I Own nothing but Lizzie.
Chapter one- Elizabeth Rouge and Sirius Black.
I walk into the train station alone thinking about this upcoming year. Wow seventh year. I remember back when I first got my Hogwarts letter, my parents thought it was a joke seeing as they're muggles but I knew better. How else could you explain me breaking glass or blowing things up when I was angry? How else would you explain almost tripping down the stairs but somehow gliding down them? It explained everything this letter. I kept telling them it was real, but of course they thought I was just putting two and two together and not getting four. Then a few days later a tall, skinny man with a long with beard and long white hair showed up on my doorstep wearing the deepest purple robes. My first thought was that he looked funny, my second was that I knew he was like me. He was very polite and explained Hogwarts to my parents. I told him I always knew something was funny about me, and he laughed and told me he was surprised I caught on because most didn't. The twinkle in his eyes made me feel more at home than I ever felt. I always felt like I didn't belong in my house like I was different. I wasn't by any means and only child. I was the youngest of four boys. Alex, was the oldest four years older than I am. Then Michael which is a year younger than Alex. Then came Tyler who was a year younger than Michael. Then came me. I was the only one magical in my family. They didn't hate me for it but they treated me different and not always in a good way.
He took me to Diagon Alley this wizarding shopping place. It was brilliant! There were witches and wizards everywhere wearing long robes and cloaks and flourishing their wands. It was like a dream come true I couldn't keep the smile off my face. He took me to get robes first and then to get my books, and I was surprised to see that the pictures moved! The best part of the trip with going to Ollivander's to get my wand. The old man was friendly and entrancing with his stories about wand lore. We tried wand after wand, until he found the perfect one. 14 inches, cherry wood with a unicorn hair. It felt so right in my hand like it was an extension of my own arm!
My first weeks of school were horrible. The sorting hat was on my head for barely a second when it screamed GRYFFINDOR! I had no friends and everyone made fun of me because I was a supposed know it all. I didn't mean to know it all, I just got curious and read all my books before school started! There was a girl in my class who was just like me. She was tall for her age, with a slender figure, long fiery red hair, and brilliant green eyes her skin was tan and clear. We talked ever so often because we shared a dorm, but she usually just hung out with this short blonde girl named Alice. I was constantly made fun of for my freckles and pale skin. I was tiny in every way with curly strawberry blonde hair and big deep green eyes. Personally I'd say Lily's eyes were much prettier.
I met my first friends a month into school. I was walking along the corridors by myself to go to Transfiguration one of my favorite classes when Lucius Malfoy a third year Slytherin came up and began to taunt me. He then called me a mudblood in front of everyone! I was mortified. I started crying and that just made everyone laugh harder. Then suddenly to my right was a boy with the messiest black hair I'd ever seen with warm hazel eyes, and a pair of glasses, standing next to him was another boy with somewhat neater sandy hair, and amber eyes. The boy with the sandy hair put his arms around me and started walking me towards the other direction while the one with the black hair was yelling at the Slytherin. Eventually he caught up to me.
"T-thank you." I stuttered out my voice cracking from crying. I reached up to wipe the tears off of my face.
"Hey, don't listen to him, he doesn't know anything he's just a slimy git." He said staring into my green eyes. He then held out his hand "I'm James Potter." I took his hand hesitantly and he laughed at my hesitation. His laugh was loud and playful. Then the boy who had his arms around my shoulders released me and said "I'm Remus Lupin. You're Elizabeth Rouge right?" he asked me.
"Y-yes." I said looking down.
"Hey, don't be embarrassed. That's how they all are, the slytherins they all think they're better because they're pureblood. But you seem a lot smarter than them anyway they're just jealous." Remus told me softly.
"You're pureblood then?" I asked in a small voice.
"Me? No. James is but don't worry he won't think bad of you because you're not. Everyone isn't like that. I'm half. My mom is a pureblood and my dad is a muggle-born." I looked up off the floor and stared into his amber eyes. They somehow soothed me both of them and I felt better than I had since the start of school.
"Really, thank you." I said finally without stuttering.
"Ha, Rem, looks like we finally got her to stop stuttering. Trust me, just stick with us and you'll be fine." James said smiling brightly at me.
