In honor of the 5th Harry Potter book, which is the best ever in my
opinion, the best yet, I have gotten my butt in gear and written an entire
new chapter!!! And I said it would be out around this time too!!! Ok,
Amanda, I know I changed your last name, it's for your own privacy though.
Also, there is a bit of swearing here, nothing that will burn your eyes out
though. Lol. Ok, story time!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters created by the honorable Mrs. Rowling. I do own Amanda. That's right, I own you. BWAHAHA!! Ok I'm done.
Over the next week the boys were regulars, claiming the table in the far corner as their headquarters. With only three weeks left before school started, they needed to plan their beginning of the year prank. From what Lily was able to see when she delivered drinks, it was very elaborate, and involved many complicated 7th year spells. It was on one unfortunate afternoon when 'the plan' was being completed, that Lily had the displeasure of meeting two of Hogwart's more vile attendants.
"Hey guys, how's "the plan" going?" she asked with finger quotes as she replaced empty mugs with full ones.
"Very well. Um... Lily. We might need your assistance somewhere along the line." Remus replied.
"It might require certain... sacrifices on your part." James added.
"As in?"
"You in a bikini in front of everyone in the great hall." Sirius mumbled.
"What?" Lily asked, not hearing him completely.
"Nothing. You'll be informed." James said quickly.
"Whatever..." Lily grumbled as she walked to the front.
Someone reached out and grabbed her arm in a less than polite manner, spinning her around. "We've been waiting to be served forever!" a boy about her age demanded. He had slicked back blonde hair and chilling blue eyes. He smirked as he slowly looked her up and down, his gaze lingering.
Lily gave him an icy glare, and said, "I'm sorry sir, but as you can see it is very busy, and I can't serve everyone at once. Now it you would kindly let go of my arm, I would be able to take your orders."
The other boy at the table was quiet, waiting to see how his partner responded. His greasy black hair framed a face adorned with a large hooked nose. The blonde boy's face was overcome with a sneer, but only for a moment, and was replaced with a coy smile. He let go of her arm, taking her hand instead. He gently kissed it, his lips lingering over her tiny hand. "You'll have to forgive me. I forget the burden of the working class. I am Lucius Malfoy. I've seen you around school, but I thought I'd formally introduce myself. And this is Severus." he added as an afterthought.
"Hello." Severus said blandly, as if he had grown bored and didn't care what Lucius was saying.
Lily nodded at him and discreetly wiped her hand off on her apron. "Can I take your orders?" she asked, impatient. This arrogant boy was wasting her time.
"I'll have Bordeaux, if you have any." Lucius drawled.
"Same here." Severus added.
'Oh my god... Just stay calm Lily, just because they are completely out of line doesn't mean you need to lose your temper...' she mentally instructed herself. "We have some, but I'll need some I.D."
"What? Lucius sneered.
"Identification, Lucius. To get the drinks." Severus drawled.
Lucius looked confused for a moment, and then smirked. "Of course, must have slipped my mind." He pulled out a card that read 'Lucius Malfoy- Age: 17' and had a picture of him on it.
Lily snorted and threw the card on the table. "Don't give me this crap. This is fake. Now give me some real I.D., change your orders, or leave."
"What do you mean it's fake?"
"Shall I list the reasons for you? No hair color, eye color, date of birth, date of expiration, address, signature, or magical approval." she listed, counting the reasons on her fingers. Lucius scowled, and Severus rummaged around in his bag, pulling out a quill, and scribbled something on a scrap of parchment. 'Probably everything I just said was missing.' Lily thought.
"Listen to me, wench." Lucius growled. "Do you realize who you're talking to? My father is Antonus Malfoy, and he could buy this whole village and then some, and-"
"Gee, I missed the part where I cared." Lily interrupted in a sugary sweet voice, shifting her weight and putting a hand on her hip. Her tone then grew cold, and her green eyes flashed dangerously. "Now stop wasting my time and get a different drink, or leave."
Severus opened his mouth, either to order something else or give a retort, Lily didn't know, because Lucius then snarled, "You stupid mudblood, my father was right about your kind. How dare you treat me like this! My father will make your life so miserable that you'll come begging me for forgiveness on your knees, and then-"
"I thought we had established that I don't care." Lily yawned. "Now get out." She pointed to the door.
"You little sl-" Lucius began, but suddenly lost his voice, his jaw moving up and down forming silent words and making him look very much like a fish.
"I thought the lady had made herself very clear, Malfoy. She doesn't want your sorry ass here, or your boyfriend's."
