Lily couldn't believe how lucky they were. The clock had read 2:08 when they got int. ten o' clock is curfew. The maze is off limits without supervision. They almost got killed, twice. But what stories did they have to tell! Lily was tired of hearing Sirius, adventurer extraordinaire. It was like those boys lived in some other world and they couldn't be harmed. Two of them claimed to have met and befriended a unicorn!
Lily trudged down the stairs with a brush in her hand. James took on look at her from his spot on the couch and busted out laughing. Remus and Sirius looked up from their quidditch magazines, paused for a moment, and positively burst into tears snicker loudly. Lily glanced around and then realized it was her who was the butt of the joke.
She comes in Peace"
"Did you get in a fight… with your hair brush!"
"Oh noooo, don't let her get me ahhhhh!"
"It's a live…A LIVE!!"
"Shocking Lily, literally shocking to meet you!!"
"LILY…PHONE HOME!" With Remus's last comment the fours boys doubled up on the ground with cackling. Lily's hair was quite a spectacle. It looked as if she had put count stuffing, dyed red, on her head. Her hair actually looked like she had fiddle with a Lightning Charm that went horribly wrong. Frizzed throughout, Lily took her brush and rapidly brushed her hair. The boys general laughter had subdued, that was until Jenna, Rachael, and Peter came down their dorms stairs.
"Lily… Halloween isn't another month, so your gonna have too wait to be Frankenstein's wife until then." Jenna declared between fits of laughter. The next few moments looked like every one of them had been whacked in the stomach. Rolling around on the ground, each and every one of them was trying to gasp for air. Lily was shooting daggers at very one of them with the intense stare she focused on them. The laughter once again died down, only to be started a few seconds later by the looks the boys were giving to each other. Lily, quite tired of the whole thing was glad to get on to any subject, even quidditch.
"So James, I hear they made you quidditch captain? What curse did you use to get them to do it?" Jenna asked as innocent as she could muster. James was the teams seeker and now captain. Lily had also heard from so many different girls that he was one of the best looking and smartest boys…that hogwarts had seen in a long while. Lily had to agree with the brains part. He beat her in every class but charms, and Lily was no rookie to the magic arts, she was in fact one of the best after him. James had scored highest on owls in the last 20 years and, to Lily's dismay, hadn't study. But to her, he wasn't anything special. They had just become friends, and not even that good of friends either. He was a funny guy, getting into trouble a lot, but he is a school prefect so he's not all trouble.
"Oh I'm very proud of the curse I used it….. I mean…umm. Ha Ha, you are funny Jenna, what position do you have on the team again?" James said with a very boyish, but cynical smile. Lily was glad to have the attention diverted to someone else, even though she knew it would eventually get back to her. At James word Jenna had gone on a mini frenzy and started smacking James, while all the time he just laughed. The other three boys thought his snide remark quite clever, so they gave a big "Ohhhhhhhhhhh!! Burrrrnnnn!" Everyone knew that Jenna would have loved to be on the team, but she just didn't think she had what it took. James thought it fun to play off her fears and get under her skin.
"Yo Prongs, when are you having try-outs, I've been looking forward to hitting you off your broom for about 16 years, so the sooner the better" Sirius said with a grin. Sirius had been chaser since his third year, but decided this year that he wanted to, by his own words 'hit people with things other then his broom.' Lily smiled to herself at his comment. James and Sirius were always testing each other, waiting to get the best come back in at the best time. Those two where the best of friends, and Lily thought that when she got a best friend, she wanted the friendship to be just like James and Sirius, just in a more female manner. Sirius had just broken the detention record of 2,312 last year. He was laid back, hilarious, mischievous beyond description, but somehow, somehow indeed held some of the highest marks in the school. He had overwhelmed her in score, in transfiguration, herbology, and defense against the dark arts. He didn't care about the other classes; in fact he didn't care about the other ones either. Lily clearly understood why he was so popular, she fond that whenever she was with him, she was either have fun or getting in trouble, usually the latter. Even with him ruining her record she couldn't help but feel drawn to him, and that was how most of the girls in this school was. Lily had, for some unknown reason, became really close friends, maybe even better then Jenna and Rachael.
" This Saturday I'm thinking would work best eh Padfoot? Moony you in?… And Peter, man you know we want you to come and join." James said with a bit of his charming smile splayed across his face. Remus, Lily doubted, would have any part of it. He seemed to always be missing, whether it was detention or sick or visiting his mother, he always seemed to be gone. Because of that he wouldn't play, didn't think it was fair to the team. Lily thought Remus was a special fellow, something in his eyes or smile. He match up with Lily well in school, getting almost the same marks, except defense against the dark arts, he seemed to be super-natural at that. There was something else that was strange about Remus, Lily thought that it also was found in his eyes, but did not reflect his attitude. It seemed to be an enormous amount of despair. He was by fair the nicest and most sensible of the friends, as far as Lily could tell. Lily could sense that he was very compassionate, yet he didn't let himself get close to anyone; there even was some distance between him and his guy friends. But even with his protecting himself from his friends, he didn't seem as much out of place as little Peter. Peter was a kind boy, wouldn't ever hurt a soul, yet that was what made him an easy target. He was very shy, but obviously loved being with his friends, and for whatever reason Lily couldn't tell, they seemed to really like him as well. Lily could almost see Peter as a coward though, but he was her friend all the same, well at least somewhat.
"Are quest begins…TO BREAKFAST!" James billow. Remus stuck out his arm and charged forward, while Peter and Sirius marched like soldiers.
"Boys, what a waste of time." An exasperated Rachael said. Lily could tell that it was gonna be a good day, if only she could keep her eyes open. As she reached the breakfast hall though her thoughts were turned to her monkey friend… how odd a creature.
The day progressed and she fought to keep herself awake. She looked around during transfiguration and noticed that most of her friends were falling asleep, besides James, who seemed to have endless energy. Lily's head started to droop down towards the desk. Smack! Lily quickly rubbed her forehead, looking around for the culprit. There was James, smiling his huge boyish grin. He had flicked a long rubber string type thing, as far as Lily could tell. He continued to smile, but then winked and turned his attention to Sirius, who he smacked in the head as well. Sirius leaped from his chair and landed flat on his butt. Mrs. McGonagall, hearing the mock laughs from the class, looked up from the board she had been writing on, and then shook her head once she saw whom it was from. After the laughter had died down, Lily started to fall back into her stupor. She knew McGonagall was speaking but she couldn't help it, last night was just to tiring. The door to the room suddenly opened and in stepped one of the most unlikely people; Dumbledore. Dumbledore had never before appeared in any of her classes.
"Professor, may I request the presence of Ms. Evans, Ms. Hence, and Ms. Darling." Dumbledore said with his typical politeness and enthusiasm. Lily liked Professor Dumbledore, and truly considered him like a grandpa. He was very understanding and passionate. Lily didn't like the fact that the first time he ever visited a class was to retrieve her and her friends. Could he know? Sirius obviously thought so and was having quite the chuckle about it. He wouldn't expel her would he? Her record was pretty clean wasn't it? Dumbledore smile left his face as he led them down the corridor…to his office.
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