Disclaimer: The actual idea for the curse and the disguise belongs to the
author of A Secret Flower (formerly The Flower of True Beauty) There are
different things in mine and it's different. Pleas read! And review!
The Flower Well*~~
Chapter Six*~~
The Feast*~~
Lily took a bright orange elastic band and tied her black hair into a low, loose pony tail. She put her glasses on again and skillfully made little frizzies with her hair. She then shifted her loose robes to look larger.
"You disgust me," Rave said.
"You know I have to," Lily snapped irritably.
"No, you only hae to disguise your eyes," Ara said. "I read up about the curse."
"Which means you can have your red hair and your perfect figure. Besides you could use blue contacts or something," Raven said.
"If someone is going to break this curse then they'll have to fall for me as me so this way it's more full proof," Lily said matter-of-factly.
"Whatever, Lils," Ara said, shaking her head. "Time to go!" She pulled Lily and Raven out of the compartment and to the carriages. Raven paused in the front and patted what seemed invisible. But the girls knew better.
As they walked into the Great Hall they were about to sit down in their usual seats way at the end when Raven screamed as someone grabbed her arm. Ara spun around and was grabbed as well. Lily felt someone's hand grab her arm. "Sorry, but you're not able to sit there," said Sirius's voice.
"And why not?" snapped Raven, struggling in his grip.
"Because," James said as the three Marauders started steering the three girls towards the other end of the table.
"Because is not an answer or a sentence," Lily said.
"Well, we have decided that you shouldn't sit way on the end all by yourself," Remus declared.
"And you think you have the liberty of-" Raven began in a snarl but was cut off.
"YES!" chorused three voices. Ara smiled slightly. She just went with the flow where matters with the Marauders were concerned. She relaxed in Remus's grip. He smiled slightly and noticed her hair smelled like melons. He shook his head and tried to block the pleasant scent out.
"You're going to tarnish your reputation," said Lily as she sat across from James, five places form the front of the table. Raven was on her left across from Sirius and Ara on her right, across form Remus.
"What reputation?" muttered Remus. James kicked him.
"You know damn well what they meant," Sirius said. Remus stuck his tongue out.
"Aren't you supposed to be the mature one?" Ara asked Remus with raised eyebrows.
"The three of you should know best not to judge on rumors," James said. It was the longest sentence he had ever uttered to them. But he had more to say. "We haven't really spent much time with you yet but the rumors placed on you three already seem wrong."
"Now, was that a good thing?" asked Ara.
"And why wouldn't it be?" asked Remus with raised eyebrows.
"There's a rumor that Rave has the biggest boo-" but Raven had her hand clamped over Ara's mouth.
"Shut-up!" Raven said, going furiously red. Remus, James, and Sirius were all laughing. "It isn't funny!"
"Ah, but it is m'lady," Sirius choked out. Raven hit him on the head with her fork. Sirius stared at her in "shock." Things may have gotten interesting but just then the first years trooped in. The hat got ready to sing and everyone's eyes were glued to it.
Unlike most people Lily's attention was not solely on the hat. As usual she was studying the first years. Most of the song went in one ear and out the other. But one odd part at the end caught her attention. It was unusual for the hat t sing something different than something about the school founders but it did. And this was very odd indeed.
"New friendships shall be formed
Former enemies shall work as one
Secrets known yet undiscovered
A task that is not truly done
Be still and open up your eyes
There is more there than what you see
A curse like the rushing waters or a simple wolf
Now let me tell you where you ought to be (sorry, I suck at the whole rhyming song hat thing)
Lily couldn't help but think that that part of the song was geared towards her, Raven, Ara, and the Marauders. She looked at each of the five in question. Ara was biting her lip and Raven had her brow furrowed. The Marauders were looking at Remus. He met there gaze steadily and shrugged.
"What was that about?" asked Rave quietly.
"No idea but I think Marauders know something about it," Lily said.
"They're looking at Remus," Ara said.
"He's a werewolf- I believe," Lily said. She watched their faces. "I mean, I'm not sure but he vanishes once a month."
