After the end of the banquet announcements Remus and Lily got up to lead the first years to their dorms.
"Sorry Aeryn, I gotta go." said Lily a she got up from the table.
"Where?" wondered Aeryn
"I got to show the fir—Oh wait you don't know where the dorms are, do you?" started Lily, until she remembered that Aeryn was new.
"Not a clue." replied Aeryn tiredly.
"Ok follow me and Remus."
Together they walked towards Remus and the group of first years. As they approached he acknowledged them with a nod, and Lily went up to the front to join him, Aeryn tagging along, slightly behind.
Lily and a tired Remus lead the first years up and down stairs, through hallways until they finally reached a portrait of a fat lady on the wall. Aeryn smiled, a picture passageway.
"Ok first years, this is the Fat lady, behind her is the Gryffindor common room. There will be a different password every week that our head of house McGonagall will inform us of. Today the password is 'Flamy Jam'. "
As she said it, the Fat Lady opened her picture, waving as they walked by.
"Ok girls over there, guys this away," said Remus as he lead the boys to the first year dorms before retiring to his own.
The girls walked up to there dorms, passing excited first years on their way.
"Are you and Remus close by any chance?" Aeryn asked cautiously, trying to see if Lily knew about him.
"No, no, no. Were just perfects and I just happen to know him, but nothing else… why? Do you like him?" asked Lily curiously.
"Hell! I don't even know him! I saw him on the train, THAT'S IT!" Aeryn muttered loudly, covering up the real reason. It see no one knows what he is, she though to herself.
"So, I bet you'll be hanging around with all your friends now huh?" asked Aeryn as the entered the room.
"Uhh… Oh here's your bed" Lily changed the subject as she pointed to the new bed laid out with Aeryn's stuff, Patrick's frog cage was even there with him happily swimming it in.
"Yea, ok, you're changing the subject, what happened?"
"Well… it's a long story," started Lily
"You can tell me as we get ready." interrupted Aeryn, she might have been tired from her wolf-issue, but friends should come first some times, and it had been a while since Aeryn had got the chance to let it come first.
As they got ready, Lily began the story, "Well it started when I discovered my poweres, im muggle born you see. I would use them sometimes, somewhat recklessly. As it turns out there was a wizard in our neighborhood Severus. Sev came from a mostly pureblood, dark kind of family but he wasn't all like them. It was hard for him, they would fight costantly and he had to be stuck in the middle. It was Sev who told me I was a witch, and when my muggle sister got jealous, he helped defend me. Severus got sorted into Slytherin though, but we tried to be friends. Still he started hanging out with the wrong people and, well last year he called me and my friends mudbloods by accident,"
Aeryn's brows furrowed, what kind of bastard would say that to his friend?
"He apologized, but my friends didn't accept, even though I did, I mean he can't help it! I guess that kind drove a wedge between me and my old friends." She ended sadly.
"Hmph, well I' gunna have to meet this Sev guy, then I'll respond appropriately" responded Aeryn thoughtfully, I guess she wouldn't be able to kick his sorry ass, yet.
"And what about your personal stalker, James?" asked Aeryn wanting to understand Lily's situation.
"Yea well, he's had a crush on me, ever since first year. But he's a big jerk, always so vain, he PUPOSLY messes up his hair so he looks all 'cool'. Not to mention he picks on Sev all the time, even when Severus doesn't do anything. Potter is just so full of himself!" almost yelled out angrily. She really had been waiting to say that.
After they were done brushing and washing, they both settled on their bed's.
"No roommates?" asked Aeryn, motioning to the spare beds.
"Had two others before, twins, but they moved to somewhere in France. They were kind annoying anyway, Vela, snobby… kinda slutty too, I could swear they went through more men each month then Sirius all year! And that's saying something!"
From what Aeryn had heard and what little she could tell from her unusually good people skills, that was saying something.
"Well good night, Aeryn."
"G'night, Lily."
Lily was having the same dream again. She had it almost every week every since that first kiss with James she hadn't mentioned. She remembered it clearly they ad been walking in the hall on Christmas. Lily was returning books she had borrowed when she crashed right into James, dropping her books. After the both had gotten up James was about to help give her the books when he looked up and said one word, "Mistletoe". She should have just run away but she didn't, it was her fist and best kiss, ever. She wished she had known what an arse that kid would have been, otherwise she would have slapped him in the face and ran.