From that day on they were my bestfriends. I fell in love with them. James, Peter, Remus, I was always worrying about them, or helping them with their problems. I hated seeing them upset and did whatever I could to make the feel better. I was always there for them teaching them things they didn't know and in turn they taught me to be confident, and charming. I definitely learned from the masters. The only problem about our friendship was Sirius Black. He despises me. So it's me, James, Remus, Peter and Sirius and though all the other boys like me, Sirius he just doesn't. I never found out why and he never told anyone. He is forever making fun and playing pranks on me. But if he thinks I won't pull one back he is crazy. And trust me I can pull a prank, I come up with some of the best ones they pull off. He always calls me ugly when I know I am anything but. He always tells me that I screw things up, he's mad that I helped with the map(they would have been useless without me) and that I knew about the cloak. So we decided to keep the fact that I am also an animagus from him. He thinks Foxie is just a stupid nickname. He also refuses to call me Lizzie or Foxie like everyone else, or Angel, if you're Remus, Peter, or James. Nope I'm Elizabeth or freckles to him.
Ever since I came out of my shell I haven't been made fun of since, well with the exception of the Slytherins but whos counting them anyway. I stick up for myself now when a slytherin calls me a mudblood or when they hex me for being one. I'm not the scared little girl I was first year. Okay well I am little but I am by no means scared. Lily is one of my bestfriends but the fact that I'm good friends with James is always a strain on our friendship, and the fact that she is good friends with Sirius (Merlin knows why.) that puts another strain on us. She also hates the fact that I am a prankster, but what can you do? I am what I am.
Finally after making my way to the barrier I walk straight through without looking back and I'm instantly relieved. I don't really consider myself a muggle, I feel much better here along the other wizards. Especially because of the war going on. Right before I step on the train I feel three people attack me from behind.
"Foxie!" I turn around and see James, Remus, and Peter a boy with blonde hair and watery blue eyes. I hug them all. I then look over my shoulder and see Sirius standing there with a glare in his fathomless grey eyes. Don't get me wrong I know a handsome bloke when I see one and he is definitely one of the most good looking guys in our school. Everyone wants him. Well everyone except me.
"You all act like you haven't seen me since last year. I was just at James' house with you all a week ago!" I said to him then I turned to Sirius. "Black." I said with a nod. I never called him Sirius to his face.
"Elizabeth. Wow, looks like you've gotten uglier since I last saw you." My pale face suddenly flushed red from embarrassment. I didn't back down from him. I looked up into his face and glared. He smirked at my blush and I raised my eye brow. When I was finally about to comment on his messy hair. Remus cut me off.
"Oh Sirius leave her alone would you. You know she's beautiful you just won't admit it." I smiled gratefully at Remus.
"Thank you!" I said smugly. We walked along the train looking for Lily's compartment. Though James and Lily hated each other they still sit together in the great hall and on the trains seeing as they are both my friends. After walking in about four compartments (even though we knew Lily wasn't in there, we just went to bother the kids already in there.) We finally found her and Alice. When we stepped in, Lily bounced up and hugged me tightly then I felt another small body launch itself at us.
"Alice! Lily!" I screamed. They pulled back from the hug with a big smile on their faces.
"Lizzie!" They both screamed back. Sirius snorted and that was when Lily launched herself at him and gave him a tight hug. I mimicked a gag to Alice and she laughed.
"Oh Sirius!" I heard her say. "I've missed you; we didn't get to hang out as much this summer. Especially since the whole thing with your parents." Of course I knew what she was talking about. I was at James' sometime in July sitting in the living room with Mr. and Mrs. Potter when Sirius burst through the door. He looked down right terrible and even me who hates him was worried. Blood was caked on the left side of his face and was covering his chest. He was shaky and pale. He was barley standing on his feet then suddenly he fell forward and he almost hit the floor before Mr. Potter caught him. Mrs. Potter being a healer, healed his injuries and we found out what happened. He was trying to run away from his parents when his mother caught him. She cut him open using the dark arts something she and the rest of the Black family are quite fond of and then used to cruciatus curse on him. I never really knew why I was in Gryffindor seeing as I wasn't all that brave but Sirius, Sirius was a Gryffindor through and through. Even I had to respect him for the amount of courage he had. I was brought out of my thoughts by a hand waving in front of my face. I shook my head and looked around seeing that everyone had already sat down. Lily was next to Black, James on the other side and I'm guessing Remus and Peter were behind us. It was Alice who was waving her tanned hand in front of my face.
