A/N: Hey everybody! Hope you have enjoyed your day. Just another reminder, I go back to school on Wednesday the 4th of September. So expect normal updates (which are once a week). I'm like, really disappointed in myself because I thought I would get loads done on this story during the holiday and maybe even finish it but that hasn't turned out very well and it's really annoying because I didn't even go on holiday during the summer holidays so I should've had plenty of time to write but I didn't because apparently we have to go out. And also just while we're on the topic of holidays I have decided that from around the 7th of October to the 4th of November is my break from writing. Mainly because I am going on holiday for 2 weeks during them weeks and just so I can pack, get used to time zones etc. This A/N was kind of long sorry… ALSO, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY ON THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER PLEASE REVIEW FOR ME! THANKS!
DISCLAIMER: HARRY POTTER AIN'T MINE. MAYBE I SHOULD ASK FOR IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY…
DEDICATED TO: MY MUM AND DAD? FOR UH…. MAKING ME? AWKWARD…
-CONVERSATION OF THE CHAPTER-
(A/N: Some news, I'm going to start speaking to characters more than once because it feels weird and wrong talking to people in the conversation of the chapter if they're not in that chapter so yeah.)
ME: Hello Professor McGonagall.
PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: Hello.
ME: So how have you been recently?
PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: Very well actually thank you.
ME: No trouble from any students then recently?
PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: No not really. Those mysterious pranksters haven't pranked for a while. Probably planning for April fool's day. Such a silly holiday…
ME: Yeah… such a silly holiday. (A/N: I'm lying! April fool's is an awesome holiday. One of the best! Along with Christmas, Halloween, Easter, birthdays… candy, candy, candy, candy… Why did I say candy? I'm not even American.) I love holidays… presents… money…)
PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: Yes, and we have been doing very well in Quidditch this season. Especially since Miss Prewett and Mr Potter have joined the team.
ME: Yes… speaking of Mr Potter, don't you have to go talk to him and a certain 4 others about something soon.
PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL: Yes. They could turn up at any time so I should be going in case they call and I'm not there.
ME: Okay. Bye!
*Professor McGonagall disappears*
ME: How can that women hate April fool's day? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND! HELP ME UNDERSTAND! ON WITH THE STORY WHILE I TRY TO UNDERSTAND!
28
James and Sirius returned to the rest of the group after Sirius had spoken.
Sadly, Gracie had to leave and go to her appointment soon after and Lily demanded that they left so they could go to their last classes.
With a quick goodbye and a see you in September to Liam they were out of St. Mungo's.
'We need excuses.' Lily said as they travelled through the tunnel from Zonko's to Hogwarts.
'Me and Sirius woke up late and then couldn't find my Potions book so we got distracted looking for it, Emmeline was sick and Marlene stayed behind with her and Lily began searching through some books for symptoms because you all forgot Madam Pomfrey existed.' James stated, leaving no room for arguments.
He was not dealing with arguments. He was tired. They had stupidly thought that they could find the Leaky Cauldron from St. Mungo's and had ended up wondering what felt all around London. They finally found the old pub and had to crawl under the tables and on the floor again because they couldn't be seen. Then, a panic attack came along as they couldn't find the floo powder as Lily had had it, then gave it Marlene to look after, who gave it to Liam, who gave it to Gracie who had somehow gave it to Sirius without him noticing it. Sirius luckily found the powder in his pocket before them left The Leaky Cauldron and went back to St. Mungo's. They flooed out of there quickly, snuck out of the office in Zonko's and into the passage.
30 minutes later, James legs and head ached.
'Okay.' Lily, Marlene, Sirius and Emmeline replied, sensing his mood.
'Good.'
The rest of the walk was spent in silence.
'Blindfolds.' Sirius said suddenly when he could see the door meaning they were at the end of the passage.
Marlene. Emmeline and Lily unhappily put the blindfolds back on.
James opened the door; he and Sirius led the girls out of the room, closing the mirror behind them.
They headed back to the common room.
James said the password when the Fat Lady asked,
'Ripsaw.' He said.
The Portrait sung open and the blindfolds were taken off the 3 girls.
'Why were you wearing blindfolds?' Hestia asked.
To Lily's disappointment, they had just missed afternoon classes and the common room was full with Gryffindor students.
Hestia, who had stood up and came over to greet them, led them back to where Peter, Remus, Alice, Frank and Mary were sitting in a corner.
'Hey guys!' Sirius said happily.
Sirius had been in this mood since visiting Gracie and it was nice to see him happy but after a while it was annoying.
'Uh… hi.' Remus said, giving Sirius an odd look.
'We got to see her Remus and it was awesome! She looked so pretty and-'
'So how come a few hours turned into over 24?' Frank asked, deciding to not listen to Sirius rambling.
'Well…' James started off.
'Wait! I know you want to hear the story and all but remember? Professor McGonagall wants to see you. As soon as you turn up or something. I hope you have your lies ready and are all good Actors and Actresses.' Mary interrupted.
'What? Places people. Lily look worn out from reading, Emmeline get changed into some pyjamas so it looks like you have been in bed all day, Marlene put on some comfy clothes so it looks like you have been lounging around all day and me and Sirius will get changed into are uniform with it all messy so it will look like we've been searching for my Potion book all day. Meet back here in five.'
'Yes sir, yes sir.' They all responded.
Okay, well Sirius did but the others didn't.
