A/N: Hey, everyone! I'M NOT DEAD! YAY! First off, I'm really sorry about the delay. The phone company turned my phone off and I have dial up service. Then, we moved. Then, I couldn't find some monitor wires to plug it in. Now, I am giving you a two for one chapter so that you don't kill me with plastic utensils. Cool? Cool. Please review. Oh, one more thing, I changed this to a seventh year story. THEY ARE NOW IN THEIR SEVENTH YEAR!
Disclaimer: I am *still* not JK Rowling.
Chapter Five: The Halloween Ball and A Bit of Quidditch
The ball was a costume ball. Professor Dumbledore had told them that they should try Halloween the muggle way because they needed to learn more about muggles for some reason or another...
Anyway, James was going as a pirate. He wore a slightly ripped, red and white striped shirt and black pants. He had a patch over the right lens of his glasses and a fake parrot on his shoulder. The bird wasn't just for show, it was a disguised bottle of Firewhiskey to spike some drinks with.
Sirius, being Sirius, was going as Cinderella. He wore an elegant gown that looked exactly like Cinderella's and a blonde wig that was tied into an elegant bun. He even went as far as wearing make-up and glass slippers.
Jen, after *a lot* of persuasion and blackmail from Sirius, was going as Sirius' Prince Charming. Enough said...
Remus was going as (A/N: Guess...) a were wolf and his costume was the best out of everyone's. It looked really realistic (A/N: I wonder why...).
Terry was dressed as Dracula. He costume looked exactly like the one from the old muggle film.
Peter was going as a girl. He had a long-haired blonde wig, the hair went down to his ass. He wore a really nice gown and some make-up and high heeled shoes. It looked very convincing. Enough about him...
Lily was going as Snow White. Sirius had talked her into it. She thought he was a crazy little boy, (A/N: Kristina, you know what word I wanted there...my favorite word...) but she had no other ideas. So, Sirius got his wish.
"Welcome to the Halloween Ball!" said Professor Dumbledore. He, Professor Flitwick, and the Potions Professor, Professor Ion, were dressed as the Supremes. (A/N: There ain't no mountain high enough!) "First thing's first, lets eat!"
The food appeared. There was chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits, corn (both on and off the cob), peas, creamed spinach, roast beef, turkey and gravy, ham, and extra cheese pizza. (A/N: I couldn't help it, I have a love affair with pizza!)
For dessert, there was both muggle and magical candy. There was Snikers Bars, Butterfingers, Three Musketeers Bars, Fifth Avenue Bars, Mars Bars, Hershey's Kisses and Hugs, Peppermint Patties, Crunch Bars, Nerds, jumbo ass Jawbreakers, Airheads, Licorice Wands, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Fizzing Wizbees, Sugarquills, Ice Mice, Cockroach Clusters, Blood Lollies, Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pasties, and other fine candies. (A/N: I just made myself so damn HUNGRY!)
After everyone had stuffed their faces (and their pockets), Dumbledore stood up. "And now, it is time for dancing!" he said. He waved his hands and the tables that were cluttered into the Great Hall were folded up and moved to the side of the Hall. "Will the Head Boy and Girl please step up and open the dancing?"
"Shall we?" said James, holding his arm out to Lily.
"We shall," she replied, smiling.
When they got to the middle of the dance floor, James took one of Lily's hands in his own, and wrapped his other arm around her waist. She put her remaining hand on his back and laid her head on his chest as a slow song began to play.
When the song was over, the two took a bow. Their fellow students swarmed onto the dance floor as another slow song started to play and they got to dancing again.
Peter could be seen dancing with a guy from Hufflepuff who was obviously fooled by Peter's costume.
Sirius, being Sirius, and Jen, being the unfortunate soul that was his girlfriend, were dancing in the center of the dance floor. To say that they were hard not to notice would be an understatement.
The dancing continued for a few hours and our gang had a lot of fun...especially Peter. At ten o'clock, Dumbledore stopped the music. "We shall now begin the Kareoke Contest! Congratulations, Mr. Black, you are our first contestant!"
