Lori Rhodes
: Yeah, I know I had tons of mistakes :P that's just me, I guess! It wouldn't
be me anymore if I'm perfectly perfect!!!! Anywayz, speaking of dreams, I had
the latest one right at the bottom ^_^; just thought I'd amuse some people a
little on my dream version on 'How Harry Caught The Snitch In Quidditch Pitch
In My Dream.' You might want to read it, just for fun :P
Noelle :
Oh, goody!!!! I did try my best at calling them but, sadly, the line went out
of order. A voice told me, tho, that it had changed to
Hotline-Voldemort-The-Moron-Being-Hunted-By-Wizards-And-Witches-So-Help-Us-Right-Now-Ministry-Of-Magic-Otherwise-Known-As-MOM-or-Harry-Potter-Could-Really-Grace-Us-With-His-Presence.
Trust me, I did write that out. My friend thinks I'm nuts however, but agrees
with me that my Science teacher is totally Voldemort in Disguise. And YES!!!! We
most definitely could do with Teenager's Day!!!!! I tried taking advantage of
Children's day when I was 13 but dad told me it's CHILDREN, not TEENAGER. Talk about
bad luck!!! I got my mom a whole set of cactus gardening and she loved it ^^
Lily Girl
: I reviewed your poems, didn't I? I just reviewed it, and it it didn't show
up, tell me. I'll try again with my school computer!
shampoo
ul copt : I'm a genius? I think not!!! I'm the dumbest
person ever liven! It's a wonder how I'm still alive since all I did is flunk
half the subjects in school *groans* anyone has a spell for making me smarter?
Misty
Alanna Potter : Come on, you HAVE to admit that I'm one of the
weirdest writer on earth!!! And I can't see myself being the best author ever. Am
I even an author? I'm just a story-teller, aren't I? I mean, these ARE stories –
fanfics, whatever – and I'm just telling the story in my version… right?
To many others… you're all really really
sweet!!!! How can I ever repay you for reviewing for me? And to Sovia, I'll
have year 5 written as soon as I finish my last chapter [nope, not this,
unfortunately]. It's the next chapter, soo… be patient till then!
Disclaimer: *blink blink* Are you eating me?
The Marauding Five : Year Four
Chapter 10: Target
'Lily, come
back here!!!' Tally yelled as Lily ran in front, laughing madly. The previously
blonde girl now had dark brown hair and green skin with a handful of freckles
on her usually smooth skin. She was quite a sight, no doubt.
'You think
I would? That'll be first!' Lily laughed, sliding down the staircase handle.
'Whoa! What
happened?' a first year cried in astonishment, looking up from his work.
'Don't
bother, Cetel. It's just Lily,' his sister, a third year, said. The girl was
used to this after knowing the Marauders for three years.
'Sis, you
don't mean this is normal?'
'Of course
it is!'
'Lily
Evans! Put me back to normal! I have to study for Astronomy!' Tally cried,
running down the stairs after Lily.
'Who says
you can't study this way?' Adele asked, looking at Tally with amusement clearly
written on her face.
'I did!'
Tally replied.
'As long as
Lily hadn't damaged your brain, you can still study,' Lily piped, laughing.
'You're
insane! Insane, I tell you!' Tally cried. 'PUT ME BACK!'
'Walk
backwards five steps,' Lily said. Tally obediently do so.
'What's
this?'
'You asked me
to put you back. That is exactly where you were standing a minute ago, yelling
at me. Wait, open your mouth and look like a stupid frog… that's it! There!!
You're perfectly at the same spot, looking the same way!' Lily said, grinning
at Tally.
'LILY EVANS!!!'
Tally shrieked, breaking a few windows in progress.
**
'And
Evans?'
'Yes,
Minnie?'
'No magic
in dormitories.'
'Ahem. It's
in the corridors. Nothing of the rules said anything about dorns,' Lily said.
'It's still
the same, Evans,' McGonagall said primly, walking off.
'Yeah, and
I'm from Slytherin, disguised as a Gryffindor,' Lily said, rolling her eyes at
the retreating Professor. She had just been assigned a new detention from
McGonagall. All for spicing up Tally's dull looks. Big deal.
'Tch, tch…
Lily, Lily, Lily,' James tutted from behind her.
'What?'
'You got a
detention!' Sirius cried.
'And your
point is?'
'What's our
resolution for this year again?' Remus asked.
'Get as
many detentions as possible?'
'Righto!!!
And you left us out!' James cried.
'How could
you?' Sirius whined.
'Totally
unfair!' Remus wailed.
