A/N- Thanks for the reviews! Anyway, not much to say except that it may take me longer than it has before to get my chapters out. I am starting tennis and that is every Tuesday and Thursday. Also, I will be going away this weekend, and possibly the weekend after that. SO DON'T KILL ME! I hope you enjoy this chapter, I had absolutely no idea what to write! ¡Lo siento! Emily
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Chapter 4
Rude Awakenings
"We never forgive those who make us blush."
-Jean-François De La Harpe
The whole Gryffindor house was awoken the next day by a scream. It was James. He had woken up, looked in the mirror, and screamed at what he had seen.
"James, will we be waking up every morning by your screams?" Remus said groggily.
"LOOK AT MY HAIR!" James screamed. The boys turned to look at his hair, then burst out laughing.
"It's…it's…it's…PINK!" Sirius said. He was laughing so hard that he fell off his bed, but continued laughing.
"Shut up!" James said. "This is not funny! She did it, I know she did."
"Who did?" Remus asked.
"Lily." James hissed. He ran out of the dorm and up to the first year girls' dorm. The door burst open. Jenn stuck her head out of her curtains.
"James, what are you doing here? What wrong?" She asked, her eyes still closed. She rubbed them and looked at James. She burst out laughing. "What…what happened to your hair?"
"Who's hair?" Rachel said popping her head out. "James, unless I'm mistaken, I don't think you're a girl."
"Thanks, I've noticed too." He said offhandedly. "Where's Lily?"
"She sleeps in that bed…why?" Rachel said pointing to Lily's bed. James stormed over to her bed, threw the curtains back, and found Lily supposedly asleep. She opened one eye. She saw James, and opened both her eyes.
"Why, James, what brings you here at this time of day?" Lily said. She had to work very hard not to laugh at James's face and hair.
"You know exactly what brings me here." He hissed. "Look at my hair!" He pointed to the hot pink hair on the top of his head.
"Why, James, what did you do to it?" She asked innocently. "It's pink."
"I know it's pink, and I know you did it."
"Moi? Now, Jamesie, why would I do that?"
"You liar! I know you did!" Lily stood up.
"And if I had? What would you do?" She said.
"Well, first, I would make you change it, then I would plan a prank on you." James said.
"Well, I will not change it." Lily said and walked past him to the bathroom. "I'm sure everyone will love your new hair style." She said as she slammed the door.
"I hate her!" He said and walked back to his dorm.
"Hey, Jamesie, where have you been?" Sirius asked when James entered the room.
"I hate her, I hate her, I hate her!" James said. "She won't change it back and I don't know how!"
"Well, it seems you have a peck of trouble there, don't you?" Remus said.
"Yes, I do. What am I going to do? I can't go out there like this! Look at me! I have pink hair!" James said running his fingers through his hot pink hair.
"Well, wear a hat or something." Sirius suggested.
"Or why don't you look in a book for the counter charm." Remus said as if it were obvious.
"What's a book?" Sirius asked.
"Oh, shut up, Sirius, we already know how stupid you are." Remus said rolling his eyes.
"Yea, that's a good idea, here, you guys, help me look." James said. They each grabbed a book and began to read. After about ten minutes, James exclaimed, "I found it! Oh, darn, it says the curse, and how long it lasts, but not how to change it back. Wait, it says, 'it will last 24 hours. You cannot change it, you can only let it stay for 24 hours.' Aw, man!"
"Well, I guess you'll have pink hair until tonight, or tomorrow morning, whenever she did the charm." Remus said. "Come on, let's go to breakfast."
"I'm not going." James said stubbornly.
"Oh, James, come on, no one will notice." Sirius said trying not to laugh.
"Ha ha, Sirius, I'm so sure no one will notice." James said sarcastically.
"Well, are you coming?" Remus asked.
"No!"
"Fine, if you would like to sit here sulking and starving for 24 hours, that's fine with me." Remus said shutting the door.
"No, I won't sulk, I'll think of a plan to get that ugly Evans back." James said smiling mischievously.
He opened a book Sirius had given him for his birthday last year: 101 Ways to Curse Your Enemy. He flipped through a few pages until he found the curse he was looking for.
"Watch out, Evans, here I come." He said shutting his book.
