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Disclaimer: I own none of the characters you know. I only own Katya, Hannah and Sammie. I also own any 'creative spellings'. Anything else is JKR's, so please don't bother suing, cos u wont get anything!
1 Chapter 1: The Announcement
It was breakfast time on Lily's first day back at Hogwarts in sixth year. The ceiling above was bright blue, a mirror image of the sky outside, and everyone was in a good mood. Lily smiled to herself as she finished her cereal, and watched her best friend Katya flirting with Sirius Black, a boy in their year, and another of Lily's friends. Lily knew that Katya had had an enormous crush on Sirius since third year, but it didn't seem that anything was going to happen about it. As everyone was finishing eating, and getting ready to leave for their first lessons, Professor Dumbledore stood up, and clapped his hands to attract the attention of all the students in the hall.
"Could I please ask all sixth years to stay behind after the other students have left. I have an important announcement which you will all need to hear"
Lily was sitting in a large group of friends, Remus Lupin, Katya Fenjuke, James Potter, Sirius Black, Hannah Cobb, Peter Pettigrew and Sammie Eastward. Remus was medium-height, with light brown hair and brown eyes. He was the quietest of the group, but loved jokes and pranks as much as the others did. Remus was a werewolf, as Lily had recently discovered. At the time, she had been very angry with James, Sirius, Remus and Peter for not telling her, but she had soon forgiven them. Katya was quite short, with shoulder length blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She was muggle-born, and had known Lily when they were at primary school. James was tall, and had messy black hair and dark brown eyes. Most girls thought he was very handsome, although Lily couldn't see this – he was just like an older brother to her, as he had always looked after her. They had known each other since they were first years on the train journey to school, when Severus Snape, a greasy-haired Slytherin had tried to attack her. James was best friends with Sirius, who was also tall with black hair (although his was longer, and he wore it in a ponytail), and had nearly as many admirers as James. It was those two who usually thought up pranks, and although they were very clever, they both usually had the highest detention record in the school. Hannah was tall as well, nearly as tall as James was, with long brown hair and hazel eyes. She, like Remus, was quite quiet, and was usually the one who made sure the others didn't do anything dangerous. Peter was short, and slightly overweight, with pale blonde hair and light blue eyes. Hannah didn't like him very much, she said he seemed odd, but no one else could see anything wrong with him. Hannah was taking divination for one of her NEWTs, and she sometimes acted a bit strangely. Sammie had dirty brown hair cut into a bob, and eyes that were so dark blue they sometimes almost seemed black. She was a pureblood witch, and her parents were friends with Remus's
As the other students left the hall, Dumbledore smiled at the slightly nervous looking began to speak again.
"This year, the staff at Hogwarts have decided that although it is very important for you all to be competent witches and wizards by the time you leave school, it is also important for you to be able to do some things without using any magic. For instance, would you be able to cope if you were in a situation where you were unable to use magic, for whatever reason? We are going to test you on this, and if it works, we will test All future sixth years in the same way."
"Oh goodie, so we get to be the guinea pigs" Lily heard Sirius mutter, and she giggled, trying not to make too much noise.
"We will put you into groups of four, and in those groups, you will have to survive a night spent outdoors, using absolutely no magic. To make sure none of you cheat and use magic," and at this point, Lily was sure that Dumbledore glanced at James and Sirius, "I will be taking your wands from you before you leave, and they will be kept with me until you return. Now I shall give you the groups. I have tried to put people together who are friends, and will work well together, but if you have been grouped with someone you would rather not work with, please do not complain, as the groups cannot be changed. You will be leaving in five days time, and as of tomorrow, you will be excused from your lessons to prepare."
