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Chapter 17~NEWTs: MWPP
The timetable for the NEWTs was pretty much the same as the OWLs. Theory papers were to be sat in the
mornings, practical examinations in the afternoons. The first exam was Theory of Charms, which was
scheduled for Monday morning. Lily, James, Remus, Reeni, Laura and Peter read through their notes, while
Sirius attempted to read through two years worth of Charms work. They all went to bed early, although none
of them fell asleep for quite some time.
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The seventh year students were nervous at breakfast the next day. Peter's face had turned a strange shade,
supposedly out of nerves; the truth being that Sirius had hexed him last night because he had been snoring so
loudly. Remus was quite calmly reading a Charms book by Chris.M.Tree. Lily and James were looking over
some of their notes, whilst Laura sat staring at the plate of food in front of her. Sirius was still trying to read
through his immense stack of Charms work, whilst hastily eating a plate of scrambled eggs. After what
seemed like only a few seconds, (for Sirius it was only a few seconds!) breakfast finished and the fifth- and
seventh years waited in the Entrance Hall until they were called into the Great Hall, class by class. The Great
Hall now housed nearly a hundred small desks, and the four house tables had been removed. The students
took their seats in silence as they filed in. The hall gradually filled up, and when everyone had taken his or her
seat Professor McGonagall turned over an enormous hourglass and said, "You may now begin." The students
turned over their papers and began their first NEWT examination.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The practical Charms examination took place in the afternoon. After dinner, those who were taking the
Transfiguration exam the next day began revising once more.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first week of exams seemed to pass incredibly slowly. On Wednesday James took his Muggle Studies
exam, and the Defence Against the Dark Arts exams took place on Thursday. The Marauders, Lily and Laura
had a day off on Friday, while Reeni took her Ancient Runes examination. James and Lily relaxed together.
Lily managed to get James to promise that he'd tell her why he was nicknamed Prongs after the exams were
over. Everyone spent the rest of the weekend revising for the Potions exams on Monday. James and Lily had
two days free of exams on Tuesday and Wednesday, as other students sat their Care of Magical Creatures,
Astronomy and Divination exams. Lily sat her Arithmancy exam on Thursday, and the History of Magic exam
took place on Friday afternoon. By the end of the week the seventh years were exhausted and took the chance
to have a lie-in before the Leaver's breakfast on Sunday morning.
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Lily awoke at 12:30 on Saturday and went to the boy's dormitory to wake James up. She shook his shoulders
roughly, shouted at him, hexed him and even chucked a bucket of water over him - but he still didn't wake up.
She stood next to his bed and leant down to kiss James' forehead before she left. When she kissed him, he
finally opened his eyes. "Can you help me up Tiger Lily?"
Lily grinned at him, although she was suspicious that he had been waiting for her to kiss him. "About time too.
I tried everything to wake you up."
"Which would explain why I'm covered in water."
"Yep." She held out a hand to help him up. He grabbed her hand and pulled, so that she fell down next to him
on the soaking wet bed. "And why, exactly, were you awakening me at this ridiculously early hour in the
afternoon, Tiger Lily?"
Lily giggled. "Because I want you to come and sit by the lake with me."
"All sounds rather too innocent to me. What's your ulterior motive?"
"I thought maybe you could tell me why you're called Prongs."
James sighed. "Okay, okay. Let me get dressed first though." Lily waited while James got dressed and they
walked down to the lake, where they sat in the shade of a beech tree. "I'll start from the beginning. Well,
Remus said that he trusted you, so, well - he's a Werewolf." Lily was sitting in front of James, leaning back so
that her head was resting on his chest. "I kind of figured that Remus was a Werewolf. I mean, Moony?! He
was either going to be a Werewolf or someone who flashes their butt all the time." James laughed a little
before continuing with his story. "So, he goes to the Shrieking Shack via the Whomping Willow each month,
just before he transforms into a Werewolf. The transformations are really painful and Moony has a pretty shit
time, so Sirius and I decided to become Animagi to help him out." Lily was silent for a moment. "Oh, and
Peter. He kind of tagged along with us and eventually managed to become an Animagus too."
