Chapter 4
Author's note: uh, well, erm…if this is strange, blame it on my medicine and the nurse who took my blood J. Please, R/R.
Disclaimer: Again, all the characters that you can guess belong to J.K. Rowling. All unusual ones (like Natalie and Jessica and so forth) belong to me, but use them if you like (just note that they were mine).
They had been at Hogwarts for almost two months, and James and Sirius, had gotten at least 10 detentions and visited Dumbledore three times each.
"Lily! C'mon! We're gonna be late if you don't hurry up!" Maria called to Lily as they were getting ready for the Halloween Feast.
"Lily Evans!" came McGonagall's voice from down in the Commonroom.
"What did I do this time?" Lily muttered as she made sure her hair was perfectly smooth. She was wearing it down for the first time since she had come to Hogwarts. Jessica came in the door.
"Lily, hurry up. McGonagall is about to blow her stack!" Jessica nervously said. She was scared of McGonagall. Lily walked down the stairs and over to her Transfiguration teacher, and Head of Gryffindor.
"Yes, Professor?" Lily asked sweetly as she tried to ignore the stares of other Gryffindors.
"Where are Potter and Black?" McGonagall asked angrily.
"Aren't they in detention?" Lily asked as she caught sight of them putting on James' Invisibility Cloak near the boys' dormitory.
"They were supposed to be. Are you sure you don't know where they are?" McGonagall looked Lily in the eyes.
"No, ma'am," she said honestly, because once they had that cloak on, they could be anywhere. McGonagall glared at the other Gryffindor's then left muttering something about bat dung and roses. Most of the Gryffindor's left, leaving Maria alone with Lily in the Commonroom.
"Alright, where are you two?" Lily called out.
"Sirius' head appeared behind her out of thin air and Lily screamed.
"Shhh!" James clapped a hand over her mouth, "you'll get us caught!" Lily said something, but it was muffled by James' hand.
"What?" Sirius asked, "James, take your hand off her."
"I said what a pity that would be, you getting caught I mean. C'mon Maria, we'll be late," Lily said and left the room. The feast was about to start when Lily and Maria hurried in. The Slytherin Quidditch team glared at the Gryffindor table; they were still upset with the 'I love Gryffindor's' robes incident. Lily and Maria sat next to Remus.
"I was wondering when you two would show up. Peter's disappeared-"
"darn that bad luck," Lily interrupted acerbically.
" and James and Sirius are God knows where," Remus finished. Lily helped herself to mashed potatoes as Natalie started to talk her ears off. Over the past couple of months, Lily and her friends had learned to ignore Natalie. Tonight, however, she had something to say.
"Did you hear about the McKinnons?" Natalie asked as she cut her steak.
"No, what happened? I know Ashton McKinnon. She's a fourth year Ravenclaw, and quiet nice, actually," Remus said.
"Her parents were killed," Natalie said, finally getting the attention that she wanted.
"No!" cried Maria, "Mrs McKinnon was my mum's best friend. Who did it?"
"You-Know-Who didn't," Natalie said in an as-a-matter-of-fact tone of voice.
"You-Know-Who? Who's he?" Lily asked, confused.
"Lord Voldemort," Maria said darkly and Natalie shuddered.
"Don't say the name!" Natalie said harshly.
"Voldemort!" Maria said and laughed as Natalie started to cry.
"Maria, stop," Remus said.
"Why do people call him You-Know-Who? Why don't they call him Voldemort?" Lily asked.
"Because he's a very powerful dark wizard. Rumor has it that the only person he's afraid of is Dumbledore. That's why he hasn't attacked Hogwarts. Most people are scared of him. They think he'll hear you or something. Paranoid if you ask me," Maria explained. Lily looked at her food and thought this over. Was he anything to worry about?
"Lily. Lily," Lily heard someone calling out her name repeatedly, but why?" She felt herself being shaken awake.
"Go away, Natalie, let me sleep," Lily murmured sleepily. ]
"I'm not Natalie, and I'm not going to let you sleep," someone whispered. Something cold and wet was dumped over Lily. She screamed and woke up fully. There was no one there.
"What's wrong, Lily?" Natalie yawned. She laughed when she saw that Lily was covered in Red paint and had a roses on her bed.
"JAMES POTTER!" Lily screamed, "SIRIUS BLACK!" She jumped out of her bed. Lily ran out in to the Commonroom.
"JAMES POTTER! SIRIUS BLACK!" she yelled again. Doors flew open and Sirius was thrown out of his room, rubbing sleep out of his eyes.
"What?" he asked grumpily then looked at her and started to laugh.
"Who did this?" she asked him menacingly.
"How should I know, though, it does look good on you," Sirius teased. Moments later, James came out of his dorm. He glanced and Lily and started to giggle. Most of the older students went back to their rooms.
"Lily, you're red," James said when he was finally able to talk again.
"Really? And you would know, because you poured paint and roses on me," Lily growled.
"Roses, Jamsie?" Sirius lifted an eyebrow. Lily could have sworn she saw James smile.
"It wasn't me," James said trying his fake look of innocence.
"Hah!" Lily said, "I know it was you. Admit it!" Lily said.
"I think you need some more sleep, Lily," James said. And pushed Lily up the stairs and into her dorm. Lily glared at him before he left. She crossed over to the bathroom and took a long bath.
