PRIVATE Diaries

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Voldemort tried and failed to accomplish so much during the height of his power. He had an army of purebloods, but his ideals were not supported by so many more. The Potters, Denays, Silvers, and Hartstons were just a few of many so-called "blood-traitors" who refused his ridiculousness. And thus, we were able to believe in life, love, and happiness. We didn't think it was possible for him to hurt us, to break us apart, but he sure as hell won that battle.


Author's Note: I do not own anything, obviously. Well I own Charly, Annie, and Natty. But that's it! Oh and I put up some pictures of how I imagined Lily, Annie, Natty, and Charly! It's on my profile! Take a look!

Hello all! Obviously, this is a revised version of the LANC Witch Diaries, but please read it from the beginning, there are a lot of changes made in both character and plot! Besides, it shouldn't be too bad, usually I tend to forget stuff from the beginning, and it's been almost two years now so…please start from Chapter 1!


Thank you Majorjewls for your favoriting this story!

Talyag: I agree, poor Remus doesn't deserve all this pain!


Charlotte

"Please, how many times does Gryffindor have to cream Ravenclaw before you nerds realize just how amazing we are?" I teased.

Darien raised an eyebrow. "Amazing? I beg to differ. You guys are only good because Natasha Silvers can catch the snitch and our seeker is for crap."

"You know what? That's exactly what Mark said. Two years ago. How many seekers has Ravenclaw gone through these last two years?" Yeah, hit him where it hurts. He muttered something, glaring at me. "Sorry, what was that? Five? Yeah, we are definitely superior."

"Oh Merlin, did Lily Evans just slap James Potter?" Emmeline Bones gasped. Oh no.

"She did. Oh no, Darien I have to go!" I watched as Jamie stormed out of the Great Hall.

"But, I was about to ask you to dance!" he replied. My heart sank. He was? Here I was thinking I was the crappiest flirt to walk the earth!

"Dance with me another time! I really have to go." My face was red and I was horrified that I had to reject him. Alas, friends over boys.

He took my hand and kissed it. Merlin did he look absolutely sexy in that tuxedo! "Well it was enchanting to argue Quiddich with a girl as gorgeous as you." I giggled before racing off. As soon as I exited the Great Hall, my clothes returned to normal. Darn! I really liked the ball gown.

"Jamie! Jamie wait!" I called, chasing him up the stairs.

"Oh Charly. What am I supposed to do?" he fell on the floor and put his face in his hands.

I hated seeing him like this. "Oh Jamie, you just need to stop bothering her. I told you to stop ages ago. She hates your attention. She thinks you're using her as some sort of bet or dare with Sirius." I explained. He never understood, no matter how hard I tried.

"How dare she assume that I am that low! I treat women with respect. I would never want her because of a dare!" Jamie was horrified. He really did like her.

"You know that. I know that. She doesn't. You just need to try to be yourself around her. You act so weird whenever she's around, totally arrogant and pompous. Stop trying to impress her with that." I repeated.

"I don't know how to Charly. When I'm around her, she ignores me, like I'm not even there or something. I feel like I always have to grab her attention, so she can notice me and acknowledge I exist. I want her to like me so bad, I try to impress her the only way I can and it comes out all wrong. I don't know what to do." He groaned. "She hates me, oh she hates me."

"She only thinks she hates you Jamie, you just have to, I don't know get out there and try talking to other girls. Maybe if you date a little, you might be able to win over some real confidence or something, you know? Maybe learn a thing or two about normal attraction? You always scare off girls with your Lily obsession." I suggested.

"You're right, I should try. Like really try." He agreed.

"Alright." I dragged him up and pulled him back towards to Great Hall. "Let's go find you someone to dance with. You can impress her by bouncing back and ignoring her." I told him, just as we turned the corner and were met with quite a sight. Lily was hugging a heartbroken Remus.

"Oh Remmy what's wrong?" I demanded running up to them.

