Author's Note: ok, I am so sad to inform you that this is the LAST part in this story. However, there will be a sequel…not to mention an enormous THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING and other things section at the end of this part.J Happy reading!!!
Lily Evans Chapter Nine
This chapter is dedicated to Numair's Mage
Lily was nervous. Exams were coming soon, and Lily was
on the edge of her seat. Most of the first years were, having never taken a
magical exam. Only James and Sirius were in the least bit relaxed. They spent
their days playing Wizard Chess and finishing homework once in awhile.
One day, Lily came
back from Charms in a wonderfully good mood.
"What's up with you, Lil?" Maria asked her friend as Lily
skipped down the halls humming.
"Hmmm?" Lily asked cheerfully.
"I asked," Maria said slowly as if she were talking to a
two year old who didn't understand things easily, "What's up with you Lily. You
are too cheerful for your own good…"
"Oh…I found THE perfect charm to use on James…" Lily
grinned wickedly.
"You know, the way you two always talk about each other
like that, one would think that you two liked each other." Remus sighed as he
heard what Lily said.
"Heaven forbid you say that ever again!" Lily's eyes
shown with anger, but the anger disappeared as she turned to Maria.
"So what's it called?" Maria asked.
"Its this one where every time he lies or thinks about
lying, his nose grows long her and his ears start to turn purple!" Lily
giggled.
"Ummm, that doesn't sound like something that would be in
our Charms book." Maria looked suspiciously at Lily.
"Oh, its not." Lily smiled.
"Then where…?" Maria was thoroughly confused (a/n: or if
I was completely off my rocker (which I am, no need to worry) I could put she
was scrupulously discombobulated…J).
"Professor Flitwick gave me a note to look in the
restricted section in the library in the Charms section for research on an
extra credit report." Lily explained.
"Oh…you don't need extra credit, Lils! That's your best
class!" Maria laughed.
"I know that, but how else was I going to look up that
charm?" Lily linked arms with Maria and started to skip down the hall toward
the Great Hall. "All this plotting has made me starved…I'll race ya!" and
without waiting for a reply she shot down the hallway, laughing the whole time.
By the time that Maria had made it to the Gryffindor
Table, Lily was already sitting there with Sirius and James. Natalie was
sitting across from them, talking about something, but it was obvious that they
were ignoring her.
"Pass the potato salad, Lils." Maria said as she sat down
in the only available seat- next to Natalie.
"So I told Gregory that I would think about it, but of
course that wasn't good enough for him. He wanted an answer and he wanted it
now! So I thought about it for a while…" Natalie continued talking while Maria
got now potato salad. She prodded Lily with her fork.
"Ouch!" Lily said suddenly as the metal tips of the fork
came into contact with her shoulder.
"I asked you to pass the potato salad, Lils." Maria said
as Natalie was having a rare, very short interval in what she was saying. Lily passed the bowl to Maria who spooned
some onto her plate hungrily.
"As I was saying. Gregory was delighted to hear that. I mean,
if you were him would you? I would. So tonight…" all the Gryffindors stopped
paying attention. They went on with their lunch.
That afternoon, their last class, to Lily's dismay, was
Transfiguration. Lily sat down in her seat next to Maria. She was still in a
good- no, great- mood. It annoyed James that he couldn't figure out why.
Professor McGonagall worked them hard that day, reviewing them for the exam
that they would be taking only a few days from them.
"James Potter!" McGonagall yelled for the millionth time
that day, "I know you don't realize how important these tests are! If you don't
pass them, you fail. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?! Fifteen points from Gryffindor, and
if I have to get on to you one more time, you will get a detention!" Lily tried
hard not to giggle. Professor McGonagall looked strained and was already
staring to get wrinkles and gray hair at her young age (well, young in the
wizarding world…). James almost getting a detention made Lily's mood much
better-if that was even possible.
"Lily Evans, why are you in such a good mood?" James
sighed as they walked out of Transfiguration Class.
"Life is a story and the narrator was tired of me being
grouchy!" Lily giggled and ran off to the Library with James staring after her.
When Lily got to the Library, she handed Madame Pince the note. Madame Pince
looked at the note then at Lily before going into the Restricted Section to get
the book. She returned moments later with a dusty old volume of some sort. Lily dusted of the cover when it was
handed to her. Completely Complex Charms by Beverly Jennings. Lily thanked Madame Pince before finding an
empty table.
Lily searched the book for a few minutes before finding
just the page that she was looking for.
Are you afraid that your best friend is lying to you?
That your parents are keeping something from you? You're boyfriend/girlfriend
or husband/wife cheating on you? This charm is the funniest way to find out.
