Author's Notes- howdy, ppls. This is chapter 5 of Yours Hating James
Potter. I am not really sure wether of not I want to continue this on for
all the years up to 7th, or cut it off after this and start another one for
second year and so on. The title "Yours Hating James Potter" might get a
itty bitty bit old when you reach 7th year and stuff, so… anyways. Err… in
the beginning u have a whole bunch of entries from different people. Don't
look for Peter's. He… um… broke his hand and can't write… Well, enjoy this
chapter!
Disclamer- I own nothing! It all belongs to the great and wonderful Harry Potter people, which, sadly, I am not part of *pouts*.
On with the fic!
1 Yours Hating James Potter
1.1 March 1st
Potter's dead. Potter's dead and six feet under. Yep, he's dead allright. Ok, he's not really dead, but he will be the moment I see him! I swear, I'm going to tear him limb from limb! He was obviously snooping in our room, and found some old pictures of me, blew them up, and plastered them outside the Great Hall.
I look horrible in them. To add to that Potter drew little faces on me, like beards and devil-horns.
I'm going to kill him, I really am.
Yours,
Lily
1.2 March 1st
Dear Diary,
James has really done it this time. Lily really wants to hurt him, REALLY. He blew up some pictures of her. The reaction was kind of funny. Lily, Meg, Mad, and I were coming down the stairs when we saw them, and let's just say Lily FREAKED. No, freaked is an understatement.
"POTTER! YOU ARE SO DEAD! POTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!" is more like it.
Well, my new job is keep Lily from killing James. My gosh, when will those two come off it and actually get ALONG?
Jen
March 1st
My tally has grown increasingly large. So far, the teachers are winning, as always. Lily, however, is VERY mad at Jamesie. Jamesie blew up a picture of her as a baby and hung it in the great hall. She wasn't thrilled, needless to say. James barely escaped the Great Hall with is life. He's hiding out in the Owlery right now, writing a letter home. I suppose Kel's getting mad at him for not writing.
SB
March 1st
Dear Journal,
Ah, March has gotten off to a great start… NOT! Lily is mad at James, no surprise there. James is mad at Lily, no surprise there either. I suppose we should feel lucky they haven't killed each other yet… notice the yet. I can't wait until summer. Maybe a few months apart will do wonders. However, knowing those too, it probably wont.
Yours Truly,
Meg
March 1st
Hiya, Diary. You'll never guess what? Lily is mad at James, AGAIN! This time we actually had to restrain Lily from killing James. Ah, life around Hogwarts with those two is never uneventful. I wonder if they will ever grow out of trying to kill each other. Sirius says they will. But then again, that's Sirius who never lives up to his name.
Mad
March 1st
Needless to say, James really has to get up his act, NOW. Lily's saying she's going to kill him. And she does look MAD. If I was James right now I'd be pretty scared. But he's James, he lives to terrorize Lily. So, I guess he's used to it. We should be. We've been seeing it since September. However, it never ceases to entertain me.
Remus
March 1st,
Dear Diary,
James has gotten back at Evans from something or another. It was rather funny… seeing her baby pictures posted in the front hall with devil horns. She looked as if she was about to kill James. Tsk, tsk, she needs anger management. Besides, who would want to kill James? He's perfect! I wouldn't be surprised if he's Head Boy six years from now. I, of course, will be by his side, Head Girl.
Yours forever,
Maria Abbey
Remember, JP+MA= True Love!
Teacher's Log- Professor M. McGonagall, Transfiguration
March 1st
James Potter has played another one of his pranks on Lily Evans. They are both 1st years. If this year becomes repeated for the rest of their school education they will have broken record of most-pranks ever played. James Potter posted a picture of Lily Evans as a baby, and she has been threatening to kill him. I would have given them detention, except they each have detention every night for the next two weeks. There's nothing I can do. Dumbledore says we should wait it out, that it will get better, and they are just fooling around. If this is fooling around, I'd like to see what really prank-playing is.
M. McGonagall
March 1st
Ah, the joys of getting back at Turnip. It's always so fun. Even if she says she will kill me. She won't. But it is pretty funny to watch how red her face gets when she's mad. It almost matches her hair!
I found some pictures of her as a baby and posted them all over the Great Hall. I couldn't help but draw a few things here and there. Oh, well, she'll get over it… eventually.
