AAAH! Sorry! I know it's been toooooo long, but hey! Only six weeks! And I have almost 8,000 words! WHOOP-WHOOP! Who the man? Or, woman? ;) Soooo!
I hope you all had a merry Halloween, because the marauders and C's sure did! OH YEAH!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter universe, nor will I ever.
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Chapter 25: Halloween!
Saturday morning. A day of good prospects. The sun was shining high in the sky. Of course, Lily didn't really feel all that well, walking down to Hogsmeade with James on a… a… a date. It just wasn't right. Lily then frowned. It wasn't right? No, that's not it. She was too nervous for it not to be right, but it was so, almost, exiting. She looked up at James who was walking beside her, grinning widely.
"What are we going to do in Hogsmeade?" Lily asked him in what she hoped was a casual voice.
"Well, I was thinking of taking a very small trip into Zonko's, and then we could go to the ThreeBroomsticks? Does that sound good?" James asked her, slightly anxious to what she would say about the trip to Zonko's.
Lily, however, frowned slightly because it actually did sound good.
But James interpreted this in the wrong way. "And we can of course just go to ThreeBroomsticks. We don't have to go to Zonko's," he quickly said.
Lily smiled up at him. "No, it's an excellent idea. Then I can buy Julie's birthday present," she said joyously.
James smiled. "Yeah, good idea," he said happily, "She'd probably want something from that place."
Lily nodded with a smile, and then they fell silent. It got a bit awkward, but not completely. However, Lily was relieved when they reached Zonko's and walked inside. Lily had been inside Zonko's before, mostly along with Vilde and Julie, but it was still surprising to her to walk inside. There were so many different things and they were all so interesting. She'd never completely admit that she actually liked Zonko's, but she wasn't going to say that she didn't either. Especially not in front of James. Lily stopped and pretended to look at an exploding chocolate frog.
"Sprays all over your enemy" it said.
Lily grinned. But she then frowned. Why was it that she didn't want to tell James that she didn't like Zonko's? Lily sighed. She knew the answer, but hell no would she admit it. She looked over at James, who was standing with an object in his hands, asking the person working here some questions. He had a mischievous smile on his lips and his eyes were shining in joy.
Lily swore that if James used that on Severus, she would never, ever date James Potter again. If he didn't, and Lily had a good time tonight, she would look forward to their next date. Lily stiffened. Had she just thought that? Oh, oh, oh! Lily then did something she couldn't stop, couldn't like and couldn't change. She smiled happily and blushed ever so slightly. She was happy that she was going on a date with James. She sighed and walked over to James with the exploding Chocolate Frog pack in her hand.
Vilde and Julie were in the Room of Requirement training on transfigurating each other into what they would look like on Halloween's Eve. They really looked forward to make a huge entrance. In the Great Hall, making everyone squeal in horror, and then start their awfully awesome act they would put on. Of course, they wouldn't do anything that would make the teachers freak and attack them, of course, so Vilde and Julie had both decided to tell Dumbledore about their outfits.
Of course, Dumbledore had found this remarkably funny, but at the same time, he thought it might be a bit too bold. Of course, he also knew that there was no way he could get them out of doing what they planned. Of course. So the two girls were currently laughing their asses off at Vilde's nonexistent nose and Julie's messy, messy hair.
Then they heard a knock on the door, and both of them knew that it was either the marauders or Lily or Erynne coming. Either way, they looked quickly at each other, burst out laughing again and then removed their charms. Or lack thereof. The door opened and the marauders along with Erynne and lacking James were standing in the doors and grinned at the girls.
"What are you two up to?" Sirius asked suspiciously.
"Nuuuthing!" Vilde and Julie both said with innocent grins.
Sirius, Remus and Peter sweat-dropped.
Erynne just grinned mischievously. "Gonna cut me in?" she asked.
"Oh, it's nothing big, really. Just adding a new touch to our costumes," Vilde said.
"Nothing big? Ouch on Oh-my-Gad-we're-all-gonna-die!" Julie said wickedly.
Vilde snickered. "BURN!" she then yelled.
"Well, you know what they say about guys with long noses," Julie said, wiggling her little-finger.
"But that means he's big, Cookie. As in real big!" Vilde said with big eyes.
The two of them then burst out laughing. The four others simply shook their heads. That's when Vilde and Julie noticed how Peter had gotten much braver and seemed to think he could laugh at them just like Sirius and Remus were doing. The two of them exchanged a quick look that both of them understood perfectly clear; either Peter was feeling more comfortable around the two girls, which was a good thing, and he might learn to believe in himself and become much braver, or he was feeling safe and brave because he was under the protection of Voldemort, and therefore untouchable. They had to find that out somehow, but they had no idea of how. Maybe tonight?
