The first week of school passed quickly, and soon the Gryffindor sixth
years had settled into their routines, along with the rest of school.
Unfortunately, they were put in Potions with the the Slytherins for yet
another year, but then again, it was some invaluable prank time. The sixth
years had thought that since they had just taken their O.W.L.s that the
teachers would slack off a bit, but they were sadly mistaken. The teachers
pushed them just as hard, if not harder than before, saying that they had
only two more years before they would graduate. In that first week alone
they had so much homework it was unbelieveable.
On Friday night, after finishing a particularly grueling essay on on human to object transfiguration for McGonagall, Laria waved her hand and the other girls' books shut with a snap, and their quills flew out of their hands.
"Laria, what are you doing? I have to finish that Charms homework!" Anna said, annoyed.
"We've been working for three hours straight! I need a break, and I'm willing to bet that you all do, too," she explained, twirling the quill she'd summoned from Rose.
Lily raised an eyebrow. "What'd you have in mind, Shadow?"
"Exploring those mountains on the other side of Hogsmeade for a bit, or maybe the Forest. And then stopping at Honeydukes and Zonko's for some late- night shopping."
"Hell yea, screw the homework, let's go," Rose said, already gettting up and heading to the portrait hole. Lily laughed.
"Rosie, you might want to wait a second. We need to do a bit first." Rose turned around and came back.
"What could we possibly have to do?" she asked exasperatedly. It was obvious she wanted to get out of there.
"Well, for one, we have to take all this," Laria gestured to their homework,"upstairs, unless we want to do it over, because leaving it here would only be really stupid, we have to get our cloaks, cause its chilly out tonight and we have to-" Rose groaned.
"Ok, ok, I get it. Let's do it, then, so we can leave." She began gathering up her stuff to take it up to the dormitory, as did the others.
They met back in the Common Room, and left with a wave to the Marauders, who were sitting by the fire. As it was very crowded under James' invisibility cloak with five people, they weren't going to put it on since they would be in their animal forms most of the time. They were almost to the statue of the humpbacked witch when they ran into Calypso and her friends. Laria groaned.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Gryffindor bitches," Calypso said, tossing her long blonde hair.
"Isn't it past your bedtime Beltane? You wouldn't want to miss out on your beauty sleep, cause you sure as hell need it," Lily lashed out.
"Not near so much as you do, Evans," Victoria shot back.
"Shut the hell up. Now go fuck someone, get paid, and leave us alone," Laria snapped.
Victoria's eyes narrowed. "Why you little-" She was cut off by Aurora.
"Stop bluffing slut. We all know that's why you hang out with the Marauders."
"For a Ravenclaw, you're dumb as shit," Rose said. "If we were sleeping with the Marauders, don't you think we'd have a bit more of a reputation? Come on, we've got better stuff to do than converse with a bunch of overpaid whores."
While the Ravenclaws stood with stunned and furious looks on their faces, the Perth turned and walked into another corridor.
When they were sure thye hadn't been followed, they slipped into the tunnel to Hogsmede. As they walked, they talked about what they planned to do.
"I say we try the mountains," Kylie said, "and then go to Zonko's, 'cause it's open all night and all. And I mean, we've gone over every inch of the Forest at least twice." Laria nodded.
"Sounds good to me. Lily-flower?"
"Yeah, Kylie's right. And maybe we can finally beat the Marauders in finding something- I know for a fact that they've never gone into the mountains." Lily turned to Anna and Rose. "That okay with you two?" They nodded their agreement , and the Perth continued on their way.
Half an hour later they reached the trapdoor under Honeydukes, and Lily pushed it open carefully and looked around. No one was in the celler, so they climbed out and entered the store. They were almost to the door when someone came down the stairs near the back of the shop.
"Who's there?" a voice called. The Perth looked at each other uneasily. There wasn't anywhere to hide, and they could hardly transform right then. "Lumos," they heard the voice say. His wand lit up and cast a ray of light across the room. Lily stepped foward.
"Hello. You must be the owner, Mr..." she trailed off.