This owlery smells HORRIBLE. I suppose I should see if I could sneak back to my room now…
James
March 3rd
Potter lives. My friends took away my wand (some friends they are), so I couldn't even hex him. But they didn't bother to take away his wand. Oh no, just MINE! So when I attacked Potter the muggle away (punch, kick, and STRANGLE) he used his wand and I had nothing to defend myself with.
It's HIS fault we're in the hospital wing, AGAIN! Honestly, he really needs and attitude adjustment.
Lily
1.3 March 7th
Urgh! I got a letter from Mum and Dad today. They said they've been keeping "contact" with Dumbledore to see how "well" I'm treating Turnip. Whistle-blowing is more like it. I guess Dumbledore hasn't been given that good of reports.
James
James,
What did your father and I tell you about teasing that Evans girl? I can not believe you are still teasing her. Please, James, your father and I beg you, don't keep teasing her. It's not nice, and I'm sure she's a very plesant person once you get to know her.
We miss you very much, and hope you are eating write and taking care of yourself. We hope you're doing better in Charms, or you won't get into the Ministry. Be good.
Love, your mother and father
Jamie,
Hiya! How's Hogwarts? Don't tell me any horroh stories, either, 'cause Dad will get mad at you, again. I bet you got the whole "stop teasing that girl" treatment. Yeah, Mum and Dad have been keeping contact with Dumbledore and asking how you are doing with her, and how well you're treating her. Posh, if you ask me. But they don't ask me. Is Hogwarts fun? I can't wait until I go! Write more often, Mum and Dad are really sad that you don't write. They've gotta know their little baby boy is growing up. Ok, don't hex me for adding that.
Kel
March 10th
A semi quiet day around Hogwarts. My revenge on Potter went into effect today, when I switched his Transfiguration exam with dud so he got all the questions wrong. You should have seen Potter and McGonagall! It was hilarious!
For the last few minutes of the class we got to "talk quietly" while McGonagall started grading the papers.
I guess she got to Potter's, because her eyebrows furrowed, and she looked up.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, would you please come up here?" McGonagall asked.
We went up.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, you both failed this test," McGonagall said, and I sighed.
I know Potter got every answer wrong, but I failed for real. This really stunk, but at least I wasn't going down alone!
"Mr. Potter, you got every answer wrong!" McGonagall cried, "Which is highly suprising."
I grinned inwardly.
Potter's face went pale, and he cried, "Huh? Come again?"
McGonagall handed him his "test", and he looked at it, then looked up at me, his eyes slittled.
"Maybe you should look at this," Potter said, and handed the paper back to McGonagall, "The tests aren't the same. I'm guessing Tur… Evans here switched the papers."
McGonagall looked down at the paper through her glasses, then up at me.
"Err… Mr. Potter, I am sure Miss Evans is extrememly sorry, as am I. You may take the exam next class," McGonagall said.
"Yes, Professor," Potter said, and left.
I stood in front of McGonagall, knowing a talking-to was coming.
"Miss Evans, you're a smart girl, I know you are. You don't have to do this. You have to stop wasting your time teasing that boy!" McGonagall cried.
"He started it!" I cried.
"Miss Evans, please! I know you're a bright girl, Professor Flitwick thinks highly of you! We could see great things from you, Miss Evans, if you'd please stop fooling around!" she cried.
No one tells the Potter gang to stop fooling around! Why do they tell me to?
"I'm afraid, Miss Evans, things like this are unacceptable. Please, please, try," McGonagall said.
"Yes, ma'am," I said, and turned to leave.
"Oh, and by the way, I have to give you a detention. Remember what I said," McGonagall said.
I sighed.
Well, I've got another detention.
Yours,
Lily
March 14th
All the snow is gone, but it's still really cold. We just about freeze our bums off in the dungeons for Potions. There's a Quidditch game this weekend, Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff. Potter's telling everyone who'll listen (he even tried talking to me, but I just punched him in the stomache) that next year he's going to try out for the team. Yeah, right. Whatever. Like he'll make it. Okay… so he was a really good flyer, but Potter, doing something other than being annoying? Yeah, right!
Yours,
Lily
1.4 March 18th
Quiz in Charms. Potter failed, I got the highest grade. Nothing suprising in Charms today. I did really horrible in Transfiguration though, I couldn't get the stupid whatever it was to change! Everyone else got it… okay, with the exception of Maria and Mad.
I got a letter from home too. Petunia didn't write, of course, but Mum and Dad did. Mum's working on a new novel about, ironicly, witches (ha, I'm not joking)! It's a children's story, and hopefully she'll finish it over the summer so I can read it before she sends it to her editor.
