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Chapter 16- Food Fights and Detention
Lily rolled over in her bed, wide awake. She just couldn't will herself to fall asleep. Something kept telling her that she was in danger, and James was in danger. Oh, god, how she worried about James. He wanted to be an auror. And Voldemort knew. What if the Death Eaters came after her boyfriend? She just wanted everything to be right; to not have to worry.
Sighing, she rose from her bed, brushing bright red hair out of her face. She grabbed a book and headed for the common room. She'd just have to sit by the fire and read until she felt sleepy. Hopefully that would be soon; she didn't want to fall asleep in class.
A stair creaked when she tip-toed into the room. She headed for the fire, which was dying out, and stopped abruptly, surprised to see a figure already there. James turned around when he heard noises behind him, his jet black hair falling into his chocolate eyes.
"What're you doing out here?" she inquired, walking over to stand in front of him.
"The same as you, I think. I couldn't sleep." he glanced at her book, which she dropped to the floor. She wouldn't be needing it after all.
"Oh. I wonder why I'm having so much trouble tonight." And with that, she plopped herself down into his lap, laying her arm over his shoulder and entwining her hand in his messy hair. He smiled and she kissed his half-open lips. When the kiss ended, Lily laid her head down on his shoulder, hugging him to her. The moment would have been perfect, if not for that feeling that she still had. She was with her boyfriend, in his arms, and nothing else mattered to her. But that feeling just wouldn't go away!
He laid his head on top of hers, inhaling the scent of her hair.
"I can't believe it took me this long to realize how much I love you."
"Well, sometimes it's better to leave the best things for last." A small smile played on her lips. "And I love you too, James." They kissed again before closing their eyes and drifting into a deep sleep.
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"Wake up, sleepy heads!" Sirius playfully yelled at his friends, while the others hung back, laughing at the couple near the fire. "I see you two had a busy night, hmm?"
"We were wondering where you were, Lily. You scared us, but then Jennifer suggested we check down here. When did you leave? And why?" Chloe was smiling at her friend suggestively.
"Well, I couldn't sleep." She paused as Chloe and Jennifer mumbled something that sounded an awful lot like 'always the excuse'. She chose to ignore them for the time being. "So I came down here, and found him" she poked James and he opened his eyes, smiling. "already here."
"What? What's this?" he picked Lily up and set her on her feet, turning to look at his grinning friends. Well, all except Peter, who was just standing off to the side staring, seemingly at nothing. He must have really loved his aunt; he had been even more quiet than usual since returning to Hogwarts. "When did you all come down here?"
"Oh, just now. We were wondering where you two had gone off to. We never thought to find you down here asleep in each other's arms." Remus grinned teasingly. "Well, either way, it's time for breakfast, and my stomach is rumbling." Just then it did rumble, and loudly. "You see, it just said it isn't going to shut up until I feed it."
"You speak to your stomach?" Sirius asked, faking incredulity. Remus simply waved his hand dismissively as he set off for the portrait hole.
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Upon arriving in the Great Hall, they found Remus already seated and buttering a piece of toast (A/N: I'm making myself hungry!).
"You took long enough." He said as they seated themselves around him. Chloe laughed and gave him a squeeze. He handed her the toast. "I buttered some toast for you."
"Moony, man, you need to learn just how far you can go without going too far." Sirius shook his head. "And, by the way, Chloe, he was most likely buttering that for himself."
"It's the thought that counts." She gave Remus a smile that reached her hazel eyes.
The seven of them sat in silence (A/N: I can't just pretend like Peter isn't there, can I?) for the next few minutes, stuffing their faces.
Sirius stared at Jennifer, tilting his head to the side and squinting one eye. "You look sort of like a chipmunk when you chew like that." She smiled and her cheeks bulged, causing her to really look like a chipmunk. Laughing, she threw some of her scrambled eggs at him.
"Oh no! No you don't hit the mighty Sirius with eggs!" he flung his bacon, hitting her right in the middle of her forehead.
It wasn't long before all seven of them were involved, and then the whole Gryffindor table, and finally the whole Hall. It was chaos; and many unidentified flying objects were zooming through the air.
Chloe ducked, just dodging some grape jelly thrown at her by Lily. They collapsed laughing as James was hit in the side of the head with a slab of butter. Sirius was busy nailing the Slytherins with all sorts of things.