He tiptoed up to the first year girls' dorm. He went into the bathroom and came back out a few minutes later smiling. Then he heard footsteps outside the door and dove under the bed closest to him.
"I can't believe Lily hates him!" Sarah said opening the door to her dorm. She had forgotten her book.
"I know! He's like the cutest guy in our year!" Elisabeth said.
"No, Elis, he's the cutest guy in the whole school! Well, except for the seventh year guys, they are majorly hot!" Sarah said. "Now where is my book? I know I left it right here."
James looked next to him, he had to hold back a scream. There, sitting right next to him, was Sarah's book. He pushed it out from under the bed quietly, right next to Sarah's feet.
"Oh, here it is!" Sarah said picking up her book. "Come one, Elis, we have History of Magic first. My brother said it's really boring!"
James heard the door click shut. He breathed a sigh of relief and climbed out from under the bed. He walked to the door, opened it, and ran to the common room. People turned when he came down, then laughed. James blushed then ran to the Great Hall to find Sirius and Remus. When he found them, he sat down in-between them, putting his head in his hands.
"So, you decided to come down?" Remus said.
"Yea, I didn't want to give Evans the satisfaction of me not wanting to come out of my dorm because of her prank." James said his voice a tad muffled because of his hands.
"Yea, and you got hungry." Sirius said. James smiled.
"Well, ok, I guess you're right, but I didn't come before doing a little prank of my own." James said. Sirius turned and looked at him.
"What did you do?" He asked.
"Oh, let's just say I gave Evans and all the girls in her dorm a little dose of her own medicine." James said smiling.
"Come on, we have History of Magic." Remus said.
They found the classroom pretty easy and sat down in the back of the class were the girls were already seated.
"Hi, James." Sarah and Elisabeth said giggling. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Hi, ladies." James said sitting next to Sirius who was next to Lily.
"So, Lil-Lil, seems you have some competition." Sirius said smiling. Lily choked.
"What? You're joking, right, Sirius? You don't actually think I like Potter do you?" Lily said.
"We'll see…" Sirius said as Professor Binns walked, or rather floated, into the classroom. Lily frowned.
"I have to go to the Hospital Wing." Lily said clutching her stomach. Sirius gave James a sideways glance.
"Why?" Sirius asked sounding worried.
"I think I'm going to hurl." Lily said.
"Why?" Jenn asked.
"Because Sirius actually said I like James." Lily said. She made a noise like she was throwing up, then sat back up. "There, all better. I wouldn't step there if I were you, Potter." Everyone laughed, except James, Sarah, and Elisabeth.
"Is there something funny about the Goblin rebellions?" Professor Binns asked.
"No, sir." They all said in chorus.
"Very well." He said than droned on about the Goblin rebellions.
"But then again, if I were you, I would be throwing up again." Lily said. "And again, and again, and again, and a-"
"I get the point, Evans." James hissed.
"Really? I didn't think you had the mental capacity to comprehend anything." Lily said.
"Lil-Lil, where do you come up with these comebacks?" Sirius said.
"It comes natural." Lily said shrugging.
"Yea like some other stuff." James said.
"Like?" Lily spat.
"Like being a annoying little itch, being a slut-"
"WILL YOU STOP WITH THAT?" Lily screamed. "I AM NOT A SLUT!"
"Miss Evans, detention." Professor Binns said. The bell rang to signal the change of classes. "I want two feet of parchment on the Goblin rebellion."
Lily grabbed her books and stormed out of classes. Rachel and Jenn ran to catch up with her. When they did, Lily was seething.
"Lily, I can't believe he got you detention on the first day!" Rachel said.
"I hate him. I hope he dies." Lily hissed.
"Now you know you don't mean that. I mean, he does annoy you and got you detention, but you don't want him dead, do you?" Jenn said.
"Yes, I do."
"You re-" Jenn started, but Rachel gave her a 'drop it' look. Jenn shut her mouth.
"What do we have next?" Rachel asked.
Jenn took out her schedule.
"Potions, in the dungeons." She said.
When they got there, they met a very mean Potions teacher. Her name was Professor Rellik. She had light blonde hair that was in a very tight knot in the back of her head and cold blue eyes. She would have been pretty if she wasn't always scowling, many students thought her face was stuck like that. She was head of the Slytherin house, and the rumors were that she favored them in everything, and of course, Gryffindor had Potions with the Slytherins.
