We're back! Our surgeries went well, but i'm stuck in the cast for 3 more weeks. Ah Well at least its purple. This is a second to last chapter so...the next one will be on our joint account. Our LJ has a link to it.
Bella growled, feeling Lily shake her, "Go. Away." She bit out, Lily laughed, "Easy Neko." Bella lifted her head and glared at Lily, but got out of bed, and began robotically putting on her uniform, and putting her hair into a pony tail. Just as she started walking to get to her shoes her feet slipped out from under her, she gasped and closed her eyes. When she hit the floor she bit her lip against the pain. "Argh." Mel was sitting on the bed watching Lily try and wake up Bella. She winced when Bella slipped and fell. "You okay?" She asked her quietly, leaning down to help her up.
Bella nodded, but got up on her own, she honestly hated when people helped her. She walked over and grabbed her shoes acting like nothing happened. She hated when people worried over her. Mel growled under her breath and rolled her eyes. She got up off the floor and resumed getting ready for the day, heading down to the common room as soon as she was done Bella walked down stairs and was surprised to see the boys up. Bella walked over and plopped down on Sirius's lap, and leaned back and rested her head on his on his shoulder. Sirius kissed the side of her head.
"Morning love." Bella half smiled at him, "Morning." Mel was sitting with Remus, talking quietly about this and that. Remus told her that he was going down to the great hall for his coffee and Mel giggled quietly, following him. Sirius and Bella walked into the Great Hall, hand and hand, ignoring the stares they were still getting. Bella slid onto the bench at the Gryffindor table, and Sirius after her. They started eating; Bella, Lily and Mel didn't realize the Marauders staring at the snakes table, with anticipation. Seconds later a popping noise was heard, Bella turned to where the noise came from and then promptly started laughing. The Slytherins where painted green from head to toe, and their robes had been spelled to have glittering, sparkling shamrocks on them. Mel and Bella were laughing and couldn't seem to stop.
Mel playfully scolded the Marauders before laughing harder. St. Patrick's Day was a huge holiday for her and her family. They were Irish, but her parents moved from Ireland when they first got married. She was wearing green shamrock earrings and her shamrock and Celtic knot necklaces around her neck.
Bella leaned against Sirius laughing. She may not be Irish, but she was half British, and it was a big celebration in Britain as well. Sirius grinned down at her laughing.
"That was great Mr. Padfoot " Mel smiled at Remus and squeezed his hand. "That was amazing, Remus."
McGonagall glared down at the Marauders, her lips pressed into a thin line. However before she could do anything, Dumbledore stood up, "Now that the holiday celebration has just begun, I must insist. You all go to class." He said.
Bella was still giggling as they left the Hall to History of Magic. "Did you see Malfoy's face? Apparently he doesn't think very highly of our holiday, does he?" Mel asked the Marauders on the way to class.
"That's because, he's half French, half artic. The Malfoy's just like to think their British, because they moved here when Lucy was six." Sirius said, while James nodded in agreement. Bella made a face at being of the same nationality as Malfoy. Mel started laughing at the idea of Bella and Malfoy being the same nationality.
Bella glared at Mel, "Humph." Sirius chuckled and rubbed Bella's shoulders as they walked into the History of Magic class room, and got into their seats. Professor Binn's, after everyone was in their seats started to lecture about the Founders and their Legacies. Bella immediately started nodding off, as did Sirius, and James. Mel sat in class doodling at over her parchment instead of paying attention to Professor Binn's. Remus looked over at her 'notes' and rolled his eyes when he saw that her notes consisted of lightning bolts pointed towards Malfoy and Narcissa.
After the classes were over, Lily and Remus woke the others up to go to Herbology. Bella sighed thinking of how cold it was going to be. She muttered under her breath as she buttoned up her coat. Sirius walked with his arm around Bella down the trail to the greenhouse. Mel walked with Remus on the way to Herbology, listening to the Marauders discuss their Saint Patrick's Day pranks. Bella was grumbling about the cold and how much she hates it.
Bella smiled as they entered the greenhouse, as it was warmer then outside. She paired with Lily as Sirius paired with James and began doing the assignment Professor Sprout assigned. Soon they were again back in the common room for free period. Bella was lounging on the couch, while Sirius was sitting against the couch, in front of her. She smirked as she saw some of the younger and older Gryffindor girls glaring at her and swooning at Sirius. Bella's smirk grew as she sat up and bent down and kissed Sirius, Sirius looked up at her confused, after she pulled away,
"What was that for?" Bella only smiled, "No reason." Sirius shrugged and went back to talking to James about the upcoming Quidditch match, against Ravenclaw.
