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JK Rowling and I hope she doesn't mind I borrow them. I would also like to
say that the whole Prince of Griffindor thing belongs to the author of the
Gilded Lily, which I myself enjoy. I would like to say that I only
borrowed the title (Prince of Griffindor) and will not be anything like the
Gilded Lily.
A Life in a Moment
Chapter 8: Giant Pumpkins & News of Voldemort
Dear Mom and Dad,
I miss you guys so much but I am having a great time. My best friend is Arabella Figg although I call her Bella. Amanda and Vanessa are two of my roommates I am pretty close with too. I'm sorry my last letter was a little short and rushed I was a little peeved. Thanks for the stuff you sent me. I successfully pranked him and he got me back and now we kind of have this ongoing war. That's okay though I am learning so much. I am almost top in all of my classes except for Transfiguration and Potions. Severus Snape just pulled a head of me in it. Most of the Griffindors hate him and he hates them back but he is always really nice to me. The other day I got stuck on one of the stairs as it changed. It almost made me late to class! I just made it but I had to take the long way.
Happy Halloween! I can't wait tonight we are going to have a feast! Well got to go. Love ya and next time I'll tell you guys about it!
Love Your Angel,
Lily
Dear Diary,
Over the last too months a realization hit me. Everyone loves James Potter. Everyone with the exception of Snape and his cronies. He can sweet-talk anyone into anything which drives me nuts. He is nice to everyone but me, and everyone thinks he is hilarious. I kind of feel left out. He was also right. I don't have many friends. Bella and Remus are the only ones who are really friends. I tutor Peter all the time but he still always takes James' side. I help him because I feel bad. Vanessa and Amanda are cool but they are best friends and I am not as close to them. They are probably my closest friends after Bella and Remus. But they don't participate in my pranks. Ah you know what I mean. I hate it when he calls me Carrot.
Love, Lily
"Come on Lils I am HUNGRY!" Bella growled.
"Alright I'm coming." I hopped of my window seat stashing my journal under the pillows so it wasn't visible. I ran past the bathroom and shook my head at Clarissa and Virginia at the mirror primping. I still don't understand how they can spend that much time in front of the mirror. "I am here." I said to Bella.
"Finally." She giggled and we linked arms climbed down the stairs and skipped through the common room all the way to the Great Hall singing "Were off to see the wizard… The wonderful wizard of oz." Attracting many stares as we went but we were in to much of a good mood to care.
"Wow." We were in awe. The Great Hall had been decked out for the occasion. Giant Pumpkins were in all the corners and a few odd places. They were bigger than me and carved in amazing scenes and scary faces with candles flickering inside. They tables had there good gold plates and candy was everywhere. Candles floated around the enchanted ceiling giving off a nice mood setting glow. And to top it off a flock of bats were circling the Hall. "This is so cool."
"To bad it wasn't tie-dyed orange and black. Then it would have been perfect." Bella looked at me mischievously.
"That could be our goal for next year?"
"Definitely." After a high five we made our way past the ravenclaw and slytherin tables to the Griffindor and took a seat. I sat down next to Remus and on Arabella's other side was Amanda. We said our hellos.
We talked for a bit then the feast began. The tables were covered in platters. There was twice as much food than normal and lots of candy too. We stopped talking because we were to busy eating. And I thought dinner was good dessert was amazing.
"The house elves really outdid themselves this time." Remus sat back stretching.
"You look a lot better Remus. I am glad your getting over your cold." I whispered in his ear. I noticed he really didn't like talking about his sickness.
"Thanks." He mumbled. He turned back to his plate and pushed some leftovers around till they disappeared.
"You know normally you are a very good liar. But I know there is something more to this but I won't push you. Just remember nothing can be that bad that I would think of you any differently ok?" He looked up and met my eyes to see if I was telling the truth and then he smiled.
"Thanks." After that we had a great time. Just before we were going to head up to the common room some filibuster fireworks were ignited and were going off. It made the night and everyone clapped. That is until the fireworks spooked the bats that went flying for cover at all the students and then there was pandemonium to get out of the great hall. Clarissa was jumping up and down with Virginia screaming. Potter and crew were hysterical and Bella was glaring at them that is until a bat landed on her head and she screamed knocked it into flight and dove under the table.