"So, how do you think James and Lily are holding up in each other's presence?" Sirius asked the two girls.
Vilde grinned. "I'm betting they're having the time of their lives!" she said.
"Well, at least James," Julie added for her friend, who nodded in agreement.
"You don't think she'll hurt him, do you?" Remus asked, mainly looking at Vilde, because she might actually come with a serious response in difference to Julie.
But he wasn't that lucky.
"Ah, she'll probably dump him the minute he says; let's go and check out Zonko's!" Julie said, laughing at the image along with Sirius and Erynne.
But Remus wasn't amused.
Vilde laughed at his expression and pulled him over to her by ceasing his arm. "I'm sure she's enjoying herself. You can call me dumbass for a week if she doesn't come home with a smile on her face," she whispered to him so Julie wouldn't hear it and get the idea that she could call Vilde for dumbass without consequences.
Remus realized this and grinned down at her, laying his arm around her shoulders. Vilde grinned herself at the gesture and snuggled into his side. She wasn't used to him pulling her closer. This reminded her that she needed to check out when the next full moon was coming. Why it reminded her, she didn't know.
"Aw, you two are just like the icing on the top of a delicious looking cake!" Erynne said happily.
Vilde grinned happily at her. "Yeah," she said with a sigh.
Remus looked down at her with a smile.
"Okay, that's enough with the sweat-stuff for me," Julie said.
"Yeah, let's go EAT!" Sirius yelled excited.
They all grinned, walked into the Great Hall (or more like skipped in Vilde, Julie and Erynne's case), and sat down by the Gryffindor table for lunch.
"Where's Lily and James?" Diana asked suggestively.
"On a date," Julie said in an equal suggestive voice.
"I knew it! I knew they'd get together!" Izzy said with a fist in the air.
"We all knew that, Iz," Anne said with a smile.
"Yeah, well, I'm glad I was thinking it too then," Izzy said, grinning widely.
Anne and everyone else snickered at that.
"Will you pass me the pumpkin juice?" Vilde asked Izzy, who nodded, still grinning, and sent it to Vilde.
Then they all helped themselves to the good-looking food on the table, chatting and laughing.
Lily looked at James where he stood by the counter of Three Broomsticks. She wondered why he was so charming all of a sudden. Then he turned with two mugs of butterbeer and walked towards her. "Here you go," he said and sat down opposite of her.
She felt nervous. Sure, she had been on a date before, but only one, and it hadn't been very successful. The thought of this date no being successful was slightly breathtaking. She really wanted it to go well.
"Why are you so silent?" James asked.
Lily looked up from the mug she had been holding and into James' blue, pretty eyes. "Just thinking," she said silently.
James frowned slightly. "Are you bored?" he asked carefully.
"No! Merlin's beard no!" Lily said loudly.
Then she blushed. James had to bite his lip not to chuckle, but he couldn't stop a little smile. Though the silence was getting slightly awkward, he enjoyed just sitting there, looking at Lily. No matter how much he'd been hanging after her, he never truly loved her, but now, looking across the table at the beauty, he was sure it wasn't long until he would. At least if the date went well.
"What are you thinking about?" James then asked.
Lily bit her lip. "It's nice," she said hesitantly.
James smiled. "What's nice?" he teased.
"Oh, shut up, James," Lily said, but couldn't hide a small smile.
James grinned. "Well, I'm glad you're not bored," he said calmly and then sniggered.
Lily sighed.
"Yeah," she said and took a zip from her butterbeer.
Both of them kept grinning for the entire date, and the awkwardness was completely gone.
It was almost dinner when Lily and James finally returned.
"Wow," Sirius said when he saw their happy faces.
"You've had a pleasant time," Vilde commented with a grin.
Julie snickered. "Oh yeah," she said.
Lily and James just looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Now that caused a tremendous reaction from the marauders and the C-gang.
"You're synchronized?" Erynne asked incredulously.
"No way!" Sirius blurted.
"I feel like I've wandered into a dream!" Vilde said happily.
Everyone turned with a 'WTF' look at her.
"What?" Vilde asked.
"L, O, L, Crazy, that's all I'll say," Julie said with a roll of her eyes.
"L O L? What's that?" James asked.
"Laughing out loud," Julie said non-enthusiastically.