"But so do the rest," Ara said. Lily nodded. She didn't mention the fact that at first it was only Remus.
"Alcott, Maria." They turned their attention to the sorting. Soon it was over and the food was out. Lily was listening closely to the conversation that the first years were having.
"I'm Amanda Cunnings, but everyone calls me Mandy," said a pretty girl with black curls.
"Audrey Mardia here. Both of my parents are wizards, but my dad's parents are muggleborn."
"Same here," said a both with green-dyed hair. "Cooper Williams."
"First years are interesting," Lily said as she played with the chicken on her fork. There was a great deal of people who had stared at the three girls seated by the legendary Marauders. Lily had brushed this off as well as Rave but Ara seemed a little uncomfortable.
"I know," Remus said. "I usually end up showing them the trick steps. They think that I know every inch of this castle."
"We almost do," Sirius said proudly. "We know more than Filch and Dumbledore."
"What about you three?" asked James.
"Well, we know everything about the library. All of the secret rooms nad stuff," Ara said.
"There's also the room of desire. We like that place," Raven said.
"And then South Tower," Lily said. "It's awesome. There are no classrooms just a bunch of doors. No one uses them except us. We've figured out how to change the passwords."
"Neat," said Sirius. "You'll have to show us in trade for some secret passages."
"And who says we will?" asked Raven slyly.
"Us, duh," Sirius said, rolling his eyes. Just as Raven opened her mouth to ;make a smart comeback a loud explosion came from the Slytherin table. The Marauders grinned, having a full view of the table. The three girls turned around to see what happened.
All of the Slytherins- with the kind exception of first years- were in multicolored robes with half red and half gold hair. Replacing the Slytherin house badge they donned the Gryffindor badge. A few select people had gold glitter in their hair and some boys had red ribbons tied in. Snape sported a red and gold face, opposite of his hair, with GO LIONS! written on the back of his red and gold robes. The front had a giant Gryffindor symbol and his nails were alternately polished red or gold.
"Ah," Dumbledore said. His gaze was immediately altered from the Slytherins to the Marauders who were looking innocent. "Marauders," he called. They turned, still innocent. He smiled lightly with a twinkle in his eyes. Even he referred to the four boys as the Marauders. Shame Peter was away. "Come here please."
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore," they chorused, trying their hardest to look innocent. As soon as they got up there though they cracked grins.
"I believe the Slytherins would prefer to be back to normal," Dumbledore said, raising his eyebrows.
"Ah, yes, but they can't. Not for two days. All of their robes are like that now," James said smiling.
"Yes, well then, I believe that's a detention for you three," Dumbledore said, looking at McGonagall. She nodded firmly. "And five points form Gryffindor a piece."
"Thank you, sir," they chorused before bouncing back to the table.
"That one was a light punishment," Sirius said happily.
"What was it?" asked Ara.
"A detention each and a total of fifteen points form Gryffindor," Remus said with a shrug.
"It was well worth it to et Snape back for what he said on the train," James said resolutely.
"Yeah, thanks for that," Lily said. "I still hate you, but now I guess it's a friendly hate."
"Same here," James said with a nod.
"You two are SO immature," Sirius and Raven said together. They both blushed.
'I am NOT falling for the stupid beater!' Raven thought firmly. 'I am NOT falling for a Marauder!'
'DID I BLUSH! I couldn't actually LIKE this girl, could I?' Sirius groaned inside. 'I do NOT actually like girls. I just pretend to! Besides she's RAVEN!'
James looked at Sirius. 'Did Sirius just BLUSH! Padfoot the heartthrob that doesn't actually like anyone?! Good God!'
Lily smiled inwardly. Things were going to get fun. She glanced at James and got a funny feeling. Fear spread through her as she realized that it was warmth. She bit her lip as the two stood up to lead the Gryffindor first years to the portrait.
A/N I'm sorry it took me so long to update but we just found out that my grandfather has cancer so we were doing stuff with that. I decided to write it a notebook because I didn't have time on the computer. Then I lost it. By the time I had found it and typed it up it had been forever since I had updated. Plus, for the past two days I haven't been able to get my internet to work. My dad finally called the people and it's fixed.
