Another update-please tell me what you think :)
It might be a while because Im going on holiday for a week soon, but I should come home full of ideas!
"I hate Mondays" moaned Charlotte as the third years dressed sleepily in the morning light.
"I hate the first day back after Christmas" Millie said as her head got stuck in the neck of her jumper "These are too small!"
The others laughed as Millie struggled with the uniform; finally managing to fall over onto her bed "Help!"
Marlene eventually took pity on her; kicking Lizzy as she reached for her camera "Don't be mean"
Lizzy laughed "But Marley moments like this are the reason that cameras were invented"
Millie froze "You wouldn't bloody dare Potter!"
Charlotte grinned and silently motioned for Lizzy to throw the camera to her "Course she wouldn't, why don't you just enlarge your robes?"
Millie paused for a second "Because...that's too logical...something would obviously go wrong"
Charlotte smirked "Your probably right...say cheese!"
Millie swore loudly as Charlotte took several embarrassing pictures as the other two laughed.
Millie finally pulled the robes over her head "Give me that camera!"
Charlotte tossed it to Lizzy and dived into the bathroom "Run Lizzy!"
Lizzy ran towards the door only to find Marlene blocking her way "Lizzy give it here..."
Lizzy jumped for Charlotte's bed posts, intending to vault over Millie's head to safety.
Unfortunately that wasn't what the posts had been built for three hundred years ago and Lizzy crashed back to the ground covered with splinters of broken wood "Aghh!"
Charlotte had a similar reaction when she saw what state her bed was now in "Elizabeth Potter!"
Millie and Marlene wiped away tears of mirth "Dear sweet karma!"
Lizzy lobbed a chump of wood at Millie's head "To hell with karma I think I've broken my leg!"
"But it really hurts" Lizzy moaned as they walked into the Great hall.
Gideon grinned at Millie "Sounds like you deserved it cous`"
Fabien pulled a face "Merlin what are you going to be like on Valentine's Day?!"
Charlotte laughed "Aww your just jealous...Hey Newt!"
Fabien watched her run of sullenly and muttered "You have no idea"
Marlene looked equally disgruntled "What is so special about her, seriously?!"
Millie raised her eyebrows "Who are you and what have you done with Saint Marley?"
Marlene blushed "Well I just don't get why she gets all the attention"
Edgar was looking increasingly uncomfortable "That's not true...I mean Lizzy has a boyfriend?"
Lizzy's stomach plummeted as her eyes unwillingly flicked towards Regulus; he seemed engrossed in conversation but he was quite pink.
Had he been staring at her too? Or was she just thinking wishfully?
Marlene wrinkled her nose "I see, so it's just me. Thanks for that!"
Edgar looked panicked "No I didn't mean it like that!"
Marlene took a deep breath "I know Ed...Shall we go and sit down then?"
Lizzy was dying to turn back to the Slytherin table just to glance but she nodded determinately "Yeah or Sirius will have eaten all the bacon"
Fabien laughed "Are you talking to him now then?"
Lizzy felt a blush creep onto her cheeks "Why wouldn't I be?"
Edgar glanced at her carefully "Just something James said, and he also asked if you were still upset?"
Lizzy knew she must be blushing scarlet now "No idea what he's talking about"
Charlotte rejoined them suddenly "Any reason we aren't sitting down? Oh Lizzy what's wrong?"
"Nothing" Lizzy snapped before striding off and sitting down.
The others followed, exchanging nervous glances, and they all helped themselves to breakfast.
"Hello small people" James said brightly as he sat down next to his little sister.
Lizzy glanced at him "What do you want James?"
James bit his lip "Just wanted to see if you were o.k Lizzy?"
Lizzy forced a smile "Little ray of sunshine, where's Sirius?"
James smirked "Pads seems to think your planning his murder"
Lizzy grinned up the table towards the back of Sirius's head "Really? When I threatened to decapitate him I meant in the nicest possible way"
Fabien raised his eyebrows "Wow Lizzy that's a bit brutal..."
James wrapped an arm around his sister protectively "I think under the circumstances that Lizzy was entitled to be a little stressed. And..." he glared towards the Slytherin table "For what it's worth I think you're better off without the slimy bastard!"
Charlotte's mouth formed a cherubic o "What!"
James released his seething sister and looked at her in horror "Err I didn't..."
Lizzy brushed of Gideon's restraining arm "Think, well there's a huge surprise!"
James held up his hands "Look Moony told me that you'd be like this and I know you aren't really mad at me, you're just taking out your frustration on me Lizzy. And that's o.k; you know I'm always here for you..."
Marlene sighed and managed to mutter "Petrificus Totalus" before any blood was spilt.