"Okay," James said slowly.
Vilde and Julie then simultaneously looked at each other. They both beamed.
"We invented that shortened form," they said in union.
"And ROFL-"
"For Rolling on floor laughing, and ROFLMAO-"
"For Rolling on floor laughing my ass off. Or simply LMAO-"
"For Laughing my ass off," Julie finished.
The marauders looked at the girls with weird eyes.
"Oh, come on! If you didn't know before now that we were weird, go drown yourselves," Vilde said with a pout.
They laughed at that, and Remus threw his arm around her shoulders, squeezing her closer to him. Vilde smiled happily at his embrace, and felt her heart thud by the fact that he was on good way of being secure around her.
"Anyways! How was the date?" Julie asked, leaning forward with a smirk.
Lily sighed and sat down, and James sat down beside her.
"I'll talk later, so James won't be disappointed," Lily simply said.
James looked worriedly at her. "What?" he asked.
"Oh, don't worry! I had a great time, but I'll leave the details to my girlfriends," Lily said with a small smile.
"Ah, I see! Girltalk!" he said happily.
"Exactly," Lily said joyously.
All the others just watched them, and when they were done chatting they looked at their friends.
"What?" James asked.
"As I was saying, I think our costume is perfect!" Julie said 'smoothly'.
"You go girl," Vilde said ironically.
Julie simply grinned. "I do," she said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Vilde asked, trying to find a perverse/sock meaning to what she just said.
"I have no idea," Julie said, "Le Gasp!"
"I can see that you like him," Sirius suddenly said, looking at Lily.
"Sirius-hun, we've moved past that," Julie said, clapping his arm.
"I can see that you like him. I am the All-Knowing, All-Seeing-"
"You failed Divination twice, Padfoot," James interrupted.
Everyone sweat-dropped at that.
"You failed Divination?" Vilde asked with big eyes.
"How in Merlin's beard did you manage that?" Julie asked with big eyes.
"That was supposed to be our secret, Prongs!" Sirius yelled incredulously.
James had already noticed his mistake, and looked almost horrified. Vilde and Julie looked at each other with big eyes.
"Oh well," Julie finally said, "I always knew he was a dimwit."
Sirius pouted at that, but Julie just grinned.
"Kidding," Julie said, "You're fairly smart, Sirius, you just don't know when to stop pretending that you're not."
Vilde rolled her eyes. "Yeah, because he's stupid," she said.
"Hey! You don't get to say anything!" Sirius said panicked.
"Fine," Vilde said, raising her hands slightly.
Sirius was still looking sourly at Vilde, just as Severus rose from the Slytherin table. Erynne followed him with her eyes, and both Vilde and Julie noticed this. They smirked evilly. They had to have a new plan of OMM. Maybe they could arrange some weird party. Like a Christmas party! Then Lily squealed.
"What?" Julie asked confused.
"We gotta go get ready, girls. Like now!" Lily said seriously.
"Oh, shiiiit!" Vilde said, looking at Remus' clock.
The four girls jumped from the benches and dragged with them Anne, Diana and Izzy.
Well up in the Girls' Dormitory, the girls snickered as they got their long, black cloaks. Vilde and Julie walked into the bathroom, and half an hour later, they walked out as something entirely else.
"OH SHIT!" Diana exclaimed.
"That's fucking scary," Anne commented with big eyes.
"Fo shizzles," Izzy said grinningly.
Lily simply nodded approvingly, but Erynne looked like she wasn't having fun at all.
"What is it?" Vilde asked her.
"The resemblance is huge," Erynne simply stated.
Vilde and Julie exchanged a short look; there was something Erynne certainly wasn't telling them.
"Is that bad?" Julie asked.
"Well, people will be terrified," Erynne said with a shrug.
"And that's what Halloween's for!" Julie said, punching her fist in the air.
"Ya'll ready?" Anne asked, jumping up with the long, black cloak.
"Definitely!" Vilde said, and with a last, slightly worried look at Erynne, she rose and all of them walked towards the Great Hall.
The walk to the Great Hall, was interesting. There were almost no students in the staircases; they were all down in the Great Hall already it seemed, but the one or two student that walked by, looked extremely curious at them, where they walked with all black capes and bowed heads. None of them looked up.
This was something that was doomed to scare the life-shit out of everyone in the Great Hall. And they all looked forward to it. As they finally stood in the entrance hall, they shortly exchanged glances, and then, they walked into the Great Hall, stopping by the doors.
