Water Lilies
Disclaimer: I own nothing, well I kind of own Lini, sort of. Repeat after me: "I no sue," good job.
A/N: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, I'm done with this chapter! Thanks so much for reviewing: jasmine Black, kitty, Zoe Lefebvre, and Musicizdbest! Please help me keep Kate's and Savvy's fic and this one apart. Oh, and yes, Arabella is Arabella Figg. It's just; Harry calls her "Mrs. Figg." Devon is her maiden name. What happened to her husband I cannot say. Maybe he left? Drama, sigh, wonderous.
Chapter three (!) in which they meet Arabella. (First half of Sorting!)
Remus, James, Peter, Sirius, and finally Lini got off the train. They had to leave their bags on the train and Lini was fussing over them. ("Do they have to know what's inside to transport them?") They finally got organized and off, only to be swept away by the throng students. It was hard to keep together and Lini firmly grabbed Sirius's hand.
"Firs' years, Firs' years over 'ere," was the voice that brought them together again. On the way over, Sirius and Lini found they had been separated from the other three.
"Righty now," said the big man, or they hoped man, Sirius said he might be a giant, "I'm Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. Follow me, now. Four to a boat." Sirius and Lini went into a boat right next to Hagrid's own. Two girls followed them.
"I'm Lini Shanks and this is Sirius Black," said Lini, pointing to Sirius. "Watch out for him." One girl laughed and the other looked at them like they were scum.
"I'm Arabella Devon," said the girl who laughed. She smiled at them.
The prissy girl said, "And I," she sounded haughty, "am Christina Turbin." She flipped her hair and Sirius made a gagging noise. Arabella and Lini giggled.
"You can call me Bella," said Bella.
"And you can call me Christina," the blonde said as if she had been forced to day something. She did another flip of her hair.
They were interrupted by the big man named Hagrid, "Forward!" The boats moved out. Christina looked like she was going to be sick.
"I guess you could call me Lin, if you want," shrugged Lini uncommitted. She didn't want Sirius to pick it up.
"Ooh," cried Sirius like his birthday had come early, "Lin, Lin, Lin, why didn't you tell me?"
"'Cause I didn't want you to know," muttered Lini, shoulders sagged.
Bella laughed, "I'll call you Lini." She leaned over and put her arm around Lini.
"Thanks, friend," muttered the distraught Lini.
"Anytime, Lin!" Sirius nearly screamed this and many head looked their way. What they saw was this: Lini hunched over with a girl and a boy with their arms around her.
However, they had no time to comment as Hagrid said, "Heads down!" Suddenly they couldn't see the huge castle anymore, which Lini, Sirius and Bella had missed and they were through a curtain of ivy.
They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.
They clamored up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid's lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle.
They walked up a fight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak door.
"Everyone here?"
Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door.
The door swung open at once. A young, tall, black-haired witch in emerald- green robes stood there. She had a very stern face and everyone's fist thought was she was someone not to cross.
"The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid.
"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here, then."
She pulled the door wide. The entrance hall was so big you could have fit a whole muggle house in it. Maybe even a wizard house. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches, bright yellow and red, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to upper floors unknown.
They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor. People with good hearing could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to their right - the rest of the students must have already been there - but Professor McGonagall showed them to a small, empty chamber at the end of the hall. They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would normally have done, peering about nervously. A few whispered.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room.
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to Gr--, to whichever house becomes yours.
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."
Her eyes lingered on Sirius for a moment.
"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall. "Please wait quietly.
She left the chamber and James laughed. [This was almost all taken from, and slightly altered from SS page 112- 114.]
"What do we do to be sorted," someone muttered worriedly.
"Oh yes," said James loudly, "we have to fight things." Several people swallowed.
"Lions," said Sirius.
"Tigers," added Lini.
"And bears," Bella told them.
"Oh my," said Peter faking, feigning a feint. Six people laughed. Peter grinned. So did the other five.
"This is Arabella, call her Bella," said Lini when they met up with the other three. They said their hellos and how-do-you-dos.
"Nice to meet you all," replied Bella, quite happy. [I wanted to say gaily, but not all know what that means nowadays.] She now had five friends. Four guys and one girl. A very good group. Maybe they would be in the dame house. Then they would be family! The Marauders and their friends were very happy now, and they had a family at Hogwarts.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, well I kind of own Lini, sort of. Repeat after me: "I no sue," good job.
