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Chapter 28-The Beginning of the End
Back in the dorm Lily and Kas were being interrogated and yelled at.
'WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?' Diana yelled, 'THEY WERE HITTING YOU AND UNSULTING YOU LAST NIGHT AND NOW YOU'RE DATING THEM! WHAT HELL ARE YOU ON?'
Lily uncovered her ears, 'Are we allowed to speak yet?' she asked.
'No I haven't had my turn yet' Emma said, Lily sighed and covered her ears again.
'YOU STUPID COWS WHY THE HELL DID YOU SAY YES TO THEM? BEN WAS ALMOST THROWING HIMSELF ON YOU LAST NIGHT LILY AND HE CALLED A FUCKING MUDBLOOD! DO YOU GUYS HAVE EVEN A SINGLE BRAINCELL BETWEEN YOU? I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE THE SMARTEST WITCHES IN OUR YEAR?' she screeched; Kas just looked at them and sighed as Lily uncovered her ears.
'Now can we speak?' Lily asked impatiently.
'No I haven't finished' Emma said calmly as Lily covered her ears again.
'WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING? EVEN I'M NOT THAT BLOODY STUPID! THEY THROW YOU AROUND LIKE YOU'RE FUCKING DOLLS AND THEN YOU AGREE TO GO OUT WITH THEM? HAVE YOU COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY LOST YOUR MINDS?' Emma screamed at them. She and Diana continued to scream at them while Rose turned to face them.
'I won't scream and shout but I do think what you did was both stupid and brave. You guys have given up your happiness for us' she smiled as Diana and Emma stopped their screaming, 'Thanks guys, sorry we couldn't do anything to help.'
Rose stood up and hugged her two friends as tears leaked from Kas' eyes. It was the fact that Kas was so close to crying that made Diana and Emma cease their explosion and walk up to their two friends and hug them.
'Sorry bout the screaming guys but someone had to do it' Emma said, Kas and Lily laughed and the five girls turned to walk out of the door.
'Err… one question… how do you plan on telling the Marauders?' Rose asked. Lily and Kas froze in the doorway and turned to face each other.
'Oh shit…' Lily said quietly.
'We're screwed…' Kas said, and then suddenly she turned to go back in when Lily grabbed her arm.
'How the hell am I gonna face Sirius after this? He's gonna kill me…' Kas said weakly; the others came over and helped her to the bed before she collapsed onto it and looked up at the roof of her bed, eyes glazed over.
'How are we actually going to face the Marauders after this? After what they did for us last night?' Kas asked quietly.
'I don't know Kas…' Lily said quietly, 'I really don't know…'
The other three came over and Emma but a comforting hand on Lily's shoulder.
'We'll stand by you guys, we've cooled off now and we understand. Even if we think you are the stupidest cows to have ever walked this planet your still our mates and we won't let you down' she told them both. Lily and Kas smiled gratefully at their friends and then the five girls turned and walked down the stairs to the Great Hall ready to face the music.
The five girls walked into the Great Hall and made to sit at the end of Gryffindor table nearest the doors, unfortunately Remus caught sight of them and waved them over. Groaning inwardly Kas and Lily walked behind the others until they reached the Marauders.
'Did you tell them before you guys came to the common room?' Lily asked Rose quietly as they walked up. Rose shook her head.
'I just told Emma and Diana. I thought it best to leave it to you' she said, Lily smiled thankfully and the five girls sat down. Throughout the meal both Kas and Lily were silent and only gave short comments every so often finally breakfast was over and the group stood up to leave.
'What's wrong with you two?' James asked, 'You're being really quiet today.'
Lily looked at Kas and sighed.
'We've err… got something to tell you…' Lily said as they reached the Entrance Hall and headed outside.
'What's happened?' Sirius asked worriedly, putting an arm across Kas' shoulders. Kas shrugged him off and walked faster towards the lake, Lily by her side. The other three girls exchanged worried looks before hurrying to keep up with their two friends. The Marauders jogged to keep up and finally the group of 4th years positioned themselves under a tree beside the lake.
'So what is it you've got to tell us?' Remus asked; Lily and Kas exchanged a quick look before Lily spoke again.
'Well… you see this morning when me and Kas were talking we… well she… well she decided last night after you'd all gone to sleep but I only found out this morning-'
'Lily… you're rambling' Emma said, looking worriedly at the Marauders' reactions. Lily sighed.
'In short' Kas said looking across the lake to the forest, 'Last night I decided that this morning I would go up to Mike and tell him I would go out with him after he asked me last night. I told Lily this morning and she flipped and then came along with me. After I told Mike Ben went up to her and asked her out and she-'
'Being the stupid cow she is' Emma interrupted; Lily smacked her round the head.
'I accepted so Kas wasn't being the only stupid one and I wasn't going to let her down when she'd done that for us' Lily finished.
The girls waited with baited breath for the hammer to fall…
'YOU DID WHAT?' Sirius roared jumping to his feet with James beside him; Remus was looking at the two girls with shock evident all over his face.
'You heard' Kas said quietly not looking at them.
'YOU STUPID COWS! WHAT THE HELL POSSESSED YOU TO DO THAT?' James roared. Kas stood up angrily and faced them.
'SO HE WOULD LEAVE YOU LOT ALONE!' she screamed at him, 'WE DID IT SO YOU GUYS WOULDN'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH AS MANY INSULTS AND FIGHTS AS BEFORE!'
'WHY THE HELL DID YOU AGREE TO GO OUT WITH HIM THOUGH? WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL HIM TO LEAVE YOU ALONE?' Sirius thundered. Lily stood next to her friend.
'We did it so they would leave you alone! The least you could do is to cut us some slack! You really think we wanted to do this?' she yelled at them.
