Disclaimer: see first chapter.
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed my first chapter. Wow it makes you feel just all warm and happy! For all the people who don't write i suggest you try it. If this is a little strange its because of my euphoria. Oh and just so you don't get all confused, I'm skipping to seventh year. Nothing really happens in years five and six and the little things will be explained.
Uploading the first time was no fun. It only did about a eighth of the chapter. So.... hopefull here is the complete chapter two! Are you as excited as I am?
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In the Dictionary
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Chapter Two: Oh My, Who Is That Guy
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James Potter sat in his room. He would be returning to Hogwarts in two weeks for his seventh and final year. He had finished all of his homework and was now thinking about how much he had changed. Who would have thought that that too tall and lanky boy could become Quidditch captian and Head Boy? Well not him and none of his fellow classmates.
James would have still been classified as a nerd until last month. That was when he got his letter declaring that he was Head Boy. James figured that he would have to try harder if he was to be Head Boy. He would be mentioned much more and he wanted it to be positive not negative. James had let his mother convince him to get his glasses charmed invisible and he now wore better fitting robes that showed off his muscular build. A stranger, meeting James for the first time, would classify him as tall, dark and handsome.
Sirius and Remus had sharpened their images too. Sirius had grown a bit more mature and Remus had just improved all around. Peter was left behind. While all his friends were looking better all he could do was fail to grow much and gain a few more pounds. The other three had avoided seeing Peter all summer as not to make him feel bad.
James chuckled at these thoughts and slowly drifted off to sleep.
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James was in his stag form. He was in a pure white room with no windows. The room was so white that it seemed to glow with an unexplained light. At first he thought he was alone, but then he saw several pairs of eyes. The largest pair was a bright green. As he stared at the eyes the scenery changed to a medow where the green of the eyes matched the grass perfectly.
James found himself in the midst of thousands of flowers; each one more beautiful than the next. The green eyes stared at James with a jealous gleam coming from them. The flowers shot spores at the eyes and the eyes closed their lids as not to be blinded. The flowers continuted attacking the eyes and when they stopped, James could just make out two tears forming in those brilliant eyes.
James trotted over to the eyes and crushed most of the flowers on the way. He was just about to reach the eyes when he heard someone calling his name...
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It was James' mother calling him. He slowly woke up and rubbed his eyes free of the traces of sleep. James went downstairs and was greeted by his butler. It seemed as if his mother had already gone to shower and dress and his father had already left for work.
"What time is it Lucas?"
"You have slept late today, Master James. It is almost eleven 'o clock. Darla has prepared your breakfast. I suggest you go in the dining room before it gets cold."
After he finished his breakfast, James went to his mother's suite of rooms. She was currently sitting at her vanity and applying some beautifying charms on herself.
"Hullo Mum, what are you planing to do today?"
"Oh James darling, I was just thinking about you. We really should go to Diagon Alley soon. I really have nothing to do this afternoon between two and four so why don't we go then?"
"Umm sure Mum. I'll go look for my list." James turned to leave but his mother called him back.
"Dear lets do something about that hair shall we? Hmmm? Yes? Good."
James pretended not to hear and went back to his room to owl his friends and tell them to go to Diagon Alley today.
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Lily Evans sat at her vanity table with her hair dresser styling her long wavy locks. Her mother supervised as she sat on Lily's bed.
"Gregory, make sure that your work is more than superb. I don't wan't my most beautiful and talented daughter looking like a common hippie."
"Mother, Gregory always makes my hair gorgeous. Don't worry."
"I am finished Mistress Lily." Lily looked in the mirror and was stunned. Lily had always been the most beautiful girl at Hogwarts, but the new hairstyle flattered her in all the right ways.
"Oh Gregory! This has to be your best work to date! I feel as if I could instantly become Miss Universe."
"Yes it is wonderful, but Gregory, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to step out of the room." Mrs. Evans motioned for Gregory to leave. As soon as he left she turned to Lily.
"Dearest, what are your plans for today? Make them wonderful, for it would be a sin if you didn't showoff your hair for the world to see."
"Well I was just going to take a few joy rides in my car, but now I think I will call Helen and Diana and then we can go shopping for the next term."
"Splendid. Would you like William to drive you to London?"
"Oh yes. I must go to my room now to owl my friends."
