A/N I'm very sorry for the long delay. School's hell so if you want faster
updates you'll have to shoot my teachers first.
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Summery: The Marauders and the girls' sixth year is going to be a blast! Romance, Pranks, Muggle Songs, Animagi, fights a weird DADA but also Death Eaters, Voldemort and Deaths!!! L/J L/SS SB/OC RL/OC. Oh, and a mystery with a magical sword .
There Is No Such Thing As Fate
Chapter Seven: Dares
"Do we really want to know?" A click was heard and a blinding flash dazzled her.
Lily blinked. All the others were standing around her, Jane with her camera. She was feeling pretty cozy and warm until she realized that it was James's eyes that were kipping her all warm and nice! At the same moment he realized it too and they both jumped.
"Well, well, well." Sirius was looking very smug. Both Lily and James blushed to their roots. Kate raised an eyebrow.
"Are we going to Hogsmead or not?" Remus asked. Lily nodded quickly. James murmured a quick yes and dragged the other boys to their own dormitory to get ready.
*Oh god!* Was Lily's first thought after the door was shut. This had to be one of the most embarrassing moments of her life! She quickly approached the bathroom hoping Kate and Jane won't bother her with questions.
Jane turned to look at Kate who had her eyebrow still raised. Then a mischievous smile played upon Kate's lips. Jane was puzzled but all Kate did was mutter two little words and left the room. "Hanky panky."
They all met down at the common room half an hour later. Lily tried very hard avoiding James's eyes who were trying to catch hers every few seconds. They all headed to Hogsmead and stayed there the rest of the day enjoying themselves.
Severus Snape sat in the Slytherin common room in that hot afternoon and worked on his list. So far he had two muggle born Ravenclaws. He had been working on it every second he could, and still it was going very slowly. If you don't want to do something it will take double time then something you enjoy. (A/N I learned it the hard way :( )
Unfortunately the meetings with Lily in the library were going as fast as seconds. And now the project was over. He sighed. She was so.
Pretty and clever. And funny. And sweet. And. And. And. *A muggle born.*
So what if she's one? What does it matter? Is she worth less? It doesn't and she isn't. It is so stupid! And he was helping this stupidity!!!
He shook his head. He needs to stop worrying himself with all of this. Father would not be pleased. As if on a cue a big barn owl tapped on the window near the fireplace. Severus opened the window and the owl flew in. He untied the letter that was attached to her leg. He wanted to stork the bird but it gave him a hard look and flew away - Just like his father. Severus sighed again and opened the letter.
Son, I have noted you tend to forget to send us your weekly letters concerning your well fair.
Severus snorted. As if he was really concerned about him.
Please make an afford to write them with a full account of the activities in the school. I am sure the Dark Lord already mentioned the importance of those accounts.
Finish the list as soon as possible and hand it to me afterwards. Remember, I have great expectations from you! The family honor is on your shoulders!!!
Mr. Snape
P.S I am not happy with the relationship you're developing with Malfoy's son, they are sly and dangerous, beware. It is possible he will steal your work after you finished it. No one can be trusted!
Severus looked at the letter sadly. Of course his father would never be concerned about him. No! The family honor was much more important! He looked at the posts script again.
Beware. He laughed bitterly. If his father didn't let him contact one of their own then what would he say about Lily? So this is the way his life are going to be? Trust no one? Be scared all the time? Be Voldermot's slave forever? How could anyone choose to live like that?
But his father was a completely different story. Sometimes he wandered if his father was any better then Voldemort. Greedy and not caring for his only child. He never called him Severus. Only son. As if he would have a completely different boy it will still be the same.
Son. When he was little he thought his father just forgot his name, or even didn't know it. But he grew up, and learned to deal with the painful truth. His father just didn't care. Severus took the letter and threw it into the fire. He watched the flames slowly licking the piece of paper.
When the letter was finally gone in the fireplace Severus retuned to work. Who are the other muggle borns in Ravenclaw?
The group came back to the Gryffindor tower as the sun set and fell straight into bed.
The day after went quite smoothly. They spend their whole afternoon at Hagrid's and then they returned to the Gryffindor common room.
They all went up for a quick shower and then met downstairs near the fireplace again. Remus made his way to a little table to complete the Muggle Studies homework. Lily pulled a little couch near the window and pulled out her discman.
"Who wants a game of chess?" Jane asked as she jumped in front of the board.
"Me." Peter squeaked just as Sirius opened his mouth.
Peter sat in front of Jane and the game began. Sirius was disappointed. *What's wrong with you? No need to be disappointed over such a little thing!* Sirius's face, who were a bit fallen, immediately cracked into a smile. His eyes met his target - Kate Starr. And he knew exactly how to fire her up. "We sure kicked the Harpies' ass last match."
"Bullshit!" Kate jumped. Bingo.
"Kate dear, you can't deny the fact that the Magpies are the best." James jumped into the discussion.
"I can't admit it cause it's not true!"
Kate was a fierce fan of the Holyhead Harpies, an old quidditch team who hired only witches, while James and Sirius heartily supported the Montrose Magpies. "Oh, please!" James, being the Quidditch Capitan, never missed anything involving Quidditch. "The Magpies are ten times better then those Horrible Harpies!" Sirius had a lot of fun watching Kate bursting with rage.
"Those Magpies of yours are just of bunch of testosterone full Wizards! They haven't had a female player in a century!!!"
"The Magpies aren't full of testosterone! They are noble!!!" James used to take every insult as personal when it came to his favorite team. Sirius enjoyed watching from the side.
Kate snorted "Noble? They are so full of themselves it's unbelievable! Imagine! Asking for 'a faster snitch because this is just too easy!!!'"
And they continued to argue until Jane declared herself winner in the match. Lily made her way up with everyone else and quickly got into the shower before the others will catch it. After she was all set for bed she suddenly realized she forgot her discman downstairs.