Every head in the Hall turned to them, some scarecrows, some witches with warts, some werewolves, some vampires, some everything, and they all looked curiously at the group that had assembled. Then, Izzy, Lily, Diana and Anne raised their heads. Everyone looked horrorstricken at the group with the black, long cloaks and silver masks on their faces.
Then Erynne raised her head, with the same mask, but did a handmovement, and the mask vanished in black smoke, and she was standing there, looking like a man with long, white hair. And not just any man. A man by the name of Lucius Malfoy. Before anyone could clearly react, Julie lifted her head.
She wasn't wearing any mask, and still looking like a girl, she looked nothing like Julie aka Cookie. She had black, long, bushy hair, heavy eyelocks and mad eyes. It was Bellatrix Black, soon to be Bellatrix Lestrange. That's when people started reacting. Some screamed, others drew their wands. One sent a very minor spell directly at them, and Vilde, sneaky like that, used her wand in one movement, hissing the parero spell. She then looked up. And people screamed like never before. The wands people were holding, made a cackling sound when they fell to the floor.
Vilde was looking like a balled man with long, spider-like hands, holding a wand with a weird formation. Her eyes were thin slits, and the nose was … non-existent? Yeah. She was Lord Voldemort. And her poisonous eyes had turned and fell on the lump of a boy sitting beside a scarecrow, James, a doctor with lots of blood, Sirius, and a werewolf, Remus (no surprise there, ey?)
What she noticed was how scared Pettigrew looked, but at the same time, his eyes shone with something else but fright, that Vilde couldn't put her finger on from so far away. Before people could react more, they suddenly all heard Dumbledore laughing loudly. Everyone turned to him with big eyes, like he had gone mad. Well, hell, if they didn't know that before now, they hadn't really learned anything in this school.
"A good costume, my friends!" he said heartily.
"YEAH BITCHES, THAT'S HOW WE ROLL!" Vilde and Julie screamed.
"M~hm!" Lily and Erynne voiced in with bitchy tones.
Everyone fell to the floor anime style.
"YOU GUYS!" everyone screamed angrily.
"You know it!" Diana voiced from behind the mask.
"But why are you dressed like Malfoy and Black?" someone asked.
Sirius got a pained expression on his face. And the marauders knew what he was thinking. Something along the lines of 'Please, don't let Julie play my cousin! PLEASE!'. But of course, his prayers weren't answered.
"Oh, put two and two together, man! Seriously, you don't know who they are yet? Not even I am that slow!" Julie roared from the disguise as Bellatrix.
"But how did you get to look so much like them?" another asked.
"Let's just say, Flitwick is an excellent teacher," Anne said.
Flitwick blushed, but beamed down at the group of people.
"Then you guys remove your masks!" a Slytherin yelled, sounding pissed. He obviously knew that Bellatrix and Lucius were Death Eaters.
"Sure," Anne said, the mask hiding her smirk.
She threw off both the mask and the cloak. The cloaked girls were sure every single guy in that room got a tremendous nosebleed. Because Anne had not clothed herself as a Death Eater underneath. She was wearing a blood red pair of leather pants, tight to her ass and skin, as well as a blood red corset, pushing her breasts up a fair bit. Everyone stared for a second.
"Elektra's in the house, folks," Anne said securely, and Diana took off her cloak and mask as well, leaving her standing there in a sexy dress, vampire teeth, and long, black hair, courtesy of clips.
Izzy was next and took off her cloak and mask. And everyone in the hall screamed. She had chosen the outfit of a zombie. A lot of blood and green skin was probably the most terrifying about her. Izzy grinned evilly at the reaction she got, making her even scarier.
"You sure are jumpy," she said, before she, Anne and Diana walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down, followed by the other four girls.
They sat down by the marauders, who looked freaked.
"You couldn't have gone with something more subtle?" Sirius asked in a small voice.
Vilde aka Voldemort turned and smirked at him, something that led to whimpers. Voldemort, smirking? Nah, don't think so.
Vilde shook her head and smiled innocently. "Sorry, keep forgetting who I am pretending to be," she said with a wide grin.
But these three things, shaking her/his head, smiling innocently and then grinning was not better than the smirking.
"Just keep a poker face, all right?" James asked with a small voice.
"Sure," Vilde said lightly, making the marauders sweat-drop.
Erynne rose from the table. The three girls looked up at her, Lily through her mask.
"What is it?" Julie aka Bellatrix asked Erynne aka Lucius.
"Imma go talk to someone," she said with a wicked grin, making everyone look crept out.
