A/N: Oh wow – I'm actually getting reviews – and not one flame... I shall
go sit in a corner and smile @ people... once I finished writing this :)
Disclaimer (again): Look, haven't u figured yet that I own NOTHING? Nada! Zilch! It's all JKR's
1 Chapter 2: The Departure
The next few days flew past so quickly that when Saturday, the day they would be leaving, came so quickly, that Lily didn't realise what was happening when she was woken up by a grinning Katya, to shouts of:
" We're leaving! Hurry up, or we're gonna go without you!"
Once she realised what was happening, Lily sat up and grinned. At the bottom of her bed was her rucksack, filled with all the camping equipment she was told they would need. Lily had never been camping before, and she was looking forward to it immensely.
Lily dressed in muggle trousers and a thick jumper, and ran down the stairs into the common room. It was completely deserted, except for one person: James Potter. He was wearing his school robes, as usual.
"James, didn't you hear? Dumbledore told us we all had to wear muggle clothes. He said they would be more practical for walking and living outside"
"Yeah, I know," James replied, "but I'm not muggle-born – I don't own any muggle clothes!"
Lily grinned again, and waved her wand towards James, whose robes immediately turned to muggle clothing. He thanked her, and followed her down to the great hall for breakfast. As soon as everyone was finished eating, they went back up to their dormitories, collected their things, and regrouped in the great hall.
In the great hall, Dumbledore came round, and took everybody's wands off them, to ensure they would not use any magic. When he got to Sirius, he said, with a twinkle in his eye:
"Mr Black, would you kindly remove the featherweight charm from your bag?", then, as Sirius feigned innocence, "Finite Incantatem"
Sirius groaned, as his bag regained its normal weight. Lily assumed he mush have packed much more food than most people would need, as he was always complaining about being hungry.
Then, once all the wands were collected in, Professor McGonagall explained what would be happening next.
"I shall hand a Portkey to each group, and you will make sure that everyone in the group is touching part of it. This is critical. At the specified time, you will be transported to the place where you will have to spend the night. You must keep the Portkey with you at all times, as it is the only way you will be able to return. The Portkey will take you all back at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon, so be prepared. Now, one member from each group shall collect your Portkey."
As Katya went to collect the Portkey, Lily glanced worriedly at James.
"We will be alright, won't we?" she whispered, "I mean, none of our group could really be called responsible – I'm sure we'll end up losing the Portkey... or something else will go wrong..."
"Hey, don't be so nervous!" James whispered in reply, as McGonagall was frowning at them both, "Dumbledore wouldn't have put us together if he didn't think we could cope, and besides, if we do get lost, we'll get rescued. You sound like Trelawney, predicting death and destruction all the time!"
Just then, Katya returned with the Portkey – it was in the shape of an old tyre, and it was easy for the four teenagers to each get a grip on part of it.
"Everyone hold tour Portkey" said Dumbledore, "they will leave in 5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1... NOW!"
Lily felt a pull from directly behind her navel, and then she had the feeling she was flying, although she kept her eyes tightly shut. Quite soon, the movement stopped, and she opened her eyes. Sirius, James, Katya and she were all standing on a bleak, desolate moor. None of them had any idea where they were.
After looking around for a couple of minutes, Sirius, who was the only one of the group who had ever been camping before, said that Lily and James should go to look for any dry firewood they could use, while Katya and he put up the tent. Katya grinned. So Lily and James set off to look for firewood. As they walked along in silence, Lily found herself thinking:
"You know, Lil, he is actually kinda cute... NO! I cannot start thinking like that – he's one of my friends, it would only cause disaster if we did get together, which we are NOT, and anyway, it would just ruin our friendship, we would break up, and the Hufflepuff girls would hate me even more... why am I even thinking this? He doesn't like me – or not in that way, anyway..."
Lily and James wandered over the bracken, until they realised they had reached a small clump of quite short trees, which they could easily gather low-hanging branches from.
Lily and James gathered as much wood as they could both carry, and made their way back to where they had left Katya, Sirius and all their bags. They found Sirius completing putting up the first tent, while Katya was putting the poles for the second tent together. They had two two-man tents, and had decided that the girls would share one, and the two boys would have the other one. As James, Sirius and Katya put up the second tent, Lily built a fire, and began to cook the sausages she had brought. She was the only muggle-born, except Sirius, and so she assumed that she and he would be the only ones able to cook without magic... and she would NEVER trust Sirius anywhere near fire – magical or not!
It took nearly ten minutes to cook the food and put the tent up, as the wind was quite strong, and slowed everything down. Then they ate, the sausages, which they were all very glad of, as it seemed a very long time since breakfast, back at Hogwarts. Katya was the first to finish eating, and she immediately got up to wash up... but then she realised they had no water. She pointed this out to the others, and they decided they should go to search for water. They set off, walking quite quickly, as there was still quite a strong breeze, and if they stood still for too long, they would begin to feel cold.
It took nearly three hours to find water, and then fill the containers they had brought with them. Then walking back took over an hour, as James got them all hopelessly lost. By the time they returned to their campsite, the wind had died down, and it was quite warm, although the sun was setting. No-one could really be bothered to cook anything by that time, so they just ate some bread and cheese, and then drank some water, and went to bed.
A/N: Well, that's my random babbling for the moment – hope u all like it, plz review (look, that nice little review box is still there!). Sorry I didn't finish it sooner, I kinda had a bad case of writers block, and I am writing this at 5:00 am, so I am very sorry if it's awful!!
