Chapter Four - Start of Year Prank.

Next mroning Serelina woke-up at 5 in the mroning, feeling completely like crap and a dream - which made no sence at all - going through her head. She sat up pushing her straight silver locks away from her face, trying to make sence of the dream she just had, but it only resulted in giving her a headache. Which wasn't helping her in the least.

So to find something to distract herself with, she pulled herself out of bed and slouched into the bathroom. Where she took a nice long fresh mint scented, cold shower. Though she was feeling fresh and all, her body still longed to go back to bed. She also knew very well that if she does indeed go back to bed she'll fall asleep and feel crappy all over again. So as silently as she possible could, trying not to wake her dorm mates, she pulled out one of her many novels from her trunk and made her way downstairs to the common room.

Upon reaching the almost empty common room -only two seventh years were awake, studying (on their fist day back?) - she cuddeled herself on the couch by the fire and started reading.

Which wasn't helping to distract her mind at all, because not two minutes after she started, she closed her book with with an annoyed huff and stood up. Her mind was somewhere far away from the book she was reading so she couldn't concerntrate on the words and nothing was making much sence. This frustrated her alot, because she loved reading and she couldn't read right then because her mind wasn't processing what she was reading and therfore nothing was making any sence right then.

Tossing the book on the couch and tightening the scarf around her neck she headed outside, feeling grateful that she had remembered to pull on a pair of boots, mittens and a muffler on before leaving the room. Now she wouldn't have to go all the way up again.

Planning on walking around the black lake and visiting Hagrid on her way back up to the castle she made her way out to the grounds. She stuffed her hands into her jean pockets - which she had pulled on in her sleepy state or she'd never have pulled on jeans, and unless it's winter she never wore jeans, denims or any other trouser type dresses as long as she could avoid it - she sleepily strutted across the lawn.

She was still too sleepy , what with her lack of sleep last night. It wasn't that she hadn't slept, it was just that she never slept peacefully. Her sleep is always too filled with dreams and she sleep very restlessly for it to be a proper sleep. But that is also due to the fact that she was used to sleeping next to Nick at home and in school she didn't have anyone to sleep with, which resulted in her restless sleeping.

Though she was used to it by now. Ever since she was a little girl - 9 years to be more acurate - she has been having disturbing dreams the doesn't make much - or any - sence. Actually, she'd be surprised herself if she slept peacefully at all this year. Looking back as to what happened during the summer holiday and Nick still being in the hospital, she was destined to be attacked with nighmares this year in addition to the bad dreams. So there was little to no use pondering on it, or so she thought.

Deciding that she was over thinking she skipped walking round the lake to pay Hagrid a visit.

She knew very well that 5:20 in the morning was too early to pay anyone a visit. But this is Hagrid we are talking about. He'd be awake tending to his monsterous pets (no offence or anything). So she skipped over in the direction of Hagrids hut, hoping he'd be at home rather than in the forest.

Thankfully enough he was outside, tending his vegetable patch. Smiling widely as she saw the huge half-giant man she raised her hand high above her head, in a wave as shouting "hiya Hagrid!" cupping her mouth with her free hand.

He looked up when she shouted - greeted - at him and he too raised his hand as he waved and called "Serelina! How'v yer been?" Then he pulled her into a bone crushing hug as she had just reached him.

"Good, I guess!" she muttered when he let go of her.

"What'd tat mean, I guess?" he asked frowning down at her. She let a small smile slip as she looked back up at him and said "it's just that Nick kinda snapped and decided to kill me with a knife". Looking down at her feet she added "but I don't wanna talk about it, so let's talk about something more pleasent".

And so he invited her into his hut for some tea as he enthusiastically told her about some creature that he was looking after in the forest. Not bringing up her brother at all. Just because she said she didn't want to talk about it.

It was way past six when Serelina finally decided that she had to head back up to the castle. She still had to change into her uniform and her mind was long since back in focus. Hagrid was a great freind. He was the only one in this school -aside from Proffesor Dumbledor and Proffesor McGonall - who knew that she wasn't just any ordinary witch. That she was much, much more than that.

