Things were going great. Lily had four great friends, she loved school, and she was having the time of her life. Things were even looking up for her and James. He had been spending less time with Valerie(she had been sorted into Ravenclaw), and the fact that James was now on speaking terms with Jodie, proved that he didn't always do what his father told him to do.
Before she knew it, it was the end of October, and Dumbledore had decided that they were going to have a Halloween ball this year.
The notice posted on the bulletin bored said that they could bring dates.
Lily wanted desperately to ask James, but she knew that he would be going with Valerie.
Just then Sirius walked nervously up to Lily and said.
"Um, I was uh, wondering........doyawannagoballwifme?"
"What?" Lily questioned
"Do you want to got to the ball with me?" Sirius asked blushing.
Lily thought about it for a moment.
"Okay" she said, blushing as well.
"Okay!" Sirius said with a smile.
It was just two days until the ball, and Lily had no clue what to wear. It was a costume ball, but she didn't know what she wanted to be.
Lily went upstairs to her dorm to think about what she wanted to be.
"GUESS WHAT??" Jodie asked, as she came bounding in the door.
"What?" Lily asked looking at her friend curiously.
"Remus asked me to the ball!" Jodie said dreamily.
"That's great!" Lily said with a huge smile.
She knew her best friend had a crush on Remus, and she was really happy for her.
"Sirius asked me to the dance." Lily added as an after thought.
"Oh, really." Jodie said with an odd sort of smile on her face.
"Remus asked me to the ball!" Jodie said dreamily.
"That's great!" Lily said with a huge smile.
She knew her best friend had a crush on Remus, and she was really happy for her.
"Sirius asked me to the dance." Lily added as an after thought.
"Oh, really." Jodie said with an odd sort of smile on her face.
"And, what exactly, does that look on your face mean?" Lily asked.
"Well, it's just that I know how much you like James." Jodie replied."I didn't think you would want to go with Sirius."
"well, Sirius is kinda cute" Lily said with a smile. "And I really should get over James, because it looks as if he will always be with Valerie."
with one and a half days left, Lily Finally found a picture in one of her books, of a witch in the medieval time period wearing the most beautiful dress. She quickly mailed the book to her mother with a note to explain.
Her mother was an expert seamstress, and if anyone could make that dress for Lily in a day and a half, it would be her mother.
The next night, Lily was nervously pacing in her room.
She had done her hair and make-up beautifully, but it was just an 30 minutes until the ball, and Lily still had no dress.
"What am I going to do?" Lily asked no one in particular.
"It will be alright." Elizabeth, one of her room mates reassured her.
Lily kept glancing nervously at her watch.
10 MINUTES!
Lily groaned.
With five minutes left, there was a tap on Lily's window.
She rushed over and threw the window open.
She quickly untied the package, and admired the dress inside, before putting it on.
with just two minutes left, Lily stepped in front of the mirror to see the finished product.
Lily was amazed. She had always thought she had nice features, but she never thought of herself as pretty.
However in this dress, she looked very nice.
Her long red hair was pulled was carefully pulled up, and curls fell gracefully on top of her head.
Her dress was long, and made of a deep blue velvet. the sleeves came all the way down to her wrists, and the waist line came up high. there was also a sheer, light blue fabric that fell loosely over the bottom half of the dress.
The five girls walked down the stairs, Lily in the back of the line.
As she emerged from the stair case, Sirius' jaw dropped.
"Is something wrong?" Lily asked nervously.
"No! You look...beautiful!" Sirius finally managed to say.
"You really do" James added, not able to take his eyes off Lily.
"Are you meeting Valerie in the entrance hall?" Sirius said, bringing James back to reality.
"Um, uh, yeah" James mumbled, as he walked away.
Sirius was clearly pleased to get James' mind off his date, and he glared at him as he walked away.
"Shall we?" Sirius asked, offering his arm to Lily.
"Yes" Said Lily with a smile, as she took Sirius' arm, and with the rest of the Gyffindors, they walked out the door.
They made the long walk down to the entrance hall, and James, with a last look at Lily, went over and stood by Valerie.
