Right, here's the 5th chapter! ^_^.
But she was past caring now, she learnt to accept the fact. And the fact was she had no one.
No one at all......
Chapter 5
WEI LAI XIN
Lily ignored the swooping of the owls and made her way to her first lesson, which happened to be Divination.
Lily recalled the insect-like Trelawney teacher as she walked to the North Tower, and immediately missed her old Divination teacher, Professor Kitts.
Professor Kitts could sense a strong power from Lily and recognised Lily immediately as the Lightporter. She was a true Seer and she really did have the Inner Eye.
And unfortunately, Lily didn't.
Lily remembered how impressed and jealous she was of Professor Kitts when she had her first Divination lesson. Professor Kitts told them their favourite colour and their name without looking at the register. She was always cheerful and predicted many happy events. Lily really missed her, Professor Kitts was Lily's favourite teacher next to Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher.
However, Lily had a distinct feeling that Professor Trelawney won't be like Professor Kitts a tiny bit.
Lily loved the North Tower, it was her second favourite spot at Hogwarts beside the library. The tower always carried a cheerful and excited atmosphere during the day when the light shines through the stain-glassed windows. And at night when the stars and the moon come out to play in the endless sky.
The North Tower, in Lily's opinion, was much better than the Astronomy Tower where the students never go up there for star-gazing, but make-out sessions instead.
She frowned at that thought. Lily couldn't believe how immature people can be. The beautiful Astronomy Tower was originally built for educational purposes. But people like James, Lily's frown deepened at the name. Decided to discard that intention and used it for other things such as snogging instead.
Lily was really worried now. Ever since she found out that James was the Head Boy, she had felt very insecure. It wasn't that she thought James would harm her or anything, it was more like a burden than fear. Lily knew James's reputation and often wondered how she - a nobody - will ever get along with an I'm-the-king-of-the-world kind of guy like James.
Lily chose to forget that concern for the time being, she had plenty of spare time to consider that point later. Right now, she has a lesson to attend to.
As she climbed up the rope ladder, the first view that greeted her was not the one she had expected.
The colourful stain-glass windows were removed and were replaced with translucent and plain glasses. The faint blue circular tables were changed into pearly coloured square desks. The once free and relaxing lilac carpet was now purely white. The whole room now looked much like a dream, just like Professor Trelawney.
Although the room looked peaceful and calm, Lily couldn't help but feel a longing to see the old colourful and welcoming room she had grown to love.
Lily shook off the thought, telling herself the world does not revolve around her, and seated herself at the very front, near one the windows and the teacher's desk.
She got everything out, her quill; book; homework agenda; and her very own crystal ball. Lily read "Fogging The Future" for ten minutes and then, her classmates began to arrive.
As usual, James and the Marauders came in last. Lily had finally learnt their names.
There was the round-faced, blue-eyes and blonde-headed Peter Pettigrew. He was very quiet and had the least amount of brains and courage compared to the others. Peter was basically a tagalong in the gang.
Next is the silent bookworm, Remus. Remus had delicate brown hair which swayed easily yet gracefully in the wind, his thoughtful grey eyes were flecked with a tiniest hint of brown, giving him the image of a mysterious yet beautiful young boy. The two faint black rings and the pale skin made Remus Lupin seems to be always exhausted but he also showed everyone who gets in his way that he was not a wimp. Remus was very nice and was very friendly to everyone except the Slytherins, Lily wondered how a beautiful, kind young boy such as Remus could hang around self-obsessed, ignorant jerks like Sirius and James.
Speaking of Sirius, he was definitely a womaniser. The sleek curled locks of midnight black hair was situated smugly on his head, a couple of stands fell stylishly in front of his face, making him look even more cuter and (as many girls might say) sexier. His ocean blue eyes seemed to be forever mischievous and his quirky soft lips made many girls swoon. As a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, his muscles were hard and strong and even though Sirius was a practical joker, you do not want to mess with him when he is angry.
They talked merrily and situated themselves at the very back of the classroom, near the door. Undoubtedly discussing about pranks.
Suddenly, James looked up at stared straight into Lily's eyes.
Lily was startled, wondering whether it was just a coincidence that James happened to look up and found her eyes at first glance.
James stared into Lily's eyes, noticing they were a deep emerald colour for the first time. He didn't mean to look at her but somehow, his eyes just found her. James had seen Lily in the library a lot, she never saw him because her eyes were always concentrated on a thick and most likely to be a boring book.