Yours,
Lily
1.5 March 22nd
I'M BORED! There is absolutely nothing to do around here, except the usual. I'm still waiting for Potter's latest revenge, which should be really lame (no surprise there). I finished all my homework (even Transifiguration, suprisingly, but only because I made Jen let me read her's).
Maybe I should go and join the exploding snap tournament currently going on downstairs…
Yours,
Lily
March 24th
Ah, homework, the joys of it. The professors are loading us with it, especially McGonagall. Sirius and I haven't played a single trick on the Slytherins yet this week! Well, I suppose we could make Snape's hair blue… no, wait, we did that three weeks ago. However, we haven't turned it puke green yet, have we? Ah, I'll just ask Remus. He remembers everything we do, just in case we get in trouble for something we didn't do, that other people, namely Turnip, pulled, and we sometimes get blamed for.
Well, I'll go ask Sirius right now, he's downstairs, goofing off with Remus and Peter.
James
1.6 April 1st
April has come, and it is somewhat warmer out! The dungeons are still FREEZING! How the Slytherins can stand it is beyond me, since, afterall, I can't stand double Potions, and they live in the dungeons!
The third years and above are off to Hogsmeade right now, and everyone else is bored stiff! I'm supposed to be working on the extra credit assignment McGonagall gave me (I'm in the library) but I can't understand it! I'd ask Jen, but she's looking for a book and last time I tried to yell for her the librarian got a little mad. I'd ask Meg, but she's in the Common room, with Mad, so I can't ask her either!
Urgh!
Well, this is just perfect, huh? I'm supposed to be "a smart girl", but I can't even figure out the main rules of Transfiguration. Urgh!
Yours,
Lily
Sirius Black's record of the Potter vs. Evans war (As of April, First Year)
James- 29 fights won
Lily- 31 fights won (she's got a sharp tongue, that one, always finds someway to get back at you)
Professors- 54 (why do the professors always have to interuppt? WHY?)
April 5th
I handed in the extra credit work for McGonagall. I don't think I did to well, I had to make up a whole bunch of answers. When I tried to get Jen to help me she said she had work to do herself! Urgh!
Well, I'm going to be late for detention, so I probably should get going. Honestly, I don't think I deserve a detention. All I did was blow up Potter's cauldron in Potions three days ago…
Yours,
Lily
1.7 Later
I had to spend the detention with McGonagall, of all people. Why did they put me with McGonagall? Why? Why couldn't they have put me with someone else? I would even have gladly gone with Filch… Okay, maybe not Filch, but why McGonagall? She made me wash the windows in the classroom, then clean the writings off the desks. Some of the writings were actually very funny. "JP+MA" was practicly engraved in every little space on Maria's desk.
Worst of all, I wasn't allowed to use magic. The window's part wasn't hard, I do it all the time over the summer while Mom's in one of her "moods" and can't do anything but write. But the desks, ugh, those were a nightmare!
Yours,
1.7.1 Lily
P.S.- my hands hurt from all that scrubbing! OW!
April 8th
I was right, I didn't do well on that extra credit. But I did get a few points, not many though. McGonagall wrote comments under all of my wrong answers. Here's my favorite:
5. Who was the first Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts? Professor_Dumbledore Really, Miss Evans, Headmaster Dumbledore is not that old. It was Godric Gryffindor, as in Gryffindor House. I am surprised one of my own students did not know that, especially because they are in GRYFFINDOR house.
1.8 Oops…
Yours,
Lily
1.9 April 12th
It was sunny all day today, and there was a Quidditch game. I went, only because Jen, Meg, and Maddy dragged me along. McGonagall had given me another extra credit paper, and I wanted to get it done while I still knew where my Transfiguration book is. Note to self: Transfiguration book is in room, in trunk, in pocket on the side.
Anyways, Potty-Head was sitting two rows in front of us, and saying how he couldn't wait until he was in second year, so he could try out for the Quidditch team. I snorted. Him, play Quidditch? It's ridiculous.
He'd probably fall off the broomstick.
Yours,
Lily
April 15th
Sirius and I have allready started making plans for this summer. We've decided that we're going to play as much Quidditch as we possibly can, so that next year, when they hold try outs, we'll make the team. My broom must be gathering dust at home, since I forbid anyone, especially Kel, to touch it. Who knows, maybe I'll feel generous and teach Kel how to fly, James Potter style!