Mel and the girls walked into their dorm room during afternoon break trying to figure out what they were going to do as their Saint Patrick's Day prank. Bella sighed lying on her back on her bed, listening to Mel and Lily bicker. She growled, sounding very much like her Animagus form, and turned over onto her stomach, and rested her chin on her hand.
"What about Rouge Angels?" Bella said slightly bored, of their bickering.
Mel and Lily stopped fighting to turn to Bella "That's the one!" They said simultaneously, pointing at her as they said it. Bella quirked an eyebrow at them and rolled her eyes at their antics. "So... What are we gonna do as our prank for St. Patty's day, my dears?" Mel asked as she jumped up onto Bella's bed.
"Oomph!" Bella grunted as she had to move a little, "Turn Snape into a lepercaun?" She suggested. Mel grinned, "That would me sweet. Green or orange?" she asked the other two.
"....An orange lepercaun?" they asked her. Bella eyes widen at what Mel said. "Oh, bloody hell." she muttered hiding her face in her hands.
"Who gave her chocolate?!" She whined to Lily. "Remus probably." Lily said frowning at Mel who was humming to herself. Mel had a slight problem with sugar, even the slightest bit made her a bit mental. Bella sighed "Make sure she doesn't go 'flying' like last time." She muttered to Lily waving her hand dismissively, storming down to common room.
"REMUS!" Bella screamed, the whole common room froze, they knew when Bella screamed, and there was an issue. Sirius and James looked at her with wide eyes; Peter squeaked and hides behind Sirius. Remus turned and looked at her nervously,
"Yes, Bella?" He asked. Bella growled and marched up to him.
"You gave her chocolate!" She yelled. Remus looked up at her nervously.
"Yeah I did. Is that bad?" He asked Bella. She nodded.
"Oh... What does it do to her?" Bella sighed as she rubbed the side of her face.
"Sugar in general is not something you want Mel to have. She becomes a mental case. The last time she tried to go "flying"." Sirius and James, remembering the incident started laughing as Remus continued to look completely lost in the conversation.
Bella rolled her eyes, "Honestly, how are you competing with the Claws for top student." She muttered,
"She tried to go flying. Without a broom." She deadpanned. Remus's eyes went wide.
"She what?!" he managed. Bella nodded. "Your girl's a loon, mate." Sirius supplied. Remus groaned,
"So no more sweets then, yeah?" he said. Bella growled and marched off. "That means yes." Sirius supplied again. Remus smacked him upside the head.
"Yeah, got that part. Thanks." The first Bella heard when she entered the dorm was, "NO MEL, YOU CANT MAKE THE CAT GO FLYING!" Lily shrieked, trying to get their cat Snowbell, back from Mel's grasp, as she trying to throw it out the window. Bella growled and walked over and helped Lily get the cat out of Mel's mental hands. After 20 minutes the sugar started to wear off and Mel started to calm down. The girls sighed in relief when Mel passed out on her bed, as usual when she had been given anything sweet.
Bella grabbed Snowbell and walked down to the common room, plopping herself down beside Sirius, glaring at Remus. Lily just growled at Remus before sitting on James's lap.
"James...I don't want to take care of her, when her coma wears off and she has a hang over." Lily whined Bella made a noise of agreement,
"She's worse then you two." Bella muttered snuggling into Sirius's side, wore out. Mel woke up from her sugar induced stupor with a pounding headache. She stumbled downstairs to the common room where she glared at everyone and curled up at Remus's side.
"Remus, I love you, but don't let me do that again." Snowbell hissed at Mel as she sat down and cuddled into Bella's lap, Bella absent mindly stroked the cat. She was leaning against Sirius half asleep, from dealing with Mel. Lily was already sleeping, her head on James's shoulder. Mel sighed. She was tired, and she felt like someone hit her in the head with a hammer. Remus were talking to the guys about what that afternoon entitled, but she didn't want to listen, she closed her eyes and fell asleep almost immediately.
The next afternoon, after classes were let out, Mel, Bella and Lily were in their dorm, Bella was standing over a potion's cauldron, making the potion, Lily and Mel was going over the spell work. "So, you're timing the potion and spell together right?" Bella asked the others.
