(A/N this chapter might seem kind of rushed because I'm trying to do second year in only three parts so yeah. And finally an update too.)
Gryffindor basked in its glory from winning the match for about two weeks. Then the two houses became even again. The Slytherins took back to being evil and hated instead of just hated. The Gryffindor victory had knocked their ego down a notch but after the euphoria was over they resumed their pompous nature.
Kaitlyn and James spent those two weeks basking in glory. To some students in their house and other houses they were practically worshipped. Kaitlyn was approached by random Hufflepuffs she didn't even know.
The teachers however seemed they could have cared less who won the match. Though the Gryffindors knew if they had lost McGonagall would have loaded them with homework. She and Slughorn have a little rivalry when the cup is involved.
"Good Afternoon Class,"
"Good Afternoon Professor Uglabarch." Even though he was a good teacher, professor Uglabarch had some rules the students would rather not follow. For instance, they were to always say good afternoon when he indicated it appropriate, they weren't allowed to have their wands out during note taking time, they couldn't even leave the room to use the bathroom or get a drink.
"Today we will be having a practical lesson. Please put everything away and take out your wands." That was something the class had never expected the Professor to say. "We are going to practice the disarming charm we have been studying. I expect you all remember the incantation, Expelliarmus, please repeat it."
"Expelliarmus," the class echoed.
"Now," continued Professor Uglabarch, "We will be reviewing the wand motion for it. Just sort of direct your wand at your opponent and give it a jab. But don't actually perform the spell."
The class picked up their wands and began to jab them in random directions. To everyone's dismay he had them doing this for nearly five minutes.
"Ouch you poked me!"
"Watch it that's my arm you're poking!"
"You idiot you nearly blinded me!" Things like that could be heard throughout the classroom yet the professor did nothing about it.
"Now I am going to call a student up to demonstrate the proper way to do the spell. Miss Madison if you would be so kind." Professor Uglabarch asked. Madison got up and walked to the front of the classroom. "Just cast the spell at me dear."
"Expelliarmus," Madison said. Uglabarch's wand went flying out of his hand.
"Very good Madison," he said collecting his wand. "You may return to your seat. Class please take all your belongings and body parts off your desks. You'll see why in a moment." Professor made sure everyone wasn't touching their desks and he waved his wand. Each desk instantly transformed into a dummy holding a wand. "You will be using these dummies to practice the spell. Now hurry up there is only twenty minutes left."
Kaitlyn and Lily exchanged glances. Only twenty minutes? That was a lot of time perhaps too much time. They both began to practice the spell. Lily got it on her third try and Kaitlyn on her fourth. Sirius being the show off he was got it right away and moved on to taunting everyone who couldn't do it. Just as someone was about to perform the spell he would sneak up behind them and disarm them. The poor person looked about confused before realizing they weren't holding their wand anymore.
(A/N I know I know this happened in OOTP but I loved it so much I had to use it)
"Mr. Black I saw that one point from Gryffindor for every person you did that to and a detention with Filch tonight," Uglabarch said when Snape's wand went zooming and hit Peter in the head.
"But Professor the only reason I can do this is because I learned the spell correctly," Sirius whined.
"Alright you can have the points back but you still have detention," said Uglabarch. Sirius just shrugged and said,
"That's eleven for me already James how 'bout you?"
"Only eight, dammit Sirius stop getting detention so fast," James told him.
"Um, what the hell are you guys doing?" asked Madison.
"Seeing who can get the most detentions by the end of the year," said Sirius putting a tally mark a piece of parchment.
"That is the single most stupid thing I have ever heard of," Lily told them. Kaitlyn and Evangeline nodded their heads at this. The two boys just shrugged their shoulders, continued disarming people and said,
"We know."
"You know you're only supposed to disarm the dummies," Lily scolded them.
"We know," they chorused.
"Hey! You guys aren't getting the dummies!" Peter exclaimed.
"Peter, we know," Sirius and James said irritated.
Most of the students were happy when DATDA was over. Even though the lesson was a practical twenty minutes of the same thing could quite annoying. Madison spent the afternoon gloating that she had been chosen for the example and Sirius spent the afternoon complaining about his detention making it sound like he had gotten detention because he did something good.
Halloween was getting closer. The second year students were far from excited. Second year and up used to be able to visit Hogsmeade but last year it was changed to third year. They would be spending Halloween stuck inside the castle at classes doing nothing.
"At least we have the feast," said Cameron trying to be optimistic.
"Cameron we will be sitting in Potions while everyone else is outside running around having fun!" Evangeline exclaimed angrily.
"It is annoying," Devin said. Just then Remus, Peter, Sirius, and James came up to them grinning like maniacs.
"Why are you so happy?" asked Kaitlyn.
"We are going to Hogsmeade ladies," Sirius said proudly.
"What? How!" exclaimed Madison.
