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Juliette Aurum was having a tough morning. First, her roommate Allie Vaughn had stayed up a good portion of the night talking to another roommate, Jenna Friesen. Then she had woken up in the middle of the night because of aforementioned roommates snoring. After that, she was so excited to start the day that it took her at least an hour and a half to fall asleep. By the time she woke up, she was completely cranky and wanted no more than to strangle everyone within her field of vision.
Her day wasn't off to a great start, her shower was basically ice. Shivering, she got dressed and headed down to the great hall where Remus and Severus were laughing amongst themselves. Juliette was afraid, she thought that they were talking about her. Her mother had always said Juliette was quite a bit paranoid and Juliette agreed completely. Choosing to ignore them while rubbing her eyes, she sat down next to Remus and set her head down on the mahogany table, trying to get some last minute rest. Her arms were resting by her head, her elbows aligned with her ears. After two minutes of catnapping, she was "woken" up by a nuisance poking her shoulder, "Do I need to bring it to your attention that poking me is a great way to tarnish my content mood?" Juliette growled, closing her blue eyes.
"I'm sorry, I just thought you would like something to eat. I know I and Severus are hungry and we thought you would be too. Don't get mad at me," Remus said, patting the girl on the back. Her sky-blue eyes bore into his own and he could see the purple circles under her eyes. Juliette probably had a hard time sleeping. Remus had a rather pleasant sleep, having worn himself out with his crying.
"My stomach is telling that it's famished, yet I'm afraid to eat. The contents of my stomach will probably end up in a toilet bowl by the end of he day," Juliette mentioned, her empty stomach complaining in protest. As the rumbling of her stomach started again, this time louder, Juliette blushed in mortification knowing that she had to eat something or Remus would think she was sick. She grabbed a piece of toast drizzled lightly in butter and munched on it. She swallowed and asked, "Might I ask a question; what is our first class?"
Remus replied, sighing in disappointment, "Charms with the Gryffindors and then potions with Slytherin. After that it's double Herbology with Gryffindor."
Severus added, "Anyways, a guy from Gryffindor, his name is James, he sends me a Howler. But you know how you have to record your voice? Well James decided to record himself yelling at me and then was cut off by McGonagall because he was out past curfew and because he wasn't supposed to be yelling. Apparently Gryffindor has negative points right now."
"You caused a fracture in his nasal bone I believe last night," Juliette stated.
"Yeah."
"I'm very disappointed in myself for not being down here earlier."
Remus hugged her, patting her on the back while stating, "I mean it wasn't as hilarious but I have a feeling that James is going to get his own fair share of Howlers this year. He and Sirius, the boy with the curly hair are major troublemakers. Rumour has it that the duo set fire to the Head Boy's robes on the train yesterday.•
James was absolutely pissed off and mortified. The entirety of Gryffindor were laughing at him because of the failed Howler prank or resenting him because he was the reason that the house had negative ten points. He stared at Severus and noticed that a girl with brown curly hair had joined them. She looked absolutely exhausted like her night had been a complete and utter nightmare.
Sirius asked, "James are you in love?"
James swallowed, knowing damn well that he wasn't. Looking at the Ravenclaw table, he saw that Snivellus was enjoying the presence of the brown-haired girl. Before James went to Hogwarts, Mr. Potter, his father had taught him basic disarming spells. Potter had trained with these and was indeed looking forward to Defense Against the Dark Arts.
"Hey James, we have charms first with the Ravenclaws," Sirius said, a grin on his face, "Hey why don't we prank that girl. Do you know any spells that would work?"
James nodded and clearly said, "Expelliarmus."
Sirius nodded, the Black family had trained him in the dark arts. He was excited for Defense Against The Dark Arts- everyone was, and he knew he would excel in that class. "So we use expelliarmus on that girl at the same time?" Sirius asked?
"That's the plan," James replied.
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The three Ravenclaws were headed to the charms classroom, running up a flight of stairs in a hurry when they realized that the door to the classroom was locked. They found it quite easy to get lost, even Severus couldn't remember all of the ways to get to each classroom, despite being a student himself previously. The staircases were always moving and the people within the portraits were always visiting each other. Juliette said, "I'll search for Professor Flitwick, you guys stay here, okay?" She fiddled with her bag that was charmed to hold anything without causing any excess weight to be put on to her shoulders and she ran off.
The two remaining boys nodded and Juliette ran down the hallway, not seeing the two black-haired boys smiling deviously at her. She recognized one as James. Keeping up her steady pace, Juliette ran until she reached the top of the stairs, slowing down when she heard the two boys mutter a curse. Her body was flung down the stairs and she screamed, her ankle shattering against the wooden stairs. A last ditch attempt to stop anymore damage, Juliette wto stuck her arm out to stop her fall but she also heard that break with a crack. Merlin help me, she thought to herself, the pain within her injured limbs making itself known. There was a dull, throbbing pain in her temple and it hurt for her to breathe.
