Hey, everyone! Next chapter, coming right up! lol. I'm a little over-
ecstatic at the moment. Just got into All-County Band and I got a 98% on my
French exam. Great combo. lol. Anyway, how'z everyone else? Good? Good, I'm
glad. =P Oh, yeah, thanks to I'm Not Weird, I'm Gifted for reminding me
that Lily was an Evans when they were in school. I feel really stupid now.
lol. On with the story!
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The next morning, Sirius awoke early to hear everyone snoring beyond the curtains of his bed. II guess all those years of waking up early at home have finally paid off./I He got dressed and waited for his three new friends to wake up. First, Remus got up and they engaged in conversations about their families ("I hate my parents, but my brother's not so bad. You?" "My family's pretty good." "Good" and so forth). James was the next up. He, Sirius, and Remus hung around for about a half an hour before they finally gave up on Peter waking up on his own. A huge splash and scream later, a very annoyed and wet Peter sprung out of his bed. After a good scream, he grabbed some clothes and went to change.
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At breakfast when the post arrived, an all-too familiar tawny owl fluttered down to see Sirius - with a red envelope in his beak. IOh, no./I Sirius thought. IHere it comes/I While trying to ignore the strange looks from his friends, Sirius cautiously reached over the envelope and quickly covered his ears to stifle the sound as his mother's voice boomed through the hall.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE MY OWN SON GOT SORTED INTO GRYFFINDOR!!!! BOY, ARE YOU GONNA GET IT WHEN YOU GET HOME!! AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE COURAGE TO WRITE AND TELL ME ABOUT IT!!! I'M THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU AND YOU HAD BETTER NOT STEP ONE TOE OUT OF LINE AT SCHOOL OR I'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME!" Then, in a smaller voice, the letter continued. "Signed, your mother."
Thoroughly embarrassed, Sirius look up apologetically at his friends stunned faces. "Sorry," he mouthed. At that exact moment, Professor McGonagall came around handing out their schedules.
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Monday: Potions, Lunch, Defense Against the Dark Arts
Tuesday: Transfiguration, Lunch, Charms, (midnight) Astronomy
Wednesday. Flying Lessons, Herbology, Lunch, History of Magic Thursday: Potions, Lunch, Defense Against the Dark Arts Friday: Herbology, Lunch, History of Magic, (midnight) Astronomy Saturday: Transfiguration, Lunch, Charms /I
"Alrighty, then!" James said, making an attempt at trying to be optimistic. "Let's get to it! Potions in fifteen minutes. Let's try not to get lost." He finished with his trademark goofy grin.
And so, the boys proceeded down to the dungeons for their first class of their Hogwarts career. "What was that professor's name again?" Peter asked.
"Umm.. Pierce, was it? One of the only old guys. Most of them are pretty young. Flitwick, Sinistra, Hooch, Sprout, all pretty young, in their 30s, 40s, Sinistra could even be in her 20s," Remus replied.
"Must you use only last names?" James asked. "It's kinda confusing."
"Would you have me call them by their first names? That's kinda weird."
"Okay, granted."
By this time, they had reached their Potions classroom and had taken their seats in the back of the room. Professor Pierce walked in a few minutes after them, waiting for the stragglers to come in to take roll. Once everyone was there, he began.
"Anderson, Michael."
"Here."
"Black, Bellatrix."
Stunned, Sirius realized his cousin was going to be in his class all year. IGreat./I
"Black, Sirius."
"Here," he replied in a daze.
"Carter, Joseph."
"Here."
"Evans, Lily."
"Here."
"Jones, Sasha."
"Here."
And it went down the list through Elizabeth Kwan, Remus, Lucius Malfoy, Mari McKinnon, Victoria Park, Sarah Parkinson, Peter, James, Samantha Sanders, Severus Snape, Brendan Stevens, and finally Alison Thompson. Professor Pierce stood up and began the lesson.
"Potions is a very exact science and any messing around in here will earn you a quick detention and deletion of house points, the amount depending on the severity of the crime. Now, who has even picked up the book yet?" Looking around the room, the only people raising their hands were Severus, Remus, Alison, Mari, Sasha, and Michael. "Well, that's better than last year's first years at any rate. Well, today we'll start off with a simple awakening potion." Waving his wand, the instructions were written on the board. "You may work in partners or trios and we will test the potions at the end of class. Your homework is to describe the effects of the Awakening Potion in three paragraphs. You may begin."