"But why didn't you tell me?!" Charlotte hissed under breath as Lizzy tried valiantly not to strangle her, having surrendered her wand to Edgar before the lesson began.
The news was causing such a stir that the Gryffindor's weren't really paying attention to the silver unicorns; though Marlene had let out a shriek when they had first seen them, much to Millie's amusement.
Professor Kettleburn snapped at Newt "Stay back boy! I told you that unicorns prefer girls... in fact this is why I want you to work in boy girl pairs, so that you both can study the animal."
Lizzy found Edgar glancing down at her with a small smile "If I promise to keep quiet can we work together?"
Lizzy rolled her eyes "Sorry am I being that bad?"
Edgar smirked "A little, though I really don't know why you didn't just tell us Lizzy?"
Lizzy stroked a unicorn half-heartedly "Well I didn't really know. I mean Sirius only said that his parents had banned me and Regulus...but I guess as he's been avoiding me that he...?"
Edgar looked very uncomfortable "Err I guess...Are you alright?"
Lizzy didn't answer immediately, watching Charlotte and Newt with a dull thudding in her chest.
She didn't see Edgar glance at Marlene and Fabien for help "I don't know, I just sort of feel all numb...you know what I mean?"
Edgar swallowed "It'll be o.k Lizzy..."
Lizzy nodded "I know...he probably just wants to keep us quiet now so he's biding his time"
Clearly in earshot Marlene and Fabien winced behind Lizzy's back.
"Lizzy stay calm but James is coming over with flowers" Millie said with a smirk.
Lizzy groaned "Why on earth...?"
Gideon grinned at Millie "Well he's brought the whole gang with him if that helps?"
"Why me?" Lizzy thearetically banged her head against the courtyard wall
Marlene raised her eyebrows "Did that help?"
Lizzy rubbed her head "No not really"
Edgar grinned "Did that hurt?"
Lizzy glared at him and crossed her arms "Yes maybe it did...what do you want James?"
"Prongs" Sirius growled "His nickname is Prongs"
Lizzy smirked "Funny, down our way his nickname is..."
James grinned "Aww not now Lizzy, I need you and your friends to give me an opinion on these" he held up the two flowers.
Gideon grimaced at his brother "Well I'm not exactly an expert on flowers mate"
Charlotte however was in her element "What do you want it to say?"
James looked flummoxed "What? No I just want a pretty flower..."
Charlotte rolled her eyes "Flowers have a language James; for example violets let the receiver know that she occupies your thoughts"
James looked at Lizzy for help "O.k...So what about this sunflower, what does that mean?"
Marlene shrugged "That you think she's sunny?"
James's smile fell as Charlotte shook her head "They signal adoration actually or say that you're splendid"
James nodded "That sounds o.k...What do you three think?"
Sirius laughed "Prongs mate she lost me at flowers have a language"
Peter nodded his agreement as Remus shrugged "In all honesty I think you should give it up"
James ignored him "Wish me luck then midgets"
"Break a leg" Lizzy muttered as he bounded off.
"So you and Regulus are over now right?" Millie asked suddenly breaking the comfortable silence.
Charlotte and Marlene exchanged a worried look but Lizzy just stiffened "I don't know...I mean of course not!"
Millie ignored the others motioning at her to shut up and pressed on "But he's blanking you. I mean I was there; he looked at you and turned away"
Lizzy gritted her teeth "He hasn't said anything though!"
Millie bit her lip "Lizzy I think you need to accept that it's over...really what's so special about him anyway?"
Lizzy blinked a few tears away furiously "Shut up Millie!"
"Look I'm sorry but you need to get this in proportion Lizzy!" Millie snapped before looking around guiltily and lowering her voice "The guys a Slytherin...a really dark Slytherin. What did you think would happen Lizzy? That you'd have a big white wedding and lots of Ravenclaw children?"
Lizzy was crying properly now, much to the interest of Rita Skeeter "Potter, what's going on?"
"Buzz off Skeeter" growled Fabien as he glared at Millie.
Marietta Clearwater also came over "Oh so it's true that her and Black have broken up?"
Charlotte pulled out her wand "I'm warning you two..."
Newt and William came over as well "What's going on?" "Lizzy are you alright?"
Lizzy broke free of the cluster of blurred faces and fled the greenhouse.
"Stare why don't you?" Lizzy muttered angrily as she walked over to the Gryffindor table.
The bell had only just gone and hardly anyone she knew was there yet.
Though she caught sight of some Ravenclaws in her year, meaning the Slytherin's were sitting behind her.
To avoid looking anywhere near the Slytherin table she watched the teachers table.
