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Chapter 4-Plottin'
Mya, Sirius, Remus and Freya were all sat on the floor in the boys' dorm. They were discussing girls, boys, school, who was and wasn't a slut, which teacher was currently hated the most... all the usual things. They were also eating sweets.
Mya suddenly said,
"It's really weird not having Lily and James here isn't it?"
"Yeah," replied Sirius "I mean, they're always here aren't they? Bickering and fighting, yeah, but they are always here!"
"Hmmm, James'll be happy at least, all this time alone with Lily."
"I don't think Lily will be that unhappy either..." muttered Mya, only Sirius heard her.
"Does Lily like James?"
"HowshouldIknow!" she gabbled, way too quickly to sound convincing.
"C'mon, you can tell meeee! I won't tell, I promise" Sirius put on a puppy eyed look. Mya melted immediately.
"OK, yeah she does... I really shouldn't have told you that should I?"
"No not really... Y'know Mi, I feel really depressed. We neeeeeed to prank someone!"
"Yeah! Who? Snivellus?" Mya suggested
"Nah, that's old... Lily?"
"James'll kill you!" Remus exclaimed
"Good point!" Sirius furrowed his eyebrows in thought "I sometimes wonder about those two y'know. This morning he was chasing her around the common room. He said she'd nicked his mail, but she wasn't holding a letter!"
"That is quite suspicious..." said Mya, putting on her detective face "And they've been together since, like, 6 o'clock!"
"I think James would have told me, and the rest of the school, if anything had happened. Honestly, those two need HELP! They just flirt more and more every day! Everyone except them notices!"
Mya snickered, "Help, eh? Sirius, I have a prank!"
Remus' Sirius' eyes widened and they looked excited, Mya's pranks tended to be funny to do "What?" Sirius said
"We will, set Lily and James up!" her dark eyes flashed "Those two are really gullible, you have to admit!".
Sirius laughed and then rubbed his hands, attempting to look sinister, "Yes, yes, my partners in evilness, I think we have a plan, they high-fived, little did they know what they had let themselves in for, an impossible prank!
James woke up in his room and grumbled
"Padfoot, get off!"
"Excuse me!" laughed Lily, "I am NOT Sirius!"
James sat bolt upright, "Oh yeah! I will never be woken up by that goon again!"
"I think you will!" laughed Lily.
"Why?" asked James
"Cause we promised to sleep in the dorms at Christmas, and I guarantee that you will miss him after a while."
"No, Lil, believe me, he wakes me up every day by leaping onto my bed and yelling "Prongsie! It's a beautiful day! Get up get up get up!" until I do!"
"Is he always hyper?" asked Lily, laughing,
"Yep!"
"I bet summer with Sirius is unusual!"
"Yeah, he livens things up! You should come and stay next summer,"
"I'd like that James. Now we had better get dressed and go to breakfast or the others will think that we've got lost!"
Mya and Sirius were on their way to breakfast. Mya slipped her arm through Sirius' and said
"Well, operation Lily/James starts today!"
"YEP!" he said, excited "In that Care of Magical Creatures assignment we can all pair up so they have to go together, then they will have to spend loads of time alone, together, outside! It's perfect! You can go with me and Moony can go with Freya, I doubt he'll protest" Sirius waggled his eyebrows.
Mya giggled, "Yeah, we'll tell the other at breakfast, make sure we don't look too suspicious!"
Lily and James left their common room, straightening their rumpled clothes.
"Y'know Lils, we're not gonna be able to hold hands all day!" laughed James, pulling his hand out of Lily's,
"Bah" Lily huffed
James laughed, and they entered the Great Hall together.
"Hey guys!" chirped Mya
Sirius pulled a dramatically shocked face and whispered something to Mya
"Get them to defend each other"
Then he gasped
"It must be a miracle, the world's gone wrong!"
Lily and James exchanged raised eyebrows
"What?"
"You... You..." Sirius prattled on
Lily gave him a death glare
"You've not KILLED each other yet? The world is ending Mi, we're all gonna die!"
Lily and James both started talking at once
"Why do you always make stupid comments?"
"Padfoot, don't be an arse"
"Yeah, who says we're always arguing anyway?"
"Yeah, what she said!"
Sirius looked at them blankly, then cracked up,
"You two wind up too easily!"
Freya interrupted, always the peacemaker
"Who are you working with today for that Care of Magical Creature project?"
Mya and Sirius pointed at each other.