'Then why did you?' Remus asked quietly.
'Because that's what I've been brought up to do' Kas said looking at him, 'I've always been told to look after others and put others before me. I can't remember ever being told to do anything else.'
Suddenly Remus understood, she had lived so long with the wolves whose nature it was to protect the pack before protecting itself that it had become second nature to her; so when they'd been attacked she'd gone to put it right in the only way she could think of that would mean they'd be safer and Lily had been a good friend and done the same to make sure that Kas was safer as well.
Sirius and James had faces like thunder.
'What about us, eh? You just gonna throw us away like we never existed?' Sirius asked loudly. Kas turned away so no one could see the tears that were threatening to fall.
'I don't want to do this but I have to…' she said, Sirius looked as if he'd been punched in the face. He turned and made to walk away before James grabbed hold of his arm.
'Let go James I can't stay here with these cows!' he almost screamed. Lily looked at him with eyes blazing.
'You bastard! I can't believe you!' she screamed at him, 'We give up our happiness to keep you safe and all you can do is call us cows! Well now at least it's clear your name relates to your heart, Black!'
Sirius rounded on her, 'DON'T EVER SAY THAT AGAIN!' he roared taking out his wand and pointing it straight at Lily. She took her own out and faced him eyes blazing.
'Bring it on, Black!' Lily said; James pushed Sirius' arm down.
'Come on Sirius it's not worth it' he said, Sirius looked away. That was when Rose surprised them all.
'You bastards! They've given up their happiness and a part of their freedom for you lot! STOP ACTING LIKE YOU'RE THE ONES WHO ARE SUFFERING AND YOU'VE GOT THE BEST TIME OUT OF ALL OF US; SO GET YOUR HEADS STUCK OUT FROM YOUR ARSES! OR DO YOU NEED A MAP TO DO THAT WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE?' Rose screamed at them; everyone looked at her stunned.
'What?' she asked, Lily tried not to smile and failed miserably.
'I wondered how long you'd go before you blew up at someone' Lily said to her quiet friend; Rose turned a brilliant shade of red. Kas smiled and then started to walk towards the lake.
'Where the hell are you going?' James asked her; Kas turned to face him.
'Wouldn't you like to know, Potter?' she answered coolly. James' face was thunder and Sirius took out his wand again, James followed his example.
'Just tell me why you did it, Starsword' Sirius said; Kas looked as though someone had just slapped her round the face.
'Because I care about you Sirius' she quietly before she turned and walked around the lakes edge towards the forest. Sirius looked as if he'd been slapped; actually it was probably a good thing he did because when Lily turned round and slapped him he didn't have to alter his facial expression.
'That's what you get when you break the heart of one of my friends, Black' Lily snarled at him, James made to grab her arm but she turned around and slapped him around the face, 'Don't even try it, Potter.'
And with that she turned around and walked after Kas who had paused at the edge of the forest; Emma and Diana cast one last look at the boys and then turned and jogged after Lily, Rose followed but not before giving the two boys an evil glare each.
'I think we better get inside' Remus said quietly; he and the other three walked solemnly back into the castle and straight to the Room of Requirement, though Remus wasn't sure whether it was such a good idea for them to be attempting the Animagi transformations in such bad moods.
Back by the edge of the forest Kas had sat down on the grass and had her gaze fixed on the trees. The others came up behind her; Lily put a hand on her shoulder.
'You ok Kas?' she asked her yellow eyed friend. Kas looked up at Lily and smiled.
'They're coming' she said quietly and looked back at the forest, tears in her eyes. Her friends exchanged worried glances, none of them understanding who Kas was referring to. Lily was just about to ask her friend who was coming when a white shape bounded out of the forest and knocked Kas to the ground. Kas laughed and embraced the wolf like an old friend; another three shapes followed the white one and soon Kas couldn't be seen underneath the mountain of fur.
After a few minutes she pushed them off her and sat up again; she looked up at her friends and motioned for them to kneel down; looking at each other with worried glances the other four Florettes knelt beside their friend.
'Guys I think you should finally meet the pack properly,' Kas said and she turned back to the wolves, 'this is a part of my human pack; this is Lily, Diana, Emma and Rose.'
The wolves came up to each of the girls in turn and sniffed their hands and faces, wagging their tails and licked the girls' hands. Kas introduced the girls to Shadowmoon, Hazel, Arnica, and Ebony. After almost half an hour of the girls playing on the edge of the forest with the wolves they decided to head in for dinner. With a last goodbye, and a longer farewell on Kas' part, they headed into the Great Hall. When they arrived Lily and Kas were waved over to sit with Mike and Ben and their friends.
'You don't have to sit with us if you don't want to' Lily said quietly to the other three but they shook their heads and the five girls went to sit with the boys. Further down the table a group of boys were shooting them hurt, angry, concerned and confused glances at the five girls: two of them in particular. When dinner finally ended Mike took Kas off to the grounds for a quiet word.
'I'll wait for you' Lily said to her, but Kas shook her head and Lily returned to the common room with the other Florettes and the rest of Mike's friends; Ben's arm slung over her shoulder the whole way.
A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks to all my reviewers you really do make my day sometimes guys! throws cookies and chocolate out to all the reviewers Hope no one is going to kill me for anything in this chapter… if you are then… oh well I'll just have to walk around in my indestructible clothes for a few weeks wont I? Anyway Christmas Break should be coming up in the next few chapters and a few surprises as well I daresay. Anyway thanks again to my reviewers and thank you to everyone who is reading this fic! I couldn't have done it without all of you (I also couldn't have done it without the pestering of my friends as well but there you go… what are friends for? Lol)
Ciao for now
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