Lily turned to see herself backed by James and Sirius, with Remus and Peter standing up from the table to come over too.
"Potter." Severus snarled.
"Snape." James replied coldly.
"If you would kindly remove yourselves from this establishment, we won't have to waste out time making you." Sirius said, his voice as equally cold as James'.
"We were just leaving." Severus replied, sweeping out with Lucius following, throwing glares over his shoulder.
Lily watched them go, and turned back to a grinning James. "What the hell!" she exploded.
James' smile quickly vanished. "What? You looked like you needed a hand, and I-"
"I was handling it James! I didn't need your help!!"
"Well gee, Lils, and what a good job you did by yourself.
Lily took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. "I am a big girl, James, I can take care of myself."
"Just like you took care of yourself that one night at my house, huh?" he spat, and then immediately regretted it.
Lily's eyes widened, and she moved like she was going to slap him, but dropped her arm and lowered her head, her hair curtaining her face. "Out." She said, her voice shaky. "Get out." She repeated when James opened his mouth to say something.
"Come on mate." Sirius said, leading him away from her. James yanked his arm away and stalked out, not looking back. Sirius followed, then Peter, scurrying to catch up, and lastly Remus.
He stopped in front of her, and questioned, "Lily?"
"Just go Remus." She said, her voice cracking. She kept her head down, but through her hair Remus could see a lone tear crawling down her cheek.
"I'm sorry." he said, and then left. Lily sniffed, wiped her eyes, and turned to the table that Lucius had sat at, where she saw a gold coin resting on a folded piece of paper. She pocketed the galleon, and opened the note. It read: 'Sorry for the hassle. See you in school. S.S.' She put the note in her pocket, and returned to waiting the tables.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The three weeks before school passed quickly, and soon it was time to go back to Hogwarts. Lily didn't see any of the boys over that period of time. Part of her missed then, but the other was still mad at what James had said to her, reminding her of what her father had done to her. She wouldn't mind seeing any of the others, but she had no intention of talking to James until he apologized. Lily shook her head and sighed, observing the passing muggles as she pushed her trolley through the station. She stopped in front of platforms nine and ten, another girl with a trolley blocking her way.
"How do I get to nine and tree quarters?!?" she demanded to the brick wall.
"Um, you have to walk through the wall between them." Lily offered.
The girl turned around, her warm brown eyes fixing on Lily, her cheeks turning red in embarrassment in being caught yelling at a wall. "Oh, thank you!" she said, brushing her shoulder length brown hair away from her eyes.
"I haven't seen you around Hogwarts before," Lily said. "But then again I'm not the most social person."
The girl laughed, and replied, "I'm not very social either, but even if you were you probably wouldn't have seen me. I've just transferred here from Salem School for Magikal Training, in the U.S. My name's Amanda. Amanda Callahan."
She stuck out her hand, and Lily shook it. "I'm Lily Evans. It's nice to meet you. Do you know what year you're in?"
"Yeah, I'm in third year now."
"Ooh, me too! Do you know where you were sorted?"
"Not yet, I'm gonna be sorted after the first years, the guy, um, Dumbledore said."
"Dumbledore? Why would he say that? He's a transfiguration teacher... Oh wait, that's right, Dippet retired! Dumbledore must have replaced him as Headmaster. But why would he turn down position of Minister of Magic? So many people wanted it to be him and not that Fudge person, and Minister is so much more revered than Headmaster of Hogwarts... Oh well, nevermind."
"Are you done babbling?"
"I think so." Lily grinned. "Ok, so to get on the platform, just walk through it. But since it's your first time, I'd do it at a run."
"Alright, cool." Amanda squared her shoulders and ran at the wall, disappearing just when it seemed she would crash. Lily followed, appearing in front of a large scarlet train. "Wow." Amanda said.
"You think that's impressive? Wait till you see the castle. Come on, let's go find a compartment before they're all full." Lily led Amanda on the train, settling in an empty compartment in the back. A few minutes later, the train set off on it's journey to Hogwarts.
Ah yes, we are finally heading off to school. Lets see, it took me 3 chapters to get through one month? I'll get my butt in gear, no worries. See Amanda, you aren't completely nutters. I'll get you and your special friend and Laurel in the next chapter. ALSO!!! If anyone that's bothering to read this has finished the 5th HP book, please, PLEASE contact me by email at laurenf714@yahoo.com I need to talk about it so bad I'll explode if I don't soon. Ok, reviewers!!!! Some of these are from chapter 2.
Lavinia: Thanks!
Chris: Now that school's over we should b able to get together more often, and finish that book!!!!!