"Partner?" James asked. Sirius jumped, surprised.
"Sure!" He gave James his soon-to-be-not-so-rare grin.
They worked all period on their potion, surprisingly not making to many mistakes, only having to start over once. IThis isn't so bad./I Sirius thought. When the professor finally came over to check their potion, he found it satisfactory and moved on. James and Sirius promptly gave eachother high-fives and waited for Remus and Peter to get done. After class, Sirius asked what class was next.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Oooooh, this outta be fun!" Sirius said enthusiastically. "Let's go!" And started running off towards the classroom. Grabbing the back of his robes, James stopped him.
"Whoa, there! Lunch first, dude." James shot him his grin and led the way to the Great Hall.
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As they stepped into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the Gryffindors realized none of them had a clue who the Defense teacher was. They spent about fifteen minutes contemplating this when all of a sudden a rather hyper, curly-haired professor bounded into the room.
"Good morning everyone! I'll bet NONE of you know who I am, right?" Taking the silence for an answer, she continued. "Well, my name is Kara MacHale, but you can call me Kara. I hate the whole Professor deal." Even after saying this all in one breath, she was still completely energized. "Well, time for role then."
They had Defense Against the Dark Arts with the Hufflepuffs this year and Sirius started memorizing the names she called:
"Carrie? James? Sirius? Matt? Mari? Julia? Lelani? Victoria? Alison? Remus? Jason? Peter? Elizabeth? Lily? Anna? Will? Jonathan?" she said, pausing after each name called. "Good then, everyone's here," she finished, giving them a grin. II like her.I Sirius thought. IThis outta be a fun year./I
"Alright, then. This year, I think I'll start off a little differently. We're going to start on some minor spells." Looking at everyone opening their books to the section, she said, "No, no, no! You won't need those - ever. I believe in teaching things my own way instead of by the book all the time." I I'm /I really Istarting to like this teacher./I "First we'll be doing the Expelliarmus charm, which is one of the most effective ways to defend yourself against a not-so-very-powerful wizard, as they will then have no weapon. However, more powerful wizards who are on their guard will be able to defend themselves against it, therefore making it completely pointless. I shall demonstrate. Umm.. Lelani, come up here please."
A small, blonde girl walked up to the front of the room looking very nervous. "Yes?" She asked, very very softly.
"Simply stand there and take out your wand, Lelani," Kara said kindly. When Lelani had taken out her wand, Kara said in a commanding voice, "Expelliarmus!" and Lelani's wand came soaring into her hand. Lelani looked quite impressed, as if she had never seen anything that spectacular before.
Finding everyone wondering what she was so surprised for, she giggled and said a little louder than before, "My parents are Muggles. I've never seen magic before coming here." She giggled again and walked back to her seat next to Julia.
"Okay, everyone, get into groups of two and one group of three, pairing with someone from the opposite house, if you please, and practice this spell. You have the rest of the period. Oh, yeah, your homework is to tell me what you thought of your first lesson. This is my first year of teaching." And she sat down at her desk laughing slightly to herself.
With that, Sirius went off and paired with Will from Hufflepuff and Mari, who was the leftover from Gryffindor. When the period was over, he had accomplished three fair Expelliarmus', twice with Will and once with Mari. When the bell rang, the Gryffindors walked to the Great Hall for dinner together.
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"So, how d'you think it went?" James asked them all later that night.
"Really, well, I think." Sirius responded. "Defense was definitely more fun than potions, but neither of them were very bad."
"Definitely," Remus agreed. "Especially because of those Slytherins we're with in Potions. Did you see the looks they were throwing at us?"
James and Sirius looked up very quickly at this. "What?" they asked in unison.
"Yeah, they obviously hate us to no end."
Sirius looked thoroughly annoyed at this. IAnd Bella's /I my/II cousin./I "Hmm." Throwing a pointed look at James, he said, "We'll have to see about that."
And so their life of prankstering began.