Dumbledore rose, covered in many now unrecognizable foods. "I suggest we all calm down a bit. There is a bit of cleaning up we all must do before heading to class, I think." His eyes twinkled as he looked over at McGonagall, who was scowling in her seat. She had just been hit in the side of the head with an orange, and didn't look overly happy about it. "I don't believe the people who started this should be too quick to do anything else like it in the near future, as they already have a detention to serve. Now off to clean up." He swept out of the Hall, with students streaming behind him, grinning.
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The day went quite well, actually. Everyone seemed in high spirits. It was Friday, after all. And that weekend was a Hogsmeade weekend. They were very excited about it, until remembering that they weren't allowed to go. They had detention the next day.
Jennifer sighed. "I was really looking forward to going too! Oh, I wish we could go to detention and then go to Hogsmeade afterwards."
"Me too! Tomorrow is going to be so boring, staying here with the first and second years!" Lily replied, taking a seat in the common room.
James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter walked over just then. "Oh, no need to worry about that. We're all going into the Forbidden Forest, with Hagrid and Fang. McGonagall just kindly informed us." At the words Forbidden Forest, Peter shivered.
"I'm not feeling so well. I'm going to go lie down." He told them.
"Okay. See you later Wormtail."
"Why ever do they want us to go in there?" Chloe asked.
"Well, they want to teach us a lesson, I suppose. They think it'll scare us. So we're going to find a plant that we are going to be studying in Herbology next week."
"Can't someone else find the plant?' Lily asked anxiously. She really didn't feel like going into the Forbidden Forest.
"Well sure. But it's more convenient to just let us do it. She assured me that Hagrid and Fang would keep us safe." James snorted, remembering last time he had seen the dog. It had been running away from him in his stag form.
"oh well. I guess we might as well get it over with. I'm going for a walk. You coming, Remus?" Chloe turned to her boyfriend and he grinned.
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The next day they slept in, not wanting to get up and watch everyone prepare to leave for Hogsmeade. When they finally went down to the Great Hall, they found that they were too late for breakfast.
"We'll just have to go to the kitchens and grab something, I suppose." Sirius said with a grin. And that's just what they did. The house elves seemed maybe a little too happy to be rid of the food.
They were sitting in the common room, watching the sun set, when McGonagall walked in.
"Time for your detention. Come with me." Her face was grim, not at all pleasant. All of them, excluding Peter, of course, cautiously followed her out onto the grounds.
"As soon as you have collected five of the plants, you may return to the Gryffindor tower." She said, banging on Hagrid's door.
"Ah, I been expectin' yeh." He smiled warmly at the six students.
"Now don't be too nice with them, Ruebus. This is detention after all." McGonagall swept away in the direction of the castle.
"Righ', come with me." Hagrid led them into the forest, telling them to be careful and stay with him. They walked in silence, all eyes searching for the plant. Suddenly they heard a rustling of leaves beside them. A centaur walked out onto the path, and they all let out sighs of relief.
"Good evening. What are so many students doing in the forest at this hour?" he (for it was a he) asked.
"Detention." Hagrid turned to the six Gryffindors and told them, "I need a word with 'im. Go on ahead with Fang, I'll be there in a second. Hopefully we'll find 'at plant soon and we can leave." The simply nodded in agreement and turned to continue, not at all enjoying this walk.
Remus stopped. "Shh. Wait a minute. I hear something." He whispered, and everyone obeyed. They did indeed hear something rustling in the bushes. Lily was frightened and looked all around her frantically. She hated eerie situations. Suddenly she spotted the plant. A few of them, enough to return to the castle. She stooped over and pulled them out of the dirt, whispering to her friends, "Let's go. I've got them. I want to get out of here." They heard the same rustling again, closer this time. A man's foot suddenly appeared out of the trees. They turned and ran, not stopping to see who it was. They didn't stop until they were safely on the Hogwarts grounds again, panting and gasping for breath.
"W-What was that, or who?" Jennifer gasped.
"I don't know, but I had a bad feeling about it. I'm glad we didn't stay to find out." Remus replied, beginning to catch his breath.
At that point Hagrid returned, staring at them with a bewildered expression, his huge eyes even wider than usual. Fang was at his side. He must have gone to retrieve his master.
"What in the world was 'at?" He asked. They explained everything, and he looked a little worried, muttering that he should tell Dumbledore.
"'ell, I guess you can go back now" He told them, and they handed him the plants. The six of them turned and walked very quickly back to the castle.
A/N: Hello! Thanks for reading! Now please review!
~Emily~
SAKURAnTOKYO- As usual, thank you!