Telling Kate and Jane she'll come back in a minute she quietly made her way down again. Just as she found her discman she heard a loud sob coming from a chair at the end of the room. She slowly made her way to the sobs source. A very little first year was revealed to her. She had short ginger hair and her clear blue eyes were full with tears. Lily put her hand on the little girl's shoulder. The little girl looked up frightened. Seeing who it was the girl seemed to be relived. "Are you okay?" Lily asked softly.
The girl nodded but a minute afterwards new tears came splashing down her cheeks. After a bit of hesitating Lily sat beside her and rocked her slowly.
"What's your name?" The little girl asked.
"Lily Evans."
"I'm Anna O'Flaherty and you're really big."
Lily laughed. She never considered herself as a grown up. "I'm only a sixth year."
"Well they look big to me, I'm the smallest first year in Hogwarts!"
Lily laughed again then she suddenly became serious. "Can you tell me what happened?"
The girl's face changed at once. She became very quiet and Lily thought she should already give up when she started talking- "We had Potions with the Slytherins and:
~~~Flashback Starts~~~
"You will be making a simple potion for curing boils, the ingredients are on page 4-5 on your book, hurry!!!" Professor Tulbo, the dreaded Potions master snapped at them. Anna opened her book and read out the ingredients to her friend Liarna.
"Dried nettles, crush snake fangs, horned slugs, porcupine quills..." They started pulling out the ingredients.
"This is so fun! In my old school the most exciting thing we did was the basketball practice!!!" Anna put the dried nettles and crush snake fangs in their cauldron.
"Fasketfall? What?" Liarna seemed to be confused.
Anna stiffed a laugh. "It's basketball!"
"You muggels invent the craziest things sometimes." Liarna muttered while stirring the mixture.
A boy with a pointed face who was sitting close to them perked up at Liarna's last comment. He made his way to where they were sitting looking very smug. "Tsk, tsk, tsk" He looked at Anna. "this school is dropping lower every year."
"What do you mean?" She asked innocently.
"Well, they bring here pathetic mudbloods like you here." Anna was confused. A what? But Liarna jumped to her feet and was just about to yell bloody murder at him when he dropped a horned slug into their cauldron and ran back to his seat. Liarna's eyes widened.
"Duck!" She yelled but it was too late-
BOOM!!!
The cauldron exploded, sending the whole class into havoc and spilling it's whole contents over the professor's face and robes. His face was burning with anger and huge red boils started appearing on his face. He quickly gulped the antidote with a swish of his wand cleaned himself..
"So." He made his way to the place where the cauldron once stood. He eyed Liana and Anna who were both lying on the floor from the explosion. Anna had a bloody nose and Liana's lips had a cut.
"Detention." He whispered in such a cold voice it sent chills down Anna's spine. "For being the most idiotic first years I ever met." Liarna and Anna were shocked. And hurt.
"But professor! It wasn't us that-" Anna thought that maybe the professor didn't know the whole story but he cut her sharply.
"And 50 points from Gryffindor." They were both stoned. (A/N as in stone! They do not take drugs thank you very much!)
~~~ Flashback Ends ~~~
"And now everyone will hate me. Gryffindor will lose the house cup, professor Tulbo will fail me, I'll be expelled from Hogwarts for good and, and, and," Anna kept sobbing.
Lily gave her a tight hug. She suddenly remembered how difficult it was being a first year. And a muggle born one for that! "Anna, you're not going to get expelled."
"Sure I will, I'm such a bad student and-
"Look at me." Lily told her.
Anna lifted her face. A smile played upon Lily's lips. "I promise you! You are not going to get expelled. Tulbo always favorites the Slytherins and hates the Gryffindors! He once gave my friends Sirius and James a week detention!!!"
"Really?" Liana's face brightened a bit.
"Really, really."
"But the points!"
"Don't worry, no one will hate you for that. If Tulbo doesn't take points from a Gryffindor each lesson he considers that lesson wasted!" Anna dried her tears.
"Now, is everything alright?"
She nodded. "Yes." She whispered
"Good." Lily smiled. "You know, sitting in the common room in the middle of the night is not fun as it seems to be, return to your dorm, I'm sure Liarna's looking for you."
Anna quickly jumped and made her way back to her dorm but stopped at the middle of her tracks all of a sudden. She turned back and gave Lily a big hug. "Thank you."
"Any time."
In bed again Lily wondered over what happened downstairs. She sighed. Some things never change. Slytherins will always hate Gryffindors and vice versa. 'Pure bloods' will always hate muggle born. And people won't stop getting hurt.
A whole month has blown away quite quickly for the seven friends. Classes required a lot of afford which gave lots of students something to argue about. Remus was yet again 'sick' but returned, looking extremely exhausted. Weekly Quidditch practices took Kate, Sirius and James's time. Lily, who was taking Aricimathry as an extra at nights, was busy catching up on materiel the normal students learned during the day. (A/N Very Hermione-ish, I know.) Peter was busy trying to deal with the huge amount of extra homework most of the teachers were giving him.
And Jane? Jane was daydreaming. About what? About her prince charming.
"I'm bored!" Kate declared
"Really?" Lily asked sarcastically.
"We can do our homework." Jane suggested. The girls were sitting in their dorm drowning in boredom.
"Do our homework? What are you nuts? You know I always do my homework at the last minute." Kate had that annoying habit since first year.
"What about you Lils?"
"No."
"Lily Evans doesn't want to do her homework?" Kate asked in mocked shock.
"I already did them Kate." Kaye rolled her eyes in response.
"You know, one day your eyes are going to stick that way."
"And one day I'll also die."
"Katie!" Jane was really shocked.
"Relax Jen! We're all going to die sometime."
"Well, I'd rather not think of that, thank you."
"Me too." Lily agreed.
"Some of us even earlier then others." Kate went on.
