Magic That Shines Green

Chapter Eleven: Bombard

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

OC: Annabelle Jacobs.

Beta Read by Clo Salvatore. As for my other beta...well...I'm not quite sure where they went.

October, 19th,Wednesday [and yes, I'm going by 2010 calendar, sorry, I don't have one for the correct year]

-l-James-l-

Extravagant.

That's how you do something James Potter's way.

And me, doing things, MY way, is very important I tell you. Very important.

I was going to do this with a bang. Rather literally.

I half smirked.

After finding out Peter was bullied, and now knowing Avery and Mulciber were the bullies in question, it made me furious. But when I found out what they were doing, it scared me a bit. Finding out Sirius' parents burned him, I was scared a lot more than I was shocked.

It wasn't a huge shocker that his parents would punish him. Mine would if I made Slytherin, mind you, I never would. Even with abuse like that, it wasn't a stunner. Yes, it wasn't legal, especially on an eleven or twelve year old. The burns were mostly healed however, and that half didn't seem to scare him. As of right now, he could shoot spells dang near as fast as I could. And he was just as quick witted. The marks seemed to only remind him of his past. A past he wanted to forget. So he hardly ever looked back, only to the next day.

I had a plan now. In my hand I held it, though I shoved it in my robes to hide it, and I walked into the Great Hall in a pose most would say is, casual...for James Potter at least. Lily and Alice both looked up. Lily's bright green eyes sparkled, Alice gave me a half smile. Alice nudged Frank rather sharply, and he nearly choked on his beef casserole. I sat down next to Remus, and glanced at Lily a few seats away, her eyebrow raised expectantly. In response, I winked at her, and she rolled her eyes and looked away.

I touched the tip of my wand to the fuse, and then threw it to the middle of the Hall. Lily's eyes lit up, and flickered to the thing briefly, and she looked at me, and then sighed. Typical of me, right?

Then it exploded, in sparks, crackles, all the candles wiped out in an instant. Just as the colors began. Greens, pinks, blues, and fiery red. More pops and then it appeared. In there, in ribbons of blazing gold, curving to form words.

Lily had seen this magic and she gave me an odd look, halfway between sadness and near guilt. Before I could ask her about it or even comment, the ribbons stopped.

Hovering in the dark, though they blazed like candles were the words:

Annabelle Jacobs, go out with me?

I frowned slightly, but watched patiently as there were more fireworks which then exploded with loud bangs, relighting the candles, just as the sparks turned to confetti which melted away into nothing. Something about those words...it unnerved me like nothing else.

I turned to Annabelle now. She sat, her head tilted to the side, inquisitively, and the blue stripe in her hair standing out more than usual.

" Well? What do you say Annabelle?" Sirius called down the table in his 'indoor voice'.

I hit him, scowling. " Don't push her," I hissed out of the corner of my mouth.

" Why not?" Annabelle shouted back.

I silently cheered, while Sirius hit me on the back, Remus' eyes hardened suddenly, and he put his nose in a book, and Peter gave a wane smile.

Next to Annabelle, Lily smiled at me, but I noticed that as she looked away, her smile faded.

" Party in the Common Room!" Sirius shouted above everyone. I sighed and rolled my eyes as half the Gyffindors were already running for the doors. Though most of them stayed for at least five minutes to whoop, holler, cheer and a few whistled.

A couple of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs decided to invite themselves to our party, which I had no objection to. And, most of them were there only because their boyfriend or girlfriend would be going.

One of the Ravenclaws, a dark haired, green eyed boy, Derek walked over and said something to Lily. Her eyes narrowed slightly. She then gave him a reproachful look, and then hesitantly followed him out of the Hall.

I jumped up and followed them at once.

Derek's voice came through from the wall loud and clear, maybe the door being open had something to do with it. " I wanted to ask, in a less dramatic way than Potter, but will you go to Hogsmeade with me?"

-l-Annabelle-l-

I was happy now. He'd asked me out. That's not the best part though. I heard from Derek, that he was planning to ask Lily out. I knew she liked him, so maybe she wouldn't be so down since James stopped looking at her like a crush. I know it affected her slightly, not quite jealousy, but she wasn't used to James not talking to her in that annoying way of his.

When I saw her walk out, my heart sank, swallowing my fear for my friend. She looked at me, her green eyes wide, but she wore no smile. Instead, graced across her lips was a frown, and from the way her brow furrowed, it was out of confusion. I smiled at her hopefully. In response, she smiled back, but when she sat back down, only the confused look crossed her face.

Derek hadn't come back yet.

Then it occurred to me that she might not have said yes.

I weaved my way through a crowd to sit next to her. " Lily, did you say yes?"

She narrowed her eyes, for what reason was irrelevant. " No," she said coldly.

" What? Why not?" I exclaimed. She'd liked him since Fifth Year, and he asked her out, and she said no? What was wrong with her?

" You, Lily Evans, have liked him for two years and you said-"

" I know," she cut me off, standing up carefully, trying not to knock over any goblets. She grabbed a sandwich and turned to me. " I told him the same thing I'm going to tell you. Rebound relationships? They never work out. So why bother, I don't know why I rejected him, and I don't know why I didn't say yes, but I know this Annabelle. I do not love him. He's not made for me. If he was, he would have followed me out of that hall." To emphasize her point, she pointed to the hall, now blocked by all the Gyrffindors.

" So you look for boys who will go after you when you reject them?" I asked, an accusing tone coming into my voice.

" If you're referring to your boyfriend, then no," she snapped. She grabbed her bag, " Look, go to your party. Get drunk. Dance on tabletops, I'm not about to stop you. You clearly like him, and obviously he has a thing for you, and that's great. Have fun, I'll be studying," she said shortly, swung her bag over her shoulder, and vanished into the mass of Gryffindors and was gone.

Furious, I marched over to Remus who was eating, talking to Peter about something serious by the looks of it, and shoving casserole into his mouth all the while.

I ignored Peter and turned to Remus. " What's been up with Lily lately?" I demanded to know.

Remus, kind and patient Remus glared at me. Then he slowly chewed before answering. " I have no idea," he said, his voice unusually cold and snappish.

I opened my mouth, but he cut me off short.

" Can't you see I'm talking to Peter? Do you mind?" he asked in the same sharp tone.

" Yes, I do actually," I retorted. " And Lily-"

" If she won't tell you, then neither will I," he said, then turned away. " So Peter, about Mulciber and Avery," he said pulling up their original conversation .

I huffed. " Stop being rude! Just answer me Remus Lupin!"

He looked at me, seeming mildly surprised. " Perhaps you should control your temper Miss Jacobs."

I nearly snarled at him. " I want answers and you have them! Answer me!"

He stood up, a sudden defiance in his eyes. " Make me," he said in a dangerously soft tone.

" Tell me. Now," I said in a clear, icy tone.

Remus glared at me, and stood up, he, like Lily, grabbed his bag. " No, I don't think I will thanks," he said and walked away.

-l-Lily-l-

You've probably wanted me to speak forever. That or you're really close to yelling at me.

Yeah...and to explain why I'm not with Derek. Or for some of you, James. Probably more than that, you want to know what the heck's going on.

Just wait for the next few chapters, you'll understand.

DON'T KILL ME! *cowers in fear* I'm scared of what you guys will think of Annabelle becoming James' girlfriend...I know a lot of people hate her. Hate away, you have every right to hate my OC.

I don't like her either. I probably will never like anyone else with James other than Lily. But anyway, you'll come to like her some. Hopefully...I just finished writing chapter 16, and let me tell you, she gets better by then.