Eleanor- Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm soo glad you like it. And now is when the next chapter is coming out ;)
Chapter 16- Food Fights and Detention
Lily rolled over in her bed, wide awake. She just couldn't will herself to fall asleep. Something kept telling her that she was in danger, and James was in danger. Oh, god, how she worried about James. He wanted to be an auror. And Voldemort knew. What if the Death Eaters came after her boyfriend? She just wanted everything to be right; to not have to worry.
Sighing, she rose from her bed, brushing bright red hair out of her face. She grabbed a book and headed for the common room. She'd just have to sit by the fire and read until she felt sleepy. Hopefully that would be soon; she didn't want to fall asleep in class.
A stair creaked when she tip-toed into the room. She headed for the fire, which was dying out, and stopped abruptly, surprised to see a figure already there. James turned around when he heard noises behind him, his jet black hair falling into his chocolate eyes.
"What're you doing out here?" she inquired, walking over to stand in front of him.
"The same as you, I think. I couldn't sleep." he glanced at her book, which she dropped to the floor. She wouldn't be needing it after all.
"Oh. I wonder why I'm having so much trouble tonight." And with that, she plopped herself down into his lap, laying her arm over his shoulder and entwining her hand in his messy hair. He smiled and she kissed his half-open lips. When the kiss ended, Lily laid her head down on his shoulder, hugging him to her. The moment would have been perfect, if not for that feeling that she still had. She was with her boyfriend, in his arms, and nothing else mattered to her. But that feeling just wouldn't go away!
He laid his head on top of hers, inhaling the scent of her hair.
"I can't believe it took me this long to realize how much I love you."
"Well, sometimes it's better to leave the best things for last." A small smile played on her lips. "And I love you too, James." They kissed again before closing their eyes and drifting into a deep sleep.
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"Wake up, sleepy heads!" Sirius playfully yelled at his friends, while the others hung back, laughing at the couple near the fire. "I see you two had a busy night, hmm?"
"We were wondering where you were, Lily. You scared us, but then Jennifer suggested we check down here. When did you leave? And why?" Chloe was smiling at her friend suggestively.
"Well, I couldn't sleep." She paused as Chloe and Jennifer mumbled something that sounded an awful lot like 'always the excuse'. She chose to ignore them for the time being. "So I came down here, and found him" she poked James and he opened his eyes, smiling. "already here."
"What? What's this?" he picked Lily up and set her on her feet, turning to look at his grinning friends. Well, all except Peter, who was just standing off to the side staring, seemingly at nothing. He must have really loved his aunt; he had been even more quiet than usual since returning to Hogwarts. "When did you all come down here?"
"Oh, just now. We were wondering where you two had gone off to. We never thought to find you down here asleep in each other's arms." Remus grinned teasingly. "Well, either way, it's time for breakfast, and my stomach is rumbling." Just then it did rumble, and loudly. "You see, it just said it isn't going to shut up until I feed it."
"You speak to your stomach?" Sirius asked, faking incredulity. Remus simply waved his hand dismissively as he set off for the portrait hole.
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Upon arriving in the Great Hall, they found Remus already seated and buttering a piece of toast (A/N: I'm making myself hungry!).
"You took long enough." He said as they seated themselves around him. Chloe laughed and gave him a squeeze. He handed her the toast. "I buttered some toast for you."
"Moony, man, you need to learn just how far you can go without going too far." Sirius shook his head. "And, by the way, Chloe, he was most likely buttering that for himself."
"It's the thought that counts." She gave Remus a smile that reached her hazel eyes.
The seven of them sat in silence (A/N: I can't just pretend like Peter isn't there, can I?) for the next few minutes, stuffing their faces.
Sirius stared at Jennifer, tilting his head to the side and squinting one eye. "You look sort of like a chipmunk when you chew like that." She smiled and her cheeks bulged, causing her to really look like a chipmunk. Laughing, she threw some of her scrambled eggs at him.
"Oh no! No you don't hit the mighty Sirius with eggs!" he flung his bacon, hitting her right in the middle of her forehead.
It wasn't long before all seven of them were involved, and then the whole Gryffindor table, and finally the whole Hall. It was chaos; and many unidentified flying objects were zooming through the air.
Chloe ducked, just dodging some grape jelly thrown at her by Lily. They collapsed laughing as James was hit in the side of the head with a slab of butter. Sirius was busy nailing the Slytherins with all sorts of things.