"Katie!!!" Lily and Jane said together.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"Shut up!!!"
"Alright, alright!" She pouted.
It was quite for a minute and then- "I'm bored!!!"
Lily sighed. And Jane lifted her hands in the air. "I give up!"
Kate started jumping up and down on Jane's bed. "I'm bored! I'm bored! I'm Boooooooooooooored!!!"
Trying to ignore the in insanity Lily asked Jane: "So Jen, any idea where the boys are?"
"I'm Boooooooooooored!!!"
"Nope, they left the common room right after the last class."
"I'm boooooooooooooooored, and they're at the Slytherin common room."
"How do you know?"
"Well, the words 'Slytherin', 'common' and 'room' came quite a bit in their conversation so..."
"What do you suppose they're doing there?" Jane asked.
"Probably pranking Snape." This brought a harsh look from Lily."Or Malfoy." Kate added quickly.
"So what are we going to do?" "I know! Let's take dares!!!" Jane was suddenly full of enthusiasm.
"Dares?"
"Are you serious?"
"Come on Katie! Let's do dares!!! It'll be fun!"
"All right! How 'bout it Lils?"
"No way!"
"Oh Lils! Lighten up!!!"
"Please, please, please???" They begged.
"But dares are so silly!"
"No they're not! They're fun!!!"
"Yeah lots!"
"And besides, would you rather have Katie driving us mad for the next few hours?"
"Point taken Jen!"
"Hey!"
"Oh lighten up Katie!"
"Meanies..."
"Okay, here's what were going to do: each will write a dare on a piece of parchment, then we take the pieces and mix them, each will withdraw one and." Each got a piece of parchment and scribed something on it without letting the others see.
"Hand them over!" Kate made her hands in a form of a bowl and they put the pieces in. "I'm first" Jane cried out and took one piece, Lily followed and so did Kate. "Open."
Lily scanned the parchment and her cheeks burned. She looked at Kate, who looked thoughtful and Jane, who was looking mischievously.
"So Lils, what did you get?" Jane asked enthusiastically.
"I need to give a performance to the whole school!!!" Why? Why did agree to play the dares game anyway???
The question must have been written all over her face because Kate smirked at her: "Too late now."
Lily sighed. "So what kind of performance should I make?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
"Hello! Singing!!!"
"Singing?" She felt a jolt in her stomach. "But-"
"No buts that's your dare!"
"So what did you get Katie?"
"Oh nothing really, I just need to kiss the boy I fancy most in Hogwarts." Lily suddenly thought how lucky she was with her dare. *Kissing James? I would never be able to do that!!! I mean I would be able. but I just can't! Stop those thoughts right now Lilian Evans!!!*
"And you don't care?" Jane seemed surprised.
"Course I don't, actually it's a good excuse."
"Katie!" Lily slammed a pillow in her head.
"And what's your dare Jen?" Kate tried to change the subject without getting more pillows thrown at her.
"Pranking the guys!"
"Ooooooh! Fun!"
"Let's all do our dares in the same day, okay? Jen could prank the guys in the morning, I'll kiss my boy at the afternoon and Lils will have her performance in the evening."
"Alright."
"Well, if you don't mind I have some major thinking to do." Lily made her way to her cd to pick a song.
"Same here." Jane and Kate both said and each separated to her own way.
It was Saturday when they were all set. Lily was already trembling. It was decided that she'd perform at the great hall at dinner. All they needed was a diversion for the teachers. And the boys were just looking for a reason to annoy the teachers. They didn't tell them why they needed the diversion for, Kate thought it would be a nice surprise for James, although Lily hoped that until he'll be there she'll finish with it already. Jane was spending most of her time in the library pouring over transfiguration and charm books. Kate was making observations on the male population. And found out some things that she'd rather erase from her mind forever.
They were all sitting at breakfast at Saturday. Jane repeated the spell in her head over and over again. She ate a bit but kept glancing at the boys, waiting for them to finish. When Sirius finally finished all four got up. "We'll see you at Care of Magical Creatures okay?" The girls nodded and the boys started heading back. Jane didn't waste a minute and quickly muttered the spell under her breath.
At first it seemed nothing happened and then- Sirius who was in lead banged himself into the wall. "Ouch." Kate muttered amused while Lily looked at the sight strictly, but with a twinkle in her eye. Sirius looked a bit confused and tried turning to the right to exit but ended up running to the left crashing into the Ravenclaw table. James and Peter both walked backwards for a few seconds without noticing. Remus, on the other hand, was walking in circles.
"Hey!" The four boys shouted in unison. The girls got into a fit of giggles. James got to the other end of the hall and looked as if he wanted to climb the wall. Sirius was crashing into every object in sight while apologizing deeply. People started running away from Peter, who was a walking disaster. (A/N he he he)
"What the hell?" Remus seemed very lost. The girls were practically on the floor rolling from laughter.
"What did you do?" James half begging.
"Oh just a little spell." Jane said trying to keep a straight face.
"Just a little spell?!" Sirius screamed while turning round and round.
"Well, maybe it wasn't a small one."
"Maybe?!"
"JANE!!!" All four screamed.
"What?"
"What did you do?"
"Oh that, can't tell."
"JANE!!! Take the damn spell off!"
"Alright." All boys seemed relived.
"Wait! I forgot how, shucks."
"You.!" But all Sirius managed to do was crash into a chair. The girls finished their meal and started heading out laughing.
"JANE!!!" The boys screamed for the third time.
"Try walking backwards." She gave them a little advice. The looked at her funny but then tried the advice. To their great surprise they were walking forward.
"Great!" Peter exclaimed. He stopped and then started walking backwards again. "What?"
Suddenly Sirius started laughing hard. "I think I just understood what this little sneaky girl did."
"What?" Peter banged into a nasty Slytherin. "She used... She used." But Sirius couldn't stop.