"Did you see that. It was perfect and she was just about to lecture us." Sirius was rolling on the floor. Arabella kicked him from under the table and he yelped and jumped on his chair to avoid her further beatings. The bat then flew to me. I saw Potter's mouth drop as I removed it from my hair and held it in my hands and then let it cling to my robes.
"Carrot why aren't you scared of the bats all the other girls are?" He looked mad that his prank didn't make me scream like everyone else was.
"Bats don't generally hurt people they just have bad wraps. They like clinging to people to get warm. They don't scare me because I know they are innocent." I stated plainly stoking my bat. He was plainly terrified from all the noise. I looked up. "Didn't you know bats have really sensitive ears. You probably made them deaf." I glared at him. He was now holding and stroking his own bat.
"Jeez you really are a bookworm. The bats are fine. Its probably not the first load noise they ever heard." He sneered back.
"I will give you credit. It was kind of fun seeing everyone else run." I broke into a smile leaned down and pulled Bella out from under the table and introduced her to my bat how we decided to name Wilbur. Then her and me brought Wilbur up to the common room. Potter shook his head at us as we walked out of the great hall.
We were all chilling in the common room. The fire was stoked extra high because it was a little chilly out. The moon was waning. I was playing chess with Remus while Bella was watching and playing with Wilbur. Amanda and Vanessa were meeting our new roommate.
"That is not staying in our dorm. I refuse to let vermin share my sleeping space." Clarissa was sitting across from us with her chin up and her arms crossed. Her family was high society and she was showing her nobility in this temper tantrum. It was actually kind of funny.
"Wilbur isn't vermin. He is actually really cute once you get past the whole bat thing." Amanda replied. This earned a lot of laughter from us.
"What do you see when you get passed the bat thing Manda because I am pretty sure he is all bat."
"Bella, enough with the sarcasm you know what I meant." She too was giggling.
I looked back to the chessboard. Remus had taken my rook and bishop and most of my pawns but I was setting up a trap. He was actually walking right into it. I was drawing out his pieces by leaving my own open so he would come and take them leaving his King vulnerable. I got his queen to take my knight and I then moved my second rook into place.
"Lils what are you doing. You're digging yourself into a whole. How do you expect to climb out? You might as well not finish Remus practically one." Bella informed me.
"Its not over till its over Bella!" I didn't want Remus to see my plan and she was practically telling him.
"Sheesh. I was only trying to help." I rarely lost a game. I had been playing since I was old enough to understand. She knew I didn't need help and she hadn't figured out my plan either. I am a mastermind. Just kidding. Potter walked over at this and studied the chessboard. He looked at me. I couldn't read his stare but he went back to the board. He looked up at me a second time. His mouth was slightly open. Yup that's right Potter I faked their pants off and if you blow this for me I am gonna kick you butt. That's right. He pulled up a chair and watched I guess he got the message of my death stare.
Remus got more and more confident as he claimed my second horseman. He was three moves away from checking me. I slid my queen to take his bishop and Checked mate him. He looked up gaping.
"How… What… Where did that come from?" He stuttered. Bella now turned and was hysterical. She didn't see that coming either. Remus put his head on the table. "I am so stupid."
"Don't kick yourself to hard Remus, no one worth anything figured it out anyway." I put a sympathetic hand on his arm. A smile playing my lips.
"Hey!" James said indignantly. "I so knew that was your plan and believe me I'm worth more than you are."
"Oh yeah like that really means something." Sirius had popped up between us.
"Hey!" We yelled together then we both slapped him upside the head.
"Ouch! NO fare you two double teamed me."
"Us work together…"
"On a team…" We looked at each other, "EWWW!" We both screamed at once.
"Disgusting!" Know were rubbing our hands me on Bella Potter on Sirius and dancing around.
"Ahh the Horror!"
"Quick I need a shower…"
"Alright. Fluvous." Said James. I was then hit with a burst of water. I sputtered.
