The Flower Well~*~
Chapter Four~*~
Through A Few~*~
During her second year Lily took a chance. The first night back the three second year Gryffindor girls were in their little sitting room. The last dormitory still was empty. Raven and Ara (as she was called) were sitting on the floor.
Lily took her new book, Define Normal, and sat down next to them. Immediately their eyes shot up.
"Can I sit with you?" asked Lily softly.
"S-sure," stuttered Ara.
"Don't you hate us?" asked Raven.
"No!" Lily said immediately.
"Then why haven't you ever talked to us?" asked Ara.
"I. you know the Marauders? Well, they're real jerks to me and thought everyone would hate me. I'm really scared to go out on limbs," Lily said, looking at her book.
"Well, we wouldn't do that!" Raven said cheerily.
"Yeah, so now that you know we aren't bitches, we can hang out!" Ara said. She jumped up and started hopping around.
"Chill down, jelly bean girl," Lily said.
"Hey, how do you know about her jelly bean obsession?" asked Raven.
"I had a lot of time last year to watch people. Besides, I'm great at observing things!" Lily said.
It was two days later that her two best friends (Raven and Ara if you can't guess, they immediately clicked) bounded into her room and jumped on her bed.
They hopped back startled when they saw a girl with flaming red hair and bright green eyes look up at them. "WHAT THE HELL?!" they screamed.
"Huh?" Lily said groggily. "OH SHIT! Look, calm down guys, it's me. Here let me explain!" And so she did.
The girls were inseparable. Lily ate quietly though and didn't talk in class. They spent their time in either a secret room in the library that Lily had found the year before or in their dormitory and most people though that Lily was friendless.
The Marauders had started devising a plan after finding out Remus's secret. James and Sirius made the quidditch team.
In their third year nothing changed, until one day at dinner.
It was Saturday and it seemed everyone was in the Great Hall. The Marauders went over by Lily and started their usual cracks. Lily simply continued eating.
"Why don't you take a stick and shove it up your ass?" asked Raven sweetly. James looked at her funnily. She shrugged and returned to her food.
"Still friendless Evans," said Snape, next to the Marauders. This was the one time they could put up with each other, around Lily. This is because they were always tormenting her.
Suddenly Lily stood. "For your information, I've had two great friends for a whole year now. So Rave is right, take a stick and shove it up your ass. Oh, wait, there already is one there, though you'd think it in your brain. I mean it certainly would explain your default in that area."
The whole hall had turned to watch. Professor Dumbledore had kept the teachers seated, this had to play itself out.
"Watch it Evans," James hissed.
"Watch what? Go fuck off and screw yourself. You are a demented dungbrain who happens to be totally hot and it gives you one hell of an ego. So why don't you and the other five chauvinistic pigs go fuck each other. Have nice lives bastards. Ones which will certainly include the words, "Would you like coffee with that, sir?"
Lily stomped hard on Malfoy's foot as he moved in front of her and she hexed the Marauders who also tried to stop her. "Fuck off, ass hole," Lily said to Snape before WHAM! He was holding a bleeding nose, knocked on the ground.
Lily headed back up to the common room.
The year, after that, went normally aside from the missing torments from the Marauders. They still pranked her though. And she hexed Snape (he has a perfect face by the way, minus the slightly squashed cheek from Lily) and Malfoy a dozen times, once which left Snape with grease he could not remove from his hair. (HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!)
And in the forth year only one important thing happened. Lily had been studying with Rave and Ara to become animagi. Over the summer Lily found the final step. They met and chose forms. Lily, being so advanced, was able to choose 2. She was a phoenix and white tiger. Rave became a raven. "In a salute to my name," she had stated firmly. And Ara had chosen an elegant deep brown cat.
Lily noticed at the beginning of their forth year that the Marauders were changed somehow. And not long after she saw the signs that they were animagi. She was very good at reading people. Lily told only Rave and Ara.
The Marauders pranked her less and less. On the last day of school Remus Lupin stopped her before she got on the train. He motioned Sirius and Peter over. They glanced around for James. Not seeing him, Remus handed her a piece of parchment. "From us. Please read it," said Sirius. They walked away quickly.
Once in their usual compartment, Lily, Rave, and Ara read it.
'Lily,
We would like to apologize for teasing you for our first and second year. Please forgive us. Maybe we could be friends. James doesn't know. Please don't tell him. He isn't psyched about being your friend, but he'll come around.
Always,
Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail (aka Remus, Sirius, Peter, don't give away our nicknames!! =D )
Lily stuffed the parchment in the book she was reading. 'Happily Ever After?' by Seducika Porter (that is the only non-real book I've used so far! You should look for the others, they're REALLY good!!! =D ) She let her head fall backwards as she stared at the ceiling. Lily let a sigh escape her. 'Maybe the whole Animagi thing and Remus's werewolf situation have done them some good.'
And then it was fifth year. The year everything changed. Everything, that is, except her. Or maybe she changed and everything else stayed the same. It was even possible that, to quote a muggle song, 'They met in the middle.'
A/N That line is a slightly altered one from a country song (no, not hill billy country!) "I'll start walking your way, if you start walking mine. We'll meet in the middle, neath that old george and cline (that last part is wrong, I can never understand it.) We'll gain a lot of gorund, if we both give a little."