Helen and Diana arrived minutes later by way of the floo network. The Evans's estate had been recently connected. Helen and Diana were also from upper-class families but they were in magical society while Lily was in Muggle. Lily's driver, William, drove them to the entrace to Diagon Alley. The girls went to Flourish and Blotts first where they picked up the required texts as well as a few interesting titles.
Once the girls were out of sight from anyone in high society, they acted just as normal teenagers in the seventies would. One would expect them all to have personal shoppers and only go to famous disigners for clothes. In truth, they only had the personal shoppers and went to the boutiques when they went shopping with their mothers. All the girls were spolied and they knew it. All three girls were all around nice people but I you made one of them mad, they would ambush you with high amounts of snootiness.
"So girls, have any news on anyone from Hogwarts?" Lily knew most of what was going on but she didn't want to miss any details.
"Of course I have," Diana was admiring her freshly painted nails. "Mother dragged me to one of her charity events and guess who I saw."
"Who?" asked Hellen. They were getting fitted for their robes and she was trying to pick what color selections she should get in her wardrobe.
"Well, I can't be too sure but I think it was James Potter dancing with some forgein girl. But thats not the big part. He's changed girls, he's changed. It took me a while to recognizze him because he looked so fab! Honestly I didn't think he could ever look that grand. The girl he was dancing with was very taken with him. He didn't seem too fond of her though. He must have developed some charm over the past weeks because that girl was almost as pretty as us. Actulally, she couldn't even hold a candle to us but she was nicer looking than most people."
"Ha! I'll believe it when I see it!" exclaimed Lily.
The girls finished purchasing their robes and then headed for some ice cream. Lily got in line behind a very tall man. 'Wow! What a great bum! Too bad there's not any of that caliber at Hogwarts.' Lily was so lost in her thoughts (some of them weren't so pure *wink wink nudge nudge*) that she didn't notice it was her turn to order. Diana had to give her a smart little push to bring her back to earth. Lily ordered her ice cream and was disappointed that the man infront of her had left. She hadn't even seen his face. Diana and Hellen were too busy talking about their new robes to notice anything. 'Well If I could have brought my mind out of the gutter for just a bit I would at least have some clue to who he was.'
Lily had been too busy staring at the man's butt to even notice what kind of hair he had. It wasn't just the physical attration, there was something else that drew Lily to that man. Lily thought about him on and off until term started.
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James woke up on September first with a start. He was still having that dream that he had two weeks earlier. It was getting worse. Now the eyes really cried. James would walk over to comfort them but they would only continute to shead tears. Eventually the tears would drown James and then he would wake up.
There was much ado in the Potter manor that morning. Loretta, James' mother, was ordering the servants around, preparing for James to leave. Steven, James' father, had stayed home from work to see James off. A maid named Lucy was packing James' trunk. No one was sitting idle, not even James. He was dressing with extra care that morning. This would be the first time many people saw the new-and-improved James. Steven appeared at James' door and announced it was time to leave.
James was even more nervous than if he was about to play in the final Quidditch match. As he looked back at his home, he mumbled to himself, "Here I go. . ."
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Lily's mother and father both had tears in their eyes as she left to board the Hogwarts Express. Petunia was nowhere to be found. Most likely, she was hanging around with her latest squeeze: Vernon Dursley. Lily thought that Petunia searched very hard for a man with maners as bad as Dursley's. Petunia had been threatened numerous times by her mother and father with disinheiritace if she continued to hang out with trash like Vernon. He was about thirty pounds overweight and his appeitite was so glutinous that he would soon gain about twenty pounds a year. Petunia was three years older than Lily and was always a source of agrivation for her parents.
Lily was the obvious favorite and in her parents eyes she could do no wrong. Lily did very little wrong anyways. Her parents hugged her one last time and sent her off to the train. Lily was Head Girl that year and her parents used it as another reason to take pride in their youngest daughter.
"Remember darling, we'll always love you," her father said this to her at least once a day.
"I love you both too." With that, Lily boarded the train and found her compartment with Hellen and Diana already in it.
"Who is Head Boy, Lily?" Diana asked.
"Dunno, care to find out?"
"Coming!" both girls enthused.