"Fluvous!" I yelled. Giving him a burst in the face. I then threw a pillow at his face taking advantage of his surprise.
We started an outright war soon the entire common room had stopped laughing at us as they got hit with water and projectile pillows and got involved in the fight. I smacked Bella in the face with a pillow and she hit me in the stomach with water. Sirius had climbed on top of the sofa and was spraying water everywhere and at everyone. As a united force we attacked him with pillows and water and he cried…
"I have been slain!" And fell dramatically to the floor. We stopped laughed for a second then got back to the fight. We were making a tremendous racket and because of that the portrait hole opened…
"What is going on here!" Professor McGonall looked outraged. She was staring at a flooded common room and soaked Griffindors covered in feathers… She to sputtered.
A feather was stuck in Sirius' mouth because he was suddenly coughing and pulled it out. He pulled a grotesque face. "Sorry Professor McGonall. I seemed to have a feather in my mouth. Wonder how that happened." He said it totally serious. No pun intended. That was it for all of us. We broke down hysterical there was no stopping it. It took ten minutes for McGonall got quiet.
"Well I have never in all my years… You shall clean up this mess than go to bed. There will be no more water and pillow fights again. Now get to it." With that she turned on heel. She seemed to flustered to punish us. After a bit more laughing we cleaned up still with the occasional giggle then went up to bed to tired to carry on even if we wanted too.
*
The next day we had school. We all grumbled getting out of bed. At least it was a Friday. It turned out to be our usual morning. Clarissa was complaining about her appearance. This time it was the bags under her eyes while Arabella told her to stuff it and then Clarissa would huff as if she was offended so deeply. Virginia would suck in her breath than me; Bell, V, and Manda would head down to breakfast.
Bella had her camera with her and we were going to develop pictures later. The aftermath ones were going to be great. Breakfast helped to brighten our moods. Last night left us famished this morning. Pillow fights can be draining.
We then headed to herbology. Then another boring lecture Defense Against the Dark Arts. Lunch then we went to flying lessons to my disappointment. They had been a weekly torture. Malfoy continued to harass me among others. But mostly me. None of us dared do anything other that fire a comment back. We knew we would be in a lot more trouble. I guessed today would be no different.
We all went to our brooms and we were to practice flying around in a circle pretty high and then we allowed just to fly around and Madam Hooch would correct us as we went.
It was torture. I was horrible at it. I was never going to get it. I refused to go halfway up to the ring we were supposed to fly and Madam Hooch informed me if I didn't I would have little hope of passing this class.
"Aww the poor mudblood who has to be perfect is going to fail. Maybe you should go back to the muggles were you belong." He flew by me really fast almost knocking me off the broom. I was only twenty feet up but that was far enough to freak me out.
Someone's hand reached out and steadied my broom for me.
"Thanks. I am hopeless on this thing. Half the time I think I am going to fall of and break something the other half I feel like I am going to die." I looked up it was Potter. My gratefulness turned into humility. I let him see my weakness.
"That's right Potter help the mudblood be a hero. Can't wait to see how you do when you face the Dark Lord." Malfoy then flew away with Potter cursing after him. What he had said obviously got to Potter I forgot about my current flying situation.
"Who's this Dark Lord and why will you be facing him?" I looked at him curiously. Lucky I was with Potter and Madam Hooch left us alone. He was her favorite student. He didn't look me in the eye.
"Listen… knows not the time. Just go fly around the ring three times so Hooch doesn't fail you."
"Your dodging the question."
"Your being a chicken."
"I'm not the one afraid of the question."
"No but your afraid of flying."
"Shut up!"
"Why don't you!"
"Fine I will prove to you I can do it. But don't think I forgot. I am gonna get the answer out of you later even if I have to beat your ass into the ground."
"I'd like to see you try… but you're going to have to catch me first." With that he took off and I did the same. He came back around to taunt me. "You know Evan's insulting the person who just saved you isn't very polite." With that he zoomed off. I attempted to go after him but Madam Hooch said that know that I was over my fear of flying I could go around the ring. So she watched me fly around three times and informed me I would not be failing. I then started to look for Potter.