The doors to the great hall were opened, and everyone gasped as they saw what was inside.
"It looks great!." Lily murmured.
The great hall had dozens of small tables set up, and enchanted streakers hung from the ceiling, flashing with little silver lights. Several live bats flew around the room, and there was a stage set up for a band that was rumored to be coming. There were also gigantic pumpkins in each corner of the room, with scary faces carved in them.
Everyone proceeded in the great hall, and found a table to sit at.
Lily, Sirius, Jodie, and Remus sat at one table, while James went off to sit with Valerie and her friends.
The feast was delicious. Lily had herb grilled chicken, with a backed potato, and a side of steamed vegetables. After the feast, Dumbledore welcomed the band, and Lily looked around to observe all the different costumes around her.
Sirius was dressed as a pirate, Remus as a- well Lily couldn't exactly tell what he was dressed as.
Then there was James......who for some reason was dressed as a giant m&m!
"Uh, Sirius, why is James dressed as a giant m&m?" Lily asked, trying to contain her laughter.
"There was a bet, he lost." Sirius said with a smile.
"Would you care to dance?" Sirius asked as the music started to play.
"Sure" Lily said
She was quite amazed at how good a dancer he was.
"Where did you learn to dance? I don't know many 11 year old guys that can dance like this." Lily commented.
"Oh, it comes from having a old babysitter who made James and me dance with her every afternoon." Sirius said with a laugh.
The evening was going great. Lily had danced with Sirius, Remus, some other first years, a couple of second and third years, and to Lily's amazement- she even danced with a fourth year.
"Do you want to dance?"
Lily turned to see a bright red m&m standing behind her.
"I'm not sure I want to dance with an m&m" Lily said skeptically.
"I promise I won't step on your toes." James said as he flashed her a smile.
"Okay" Lily replied as they took the dance floor.
Lily was having a lot of fun, it seemed to be the perfect night until.....
"Because!"
Lily ducked behind a pumpkin as she heard James and Sirius arguing.
"Look I just don't want you to hurt Lily, okay" James said.
"What do you care? You have Valerie, remember? Whatever chance you had with Lily you blew! Now she agreed to go with me to the ball, and you can't even leave us alone for two seconds!" Sirius snapped, his voice raising.
"You've never been serious about anything in you life, and your just going to hurt Lily!" James bellowed, causing the whole Great Hall to turn and look at him.
"Would you both just stop!" Lily exclaimed as she stepped out from behind the pumpkin.
"It none of your business what I do with my life." Lily said through gritted teeth.
"What right do you have to argue over who is going to get me? I'm not a piece of property!" At this, Lily stormed out of the great hall.
"Lily!" both boys exclaimed as they chased after her.
However, Before they got to the door, James was stopped by Valerie.
"Come on James" Valerie said as she pulled him onto the dance floor.
Sirius just shook his head and hurried out the door to find Lily.
He caught up with her when she was half way to the Gryffindor common room.
"Lily wait!" Sirius called after her.
As he reached her, he took her arm, and she turned around to face him. He was shocked to see a small tear falling down her face.
"What's wrong?" Sirius said gently."Please tell me."
"Do you know how badly you embarrassed me tonight?" Lily questioned in outrage.
"I-I'm sorry" Sirius stammered.
"Well, sometimes 'sorry' just isn't good enough!" Lily snapped, as she stormed down the hall.
"I really am sorry Lily, I didn't mean to ruin your night" Sirius called after her.
Lily stopped and turned around as Sirius walked up to her yet again.
"I didn't mean to over react, it's just that I was having such a good time, and then...." Lily trailed off as she looked down at the floor.
"It's okay Sirius, I know you didn't mean to. I think I'll go to the library to get a book before I go to bed. Good night." Lily said as she turned, and walked toward the library.
Lily walked down the rows of books, looking for a good one to read.
Sirius really is cute, and he is really nice. Beside, James is to wrapped up in Valerie.
Lily thought to herself
Lily Evans is officially over James Potter!
She thought happily.
In the same moment, someone grabbed her by the collar, and forced her up against the wall.