James's face shone with understanding for a second. "I got it!" He cracked up.
"Well tell me!!!" BANG! Another Slytherin tackled down by Peter. But James was laughing too hard.
"James! Sirius! Help!" Then Remus joined the laughter, "Help me guys!!!" But they were already rolling on the floor laughing.
The girls started laughing too and left the hall while the all the students were laughing their head off because of the little Gryffindor who was almost climbing the wall and the three Gryffindors who were dusting off the floor unable to talk. "HELP!!!"
BANG!!! Three Slytherins down, just a few more hundreds to go...
It was noon. The boys finally got the spell off and all the gang marched to the great hall. They were half way through their lunch when in came - Stanley Westwood.
"My sign." Kate got up and the other two followed.
"Stanley?" Jane addressed him.
"Yes?" He asked pleasantly.
"We played Dare and Kate still needs to finish hers, could you possibly help her?"
"Yeah, I suppose so." Stanley wasn't aware what kind of dare it was.
"Good." Kate said and quickly leaned forward to give her a small kiss on the lips. Although it only lasted for a second and their lips barley touched Kate thought it was wonderful. As she broke the kiss she looked at Stanley who had his eyes wide open.
"I-er-you-." Apparently he hasn't got over the shock yet. Kate didn't say a thing, instead, she just went back to her seat.
Remus watched how, for the rest of the meal, Kate and Stanley were exchanging looks. He was happy for Kate but every time she looked at Stanley he felt an unexplainable pain in his stomach. *Weird.* He thought.
As hard as she tried listening to Filtwick during Charms Lily's mind kept coming back to the performance, which was to take after dinner. *What if I fail? It would be so humiliating!!! But I have to do it. Kate and Jane did their part and it's only fair that I'll do mine as well* Giving a little sigh she went back to writing notes from the blackboard.
Deciding to skip dinner all three girls went up quickly to their dorm to organize Lily. She took a quick shower and dressed herself. Jane started brushing her hair and Kate put a bit make up on her face. Finally she was ready. Checking her self one last time she smiled. "Ready?" She nodded. "Right. Let's go then!"
They stepped outside and when seeing no one was at the common room made their way down to the great hall. They hide a corner before the entrance.
"The boys' plan should kick in right about." Kate checked her clock.
"Now." Lily whispered. As if on a cue there was a scream heard and all the teachers quickly ran outside and towards the opposite direction.
"Perfect." Jane said. "I'll go making the preparations, Katie will come with me too. She'll introduce you Lils and you'll come in." Lily nodded trying to stay calm. Breathing deeply she waited to hear Kate's voice.
"Ladies and gentleman! Wizards and witches! Boys and girls! As a part of a dare game we have a special treat for you tonight! In a once-in-a-lifetime performance please welcome. Miss Lilian Evans!!!" Kate's voice boomed around the hall. Lily took another deep breath and stepped in.
She went up on the little stage, which used to be the teachers table. People stared at her but she tried her best ignore them. The music started and she turned around with her back at her 'audience'. She took her wand and by performing a little spell on it managed to make it as a microphone. She started singing.
Uh-huh,
Life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is
'Cause life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is
Lily took a deep breath and turned around facing the students. She suddenly realized how many students were there. Thousand, maybe even more... *Focus!* She reminded herself.
Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
She just loved this song. She kept her head high, trying to avoid others' gaze. She thought she heard some clapping, but she wasn't sure. Still, She kept on singing.
I like you the way you are
When we're, driving in my car
And you're talking to me
One on one
But you become
She started getting more relaxed. Now cheers and catcalls were definitely heard around the room. She smiled and looked down. She saw Kate and Jane both smiling at her. She gave a little wave.
Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me
Narcissa Higginbottom, sitting in the Slytherin table, watched the horrible redhead Gryffindor and her little 'show' with disgust. *How dare she perform like this? This is outrageous! And the students find it enjoyable?!* Evans thought way to highly on herself.
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
At the last sentence the male population of Hogwarts cheered and catcalled like crazy, making Lily blush furiously. On the other side of the Slytherin table someone watched that blush with a smile played upon his lips. Severus Snape was, with out a doubt, from head to tow in love with the amazing redhead.
No, no, no
You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you're something else
Where you are and
Where you sat, you see
You're making me
Laugh out
When you strike a pose
Take off all your preppy clothes
You know
You're not fooling anyone
When you become
James was making his way with the others to the great hall laughing when they heard music echoing from the room. "What the bloody hell-" But James stopped dead in his track at the sight of the girl performing. Sirius had a maniac green plastered upon his face but James took no notice.
Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
Tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me
He looked at her singing, she looked so. alive. She was wearing dark blue jeans, which widened close to the end, and a red sweet top. Her head was full of little, green, shimmering sparkles, which matched her eyes perfectly. James Potter was, with out a doubt, from head to tow in love with the amazing redhead.
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
Lily smiled at the boys. She couldn't help notice the strange look upon James's face. *What's wrong with him?* She looked at Kate and Jane again and noted with satisfaction how close Stanley stood near Kate.
No, no, no...
Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could let it be
You will see
She was enjoying herself so much. She felt loose and forgot all of her problems. She couldn't care less from the faces Higginbottom was sending her. She just wanted to have fun.
Somebody else
'Round everyone else
You're watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me, to me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
No, no
And it was over... It seemed like a bomb exploded in the whole. Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, Gryffindors and even some Slytherins were cheering like mad. Lily smiled one big smile and stepped down from the stage.
Kate went up again: "Well, that's all for tonight everyone! I hope you enjoyed yourself-" Another roar of cheers came. "And may I remind you all that Ms. Evans is single." She winked and together with Jane and Lily left the whole to the Gryffindor common room.
A/N Done! That took a while hasn't it? I'm so so sorry for not posting for more then a month! REVIEW!!!!
