Chapter 29 - The Punishments
"I think we did it this time," Lily whispered to Kayla as they walked behind a fuming McGonagall towards the Headmaster's office. Kayla looked at Lily and nodded her head vigorously. They had never seen Professor McGonagall this mad at them before.
"Inexcusable!" Professor yelled, then proceeded to mutter her opinions to herself.
Lily looked at Kayla, who looked at her, and both were visibly trying not to laugh at the ticked off teacher. Being the two directly behind McGonagall, if they strained their ears, they could hear what she was saying about them. But on silent, mutual agreement, they decided to leave the vile words that McGonagall was muttering to be left unheard by them. It was most likely best not to hear what was being said anyways.
James, Remus, Sirius, Aria, Kayla, and Lily silently followed Professor McGonagall through many corridors, up many steps, to finally stop in front of a statue of a gargoyle.
"Lemon Drop Lollipop," Professor McGonagall told the statue.
The gargoyle made a hideous grinding noise that made the six students shudder as it revealed a long twirling set of stairs that led to Headmaster Dumbledore's office.
Filing up the stairs in pairs, the group made their way up to his office.
"This has changed," Lily whispered to Remus, who had stopped next to her.
And indeed it had. The room used to be dark oak wood with silver lining on everything, colorless was always Lily's opinion. It now had dark, gleaming mahogany wood everywhere, plush deep maroon and gold carpet, and eight wide cushioned chairs were scattered around. The chairs had dark teal cushions, and armrests that were like everything else that had wood on it, a startling mahogany. The bookcases were lined with books, funny looking frog knickknacks, and shinny silver pots filled with silver liquid. Upon a closer look, Lily placed them to be Pensieves. There were small cabinets in between the past Headmasters of the school, filled with God knows what, and on a perch behind the door stood Fawkes, Professor Dumbledore's pet Phoenix.
"Yes, it has. Dumbledore had started remodeling towards the end of last year when he overheard Kayla repeat what you always seemed to say when we were waiting for him after our prank on that stupid cat," Remus replied and snapped Lily's attention from studying the room.
"At least I can no longer say it is boring and dull," Lily said.
"Why thank you, Miss Evans," came the kind, and to Lily's embarrassment, amused voice of Professor Dumbledore.
"Professor Dumbledore. I'm sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect what so ever," Lily gushed, trying to hide her embarrassment as best as she could.
Professor Dumbledore chuckled. "None taken. Now, I believe that you six are here to receive your punishments. Professor McGonagall, that will be all," he said as he sat behind his desk.
Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore. "Very well, Albus."
As soon as the door shut, Dumbledore let his amusement show. "Now, no matter how funny a prank may be, you must receive the punishment, so lets see," he mused as he thought of something for the six students in front of him. "You six are to take care of the Quidditch preparations next week."
"Now," he said merrily, with a clap of his hands, "How in Merlin's name did you pull that prank off? I suppose that one of you," an amused glance at Lily told them just whom he was talking of, "did some kind of Mage magic to pull some of that off."
Lily flushed and nodded her head. "Yes, sir, I did."
Dumbledore nodded his head, and his eyes were bright with amusement. "Yes, but how did you do it?" Dumbledore pushed.
"Well you see . . ." Sirius started.
The spent the next twenty minutes explaining to the Headmaster all that went behind the prank, then everyone except Lily was dismissed.
"We'll wait for you outside," Kayla said as she walked out of the office.
"Miss Evans, I know this is your first day back in close to a year, but I need to ask you something of some great importance," Dumbledore told her gravely. "Have you heard about a wizard named Lord Voldemort?"
Lily furrowed her brows in concentration, trying to remember where she had heard that name before.
"Oh, yes!" she replied. "He was one of the idiots that my father was trying to capture for the Ministry." (A/N: I sort of changed stuff around, and Lily's father is a wizard, so she is half and half. Just thought I'd let you guys know that.)
Dumbledore nodded his head. "Yes, he was. We are lead to believe that he is gaining supporters, and is getting stronger day by day. We think that he might try to get you and the rest. You, Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin, Miss Cameron and Miss Williams for your . . . unique powers. I'm telling you all of this because your powers are more . . . intermediate than the others. He will be coming for you most likely harsher than he would the others. I wish for you to warn the others, and maybe help them train better."
Lily took a deep breath and nodded her head.
"Good, I'll give you the details of your detentions sometime before the Quidditch preparations. And I hope to see you captaining the Ravenclaw team again?" Dumbledore asked with a white, raised eyebrow.
Lily smiled and nodded her head. "I'll be taking my position once again." With that, she walked towards the door.
'Now all I have to do is find a way to tell the others that they might be in danger. Great,' she thought as she descended the stairs.
