This
is part two of my Firewings series. Now they actually get to Firewings.
FIREWINGS
Lily and James took a Muggle airplane from
London to Chicago. James really
wanted to fly that way, so they did. He was fascinated by how they kept the plane in the air and how it worked
in general. From Chicago, they flew
by broom to Milwaukee. When they
arrived at Firewings they got settled into their room in one of the towers.
"That was so much fun, Lil," sighed
James.
"I know. I wonder how life here in America is
going to be?" Lily pondered.
"It'll be wonderful. We're away from your parents, living
together. How could life be any
better?" James stated.
They settled into bed and fell asleep
quickly as like were tired from jet lag.
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The next morning, they woke up and
conjured up breakfast-in-bed. "Oh,
James. This is so romantic, being
here with you," sighed Lily.
"Anywhere is heaven, as long as you are by
my side, Darling," said James, lovingly stroking her hair. He leaned over to kiss her, but there
was a knock at the door.
James got it. It was the Head Mistress, Professor
Fairy. "Good morning, Mr.
Potter! Did you sleep well?"
"Very well, thank you. Please call me James, Professor
Fairy. Being called Mr. Potter
makes me feel like I'm in school again," said James.
"Lily, how did you sleep?" Professor Fairy
inquired.
"I slept very well. Thank you for asking," replied
Lily.
"Are you ready for the tour of the
school?" she asked. They
nodded. "I, unfortunately, have
another matter to deal with. So one
of my students will be giving you the tour."
"Your school is still in session!"
exclaimed James.
"Yes, we function as a year round
school. We have longer vacations
for Christmas and Easter. We find
the learning environment is much better if we see our students year round,"
stated Professor Fairy.
A tall, gangly looking teenage girl had
just arrived. "Hi! My name is Cat Murry. I'm a 5th year here. I'll be giving you two your tour of
Firewings. If you have any
questions about anything on the way, just ask," she said, sounding quite
professional.
While she talked, she was studying
them. She decided that they weren't
much older than herself. Lily might
be a new friend and James could be a boyfriend.
"We will begin the tour with the outside
grounds and work around from there."
They worked their way around the grounds,
looking in on classes that were going on outside. They saw Herbology, Care of Magical
Creatures, and, much to James's delight, Quidditch.
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By dinner, they had finished the
outside. They had learned a great
deal about Firewings and about Cat. Cat was 16, 2 years younger than themselves, loved animals, and that she
was planning to teach Care of Magical Creatures, when she was old enough.
Cat walked away from Lily and James to go
back to her room. She met her
friend, Jen, in the hall.
"Oh my God! I can't believe how
HOT that guy James is!" squealed Jen.
"I know," Cat replied, dreamily.
"I wish I could go out with him. Too bad he's already taken," Jen
said.
"What do you mean, Jen?" asked Cat.
"Didn't you see the way he and Lily look
at each other? They are so totally
in love!" said Jen.
"Cat, do you know how old they are?"
"No. They didn't say. And I didn't want to seem rude by asking them questions. But I can ask them tomorrow. We haven't finished the tour yet."
"GIRLS! It's time to go to bed! Turn off the lights and stop talking!"
yelled a Professor from the bottom of the stairs.
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Lily and James had gotten slightly lost on
their way back to their room. They
asked a friendly, little boy how to get back to their room. He told them and they went without a
problem.
"James, what do you think of this place?"
Lily asked.
"I don't know yet, Lil. It seems nice and all but I'm not sure
yet. I'll know once we're done with
the tour," said James.
By this time they were ready for bed.
"Oh, Lily! You look gorgeous in
that!" exclaimed James. Lily was
wearing a long, powder blue nightgown that was tight until the waist and then
puffed out.
"Thank you, James," said Lily twirling
around. "Catrina gave it to me for
my birthday."
"You've never worn it before, have you?"
he asked.
"No. I wanted to save it for a special occasion. And tonight feels special, doesn't
it?"
"Yeah. It does."
Lily lay down beside James. Lily fell asleep with James stroking her
hair and talking about their future, together.
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They finished one fourth of the school by
lunchtime.
"CAT! Over here!" yelled Jen from their
table.
"Come on Lily and James. You can meet my friends," said Cat.
They walked toward the table in the back
of the room. Everyone turned around
to stare at Lily's beauty and James's gorgeousness. People gave comments as they walked
past. The comments were something
like "WOW! Is he a HOTTIE!" and "I
wish I had a FINE girl like that!" They just kept walking with Cat.
"Hi! You must be some new applicants to go to school here," said Jen.
"NO!" Lily and James said in
unison.
"What do you mean?!"
"We mean that we're TEACHER
applicants," said James. All around
them people stopped in surprise.
"So you mean to tell me that I've been
showing two of my TEACHERS around the school?" exclaimed
Cat.
"Yeah."
"How old are you anyways? I mean if your going to teach, you've
got to be like 25," inquired Jen.
"We're only 18, but back home in England
you can teach as soon as you graduate," said Lily.
"Still, I've been showing two of my future
TEACHERS around the school!" Cat exclaimed.
"Yes and no. We haven't exactly said that we would
teacher here, yet," said James.
They ate lunch with a blur of questions
being asked. When they had
finished, they continued with their tour.
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By dinner, they had finished, in total,
half of the school. The towers and
the dungeons were the only things left.
They ate dinner, again under a barrage of
questions.
"We could do one of the towers before
curfew, if you want to," stated Cat.
"We've got plenty of time. We could do it tomorrow," Lily and James
said together.
They got up to go to their room. A crowd of people followed them, still
asking questions.
Half-way down a hallway, Lily whispered to
James, "Should we just apparate to the room?"
"Yeah. On three. One, two, three!" They disappeared, much to the surprise
of the following crowd.
