I own nothing but Holly, Hanna and the plot. If you thought that I was really JK, then I thank you, but it is my duty to say Think Again! Well, guess who won the poll? Sirius! Yay! I love him so much! Right now HBRL and HGSB are winning, even though I like it the other way around, but it doesn't really matter I guess. Here is a competition for you, ends by Wed. of this week – what prank should the Sirius and James pull on Remus and Holly? I will pick the best one and whoever wins wins a oneshot about whoever they want and dedicated to them. Hint – be creative!
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Hermione sniffed. She had been crying. More than anything, she missed Harry and Ron, but they were dead. There was nothing she could do about that. She rolled over in bed, turning to look at Lily. Lily. She would be Harry's mother. She would give birth to Hermione's best friend. Harry would have her eyes.
The distressed girl rolled onto her other side to look at her other roommate. Holly Black was by far the most beautiful girl at Hogwarts. Her long black hair was straight and reached her mid-back. Her violet, mischievous eyes were closed. There was a tiny smile on her face.
Hermione had never met this girl. She wiped her eyes sadly. Holly had probably died before she had been born. It was a shame. As soon as Hermione went back to her own time, Holly and the others would be gone.
The problem was getting back. Hermione had never heard of the spell that had hit her. Then it struck her. She sat up in bed, gasping. She turned around to look at Holly who was rolling over. Why would Hermione go back? What was there for her in her own time? She could stay in the past and change the future. She could save her friends.
Hermione grinned and rolled over and slept.
Holly was a morning person; there was no doubt about it. Lily scowled as she hopped around the room singing as she dressed. She had a beautiful voice, but it was too early for Lily to appreciate that.
Not that Lily wasn't a morning person. Lily was unnaturally cheery in the mornings, or so she was told by Sirius everyday, but that was around seven o'clock. Her new roommate was getting dressed at five thirty to pull a prank on the boys. She had woken Lily up by singing.
Holly turned to smile at Lily. "Morning, Lils. How are you? Isn't it a lovely morning?" She crowed.
Lily scowled. "It would be if the sun was up." She muttered. Holly didn't seem to hear. Instead, she took a piece of paper from her pocket and nodded before handing it to Lily.
"I was thinking that we would use this. I nicked it off of old Snape. Well, actually he gave it to me. It's a new spell that he created."
Lily stared at the paper and blinked. "We?" She asked blankly.
Holly groaned. "Yes, we. Did you think I was going all by myself? Come on! Try the spell on that new girl, umm Maria Dultan! Yeah, her!"
Lily frowned. "Her name's Mari Doyle. What's it do?" She asked suspiciously. Holly shrugged and grinned wider. "Neviaccedo!" She gasped as Mari was lifted into the air and spun around a couple times. She turned to the laughing Holly and Mari started to scream and glared. "What's the counter-curse?"
Holly grinned back. "There isn't one!" At Lily's glare she rolled her eyes, pulled out her wand, and pointed it at Mari Doyle, who fell back on the bad. Lily turned on Holly, who ignored her. She went to talk to Mari.
Hermione looked up at Holly Black, breathing heavily. The girl's eyes were laughing, but Hermione saw the concern in them as well. If this were Ron or Harry, she would have been yelling at her, but this was the past and Hermione had no friends. She remembered when Harry had done this to Ron and said, "Tomorrow, please set an alarm."
Holly looked at her in surprise before laughing. Lily Evans also came over to see if she was okay. Holly turned to Lily. "Lils, I'm really sorry. I should have told you. Will you still let me prank the boys?"
Lily turned to Hermione and frowned before turning the same eyes that Harry had back to Holly who was looking at her shoes. "Fine, but only because I want to try something else on James."
Holly yelped and threw her arms around Lily. She turned to Hermione. "Want to come with us?" Hermione nodded and joined them.
There were five boys asleep in the room. Hermione read all of their initials, frowning as she saw FL. Who was FL? She would ask Lily later. Holly stood over SB's bed with a wicked grin. Hermione almost felt bad for Sirius, almost. She turned to look at Lily who had already turned James' hair pink. Hermione grinned and moved to another bed. RL. Remus Lupin.
