Cupid's poison
I've hated him since day one. Sirius Black. Ugh, just his name makes me want to hit something. My best friend Lily thinks she has problems with Potter, please at least Potter's tries to be nice to Lily. Black just likes to humiliate me. By humiliate I don't mean a harmless little joke, I mean bully me in front of everyone, after he's made sure I don't have my wand. I don't even both fighting back anymore, I let him curse and hex me and much as possible until Lily, or Alice finally arrives and kills Black.
My older muggle sister told me to just ignore him. Fat lot of good that was. I tried, but it's a little hard when you're both in Gryffindor and take the same lessons. Curse you fate! Saturday is the best day by far. Lily, Alice, Lizzie and I go out to Hogsmede. We spend hours in the girly shops, and there are never any run-ins with the 'marauders'. I avoid Zonko's joke shop like the plague.
Sadly today wasn't a Saturday, it was a wonderful Monday (note sarcasm). I tend to wake up before the rest of my friends, then it's up to me to pull them out of bed. "No," Alice groaned into her pillow, "five more minutes." I sighed. "Fine, but you're going to miss Frank at breakfast. Frank is Alice's boyfriend, they are completely infatuated with each other. I couldn't see Alice with anyone else. She was up like lightning at the sound of his name, and soon we were sitting down in the Great Hall, pouring wizard oats into our bowls, accompanied by small glasses of pumpkin juice. "Hey Lily," James Potter grinned, sitting down next to her. "You look astonishingly beautiful today." Lily turned to James, her bright green eyes alight with dislike, "sod off Potter," she growled, "before I hex you so hard that you land on top of the Slytherin table. James sighed theatrically, holding his heart "Lily-flower, anger does not suit you." Lily was starting to get red in the face from anger, she lifted her wand at James. He was smart enough to take this as a warning, as he slid away from her. Lily sighed and lowered her wand. Alice giggled a little. I, like Lily, didn't find it funny. The 'marauders' weren't cute, or hot, or funny. They were cruel, bullying, arrogant prats. I was thrown out of my thoughts as Sirius Black sat down opposite James, who was now a few people away from us. Quickly I looked back at my friends, if Sirius caught me staring at him, it would just provoke him into bullying me. Lily frowned. " I really hate them." she said through gritted teeth. Alice raised an eyebrow at Lily. " Me too," I sighed, "well, not Remus or Peter I suppose," I said thoughtfully, thinking of the two harmless members of the marauders. "Yeah," Lily said, smiling slightly, "Remus is really nice. God knows why he hangs out with them." I nodded. Remus was the only member of the marauders who I could actually have a nice, normal conversation with. "We should go," Alice sighed. We all groaned, no one felt like Potions today; the lesson where we sat next to the marauders. Sirius Black stuck out his foot as I walked past, causing me to stumble then slam into the cold stony floor. He barked with laughter, high-fiveing James. Everyone in the hall had their attention on me. Struggling to quickly get up, I walked away. I stood outside the hall, trying not to cry. I heard a shriek from Black, as Lily hexed him without mercy. Why did Black bully me? I knew that I was a shy person, but I wasn't the only one. Black just seemed to get a kick out of hurting me. I was particularly bad-looking. I had long, dyed-blonde hair which almost reached my hips. I was very pale, had large blue eyes and thin, pink lips. I wasn't fat, I was actually very skinny. I didn't eat much. Alice or Lily would always force me to eat more than I wanted. It wasn't like I was anorexic or anything…I just didn't want to eat. It made me feel sick. Lily, Alice and Lizzie rushed out of the hall. "Violet I'm so sorry," Lizzie said sadly, "he's an ass, and definitely not worth your tears." Lily and Alice nodded. "Thanks." I sniffed. I didn't feel like talking to anyone now.
Potions wasn't great. Not that it ever is, having Black and Potter sitting behind Lily and I. I rested my head in my hand, staring down at the wooden table. I couldn't seem to concentrate on what Professor Slughorn was saying. I just wanted to run up to my room, lie on my bed and cry. No one bothering me, just being alone. I felt Black poking me in the back. My eyes widened, and my stomach churned uncomfortably. I just ignored him. Kept ignoring him. Kept ignoring him. Lily wasn't noticing. His poking was starting to get harder and more forceful every time. "Begin!" Slughorn exclaimed, smiling at everyone. I didn't need telling twice. I quickly stood up. Lily grabbed a cauldron. "Could you get the ingredients Vi?" she asked, looking down at her book. "Sure…um what are we making?" I asked quietly. Lily turned to me, an raised an eyebrow. "Draught of living death," she said as if it was a question. "The potion Slughorn's been talking about for the past ten minutes?" I forced a grin and laughed. "Oh yeah," I said. I quickly got the ingredients and returned to our desk. It was no surprise to see Black and Potter annoying Lily. I hesitated, but walked up to the desk. "Clark!" Black exclaimed loudly. I frowned at him, not saying anything. This only made his smirk more prominent.