Yes, including Vilde and Julie. But the two latter quickly recovered.
"Three guesses who she's about to go talk with," Vilde said wickedly, raising her eyebrows (the non-existent ones) suggestively.
Then suddenly, as people saw Erynne making her way over to other tables, a lot of others rose and walked to sit with those of their choice. Julie met Dumbledore's eyes and he beamed down at her and looked proudly around in the Hall. Probably proud that his school had such a good companionship. If you didn't count the Gryffindors and the Slytherins. And Erynne was on her way over to the other table. So, you could say he was proud indeed.
"Albus is awesome," Vilde said seriously.
"I never thought the day would come when Voldemort would utter those words," Julie said thoughtfully.
The girls laughed, but they both noticed how Peter shrank by the mentioning of the Dark Lord's name. Vilde looked at him. She pierced his eyes with her own. Peter could only look at her for a mere second before he bowed his head, like if he felt obligated to show her respect in a very weird way. Vilde and Julie then exchanged a very short glance.
"Lily, are you gonna stay a Death Eater as well, because you're scaring me," James said with a sad frown.
Lily found herself smiling softly at James, and thanked the gods she was wearing a mask.
"Well, that's the deal with Halloween, James," Lily said, and then noticed how her reply had also been very soft, compared to how she usually talked to him.
Dammit, was all the redhead could think. Vilde and Julie smirked knowingly at their best friend, but didn't leave it too obvious. Vilde then turned to Remus and beamed at him, making him swallow.
Vilde merely chuckled. "So, a werewolf, ey? What gave you that idea?" she asked him sneakily.
"It seriously wasn't my idea, but Prongs and Padfoot persuaded me," Remus said silently.
Vilde frowned. "You really shouldn't wear something you're uncomfortable in," she said.
Remus snorted at that, which made Vilde's frown deepen. "You know, a concerned Voldemort is something I'm trying to keep from my mind," Remus said, and Vilde chuckled.
She then put on a mask.
"Better?" she asked.
"Sure," Remus said, though it didn't sound convincing.
"So, what's with the snort?" Vilde asked, choosing to ignore his not so convincing reply to the mask.
"Every month I take on a form I'm uncomfortable in, you know," Remus pointed out.
"Fair enough," Vilde said with a small shrug, but inside she felt a lump tying her stomach.
She really hated it when Remus felt down. He was so pure and good. He shouldn't have had this happened to him. Though, if it hadn't, would he be so good? Would he be the one she loved? Vilde blinked to herself. Loved? she asked herself. Vilde then beamed behind the mask and looked up at Remus.
"I'm gonna hug you now," she said.
"Then I'm really glad you're wearing that mask," Remus commented, and Vilde laughed out loud.
It was a loud, chilly laugh that made the hairs raise on both Remus' and Vilde's backs.
"Oh, I'm so not doing that again," she said dryly, and then squeezed Remus into a hug.
Remus chuckled. "Please don't," he replied.
Erynne poked his shoulder, and Severus turned. His face paled and he seemed slightly spooked.
"Don't do that," he said quietly.
"Do what?" Erynne asked confused, forgetting who she looked like.
"Sneak up on me like that," Severus merely said.
"Fine," Erynne said, "May I sit?"
Severus looked at her in disbelief. "Have you any idea of what kind of impression you just gave this house? They hate you," he said dryly.
Erynne beamed.
"What?" Severus asked, slightly annoyed that she didn't take it seriously.
"You said 'they'," Erynne pointed out, her grin widening.
Severus shrugged. "So?" he asked.
"Meaning they hate me. Not you," Erynne said.
Severus turned a weird red shade, but glared at Erynne despite it. But he didn't seem to have anything to say to that.
"I'm gonna go down to the lake," Erynne then said.
Severus frowned. "What's that to me?" he asked with small eyes.
"Just so you know where I am," Erynne said lightly with a shrug.
She then turned and walked away. Severus narrowed his eyes at her retreating back, though his insides were screaming at him to follow her. However, he stayed put.
Later in the evening, James was standing with an unmasked Lily, who now simply wore the cloak and a scythe, portraying death. They were talking about Quidditch, something Lily wasn't really all that interested in, but when she listened to what James was telling her, she found that she liked the way his mouth moved, and that every word he said was if only a little interesting. She could grab a handle of what he said, and she soon found herself asking him questions about the sport.
James liked it very much. He had been a bit nervous when Sirius, Julie, Peter, Remus and Vilde had left for a walk outside, and he had automatically started talking about Quidditch, even though he knew that Lily wasn't particularly interested.
