A/n: ah! Next chapter.
Thanks for the reviews people! Btown Babe, Taylorwitch, danylion345, ratSkuLL, Jessica, kelton, jAmpi2, M.White, Krissa, and Val!
Nobody in Particular: Sure you can use Aries! :) hehe, don't you just love that kid?
YOU-KNOW-WHO: Well, the character Brian IS based on my real life brother.
Yeah, finally ff.net's back baby!! I finally finished school (okay, that was 2 weeks ago) and I'm sorry I haven't updated sooner. I was busy reading the new fanfics. haha!
OkiE. ENJOY READING THIS CHAPTER!!
Chapter 2 + Sorting Hats & Quidditch Practices
The train finally came to a stop at Hogsmeade Station. The students of Hogwarts sat on carriages that carried them to the castle.
But for the first years, they were doing the tradition of riding the boats to Hogwarts. And on one of those boats, sat Aries Black, age 11.
As Aries stepped his first foot onto the Hogwart's ground, he knew that the next 7 years of his life will be fun and exciting.
His fellow first years and him were greeted by a very stern looking woman in her late 20's. 'Must be Professor McGonagall.' Aries thought. 'Sirius and James told me about her. She looks like a detention giver.'
"Good Evening, and welcome to Hogwarts." The woman said. "I am Professor McGonagall, the deputy headmistress of Hogwarts. The welcoming feast will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you must be sorted into your houses."
At the sound of this, a lot of kids looked terrified, some looked smug, and some looked like they were about to be sick.
"There are 4 houses-Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin." Professor McGonagall said. "Each house has it's own history and produced outstanding witches and wizards." Professor McGonagall continued. "The sorting ceremony will begin shortly. I suggest you all to be ready." With that she left behind the great big doors of the Great Hall.
"How do you think they'll sort us in?" a boy with dark brown hair, named Sam McKinnon that Aries had made acquaintance to on the train asked nervously.
"My older brother said that they'd release a pack of dragons and make us fight them." Aries said smugly.
"Really? My cousin said we have to take some kind of test." A boy with light blonde hair said.
The group of first years was terribly nervous, especially when Professor McGonagall came back and opened the doors for them.
"You may come in now." Professor McGonagall said. They timidly walked in and stopped right in front of a stool with a worn looking hat. The group of first years buzzed with whispers.
"A hat?" Samantha McKinnon, Sam's twin sister exclaimed.
"Maybe we would have to pull a bunny rabbit out of the hat." Said another boy, who must've been a muggle-born.
Suddenly the hat jumped up and began to recite a song. (A/N: I won't write about the song, so let's just skip that and continue with our story.)
"As I read your names, you will step forward and put on the hat to be sorted." McGonagall said. "Black, ARIES!" There seemed to be an amused tone in her voice as she called his name.
Aries, as calmly as he could, walked to the stool and sat down, hat in his hand. He scanned around the huge hall and saw where his older brother Sirius, and his friends were sitting. They were grinning and giving him thumbs up. Sirius was mouthing, "Go Gryffindor!"
Aries sighed and put the hat on, closing his eyes.
"Hm. Another Black!" The Hat said. Aries gasped and opened his eyes. "Yes, I can talk, and I can read your mind. Ah, a wonderful, clever and mischief mind you have. Just like your brother." The hat said. "Brave, yes, very bold, and a bit cocky. you seem like a smaller version of your brother!" The hat exclaimed. "Better put you in. GRYFFINDOR!"
The whole hall burst into applauses, and Aries proudly strolled over to the Gryffindor table where Sirius and James were motioning him to come to.
'Am I really like Sirius?' Aries thought. 'Well, the hat said so.'
"Aries is going to be sorted." Sirius said as he sat down in the Gryffindor Table. "He has to be in Gryffindor- family tradition."
"What if he's in Ravenclaw?" Remus asked.
"NAH, Too brainy. He'll be a nerd or somewhat." Sirius said.
"Hey, I was about to be sorted into Ravenclaw, you know." Lily huffed.
"Figures." James muttered.
"What if he's sorted into Hufflepuff?" Maria asked.
"Nah. too. I don't know, fluffy?" Sirius said, wrinkling his nose. "He needs to be a bold boy."
"Then Slytherin's the place for him." James said, laughing. "Sometimes, with your evil mind, I wonder why you're not sorted into Slytherin, Padfoot."
"Hey, no way!! There's NO WAY Slytherin will be my brother's house." Sirius said. "He's definite Gryffindor material."
"Oh, really." Alison said. "We'll just have to see."
Just then Peter came running to their table. He plopped down into the empty seat next to Lily and was still panting.
"What's wrong Peter?" Lily asked nicely. Alison, on the other hand, was rolling her eyes.
"I got to the train late, and the only compartment that wasn't full was with some Slytherins," Peter panted. "They were putting hexes on me all the train ride and I went to the infirmary right after we arrived." Peter said. "And I didn't want to miss the ceremony, since I heard Sirius's brother's being sorted."
"Are you okay now?" Maria asked. Peter nodded, and Lily gave him a big smile.
Alison was still rolling her eyes. She doesn't know WHY her friends have such a soft spot for him. Sure, she felt pity for him sometimes, but he's so, creepy. The other boys, just found him a great teasing material. But James, now, was rolling his eyes when he saw Lily give Peter so much attention. 'Yea, so he got hexed by those Slytherins. Evans shouldn't pay THAT much attention to him.'
Just then the door flew open and in came a group of terrified looking kids.
"Oh Look, there's Aries!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Looks like a smaller version of Sirius." Maria said dryly. "Hogwarts doesn't need another Sirius Black. One is enough."
"Black, Aries!" McGonagall cried, and the smaller Sirius walked up to the stool and put the hat over his head.
Sirius was crossing his fingers, and chanting, "Gryffindor, Gryffindor, Gryffindor" while closing his eyes. James and Remus just chuckled to see the weird antics of their weird friend.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled, and Aries happily jumped off the stool, and ran to their table. Sirius and James were cheering loudly, calling Aries to come over.
"Great Job, Aries." Sirius said, as Aries found a seat next to James. Aries shrugged and gave him the Black smile.
