E.J stood on the platform, with Sirius, James, Peter, and Remus. Her hair was straightened, and it hit way past her shoulders. She was wearing a pair of baggy black pants, and a big shirt, with a big jeans jacket. Although she was a tomboy, one thing that she always wore was lip gloss, or chap stick. She looked at Sirius, her 'Gods gift to Hogwarts Girls' friend, and kicked him on the butt. He glared at her playfully, then whined.
"The summer seemed really short, didn't it?" E.J said James. James her 'Gods gift to Hogwarts Girls' cousin nodded, then started to look around. Remus and Peter looked at E.J.
"Are you going to play Quidditch this year?" Remus asked. He gave her a genuine smile. He looked tired, but good. No matter how tired he looked, he had a charming cute air. E.J shrugged.
"I don't know. I hear Frank is the Captain. And he seems like a tough ass… so- I don't know. Maybe I'll go again next year. Frank is already in his seventh year." she said, as she looked at Sirius. He was blowing his hair out of his face. "You should really cut your hair. You're starting to look the complete opposite of a bloke." Sirius glared at her.
"Can't we just mess up tradition, and get a compartment without Lily?" Sirius asked. E.J looked at him. "I'm sorry." E.J laughed, then looked at James. He seemed totally dazed. His mouth was hanging open, and his eyes were wide.
"Jamie, what happened?" E.J asked. James pointed straight ahead of himself. E.J turned to said direction, and laughed. Walking towards them, was a young redheaded sex symbol in the making. Lily walked towards them, with a scalloped ended black satin skirt that reached past her calve. The skirt had emerald green Chinese pattern dragons, and symbols. Up top, she was wearing an off the shoulder emerald green fitted sweater. She was walking in knee high black boots. It seemed like her walk changed, in the process. She walked with more attitude, swinging her hips in an enticing manner, as her curly red ringlets framed her face, before falling to her shoulder and bouncing with her. Her face wasn't completely made up, but E.J knew that she was wearing more makeup than she'd ever worn in her life. Lily was wearing a thin coat of black eyeliner, and an pretty glossy pink lip gloss. She stopped walking about four feet from them, and opened her arms. It was a tradition that she and E.J started during their second year. Each step that Lily took, E.J matched it, until they met each other all the way. With Lily wearing the heeled boots, she was a foot taller then E.J. When they walked to the guys, Lily gave a charming smile, then gave the cute girl finger wiggling wave. James waved back stupidly, while the rest of them hugged, and greeted her. "Lets go get a compartment." Lily linked her arm through E.J's and they walked in front of the guys. When they got a compartment, E.J sat at the window, next to Sirius, who sat next to Peter, while Lily sat in between James and Remus. "Okay- so, you lost about fifty pounds, right?"
"Yup." Lily said. "When my mum found out that I wanted to lose weight, she tried to send me to a fat camp." E.J laughed. "I started to go to the gym, at six every morning. Then I left at about ten at night. Every single day. Then, when I actually lost the weight… Petunia went crazy. Who knew I'd be the 'pretty daughter'?"
"You've seen your sister's nose, right? Mate, you've always been the pretty sister." E.J said.
"Who knew that you'd be the pretty friend?" Peter asked squeakily.
"Hey! That hurt." E.J joked. "There isn't just a clump of ice in here, you know?" She was pointing at her heart. They all laughed. "See, Lily- I'm still the funny one."
"Yeah- but, I'm smarter. I got prefect." Lily joked. E.J stuck her tongue out. "Okay- Remus, Peter… who's prettier. Me or E.J?"
"Why are you only asking Remus and Peter?" James asked. Lily looked at him, and smiled slightly.
"Because, you and E.J are like brother and sister, same relationship between Sirius and E.J. Actually- if I think about it, same with E.J and Remus." she said.
"So… who?" E.J asked. Remus, and Peter were just about to answer, when Lily and E.J started to laugh. "Don't answer that. Do you know how much friction that would cause, if someone was unanimously pretty." E.J and Lily looked at each other, and laughed. "Okay- Sirius, James… if you didn't know us… who's prettier?" Sirius gave E.J the same look that James gave Lily, then both guys shrugged.
"You guys aren't fun anymore." Lily mused. "Maybe I've grown past this." E.J threw a paper ball at her.
"We're gonna take O.W.L's this year." she said. They all nodded. "Lily… don't become a bitchy girl with nothing else to think about." As soon as E.J said this, Lily started to look at her nails. She then looked up at E.J.
"Huh, hon?" she asked jokingly. E.J looked at her, then they laughed.