"Good idea!" Sirius yelled up to the headmaster. "At midnight I turn back into a peasant!"
A lot of people laughed, including Dumbledore.
"Okay, come on up, Sirius."
"Come on, Lily, lets go!" Sirius dragged Lily up to the stage.
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing?" Lily asked.
"We're going to sing 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'," he told her. Lily smiled evilly and nodded. "This song is dedicated to the Slytherins!"Oh, the laughter! Even the professors were laughing.
Sirius and Lily took a curtsy.
Other performances included a fifth year Hufflepuff named Ashley singing Avril Lavigne's 'Complicated', some Gryffindor boy singing 'The Hell Song' by Sum 41, and Snape and Malfoy getting booed off of the stage before their song even started.
A little bit before midnight, Dumbledore announced the winners.
"The winners of the Kareoke Contest and a one year supply of Sugarquills are...LILY EVANS AND SIRIUS BLACK!"The Hall burst into applause. Sirius and Lily went up to the stage and collected their trophy and their certificates for free Sugarquills. As the clock struck midnight, Sirius' gown turned into raggy clothes.
"I told you, Professor Dumbledore!" he said as he and Lily climbed off of the stage. There was laughter once more.
"Damn!"
James and Lily were walking down an empty corridor to Gryffindor Tower.
"What's up, James?" Lily asked.
"I forgot to spike the drinks with the Firewhiskey," said James.
"That sucks..."
James shrugged. "I guess I can always put it in the Slytherins' drinks tomorrow morning."
"Password?""Fimble wimble nimble," said James and Lily in unison.
"Did you have fun, dears?" the Fat Lady asked.
"Yes, thank you," said Lily.
Once in the common room, James and Lily collapsed onto a couch. Everyone was already in bed.
"So, Lily, tell me the truth, how bad of a dancer am I?" James asked with a smile.
"Trust me, James, you're no worse than I am," said Lily with a laugh.
"I had a lot of fun with you tonight, Lils," said James.
Lily smiled. "I had fun too, James."
James, without a second thought, leaned right in and kissed Lily. It was an innocent kiss that was ended quickly by somebody saying, "Why, James! What *would* Peter think?"
James groaned and rolled his eyes. "I thought that we had agreed never to discuss that again...EVER!"
"Whoops," said Sirius, shrugging. Remus laughed.
"So, Lily, Peter would love to know, how good of a kisser is James?" Remus asked. Everyone laughed. "We'll leave you two crazy kids alone. Good-night."
"G'night."
Sirius and Remus went up to bed. Once again, if I must remind you, it was just Lily and James.
"What was that?" Lily asked.
"I, er, kissed you," said James, quietly.
"Um...may I ask why?"
"Because I...I love you, Lily."
"Oh..." They were silent for a few moments. "James?"
"Yeah?"
"How long?"
"A while." More silence. "Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"Will you give me a chance?"
Some more silence.
"Yeah. Yeah, I will."
James looked as if he had just killed Lord Voldemort and won the Lottery at the same time...in other words, he smiled a mile wide.
Lily yawned. "I'm tired," she said. "I'm going to go to bed."
"Good-night, Lils," said James.
"Night, James," she said. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and disappeared up the stairs to her dormitory.
James went into his dorm quietly, expecting to find the inhabitants asleep...they weren't. Well, Remus and Sirius weren't. Peter was sleeping face down in a puddle of his own drool...again.
"Did you kiss her, or did she kiss you?" Sirius asked immediately.
"I'm really tired, guys, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
Sirius walked right up to James, grabbed him by the collar, and said, "I *will* kill you."
"I kissed her, Padfoot," said James.
"Thank you."
"What did she say, Prongs?" Remus asked.
"Nothing really," said James. "It's hard to talk while you're kissing."
"You know what I mean, you idiot," said Remus.
James smiled. "We're officially together!"
"All right, Prongs!" Sirius slapped him on the back Remus smiled at him.
"You okay, Moony?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Remus, yawning. "I have the Full Moon in a few days, though."
"Why don't you get some rest, Rem," said James.
Remus nodded. "G'night, guys," he said.
"Good-night," James and Sirius said together.