"You know them, of course," Sirius said, pointing to the boys. "But this is Alison Johnson, who Remmie's dating, Maria White and Lily Evans."
Alison blushed when Sirius mentioned her name with Remus's, Maria gave him a nod and Lily smiled that smile at him.
"Oh. So THIS is Lily Evans." Aries said, nodding. "Great Honor to finally meet you."
"What?" Lily asked, confused. But her smile never escaped her lips.
"James talked about you nonstop this summer." Aries said. "Let's play a prank on Evans," "Hey, these pickles look like Evan's eyes." "I made a prank list for Evans," "Evan's hair looks just like blood-evil, that girl, is." "How bout a prank fest for Evans." Aries quoted. "I was getting tired of him saying those stuff."
"Oh, Potter." Lily said, an evil smile playing on her lips. "I never knew you couldn't stop thinking about me."
"Evans, it's just the same way as Sirius despise Snape." James growled, shooting evil daggers at Aries who was chuckling.
The dinner continued, and afterwards it was pretty late, and Dumbledore, the headmaster, excused them all.
Lily and James, along with the other prefects, had to show the youngsters their way to the dorms. Lily led the first year girls, while James led the first year boys.
James was being annoying, as usual, to Lily, teasing her on how she was "so nice" to Peter that evening.
"Potter, I pity the boy, he's such a nice boy. He's also your friend, and I suggest you should treat him like that, other than just some boy to pick on." Lily snapped.
"You sure you just pity him? He COULD be what you call 'cute' you know." James cackled.
Brian Evans, and another 6th year prefect who was there also, was pretty interested in Lily and James's first fight of the year. And they had one every year.
"So, who is this Peter boy, Lily?" Brian, being the super overprotective brother he is, asked.
"Oh, just one of Lily's new catch." James answered coolly.
"Peter, Peter Pettigrew?" The 6th year other prefect, a girl with dark curls and long lashes, named Olivia Haddaway, asked.
"Potter, he isn't my 'new catch' and he wont ever be! I just feel sorry for the kid, after all you always pick on him! Have you no heart? Oh I forgot, you, Potter don't have a heart!" Lily exclaimed angrily.
"Lily, just tell me if you like him or not." Brian said. "I am your brother, and I demand to know these things about you!"
"AGH!" Lily screamed furiously. The first year girls were beginning to get a bit frightened by her. "I don't like him, Brian. He's just not my type! You know how he is! He's like a younger brother or somewhat." Lily said, more calmly.
"So you have a type of guy you like?" Brian asked curiously. "Please, do tell."
The first year boys, who was following James, began to listen in interest, along with Olivia, the first year girls, and James who acted as if he could care less.
"Oh, fine. I will tell you, but it is just to let your get off my case." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "An Intellect, clever guy who knows when to have fun and when to be mature and serious." Lily began. "He, of course, should be really sweet and caring and." Lily stopped, her face looking all dreamy. James rolled his eyes and said, "Dream on, Evans."
The first year boys began to laugh, especially Aries who was practically on the floor, and Olivia chirped, "I think that's wonderful."
Brian, on the other hand, looked quite displeased. The thought of his baby sister being swept away by some intellectual, clever, sweet, caring guy was just too much for him.
Lily sighed and the group of Gryffindors stopped in front of the portrait of the fat lady. "The password's 'Scarlet Gold'," Brian said. "Don't forget it."
The portrait swung open and the group of kids plus 4 prefects bustled in the cozy common room.
"Great to be home." Lily said softly, as her eyes scanned the room that had been so familiar to her for the past 4 years.
"Boys dorm is up here, turn left when you get to the top. Your belongings have all been sent up to your dorms." James said, pointing to the staircase. "And girls, turn right."
"Now, scoot." Olivia said with a smile. "Tomorrow's a big day."
The kids began to walk up to the stairs, and before disappearing into his dorm, Aries gave Lily and James one wink. "G'night Jamsie, Lilsie."
"Don't call me that!!" James yelled angrily at Aries, who had already disappeared into his dorm. Lily giggled, Lilsie sounds quite funny.
"Come on, LILSIE." Brian said, pulling her arm. "Bedtime for you."
"Oh, come on Brian." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "I'm 15, not 5."
"Oh really, then I've been wrong all along." James said sarcastically.
Olivia gave Lily a smile of sympathy. She was about to save Lily from Brian's over protectiveness but Lily yawned and stretched her arms.
"I am VERY TIRED after putting up to SOME PEOPLE today." Lily said, shooting daggers at both Brian and James. "So, I will go up to bed, I'm doing it because I want to, NOT because SOMEONE TOLD ME TO." Lily said, marching up to her dorm.
"By the way she acts, it's pretty weird how she says she's 15." James laughed.
"Hey, that's my sister you're talking about!" Brian exclaimed. "My BABY sister."
"That's just it, Brian. You're acting like a huge jerk. Lily's 15, not 5, and we're still 16." Olivia said, sighing. "She's not a little girl anymore."
"O-Lee-Vee-Aaa.." Brian whined. "She's my sister, and it's MY responsibility to take care of her. Especially since we're in a BOARDING school."
"Yeah, but you're treating her like she's in jail or somewhat." Olivia argued.
"Olivia, listen. I'm a guy. I know Lily, who is my sister, isn't at all ugly. In fact, a lot of guys find her pretty, cute, attractive, whatever. (*snickers from James could be heard*) Now, I do not want my sister to be in deep shit because some guy who just wanted to use her-" Brian took a deep breath.
"Yeah, but, I just remember you scaring off some guys that she liked, in 2nd year. Are you going to do that to them? Scare them off? In the end Lily will never get to experience something important in her teen years." Olivia said.
James was watching them argue in interest. He knew Brian was always protective to Lily, but he never knew he was THIS overprotective. Then, he did remember how Brian scared off some hufflepuff guys that Lily had a crush on.
"Livi, my mother gave me this responsibility to take care of her. And I'm doing my best to-"
"More like doing your worst." Olivia muttered.
".take care of her. I don't want her to be some slut, or some ditz who only knows how to smile prettily. I want her to be a strong, beautiful girl who has a bright future." Brian continued.