But she seemed fairly interested now, with her green eyes staring up at him, asking him questions he was proud to know the answers to. A strand of her hair was falling from the hood of the cloak, but she didn't care that it was hanging in her eyes, but only interested in what James said. He found himself marveling in her focus. He really liked it.
He smiled slightly as he kept going with the rules of when one could aim a Bludger at the Keeper without getting a penalty, but the strand was starting to annoy him, as it got in the way of her eye. So, without thinking, he raised his hand and gently pushed the strand behind her ear.
Lily felt herself stiffen, and as James figured out what he was doing, so did he with his hand still by her face. His blue eyes pierced her emerald ones, and all he wanted was to lean in and kiss her. But Lily regained her composure quicker than him. She pulled back and rushed out of the Great Hall. James stared after her for a while, and then sighed, looking slightly sad, and felt an overwhelming disappointment rush through him.
Vilde and Julie walked amongst the three other marauders that weren't James, talking like complete bitches, something that wasn't a good combo when they looked like the ones they looked like.
"And she's such a bitch!" Vilde said in a real bitchy tone with Voldemort's voice.
"I know, right?" Julie said, chewing a gum harshly.
"But I was thinking about our base. How about we make a wine yard?" Vilde asked, blinkingly.
"Oh, good idea!" Julie said.
"Then we could, like, get drunk every night!" Vilde said excitedly.
"I know! And it'd be so much fun! And can't we get a bubble-bath?" Julie asked with pleading eyes.
"DUH! Of course we must! Hot, nice, bubbly bubbles!" Vilde said happily.
Some students walked past them with scared eyes, and rushed away.
"Yeah, you walk away," Julie said bitchily after them.
They didn't turn to look, but the two friends knew they had heard.
Sirius sighed. "Girls, could you tone it down a bit?" he asked.
"Oh, your boyfriend didn't just ask us to tone it down," Vilde said, turning on Sirius.
"He better not," Julie said with narrowed eyes, looking a whole lot like Bellatrix would normally do.
"I feel like bitch-slapping him," Vilde said evilly, and Sirius raised his hands in defense.
"I'm just asking," he said with a grin.
"Oh, he better not be grinning at me," Vilde said with cruel eyes.
"Oh, I think he is," Julie said.
"Oh, no he isn't."
"Oh, yes, he is."
"Oh, no, he isn't."
"Yes, he is."
"No, he isn't!"
"Yes, he is!"
"No, he isn't!"
"YES, HE IS!"
"NO, HE ISN'T!"
"GIRLS!" shouted a girl's voice from by the entrance to the castle.
They all turned to look for the shouter, the boys relieved that Vilde and Julie stopped. It was Lily, and she was running towards them in super speed. She somehow linked her arms around both Vilde and Julie, and as the marauders blinked, the girls were gone.
"What is it, Charmy?" Vilde asked worriedly as Lily bent over to catch her breath.
"You didn't have too much of the brew, did you?" Julie asked with a wide smirk.
Lily felt it enough with a glare. "Then what is it?" Julie asked, taking the glare as a 'no'.
"That stupid, stuck up, ignorant, annoying, stuck up, weird, idiotic, cruel, stuck up, moronic, psycho of a guy made me LIKE him!" Lily yelled angrily.
Vilde and Julie blinked, and then they turned to each other.
"Told you so," Vilde said and reached out a hand.
"Dammit," Julie said with a pout and handed Vilde a sickle.
"You betted on us?" Lily screamed.
"Hey, girlie, what did you expect?" Vilde asked with a Voldemort-ishly tone, but not choice of words.
Lily seemed to think a bit, and then she nodded thoughtfully. "True," she eventually said.
"So, what'cha gonna do about it?" Julie asked suggestively.
"Oh, shut it, Cookie," Lily said with a pout.
"Let's just get back to the castle for starters," Vilde said with a smile.
"I think it's about time you two got out of your costumes and into the others," Lily said, and the two girls nodded, reached for their wands and did a spell.
Voldemort and Bellatrix faded away, leaving Julie standing there with a white, beautiful dress, and pointy ears, and Vilde with a loose shirt and trousers, wearing a pirate hat.
"That's better," Lily said approvingly.
The three of them then walked from the outskirts of the Dark Forest where Lily had taken them to in a mysterious way unknown to Vilde and Julie. When they saw the door to the castle, a shadow walked out of it, and they only frowned for a small minute before they knew who it was. But they didn't say anything. He looked like he was slightly relaxed for once, and they didn't want to stir that.
