The Emerald Fire*
By: SilverPhoenixWings
A/N: Okay, now I'm dedicated
to this. Therefore, "A Different Year" will have to be put on the back burner
of my mind for a while. I promise I'm working on that and someone just gave me
a very good idea for a very bad joke. Okay, okay. I promise there will be no
bad jokes in this one. Well, actually the title is a bad joke. But that's cool.
Okay? Anyway, I'm not exactly sure what's going to happen in this chapter, but
I've talked to ~certain~ people's friends to get ideas about what to do with
~certain~ people. LOL.
Disclaimer: See chapter one
Claimer: I own Callie,
Emily(LOL), Jen(Bwahahaha), and Liane(Hehehe). I think I own some more people,
but I don't know. Um, I own the idea of this very special chapter. Well, Sierra
Charm helped. But honestly, Callie is mine, and I use her in pretty much every
story. Please don't use her without my permission. Pretend she's copyrighted.
Okay?
On Flames: BRING IT ON!!!
On Reviews: If you review my
story, I'll review yours. Or at least send you a nice email in reply. If you
aren't an author, just leave me your email and I'll get back to you. Thanks!
Dedication: Ahem! This
chapter is dedicated to Prongsy. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Also, to
Sierra Charm, who advised me to do what I did in this chapter. To Harmony
Slytherin, for being such a wonderful puppet. LOL. I have control over you,
Harmony! LOL!!! And, to Star*dust. She, sadly won't be reading this for a
while, but that's okay. LOL. To ~*Hermione*~, fellow dreamer and schemer.
Of Boyfriends, Sirens, and Drowned Rats
Lily laughed as Emily bounced into their dorm on a night
early into February. Emily hopped onto Callie's bed and pulled the book out of
her hands.
"Emily! Give it back!" Callie whined. She tried to grab for it, but she had no energy. It was late, and Callie was tired from writing a Potion's essay.
"Ask
me what happened!" Emily ordered.
"Fine,
what happened?" Callie rolled her eyes. Emily leaned over and whispered into
Callie's ear. Jen hopped up and ran over. After Emily was done, Callie leaped
up. "Ahhhh! That is so cool!" Callie said, bouncing up and down, with a new
burst of energy. Jen, in turn, was whispered to and joined the fun. Lily
sighed.
"What,
you guys? What is so cool?" She asked. Emily turned to her and beamed.
"SIRIUS
ASKED ME OUT!!!!" She screamed. Lily laughed, and bounced with the group. When
everyone calmed down, Callie once again became the voice of reason.
"Um,
Em, Sirius hasn't asked anyone out in ages."
"I
know! I feel so lucky!" Emily laughed.
"Emily,
he flirts with everyone." Liane said, finally joining the conversation.
"So,
let him flirt. If he does anything more, I'll kick his ass." Emily laughed
again and fell backwards onto her bead. It would have been all too graceful if
she hadn't hit her head on her nightstand. She sat up, clutching the back of
her head. After five minutes of sitting there, looking confused, she grinned.
"Ouch."
She said. All of the girls laughed.
The
Head Girl came into the dorm at two in the morning. Lily opened her eyes
reluctantly and climbed out of bed.
"What,
Vesta?" Callie asked. Liane sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"Come
on. Dumbledore wants everyone in the Great Hall right now." Vesta said. Lily
stumbled over piles of clothes to Jen's bed. Lily nudged her shoulder until she
finally opened her eys. When Jen finally got up, she started talking a zillion
miles per minute. Emily and Liane cracked up. The
girls made their way through the corridors. James caught up with Lily and spun
her around.
"Lily."
"What
James?" she asked, slightly worried by the tone in his voice.
"Sirens."
"Excuse
me?" Lily asked groggily. She wasn't at all sure she had heard correctly.
"There
are two sirens in the lake." He said.
"James!
That's not even funny. The sirens drowned themselves ages ago." She said.
"Lily!
It's Voldemort. He some how put a pair of Sirens in the lake. Lily, Peter
almost drowned." James said. Lily bit her lip.
"James,
how do you know?" She asked.
"Lily,
I promise Sirius, Remus and I will tell you tomorrow. Just don't say anything.
C'mon, we better get to the Great Hall." He pulled her once again into the
crowd.
When
everyone was seated in the Great Hall, Dumbledore stood up. Everyone laughed at
his pink pajamas and bunny slippers.
"Students,
this is of the utmost importance." He said. The hall fell quiet. "We have
discovered that there is a pair of sirens in the lake." Dumbledore let this
sink in. Murmurs swept through the hall like wildfire. Those who didn't know
about sirens were quickly informed. "Sirens are ancient creatures who sang so
beautifully that they lured sailors to their deaths. The sirens were said to
have died out when their efforts proved to be futile after sailors learned
their tricks. But apparently they did not fully die out, because we seem to
have a pair in our lake. One of our students had a nearly fatal encounter with
the creatures. They are in the hospital wing to be…dried out." The Great Hall
laughed softly.
"Students,
you are not allowed outside until the creatures have been taken care of."
McGonagall said.
The
students were allowed to return to their dorms. Luckily tonight was Friday.
Lily fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. She awoke an hour later
with fleeting memories of a nightmare. She pulled on a bathrobe and walked
downstairs to find that she wasn't the only one awake.
"James?"
Lily said in an audible whisper.
"Yeah?"
A voice replied. Lily moved toward the dying fire and sat on the couch next to
James.
"What
are you doing up?" she asked.
"I
couldn't sleep. You?" he asked.
"Nightmare."
She said simply.
"About
what?"
"I
can't remember. I remember hearing Sirens. And screaming. That's all though."
Lily said. James looked at her with a worried expression.
"How
curious."
"Um,
yeah. I don't think it means anything though." Lily lied. She thought it meant
a lot. She didn't mention the fact that Liane was in the dream. She didn't
mention the fact that it was Liane who was screaming. Why had Liane been
screaming? She snapped out of her reverie and returned James' thoughtful gaze.
"What
else happened, Lily?" he asked.
"Well,
Liane." She said softly. He nodded.
"Maybe
we should check on her." He said. Lily nodded. They walked quietly up to the
girls' dorm and pushed open the door. The moonlight shone eerily over the beds.
Lily looked quickly to Liane's bed. She gasped.
She
was gone.