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Their drinks arrived and they ordered their food, but because of it being only a few hours after the feast the food was mainly appetizer style. (i.e. soup, salad.)
When they had finished eating, a different guy came out with a trolley much like the one on the Hogwarts express only it had different types of desserts. Lily chose a piece of cherry cheesecake and Sirius got a huge banana split with chocolate ice cream.
"Were you starved this summer or something?" Lily asked smiling.
"Nope, the Potter's fed me quite grandly. You should see James, he eats just as much as me, if not more." Sirius said.
Lily took the next few minutes of silence to look around the room. She saw James and Serenity laughing at all the food James had taken on the trolley, at Remus and Maddy who were deep in discussion about god knows what, Peter and Alecia were eating with little discussion between mouthfuls, Sandy and Kayla had moved to the dance floor dancing along side Haley and Shane. Everybody seemed to be having a good time.
"What's wrong Lily?" Sirius asked concerned. Apparently her thoughts had been going on pretty long.
"Oh sorry. Nothing. I was just thinking about what amazing guys you are to have done this for us." Lily replied.
Sirius looked relieved. "I thought you were having a bad time or something because you were looking at everyone else with something like admiration."
"Oh Sirius, you're the only one I wanna be here with and I don't ever want to hear you say different." Lily said.
"Ok, do you wanna dance?" Sirius asked dropping the subject.
"Sure!" Lily replied jumping out of her seat reaching for Sirius' outstretched hand.
After a few minutes everyone was dancing and the 'waiters' were slowly transfiguring things back to their original state.
About an hour later everything was back to normal.
"Okay you guys have to leave now, it's almost midnight already. And we're tired and we have classes tomorrow." One of the sixth years said.
"Yeah so leave." Another said falling backwards onto his bed.
"And don't forget to hold up your end of the deal." Josh said ushering them out of the room.
When they reached the common room everyone said goodnight and headed to their respected rooms. But when the girls reached their room they were anything but tired.
"That was one of the best nights of my life." Lily sighed and fell onto her bed.
"Are you kidding me? That was THE best night of my life." Maddy said, jumping up and down on her bed.
"I think James is actually interested in me." Serenity squealed from the middle of the room. Lily smiled but deep down she winced. She seemed to have the slightest crush on James, but because of Serenity she wouldn't say a word. She had Sirius, didn't she? She thought.
The girls continued to gossip until a prefect came in and told them to go to sleep because it was well into the morning hours.
By the time they woke they were dead tired and last nights actions were finally taking their toll.
"I can't believe we have to get up now! It's sooo early!!!" Alecia whined.
"It's actually seven fifty, we have to get ready or we're going to be late!!!" Lily yelled.
"Accio robes. Good thing we ate so much last night, I'm still stuffed. Accio socks." Serenity said.
"Good thinking Serry. Accio robes, Accio shoes, Accio backpack." Lily said silently thanking her books for teaching her that spell early. Before long things were being summoned to the girl's beds as they changed and packed their things. The girls probably made a record because they made it to the great hall by eight fifteen, before collecting the boys and rushing off to charms.
"Well don't you girls look great." James said sarcastically.
"Shove it Jamie." Lily snapped.
"Why the bad moods and glum faces?" Sirius asked politely.
"It was no thanks to you guys, keeping us up till around two thirty in the morning." Haley retorted.
"What are you talking about? We left you guys at like midnight." Sandy argued.
"Yeah but you guys had to show us such a good time we had to gossip about it for hours." Maddy argued back.
"Here we are." Lily stated just as the guys muttered something like 'girl stuff'.
The group of friends must have been the last to arrive because as soon as they took their seats at the back of the room the professor started.
"Good morning class, I am Professor Sparkle and I will be your charms teacher this year. Today we aren't going to waste any time. We're going to start with the summoning charm (the girls smiled at each other) and then we'll be working toward the levitating and disarming charms. Then later we'll get into the tickling and jelly legs curses and counter curses. And now without further adieu we shall start. You must flick your wand and say 'Accio' and then whatever it is you want. For example, Accio quill, Accio parchment. Now you all have your quills for practicing?" Everybody nodded.