"W-what?" I asked. Feeling quite embarrassed my cheeks flushed red again and I sat down next to Remus who put his hand on my knee trying to hide his laughter by turning it into a cough. I glared at him, something I never really do and his coughing was cut off.
"What were you thinking about Liz?" Lils asked me turning her attention away from Sirius. My glaze shot to Sirius for a second and our eyes met, but I quickly looked away turning back to Lily.
"Oh um-urm nothing." I said intelligently. Usually Sirius would make a comment on this but I was surprised when none came. I shook my head again trying to focus. "Oh Lily?" I asked grinning from what I was about to do. Her head shot up. "Don't you have a heads meeting soon?" The boys all grinned at me including Sirius realizing what I was planning. No matter how much I loved Lily, I wanted to see the look on her face when she heard that James made headboy.
"Oh yeah!" She stood up quickly "Well, I'll just-"
"I think I'll walk with you Flower." James told her also standing up.
"Don't' call me that!" she snapped. "And no Potter you won't so you better sit your sorry arse back down!" She pushed him back into his seat and she was half way out the door before he spoke.
"Oh Evans?" she turned to face him with a glare so intense that if looks could kill he would have died a slow and painful death. "I think I have something you might be interested in." He threw her his head boy badge. She caught it and the look of shock on her face had me bursting out in laughter. I wasn't the only one, the whole compartment was laughing.
"You're not-You can't be- Dumbledore wouldn't" she spluttered out.
"Oh but I am Evans." He drawled, standing up and walking out the door. He turned back and looked at her. "Coming Evans?" Without waiting for an answer he walked into the other direction. She stood there stunned. No one spoke yet. I heard a loud bang in the hall way.
"POTTER!" she screamed. I realized the noise must have been James by the way she stalked off in his direction her wand out. The door slammed closed and we all sat quietly until Sirius said.
"She'll never date him." Was he blind? Was I the only one who knew how much in love with James she was?
"Of course she will, don't be stupid Black." I said with a smirk, something I only did when I talked to him or the slytherins. Its fun to be a smartass sometimes.
"Want to bet freckles?" he asked me with an eye brow raised. "5 galleons says they won't date by the end of this year."
"You got yourself a deal Black." I said reaching out my hand and shaking his.
"You are going down." I laughed loudly.
"We'll see."
I then looked away from him and turned my attention back to Alice who started telling me all about her summer. Alice who had been pining over Frank Longbottem another seventh year Gryffindor since first year was explaining in great detail how this was the year she was finally going to catch his attention. Their whole relationship was ridiculous. They were dancing around each other like first years. Both of them liked each other it was obvious but they were too cowardly to admit it. I mean seriously where is their Gryffindor bravery?
James and Lily came back into the compartment only a few minutes before we arrived at Hogwarts. Neither of them spoke a word, but just avoided each other's glazes. It made me wonder what happened after they talked. I raised an eyebrow in Lily's direction and she mouthed "later" to me, I nodded.
I sat at the Gryffindor table between Remus and James, with Alice, Peter, Sirius, and Lily across from us.
"OI! Rouge!" I looked over to the Slytherin table and saw the bane of my existence. Jessica Clancey. Who I hated more between Sirius and her I wasn't sure but she sure did irk me.
"Yes Clancey?" I glared in her direction. She hadn't changed a bit. Tall, skinny, long blonde hair, with black eyes. And I literally mean black. Probably matched her soul. Damn git.
"Just wanted to say hi, is that such a problem?" she asked smiling sweetly.
"You existing is a problem." I told her smirking. James roared with laughter. I tried being nice to everyone, but there was a select few slytherins that I just couldn't get along with. Like it was physically impossible.
Her face became if possible colder than it was. She nudged Narcissa who was sitting next to her and whispered something in her ear still staring pointedly at me.