"All right, team, do you think we can win this game?" James asked his team.
"I do hope so," said Sirius. "If you make us practice any harder, I may just go mad. And Jen is starting to get mad at me for being on the pitch so much."
"Sorry, Padfoot," said James, "but I like winning."
"James, buddy, we do too, but enough is enough."
"All right! I'm sorry! Lets go, they're starting."
"Welcome to Hogwarts first Quidditch game of the season!" Remus yelled into the magical megaphone. The crowd was going wild. "This one is good ol' Gryffindor versus the Hufflepuffs! And here comes the Gryffindor team! They are led by captain and chaser James Potter! Joining him in the chaser position today are Will Johnson and Sirius Black! David Wood and John Elite are using the clubs today, the keeper is Kraig Bell and our seeker goes by the name of Samantha Spinett!"
"Now, here come the Hufflepuffs! Their captain and seeker is Amos Diggory. He is joined in the air today by chasers Danny Bones, John Doe, and Gregg Samuelson. Beaters are Aimee and Jamie Jones, and their keeper is Damon Smeltings."
The teams took some warm-up laps and stuff to get ready.
"Here comes Madame Hooch with the four balls. The bludgers and the snitch are realeased, AND UP GOES THE QUAFFLE!
"Black takes the quaffle, passes to Potter who speeds down the pitch on that new Nimbus 1500! Johnson, Black, Potter, Black, Potter, GOAL! Ten to zero, Gryffindor!"Lily, who was next to Remus, was jumping up and down, screaming for Gryffindor and jumping up and down in a very undignified way. It was quite funny to watch actually...
"Doe gets the quaffle, passes to Bones, back to Doe, Sameulson, Wood knocks the ball loose with a bludger! Black gets it, passes to Potter, back to Black, GOAL! Twenty nothing, Gryffindor! Within an hour the score was one hundred and eighty to twenty, in favor of Gryffindor.
"I hope this is over soon, " said Remus. "I'm getting bored...hint hint, Samantha...FIND THE SNITCH!"
Well, Samantha did as she was told. Fifteen minutes later, Gryffindor was declared the winner.
"PARTY!"
A/N: Don't hurt me! Please review and don't yell at me, it shatters what little self esteem I have...lyl (not that way).
-KmM-
Disclaimer: I am *still* not JK Rowling.
Chapter Five: The Halloween Ball and A Bit of Quidditch
The ball was a costume ball. Professor Dumbledore had told them that they should try Halloween the muggle way because they needed to learn more about muggles for some reason or another...
Anyway, James was going as a pirate. He wore a slightly ripped, red and white striped shirt and black pants. He had a patch over the right lens of his glasses and a fake parrot on his shoulder. The bird wasn't just for show, it was a disguised bottle of Firewhiskey to spike some drinks with.
Sirius, being Sirius, was going as Cinderella. He wore an elegant gown that looked exactly like Cinderella's and a blonde wig that was tied into an elegant bun. He even went as far as wearing make-up and glass slippers.
Jen, after *a lot* of persuasion and blackmail from Sirius, was going as Sirius' Prince Charming. Enough said...
Remus was going as (A/N: Guess...) a were wolf and his costume was the best out of everyone's. It looked really realistic (A/N: I wonder why...).
Terry was dressed as Dracula. He costume looked exactly like the one from the old muggle film.
Peter was going as a girl. He had a long-haired blonde wig, the hair went down to his ass. He wore a really nice gown and some make-up and high heeled shoes. It looked very convincing. Enough about him...
Lily was going as Snow White. Sirius had talked her into it. She thought he was a crazy little boy, (A/N: Kristina, you know what word I wanted there...my favorite word...) but she had no other ideas. So, Sirius got his wish.
"Welcome to the Halloween Ball!" said Professor Dumbledore. He, Professor Flitwick, and the Potions Professor, Professor Ion, were dressed as the Supremes. (A/N: There ain't no mountain high enough!) "First thing's first, lets eat!"
The food appeared. There was chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits, corn (both on and off the cob), peas, creamed spinach, roast beef, turkey and gravy, ham, and extra cheese pizza. (A/N: I couldn't help it, I have a love affair with pizza!)
