centerThe Importance of Being. . .Normal?center
SUMMARY: Lily and her two best friends, Alex and Ellen are in their fifth year at Hogwarts. What will happen when Lily begins to get to know the Marauders better? Will the Slytherins manage to beat the Griffindors in the House Cup? Will the Marauders be able to win a bet with Alex? Or will they fail miserably?
IChapter 3-Part 1I
bNicknames and Nutcasesb
"Alex!" Lily said loudly to her sleeping friend.
"Alex get up!" Ellen said, prodding her with her wand. Alex simply slept on.
It was after breakfast, and Alexandria O' Flannery was bstillb asleep.
"Come on Alex," Ellen said whining "we'll be late for class. Really late. As in later than normal-come on!"
"Lex, wake up!" Lily said, getting out her own wand.
The black haired girl rolled over to her left side.
"God Elle, for someone so active she sure can sleep!" Lily exclaimed "Seems I'd best take matters into my own hands."
Lily muttered a few words and a fog of freezing cold air began to hover around Alex's face.
"What the hell?" Alex said yawning
"You wouldn't wake up," Lily informed her, getting rid of the fog as Alex got out of bed.
"Alex." Ellen said, tapping her foot near the doorway of the dorm "You missed breakfast. We just missed Transfiguration, and we're halfway through missing Potions right now, so would you hurry up?"
"God." Alex said, sleepily astonished "I slept that long hey. You guys could've just left me here you know."
"No way Lex," Lily handed Alex her scarf "we wouldn't do that. Hurry up and get changed!"
Alex dashed into the bathroom to change and returned in a record five minutes all ready to go.
"Ta-da!" she said, grabbing her Potions books "And they're off!" Alex took off out of the dorms.
"So I suppose now is when we're supposed to chase after her," Lily said dryly to Ellen
"Suppose so. What've we got to loose?"
They both shrugged and then started running in the direction of the dungeons.
* * * * * *
"So Rickshaw gave you all detention hey," Sirius was saying as he bit into his ham and cheese sandwich "serves you right for turning up just before class was going to end."
Alex snorted, and as she was drinking pumpkin juice at that moment, it ended up in a coughing fit.
"Sure Sirius, and you're such a darling angel." She said after she regained her composure.
"Of course." Sirius smiled cheesily "Well it just so happens that we all have detention at the same time."
"When bdon'tb you all have detention?" Ellen said sarcastically
"Well there was that one week in our first year when we only had one, I think it was, for the whole week." Peter said thoughtfully.
"Ahuh, well my point is," Ellen said gesturing with a stick of celery "that if we all start with this dreadful detention craze, we're going to get no time to do homework."
"Or train for quidditch." Alex said, helping herself to a sandwich of Sirius' plate.
"Hey! Get your own food." He said indignantly
"Sorry-too lazy to get up." Alex said smiling "Besides you've already eaten three."
"I'm growing!"
"Yeah your head is,"
"Alex, Sirius," James said quite seriously "as enjoyable as your fights are to watch, you reckon you could lay off it for now? Where's Lily?"
"Huh?" Remus said, looking over at the other tables "I thought she came to lunch with us."
"She'll turn up," Alex said, unconcernedly "she's probably just gone for a walk. She was pretty stressed out about the detention and all. Dunno why though. We survive and we get them all the time."
"Isn't this like her second one ever?" Ellen asked nobody in particular
"Probably is," James said standing up "I'm going to go look for her, save us seats in Herbology."
"Sure mate." Sirius said, saluting "Hey Flannie, you guys missed out on a brilliant Transfiguration lesson."
"Really?" Alex said, a little blasé "And don't call me Flannie. You know I hate that."
"But why shouldn't I call you Flannie, Flannie?"
* * * * * * *
"Hey Lily wait up!" James called, chasing her as she was walking towards the Griffindor Dormitory. Startled, Lily turned, her eyes wide as she heard James calling.
"Hey, Lily," James panted, slightly out of breath
"Hi," Lily replied a little shyly
"Just wanted to make sure you're ok," James said as he regained his breath "you just disappeared, I was worried."
Lily smiled, unconscious of the radical transformation this did to her facial feature. Suddenly her face was aglow as she displayed her perfect teeth in her pretty smile. James stepped closer.
"That's lovely James," Lily said quietly "but,"-
James looked down into her eyes and saw something he was hoping to see, yet it freaked him out completely.
"Don't finish," he breathed, realising he was going to do something that was either going to turn out really dumb or really good.
The pair's lips moved closer and closer, until. . .
~~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~~
A/N: Yes I know that's a terrible cliffy, and that the chapter is AMAZINGLY short, but it's my first day back at school today, and my computer time has been cut down drastically. Review as always (I never give up hope of reviews), and I'll have part 2 of the chapter up tomorrow! Read and Review. Read and Review. * chants *
Also, I'd just like to say, this is my first attempt at using the 'tags' to edit this, so if they didn't work, many apologies, and if someone could help-it'd be very helpful!
