James's Revenge- Chapter one
Hello! Here is the new and updated version of chapter one! And it's even longer! I hope you guys all enjoy this version better. :)
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Lily Evans was angry. Wait, no- that didn't even begin to describe it. Lily Evans was furious. Why was she angry, you ask?
Well, it did have something to do with one Mister James Potter (Again) but this time it wasn't about him asking her out 24/7. Nope, not this time. This time it was more to do with the fact that her hair was currently bright green… and glowing eerily.
Lily hated glowing green hair, especially as it was James who did it and try as she might, she could not get rid of it. So the green hair was to stay until she could confront James and demand he put it back to normal. The thought of having an excuse to yell at James made her feel slightly happier, and made her quicken her pace to the Common Room, hoping he would be there.
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"James Potter!" A very angry girl screeched as she stormed into the Common Room, before coming to a stop in front of James, pleased on having found him here. Wait, no. She didn't want to be pleased. She wanted to be angry. He deserved it anyway. "What have you done this time?"
Even though Lily already knew what he did, it always helped to ask the accused what he or she had done. Lily liked to think it enforced a feeling of guilt into the person at fault before the proper questioning began. Then they would not be as inclined to argue innocent. Which, by the way, James Potter was most certainly not. Other cases, perhaps he was. But most definitely not in this situation. No doubt about it that he was the one who turned her hair green.
"What?" James asked looking amusedly at Lily's hair.
Lily narrowed her eyes so that they became dangerously close to being shut completely, which is definitely a bad sign. A bad sign indeed. "Don't you dare question my intelligence! You know what you've done! You've turned my hair green! Green for goodness sake!"
"Well yeah? I guess I have." James said sheepishly, scratching the top of his head in a way which was very James-like.
"Of course you have!" Lily Evans screamed at him stamping her foot. Her bright emerald eyes (that now matched her hair) gleamed brightly with a fire that was only seen when she was angry at James.
James chuckled. "Calm down Lily. It's not that bad."
"Not that bad!? Not that bad!? You're not the one who has green hair!" Lily said angrily.
"You know Lily; it kinda suits you."
"James-"Lily began warningly.
"Why Lily I didn't know you felt that way about me. First name basis now, are we?" James said teasingly.
Lily glared at him, something she had perfected over the years. "Put my hair back to normal, now! Or else I will hex you so hard that you will not be able to re-attach your limbs." She growled.
James, being rather fond of being completely intact, tried one last attempt at getting something out of this whole ordeal. "Oh but Lily only on one condition." James replied back to her.
By now the whole common room was staring at them. It was always amusing when Lily got angry at James. But it was also kinda dangerous. Who knows what Lily would do? Lily looked at him suspiciously. "And what is that exactly?"
"Go out with me, Lily." James said simply, grinning as only he could while asking out an irate girl.
Lily turned her super glare on him again then on everyone else who were whispering to themselves about the situation. "In your dreams,Potter!" She spat that last word out as if it were poison.
James had had enough. "Fine then." He said. "I just won't ask you out ever again then!"
Lily was shocked at his words. "Potter, I really don't care if you're not going to ask me out again. I am actually fully glad you're not going to ask again! I don't care if you never ask me out again! Now, as I have some unfinished work to do," Lily said, gesturing to her hair. "I figured you would like to play 'Guess what Animal I am.' And I nominate you to be the first volunteer. Levicorpus!"
Suddenly James's world turned upside down and he found himself hanging from the ceiling by his ankles. Rather relieved he was still in one piece, but very indignant at being hung upside down, James cried out, "Put me down!"
Sirius laughed. "Ha mate, that game looks awesome! I wanna play too!"
James glared at Sirius as best as he could while being upside down. "Padfoot," he whined. "you're supposed to be supporting me in this!"
"Oh, right." Sirius turned serious (Ha Sirius, serious.) instantly and turned to face Lily grimly. "Lily Evans that was a very dastardly crime. I cannot allow it."
"Shut up, Black!" Lily spat out before stalking out of the common room. She paused at the door way and turned to face James. "Maybe next time you'll consider your choice of words." And then she disappeared out of sight, slamming the portrait door behind her.
"PMS maybe?" Sirius asked James, turning to him.
"I don't care what it is, but because of it I'm now stuck upside down and starting to feel a bit sick. Could you help me down?"
But neither James, Sirius nor anyone else for that matter, knew the counter curse. Well, Remus probably would, but Remus was in the library.
A few hours later Lily's hair had returned to normal, after a visit to several professors. James had gotten a week's worth of detentions for his prank on her. Luckily, for both Lily and James, there was a way to fix a case of green hair. Lily had returned to the common room and let James down (after glaring at him, saying she hoped he had learnt his lesson), who felt very dizzy and light- headed. James had headed straight up to his dorm with Sirius and Peter so that he could have a lie down and Lily sat by the fire to read the book she had started earlier before someone had pointed out to her that her hair had turned green.
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Well, Lo and behold! This chapter is now twice the length it originally was. It went from 513 words, to 1158 words! Wow…
Anyway, feel free to tell me how you liked the new version of this, whether you thought it was great, or terrible, or even if you want the old version back.
Make sure to check back when the other updated chapters come out!
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Also thanks to the people who supported me in the editing of this story, especially Patronus12 who was very encouraging. :)