Mystikalolo: Glad you liked it! I'll try to put more humor in the stories later on.
Laurel: I did read it!!!
Starblaze: Thanks, here's the update! :)
~*Lauren*~
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters created by the honorable Mrs. Rowling. I do own Amanda. That's right, I own you. BWAHAHA!! Ok I'm done.
Over the next week the boys were regulars, claiming the table in the far corner as their headquarters. With only three weeks left before school started, they needed to plan their beginning of the year prank. From what Lily was able to see when she delivered drinks, it was very elaborate, and involved many complicated 7th year spells. It was on one unfortunate afternoon when 'the plan' was being completed, that Lily had the displeasure of meeting two of Hogwart's more vile attendants.
"Hey guys, how's "the plan" going?" she asked with finger quotes as she replaced empty mugs with full ones.
"Very well. Um... Lily. We might need your assistance somewhere along the line." Remus replied.
"It might require certain... sacrifices on your part." James added.
"As in?"
"You in a bikini in front of everyone in the great hall." Sirius mumbled.
"What?" Lily asked, not hearing him completely.
"Nothing. You'll be informed." James said quickly.
"Whatever..." Lily grumbled as she walked to the front.
Someone reached out and grabbed her arm in a less than polite manner, spinning her around. "We've been waiting to be served forever!" a boy about her age demanded. He had slicked back blonde hair and chilling blue eyes. He smirked as he slowly looked her up and down, his gaze lingering.
Lily gave him an icy glare, and said, "I'm sorry sir, but as you can see it is very busy, and I can't serve everyone at once. Now it you would kindly let go of my arm, I would be able to take your orders."
The other boy at the table was quiet, waiting to see how his partner responded. His greasy black hair framed a face adorned with a large hooked nose. The blonde boy's face was overcome with a sneer, but only for a moment, and was replaced with a coy smile. He let go of her arm, taking her hand instead. He gently kissed it, his lips lingering over her tiny hand. "You'll have to forgive me. I forget the burden of the working class. I am Lucius Malfoy. I've seen you around school, but I thought I'd formally introduce myself. And this is Severus." he added as an afterthought.
"Hello." Severus said blandly, as if he had grown bored and didn't care what Lucius was saying.
Lily nodded at him and discreetly wiped her hand off on her apron. "Can I take your orders?" she asked, impatient. This arrogant boy was wasting her time.
"I'll have Bordeaux, if you have any." Lucius drawled.
"Same here." Severus added.
'Oh my god... Just stay calm Lily, just because they are completely out of line doesn't mean you need to lose your temper...' she mentally instructed herself. "We have some, but I'll need some I.D."
"What? Lucius sneered.
"Identification, Lucius. To get the drinks." Severus drawled.
Lucius looked confused for a moment, and then smirked. "Of course, must have slipped my mind." He pulled out a card that read 'Lucius Malfoy- Age: 17' and had a picture of him on it.
Lily snorted and threw the card on the table. "Don't give me this crap. This is fake. Now give me some real I.D., change your orders, or leave."
"What do you mean it's fake?"
"Shall I list the reasons for you? No hair color, eye color, date of birth, date of expiration, address, signature, or magical approval." she listed, counting the reasons on her fingers. Lucius scowled, and Severus rummaged around in his bag, pulling out a quill, and scribbled something on a scrap of parchment. 'Probably everything I just said was missing.' Lily thought.
"Listen to me, wench." Lucius growled. "Do you realize who you're talking to? My father is Antonus Malfoy, and he could buy this whole village and then some, and-"
"Gee, I missed the part where I cared." Lily interrupted in a sugary sweet voice, shifting her weight and putting a hand on her hip. Her tone then grew cold, and her green eyes flashed dangerously. "Now stop wasting my time and get a different drink, or leave."
Severus opened his mouth, either to order something else or give a retort, Lily didn't know, because Lucius then snarled, "You stupid mudblood, my father was right about your kind. How dare you treat me like this! My father will make your life so miserable that you'll come begging me for forgiveness on your knees, and then-"
"I thought we had established that I don't care." Lily yawned. "Now get out." She pointed to the door.
"You little sl-" Lucius began, but suddenly lost his voice, his jaw moving up and down forming silent words and making him look very much like a fish.
"I thought the lady had made herself very clear, Malfoy. She doesn't want your sorry ass here, or your boyfriend's."
Lily turned to see herself backed by James and Sirius, with Remus and Peter standing up from the table to come over too.
"Potter." Severus snarled.
"Snape." James replied coldly.