Once the class was over I returned my broom and went to find Arabella. She would tell me about this Dark Lord.
*
Sure enough when I asked Bella at dinner she slapped her hand over my mouth and told me "later." That wasn't what I wanted to hear but I waited till we had eaten then I dragged her up to the dormitories. She obviously intended not to answer then either because she grabbed her camera and informed me she was gong to develop pictures.
"Arabella please tell me I need to know." I looked at her pleadingly. I was practically begging.
"Fine. Come sit. This might take some explaining." She sounded defeated.
And so she told me of a dark wizard who had been rising in power the last four years. Know it was said that his reign of terror has begun. She told me his name was Voldemort although reluctantly and then informed me that no one calls him that they only call him you-know-who or the dark lord. She then told me how he had been responsible for many deaths and hundreds of muggle killings. It was devastating to learn the safe little world you were living in was no longer safe. It was shattering my innocence almost like glass. She told me off the horrible things he was doing. It made me feel horrible. How could someone commit such acts?
"Why did Malfoy say that James would face him?" I said James purposely because I felt bad for him. I would not want to be anywhere near him.
"James is the heir to the throne. He is a prime target. The reason he doesn't have a bodyguard here is because he is supposed to be safe at Hogwarts. They don't actually know if You-Know-Who will come after him but it is likely." I looked very solemn at this and felt horrible for making Arabella think of it.
"I'm sorry Bella, I didn't know."
"Its not your fault and it is important that you do. Come on lets develop those pictures know." She got up and got her camera and turned to me. "Lils its best if we don't really discuss this. But if you really want to know something ask me in private like this. I'll try to answer." She smiled weakly and I did not ask anymore questions. I merely followed her and let her forget. But I could not. In fact I thought of it all night. It kept me up. In the wee hours of the morning I nodded off for a few needed hours of sleep.
~Wow I got some reviews thanks to Miyako and Kiriko and annamananna. I hope you guys keep reading. I have the next few chaps written and I wasn't going to post them but then I read the reviews and decided I have too. Thanks for reading hope you enjoyed. I really think its starting to pick up know so I hope you keep reading. ~puddles~
A Life in a Moment
Chapter 8: Giant Pumpkins & News of Voldemort
Dear Mom and Dad,
I miss you guys so much but I am having a great time. My best friend is Arabella Figg although I call her Bella. Amanda and Vanessa are two of my roommates I am pretty close with too. I'm sorry my last letter was a little short and rushed I was a little peeved. Thanks for the stuff you sent me. I successfully pranked him and he got me back and now we kind of have this ongoing war. That's okay though I am learning so much. I am almost top in all of my classes except for Transfiguration and Potions. Severus Snape just pulled a head of me in it. Most of the Griffindors hate him and he hates them back but he is always really nice to me. The other day I got stuck on one of the stairs as it changed. It almost made me late to class! I just made it but I had to take the long way.
Happy Halloween! I can't wait tonight we are going to have a feast! Well got to go. Love ya and next time I'll tell you guys about it!
Love Your Angel,
Lily
Dear Diary,
Over the last too months a realization hit me. Everyone loves James Potter. Everyone with the exception of Snape and his cronies. He can sweet-talk anyone into anything which drives me nuts. He is nice to everyone but me, and everyone thinks he is hilarious. I kind of feel left out. He was also right. I don't have many friends. Bella and Remus are the only ones who are really friends. I tutor Peter all the time but he still always takes James' side. I help him because I feel bad. Vanessa and Amanda are cool but they are best friends and I am not as close to them. They are probably my closest friends after Bella and Remus. But they don't participate in my pranks. Ah you know what I mean. I hate it when he calls me Carrot.
Love, Lily
"Come on Lils I am HUNGRY!" Bella growled.
"Alright I'm coming." I hopped of my window seat stashing my journal under the pillows so it wasn't visible. I ran past the bathroom and shook my head at Clarissa and Virginia at the mirror primping. I still don't understand how they can spend that much time in front of the mirror. "I am here." I said to Bella.