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Summery: The Marauders and the girls' sixth year is going to be a blast! Romance, Pranks, Muggle Songs, Animagi, fights a weird DADA but also Death Eaters, Voldemort and Deaths!!! L/J L/SS SB/OC RL/OC. Oh, and a mystery with a magical sword .
There Is No Such Thing As Fate
Chapter Seven: Dares
"Do we really want to know?" A click was heard and a blinding flash dazzled her.
Lily blinked. All the others were standing around her, Jane with her camera. She was feeling pretty cozy and warm until she realized that it was James's eyes that were kipping her all warm and nice! At the same moment he realized it too and they both jumped.
"Well, well, well." Sirius was looking very smug. Both Lily and James blushed to their roots. Kate raised an eyebrow.
"Are we going to Hogsmead or not?" Remus asked. Lily nodded quickly. James murmured a quick yes and dragged the other boys to their own dormitory to get ready.
*Oh god!* Was Lily's first thought after the door was shut. This had to be one of the most embarrassing moments of her life! She quickly approached the bathroom hoping Kate and Jane won't bother her with questions.
Jane turned to look at Kate who had her eyebrow still raised. Then a mischievous smile played upon Kate's lips. Jane was puzzled but all Kate did was mutter two little words and left the room. "Hanky panky."
They all met down at the common room half an hour later. Lily tried very hard avoiding James's eyes who were trying to catch hers every few seconds. They all headed to Hogsmead and stayed there the rest of the day enjoying themselves.
Severus Snape sat in the Slytherin common room in that hot afternoon and worked on his list. So far he had two muggle born Ravenclaws. He had been working on it every second he could, and still it was going very slowly. If you don't want to do something it will take double time then something you enjoy. (A/N I learned it the hard way :( )
Unfortunately the meetings with Lily in the library were going as fast as seconds. And now the project was over. He sighed. She was so.
Pretty and clever. And funny. And sweet. And. And. And. *A muggle born.*
So what if she's one? What does it matter? Is she worth less? It doesn't and she isn't. It is so stupid! And he was helping this stupidity!!!
He shook his head. He needs to stop worrying himself with all of this. Father would not be pleased. As if on a cue a big barn owl tapped on the window near the fireplace. Severus opened the window and the owl flew in. He untied the letter that was attached to her leg. He wanted to stork the bird but it gave him a hard look and flew away - Just like his father. Severus sighed again and opened the letter.
Son, I have noted you tend to forget to send us your weekly letters concerning your well fair.
Severus snorted. As if he was really concerned about him.
Please make an afford to write them with a full account of the activities in the school. I am sure the Dark Lord already mentioned the importance of those accounts.
Finish the list as soon as possible and hand it to me afterwards. Remember, I have great expectations from you! The family honor is on your shoulders!!!
Mr. Snape
P.S I am not happy with the relationship you're developing with Malfoy's son, they are sly and dangerous, beware. It is possible he will steal your work after you finished it. No one can be trusted!
Severus looked at the letter sadly. Of course his father would never be concerned about him. No! The family honor was much more important! He looked at the posts script again.
Beware. He laughed bitterly. If his father didn't let him contact one of their own then what would he say about Lily? So this is the way his life are going to be? Trust no one? Be scared all the time? Be Voldermot's slave forever? How could anyone choose to live like that?
But his father was a completely different story. Sometimes he wandered if his father was any better then Voldemort. Greedy and not caring for his only child. He never called him Severus. Only son. As if he would have a completely different boy it will still be the same.
Son. When he was little he thought his father just forgot his name, or even didn't know it. But he grew up, and learned to deal with the painful truth. His father just didn't care. Severus took the letter and threw it into the fire. He watched the flames slowly licking the piece of paper.
When the letter was finally gone in the fireplace Severus retuned to work. Who are the other muggle borns in Ravenclaw?
The group came back to the Gryffindor tower as the sun set and fell straight into bed.
The day after went quite smoothly. They spend their whole afternoon at Hagrid's and then they returned to the Gryffindor common room.
They all went up for a quick shower and then met downstairs near the fireplace again. Remus made his way to a little table to complete the Muggle Studies homework. Lily pulled a little couch near the window and pulled out her discman.
"Who wants a game of chess?" Jane asked as she jumped in front of the board.
"Me." Peter squeaked just as Sirius opened his mouth.
Peter sat in front of Jane and the game began. Sirius was disappointed. *What's wrong with you? No need to be disappointed over such a little thing!* Sirius's face, who were a bit fallen, immediately cracked into a smile. His eyes met his target - Kate Starr. And he knew exactly how to fire her up. "We sure kicked the Harpies' ass last match."
"Bullshit!" Kate jumped. Bingo.
"Kate dear, you can't deny the fact that the Magpies are the best." James jumped into the discussion.
"I can't admit it cause it's not true!"
Kate was a fierce fan of the Holyhead Harpies, an old quidditch team who hired only witches, while James and Sirius heartily supported the Montrose Magpies. "Oh, please!" James, being the Quidditch Capitan, never missed anything involving Quidditch. "The Magpies are ten times better then those Horrible Harpies!" Sirius had a lot of fun watching Kate bursting with rage.
"Those Magpies of yours are just of bunch of testosterone full Wizards! They haven't had a female player in a century!!!"
"The Magpies aren't full of testosterone! They are noble!!!" James used to take every insult as personal when it came to his favorite team. Sirius enjoyed watching from the side.
Kate snorted "Noble? They are so full of themselves it's unbelievable! Imagine! Asking for 'a faster snitch because this is just too easy!!!'"
And they continued to argue until Jane declared herself winner in the match. Lily made her way up with everyone else and quickly got into the shower before the others will catch it. After she was all set for bed she suddenly realized she forgot her discman downstairs.