"Bubbles," he supplied. Lily got a strange look on her face, but kept talking.
"Mr. Bubbles. You're probably wondering why we're in your shop at this time?" Mr. Bubbles nodded. "Well, you see, sir, we were shopping here earlier today, and we had just come out of Quality Quidditch Supplies, when someone tripped her," she pointed at Laria," and she hurt her ankle. Some people who live here just happened to be walking by, and took us back to their house so they could look at it. Mrs. Sibley managed to fix it perfectly, but by then it was dinner time, so she invited us to stay. We didn't realize how late it had gotten, and Mr. Sibley told us that you knew a way back to Hogwarts that was shorter than going all the way around." Mr. Bubbles nodded.
"Yes, I do know a way, but it's no shorter, and it would probably be much easier to go the regular way." The girls nodded and thanked him, and left the store.
*Meanwhile, with the Marauders....*
"Where did the girls go?" James asked. Remus shrugged.
"I dunno. Somewhere."
"Helpful. Si, ask Laria would you?" James said. Sirius and Laria had been able to talk telepahically since they were really young, and it was rather useful at times.
"I just did. She won't tell me," Sirius responded.
"Oh well. We'll ask them when they get back," John said.
*Back with Perth....*
A lithe, solid black panther with eerily glowing purple eyes made its way with ease through the scree scattered over the slim resemblance of the mountain path it was following. Right above it flew a large phoenix, with a falcon and an owl slightly behind. Scampering directly behind the panther was a reddish vixen, the tip of her tail white. The five animals were strangely silent, making no sound other than the clattering of pebbles as they skittered out from under their feet. Suddenly, the panther stopped short. The other animals halted as well, wondering what caused the panther to stop. The panther began to slowly move toward a place in the side of the sheer rock face that was slightly darker than the rest. As it drew closer, the panther stilled again and transformed into Laria. She motioned to the others to transform as well, and soon five girls standing there instead of five various animals.
"Look," Laria whispered, pointing to the darkened spot. The rest of Perth did as they were told, and saw that it was the enterance to a cave, so perfectly rounded it looked man made. But as they saw what was inside, the girls gasped in amazemant and horror.....
A/N- what'd you think? Its not very long, sorry about that. I'll try to have the next chappie up soon. please R/R!! ~Laria
On Friday night, after finishing a particularly grueling essay on on human to object transfiguration for McGonagall, Laria waved her hand and the other girls' books shut with a snap, and their quills flew out of their hands.
"Laria, what are you doing? I have to finish that Charms homework!" Anna said, annoyed.
"We've been working for three hours straight! I need a break, and I'm willing to bet that you all do, too," she explained, twirling the quill she'd summoned from Rose.
Lily raised an eyebrow. "What'd you have in mind, Shadow?"
"Exploring those mountains on the other side of Hogsmeade for a bit, or maybe the Forest. And then stopping at Honeydukes and Zonko's for some late- night shopping."
"Hell yea, screw the homework, let's go," Rose said, already gettting up and heading to the portrait hole. Lily laughed.
"Rosie, you might want to wait a second. We need to do a bit first." Rose turned around and came back.
"What could we possibly have to do?" she asked exasperatedly. It was obvious she wanted to get out of there.
"Well, for one, we have to take all this," Laria gestured to their homework,"upstairs, unless we want to do it over, because leaving it here would only be really stupid, we have to get our cloaks, cause its chilly out tonight and we have to-" Rose groaned.
"Ok, ok, I get it. Let's do it, then, so we can leave." She began gathering up her stuff to take it up to the dormitory, as did the others.
They met back in the Common Room, and left with a wave to the Marauders, who were sitting by the fire. As it was very crowded under James' invisibility cloak with five people, they weren't going to put it on since they would be in their animal forms most of the time. They were almost to the statue of the humpbacked witch when they ran into Calypso and her friends. Laria groaned.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Gryffindor bitches," Calypso said, tossing her long blonde hair.
"Isn't it past your bedtime Beltane? You wouldn't want to miss out on your beauty sleep, cause you sure as hell need it," Lily lashed out.