"Nothing, nothing. It's not important." He replied.

"Is it about you being too afraid to ask girls to dance because you think you are a dangerous werewolf is it?" I asked bluntly. Yeah, I never really told him I knew yet. That probably wasn't the most tactful way to reveal this. Oops?

"Charly!" Jamie reprimanded. "What did I tell you about sharing that theory with anyone? Especially Moony!"

"Oh please. I'm not stupid." I said. "Though I must say, your 'mum having cancer' was good."

"H-How did you guess?" he stammered.

"I don't remember, it was ages ago." I lied. I shuddered when I remembered the moment of realization. "But that's not important. I have to show you something." I pulled him up and dragged him outside.

The crescent moon shone over us and Remus looked incredibly uncomfortable. Hmm…I should probably start talking now. "See that? That moon is only full 12 nights a year. Remmy, 12 nights! That's 365 minus twelve, which I don't feel like doing in my head even though, I totally can!" I assured him.

"343." Lily and Jamie muttered immediately. She looked appalled.

"Yeah, whatever. The point is, when the sky looks like this, you are the sweetest, politest, nicest, smartest, etc, etc boy I have ever met. Any girl would be undeserving of you." I told him truthfully. "Besides, it's not like you are gonna be spending the nights with these girls right?" I smirked as Jamie chuckled. Success! I cheered them both up.

"I guess you are right Charly." He smiled slowly. "Thanks."

"So who's the girl?" Jamie asked.

"Wh-what girl?" Remus stammered.

"Oh come on, you wouldn't have been this distraught if it weren't for a girl." I teased.

"Oh Charly, leave him alone. Let's go back to the Common Room. This place is spooky at night. I hear we have a resident werewolf" Lily grinned at Remus before racing into the castle.


I had been staring into the fire for almost an hour when I heard footsteps coming from the boy's dormitory. "You're still up?" Sirius asked.

"Couldn't sleep." I replied without looking up.

"Well I woke up all of a sudden and couldn't go back to sleep. Merlin can Peter snore." He joked. "What's wrong?" I guess I looked as worried as I felt.

"It's nothing." I was too embarrassed to talk to him about it.

"Oh come on. I know I'm no James Potter, but I can still try to help." He assured. Hmm…he was a player.

"I don't know how to flirt!" I blurted. He laughed. "No it's true. I come off as terribly rude to a lot of guys."

"But Charly, you've had boyfriends before." He was confused.

"I didn't have to try to get them. They liked me first. Merlin, I don't know what to do." I sighed. Might as well just tell him. "I really really like Darien Vance. However, he clearly isn't all that interested. So I have to flirt. But I'm no good. And Jamie, well Lily is living proof of how awful he is. Annie's got the body that makes guys forget their names, they're like putty in her hands. And Natty and Lily are so charming and witty. I've tried asking them for pointers, but they says it comes naturally. I've tried using their lines, but it comes off as awkward and weird." I rambled.

"Alright, well I can help you. As a successful girl magnet and a guy, I know what you need." Why didn't I think to ask him before? Oh yeah, because we're not all that good friends. "First you need to be confident. If you go around thinking about how you don't have the perfect body and charm, guys will run the other way. And you do have a nice body." I blushed.

"Well not all of us are as comfortable with ourselves like you." I muttered. He laughed again. "Stop laughing at me!"

"I'm sorry! It's just, you have to act like you are comfortable with yourself. Walk with confidence. If you don't look perfect, flaunt what you have. Pop an extra button on your shirt." He advised.

"I don't know if I'm comfortable with that." I told him.

"Okay, one button won't look scandalous or even show cleavage. Relax! You look like you are off limits or something. Pull your hair out of that boring bun and do something with it. try pony tails or clips or something." He was right, my hair was always in a bun. He tugged my hair out.

"But it's so annoying." I shoved my bangs behind my ear. "Alright, stop criticizing my appearance and teach me how to flirt."