Remus quickly said,
"I'll work with you then Frey,"
"Ok," Mya chirruped "Looks like Lily and James are working together too"
She and Sirius looked carefully at Lily and James, watching for any signs of resent, they were puzzled when they found none...
All six of them trudged down to Care of Magical Creatures. The Indian summer was still going strong, the sun was blazing, and the sky was cloudless. The grounds of Hogwarts were wilting almost as much as the pupils, who were tiring of the strange, September weather.
So it was strange, when they reached the lesson, to find Professor Kettleburn, wearing thick gloves, and overcoat.
"Erm, Professor, aren't you hot?" asked Mya in surprise.
"Yes, Miss Klinton, I am hot" Professor Kettleburn fanned his face, which very much, in Lily's opinion, resembled a tomato "I will need this protective clothing though"
Mya's huge eyes grew larger in interest, and glittered in anticipation "Ooh? What do you need it for? What animal?"
Sirius grinned at her enthusiasm and came up behind her, slipping his arms around her waist, and nuzzling her neck "Me!" he growled down her ear. Mya laughed and leant back, against his chest,
"No, really, what animal? I NEED to know!"
"Well you will in a minute!" smiled Professor Kettleburn, smiling benevolently upon his favourite student. Care of Magical Creatures was one of the few subjects that Mya blessed with her full attention.
"Gather round class" called Professor Kettleburn
The class gathered around him, the chattering quieted to a murmur, the Professor seemed satisfied
"Ok, today we are going to be looking at something that you will never have seen before, and may never see again- SO I SUGGEST YOU GIVE YOUR FULL ATTENTION MR MALFOY!"
Lucius Malfoy sneered at the Professor, then turned back to his friends.
Professor Kettleburn gave up trying to get him to listen and continued
"It is in a cage, we are just going to be observing. His mouth is bound shut, so you needn't worry..."
They were led around the gamekeeper's hut, and into a clearing, a little way into the forest. There was a huge cage, with a tarpaulin over it.
Professor Kettleburn led them up to the cage, and pulled off the tarp, with a flourish,
"This, is what your project will be based around"
Mya gasped.
Standing at the front of the cage, its front claws holding the bars, and peering out at them, was a tiny, young, dragon.
It was bright, grass green, and had yellow eyes, with large pupils. The webbing between the bones of its wings was yellow, like its eyes. Its hands had short claws, and its tail was tipped with a golden point. Its mouth was magically bound shut, they could hear it breathing through its nose, and despite the fact that it could not open its mouth, it was making odd, crooning noises in the back of its throat.
Mya was enthralled.
She crouched in front of the cage, cooing.
Sirius seemed to be trying to think of a reason why she shouldn't like it, then gave up and admired the little creature.
Professor Kettleburn announced "I have enough baby dragons for ONE BETWEEN TWO, so I suggest you get into pairs now. I will be assigning you each a dragon, now. Please get into an orderly line. You shall be caring for these dragons for three months, then they will be sent to a magically protected forest of your choosing. You need to give them a name, collect food for them from the gamekeeper, clean the cage, and exercise them. You will find a stake, stuck in the floor in your clearing, you simply slot the chain, which you will attach to their collar, onto the stake, it will slot into place. Then let them fly, run, whatever they want to. You will also be observing them"
The students lined up, buzzing with excitement.
Lily and James were assigned Opal05. Mya and Sirius were assigned Welsh01, and Remus and Freya were given Hung02.
Each of the pairs were led into a different clearing, the one with their dragon in it.
Lily and James walked over to the clearing which they were pointed to, they looked around furtively and then James slipped his hand into hers, no-one could see them here.
"Let's see what ours looks like!" said Lily breathlessly as they approached the cage.
She pulled off the tarp with one hand.
The dragon was asleep in a corner.
Lily sighed.
It had pearly, iridescent scales, and a golden ridge down its back. Its eyes were bright blue, and its wings the same colour as its body. It looked up sleepily with babies eyes.
"James I have a name" Lily said happily
"Pray tell"
"Hitomi, it means 'blue eyes' in Japanese!"
"OK, it's a good name... but can I call her Tomi for short?"
"Of course!" Lily grinned "Hey James!"
"What?"
"We're parents!"
James looked a little baffled at this statement, and settled with an "If you say so!" secretly, he liked the idea, though he knew Lily was just being a typical teenage girl...
Lily hugged him, she seemed to have been bitten by the happy bug
James leant and kissed her gently.
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