A Very Merry Hogwarts: Part 2
A/N: Trying to figure out what all this is for… pinch me, pinch me- oops! I'm listening to the radio and that song just came on. The second part (well, duh! the title says it!) of my series. I think it may be 5 parts long, but it depends. The biggest thing I ever did was 4 parts, so I may haveta break that record. *snorts* I think my insane friends miss me. And I'm happy, cuz exams are almost over!!!! Yippee! Oh, I have to pick up from a sad point and I'm pretty good at sad things. And this is rated one up cuz of some small language in this. A big thank you to all for reviewing the first part. One word: REVIEW!! Certain ppl out there don't know how great it is to get email or read reviews. My email address is chixypixy@yahoo.com and I don't put it there cuz it looks pretty, all blue and clickable. It's there so you can review and tell me what you think-or just to email me!!! Thank you!
one more thing: Rissie is Christine and Lissie is Felicity. Had to clear that up.
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2 hours later…
Lily sat in the window seat of her room with the door locked. Tears ran down her face, leaving glistening tracks on her cheeks, but she didn't bother to brush them away. My family is dead. The word death made her flinch. I'll never see mum or daddy again. Daddy won't come home and spin me around. I can't hug him anymore. (A/N: I'm really crying right now. There's this REALLY sad song playing on the radio, too. L ) Mummy won't be there to see me get married. Or to punish Petunia for pushing me around. That made a tiny smile appear, but it disappeared as fast as it had come.
"Lily? Can I come in?" James tapped on the door softly.
She walked over to the door and opened it. Her hair was a mess and her face was ghostly white with red patches on it. A tear ran down her cheek and she let it fall onto the wooden floor, not bothering to even move. He opened his arms and folded her into them.
"It's ok, Lil."
"And how the hell do you get that? James, everything is NOT ok. My family is dead. Dead, James! I-I-" She broke down in a fresh flood of tears, soaking the back of James' robes. "What am I g-gonna do? I have to spend 5 more y-y-years with Petunia!"
"Shh, calm down. You have all of us for friends. We'll be there for you. Always."
Felicity and Sirius came in then at that moment, smiling like idiots, completely unaware of what had gone on in the time they had been out.
"What's wrong, Lily? Are you ok? Should we go get Dumbledore?" Felicity stopped smiling and became concerned. Lily shook her head and puled out of James' arms, whispering a barely understandable "Thank you" to him. The guys looked at each other and walked out of the room.
"Lily, please tell me what happened, so I know what to do. All I know is that you need to be hugged by as many people as possible. Can I give you a hug to add to your list?"
Lily nodded and was immediately comforted by another friend. I have great friends. She thought to herself. They love me to death. What would I do without them always there for me?
"Are you ready to tell me what happened, sweetie?" Lissie pulled her away so she could look into her eyes.
Once more she relived the rather short but heart-breaking story, pausing often to take a sip of the water which had been produced for her to drink. When she was finished, Felicity, who had tears on her cheeks too, once again hugged her, then gave her a Kleenex.
"That's awful that your sister can't stop thinking about your differences and love you for a second. But we all love you, no matter what. I think I'm gonna get Dumbledore-unless you want to wait for a little while."
"I'll be fine. There's still things for me to open, though." Lily walked over and opened the door to go and see what Petunia had sent her from her parents.
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New Years Eve…
Lily had finally gotten over the shock, but sometimes it hit her hard. She had many things to look forward to, tonight being one of them. It was the New Years Eve ball and for the castle, it was a huge event. Everyone got dressed up in their finest robes and had a great time. All the girls were excited to have a chance to impress their crushes and look pretty. The 3rd year girls were no exception. While they were getting dressed, the 3 girls talked among themselves about all sorts of things.
"So who are you going with, Rissie?" Felicity said, while trying to tame her curly hair.
Christine smiled," Take a guess."
"It couldn't be Remus, now could it?''
"Lily, you're too good. £1,000,000,000 to you. What about you, Lil?"
"I'm going solo." She stared in the mirror in the bathroom, trying to put on eyeliner. It wasn't working. At all.
"What??? I would have thought you were gonna say James, considering how friendly you to are getting." Lissie stopped putting little clips in her hair and turned to look at the red-head to the left of her in shock. "I cannot believe that!"
Christine gaped at her, mouth hanging open. "B-but then who's he going with?"
" That's the question of the night. Who is James Potter taking?" Lily grinned and put an emerald green ribbon in her hair. "And I heard rumor that you, Lissie, are going with…Sirius Black. Hmmm Felicity Black doesn't sound bad-" But she couldn't finish because of a death glare.
"I am going with Sirius but it doesn't mean a thing!"
"And how do we know that?'' Christine shot back.
"Because…it's him! And me!"
"And…?" Lily snorted. "We heard the whole thing! And I believe James caught you and him *ahem* kissing passionately by the lake…yesterday. What can you say about that, Felicity Candledame-a.k.a.-Black?"
"Lily! H-" Lissie was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Mademoiselles (the girls grinned at Remus' lordliness) , we would like to know if you're ready to accompany we especially fine gentleman to the New Years Eve ball. Are you acceptable and ready to go? And I believe that a certain Mr. James Potter wants Mrs. Lily Adams to accompany him as well."