"If you would kindly remove yourselves from this establishment, we won't have to waste out time making you." Sirius said, his voice as equally cold as James'.
"We were just leaving." Severus replied, sweeping out with Lucius following, throwing glares over his shoulder.
Lily watched them go, and turned back to a grinning James. "What the hell!" she exploded.
James' smile quickly vanished. "What? You looked like you needed a hand, and I-"
"I was handling it James! I didn't need your help!!"
"Well gee, Lils, and what a good job you did by yourself.
Lily took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. "I am a big girl, James, I can take care of myself."
"Just like you took care of yourself that one night at my house, huh?" he spat, and then immediately regretted it.
Lily's eyes widened, and she moved like she was going to slap him, but dropped her arm and lowered her head, her hair curtaining her face. "Out." She said, her voice shaky. "Get out." She repeated when James opened his mouth to say something.
"Come on mate." Sirius said, leading him away from her. James yanked his arm away and stalked out, not looking back. Sirius followed, then Peter, scurrying to catch up, and lastly Remus.
He stopped in front of her, and questioned, "Lily?"
"Just go Remus." She said, her voice cracking. She kept her head down, but through her hair Remus could see a lone tear crawling down her cheek.
"I'm sorry." he said, and then left. Lily sniffed, wiped her eyes, and turned to the table that Lucius had sat at, where she saw a gold coin resting on a folded piece of paper. She pocketed the galleon, and opened the note. It read: 'Sorry for the hassle. See you in school. S.S.' She put the note in her pocket, and returned to waiting the tables.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The three weeks before school passed quickly, and soon it was time to go back to Hogwarts. Lily didn't see any of the boys over that period of time. Part of her missed then, but the other was still mad at what James had said to her, reminding her of what her father had done to her. She wouldn't mind seeing any of the others, but she had no intention of talking to James until he apologized. Lily shook her head and sighed, observing the passing muggles as she pushed her trolley through the station. She stopped in front of platforms nine and ten, another girl with a trolley blocking her way.
"How do I get to nine and tree quarters?!?" she demanded to the brick wall.
"Um, you have to walk through the wall between them." Lily offered.
The girl turned around, her warm brown eyes fixing on Lily, her cheeks turning red in embarrassment in being caught yelling at a wall. "Oh, thank you!" she said, brushing her shoulder length brown hair away from her eyes.
"I haven't seen you around Hogwarts before," Lily said. "But then again I'm not the most social person."
The girl laughed, and replied, "I'm not very social either, but even if you were you probably wouldn't have seen me. I've just transferred here from Salem School for Magikal Training, in the U.S. My name's Amanda. Amanda Callahan."
She stuck out her hand, and Lily shook it. "I'm Lily Evans. It's nice to meet you. Do you know what year you're in?"
"Yeah, I'm in third year now."
"Ooh, me too! Do you know where you were sorted?"
"Not yet, I'm gonna be sorted after the first years, the guy, um, Dumbledore said."
"Dumbledore? Why would he say that? He's a transfiguration teacher... Oh wait, that's right, Dippet retired! Dumbledore must have replaced him as Headmaster. But why would he turn down position of Minister of Magic? So many people wanted it to be him and not that Fudge person, and Minister is so much more revered than Headmaster of Hogwarts... Oh well, nevermind."
"Are you done babbling?"
"I think so." Lily grinned. "Ok, so to get on the platform, just walk through it. But since it's your first time, I'd do it at a run."
"Alright, cool." Amanda squared her shoulders and ran at the wall, disappearing just when it seemed she would crash. Lily followed, appearing in front of a large scarlet train. "Wow." Amanda said.
"You think that's impressive? Wait till you see the castle. Come on, let's go find a compartment before they're all full." Lily led Amanda on the train, settling in an empty compartment in the back. A few minutes later, the train set off on it's journey to Hogwarts.
Ah yes, we are finally heading off to school. Lets see, it took me 3 chapters to get through one month? I'll get my butt in gear, no worries. See Amanda, you aren't completely nutters. I'll get you and your special friend and Laurel in the next chapter. ALSO!!! If anyone that's bothering to read this has finished the 5th HP book, please, PLEASE contact me by email at laurenf714@yahoo.com I need to talk about it so bad I'll explode if I don't soon. Ok, reviewers!!!! Some of these are from chapter 2.
Lavinia: Thanks!
Chris: Now that school's over we should b able to get together more often, and finish that book!!!!!
Mystikalolo: Glad you liked it! I'll try to put more humor in the stories later on.
Laurel: I did read it!!!
Starblaze: Thanks, here's the update! :)
~*Lauren*~