The 5 of them scrambled up the stairs.
'Mess the room up!' James hissed.
'Why?' Sirius questioned, while grabbing his uniform and throwing it on messily.
'So if she checks it looks like we have been looking.' James replied, tugging his own uniform on.
James and Sirius quickly pulled out drawers and threw it contents all over the room, opened the trunks and emptied them, ripped the covers off the bed and turning the mattresses over and just completely messed the whole room up.
'I am not tidying that up.' Sirius mumbled as they ran downstairs to meet the girls.
'I know.' James replied, reaching the bottom of the stairs and stopping.
'Right, everyone remember their stories?' without waiting for an answer he said, 'Great! Let's get going then!'
James, Lily, Marlene, Sirius and Emmeline left the Common Room and headed to Professor McGonagall's in silence.
While walking James looked at the other 3 girl's outfits.
Lily had her hair in a messy bun and healing book in her hands.
Marlene was in a plain T-shirt and sweats and had a sick bag in her hand.
Emmeline was in her pyjamas and had a hand over her stomach with a sour look on her face.
James thought that they looked pretty convincing.
They finally reached their Head of House's office and Lily knocked.
'Come in.' Professor McGonagall's voice said from inside.
Marlene opened the door.
'Ah, Mr Potter, Mr Black, Miss Evans, Miss Vance and Miss McKinnon. Please take a seat.'
They slowly sat down.
'Miss Vance why are you in your pyjamas?' Professor McGonagall asked, peering at her expectantly.
'Well Professor,' Emmeline started.
Lie. Lie. Lie. Lie.
'I woke up this morning with a really bad stomach ache and I threw up. I stayed in bed all day in case I threw up again and Marlene stayed with me in case I need and help or I got worse. Lily found some healing books in Gracie's trunk and read over them to see if there was anything we could do to help it.
'And why didn't Miss Jones, someone in your own year stay with you?' Professor McGonagall asked with raised eyebrows.
'Well because we had a Charms exam today and she couldn't miss it as she hadn't been doing all in Charms at the moment and Professor Flitwick said that if we miss it we get detention unless with have a good enough excuse and I thought that looking after someone while they were sick and you weren't wasn't a good enough excuse so I made her go to class and Marlene volunteered to watch over me.'
'While I admire that you didn't want your friend to miss her Charms test and get detention you do realise that you should've gone to Madam Pomfrey all along?'
'Madam Pomfrey?' Marlene asked looking confused.
'The person in charge of the Hospital Wing at this school Miss McKinnon which does in fact exist.'
'Hospital Wing… oh! We should've taken Emmeline there!' Marlene said face palming.
Good acting. Keep it up…
'Yes you should've.'
'We forgot all about Madam Pomfrey! Then Emmeline would've been in good care and we could've gone to classes! Oh Professor, did we miss anything important?'
James knew that Lily seriously actually wanted to know if they missed anything important. And if they had it would've been all his fault. According to Lily anyway.
'In every class at Hogwarts you learn something new each lesson which yes, is important.' Professor McGonagall said sternly.
Lily put her face in her hands.
...okay...looks like Lily is a person who extremely cares about her education.
Not that's there's anything wrong with that of course.
'Well now Miss McKinnon, Miss Vance and Miss Evans have told me why they weren't in classes all day, now it's your turn Mr Potter and Mr Black.' Professor McGonagall said, shifting her gaze from Emmeline, Marlene and Lily to James and Sirius.
'Well you see, me and James both woke up this morning really late, like near lunch time late.' Sirius started off.
'And then I realised that I couldn't find my Potions book and I needed it for class.' James spoke up.
'So me, being the good friend that I am, decided to help him look for it.' Sirius said.
'It took ages to find it and when we did find it classes were over.' James finished off.
Professor McGonagall pursed her lips.
'You do realise don't you boys that Professor Slughorn would've lent you books for the lesson if you couldn't find your own? And if you sit at the same table together Mr Black and Mr Potter then you could've shared Mr Black's book as it was only Mr Potter's that went missing.
'Oh no, Professor, both of our books went missing. Half way through searching we thought some had hid them both as a practical joke on us…'
'I see. Well, I expect you here every day after school for the next 2 weeks.' Professor McGonagall said.
'What?'
'You heard Mister Black. This week, you will learn every night after school for an hour what Miss Vance missed today and next week we will earn what the rest of you missed today.'
'But we already know first year stuff!' Sirius protested.
'Well this is great time to refresh your memories isn't it Mr Black?'
'Yes Professor.' Sirius mumbled.
'Good. I will see you here then after school tomorrow. We'll start with the Charms test Miss Vance missed today.'
'Professor!' James moaned.
'No excuses. Dinner will be ready soon. Out.'
They filed out of her office.
'Why did we invite Emmeline? An extra week now.' Sirius muttered to himself, not quite quiet enough.
'Hey!' Emmeline said looking hurt.
'I'm sorry. I'm just annoyed okay? You did well at acting.'
Emmeline nodded.
'Thanks.'
'Well I'm personally happy that she didn't find out the truth and we didn't get expelled.' Lily said.
'Yeah and that we're catching up on what we missed today.' Marlene muttered.
Lily stayed silent.
The Sirius frowned.
'Damn! She didn't even check our room! We made that mess for nothing and now we need to tidy it up!'
'I am not tidying that room up. It's not happening.' James stated.
'So not happening.' Sirius agreed.