'Well I was
bored at that time, so the idea just popped out—'
'You
should've gotten our names in!' Sirius cried.
'Actually,
I'm thankful she didn't,' Adele muttered. 'You carried me with you too many a
time these days. Minnie's getting real mad at me.'
'Aah… for
what?' Remus said slyly.
'Stupid
Transfiguration essays,' Adele muttered, burning the parchment before her with
a flash. She caught Lily's robes by accident.
'Ow! Adele,
stop burning me in process!' Lily cried, putting it off by stamping on it
heavily.
'Sorry
Lily. Didn't mean to.'
'You mean
you didn't mean your apology?' Lily said in amazement before bursting into
buckets of crocodile tears. 'How could you??'
'See what
had you done? You made her cry!!!' James yelled, pointing an accusing finger at
Adele.
'No, I—'
'Ssh! C'mon
Li! It's not worth it,' Remus hushed. The girl just went on crying.
'Honestly—'
'How can
you not mean the apology?? It's a
crime! A total disgrace!' Sirius said emotionally, shutting his eyes tightly in
anger. Fake anger. 'How could you???'
'No!! I—'
'Mean!
Mean, mean, mean!' Lily cried, sobbing and sniffing and hiccupping.
'That's a
downright crime, Adele. Don't you know it?' Remus said, shaking his head sadly.
'It is?
But—'
'A rule!
Now that the Marauders are back, the rule returns!' James cried, also weeping
emotionally.
The four of
them hurdled together and started wailing, drawing curious attention from the
whole common room. Adele had a look on her face which clearly reads, "Oh,
brother! What had I done now? I just commited a crime! A sin!'
'Look guys,
I'm honestly sorry about—'
'She's
honest! You heard that? Honest!' James cried.
Good. At
least they understand me, Adele said to herself.
They yell
even more. Louder than ever. And those salty water just keep pouring and
pouring.
Then again,
maybe not.
'You are
not supposed to be honest! How could you?' Sirius cried.
'Uh…'
'I told you
not to take time for granted! See, exams are here and you barely even studied!
And those morons over there are making big time racket!' a seventh year moaned
in dismay to himself.
'Time's a
small problem,' Lily said, grinning suddenly. She wiped the tears off her
cheeks with her robes sleeves.
'You LIED
to me?' Adele gaped.
'Very small
problem, time is,' Remus agreed.
'What?? You
all lied to me???' Adele demanded.
'Ta-da!!
Look at what we nicked!' Sirius said happily, holding out a small object.
'Is that…?'
the seventh year said excitedly, leaning forward.
'A
time-turner!!! Yep! Just nicked it from Minnie!' James said.
'Gimme!' he
cried.
'Only for
fifty galleons,' Adele said automatically.
'What?!'
'Fifty galleons
and you can have all the time you want,' Lily confirmed. The senior seemed to
think for a while.
'Deal,' he
said.
'Whoopee!!'
Sirius said happily. Muttering, the boy handed a cheque of fifty galleons in
which was exchanged for the time-turner.
'Ha! We got
ourselves some cash!' James said happily.
'Boy, smart
girl, Adele!' Remus grinned. Adele beamed broadly.
'I'll make
a great buisiness woman, don't you think?'
'Awfully
good! Ten galleons each!' Lily said.
'Too bad.
He didn't know it's illegal to use that thing without permission,' Sirius said,
jabbing his finger at the nervous seventh year, who had just returned from his
trip back in time.
'What a
fine!' Remus whistled. 'Ten thousand galleons: wow!'
'Excuse me?
I'd like to meet Michael McMichael,' a man in swirling blue robes asked.
'Er, me?'
the seventh year said.
'You are
fined ten thousand galleons for usingan illegal object,' the wizard-police said
severely.
'WHAT?!
You're kidding!'
'No, I'm
not a kid anymore. Pay up now.'
'You're
joking!'
'Neither am
I a Joker, kid.'
'You're…'
**
The very
next morning, the Marauders were shot murderous looks from McMichael. They
avoided his glares carefully and settled for breakfast, when Owl Post came in
halfway. As usual, Lotus, Jackpot, Soot and Radish flew respectively to Lily,
James, Sirius and Remus.
'Hello! I
do appreciate you coming, but try not to dirty my food,' Lily said. Lotus gave
a short hoot.
'Anything
from Gram?' Lily asked. Lotus screeched.
'I guess
not,' James said.
'I know
that!' Lily said, visibly annoyed.
Just then,
a large bird swooped swiftly into the Great Hall, haughtily flying past some
slow owls. The huge hawk soared and flew around the place grandly, showing off.
