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Writing Club

Character Appreciation - 28. Era- Marauder

Book Club - Cliff Ackerly - (trait) popular, (word) bully, (action) tripping someone

CYB - (dialogue) "Did you drop this?"

"Well, well, look who it is," sneered Mulciber, deliberately tripping Lily so that both she and her book were knocked to the floor. "It's Mudblood Evans. Taint anyone lately?"

Lily stood up, glaring at her adversaries. "What happened to your girlfriend?" she inquired coolly. "Did she realize how much of cheating, lying scum you are?"

Muciber scowled menacingly. "Shut your mouth, filthy Mudblood. You have no room to talk to your superiors like that!"

Lily hotly opened her mouth to retort, but another voice interjected, "What's going on here?"

Both parties spun around and Lily tensed. It was James Potter, notorious troublemaker and king of the school, flanked by his posse, the Marauders.

"Potter," Mulciber muttered, suddenly quieter. "Nothing's going on. It's just Mudblood Evans."

James's eyes swept over her, scrutinizing her from head to toe. Lily stared back at him, defiant. No one could undermine her.

"Evans?" he queried at last, turning back to Mulciber. "She is a Muggle-born, but that doesn't make her any less than you or me."

Lily's jaw dropped, as did the rest of the audience's. James Potter, standing up for her?

"Even though her blood isn't pure, the rest of her is," he continued, an underlying challenge in his voice, as if he were daring Mulciber to question his authority. "And if you have an issue with that, you'll have to answer to me and my mates. That goes for all Muggle-borns."

Lily, dare she say it, was flattered. She had never talked to James Potter in her entire life, and yet, here he was, standing up for her and her fellow Muggle-borns against bullies like Mulciber.

Mulciber looked mutinous, but under the heavy glares of the Marauders and Sirius cracking his knuckles, he didn't dare. Instead, he shot Lily a venomous look and stalked away, his own companions mimicking him.

"Did you drop this?"

Lily looked up, and emerald met hazel. James Potter held out her textbook, a genial smile on his handsome face.

"Yes, I did." Lily straightened and took the book, flushing slightly.

"It's not a problem," he said, leaning down so his lips were level with her ear. "You know, I always thought Mulciber was a git, so this justified my opinion."

Lily giggled, her cheeks heating up. James Potter threw her a wink and departed, leaving Lily flustered and her heart pounding.

He might be not so bad after all.

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