Luv, Helen :)
Disclaimer (again): Look, haven't u figured yet that I own NOTHING? Nada! Zilch! It's all JKR's
1 Chapter 2: The Departure
The next few days flew past so quickly that when Saturday, the day they would be leaving, came so quickly, that Lily didn't realise what was happening when she was woken up by a grinning Katya, to shouts of:
" We're leaving! Hurry up, or we're gonna go without you!"
Once she realised what was happening, Lily sat up and grinned. At the bottom of her bed was her rucksack, filled with all the camping equipment she was told they would need. Lily had never been camping before, and she was looking forward to it immensely.
Lily dressed in muggle trousers and a thick jumper, and ran down the stairs into the common room. It was completely deserted, except for one person: James Potter. He was wearing his school robes, as usual.
"James, didn't you hear? Dumbledore told us we all had to wear muggle clothes. He said they would be more practical for walking and living outside"
"Yeah, I know," James replied, "but I'm not muggle-born – I don't own any muggle clothes!"
Lily grinned again, and waved her wand towards James, whose robes immediately turned to muggle clothing. He thanked her, and followed her down to the great hall for breakfast. As soon as everyone was finished eating, they went back up to their dormitories, collected their things, and regrouped in the great hall.
In the great hall, Dumbledore came round, and took everybody's wands off them, to ensure they would not use any magic. When he got to Sirius, he said, with a twinkle in his eye:
"Mr Black, would you kindly remove the featherweight charm from your bag?", then, as Sirius feigned innocence, "Finite Incantatem"
Sirius groaned, as his bag regained its normal weight. Lily assumed he mush have packed much more food than most people would need, as he was always complaining about being hungry.
Then, once all the wands were collected in, Professor McGonagall explained what would be happening next.
"I shall hand a Portkey to each group, and you will make sure that everyone in the group is touching part of it. This is critical. At the specified time, you will be transported to the place where you will have to spend the night. You must keep the Portkey with you at all times, as it is the only way you will be able to return. The Portkey will take you all back at one o'clock tomorrow afternoon, so be prepared. Now, one member from each group shall collect your Portkey."
As Katya went to collect the Portkey, Lily glanced worriedly at James.
"We will be alright, won't we?" she whispered, "I mean, none of our group could really be called responsible – I'm sure we'll end up losing the Portkey... or something else will go wrong..."
"Hey, don't be so nervous!" James whispered in reply, as McGonagall was frowning at them both, "Dumbledore wouldn't have put us together if he didn't think we could cope, and besides, if we do get lost, we'll get rescued. You sound like Trelawney, predicting death and destruction all the time!"
Just then, Katya returned with the Portkey – it was in the shape of an old tyre, and it was easy for the four teenagers to each get a grip on part of it.
"Everyone hold tour Portkey" said Dumbledore, "they will leave in 5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1... NOW!"
Lily felt a pull from directly behind her navel, and then she had the feeling she was flying, although she kept her eyes tightly shut. Quite soon, the movement stopped, and she opened her eyes. Sirius, James, Katya and she were all standing on a bleak, desolate moor. None of them had any idea where they were.
After looking around for a couple of minutes, Sirius, who was the only one of the group who had ever been camping before, said that Lily and James should go to look for any dry firewood they could use, while Katya and he put up the tent. Katya grinned. So Lily and James set off to look for firewood. As they walked along in silence, Lily found herself thinking:
"You know, Lil, he is actually kinda cute... NO! I cannot start thinking like that – he's one of my friends, it would only cause disaster if we did get together, which we are NOT, and anyway, it would just ruin our friendship, we would break up, and the Hufflepuff girls would hate me even more... why am I even thinking this? He doesn't like me – or not in that way, anyway..."
Lily and James wandered over the bracken, until they realised they had reached a small clump of quite short trees, which they could easily gather low-hanging branches from.
Lily and James gathered as much wood as they could both carry, and made their way back to where they had left Katya, Sirius and all their bags. They found Sirius completing putting up the first tent, while Katya was putting the poles for the second tent together. They had two two-man tents, and had decided that the girls would share one, and the two boys would have the other one. As James, Sirius and Katya put up the second tent, Lily built a fire, and began to cook the sausages she had brought. She was the only muggle-born, except Sirius, and so she assumed that she and he would be the only ones able to cook without magic... and she would NEVER trust Sirius anywhere near fire – magical or not!
It took nearly ten minutes to cook the food and put the tent up, as the wind was quite strong, and slowed everything down. Then they ate, the sausages, which they were all very glad of, as it seemed a very long time since breakfast, back at Hogwarts. Katya was the first to finish eating, and she immediately got up to wash up... but then she realised they had no water. She pointed this out to the others, and they decided they should go to search for water. They set off, walking quite quickly, as there was still quite a strong breeze, and if they stood still for too long, they would begin to feel cold.
It took nearly three hours to find water, and then fill the containers they had brought with them. Then walking back took over an hour, as James got them all hopelessly lost. By the time they returned to their campsite, the wind had died down, and it was quite warm, although the sun was setting. No-one could really be bothered to cook anything by that time, so they just ate some bread and cheese, and then drank some water, and went to bed.
A/N: Well, that's my random babbling for the moment – hope u all like it, plz review (look, that nice little review box is still there!). Sorry I didn't finish it sooner, I kinda had a bad case of writers block, and I am writing this at 5:00 am, so I am very sorry if it's awful!!
Luv, Helen :)