A/N: YAY! I finished another chapter! Enjoy!!! Wow…this is a *really* climax chapter. So many things happen in it…well…some of you asked about the gift Erica talked about in one of the beginning chapters, and it's coming! I promise!
Disclaimer: what's mine is mine…what's JK's is JK's…
Chapter Six:
Of Death Eaters and Snake Hair
After the sorting, the feast quickly passed by, and soon Lily was in her dormitory, about to fall asleep. "Lily?" Came a voice from the bed beside her. Lily opened her bed curtains and saw Tawny sitting cross-legged on her bed.
"Yeah, what's up, Tawn?" Asked Lily, seeing the worried look on Tawny's face.
"Are you OK, Lily?" Tawny asked concernedly.
"Yeah, I'm fine, what's on your mind?"
"Well…I just…felt like talking, that's all," Said Tawny.
"Tawny, I've known you since I was eleven, you want to talk about something so get to the point." Lily said grinning.
"Well, I…my…Lil, I can trust you, right?"
"Of course you can!" Lily said, almost hurt that Tawny had to think twice about trusting her.
"Lily…" Tawny started. "My parents…well…you know how none of you guys have ever met my parents?"
"Yeah…what are you getting at?" Lily asked curiously.
"My parents…they're Death Eaters."
Lily went horribly pale. "What the hell are you talking about? You're not serious, are you?"
"Unfortunatly, yes, Lil, I am serious." Tawny said frightenedly. "They want me to join into the 'family business'…I don't know what to do, Lily!"
"Tell the ministry!!!"
"I can't, Lily. They're my parents. As horrible as what they're doing is, I love them. You can't just not love your parents. You just can't."
Lily looked at the tears streaming down Tawny's face. The couldn't stand the thoughts going through her mind. Did Tawny's parents kill Hannah? Did Tawny's parents try to kill…her? Lily bit her lip. "Tawny, go to sleep, it's late. We can talk more tomorrow." Lily said, forcing herself into a yawn.
"Ok, 'night, Lil."
The next morning, Lily was the first to wake up. She took her book, The Lord of the Rings, and curled up on the large armchair in the common room. The next thing she knew, she fell asleep and woke up with her hair charmed into a pack of live snakes.
"James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, get down here NOW! What in god's name did you do to me?" Lily shrieked.
"What in heavens name is she talking about, James?" Sirius asked mockingly.
"Oh, I have no idea. She looks just as always." James responded grinning.
"I demand that you change my hair back now!!!" Lily said running around like a maniac at the sight of the snakes, one was trying to wrap himself around Lily's neck.
"Oh, fine, fine, spoil our fun, will you?" James sad, as he muttered a countercurse. Lily's flaming red hair was back to normal and Lily gave a deep sigh.
"NEVER do that again, Potter! EVER!" Lily shrieked as she ran into the girls' dormitory. The boys snickered and went to breakfast.
Later on, during Potions, which was the Gryffindors', and Slytherins', first class, Lily was frustratedly trying to get Peter, who Professor McCorbey had forced her into working with, to slice his billiwig skin evenly.
"Why don't you do it for me?" Asked Peter, annoyed.
"If I do it for you, you'll never learn to do it yourself." Lily responded briskly, "Plus, my hands are full of diluted newt's tail, and it would mess up the entire potion!"
"Oh, heaven forbid!" Sirius said in mock horror, Remus and James laughed.
Lily rolled her eyes at him and went back to intructing Peter.
"Class, we are now ready to test our healing potions. Please add your finishing touches and bring the potions up to me." Said Professor McCorbey in his usual cold voice. Lily settled for Peter's unevenly cut billiwig skin and had Peter add it to the potion, which was now a bright yellow. Lily bit her lip, and brought forward the potion. "Please watch, class as we administer Ms. Evans and Mr. Pettigrew's potion to this rat, whose tail has been cut off. If it works properly, the rat's tail should grow back, but I highly doubt Ms. Evans and Mr. Pettigrew could possibly have enough brains put together to do this properly." Lily crossed her fingers, as the rat drank the potion. The rat suddenly looked as if his eyes were popping out of his head. He ran around like a maniac, and turned a bright yellow before exploding into a million little pieces all over Professor McCorbey's desk. Lily's face went bright red. Professor McCorbey didn't look pleased. He glared at Lily and Peter, and finally gestured toward the class. "Class dismissed." He said with a sigh.
Lily, Tawny, Grace, James, and Sirius headed up to Divination. They had a new Divination teacher, and they deaply hoped she was as good as their last teacher, Professor Lavina, who was a brilliant seer. After it seemed as if everyone was there, a misty-eyed, middle-aged woman walked into the room. "Hello, Dears." She said. "I am Professor Trelawny and I will be teaching you the art of Divination for the next two years...if you're all still here with us then." The Professor's words sent a chill down Lily's spine. "We will be starting with-" Professor Trelawny's words were cut off by a girl, running into the classroom.
"Sorry I'm late, Professor! I'm new here, and I got lost trying to-"
"I know, dear. I am a seer. Please sit down now."