James
1.10 April 19th
April's almost over. It's quiet in the common room, thank goodness, since the Potter gang all have detention, I think they blew up Snape's breakfast or something. The Head Boy, who's in Gryffindor, hates those four, worse than I do (and trust me, that says SOMETHING). He says that because of them we'll never win the House Cup. It's true, we probably won't. Dumbledore seems to take their pranks in good humor, though.
Oh, here's Jen. We're sneaking down to the kitchen to get some food to put outside of the Slytherin's dungeon, so that when they leave they step on it.
Hehehe…
Yours,
Lily
Teacher's Log- Professor M. McGonagall- Transfiguration
April 20th
Yesterday evening James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew were in detention again. I was keeping an eye on them, as they have a tendency to try and get out of detention earlier then they should. Meanwhile, someone put pies (apple at that), in front of the Slytherin house. So, this morning, as all the Slytherins were leaving for breakfast, they stepped in the many apple pies set up. We have not blamed anyone yet, but we have a good idea who it is, none other than Lily Evans, Jennifer Moons, Megan Weaver, and Madeline Young. They are the worst pranksters, next to Potter, Black, Lupin, and Pettigrew. I suppose we are lucky that Lily Evans and James Potter do not get along, for then to two groups would be inseperable, and we would have quite a hard time keeping them in check.
M. McGonagall
April 23rd
Busted. We just got done with detention. I guess McGonagall figured out who did the whole Slytherin/pie thing. Well, maybe they should stop calling me a 'mudblood' and then I'd think, not stop, just think of stopping. I bet they don't even get detentions for calling us names.
Yours,
Lily
April 28th
Ok, let's see if I can even begin to vent my anger. I've just spent the last half an hour listening to my friends tell me to "come off it". Maria was also telling me the same thing, even though she is NOT my friend. Potter chose today to show me the new 24- hour curse he learned from a book (wow, he actually READS). Actually, it was one of Remus' books, but same difference. Oh, the curse was so good! I actually wish I knew it before he did… Anyways, I walked around all day with hair that flashes (nothing big there, only the fact it had a 24 hour spell on it), and a kickme sign stuck on my back (think he'd get something original for once). Honestly, will he ever grow up?
Yours,
Lily
A/N- well, this chaps done with. Next chapter: the end of the first year! Yea! So, I hope you all liked it, and I know it takes forever to update, but please, bear with me! Thanks everyone who reviewed last chapter, and to everyone who's going to review this one (which I hope will be everyone!).
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1 Yours Hating James Potter
1.1 March 1st
Potter's dead. Potter's dead and six feet under. Yep, he's dead allright. Ok, he's not really dead, but he will be the moment I see him! I swear, I'm going to tear him limb from limb! He was obviously snooping in our room, and found some old pictures of me, blew them up, and plastered them outside the Great Hall.
I look horrible in them. To add to that Potter drew little faces on me, like beards and devil-horns.
I'm going to kill him, I really am.
Yours,
Lily
1.2 March 1st
Dear Diary,
James has really done it this time. Lily really wants to hurt him, REALLY. He blew up some pictures of her. The reaction was kind of funny. Lily, Meg, Mad, and I were coming down the stairs when we saw them, and let's just say Lily FREAKED. No, freaked is an understatement.
"POTTER! YOU ARE SO DEAD! POTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!" is more like it.
Well, my new job is keep Lily from killing James. My gosh, when will those two come off it and actually get ALONG?
Jen
March 1st
My tally has grown increasingly large. So far, the teachers are winning, as always. Lily, however, is VERY mad at Jamesie. Jamesie blew up a picture of her as a baby and hung it in the great hall. She wasn't thrilled, needless to say. James barely escaped the Great Hall with is life. He's hiding out in the Owlery right now, writing a letter home. I suppose Kel's getting mad at him for not writing.
SB
March 1st
Dear Journal,
Ah, March has gotten off to a great start… NOT! Lily is mad at James, no surprise there. James is mad at Lily, no surprise there either. I suppose we should feel lucky they haven't killed each other yet… notice the yet. I can't wait until summer. Maybe a few months apart will do wonders. However, knowing those too, it probably wont.
Yours Truly,
Meg
March 1st
Hiya, Diary. You'll never guess what? Lily is mad at James, AGAIN! This time we actually had to restrain Lily from killing James. Ah, life around Hogwarts with those two is never uneventful. I wonder if they will ever grow out of trying to kill each other. Sirius says they will. But then again, that's Sirius who never lives up to his name.