A/N: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, I'm done with this chapter! Thanks so much for reviewing: jasmine Black, kitty, Zoe Lefebvre, and Musicizdbest! Please help me keep Kate's and Savvy's fic and this one apart. Oh, and yes, Arabella is Arabella Figg. It's just; Harry calls her "Mrs. Figg." Devon is her maiden name. What happened to her husband I cannot say. Maybe he left? Drama, sigh, wonderous.
Chapter three (!) in which they meet Arabella. (First half of Sorting!)
Remus, James, Peter, Sirius, and finally Lini got off the train. They had to leave their bags on the train and Lini was fussing over them. ("Do they have to know what's inside to transport them?") They finally got organized and off, only to be swept away by the throng students. It was hard to keep together and Lini firmly grabbed Sirius's hand.
"Firs' years, Firs' years over 'ere," was the voice that brought them together again. On the way over, Sirius and Lini found they had been separated from the other three.
"Righty now," said the big man, or they hoped man, Sirius said he might be a giant, "I'm Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of the Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. Follow me, now. Four to a boat." Sirius and Lini went into a boat right next to Hagrid's own. Two girls followed them.
"I'm Lini Shanks and this is Sirius Black," said Lini, pointing to Sirius. "Watch out for him." One girl laughed and the other looked at them like they were scum.
"I'm Arabella Devon," said the girl who laughed. She smiled at them.
The prissy girl said, "And I," she sounded haughty, "am Christina Turbin." She flipped her hair and Sirius made a gagging noise. Arabella and Lini giggled.
"You can call me Bella," said Bella.
"And you can call me Christina," the blonde said as if she had been forced to day something. She did another flip of her hair.
They were interrupted by the big man named Hagrid, "Forward!" The boats moved out. Christina looked like she was going to be sick.
"I guess you could call me Lin, if you want," shrugged Lini uncommitted. She didn't want Sirius to pick it up.
"Ooh," cried Sirius like his birthday had come early, "Lin, Lin, Lin, why didn't you tell me?"
"'Cause I didn't want you to know," muttered Lini, shoulders sagged.
Bella laughed, "I'll call you Lini." She leaned over and put her arm around Lini.
"Thanks, friend," muttered the distraught Lini.
"Anytime, Lin!" Sirius nearly screamed this and many head looked their way. What they saw was this: Lini hunched over with a girl and a boy with their arms around her.
However, they had no time to comment as Hagrid said, "Heads down!" Suddenly they couldn't see the huge castle anymore, which Lini, Sirius and Bella had missed and they were through a curtain of ivy.
They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.
They clamored up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid's lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle.
They walked up a fight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak door.
"Everyone here?"
Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door.
The door swung open at once. A young, tall, black-haired witch in emerald- green robes stood there. She had a very stern face and everyone's fist thought was she was someone not to cross.
"The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid.
"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here, then."
She pulled the door wide. The entrance hall was so big you could have fit a whole muggle house in it. Maybe even a wizard house. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches, bright yellow and red, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to upper floors unknown.
They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor. People with good hearing could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to their right - the rest of the students must have already been there - but Professor McGonagall showed them to a small, empty chamber at the end of the hall. They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would normally have done, peering about nervously. A few whispered.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room.
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to Gr--, to whichever house becomes yours.
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."
Her eyes lingered on Sirius for a moment.
"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall. "Please wait quietly.
She left the chamber and James laughed. [This was almost all taken from, and slightly altered from SS page 112- 114.]
"What do we do to be sorted," someone muttered worriedly.
"Oh yes," said James loudly, "we have to fight things." Several people swallowed.
"Lions," said Sirius.
"Tigers," added Lini.
"And bears," Bella told them.
"Oh my," said Peter faking, feigning a feint. Six people laughed. Peter grinned. So did the other five.
"This is Arabella, call her Bella," said Lini when they met up with the other three. They said their hellos and how-do-you-dos.
"Nice to meet you all," replied Bella, quite happy. [I wanted to say gaily, but not all know what that means nowadays.] She now had five friends. Four guys and one girl. A very good group. Maybe they would be in the dame house. Then they would be family! The Marauders and their friends were very happy now, and they had a family at Hogwarts.