"Finally." She giggled and we linked arms climbed down the stairs and skipped through the common room all the way to the Great Hall singing "Were off to see the wizard… The wonderful wizard of oz." Attracting many stares as we went but we were in to much of a good mood to care.
"Wow." We were in awe. The Great Hall had been decked out for the occasion. Giant Pumpkins were in all the corners and a few odd places. They were bigger than me and carved in amazing scenes and scary faces with candles flickering inside. They tables had there good gold plates and candy was everywhere. Candles floated around the enchanted ceiling giving off a nice mood setting glow. And to top it off a flock of bats were circling the Hall. "This is so cool."
"To bad it wasn't tie-dyed orange and black. Then it would have been perfect." Bella looked at me mischievously.
"That could be our goal for next year?"
"Definitely." After a high five we made our way past the ravenclaw and slytherin tables to the Griffindor and took a seat. I sat down next to Remus and on Arabella's other side was Amanda. We said our hellos.
We talked for a bit then the feast began. The tables were covered in platters. There was twice as much food than normal and lots of candy too. We stopped talking because we were to busy eating. And I thought dinner was good dessert was amazing.
"The house elves really outdid themselves this time." Remus sat back stretching.
"You look a lot better Remus. I am glad your getting over your cold." I whispered in his ear. I noticed he really didn't like talking about his sickness.
"Thanks." He mumbled. He turned back to his plate and pushed some leftovers around till they disappeared.
"You know normally you are a very good liar. But I know there is something more to this but I won't push you. Just remember nothing can be that bad that I would think of you any differently ok?" He looked up and met my eyes to see if I was telling the truth and then he smiled.
"Thanks." After that we had a great time. Just before we were going to head up to the common room some filibuster fireworks were ignited and were going off. It made the night and everyone clapped. That is until the fireworks spooked the bats that went flying for cover at all the students and then there was pandemonium to get out of the great hall. Clarissa was jumping up and down with Virginia screaming. Potter and crew were hysterical and Bella was glaring at them that is until a bat landed on her head and she screamed knocked it into flight and dove under the table.
"Did you see that. It was perfect and she was just about to lecture us." Sirius was rolling on the floor. Arabella kicked him from under the table and he yelped and jumped on his chair to avoid her further beatings. The bat then flew to me. I saw Potter's mouth drop as I removed it from my hair and held it in my hands and then let it cling to my robes.
"Carrot why aren't you scared of the bats all the other girls are?" He looked mad that his prank didn't make me scream like everyone else was.
"Bats don't generally hurt people they just have bad wraps. They like clinging to people to get warm. They don't scare me because I know they are innocent." I stated plainly stoking my bat. He was plainly terrified from all the noise. I looked up. "Didn't you know bats have really sensitive ears. You probably made them deaf." I glared at him. He was now holding and stroking his own bat.
"Jeez you really are a bookworm. The bats are fine. Its probably not the first load noise they ever heard." He sneered back.
"I will give you credit. It was kind of fun seeing everyone else run." I broke into a smile leaned down and pulled Bella out from under the table and introduced her to my bat how we decided to name Wilbur. Then her and me brought Wilbur up to the common room. Potter shook his head at us as we walked out of the great hall.
We were all chilling in the common room. The fire was stoked extra high because it was a little chilly out. The moon was waning. I was playing chess with Remus while Bella was watching and playing with Wilbur. Amanda and Vanessa were meeting our new roommate.
"That is not staying in our dorm. I refuse to let vermin share my sleeping space." Clarissa was sitting across from us with her chin up and her arms crossed. Her family was high society and she was showing her nobility in this temper tantrum. It was actually kind of funny.
"Wilbur isn't vermin. He is actually really cute once you get past the whole bat thing." Amanda replied. This earned a lot of laughter from us.
"What do you see when you get passed the bat thing Manda because I am pretty sure he is all bat."
"Bella, enough with the sarcasm you know what I meant." She too was giggling.
I looked back to the chessboard. Remus had taken my rook and bishop and most of my pawns but I was setting up a trap. He was actually walking right into it. I was drawing out his pieces by leaving my own open so he would come and take them leaving his King vulnerable. I got his queen to take my knight and I then moved my second rook into place.