"Prongs. So - are you a reindeer or something?"
"I'm a stag. Sirius is a dog, so we call him Padfoot. Peter is a rat, suits him really, so we call him Wormtail."
"So you became Animagi for Remus?"
"Yeah."
"That was a nice thing to do James. Maybe you weren't such a jerk as I thought you were." James put his
arms around Lily and she twisted round to kiss him. When they broke apart Lily said, "So, what have you got
planned for tomorrow then?"
James grinned mischievously. "Nothing, Tiger Lily, absolutely nothing."
Lily snorted. "You expect me to believe that, James Potter?"
"I would boast, but I know you don't like it."
"I wouldn't mind just the once." Lily replied. James still refused to reveal any secrets about the Marauder's
last Hogwarts prank. They lay on the grass for a while, just thinking and feeling comfortable as they felt each
others heart beat. "What are we going to do after school James?" James knew what Lily meant, he didn't want
to be away from her either. "Maybe we could get our own flat or something." He suggested.
"Yeah, I'd like that." They stayed outside for a while and then decided to walk back up to the castle. They
kissed and parted in the common room; Lily went to bed and James put the finishing touches to tomorrow's
prank extravaganza with Remus. Sirius was still in bed, having slept through the whole day.
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Thank you to NTonks1(x2), silly lily, Maraudertimes(x2), J.E.A.R.Potter, Karen, rema, Ti, Hrei-siesn, banny, Ljstagflower4e/Jctigerwolf4e and Clever- Hermione who reviewed chapters 15 and/or 16. To Jacob/silly lily-No, I am not from London. I am from a place mentioned in my fanfic before as Pompey (Portsmouth). Also thanks to Rosie who reviewed Chapter 12. To Clever-Hermione - I might write another fanfic sometime in the new year. I'm not too sure though. Please, please review! I love getting reviews! Merry Christmas to everyone,
TwElvEgRimMAuldPlaCE (aka Tanya)
Chapter 17~NEWTs: MWPP
The timetable for the NEWTs was pretty much the same as the OWLs. Theory papers were to be sat in the
mornings, practical examinations in the afternoons. The first exam was Theory of Charms, which was
scheduled for Monday morning. Lily, James, Remus, Reeni, Laura and Peter read through their notes, while
Sirius attempted to read through two years worth of Charms work. They all went to bed early, although none
of them fell asleep for quite some time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The seventh year students were nervous at breakfast the next day. Peter's face had turned a strange shade,
supposedly out of nerves; the truth being that Sirius had hexed him last night because he had been snoring so
loudly. Remus was quite calmly reading a Charms book by Chris.M.Tree. Lily and James were looking over
some of their notes, whilst Laura sat staring at the plate of food in front of her. Sirius was still trying to read
through his immense stack of Charms work, whilst hastily eating a plate of scrambled eggs. After what
seemed like only a few seconds, (for Sirius it was only a few seconds!) breakfast finished and the fifth- and
seventh years waited in the Entrance Hall until they were called into the Great Hall, class by class. The Great
Hall now housed nearly a hundred small desks, and the four house tables had been removed. The students
took their seats in silence as they filed in. The hall gradually filled up, and when everyone had taken his or her
seat Professor McGonagall turned over an enormous hourglass and said, "You may now begin." The students
turned over their papers and began their first NEWT examination.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The practical Charms examination took place in the afternoon. After dinner, those who were taking the
Transfiguration exam the next day began revising once more.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The first week of exams seemed to pass incredibly slowly. On Wednesday James took his Muggle Studies
exam, and the Defence Against the Dark Arts exams took place on Thursday. The Marauders, Lily and Laura
had a day off on Friday, while Reeni took her Ancient Runes examination. James and Lily relaxed together.
