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this chapter, and all the previous ones. Emily

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Chapter 5

Attention and Detention

"One reason we should love our enemies is that we made them ourselves. Another reason is that they keep us on our toes, a third reason is that we should make them our friends."

-Source Unknown

The next morning, a single word cut through the silence of the Gryffindor house.

"JAMES!"

It was Lily. She had stepped out of the shower, looked in the mirror, and almost passed out at what she saw. Her screamed was heard in the First Year Boys' dorm as though she was standing right outside their door.

"Jamesie, you had better run." Sirius warned. James didn't need to be told twice. He ran down to the common room and through the portrait hole, laughing the whole way. Lily wrapped the towel around herself, and walked out into her dorm.

"Lily, what-what happened?" Rachel asked. She looked at Lily, or what she thought was Lily. Her auburn hair was now a sticky black (it looked like someone had poured wet tar on her head), and her fair skin was covered with ugly green spots. Lily was verge of tears.

"I-I-I don't know." She said. "I got in the shower and my hair was ok, and when I got out, I looked like I fell head first into a newly paved street. What am I going to do?"

"Lily, what happened?" Jenn said pulling back the hangings around her bed.

"James did something to her shampoo and soap." Rachel said answering for the crying Lily.

"How am I going to get this stuff out of my hair? Will I have to cut it all off?" Lily asked, tears streaming down her green spotted face. "It's not that I'm vain or anything, but look at this." She put her hand up to her hair, it got stuck. Rachel went over and pulled it out. "Thanks."

"Well, maybe it will wash out." Jenn suggested.

"I don't think so, but at this moment, I'll try anything." Lily walked back to the bathroom and shut the door quietly. After about a minute, Jenn and Rachel heard the shower running again.

"Lily! Don't use the shampoo again!" Jenn called into the bathroom.

"I won't." Came Lily's sobbed reply. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Rachel opened it to reveal Sirius.

"Sirius! Do you know what your idiotic friend did to Lily?" Rachel screamed.

"Calm down and tell me." Sirius said.

"He did something to her shampoo and soap. Now she's covered in green spots and her hair in covered in this sticky black stuff. She's mortified!" Rachel said.

"Where is she now?" Sirius asked.

"In the shower trying to get the stuff out of her hair, but it's useless! I know it is! She's going to have to cut her hair."

They heard the shower stop. They waited on baited breath for Lily's reaction. They heard it a few seconds later, a distinct sob.

"Rach, get me a pair of scissors." Lily called. Rachel searched her trunk, finally finding a pair of scissors. She handed them through the door to Lily.

"Sirius, you better go, I think this may take awhile." Jenn said. Sirius nodded and left the room. "I wonder how short she's going to cut it."

"I don't know, hopefully not too short." Rachel said. Jenn nodded in agreement.

Lily emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later dressed and with a towel on her head.

"Let us see." Rachel said calmly. Lily obediently took the towel off her head. Her used-to-be shoulder length hair was now cut right at her chin. The tips of her hair were still back, but the rest was red again.

"It looks terrible and I'm still spotted." Lily said glumly.

"It looks great, actually, and you can got to the Hospital Wing and Madam Seed (A/N- get it? Madam Pomfrey's name is Poppy. Poppy Seed, get it? Ok, I thought it was funny.) will fix them." Jenn said.

"Does it really look good?" Lily asked hopefully.

"Better than good. James is going to be mad that he made you look better with his prank." Rachel said. Lily hugged both Jenn and Rachel.

"Thank you both so much. No one could ever ask for better friends." Lily said. "I'm going to go to the Hospital Wing, but can you do me a favor?" Jenn and Rachel nodded. "Give something to James for me. I'll go get it." She ran to the bathroom and returned a few seconds later with sticky black things in her hand. "It's the hair I had to cut off. Give them to James for me." She handed them to Rachel and she took them.

"We'll give them to him, don't worry. Let's go, Jenn." Rachel said. "Good luck at the Hospital Wing, and your hair looks great." Jenn and Rachel left the dorm and headed for the Great Hall.

Lily smiled. "Now to find the Hospital Wing." She ran a brush though her hair, grabbed her books, and left to find the Hospital Wing.

Rachel and Jenn entered the Great Hall to find James laughing hysterically. They walked over to him.

"Hey, Rachel, Jenn, how's Lily?" James said and started laughing again.

"She's just fine, actually, and you're going to be really mad when you see her!" Rachel said. "Oh, and she asked us to give you this." She threw Lily's 'hair' at him; it hit him in the face.

"What the-" James said.

"Have a nice day." Jenn said. Rachel and she smiled sweetly and went to sit with Elisabeth and Sarah.

"What, is that?" Remus said picking up a piece of Lily's 'hair' with James's fork.

"I haven't the slightest idea." James said. Sirius burst out laughing. "What? Do you know?"

"No, but I think I have an idea." Sirius said. "It's Lily's hair!" James looked at the sticky blob in his lap.