"Lils what are you doing. You're digging yourself into a whole. How do you expect to climb out? You might as well not finish Remus practically one." Bella informed me.
"Its not over till its over Bella!" I didn't want Remus to see my plan and she was practically telling him.
"Sheesh. I was only trying to help." I rarely lost a game. I had been playing since I was old enough to understand. She knew I didn't need help and she hadn't figured out my plan either. I am a mastermind. Just kidding. Potter walked over at this and studied the chessboard. He looked at me. I couldn't read his stare but he went back to the board. He looked up at me a second time. His mouth was slightly open. Yup that's right Potter I faked their pants off and if you blow this for me I am gonna kick you butt. That's right. He pulled up a chair and watched I guess he got the message of my death stare.
Remus got more and more confident as he claimed my second horseman. He was three moves away from checking me. I slid my queen to take his bishop and Checked mate him. He looked up gaping.
"How… What… Where did that come from?" He stuttered. Bella now turned and was hysterical. She didn't see that coming either. Remus put his head on the table. "I am so stupid."
"Don't kick yourself to hard Remus, no one worth anything figured it out anyway." I put a sympathetic hand on his arm. A smile playing my lips.
"Hey!" James said indignantly. "I so knew that was your plan and believe me I'm worth more than you are."
"Oh yeah like that really means something." Sirius had popped up between us.
"Hey!" We yelled together then we both slapped him upside the head.
"Ouch! NO fare you two double teamed me."
"Us work together…"
"On a team…" We looked at each other, "EWWW!" We both screamed at once.
"Disgusting!" Know were rubbing our hands me on Bella Potter on Sirius and dancing around.
"Ahh the Horror!"
"Quick I need a shower…"
"Alright. Fluvous." Said James. I was then hit with a burst of water. I sputtered.
"Fluvous!" I yelled. Giving him a burst in the face. I then threw a pillow at his face taking advantage of his surprise.
We started an outright war soon the entire common room had stopped laughing at us as they got hit with water and projectile pillows and got involved in the fight. I smacked Bella in the face with a pillow and she hit me in the stomach with water. Sirius had climbed on top of the sofa and was spraying water everywhere and at everyone. As a united force we attacked him with pillows and water and he cried…
"I have been slain!" And fell dramatically to the floor. We stopped laughed for a second then got back to the fight. We were making a tremendous racket and because of that the portrait hole opened…
"What is going on here!" Professor McGonall looked outraged. She was staring at a flooded common room and soaked Griffindors covered in feathers… She to sputtered.
A feather was stuck in Sirius' mouth because he was suddenly coughing and pulled it out. He pulled a grotesque face. "Sorry Professor McGonall. I seemed to have a feather in my mouth. Wonder how that happened." He said it totally serious. No pun intended. That was it for all of us. We broke down hysterical there was no stopping it. It took ten minutes for McGonall got quiet.
"Well I have never in all my years… You shall clean up this mess than go to bed. There will be no more water and pillow fights again. Now get to it." With that she turned on heel. She seemed to flustered to punish us. After a bit more laughing we cleaned up still with the occasional giggle then went up to bed to tired to carry on even if we wanted too.
*
The next day we had school. We all grumbled getting out of bed. At least it was a Friday. It turned out to be our usual morning. Clarissa was complaining about her appearance. This time it was the bags under her eyes while Arabella told her to stuff it and then Clarissa would huff as if she was offended so deeply. Virginia would suck in her breath than me; Bell, V, and Manda would head down to breakfast.
Bella had her camera with her and we were going to develop pictures later. The aftermath ones were going to be great. Breakfast helped to brighten our moods. Last night left us famished this morning. Pillow fights can be draining.
We then headed to herbology. Then another boring lecture Defense Against the Dark Arts. Lunch then we went to flying lessons to my disappointment. They had been a weekly torture. Malfoy continued to harass me among others. But mostly me. None of us dared do anything other that fire a comment back. We knew we would be in a lot more trouble. I guessed today would be no different.