As her eyes met Professor McGonagall's her stomach plummeted; that essay!
She could only remember doing half of it, if that!
"Well I've been kept behind before but I can't remember being let out early" James's voice sounded up the table.
Lizzy glanced at him and his friends "Ha ha, not sitting with Lily?"
James went scarlet as Sirius snorted into his pumpkin juice; Remus shook his head with a smile "It was more of a fireflower by the times she'd finished with it"
Lizzy rolled her eyes "Remind me why you like this girl again?"
Sirius clamped a hand over James's mouth "How long have you got?"
James glared at the offending hand and bit down hard, causing Sirius to reel backwards. This knocked Peter flying off the bench, his lunch landing squarely in Remus's face.
Lizzy, and most of the hall, burst out laughing as Sirius and James started play fighting on the floor and Remus wiped mashed potatoes out of his eyes.
Professor McGonagall sighed "Why is always you four?!"
Sirius got up, still pinning James to the floor with his foot "Well Professor McGonagall you see..."
Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes "On second thoughts Mr Black you and your friends can just report to my office for a detention tomorrow night, as usual..."
"What!?" James managed to get Sirius of him "I've got Quidditch practice!"
Remus pulled out his wand and pointed it at himself "Scourify. You know it's a shame, we nearly broke our record then"
Lizzy laughed "What's that, a week?"
Remus blushed "Well collectively its five days actually"
"Do you reckon we'll be doing our detentions with the marauders?" Fabien asked as they all streamed down towards the Great Hall for dinner.
Marlene raised her eyebrows "The Who?"
Edgar looked up suddenly "You like the Who too?"
Charlotte pulled a face "What on earth are you all on about?"
Lizzy was staring out of the window "The Who is a muggle band Lottie, and Fabien Marlene wants to know who you're talking about"
Gideon grinned "Oh come on Marley everyone calls James's gang the Marauders now"
Lizzy pulled a face "Oh that sounds even more stupid than their" she made air quotation marks "nicknames"
"Harsh" Fabien said as they rounded onto a staircase "Anyway back to our detentions"
Charlotte crossed her arms "Detentions you all thoroughly deserve, you couldn't do one essay over the entire Christmas holidays"
Lizzy rolled her eyes "That works both ways, I take it you didn't have anything better to do?"
Charlotte was stopped from retorting by a second year Hufflepuff coughing to attract their attention "Umm excuse me but is one of you Lizzy Potter?"
Lizzy nodded "That's me, what's up?"
The girl bit her lip "This Slytherin told me to give you this" she held up a roll of parchment tied with a green ribbon.
"Bloody coward" Lizzy muttered under her breath.
"What did the Slytherin look like?" Marlene asked quickly.
The small girl looked very flustered "I don't know...blonde and pretty...with a very straight nose"
Lizzy smiled coldly "Narcissa Black; he really is a little coward"
She turned to the girl "Thank you"
The girl scurried away as Lizzy looked at the expensive roll of parchment "Should I read it?"
"You have to!" Charlotte snapped "What if..."
"What if's that's very helpful Lottie" muttered Mille "Read it but don't expect anything that way..."
Gideon bit his lip "You aren't ever disappointed"
Lizzy smirked "I had no idea you were so pessimistic Millie?"
Millie didn't laugh "He's a Slytherin Lizzy..."
Marlene took the roll of parchment "Lizzy if you want I'll read it?"
Lizzy shrugged "If you like Marley...well go on"
Marlene winced as she began "To Miss Elizabeth Potter..."
Fabien snorted "Hey Marley you should try and do her stupid accent"
Charlotte kicked him and beckoned for Marlene to continue "Over the festive season it became apparent to my family..."
"Festive season!" spluttered Millie "But then I suppose Christmas sounds too muggle"
Marlene glared at her "It became apparent that the Potters are unacceptable to civilised society and for this reason my cousin has been told he is no longer to associate with you."
Charlotte had gone very pink "Unacceptable to civilised society! For not beating the shit out of family members?"
Even Lizzy looked up at that remark, Edgar regaining his speech first "Did you just swear Lottie?"
Charlotte blushed "Oh shut up, carry on Marley..."
"This may come as somewhat of a shock and so I thought it better to let you know before you...the absolute cow!" Marlene said, throwing the thing to the floor.
Lizzy laughed hollowly "Incendio." She turned to Fabien as the roll of parchment burst into flames "Where do you reckon James will be now?"
Fabien raised his eyebrows "At dinner...why? You've got the Slytherin look in your eye. I don't like the Slytherin look"
Lizzy smiled innocently "I just want to borrow Yoda...and a few dungbombs...and maybe some swamp slime"