Her dream, or nightmare, it wasn't clear witch one it was, repeated the scene, adding in all the times he had tried to please her, but she had ignored the selfish git.
It was midnight and Professor McGonagall was on a mission.
Minerva McGonagall was generally new to Hogwarts, she had been hired here when Albus had got promoted and a transfiguration spot opened. Teaching under Dumbledore took some getting used too; he was so loose, so seemingly reckless it just bothered her a little. Still she could always do other things in her life though, Minerva constantly thought to herself, she was only thirty seven, and there was only a thin highlight of gray in her raven black hair, and she claimed it was an added detail, to appear more 'hip' or whatever the children cared about.
She walked up a flight of stairs, Albus had told her to go get Mr. Lupin and Mrs. O'Connell from their dorms for whatever reason, that was why she was now heading up to the dorms in the middle of the night.
McGonagall was a very sensible woman, it wasn't hard to tell, one look through her glasses at her cold pale eyes and you knew it would be stupid to question her. Lately though, Albus had been testing her to her limit, retrieving random students at night was only one of the many quests she had been sent on.
As she entered the room she cast a mufflio charm around Aeryn's bed and the rest of the room. (muffilo was known before Snape's time by some excellent witches, including young McGonagall)
Not sure how to do it, Minerva walked over to the girl's bed and yelled "WAKE UP!"
This startled the fast asleep Aeryn, who suddenly sat up and roared "I'M GUNNA EAT YOU F—"
Aeryn paused, pinched herself to see if she was dreaming, and then growled in a wolf like fashion, that would scare almost anyone silly, "Oh. Well…? What. Do. You. Want. Professor? She said spacing out the words to ensure her point was made.
"Albus-Dumbledore-wants-to-see-you! Minerva replied quickly, looking somewhat scared. Then she murmured "Uhh, you can get ready, I'll meet you out side with—" but she was already out the door before Aeryn could scare her anymore.
"Children these days."
Aeryn got up, slightly surprised Lily was still fast asleep. She shrugged and decided to put on some pants since wearing only an extra, extra big shirt to the headmaster's office wouldn't be a smart idea. After getting on some skinny jeans and a black cloak, she headed out to wait in the common room until the professor arrived
"Children these days" McGonagall muttered as she headed up to Lupin's dorm. As she entered the room she cast the muffling charm, and then went over to Remus's bed.
"Umm… Mr. Lupin, wake up?" she asked, trying a new approach.
"You stepped in cow pie?" Lupin muttered sleepily.
"Umm no. Dumbledore wants to see you."
Remus shook his head sleepily, and sat up "Oh yea I guess I shoulda expected this. One second."
Quickly Remus got up; showing off his red striped PJs, then he put on a (matching) red sweater and his cloak. Next he followed McGonagall out into the common room. To his surprise another girl, Aeryn stood up at their arrival, she too looked like she had been just woken up. Remus's brows furrowed, why would a new girl would be present at his and Dumbledore's Yearly, Annoying Werewolf Check-Ups, or in code YAWCU? Then he froze before following them through the portrait hole, as it suddenly hit him.
She was a werewolf too.
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Lily was walking down the hall, barely managing to balance all four of the books she was planning to return before her holiday. As she was about to turn a corner, a suit of armor started singing her favorite Christmas tune, the muggle version of course. Humming, Lily accideny collided with a boy while turning the corner. It was James, the famous young seeker. Lily didn't like him very much as he had made fun of Sev plenty of times, but still he had won many games for Gryffindor. As they crashed Lily's books went everywhere. Soon both of them were on the ground with many 'Sorry's and 'Its ok's.
"If you want I'll help carry them." offered James
"Oh that's ni—" Lily started, but she was interrupted as James stood frozen looking up.
"Mistletoe."
They paused for a second then nodded.
Lily blushed furiously as they leaned together. The kiss was everything a little girl could ask for on Christmas Eve. It lasted for a few seconds as snow started to fall from behind the window. Slowly they both pulled away, redder than their Gryffindor scarves.