We all went to our brooms and we were to practice flying around in a circle pretty high and then we allowed just to fly around and Madam Hooch would correct us as we went.
It was torture. I was horrible at it. I was never going to get it. I refused to go halfway up to the ring we were supposed to fly and Madam Hooch informed me if I didn't I would have little hope of passing this class.
"Aww the poor mudblood who has to be perfect is going to fail. Maybe you should go back to the muggles were you belong." He flew by me really fast almost knocking me off the broom. I was only twenty feet up but that was far enough to freak me out.
Someone's hand reached out and steadied my broom for me.
"Thanks. I am hopeless on this thing. Half the time I think I am going to fall of and break something the other half I feel like I am going to die." I looked up it was Potter. My gratefulness turned into humility. I let him see my weakness.
"That's right Potter help the mudblood be a hero. Can't wait to see how you do when you face the Dark Lord." Malfoy then flew away with Potter cursing after him. What he had said obviously got to Potter I forgot about my current flying situation.
"Who's this Dark Lord and why will you be facing him?" I looked at him curiously. Lucky I was with Potter and Madam Hooch left us alone. He was her favorite student. He didn't look me in the eye.
"Listen… knows not the time. Just go fly around the ring three times so Hooch doesn't fail you."
"Your dodging the question."
"Your being a chicken."
"I'm not the one afraid of the question."
"No but your afraid of flying."
"Shut up!"
"Why don't you!"
"Fine I will prove to you I can do it. But don't think I forgot. I am gonna get the answer out of you later even if I have to beat your ass into the ground."
"I'd like to see you try… but you're going to have to catch me first." With that he took off and I did the same. He came back around to taunt me. "You know Evan's insulting the person who just saved you isn't very polite." With that he zoomed off. I attempted to go after him but Madam Hooch said that know that I was over my fear of flying I could go around the ring. So she watched me fly around three times and informed me I would not be failing. I then started to look for Potter.
Once the class was over I returned my broom and went to find Arabella. She would tell me about this Dark Lord.
*
Sure enough when I asked Bella at dinner she slapped her hand over my mouth and told me "later." That wasn't what I wanted to hear but I waited till we had eaten then I dragged her up to the dormitories. She obviously intended not to answer then either because she grabbed her camera and informed me she was gong to develop pictures.
"Arabella please tell me I need to know." I looked at her pleadingly. I was practically begging.
"Fine. Come sit. This might take some explaining." She sounded defeated.
And so she told me of a dark wizard who had been rising in power the last four years. Know it was said that his reign of terror has begun. She told me his name was Voldemort although reluctantly and then informed me that no one calls him that they only call him you-know-who or the dark lord. She then told me how he had been responsible for many deaths and hundreds of muggle killings. It was devastating to learn the safe little world you were living in was no longer safe. It was shattering my innocence almost like glass. She told me off the horrible things he was doing. It made me feel horrible. How could someone commit such acts?
"Why did Malfoy say that James would face him?" I said James purposely because I felt bad for him. I would not want to be anywhere near him.
"James is the heir to the throne. He is a prime target. The reason he doesn't have a bodyguard here is because he is supposed to be safe at Hogwarts. They don't actually know if You-Know-Who will come after him but it is likely." I looked very solemn at this and felt horrible for making Arabella think of it.
"I'm sorry Bella, I didn't know."
"Its not your fault and it is important that you do. Come on lets develop those pictures know." She got up and got her camera and turned to me. "Lils its best if we don't really discuss this. But if you really want to know something ask me in private like this. I'll try to answer." She smiled weakly and I did not ask anymore questions. I merely followed her and let her forget. But I could not. In fact I thought of it all night. It kept me up. In the wee hours of the morning I nodded off for a few needed hours of sleep.
~Wow I got some reviews thanks to Miyako and Kiriko and annamananna. I hope you guys keep reading. I have the next few chaps written and I wasn't going to post them but then I read the reviews and decided I have too. Thanks for reading hope you enjoyed. I really think its starting to pick up know so I hope you keep reading. ~puddles~