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Chp. 3 Vicious Wardrobe gnomes and Unexpected Invitations

"Why is there a gnome in my wardrobe?" Lily shrieked at Gabriella, her fellow dorm mate.

"A gnome? Well, it's obviously a wardrobe gnome, duh!" Gabi said, sitting down on her bed and pulling out her schedule.

"How do I get rid of it?" Lily asked, slamming the door.

"Come on Lils, it's just a gnome," Melissa (another one of her dorm mates) commented, looking up from her book. "Throw it out the window!"

" I am not touching that thing!" Lily said, moving as far away from the wardrobe as possible.

"Oh good grief!" Emily shouted, pulling the wardrobe open. She grabbed the gnome around the neck and tossed him out the window.

"…thank you…" Lily finally stammered out.

"Have you never de-gnomed anything?" Gabi asked.

"Hey, remember! I'm the only witch in my family. Most of my relatives have never even heard of a gnome!" Lily sat on her bed, refusing to look at any of them.

"Wow, you have so missed out!" Melissa said, sitting up.

"Yeah, you should spend the Christmas holiday with us! We usually do stuff with the guys, and Christmas dinner is always amazing!" Gabi sighed.

"Well, I was sort of just planning on staying here…"

"Definitely not! What are you talking about! You have to come with us. Think of all the time you can spend with James!" Melissa said without thinking.

"What!? Why would I want to spend more time with James?" Lily asked. Melissa shrugged, returning her focus to her book. "Well, I guess I could go with you guys…" Lily finally consented.

" Of course you're coming with us!" Gabi shouted. "Who can resist the Marauders? Or Sirius Black?" she added as an afterthought.

Lily giggled as Melissa and Gabi sighed. Emily rolled her eyes. She didn't have to dream about Sirius. She already had him.

A/N: Sorry this was so short. It was more of a "ok, I have to introduce these characters, and I'm having major writers block, so let's make lily battle a wardrobe gnome", and I really wanted Lily's and Mel/Gabi/Em to begin their friendship, because that way I can get to the more exciting stuff, and their friendship is super important to the rest of the story!

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