Once the charm is placed on the person of your discretion, every time they lie
or think about lying their nose grows an inch and their ears begin to fade
purple. When they lie the tip of their nose turns green. The No Lying Charm can
be placed on someone until it wears off (2-3 weeks at the most) or by saying
the counter charm.
Directions
Place the tip of your wand
on their chest
Say "conunterdictorous!"
Wait until the white light
has faded before taking the wand tip off their chest
To remove the charm, wave
you wand in a circle in front of the other person's face.
Say "Memodourous!"
While black light is being
ejected from your wand, touch the tip of your wand to their forehead gently
five times.
Lily shut the book. This is going to be great! She
thought to herself. A smile crept onto her face. Lily was only a first year so
she shouldn't be attempting such a complex spell. It would have to wait. Lily
took the book and walked out of the Library.
Lily was a little disappointed that she wouldn't be able
to do the charm, but she knew that if she did attempt it, something could go
horribly wrong. Sure, she disliked James, but she didn't hate him enough for
him to have a foot long nose or a green nose. As Lily was walking back from the
Library, she saw Sukie.
"Lily! I haven't seen you in forever!" Sukie said, seeing
Lily in a good mood for once.
"I know. Are you free tomorrow? Saturday is my sister's
birthday, and I was going to make something magic for her and I need your help.
After all, Transfiguration is one of your best subjects." Lily said.
"Which sister?"
"Daisy, of course. If it was Petunia I'd send her a
curse!" Lily laughed. Sukie joined in nervously.
"Yeah, but isn't that against some law? I mean, using
magic on a Muggle an' all?"
"I didn't really mean it, Su. I have Transfiguration
homework. Can you meet me in the Great Hall after Breakfast?"
"Sure. Do you want me to bring anything?"
"Yeah, your wand and transfiguration book, and loads of
ideas. I'll see you then!"
"See you, Lil!" Sukie said as her friend rushed off. Sukie
turned to leave, smiling to herself and shaking her head slightly. Someday,
Sukie thought to herself, James and Lily will be a couple.
The next day, Friday, Lily was running late to breakfast.
Morning classes had been canceled ("I bet someone accidentally let a
swarm of wasps into the Staff Room," James had said the night before when they
found out. "Yeah, and all the teachers would most likely need to be
vaccinated," Sirius had tried to act innocent, but failed horribly.), so Lily
had slept in. Maria was taking her hair out of the curlers that she slept in
every night as Lily woke up.
"Hey, early bug, I see you're finally up." Maria looked
at Lily's figure, now sitting up in bed, in the mirror. She took time to study
Lily. Lily was small and delicate like the flower she was named for. The huge
nightgown that she wore didn't help much as it was huge on her.
"Maria!" Lily said for the tenth time.
"Huh? What?" Maria turned around, half her hair still in
curlers, to face Lily.
"I asked you what time it was."
"Oh, its seven thirty." Maria turned back around and
continued taking the curlers out of her hair. Lily flopped back on her bed. She
hadn't had much sleep that night. Dreams of James with a green nose kept
reappearing. Then she remembered that Sukie would be waiting for her, and she
got up.
Lily hopped in the shower, taking a nice hot one. Then
she pulled her red hair into french braids. Maria was fixing her now curly hair
when Lily came out, fully dressed.
"Are you ready to go to breakfast?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, just let me pull my robes on." In a few minutes,
they were down in the Commonroom.
"Good morning, Red Rosie. Good morning, Maria!" Sirius
said cheerfully with a grin on his face.
"Yeah, whatever. How come they haven't made you a nick
name yet?" Lily asked.
"Because I haven't had anything done to me or done
anything yet that would get me a nick name. Look at it this way: there's always
six more years!" Maria and Lily climbed out of the portrait hole and continued
the way to breakfast. As, they turned the corner at the end of one corridor,
they found a slightly embarrassing site. Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Eve were up
against the wall, kissing. As Narcissa's left hand moved up to his face, her
engagement ring sparkled. Lily looked at Maria and shrugged. They walked past
the couple and continued on their way.
Sukie was sitting at Ravenclaw Table when they walked
in. Lily waved to her and continued to
Gryffindor Table. After Lily and Maria had been sitting at the table, eating,
for a few minutes, when Narcissa and Lucius walked in, hand in hand.
"Awww, they look so sweet!" Natalie said loudly, sighing.
"Yeah, sure." Lily yawned.
"So what are your plans for this morning?" Maria asked.
"Sukie and I are going to make Daisy a magical gift."
Lily finished her breakfast, and stood up from the table. As she reached the
door, Sukie joined her.
"I had a great
idea. How old is Daisy?" Sukie asked.