"Oh, alright." Olivia grumbled, walking up to her 6th year Girl's dorm.
The common room was empty, other than Brian and James who were standing awkwardly near the fire. Brian was muttering to himself, something James couldn't make out clearly. But it did sound awfully like "girls. stupid hormone full boys."
"So, Brian. when's the first match of the year?" James asked.
"Uh?" Brian seemed to snap out of his trance, and turned to face James. "Uh, Before Halloween. It's us versus Hufflepuff."
"Great." James answered. "It would be easy for us to beat them with my broom."
This seemed to lightened Brian's mood. Brian then grinned and punched James's arm. "You go get them, boy."
James nodded and walked up to his own dorm, feeling incredibly tired.
Lily was the first to wake up, as usual. She decided she needed a warm shower before starting her first day as a fifth year prefect.
Lily sighed as she passed Maria's and Alison's beds to head for the bathroom. Alison had a wonderful boyfriend. Sure, a lot of her brothers were quite displeased at first due to the fact that their youngest sister was taken. But Maria's older siblings wouldn't care less about the guys she dated. Rhea and Randy White were studying in some wizard university abroad.
Thinking how incredibly unfair her brother was, Lily opened the tap of the shower and began to clean up.
After showering, Lily got dressed, and right after she fasten the last button on her school uniform, Alison woke up.
"You're so early." Alison grumbled sleepily. "Why so early?"
"I don't know, my body wakes me up early." Lily answered. "Better hurry if you don't want to miss breakfast." Alison nodded and dragged her feet to the bathroom.
Just as Lily applied lip balm on her chapped lips, Maria woke up.
"Shoot me, Shoot me now." Maria cried out. "I don't want to wake up!"
"Hurry up, you'll miss breakfast." Lily said. "And you do want to see you lovely Snapey don't you?" Lily cooed.
"Agh!!" Maria yelled. "DON'T remind me. NOW I don't feel like getting out of my bed!"
"Maria Nellyana White," Lily said. "Get out of your bed before I call Snape to wake you up. AND I know he would be delighted to." Lily smirked.
"Oh, alright, alright, I guess that's worse." Maria muttered, getting out of her bed. She sulked as she walked to the bathroom. But the door of the bathroom was locked.
"Oh, Alison's in there." Lily said, shrugging. "You should've been faster."
"AH! ALISON! HURRY UP! HURRY UP! HURRY UP! HURRY UP! A GIRL IN NEED OF A SHOWER IS SHOUTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR BATHROOM DOOR!" Maria screamed. "HURRY UP!"
There was a loud groan, and the sound of the tap being turned off. "Alright, alright." Alison called out. "You don't have to have a cow."
Maria groaned and tapped her foot impatiently as she waited almost 5 minutes just for Alison to wrap herself in a towel.
Eventually the door did open, to reveal a fresh and clean Alison Johnson, singing happily, with a towel covering her hair and a terry-clothed robe wrapped around her body,
"Gooooooood Mooorninnngg!" Alison sang, making Maria grunt. Maria just ran passed her and flew into the bathroom, locking the door behind her. Alison was oblivious, and continued singing as she pranced to her corner.
"You seem quite happy this morning." Lily grinned. Lily was all set- she had her uniform on, brushed her hair, neatly applied a very small amount of makeup and all she had to do was go down for breakfast.
"Good Morning sunshine!" Alison greeted. "A new year! I'd like to start this new year with a new attitude."
"Uh, right." Lily said, giving Alison a confused look. Their other roommates were already awake now, and were bustling around trying to get ready for school.
"I'm going down first, okay? Bye." Lily said, waving at Alison as she grabbed her book bag and ran down the stairs.
Lily was jumping 2 steps at once down to the common room. But, as she jumped off the last step, she collided into no other but James Potter, making them crash onto the floor on top of each other.
(A/n: now, I know this sounds like another "déjà vu" but whatever.)
Lily crashed on top of James, her face only a pinky away from his. For a second James was mesmerized by her penetrating green eyes, which were flashing greatly at him. His eyes trailed down to her lips, and James felt like smacking himself. 'Stupid hormones!!' James thought. 'Oh No, please, I WANT to but no. no. I can't.'
Lily, on the other hand, quickly pulled herself up before James could do anything. She simply muttered an "Oops" and playfully smirked at James. "Am I too heavy?"
'No, you're light as a feather.' James wanted to answer, but seeing her smirk, James decided to start an argument.
"Yes, you are. Seriously Evans, you weigh more than Sirius!" James exclaimed. That was obviously a lie, since Lily, with her petite body, was one of the tiniest girls in her year.
"Well, that means I'm healthy." Lily shrugged. Then she dusted off. "I'm going to breakfast."
"Yeah, and stuff your face with all those fat and calories!" James called after her.
Lily ignored him and headed down for the Great Hall.
Lily was getting used to her busy schedule, with her Prefect meetings and tutoring. She thank god that she couldn't play quidditch, or else she would be busying herself with quidditch practice.
Lily began to wonder WHY on earth the teachers gave so much homework for them even though it was still the beginning of the school year. The September breeze became more and more chilly everyday, and the teachers were threatening the 5th year students on the O.W.Ls they will have to take in the end of the year.
It was one of those dusty late September days, Alison had just called Maria and Lily to wait for her after Quidditch practice (Alison was one of the chasers) and up high in the top row sat Lily and Maria, sitting patiently, waiting for Alison to finish her practice.
Down on the ground, Brian, Lily's brother, was talking vividly to the other team members. Brian was just pointed Captain, and he was giving the other teammates pointers and tactics.
Lily sighed loudly, pulling her cloak tighter. "It's getting chilly and Alison must hurry up."
"Well, she's not quite finished." Maria noted. "They're down there. I can't see them clearly."
"Oh, stupid Brian and his stupid quidditch team with their stupid practices that are so stupidly cold." Lily whined. "I hate this, I hate this."
Suddenly Sirius, who wasn't with them then, came onto the pitch, dragging a large wooden crate. He stopped near his team members and began to talk to Brian. Brian looked as if he was nodding, and was pointing up to the sky. The others merely nodded and a lot of them began mounting their brooms, zooming up to the sky.
