Disguised
A/N: Thanks for reviewing, Saphire! Hehe…How did you review 10 times for one chapter, anyway? I thought you couldn't do that…Oh well.
This chapter is in their fourth year.
Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to the wonderful J.K. Rowling. All unrecognizable characters belong to me. Don't sue me; you wouldn't get much anyway.
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Disguised
Chapter III
"Can you believe the Halloween party's in a week and I'm going with Sirius?" Isabella Stevens squealed.
Lily groaned and covered her head with a pillow, trying to shut out the sound. "Yes, Izzy, that's great," she said. Isabella had been doing this for the past week, waking them up at about 7 in the morning and squealing about Sirius Black and the Halloween party.
Sirius had been going out with Isabella since the Halloween party last year. She had met him there and told him her name, and he'd asked her out to the next Hogsmeade trip.
From then on, they'd gone to Hogsmeade together, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Isabella talked a lot, about how Sirius was so fun and nice, and his friends were too. Lily had laughed at the thought of James Potter, who was Sirius' best friend, ever being nice. She couldn't imagine that. She was on good terms with Sirius, but she still hated James, and he still hated her.
"I know, isn't it?" Isabella squealed again. "It's going to be so fun…"
"Oh, shut it, Izzy," Ella said, in a long-suffering voice. "You've gone out with Sirius loads of times; why are you so excited about this party?"
"Well…it's the biggest dance of the year!" Isabella said excitedly.
Lily wondered how Sophia was sleeping through all this. She shouldn't be surprised, really; Sophia could sleep through an earthquake. Lily frequently had to wake her up.
Suddenly, Lily understood Isabella's excitement. It was fun to be planning to meet someone.
She'd met a boy, last year, at the Halloween party. She'd never asked his name, and he'd called her Emerald, because of her eyes. And she was meeting him in the kitchens this year. Even if she didn't show it, Lily was very excited to be seeing him. He'd been great to talk to, and…well, she sort of liked him. It was dumb, she knew, to like someone, when you weren't even planning to get their name…But she did anyway.
"Excuse me while I do a small wake-up call," Isabella said importantly, getting out of bed and going over to Sophia, who was still fast asleep.
Lily and Ella jumped out of bed at the same time, and tried to pull her back, but they forgot to cover her mouth.
Isabella yelled, "OY!!!!! SOPHIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!"
Sophia's eyes opened calmly, just in time to hear the yell echoing away. "What?" she said, in a calm voice, smiling at Isabella.
"How does that not annoy you?" Lily demanded, staring at Sophia.
"Well, yelling is the only way to wake me up, so I don't mind. What time is it, anyway?"
Again, Lily and Ella were too late to cover Isabella's mouth. "Bright and early, seven-thirty!" she chirped. Lily cringed, preparing for what was to come.
"SEVEN-THIRTY?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" Sophia roared, trying to jump out of bed and hitting her head on the wood that supported the hangings. "OW!!!!!!" Then, she went back to her original topic. "SEVEN-THIRTY?!?!?!?!?!?!? ON SATURDAY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Then, she climbed carefully out of bed, to avoid hitting her head again. After that, she went back to being wild and crazy and chased Isabella, who was shrieking piercingly, around the room. Then, they ran out.
Lily was a bit worried about where they would go. If Sophia was going to turn Isabella green or something, she at least wanted to witness it.
"Hey, Sophia, come back!" she yelled, sprinting out of the room
Ella, forgotten back in the dorm, shook her head and sighed.
***
Meanwhile, the Marauders were having breakfast. They'd gotten up early to sneak into the Owlery and turn all the owls multi-colored.
"Can you believe I'm going with Izzy?" Sirius said, talking about the Halloween party.
"That's great, Sirius!" Peter said.
James sighed. He was looking forward to seeing the girl he'd met last year, who he called Emerald, but did you see him talking about it every other sentence? No. And Sirius saw his girlfriend Izzy at least once a week anyway.
"Yes, I can," an amused Remus said, "you've mentioned it at least a million times. And that was just yesterday."
"Yeah, right. Well, let's go," Sirius said, getting up as they all finished breakfast. The rest of them got up too, and started walking toward the door. "But, I mean, how can I not mention her? She's so great, and she's--"
Sirius never got to finish that sentence, because at that precise moment three girls rushed through the doors of the Great Hall. James noticed that all three were still in their pajamas, right before the one in the lead crashed right into Sirius, shrieking her head off, and they both fell to the floor. Then, it was like a row of dominos. The next one tripped over them and fell on top of them, and the third girl toppled over too, ending up on the top of the pile.
James blinked and stared. The pile was like this from the bottom up: Sirius Black (his best friend), Izzy Stevens (Sirius' girlfriend), Sophia White (one of Izzy's friends), and Lily Evans (his arch-enemy and a friend of Izzy and Sophia).
Izzy looked at the person below her. "Sirius!" she said happily, and hugged him.