For dessert, there was both muggle and magical candy. There was Snikers Bars, Butterfingers, Three Musketeers Bars, Fifth Avenue Bars, Mars Bars, Hershey's Kisses and Hugs, Peppermint Patties, Crunch Bars, Nerds, jumbo ass Jawbreakers, Airheads, Licorice Wands, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Fizzing Wizbees, Sugarquills, Ice Mice, Cockroach Clusters, Blood Lollies, Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pasties, and other fine candies. (A/N: I just made myself so damn HUNGRY!)
After everyone had stuffed their faces (and their pockets), Dumbledore stood up. "And now, it is time for dancing!" he said. He waved his hands and the tables that were cluttered into the Great Hall were folded up and moved to the side of the Hall. "Will the Head Boy and Girl please step up and open the dancing?"
"Shall we?" said James, holding his arm out to Lily.
"We shall," she replied, smiling.
When they got to the middle of the dance floor, James took one of Lily's hands in his own, and wrapped his other arm around her waist. She put her remaining hand on his back and laid her head on his chest as a slow song began to play.
When the song was over, the two took a bow. Their fellow students swarmed onto the dance floor as another slow song started to play and they got to dancing again.
Peter could be seen dancing with a guy from Hufflepuff who was obviously fooled by Peter's costume.
Sirius, being Sirius, and Jen, being the unfortunate soul that was his girlfriend, were dancing in the center of the dance floor. To say that they were hard not to notice would be an understatement.
The dancing continued for a few hours and our gang had a lot of fun...especially Peter. At ten o'clock, Dumbledore stopped the music. "We shall now begin the Kareoke Contest! Congratulations, Mr. Black, you are our first contestant!"
"Good idea!" Sirius yelled up to the headmaster. "At midnight I turn back into a peasant!"
A lot of people laughed, including Dumbledore.
"Okay, come on up, Sirius."
"Come on, Lily, lets go!" Sirius dragged Lily up to the stage.
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing?" Lily asked.
"We're going to sing 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'," he told her. Lily smiled evilly and nodded. "This song is dedicated to the Slytherins!"Oh, the laughter! Even the professors were laughing.
Sirius and Lily took a curtsy.
Other performances included a fifth year Hufflepuff named Ashley singing Avril Lavigne's 'Complicated', some Gryffindor boy singing 'The Hell Song' by Sum 41, and Snape and Malfoy getting booed off of the stage before their song even started.
A little bit before midnight, Dumbledore announced the winners.
"The winners of the Kareoke Contest and a one year supply of Sugarquills are...LILY EVANS AND SIRIUS BLACK!"The Hall burst into applause. Sirius and Lily went up to the stage and collected their trophy and their certificates for free Sugarquills. As the clock struck midnight, Sirius' gown turned into raggy clothes.
"I told you, Professor Dumbledore!" he said as he and Lily climbed off of the stage. There was laughter once more.
"Damn!"
James and Lily were walking down an empty corridor to Gryffindor Tower.
"What's up, James?" Lily asked.
"I forgot to spike the drinks with the Firewhiskey," said James.
"That sucks..."
James shrugged. "I guess I can always put it in the Slytherins' drinks tomorrow morning."
"Password?""Fimble wimble nimble," said James and Lily in unison.
"Did you have fun, dears?" the Fat Lady asked.
"Yes, thank you," said Lily.
Once in the common room, James and Lily collapsed onto a couch. Everyone was already in bed.
"So, Lily, tell me the truth, how bad of a dancer am I?" James asked with a smile.
"Trust me, James, you're no worse than I am," said Lily with a laugh.
"I had a lot of fun with you tonight, Lils," said James.
Lily smiled. "I had fun too, James."
James, without a second thought, leaned right in and kissed Lily. It was an innocent kiss that was ended quickly by somebody saying, "Why, James! What *would* Peter think?"
James groaned and rolled his eyes. "I thought that we had agreed never to discuss that again...EVER!"
"Whoops," said Sirius, shrugging. Remus laughed.