"I think we did it this time," Lily whispered to Kayla as they walked behind a fuming McGonagall towards the Headmaster's office. Kayla looked at Lily and nodded her head vigorously. They had never seen Professor McGonagall this mad at them before.
"Inexcusable!" Professor yelled, then proceeded to mutter her opinions to herself.
Lily looked at Kayla, who looked at her, and both were visibly trying not to laugh at the ticked off teacher. Being the two directly behind McGonagall, if they strained their ears, they could hear what she was saying about them. But on silent, mutual agreement, they decided to leave the vile words that McGonagall was muttering to be left unheard by them. It was most likely best not to hear what was being said anyways.
James, Remus, Sirius, Aria, Kayla, and Lily silently followed Professor McGonagall through many corridors, up many steps, to finally stop in front of a statue of a gargoyle.
"Lemon Drop Lollipop," Professor McGonagall told the statue.
The gargoyle made a hideous grinding noise that made the six students shudder as it revealed a long twirling set of stairs that led to Headmaster Dumbledore's office.
Filing up the stairs in pairs, the group made their way up to his office.
"This has changed," Lily whispered to Remus, who had stopped next to her.
And indeed it had. The room used to be dark oak wood with silver lining on everything, colorless was always Lily's opinion. It now had dark, gleaming mahogany wood everywhere, plush deep maroon and gold carpet, and eight wide cushioned chairs were scattered around. The chairs had dark teal cushions, and armrests that were like everything else that had wood on it, a startling mahogany. The bookcases were lined with books, funny looking frog knickknacks, and shinny silver pots filled with silver liquid. Upon a closer look, Lily placed them to be Pensieves. There were small cabinets in between the past Headmasters of the school, filled with God knows what, and on a perch behind the door stood Fawkes, Professor Dumbledore's pet Phoenix.
"Yes, it has. Dumbledore had started remodeling towards the end of last year when he overheard Kayla repeat what you always seemed to say when we were waiting for him after our prank on that stupid cat," Remus replied and snapped Lily's attention from studying the room.
"At least I can no longer say it is boring and dull," Lily said.
"Why thank you, Miss Evans," came the kind, and to Lily's embarrassment, amused voice of Professor Dumbledore.
"Professor Dumbledore. I'm sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect what so ever," Lily gushed, trying to hide her embarrassment as best as she could.
Professor Dumbledore chuckled. "None taken. Now, I believe that you six are here to receive your punishments. Professor McGonagall, that will be all," he said as he sat behind his desk.
Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore. "Very well, Albus."
As soon as the door shut, Dumbledore let his amusement show. "Now, no matter how funny a prank may be, you must receive the punishment, so lets see," he mused as he thought of something for the six students in front of him. "You six are to take care of the Quidditch preparations next week."
"Now," he said merrily, with a clap of his hands, "How in Merlin's name did you pull that prank off? I suppose that one of you," an amused glance at Lily told them just whom he was talking of, "did some kind of Mage magic to pull some of that off."
Lily flushed and nodded her head. "Yes, sir, I did."
Dumbledore nodded his head, and his eyes were bright with amusement. "Yes, but how did you do it?" Dumbledore pushed.
"Well you see . . ." Sirius started.
The spent the next twenty minutes explaining to the Headmaster all that went behind the prank, then everyone except Lily was dismissed.
"We'll wait for you outside," Kayla said as she walked out of the office.
"Miss Evans, I know this is your first day back in close to a year, but I need to ask you something of some great importance," Dumbledore told her gravely. "Have you heard about a wizard named Lord Voldemort?"
Lily furrowed her brows in concentration, trying to remember where she had heard that name before.
"Oh, yes!" she replied. "He was one of the idiots that my father was trying to capture for the Ministry." (A/N: I sort of changed stuff around, and Lily's father is a wizard, so she is half and half. Just thought I'd let you guys know that.)
Dumbledore nodded his head. "Yes, he was. We are lead to believe that he is gaining supporters, and is getting stronger day by day. We think that he might try to get you and the rest. You, Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin, Miss Cameron and Miss Williams for your . . . unique powers. I'm telling you all of this because your powers are more . . . intermediate than the others. He will be coming for you most likely harsher than he would the others. I wish for you to warn the others, and maybe help them train better."
Lily took a deep breath and nodded her head.
"Good, I'll give you the details of your detentions sometime before the Quidditch preparations. And I hope to see you captaining the Ravenclaw team again?" Dumbledore asked with a white, raised eyebrow.
Lily smiled and nodded her head. "I'll be taking my position once again." With that, she walked towards the door.
'Now all I have to do is find a way to tell the others that they might be in danger. Great,' she thought as she descended the stairs.