"Fine. One last thing. You should use some sort of shiny lip gloss, preferably flavored. It makes your lips more noticeable and attractive. Like moths to a flame, I swear." He explained.

"But I wear chapstick!" I was confused. Why do I have to put in so much effort?

"Yeah, I don't know what that is, but it's not doing much for you." He shrugged. How rude!

"Once again, quit ragging on my appearance." I was offended. Maybe I shouldn't ask him for help. I started to get up. "I didn't ask you to tell me how to dress! I asked you to teach me how to flirt!"

"Okay. Okay. I'm sorry! Let's see, touch him a lot." I raised my eyebrows. "No, not like that. I definitely know when a girl is interested if she touches my arm while she's talking."

"Alright, touch his arm." I repeated.

"Oh, and let it linger. Like you know when you are in the way of someone and you have to put your hand on their arm and switch places?" I nodded, like the movies. "Yeah, well keep your hand on his arm or face or hair or whatever longer that normal per occasion."

"Okay, linger. Got it. Now the talking part?" I asked.

"Well, I'm a guy, I don't know how to teach you girl flirting. What have you done so far?" he asked. Oh Merlin, I have to try it on him? Then I remembered a few things I read in one of Lizzy's old Teen Witch magazines.

"Ooh, I have one. I wanna see if it actually works." I took his hand and he looked confused. "So where did you grow up?"

"That's not going to get you anywhere." He muttered.

"Just answer the question." I was excited.

"Alright, 12 Grimmauld place, London." He was disgusted.

"Was there anyone you actually liked?" I asked.

"Not really. I hated most of them." He looked bitter.

"That must have been hard." I replied.

"Well, not that bad. I had this great cousin Andromeda who was decent and normal. And an Uncle Alphard –" Sirius had shifted forwards to talk more animatedly. Huh, it does work. "Woah, you just got me to – I just – I just spilled my guts to you!" He looked shocked. "You aren't that bad Charly. Not that bad at all."

"Okay, how do I get a second date?" I was actually getting somewhere. Merlin, I have learned so much in this one night.

"Well you better kiss him." Sirius deadpanned.

"How do I get him to kiss me?" I asked.

"Well I don't know. I'm a guy remember? I don't pay attention to everything." He sat back and thought. "Maybe uncross your legs every once in a while. And get a flirty laugh. Try to downplay the teasing. You sometimes go overboard. It's cute for like five minutes and then guys get irritated." He explained.

"Okay, I don't have a flirty laugh. I guess I'll just have to kiss him." Then I remembered the next part of the article. "Can I try something else? See if it works?" he shrugged. "Okay, stand up. So if he hasn't kissed me and we are at the end of the date, I give him a hug and say thank you."

So I hugged him, hmm…the next part is a little awkward. But I just wanted to try it out. He gave me that curious look again. With his arms still around me, I pressed my lips to the corner of his mouth. "And then, I make the tiniest sound." I gave a just-barely-noticeable contented sigh before looking back at him. "What do you think?" I asked pulling away.

He stood there for a moment, with that curious look. "What?" he looked dazed. Ooh it totally works, just like they promised!

"I asked you if that would work?" I repeated slowly.

"Oh. Yeah. That works." He muttered. I grinned.

"Merlin, look at the time! It's nearly two in the morning; we have to get to class!" I ran up the stairs. "Bye Sirius! Thanks!" I called before tip toeing into the room.


Lily

The next morning, I was unnaturally unnerved by him. He didn't look as distraught as usual and he ignored me. I guess slapping him was a little too extreme, but honestly! He was getting on my nerves. 'One dance, just give me a chance.' Yeah, yeah, yeah! I get the point. Merlin he's so annoying.

"Charly, we have class, you need to eat." Annie called. Hmm, that was odd. She had her head on the table and she wasn't eating.

"I don't feel so well." Charly muttered.