"So, Lily, Peter would love to know, how good of a kisser is James?" Remus asked. Everyone laughed. "We'll leave you two crazy kids alone. Good-night."
"G'night."
Sirius and Remus went up to bed. Once again, if I must remind you, it was just Lily and James.
"What was that?" Lily asked.
"I, er, kissed you," said James, quietly.
"Um...may I ask why?"
"Because I...I love you, Lily."
"Oh..." They were silent for a few moments. "James?"
"Yeah?"
"How long?"
"A while." More silence. "Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"Will you give me a chance?"
Some more silence.
"Yeah. Yeah, I will."
James looked as if he had just killed Lord Voldemort and won the Lottery at the same time...in other words, he smiled a mile wide.
Lily yawned. "I'm tired," she said. "I'm going to go to bed."
"Good-night, Lils," said James.
"Night, James," she said. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and disappeared up the stairs to her dormitory.
James went into his dorm quietly, expecting to find the inhabitants asleep...they weren't. Well, Remus and Sirius weren't. Peter was sleeping face down in a puddle of his own drool...again.
"Did you kiss her, or did she kiss you?" Sirius asked immediately.
"I'm really tired, guys, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
Sirius walked right up to James, grabbed him by the collar, and said, "I *will* kill you."
"I kissed her, Padfoot," said James.
"Thank you."
"What did she say, Prongs?" Remus asked.
"Nothing really," said James. "It's hard to talk while you're kissing."
"You know what I mean, you idiot," said Remus.
James smiled. "We're officially together!"
"All right, Prongs!" Sirius slapped him on the back Remus smiled at him.
"You okay, Moony?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," said Remus, yawning. "I have the Full Moon in a few days, though."
"Why don't you get some rest, Rem," said James.
Remus nodded. "G'night, guys," he said.
"Good-night," James and Sirius said together.
"All right, team, do you think we can win this game?" James asked his team.
"I do hope so," said Sirius. "If you make us practice any harder, I may just go mad. And Jen is starting to get mad at me for being on the pitch so much."
"Sorry, Padfoot," said James, "but I like winning."
"James, buddy, we do too, but enough is enough."
"All right! I'm sorry! Lets go, they're starting."
"Welcome to Hogwarts first Quidditch game of the season!" Remus yelled into the magical megaphone. The crowd was going wild. "This one is good ol' Gryffindor versus the Hufflepuffs! And here comes the Gryffindor team! They are led by captain and chaser James Potter! Joining him in the chaser position today are Will Johnson and Sirius Black! David Wood and John Elite are using the clubs today, the keeper is Kraig Bell and our seeker goes by the name of Samantha Spinett!"
"Now, here come the Hufflepuffs! Their captain and seeker is Amos Diggory. He is joined in the air today by chasers Danny Bones, John Doe, and Gregg Samuelson. Beaters are Aimee and Jamie Jones, and their keeper is Damon Smeltings."
The teams took some warm-up laps and stuff to get ready.
"Here comes Madame Hooch with the four balls. The bludgers and the snitch are realeased, AND UP GOES THE QUAFFLE!
"Black takes the quaffle, passes to Potter who speeds down the pitch on that new Nimbus 1500! Johnson, Black, Potter, Black, Potter, GOAL! Ten to zero, Gryffindor!"Lily, who was next to Remus, was jumping up and down, screaming for Gryffindor and jumping up and down in a very undignified way. It was quite funny to watch actually...
"Doe gets the quaffle, passes to Bones, back to Doe, Sameulson, Wood knocks the ball loose with a bludger! Black gets it, passes to Potter, back to Black, GOAL! Twenty nothing, Gryffindor! Within an hour the score was one hundred and eighty to twenty, in favor of Gryffindor.
"I hope this is over soon, " said Remus. "I'm getting bored...hint hint, Samantha...FIND THE SNITCH!"
Well, Samantha did as she was told. Fifteen minutes later, Gryffindor was declared the winner.
"PARTY!"
A/N: Don't hurt me! Please review and don't yell at me, it shatters what little self esteem I have...lyl (not that way).
-KmM-
