This is my second chapter for The Awakening. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: Alarm Clocks and Skirmishes
"Wakey-wakey, Jamie!"
"Go away, Sirius, I know it's you."
"Today's September 1st. We're going to 'll get to see Lily today!"
Oh yeah. Hogwarts.
"Give me a minute, Sirius. I'll be up."
"Okay, I'll be back in a minute."
Exactly sixty seconds later…
"GET UP! GET UP PRONGS!"
"Bloody hell, Sirius!" I shouted, "Get off of my bed!"
Sirius leapt back onto the ground.
"Next time, I'd prefer the alarm clock." I grumbled.
Sirius skipped out of the room, leaving me to drag myself out of bed and into the bathroom.
When I went downstairs, Sirius was already halfway through his breakfast.
"Good morning, James." my father greeted me.
"Goopfh-" Sirius swallowed his food "-morning, sleepyhead."
""Morning, all." I yawned. "Dad, could you tell Sirius to stop waking me up so rudely? It's driving me crazy!"
"You sound like a girl." mumbled Sirius. I hit him over the head. "Ouch!"
I stood on Platform 9 ¾ . Ahh, it was good to be-
CRASH!
"OW! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, DUDE!"
-back.
"Bloody hell, Sirius!" I yelled, for the second time that morning. "What the hell was that for?"
"My my, someone's in a grouchy mood this morning," muttered Sirius.
I ignored him. Instead, I scanned the platform for my other mates.
I spotted Peter (A/N: Rot in hell, slimy rat.) and beckoned him. He pulled his trunk over and joined us.
"C'mon, let's find a compartment before they all fill up." said Sirius.
"What about Moony?" Peter's face, as usual, was round in anxiety.
"He'll find us." I told him.
Hestia plowed her way through the crowded corridor, looking for an empty compartment. I was right behind her.
"Oi! Move it!" she barked at a couple of fifth years. They gave her an annoyed look, but moved out of her way.
There seemed to be a holdup a few feet ahead. My stomach clenched when I realized it was a group of Slytherins in our year.
Hestia, however, seemed undeterred. "Get out of the way, Lestrange," she ordered.
Lestrange gave her a cold look, but said nothing.
"She said, get out of our way!" I snapped.
"I don't take orders from a Mudblood." he spat.
"Yeah, but unfortunately for you, I'm Head Girl. And that insult is getting a bit old, don't you think?" I smirked.
In a flash, he had his wand out. I had barely managed get to mine out before he shouted "Levicorpus!"
A spell of Snape's. Lucky for me, I had good reflexes. "Protego!" My shield absorbed the curse.
"Is there a problem here?" a voice said mildly.
I whirled around.
There stood James Potter, wand dangling at his side. His three friends flanked him.
I narrowed my eyes at Lestrange. "No, there's not a problem. Lestrange here was just getting out of our way."
"Oh, I thought I heard a disturbance." he said. He turned to the Slytherins. "You heard her. Get out of their way."
The Slytherins sneered at me, then set off to wherever their compartment was.
I turned to Potter. "Thanks," I said grudgingly.
"No problem. Will you-"
"No, Potter! How many times do I have tell you that I won't go out with you?"
Potter blinked, taken aback. Remus stepped forward.
"Lily, he wasn't asking you out again. He's past that now. He was asking if you wanted to join us in our compartment." he said calmly.
"Oh." I could feel my cheeks turning red from embarrassment. "Uh, sure."
No less than five minutes later, Alice joined us.
The train whistle blew, and started moving.
"Guys, I've got to go. I have to meet the Head Boy and the prefects." I said.
The Marauders snuck secret glances at each other. Then Black said, "You do that, then."
"Have fun!" he called after me.
I stepped into the Prefects' Compartment. Good, no one was there. I needed a moment to get used to it. I sat in one of seats in the front, which were usually reserved for the Heads'.
The compartment door opened. I stared at it in shock.
"You?"
Ah, a cliffhanger. Well, it's not really a cliffhanger. But, still, I'm not going to reveal anything. If you know who it is, then don't put it in your review.
Please review!
-AJ