James also realised that Lily doesn't seem to have many friends. She never hangs around with anyone, just by herself. He now knew why he never took notice of her. It's because she never put herself in the centre of attention. She always sit at the most unnoticeable places, such as the view- blocked seat on the Gryffindor table, the rarely visited stool in the library and the table she was sitting at now.
James sighed as he noticed how baggy her robe seemed to be. Most girls liked to appear pretty and wear some skin-fitted clothes at least. But Lily didn't seem to have a sense of fashion whatsoever. Her pale skin wasn't covered with a faintest hint of make-up. James thought that she might be pretty if she tried, but sadly, she didn't.
James thought once again about what a freak Lily was, and was deeply disappointed at the thought of being stuck with her for at least five hours a week.
James thought it was extremely unfair. Why couldn't Dumbledore have chosen someone brainy AND pretty? Someone like Jessica Haliwell from Ravenclaw, or Poonam Patil from his own house. Heck! Even Dandra Liver from Slytherin will be better than Lily Evans.
Lily looked away, thinking about what happened. His brown eyes seemed to lose their deviousness when they looked at her, they seemed to be somehow ... somehow sad, somehow unhappy.
[Dumb you,] Lily thought, [of course he's unhappy! He doesn't want to work with you, he wanted his partner to be pretty, sexy!]
Lily shook her head in disgust, [god, I swear if he makes one single move on me. I'm going to be so mad. And if he thinks I'll just hop into bed with him, he'd better think again.]
Anyway, Lily and James were both exceptionally glad when the teacher came in.
Professor Trelawney stared at them through her thick glittery spectacles, and said in a dreamlike voice,
'Today, my children, we will be looking at crystal balls. I know many of you are already experienced in this but the method I'm going to show you will be most accurate and clear. But it is quite hard so please do not interrupt me and listen carefully.'
She levitated from the ground and glided towards her desk, where an average sized crystal ball emerged from thin air.
Once she had settled comfortably into her seat, she pulled a bottle of what seemed like water from her robes and placed it on the table. She then reached her right forefinger out and dipped it into the bottle. Then she gently rubbed her wet finger on the crystal ball.
'Now, this liquid I'm using is called 'Wei Lai Xin' which actually came from China, it means 'The Heart of the Future' and it is very powerful. One single dip can allow you to see into the future which will most likely to be set in ten years time. So please do not use too much because ... well, I do not know what will happen but all I know is that it will be very dangerous.'
Professor Trelawney then blew onto the part of the crystal she had rubbed and closed her eyes. The crystal ball lifted itself from the table and hovered in the air just in front of Professor Trelawney.
She placed her two jewellery-covered hands on top of the ball, the gap was very small.
She whispered in her most faraway voice,
'Whatever you do, my dears, DO NOT touch the crystal ball. Because that will take you to the future, not literally but you're mind and soul will be in the future. You cannot be destroyed or hurt. But you will feel the pain and the emotions you WILL be feeling. Arrrrrrrrr...'
Professor Trelawney seemed to see something and a smile appeared on her glittery face.
'Arrrrrrrr ... yes, yes.' She sighed blissfully. But then she opened her eyes and by using a cloth, she wiped the part where the 'Wei Lai Xin' had touched the crystal ball and put it down.
'Now, you'll be working in pairs. And I'll be the one who sort you.' Groans could be heard all over the class as she continued, taking no notice of them.
'Let's see...' she skimmed through the register and called out the names, 'Longbottom with Ms Roman; Quinton with Ms Philip; Black with Ms Evans; Lupin with Ms Figg; Potter with Ms Patil and Peter with Ms Turnip.'
Sirius gave his best friend an envious glance. Why did he have to be partnered with Lily Evans of all the people, it was just so not fair.
James just looked back coolly, but knowing him for so long, Sirius didn't miss the boastful and playful glint in his eyes.
Sirius knew what James was going to do. He was going to seduce Poonam, and get her to sleep with him. [God,] Sirius thought, [James and Evans are the Head Boy and Head Girl so they should work together. Great, Sirius, be prepared for a whole lessons of no-no-you-done-it-wrong's.]
Casting a final pleading glance to James, Sirius walked to Lily's table.
He adjusted his shoulders and held his head up high. He saw Lily look up and smile. [Well, she may be a geek, but at least she's friendly. I wonder why she hasn't got any friends.]