Mel and Lily nodded at her, as they worked on the spell work, revising little things here and there. Later that night they snuck down to the kitchens and convinced one of the house elves named Violet to put the potion in the Slytherin's food. That next morning, the girls could barley contain their excitement and nervousness as they rushed down to the common room, shocking the hell out of the Marauders. Mel was giggling as she and the girls walked down to the great hall with boyfriends in tow.
She couldn't wait to see the mass chaos they will ensue among the Slytherins.
"Alright, what the Bloody hell is up with you three?" Sirius burst, Bella just smiled at him,
"You'll see at breakfast love." She said pecking him on the cheek. The girls shared a glance as the group walked into the Hall and sat down.
Mel grinned at the girls as they settled down to eat. Remus was watching her with curiosity and amusement as she glanced over at the Slytherin table and smirked at the girls, amusement and excitement showed on her face. Bella groaned, Mel really needed to work on the whole masking her emotions thing, or they were gonna get caught.
Bella hurriedly wrote something on the napkin and shoved it to Bella. 'Calm down. You're gonna get us caught, think of something else.'
Mel stuck her tongue out at Bella, but turned to her coffee and started to serve herself breakfast. Bella ate but kept her eye on the Slytherins, just as breakfast was ending there was a shriek was heard from the Snake table. Everyone turned and promptly started laughing, the girls had been turned into Leprechauns, while the boys were heard declaring their love for one another. Purple and red writing appeared above the table. 'This has been brought to you by, The Rouge Angels, beware, we are worse then the Marauders.'
Remus, Sirius and James all looked around the Great Hall looking for these "Rouge Angels". Mel giggled and when Sirius and Remus turned to look at her she started laughing even harder. Bella kicked Mel under the table and Lily waved her wand under the table, muttering 'slienco' under her breath, quiet enough for the boys not to hear.
Bella looked curious and watched the crowd with everyone else, as not to raise suspicion. Mel sighed and glared at Lily, she did not just do that. Mel rolled her eyes, and turned to watch everything unfold. Lily raised an eyebrow as if daring Mel to do something. The teachers finally got the students attention.
"Professor Slughorn, if you would escort you're students back to their common room, we shall get this...prank fixed as soon as possible. Everyone else, do as you please, until we can resume classes." Dumbledore said, dismissing everyone.
Bella smirked triumphantly as the two groups walked out, to the clock tower courtyard. Bella walked over and hopped up and sat on the wall, under one of the arches in the courtyard, while Sirius stood against the stone wall, with his arms crossed over his chest and one ankle crossed over the other, while the others spread out.
"I wonder who the Rouge Angel's are." James wondered.
Mel grumbled, but sat down on the ground, picking up a stone and tossing it at the opposite wall. Lily still hadn't removed the spell that was preventing her from speaking, and she was glaring daggers at her. Remus sat down next to Mel and started talking to her. She looked at him and blinked before silently yelling that she couldn't speak.
Bella rolled her eyes and removed the spell on Mel, and took out a book to start reading. Mel stuck her tongue out at Bella before talking to Remus about this and that.
Sirius was poking at Bella while she read, causing her to grab the offending finger and twisting it until he yelped in pain. "Belllla, that hurt!" he complained. Mel laughed as she watched them bicker back and forth.
"Well if you let me read in piece, it wouldn't hurt." Bella stated flatly.
"But then, I'd have no fun." Bella sighed irritated,
"Go play with James." She ordered.
"But Bella-la, I don't want to play with James, he bites people." Sirius responded playfully. James, overhearing this continued on
"HEY! I don't bite....Hard." Everyone cracked up and when it started to rain they ran inside the castle.
Remus had already made plans with his parents that he could stay part of the upcoming summer break with James and Sirius at Godric's Hollow.
Bella sighed, and put her book in her bag. "Fine then you can carry me." She said as it started to rain, Sirius playfully groaned and let Bella jump on his back. The group ran into the castle, and to their common room, where they all discussed getting together for the summer.
While the others talked Sirius pulled Bella aside, "Hey Bells...um... my parents are having a party in mid July....and I was wondering if you would come...but I know this is a stretch, but you'd need to dress formally."
Bella's eyes widen, "As in a dress?" She spat the word out like it made a bad taste in her mouth. Sirius nodded quickly, and added. "I'd really like it if you would come, so I don't have to be alone with my cousins." Bella sighed and looked up, and saw Sirius's grey eyes pleading with her, she muttered under her breath, those eyes were her undoing.
"Fine, I'll go." Sirius grinned and whooped and scooped Bella into a hug spinning her around once.
Review please? ~ Kit