Once Upon a Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
AN: This chapter might seem like I'm rushing the story, but the important events start in 7th year, so I'm trying to get to the end of the 6th year chapters.
Here's chapter 12.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my characters
Chapter 12- Spring Openings.
As the buds of the new flowers opened so did Hogwarts for the beginning of the Spring Term. The early months of January to March had passed in the click of a finger making the exams and the summer term loom even closer for the students.
The first lesson of the year: Transfiguration found Kaylyn and Remus peering over an extremely thick 900 page textbook they had taken from the library, at Christmas when McGonagall told everyone their partners. Raiya and Jess were close behind gossiping about the two, avoiding any work possible and instead favouring on talking through the lesson. Sirius and Peter sat just behind Jess and Raiya. James had been paired with Hannah; the two were under close scrutiny by Lily who had been paired with a Hufflepuff.
Lily found herself disliking James less and less, he studied more in lessons, he didn't pick fights with weaker students, and his heroic stunt had made a big impact on her. As well as this his friendships with two of her own friends made her wonder whether it would be that bad to just be friends with him. They had obviously found something to like, why shouldn't she?
Jess passed by Lily's table when McGonagall had turned towards the board and wasn't facing them, "Someone catch your eye?" she asked grinning widely.
"I'm just checking on Hannah, I don't trust Ja…Potter" Lily mentally cursed herself
Jess raised an eyebrow, "Yeah yeah, you can try and hide it…but we all know" Jess' ginger hair waved as she practically danced back to her seat next to Raiya.
A piece of parchment landed in the middle of Raiya and Jess' desk. Raiya shrugged towards Jess, who had a look on her face showing that she wanted to know what it was.
"Nice work" it said and was signed with an eloquent S.B across the page.
"Don't you have anything better to do than watch Lily?" Jess turned round to Sirius.
"Nop, that's more fun than doing work. Plus James asked me to, and I'm just trying to see how useful your tips were to the cause." Sirius countered
"Oh, the help James and Lily cause?" Jess asked, hiding a grin
"You know?" Sirius asked.
"Yep" Jess responded happily.
"Great, who else have you decided to tell, without us knowing" Sirius said sarcastically.
"Kaylyn. James already knew I'd told people. There's more strength in numbers" Raiya retorted.
"Yeah there's also betrayal in numbers" Sirius replied.
Raiya raised her hands in defeat, "I give up!"
"Fine" Sirius responded.
"Fine".
"Wow, tension in the air. You couldn't cut it with a knife" Jess added.
Raiya banged her head on the table in exasperation at Jess.
"Miss Rosiene? Is there a problem?" McGonagall asked, "So that you need to bang your head on the table?"
"No Professor" Raiya sulked, knowing that she wouldn't be able to tell on anyone ever in her life.
"Well then, you can have a detention for disrupting the class"
Raiya didn't respond but instead mentally scoffed, she hadn't disrupted the class at all, half of them weren't doing anything and the other half were completely dedicated.
She sighed, again in defeat.
----In Detention----
Raiya stood in the Transfiguration classroom with mop in hand and the bucket with warm soapy water close by. She couldn't stop thinking about all the homework that she had to do for the next day. As she began to clean the width of the room, she thought about her life at Hogwarts, her friends, moments that stood out to herself and her involvement with the marauders.
She was immersed in her thoughts when she heard a tapping at the door. Raiya opened it to James' wide grin, "I have come to return the favour and rescue you from the bucket of soapy water"
Raiya smiled widely and laughed when he had taken the other mop from the cupboard and posed with it, holding it out to his left as if it was a Quidditch broom.
The two spent the rest of the night just talking about random things, Lily's name hadn't been mentioned very much and Raiya found herself smiling at the fact that she had managed to help James' change and had hopefully changed Lily's dislike towards him.
Everything was coming together very nicely for the beginning of the summer term and Raiya dreaded thinking about if there was a fall to come for the two.
The next few chapters should be uploaded next week.
Cassie93