"GRYFFINDOR!" The last word was shouted to the hall. A great cheer went up
from the table sitting under a red and gold banner. Shakily, Lily took the
hat off her head and went down to join them. Could they really be cheering
for her? She wondered. She'd never been cheered like this before. At school
she hadn't exactly been on of the most popular kids, even if she wasn't one
of the cast-offs. She got a warm glow inside as she realised this wouldn't
be her last cheer.
***
"Hey!" A small, wraith-thin girl with blonde hair and silver-blue eyes greeted her. "You're the new one, eh? Just moved to England from France, apparently! And you went to a muggle school there, cos Beaubaxtons can't pick out who's magical and who's not! Well, we all know how Beaubaxtons are! Come and join us!" She gestured to an empty seat next to her. Lily thanked whoever it was who told the school that and saved her lying, and also that she was, in fact exceedingly good at French. "Now, this," the girl said pointing to the messy boy next to her with black eyes and black hair, who, Lily noted, was extremely good-looking, "is Sirius Black."
"Hey gorgeous!" he smiled. Lily blushed.
"Sirius, she's only just got here. Let her get settled first before you charm her, _please_?" The guy who interrupted had very dark brown hair and warm chocolatey eyes. "I'm James Potter, by the way." He was quite cute too, Lily thought. Wish all the boys were this cute back at my old school!
"Hi!" a quiet, mousy-haired boy laughed. "Overwhelming, aren't we, a bit? I'm Remus Lupin. There's another one too, Peter Pettigrew, but he's in the hospital wing at the moment, no thanks to James and Sirius," staring pointedly at the two miscreants.
"Look, we need our bit of fun! Anyway, he was getting on your nerves too!" James grumbled.
"Let's not have an argument now, please? So, Lily, now you've met all of us—"
"Hang on, wait a minute Fila!" Remus interrupted. "You haven't introduced yourself!"
"Oh yeah! Silly me! I'm Fila Akribis. Fila is derived from the Greek word 'filos' which means friend, and Akribis is Greek for true. As you may have guessed, my family originally came from Greece."
Before any more could be said, heaps of steaming delicious food appeared on the golden plates, and Lily suddenly realised how hungry she was.
***"
"Uuuh!" Lily groaned. "I think maybe I ate a bit too much of that strawberry meringue! Where's bed?!"
"Right this way!"… "Here we are! You can have this bed!"
It didn't take Lily look to get into bed and fall asleep.
***
DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG…
Lily awoke with a start. She was freezing cold, shaking and covered with sweat. She'd just had a really strange and horrible dream. She'd dreamt that, well, she'd dreamt that, actually, now, come to think of it, she couldn't really remember what she'd dreamed. All she remembered was a closet, and screams, and pink smoke. Pink smoke? She looked all around. The dorm seemed perfectly safe. She was just about to go back to sleep when pink smoke started seeping in under the door. *Oh my god.* She took several deep breaths, and was almost perfectly calm, until she heard the screams.
***
"This is brilliant! This is one of our best pranks yet! All I want to know is, where'd you get the dreampeeker 2002 from?! I heard they're not even out in England yet."
"Sirius, whisper quieter or you'll wake Remus and he'll stop us doing this. I think he's already got a soft spot for the new girl. As for how, well, I have my contacts." James' soft voice cut back.
***
"Ok, ok, I'm perfectly fine, it's probably just one of the ghosts or something, I'll just go and have a look." Lily tiptoed across the dorm, careful not to wake anyone else up, and quietly eased open the creaky old door. As she closed it gently behind her, she could tell that the screams were coming from a dark cupboard at the end of the corridor. She headed that way, seeming to take forever to reach it, but she did in the end, and flung open the door to reveal…
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***
"Hey!" A small, wraith-thin girl with blonde hair and silver-blue eyes greeted her. "You're the new one, eh? Just moved to England from France, apparently! And you went to a muggle school there, cos Beaubaxtons can't pick out who's magical and who's not! Well, we all know how Beaubaxtons are! Come and join us!" She gestured to an empty seat next to her. Lily thanked whoever it was who told the school that and saved her lying, and also that she was, in fact exceedingly good at French. "Now, this," the girl said pointing to the messy boy next to her with black eyes and black hair, who, Lily noted, was extremely good-looking, "is Sirius Black."
"Hey gorgeous!" he smiled. Lily blushed.
"Sirius, she's only just got here. Let her get settled first before you charm her, _please_?" The guy who interrupted had very dark brown hair and warm chocolatey eyes. "I'm James Potter, by the way." He was quite cute too, Lily thought. Wish all the boys were this cute back at my old school!
"Hi!" a quiet, mousy-haired boy laughed. "Overwhelming, aren't we, a bit? I'm Remus Lupin. There's another one too, Peter Pettigrew, but he's in the hospital wing at the moment, no thanks to James and Sirius," staring pointedly at the two miscreants.
"Look, we need our bit of fun! Anyway, he was getting on your nerves too!" James grumbled.
"Let's not have an argument now, please? So, Lily, now you've met all of us—"
"Hang on, wait a minute Fila!" Remus interrupted. "You haven't introduced yourself!"
"Oh yeah! Silly me! I'm Fila Akribis. Fila is derived from the Greek word 'filos' which means friend, and Akribis is Greek for true. As you may have guessed, my family originally came from Greece."
Before any more could be said, heaps of steaming delicious food appeared on the golden plates, and Lily suddenly realised how hungry she was.
***"
"Uuuh!" Lily groaned. "I think maybe I ate a bit too much of that strawberry meringue! Where's bed?!"
"Right this way!"… "Here we are! You can have this bed!"
It didn't take Lily look to get into bed and fall asleep.
***
DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG…
Lily awoke with a start. She was freezing cold, shaking and covered with sweat. She'd just had a really strange and horrible dream. She'd dreamt that, well, she'd dreamt that, actually, now, come to think of it, she couldn't really remember what she'd dreamed. All she remembered was a closet, and screams, and pink smoke. Pink smoke? She looked all around. The dorm seemed perfectly safe. She was just about to go back to sleep when pink smoke started seeping in under the door. *Oh my god.* She took several deep breaths, and was almost perfectly calm, until she heard the screams.
***
"This is brilliant! This is one of our best pranks yet! All I want to know is, where'd you get the dreampeeker 2002 from?! I heard they're not even out in England yet."
"Sirius, whisper quieter or you'll wake Remus and he'll stop us doing this. I think he's already got a soft spot for the new girl. As for how, well, I have my contacts." James' soft voice cut back.
***
"Ok, ok, I'm perfectly fine, it's probably just one of the ghosts or something, I'll just go and have a look." Lily tiptoed across the dorm, careful not to wake anyone else up, and quietly eased open the creaky old door. As she closed it gently behind her, she could tell that the screams were coming from a dark cupboard at the end of the corridor. She headed that way, seeming to take forever to reach it, but she did in the end, and flung open the door to reveal…
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Find out what happens next… in the next chapter!
Coming soon!
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