"What going to get Black on me?" Narcissa looked at me also glaring, she stood up quickly and began walking in my direction. Oh boy, honestly the first day and I'm already going to get in a fight. I had no choice my whole 5'2, 110 pound frame stood up to fight Narcissa. Who was extremely tall, I wouldn't be surprised if she was close to 6 feet tall. She came to a halt right in front of me and stared down. Her blue eyes ice cold, her pale almost white blonde hair falling to her face. I heard lily yelling at me to sit down and then heard her telling Narcissa that she was going to give her a detention but no of us made a move to do as she asked. I was raising my hand to hit her when I heard a loud voice call out.
"Black! Rouge!" We both whipped our heads around and stared at the person who screamed our names. Professor McGonagall was looking at us with her face livid. I suddenly became aware of the whole school staring at us. I smiled at her charmingly.
"Hello Professor, so lovely to see you. Have you done something new with your hair?" She looked at me, looking as though she was trying to hide a smile and I then thought about how stupid a thing it was to say seeing as she's been wearing her hair in the same tight bun since I've known her. Hell she was probably born with that bun. I saw Lily shake her head in disbelief out of the corner of my eye.
"No I haven't Miss. Rouge. But I suggest you and Miss. Black better sit down before I give you both detention." Without another word I sat down again and put my head in my hands. Remus patted my shoulder affectionately.
"Done something with her hair?" Sirius laughed. "Are you thick?" I looked up and met his grey eyes. I took a deep breath and turned my head away as if I didn't hear him.
"First day and I already almost got in a fight with that miserable Narcissa." I said shaking my head. "I mean honestly didn't we get in enough fights last year!" Her and Jessica were the only ones I ever got in muggle fights with. I rarely dueled anyone else.
"Who could forget all the fights you got in last year. The number of times you landed yourself in the hospital wing, with black eyes, broken noses. I can't even count." Lily rolled her eyes. "Why don't you try not fighting with her this year. Just grow up. Don't let what they say bother you, ignore it and move on." My brow furrowed a bit. Was she telling me to grow up? Lily Evans who spent most of her days hexing and screaming at James? I was just about to comment on that when Professor Dumbledore spoke up.
"Welcome back to the old students, and Welcome to Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry to the new students. To those who don't know me. I am Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of this school. I hope you all had a wonderful summer. The third floor is off limits and the forbidden forest is still forbidden. Good luck to you all for this year. I'm sure you're all hungry so without further ado tuck in." He waved his hands and instantly the table filled with food. I never really ate much so I settled with a few pieces of chicken.
"No wonder why you're so skinny! Eat some food!" James said his mouth filled with food. I scrunched up my nose in disgust.
"Oh Sod off, will you?" I said but I was still smiling.
Lily, Alice, I who shared our own door room were all sitting up in our own bed talking.
"I really hate Sirius!" I sighed loudly. Even though I really didn't I was just so-so pissed at him!
"I never really understood why? He's such a good friend. He always looks out for me." I looked at Lily with my eyes widened.
"Good friend? You consider him a good friend?" Alice shot me an apologetic look before saying,
"Well he is. He is actually quite nice."
"Are you kidding? He is an egotistical, womanizing, prat who thinks he is better than everyone else! How do you get nice from that?" Lily made a big show of rolling her eyes.
"I never said that he isn't those things, but what I did say is that he is nice to his friends. Just give him a chance." She pleaded.
"NO." I looked at the expression on her face. "Why don't you give James a chance. I don't see what's wrong with him. Now James, is a good friend, caring, and helpful." I said smiling.
"Well actually, we um-" she stopped and blushed slightly. "We actually decided to try and get along this year." I just stared at her and blinked, and blinked again, and blinked again.
"You're serious?" Alice asked with a look of complete surprise on her pretty face.
"Well yeah, we decided that since we had to work together it was better to get along." I lost my surprise and grinned at her.
"You looooovee James Potter!" I said in a sing song voice.
"I do not." But I didn't miss the blush on her cheeks.
"I-" she flicked her wand and the candles extinguished. "Let's get some sleep yeah?" I laid down and laughed.
"You can't avoid that question forever Flower." I said using James' nickname for her. Oh Lily dear, you are going to make me 5 galleons richer this year I thought.