Safely back in their room, Lily and James
got ready for bed.
"Lil, could you wear the same night gown
as you did last night?" James asked, sweetly.
"Sure, Darling," said Lily.
"Lil, don't you think we should have told
your parents about this?" James asked as they settled into bed.
"We've been through this before,
James. My parents want us to live
in the MUGGLE world. I hate it there!" Lily stated passionately.
"Lil, do you know how gorgeous you look
when you're making a point?" James asked, innocently. Lily shot him one of those "oh, you're
impossible" looks. "I
love it when you do that too," said James. He kissed her.
They were getting more involved, when
there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it, James. You
should go in the bathroom and wash up," said Lily, stifling a laugh. His face was covered in her red
lipstick.
James went to the bathroom and closed the
door.
As soon as he did this Lily answered the
door. It was Cat. She told her that they were needed in
the Pyrotechnic Common Room.
"What's wrong Cat?" Lily asked with a
worried expression on her face.
"I don't know. They only told me to get you and James,"
said Cat, trying to look worried. Cat and her friends were playing a practical joke on them.
"Lily, where's James?"
"Hold on, I'll get him," said Lily "Come in and sit down." Lily hurried to the bathroom. She opened the door and went in. Cat was shocked. But, now she knew, for sure, that Lily
and James were in love and were going to get married.
"Here, let me, James," said Lily.
"What's wrong, Lil?" he asked.
"I don't know. But Cat told me they needed us in the
Pyrotechnic Common Room." Lily
finished getting the lipstick off his face.
When they emerged, Cat said, "Hurry!" Lily took Cat's hand, James took her
other hand, and then he and Lily joined hands.
"One, two, three!" They apparated to the Pyrotechnic Common
Room.
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They found a huge surprise waiting for
them in the Common Room. The whole
emergency was a joke Cat and her friends played on them.
"I should have seen this coming! With all the pranks Sirius, Remus,
Peter, and I have played!" said James, laughing.
"Hey, don't forget, I helped with every
single prank. Except for the ones
you played on me, of course," said Lily.
"Wow! You were practical jokers at Hogwarts?"
said Meliza, one of Cat's friends.
"Yep! The best of everyone during our 7 years
there," said James.
"Who are Sirius, Remus, and Peter?" asked
Josh, another friend of Cat's.
"Sirius is my best friend. Remus and Peter are two other very close
friends," said James. He
paused. "I miss everyone! I wonder what they're doing right
now?"
"Catrina and Sirius are probably doing
something top secret for the Ministry. But then again, they might be on vacation in France or Italy," said
Lily. "Ginger and Remus are
probably off in Romania studying dragons. And Elisabeth and Peter are, most likely, studying Ancient Magical
peoples in Egypt."
"Yeah, that sounds about right," said
James. "But, you know, Remus,
Ginger, Peter, and Elisabeth could also be on vacation."
Cat and friends had been listening
intently.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you should be in
bed at this hour!" said Professor Fairy. They all ran for their rooms. "Lily and James, I'm surprised to see you here."
"Well, you see, they played a little joke
on us," said James, sheepishly.
"I see," said the Headmistress. "Well, you should get back to your room
and get some sleep."
"Yes, Mam!" they said as they apparated
back to their room.
When they got back to their room, they saw
Catrina's owl, Setsuna, waiting for them.
Dear
Lil and Jamesie,
How's life in America? Have
you taken the job yet? We're taking
a vacation in Southern France. The
weather here is beautiful. We
toured Paris before we came here. Lil, you would have loved it! The buildings are amazing. The food is wonderful, beyond all scopes of the imagination. The
company is gorgeous! Anyways,
Sirius and I are having loads of fun. Could you let Setsuna rest for
a day
or two before you send her back with the
reply? James,
have you got any, yet? I
have!
Love,
Catrina and Sirius
PS
Sorry my writing is so shaky, Sirius keeps getting in the way! I
do not get in the way! I'm trying
to kiss you, gorgeous!
Lily and James burst out laughing at the last sentence.
"That is so like Sirius!" James exclaimed.
"I'll write her back, right now," said Lily.
Dear
Catrina and Sirius
We
haven't taken the job yet. We
haven't even finished the tour yet! Firewings is HUGE! It's beyond huge. It took us a whole day just to see
the outside part of the
school. When
we're done with this job stuff, we're going to take a vacation in America. After that we'll come and visit you
guys. We might stop in France on
the way home though. We
might?! You are a
wonderful guy. Sirius, no, not yet. But soon I think. You are so lucky!
Love,
Lily and James
PS
Sorry the writing is shaky, James keeps kissing me so he can write something! I am not kissing you to
get the quill away; I'm kissing you because you're
beautiful!
"Well, we should be going to bed now,
Darling," said Lily.
"Yeah. Come here, gorgeous!" said James. She did go to him. And he did get some that night.
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They finished the tour and agreed to take
the jobs. Since it was only June,
and the term started on September the 1st, they went on
vacation. They toured America and
then went to France, to visit Catrina and Sirius. Lily and James decided to get married in
France.
So, on a warm, sunny July 31st,
they got married. Sirius was the
best man and Catrina was the maid of honor. (They were also the only guests.) Lily wore a gorgeous dress of white
satin that looked similar to her nightgown (tight top, flowing skirt). Catrina had a dress like Lily's but pale
lavender.
For their honeymoon, they went to
Paris. They had the time of their
lives.
AN So everyone knows, you
CAN apparate in Firewings.
Disclaimer: I don't own
the characters in the Harry Potter series. Catrina belongs to me because she is me. Ginger belongs to herself. Elisabeth belongs to herself. Cat belongs half to me, half to my
friend Kourtney. Meliza belongs to
Idono because Meliza is her. Josh
belongs to himself. I think that
covers all the people.
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