Chapter 7
Author's Note: This part actually went to my beta reader
*rejoices*. So if there are any mistakes, blame them on her! Muahahaha!!!
Anyways. I'm going to bed… me…very…tired K (and I haven't even had
dinner!) I hate you disappoint y'all, but my Writer's Block is back AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!
Luckily, I almost have chapter 8 done J. Is the Quidditch Field
called the Quidditch Pitch? I'm going to research that…hmmm… Please R/R.
Love, Lemonade, and Girl
Scout cookies to all and sundry,
~*Dorthey Star*~
Disclaimer: In this chapter Jessica Marshal, Maria
Blankenship, Grace Lemmings, Kate Lyn Abbot, Sally Dells, Kent Douglas, Dallas
Jennings, Sukie Jones, Jack Wickfield, Emma Malden, and the Hufflepuff
announcer (Russell Due) are all mine, but you're free to use them if you say
that they're mine J
The part is dedicated to Kim
who said I should write 20 pages (10 pages is close enough, right?J)
By
February 13th, Lily was extremely tired. Their teachers, for some
reason, decided that they hadn't had too much homework, and resolved to load
tons of it on them. Lily sat in the Library, working on a very difficult
Transfiguration Essay 'Why is it important to have your Apparation License?
Discuss.' Lily, being Muggle born, hadn't known what Apparation was, or
that you had to have a license. Most importantly, she didn't know why Professor
McGonagall was having them write this. She opened the library book Apparation
and looked at a promising paragraph.
When one Apparates,
they disappear from one Place, and
appear another. Apparation is the Ideal
travel of most Wizards and Witches since it is most likely that you will not get sick like as if riding on a broomstick. Apparation can be very
dangerous, though. Many cases have occurred where un-licensed. witches and
wizards with or without their licenses have had their lower half appear in a
separate location from their upper half, which is known as splinching . The
Ministry urges witches and wizards to take their Apparation Test when they come
of age, 18 years old.
Lily
sighed and put her book aside. She hated Transfiguration. It didn't help much
that James was top of that class. She put away the book, and got up to leave
the Library. She ran into Sukie.
"Lily!
You won't believe what just happened! Professor Lewis announced that he
wouldn't be teaching Potions next year!" Sukie said excitedly. Lily squealed
and hugged her best friend.
"That's
great! Oh, speaking of him…I still have his essay to do…great. Just great. Not
to mention Care of Magical Creatures!" (a/n do 1st years take CoMC?
Well, in my story they do)
"I haven't been to Care of Magical Creatures yet…what's the essay on?" Sukie asked.
"Its on Fire Crabs. We have to write stuff on them and such. I gotta get to Charms. Bye Sukie!" Lily left the Library before she could get into any trouble and hurried to the Charms room. When she reached it, she took her seat.
"Lily!
Did you hear the good news?" Maria asked as soon as she entered the Charms
room.
"About
Professor Lewis?" Remus added walking in behind Maria .
"Yeah,
isn't it great!" Lily agreed.
"There's just one bad thing about it," James said darkly as he entered the room seconds later.
"What's
that?" Lily, Remus, and Maria asked and the same time.
"He'll
be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts," Sirius said softly and looked at
Remus, who was considerably pale now. Lily looked from James and Sirius, who
were looking at Remus with pity, to Remus who was looking like the world had
ended.
"What's
wrong?" Lily asked Remus.
"I
just don't like Professor Lewis, that's all," Remus said, trying to make
himself look more cheerful.
"No
one does. Not even the Slytherins," Maria said forebodingly.
"I
don't think the Slytherins like any of the Professors," James said.
"Probably
not. I mean, all the teachers are on Dumbledore's side, right? And most of the
Slytherins are dark wizards or are from old wizarding families that are dark,"
Sirius said. Their discussion ended then because Professor Flitwick entered the
room.
"Alright,
open your text books to page 174. Today we'll be learning about…" Professor
Flitwick squeaked and the lesson droned on. Lily took her notes dutifully, but
her mind wasn't on that. She kept thinking about how odd Remus had acted when
he found out that Professor Lewis was going to be teaching Defense Against the
Dark Arts.
"Lily!
Lily! C'mon! We're going to be late!" Maria shook her sleeping friend that had
slumped over as she was working on homework in the Gryffindor Commonroom.
"Huh?
Wha…?" Lily groaned sleepily. She had been having a wonderful dream.
"We're
gonna be late for Quidditch practice," Maria said impatiently.
"Oh,
are you on the team? Well, then, I'm not, so I'm going back to sleep," Lily
yawned and turned over.
"No,
first years aren't allowed, but we're going to watch them. I told you I'd
explain it all. Now get up and grab your cloak. Saturday we're playing
Ravenclaw. It should be good." Lily got out of bed and pulled on her cloak. She
followed Maria out of the castle.
When
they reached the Quidditch field for the first time in Lily's life (she'd been
sick during the first match), Maria pulled out a green book. Quidditch
Trough the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp it read in gold letters. The Hogwarts
seal was stamped on it.