"Remember that I can still kick your ass." she said. "So don't start with me."
"Oh- guys, we have to go to the prefects compartment. We could only come here to put our stuff away." Remus said. Lily hopped up.
"Aye chica, my Lily is being taken away." E.J teased. Lily laughed, then walked out of the compartment with Remus. James watched them go.
Months later, the day before DADA O.W.L's, E.J and Lily were walking to their first period class together.
"Hey!" a voice sounded behind them. It was James. He was running towards them. When he got to them, he was breathing raggedly. "Hogsmeade……this weekend. Evans, will you go with me?" Lily looked at him.
"You're asking me out." James nodded. "I'll think about it. Better yet, you're gonna have to work for it." she said, flirtatiously biting her lip. She smiled at him, then walked away with E.J. E.J gave Lily a questioning look.
"Isn't that what you wanted?" she asked. Lily shook her head.
"Pretty much- but, now I just want him to work for it." she said. E.J laughed.
"That's horrible." she said, as they got to DADA. E.J, and Lily went to their usual seats in the front. As soon as they got inside, Slughorn smiled at them both.
"Eris, Lily M'dears, you both did extremely well on your practice review tests." he said to them.
"Thank you, Professor." the girls said in unison.
"I'll bet you that I got higher than you." Lily said. E.J looked at her.
"I don't doubt that."
"Mmm, is E.J getting soft on me? Oh- you're afraid." Lily taunted. E.J growled.
"Bet. What are the terms?" she asked.
"If I get higher, you have to wear any outfit of my choosing to the next Hogsmeade trip."
"And if I win… you have to pinch Slughorn's ass." E.J whispered. Lily nodded. "Deal."
"Oh- Professor Slughorn." Lily called. Slughorn turned around, and smiled at them.
"Yes?" he asked.
"Um- who got higher, me or Lily?" E.J asked. Slughorn smiled.
"A bit of friendly competition going on, I see. There's nothing wrong with that. Just don't get too competitive. I'll have to go see." Slughorn went through the stack of parchment, and pulled out two. He looked at them both. "Oh- well, Eris dear, you listed six of the four brutal spells that I asked you to. Lily named… seven. She got a 115, and you got a 114.5." he said.
"Thank you, Professor." Lily and E.J said at the same time.
"I guess you know what this means." Lily sang. E.J gave her the death glare. "C'mon, E.J- you still love me."
"I swear- you got more evil with each ounce that you lost." Lily laughed.
"How many ounces is that, exactly?"
"50x16... that's 800." E.J said. Lily looked at her.
"I'm not evil… I'm simply… I don't know. You're my best friend, you should know me through and through."
"Hey guys." Sirius said, out of breath. Lily looked straight ahead, and E.J looked at him.
"What happened?" she asked. Sirius sat down next to her, and looked at her parchment.
"What are we doing?" he asked. E.J laughed.
"Group or independent study. In half an hour, we're going to discuss what we studied." she said.
"So- what are we studying?"
"Harsh magic. Spells that we're all basically defenseless against. You know- spells that are worse than the unforgivable curses, yet Ministry approved. For example, Black Bone Shadowing, Parasitic Baron, Blood Shatter curse-"
"How do you know all of this?" Sirius asked. "You're supposed to be a prankster."
"I am… but I'm skilled." E.J joked. Sirius gave her a grin, then a weird look. "What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing- I just… nothing. So… what are we doing?"
"Lily- is there any room for the slacker, in our group?" E.J asked. Lily nodded.
"Sure." she said.
After thirty minutes of the studying, all of their desks arranged in a circle around Slughorn's desk that was in the center.
"Well- Eris… you can start the discussion." Slughorn said. E.J nodded.
"Okay- well, in my opinion harsh magic curses are worse than the unforgivable curses. The Black Bone Shadowing is a curse that repeatedly breaks someone's bones, and makes them cut through a person's skin. Then- the bones grow back, and its torture. This is a curse that's worse than the Cruciatus. Then, on top of physical torture, it embarks on mental torture… and- and it traps someone in a mental dream, that might drive them into insanity. Or into a state where they'll wish for death." E.J said.
"I don't agree with that." Snape said. He was right across from E.J. "I think that these curses are approved, because a person always has the option of living with them."
"Yeah, but- these curses are only able to be lived with, if the person is tenacious and a fighter. The average witch or wizard cannot live after being hit with one of these curses." E.J said.
"So- you think that you know everything because your mum's a healer? You think that you're smarter than the rest of us just because she was voted Healer of the Year?" Snape said. A few Slytherins laughed, so did E.J. Except her laugh was completely sardonic, and everyone who knew her, knew that she was going to spit a flaming retort at Snape.