After a while, as if remembering it had a letter or message to deliver, it
started screeching at a high-pitched voice.
'What a fat
show off!' Sirius commented.
'It's not
fat, but I guess it'll do pretty well for dinner,' Remus said.
'Stay off,
Kiara!' Adele said, turning to her Yumi in her robes.
'Eek!'
Kiara said, scrambling into a pocket.
The hawk
stopped circling around the room and swooped powerfully towards the Marauders.
Sirius yelled at it some odd language which sounded nothing like a bird's, as far
as his friends could place. The big bird screeched back angrily.
'Um,
Sirius?' Adele said.
'What?'
'You say
something?'
'Yes, I did
say something. I said "What?" didn't I?'
'No, I mean
to the bird.'
'What do
you mean?'
'She means
did you annoy that hawk in any way? Say, call it Kentucky Fried Hawk for
instance,' Remus said. Sirius blinked blankly at Remus and Adele.
'Is there
such thing as Kentucky Fried Hawk? I thought it was chicken!' Sirius said in
amazement.
'Maybe someone hit him on his head. Or maybe it's those Bludgers finally working into him,' Remus said decidingly.
'Well, in
any case, did you insult that hawk????' James demanded.
'NO!!! Why
would I insult a lowly, feather-brained creature as this?' Sirius cried. 'I
mean, it's probably too stupid to decipher what I'm saying now!'
The hawk
gave them a sharp screech.
'There!
There!! You insulted it!' Adele cried. 'You insulted the bird!!!!'
'And your
point is?'
'You
insulted this poor, sad, thing… it's so pitiful, so sad…' Adele ranted
pitiously.
'Alright,
alright! It's probably too low a self-esteem for that! Enough already with your
rants!' Remus said, clamping a hand on Adele's mouth to shut her up, in case
she shouldn't shut up.
'Mmpf!'
Adele called.
'You insulted
who?' Lily said blankly.
'No one,'
James said. Lily had obviously not paid any attention to their late
conversation about "Hawk-Insulting" topic.
'Then what
is this thing doing here?' Lily said, pointing at the hawk. The bird made a
playful snap on her fingers. 'Ow! Stupid bird!!!'
'How should
I know what that thing's here for? I thought birds are usually a mean of
postage,' Remus said.
'Dunno,'
Adele shrugged.
Everyone
watched the hawk for about five minutes. The bird flew up. And down. And up.
And down. And this goes on for the past five minutes where everyone was
watching it. Finally, it decided to fly down again. Its pin-point eyes bored
into each and every of the Marauders's. The Marauders looked nervously at each
other, each wondering what the other had done to make this hawk stare so oddly
at them.
'Err… hi?
Can you get lost now? It's really rude to stare at people when they're eating,
y'know,' Adele said. It bored into her.
'It's also
very rude to point,' Sirius said. The hawk was "pointing" at them with its
large wings. It shifted its pupils to Sirius, who gulped loudly, sounding like
a burp.
'And really
rude to stare,' Remus said. Remus got a glare.
'And glare,'
James added. Adele was now in hiccuppings, Sirius continued burping and Remus
was sweating profusely. Lily held her breath to what James would do.
And then…
something happened. Something that shouldn't happen in this very tensed moment.
Someone laughed.
No, not someone. The whole table laughed. The Gryffindors
laughed. It all seemed too funny, with an eagle, the Marauders, and whatever
the joke was.
'Excuse me
- *hic!* - can't you all act up to the - *hic!* - moment??? It's supposed to -
*hic!* - be a really tensed - *hic!* - moment!' Adele hic-yelled at them. They
roared with laughter again, half of them giving loud applauses.
'Shut
up!!!!!!' James yelled.
'What do
you want?' Lily asked the hawk sternly. It let out several loud screeches.
'It said it
was sent to post,' James explained, 'not to listen to lectures on manners. Or
hear laughters and applause.' Then the roaring laughter and claps sounded.
'KEEP IT
DOWN!!!!!!!!' the Head Boy yelled loudly suddenly. The whole hall silenced. It
was so silence you could hear a pin drop. 'Thank you. Hahahahahaha!!!!!!'
'What?'
Tally said blankly.
'Well,
can't you see????' Dan said.
'See what?'
'He's
laughing!'
'Yeah, so?'
'I want my
laughter to be heard!' the Head Boy snapped. 'Okay people! You can all start
laughing again!'
'Weird,'
Adele commented.
'Okay… so
what happened to the letter?' Lily asked.
Screech,
screech, yelp, sqwak.