'Hi.' He muttered charmingly to her.
'Hi,' she answered gently.
[Ok, my charms aren't working. Hmmm ... I wonder why. She should be at my feet now.]
'So, do you wanna go first?' Sirius asked, presuming she doesn't even know what seduce means.
'Oh, no no! Please you can go!' Lily laughed softly.
[Errrrrrrrrrr ... did I say something funny? Coz I didn't make a joke. Right, she's weird.] Sirius thought, but kept quiet about it.
It took a while for Sirius to get ready and when he had done it, he was thoroughly shaken.
'What happened? What did you see?' Lily asked anxiously to Sirius who looked as if he just went through the Tunnel of Death.
'I saw ... I saw ... I saw......' it was very abnormal to see the brave and naughty Sirius act this way. And Lily decided not to pry.
'Do you want to sit down? It might help.' Lily helped Sirius to a stool and waited for five minutes until Sirius had calmed down.
'Sorry Lily. You can have your go now. Don't worry, I'm fine.' Sirius said to Lily though his voice was still kind of shaky.
Lily gave Sirius a concerned look, 'are you sure, I won't mind not going...'
'No no, it's alright. I'm ok now, I assure you.' Sirius gave Lily a wobbly smile.
Lily nodded uncertainly, still not believing him but heard that once Sirius' mind is made up, no one can change him.
She dipped her finger into the bottle and inhaled deeply, [here goes...]
She rubbed her finger on her crystal ball and blew on it. The ball levitated right before her.
Lily lifted both of her hands and placed it just on top of the crystal ball. She was just about to close her eyes when she heard...
'James, you pervert!!!'
Lily turned her head around at the noise but she didn't notice that her hands were enclosing onto the crystal ball.
'LILY!!! STOP!!!' An alarmed voice broke through the air...
That was the last thing Lily heard before her hands touched the crystal ball.
Her shriek rang loudly in the silent classroom...
And then she blacked out.......
A/N ok, how was that? You have got to review, I only got 2 reviews for my last chapter ~_~. I'm gonna tell you what Lily saw in the next chapter but believe me, it will be quite weird. Ok I'm not gonna say anymore but plz plz PLZ review. thanx. Bye!!!
But she was past caring now, she learnt to accept the fact. And the fact was she had no one.
No one at all......
Chapter 5
WEI LAI XIN
Lily ignored the swooping of the owls and made her way to her first lesson, which happened to be Divination.
Lily recalled the insect-like Trelawney teacher as she walked to the North Tower, and immediately missed her old Divination teacher, Professor Kitts.
Professor Kitts could sense a strong power from Lily and recognised Lily immediately as the Lightporter. She was a true Seer and she really did have the Inner Eye.
And unfortunately, Lily didn't.
Lily remembered how impressed and jealous she was of Professor Kitts when she had her first Divination lesson. Professor Kitts told them their favourite colour and their name without looking at the register. She was always cheerful and predicted many happy events. Lily really missed her, Professor Kitts was Lily's favourite teacher next to Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher.
However, Lily had a distinct feeling that Professor Trelawney won't be like Professor Kitts a tiny bit.
Lily loved the North Tower, it was her second favourite spot at Hogwarts beside the library. The tower always carried a cheerful and excited atmosphere during the day when the light shines through the stain-glassed windows. And at night when the stars and the moon come out to play in the endless sky.
The North Tower, in Lily's opinion, was much better than the Astronomy Tower where the students never go up there for star-gazing, but make-out sessions instead.
She frowned at that thought. Lily couldn't believe how immature people can be. The beautiful Astronomy Tower was originally built for educational purposes. But people like James, Lily's frown deepened at the name. Decided to discard that intention and used it for other things such as snogging instead.
Lily was really worried now. Ever since she found out that James was the Head Boy, she had felt very insecure. It wasn't that she thought James would harm her or anything, it was more like a burden than fear. Lily knew James's reputation and often wondered how she - a nobody - will ever get along with an I'm-the-king-of-the-world kind of guy like James.
Lily chose to forget that concern for the time being, she had plenty of spare time to consider that point later. Right now, she has a lesson to attend to.
As she climbed up the rope ladder, the first view that greeted her was not the one she had expected.
The colourful stain-glass windows were removed and were replaced with translucent and plain glasses. The faint blue circular tables were changed into pearly coloured square desks. The once free and relaxing lilac carpet was now purely white. The whole room now looked much like a dream, just like Professor Trelawney.