The threesome walked from compartment, making small talk. they never asked outright if anyone knew who the Head Boy was. That would make it seem as if they didn't know all of the social happenings. They eventually came to the James and Company's compartment and all three girls were shocked. Diana's saphire eyes were opened wide and her blonde hair framed her aghast face. Hellen's violet eyes looked as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. Her hands fluttered nevously to her mulitcolored hair. Some parts were platnium blonde, some strawberry blonde, some chestnut, some auburn, some dirty blone; her hair was naturally this way and it didn't look fake in any way. Lily let out a very soft and short gasp.
Lily recovered from the shock first. She smiled in greeting at the boys and gently closed the other two girl's agape mouths. "Hello boys. How was your summer? It looks like it served all of you well. We just are making our rounds now. I hope we aren't intruding on anything important."
"Lily has more obligations, now that she's Head Girl and all," Hellen regretted these words as soon as they came out. In her opinion, It made her seem desprate and too haughty. None of the boys noticed this. They were still a little intimidated by the popularity of these girls.
Sirius was the first boy to find his voice. "Head Girl you say? Why that means that you will be working alongside James here."
"Wonderful! But what did all of you boys do over the summer?"
"I toured Europe for about a month. Then I simply sat back and went to parties." James spoke of this as if it bored him.
"I went to France with my cousins." Sirius obviously went to one of the warmer parts of France. He had a nice tan and France seemed to give him some much needed class.
"I just stayed home and relaxed," Remus did look well rested.
"Same," Peter spoke in a voice that was barely audible.
"Well you all look the better of your activies. We must be heading back to our car now but we'll see you at the feast." Lily looked at James as if she was trying to remeber something about him.
Before any of the girls could stand up, James walked over, helped them up, and held open the door for them. Apparently, James got more confidence that summer.
On their way back to the compartment, Lily spoke everyone's thoughts aloud. "This is going to be one interesting year. . ."
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A/N: Well????? Did you like it. I was going to divide it into two chapters but as you can see, I didn't. Thank you sooooo much to my reviewers. I'll list you later I promise! I'm just too lazy to do it now. Don't worry Peter will have a bigger part later on. There just hasn't been room for him. I'm not making him a bad guy but I can't make him the most popular guy in the story. that would go against the book, and I try really hard not to do that. Sorry if they seem like snobs but the're just filthy rich. not snobs. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed my first chapter. Wow it makes you feel just all warm and happy! For all the people who don't write i suggest you try it. If this is a little strange its because of my euphoria. Oh and just so you don't get all confused, I'm skipping to seventh year. Nothing really happens in years five and six and the little things will be explained.
Uploading the first time was no fun. It only did about a eighth of the chapter. So.... hopefull here is the complete chapter two! Are you as excited as I am?
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In the Dictionary
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Chapter Two: Oh My, Who Is That Guy
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James Potter sat in his room. He would be returning to Hogwarts in two weeks for his seventh and final year. He had finished all of his homework and was now thinking about how much he had changed. Who would have thought that that too tall and lanky boy could become Quidditch captian and Head Boy? Well not him and none of his fellow classmates.
James would have still been classified as a nerd until last month. That was when he got his letter declaring that he was Head Boy. James figured that he would have to try harder if he was to be Head Boy. He would be mentioned much more and he wanted it to be positive not negative. James had let his mother convince him to get his glasses charmed invisible and he now wore better fitting robes that showed off his muscular build. A stranger, meeting James for the first time, would classify him as tall, dark and handsome.
Sirius and Remus had sharpened their images too. Sirius had grown a bit more mature and Remus had just improved all around. Peter was left behind. While all his friends were looking better all he could do was fail to grow much and gain a few more pounds. The other three had avoided seeing Peter all summer as not to make him feel bad.
James chuckled at these thoughts and slowly drifted off to sleep.
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James was in his stag form. He was in a pure white room with no windows. The room was so white that it seemed to glow with an unexplained light. At first he thought he was alone, but then he saw several pairs of eyes. The largest pair was a bright green. As he stared at the eyes the scenery changed to a medow where the green of the eyes matched the grass perfectly.
James found himself in the midst of thousands of flowers; each one more beautiful than the next. The green eyes stared at James with a jealous gleam coming from them. The flowers shot spores at the eyes and the eyes closed their lids as not to be blinded. The flowers continuted attacking the eyes and when they stopped, James could just make out two tears forming in those brilliant eyes.
James trotted over to the eyes and crushed most of the flowers on the way. He was just about to reach the eyes when he heard someone calling his name...