"WHAT? THEY HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED PRACTICE YET??" Lily screeched. "I'm NOT going to stay here for another hour or two in the cold watching people ride on broomsticks throwing red balls and catching tiny golden balls with wings!"
"Calm down, Lily." Maria said. "We could watch the practice. It would be fun. Maybe James will mess up and you can laugh at him afterwards." Maria shrugged. "Besides, it WOULDN'T be cold if you hadn't wore only one layer of thin fabric under your cloak."
"Well SORRY." Lily huffed. "But that does seem like a good idea. I hope Potter messes up." Lily said, grinning. "I'll just warm myself with the warming spell." Lily decided, taking out her wand and chanting the mantra.
The players were now up in the sky, Alison saw Maria and Lily in the top row and waved at them. Lily and Maria waved back and settled in their seats. Sirius was horsing around with James. James was now flying with top speed in circles. He flew past where Lily and Maria was sitting, caught Lily's eye, and winked at her.
"EW." Lily muttered. Maria turned to her and gave her a puzzled expression. "That show off, Potter, just winked at me." Lily said with disgust.
"Ooh. Jamsie's flirting with Lilsie!" Maria teased, making kissing sounds and chanting the wedding march.
"Look whose 5 years old." Lily muttered angrily.
"Okay sorry Lils. Finally, practice is starting." Maria said.
On the team were 7 people. They were James, Alison and a fourth year boy named Tobias Hugh who was chasers. Then there was Sirius and Brian, who were beaters. Eric Johnson, Alison's brother and Brian's friend, was keeper, while third year Kathryn DeBurn was the seeker.
The 7 people were flying across the sky, catching the quaffle and throwing them into the either three hoops on each side of the pitch, or hitting black bludgers out of the way. Kathryn was flying around, just to let time pass by.
"KATHRYN! I'M GOING TO LET THE SNITCH GO!" Brian's yells were heard around the pitch. Kathryn nodded, and began her search for the snitch.
Kathryn had very good eyesight, because in only seconds of time she quickly found the snitch that was flying near the goalposts. Lily had very poor eyesight, even with her contacts; she still couldn't see 100% clear. That is why she also has reading glasses.
The team cheered, and they all flew down. They were giving each other high fives, and Lily and Maria knew that practice is over.
So Lily and Maria walked down from the top row to the bottom of the pitch, where the other team members were standing.
"Lily, what are you doing here? You could catch a cold!" Instantly, Brian began fussing. James was snickering, but Alison quickly nudged him in the ribs.
"God Brian I'm alright okay!" Lily said, her teeth chattering slightly. Sure, it was her fault she didn't wear much, but Brian shouldn't be fussing around acting as if she was a fragile baby.
"See! You're chattering! Lily!!" Brian said, shaking his head. "Honestly, you should have known better to wear more."
"Brian, I'm okay!! I'm just here to pick Alison up!!" Lily exclaimed.
"No! Now your body's shaking." Brian looked at his teammates. Alison and Sirius were pretty used to Brian babying Lily like that, and James was having a fun time snickering to himself, but the others seemed a bit disturbed.
"Potter, give me your cloak." Brian ordered. James's eyes bulged and he started to stutter. "W-what?"
"I said, give me your cloak." Brian said, sighing. "Lily might catch a cold."
"But if I give her my cloak then I'll catch the cold and then I might not be able to play for the match!" James protested.
Lily just rolled her eyes. Yeah, trust James to be that selfish and greedy.
"Here, just use my cloak." Eric said. He began to tear off his cloak, but James had already tore off his and he thrust the material into Lily's arms. "Here. I didn't say I wouldn't give it to her."
Lily shrugged and put the cloak on. Sure, it was her "nemesis's" cloak, but she was damn cold, even with the warming spell.
"Good, Potter." Brian said. Eric looked a bit puzzled, but put his cloak on again. "Anyway, great practice all of you. Uh. next week, same time, for next practice okay?" Brian said. "Now, whoever wants to hit the showers, you got an hour and a half before dinner." They nodded and began to walk in different directions.
Lily pulled James's oversized (for her, since she was so small) jacket tighter, and for some reason she thought James's jacket smelled slightly of cinnamon. And Lily liked the spicy scent of cinnamon. And somehow it just smelled so. James Potter-like.
'Ah.' Lily thought. 'I don't want to know how James Potter smells. He probably smells worse than gym socks.' Lily thought.
Alison had made her way to where Lily and Maria were standing awkwardly. She clicked her head in motion to tell them to go. Lily and Maria hurriedly followed Alison, who was taking big steps.
"I hate Brian sometimes." Lily announced. "I'm not a little girl anymore."
"In his mind, you will always be one." Alison said. "Believe me, I know. I've got 5 older brothers, if you don't remember."
"I've got one, but he doesn't do much." Maria shrugged. "Not that I really give a damn."
"But, it's annoying how Brian's always babying me." Lily sighed. "I still could keep up with it until third year, but now I'm in FIFTH and he's also just a year older." Lily rolled her eyes. "It's not like he's the same age as dad or something." Then Lily let out a gasp. "Even my dad isn't as protective as him!"
"Because your parents are so easy going and open, that's why Brian acts like this." Alison pointed out. "Your parents give you so much freedom, and Brian's afraid something might happen to you, so that's why he's so protective. At least that's what I thought my brothers were."
"MY brother wouldn't care less." Maria announced.
"Sometimes I even forget you even have a brother." Lily muttered. "Lucky you."
"Well, I say that humans always want more than they have." Maria said. "It's nature's law. It's like that. Even if you've got the best stuff this world can provide, you still want more."
"That's true." Alison said. "I really agree with that."
"Enough about brothers." Lily said. "Aren't you going to take a shower?"
"Yes, I am. Let's go back to the common room." Alison answered.
A/N: Yeah, that's it! Well, review k? Moreee review please. :) Okay. I'm not demanding for 2000 reviews in this chapter or anything, haha! I just want to know what y'all think about it!
Love.....