It was Valerie.
"Listen Evans, cause I'm only gonna say this once!" Valerie growled.
"Stay away from James! I never want to see you near him again! Understood?" Valerie said tightening her grip on Lily's collar.
Lily's eyes narrowed, and with one swift motion, she took Valerie's feet out from under her.
"Looks like six years of karate paid off." Lily growled, as she looked down at Valerie, who was sprawled out on the floor.
"Now let me tell you something. Nobody, especially a spoiled little brat like you, is going to tell me what to do." Lily said, her eyes flashing.
"I can be friends with whom ever I choose! You really are the most appalling human being I've ever met!" Lily exclaimed.
"Oh! I'm sorry did I use a word that was to big for your small mind to understand? Here look it up!" Lily said as she dropped a dictionary by Valerie's head, turned on her heel, and marched out the door.
Lily stormed into the common room, and plopped down in a chair.
"What's wrong?" Jodie asked.
Lily told Jodie the whole story. Jodie listened very carefully, and by the time Lily was done Jodie looked very concerned, indeed.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked Jodie.
Mean while back in the library......
Valerie picked herself off, and dusted off her pink silk dress. She ed the dictionary from the floor and threw it back on the self.
"Oh, you'll be sorry Lily Evans" She snarled.
"Just wait! I will have my revenge!" She went on, talking to no one in particular.
"One day you will wake up, and wish that you had never messed with the Valerie Vanderbuilt!"
Valerie then stomped out of the library to plot her revenge against Lily.
"Lily, I don't think it's wise to mess with Valerie." Jodie said carefully.
"I can protect myself against that little..." Lily started but was interrupted by Jodie.
"I'm not talking about just Valerie" Jodie mumbled.
Lily sighed "Jodie, what aren't you telling me now?" Lily asked looking at her friend.
"um....I think it would be best if we went somewhere else to discuss this." Jodie said, pulling Lily up the stairs to their dormitory.
"Hmm, no. Something about this doesn't feel right either."
"Let's go find an empty classroom" Jodie commented, as she pulled Lily by the arm, yet again.
"No, no, no! This is all wrong too" Jodie said.
"I can't tell you here!"
"why not?" Lily questioned.
"Because I feel like there is someone listening." Jodie replied.
The pair went to twelve different classrooms before Jodie finally decided she could tell Lily what was going on.
"Okay Jodie, can you tell me now?" Lily asked as she turned to face her friend.
"Um, yeah, I guess." Jodie said.
"You see, my parents wor.....What was that?" Jodie asked as she looked around the room.
"I heard a noise." She said.
"It was just your imagination, now would you PLEASE tell me why I shouldn't be messing with Valerie?" Lily asked impatiently.
"my parents worked for a secret department in the ministry of magic." Jodie began.
"I never knew anything about their work until they died. After that, they left me a book telling me about their work." she continued
"Their work was specifically meant to keep two dark wizards from rising to power. These dark wizards are very strong, and if the ministry is not careful, they will take over the entire world, magical and muggle." Jodie said in a frightened voice
"Whoa! That sounds terrible!" Lily said with a concerned look on her face.
"It is." Jodie replied.
"But what does that have to do with Valerie?" Lily asked.
"Well, my parents learned something about one of these wizards" Jodie said slowly.
"What?"
"One of them is Valerie's uncle" Jodie replied.
"Okay, now you've really lost me. If he's on the dark side, wouldn't Valerie's dad do something about that. He works for the ministry." Lily said.
"Well, from what I read, his family doesn't know." Jodie responded.
"Then how can he hurt me?" Lily asked becoming more and more confused by the minute.
"well, before he turned dark, he and Valerie were very close. I even remember him coming over when we were little. Anyway, one day he just disappeared. No one knew were he went, but since that day, anyone who upset Valerie had a strange way of um, well, disappearing" Jodie concluded.
"But how do you know it was him?" Lily asked looking very pale.
"I just do. Look please don't ask me anything else cause I can't tell you." Jodie said with a pleading look in her eye.
"The things my parents left me are very top secret and..."
