Flowers and Queens
It was a rainy day when James arrived at Hogwarts. Everyone's hood was up except for one. Curly brown hair grew damp with rain while its body looked around. The head turned towards James and he saw her face. She had light skin, sea green eyes, and delicate pink lips. She was scanning the crowd for something that James couldn't see.
Sirius nudged him and said, "Are you looking at the new girl? I hear that she is our year. Maybe she would be easier to chase than Lily."
James mulled it over and it was probably true. He had been chasing after Lily for four years and this was going to be the fifth if he kept it up.
James shook his head but Remus said, "I bet she would like you. You are popular and pretty good at magic."
Sirius obviously tired something because she was yelling at him, "Hard to look up a skirt when I'm wearing jeans, perv!"
Sirius was blushing but her face was bright red with anger as she stormed towards the Marauders. Remus murmured, "Look what you've done. Now she's pissed."
She was yelling insults at them when Lily stepped in.
She placed a hand on her shoulder and the girl squarely punched her jaw. Lily, stunned, slapped her and pushed her to the floor but the girl dragged her with her. The girl rolled out from under Lily and leaped back up in an instant. She threw two well aimed hard punches at Lily's throat.
Before Lily could hit her in return, the girl flipped into the air and disappeared.
James rushed to Lily and asked, "Who was that?"
Lily's neck was bruising already and her voice came out hoarsely, "That was Elizabeth. She loathes being here and she is in Gryffindor. Apparently, she wasn't a good fit for anything so they just picked one at random. She is extremely temperamental and Sirius didn't help with that. She is a powerful witch but I've never seen her fight hand to hand combat. That really hurt."
Remus whispered, "Where did she go to?"
Lily replied, "No clue. I've never seen her do that either. But she didn't Apparate, that's for sure. That was too quiet and it is impossible to Apparate on campus."
Severus was leering close by so James hissed, "Leave. This is none of your business."
He replied, "It is my business if Lily is brutally injured because of your stupid antics."
Sirius responded, "It wasn't my fault. I didn't think that she would start throwing punches."
Severus roared, "Oh, because every girl loves her skirt getting lifted? You deserved that beating, not Lily. You think that you're so sly but you nearly got Lily killed."
A new voice chimed in, "Really? What am I? A murderess?" Everyone looked to see Elizabeth, leaning against the wall, lightly flipping her wet hair over her shoulder. Wands whipped out and were pointed towards her but she held her arms in surrender. In one of her hands was a twisted, rose colored, glass vial.
She continued, "Lily, here's a salve for the bruises and the top has a dropper that will help your voice. Use it once a day and the salve twice. I can be violent but I was angry. I wanted to hurt the first thing I got my hands on and that was, unfortunately, you. I didn't mean to hurt you."
She handed the bottle to Lily and walked away without another word.
All eyes went to the bottle. Lily carefully uncorked the bottle the top and a cream colored lotion poured out. She was about to apply it to her neck when Severus grabbed her wrist, "Are you sure that she is trustworthy?"
James nodded, "I hate to say it but I agree with Severus. She beat you up, disappeared, and then arrived with a mysterious bottle with a supposed cure. It's more than suspicious. It's downright creepy."
She replied hoarsely, "Well, she's never done it before and she normally seems okay but she likes serious topics, not fluff. I highly doubt that she would joke about this. She's like the female version of James."
The Marauders chuckled but James looked hurt. He asked, "When did I ever beat you up for no reason?"
Everyone silenced.
It was a few minutes later when Peter said, "So, are you planning on seeing if it works?"
They looked back to the lotion in Lily's palm and she cautiously massaged it onto her neck.
Within seconds, all the bruises began to fade and after a minute, they were gone. She fiddled with the top and a vial popped out. She dropped a singled drop down her throat and said in her normal voice, "That girl is seriously unusual."
Each and every head nodded in agreement. A cold wind blew and a shadow flickered and they dispersed.
Author's Note: I know that there are none of the other girls and hardly anything from Peter but they weren't beneficial to the story and bogged it down. And yes, very violent rage of anger out of nowhere. It is a little weird but it moved the story along better.
