Yet as soon as they had fallen asleep, it seemed as though the night had been to short as in no time it was morning and the sun was poking its bright face through the window of the first year Gryffindor girls dormitory. As soon as the light hit the pale face of Lily Evans, she jolted awake and gasped at the sudden intake of bright light. As she sat up, she realized that she was asleep in a place that wasn't her bedroom at home.
Slowly she pulled the bed curtains back and noticed that one of the other beds was already made and its occupant was nowhere to be found. Silently, Lily slipped out of bed and padded over to the closet. Slowly she pulled out a pair of blue jeans, a black t-shirt, and a puffy white vest. Turning to look at the rest of the beds, she realized that she was the only one left in the dorm. Hurriedly Lily ran into the bathroom and got dressed. In her haste, she forgot to take her bandana off.
Meanwhile, while Lily was still in the dorm, Fayth and the others had been wandering around the school. The girls had begun to map the school for future reference when they decided to head back to the Great Hall to check for lily.
"Hey Fayth… do you thing that we could map the entire school?" Rachael asked as they trooped don a stair case.
"That would be kind of cool." added Alice as Stacy nodded her head.
"Well it would take a while because of the spells we would need to learn but I dont think it would be that hard... so yeah it's possible." Fayth replied as they rounded a corned and came to a dead stop.
Right as they rounded the corner, they saw a gang of Slytherins facing off against the first year Gryffindor boys. There were two figures lying on the ground with blood on their faces and the rest of the fighters were standing on opposite sided of the hall. Stacy took a step forward just as the Slytherin boys noticed them standing there.
Stacy gasped as Fayth pulled out her wand. Back at home, Fayth was notorious for fighting and getting into trouble. She was determined to be a good girl at Hogwarts but this was going to be hard situation to avoid. Silently, Rachael and Stacy pulled their wands out and had them aimed at the Slytherin boys. '
"Well look at this… a bunch of powder puffs think they can handle some big boys." sneered a boy with black hair.
"Ohh look im shaking" laughed the other one.
"Yeah… wait till Lucius hears about this. Little Fay is finally big enough to stand up to us!" added the third Slytherin, a girl with long black hair.
Fayth's face turned a deep shade of scarlet and she turned to face the floor. She wasn't embarrassed but she was shocked that people would still remember something she had done when she was four years old. While she was looking at the floor, Rachael had managed to cast a stunning spell, one that they hadn't even been taught yet, at the black haired Slytherin girl.
The Gryffindor boys that were still conscious had been watching and now they finally decided that they were going to stand up and help out their fellow Gryffindors. Slowly, James and Remus made their way over to the girls. Stacy nodded in their direction but didn't look away from the now looming Slytherin boys.
Finally, Fayth looked up as Remus put his hand on her shoulder. They only slightly out-numbered the Slytherins, six to two but those weren't very good odds, seeing as how there were six slightly under trained first years against two very well trained third years.
"We are going to be in so much trouble!" whispered Alice as the group moved closer together.
"Yeah and that's kind of sad cause we've only been here for less than 24 hours." Rachael added as the two Slytherin boys began to advance.
"Aww look… the little firsties are scared." sneered the Slytherins with brown hair.
"Let's make them never want to face us again!" hissed his buddy.
Then, before either side could cast a spell, a group of third year Ravenclaw kids came up and put themselves between the two sides. Fayth looked up at their new defenders, only to notice that two of them were her older siblings. Again, Fayth's face turned red but she managed to hide it. The Slytherins left after being threatened by the leader of the Ravenclaw gang.
For a moment, nobody said anything after the Slytherins left. Then, the tallest of the Ravenclaw kids turned around and stared at the first years. Stacy noticed that he looked very angry but she didn't say anything. The entire corridor was so silent that you'd have thought that somebody had died. Finally, James decided to speak up and break the silence.
"Thanks for helping us out." whispered James as both Rachael and Fayth flinched at the noise.
"No problem but you should stay away from them… especially Bella, she's a nasty one" replied the blonde girl in the group.
"Well, well, well…. looks as though Fayth can't stay out of trouble for more than a few hours." snickered a tall brunette boy.
"Im sorry that you have her here." he added turning to look at her friends.
As they had been talking, they had been making their way to Madam Pomfrey in the infirmary. Sirius had a blood nose, James and some cut and bruises, and Remus had a gash on his left cheek. None of the girls were hurt but as they reached the Infirmary doors, Lily ran up to them.
"Oh my goodness, what happened to you?" she screeched as Fayth pulled the door open.
"Some Slytherin third years decided to pick on us." said James as Remus nodded.
"And you fought back!" Lily gasped, looking shocked.
"Actually, no, we didn't. Fayth looked like she was going to but even she didn't." Rachael said as the two Ravenclaw boys placed Sirius on one of the beds.
"Alright, we'll be going now. Take care of yourself and dont get into any trouble." interrupted the blonde Ravenclaw.
Fayth was looking after the Ravenclaw kids left until Stacy jabbed her sharply in the ribs. Looking to where Stacey had pointed, she was that James's hand was slowly reaching for Lily butt. Yet before either of them could say anything, his had made it there and Lily jumped. She hadn't realized it was James until he asked a very cocky question.
"Hey Lily, will you go out with me?" James asked with a brilliant smile.
Shocked, Lily stood stone still for a moment, then she turned on her heel and walked out of the room. Stacy and Fayth laughed as James looked a Remus. As she watched Lily leave, Fayth had a single thought run through her head. 'This is going to be an interesting year'.