loved-by-all Lucius Malfoy.
I had golden hair that was layered down to my shoulders, a pain to maintain. I was very tall, 5'7 without even wearing heels and had 'breath-taking' turquoise eyes that 'pierced your soul'. Am I making fun of your words? Hell yes!
"You should get going guys, don't want to be late to your prefects meeting." Marlene stated calmly. I knew she was anything but calm, actually quite jealous that she had not been chosen as Sadie's replacement. Even Layla was filling in for Lily while she was Head Girl. Yeah, Lily was that amazing.
Marlene was what one would call a dark beauty. She had jet black curly hair that was just passed her midback. She was one of the few lucky curly hair people, who didn't need to brush out their "mane" daily. Her electric blue eyes always came as a shock to people and stood out completely. The only thing that she hated was her height. Poor Marly was only 5'3. At least she didn't tower over boys!
"Marly...I'm sorry girl!" I apologized, looking sincere. Marlene pulled a half-hearted smile and then resumed looking out of the window. Did I feel a little conceited that I had been made replacement...maybe a little...or a lot! Don't judge me, I hated being constantly beaten by Sadie and Lily! This gave me a giant boost of self-esteem!
Layla, realizing there was no way to appease her twin, stood up and motioned for us to follow her. If it weren't for their exact same eyes, you would have never believed Marly and Layla were related, let alone twins. Layla had the lightest brown hair in the entire Hogwarts and it was pin-straight, all the way down to her waist. Not even wavy! And she was tall, standing 5'8 and yes, she towered over some boys.
"I'm nervous girls! I want to know who the Head Boy is! Why couldn't Dumbledore just tell me?" Lily complained, twirling a strand of her hair in worry. It was a nervous habit of hers.
Lily's fiery red hair was curly and she, unfortunately for all of us, had a very difficult time managing it. (That means hours and hours in the bathroom every morning.) Yet it wasn't her hair that made her memorable. It was her lively giant green eyes. You could swear they were like 'anime eyes' as she called it. She had average height, 5'6, and stood in between all of us.
"Evans! You're finally here!" James Potter called, oh no, Lily's worst nightmare, from the prefect's compartment.
"What are you doing in here?" Lily was furious. "Wait, are you Remus' replacement prefect? Is he Head Boy? Oh wait, I forget who I'm talking to, as if Dumbledore would make you of all people prefect!" she scorned.
James and I had a little understanding of sorts. I believed that James would win Lily over and he believed that one day Black and I would reconciliate. Oh yeah, we were both definitely delusional.
"Actually no, do you see this? I'm Head Boy!" James showed off his Head Boy badge proudly to a stuttering Lily.
"You...not even prefect...crazy headmaster...poor Remus...that boy...why?" Lily cried incoherently. He just beamed at her, thrilled to have an opportunity to please her.
"Good Morning Serenity, Layla!" he called cheerfully. "And guess what Evans? We get our own dorms!" If Lily looked horrified before, now she looked as if she was going to faint.
"Though I do suggest we call each other by our first names, it'll look more professional. Let's start with mine. Repeat after me: Ja-me-s! James! Can you say that Lily?" he had an amused smirk on his face. Oh yeah, James Potter was one of the cockiest boys in school. He was talking to her as if she was some foreign exchange student!
"I know how to say your name, you idiot!" Lily snapped. Her raised an eyebrow and looked at her condescendingly. "Fine, James." she spat out. The effect was instantaneous, his eyes dazed over and a goofy grin appeared on his face. Imagine if she had spoken his name in her normal voice...
Layla and I giggled. "This is probably the first time she's ever said his name. Look at him sa-woon!" Layla gasped for air and carefully diverted her eyes from Lily's furious glare. Lily's face, on the other hand, was tinged pink, rather than the normal angry red. She was delightfully embarrassed!
Lily cleared her throat awkwardly, "Ok let's go in, I wanted to discuss an idea Dumbledore proposed in his letter..." She took a deep breath and then dragged James into the compartment alone.
"Ok everyone, come on into the first prefect's meeting of the year!" James called opening the door.
Layla and I had spent the past ten minutes attempting to eavesdrop on their conversation. Lily, accustomed to our nosy personalities, had muttered the 'Muffliato' spell and continued in peace.
"Finally Lily, what were you doing in there, snogging?" I smirked.
This time, there was no mistake, Lily's face was bright red with anger. She looked like she was going to slap me. "I was most definitely not snogging him!"
Layla giggled as I hid behind her. While attempting to avoid Lily's threatening hand, I ran right into someone, leaving me in a very awkward looking predicament.
That was when I realized I was lying, with her entire body pressed right against his own, on top of Regulus Black. This was the second time I fell on a stupid Black boy! The boy I tried to ignore for two years now even though he had done nothing wrong. I was too shocked at fate and couldn't help but stare at him, completely oblivious to my surroundings.