"What's wrong? Does your stomach hurt?" I asked.

"Ew, please don't talk about your feminine aches." Potter said.

"Grow up!" Natty laughed.

"No, it's not cramps. Or a stomach ache. My head is killing me." Charly whispered as Michael Spinnet walked by, giving Annie a glare.

"I see that judge-y look in your eyes. SPIT IT OUT!" Annie yelled.

"Fine. I think you are sick! You are so disgusting!" Michael retaliated.

"You have no right to judge me! What's it to you?" Annie looked distraught.

"Watching you stick your tongue down guys' throats is sickening! Vomit inducing!" Michael screamed.

"Oh so it's okay if Sirius sits in the broom closet for hours right?" her voice was eerily calm.

"Don't bring me into this!" Black muttered.

"It's because I'm a girl isn't it? So it's okay for boys to randomly hook up with girls, but it's judgment day when a girl does it!" Annie shouted.

"Okay you guys, shut up!" Charly called, annoyed. They always did this! "My head is killing me."

"Spinnet, go away." Potter screeched.

"Why does your head hurt? Are you alright?" I asked; Charly doesn't have headaches often.

"I don't know…I feel like something's wrong." She replied as we finally left the Great Hall.

"Do you think you want to go to Madam Pomfrey?" Potter asked. Well at least he was actually concerned.

"I think I just need to take a nap." She muttered walking back up the stairs.

"You shouldn't go alone." Black called as she swayed a little. Natty rushed to help her, but it was too late. She fell just Potter and Black raced to catch her.


Potter got there first and she landed in his arms because of his expert chasing skills. "CHARLY! CHARLY!" he cried, shaking her. She wouldn't wake up. It was probably because she bumped her head on the banister on her way down. Oh Merlin…

"Don't just stand there James, take her to the Hospital Wing!" Remus cried wisely. All of us ran together straight to Madam Pomfrey.

"Oh my! What's wrong with Miss Hartston?" she asked looking shocked. Charly was never sick. She rarely got hurt during Quidditch, unlike Jamie and Sirius.

"She fainted and then hit her head on the banister Poppy!" Black squeaked, his voice filled with fear.

"You're telling me she just randomly fainted?" she asked suspiciously, eyeing the Marauders.

"POPPY! Charly's my best friend -" Potter yelled.

"No Madam Pomfrey, she had been complaining of a headache all morning. She was about to lie down when she fainted." I interrupted. Arguing would not help.

"All right then. Leave her in peace. I'll see what I can do. Mister Potter, set her down on that bed slowly." she instructed.

We all were forced to scurry off back to the Great Hall, where most people were ready to leave.

"Where's Charly?" Michael asked, glaring at all of us, especially Annie.

"Why, what are you going to do? Impress her by speaking French?" Black asked nastily.

"She's in the Hospital wing." Natty cried.

"Oh well, I'm sure she needs company -" Michael was about to run off, when Potter grabbed him by the arm.

"I don't think so. Are you as stupid as you look?" Black replied rudely. "She's got seven friends here you idiot, don't you think there's a reason why we're all here and not with her?"

"Uh no?" Michael said, confused.

"Calm down Padfoot. Madam Pomfrey said no visitors right now." Remus said with authority. Then he sat down and we all joined him as Michael realized that he couldn't argue with us any longer.

"Slut." he said nastily as he passed by Annie.

"What the hell is wrong with you? I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU, YOU JERK!" she screamed.

"Why are you being so defensive? Did I hit a nerve on your corrupted brain?" he sneered. How did this bastard get into Gryffindor?

"I hate you!" she shouted, racing out of the Great Hall. I was so pissed, ready to scream at him when Natty beat me to it.

"No one. No one ever makes my friends cry and gets away with it!" She stood up and slapped him across the face. Sweet Natty, actually slapped him! Oh Merlin!