'It dropped
it halfway,' James translated.
'You've got
to be kidding. An owl? Drop a letter?' Nina laughed uproarously.
'It's a
hawk, Nina,' Adele said.
'Still,
it's a post bird!'
'You have
the point.'
'And your
problem is?' Remus asked the hawk.
Sqwak,
sqwak, screech, sqwak!
'It liked Lily,' James said.
'Not
again?! Soon, the owls here might all—' Lily's moans were drowned to nothing
because almost every owl flew to her after the hawk's brave confession on why
he was there. Lotus, Lily's very own owl, stood grandly with pride, her chest
puffed up.
'Your
mistress is drowned and all you could do is stand with pride? Pathetic,' Adele
said to Lotus.
'Hey Lily!
You there?' Sirius called to the flock of owls.
'Am
alive!!!' a muffled voice cried.
'Shoo!
Shoo!' James cried at the owls, flapping his arms to frighten them. He reminded
Remus very much of a mother hen. The owls flew off in fright and Lily emerged,
a hero – uh, heroine – of the scene.
'Get that
stupid bird to say what that letter says then!!!' Lily cried angrily, pulling
the owl feathers off her long hair.
Yell,
screech, yell, screech, sqwak!
'It said that its master, Lord Voldemort, sent us the letter,' James translated.
At the
horrifying name, the students flinched. Anna Hopkins burst out sobbing as her
sisters tried to comfort their youngest sister.
'What about
him now?' Sirius asked Remus in boredom.
'Ask that
bird, not me,' Remus said. Sirius started screeching at it and the bird started
to fall over, cacking its beak off.
'What?' Sirius
demanded, annoyed at this response.
'You- you
said- you said "I'm a pompous geek!" Oh, Sirius!!!!' Lily laughed, doubling
over. The Gryffindors, the Ravenclaws, the Hufflepuffs, and even the Slytherins
burst into laughter at this. Hearing Sirius Black say "I'm a pompous geek" to a
bird was definitely history.
'I did
not!'
'You did!!
You see, the bird testified that!' James lauhghed.
'But- but-
Argh!!!! I give up!' Sirius cried.
'So… what
did Voldemort want?' James asked, once the pain and laughter died in him.
'Squawk!
Screech! Screech, screech, screech, squawk!! Yelp!!' the hawk said. The
Marauders looked at James expectantly as the hawk took flight out of the
window. James seemed to be thinking deeply and he had gone extremely pale in
face.
'Well?'
Remus said at last.
'Well
what?'
'Well, what
did it say?' Adele asked.
'Come
here,' James whispered, pulling them away from the still laughing students.
'What?'
Lily said in confusion. Obviously she had not been able to translate the hawk's
last words.
'That hawk
was from Voldemort,' James said, when they entered their hideout behind the
mirror.
'Yes, yes!
Get to the point!' Sirius said impatiently.
'Voldemort
asked…'
'Voldemort
asked…?' Adele said.
'That…'
'That…?'
Remus said.
'Just get
to the point, James!' Lily snapped.
'Okay,
okay! He wants us to join him, so there,' James said hurriedly.
'He what?'
'He wants
us to join him so there.'
'He WHAT?!
I heard that right???' Lily cried, backing off.
'Yes! Right!
He wants us to join his league!!' James repeated.
'He's
kidding!' Adele cried, going paler and paler.
'Na-ah. He
wants us, by hook or by crook,' James said firmly.
'So what
should we do?' Remus said.
'We should
join him. Of course not!! Alert our parents! AT ONCE!' Sirius boomed,
frightening them.
'How?'
Adele asked. Sirius casually pointed at Lily.
'Me???'
Lily cried in astonishment.
'Yes you.
Who else???'
'No!!!
Not gonna get ANY parents here!' Lily
said, shaking her head firmly.
'Another
way, then,' Remus sighed.
'Why would
he want fourteen-' Adele started.
'I'm
thirteen,' Lily piped childishly.
'Okay,
fourteen, thirteen, whatever!!! Why would he want us?'
'It's
obvious, isn'tit?' Sirus said, rolling his eyes at her. Adele shook her head.
'Look who
we are!' James said, waving his arms around.
'You want
to turn into a chicken, go ahead. No one's stopping you,' Lily said.
'We're a
group here! Meaning none will go without the other!' Remus said
self-righteously.
'And?'
Adele said.
'Still
don't get the point? Gee, you're slow!!!' Sirius commented.
'Okay.
