A visit to Hogwarts
By Ola
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This is my first night at
Hogwarts, and I feel exactly like I do at home: extremely tired, but pleased by
the day that just rolled by.
Lily's bed was the one closest to the window, but not touching it. No one would see me there until they looked over the tall bed. But just to be cautious, we decided that Lil would wake me up early so I would hide under the bed, where NO one would see me because of the blankets hanging right down to the wooden floor. And then, when everyone left for classes, I would be free to roam Hogwarts' empty halls… cautiously.
But even with the heavy weight of tiredness pulling down my eyelids, I couldn't fall asleep. Not yet anyway. I had too much on my mind.
Can they really bring me back at the same time I left? If they don't, mom will be awfully worried, and I would hate for her to think something bad happened to me. I love her not because she is my mom and that I am supposed to do so, but because she is a great mom, and a great person. Well, I can't do much about it anyway, and I don't know why, but I trust them, Lil and the guys. Especially Lily. And that leads to the next problem. I read the Harry Potter books, and I know that Lil and James will get married, which is fine. But I also know that they will be murdered by Voldemort, and that poor Harry will have to live with the Dursleys for eleven miserable years. Should I tell them? Is it going to change anything anyway? Maybe it's like this thing with the future that no matter what you do, tell the person in advance or kill the killer, it is going to happen anyway, but in another manner. It's so depressing. It feels as if I am going to betray my best friends.
Sight. This kind of thinking kept me up the rest of the night, which wasn't much.
It's weird, how back at school, it has been 6 o'clock, and here, it was already midnight. Ah! Dummy! You're in England now, so there are 6 hours of time change!
Well, at least that answers one of my questions.
However, the tiredness finally caught up with me, and I fell into an uneasy slumber, only to be prodded awake by Lily an hour later.
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The days followed each other, but no two were the same, except for the fact that James and Lily were constantly fighting, insulting, and generally annoying each other. During their classes, Alex ate in the kitchen and bathed in the girls' shower room. She then sneaked out with James' invisibility cloak (when he wasn't using it himself) to explore the castle, to take part in classes, and to annoy Snape and his cronies, whom she learned to hate after he had hexed her hair into a sickly green color, thinking she was Lily. Well, at least it proved that their trick at hiding her identity was working.
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"The Magical Renaissance happened in the blessed year of…" Prof. Binn (A/N who was teaching history of magic?) droned on, never realizing that most of the class was asleep, and that those students who weren't already sleeping were not far from it.
James and Lily woke up with a start at Prof. Binn's voice being directed in their direction.
"If you please, now, Mr. Potter, and Mrs. Evans. Go to the blackboard and write the list of five famous Magical Renaissance wizards," said Prof. Binn in a satisfied voice. Lily quickly got out of her chair, trying to beat James in a sprint to the blackboard. She was always trying to be better than he was, even in such trivial things. However, there was one area James excelled at: Quidditch. And although that might have nothing to do with History of Magic, it allowed him to make a dash to the blackboard and steal the chalk from right under Lily's questing hand. It is not necessary to say that she got quite mad, especially since she had been sitting closer to the board than he was.
How dare he! Oh, he won't get away with that. As soon as she thought that, a blackboard eraser came flying through the room to whack James in the head, raising a cloud of fine chalk dust. When James finally stopped coughing, he heard the whole class burst into laughter.
Now what? Why are they all giggling like insane people? He thought angrily, starring at Lily with hatred. She in turn, was smiling innocently, and pointing at a rectangular white spot in his jet-black hair. Well, she thumped me with the stupid thing, so of course I will have chalk in my hair, it's nothing funny to laugh at, he thought indignantly. But being whom he was, he made an elaborate curtsy to the class, with a smile on his lips, and the class redoubled in laughter, but this time, James smiled with them. But she will pay for that, he thought fiercely. It will be even worse than the time I humiliated her in front of the whole school. Well, how was I supposed to know she doesn't know how to dance? Well, anyway, that was for the time she turned my hair blond, and curly. I looked so stupid that way. Too… innocent. Like an angel. He grinned.
"There is nothing to smile at,
Mr. Potter and Mrs. Evans. You will both have detention, tonight… together. And
you will remain there… together… until you resolve your little…problem," said
Prof. Binn, in that same droning voice he used for his lectures. Is nothing
going to shake him? The guy's practically a ghost, acting this way! Thought
James incredulously. And he gave me a detention with EVANS! He has no heart!