Telling Kate and Jane she'll come back in a minute she quietly made her way down again. Just as she found her discman she heard a loud sob coming from a chair at the end of the room. She slowly made her way to the sobs source. A very little first year was revealed to her. She had short ginger hair and her clear blue eyes were full with tears. Lily put her hand on the little girl's shoulder. The little girl looked up frightened. Seeing who it was the girl seemed to be relived. "Are you okay?" Lily asked softly.
The girl nodded but a minute afterwards new tears came splashing down her cheeks. After a bit of hesitating Lily sat beside her and rocked her slowly.
"What's your name?" The little girl asked.
"Lily Evans."
"I'm Anna O'Flaherty and you're really big."
Lily laughed. She never considered herself as a grown up. "I'm only a sixth year."
"Well they look big to me, I'm the smallest first year in Hogwarts!"
Lily laughed again then she suddenly became serious. "Can you tell me what happened?"
The girl's face changed at once. She became very quiet and Lily thought she should already give up when she started talking- "We had Potions with the Slytherins and:
~~~Flashback Starts~~~
"You will be making a simple potion for curing boils, the ingredients are on page 4-5 on your book, hurry!!!" Professor Tulbo, the dreaded Potions master snapped at them. Anna opened her book and read out the ingredients to her friend Liarna.
"Dried nettles, crush snake fangs, horned slugs, porcupine quills..." They started pulling out the ingredients.
"This is so fun! In my old school the most exciting thing we did was the basketball practice!!!" Anna put the dried nettles and crush snake fangs in their cauldron.
"Fasketfall? What?" Liarna seemed to be confused.
Anna stiffed a laugh. "It's basketball!"
"You muggels invent the craziest things sometimes." Liarna muttered while stirring the mixture.
A boy with a pointed face who was sitting close to them perked up at Liarna's last comment. He made his way to where they were sitting looking very smug. "Tsk, tsk, tsk" He looked at Anna. "this school is dropping lower every year."
"What do you mean?" She asked innocently.
"Well, they bring here pathetic mudbloods like you here." Anna was confused. A what? But Liarna jumped to her feet and was just about to yell bloody murder at him when he dropped a horned slug into their cauldron and ran back to his seat. Liarna's eyes widened.
"Duck!" She yelled but it was too late-
BOOM!!!
The cauldron exploded, sending the whole class into havoc and spilling it's whole contents over the professor's face and robes. His face was burning with anger and huge red boils started appearing on his face. He quickly gulped the antidote with a swish of his wand cleaned himself..
"So." He made his way to the place where the cauldron once stood. He eyed Liana and Anna who were both lying on the floor from the explosion. Anna had a bloody nose and Liana's lips had a cut.
"Detention." He whispered in such a cold voice it sent chills down Anna's spine. "For being the most idiotic first years I ever met." Liarna and Anna were shocked. And hurt.
"But professor! It wasn't us that-" Anna thought that maybe the professor didn't know the whole story but he cut her sharply.
"And 50 points from Gryffindor." They were both stoned. (A/N as in stone! They do not take drugs thank you very much!)
~~~ Flashback Ends ~~~
"And now everyone will hate me. Gryffindor will lose the house cup, professor Tulbo will fail me, I'll be expelled from Hogwarts for good and, and, and," Anna kept sobbing.
Lily gave her a tight hug. She suddenly remembered how difficult it was being a first year. And a muggle born one for that! "Anna, you're not going to get expelled."
"Sure I will, I'm such a bad student and-
"Look at me." Lily told her.
Anna lifted her face. A smile played upon Lily's lips. "I promise you! You are not going to get expelled. Tulbo always favorites the Slytherins and hates the Gryffindors! He once gave my friends Sirius and James a week detention!!!"
"Really?" Liana's face brightened a bit.
"Really, really."
"But the points!"
"Don't worry, no one will hate you for that. If Tulbo doesn't take points from a Gryffindor each lesson he considers that lesson wasted!" Anna dried her tears.
"Now, is everything alright?"
She nodded. "Yes." She whispered
"Good." Lily smiled. "You know, sitting in the common room in the middle of the night is not fun as it seems to be, return to your dorm, I'm sure Liarna's looking for you."
Anna quickly jumped and made her way back to her dorm but stopped at the middle of her tracks all of a sudden. She turned back and gave Lily a big hug. "Thank you."
"Any time."
In bed again Lily wondered over what happened downstairs. She sighed. Some things never change. Slytherins will always hate Gryffindors and vice versa. 'Pure bloods' will always hate muggle born. And people won't stop getting hurt.
A whole month has blown away quite quickly for the seven friends. Classes required a lot of afford which gave lots of students something to argue about. Remus was yet again 'sick' but returned, looking extremely exhausted. Weekly Quidditch practices took Kate, Sirius and James's time. Lily, who was taking Aricimathry as an extra at nights, was busy catching up on materiel the normal students learned during the day. (A/N Very Hermione-ish, I know.) Peter was busy trying to deal with the huge amount of extra homework most of the teachers were giving him.
And Jane? Jane was daydreaming. About what? About her prince charming.
"I'm bored!" Kate declared
"Really?" Lily asked sarcastically.
"We can do our homework." Jane suggested. The girls were sitting in their dorm drowning in boredom.
"Do our homework? What are you nuts? You know I always do my homework at the last minute." Kate had that annoying habit since first year.
"What about you Lils?"
"No."
"Lily Evans doesn't want to do her homework?" Kate asked in mocked shock.
"I already did them Kate." Kaye rolled her eyes in response.
"You know, one day your eyes are going to stick that way."
"And one day I'll also die."
"Katie!" Jane was really shocked.
"Relax Jen! We're all going to die sometime."
"Well, I'd rather not think of that, thank you."
"Me too." Lily agreed.
"Some of us even earlier then others." Kate went on.
"Katie!!!" Lily and Jane said together.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"Shut up!!!"
