Switching Souls
Chapter 1 Gift of the Dragon
Lily relaxed peacefully on the grass in front of the lake. The wind churned her flaming red hair around her fragile, elegant face. She opened her vibrant green eyes that sparkled in the sun and took a deep breath of warm summer air. Her baggy black robes swirled about her as she looked into the deep orange sunset set. She lazily stood and walked into the castle, her long lean legs supported her well-curved body. She walked through the deserted halls toward the Great Hall passing many full classes. She tied her hair into a loose bun and put on large glasses as the bell echoed through the halls. The halls filled with people as they filed out of their classes. She casually walked to her best friend Leighann Smith who had just gotten out of potions. Like Lily, she to was gorgeous with dazzling green eyes. Her blonde hair with red streaks swayed in her high ponytail with every step. Lily wrapped her perfect body up in her loose robes as she tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey Leigh." She turned to face her with a small smile on her full pouty lips that were also like Lily's.
"Skipped class again I see." She said as this usually happened on a regular basis.
"What does it matter? I'm already the best in the year." She replied looking at the staircase below them.
"Yeah. We could have used you to get more points for Gryffindor, the Marauders all ready got us in the negative." They both jumped over the trick step and made their way to the Great Hall for dinner. Many witches and wizards laughed conversationally as they happily ate their food. Lily and Leighann took a seat at the end of the table as usual and the Marauders walked in fashionably late.
"Typical. They're always late. I can't stand them. They're so egotistic. I'd love to take them down a notch." Leighann said spitefully as she stuffed fried chicken in her mouth.
"I agree. Their conceitedness is sickening. And as much as they think they are, they aren't exactly the hottest things to ever grace the planet. And besides, how daft could a person be?" She stopped to polish off the rest of her mashed potatoes before.
"I didn't know it was possible. They're so dense! I don't know how they managed to be on one of the top students." Leighann said commenting her.
"I can't stand the way they act if someone disagrees with them. They act like it's the end of the world. They stop everything and practically attack you." Leighann laughed uncontrollably and mistakenly spit her drink onto a poor first year that sat beside her. "I'm serious, they do it almost sadistically." They both broke into long fits of hysterical laughter as the first year looked at them insanely and wiped his dripping arm.
The Marauders took a seat at the front of the table and joined their highly flirtatious and highly air headed girlfriends. Becka, a bubbly vivacious brown haired girl clung to James's arm while she talked ditsy to Sharon; Sirius's black haired girlfriend. They conversed with high amounts of energy making it seem like 'dits' was their own form of highly annoying language. Becka playfully twirled he hair about her fingers as she snobbishly turned her nose up when she looked at Lily's side of the table. They watched disinterestedly as she seductively whispered something into James's ear, her lame blue eyes still fixed on them.
"Gee, I wonder who she's talking about?" Leighann said sarcastically as she gathered her stuff. "We'd better go. I have a feeling they're starting to plot against us."
Lily looked towards them and sure enough, James, Sirius and Remus stood and walked towards them. "Good idea." She to gathered her stuff and bolted out the door behind Leighann before they could reach them. They ran all the way up to the Common Room and collapsed on the floor breathless. Leighann stood and walked towards the bulletin board when she noticed a new message still breathing heavily.
"Hey Lily, there's a Hogsmeade trip tomorrow."
"Great! We can finally go do some shopping." They walked to their dorm and spent the rest of the night planning their trip tomorrow. At around 9 o' clock, they put on their nighties and fell asleep.
*** "Good morning Lily!" Leighann's face was inches from her when a startled Lily awoke.
"Leigh! What the hell!" Lily was shocked by the sudden close up.
"It's time to go to Hogsmeade! Get your ass out the bed! I want to shop!" Leighann yelled hitting her with a pillow hidden behind her back.
"Ack!" Lily choked with a sudden mouth full of fluffy feathers. "All right! I'm getting up." She yelled bitterly then grumbled to the bathroom. Leighann occupied her self by reading a new issue of Witch Weekly while she listened to the soft drops of water. Lily finally emerged from behind the door dressed in an oversized white shirt and baggy jeans.
"Why do you cover up your looks?" She said not taking her attention off the paper.
"Habit, now hand me my glasses." Lily didn't feel able to discuss why, so she said the first thing that popped up in her mind. She put on her glasses and they both left with a load of galleons.
Together, they walked through Hogsmeade looking in the many different stores. They went shopping in Trestin's Trunk; a store filled with all sorts of trinkets. They searched through out the high shelves, dodging many other students. She was shoved in the side and mistakenly bumped two couples that were apparently lip locked.