"We can't tell you that now can we," Remus said obviously.
"Lily would you like to go with me?" asked James.
"Is he asking her out?" Devin whispered in Kaitlyn's ear.
"Of course NOT!" Lily exclaimed, "Potter you are a git!" And with that she stomped upstairs.
"Good one James," Peter said.
"Shut-up Pete."
Before the second years knew it Christmas was around the corner. The third years were gloating because they got to do all their Christmas shopping in Hogsmeade.
"I really wish we could go," sighed Evan.
"I know," agreed Cameron.
"Well, who is staying here over the holidays?" asked Devin.
"Me," chorused Remus, Sirius, Madison, and Kaitlyn.
"Wow that's a lot," Peter said.
"Its four Pete," Devin told him
"That is a lot for people to be spending their holidays at school," Lily informed the group of students.
"Yeah," James agreed absentmindedly. Kaitlyn and Devin rolled their eyes at his stupidity.
"You ready guys?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah," his friends said together.
"For what?" asked Felix.
"Hogsmeade," replied Remus casually.
"What? How?" wondered Sean.
"Their wicked ways confuse all," muttered Evangeline.
"I heard that Evan," Sirius told her and she rolled her eyes.
"We can't tell you how otherwise we wouldn't be amazing," James informed everyone.
On the December 23, Kaitlyn, Madison, Sirius, and Remus said goodbye to everyone for a couple of weeks.
"I still can't believe you idiots managed to find a way into Hogsmeade," Madison said irritated.
"Well, seeing as we were the only ones to find a way there we aren't exactly idiots are we?" Sirius asked her.
"Whatever," sighed Madison rolling her eyes.
"Yah know, we could show you," Sirius said alluringly.
"We could?" Remus repeated surprised.
"We could," Sirius told him firmly.
Kaitlyn chanced a sideways glance at Mads. Madison hated Sirius. If she agreed to let him show her how they got to Hogsmeade it would make Sirius look smart. On the other hand she was really curious and wanted to know how they did it. Kaitlyn could read her "sister" like a book, most of the time.
"No, its really ok," Kaitlyn said. Madison obviously wasn't going to say anything.
"Fine your loss," Sirius told them.
"Whatever," said Kaitlyn.
The two boys went into the boys dorm probably to begin plotting some evil plan. Kaitlyn sat in front of the fireplace. She was later joined by Madison.
"Wizards chess?"
After loosing tree times consecutively Kaitlyn decided to call it a night.
The four Gryffindors headed downstairs on Christmas Eve night to see who else had stayed at the castle. Even if you wander the castle over the holidays you still wont be able to tell who else had stayed because the castle was so big. It turned out that there was a lot more people than last year. There were two Slytherin 7th year boys, one Hufflepuff 5th year girl, one Ravenclaw 5th year girl, and two Ravenclaw 6th year boys.
The students all sat down at a circular table in the middle of the great hall. The hall had been decorated quite nicely. There were four large trees, one red with gold lights, one blue with bronze lights, one yellow with black lights, and one green with silver lights. There were several small trees; one for each student staying at the castle over the holidays. Those trees were just plain green evergreens with appropriate decorations.
Dinner was a small affair. Most of the teachers were present. They made small chat amongst themselves. Dumbledore was talking with the Ravenclaw boys. The Slytherins were talking in hushed voices. Kaitlyn, Remus, Madison, and Sirius were all talking about what they wanted to get for Christmas.
The next morning Madison had to wake Kaitlyn up by dumping a class of ice water on her head.
"You sleep like a rock!" she exclaimed.
"Well, maybe I enjoy sleeping. You really didn't have to pour water on my head," Kaitlyn told her
"Yes, I really did," Madison said. Kaitlyn rolled her eyes. "Presents!" exclaimed Madison throwing one at Kaitlyn.
The girls sat on the ends of their beds happily opening their gifts. Kaitlyn and Madison had both gotten a bunch of French desserts from Evangeline. Devin had given them both 20 chocolate frogs. Kaitlyn had given Madison some muggle novels. Madison had given Kaitlyn a poster of Dijon, the seeker on the French Quidditch Team, Kaitlyn's favorite player. Sirius and Remus gave them both books, and the girls gave Sirius and Remus books. Madison had gotten sweaters from their mum. Kaitlyn had gotten socks from their mum.
The rest of the break was uneventful, except New Years Eve. Sirius and Remus managed to get hold of some fireworks and the four Gryffindors snuck out on to the astronomy tower to set them off at midnight. By a pure stroke of luck they weren't even caught.
By the time January 3rd rolled around Kaitlyn was actually excited to get back to school. She was dying to see her friends again and she was starting to get slightly bored with just sitting around.
(A/N I FINALLY UPDATED! Im so sorry this took so long. And it probably wasn't worth the wait but it gets better around fourth year I promise. Please review!)