Above All Else
Chapter Five: Jamie, Serena, Remona, and Petra
Here's my next chappie! I'm not sure, I might write one more chapter after this one. But tomorrow I'm leaving and I won't be back until Tuesday. J
Please R/R – I have no idea if ppl are reading this story unless it's reviewed. Any and all reviews are appreciated.
This chapter will be the beginning of the girls sixth year, starting at their arrival back to Hogwarts. They will be treated differently as a result of the article. Witness questions from Dumbledore, the press, and those who witnessed the events. ****coughjamessiriusremuscough**** Also, the girls finally do their prank only to have it backfire. Hence, the War of Pies continues!!!
DISCLAIMER: What you notice from any HP books/memorabilia belongs to the wonderful JKR, everything is under the ownership of moi!
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"Bloody hell! Right when I thought life wouldn't…" Lily began to say
"…And couldn't…" Daniella added thoughtfully
"…..get any weirder…." Lily interrupted
"…it does!" finished Charisma and Madison. The girls all laughed. They had a knack for finishing one another's sentences. The girls had just gotten back to Hogwarts earlier that day, anxious to see everyone again and catch up on what they had missed. The sight that had greeted them when they entered the Great Hall was not what they expected. The Gryffindors', Ravenclaws', and Hufflepuffs' stood up and applauded them for the most part. Some remained sitting with looks of shock on their faces, as though they expected them to all be dead regardless of what the Daily Prophet said. The Slytherins scowled at the four girls, while the staff remained motionless. Dumbledore smiled warmly at them with a twinkle in his eye. He stood up and immediately everyone quieted and returned to their seats.
"Ah, yes! Welcome back, welcome back! Congratulations for your most recent feat." At this the girls all blushed and averted their gaze to the floor. "Please do take your seats. And now… let the feast begin!"
The girls had reluctantly taken their seats at the end of the table, unfortunately near the Marauders. The boys all looked over the girls as if to make sure they were in fine working condition. Remus was the only one to speak, "Alright, Danni?" Daniella smiled warmly at him and nodded her head in assurance. "And the rest of you?" The other three grinned wearily and mumble a 'yes' in reply. Adella, Mia, Kirk, and Andy had also come over to see how they were doing. Adella started crying as she hugged them all, thanking them repeatedly for saving her life. The entire day had passed with everyone being extremely cautious around them. The girls were fed up with the strange treatment.
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"It's a relief they're alright… went through quite a lot, they did," Remus said gratefully.
"Yeah, I suppose you're right," mumbled Sirius.
"You suppose? Those girls just saved a bloody life…" Remus barked
"We know Moony. It's just we're worried that's all." James clarified
"Why are you worried. They seem to be quite fine," Peter said. At this the other boys eyed him skeptically, wondering what went through Peter's head sometimes.
"Of course they seem fine! They don't want to be treated so differently. I mean… they just stood up against bloody Voldemort! And did you see the wandless magic again? The red flash and the pain Evans caused that guy.." James was cut off by Sirius adding, "And then Flynn got this weird shock from the rest of them and screamed out some weird spell again and jumped IN FRONT of the curse, having it rebound back to him to some degree. It's just bloody weird!"
"I want to know just as much as you do what's going on, but they are in a tough spot, Padfoot," Remus said.
"We deserve to know what's going on," James whined.
"I say we go ask. All in favor raise their hand…" Sirius said, trying his best to send diplomatic. Sirius and James hands shot up. Remus kept his firmly down and all attention was turned to the smallest boy in the group.
"Well Wormtail? What's it gonna' be?"
Peter threw a sidelong look at Remus before timidly raising his hand. With James in the lead, the boys marched down the stairs to the Common Room. Lily and Daniella were doing homework, while Maddie read a book, and Charisma and Starla Spinnet (a fifth year) played Wizards Chess.
"Check and mate!" the pretty fifth year declared happily.
"How do you do that? There's got to be some trick to it.." Charisma pondered.
"There is Carrie… talent… pure talent," Daniella said laughingly looking up from her essay.
Lily, having seen the boys standing there, stood up to face James. "What do you want?" she said spitting out the last word.
"We want to talk to you four," James returned the gaze, while the others rolled their eyes.