The Flower Well*~~
Chapter Six*~~
The Feast*~~
Lily took a bright orange elastic band and tied her black hair into a low, loose pony tail. She put her glasses on again and skillfully made little frizzies with her hair. She then shifted her loose robes to look larger.
"You disgust me," Rave said.
"You know I have to," Lily snapped irritably.
"No, you only hae to disguise your eyes," Ara said. "I read up about the curse."
"Which means you can have your red hair and your perfect figure. Besides you could use blue contacts or something," Raven said.
"If someone is going to break this curse then they'll have to fall for me as me so this way it's more full proof," Lily said matter-of-factly.
"Whatever, Lils," Ara said, shaking her head. "Time to go!" She pulled Lily and Raven out of the compartment and to the carriages. Raven paused in the front and patted what seemed invisible. But the girls knew better.
As they walked into the Great Hall they were about to sit down in their usual seats way at the end when Raven screamed as someone grabbed her arm. Ara spun around and was grabbed as well. Lily felt someone's hand grab her arm. "Sorry, but you're not able to sit there," said Sirius's voice.
"And why not?" snapped Raven, struggling in his grip.
"Because," James said as the three Marauders started steering the three girls towards the other end of the table.
"Because is not an answer or a sentence," Lily said.
"Well, we have decided that you shouldn't sit way on the end all by yourself," Remus declared.
"And you think you have the liberty of-" Raven began in a snarl but was cut off.
"YES!" chorused three voices. Ara smiled slightly. She just went with the flow where matters with the Marauders were concerned. She relaxed in Remus's grip. He smiled slightly and noticed her hair smelled like melons. He shook his head and tried to block the pleasant scent out.
"You're going to tarnish your reputation," said Lily as she sat across from James, five places form the front of the table. Raven was on her left across from Sirius and Ara on her right, across form Remus.
"What reputation?" muttered Remus. James kicked him.
"You know damn well what they meant," Sirius said. Remus stuck his tongue out.
"Aren't you supposed to be the mature one?" Ara asked Remus with raised eyebrows.
"The three of you should know best not to judge on rumors," James said. It was the longest sentence he had ever uttered to them. But he had more to say. "We haven't really spent much time with you yet but the rumors placed on you three already seem wrong."
"Now, was that a good thing?" asked Ara.
"And why wouldn't it be?" asked Remus with raised eyebrows.
"There's a rumor that Rave has the biggest boo-" but Raven had her hand clamped over Ara's mouth.
"Shut-up!" Raven said, going furiously red. Remus, James, and Sirius were all laughing. "It isn't funny!"
"Ah, but it is m'lady," Sirius choked out. Raven hit him on the head with her fork. Sirius stared at her in "shock." Things may have gotten interesting but just then the first years trooped in. The hat got ready to sing and everyone's eyes were glued to it.
Unlike most people Lily's attention was not solely on the hat. As usual she was studying the first years. Most of the song went in one ear and out the other. But one odd part at the end caught her attention. It was unusual for the hat t sing something different than something about the school founders but it did. And this was very odd indeed.
"New friendships shall be formed
Former enemies shall work as one
Secrets known yet undiscovered
A task that is not truly done
Be still and open up your eyes
There is more there than what you see
A curse like the rushing waters or a simple wolf
Now let me tell you where you ought to be (sorry, I suck at the whole rhyming song hat thing)
Lily couldn't help but think that that part of the song was geared towards her, Raven, Ara, and the Marauders. She looked at each of the five in question. Ara was biting her lip and Raven had her brow furrowed. The Marauders were looking at Remus. He met there gaze steadily and shrugged.
"What was that about?" asked Rave quietly.
"No idea but I think Marauders know something about it," Lily said.
"They're looking at Remus," Ara said.
"He's a werewolf- I believe," Lily said. She watched their faces. "I mean, I'm not sure but he vanishes once a month."
"But so do the rest," Ara said. Lily nodded. She didn't mention the fact that at first it was only Remus.