She copied Lily's spell, and Holly, not to be outdone, followed their examples. Hermione turned to look at Holly. Holly winked and started counting in a whispered voice. "3…2…1!" There were three flicks of three wands and three sleeping, pink-haired boys flew out of their beds, spinning in a circle. Lily looked absolutely delighted. Holly started to laugh as they started yelling.
Sirius spotted Holly. "Holly Black!" He yelled. "Put me down!"
Hermione grinned as she saw the other two boys jump out of their beds. She frowned as she saw Peter Pettigrew. She gasped as a boy that highly resembled a boy that Hermione hadn't seen since the war. Neville. No, she told herself, this would be Frank Longbottom, the father of Neville.
She turned back to Holly and realized that everyone, except for Remus were staring at her. Holly and Lily had let their captures go. Hermione blushed and dropped Remus back onto the bed before racing out of the room.
Sirius stared after her. "Who was that?" He asked.
Holly pushed him. "Be nice. That was Mari Doyle, a friend of mine and Lily's. She daydreams a lot. Oh, by the way, nice hair."
Sirius grinned. "I know. It looks this sexy every morning."
Remus and James burst out laughing. Sirius turned to look at James and also started laughing. His hair was pink!
Holly stood up. "Well, we only wanted to wake you up. It's already six, and you five haven't done your homework yet, well maybe Frank and Remus have, but not anyone else. By the way, your hair is far from sexy. Bye!"
The two girls went back to their room. Sirius turned to glare at James. "What did she mean it wasn't sexy?"
All the boys started laughing. Sirius turned to glare at Remus. "Well, at least it isn't pink like James and yours." Peter and Frank started laughing harder as the other two put hands to their hair. Sirius yelped and went to look in the mirror. He winced. His hair was indeed pink, and it was not a good look.
Peter started giggling again. "Don't worry guys. It'll fade by the end of the week." He collapsed with laughter. Sirius grinned and groped in his pocket for his wand. Soon enough, all five boys had pink hair and robes. Peter and James even had pink skin.
When Holly saw them at breakfast, she immediately dissolved into tears of mirth. Frank went over to sit by Lily and Lily's other friends, Alice Cooper and Hanna Field. The other boys plopped down across from Hermione and Holly, and Remus sat in between them.
Remus smiled shyly at the girls. Holly ignored him, as she was in a heated argument with Sirius over who was the sexiest boy in school. Hermione smiled back at him. "So what's your favorite class?" She asked him.
He smiled back. "I like Defense Against the Dark Arts a lot." He admitted. "What about you?"
Hermione shrugged. "Probably Ancient Runes. Do you-"
She was interrupted by Holly yelling. "Sirius, I do not think that you're sexy! I will not go out with you!"
Sirius grinned. "I never asked you that. You must like me a lot."
Holly rolled her eyes. "Black! I hate you, now! I am not in love with you! I am in love with…" She looked around the table slowly before catching Remus' eye. "Remus!" She announced. "I'm in love with Remus! He's sexy!" She yelled.
Remus turned a great shade of red. Holly kissed his cheek to prove her point. "See?" She asked Sirius proudly. Remus turned an even brighter shade of red as the boys catcalled.
Sirius grinned back and turned to Lily's friend Hanna. "I can do better than that. Watch." He gave Hanna a small peck on the lips. Holly's grin widened.
"Are you too afraid to make out with her?"
Sirius pushed his chest out proudly. "No! She's just not my type!" Hanna slapped his face and stalked away. Sirius watched her leave before shrugging and turning back to Holly.
"What about you? You haven't kissed Remus yet."
Holly turned to look at Remus. "If he blushed anymore, his face would explode." She said matter-of-factly. She smiled at Remus. "No offense, but you don't look like you want to kiss me that much." She stood up. "Well, ladies, gentlemen, Sirius." She grinned wickedly and strode away from the table. Remus watched her go, sad and relieved that she hadn't kissed him. But even if she had, she only would have to help her flirt with Sirius and then there was the problem of him being a werewolf.
Sirius watched his friend and decided that he needed to cheer up. He took a glass of pumpkin juice and looked at it. He threw it on his friend. Remus yelled and glared at Sirius. "What was that for?" He asked.
Sirius shrugged and turned to grin at James. "You looked a little parched. You better hurry up and change robes before class starts."
Remus glared and stood up. Before he could do anything the new girl pulled him back down and pulled her wand out. "Here." She said. Remus was suddenly dry. James whistled.