Erynne looked at the glassy lake with a slight frown. She had removed the Lucius disguise and was now dressed as a highly beautiful demon. She had expected Severus to come and talk with her, not because of the interest he held in her emotionally, but because he was still curious about her because of the mark on her left arm. She was about to rise when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned slightly and saw Severus stand there, looking as scary and dark as a bat. He sat down next to her when she saw him.
"You came," Erynne stated with a small smile tugging her lips.
Severus didn't reply. He seemed so cold all of a sudden. She wanted to ask him if something was wrong, but it just wasn't her place to ask him something like that. She just couldn't. Severus looked out at the lake, giving Erynne the opportunity to study him. He looked tired and restless at the same time. And there was a hint of worry or sadness in his eyes.
"So, how did you like our costumes?" Erynne asked teasingly.
Severus glared at her. "That's not funny," he said silently.
"Only because you don't have humor," Erynne pointed out.
"I do," Severus said stubbornly.
"Oh, really? Where is it then? Hiding beside your scared little bottom?" Erynne asked.
She was trying to keep her voice cool and light, but, jeez, with that guy, you really had to put up a fight. Severus looked at her. Erynne felt slightly uncomfortable under his shifty gaze, but she didn't twitch.
"Are you angry?" he asked her curiously.
"No," Erynne said, and with a sigh, she added: "It's just… You're so damned closed up, and I'm trying my best to get to know you. And it doesn't pay off. I just want you to trust me, that's all."
She looked away and down at the Lake.
"Well, I guess it's just not that easy to trust you, then," Severus said plainly, not knowing how much that actually stung Erynne.
"Gee, thanks," Erynne said sarcastically, keeping the hurt from her voice.
Severus looked at her. "Not only you, though. I guess I have trust issues or something," he said, and somehow, it made Erynne feel slightly better.
She smiled slightly. "Yes, you probably do," she agreed.
"That's not really funny," Severus said, mistaking Erynne's smile.
Erynne grinned wider."Of course it's not. I just-" she stopped short when she realized she had no way of explaining what the smile had been for without telling him that she kinda liked him.
"You just what?" Severus asked, clearly not believing her.
Erynne looked down at the lake again.
"You do think it's funny, don't you?" Severus said with a growl in his voice.
Erynne turned to him sharply, and her gaze pierced his. "I don't think it's funny at all, okay? I'm just glad I'm not the one you can't trust," she said stubbornly, fighting in vain against the blush spreading on her rather pale face. She was so thankful that it was dark.
Severus frowned. "I don't trust you," he said, not understanding what she meant.
"Yes, but that's not because of me, it's because you don't trust people in general," Erynne said, looking to the castle for refuge from meeting his eyes.
He didn't say anything. He was just silent. And Erynne found she liked sitting next to him in complete, utter silence. They stayed like that for a while, just looking at the Lake.
Lily was freaking out. She had said to her two fellow C's that she had forgotten something in the Head's Common Room. Of course, they had understood that she needed to think, and she had no intentions of denying that. The name 'James' kept ringing in her head, and though she didn't like it, she never wanted it to stop. She sighed and fell down on the couch, taking off some of the cloak. She really didn't feel like playing Death now. A groan escaped her lips as she stared into the ceiling.
"Why him?" she muttered.
"Why who?" a male voice asked from somewhere in the room.
Lily sat up straight with big eyes.
It
was
…
Remus.
Lily let out a breath she didn't knew she held. "How did you get in?" she asked him.
"The door was open. You didn't lock it," Remus said with a shrug.
Lily bit her lower lip. "Oh," she said with a small smile.
Remus walked over to her, looking slightly worried.
"What?" Lily asked him.
"Are you okay, Lily?" he asked her.
"I'm fine, why?" Lily asked, not really wanting to have this conversation, knowing where it was going.
"Really?" Remus asked, not believing her for a second.
"Really Remus. Please, let me be alone," Lily said with a pleading look.
"If you insist," Remus said and moved to the door.
"Sorry, Remus. I just need to think," Lily said slowly.
Remus turned his head to look at her. "Don't worry about it. I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I still owe you one," he said with a smile.
Lily smiled. "Yes, indeed you do," she said happily.
Remus then walked out of the door. Lily fell back down on the couch, closing her eyes, just as the door opened again.
"Did you forget something?" Lily asked, not bothering to sit up or open her eyes.