"I'd love to hug you back," Sirius said in a strangled voice, "but could you all get off me?"
"Oh, sure, Sirius," Lily said, and got off the top of the pile. Then, she turned around and saw James. He looked coldly at her.
"Evans."
"Potter."
"I didn't know you were such a klutz. It's entertaining. Do it again sometime."
"I wouldn't have fallen over if Sirius hadn't been standing there!"
"Sirius wouldn't have fallen over if you crazy people hadn't crashed into him!"
"I am not crazy, James Potter! You are argumentative!"
"Me? Argumentative? No, to me that seems like a better description of you!"
"Copy-cat!"
"Freak!"
"Creep!"
"Teacher's pet!" James said, and looked at Lily. She was wearing pajamas--a tank top and some pants. She had her hands on her hips, and her hair was cascading down to the same level. She was pretty when she was angry…James shook his head quickly, shocked with himself.
"Dunce!" Lily spat.
"Can you two stop it already?" Sophia groaned, coming over and standing between them.
"Alright, Sophia, but only because it's you," Lily said brightly, and stuck her tongue out at James.
"You're so childish, Evans."
Lily clenched her teeth.
Izzy finally got off Sirius, and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Thanks for getting off me, Izzy," Sirius said weakly, still lying on the floor.
"No problem, Sirius!"
James looked over at Remus and Peter. Remus shook his head tiredly.
***
A week later, people were meeting outside the Great Hall, to go in to the Halloween party together.
"Where is Izzy?" Sirius said, looking over the heads of the crowd. "She said she'd look the same as last year." Sirius, on the other hand, was different from last year. This year, he had purple spiked hair, and red eyes. He seemed to like getting strange looks.
"Oh, look, right over there," James said, spotting her. He started jumping up and down, waving. "Oy! Izzy! He's over here!"
Izzy spotted James and grinned, pushing her way through the crowd toward Sirius. She got to him after some shoving, and said, with a grin, "Hi, Sirius. Love your new look." Sirius, Izzy, and Peter (Remus wasn't there; it was a full moon again) went toward the doors of the Great Hall, and James set off toward the kitchens. He doubted they would miss him.
***
Lily was waiting for him when he got to the kitchens. She smiled at him. This year, she had dark brown hair, but she'd left her eyes emerald green again, and she'd worn the matching dress robes again.
"Hello, sir and miss!" the house-elves squeaked at them.
"Hello. Er…Binky, can I have some of the food that you're sending up to the Great Hall?"
"Of course, miss! Binky will get it for you!" Binky said, and scurried off.
"Hello, Emerald. Nice to see you again," the boy said.
"Same to you," she said.
"What is your name, anyway?" he asked suddenly.
Lily smiled, seemingly calm, but a bit nervous. "I like an air of mystery," she said.
Then, she changed the subject. "Played any pranks lately?" she said.
"No," he said. "I'm going to have to, though. This girl's really been annoying me."
A girl? Lily wondered if he was trying to get someone to go out with him. If so, he liked someone else and it was pointless having a crush on him. She hoped that wasn't the case. "How's she annoying you? Maybe I could help you figure out some way to get back at her."
"I don't know why…it's just something about her."
"Well, you should figure out what that is," Lily said, slightly worried. There were two possibilities. One: He could really not know. Two: He had asked the girl out and gotten turned down, and he just didn't want to talk about it.
"I don't mean to be rude or anything, but why are you so interested?"
"Oh, don't mind me," Lily said, her mind working quickly. "I…just like to help people." She added, "And I definitely like to plan pranks." That was very true.
The boy grinned. "Well, enough about me. What have you been doing?"
Lily wouldn't tell him much, for fear he'd somehow figure out who she was, but she told him a couple of pranks she'd played, and he laughed.
They talked up until midnight, occasionally ordering some food from the house elves, and then Lily got ready to leave.
"I'll see you here next year, right?" she said, smiling at him again.
"Sure," he said, smiling back at her.
"Then, I'll see you," she said, and left.
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Isabella Stevens said in the dorm later, "That was fun, wasn't it?"
"Yes," Lily said vaguely, smiling into space.
"What's up with you, Lily?" Sophia said, staring at her. "Who did you meet?"
"Nobody," Lily said quickly. She would feel slightly stupid telling anyone about…her mystery boy, as she liked to think of him.
"Ha," Sophia said. "That's a good one. C'mon, who did you meet? Let me guess, is there some boy in the walls of Hogwarts who actually knows how to dance without stepping on people's toes? I'd love him right away, just because it would be so refreshing." She grinned.
"Just leave me alone, Sophia," Lily said, and closed the hangings of her bed.
Sophia raised her eyebrows, looking slightly hurt, and closed the hangings of her bed too.
Isabella and Ella just looked at each other.
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A/N: Well, I finished! Yay!
I'll try to get the next chapter out soon!
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~Hermione2