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So, what'd you think? This was kind of not-well-planned-out chapter, anyway. I got really bored while studying for my geometry exam tomorrow. Don't worry, tho, I know all the stuff anyway. lol. Please R+R and thanx again to my reviewers from the last chapter! :
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The next morning, Sirius awoke early to hear everyone snoring beyond the curtains of his bed. II guess all those years of waking up early at home have finally paid off./I He got dressed and waited for his three new friends to wake up. First, Remus got up and they engaged in conversations about their families ("I hate my parents, but my brother's not so bad. You?" "My family's pretty good." "Good" and so forth). James was the next up. He, Sirius, and Remus hung around for about a half an hour before they finally gave up on Peter waking up on his own. A huge splash and scream later, a very annoyed and wet Peter sprung out of his bed. After a good scream, he grabbed some clothes and went to change.
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At breakfast when the post arrived, an all-too familiar tawny owl fluttered down to see Sirius - with a red envelope in his beak. IOh, no./I Sirius thought. IHere it comes/I While trying to ignore the strange looks from his friends, Sirius cautiously reached over the envelope and quickly covered his ears to stifle the sound as his mother's voice boomed through the hall.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE MY OWN SON GOT SORTED INTO GRYFFINDOR!!!! BOY, ARE YOU GONNA GET IT WHEN YOU GET HOME!! AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE COURAGE TO WRITE AND TELL ME ABOUT IT!!! I'M THOROUGHLY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU AND YOU HAD BETTER NOT STEP ONE TOE OUT OF LINE AT SCHOOL OR I'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME!" Then, in a smaller voice, the letter continued. "Signed, your mother."
Thoroughly embarrassed, Sirius look up apologetically at his friends stunned faces. "Sorry," he mouthed. At that exact moment, Professor McGonagall came around handing out their schedules.
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Monday: Potions, Lunch, Defense Against the Dark Arts
Tuesday: Transfiguration, Lunch, Charms, (midnight) Astronomy
Wednesday. Flying Lessons, Herbology, Lunch, History of Magic Thursday: Potions, Lunch, Defense Against the Dark Arts Friday: Herbology, Lunch, History of Magic, (midnight) Astronomy Saturday: Transfiguration, Lunch, Charms /I
"Alrighty, then!" James said, making an attempt at trying to be optimistic. "Let's get to it! Potions in fifteen minutes. Let's try not to get lost." He finished with his trademark goofy grin.
And so, the boys proceeded down to the dungeons for their first class of their Hogwarts career. "What was that professor's name again?" Peter asked.
"Umm.. Pierce, was it? One of the only old guys. Most of them are pretty young. Flitwick, Sinistra, Hooch, Sprout, all pretty young, in their 30s, 40s, Sinistra could even be in her 20s," Remus replied.
"Must you use only last names?" James asked. "It's kinda confusing."
"Would you have me call them by their first names? That's kinda weird."
"Okay, granted."
By this time, they had reached their Potions classroom and had taken their seats in the back of the room. Professor Pierce walked in a few minutes after them, waiting for the stragglers to come in to take roll. Once everyone was there, he began.
"Anderson, Michael."
"Here."
"Black, Bellatrix."
Stunned, Sirius realized his cousin was going to be in his class all year. IGreat./I
"Black, Sirius."
"Here," he replied in a daze.
"Carter, Joseph."
"Here."
"Evans, Lily."
"Here."
"Jones, Sasha."
"Here."
And it went down the list through Elizabeth Kwan, Remus, Lucius Malfoy, Mari McKinnon, Victoria Park, Sarah Parkinson, Peter, James, Samantha Sanders, Severus Snape, Brendan Stevens, and finally Alison Thompson. Professor Pierce stood up and began the lesson.
"Potions is a very exact science and any messing around in here will earn you a quick detention and deletion of house points, the amount depending on the severity of the crime. Now, who has even picked up the book yet?" Looking around the room, the only people raising their hands were Severus, Remus, Alison, Mari, Sasha, and Michael. "Well, that's better than last year's first years at any rate. Well, today we'll start off with a simple awakening potion." Waving his wand, the instructions were written on the board. "You may work in partners or trios and we will test the potions at the end of class. Your homework is to describe the effects of the Awakening Potion in three paragraphs. You may begin."