~sCHEm.
Thanks for the reviews people! Btown Babe, Taylorwitch, danylion345, ratSkuLL, Jessica, kelton, jAmpi2, M.White, Krissa, and Val!
Nobody in Particular: Sure you can use Aries! :) hehe, don't you just love that kid?
YOU-KNOW-WHO: Well, the character Brian IS based on my real life brother.
Yeah, finally ff.net's back baby!! I finally finished school (okay, that was 2 weeks ago) and I'm sorry I haven't updated sooner. I was busy reading the new fanfics. haha!
OkiE. ENJOY READING THIS CHAPTER!!
Chapter 2 + Sorting Hats & Quidditch Practices
The train finally came to a stop at Hogsmeade Station. The students of Hogwarts sat on carriages that carried them to the castle.
But for the first years, they were doing the tradition of riding the boats to Hogwarts. And on one of those boats, sat Aries Black, age 11.
As Aries stepped his first foot onto the Hogwart's ground, he knew that the next 7 years of his life will be fun and exciting.
His fellow first years and him were greeted by a very stern looking woman in her late 20's. 'Must be Professor McGonagall.' Aries thought. 'Sirius and James told me about her. She looks like a detention giver.'
"Good Evening, and welcome to Hogwarts." The woman said. "I am Professor McGonagall, the deputy headmistress of Hogwarts. The welcoming feast will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you must be sorted into your houses."
At the sound of this, a lot of kids looked terrified, some looked smug, and some looked like they were about to be sick.
"There are 4 houses-Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin." Professor McGonagall said. "Each house has it's own history and produced outstanding witches and wizards." Professor McGonagall continued. "The sorting ceremony will begin shortly. I suggest you all to be ready." With that she left behind the great big doors of the Great Hall.
"How do you think they'll sort us in?" a boy with dark brown hair, named Sam McKinnon that Aries had made acquaintance to on the train asked nervously.
"My older brother said that they'd release a pack of dragons and make us fight them." Aries said smugly.
"Really? My cousin said we have to take some kind of test." A boy with light blonde hair said.
The group of first years was terribly nervous, especially when Professor McGonagall came back and opened the doors for them.
"You may come in now." Professor McGonagall said. They timidly walked in and stopped right in front of a stool with a worn looking hat. The group of first years buzzed with whispers.
"A hat?" Samantha McKinnon, Sam's twin sister exclaimed.
"Maybe we would have to pull a bunny rabbit out of the hat." Said another boy, who must've been a muggle-born.
Suddenly the hat jumped up and began to recite a song. (A/N: I won't write about the song, so let's just skip that and continue with our story.)
"As I read your names, you will step forward and put on the hat to be sorted." McGonagall said. "Black, ARIES!" There seemed to be an amused tone in her voice as she called his name.
Aries, as calmly as he could, walked to the stool and sat down, hat in his hand. He scanned around the huge hall and saw where his older brother Sirius, and his friends were sitting. They were grinning and giving him thumbs up. Sirius was mouthing, "Go Gryffindor!"
Aries sighed and put the hat on, closing his eyes.
"Hm. Another Black!" The Hat said. Aries gasped and opened his eyes. "Yes, I can talk, and I can read your mind. Ah, a wonderful, clever and mischief mind you have. Just like your brother." The hat said. "Brave, yes, very bold, and a bit cocky. you seem like a smaller version of your brother!" The hat exclaimed. "Better put you in. GRYFFINDOR!"
The whole hall burst into applauses, and Aries proudly strolled over to the Gryffindor table where Sirius and James were motioning him to come to.
'Am I really like Sirius?' Aries thought. 'Well, the hat said so.'
"Aries is going to be sorted." Sirius said as he sat down in the Gryffindor Table. "He has to be in Gryffindor- family tradition."
"What if he's in Ravenclaw?" Remus asked.
"NAH, Too brainy. He'll be a nerd or somewhat." Sirius said.
"Hey, I was about to be sorted into Ravenclaw, you know." Lily huffed.
"Figures." James muttered.
"What if he's sorted into Hufflepuff?" Maria asked.
"Nah. too. I don't know, fluffy?" Sirius said, wrinkling his nose. "He needs to be a bold boy."
"Then Slytherin's the place for him." James said, laughing. "Sometimes, with your evil mind, I wonder why you're not sorted into Slytherin, Padfoot."
"Hey, no way!! There's NO WAY Slytherin will be my brother's house." Sirius said. "He's definite Gryffindor material."
"Oh, really." Alison said. "We'll just have to see."
Just then Peter came running to their table. He plopped down into the empty seat next to Lily and was still panting.
"What's wrong Peter?" Lily asked nicely. Alison, on the other hand, was rolling her eyes.
"I got to the train late, and the only compartment that wasn't full was with some Slytherins," Peter panted. "They were putting hexes on me all the train ride and I went to the infirmary right after we arrived." Peter said. "And I didn't want to miss the ceremony, since I heard Sirius's brother's being sorted."
"Are you okay now?" Maria asked. Peter nodded, and Lily gave him a big smile.
Alison was still rolling her eyes. She doesn't know WHY her friends have such a soft spot for him. Sure, she felt pity for him sometimes, but he's so, creepy. The other boys, just found him a great teasing material. But James, now, was rolling his eyes when he saw Lily give Peter so much attention. 'Yea, so he got hexed by those Slytherins. Evans shouldn't pay THAT much attention to him.'
Just then the door flew open and in came a group of terrified looking kids.
"Oh Look, there's Aries!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Looks like a smaller version of Sirius." Maria said dryly. "Hogwarts doesn't need another Sirius Black. One is enough."
"Black, Aries!" McGonagall cried, and the smaller Sirius walked up to the stool and put the hat over his head.
Sirius was crossing his fingers, and chanting, "Gryffindor, Gryffindor, Gryffindor" while closing his eyes. James and Remus just chuckled to see the weird antics of their weird friend.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled, and Aries happily jumped off the stool, and ran to their table. Sirius and James were cheering loudly, calling Aries to come over.
"Great Job, Aries." Sirius said, as Aries found a seat next to James. Aries shrugged and gave him the Black smile.