Mad
March 1st
Needless to say, James really has to get up his act, NOW. Lily's saying she's going to kill him. And she does look MAD. If I was James right now I'd be pretty scared. But he's James, he lives to terrorize Lily. So, I guess he's used to it. We should be. We've been seeing it since September. However, it never ceases to entertain me.
Remus
March 1st,
Dear Diary,
James has gotten back at Evans from something or another. It was rather funny… seeing her baby pictures posted in the front hall with devil horns. She looked as if she was about to kill James. Tsk, tsk, she needs anger management. Besides, who would want to kill James? He's perfect! I wouldn't be surprised if he's Head Boy six years from now. I, of course, will be by his side, Head Girl.
Yours forever,
Maria Abbey
Remember, JP+MA= True Love!
Teacher's Log- Professor M. McGonagall, Transfiguration
March 1st
James Potter has played another one of his pranks on Lily Evans. They are both 1st years. If this year becomes repeated for the rest of their school education they will have broken record of most-pranks ever played. James Potter posted a picture of Lily Evans as a baby, and she has been threatening to kill him. I would have given them detention, except they each have detention every night for the next two weeks. There's nothing I can do. Dumbledore says we should wait it out, that it will get better, and they are just fooling around. If this is fooling around, I'd like to see what really prank-playing is.
M. McGonagall
March 1st
Ah, the joys of getting back at Turnip. It's always so fun. Even if she says she will kill me. She won't. But it is pretty funny to watch how red her face gets when she's mad. It almost matches her hair!
I found some pictures of her as a baby and posted them all over the Great Hall. I couldn't help but draw a few things here and there. Oh, well, she'll get over it… eventually.
This owlery smells HORRIBLE. I suppose I should see if I could sneak back to my room now…
James
March 3rd
Potter lives. My friends took away my wand (some friends they are), so I couldn't even hex him. But they didn't bother to take away his wand. Oh no, just MINE! So when I attacked Potter the muggle away (punch, kick, and STRANGLE) he used his wand and I had nothing to defend myself with.
It's HIS fault we're in the hospital wing, AGAIN! Honestly, he really needs and attitude adjustment.
Lily
1.3 March 7th
Urgh! I got a letter from Mum and Dad today. They said they've been keeping "contact" with Dumbledore to see how "well" I'm treating Turnip. Whistle-blowing is more like it. I guess Dumbledore hasn't been given that good of reports.
James
James,
What did your father and I tell you about teasing that Evans girl? I can not believe you are still teasing her. Please, James, your father and I beg you, don't keep teasing her. It's not nice, and I'm sure she's a very plesant person once you get to know her.
We miss you very much, and hope you are eating write and taking care of yourself. We hope you're doing better in Charms, or you won't get into the Ministry. Be good.
Love, your mother and father
Jamie,
Hiya! How's Hogwarts? Don't tell me any horroh stories, either, 'cause Dad will get mad at you, again. I bet you got the whole "stop teasing that girl" treatment. Yeah, Mum and Dad have been keeping contact with Dumbledore and asking how you are doing with her, and how well you're treating her. Posh, if you ask me. But they don't ask me. Is Hogwarts fun? I can't wait until I go! Write more often, Mum and Dad are really sad that you don't write. They've gotta know their little baby boy is growing up. Ok, don't hex me for adding that.
Kel
March 10th
A semi quiet day around Hogwarts. My revenge on Potter went into effect today, when I switched his Transfiguration exam with dud so he got all the questions wrong. You should have seen Potter and McGonagall! It was hilarious!
For the last few minutes of the class we got to "talk quietly" while McGonagall started grading the papers.
I guess she got to Potter's, because her eyebrows furrowed, and she looked up.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, would you please come up here?" McGonagall asked.
We went up.
"Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, you both failed this test," McGonagall said, and I sighed.
I know Potter got every answer wrong, but I failed for real. This really stunk, but at least I wasn't going down alone!
"Mr. Potter, you got every answer wrong!" McGonagall cried, "Which is highly suprising."
I grinned inwardly.
Potter's face went pale, and he cried, "Huh? Come again?"
McGonagall handed him his "test", and he looked at it, then looked up at me, his eyes slittled.
"Maybe you should look at this," Potter said, and handed the paper back to McGonagall, "The tests aren't the same. I'm guessing Tur… Evans here switched the papers."