From Katherine.
SUMMARY: Lily and her two best friends, Alex and Ellen are in their fifth year at Hogwarts. What will happen when Lily begins to get to know the Marauders better? Will the Slytherins manage to beat the Griffindors in the House Cup? Will the Marauders be able to win a bet with Alex? Or will they fail miserably?
IChapter 3-Part 1I
bNicknames and Nutcasesb
"Alex!" Lily said loudly to her sleeping friend.
"Alex get up!" Ellen said, prodding her with her wand. Alex simply slept on.
It was after breakfast, and Alexandria O' Flannery was bstillb asleep.
"Come on Alex," Ellen said whining "we'll be late for class. Really late. As in later than normal-come on!"
"Lex, wake up!" Lily said, getting out her own wand.
The black haired girl rolled over to her left side.
"God Elle, for someone so active she sure can sleep!" Lily exclaimed "Seems I'd best take matters into my own hands."
Lily muttered a few words and a fog of freezing cold air began to hover around Alex's face.
"What the hell?" Alex said yawning
"You wouldn't wake up," Lily informed her, getting rid of the fog as Alex got out of bed.
"Alex." Ellen said, tapping her foot near the doorway of the dorm "You missed breakfast. We just missed Transfiguration, and we're halfway through missing Potions right now, so would you hurry up?"
"God." Alex said, sleepily astonished "I slept that long hey. You guys could've just left me here you know."
"No way Lex," Lily handed Alex her scarf "we wouldn't do that. Hurry up and get changed!"
Alex dashed into the bathroom to change and returned in a record five minutes all ready to go.
"Ta-da!" she said, grabbing her Potions books "And they're off!" Alex took off out of the dorms.
"So I suppose now is when we're supposed to chase after her," Lily said dryly to Ellen
"Suppose so. What've we got to loose?"
They both shrugged and then started running in the direction of the dungeons.
* * * * * *
"So Rickshaw gave you all detention hey," Sirius was saying as he bit into his ham and cheese sandwich "serves you right for turning up just before class was going to end."
Alex snorted, and as she was drinking pumpkin juice at that moment, it ended up in a coughing fit.
"Sure Sirius, and you're such a darling angel." She said after she regained her composure.
"Of course." Sirius smiled cheesily "Well it just so happens that we all have detention at the same time."
"When bdon'tb you all have detention?" Ellen said sarcastically
"Well there was that one week in our first year when we only had one, I think it was, for the whole week." Peter said thoughtfully.
"Ahuh, well my point is," Ellen said gesturing with a stick of celery "that if we all start with this dreadful detention craze, we're going to get no time to do homework."
"Or train for quidditch." Alex said, helping herself to a sandwich of Sirius' plate.
"Hey! Get your own food." He said indignantly
"Sorry-too lazy to get up." Alex said smiling "Besides you've already eaten three."
"I'm growing!"
"Yeah your head is,"
"Alex, Sirius," James said quite seriously "as enjoyable as your fights are to watch, you reckon you could lay off it for now? Where's Lily?"
"Huh?" Remus said, looking over at the other tables "I thought she came to lunch with us."
"She'll turn up," Alex said, unconcernedly "she's probably just gone for a walk. She was pretty stressed out about the detention and all. Dunno why though. We survive and we get them all the time."
"Isn't this like her second one ever?" Ellen asked nobody in particular
"Probably is," James said standing up "I'm going to go look for her, save us seats in Herbology."
"Sure mate." Sirius said, saluting "Hey Flannie, you guys missed out on a brilliant Transfiguration lesson."
"Really?" Alex said, a little blasé "And don't call me Flannie. You know I hate that."
"But why shouldn't I call you Flannie, Flannie?"
* * * * * * *
"Hey Lily wait up!" James called, chasing her as she was walking towards the Griffindor Dormitory. Startled, Lily turned, her eyes wide as she heard James calling.
"Hey, Lily," James panted, slightly out of breath
"Hi," Lily replied a little shyly
"Just wanted to make sure you're ok," James said as he regained his breath "you just disappeared, I was worried."
Lily smiled, unconscious of the radical transformation this did to her facial feature. Suddenly her face was aglow as she displayed her perfect teeth in her pretty smile. James stepped closer.
"That's lovely James," Lily said quietly "but,"-
James looked down into her eyes and saw something he was hoping to see, yet it freaked him out completely.
"Don't finish," he breathed, realising he was going to do something that was either going to turn out really dumb or really good.
The pair's lips moved closer and closer, until. . .
~~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~~
A/N: Yes I know that's a terrible cliffy, and that the chapter is AMAZINGLY short, but it's my first day back at school today, and my computer time has been cut down drastically. Review as always (I never give up hope of reviews), and I'll have part 2 of the chapter up tomorrow! Read and Review. Read and Review. * chants *
Also, I'd just like to say, this is my first attempt at using the 'tags' to edit this, so if they didn't work, many apologies, and if someone could help-it'd be very helpful!
From Katherine.