"No, I know that I know everything, regardless of who my mum is. And I'm not sure about everyone else, but I can prove that I'm smarter than you, just by how stupid you sound." E.J said seriously. Snape didn't say another word, so E.J continued with her previous point. "The only reason that these spells are Ministry approved, is because they aren't against the code of Merlin. A group of spell makers, made these spells around the code of Merlin, and came up with the unforgivable curses in the processes. The spells got out, and the Ministry approved them, because they enabled them to do some of the necessary tasks, without disrespecting the code."
"And you know this for sure, how?" Snape asked. E.J picked up her book bag, and pulled out a gigantic book. She opened it to a page in the end. She moved her hair out of her eye, and skimmed the page. She closed the book, then walked over to Snape's desk, dropping the book on top of it. The book landed with a thump. E.J walked back to her desk.
"Okay… page one thousand, one hundred and thirty six…third sentence in the… sixth paragraph. Take your time." she said. Most of Gryffindor laughed. A minute later, all eyes were either on Snape of E.J. "Okay- I know that you've found it. Can you read it for me, Severus?" Snape glared at her before he read it.
"Most of the Harsh Magic spells were created in the sixteen hundreds, following the Code of Merlin vaguely. Spell makers didn't do any more than they had to do, under the orders of Europe's Minister Zeus Macribotts. Due to these spells, any person that the Ministry's auror department thought of as a wrongdoer, was probably confined to the hospital, instead of any magical prison." Snape read.
"Music to my ears." E.J said. Snape glared at her.
"Would anyone else like to add to the conversation?" Slughorn asked. No one said anything. "Eris, is there any more that you'd like to say?"
"I've more than proven my point, Professor." E.J said.
"Okay-"
"Oh… well… something to add. The code says that you can't use magic to intentionally kill someone. So… it isn't a guarantee that a person will die, like they will with the killing curse. These curses were instead… they were a magical euphemism. Just a way to have his power- his way, without the people turning on him. He disrespected Merlin while having people cheer for him. Then- to top it off, can you tell us how he died, Severus?" E.J said. Snape looked at her, then at the book.
"He died… ten minutes into the Black Bone Shadowing. He couldn't handle the torture. He didn't even make it to the second stage." he read.
"Ooh- that spell was a bitch, huh? It bit the hand that fed it." E.J said.
After classes, Lily, E.J, James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus walked to the Fifth year Boys Dormitory. E.J and Sirius lied in bed together, while James gave Lily his bed, and sat on a chair. Remus and Peter kept their own beds.
"Do you think I'm a know-it-all?" E.J asked. James looked at her, and nodded. They all laughed. "You're terrible."
"Remus, we have to go. We have rounds." Lily said. Remus nodded, and got up.
"See you guys." he said, as he and Lily walked out of the dorm. E.J looked at Sirius.
"Do you think I'm a know-it-all?" she asked.
"He's really been bothering you, hasn't he?" Sirius asked. "C'mon- its just Severus."
"C'mon, E.J." James said. "Don't feel bad… it is just Severus Snape. As a matter of fact, we won't call him that. We'll call him Snivellus. Just for you." E.J laughed. "Why does it bother you? You usually just brush these things off, and beat people up with your nunchackus." Sirius laughed.
"'Cause… everyone but you guys hates me." E.J said.
"C'mon E.J, that's not true. If its any consolation, I hate you. So its not just everyone else." Sirius teased. E.J laughed.
"And I really didn't start to like you until we were seven. When we met, you stole my mini broom." James said.
"Jamie…get over it." E.J said. James and Sirius laughed.
"So- what, do you want us to get Snivellus back for you, or something?" Sirius asked. E.J shook her head.
"No…what he's done wasn't that bad." she said. "I mean- save it for when he makes me cry or something."
"So- what's Lily said about me?" James asked. E.J looked at him and shrugged.
"Since when have you liked her?" she asked. Sirius laughed.
"In case you haven't noticed, Prongs has always had a little thing for Evans." he said.
"Shut up, Padfoot." James said through clenched teeth. E.J looked at James.
"Jamie, how long have you liked her?" she asked. James ran his hand through his hair, then started to scratch the back of his neck.
"Since second year." he said nervously. E.J looked at him.
"I thought you said no secrets." she said. James shrugged.
"I'm sorry."
"You liked her before she lost the weight. You lost her before she lost the weight?" E.J said. James gave a genuine smile.
"She has a cute smile, and nice eyes. I can't help it."
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