McGonagall looked down at the paper through her glasses, then up at me.
"Err… Mr. Potter, I am sure Miss Evans is extrememly sorry, as am I. You may take the exam next class," McGonagall said.
"Yes, Professor," Potter said, and left.
I stood in front of McGonagall, knowing a talking-to was coming.
"Miss Evans, you're a smart girl, I know you are. You don't have to do this. You have to stop wasting your time teasing that boy!" McGonagall cried.
"He started it!" I cried.
"Miss Evans, please! I know you're a bright girl, Professor Flitwick thinks highly of you! We could see great things from you, Miss Evans, if you'd please stop fooling around!" she cried.
No one tells the Potter gang to stop fooling around! Why do they tell me to?
"I'm afraid, Miss Evans, things like this are unacceptable. Please, please, try," McGonagall said.
"Yes, ma'am," I said, and turned to leave.
"Oh, and by the way, I have to give you a detention. Remember what I said," McGonagall said.
I sighed.
Well, I've got another detention.
Yours,
Lily
March 14th
All the snow is gone, but it's still really cold. We just about freeze our bums off in the dungeons for Potions. There's a Quidditch game this weekend, Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff. Potter's telling everyone who'll listen (he even tried talking to me, but I just punched him in the stomache) that next year he's going to try out for the team. Yeah, right. Whatever. Like he'll make it. Okay… so he was a really good flyer, but Potter, doing something other than being annoying? Yeah, right!
Yours,
Lily
1.4 March 18th
Quiz in Charms. Potter failed, I got the highest grade. Nothing suprising in Charms today. I did really horrible in Transfiguration though, I couldn't get the stupid whatever it was to change! Everyone else got it… okay, with the exception of Maria and Mad.
I got a letter from home too. Petunia didn't write, of course, but Mum and Dad did. Mum's working on a new novel about, ironicly, witches (ha, I'm not joking)! It's a children's story, and hopefully she'll finish it over the summer so I can read it before she sends it to her editor.
Yours,
Lily
1.5 March 22nd
I'M BORED! There is absolutely nothing to do around here, except the usual. I'm still waiting for Potter's latest revenge, which should be really lame (no surprise there). I finished all my homework (even Transifiguration, suprisingly, but only because I made Jen let me read her's).
Maybe I should go and join the exploding snap tournament currently going on downstairs…
Yours,
Lily
March 24th
Ah, homework, the joys of it. The professors are loading us with it, especially McGonagall. Sirius and I haven't played a single trick on the Slytherins yet this week! Well, I suppose we could make Snape's hair blue… no, wait, we did that three weeks ago. However, we haven't turned it puke green yet, have we? Ah, I'll just ask Remus. He remembers everything we do, just in case we get in trouble for something we didn't do, that other people, namely Turnip, pulled, and we sometimes get blamed for.
Well, I'll go ask Sirius right now, he's downstairs, goofing off with Remus and Peter.
James
1.6 April 1st
April has come, and it is somewhat warmer out! The dungeons are still FREEZING! How the Slytherins can stand it is beyond me, since, afterall, I can't stand double Potions, and they live in the dungeons!
The third years and above are off to Hogsmeade right now, and everyone else is bored stiff! I'm supposed to be working on the extra credit assignment McGonagall gave me (I'm in the library) but I can't understand it! I'd ask Jen, but she's looking for a book and last time I tried to yell for her the librarian got a little mad. I'd ask Meg, but she's in the Common room, with Mad, so I can't ask her either!
Urgh!
Well, this is just perfect, huh? I'm supposed to be "a smart girl", but I can't even figure out the main rules of Transfiguration. Urgh!
Yours,
Lily
Sirius Black's record of the Potter vs. Evans war (As of April, First Year)
James- 29 fights won
Lily- 31 fights won (she's got a sharp tongue, that one, always finds someway to get back at you)
Professors- 54 (why do the professors always have to interuppt? WHY?)
April 5th
I handed in the extra credit work for McGonagall. I don't think I did to well, I had to make up a whole bunch of answers. When I tried to get Jen to help me she said she had work to do herself! Urgh!
Well, I'm going to be late for detention, so I probably should get going. Honestly, I don't think I deserve a detention. All I did was blow up Potter's cauldron in Potions three days ago…
Yours,
Lily
1.7 Later
I had to spend the detention with McGonagall, of all people. Why did they put me with McGonagall? Why? Why couldn't they have put me with someone else? I would even have gladly gone with Filch… Okay, maybe not Filch, but why McGonagall? She made me wash the windows in the classroom, then clean the writings off the desks. Some of the writings were actually very funny. "JP+MA" was practicly engraved in every little space on Maria's desk.