Lily started to feel a bit worried about the groupings. What if she was not with any of her friends? She didn't pay much attention to the lists of pupils being read out, until she heard her own name:
"Group 6: Black, Sirius; Evans, Lily; Fenjuke Katya; Potter, James
Group 7: Cobb, Hannah; Eastward, Samantha; Lupin, Remus; Pettigrew, Peter"
Lily grinned, she was glad she was with her friends, but Hannah didn't look quite so happy about being grouped with Peter. As soon as Dumbledore had read out all the groupings, the students hurried off to their first lessons – Lily's was Care of magical Creatures. She wasn't paying much attention though, which resulted in a nasty burn from the Fire Crab she was meant to be looking after. This happened about halfway through the lesson, and meant that she had to go to the hospital wing, and miss the rest of the lesson.
When she was allowed to leave the hospital, it was time for her next lesson – Defence Against the Dark Arts, with the Hufflepuffs. None of the Hufflepuff girls seemed to like Lily – she was friends with James Potter, and most of the Hufflepuff girls were part of James's 'followers', as Sammie called them.
As she had expected, DADA was worse than usual, as the Hufflepuffs were not happy about Lily being grouped with James. Professor Vorbuk, the teacher, spent the lesson explaining the theory of duelling, and he said that they would be soon going to be able to attempt duelling each other. Lily hoped she would be put with a Gryffindor, as most of the Hufflepuffs looked ready to kill her. As soon as the lesson was over, she went to the Great hall for lunch. Then she had to climb right up to the sixth floor, for History of Magic.
As usual, Professor Binns droned on about the goblin rebellions of 16- whenever-it-was, and paid absolutely no notice to anything the pupils were doing. Lily used some embroidery threads she had conjured up to make a friendship bracelet, as she had learnt to make them when she was in primary school, and she wanted to see if she could still make them. Finally, at the end of the lesson, Lily knotted the end of the bracelet, and was quite surprised to see how neat it was, considering she had not made any for nearly seven years. She tied it around her wrist, and walked back to her common room, with her friends, as that was the last lesson of the day.
A/N: Sorry how boring it is – it will get better later on – honest! Please review once you are finished – look there's a lovely little box, just at the bottom of the screen :)
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters you know. I only own Katya, Hannah and Sammie. I also own any 'creative spellings'. Anything else is JKR's, so please don't bother suing, cos u wont get anything!
1 Chapter 1: The Announcement
It was breakfast time on Lily's first day back at Hogwarts in sixth year. The ceiling above was bright blue, a mirror image of the sky outside, and everyone was in a good mood. Lily smiled to herself as she finished her cereal, and watched her best friend Katya flirting with Sirius Black, a boy in their year, and another of Lily's friends. Lily knew that Katya had had an enormous crush on Sirius since third year, but it didn't seem that anything was going to happen about it. As everyone was finishing eating, and getting ready to leave for their first lessons, Professor Dumbledore stood up, and clapped his hands to attract the attention of all the students in the hall.
"Could I please ask all sixth years to stay behind after the other students have left. I have an important announcement which you will all need to hear"
Lily was sitting in a large group of friends, Remus Lupin, Katya Fenjuke, James Potter, Sirius Black, Hannah Cobb, Peter Pettigrew and Sammie Eastward. Remus was medium-height, with light brown hair and brown eyes. He was the quietest of the group, but loved jokes and pranks as much as the others did. Remus was a werewolf, as Lily had recently discovered. At the time, she had been very angry with James, Sirius, Remus and Peter for not telling her, but she had soon forgiven them. Katya was quite short, with shoulder length blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She was muggle-born, and had known Lily when they were at primary school. James was tall, and had messy black hair and dark brown eyes. Most girls thought he was very handsome, although Lily couldn't see this – he was just like an older brother to her, as he had always looked after her. They had known each other since they were first years on the train journey to school, when Severus Snape, a greasy-haired Slytherin had tried to attack her. James was best friends with Sirius, who was also tall with black hair (although his was longer, and he wore it in a ponytail), and had nearly as many admirers as James. It was those two who usually thought up pranks, and although they were very clever, they both usually had the highest detention record in the school. Hannah was tall as well, nearly as tall as James was, with long brown hair and hazel eyes. She, like Remus, was quite quiet, and was usually the one who made sure the others didn't do anything dangerous. Peter was short, and slightly overweight, with pale blonde hair and light blue eyes. Hannah didn't like him very much, she said he seemed odd, but no one else could see anything wrong with him. Hannah was taking divination for one of her NEWTs, and she sometimes acted a bit strangely. Sammie had dirty brown hair cut into a bob, and eyes that were so dark blue they sometimes almost seemed black. She was a pureblood witch, and her parents were friends with Remus's
As the other students left the hall, Dumbledore smiled at the slightly nervous looking began to speak again.
