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Met you by surprise, I didn't realize
That my life would change forever
Saw you standing there, I didn't know I cared
There was something special in the air
Reality - Richard Sanderson
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¡§Thanks for taking care of me for the summer, Mr. and Mrs. Potter.¡¨ Sirius Black expressed his thanks for the great favors of the Potters with a mischievous grin. He was an extremely handsome boy with huge popularity.
James Potter was also grinning from ear to ear besides Sirius. ¡§This is your seventh year, boys. I don¡¦t want to receive anymore warning letters telling me you¡¦ve blown up another staff room.¡¨ Mr. Potter warned them seriously, however, with a small smirk.
James and Sirius nodded with mock innocence, ¡§We won¡¦t, besides, we didn¡¦t. Err¡Kwe just helped the teachers to decorate their rooms a bit.¡¨ James corrected his father sheepishly as he rumpled his black hair, making it messier than it had already been. He kept peering over the crowd as if expecting someone.
Mrs. Potter couldn¡¦t help expressed a giggle, ¡§James, keep your nose out of other people¡¦s business. And Sirius, you¡¦re always welcomed to stay at our place in holidays.¡¨
¡§Thanks a lot, Mrs. Potter,¡¨ said Sirius whole-heartedly as they waved the Potters goodbye.
At the very moment they turned to go, James spotted the redhead he had missed thoroughly in the holiday. He knocked her down intentionally and Lily Evans frowned with every sign of dislike. (¡§POTTER, GET OFF!¡¨)
¡§Moron, look what did you do! Made me knock down beautiful Lily Evans¡¨ James yelled at his best friend. Sirius, who was accused mercilessly, laughed nonetheless. He could see that his friend was quite enjoying himself as he pulled the furious redhead back on feet.
~James always make a fool of himself in front of her, it¡¦s his way to show his undying love. Stupid, yet not everyone can have the chance to be such a stupid. Lily seemed to hate him, but she affects James pretty much and little does she know that. She is the only one the conceited James Potter consents to be criticized by, she is able to cast her silent control on him. Yes, undeniably she is the one and the only one for James.~
A small smile started playing at the corner of Sirius¡¦ lips. Suddenly, he felt that he was being watched.
Standing no more than 10 feet apart from them were the Blacks, Malfoys and Edisons. Sirius¡¦ eyes traveled slowly among the group until he met his parents¡¦ glares. He scowled with equivalent aversion. It was as though each wished the other nothing but ill.
Both the two parties were not willing to let go of the strenuous tension between them first. It only came to a halt with James¡¦ intense push on Sirius¡¦ back to urge him go onboard.
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¡§Isn¡¦t he your eldest son?¡¨ asked Mrs. Edison cautiously.
Mr. Black¡¦s face screwed up with anger, ¡§He¡¦s no son of ours anymore, that traitor doesn¡¦t deserve to be a Black.¡¨ His fists were clinched into a ball and he trembled slightly. The others gaped, they seemed to be lost for words.
¡§What were we talking about, urgh¡Kyes¡K.¡¨ distracted Mrs. Black and the parents went on with their previous secret discussion.
¡§That idiot ran away from home in early summer,¡¨ Regulus Black answered Jazmin¡¦s unspoken question as he saw Jazmin¡¦s inquiring expression.
¡§Why¡K¡¨Jazmin attempted to ask, but she was interrupted by Lucius. ¡§Here it comes Narcissa, about time.¡¨ Sure enough, Narcissa Black was walking boastfully towards them with her head high in the air, followed by her parents. In Jazmin¡¦s opinion, she looked like a trained giraffe.
¡§Oh, Lucius. Long time no see. Did you miss me?¡¨ shrieked Narcissa while she threw her arms around Malfoy¡¦s neck tightly and planted a sweet kiss on his lips. It was quite a scene, kissing right in the platform.
Jazmin could have laughed at Lucius¡¦ expression if only Narcissa wasn¡¦t her friend, he looked like he was suppressing his temper with little success.
~She just wanna laugh, she doesn¡¦t even appear to be irritated for the slightest. It annoys me; sometimes I just don¡¦t know what she¡¦s thinking about.~
Lucius pulled himself apart from Narcissa, before he suggested a little loudly, ¡§Not much time left, we should get going.¡¨ Just at the moment, the whistle blew.
They muttered their last goodbyes to their parents before getting on the Hogwarts Express to find themselves an empty compartment. Regulus left to find his own friends while the rest kept walking until they reached the compartment in which sat Severus Snape.