"You know them, of course," Sirius said, pointing to the boys. "But this is Alison Johnson, who Remmie's dating, Maria White and Lily Evans."
Alison blushed when Sirius mentioned her name with Remus's, Maria gave him a nod and Lily smiled that smile at him.
"Oh. So THIS is Lily Evans." Aries said, nodding. "Great Honor to finally meet you."
"What?" Lily asked, confused. But her smile never escaped her lips.
"James talked about you nonstop this summer." Aries said. "Let's play a prank on Evans," "Hey, these pickles look like Evan's eyes." "I made a prank list for Evans," "Evan's hair looks just like blood-evil, that girl, is." "How bout a prank fest for Evans." Aries quoted. "I was getting tired of him saying those stuff."
"Oh, Potter." Lily said, an evil smile playing on her lips. "I never knew you couldn't stop thinking about me."
"Evans, it's just the same way as Sirius despise Snape." James growled, shooting evil daggers at Aries who was chuckling.
The dinner continued, and afterwards it was pretty late, and Dumbledore, the headmaster, excused them all.
Lily and James, along with the other prefects, had to show the youngsters their way to the dorms. Lily led the first year girls, while James led the first year boys.
James was being annoying, as usual, to Lily, teasing her on how she was "so nice" to Peter that evening.
"Potter, I pity the boy, he's such a nice boy. He's also your friend, and I suggest you should treat him like that, other than just some boy to pick on." Lily snapped.
"You sure you just pity him? He COULD be what you call 'cute' you know." James cackled.
Brian Evans, and another 6th year prefect who was there also, was pretty interested in Lily and James's first fight of the year. And they had one every year.
"So, who is this Peter boy, Lily?" Brian, being the super overprotective brother he is, asked.
"Oh, just one of Lily's new catch." James answered coolly.
"Peter, Peter Pettigrew?" The 6th year other prefect, a girl with dark curls and long lashes, named Olivia Haddaway, asked.
"Potter, he isn't my 'new catch' and he wont ever be! I just feel sorry for the kid, after all you always pick on him! Have you no heart? Oh I forgot, you, Potter don't have a heart!" Lily exclaimed angrily.
"Lily, just tell me if you like him or not." Brian said. "I am your brother, and I demand to know these things about you!"
"AGH!" Lily screamed furiously. The first year girls were beginning to get a bit frightened by her. "I don't like him, Brian. He's just not my type! You know how he is! He's like a younger brother or somewhat." Lily said, more calmly.
"So you have a type of guy you like?" Brian asked curiously. "Please, do tell."
The first year boys, who was following James, began to listen in interest, along with Olivia, the first year girls, and James who acted as if he could care less.
"Oh, fine. I will tell you, but it is just to let your get off my case." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "An Intellect, clever guy who knows when to have fun and when to be mature and serious." Lily began. "He, of course, should be really sweet and caring and." Lily stopped, her face looking all dreamy. James rolled his eyes and said, "Dream on, Evans."
The first year boys began to laugh, especially Aries who was practically on the floor, and Olivia chirped, "I think that's wonderful."
Brian, on the other hand, looked quite displeased. The thought of his baby sister being swept away by some intellectual, clever, sweet, caring guy was just too much for him.
Lily sighed and the group of Gryffindors stopped in front of the portrait of the fat lady. "The password's 'Scarlet Gold'," Brian said. "Don't forget it."
The portrait swung open and the group of kids plus 4 prefects bustled in the cozy common room.
"Great to be home." Lily said softly, as her eyes scanned the room that had been so familiar to her for the past 4 years.
"Boys dorm is up here, turn left when you get to the top. Your belongings have all been sent up to your dorms." James said, pointing to the staircase. "And girls, turn right."
"Now, scoot." Olivia said with a smile. "Tomorrow's a big day."
The kids began to walk up to the stairs, and before disappearing into his dorm, Aries gave Lily and James one wink. "G'night Jamsie, Lilsie."
"Don't call me that!!" James yelled angrily at Aries, who had already disappeared into his dorm. Lily giggled, Lilsie sounds quite funny.
"Come on, LILSIE." Brian said, pulling her arm. "Bedtime for you."
"Oh, come on Brian." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "I'm 15, not 5."
"Oh really, then I've been wrong all along." James said sarcastically.
Olivia gave Lily a smile of sympathy. She was about to save Lily from Brian's over protectiveness but Lily yawned and stretched her arms.
"I am VERY TIRED after putting up to SOME PEOPLE today." Lily said, shooting daggers at both Brian and James. "So, I will go up to bed, I'm doing it because I want to, NOT because SOMEONE TOLD ME TO." Lily said, marching up to her dorm.
"By the way she acts, it's pretty weird how she says she's 15." James laughed.
"Hey, that's my sister you're talking about!" Brian exclaimed. "My BABY sister."
"That's just it, Brian. You're acting like a huge jerk. Lily's 15, not 5, and we're still 16." Olivia said, sighing. "She's not a little girl anymore."
"O-Lee-Vee-Aaa.." Brian whined. "She's my sister, and it's MY responsibility to take care of her. Especially since we're in a BOARDING school."
"Yeah, but you're treating her like she's in jail or somewhat." Olivia argued.
"Olivia, listen. I'm a guy. I know Lily, who is my sister, isn't at all ugly. In fact, a lot of guys find her pretty, cute, attractive, whatever. (*snickers from James could be heard*) Now, I do not want my sister to be in deep shit because some guy who just wanted to use her-" Brian took a deep breath.
"Yeah, but, I just remember you scaring off some guys that she liked, in 2nd year. Are you going to do that to them? Scare them off? In the end Lily will never get to experience something important in her teen years." Olivia said.
James was watching them argue in interest. He knew Brian was always protective to Lily, but he never knew he was THIS overprotective. Then, he did remember how Brian scared off some hufflepuff guys that Lily had a crush on.
"Livi, my mother gave me this responsibility to take care of her. And I'm doing my best to-"
"More like doing your worst." Olivia muttered.
".take care of her. I don't want her to be some slut, or some ditz who only knows how to smile prettily. I want her to be a strong, beautiful girl who has a bright future." Brian continued.