Natasha

I didn't mean to let my anger get the best of me, but it was too hard. I ran out of the Great Hall, ashamed that I lost my temper. Where to go? I could see Charly! I had just turned around when I crashed into someone.

"Ouch!" he muttered. Oh, it was just Remus.

"Sorry. I just want to sneak into the Hospital Wing." I so could not handle talking to Mr. Morals right now.

"Natasha! Wait please!" he called, catching up to me.

"I know, I shouldn't have slapped him." I sighed, slumping against the corridor wall.

"No, you should have. But he deserved it. I don't think I've ever seen Anne cry before." He reassured me. Oh thank Merlin, if Remus doesn't think too badly of me, then I'm good to go.

"I don't normally lose my temper, you know? It's just so hard because she's my best friend!" My guilty conscience was slowly leaving. Thank god!

"Of course, that's why you are in Gryffindor. You stood up for what you believe in." he smiled. Aw, sometimes I forget what a beautiful smile he has.

"Thanks Remus. I don't think I have to sneak in after all. In fact, if I had, I'd be late for class." I stood up and pulled him with me. "Come on, we have Transfiguration first. And if I don't take thorough notes, Charly'll kill me!"


Lily

After class the boys went to go visit Charly first. Pomfrey only let in a few at a time. Merlin, this newbie was such a stickler for rules! The old nurse used to let in the whole freaking Quidditch team!

"I think we've given them enough time." I said, closing my books. "I want to see Charly before tomorrow!"

"I'm not even close to done, Lily." Annie called.

"Yeah, I still have Arithmancy essays to write." Natty groaned.

"Fine, I'll go alone." I replied, leaving the portal.

"Hello Lily!" I saw Peter and Remus just closing the Hospital Wing door.

"Is Potter still with her?" I asked, annoyed.

"Yep!" Peter smiled.

"Where's Black?" Was he there with Charly and Potter? That's so weird.

"No, he left a few minutes before us." Remus replied. "Anyways, we've got some homework left. Bye!"

I walked into the room only to have a hand cover my mouth. I was about to scream when I saw it was just Black. I slapped his hand away. I was about to yell when he shushed me.

"I stayed back to hear the real reason why Charly fainted. She was totally lying about stress with school and stuff." He whispered.

"Fine, I want to know too!" I mouthed. We crept up to her bed where the curtain was closed.

"Alright Charly, you know that I know you aren't telling the truth." Potter said. "I also know that today is Scott's birthday." Ohh…sometimes I forget about that.

Charly sniffled. "Yeah, that's it."

"But that's no reason to faint Charly." He replied softly.

"I know." She burst into tears.

"Charly what aren't you telling me? Is it about the thing our parents were talking about?" Potter asked.

"Yeah. Oh Jamie, I can't keep this in anymore. I'm mourning a man who isn't even my father." She blurted. Wait what?

"Oh Merlin, you're mum didn't…you know…" Oh awkward Potter, you can't ask that.

"No, oh god no! My parents love each other very much." She sobbed. "I'm adopted." Woah.

"Oh, Charly!" Potter, pity is so not the way to go.

Why does she even talk to him? He's so tactless. Doesn't he know that pity pisses people off? Honestly, when the girls pitied me when I lost my best friend, I hated it! Why was it that she trusted him more than us? Was it because we didn't remember it was Scott's birthday? Well, I'm sorry I don't keep track of my friends' dead father's birthday. I mean, I know his death date! Is it my fault I didn't grow up around them?

The story she told was awful. The story of a girl who was attacked for no reason, leading to Charly's adoption. Black and I looked at each other in shock. Charly's adopted and wanted by Voldemort? Oh Merlin…


Yeah, a long one! I merged a few chapters together to create this beauty! You're welcome guys! I love, love Friends! And the moon thing, I'm not really sure about the 12 nights a year thing. I kept getting mixed info! So, since I was so so nice, I think you should return the favor! Review! Comments? Concerns? Constructive criticism? All is welcome!