Although the room looked peaceful and calm, Lily couldn't help but feel a longing to see the old colourful and welcoming room she had grown to love.
Lily shook off the thought, telling herself the world does not revolve around her, and seated herself at the very front, near one the windows and the teacher's desk.
She got everything out, her quill; book; homework agenda; and her very own crystal ball. Lily read "Fogging The Future" for ten minutes and then, her classmates began to arrive.
As usual, James and the Marauders came in last. Lily had finally learnt their names.
There was the round-faced, blue-eyes and blonde-headed Peter Pettigrew. He was very quiet and had the least amount of brains and courage compared to the others. Peter was basically a tagalong in the gang.
Next is the silent bookworm, Remus. Remus had delicate brown hair which swayed easily yet gracefully in the wind, his thoughtful grey eyes were flecked with a tiniest hint of brown, giving him the image of a mysterious yet beautiful young boy. The two faint black rings and the pale skin made Remus Lupin seems to be always exhausted but he also showed everyone who gets in his way that he was not a wimp. Remus was very nice and was very friendly to everyone except the Slytherins, Lily wondered how a beautiful, kind young boy such as Remus could hang around self-obsessed, ignorant jerks like Sirius and James.
Speaking of Sirius, he was definitely a womaniser. The sleek curled locks of midnight black hair was situated smugly on his head, a couple of stands fell stylishly in front of his face, making him look even more cuter and (as many girls might say) sexier. His ocean blue eyes seemed to be forever mischievous and his quirky soft lips made many girls swoon. As a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, his muscles were hard and strong and even though Sirius was a practical joker, you do not want to mess with him when he is angry.
They talked merrily and situated themselves at the very back of the classroom, near the door. Undoubtedly discussing about pranks.
Suddenly, James looked up at stared straight into Lily's eyes.
Lily was startled, wondering whether it was just a coincidence that James happened to look up and found her eyes at first glance.
James stared into Lily's eyes, noticing they were a deep emerald colour for the first time. He didn't mean to look at her but somehow, his eyes just found her. James had seen Lily in the library a lot, she never saw him because her eyes were always concentrated on a thick and most likely to be a boring book.
James also realised that Lily doesn't seem to have many friends. She never hangs around with anyone, just by herself. He now knew why he never took notice of her. It's because she never put herself in the centre of attention. She always sit at the most unnoticeable places, such as the view- blocked seat on the Gryffindor table, the rarely visited stool in the library and the table she was sitting at now.
James sighed as he noticed how baggy her robe seemed to be. Most girls liked to appear pretty and wear some skin-fitted clothes at least. But Lily didn't seem to have a sense of fashion whatsoever. Her pale skin wasn't covered with a faintest hint of make-up. James thought that she might be pretty if she tried, but sadly, she didn't.
James thought once again about what a freak Lily was, and was deeply disappointed at the thought of being stuck with her for at least five hours a week.
James thought it was extremely unfair. Why couldn't Dumbledore have chosen someone brainy AND pretty? Someone like Jessica Haliwell from Ravenclaw, or Poonam Patil from his own house. Heck! Even Dandra Liver from Slytherin will be better than Lily Evans.
Lily looked away, thinking about what happened. His brown eyes seemed to lose their deviousness when they looked at her, they seemed to be somehow ... somehow sad, somehow unhappy.
[Dumb you,] Lily thought, [of course he's unhappy! He doesn't want to work with you, he wanted his partner to be pretty, sexy!]
Lily shook her head in disgust, [god, I swear if he makes one single move on me. I'm going to be so mad. And if he thinks I'll just hop into bed with him, he'd better think again.]
Anyway, Lily and James were both exceptionally glad when the teacher came in.
Professor Trelawney stared at them through her thick glittery spectacles, and said in a dreamlike voice,
'Today, my children, we will be looking at crystal balls. I know many of you are already experienced in this but the method I'm going to show you will be most accurate and clear. But it is quite hard so please do not interrupt me and listen carefully.'
She levitated from the ground and glided towards her desk, where an average sized crystal ball emerged from thin air.
Once she had settled comfortably into her seat, she pulled a bottle of what seemed like water from her robes and placed it on the table. She then reached her right forefinger out and dipped it into the bottle. Then she gently rubbed her wet finger on the crystal ball.