"Useful little spell. I mean, dude…can you teach me that?" He asked. "It would be mighty helpful when Sirius decides to throw me in the lake."
Sirius laughed. "What's your name?"
She smiled. "I'm Mari, Mari Doyle. I switched her. I was being home-schooled by my parents, but-" Her face grew sad. "They were both killed by You-Know-Who."
James gasped. Lily and Remus looked shocked. Sirius, however, put his hand on hers and shook his head. "Yeah. My lot are a bunch of Death Eaters. I was disowned a while ago. Holly, my second cousin, will probably get the letter any day now. No one likes good Blacks. Want to walk to class?"
Mari smiled at him. "I'd love to."
That night, the boys were getting ready for dinner. James turned to Remus suddenly and grinned. "You looked awfully red at breakfast. Is there a reason for that?"
Remus shook his head, cursing himself as he started to blush again. James started to laugh before turning around to yell at Sirius. "Oy! Padfoot, guess what?"
Sirius turned around to grin at James. "What's that, Prongs?"
James laughed. "Little Moony here has a crush on Holly and Mari!"
Sirius started to laugh. Remus buried his head in his pillow to prevent them from seeing his red face. "Or maybe you do, Sirius. You were the one flirting with Holly today over your sexiness."
Sirius snorted. "I do that with everyone."
"But not with gorgeous girls like that." James whistled. "But Lily's still prettier. So when are you going to admit that you're in love?"
Sirius grinned. "When Lily agrees to go out with you." Remus raised his head in time to watch James pummel Sirius with a pillow.
James finally sat back. "I don't know why she's so cursed stubborn." He said.
Sirius pounded him on the back. "Girls." He said sympathetically. James yelled as Sirius pushed him off of the bed. Remus laughed and was also pulled on to the floor.
In the common room, only four girls sat by the fire. They were having a similar conversation. They were discussing Alice and her crush on Frank.
"You two would be so cute together!" Lily gushed. Hermione nodded, knowing that they would end up together anyway. She turned to Holly who was tired of talking about boys and was staring out the window. Hermione sat next to her.
"So, what classes are you taking?"
Holly shrugged. After a moment, she started to talk. She seemed to be thinking out loud. "I wonder who my parents are." She said. "They must have been powerful for my aunt and uncle to put up with me."
Hermione shrugged. "Maybe your aunt and uncle love you."
Holly laughed without humor. "Not likely. Bellatrix could care less about me."
Hermione nodded. "Never mind."
Holly looked at her sharply. "You know her?"
Hermione looked down, cringing inwardly. "Sh-she was with You-Know-Who when he killed my parents."
Holly winced and looked at her shoes. After a moment she said, "I'm sorry. May I ask you something?" Hermione nodded. "Why do you call him You-Know-Who? Aunt Bella and her friends called him the Dark Lord. Why would they? What's wrong with Voldemort, though he isn't a lord."
Hermione stared at her in shock. She was so like Harry. Hermione smiled. "That is a really good question. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself."
Holly nodded, but before she could respond, Sirius plopped in between them. "What are you two ladies doing this lovely evening? Care for a walk?"
Holly moved away from her irritably. "Sirius, we're actually having a real discussion, so you wouldn't understand anything. Sirius! Put me down!" She yelled as the handsome Gryffindor threw her over his shoulder. She pounded on his back until he laid her on the couch and started to tickle her.
Hermione watched them, shaking her head slightly as she thought of Harry and Ginny and how they were so attracted to each other, just like the two Blacks.
That night, Holly lay awake thinking. It wasn't unusual for her. She was usually up very late thinking about her mysterious parents. Tonight, however, was different. She was thinking about a certain step-cousin of hers. She turned over. That was ridiculous. She told herself. But she couldn't help it. He was so handsome.
Holly was glad when she fell asleep.
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Well? How was it? Don't forget to tell me your answer for the new competition, and please answer this poll. – What is your favorite Fred and George saying/prank? I'll post the results with the next chapter.
It might seem as Holly and Sirius are going to end up together, but please remember that it is only the second chapter. I want some fluffiness in here, but I don't want it set in stone yet! Thanks for reading! I want to thank SOPROL and C.McPherson for their reviews and votes.
Next chapter will be posted tomorrow if I get some reviews!!!