"Ok,
there are three ball. The Quaffle," Maria turned to page 21 and showed Lily a
picture, "is the ball that three Chasers play with. The Chasers take the
Quaffle down the field and try to score in one of the three goal posts." She
went on to explain the complicated, yet simple, rules of Quidditch. Finally, it
got to late for the players to see.
"Uh,
Maria? The team went inside. I suggest we do the same," Lily said and pulled
her cloak tighter around her self.
"Right.
Do you understand it now?" Maria asked.
"Yeah.
You said you wanted to be a beater next year?" Lily yawned.
"Uh
huh. I think James said he was going to try out for Chaser," Maria looked at
her friend to see her reaction which, to her disappointment, was none. The two
girls got up and went into the Commonroom. Lily settled herself down at a table
and pulled out Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander and opened it to the page on Fire Crabs.
Fire Crab
M.O.M Classification: XXX
Despite its name, the fire
crab greatly resembles a large
tortoise with a heavily jeweled shell…
Lily
sighed sleepily and slumped down over her book and fell into deep dreams about
owning a Fire Crab's shell.
(A/N
should I leave it here? Nah)
Lily
felt herself being shaken away hours later. She opened one eye, and found James
shaking her.
"What?"
she demanded grumpily.
"Its
midnight. You should be in your dorm," James said, his brown eyes twinkling
impishly behind his glasses.
"So
should you," Lily yawned and started toward her dorm.
"Lily!"
James called after her.
"Yeah?"
she turned around sleepily.
"
Merry Valentines Day," he said to her.
"It's
'happy', you twit, not 'merry'. Happy Valentines Day," she yawned and fell
asleep in her bed.
The
next morning at breakfast, a third year Hufflepuff named Gilderoy Lockheart was
trying to get the teachers to have house elves give valentines from one student
to another.
"For
the last time, Lockheart, NO!" Professor McGonagall sighed exasperatedly. He
had been hounding her all morning.
"Please,
Professor, please?" begged.
"No,
Gilderoy, and fifteen points from Hufflepuff. It will be more if you don't stop
hounding us!" Gilderoy went back to his seat dejectedly. James nudged Lily and
pointed at Gilderoy.
"I
think he was going to send you a valentine," he teased.
"Yeah,
I'm sure," Lily said sarcastically and turned back to her food.
"Are
you going to the Quidditch match tomorrow?" Remus asked her.
"If
nothing goes wrong," Lily yawned. She hadn't had much sleep the night before.
"What
do you mean?" Remus asked, puzzled.
"I
mean, if I get sick or hurt I'll be in the Hospital Wing, and I wouldn't be
able to go…" Lily turned her attention to the Slytherin Table and to Severus
Snape who had just gotten a large pink card.
"Severus,
I think you're dreamy. If you like me too, meet me in the Great Hall at lunch
today, Love you," said a sweet voice from the card. Serverus turned bright
red and hurried out of the hall.
"Someone
likes him?!" Lily giggled. She noticed that Sirius and James were looking
anything but innocent.
"What
did you do this time?" Lily sighed.
"Uh,
sent the letter to Snape?" Sirius said quietly so that only Maria and Lily
could hear.
"You
did what!?" Maria whispered, trying not to laugh to hard.
"Who
did you say it was from?" Lily demanded.
"Oh,
just some pretty Slytherin…" James said.
"You
think that any Slytherin is pretty?" Lily demanded.
"Well,
she's pretty for a Slytherin," Sirius added.
"Ah,
then what's her name?" Maria asked. Lily turned back to her oatmeal.
"Narcissa
Eve," James said quietly.
"Narcissa?!
She's probably the nicest Slytherin! Though, Malfoy seems to like her…" Lily
trailed off thoughtfully.
"Ewww!"
Maria said. Evil smiles crept onto James and Sirius' mouths.
"That
was the point. We figure that Snape can make a fool of himself while getting
beaten up by Malfoy. But the only problem is that Narcissa will also get
thoroughly embarrassed…" James said excitedly.
"Why
do we even bother with you two?" Lily shook her head and left the hall. When
she was headed to the Library to work on her Transfiguration essay in the few
minutes before class, Lily heard her name being called.
"Lily!
LILY!" someone was yelling from behind her. She turned around and saw Sukie
running towards her.
"Happy
Valentines Day!" Lily greeted her friend.
"I
can't believe that someone likes Snape! Well, I'm going to be there, are you?"
Sukie asked her.
"Erm,
its tempting," Lily said, thinking about what James and Sirius had done.
"I
wonder who it is…" Sukie trailed off thoughtfully. Lily was tempted to tell her
everything, but at that moment, Snap and Malfoy came into the hall. Sukie and
Lily ducked into the shadows. Snape was looking smug while Malfoy was looking
very displeased.
"What's
going on?' Malfoy demanded.
"She
likes me and not you, face it!" Snape sneered.
