Chapter 10

Halloween Celebrations

A month passed and the slytherins had still not stopped gloating about them winning the match. They still took every oppurtunity they had to remind the gryffindors that they had won.

On the plus side halloween was coming nearer. This was going to be Lily's first halloween with real wizards and witches. The first halloween she wouldn't be going tricker treating. Many of the older students had said that there was always a feast during halloween. Lily and her friends couldn't wait.

The weather from sunny went to rainy. There were always dark clouds in the sky. As the weather changed so did the atmosphere in the school. Many people were getting scared of the Dark Lord Voldemort. He was a threat to the wizarding world.

Lily was sitting with her friends in the common room doing her Potions essay. She had already done a parchment and a half. She still had to do another half.

She looked around the room. Alice and Cynthia were doing Charms while Madison was doing a History Of Magic essay. Proffessor Binns could forget that he died or that he taught a class but he never forgot to set homework which always included a foot long essay or more.

Lily saw the other boys sitting in a corner discussing something. She rolled her eyes. They never seemed to study and yet they got amazing marks. Many girls from second year and above (Lily and her friends including Carla did not like them that much) were shooting glances at them. But the boys were oblivious to this.

Lily continued to look at them. James and Sirius were undoubtedly the leaders of the group and the masters of the pranks. Remus was the logical one and Peter... well Peter was just a tag along although he could be smart when he wanted except that was a very rare case.

Sirius looked up at that very moment and grinned. Lily smiled and went back to her work. She still had another half to write.

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Halloween arrived on a dull and rainy day. There was thunder and lightning but that only gave it more a more spooky atmosphere.

Lily got up and walked towards the shower. She had a bath, dressed and proceeded to comb her hair. Soon Carla, Cynthia, Alice and Madison got up and dressed. When they were ready they walked down. As they reached the Great Hall Cynthia called out "happy Halloween" and went to sit with her friends.

The girls sat at the gryffindor table and started to chat. Many of the older students from third year and above were going on their first Hogsmeade trip since the start of their year. The four girls saw many children, including James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, giving their money to the older kids to buy some sweets for them.

Cynthia also went and joined them and asked Molly Prewett if she would buy some sweets for her. Molly agreed and went. Cynthia sat back down and grinned smugly. "I'll have a good stock of sweets now" she said. The others rolled their eyes. Cynthia loved sweets.

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The day passed slowly according to Lily. They were sitting in the common room waiting for Molly to arrive. Soon she arrived and Gave Cynthia her sweets. Cynthia shared them around.

Soon they were all heading towards the Great Hall for the feast. Lily and friends sat down together. The Great Hall was decorated with floating pumkins that had candles inside them. Lily knew that the pumkins were from Hagrid's garden. She had seen him growing them.

The food appeared. The girls started to fill their plates. Lily thought that the food tasted just as good as it did on the first day. When she was finally full she sat back and watched the others. James and Sirius as usual were stuffing themselves.

Frank and his best friend Michael Mckenzie who was a muggleborn were swapping cards. Carla was sitting with some Ravenclaw friends at their table and was laughing at something. Remus was reading and Peter was slowly chewing on his food.

Everyone seemed to be having a good time. When the plates were cleared Dumbledore stood up and said, "I and all the staff wish you all a happy Halloween. As you all know as halloween comes and goes christrmas will come and go. After christmas the days go fast and soon we will all be going home for the summer holidays. So make the most of your time here. And have fun. Now if your'll will procceed to your towers. I am sure we are all very full and would like to go to sleep."

"I agree" thought Lily sleepily. She followed Alice out of the hall and towards the gryffindor common room. They directly went to bed. Lily fell asleep almost instantly.