Lily managed to get James to promise that he'd tell her why he was nicknamed Prongs after the exams were
over. Everyone spent the rest of the weekend revising for the Potions exams on Monday. James and Lily had
two days free of exams on Tuesday and Wednesday, as other students sat their Care of Magical Creatures,
Astronomy and Divination exams. Lily sat her Arithmancy exam on Thursday, and the History of Magic exam
took place on Friday afternoon. By the end of the week the seventh years were exhausted and took the chance
to have a lie-in before the Leaver's breakfast on Sunday morning.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily awoke at 12:30 on Saturday and went to the boy's dormitory to wake James up. She shook his shoulders
roughly, shouted at him, hexed him and even chucked a bucket of water over him - but he still didn't wake up.
She stood next to his bed and leant down to kiss James' forehead before she left. When she kissed him, he
finally opened his eyes. "Can you help me up Tiger Lily?"
Lily grinned at him, although she was suspicious that he had been waiting for her to kiss him. "About time too.
I tried everything to wake you up."
"Which would explain why I'm covered in water."
"Yep." She held out a hand to help him up. He grabbed her hand and pulled, so that she fell down next to him
on the soaking wet bed. "And why, exactly, were you awakening me at this ridiculously early hour in the
afternoon, Tiger Lily?"
Lily giggled. "Because I want you to come and sit by the lake with me."
"All sounds rather too innocent to me. What's your ulterior motive?"
"I thought maybe you could tell me why you're called Prongs."
James sighed. "Okay, okay. Let me get dressed first though." Lily waited while James got dressed and they
walked down to the lake, where they sat in the shade of a beech tree. "I'll start from the beginning. Well,
Remus said that he trusted you, so, well - he's a Werewolf." Lily was sitting in front of James, leaning back so
that her head was resting on his chest. "I kind of figured that Remus was a Werewolf. I mean, Moony?! He
was either going to be a Werewolf or someone who flashes their butt all the time." James laughed a little
before continuing with his story. "So, he goes to the Shrieking Shack via the Whomping Willow each month,
just before he transforms into a Werewolf. The transformations are really painful and Moony has a pretty shit
time, so Sirius and I decided to become Animagi to help him out." Lily was silent for a moment. "Oh, and
Peter. He kind of tagged along with us and eventually managed to become an Animagus too."
"Prongs. So - are you a reindeer or something?"
"I'm a stag. Sirius is a dog, so we call him Padfoot. Peter is a rat, suits him really, so we call him Wormtail."
"So you became Animagi for Remus?"
"Yeah."
"That was a nice thing to do James. Maybe you weren't such a jerk as I thought you were." James put his
arms around Lily and she twisted round to kiss him. When they broke apart Lily said, "So, what have you got
planned for tomorrow then?"
James grinned mischievously. "Nothing, Tiger Lily, absolutely nothing."
Lily snorted. "You expect me to believe that, James Potter?"
"I would boast, but I know you don't like it."
"I wouldn't mind just the once." Lily replied. James still refused to reveal any secrets about the Marauder's
last Hogwarts prank. They lay on the grass for a while, just thinking and feeling comfortable as they felt each
others heart beat. "What are we going to do after school James?" James knew what Lily meant, he didn't want
to be away from her either. "Maybe we could get our own flat or something." He suggested.
"Yeah, I'd like that." They stayed outside for a while and then decided to walk back up to the castle. They
kissed and parted in the common room; Lily went to bed and James put the finishing touches to tomorrow's
prank extravaganza with Remus. Sirius was still in bed, having slept through the whole day.
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Thank you to NTonks1(x2), silly lily, Maraudertimes(x2), J.E.A.R.Potter, Karen, rema, Ti, Hrei-siesn, banny, Ljstagflower4e/Jctigerwolf4e and Clever- Hermione who reviewed chapters 15 and/or 16. To Jacob/silly lily-No, I am not from London. I am from a place mentioned in my fanfic before as Pompey (Portsmouth). Also thanks to Rosie who reviewed Chapter 12. To Clever-Hermione - I might write another fanfic sometime in the new year. I'm not too sure though. Please, please review! I love getting reviews! Merry Christmas to everyone,
TwElvEgRimMAuldPlaCE (aka Tanya)