Dumbledore rose, covered in many now unrecognizable foods. "I suggest we all calm down a bit. There is a bit of cleaning up we all must do before heading to class, I think." His eyes twinkled as he looked over at McGonagall, who was scowling in her seat. She had just been hit in the side of the head with an orange, and didn't look overly happy about it. "I don't believe the people who started this should be too quick to do anything else like it in the near future, as they already have a detention to serve. Now off to clean up." He swept out of the Hall, with students streaming behind him, grinning.
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The day went quite well, actually. Everyone seemed in high spirits. It was Friday, after all. And that weekend was a Hogsmeade weekend. They were very excited about it, until remembering that they weren't allowed to go. They had detention the next day.
Jennifer sighed. "I was really looking forward to going too! Oh, I wish we could go to detention and then go to Hogsmeade afterwards."
"Me too! Tomorrow is going to be so boring, staying here with the first and second years!" Lily replied, taking a seat in the common room.
James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter walked over just then. "Oh, no need to worry about that. We're all going into the Forbidden Forest, with Hagrid and Fang. McGonagall just kindly informed us." At the words Forbidden Forest, Peter shivered.
"I'm not feeling so well. I'm going to go lie down." He told them.
"Okay. See you later Wormtail."
"Why ever do they want us to go in there?" Chloe asked.
"Well, they want to teach us a lesson, I suppose. They think it'll scare us. So we're going to find a plant that we are going to be studying in Herbology next week."
"Can't someone else find the plant?' Lily asked anxiously. She really didn't feel like going into the Forbidden Forest.
"Well sure. But it's more convenient to just let us do it. She assured me that Hagrid and Fang would keep us safe." James snorted, remembering last time he had seen the dog. It had been running away from him in his stag form.
"oh well. I guess we might as well get it over with. I'm going for a walk. You coming, Remus?" Chloe turned to her boyfriend and he grinned.
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The next day they slept in, not wanting to get up and watch everyone prepare to leave for Hogsmeade. When they finally went down to the Great Hall, they found that they were too late for breakfast.
"We'll just have to go to the kitchens and grab something, I suppose." Sirius said with a grin. And that's just what they did. The house elves seemed maybe a little too happy to be rid of the food.
They were sitting in the common room, watching the sun set, when McGonagall walked in.
"Time for your detention. Come with me." Her face was grim, not at all pleasant. All of them, excluding Peter, of course, cautiously followed her out onto the grounds.
"As soon as you have collected five of the plants, you may return to the Gryffindor tower." She said, banging on Hagrid's door.
"Ah, I been expectin' yeh." He smiled warmly at the six students.
"Now don't be too nice with them, Ruebus. This is detention after all." McGonagall swept away in the direction of the castle.
"Righ', come with me." Hagrid led them into the forest, telling them to be careful and stay with him. They walked in silence, all eyes searching for the plant. Suddenly they heard a rustling of leaves beside them. A centaur walked out onto the path, and they all let out sighs of relief.
"Good evening. What are so many students doing in the forest at this hour?" he (for it was a he) asked.
"Detention." Hagrid turned to the six Gryffindors and told them, "I need a word with 'im. Go on ahead with Fang, I'll be there in a second. Hopefully we'll find 'at plant soon and we can leave." The simply nodded in agreement and turned to continue, not at all enjoying this walk.
Remus stopped. "Shh. Wait a minute. I hear something." He whispered, and everyone obeyed. They did indeed hear something rustling in the bushes. Lily was frightened and looked all around her frantically. She hated eerie situations. Suddenly she spotted the plant. A few of them, enough to return to the castle. She stooped over and pulled them out of the dirt, whispering to her friends, "Let's go. I've got them. I want to get out of here." They heard the same rustling again, closer this time. A man's foot suddenly appeared out of the trees. They turned and ran, not stopping to see who it was. They didn't stop until they were safely on the Hogwarts grounds again, panting and gasping for breath.
"W-What was that, or who?" Jennifer gasped.
"I don't know, but I had a bad feeling about it. I'm glad we didn't stay to find out." Remus replied, beginning to catch his breath.
At that point Hagrid returned, staring at them with a bewildered expression, his huge eyes even wider than usual. Fang was at his side. He must have gone to retrieve his master.
"What in the world was 'at?" He asked. They explained everything, and he looked a little worried, muttering that he should tell Dumbledore.
"'ell, I guess you can go back now" He told them, and they handed him the plants. The six of them turned and walked very quickly back to the castle.
A/N: Hello! Thanks for reading! Now please review!
~Emily~