Chapter 12: Hogwarts, again.
A/N: heyy, I'm so so so so so so soorryyyyyy I didn't update sooner! I'm sorry! Anyways, I hope you like it. The son gis by Amy Winehouse, awesome by the way.
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"If you act like you know what you're doing,
you can do anything you want"
-Amy Winehouse
Chapter: Hogwarts, again.
Valerie's POV
Struggling with my trunk, I finally managed to get to the hall. Minnie was waiting for me outside, and we were terribly late. I pushed my trunk and Snow's empty cage outside, and then went back inside to get some proper shoes on, as I was wearing bright purple fuzzy slippers. Not exactly appropiate to go to Hogwarts.
Up the stairs, to my room, under the bed, and back down the stairs. I putt he right boot on, out the door, and I started hopping towards Minnie on one foot, while I put he other foot on.
I was distracted trying to keep my balance, so when I Heard voices, I didn't react, and ended up crashing into something gray, was that a shirt? and hitting my knee with something extremely hard. Brilliant.
Embarrassed, I looked up to apologise, but I was met with a pair of familiar hazel eyes, under a mop of messy raven hair.
Recovering quickly, I jumped up to hug James Potter. Was he always so tall? Probably. Reaching up to ruffle his hair, I smiled.
"Shouldn't you be at the station?"
"Right back at you"
"Too true. Hi Dorea, how are you guys doing?"
She glanced at her watch nervously.
"Maybe we should continue this conversation at the station"
I smiled and sturned to Minnie, who held out her hand.
Seconds later, we were in front of the Hogwarts Express. I found out that the Potters actually lived only a few blocks away.
"Awww Jamsie, we're neighbours!"
He laughed.
"Val, I have something to tell you. Drumroll please."
I rolled my eyes, still smiling.
"I found a nickname for you!"
"Really?"
"Well, it's not exactly a nickname, more like a new way of saying your name"
I simply raised my eyebrow at that, and he kept talking excitedly.
"You know that song called Valerie?"
"Believe me, I do."
"Lets sing it, and then I'll tell you about my new name for you"
"Is that a dare?"
"It sure is."
"Fine, but you have to sing too."
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Charlus Potter smirk and wave his wand, and I recognised the start of the song, as I saw Dorea roll her eyes.
Winking at James, I started singing.
Well sometimes I go out by myself, and I look across the water...
And I think of all the things, of what you're doing, and in my head I paint a picture.
Since I've come home, well my body's been a mess, and I miss your ginger hair, and the way you like to dress.
Oh won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me.
Why don't you come on over, Valerie.
Valerie.
Valerie.
Valerie.
Did you have to go to jail, put your house out up for sale, did you get a good lawyer?
I hope you didn't catch a tan, I hope you find the right man, who'll fix it for you.
Are you shopping anywhare, change the color of your hair, and are you busy..?
Did you have top ay the fine, that you were dodging all the time, and are you still dizzy?
Well since I came home, well my body's been a mess, and I miss your tender hair, and the way you like to dress.
Oh won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me.
Oh why don't you come on over, Valerie.
Valerie.
Valerie.
Valerie.
Well sometimes I go out by myself, and I look across the water.
And I think of all the things, what you're doing, and in my head I paint a picture.
Since I've come home, well my body's been a mess, and I miss your tender hair, and the way you like to dress.
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie.
Why don't you come on over Valerie...
When the song ended, we were in the middle of the platform, as we had been singing and dancing around. Some people clapped, and we bowed and high fived, and bowed again, before bursting out laughing.
"You were good!" I told James, as I once again ruffled his hair.
"You were excellent!"
I spotted Lily and waved him goodbye before running full-speed towards her, and jumping on her back.
"Surprise attack!" I yelled. She turned around and hugged me, before turning to look at her parents.
"Mom, dad, this is Val."
I smiled. Her father was tall, with brown hair and Lily's green eyes, and her mother was identical to her in everything but he reyes. She was a short woman, with long red hair, Lily's bright smile, and her same straight nose. He reyes were a warm shade of blue.
"Were you the one singing out there?" her father asked.
"Ummm yeah"
"Well, you were great!"
"Thanks!"
The warning bell sounded, and I ran off to hug Minnie goodbye, hugging the Potters too and high fiving James again.
I then went back to where Lily was once again hugging her parents, I pushed her towards the train, while I waved at her parents.
"She loves you!"
I skipped towards her.
"Come on, we have to find Mary and Alice!"
Just after we stepped on the train, it started moving, and we started walking down the corridor, looking for the girls, when I heard Sirius' loud voice.
"Hey Ruby, want to say hi to the boys?"
"You can go Val, I'll go look for the girls."
I shrugged.
"Nah, I want to see Mary, and you have to update me on your Christmas!"
With that, we went to our compartment, where I almost killed Mary with a bone-crashing hug.
When I let go, she was gasping for breath.
"Missed me?"
"Lots. But get off me!"
I smirked and turned towards Alice, smiling evilly as she tried to hide in the corner.
In the end, we ended up in a four-person hug, and when we finally got up, we started talking about our vacations, and the train ride passed by so fast we had to change into our robes in about 5 seconds.
So, we got out of the train a bit late, and only the Marauders were still walking towards Hogsmeade. And we reckoned it was better if we didn't ask why they were late.
I waved at them.
"Hey guys, how was Christmas?"
Remus smiled at me. He looked tired, and had a few bruises on his face, adding to his scars.
"It was… fine. How was yours?"
I winked.
"Mine was horrible"
I could tell he was a bit startled, not knowing if I was being serious or just joking, but I turned to Sirius.
"How was yours?"
"Much worse than yours."
I elbowed him lightly.
"Wanna bet?"
He opened his mouth to reply, but we had reached the carriages.
There were only two left, shiny black carriages, and tied to them were the strangest animals I had ever seen. They were similar to horses, but at the same time extremely different.
Though there was something scary about them, they were at the same time beautiful. I walked closer to them, and started patting one of them. It was surprisingly soft, and I was stroking his head, when Lily came towards me.
"Err… Navy, what are you doing?"
"I'm stroking these… things. Why aren't you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"These animals that are pulling the carriages."
"Val, there isn't anything pulling the carriages."
I turned to the others.
"Are you telling me you don't see them?"
They all shook their heads at the same time. Except for Remus.
"There is something, but we don't see them. I read it in Hogwarts: a history."
Then Lily nodded too. "Thestrals."
We looked at them, eyebrows raised, and Remus explained.
"Only people who have seen someone die can see them."
The boys were staring at me, but Lily quickly came to my rescue.
"Remus, shouldn't you guys be going to your carriage?"
They nodded silently and I mouthed a "thanks" to her, and we got into the carriage, which would take us back to Hogwarts.
Back home.
A/N: hi, sorry again for being late with the update. I wanted to thank my last reviewer: and everyone who followed or took time to read this story. OVER 1000 VIEWS! To some it might not seem like much, but for me it's like completely awesome! Anyways, thanks again.
I wants to mention the fanfic Dreaming out loud, it's a Jily story, and I think it's really good, so if you want to read something good (definitely better than this) you can read it!
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