The pistons hissed loudly, and the train began to move. ¡§How have you been, Severus?¡¨ Lucius addressed the greasy-haired boy as he sat across him.
¡§I¡¦ve found out a bit more hexes, it would come in handy when the infamous Gryffindors come,¡¨ murmured Severus dreamily, his black eyes glinting with harmfulness.
~The most-waited eventful year is coming and the famous arrogant Gryffindors know nothing, they keep harassing the others like they own the world, and I¡¦m looking forward to see them being well-served.~
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¡§What? You¡¦re the head boy?¡¨ Sirius repeated loudly as if he expected he had misheard James.
¡§For the millionth time, YES! And Lily is the head girl.¡¨ said James irritably. ~The git never grows.~
¡§Shit,¡¨ Sirius and Remus Lupin chorused.
¡§Oh, for my sake, first a prefect and second comes a bloody head boy in the Marauders!¡¨ Sirius slapped his hand on his forehand over-dramatically and pretended to be suffering from a serious headache.
Remus roared with laughter and leaned on James for support.
¡§Moony, prefects¡¦ meeting,¡¨ reminded James who then kicked the pretend-to-be-fainted Sirius playfully. He and Remus then headed for the prefects¡¦ compartment.
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The prefects¡¦ meeting had gone unexpectedly smooth and fast, only with a little uproar when James was introduced as the head boy. Some even thought it was a joke. (¡§What? Potter is the head boy? Why didn¡¦t Dumbledore appoint a hippogriff as a deputy head boy then?¡¨) Lily gazed at James secretly, he wasn¡¦t vexed at the ironic humor, instead he laughed.
~Dumbledore trusts him, or otherwise he wouldn¡¦t have chosen him the head boy. Dumbledore believes in a lot of people whom the others don¡¦t, still, he has never been wrong. Maybe I have been too superficial, I should get to know the real James Potter before I judge him.~
There was only a second before Jazmin comprehended that Narcissa, who was waiting outside the prefects¡¦ compartment, had already dragged the grudging Lucius away, as all the prefects leaked out of the compartment
Jazmin wandered alone in the deserted corridor for a while. She looked out at the sky outside intently and enjoyed a wonderful breeze bathing. The sun was burning her pale skin but yet she appreciated it. After all, she had spent no less than 2 months inside a dark cell.
She continued to indulge in the cheerful natural world she had almost forgotten of. She stared up at the azure sky with so much concentration, it was as though she wanted to memorize every bit of the view in her memory permanently. The soft wind was kissing her cheek tenderly and her svelte hair was flying behind her.
~Sometimes I really wanna be a muggle, foolish and ignorant. They don¡¦t know a decade of constructiveness and wars is coming, even if they do know, what they consider doing first would be signing silly peace treaties. Ridiculous, but it works. They are living their peaceful life again after the muggle world war now, without knowledge of the danger in another world. It seems that happiness is linked with ignorance. It pays to be happy.~
It was until some stupid first years started playing hide-and-seek in the corridor that she finally decided she should go back to Severus¡¦ compartment.
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¡§Wormtail, where¡¦ve you been? We thought you¡¦re not coming!¡¨ enquired James when his petit friend, Peter Pettigrew appeared panting in the doorway.
¡§Can¡¦t find our compartment,¡¨ Peter whispered while trying to catch his breath, ¡§Guess who are sitting in the next compartment?¡¨
¡§Who?¡¨ Remus glanced at Pettigrew with his sharp golden eyes that resembled his special identity as a werewolf.
¡§Snape and the ice cream,¡¨ murmured Peter blurrily.
¡§Ice cream? Snivellus and the ice queen you mean?¡¨ James raised his eyebrow quietly and Peter nodded. He then turned to Sirius with, unmistakably, a beam. ¡§The ice queen¡¨ was the nickname that the Marauders had made for a pretty peach-brown-haired Slytherin.
Sirius met his friend¡¦s beam with a prankish sparkle in his blue eyes. He became very still, like a dog that has scented a rabbit. Then exactly in the same second, they nodded at each other. ~What¡¦s more entertaining than getting on the Slytherins¡¦ nerve?~
¡§Let¡¦s go,¡¨ Sirius said softly, he and James got up immediately and headed for the next compartment. Lupin remained seated for a while before he followed with a frown and Pettigrew was closely walking behind with a look of avid anticipation on his face.
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I dunno how James became a head boy if he¡¦s not the Gryffindor prefect, let¡¦s just assume he was appointed in year six.
Please review, I¡¦m waiting eagerly for your feedback!! =^.^=