Does he really think we will get along? Ha! We will probably shake Hogwarts'
foundations first, and it will be HIS fault. Blasted Binn. Blasted EVANS!
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Somewhere in Hogwarts, in a room empty except for two chairs, sat two students, back to back. Each one was staring at a point on the gray wall, silently.
I will certainly not make the first move. Let HIM be the gentleman. I will sit here until tomorrow morning if I must, but I will not talk to this… this… jerk! Thought Lily.
Much the same was going on in
James' mind. She won't talk to me? Fine. Then neither will I. I am not about
to lose my honor by kneeling down in front of her and asking her to forgive me.
NO WAY! And anyway, there is nothing to forgive. And if there ever was, then it's
her who needs to be forgiven. And I will certainly not do that before she asks
me to, 'nicely'!
Lily: I can't BELIEVE prof.
Binn took away my wand. Doesn't he trust me? Well, obviously, he dosen't.
Smirk. That's a good thing for potter, or else, he wouldn't be sitting here
anymore. And speeking of sitting, my butt is beginning to be quite numb. Sight.
Maybe I SHOULD at least talk to him. Alex is right. He IS cute, and a great
prankster, and funny, and smart, and… what am I thinking?!! My god! I am NOT
like every other girl in this school, drooling over him! He's an idiot, a jerk,
a…a…
Back to James' mind: It's
getting boring here. Oh? I haven't noticed. Said a little, sarcastic voice in
his mind. Shut up! I won't have a conversation with myself. Better Evans. What?
She's horrible! But she has beautiful green eyes, and hair as fiery as her
temper. Yes, and if you don't watch your back around 'fire ball', you will find
yourself roasted! Well, at least Binn took our wands away. If he hadn't, I think
we both would have found ourselves in the hospital wing. Smile. I don't
even know how I came to hate her. I wonder how it would be like to be her
friend. That's it! You've lost it! (flat little voice inside his head). You've
lost your marbles. Stop worrying about your girlfriend over there and start
thinking about how you will get out of here? What?! Where did THAT came from?!!
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At the same time, Alex was
quietly walking through the castle's halls, trying in vain to find the little
room where her two friends were incarcerated. I hope they're still alive. I
KNEW they always played pranks on each other, but I didn't know they sometimes
came close to killing each other! Wow, at this rate, I will NEVER find them.
This is the third time I get lost.
Lost in hear thought as well as in the castle, she didn't see prof. Binn striding in her direction, until she was facing him, and then, it was too late to get away.
"Mrs. Evans! What are you doing here? I thought I told you to stay in the classroom tonight?"
"I, euh, well…" Oh my god. Stupid! How stupid can I be?! I can't put Lil into trouble! Oh, the bathrooms! Of course! She thought as she glanced at a nearby doorway. "I really had to go to the bathroom, professor. I CAN do that, can't I?" she said, all innocence.
"Well, of course, dear. Hurry up, I will lead you back to detention," said prof. Binn.
She quickly entered the
lavatory. God! Now what? Her look around the room reposed on a small
window, and an idea popped into her head. He doesn't give me any choice. I
can't let him see both Lily and me at the same time. He will either die of shock,
which wouldn't be THAT bad, or he will figure everything out, which would be a
disaster. Wow it's a long way down! She thought, standing on the narrow
windowsill. A light breeze played with her auburn hair, and she was glad that
it was dark. What would she say if someone caught her sneaking into room
through open windows? She took a shaky step. Okay, I changed my mind.
Darkness is definitely a bad thing. I can't see where I am going! This is
really scary, and if I slip, I will make a dull thumbing sound sricking the
ground, and…DON'T THINK ABOUT IT! And hurry! If prof. Binn gets wind of
something going on, all will be for nothing. Gingerely, Alex stepped along
the ornated windowsills of Hogwarts. Just enough rooms away to sneak around
prof. Binn unnoticed. Just…Gasp!!
She slipped.
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Note: Muahaha!! Ain't I evil? A cliffhanger, literally!! Well, don't worry, I have the next part in my journal, I just need to type it, so it won't be long. Promise. During this time, be a darling, and review. And thanks a LOT for those of you who reviewed the other chapters.!!
Disclaimer: same as always J