"Partner?" James asked. Sirius jumped, surprised.
"Sure!" He gave James his soon-to-be-not-so-rare grin.
They worked all period on their potion, surprisingly not making to many mistakes, only having to start over once. IThis isn't so bad./I Sirius thought. When the professor finally came over to check their potion, he found it satisfactory and moved on. James and Sirius promptly gave eachother high-fives and waited for Remus and Peter to get done. After class, Sirius asked what class was next.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"Oooooh, this outta be fun!" Sirius said enthusiastically. "Let's go!" And started running off towards the classroom. Grabbing the back of his robes, James stopped him.
"Whoa, there! Lunch first, dude." James shot him his grin and led the way to the Great Hall.
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As they stepped into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the Gryffindors realized none of them had a clue who the Defense teacher was. They spent about fifteen minutes contemplating this when all of a sudden a rather hyper, curly-haired professor bounded into the room.
"Good morning everyone! I'll bet NONE of you know who I am, right?" Taking the silence for an answer, she continued. "Well, my name is Kara MacHale, but you can call me Kara. I hate the whole Professor deal." Even after saying this all in one breath, she was still completely energized. "Well, time for role then."
They had Defense Against the Dark Arts with the Hufflepuffs this year and Sirius started memorizing the names she called:
"Carrie? James? Sirius? Matt? Mari? Julia? Lelani? Victoria? Alison? Remus? Jason? Peter? Elizabeth? Lily? Anna? Will? Jonathan?" she said, pausing after each name called. "Good then, everyone's here," she finished, giving them a grin. II like her.I Sirius thought. IThis outta be a fun year./I
"Alright, then. This year, I think I'll start off a little differently. We're going to start on some minor spells." Looking at everyone opening their books to the section, she said, "No, no, no! You won't need those - ever. I believe in teaching things my own way instead of by the book all the time." I I'm /I really Istarting to like this teacher./I "First we'll be doing the Expelliarmus charm, which is one of the most effective ways to defend yourself against a not-so-very-powerful wizard, as they will then have no weapon. However, more powerful wizards who are on their guard will be able to defend themselves against it, therefore making it completely pointless. I shall demonstrate. Umm.. Lelani, come up here please."
A small, blonde girl walked up to the front of the room looking very nervous. "Yes?" She asked, very very softly.
"Simply stand there and take out your wand, Lelani," Kara said kindly. When Lelani had taken out her wand, Kara said in a commanding voice, "Expelliarmus!" and Lelani's wand came soaring into her hand. Lelani looked quite impressed, as if she had never seen anything that spectacular before.
Finding everyone wondering what she was so surprised for, she giggled and said a little louder than before, "My parents are Muggles. I've never seen magic before coming here." She giggled again and walked back to her seat next to Julia.
"Okay, everyone, get into groups of two and one group of three, pairing with someone from the opposite house, if you please, and practice this spell. You have the rest of the period. Oh, yeah, your homework is to tell me what you thought of your first lesson. This is my first year of teaching." And she sat down at her desk laughing slightly to herself.
With that, Sirius went off and paired with Will from Hufflepuff and Mari, who was the leftover from Gryffindor. When the period was over, he had accomplished three fair Expelliarmus', twice with Will and once with Mari. When the bell rang, the Gryffindors walked to the Great Hall for dinner together.
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"So, how d'you think it went?" James asked them all later that night.
"Really, well, I think." Sirius responded. "Defense was definitely more fun than potions, but neither of them were very bad."
"Definitely," Remus agreed. "Especially because of those Slytherins we're with in Potions. Did you see the looks they were throwing at us?"
James and Sirius looked up very quickly at this. "What?" they asked in unison.
"Yeah, they obviously hate us to no end."
Sirius looked thoroughly annoyed at this. IAnd Bella's /I my/II cousin./I "Hmm." Throwing a pointed look at James, he said, "We'll have to see about that."
And so their life of prankstering began.
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So, what'd you think? This was kind of not-well-planned-out chapter, anyway. I got really bored while studying for my geometry exam tomorrow. Don't worry, tho, I know all the stuff anyway. lol. Please R+R and thanx again to my reviewers from the last chapter! :