A voice called out, "I hope you liked that! Hope you don't snitch, Wormy! I heard Dumbledore favours Gryffindors and so if he asks you what happens, I'll just deny it!"
James laughed, "She's just faking it, I've fallen down the stairs multiple times. She's probably just embarrassed. I would be too if I were casted down a flight of stairs."
Sirius nodded, wanting to help the girl but not being able to find it within him to leave James alone. Perhaps he would teach James the wrong of his ways before it was too late or before he killed someone. To him, the curly-haired girl looked to be in pain. He ran off to the dormitories with James to grab his stuff, pushing the girl to the back of his mind. After all, he didn't want to lose his house any points for being late.
Lily Evans passed the two smirking boys when she heard a faint whimper. She glared daggers at James who stuck his tongue out at her and continued up the flight of stairs. She saw a very-injured Juliette laying at the bottom, whimpering in pain. Oh crap, I don't know how to fix this. I have a feeling those two have something to do with this. They probably hexed her, Lily thought to herself.
Lily ran up the stairs, hoping to find Professor Flitwick but instead saw Severus and Remus who both looked extremely confused. "Guys, I'm going to need your help. That girl you were sitting with- she was hexed down the stair and appears to be very injured. Please can you guys help me? What is the girls name?" Lily asked, her voice raising an octave. She was nervous for the girl, she knew that her arm was laying out at an awkward angle. It ought to be broken.
"Her name is Juliette Aurum," Remus whimpered as his eyes grew to the size of dinner plates as he heard this. Juliette was his best friend and he did not want her to be injured. Especially not now. It should have been him. A pool of guilt made itself known in Remus's stomach and he wanted to cry- he felt terrible. Being a werewolf, his emotions were always unstable, but he knew Severus was thinking the same thing.
Severus, who had been sitting down, immediately leapt to his feet. He knew that had it not been Juliette, it would have been him. The Marauders had never ceased prancing him for the first week of school. He had been hexed down a flight of stairs but unlike Juliette, he didn't get injured.
The three people ran to Juliette who was crying out in pain. She looks so helpless, Severus thought, that's probably what I look like after a big beating from my father. Merlin, she didn't deserve this. Why couldn't the duo hex me?
Remus had grabbed onto the hand of Juliette. He was afraid that she was severely injured and that she wouldn't want to be his friend anymore because he hadn't gone with her. He felt worse than a piece of dog poo. Or werewolf poo. Merlin, the girl looked like she was in severe pain.
Lily whispered, looking at the two Ravenclaw boys, "I'll go find a staff member. I'm no healer but I think she needs to go to the hospital wing." She ran off into the candle-lit hallways, finally finding Professor McGonagall. She had run down five flights of stairs and was relieved to finally find a staff member. Especially her head of house.
"Hello Lily, don't you have a class in ten minutes?" Minerva asked, noticing the flushed cheeks of the Evans girl.
"I need your help. A student was hexed down the stairs. Oh, please come quick," Lily begged, running off to find Juliette. There was one problem- the stairways had moved. She was unable to find her way to the charms classroom. Lily felt the tears well up in her eyes, Professor McGonagall would be so upset with her. She had just tarnished her reputation with the transfiguration teacher. Lily looked into her teacher's eyes and noticed the confused look. "I'm so sorry, I think I'm lost. Can you take me to the Charms classroom? The students name is Juliette Aurum."
Minerva remembered the rather eager blue-eyes girl who was the first to be sorted last night. She nodded as she muttered, "Point me, Juliette Aurum." As she followed where the spell lead her, she wondered how badly was the student injured. Had it been a few scrapes, Minerva would give a harsh scolding to this Juliette girl, but Lily had said she had been hexed so it had to be serious. Right?
Finally they reached the girl. Minerva was shocked at the sight that awaited her- the girl was sprawled out beneath the landing of the stairs with her left leg an right arm both at unfamiliar angles. "I'll go floo-call Madame . Perhaps she'll be able to help," Minerva said as she walked off.
"Who did you think did this to her?" Lily asked, the tears threatening to spill out of her emerald eyes. She was upset that someone would do this to someone else but she knew of muggles that caused conflict with each other for nearly no reason. Like that Hitler guy that Lily had learned about in Primary school.
"James, he called me Wormy," Juliette whimpered, finding it even harder to breathe. She ached everywhere and her vision was beginning to blur. She wanted to close her eyes but someone was holding them open, telling her not to go to sleep; she could have a serious brain injury. It took her awhile but she realized that it was Severus who was telling her not to sleep, his silky voice ringing in her ears. Juliette couldn't take it anymore and eventually closed her eyes, allowing slumber to completely control her.
Severus was completely pissed, not only had the duo called her Wormy, (obviously due to her bookish nature) but they had also hexed her. He was extremely worried that the girl had fallen asleep. He knew the signs of a concussion when he saw them, this girl had multiple signs, two different sized pupils, loss of consciousness, etc. Severus could only hope that Juliette Aurum was okay and wouldn't suffer any long-lasting impact due to the duo.