"I understand Jodie, you don't have to say anymore." Lily said
"Thank you" Jodie replied as they got up to leave the empty classroom.
Before she knew it, it was the end of October, and Dumbledore had decided that they were going to have a Halloween ball this year.
The notice posted on the bulletin bored said that they could bring dates.
Lily wanted desperately to ask James, but she knew that he would be going with Valerie.
Just then Sirius walked nervously up to Lily and said.
"Um, I was uh, wondering........doyawannagoballwifme?"
"What?" Lily questioned
"Do you want to got to the ball with me?" Sirius asked blushing.
Lily thought about it for a moment.
"Okay" she said, blushing as well.
"Okay!" Sirius said with a smile.
It was just two days until the ball, and Lily had no clue what to wear. It was a costume ball, but she didn't know what she wanted to be.
Lily went upstairs to her dorm to think about what she wanted to be.
"GUESS WHAT??" Jodie asked, as she came bounding in the door.
"What?" Lily asked looking at her friend curiously.
"Remus asked me to the ball!" Jodie said dreamily.
"That's great!" Lily said with a huge smile.
She knew her best friend had a crush on Remus, and she was really happy for her.
"Sirius asked me to the dance." Lily added as an after thought.
"Oh, really." Jodie said with an odd sort of smile on her face.
"Remus asked me to the ball!" Jodie said dreamily.
"That's great!" Lily said with a huge smile.
She knew her best friend had a crush on Remus, and she was really happy for her.
"Sirius asked me to the dance." Lily added as an after thought.
"Oh, really." Jodie said with an odd sort of smile on her face.
"And, what exactly, does that look on your face mean?" Lily asked.
"Well, it's just that I know how much you like James." Jodie replied."I didn't think you would want to go with Sirius."
"well, Sirius is kinda cute" Lily said with a smile. "And I really should get over James, because it looks as if he will always be with Valerie."
with one and a half days left, Lily Finally found a picture in one of her books, of a witch in the medieval time period wearing the most beautiful dress. She quickly mailed the book to her mother with a note to explain.
Her mother was an expert seamstress, and if anyone could make that dress for Lily in a day and a half, it would be her mother.
The next night, Lily was nervously pacing in her room.
She had done her hair and make-up beautifully, but it was just an 30 minutes until the ball, and Lily still had no dress.
"What am I going to do?" Lily asked no one in particular.
"It will be alright." Elizabeth, one of her room mates reassured her.
Lily kept glancing nervously at her watch.
10 MINUTES!
Lily groaned.
With five minutes left, there was a tap on Lily's window.
She rushed over and threw the window open.
She quickly untied the package, and admired the dress inside, before putting it on.
with just two minutes left, Lily stepped in front of the mirror to see the finished product.
Lily was amazed. She had always thought she had nice features, but she never thought of herself as pretty.
However in this dress, she looked very nice.
Her long red hair was pulled was carefully pulled up, and curls fell gracefully on top of her head.
Her dress was long, and made of a deep blue velvet. the sleeves came all the way down to her wrists, and the waist line came up high. there was also a sheer, light blue fabric that fell loosely over the bottom half of the dress.
The five girls walked down the stairs, Lily in the back of the line.
As she emerged from the stair case, Sirius' jaw dropped.
"Is something wrong?" Lily asked nervously.
"No! You look...beautiful!" Sirius finally managed to say.
"You really do" James added, not able to take his eyes off Lily.
"Are you meeting Valerie in the entrance hall?" Sirius said, bringing James back to reality.
"Um, uh, yeah" James mumbled, as he walked away.
Sirius was clearly pleased to get James' mind off his date, and he glared at him as he walked away.
"Shall we?" Sirius asked, offering his arm to Lily.
"Yes" Said Lily with a smile, as she took Sirius' arm, and with the rest of the Gyffindors, they walked out the door.
They made the long walk down to the entrance hall, and James, with a last look at Lily, went over and stood by Valerie.
The doors to the great hall were opened, and everyone gasped as they saw what was inside.
"It looks great!." Lily murmured.