Chapter Four~*~
Through A Few~*~
During her second year Lily took a chance. The first night back the three second year Gryffindor girls were in their little sitting room. The last dormitory still was empty. Raven and Ara (as she was called) were sitting on the floor.
Lily took her new book, Define Normal, and sat down next to them. Immediately their eyes shot up.
"Can I sit with you?" asked Lily softly.
"S-sure," stuttered Ara.
"Don't you hate us?" asked Raven.
"No!" Lily said immediately.
"Then why haven't you ever talked to us?" asked Ara.
"I. you know the Marauders? Well, they're real jerks to me and thought everyone would hate me. I'm really scared to go out on limbs," Lily said, looking at her book.
"Well, we wouldn't do that!" Raven said cheerily.
"Yeah, so now that you know we aren't bitches, we can hang out!" Ara said. She jumped up and started hopping around.
"Chill down, jelly bean girl," Lily said.
"Hey, how do you know about her jelly bean obsession?" asked Raven.
"I had a lot of time last year to watch people. Besides, I'm great at observing things!" Lily said.
It was two days later that her two best friends (Raven and Ara if you can't guess, they immediately clicked) bounded into her room and jumped on her bed.
They hopped back startled when they saw a girl with flaming red hair and bright green eyes look up at them. "WHAT THE HELL?!" they screamed.
"Huh?" Lily said groggily. "OH SHIT! Look, calm down guys, it's me. Here let me explain!" And so she did.
The girls were inseparable. Lily ate quietly though and didn't talk in class. They spent their time in either a secret room in the library that Lily had found the year before or in their dormitory and most people though that Lily was friendless.
The Marauders had started devising a plan after finding out Remus's secret. James and Sirius made the quidditch team.
In their third year nothing changed, until one day at dinner.
It was Saturday and it seemed everyone was in the Great Hall. The Marauders went over by Lily and started their usual cracks. Lily simply continued eating.
"Why don't you take a stick and shove it up your ass?" asked Raven sweetly. James looked at her funnily. She shrugged and returned to her food.
"Still friendless Evans," said Snape, next to the Marauders. This was the one time they could put up with each other, around Lily. This is because they were always tormenting her.
Suddenly Lily stood. "For your information, I've had two great friends for a whole year now. So Rave is right, take a stick and shove it up your ass. Oh, wait, there already is one there, though you'd think it in your brain. I mean it certainly would explain your default in that area."
The whole hall had turned to watch. Professor Dumbledore had kept the teachers seated, this had to play itself out.
"Watch it Evans," James hissed.
"Watch what? Go fuck off and screw yourself. You are a demented dungbrain who happens to be totally hot and it gives you one hell of an ego. So why don't you and the other five chauvinistic pigs go fuck each other. Have nice lives bastards. Ones which will certainly include the words, "Would you like coffee with that, sir?"
Lily stomped hard on Malfoy's foot as he moved in front of her and she hexed the Marauders who also tried to stop her. "Fuck off, ass hole," Lily said to Snape before WHAM! He was holding a bleeding nose, knocked on the ground.
Lily headed back up to the common room.
The year, after that, went normally aside from the missing torments from the Marauders. They still pranked her though. And she hexed Snape (he has a perfect face by the way, minus the slightly squashed cheek from Lily) and Malfoy a dozen times, once which left Snape with grease he could not remove from his hair. (HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!!)
And in the forth year only one important thing happened. Lily had been studying with Rave and Ara to become animagi. Over the summer Lily found the final step. They met and chose forms. Lily, being so advanced, was able to choose 2. She was a phoenix and white tiger. Rave became a raven. "In a salute to my name," she had stated firmly. And Ara had chosen an elegant deep brown cat.
Lily noticed at the beginning of their forth year that the Marauders were changed somehow. And not long after she saw the signs that they were animagi. She was very good at reading people. Lily told only Rave and Ara.
The Marauders pranked her less and less. On the last day of school Remus Lupin stopped her before she got on the train. He motioned Sirius and Peter over. They glanced around for James. Not seeing him, Remus handed her a piece of parchment. "From us. Please read it," said Sirius. They walked away quickly.
Once in their usual compartment, Lily, Rave, and Ara read it.
'Lily,
We would like to apologize for teasing you for our first and second year. Please forgive us. Maybe we could be friends. James doesn't know. Please don't tell him. He isn't psyched about being your friend, but he'll come around.
Always,
Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail (aka Remus, Sirius, Peter, don't give away our nicknames!! =D )
Lily stuffed the parchment in the book she was reading. 'Happily Ever After?' by Seducika Porter (that is the only non-real book I've used so far! You should look for the others, they're REALLY good!!! =D ) She let her head fall backwards as she stared at the ceiling. Lily let a sigh escape her. 'Maybe the whole Animagi thing and Remus's werewolf situation have done them some good.'
And then it was fifth year. The year everything changed. Everything, that is, except her. Or maybe she changed and everything else stayed the same. It was even possible that, to quote a muggle song, 'They met in the middle.'
A/N That line is a slightly altered one from a country song (no, not hill billy country!) "I'll start walking your way, if you start walking mine. We'll meet in the middle, neath that old george and cline (that last part is wrong, I can never understand it.) We'll gain a lot of gorund, if we both give a little."