"You're saying, that this-this thing is Lily's hair?" James said pointing to Lily's 'hair.' Sirius nodded.

"I think it is."

"So, she's now bald?" James asked. Sirius smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. I went to see what you did to her this morning, but she was in the shower trying to wash it out. Then she asked Rachel for a pair of scissors. I left after that." James smiled.

"I made Lily bald! I am the king of pranks!" He sang. He stood up and danced around. I few people looked at him as though he was crazy, maybe because he is ("hey!"), while others just laughed.

"Yea, well, here, King of Pranks, keep this for a souvenir." Sirius said flinging Lily's 'hair' at James. He caught it and smiled.

"Thanks." He said then rolled his eyes.

"But seriously-" Sirius said.

"The only way you're serious, Sirius, is by your name." James said. Sirius smiled.

"Thanks, James, but really, where is Lily?" James shrugged.

"Who cares?"

"I do." Sirius said. James smiled.

"You like her, Sirius, don't you?"

"Nah, she's too much of a sister to me to like her like her."

"C-mon, you two, Herbology." Remus said.

When they got to Herbology, they sat in the back of the classroom, well, greenhouse where Jenn and Rachel were already sitting. Sirius sat next to Rachel, James next to him, and Remus next to him. Sirius turned to Rachel.

"So, Rachey-Rachel, where's Lily?" He asked.

"She's at the Hospital Wing." Rachel replied stiffly.

"Aw, come on, you're not mad at lil ol' Sirius, are you?" He said in a baby voice.

"Yes, you could have warned Lily about James's prank! I thought you cared about her!" She said icily.

"But I didn't know! All James said was that he was going to give her a dose of her own medicine. How was I supposed to know what that meant?" Rachel turned and looked him straight in the eye.

"You swear you didn't know?"

"I swear! I swear on my Nimbus 1700." He said solemnly.

"Your what?" Rachel asked.

"My Nimbus 1700." Sirius repeated. Rachel stared at him blankly. "My broom…the thing you fly on…Wait-are you muggle born?"

"Yea…"

"Oh! So that's why you don't know what a Nimbus 1700 is!" Sirius said. "Well, it's a broom, the best broom out might I add." Rachel rolled her eyes. "Well, in the wizarding world, you get around on brooms, or floo powder, or Apparate. Also, the best game in the whole world is played on brooms, Quidditch. It's too complicated to explain, but it's really great. I have an idea. We'll go to the first Quidditch match together and I'll explain everything while you are watching it, ok?"

"Ok."

"But only on one condition."

"What?"

"That you say you're not mad at me." Rachel smiled at him.

"Done." Sirius smiled. After about 15 minutes into class, the door to the greenhouse squeaked open. Lily emerged from behind it. Everyone turned to see who it was that walked it. They all gasped at Lily, James's jaw dropped. Since her hair was shorter, it curled under. She had apiece tucked behind her ear that curled around her ear. He shorter hair brought out the greenness of her eyes and seemed to add an extra sparkle to them.

"Miss Evans, where have you been?" Professor Bud asked her. "Are you aware that class started 15 minutes ago?"

"I'm sorry, Professor, but I was having a skin problem," Lily glanced over at James, "and had to go to the Hospital Wing. I'm very sorry I'm late." Lily said.

"Well, go take your seat next to Miss Collins." Lily walked over and sat next to Jenn.

"You'll catch flies, my friend, and I don't think women go for people who eat flies, especially Lily." Sirius said shutting James's mouth.

"And what makes you think I would care what Evans thought?" James demanded. Sirius smiled.

"I don't think, I know." Sirius said. "No matter how much you deny it, deep inside, you know you care what she thinks."

"Why would I care what a skinny little brat who's-"

"gorgeous thinks?" Sirius finished for him. James frowned.

"If that's gorgeous," James said pointing at Lily, "then I'm going for ugly."

"We'll see, we'll see."

"Lily, everyone was staring at you when you came it!" Jenn said excitedly. "I told you it looked great!"

"We told you." Rachel corrected.

"And did you see James's reaction? He was speechless!" Jenn said.

"That's a first." Lily said. "I'm glad it looks good. I was afraid everyone was going to say it was ugly. But anyway, we have to get James back…"

"Any ideas?" Rachel asked. Lily smiled evilly and began telling the girls her plan.

Later that night, around eight o'clock, Lily went down to the trophy room for her detention, she had to clean all the trophies, without magic. By the time she was finished all the trophies and they were approved by Filch the caretaker, it was past midnight. Lily went back to the Gryffindor Tower, nursing her arm and smelling strongly of polish. When she got to the common room, it was deserted by everyone except Rachel and Jenn.

"Ready, Lily?" Rachel asked standing up. Jenn stood up also.

"Ready. Let's put Mission Muggle Trick to action." Lily said smiling. They tiptoed up to the boys dorm.

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