When she didn't get an answer, she sighed again. She was about to sit up just as something soft pressed against her cheek. Her eyes sprung open to see a lot of messy, black hair.
Lily's face burst into flame, but she pushed James away. "What in Merlin's name do you think you're doing?" she yelled at him with fiery eyes.
James didn't say anything, but he didn't seem embarrassed. Nothing like how Lily felt at least. Lily breathed heavily. James started walking towards her, and in two long strides, he was standing right in front of her. Lily stumbled back, but she bumped into the wall and James followed, not allowing her to get away. James leaned towards her in a slow motion. Lily almost felt frightened. He stopped inches away from her face. He frowned and straightened up.
"I would never hurt you, Lily. Ever," he said with a way too serious face.
It was nothing like James to be so serious. But Lily found that her gut stopped aching and her heart calmed slightly. She had complete faith in him. If he said he wasn't going to hurt her, he was not going to hurt her. It was that simple.
Lily almost wanted to hit herself for being just a bit afraid two seconds ago. "I know that," she said silently.
"You do?" James asked carefully.
"Yes. I do," Lily said, trying, but failing miserably to smile.
Though she wasn't afraid, he was standing very close to her.
James smiled down at her. "Good," he said, "Because, with your permission, I would like to kiss you."
Lily felt her breath hitch in her throat. She opened her mouth to say something, but no sound came out. She just felt like she was looking like a fish stranded on land, about to be headchopped. So she closed her mouth, and nodded very slowly.
James smiled down at her and once again leaned in, not stopping this time. His lips met hers in an extremely gentle way, and Lily felt herself surprised by the soft touch. She hadn't ever expected him to be so gallant when it came to girls, and, yet, here she was standing, melting in his arms and touch. She leaned more towards him, responding slowly to the kiss. James smiled slightly against her lips and laid his arms around her petite figure, pushing her a bit closer.
And that's how they stood for a while before they had to come up for air. James looked at Lily with a big smile. He then pulled her to him and hugged her harshly. Lily found herself laughing in his way too suffocating embrace before yelling at him that she needed air. Her face was still slightly red, but she beamed up at him when he let her go.
"I guess I get to ask you out again, ey?" James asked grinningly.
"James, you may hold my hand if you want to," Lily said with a roll of her eyes, before realizing what she had just said.
The blush came back at full speed. James chuckled.
"You know, you're on fire!" James said jokingly, making Lily frown, but laugh at the same time.
However, she wondered if that was just something he said to avoid what she had just said. She had as good as proclaimed them to be together. To be a couple. Then James grabbed her hand.
Lily looked up at him with a small frown. "Don't do that just because you don't want to disappoint me," she said slowly.
"I'm not. You're divine, Lily. I'm not even kidding. I'd be a fool to not want to hold your hand," he said.
Lily frowned. "Well, you kinda are a fool," she said and then stuck her tongue out at him.
"Oh, you're so gonna regret that!" James yelled and Lily screamed and ran around the couch, avoiding James at all costs, laughing her ass of in the meantime.
"HAH! Pay up, Crazy!" Julie yelled victoriously as they had finally gotten away from the Head's Common Room.
"I didn't bring money to the party. You'll get them tomorrow," Vilde said with a beam.
"You just lost a bet, Crazy. Why are you happy?" Julie asked.
"Because Lily and James are finally together!" Vilde said, jumping up and down, making Erynne, Sirius, Peter and Remus laugh.
Julie snickered too.
But Vilde also added another thing in her mind: "And you'll forget all about your money by tomorrow, Cookie! MOAHAHAHAHAAA!"
Vilde, Julie, Erynne, Lily: AAAAW!
Lily: Go me!
James: And me!
Sirius: It's about time, though…
Hey! Don't ruin this! This is sweeeeet!
Remus: GD is right, you know.
Sirius: She's poisoned you! NOOO! You are turning against me! NOOO! I'm gonna die alone! NOOOO!
Julie: Nah, I'll be here with you. GD can't poison me. I'm immune.
Sirius: Oh, right! You'll forever be with me here!
Julie: I'm glad you see it that way…
Let's move on, shall we?
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Lily: WAIT! GD has some words to explain!
Ah, that's right, hon! Thanks for reminding me. There's a place in this story where Julie says 'Le Gasp!' Well, it's kinda a thing here in Norway to throw in 'Le' before anything you do. And Julie is especially into saying things like that. And we figured that since we lived before our time, the shortened form of LOL and stuff like that didn't exist, so why not be the originator? Mihihihihi!
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