"This year, the staff at Hogwarts have decided that although it is very important for you all to be competent witches and wizards by the time you leave school, it is also important for you to be able to do some things without using any magic. For instance, would you be able to cope if you were in a situation where you were unable to use magic, for whatever reason? We are going to test you on this, and if it works, we will test All future sixth years in the same way."
"Oh goodie, so we get to be the guinea pigs" Lily heard Sirius mutter, and she giggled, trying not to make too much noise.
"We will put you into groups of four, and in those groups, you will have to survive a night spent outdoors, using absolutely no magic. To make sure none of you cheat and use magic," and at this point, Lily was sure that Dumbledore glanced at James and Sirius, "I will be taking your wands from you before you leave, and they will be kept with me until you return. Now I shall give you the groups. I have tried to put people together who are friends, and will work well together, but if you have been grouped with someone you would rather not work with, please do not complain, as the groups cannot be changed. You will be leaving in five days time, and as of tomorrow, you will be excused from your lessons to prepare."
Lily started to feel a bit worried about the groupings. What if she was not with any of her friends? She didn't pay much attention to the lists of pupils being read out, until she heard her own name:
"Group 6: Black, Sirius; Evans, Lily; Fenjuke Katya; Potter, James
Group 7: Cobb, Hannah; Eastward, Samantha; Lupin, Remus; Pettigrew, Peter"
Lily grinned, she was glad she was with her friends, but Hannah didn't look quite so happy about being grouped with Peter. As soon as Dumbledore had read out all the groupings, the students hurried off to their first lessons – Lily's was Care of magical Creatures. She wasn't paying much attention though, which resulted in a nasty burn from the Fire Crab she was meant to be looking after. This happened about halfway through the lesson, and meant that she had to go to the hospital wing, and miss the rest of the lesson.
When she was allowed to leave the hospital, it was time for her next lesson – Defence Against the Dark Arts, with the Hufflepuffs. None of the Hufflepuff girls seemed to like Lily – she was friends with James Potter, and most of the Hufflepuff girls were part of James's 'followers', as Sammie called them.
As she had expected, DADA was worse than usual, as the Hufflepuffs were not happy about Lily being grouped with James. Professor Vorbuk, the teacher, spent the lesson explaining the theory of duelling, and he said that they would be soon going to be able to attempt duelling each other. Lily hoped she would be put with a Gryffindor, as most of the Hufflepuffs looked ready to kill her. As soon as the lesson was over, she went to the Great hall for lunch. Then she had to climb right up to the sixth floor, for History of Magic.
As usual, Professor Binns droned on about the goblin rebellions of 16- whenever-it-was, and paid absolutely no notice to anything the pupils were doing. Lily used some embroidery threads she had conjured up to make a friendship bracelet, as she had learnt to make them when she was in primary school, and she wanted to see if she could still make them. Finally, at the end of the lesson, Lily knotted the end of the bracelet, and was quite surprised to see how neat it was, considering she had not made any for nearly seven years. She tied it around her wrist, and walked back to her common room, with her friends, as that was the last lesson of the day.
A/N: Sorry how boring it is – it will get better later on – honest! Please review once you are finished – look there's a lovely little box, just at the bottom of the screen :)