"Yes, professor." Lily looked over at the girl and realized it was Natty. She grinned at her, and pointed to the seat next to her. Natty rushed over and sat down.
"Now, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted," the professor continued. "I am going to see which of you are true seers, and which of you couldn't tell the grim from a puppy dog. Now, there are crystal balls on each of your tables. Please look in, and when I come around, tell me what you see." The Professor began going around to each table.
"I see…clouds" Said Sirius.
"Sirius, quit fooling around!" Said Lily, "You have to see something , not just clouds.
"And clouds aren't something?" Asked Sirius
"Oh, I give up!" Lily said, annoyed.
The Professor came over to Lily. "What do you see, child?" She asked.
Lily tried to sound smart. "I see a cat."
The Professor gasped. "Oh no, dear! That isn't a cat!"
Lily looked completely shattered. "It-it's not?"
"No, dear, that's The Grim." Lily gasped, along with much of the class.
"That's not The Grim!" Cried Grace.
"Of course it is, child!" Said Professor Trelawny.
"Sorry, professor, but that's not The Grim." Grace said, very sure of herself.
Professor Trelawny looked very taken aback. "That is The Grim, and I suggest you look out for yourself, dear." She said to Lily. "For homework, I'd like you all to write a 9 inch essay on the misfortunes of The Grim. I'll be seeing you all soon, I suppose."
Grace glared at the Professor as she walked out. "She's a crackpot! A total loony! She's not a seer!"
"Grace!" Lily scolded.
"Well, it's true! That wasn't The Grim!" Grace cried. "That was the bearer of good fortune! Trust me, Lily, I know this!"
Lily looked at Grace skeptically, and changed the subject. "So, what's our next cla-" Lily's words were cut off by James, who was running down the hall.
"Lily, McGonagall says to tell you that there's a Prefect's meet tonight at 7." James said, grinning at two giggling girls who were passing by.
"You're trying to tell me that you're a prefect again? I'd think Dumbledore would've learned his lesson after last year." Lily said, glaring at the girls. Pathetic sluts, she thought.
"Oh, you're just jealous, because I got picked to be prefect a year before you did."
"I am not jealous, Potter," Lily said, although, truthfully, se had been jealous of James all of last year. "The day I'm jealous of the almighty James Potter, Quiddich captain extraordinaire, is the day Sirius decides to pay attention in class."
James rolled his eyes, and went over to talk to some Ravenclaw girls. Lily glared, and looked back at Natty, who was whispering something to Grace, who in return, giggled. "What? What is it?"
"It looks like somebody's jealous!" Natty teased, squealing with laughter.
"Moi? Jealous of who?"
Grace giggled. "Them, obviously," She pointed to the Ravenclaw girls who were now giggling at some joke James had said.
"You are completely out of your mind if you think I'd ever be jealous of those sluts." Lily said, walking into Transfiguration before Natty and Grace could comment more. Lily sat next to Tawny and Grace, while Natty and Erica sat behind them. Professor McGonagall spent the class time explaining the basics of transfiguring themselves into objects, and animals, which they wouldn't be learning until the end of the year. Once the class was over, they all went to lunch.
At lunch, the Gryffindor girls, along with Sirius, Remus and Peter, continued teasing Lily, and James. James, however, was not pleased. His newest girlfriend, Miranda Perinelli, had come over to James' table and heard the teasing.
"Oh, James, if you don't want anything to do with me, you could've just said it!" She said, hurt, after hearing a snide comment from Sirius.
"No, Mir, I love you!" James said, although it was obvious there wasn't a hint of truth in his voice.
"Aww…I love you too, James!" She said, falling for it, and leaning over to kiss James.
Once she had walked away, Lily glared at James. "Why the hell did you do that, Potter?" She asked angrily.
"Do what?"
"Oh, you know you don't love her! You're such a pig, James! I heard you myself saying you were going to dump her tonight! I can't believe what a b*****d (A/N: heh…im trying to keep this a PG here…) you are!"
"What I do in my personal life is none of your business, Evans. Just because you don't have a life, doesn't mean I can't!" Suddenly, all of heck broke out at the Gryffindor table, there were shouts fro everyone.
"You tell her, James!" Sirius cried.
"SIRIUS! You pig!" Cried Tawny
"Uhh…sorry?"
Tawny slapped Sirius hard on the cheek.
"Ouch! That hurt"
"You deserved it!"
"James, you little arrogant, idiot! How could you say those kinds of things to Lily? She was right! You're a moron, and you hurt all those perfectly nice girls!" Came Grace's reply.
"Oh, I'm ever so sorry for hurting the little orphan girl's feelings!" At those words, James was officially the most loathed person at the Gryffindor table. Lily didn't say a word, although there were tears forming in her eyes, she ran up to her room. Grace ran after her.
"JAMES, YOU ARE A F***IN B******!!!" Came Tawny's yell, her face was red from anger.
"How could you, James?" Came Erica, also mad.
"James, you're such a jerk! I can't believe you!" Tawny said, running after Grace and Lily.
"What's up with them?" Cried James. Sirius, Peter, Erica, and Remus glared at him.