The Drama of the Potters
A/N- Yay! I finally had time to post this chapter, sorry for the wait, if you are even waiting! Can't wait to show you guys what I have in mind for the story ;)! Now, Onwards!
Al opened his eyes slowly. He noticed that the train wasn't moving instantly.
"What happened?" Al yawned as he saw Rose and Lily sorting what looked like a lot of parchment and books on the other side of the compartment.
"Oh! Now you wake up!" said Lily as she continued shuffling the pages to Hugo and Rose's potions essay.
"I fell asleep?" asked Al skeptically remembering how he had to hold onto his life when the Hogwarts Express had a random burst of speed.
"No silly, you fainted!" Rose giggled as she snatched her essay out of Lily's hand.
"I fainted?" repeated Al.
"Yes Al! You fainted!" clarified Lily as she moved on to stuff Hugo's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them back into his Care of Magical Creature section. It almost seemed that one of the only similarity's Hugo had with his sister was the desire to keep things organized.
"How did I faint?" Al yelled before realizing now that someone in another compartment would have heard that and the rumor would probably get around to the entire school by the first day at Hogwarts.
"How do you think we know? You are suppose to be the second oldest," Lily replied loudly.
"Fine if that question seems to piss off everyone, how about I try another one? Why is the train not moving?" whispered Al so not to get one of them mad again.
"I slowed down the velocity of the train," Roses stated casually.
Suddenly, the compartment door swung open. Hugo looked like he has been running and was covered in parchment and ink.
"Guys! Quickly, follow me!" panted Hugo as he gestured for Rose and Lily to stop packing everything.
"What? Where are we going? Hugo!" Lily muttered as she attempted to get answers while she shut the compartment door.
Al, Rose, and Lily were shocked at the damage that ringed across the corridor of the Hogwarts Express but were glad to see Ministry officials already cleaning things up. They followed Hugo while they had to jump from book to book to avoid all the spilled ink on the floor. This went especially for Lily, as she did not want to ruin the new boots that she has on that saved everyone on the train. Al and the rest could see lines of students who were waiting for the Healers to arrive and deal with any injuries.
"Should I go over there?" asked Lily uncertainly "Hugo's luggage kind of fell on my head, remember?"
"Be quiet!" Hugo muttered hoarsely "I took twice as long to get to you guys so that I would not be seen by the Ministry officials!"
They snuck past a few more officials by pretending that they were one of the injured students before finally reaching the front of the train. Hugo beckoned them in before shutting the door. Al, Rose, and Lily were now shocked to see the same sight that Hugo originally saw. They saw the bottles, the tainted black windows, James and Max arrested and the obvious spell mark at by the acceleration control panel.
"James… What happened?" questioned Rose in a slight state of shock.
"I need you guys to prove that me and Max are not guilty before my dad gets here! Headmistress McGonagall is already sending letters about the train to the parents," James begged as he thanked Hugo for bringing everyone with a thumb's up.
"Are you guilty?" Lily said cautiously.
"Of coarse not!" James retorted, "Here's the plan, we invoke innocent until proven guilty. Hugo will explain how Max and me did not drink or plant the bottles beforehand because we would never have time to do so,"
"Why do I get the worst job?" Hugo muttered to himself.
"We all went to the train at approximately the same time. Al can prove that," James continued ignoring Hugo's comment.
"I have it worse Hugo. Any one of us can do my job," Al whispered to Hugo.
"It's what you get for fainting!" Lily said unsympathetically.
"Meanwhile, Max was helping carry luggage into the compartments for students, so we can get find some eyewitnesses to confirm that, which will be your job Lily," said James as he raised his voice to get their attention again. "The train left shortly after the platform opened so we would not have had the time to bring all the empty bottles to the front of the train. So it was done after Max left to open the platform. The black paint on the windows would show this, since nobody would have seen the perpetrator. Rose will do the calculations to prove this. Ok? Go!"