"Alcott, Maria." They turned their attention to the sorting. Soon it was over and the food was out. Lily was listening closely to the conversation that the first years were having.
"I'm Amanda Cunnings, but everyone calls me Mandy," said a pretty girl with black curls.
"Audrey Mardia here. Both of my parents are wizards, but my dad's parents are muggleborn."
"Same here," said a both with green-dyed hair. "Cooper Williams."
"First years are interesting," Lily said as she played with the chicken on her fork. There was a great deal of people who had stared at the three girls seated by the legendary Marauders. Lily had brushed this off as well as Rave but Ara seemed a little uncomfortable.
"I know," Remus said. "I usually end up showing them the trick steps. They think that I know every inch of this castle."
"We almost do," Sirius said proudly. "We know more than Filch and Dumbledore."
"What about you three?" asked James.
"Well, we know everything about the library. All of the secret rooms nad stuff," Ara said.
"There's also the room of desire. We like that place," Raven said.
"And then South Tower," Lily said. "It's awesome. There are no classrooms just a bunch of doors. No one uses them except us. We've figured out how to change the passwords."
"Neat," said Sirius. "You'll have to show us in trade for some secret passages."
"And who says we will?" asked Raven slyly.
"Us, duh," Sirius said, rolling his eyes. Just as Raven opened her mouth to ;make a smart comeback a loud explosion came from the Slytherin table. The Marauders grinned, having a full view of the table. The three girls turned around to see what happened.
All of the Slytherins- with the kind exception of first years- were in multicolored robes with half red and half gold hair. Replacing the Slytherin house badge they donned the Gryffindor badge. A few select people had gold glitter in their hair and some boys had red ribbons tied in. Snape sported a red and gold face, opposite of his hair, with GO LIONS! written on the back of his red and gold robes. The front had a giant Gryffindor symbol and his nails were alternately polished red or gold.
"Ah," Dumbledore said. His gaze was immediately altered from the Slytherins to the Marauders who were looking innocent. "Marauders," he called. They turned, still innocent. He smiled lightly with a twinkle in his eyes. Even he referred to the four boys as the Marauders. Shame Peter was away. "Come here please."
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore," they chorused, trying their hardest to look innocent. As soon as they got up there though they cracked grins.
"I believe the Slytherins would prefer to be back to normal," Dumbledore said, raising his eyebrows.
"Ah, yes, but they can't. Not for two days. All of their robes are like that now," James said smiling.
"Yes, well then, I believe that's a detention for you three," Dumbledore said, looking at McGonagall. She nodded firmly. "And five points form Gryffindor a piece."
"Thank you, sir," they chorused before bouncing back to the table.
"That one was a light punishment," Sirius said happily.
"What was it?" asked Ara.
"A detention each and a total of fifteen points form Gryffindor," Remus said with a shrug.
"It was well worth it to et Snape back for what he said on the train," James said resolutely.
"Yeah, thanks for that," Lily said. "I still hate you, but now I guess it's a friendly hate."
"Same here," James said with a nod.
"You two are SO immature," Sirius and Raven said together. They both blushed.
'I am NOT falling for the stupid beater!' Raven thought firmly. 'I am NOT falling for a Marauder!'
'DID I BLUSH! I couldn't actually LIKE this girl, could I?' Sirius groaned inside. 'I do NOT actually like girls. I just pretend to! Besides she's RAVEN!'
James looked at Sirius. 'Did Sirius just BLUSH! Padfoot the heartthrob that doesn't actually like anyone?! Good God!'
Lily smiled inwardly. Things were going to get fun. She glanced at James and got a funny feeling. Fear spread through her as she realized that it was warmth. She bit her lip as the two stood up to lead the Gryffindor first years to the portrait.
A/N I'm sorry it took me so long to update but we just found out that my grandfather has cancer so we were doing stuff with that. I decided to write it a notebook because I didn't have time on the computer. Then I lost it. By the time I had found it and typed it up it had been forever since I had updated. Plus, for the past two days I haven't been able to get my internet to work. My dad finally called the people and it's fixed.