"She's six. What's your idea?" Lily and Sukie sat down in
an empty classroom.
"Well, I have this book that's good as new (my Uncle
Frank gave it to me for my birthday, but he forgot that I wasn't six). It's
Cinderella. we could transfigure little figures for her to go along with the
book, or you could charm the pages…" Sukie trailed off when she was the look on
Lily's face.
"That would be perfect for her and all, but that too
advanced magic for us…any other ideas?" They talked about this for a few
minutes, then they decided to charm a doll that Lily had bought form Daisy to
have shining hair that grew and eyes that opened and closed like real dolls.
When they were done (shortly before lunch), Lily wrapped the doll up in the
box. After delivering it to the owlry
she headed down to lunch. James and Sirius were sitting with their eyes locked,
eating.
"What in the name of Dumbledore is going on?" Lily asked
as she sat down next to Maria.
"They're having a staring contest." Maria said, not
taking her eyes off the two guys.
"Er…I won't ask." Lily said.
Finally, it was the day that everyone was leaving
Hogwarts.
"You know, I'll miss this place…It's been like home to me
for the last few months…" Lily sniffed. A few tears rolled down her
cheeks.
"You'll be coming back next year." Sirius slung an arm
around her.
"Its not that…" Lily said.
"You'll miss me, I know. Its hard not to." Sirius smiled.
"No. I just don't want to spend a whole summer apart from
all my friends and with Petunia." Lily sniffed again and sat down in the
carriage with Maria, Sukie and Natalie.
"I'll see you on the train, Red Rosie." Sirius, for once,
was quiet.
"You know, Lily, I think that Sirius likes you." Maria
said quietly to Lily, knowing that it would embarrass her if Natalie or Sukie
heard it. More Natalie than Sukie, though.
"Yeah, could be." Lily shrugged. The ride seemed short.
In what seemed like no time at all they were at the station.
"Well, here goes nothing." Lily stepped off the train.
When they got to the Muggle station, Lily saw Daisy and Mr. Evans waiting to
pick her up.
"Bye Lily, I'll see you next year." Sirius gave Lily a
quick kiss on the check (that surprised her very much) and was gone.
"Maria, I'll try and invite you over this summer. Write
me loads…all of you!" Lily called out as she made her way over to her family.
"Lily!" Daisy cried and hugged her sister.
"Hey Daisy! How did you like your birthday present?" Lily
hugged her sister back, and they made their way to the car.
"I love Cassie very much!" Daisy showed Lily that she was
carrying her doll under her arm.
"Well I'm glad. I'll race you to the car!" All outside
appearances of Lily showed that she was happy to be home. but deep inside she
longed to be back at Hogwarts with its feasts, disappearing steps, and longs
halls. Most of all she was already missing her friends. The first of September
would not come soon enough for her.
2nd author's note: I am going to say that I
will be taking the moth of June (next month) off. I will not be writing any
fics or posting anything. I am taking a well deserved break. I will see you all
in July (figuratively speaking of course!) J
Thanks
to my one time reviewers: CloudyNight (its one of your favorites? Thank you soo
much!); Kim (I didn't do twenty pages on one section, but if you put the whole
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science fair and an **cough cough** open book final **cough cough**); Kathy;
Moony's Chick; Kate Williams (sorry about the short chapters…I can't seem to make
them very long or they get boring and just ramble on…kinda like I'm doing nowJ); Lil' drop o' fire. THANKS TO YOU ALL!!!
Thank
you to my two time reviewers: Savvy (I expect to you review every single part
next story J I'll see you in June!); Lily; miss padfoot(
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work on your spelling! J) THANKS!!
Thanks
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MUCH
And
a large box of chocolate frogs and a chapter dedication to Numair's Mage (no,
Prof. Lewis isn't on the Quidditch team…you're the only one that noticed…just
for you I made Lily in a good mood this chapter…Sirius and Maria might like
each other…but I think that Sirius is a ladies' man and loves all women
(er-girls at this point…)…) who reviewed the most: four times. THANK YOU INFINITY!!!
A
box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans (A Risk With Every Mouthful! ™)
to my Beta Readers Amanda and Shana. I REALLY APPRICIATED IT! Also, if anyone
needs a beta reader, I'd be glad to do it. English was my best subject. Now I'm
sounding like an infomercial.
That's
all, folks! Come back next time! Like I said, I will be taking a break until
July. The rest of May ( a whopping 5 days) I will be working on reposting some
of my stories. Leah will be changed and Hope will not be coming back unless everyone
sits on their knees and begs me for a month. J. I will see all of you in
July (except Savster who I will see for two weeks in June!). Cya!
And
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