A/N This is still very introductory, but that is the basic purpose of this whole series. I think It's going to be a very short series. I know it's been awhile, but I assure you I have been working on these, and my next chapter to A Glimmer Within a Trial is done, and will be out soon.
Before the Glimmer…
Part
II: Palls and Pranks
In the next few weeks, Lanie got used to transition. It isn't easy going from a Public Muggle school, to a Private Wizarding school. The work deemed a lot harder, and the professors deemed a lot tougher. Lily seemed to be having an equally hard time, considering she was Muggle born herself. Lanie found the adjustment easier knowing someone going through the same thing she was.
Lily was very kind and soft-spoken. She was a very good listener and she liked to help sort out her friend's problems. She also had a very mischievous side to her. Her face captured a certain innocence that helped her get away with things Lanie would never dream of. Lanie had no problems becoming best friends with Lily right away. Although Lanie wasn't nearly as soft-spoken and she didn't quite have the innocent look down, she often considered other's feelings over her own. She loved hearing Lily's mischievous plans and couldn't help but make a few of her own.
Lanie made friends with several other Gryffindor students in her year. Shelby was best friends long before they started Hogwarts, and Lanie found them fun to be around. She also loved hearing the pranks Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter pulled off.
Shelby was the flirt of the group. She had already proclaimed her love for Sirius in the first week of school. She would sit next to him and bat her eyelashes, not in the least bit embarrassed. She knew all the latest Hogwarts gossip, though there was not much considering they were only eleven.
In complete contrast to her long time best friend, Liberty was very blunt with things. When she felt a certain way, you knew it. In fact, it was no secrete that she could not stand Sirius Black.
Although Lily and Lanie were somewhat mischievous, they in no way rivaled Sirius and James. They were more than mischievous; they were 'grade A' troublemakers.
Sirius was an all around fun loving guy. He did brag a lot, or as Liberty said, "he really thinks highly of himself." He was very loyal to his friends. He made sure that everyone was having a good time, and if they weren't, he would cheer them up one-on-one.
James was the brains behind his and Sirius' schemes. He was actually very smart, and Lanie believed that if he applied half as well to his studies, he'd be making top marks. He was an excellent flyer, and Professor Madden said he would be first picking as quidditch seeker next year when Oscar Wood graduates.
Peter Pettigrew was like a leach on James' shoe. Lanie felt sorry for the poor boy. He could not succeed in anything, even though she was sure he tried. He was rather whiny, and his voice was annoyingly squeaky, but Lanie got used to it after awhile.
Then there is Remus. He was more cool and collected than the other boys. In Lanie's eyes, a boy could be no sweeter. He was very private though; it was hard to get into his thoughts. He often went along with James and Sirius when they were pulling one of their pranks telling Lanie that he was merely playing the voice of reason to make sure no one got out of hand. She suspected he liked getting into trouble as much as Sirius and James, he just wouldn't admit it.
One particular day, Lanie was sitting at a table in the common room, studying her Herbology homework with Lily and Remus when Sirius and James stocked into the common room.
"We need your guy's help. Jamsie boy just came in with a plan that will get Snape back for sure," Sirius declared to them. Lanie remembered back to earlier that day when Snape stood up to tell the whole school that Sirius rode his broom like a girl. Lanie herself thought it was funny, but Sirius didn't think so. He didn't like anything ruining his image.
"What are you going to do this time," she asked.
"You'll have to wait and see," Sirius said, rubbing his hands together.
"Then, prattle, what do you need us for," Remus asked.
"We could use a few helpers," James answered. "Er, Lily, Sirius told me you have a wizarding camera?"
"Yes, I do."
"How did you get a wizarding camera," Lanie asked amazed.
"My parents bought it for me when they found out I was a witch."
"Go upstairs and get it. It's essential for our plan," Sirius said.
"I'll come with you," Lanie told her, curious to what a wizarding camera looked like. They went up to their dorm, and Lily pulled a little black camera out of her chest. Lanie was rather disappointed to find that the camera looked the same as a plain old Muggle camera. They found Liberty in the room, and told her what was going on.
"I want to come too," Liberty stated.
"Come along, I'm sure Sirius and James don't mind," Lanie told them.
On their way down Lily whispered to Lanie, "do you think James likes me?"
Lanie stopped her from going down any further. "Lily I'm appalled at you," she said sarcastically. "First you say Shelby is too young to be thinking of boys, and then you start asking about James Potter!"
"No, no it's not that," Lily reassured her. "I just get the feeling that he hates me."
"Why would you think that?"
"He seems to ignore me a lot."
"He's just being a boy, don't let that get you down. He doesn't hate you."
"Thanks. Now let's get down there and help them," she gushed.
They continued down the stairs, and followed James and Sirius out into the hall and into an empty classroom. There, they saw Snape tied up to a desk with a rope. He had a handkerchief around his mouth, but Lanie could still see his scowl. Sirius walked up to him, pulling something out of his pocket. He did a silencing spell, and took off the handkerchief off of Snape's mouth. Only then did Lanie notice he had a tube of bright pink lipstick in his hands. He applied it to Snape's lips and ordered Lily to take a picture.
After she took a couple, Lanie spoke up. "Where did you get the lipstick?"
"From a fifth year."
"How do you know a fifth year," Remus asked doubtfully.
"Never you mind."
"But we do mind," Remus smirked.
"She was mph mph…"
"What was that," Liberty perked up. "We couldn't hear you."
"She was my babysitter." Sirius put on a straight face as his friends struggled to breath. "Now if you're all quite done laughing, I'm going to apply some blush."
"You're going to apply it? What is wrong with you Sirius," James asked his friend, pretending to take his temperature by feeling his forehead.
"I think he's spent too much time with the girls," Remus answered.
"Hey, I resent that," Lanie said, playfully hitting him.
Sirius finished up Snape with a whole new makeover. Lily was getting ready to take the last of her pictures when Shelby arrived.
"Hey guys, I was coming down to tell you dinner is being…what are you doing to him," she asked mid-sentence.
"Making him pretty. You like?" Sirius stepped away, showing off his work with pride.
"Bravo," Lanie, and Lily cried.
"No, I do not like this. You guys leave him alone. Here Severus, I'll untie you." She let him loose. He muttered a quick "thanks," and ran as fast as he could out of the room.
"What did you do that for," Sirius asked dejectedly.
"Don't worry, we have enough pictures to last us," Lily said, holding up a handful of prints.
A/n Thanks to all who reviewed the last one!! The next chapter skips up to fifth year.