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It was James' mother calling him. He slowly woke up and rubbed his eyes free of the traces of sleep. James went downstairs and was greeted by his butler. It seemed as if his mother had already gone to shower and dress and his father had already left for work.
"What time is it Lucas?"
"You have slept late today, Master James. It is almost eleven 'o clock. Darla has prepared your breakfast. I suggest you go in the dining room before it gets cold."
After he finished his breakfast, James went to his mother's suite of rooms. She was currently sitting at her vanity and applying some beautifying charms on herself.
"Hullo Mum, what are you planing to do today?"
"Oh James darling, I was just thinking about you. We really should go to Diagon Alley soon. I really have nothing to do this afternoon between two and four so why don't we go then?"
"Umm sure Mum. I'll go look for my list." James turned to leave but his mother called him back.
"Dear lets do something about that hair shall we? Hmmm? Yes? Good."
James pretended not to hear and went back to his room to owl his friends and tell them to go to Diagon Alley today.
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Lily Evans sat at her vanity table with her hair dresser styling her long wavy locks. Her mother supervised as she sat on Lily's bed.
"Gregory, make sure that your work is more than superb. I don't wan't my most beautiful and talented daughter looking like a common hippie."
"Mother, Gregory always makes my hair gorgeous. Don't worry."
"I am finished Mistress Lily." Lily looked in the mirror and was stunned. Lily had always been the most beautiful girl at Hogwarts, but the new hairstyle flattered her in all the right ways.
"Oh Gregory! This has to be your best work to date! I feel as if I could instantly become Miss Universe."
"Yes it is wonderful, but Gregory, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to step out of the room." Mrs. Evans motioned for Gregory to leave. As soon as he left she turned to Lily.
"Dearest, what are your plans for today? Make them wonderful, for it would be a sin if you didn't showoff your hair for the world to see."
"Well I was just going to take a few joy rides in my car, but now I think I will call Helen and Diana and then we can go shopping for the next term."
"Splendid. Would you like William to drive you to London?"
"Oh yes. I must go to my room now to owl my friends."
Helen and Diana arrived minutes later by way of the floo network. The Evans's estate had been recently connected. Helen and Diana were also from upper-class families but they were in magical society while Lily was in Muggle. Lily's driver, William, drove them to the entrace to Diagon Alley. The girls went to Flourish and Blotts first where they picked up the required texts as well as a few interesting titles.
Once the girls were out of sight from anyone in high society, they acted just as normal teenagers in the seventies would. One would expect them all to have personal shoppers and only go to famous disigners for clothes. In truth, they only had the personal shoppers and went to the boutiques when they went shopping with their mothers. All the girls were spolied and they knew it. All three girls were all around nice people but I you made one of them mad, they would ambush you with high amounts of snootiness.
"So girls, have any news on anyone from Hogwarts?" Lily knew most of what was going on but she didn't want to miss any details.
"Of course I have," Diana was admiring her freshly painted nails. "Mother dragged me to one of her charity events and guess who I saw."
"Who?" asked Hellen. They were getting fitted for their robes and she was trying to pick what color selections she should get in her wardrobe.
"Well, I can't be too sure but I think it was James Potter dancing with some forgein girl. But thats not the big part. He's changed girls, he's changed. It took me a while to recognizze him because he looked so fab! Honestly I didn't think he could ever look that grand. The girl he was dancing with was very taken with him. He didn't seem too fond of her though. He must have developed some charm over the past weeks because that girl was almost as pretty as us. Actulally, she couldn't even hold a candle to us but she was nicer looking than most people."
"Ha! I'll believe it when I see it!" exclaimed Lily.
The girls finished purchasing their robes and then headed for some ice cream. Lily got in line behind a very tall man. 'Wow! What a great bum! Too bad there's not any of that caliber at Hogwarts.' Lily was so lost in her thoughts (some of them weren't so pure *wink wink nudge nudge*) that she didn't notice it was her turn to order. Diana had to give her a smart little push to bring her back to earth. Lily ordered her ice cream and was disappointed that the man infront of her had left. She hadn't even seen his face. Diana and Hellen were too busy talking about their new robes to notice anything. 'Well If I could have brought my mind out of the gutter for just a bit I would at least have some clue to who he was.'