Lily made a mental note that she had charms with Hufflepuff. She then noticed that everybody had started and that Maddy, Serry, Alecia, Kayla, and Haley were the only ones that could it.
"Accio quill." Lily said. Her quill flew directly into her hand.
"Well done Miss. Evans, will you please help Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, and Mr. Lupin?" Professor Sparkle asked.
"Certainly Professor." Lily replied walking over to the Marauders.
"How did you do that?" Remus asked bewildered.
"I read it in our text and the girls and I practiced it this morning getting ready.' Lily explained. 'Now all you have to do is flick your wand, say Accio quill, and it will come to you just like that."
"Easy enough. Accio quill.' Sirius said as his quill flew into his hand. 'cool"
Pretty soon everyone was able to summon the quills and began practicing on other things. Soon things were flying everywhere and Professor Sparkle had to stand on her desk to get everyone's attention.
"-whistle- everyone sit in your desks, NOW!' She yelled. Everyone rushed back to their seats and snapped to attention. 'Well I see you have the summoning charm down pat. So now we'll start on the levitating charm. You do a simple swish and flick movement of the wand and say Wingardium Leviosa, make sure you pronunciate the o in Leviosa. Now try to levitate your quills."
"Wingardium Levi-o-sa." Lily said. Her quill flew high into the air along with Kayla, Serry, and Haley's. Maddy and Alecia took a couple more tries before they got their quills up.
"Look class Miss Evans and her friends have done it! You girls must be naturals. Will you girls please help out around the classroom?"
"Sure Professor." Maddy answered, while Serry and Lily made a mad dash for Sirius, James and the rest of the gang. The others went to some Hufflepuff tables to meet some new people.
The class finally ended and the friends had a mere ten minutes to get to Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
Their drinks arrived and they ordered their food, but because of it being only a few hours after the feast the food was mainly appetizer style. (i.e. soup, salad.)
When they had finished eating, a different guy came out with a trolley much like the one on the Hogwarts express only it had different types of desserts. Lily chose a piece of cherry cheesecake and Sirius got a huge banana split with chocolate ice cream.
"Were you starved this summer or something?" Lily asked smiling.
"Nope, the Potter's fed me quite grandly. You should see James, he eats just as much as me, if not more." Sirius said.
Lily took the next few minutes of silence to look around the room. She saw James and Serenity laughing at all the food James had taken on the trolley, at Remus and Maddy who were deep in discussion about god knows what, Peter and Alecia were eating with little discussion between mouthfuls, Sandy and Kayla had moved to the dance floor dancing along side Haley and Shane. Everybody seemed to be having a good time.
"What's wrong Lily?" Sirius asked concerned. Apparently her thoughts had been going on pretty long.
"Oh sorry. Nothing. I was just thinking about what amazing guys you are to have done this for us." Lily replied.
Sirius looked relieved. "I thought you were having a bad time or something because you were looking at everyone else with something like admiration."
"Oh Sirius, you're the only one I wanna be here with and I don't ever want to hear you say different." Lily said.
"Ok, do you wanna dance?" Sirius asked dropping the subject.
"Sure!" Lily replied jumping out of her seat reaching for Sirius' outstretched hand.
After a few minutes everyone was dancing and the 'waiters' were slowly transfiguring things back to their original state.
About an hour later everything was back to normal.
"Okay you guys have to leave now, it's almost midnight already. And we're tired and we have classes tomorrow." One of the sixth years said.
"Yeah so leave." Another said falling backwards onto his bed.
"And don't forget to hold up your end of the deal." Josh said ushering them out of the room.
When they reached the common room everyone said goodnight and headed to their respected rooms. But when the girls reached their room they were anything but tired.