Worst of all, I wasn't allowed to use magic. The window's part wasn't hard, I do it all the time over the summer while Mom's in one of her "moods" and can't do anything but write. But the desks, ugh, those were a nightmare!
Yours,
1.7.1 Lily
P.S.- my hands hurt from all that scrubbing! OW!
April 8th
I was right, I didn't do well on that extra credit. But I did get a few points, not many though. McGonagall wrote comments under all of my wrong answers. Here's my favorite:
5. Who was the first Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts? Professor_Dumbledore Really, Miss Evans, Headmaster Dumbledore is not that old. It was Godric Gryffindor, as in Gryffindor House. I am surprised one of my own students did not know that, especially because they are in GRYFFINDOR house.
1.8 Oops…
Yours,
Lily
1.9 April 12th
It was sunny all day today, and there was a Quidditch game. I went, only because Jen, Meg, and Maddy dragged me along. McGonagall had given me another extra credit paper, and I wanted to get it done while I still knew where my Transfiguration book is. Note to self: Transfiguration book is in room, in trunk, in pocket on the side.
Anyways, Potty-Head was sitting two rows in front of us, and saying how he couldn't wait until he was in second year, so he could try out for the Quidditch team. I snorted. Him, play Quidditch? It's ridiculous.
He'd probably fall off the broomstick.
Yours,
Lily
April 15th
Sirius and I have allready started making plans for this summer. We've decided that we're going to play as much Quidditch as we possibly can, so that next year, when they hold try outs, we'll make the team. My broom must be gathering dust at home, since I forbid anyone, especially Kel, to touch it. Who knows, maybe I'll feel generous and teach Kel how to fly, James Potter style!
James
1.10 April 19th
April's almost over. It's quiet in the common room, thank goodness, since the Potter gang all have detention, I think they blew up Snape's breakfast or something. The Head Boy, who's in Gryffindor, hates those four, worse than I do (and trust me, that says SOMETHING). He says that because of them we'll never win the House Cup. It's true, we probably won't. Dumbledore seems to take their pranks in good humor, though.
Oh, here's Jen. We're sneaking down to the kitchen to get some food to put outside of the Slytherin's dungeon, so that when they leave they step on it.
Hehehe…
Yours,
Lily
Teacher's Log- Professor M. McGonagall- Transfiguration
April 20th
Yesterday evening James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew were in detention again. I was keeping an eye on them, as they have a tendency to try and get out of detention earlier then they should. Meanwhile, someone put pies (apple at that), in front of the Slytherin house. So, this morning, as all the Slytherins were leaving for breakfast, they stepped in the many apple pies set up. We have not blamed anyone yet, but we have a good idea who it is, none other than Lily Evans, Jennifer Moons, Megan Weaver, and Madeline Young. They are the worst pranksters, next to Potter, Black, Lupin, and Pettigrew. I suppose we are lucky that Lily Evans and James Potter do not get along, for then to two groups would be inseperable, and we would have quite a hard time keeping them in check.
M. McGonagall
April 23rd
Busted. We just got done with detention. I guess McGonagall figured out who did the whole Slytherin/pie thing. Well, maybe they should stop calling me a 'mudblood' and then I'd think, not stop, just think of stopping. I bet they don't even get detentions for calling us names.
Yours,
Lily
April 28th
Ok, let's see if I can even begin to vent my anger. I've just spent the last half an hour listening to my friends tell me to "come off it". Maria was also telling me the same thing, even though she is NOT my friend. Potter chose today to show me the new 24- hour curse he learned from a book (wow, he actually READS). Actually, it was one of Remus' books, but same difference. Oh, the curse was so good! I actually wish I knew it before he did… Anyways, I walked around all day with hair that flashes (nothing big there, only the fact it had a 24 hour spell on it), and a kickme sign stuck on my back (think he'd get something original for once). Honestly, will he ever grow up?
Yours,
Lily
A/N- well, this chaps done with. Next chapter: the end of the first year! Yea! So, I hope you all liked it, and I know it takes forever to update, but please, bear with me! Thanks everyone who reviewed last chapter, and to everyone who's going to review this one (which I hope will be everyone!).
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