"Good morning." Professor Rellik said. Her voice reminded Lily of fingers running down a chalkboard. "Today we will be making a Shrinking Potion. I will put you in partners, and see if you are any different than the other dunderheads I've taught." She looked around the class. "I guess not." She sighed. "When I call your name, please go sit with your partner. Black, Sirius, McKelly, Rachel." Rachel smiled at Sirius and took a seat next to him. "Lupin, Remus, Pettigrew, Peter." Peter squeaked and sat next to Remus. "Evans, Lily, Potter, James." Lily didn't move. Professor Rellik looked at her, "Miss Evans, did you not hear my directions?"
"No, Professor, I heard the directions." Lily said.
"Did you heard who your partner was?"
"Yes, but I didn't suppose you really meant it." Lily said. A few people laughed.
"Oh, I assure you I did, now go sit next to Potter or you will have a detention." Professor Rellik spat. Lily reluctantly got up and sat next to James. James wasn't too happy about this arrangement either, he had a scowl on that matched Professor Rellik's.
"Don't talk to me, Potter, I didn't pick the partners." Lily said through clenched teeth. She didn't look at him, but straight ahead at the wall.
"I won't have any problem with that." James said.
Professor Rellik finished with the partners and said, "Alright, the ingredients list is on page four of your book. Get started."
Lily took out her book and flipped to the right page. "Ok, Potter, go get us dried nettles and crushed snake fangs." James didn't answer. "Potter? POTTER?"
James took out a piece of parchment and a quill, scribbled something down, and handed it to Lily. She read it and threw her hands up in fury.
"Alright, Potter, you can talk to me, but only so I don't get another detention because of you." Lily hissed. James smiled cheekily.
"Fine, I'll go get the stuff you asked for…what was it again?" James said. Lily sighed in frustration.
"Dried nettles and crushed snake fangs. Honestly, Potter, do you only do this to me to get under my skin?" Lily said.
"Yea." James said simply and went to get the stuff they needed. Rachel tapped Lily, who was in front of her, on the shoulder.
"Hey, Lil, how's it going with James?" She asked.
"Oh, just peachy keen." Lily said. Rachel giggled. Lily shot her a piercing glance. Rachel stopped giggling.
"Sorry, but you shouldn't let him do this to you!" Rachel said.
"She's right, Lil-Lil, you shouldn't let him annoy you so much. He's really not that bad, you know." Sirius said.
"Yea? Well, I'll believe it when I see it." Lily said then turned back to her potion.
Everything was going fine, until the end of class when the potions were done. James was putting away the extra ingredients, when Lily smiled evilly. She poured some of the potion in a vile. When James came back, she said in her sweetest voice possible, "James, will you come here?" James gave her a skeptical look, then with a shrug of his shoulders, walked over to Lily.
"What?" James said. Lily took the vile from behind her back and splashed it on the front of James's pants. She smiled.
"That." She said. James's face fell. He looked down his pants. "Evans! You-you-you shrunk my thing!" Lily burst out laughing, grabbed her books, and ran from the class. When she was safely outside the classroom, she leaned against the wall and started laughing hysterically. Jenn and Rachel found her after a few minutes, still laughing.
"Lily! What did you do?" Jenn asked.
"No-no-nothing! I-I-I swear!" Lily said still laughing.
Sirius and Remus soon joined them.
"Lil-Lil, what did you do?" Sirius asked. "James is in there trying to explain to Rellik what you shrunk!" Lily burst out laughing again.
"Well, it serves him right for calling me a slut and getting me a detention!" She said.
"That was mean, Lil-Lil, but it was hilarious watching James trying to tell Rellik what you shrunk." Sirius said.
They made their way to lunch, Sirius and Remus holding the hysterical Lily up. They were joined after awhile by a beet red James.
"Did she fix it?" Sirius asked. Lily snorted. James glared at her and said simply,
"This is war, Evans."
Thank Yous!
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Sweetdreamz- I can't kill off Peter! I'm sorry, really, but my story has to match up with the Harry Potter stories, sorry, but that's just how I am! It has to match! He's not in the story a lot, barely at all actually. A violent death for Peter before Hogwarts, eh? I'll have to check that out…
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