I sat awake thinking. Why did Sirius hate me? I didn't understand what I ever did to him. He's just always hated me. I don't want to hate him. He never even gave me a chance, why should I give him one. I always hoped eventually we would get passed it seeing as I'm good friends with his best mates but it never happened. I'm beginning to think this a lost cause. I knew I was never going to be able to sleep now. So I grabbed the book I was reading off the bed side table and walked into the common room. I sighed as I sat down in front of the fire. Why just why did I have to care about Sirius hating me now? I never gave it a second thought but now? I just couldn't stop thinking about it. Something changed this year and I'm not sure I'm going to like it. I opened my book, to take my mind of everything except Elizabeth Bennet and .
-SIRIUS' POV-
The next morning I woke up earlier than usual. I know I still had two hours until breakfast but I got dressed and grabbed my books for the day. Walking into the common room I noticed it was empty except for a girl with extremely curly strawberry blonde hair. Which I realized to be Elizabeth. She wasn't dressed in her school robes but in a tiny white cotton tank top and a pair of green pajama pants. She had her head resting on her knees a thick book held up in front of her face. I noticed the way her thin, delicate shoulders where hunched. I wondered if she even slept at all. She didn't notice me yet, and if she did she didn't look up. I walked over to the fire and threw myself into the chair closest to where she was sitting. She stretched out her small legs in front of her and cracked her fingers as she turned to face me. Her usually deep beautiful green eyes looked tired. She was frowning slightly.
"Black." She said. Her voice sounded like hunny, sweet and soft. I then noticed she didn't have the usual hatred in her voice as she usually did in speaking to me. For the first time I didn't want to say anything rude to her. I didn't really hate her. I never did. I don't know what made me act that horrible the first time I met her but after that we just never got along. And boy did I ever regret it.
"Elizabeth." I greeted. She closed her eyes and sighed softly. "Didn't you sleep?" She opened her eyes, and saw that I was pointing to what she was wearing. She was confused and then looked down. A blush crept up on her pale cheeks.
"No. I didn't." She admitted in a small voice. She turned her head away from me and set her book down in front her. She put her head back on her knees and stared at the fire. I stared at her back and she sat quietly. I could recognize every freckle on her body, the exact color of her hair and eyes. She was the one girl I could never stop thinking about. And it infuriated me seeing as no matter how many other girls I snogged or dated she was the one I thought about. I was entranced by her beauty and by how mysterious she was. No matter how much I tried to understand her I only confused myself more. She was different from other girls. She was tiny, and extremely sweet. Yet she had a mischievous side where she could pull off the most amazing pranks. She was extraordinary at magic, second best in our year right behind Lily. Yet she had such a fiery temper. Her temper was mostly directed at me or the slytherins which she hated maybe as much as I did, she never did get over being called a mudblood first year. Where as Lily ignored and tried to act civil to them, Elizabeth would fight them, but only as a last resort. That's another thing about her, for being so sweet and small she could sure hold a grudge. And I mean she was sweet. She carried an aura of happiness with her that everybody loved. The way she walked was even graceful, as if she was dancing instead of actually walking. She smiled all the time and was always laughing. Her laugh was such a beautiful sound and so rarely heard around me. James, Peter, and Remus were especially in love with her. They were careful and very gentle with her. And she loved them back.
I would never admit to anyone what I felt about her. I didn't love her. Maybe, not yet. I don't know. All I know is she is the most interesting, intelligent, beautiful girl I have ever met. I never called any girls beautiful not one, well besides Lily who doesn't count seeing as she is like my sister. But Elizabeth, she was the only one I saw as beautiful.
She's been sitting there quietly for almost twenty minutes which is weird for her. She always talked even if it was to insult me.
"Elizabeth?" I asked hesitantly. When she didn't answer I bent down beside her and saw that she was sleeping. Not wanting to wake her I lifted her up carefully and laid her down the couch. She opened her eyes halfway, and her green eyes pierced me. Without saying anything, she closed her eyes and fell back asleep. And when I said I regretted what I've said to her I meant every word. Now that we "hated" each other I didn't know if we could ever go to being friends. After treating her so badly all these years there is no way I could start treating her nicely. We were enemies. No matter how much I didn't want us to be. We were, and if there was any way I could take back everything I did to her. I would.