'Now, this liquid I'm using is called 'Wei Lai Xin' which actually came from China, it means 'The Heart of the Future' and it is very powerful. One single dip can allow you to see into the future which will most likely to be set in ten years time. So please do not use too much because ... well, I do not know what will happen but all I know is that it will be very dangerous.'
Professor Trelawney then blew onto the part of the crystal she had rubbed and closed her eyes. The crystal ball lifted itself from the table and hovered in the air just in front of Professor Trelawney.
She placed her two jewellery-covered hands on top of the ball, the gap was very small.
She whispered in her most faraway voice,
'Whatever you do, my dears, DO NOT touch the crystal ball. Because that will take you to the future, not literally but you're mind and soul will be in the future. You cannot be destroyed or hurt. But you will feel the pain and the emotions you WILL be feeling. Arrrrrrrrr...'
Professor Trelawney seemed to see something and a smile appeared on her glittery face.
'Arrrrrrrr ... yes, yes.' She sighed blissfully. But then she opened her eyes and by using a cloth, she wiped the part where the 'Wei Lai Xin' had touched the crystal ball and put it down.
'Now, you'll be working in pairs. And I'll be the one who sort you.' Groans could be heard all over the class as she continued, taking no notice of them.
'Let's see...' she skimmed through the register and called out the names, 'Longbottom with Ms Roman; Quinton with Ms Philip; Black with Ms Evans; Lupin with Ms Figg; Potter with Ms Patil and Peter with Ms Turnip.'
Sirius gave his best friend an envious glance. Why did he have to be partnered with Lily Evans of all the people, it was just so not fair.
James just looked back coolly, but knowing him for so long, Sirius didn't miss the boastful and playful glint in his eyes.
Sirius knew what James was going to do. He was going to seduce Poonam, and get her to sleep with him. [God,] Sirius thought, [James and Evans are the Head Boy and Head Girl so they should work together. Great, Sirius, be prepared for a whole lessons of no-no-you-done-it-wrong's.]
Casting a final pleading glance to James, Sirius walked to Lily's table.
He adjusted his shoulders and held his head up high. He saw Lily look up and smile. [Well, she may be a geek, but at least she's friendly. I wonder why she hasn't got any friends.]
'Hi.' He muttered charmingly to her.
'Hi,' she answered gently.
[Ok, my charms aren't working. Hmmm ... I wonder why. She should be at my feet now.]
'So, do you wanna go first?' Sirius asked, presuming she doesn't even know what seduce means.
'Oh, no no! Please you can go!' Lily laughed softly.
[Errrrrrrrrrr ... did I say something funny? Coz I didn't make a joke. Right, she's weird.] Sirius thought, but kept quiet about it.
It took a while for Sirius to get ready and when he had done it, he was thoroughly shaken.
'What happened? What did you see?' Lily asked anxiously to Sirius who looked as if he just went through the Tunnel of Death.
'I saw ... I saw ... I saw......' it was very abnormal to see the brave and naughty Sirius act this way. And Lily decided not to pry.
'Do you want to sit down? It might help.' Lily helped Sirius to a stool and waited for five minutes until Sirius had calmed down.
'Sorry Lily. You can have your go now. Don't worry, I'm fine.' Sirius said to Lily though his voice was still kind of shaky.
Lily gave Sirius a concerned look, 'are you sure, I won't mind not going...'
'No no, it's alright. I'm ok now, I assure you.' Sirius gave Lily a wobbly smile.
Lily nodded uncertainly, still not believing him but heard that once Sirius' mind is made up, no one can change him.
She dipped her finger into the bottle and inhaled deeply, [here goes...]
She rubbed her finger on her crystal ball and blew on it. The ball levitated right before her.
Lily lifted both of her hands and placed it just on top of the crystal ball. She was just about to close her eyes when she heard...
'James, you pervert!!!'
Lily turned her head around at the noise but she didn't notice that her hands were enclosing onto the crystal ball.
'LILY!!! STOP!!!' An alarmed voice broke through the air...
That was the last thing Lily heard before her hands touched the crystal ball.
Her shriek rang loudly in the silent classroom...
And then she blacked out.......
A/N ok, how was that? You have got to review, I only got 2 reviews for my last chapter ~_~. I'm gonna tell you what Lily saw in the next chapter but believe me, it will be quite weird. Ok I'm not gonna say anymore but plz plz PLZ review. thanx. Bye!!!