Obviously Lily knew and James had been her freind long before Hogwarts and he too knew that she wasn't just any witch. To be honest, James only knew this because his father - Charlus Potter - was in ways, her protector (and a great freind).

They were the only people - aside from her family - who knew about Nick's split personality. One half loves her as much as the other half wants to kill her.

So she strutted back up to the Gryffindor tower, taking her time to go up in no hurry at all. By the time she reached the common room it was 6:45 and there were students clustered around the common room. Not caring about the time she continued upstairs to her dorm to see all the girls already awake and hustling about getting dressed.

"Lina, where have you been?" Lily asked the second she saw her freind enter their room. She had been a bit worried when she woke up to find her best freinds bed empty. This was Serelina we were talking about after all. That girl didn't wake up this early in the morning. After all, she was the one person everyone had trouble waking up.

"Out" Serelina shrugged uncaringly and thankfully for Serelina, Lily didn't purse the suject but ushered her to dress quickly. Sighing she walked over to her trunk and pulled out her uniform before quickly changing. Then the five of them -Serelina, Lily, Dorace, Mary and Marlane - walked out to breakfast at a leisurely place. They still had 45 minutes of breakfast left

The geat hall was in chaos when the girls entered it. Students were running behind these beautiful white rabbits that had cards with numbers around their necks, held up by ribbons.

"Merlin! They are adourable" Dorace and Serelina yelled - exclaimed - at the exact same time. Then they looking at each other both of them started laughing. Mary and Lily rolled there eyes before pulling their two crazy freinds over to the Griffindor table and sitting down. Unfortunately next to four hysteric boys. Or the infamous Marauders as they call themselves, without the infamous part ofcourse.

Lily frowned just noticing who they had sat next to, but didn't tell anything as she knew her girlfreinds wouldn't like to move. At least she wasn't the one sitting next to Sirius Black who had a really loud bark-like laugh.

"Any one of you know whats with all the rabbits?" Mary asked the Marauders as she put food on her plate, gaining the attention of the four boys they were sitting beside.

"Rabbit hunting?" Sirius supplied with a shrug, only it sounded more like a question than an answer. Still. both James and Sirius had big goofey grins plastered on there face - which was what gave away they the fact they had an insight about the rabbits. Knowing them it was probably the start of year prank. 'They pulled one every year, so what makes this one different? I don't think so', Serelina thought.

Only she seemed to think so, becauce no one else seemed to suspect a thing.

Or maybe that was just because James asked Lily out again, and was shot down again, faster than you could say 'not fair'. The only thing Serelina was thankful for was that the two didn't start bickering like an old married couple, which would have been a nuisance this early in the morning. It can be entertaining sometimes too, but a utter nuisance on the first day back at school. Especially in the morning, when she's already feeling like crap with very little sleep.

She zoned out all conversations around her and concerntrated on her food. Not paying attention to anything, anyone was saying.

It was after all four girls were done eating that Mary asked "you girls up for some rabbit hunting, we still have 15 mins before class starts." Lily and Dorace instantly agreed (Marlane was with her boyfreind, all the way at the ravenclaw table). When Serelina said nothing all three girls turned to her waiting for an answer.

Out of the coner of her eye she noticed the Marauders looking at them, also waiting to hear what she would say. This seemed a bit suspicious to Serelina, because they weren't usualy interested in anything any one but themselves did. Except James who'd willingly stalk Lily for all that was worth it.

"You lot go on ahead" she said in a bored tone and an uncaring shrug of her shoulder.

"Come on Li, it'll be fun and you love rabbits" Lily said with a playfully cute pout. She was making puppy-dog eyes and Serelina was finding it very hard to say no to her when she gots like that.

So she looked down at the table and said "sorry Lily-poo, you three go on ahead". At the last part she threw her hand around Lily's waist -she was standing - hugging her. Poo meant flower in tamil. Serelina had adapted to it on there very first year. Because her favorite flower happens to be Lily and her best freinds name also is Lily. So instead of Lily-flower, she call her Lily-poo. Lily knew the meaning of it too and don't seem to mind it much, since she never really asked Serelina to stop calling her that. "Plus I have a book upstairs calling me and I can't say no to that" she added with a sheepish smile to make it look that she had something else to do. And what better than a book?