"Rini darling...do you need a hand?" Lily asked smugly. She was quite thrilled to have the negative attention drawn elsewhere. I jumped up immediately, realizing that people were probably watching us and it looked much worse than it was.
"Er...sorry Regulus...here let me...help you up." I stammered, extending my hand. He took it gratefully while I tried not to blush. Wait...why was I, Serenity Malfoy blushing because of Regulus Black? Not insulting you AT ALL!
It couldn't possibly be because I believed our hands molded perfectly together or that his skin was soft and I felt electrified? Oh no, that's...er not right. There must be a logical reason to this.
Someone cleared their throat and it brought me, once again, back to reality. Regulus had gotten up ages ago and now we were just staring at each other, hand-in-hand. He pulled his hand away quickly and moved to sit next to Carly Parkinson and her little brother Ashton. Why me?
"Okay then...let's get started. First off, congratulations to the new fifth year prefects along with the new Seventh Year Prefects, Layla McKinnon and Serenity Malfoy." Lily beamed proudly at her friends.
"For those of you who don't know us, my name is James Potter and this lovely lady over here is Lily Pott - I mean Evans." James pretended to forget. Oh he was good...Lily jabbed her elbow into his side and after a few moments, he continued. "We are this year's Head Boy and Girl."
"Now, for those of you who have been Prefects before, I'd like you to know there is a change. Instead of patrolling with your fellow housemate, Dumbledore has asked that we switch it up for inter-house unity." Lily told them.
Layla and I grinned at each other, oh we had inter-house unity down quite well. "The patrol partners will still be boy/girl." James stated, noticing our glance. We groaned at the unfairness of it all. What if we were stuck with some perverted fifth year?
"To make it fair, we randomly picked out a boy and girl Prefect for you. You will be patrolling with someone from your year, so that should give you something in common, hopefully..." Lily looked excited. She always wanted people to be friends with other houses just like her.
Lily had Marly and I from Ravenclaw, a few acquaintances from Hufflepuff, and of course, her ex-best friend, Severus Snape from Slytherin. If there was anyone who could pose as a model-inter-house-unity person, it was her, at least until the end of fifth year.
"So we'll start with the Seventh Years and move down." James began taking out a long list of names.
"Parkinson and Lupin." Lupin sighed and tried to brighten his face as he looked at Carly. She just looked back at him in the same, cool expression as always. Lupin had hoped that maybe he would be lucky enough to partner with Layla. I always knew he had a thing for her. Thank Merlin he didn't, I would have hard to run interference. Thinking back, I still shuddered every time I looked at him.
"McKinnon and Abbott." Layla was thrilled as she glanced over at the gorgeous Henry Abbott. He winked at her, causing Lupin to look down in despair. Good, be jealous you...I won't finish, he doesn't deserve my internal insulting.
"Malfoy and Black." Lily smirked at me as she watched me nearly fall off my seat in surprise. Just. My. Freaking. Luck. I gave Regulus a quick smile and then immediately turned to whisper to Layla about this new peoblem. Lily was too far away to hear and sighed impatiently, hoping she made the right "random" choice...
"Thank Merlin that was over. It was perhaps the most boring thing in the world!" Lily whined as the rest of the prefects left. Layla and I stayed behind dutifully to wait with her so she wouldn't be alone with the "insufferable prick".
"Lily," James turned to face her once almost everyone was out the door, "would you like to-" before he could even ask his question, Lily exploded.
"NO POTTER! I WILL NOT ACCOMPANY YOU ON A DATE. I WOULDN'T DATE YOU IF YOU WERE THE LAST MAN ALIVE! I WOULD RATHER PICK A NON-MAGICAL LIFE THAT HAVE TO SPEND ANY TIME WITH YOU! SO THE ANSWER IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE NO!" James' face fell. It was as if his heart had just been massacred. Poor guy, he was actually not that bad. Arrogant? Yes, but he was so much nicer than most boys. *cough* Black *cough*.
"I know that..." he told her in a detatched voice. "I was asking 'would you like to stay a few minutes and finalize the patrol schedule before the next meeting?' That way we wouldn't have to worry about it during classes." she looked horrified.
"Clearly though, you'd prefer to be non-magical than work on this with me so, I'll leave you to it." he stormed out with eyes looking suspiciously shiny. Aww...
So what do you think? I know, it's super long, I hope you weren't too busy/intimidated, I promise, I don't update long chapters like ever, this was just a special case. I also don't own the song they were singing, which was, by the way, Right Now by Akon. Please Review! If you hate the story, tell me how to improve it. If you love the story, tell me why! If you are like 'eh'...never mind, however you feel about the story, tell me what you think!
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