"Alright, alright!" She pouted.
It was quite for a minute and then- "I'm bored!!!"
Lily sighed. And Jane lifted her hands in the air. "I give up!"
Kate started jumping up and down on Jane's bed. "I'm bored! I'm bored! I'm Boooooooooooooored!!!"
Trying to ignore the in insanity Lily asked Jane: "So Jen, any idea where the boys are?"
"I'm Boooooooooooored!!!"
"Nope, they left the common room right after the last class."
"I'm boooooooooooooooored, and they're at the Slytherin common room."
"How do you know?"
"Well, the words 'Slytherin', 'common' and 'room' came quite a bit in their conversation so..."
"What do you suppose they're doing there?" Jane asked.
"Probably pranking Snape." This brought a harsh look from Lily."Or Malfoy." Kate added quickly.
"So what are we going to do?" "I know! Let's take dares!!!" Jane was suddenly full of enthusiasm.
"Dares?"
"Are you serious?"
"Come on Katie! Let's do dares!!! It'll be fun!"
"All right! How 'bout it Lils?"
"No way!"
"Oh Lils! Lighten up!!!"
"Please, please, please???" They begged.
"But dares are so silly!"
"No they're not! They're fun!!!"
"Yeah lots!"
"And besides, would you rather have Katie driving us mad for the next few hours?"
"Point taken Jen!"
"Hey!"
"Oh lighten up Katie!"
"Meanies..."
"Okay, here's what were going to do: each will write a dare on a piece of parchment, then we take the pieces and mix them, each will withdraw one and." Each got a piece of parchment and scribed something on it without letting the others see.
"Hand them over!" Kate made her hands in a form of a bowl and they put the pieces in. "I'm first" Jane cried out and took one piece, Lily followed and so did Kate. "Open."
Lily scanned the parchment and her cheeks burned. She looked at Kate, who looked thoughtful and Jane, who was looking mischievously.
"So Lils, what did you get?" Jane asked enthusiastically.
"I need to give a performance to the whole school!!!" Why? Why did agree to play the dares game anyway???
The question must have been written all over her face because Kate smirked at her: "Too late now."
Lily sighed. "So what kind of performance should I make?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
"Hello! Singing!!!"
"Singing?" She felt a jolt in her stomach. "But-"
"No buts that's your dare!"
"So what did you get Katie?"
"Oh nothing really, I just need to kiss the boy I fancy most in Hogwarts." Lily suddenly thought how lucky she was with her dare. *Kissing James? I would never be able to do that!!! I mean I would be able. but I just can't! Stop those thoughts right now Lilian Evans!!!*
"And you don't care?" Jane seemed surprised.
"Course I don't, actually it's a good excuse."
"Katie!" Lily slammed a pillow in her head.
"And what's your dare Jen?" Kate tried to change the subject without getting more pillows thrown at her.
"Pranking the guys!"
"Ooooooh! Fun!"
"Let's all do our dares in the same day, okay? Jen could prank the guys in the morning, I'll kiss my boy at the afternoon and Lils will have her performance in the evening."
"Alright."
"Well, if you don't mind I have some major thinking to do." Lily made her way to her cd to pick a song.
"Same here." Jane and Kate both said and each separated to her own way.
It was Saturday when they were all set. Lily was already trembling. It was decided that she'd perform at the great hall at dinner. All they needed was a diversion for the teachers. And the boys were just looking for a reason to annoy the teachers. They didn't tell them why they needed the diversion for, Kate thought it would be a nice surprise for James, although Lily hoped that until he'll be there she'll finish with it already. Jane was spending most of her time in the library pouring over transfiguration and charm books. Kate was making observations on the male population. And found out some things that she'd rather erase from her mind forever.
They were all sitting at breakfast at Saturday. Jane repeated the spell in her head over and over again. She ate a bit but kept glancing at the boys, waiting for them to finish. When Sirius finally finished all four got up. "We'll see you at Care of Magical Creatures okay?" The girls nodded and the boys started heading back. Jane didn't waste a minute and quickly muttered the spell under her breath.
At first it seemed nothing happened and then- Sirius who was in lead banged himself into the wall. "Ouch." Kate muttered amused while Lily looked at the sight strictly, but with a twinkle in her eye. Sirius looked a bit confused and tried turning to the right to exit but ended up running to the left crashing into the Ravenclaw table. James and Peter both walked backwards for a few seconds without noticing. Remus, on the other hand, was walking in circles.
"Hey!" The four boys shouted in unison. The girls got into a fit of giggles. James got to the other end of the hall and looked as if he wanted to climb the wall. Sirius was crashing into every object in sight while apologizing deeply. People started running away from Peter, who was a walking disaster. (A/N he he he)
"What the hell?" Remus seemed very lost. The girls were practically on the floor rolling from laughter.
"What did you do?" James half begging.
"Oh just a little spell." Jane said trying to keep a straight face.
"Just a little spell?!" Sirius screamed while turning round and round.
"Well, maybe it wasn't a small one."
"Maybe?!"
"JANE!!!" All four screamed.
"What?"
"What did you do?"
"Oh that, can't tell."
"JANE!!! Take the damn spell off!"
"Alright." All boys seemed relived.
"Wait! I forgot how, shucks."
"You.!" But all Sirius managed to do was crash into a chair. The girls finished their meal and started heading out laughing.
"JANE!!!" The boys screamed for the third time.
"Try walking backwards." She gave them a little advice. The looked at her funny but then tried the advice. To their great surprise they were walking forward.
"Great!" Peter exclaimed. He stopped and then started walking backwards again. "What?"
Suddenly Sirius started laughing hard. "I think I just understood what this little sneaky girl did."
"What?" Peter banged into a nasty Slytherin. "She used... She used." But Sirius couldn't stop.
James's face shone with understanding for a second. "I got it!" He cracked up.