"Fine" Lily huffed and removed Serelina's hands from around her waist. Serelina knew that Lily wasn't really mad at her, being Serelina's best freind Lily knew that Serelina loved books more than even herself, and there would be no way to remove Serelina from a book willingly.

Just as she, Dorace and Mary were about to go proffessor McGonal came around handing out timetables.

So instead of going rabbit hunting the four girls started comparing timetables.

"URGH! Lina no ones taking Mermish or Antient Ruins or Gobledegook" Mary grunted clutching her hair as if to pull out. She has been trying to make Serelina drop the subject ever since she started it and all three subjects became a heavy load of homework. None of her freinds knew the real reason that Serelina studied it. Though a bigger part is because she did love the three subjects.

"Actually May, Remus is taking Ancient Ruin too" Serelina said pouting up at her freind, and then looking at Remus. The four of them had been comparing schedules as well, and Remus looked at Serelina at the mention of his name. "Aren't you Remus?" she asked him looking up at him expectantly.

"Yeah, I am" he agreed with that kind smile that never left his lips - at least when looking at someone. Serelina gave Mary a truimphant smile to recieve a dark look in return.

"Mermish and Gobledegook?" she said trying to keep her tone light but a glare came across. And her tone wasn't exactly light, more like dark.

"Your taking Mermish?" James asked - more like exclaimed really loudly - looking at Serelina somewhat shockedly. "But why? Your already so damn good at it" he went on when he got weird looks from the four girls. He nervously ran a hand through his already messy locks, something he tends to do in the presence of Lily. And right then she was kinda staring at him with her mouth hanging open.

"It's interesting to study" Lina said with a nonchalant shrug, not wanting James to start about how good she already was at speacking Mermish.

"Come on Mary, it's useless to try to change her mind. Someones going to find all the adourable rabbits" Dorace called impatiently, having already gone through this same ritual last year too. Plus she knew very well that her freind was not about to change her mind anytime soon and Mary was just wasting her time. She could be rather adament when she really want to be.

"We are speacking about this later" Lily hissed in Serelina's ear and followed the other two away and around the geat hall trying to catch rabbits. She had been talking not about the subject but why 'Potter' Knew something that she didn't.

"Why did you really not join them?" James asked his sister like friend amusedly. "And don't tell me because of a book" he quickly added when she opened her mouth to answer. 'Damn! That boy knew me too well for it to be true.' she thought with a giggle.

"I guess I didn't want to chase around for a rabbit that isn't there" she said with a small smile playing on her lips as she pretended to studied her timetable. Just an excuse to keep her eyes averted from the Marauders. Four audible gasps make her look up to find all four of them looking at her with wide eyes. She laughed softly at the horryfied look on Sirius face and the puzzeled look on Peters face. Though not in a mean way.

"What gave it away?" Remus asked with an amused smile, breaking the shocked silence. Which wasn't really a silence at all.

"Well... For one, I was kind of expecting some prank. Then James and Black were smirking when my girlfreinds inquired about the fuss and when they left" she replied thoughtfully, thinking what gave away that the rabbitss were some form of a prank.

"How did you know that two of those numbered six rabbits were not really there?" Sirius asked suspiciously narrowing his eyes at her, and giving away the prank that she hadn't fully guessed yet.

"Ah! So that's what this is all about. This lot is finding for something that is not there" she said laughing. what she had said earlier 'about finding for something that wasn't there' had just been a guess. And a trick to get them to tell what was going on. She didn't really expect two of the six numbered rabbit's wouldn't be there, just as she hadn't expected her plan'd work. How long do you think it'd take for everyone to realize that two of the six numbered rabbit weren't really there?

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Right, I'm sorry guys for not updating in soooo long. but since I'm not getting any feedback, I'm thinking no one is really reading this and it's useless to keep this up... it's not very inspiring to write a story that doesn't get feedback, so a little feed back would be nice guys. I'm thinking no ones liking the story... so please leave a review on what you think and constructive critosism is always welcome. and please point out any typos.

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