The great hall had dozens of small tables set up, and enchanted streakers hung from the ceiling, flashing with little silver lights. Several live bats flew around the room, and there was a stage set up for a band that was rumored to be coming. There were also gigantic pumpkins in each corner of the room, with scary faces carved in them.
Everyone proceeded in the great hall, and found a table to sit at.
Lily, Sirius, Jodie, and Remus sat at one table, while James went off to sit with Valerie and her friends.
The feast was delicious. Lily had herb grilled chicken, with a backed potato, and a side of steamed vegetables. After the feast, Dumbledore welcomed the band, and Lily looked around to observe all the different costumes around her.
Sirius was dressed as a pirate, Remus as a- well Lily couldn't exactly tell what he was dressed as.
Then there was James......who for some reason was dressed as a giant m&m!
"Uh, Sirius, why is James dressed as a giant m&m?" Lily asked, trying to contain her laughter.
"There was a bet, he lost." Sirius said with a smile.
"Would you care to dance?" Sirius asked as the music started to play.
"Sure" Lily said
She was quite amazed at how good a dancer he was.
"Where did you learn to dance? I don't know many 11 year old guys that can dance like this." Lily commented.
"Oh, it comes from having a old babysitter who made James and me dance with her every afternoon." Sirius said with a laugh.
The evening was going great. Lily had danced with Sirius, Remus, some other first years, a couple of second and third years, and to Lily's amazement- she even danced with a fourth year.
"Do you want to dance?"
Lily turned to see a bright red m&m standing behind her.
"I'm not sure I want to dance with an m&m" Lily said skeptically.
"I promise I won't step on your toes." James said as he flashed her a smile.
"Okay" Lily replied as they took the dance floor.
Lily was having a lot of fun, it seemed to be the perfect night until.....
"Because!"
Lily ducked behind a pumpkin as she heard James and Sirius arguing.
"Look I just don't want you to hurt Lily, okay" James said.
"What do you care? You have Valerie, remember? Whatever chance you had with Lily you blew! Now she agreed to go with me to the ball, and you can't even leave us alone for two seconds!" Sirius snapped, his voice raising.
"You've never been serious about anything in you life, and your just going to hurt Lily!" James bellowed, causing the whole Great Hall to turn and look at him.
"Would you both just stop!" Lily exclaimed as she stepped out from behind the pumpkin.
"It none of your business what I do with my life." Lily said through gritted teeth.
"What right do you have to argue over who is going to get me? I'm not a piece of property!" At this, Lily stormed out of the great hall.
"Lily!" both boys exclaimed as they chased after her.
However, Before they got to the door, James was stopped by Valerie.
"Come on James" Valerie said as she pulled him onto the dance floor.
Sirius just shook his head and hurried out the door to find Lily.
He caught up with her when she was half way to the Gryffindor common room.
"Lily wait!" Sirius called after her.
As he reached her, he took her arm, and she turned around to face him. He was shocked to see a small tear falling down her face.
"What's wrong?" Sirius said gently."Please tell me."
"Do you know how badly you embarrassed me tonight?" Lily questioned in outrage.
"I-I'm sorry" Sirius stammered.
"Well, sometimes 'sorry' just isn't good enough!" Lily snapped, as she stormed down the hall.
"I really am sorry Lily, I didn't mean to ruin your night" Sirius called after her.
Lily stopped and turned around as Sirius walked up to her yet again.
"I didn't mean to over react, it's just that I was having such a good time, and then...." Lily trailed off as she looked down at the floor.
"It's okay Sirius, I know you didn't mean to. I think I'll go to the library to get a book before I go to bed. Good night." Lily said as she turned, and walked toward the library.
Lily walked down the rows of books, looking for a good one to read.
Sirius really is cute, and he is really nice. Beside, James is to wrapped up in Valerie.
Lily thought to herself
Lily Evans is officially over James Potter!
She thought happily.
In the same moment, someone grabbed her by the collar, and forced her up against the wall.
It was Valerie.
"Listen Evans, cause I'm only gonna say this once!" Valerie growled.