"Oh, alright." Olivia grumbled, walking up to her 6th year Girl's dorm.
The common room was empty, other than Brian and James who were standing awkwardly near the fire. Brian was muttering to himself, something James couldn't make out clearly. But it did sound awfully like "girls. stupid hormone full boys."
"So, Brian. when's the first match of the year?" James asked.
"Uh?" Brian seemed to snap out of his trance, and turned to face James. "Uh, Before Halloween. It's us versus Hufflepuff."
"Great." James answered. "It would be easy for us to beat them with my broom."
This seemed to lightened Brian's mood. Brian then grinned and punched James's arm. "You go get them, boy."
James nodded and walked up to his own dorm, feeling incredibly tired.
Lily was the first to wake up, as usual. She decided she needed a warm shower before starting her first day as a fifth year prefect.
Lily sighed as she passed Maria's and Alison's beds to head for the bathroom. Alison had a wonderful boyfriend. Sure, a lot of her brothers were quite displeased at first due to the fact that their youngest sister was taken. But Maria's older siblings wouldn't care less about the guys she dated. Rhea and Randy White were studying in some wizard university abroad.
Thinking how incredibly unfair her brother was, Lily opened the tap of the shower and began to clean up.
After showering, Lily got dressed, and right after she fasten the last button on her school uniform, Alison woke up.
"You're so early." Alison grumbled sleepily. "Why so early?"
"I don't know, my body wakes me up early." Lily answered. "Better hurry if you don't want to miss breakfast." Alison nodded and dragged her feet to the bathroom.
Just as Lily applied lip balm on her chapped lips, Maria woke up.
"Shoot me, Shoot me now." Maria cried out. "I don't want to wake up!"
"Hurry up, you'll miss breakfast." Lily said. "And you do want to see you lovely Snapey don't you?" Lily cooed.
"Agh!!" Maria yelled. "DON'T remind me. NOW I don't feel like getting out of my bed!"
"Maria Nellyana White," Lily said. "Get out of your bed before I call Snape to wake you up. AND I know he would be delighted to." Lily smirked.
"Oh, alright, alright, I guess that's worse." Maria muttered, getting out of her bed. She sulked as she walked to the bathroom. But the door of the bathroom was locked.
"Oh, Alison's in there." Lily said, shrugging. "You should've been faster."
"AH! ALISON! HURRY UP! HURRY UP! HURRY UP! HURRY UP! A GIRL IN NEED OF A SHOWER IS SHOUTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR BATHROOM DOOR!" Maria screamed. "HURRY UP!"
There was a loud groan, and the sound of the tap being turned off. "Alright, alright." Alison called out. "You don't have to have a cow."
Maria groaned and tapped her foot impatiently as she waited almost 5 minutes just for Alison to wrap herself in a towel.
Eventually the door did open, to reveal a fresh and clean Alison Johnson, singing happily, with a towel covering her hair and a terry-clothed robe wrapped around her body,
"Gooooooood Mooorninnngg!" Alison sang, making Maria grunt. Maria just ran passed her and flew into the bathroom, locking the door behind her. Alison was oblivious, and continued singing as she pranced to her corner.
"You seem quite happy this morning." Lily grinned. Lily was all set- she had her uniform on, brushed her hair, neatly applied a very small amount of makeup and all she had to do was go down for breakfast.
"Good Morning sunshine!" Alison greeted. "A new year! I'd like to start this new year with a new attitude."
"Uh, right." Lily said, giving Alison a confused look. Their other roommates were already awake now, and were bustling around trying to get ready for school.
"I'm going down first, okay? Bye." Lily said, waving at Alison as she grabbed her book bag and ran down the stairs.
Lily was jumping 2 steps at once down to the common room. But, as she jumped off the last step, she collided into no other but James Potter, making them crash onto the floor on top of each other.
(A/n: now, I know this sounds like another "déjà vu" but whatever.)
Lily crashed on top of James, her face only a pinky away from his. For a second James was mesmerized by her penetrating green eyes, which were flashing greatly at him. His eyes trailed down to her lips, and James felt like smacking himself. 'Stupid hormones!!' James thought. 'Oh No, please, I WANT to but no. no. I can't.'
Lily, on the other hand, quickly pulled herself up before James could do anything. She simply muttered an "Oops" and playfully smirked at James. "Am I too heavy?"
'No, you're light as a feather.' James wanted to answer, but seeing her smirk, James decided to start an argument.
"Yes, you are. Seriously Evans, you weigh more than Sirius!" James exclaimed. That was obviously a lie, since Lily, with her petite body, was one of the tiniest girls in her year.
"Well, that means I'm healthy." Lily shrugged. Then she dusted off. "I'm going to breakfast."
"Yeah, and stuff your face with all those fat and calories!" James called after her.
Lily ignored him and headed down for the Great Hall.
Lily was getting used to her busy schedule, with her Prefect meetings and tutoring. She thank god that she couldn't play quidditch, or else she would be busying herself with quidditch practice.
Lily began to wonder WHY on earth the teachers gave so much homework for them even though it was still the beginning of the school year. The September breeze became more and more chilly everyday, and the teachers were threatening the 5th year students on the O.W.Ls they will have to take in the end of the year.
It was one of those dusty late September days, Alison had just called Maria and Lily to wait for her after Quidditch practice (Alison was one of the chasers) and up high in the top row sat Lily and Maria, sitting patiently, waiting for Alison to finish her practice.
Down on the ground, Brian, Lily's brother, was talking vividly to the other team members. Brian was just pointed Captain, and he was giving the other teammates pointers and tactics.
Lily sighed loudly, pulling her cloak tighter. "It's getting chilly and Alison must hurry up."
"Well, she's not quite finished." Maria noted. "They're down there. I can't see them clearly."
"Oh, stupid Brian and his stupid quidditch team with their stupid practices that are so stupidly cold." Lily whined. "I hate this, I hate this."
Suddenly Sirius, who wasn't with them then, came onto the pitch, dragging a large wooden crate. He stopped near his team members and began to talk to Brian. Brian looked as if he was nodding, and was pointing up to the sky. The others merely nodded and a lot of them began mounting their brooms, zooming up to the sky.