"Typical. The girls get the most interesting job," complained Al as the girls ran out of the front of the train. Lily to find people who saw Max while Rose to get her parchment and watch to figure out the time.
"Who knew James the Tosser would be such a good leader?" Hugo said with a slight hint of impressed in his voice.
"Shut up Hugo. Hey Al is it true you fainted?" James asked trying very hard not to laugh.
"What difference would it make if I did?" Al sneered.
"Yeah James. Anyway, how about the fact that James did not confirm or deny that he was a Tosser?" Hugo smirked as he looked through the door to check the Aurors progress. They already cleared the hallway of school materials into individual compartments and Healers were already helping the students with concussions.
"Oh yeah! You didn't confirm or deny James," Al grinned as he realized that he had a perfect opportunity to make fun of James.
"I am not a bloody tosser!" James answered.
"How many girls did you kiss in your first year again James?" Hugo interrogated.
"Twenty three," James replied smugly.
"Tosser," Al coughed, " I won't even ask why you memorized the number…"
"When are the girls going to get here? It is only a matter of time before my dad comes!" James sighed impatiently.
"Trying to change the subject again are you now?" said Hugo smugly.
"Am not!"
"Yeah you are!" Al stated.
"Why would I care? I am older than all of you guys and will be a Care of Magical Creatures Assistant and I demand that you shut up right now before I take five points from Gryffindor!" yelled James.
"Going to play that card now James? Pathetic," Al responded calmly.
"I guess you are right. Five points from Gryffindor for disorderly conduct," James smiled to see the look of surprise on Al's face.
"You wouldn't dare!" Hugo dramatically commanded.
"Try me," James tested.
"Uh, boys? We are back with everything you asked for," Lily claimed.
"Finally! What took you so long?" James asked excitedly.
"We had to wait for Jasmine and Ruby to finish packing. Their trunk actually broke," Rose explained quickly.
"Jasmine and Ruby are the witnesses? I'm think the Aurors might think we are lying if we bring Lily's friends," Hugo pondered aloud.
"No, I helped them pack. I remember," croaked Max.
"Ok good," James complimented, "Everything ready with you Rose?"
"Yes," Rose answered confidently.
"Ok. Hugo, call the Auror Roach," James commanded.
Hugo did exactly that. They called over Roach and explained James and Max's situation. Rose even managed to calculate the time when James ran over to sit with the conductor. Roach was thoroughly impressed.
"Alright. All your points make sense. Let me document this and send it to our Sub Division Leader John," Roach said gruffly happy that he did not have to listen to any of Emma and Cody's arguments.
"I already did that for you sir," Rose said proudly as she gave Roach a long piece of parchment with all their points on it.
"Thank you Miss Weasley," Roach said gruffly before Apparating.
"Phew," They all said at once since they had just proved both James and Max's innocence.
"Your welcome for the help James," Ruby muttered as they all instantly noticed the awkwardness of the situation. Ruby dated James for a month during their forth year at Hogwarts but it ended when James cheated on her with a fangirl from Ravenclaw.
"Uh. Thanks," was all James could say before looking away from Ruby whistling.
"Like I said before," Hugo said breaking the awkward silence between everyone, "Tosser."
They all broke into good-hearted laughter as James turned into a major shad of red looking away from everybody.
After a few minutes, Ministry officials started appearing everywhere. One of them included Cody, after a lot of cussing finally released Max and James. The train started moving again by the time it started getting dark since Max and James got back to work after a Emma cleaned the black taint off the windows in the front and helped repair the acceleration panel. They only managed to arrive at Hogwarts in time because of the major burst of speed and the quick conclusion to the arrest. Yet far away in the basement of her apartment, Rita Skeeter was writing very quickly. She was in a good mood. She was happy that the first stage of her plan was complete…
A/N- Ohhhh… I love those kind of endings. Sorry it took a while to get back to writing. I have been planning ahead some character arks for the friends of Lily (Jasmine and Ruby) and more characters who will be introduced soon…