"Sorry." She said trying to regain her balance. To her dismay, James turned around obviously pissed with an angry Becka.
"Watch where you're going, dork." James said practically snarling at her.
"It was an accident, chill." She said rolling her eyes by the snobbish attitude.
"Lily right?" Lily nodded staring at them suspiciously. "Listen you harpo, take your outdated shoes and step. I don't need you spoiling the atmos-" Before Becka could finish, Lily took out her mint breath spray and squirted it into her mouth. She gagged for a couple of seconds as Lily stalked away fuming with anger.
"Bitch." Lily said under her breath as she grabbed Leighann by the arm and dragged her out of the store.
"Uhh, Lils. I haven't bought anything yet." She said confused and noticed James patting a hacking Becka on the back. "Oh. Well, we could just go back to Hogwarts for some dinner. I am getting kinda hungry I guess."
The sun began to set and they began to make their way back to Hogwarts when they noticed an odd store in the shape of a pointy, witch hat. It caught their eyes and seemed to draw them in. They walked mindlessly through the rickety, splintered door. It was a single room hut with one window covered by dark purple curtains that blocked out the sun. There was a dim light cast by few candles place in a circle around a small wooden table draped with a violet cloth. At the table sat a thin hooded figure with his arms hidden beneath a great mass of gaudy robes. The faint light cast an eerie shadow that danced across the folds of the hanging hood. Lily and Leighann stood motionless as their senses slowly came back into a somewhat of a groggy state.
"Umm-" Lily began to murmur unsure what they were doing there. She looked around dumbfounded at the shelved walls covered with many viles and trinkets in all colors and forms.
"I've been waiting sometime for you." His voice was deep and raspy, the sound traveled down her spine leaving an icy trail. "Take this. But remember, one wish." He placed a small, dragon statue with rubies as eyes. Lily took the statue and left with Leighann following close behind. The sun was gone and the star speckled sky closed in above them. They walked silently down the path back to Hogwarts not speaking a word. Silence incased the two of them as Lily tightly clasped the statue. This manor continued all through dinner and even when they went to sleep.
Lily stared up at the ceiling in her bed as she thought about the day's events. 'Was that for real? Who was he?' She stared at the still statue silhouetted in the moon light on her nightstand. She slowly drifted off into a silent, dreamless slumber.
Chapter 1 Gift of the Dragon
Lily relaxed peacefully on the grass in front of the lake. The wind churned her flaming red hair around her fragile, elegant face. She opened her vibrant green eyes that sparkled in the sun and took a deep breath of warm summer air. Her baggy black robes swirled about her as she looked into the deep orange sunset set. She lazily stood and walked into the castle, her long lean legs supported her well-curved body. She walked through the deserted halls toward the Great Hall passing many full classes. She tied her hair into a loose bun and put on large glasses as the bell echoed through the halls. The halls filled with people as they filed out of their classes. She casually walked to her best friend Leighann Smith who had just gotten out of potions. Like Lily, she to was gorgeous with dazzling green eyes. Her blonde hair with red streaks swayed in her high ponytail with every step. Lily wrapped her perfect body up in her loose robes as she tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey Leigh." She turned to face her with a small smile on her full pouty lips that were also like Lily's.
"Skipped class again I see." She said as this usually happened on a regular basis.
"What does it matter? I'm already the best in the year." She replied looking at the staircase below them.
"Yeah. We could have used you to get more points for Gryffindor, the Marauders all ready got us in the negative." They both jumped over the trick step and made their way to the Great Hall for dinner. Many witches and wizards laughed conversationally as they happily ate their food. Lily and Leighann took a seat at the end of the table as usual and the Marauders walked in fashionably late.
"Typical. They're always late. I can't stand them. They're so egotistic. I'd love to take them down a notch." Leighann said spitefully as she stuffed fried chicken in her mouth.
"I agree. Their conceitedness is sickening. And as much as they think they are, they aren't exactly the hottest things to ever grace the planet. And besides, how daft could a person be?" She stopped to polish off the rest of her mashed potatoes before.
"I didn't know it was possible. They're so dense! I don't know how they managed to be on one of the top students." Leighann said commenting her.
"I can't stand the way they act if someone disagrees with them. They act like it's the end of the world. They stop everything and practically attack you." Leighann laughed uncontrollably and mistakenly spit her drink onto a poor first year that sat beside her. "I'm serious, they do it almost sadistically." They both broke into long fits of hysterical laughter as the first year looked at them insanely and wiped his dripping arm.