"To the Library?" mumbled James
Lily nodded, and they went off down the hallway, toward the library
-Next day-
James was walking down the hallway. He had just bout played the biggest prank ever, not only were all the Slytherin's underclothes hanging from the Christmas tree, but they would have a hard time getting out too see or take it down since James and the marauders had magically glued their portrait hole shut. James told the others he would be back, as he left for the library, to see if he could find Lily.
News of his pranks were spreading, Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, cheered at him as he walked by. On the way he passed a broom closet, not far from where he and Lily had kissed. He stopped for a moment to savor the memory, when someone grabbed him from behind, pulling him into the closet.
It was a 4th year Ravenclaw, clearly drunk. James tried to escape her clutches, but the girl held him in, passionately kissing him all over the face. Meanwhile Lily had been heading to the common room when she hard loud noises coming from a closet, not knowing the rule 'Never open a noisy broom closet' she opened it, and the drunk Ravenclaw slut, came flying out with James, who's face was covered in lip-gloss.
"James?!" yelled a horror stricken Lily; as the drunk Ravenclaw stumbled away aimlessly. Lily turned around running the opposite way away.
"Lily! It's not like that!" he yelled chasing after her.
The nightmare-dream ended as Lily woke up with a terrible headache. She sat up rubbing her head and looking around. Aeryn's empty bed came into view.
"Were could she have gone?" Lily asked to no one, hoping Aeryn would appear from behind something to answer her. Groggily, Lily got off her bed and covered her frog pajamas with a black cloak. Maybe she went for a drink of water? But Lily quickly contradicted herself, Aeryn didn't have a clue where the kitchens were, let alone how to tickle the pair to get in. As she stepped into the conmen room she saw another figure, wearing dark blue boxers and a gray sleeveless shirt, James.
"James?" questioned Lily, to the groggy boy who seemed to be looking for something.
"Oh. Hi Lily." said a half asleep James who hadn't noticed he had been caught in his boxers wandering around past midnight.
"Have you seen Aeryn O'Connell, the new girl?" asked Lily.
"Nope but Remus is gone too."
There was an awkward pause.
"Ohh god you don't think…" asked Lily with wide eyes, thinking about Aeryn, Remus, and a broom closet, which was pretty close to what was realy happening, if you took out the broom closet, and what they would be doing there, and instead added in Dumbledore and his YAWCUs.
"Wait what day is it?" asked James who seemed more awake at Lily's suggestion.
"Uhh… The day after September 1st," replied Lily, who was a little slow from being tired.
"Oh." James mumbled to himself. Then he implied more loudly, "You know, I think Remus just left waking me up, saying he had left something in the great hall. Aeryn was probably looking for a midnight snack and he saw her wandering and told her the way to the kitchens."
"Maybe." said Lily, as they lapsed into an awkward silence. The last time they had been alone, was five years ago, under mistletoe.
James looked down, noticing he was in his boxers, and mumbled a quick "G'night."
As Lily was about to enter the dorm she heard him yell "I'm sorry!" from the entrance to the boy's dorm. She ignored it remembering the promise she had made five years ago after James had been snogging the Ravenclaw in the closet.
I will never fall for James Potter, no matter what stupid tricks he comes up with.
(My ramblings)
Yes I know I made a dramatic first year romance-goes-wrong, for lily and James. One that would normally be solved, if James wasn't always so insulting towards Sev. Notice she refers to him as 'James' no 'Potter', showing that she's to distracted to keep up her cold-shoulder act towards him.
Hehe James is wandering sleepily in his boxers.
And yes McGonagall is young O.o... whoa! But it makes since since James and sirius always call her 'Minne', or is that from some other fan fic... ooh wells im using it. and yes she does gray early, since shes olny aroud fifthy in Harry's time.
Muhahahahahha I'm as hyperized as caffeinated Squirrels *wink wink* Alphakirawolf *wink*
Hhehhehe one of my faves so far, even though I barely have anything…..
Wolf out, ps i hope i edited this enoff since spell check hides stuffs from me, plus its lt
PROPER WOLF OUT!!!!
giggly goooo-ooh-ohh