Psychic, Black Mage, White Mage, Animal Language Speaker, Werewolf, Animal
Translater, Animal Attracter, Seer, Potion Brewer, and Geniuses. Does that ring
anything in your head?' James said. he paused to take a deep breath. Adele's
violet eyes grew wide as everything finally sunk into her head.
'He wants us!!!
Our powers!!! Our intelligence!!!!' Adele gaped. 'Though I'm quite stupid at
Transfiguration…'
'Ditto. And
we're all, as you'd pointed out, master in a couple of various subjects. All
five of us together are just perfect,' Lily said.
'We
shouldn't join him!' Adele said firmly.
'Who says
we should? Who says we are?' Remus snorted. 'Fat chance!!!'
'Yep! So we
won't join him,' Sirius said.
'And now,
we're Voldemort's target,' Lily said quietly.
'What?'
James said, straining his ears. 'Come again?'
'We're his
targets now. He have two choices, as we. He'll either kill us or recruit us. And
we'll either follow him, or live on the run,' Lily said quietly.
'We're on
the run? From the greatest Dark Wizard in history? Oh, no!!!!!' Adele cried
desperately.
'Stop it!!!
I think he's particularly interested in Lily and I,' James frowned.
'Why?'
'The hawk
says that.'
'Probably
you guys'll get taken hostage?' Remus suggested.
'I think
not! I think it's because of that curse! The Ularsta Nagita curse!' Lily said.
'And…?'
Sirius said.
'We got the
cure annd I managed to summon my soul out with some help,' Lily said. 'I was
supposed to have a coma of some sort.'
'Wow!!'
'But I
think he wants Adele, too. Black mage. Pure one, too. They're almost extinct!'
James said.
'I'm in
danger for being that. Thanks a lot for reminding me,' Adele grimaced.
'Werewolves
are known as Dark creatures, thus Remus falls in the category,' James said
grimly.
'Dang. It
wasn't my fault!' Remus protested.
'Your
mother DID warn you about playing out in full moon,' Lily reminded.
'So she did, so she did,' Remus sighed. 'Guess it's my fault, then.'
'And
Sirius—' James said, turning to his friend.
'One
minute. He won't want me! I hadn't any talent!' Sirius protested.
'Well, that
hawk said that you're a skilled potion brewer,' James said slowly. 'And potions
are important in the Dark Arts.'
'Probably
that's why ol' Snape's such a brewer,' Lily muttered.
'Probably,
probably,' Remus shrugged.
'I saw his
dark mark!' Adele piped.
'You're
kidding!!' the four cried.
'No I'm
not! I saw it! On his arm!' Adele insisted. 'He pulled up his sleeves and I
just caught sight of that horrid thing!'
'I can't
think much for now. That detention is still on and I had to run for it,' Lily
sighed. 'Ciao guys!'
'Bye!'
And rather sickly, Lily climbed out of the mirror.
AN: D'you know all the rubbish that had entered my
mind since I last wrote a story? Well, one of the dreams had a very interesting
effect, I daresay, on my school friends. I was somewhere in my old school pitch
[you probably don't know it] and I saw Harry and the Quidditch team playing
Quidditch against Ravenclaw. When all the players shot up, I saw Harry still on
the ground, his eyes glued to the dark sky.
'What are
you doing?' I asked curiously.
'Looking
for the Snitch,' Harry replied.
'You're not
on broomstick,' I said flatly. He wasn't having his Firebolt.
'Sirius
took it for a ride, so I thought I'd find the Snitch this way,' he said easily.
'…'
'Aha!! There
it is!! The Snitch!!!' he cried excitedly. I waited to see how would he
catch the tiny walnut without a broom. Well, here's what he did: He took out
his wand and cried out 'Accio Snitch!!!' and Gryffidnor won the game.
My friend
told me that if the snitch was THAT easy, he wouldn't have to break any bones
at all in his second year. And she could easily win all Quidditch matches if
all you have to do as a Seeker is cry out the Summoning Charm. Just something
to let you all ponder on for the meantime ^^
This little
Author Notes have became some sort of a daily talker already :P I'm not
surprised if one day I should collect these and make a life planner for my own J let's see… blame school, definitely, for everything
that has to do with, um, everything. And yeah! My very very weird sense of
humour that made this odd story [let's face it: you wouldn't understand what I
call humour at all] or chapter even … shorter than it is. Am so sorry this
one's really really short!!!!!!!!!! Honestly, I am! I'll try injecting some fun
in the next one, kayz? Review for me, please!!!!!!! Jaa, minna!!!!! ß {In case you don't understand, it means "bye bye,
people!!!!!" in Japanese. Or so I'd learnt.}