"WHAT? THEY HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED PRACTICE YET??" Lily screeched. "I'm NOT going to stay here for another hour or two in the cold watching people ride on broomsticks throwing red balls and catching tiny golden balls with wings!"
"Calm down, Lily." Maria said. "We could watch the practice. It would be fun. Maybe James will mess up and you can laugh at him afterwards." Maria shrugged. "Besides, it WOULDN'T be cold if you hadn't wore only one layer of thin fabric under your cloak."
"Well SORRY." Lily huffed. "But that does seem like a good idea. I hope Potter messes up." Lily said, grinning. "I'll just warm myself with the warming spell." Lily decided, taking out her wand and chanting the mantra.
The players were now up in the sky, Alison saw Maria and Lily in the top row and waved at them. Lily and Maria waved back and settled in their seats. Sirius was horsing around with James. James was now flying with top speed in circles. He flew past where Lily and Maria was sitting, caught Lily's eye, and winked at her.
"EW." Lily muttered. Maria turned to her and gave her a puzzled expression. "That show off, Potter, just winked at me." Lily said with disgust.
"Ooh. Jamsie's flirting with Lilsie!" Maria teased, making kissing sounds and chanting the wedding march.
"Look whose 5 years old." Lily muttered angrily.
"Okay sorry Lils. Finally, practice is starting." Maria said.
On the team were 7 people. They were James, Alison and a fourth year boy named Tobias Hugh who was chasers. Then there was Sirius and Brian, who were beaters. Eric Johnson, Alison's brother and Brian's friend, was keeper, while third year Kathryn DeBurn was the seeker.
The 7 people were flying across the sky, catching the quaffle and throwing them into the either three hoops on each side of the pitch, or hitting black bludgers out of the way. Kathryn was flying around, just to let time pass by.
"KATHRYN! I'M GOING TO LET THE SNITCH GO!" Brian's yells were heard around the pitch. Kathryn nodded, and began her search for the snitch.
Kathryn had very good eyesight, because in only seconds of time she quickly found the snitch that was flying near the goalposts. Lily had very poor eyesight, even with her contacts; she still couldn't see 100% clear. That is why she also has reading glasses.
The team cheered, and they all flew down. They were giving each other high fives, and Lily and Maria knew that practice is over.
So Lily and Maria walked down from the top row to the bottom of the pitch, where the other team members were standing.
"Lily, what are you doing here? You could catch a cold!" Instantly, Brian began fussing. James was snickering, but Alison quickly nudged him in the ribs.
"God Brian I'm alright okay!" Lily said, her teeth chattering slightly. Sure, it was her fault she didn't wear much, but Brian shouldn't be fussing around acting as if she was a fragile baby.
"See! You're chattering! Lily!!" Brian said, shaking his head. "Honestly, you should have known better to wear more."
"Brian, I'm okay!! I'm just here to pick Alison up!!" Lily exclaimed.
"No! Now your body's shaking." Brian looked at his teammates. Alison and Sirius were pretty used to Brian babying Lily like that, and James was having a fun time snickering to himself, but the others seemed a bit disturbed.
"Potter, give me your cloak." Brian ordered. James's eyes bulged and he started to stutter. "W-what?"
"I said, give me your cloak." Brian said, sighing. "Lily might catch a cold."
"But if I give her my cloak then I'll catch the cold and then I might not be able to play for the match!" James protested.
Lily just rolled her eyes. Yeah, trust James to be that selfish and greedy.
"Here, just use my cloak." Eric said. He began to tear off his cloak, but James had already tore off his and he thrust the material into Lily's arms. "Here. I didn't say I wouldn't give it to her."
Lily shrugged and put the cloak on. Sure, it was her "nemesis's" cloak, but she was damn cold, even with the warming spell.
"Good, Potter." Brian said. Eric looked a bit puzzled, but put his cloak on again. "Anyway, great practice all of you. Uh. next week, same time, for next practice okay?" Brian said. "Now, whoever wants to hit the showers, you got an hour and a half before dinner." They nodded and began to walk in different directions.
Lily pulled James's oversized (for her, since she was so small) jacket tighter, and for some reason she thought James's jacket smelled slightly of cinnamon. And Lily liked the spicy scent of cinnamon. And somehow it just smelled so. James Potter-like.
'Ah.' Lily thought. 'I don't want to know how James Potter smells. He probably smells worse than gym socks.' Lily thought.
Alison had made her way to where Lily and Maria were standing awkwardly. She clicked her head in motion to tell them to go. Lily and Maria hurriedly followed Alison, who was taking big steps.
"I hate Brian sometimes." Lily announced. "I'm not a little girl anymore."
"In his mind, you will always be one." Alison said. "Believe me, I know. I've got 5 older brothers, if you don't remember."
"I've got one, but he doesn't do much." Maria shrugged. "Not that I really give a damn."
"But, it's annoying how Brian's always babying me." Lily sighed. "I still could keep up with it until third year, but now I'm in FIFTH and he's also just a year older." Lily rolled her eyes. "It's not like he's the same age as dad or something." Then Lily let out a gasp. "Even my dad isn't as protective as him!"
"Because your parents are so easy going and open, that's why Brian acts like this." Alison pointed out. "Your parents give you so much freedom, and Brian's afraid something might happen to you, so that's why he's so protective. At least that's what I thought my brothers were."
"MY brother wouldn't care less." Maria announced.
"Sometimes I even forget you even have a brother." Lily muttered. "Lucky you."
"Well, I say that humans always want more than they have." Maria said. "It's nature's law. It's like that. Even if you've got the best stuff this world can provide, you still want more."
"That's true." Alison said. "I really agree with that."
"Enough about brothers." Lily said. "Aren't you going to take a shower?"
"Yes, I am. Let's go back to the common room." Alison answered.
A/N: Yeah, that's it! Well, review k? Moreee review please. :) Okay. I'm not demanding for 2000 reviews in this chapter or anything, haha! I just want to know what y'all think about it!
Love.....
~sCHEm.