The Marauders took a seat at the front of the table and joined their highly flirtatious and highly air headed girlfriends. Becka, a bubbly vivacious brown haired girl clung to James's arm while she talked ditsy to Sharon; Sirius's black haired girlfriend. They conversed with high amounts of energy making it seem like 'dits' was their own form of highly annoying language. Becka playfully twirled he hair about her fingers as she snobbishly turned her nose up when she looked at Lily's side of the table. They watched disinterestedly as she seductively whispered something into James's ear, her lame blue eyes still fixed on them.
"Gee, I wonder who she's talking about?" Leighann said sarcastically as she gathered her stuff. "We'd better go. I have a feeling they're starting to plot against us."
Lily looked towards them and sure enough, James, Sirius and Remus stood and walked towards them. "Good idea." She to gathered her stuff and bolted out the door behind Leighann before they could reach them. They ran all the way up to the Common Room and collapsed on the floor breathless. Leighann stood and walked towards the bulletin board when she noticed a new message still breathing heavily.
"Hey Lily, there's a Hogsmeade trip tomorrow."
"Great! We can finally go do some shopping." They walked to their dorm and spent the rest of the night planning their trip tomorrow. At around 9 o' clock, they put on their nighties and fell asleep.
*** "Good morning Lily!" Leighann's face was inches from her when a startled Lily awoke.
"Leigh! What the hell!" Lily was shocked by the sudden close up.
"It's time to go to Hogsmeade! Get your ass out the bed! I want to shop!" Leighann yelled hitting her with a pillow hidden behind her back.
"Ack!" Lily choked with a sudden mouth full of fluffy feathers. "All right! I'm getting up." She yelled bitterly then grumbled to the bathroom. Leighann occupied her self by reading a new issue of Witch Weekly while she listened to the soft drops of water. Lily finally emerged from behind the door dressed in an oversized white shirt and baggy jeans.
"Why do you cover up your looks?" She said not taking her attention off the paper.
"Habit, now hand me my glasses." Lily didn't feel able to discuss why, so she said the first thing that popped up in her mind. She put on her glasses and they both left with a load of galleons.
Together, they walked through Hogsmeade looking in the many different stores. They went shopping in Trestin's Trunk; a store filled with all sorts of trinkets. They searched through out the high shelves, dodging many other students. She was shoved in the side and mistakenly bumped two couples that were apparently lip locked.
"Sorry." She said trying to regain her balance. To her dismay, James turned around obviously pissed with an angry Becka.
"Watch where you're going, dork." James said practically snarling at her.
"It was an accident, chill." She said rolling her eyes by the snobbish attitude.
"Lily right?" Lily nodded staring at them suspiciously. "Listen you harpo, take your outdated shoes and step. I don't need you spoiling the atmos-" Before Becka could finish, Lily took out her mint breath spray and squirted it into her mouth. She gagged for a couple of seconds as Lily stalked away fuming with anger.
"Bitch." Lily said under her breath as she grabbed Leighann by the arm and dragged her out of the store.
"Uhh, Lils. I haven't bought anything yet." She said confused and noticed James patting a hacking Becka on the back. "Oh. Well, we could just go back to Hogwarts for some dinner. I am getting kinda hungry I guess."
The sun began to set and they began to make their way back to Hogwarts when they noticed an odd store in the shape of a pointy, witch hat. It caught their eyes and seemed to draw them in. They walked mindlessly through the rickety, splintered door. It was a single room hut with one window covered by dark purple curtains that blocked out the sun. There was a dim light cast by few candles place in a circle around a small wooden table draped with a violet cloth. At the table sat a thin hooded figure with his arms hidden beneath a great mass of gaudy robes. The faint light cast an eerie shadow that danced across the folds of the hanging hood. Lily and Leighann stood motionless as their senses slowly came back into a somewhat of a groggy state.
"Umm-" Lily began to murmur unsure what they were doing there. She looked around dumbfounded at the shelved walls covered with many viles and trinkets in all colors and forms.
"I've been waiting sometime for you." His voice was deep and raspy, the sound traveled down her spine leaving an icy trail. "Take this. But remember, one wish." He placed a small, dragon statue with rubies as eyes. Lily took the statue and left with Leighann following close behind. The sun was gone and the star speckled sky closed in above them. They walked silently down the path back to Hogwarts not speaking a word. Silence incased the two of them as Lily tightly clasped the statue. This manor continued all through dinner and even when they went to sleep.
Lily stared up at the ceiling in her bed as she thought about the day's events. 'Was that for real? Who was he?' She stared at the still statue silhouetted in the moon light on her nightstand. She slowly drifted off into a silent, dreamless slumber.
