Disclaimer: Oh Potter, you rotter, oh what have you done? You're creating fanfic writers, they think it's quite fun. They don't own anything because they're quite sad, but really this poem is rather quite bad.

A Cinderella Story

Chapter Three ll A Chat With The Boys

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"What happened?" Lily wanted to know, sitting up.

"Oh, hi Lily," Namie said, startled, "I thought you were already asleep--"

"They blew the top off of the Great Hall!" choked Violet who was also laughing; she was one of the other girls in their dorm, "The whole roof is gone, and all this debris and rock came falling down! Right after the feast, just as everyone was starting to go back to their common-rooms!"

Lily looked aghast, "So..."

"The Great Hall is roofless," Keavy, another girl in their dorm, finished for her promptly.

"It's actually very pretty," Joey said, still giggling as she pulled her robes off, "The night sky and all. I think they should keep it that way."

"Are you insane?" Namie said, gaping at Joey, "What happens when it's a rainy day?"

"That's their problem."

Keavy snorted, "You seem to forget that you're the one who'll be eating in there."

Joey paused, "Oh, yeah."

The girls started to laugh and giggle, still talking about the new and "improved" Great Hall.

Lily had remained silent during this.

"Lil?" Namie asked quietly as she wandered over, brushing her hair, "Are you all right?"

Lily looked at her oddly and let out a snort of mirthless laughter, "Oh, yes, I'm perfectly all right, except for the fact that someone stole my idea, and I am going to throttle them. But, hold on one second," her voice had gone dangerously calm, and all of the girls turned to look at her intently, "Has it been confirmed who exactly blew the top off the Great Hall?"

Keavy and Violet glanced at each other, and Joey shrugged. Namie cleared her throat, "Erm... no, no one's definite on who did it."

"But," Keavy said carelessly, "It's not as if it's a big secret, now, is it?"

"Exactly," Violet chimed in, and Lily immediately switched her gaze to her, "I mean, who else would pull off such a stunt?"

"Are you implying the... the Marauders?" Joey finally said, looking fearfully at Lily whose hand had instantly went for her wand.

"Of course," Violet pulled on her pyjama top, "No one else would be bothered to. My, but what's this about Potter becoming Head Boy? It's ruddy mental, I can tell you that."

"I know," Keavy glanced at Lily, "How're you holding up, Lil? I was awful stunned when I heard it was him."

"Err," Namie said tentatively, hoping to tell the two girls that mentioning James becoming Head Boy at the moment was not exactly a smart thing to do.

Lily whipped up her hand, "Excuse me while I slaughter a certain... person," she spat out 'person' bitterly.

She was gone in a swish of her cloak.

Namie and Joey glanced at each other; both girls' fears were confirmed when their eyes fixed.

"James," they both said at the same time, and hurried after Lily.

Violet and Keavy glanced at each other with raised eyebrows.

"Entertainment," they said at the same time, and raced after the other three.

Lily went up to the closed dorm door of the boys' and kicked it in her temper. She tried to wretch it open but found it locked.

"ALOHOMORA!" she yelled angrily, and the door handle blew apart.

"YOU--BLOODY--RUDDY--SODDING--GIT!" Lily screamed as soon as she stepped into the dormitory. Remus and Sirius immediately dropped their stuff to watch, and James gazed at her with mild interest.

"And what seems to be the matter, dear?" he drawled politely.

Lily strode purposefully towards him and pointed her wand in his neck threateningly. Fear flickered in his eyes for a moment, but other than that, he had a completely calm expression on his face.

"You ruddy well know what's the matter," she seethed, anger blazing in her green eyes, "You--stole--my--idea--of--blowing--up--the--Great--Hall's--roof!"

"That was your idea!" Sirius exclaimed, looking deeply impressed, "Blimey... impressive, Lily..."

"Why, thank you," Lily said through clenched teeth, still glaring daggers at James.

"So I stole your idea, big deal," James said stubbornly, still up against his four-poster as Lily still had his neck held captive by her very dangerous wand, "What exactly do you want?"

"Payback," Lily hissed.

"Lily!" pleaded Namie who had just caught up with her. She stepped in, shuddered when she realised she was in a boys' dorm, closed her eyes and told herself to deal with it, and quickly walked to Lily. She grabbed her arm and murmured, "C'mon, let's just go..."

"No, Namie."

"C'mon!" Joey tried to coax from the doorway, "Let the git writh in his own sad life."

James shot her a rather reproachful look, and Joey smiled at him apologetically.

"Oooh!" Violet squealed, "What's going on?"

"Ruddy hell, what are all these girls doing here?" Sirius asked, looking quite appalled yet pleased.

Keavy stuck her head in the crammed doorway, her mouth full, "I got popcorn! What did I miss?"

"Pass some!" Peter piped up, and Keavy shot him a dirty look before throwing a bit of the popcorn at him.

"LILY!" Namie was trying to drag the redhead away unsucessfully. Joey sighed and walked over to help. The girls grabbed either arm of their best friend and started tugging her away.

"Nooo, you can't do this to me!" Lily screamed bad-temperedly, kicking around, her wand still pointed at James, "LET GO OF ME!"

She yelped a spell and the jet of pink light narrowly missed James' head. It hit his four-poster curtain instead, and the scarlet material suddenly flashed into a brilliant pink.

Everyone stared.

"Fashionable..." Remus remarked.

"Lily, stop," Joey said impatiently, trying to grab her wand.

"TSUNAMIANI!" Lily yelled. The stream of clear blue light hit James' bed again. It seemed to glow blue for a moment, then the whole bed grew into a wobby substance... it was like blue jelly...

"RUN!" Lily said gleefully, shoving her friends off her and running for the door. Keavy and Violet shrieked and also ran, and Joey and Namie sighed and dived out. Lily slammed the door shut behind her.

The boys stared after them, then at James' bed.

CRASH!

The bed that had been wobbling dangerously had fallen into a great crash of water, and the whole dormitory was flooded. James gasped, his sopping robes clinging onto him coldly. He groped for his glasses and stared out of the wet lens.

His bed had turned into a wave of water.

Sirius was gasping for air and Remus had his eyes squeezed shut. Both were soaked, as was Peter who emerged from under his bed, shocked.

"Merlin... that Evans sure knows her stuff..." James muttered, running to the aid of his owl who was hooting angrily.

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A/N: HAHAHAHA! :) Bed turning into water... how nice. Okay, I hope you liked that chapter! --MSQ.