"Not near so much as you do, Evans," Victoria shot back.
"Shut the hell up. Now go fuck someone, get paid, and leave us alone," Laria snapped.
Victoria's eyes narrowed. "Why you little-" She was cut off by Aurora.
"Stop bluffing slut. We all know that's why you hang out with the Marauders."
"For a Ravenclaw, you're dumb as shit," Rose said. "If we were sleeping with the Marauders, don't you think we'd have a bit more of a reputation? Come on, we've got better stuff to do than converse with a bunch of overpaid whores."
While the Ravenclaws stood with stunned and furious looks on their faces, the Perth turned and walked into another corridor.
When they were sure thye hadn't been followed, they slipped into the tunnel to Hogsmede. As they walked, they talked about what they planned to do.
"I say we try the mountains," Kylie said, "and then go to Zonko's, 'cause it's open all night and all. And I mean, we've gone over every inch of the Forest at least twice." Laria nodded.
"Sounds good to me. Lily-flower?"
"Yeah, Kylie's right. And maybe we can finally beat the Marauders in finding something- I know for a fact that they've never gone into the mountains." Lily turned to Anna and Rose. "That okay with you two?" They nodded their agreement , and the Perth continued on their way.
Half an hour later they reached the trapdoor under Honeydukes, and Lily pushed it open carefully and looked around. No one was in the celler, so they climbed out and entered the store. They were almost to the door when someone came down the stairs near the back of the shop.
"Who's there?" a voice called. The Perth looked at each other uneasily. There wasn't anywhere to hide, and they could hardly transform right then. "Lumos," they heard the voice say. His wand lit up and cast a ray of light across the room. Lily stepped foward.
"Hello. You must be the owner, Mr..." she trailed off.
"Bubbles," he supplied. Lily got a strange look on her face, but kept talking.
"Mr. Bubbles. You're probably wondering why we're in your shop at this time?" Mr. Bubbles nodded. "Well, you see, sir, we were shopping here earlier today, and we had just come out of Quality Quidditch Supplies, when someone tripped her," she pointed at Laria," and she hurt her ankle. Some people who live here just happened to be walking by, and took us back to their house so they could look at it. Mrs. Sibley managed to fix it perfectly, but by then it was dinner time, so she invited us to stay. We didn't realize how late it had gotten, and Mr. Sibley told us that you knew a way back to Hogwarts that was shorter than going all the way around." Mr. Bubbles nodded.
"Yes, I do know a way, but it's no shorter, and it would probably be much easier to go the regular way." The girls nodded and thanked him, and left the store.
*Meanwhile, with the Marauders....*
"Where did the girls go?" James asked. Remus shrugged.
"I dunno. Somewhere."
"Helpful. Si, ask Laria would you?" James said. Sirius and Laria had been able to talk telepahically since they were really young, and it was rather useful at times.
"I just did. She won't tell me," Sirius responded.
"Oh well. We'll ask them when they get back," John said.
*Back with Perth....*
A lithe, solid black panther with eerily glowing purple eyes made its way with ease through the scree scattered over the slim resemblance of the mountain path it was following. Right above it flew a large phoenix, with a falcon and an owl slightly behind. Scampering directly behind the panther was a reddish vixen, the tip of her tail white. The five animals were strangely silent, making no sound other than the clattering of pebbles as they skittered out from under their feet. Suddenly, the panther stopped short. The other animals halted as well, wondering what caused the panther to stop. The panther began to slowly move toward a place in the side of the sheer rock face that was slightly darker than the rest. As it drew closer, the panther stilled again and transformed into Laria. She motioned to the others to transform as well, and soon five girls standing there instead of five various animals.
"Look," Laria whispered, pointing to the darkened spot. The rest of Perth did as they were told, and saw that it was the enterance to a cave, so perfectly rounded it looked man made. But as they saw what was inside, the girls gasped in amazemant and horror.....
A/N- what'd you think? Its not very long, sorry about that. I'll try to have the next chappie up soon. please R/R!! ~Laria