Lily had been too busy staring at the man's butt to even notice what kind of hair he had. It wasn't just the physical attration, there was something else that drew Lily to that man. Lily thought about him on and off until term started.
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James woke up on September first with a start. He was still having that dream that he had two weeks earlier. It was getting worse. Now the eyes really cried. James would walk over to comfort them but they would only continute to shead tears. Eventually the tears would drown James and then he would wake up.
There was much ado in the Potter manor that morning. Loretta, James' mother, was ordering the servants around, preparing for James to leave. Steven, James' father, had stayed home from work to see James off. A maid named Lucy was packing James' trunk. No one was sitting idle, not even James. He was dressing with extra care that morning. This would be the first time many people saw the new-and-improved James. Steven appeared at James' door and announced it was time to leave.
James was even more nervous than if he was about to play in the final Quidditch match. As he looked back at his home, he mumbled to himself, "Here I go. . ."
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Lily's mother and father both had tears in their eyes as she left to board the Hogwarts Express. Petunia was nowhere to be found. Most likely, she was hanging around with her latest squeeze: Vernon Dursley. Lily thought that Petunia searched very hard for a man with maners as bad as Dursley's. Petunia had been threatened numerous times by her mother and father with disinheiritace if she continued to hang out with trash like Vernon. He was about thirty pounds overweight and his appeitite was so glutinous that he would soon gain about twenty pounds a year. Petunia was three years older than Lily and was always a source of agrivation for her parents.
Lily was the obvious favorite and in her parents eyes she could do no wrong. Lily did very little wrong anyways. Her parents hugged her one last time and sent her off to the train. Lily was Head Girl that year and her parents used it as another reason to take pride in their youngest daughter.
"Remember darling, we'll always love you," her father said this to her at least once a day.
"I love you both too." With that, Lily boarded the train and found her compartment with Hellen and Diana already in it.
"Who is Head Boy, Lily?" Diana asked.
"Dunno, care to find out?"
"Coming!" both girls enthused.
The threesome walked from compartment, making small talk. they never asked outright if anyone knew who the Head Boy was. That would make it seem as if they didn't know all of the social happenings. They eventually came to the James and Company's compartment and all three girls were shocked. Diana's saphire eyes were opened wide and her blonde hair framed her aghast face. Hellen's violet eyes looked as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. Her hands fluttered nevously to her mulitcolored hair. Some parts were platnium blonde, some strawberry blonde, some chestnut, some auburn, some dirty blone; her hair was naturally this way and it didn't look fake in any way. Lily let out a very soft and short gasp.
Lily recovered from the shock first. She smiled in greeting at the boys and gently closed the other two girl's agape mouths. "Hello boys. How was your summer? It looks like it served all of you well. We just are making our rounds now. I hope we aren't intruding on anything important."
"Lily has more obligations, now that she's Head Girl and all," Hellen regretted these words as soon as they came out. In her opinion, It made her seem desprate and too haughty. None of the boys noticed this. They were still a little intimidated by the popularity of these girls.
Sirius was the first boy to find his voice. "Head Girl you say? Why that means that you will be working alongside James here."
"Wonderful! But what did all of you boys do over the summer?"
"I toured Europe for about a month. Then I simply sat back and went to parties." James spoke of this as if it bored him.
"I went to France with my cousins." Sirius obviously went to one of the warmer parts of France. He had a nice tan and France seemed to give him some much needed class.
"I just stayed home and relaxed," Remus did look well rested.
"Same," Peter spoke in a voice that was barely audible.
"Well you all look the better of your activies. We must be heading back to our car now but we'll see you at the feast." Lily looked at James as if she was trying to remeber something about him.
Before any of the girls could stand up, James walked over, helped them up, and held open the door for them. Apparently, James got more confidence that summer.
On their way back to the compartment, Lily spoke everyone's thoughts aloud. "This is going to be one interesting year. . ."
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A/N: Well????? Did you like it. I was going to divide it into two chapters but as you can see, I didn't. Thank you sooooo much to my reviewers. I'll list you later I promise! I'm just too lazy to do it now. Don't worry Peter will have a bigger part later on. There just hasn't been room for him. I'm not making him a bad guy but I can't make him the most popular guy in the story. that would go against the book, and I try really hard not to do that. Sorry if they seem like snobs but the're just filthy rich. not snobs. REVIEW PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!