"That was one of the best nights of my life." Lily sighed and fell onto her bed.
"Are you kidding me? That was THE best night of my life." Maddy said, jumping up and down on her bed.
"I think James is actually interested in me." Serenity squealed from the middle of the room. Lily smiled but deep down she winced. She seemed to have the slightest crush on James, but because of Serenity she wouldn't say a word. She had Sirius, didn't she? She thought.
The girls continued to gossip until a prefect came in and told them to go to sleep because it was well into the morning hours.
By the time they woke they were dead tired and last nights actions were finally taking their toll.
"I can't believe we have to get up now! It's sooo early!!!" Alecia whined.
"It's actually seven fifty, we have to get ready or we're going to be late!!!" Lily yelled.
"Accio robes. Good thing we ate so much last night, I'm still stuffed. Accio socks." Serenity said.
"Good thinking Serry. Accio robes, Accio shoes, Accio backpack." Lily said silently thanking her books for teaching her that spell early. Before long things were being summoned to the girl's beds as they changed and packed their things. The girls probably made a record because they made it to the great hall by eight fifteen, before collecting the boys and rushing off to charms.
"Well don't you girls look great." James said sarcastically.
"Shove it Jamie." Lily snapped.
"Why the bad moods and glum faces?" Sirius asked politely.
"It was no thanks to you guys, keeping us up till around two thirty in the morning." Haley retorted.
"What are you talking about? We left you guys at like midnight." Sandy argued.
"Yeah but you guys had to show us such a good time we had to gossip about it for hours." Maddy argued back.
"Here we are." Lily stated just as the guys muttered something like 'girl stuff'.
The group of friends must have been the last to arrive because as soon as they took their seats at the back of the room the professor started.
"Good morning class, I am Professor Sparkle and I will be your charms teacher this year. Today we aren't going to waste any time. We're going to start with the summoning charm (the girls smiled at each other) and then we'll be working toward the levitating and disarming charms. Then later we'll get into the tickling and jelly legs curses and counter curses. And now without further adieu we shall start. You must flick your wand and say 'Accio' and then whatever it is you want. For example, Accio quill, Accio parchment. Now you all have your quills for practicing?" Everybody nodded.
Lily made a mental note that she had charms with Hufflepuff. She then noticed that everybody had started and that Maddy, Serry, Alecia, Kayla, and Haley were the only ones that could it.
"Accio quill." Lily said. Her quill flew directly into her hand.
"Well done Miss. Evans, will you please help Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, and Mr. Lupin?" Professor Sparkle asked.
"Certainly Professor." Lily replied walking over to the Marauders.
"How did you do that?" Remus asked bewildered.
"I read it in our text and the girls and I practiced it this morning getting ready.' Lily explained. 'Now all you have to do is flick your wand, say Accio quill, and it will come to you just like that."
"Easy enough. Accio quill.' Sirius said as his quill flew into his hand. 'cool"
Pretty soon everyone was able to summon the quills and began practicing on other things. Soon things were flying everywhere and Professor Sparkle had to stand on her desk to get everyone's attention.
"-whistle- everyone sit in your desks, NOW!' She yelled. Everyone rushed back to their seats and snapped to attention. 'Well I see you have the summoning charm down pat. So now we'll start on the levitating charm. You do a simple swish and flick movement of the wand and say Wingardium Leviosa, make sure you pronunciate the o in Leviosa. Now try to levitate your quills."
"Wingardium Levi-o-sa." Lily said. Her quill flew high into the air along with Kayla, Serry, and Haley's. Maddy and Alecia took a couple more tries before they got their quills up.
"Look class Miss Evans and her friends have done it! You girls must be naturals. Will you girls please help out around the classroom?"
"Sure Professor." Maddy answered, while Serry and Lily made a mad dash for Sirius, James and the rest of the gang. The others went to some Hufflepuff tables to meet some new people.
The class finally ended and the friends had a mere ten minutes to get to Defense Against the Dark Arts class.