Lily's eyes almost popped out of her head. "Oh, my…"
"Just a second, Remus dear!" Christine called, then quickly piled her hair up and put on bubble gum colored lip gloss.
"Whoo! Remus dear!" The others taunted playfully.
All at once, they tried to get through the door, but as we all know, door frames are only so big. Finally they managed to get out the door and down the stairs to meet the boys. Sirius, of course took Felicity, Remus date was Christine, and James got Lily.
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"How much you wanna bet Lissie and Sirius get together?" Lily asked James further into the night.
"You'd just be winning money. They're going outside and who knows what they'll do out there."
"Alright then, Rissie and Remus?" She tried again.
"If I do that, you'll win and put me in debt!" James laughed. "How about we dance, since none of the bets will get me anything?"
"I have one more! Severus dances with someone! When will that happen?"
" When the sky turns orange and mental patients rule the world (a/n: wink, wink, nudge, nudgeJ )." James pretended to be dead serious. "C'mon." He stood up and offered her his hand.
"Ok, then. Have it your way." Lily joined him and they walked onto the floor.
The band struck up a slow song. They drew together and began to dance.
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You were my breath when I couldn't breathe
You saw the best there was in me
You lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith that you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me
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"Awww, Sirius, look!" Felicity motioned towards the dancing couple as they walked back inside. "They look so sweet!"
"Ahh, we all knew they'd someday get together."
"Did you now?" she hid her laughter.
"Yeah, of course. Didn't you? It's almost sickening." Sirius pretended to faint. When he was acting, one of the legs on his chair snapped of and down he went. 'Oof!"
Felicity shook her head and rolled her eyes heavenward. "I can't believe anyone could be more nutty than you, Sirius."
"Thank you. Now can you help me up???''
"I guess…"
When Sirius had finally gotten up and fixed the chair, they walked off to dance and to spy on their friends.
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"Rissie! Look at James and Lily! Quick! Look! Look!" Remus saw his friends and nearly had a cow.
"Remus, dear, THEY'RE DANCING! We did that earlier. It's not that unordinary, ya know."
"Yeah, but it's James and Lily. That makes a difference. Oh, look! Food!" With that he scurried off, leaving Christine to wonder about his health. And his sanity.
As the song ended, both of the previously dancing couples came off the floor and joined her at the table.
"Say, where's Remus?" James suddenly asked.
Christine didn't say anything, just motioned towards the food table.
"Uh, Lissie, we'll be right back!" Sirius and James ran off, leaving no room for Felicity to even say ok.
"Boys." The girls grumbled in unison, rolling their eyes.
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Through the next weeks, the only thing that was significant was the studying for the exams which were drawing ever closer. Every day, the professors gave them tons of homework. To make sure they were prepared, they said. The students thought it was so they weren't milling around with nothing to do.
"I thought that coming here was supposed to be fun. That's what the brochure said, at least." Sirius grumbled as he cleaned up the ink that had dripped onto his robes.
"Sirius, you're losing it. There are no brochures for Hogwarts. And you have a bunch of ink on your hands and it wouldn't be smart to touch…ah, well, it's too late for that." Christine snorted, muttering a clear, "He's on crack, watch out." in front of everyone else.
"I know what I'm getting Sirius for his birthday!" Lily sang.
"WHAT!?!?!" Sirius was immediately alert when he heard 'Sirius' and 'birthday' in the same sentence.
"Stain remover and a body suit."
"Than- waiiiit! But…I…Liiiiii-ly! That not nice. No, no, no!" Sirius whined.
"Sirius…honey, she JOKING!" Felicity sighed and went back to copying her notes from 'The Standard Book of Spells: Grade 3'
Beep Beep!
"Well,itsdinnertimelet'sgoI'mhungrywonderwhat'scooking?" James came flying down the stairs, kissing Lily's cheek before jumping through the portrait hole.
"Aww, he thought of me in his food frenzy. How thoughtful. "
"Well, let's go find our 3 year olds before they get more detentions. My brother sure didn't like it when they shaved his head." Christine got up and threw her quill down next to her half finished essay on 'The Revolts of the 17th Century'.
(A/N: We get to shave our principal's head in an assembly cuz we raised so much money for a fundraiser. And we get a dance, too. My school is FUN! imagine that…)
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James swallowed. "What about the essay?" His concentration moved to Lily's brownie. "You want that?"
Lily snorted. "No…what I meant was that the muggles didn't revolt because the wizards and witches couldn't give them pie. It was because they thought that magic was Satanic and- why am I discussing this with you while you're staring down my brownie?"
"Thank you!" He shoved the brownie in his mouth before she even got a chance to say anything about it.
"Hey, James!" Sirius yelled down the table. "Why didn't you let her feed you that brownie??"
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A/N: End of part 2! I got it posted early! I feel so proud of myself! It started sad and ended happy! Haha, pleeze review! Sorry, I'm in the middle of a sugar high.
Disclaimer: Let's use common sense? Does Emily Brinks own any of the stuff besides Rissie and Lissie? No. Good, you understand me. That's a first! I have the title of this on my computer as 'Washington'…don't ask.