"She's
my GIRLFRIEND! Of course she likes me!" Malfoy said angrily. Sukie looked over
at Lily with wide eyes. She knew who it was. At that moment, Narcissa Eve came
over to Malfoy and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.
"What's
going on, Lucius?" Narcissa asked, seeing him out there with Snape.
"He
was having a little chat with me about your card," Snape said and his smile
widened.
"My
card?" Narcissa was now thoroughly confused. Snape pulled it out of his bag and
handed it to her.
"Open
it, though if Snape is right you should know what's inside," Malfoy pulled away
from her.
"I
have never seen this card in my life…" She muttered almost inaudibly. After the
card said its message, the hall had become quite crowded with bystanders. Lily
and Sukie crept over to where James and Sirus were standing. Narcissa dropped
the card.
"Well?"
Malfoy asked her, quite oblivious to the crowd.
"I
did not send this, Lucius. It is not my handwriting nor would I say anything
that stupid. Besides, would I ever make anything so dreadfully obvious?"
Narcissa asked coldly and walked away. Malfoy punched Snape before following
her. Lily giggled, then turned to her friend.
"I
have to head to History of Magic," she pulled a face, "but I'll see you later!"
Lily said to Sukie. Sukie waved at the Gryffindors as they headed to their
first class of the day.
"Morning
isn't a good time for History of
Magic," Sirius complained.
"Then
when is?" Maria asked him.
"Never!" James and Sirius chorused together. Lily and Sukie looked at each other and shook their heads.
Lily
made herself comfortable in the classroom. She pulled out parchment and a
pretty bottle of ink that turned from red to pink.
Dear
Daisy,
Happy
Valentines Day! How have you been? Petunia's not too hard on you is she? Well,
if she is, tell her I will turn her into a newt! What's going on there? Not
much is happening here. I don't have purple hair anymore. I finally got James
to turn it back. Well, give mum and dad my love.
Love,
Lily
She folded up her letter and decided to send it during lunch. For a moment she stared at Professor Binns, trying to decide whether or not he could possibly be more boring. She chose the latter. Lily made herself comfortable on the table top, and promptly fell asleep.
"C'mon
Lily! Snape's suppose to meet the girl now!" Jessica said excitedly to Lily,
who was working on her Transfiguration essay (still). Someone had obviously
forgotten to tell Jessica about the breakfast rendezvous.
"Jessica,
Snape already knows that it was a fake, you know, a joke," Lily said to her
roommate.
"Really?"
Jessica looked disappointed. Lily finally gave up on her essay and headed down
to lunch. Snape wasn't there when they got down there, not that Lily cared at
all.
"I
wonder where Snape is," Peter asked with a twinkle in his eye.
"Honestly,
are all people so uninformed?!" Lily demanded. She didn't like Peter in the
first place.
"Whaddya mean?" Peter asked sulkily.
"He
knows that it was a joke," Lily hissed, then turned back to her lunch and her
conversation with Maria.
"I don't like Peter…he's creepy…" Maria muttered.
"I
know what you mean. So how far have you gotten on your Transfiguration essay?"
The next day, Lily was woken
up early by Maria.
"What?" Lily demanded
sleepily.
"Quidditch game. You need to
get up," Maria pulled her friend out of her bed.
"Ok, ok. Are they all this
early?"
"Yes," Maria said
impatiently, "Now hurry up and get dressed!" Lily pulled on her robes and a
cloak. As soon as she grabbed her wand, they were out of the dorm and
Commonroom and down to the Great Hall. It was noisy when they first got to the
Quidditch field. What seemed to be the whole student body and staff were down
there.
"Wow," Lily gasped, "where
do we sit?"
"Over here," Maria led Lily to a group of people (a very large group, in fact) wearing scarlet and holding up banners. They found seats which were unfortunately next to James and Sirius.
"And they're off!" called
the announcer, some fifth year Hufflepuff, "Gryffindor with the Quaffle. Dells
to Jennings then to Lemmings and they SCORE! Ravenclaw with the Quaffle. Malden
to Wickfield. They attempt to score, and SAVED by Douglas! Gryffindor leads, 10-0. No sign of the snitch yet.
"Jennings to Lemmings.
Lemmings throws a superb throw to Dells which is intercepted by Malden. Malden
passes it to Wickfield and the game is OVER!!! KATE LYN ABBOT CATCHES THE
SNITCH!! GRYFFINDOR WINS!!"
Maria jumped up and down and hugged Sirius. Lily and James looked at their friends disgustedly. Sirius hugged James, while Maria hugged Lily. All jumped up and down.
"C'mon! Lets go celebrate!"
Maria said happily. That day, all Gryffindors were in a good mood. Lily hurried
to find Sukie after dinner.
"Sukie!" Lily called.
"Oh, hi Lil," Sukie yawned.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked.
"I'm exhausted! My
Transfiguration essay is due Monday, and I only just finished it!" Sukie said
"Ohhh, so's mine! I still
have three inches left!" Lily hurried off to her room to work on it. That
night, though Lily went to bed hours later, nothing had been added.
