Forgiveness, Just In Time
Alphas was sitting on her bed, books all out and open with spiral notebook in the middle of the mess. She was chewing on the end of a black ballpoint pen. She would do that for a second and then write furiously for a minute or two before repeating the actions; it took about ten minutes before she commented on Lily.
"I realize you hate me because I haven't fallen for your friend like I was supposed to," said Alpha, a snide undertone to her words, "so I get ignoring me, but the stalking? Is it a British thing?"
"Oh don't act like the-" Lily replied instinctively to Alpha before taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry."
Alpha looked up from her essay, "What?"
"Sorry," repeated Lily, not finding it any easier being as she still felt protective of Sirius.
"Sorry?" Alpha questioned, rolling her eyes and looking back down at her essay.
"Alpha?" Asked Lily, "I said I am sorry."
"Lily, we are so beyond sorry at this point," Said Alpha, "We were friends and you determined that you were better than that."
"I did no such thing," Replied Lily, upset she couldn't just take the apology and move on. "I just defended my friend."
"Oh yes," Said Alpha, "I always find getting mad at my friends sort of slightly ex of a sort of relationship and not talking to her, a girl who also happens to be my friend, is the best way to defend my friend who isn't even mad at her."
"Just because he acts okay, doesn't mean he isn't hurting." Said Lily, how could she not care?
Alpha rolled her eyes and continued to 'work on' her essay. "Lily," Said Alpha, "I'm not upset that you feel for Sirius, and honestly I could get some stigma. But for starters you never asked me what I thought, not even a bitter question of why came my way to try and defend myself."
"With the way you treated Sirius-"Said Lily, but she never got a chance to finish because Alpha interrupted her.
"-I thought friends were above that," Said Alpha, "Or do you approve of the way both Sirius and James have treated their 'girlfriends' of the past?"
"It's different with Sirius," Said Lily.
"And I had some loyalty to him?" Asked Alpha, "We were never anything official, and just because he explained to me why I shouldn't be alone for my entire life does not mean I owe him a date."
"You like him though!" Said Lily, her anger caused by her confusion. They were going to be happy! Herself and James, Sirius and Alpha, and Remus would find someone as well. They'd be happily ever after.
Alpha didn't reply for a second then sighed. "I'm so… mad, at you."
Lily laughed, "And I you."
Alpha sat up then, fully taking her attention away from her essay. "I learned a long time ago that friends can't consider how the other act's in relationships. You can provide advice, yell at them a bit, but you went so far. I thought we were friends."
"I'm sorry," Repeated Lily, "I really, I should have considered your feelings as well."
Alpha sat there for a second then nodded, "It's cool."
Lily smiled slightly and then pulled her side bag into her lap, "So about that essay.."
Alpha laughed, "Ah, now I see your true motives."
"Oh yes, like you didn't come to us solely because you were told we were smart." Replied Lily, then she shook her head, "our friendship is built on educational need, so what are you doing the essay on?"
"The classification of magic as dark or light," Alpha replied with a proud grin on her face, "my goal is to show the teach. that use girls can do just as accessional work."
Lily gasped, "That's a really advanced and sensitive topic, you had better be careful, with Lord Voldemort out there and getting stronger every day, the teacher might get mad at you."
Alpha gave a determined smile, "The essay is so good, he won't have an option." Then she laughed, "Plus, what's the worst that could happen? Everyone could find out my dad's Tom, AKA Lord Voldemort?"
Lily was usually serious, but the idea of the teacher figuring it out from her essay was too much, and she burst in a fit of giggles to match Alpha. For the rest of the night, Alpha helped Lily make her basic essay solid and good, supported with hard facts you had to really search for, and Lily worried for Alphas essay.
She needn't have worried about that, because outside of their door was a much bigger problem. Rita Skeeter. She had been staying with her fellow fourth years, she wasn't Gryffindor but they were friends and so she had visited, on her way down she had hear Lily and Alpha talking. She stopped to eavesdrop, it was irresistible, the two sixth year girls of Gryffindor towers lack of friendship lately was hot gossip in the halls of Hogwarts and Rita lived on Hogwarts gossip.
Child of the dark lord? Rita was positively beaming, that was great, she didn't even need her quick quotes quill for that. She grinned; this report was going to be known for years. She ran to her dorm then, shoving through everyone as she went. Once she got to her dorm she yanked her typewriter (a gift from her rich uncle) and wrote furiously, having the draft ready to publish in the school newspaper (of which she was the editor) by the next morning. She left a single copy wrapped in paper at the door to their common room marked Alpha Riddle.
DARK SECRETS OF THE SIXTH YEAR AMERICAN REVILED: What else do we not know? -Rita Skeeter, 4th Year Ravenclaw
The recent fight between beloved Lily Evans and mysterious Alpha 'Omega' has been no secret in the last couple of weeks. As a school many rumors were spread, was it love? Loss? Jealousy? Rumors were as simple as 'Evans just can't handle another girl to compete with in her love triangle with Sirius Black and James Potter'. Other rumors bordered on insanity; regardless of that their fight is not what this reporter is here to talk about.
Although, this reporter could never refuse a bit of gossip, let us digress for a second onto that story. According to a confidential but irrefutable source the argument was actually fairly simple. As everyone knows, 'Omega' and Black had a flirtationship for months and after the Battle at Hogsmead Sirius Black -bachelor supreme- tried to make it official, and he was rejected. This explains the situation being as Lily has been known to be recklessly loyal to her best friend. As for the slight tension between 'Omega' and Potter, this reporter would count it as another notch against those who think him and Evans will not last, as he has never picked a girl over a friend, much less a friend added to their coveted group dubbed 'The Murderers'.
Moving on, today we will find that our entire school structure will change not a big deal, but more relevant today than ever before. As to ease my great readers into the change, I'll start with the dull. Evans and 'Omega' are friends again, and all signs point to the Marauders being together once again.
The bigger news almost requires a second start, a new hooking sentence, a new book even. However, this reporter only has one column in the Hogwarts Ivy, and therefore must do with a new paragraph. Throughout this report it has been written Alpha 'Omega', why? Any guesses? Keep them, there is absolutely no way anyone could have expected this. Alpha 'Omega' came to our school almost 7 months ago, and over these last 7 months she has not once become 'old news'. At first we were shocked with her short and pink hair, a spell she claims she cannot undo. As time rolled on, she started the cheerleading teams of Hogwarts, a new and exciting addition to our Quidditch games. She snuck into the Marauders, a feat that many have tried before unsuccessfully. At the Battle at Hogsmead, rumors spread, had she faced the Dark Lord? Just as those rumors died, we found she wanted to be an Auror, a male job. Most recently we found that she had mysteriously been cast away by all of her friends except her most loyal friend, Remus Lupin. Now, the gossip tides have switched and we find out her true parentage, and current guardian, Tom Riddle- AKA Lord Voldemort.
Now, with this knowledge, all we can do is speculate. Clearly a death eater, is she a sort of 'sleeper cell' like terrorists in the United States of America? Is she here to keep students in order? Is she here to lead the previously rumored Hogwarts branch of Death Eaters? Only time will tell with this young dark witch. -Skeeter