"Well tell me!!!" BANG! Another Slytherin tackled down by Peter. But James was laughing too hard.
"James! Sirius! Help!" Then Remus joined the laughter, "Help me guys!!!" But they were already rolling on the floor laughing.
The girls started laughing too and left the hall while the all the students were laughing their head off because of the little Gryffindor who was almost climbing the wall and the three Gryffindors who were dusting off the floor unable to talk. "HELP!!!"
BANG!!! Three Slytherins down, just a few more hundreds to go...
It was noon. The boys finally got the spell off and all the gang marched to the great hall. They were half way through their lunch when in came - Stanley Westwood.
"My sign." Kate got up and the other two followed.
"Stanley?" Jane addressed him.
"Yes?" He asked pleasantly.
"We played Dare and Kate still needs to finish hers, could you possibly help her?"
"Yeah, I suppose so." Stanley wasn't aware what kind of dare it was.
"Good." Kate said and quickly leaned forward to give her a small kiss on the lips. Although it only lasted for a second and their lips barley touched Kate thought it was wonderful. As she broke the kiss she looked at Stanley who had his eyes wide open.
"I-er-you-." Apparently he hasn't got over the shock yet. Kate didn't say a thing, instead, she just went back to her seat.
Remus watched how, for the rest of the meal, Kate and Stanley were exchanging looks. He was happy for Kate but every time she looked at Stanley he felt an unexplainable pain in his stomach. *Weird.* He thought.
As hard as she tried listening to Filtwick during Charms Lily's mind kept coming back to the performance, which was to take after dinner. *What if I fail? It would be so humiliating!!! But I have to do it. Kate and Jane did their part and it's only fair that I'll do mine as well* Giving a little sigh she went back to writing notes from the blackboard.
Deciding to skip dinner all three girls went up quickly to their dorm to organize Lily. She took a quick shower and dressed herself. Jane started brushing her hair and Kate put a bit make up on her face. Finally she was ready. Checking her self one last time she smiled. "Ready?" She nodded. "Right. Let's go then!"
They stepped outside and when seeing no one was at the common room made their way down to the great hall. They hide a corner before the entrance.
"The boys' plan should kick in right about." Kate checked her clock.
"Now." Lily whispered. As if on a cue there was a scream heard and all the teachers quickly ran outside and towards the opposite direction.
"Perfect." Jane said. "I'll go making the preparations, Katie will come with me too. She'll introduce you Lils and you'll come in." Lily nodded trying to stay calm. Breathing deeply she waited to hear Kate's voice.
"Ladies and gentleman! Wizards and witches! Boys and girls! As a part of a dare game we have a special treat for you tonight! In a once-in-a-lifetime performance please welcome. Miss Lilian Evans!!!" Kate's voice boomed around the hall. Lily took another deep breath and stepped in.
She went up on the little stage, which used to be the teachers table. People stared at her but she tried her best ignore them. The music started and she turned around with her back at her 'audience'. She took her wand and by performing a little spell on it managed to make it as a microphone. She started singing.
Uh-huh,
Life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is
'Cause life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is
Lily took a deep breath and turned around facing the students. She suddenly realized how many students were there. Thousand, maybe even more... *Focus!* She reminded herself.
Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
She just loved this song. She kept her head high, trying to avoid others' gaze. She thought she heard some clapping, but she wasn't sure. Still, She kept on singing.
I like you the way you are
When we're, driving in my car
And you're talking to me
One on one
But you become
She started getting more relaxed. Now cheers and catcalls were definitely heard around the room. She smiled and looked down. She saw Kate and Jane both smiling at her. She gave a little wave.
Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me
Narcissa Higginbottom, sitting in the Slytherin table, watched the horrible redhead Gryffindor and her little 'show' with disgust. *How dare she perform like this? This is outrageous! And the students find it enjoyable?!* Evans thought way to highly on herself.
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
At the last sentence the male population of Hogwarts cheered and catcalled like crazy, making Lily blush furiously. On the other side of the Slytherin table someone watched that blush with a smile played upon his lips. Severus Snape was, with out a doubt, from head to tow in love with the amazing redhead.
No, no, no
You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you're something else
Where you are and
Where you sat, you see
You're making me
Laugh out
When you strike a pose
Take off all your preppy clothes
You know
You're not fooling anyone
When you become
James was making his way with the others to the great hall laughing when they heard music echoing from the room. "What the bloody hell-" But James stopped dead in his track at the sight of the girl performing. Sirius had a maniac green plastered upon his face but James took no notice.
Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
Tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me
He looked at her singing, she looked so. alive. She was wearing dark blue jeans, which widened close to the end, and a red sweet top. Her head was full of little, green, shimmering sparkles, which matched her eyes perfectly. James Potter was, with out a doubt, from head to tow in love with the amazing redhead.
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me
I'm never gonna find you fake it
Lily smiled at the boys. She couldn't help notice the strange look upon James's face. *What's wrong with him?* She looked at Kate and Jane again and noted with satisfaction how close Stanley stood near Kate.
No, no, no...
Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could let it be
You will see
She was enjoying herself so much. She felt loose and forgot all of her problems. She couldn't care less from the faces Higginbottom was sending her. She just wanted to have fun.
Somebody else
'Round everyone else
You're watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me, to me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
No, no
And it was over... It seemed like a bomb exploded in the whole. Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, Gryffindors and even some Slytherins were cheering like mad. Lily smiled one big smile and stepped down from the stage.
Kate went up again: "Well, that's all for tonight everyone! I hope you enjoyed yourself-" Another roar of cheers came. "And may I remind you all that Ms. Evans is single." She winked and together with Jane and Lily left the whole to the Gryffindor common room.
A/N Done! That took a while hasn't it? I'm so so sorry for not posting for more then a month! REVIEW!!!!
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Songs used: Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Lyrics source: www. Lyricsplanet.com
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