"Stay away from James! I never want to see you near him again! Understood?" Valerie said tightening her grip on Lily's collar.
Lily's eyes narrowed, and with one swift motion, she took Valerie's feet out from under her.
"Looks like six years of karate paid off." Lily growled, as she looked down at Valerie, who was sprawled out on the floor.
"Now let me tell you something. Nobody, especially a spoiled little brat like you, is going to tell me what to do." Lily said, her eyes flashing.
"I can be friends with whom ever I choose! You really are the most appalling human being I've ever met!" Lily exclaimed.
"Oh! I'm sorry did I use a word that was to big for your small mind to understand? Here look it up!" Lily said as she dropped a dictionary by Valerie's head, turned on her heel, and marched out the door.
Lily stormed into the common room, and plopped down in a chair.
"What's wrong?" Jodie asked.
Lily told Jodie the whole story. Jodie listened very carefully, and by the time Lily was done Jodie looked very concerned, indeed.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked Jodie.
Mean while back in the library......
Valerie picked herself off, and dusted off her pink silk dress. She ed the dictionary from the floor and threw it back on the self.
"Oh, you'll be sorry Lily Evans" She snarled.
"Just wait! I will have my revenge!" She went on, talking to no one in particular.
"One day you will wake up, and wish that you had never messed with the Valerie Vanderbuilt!"
Valerie then stomped out of the library to plot her revenge against Lily.
"Lily, I don't think it's wise to mess with Valerie." Jodie said carefully.
"I can protect myself against that little..." Lily started but was interrupted by Jodie.
"I'm not talking about just Valerie" Jodie mumbled.
Lily sighed "Jodie, what aren't you telling me now?" Lily asked looking at her friend.
"um....I think it would be best if we went somewhere else to discuss this." Jodie said, pulling Lily up the stairs to their dormitory.
"Hmm, no. Something about this doesn't feel right either."
"Let's go find an empty classroom" Jodie commented, as she pulled Lily by the arm, yet again.
"No, no, no! This is all wrong too" Jodie said.
"I can't tell you here!"
"why not?" Lily questioned.
"Because I feel like there is someone listening." Jodie replied.
The pair went to twelve different classrooms before Jodie finally decided she could tell Lily what was going on.
"Okay Jodie, can you tell me now?" Lily asked as she turned to face her friend.
"Um, yeah, I guess." Jodie said.
"You see, my parents wor.....What was that?" Jodie asked as she looked around the room.
"I heard a noise." She said.
"It was just your imagination, now would you PLEASE tell me why I shouldn't be messing with Valerie?" Lily asked impatiently.
"my parents worked for a secret department in the ministry of magic." Jodie began.
"I never knew anything about their work until they died. After that, they left me a book telling me about their work." she continued
"Their work was specifically meant to keep two dark wizards from rising to power. These dark wizards are very strong, and if the ministry is not careful, they will take over the entire world, magical and muggle." Jodie said in a frightened voice
"Whoa! That sounds terrible!" Lily said with a concerned look on her face.
"It is." Jodie replied.
"But what does that have to do with Valerie?" Lily asked.
"Well, my parents learned something about one of these wizards" Jodie said slowly.
"What?"
"One of them is Valerie's uncle" Jodie replied.
"Okay, now you've really lost me. If he's on the dark side, wouldn't Valerie's dad do something about that. He works for the ministry." Lily said.
"Well, from what I read, his family doesn't know." Jodie responded.
"Then how can he hurt me?" Lily asked becoming more and more confused by the minute.
"well, before he turned dark, he and Valerie were very close. I even remember him coming over when we were little. Anyway, one day he just disappeared. No one knew were he went, but since that day, anyone who upset Valerie had a strange way of um, well, disappearing" Jodie concluded.
"But how do you know it was him?" Lily asked looking very pale.
"I just do. Look please don't ask me anything else cause I can't tell you." Jodie said with a pleading look in her eye.
"The things my parents left me are very top secret and..."
"I understand Jodie, you don't have to say anymore." Lily said
"Thank you" Jodie replied as they got up to leave the empty classroom.