"Fine. So talk."
"In private please"
"Insufferable git!"
"Pretentious priss!"
"Prick!"
"Skank!"
"Manwhore!"
"Severus Snape lover!"
"ENOUGH!" Remus yelled, to the surprise of the others who rarely saw the latter riled up. "Please girls, it's really important. James here just doesn't know how to ask." James shot Remus a look as Lily turned and smiled sweetly to him. "Sure thing, Rem!"
A few moments later the eight teens were all seated in a corner of the Common Room.
"Well… what is it?" Daniella asked impatiently. "You know… we've got two weeks of work to catch up on."
"Yes we know, woman!" Sirius said, earning him The Look from Daniella.
"Anyway, we were wondering if you could explain to us what happened that day at Diagon Alley." James said, earning a questioning glance from the girls. "You know with the wandless magic? And what was Voldemort talking about? Why does he want from you?" Lily and Daniella both glared, while Madison decided that maybe she should be the one to answer.
Always the one to keep sensible in times like this she calmly replied, "We are not at liberty to tell you. What happened back there is something we are not allowed to explain at this point in time. For that matter, we may never be able to explain. All we can hope, is that you'll understand and not question us. Lils, Danni, Carrie, and I are in a very erm…"
"…difficult.." supplemented Charisma.
"Yes…. Difficult. We are in a very difficult situation to explain. Given the circumstances we can clearly understand why you are curious, but we are unable to explain. Sorry for the confusion," Madison finished in a very professional tone. She nodded goodbye and dragged the other girls up the stairs to their dormitory, whispering all the while.
"Well that went well," said Peter
"Shut up," said James wearily. "Don't they get we are only trying to help? Evans doesn't have to be such a thorn."
"Same with Flynn! What is it with that Look she always gives me?" Sirius couldn't help but remember the way she saved that especially for him, even if it was a bad thing.
"You mean the one that means she loathes you more than any other human being?" Remus offered
"Shove it, Moony," moaned Sirius, while the others laughed.
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The following day, all eight Merlours and Marauders had Advanced Charms first period. The four girls could be seen passing a note the entire class. The Marauders, mainly James and Sirius, who sat two rows behind them were itching to know what it said.
"Prongsie, buddy, we need to get that note!"
"I know, I know, Padfoot. Do you have a dungbomb with you?"
"Surely! Never leave the house without one! But I was thinking we take a more direct approach, fogbomb and some Hair Taffy." The fogbomb, simply exploded into a thick mist, so that no one could see where they were going. Hair Taffy would explode on someone's head releasing a disgusting pink goo.
"Great. You drop the fogbomb while I throw the Hair Taffy and grab the note." Sure enough, moments later the note was kicked across the floor. In one swift movement, Sirius tossed a fogbomb off, sending the professor on a rampage just as James tossed some Hair Taffy at the back of the girls heads.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, that's a detention for each of you," the tiny Professor Flitwick cried. As much as he hated disciplining his students, he did not like to be interrupted in the middle of his demonstration on scenery enchantments.
"BLACK!"
"POTTER!"
"Ms. Evans! Ms. Flynn! Is the yelling really necessary?" Professor Flitwick said, trying to see his students through the receding fog.
"Yes, look at what those two hippogriffs did to our hair," cried Lily indignantly. As the fog cleared, the rest of the class tried to stifle their giggles. Exactly as planned, the girl's hair was covered in a pink concoction.
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Lils,
What did you think about that little rendezvous with the Press we just had?
If it wasn't for Dumbledore, I'm sure I would've boxed them all in the face.
I quote, "Why in the bloody hell aren't you dead?" C'mon! Aren't reporters supposed to have a bit more tact than that?
~Danni
Sirius and James, who were huddled in the boys dormitory, were reading the girls notes from earlier.
"I would've paid to see Flynn kick someone's arse, besides mine that is," Sirius smirked at the thought.
Don't worry about it Dan,
"Dan? Why does she get to call her that and not me?" Sirius cried indignantly.
"Shut up and read Padfoot," James sighed.
The reporter was a bloody imbecile, I mean, the woman gave Potter some competition.
"Hmph… I resent that!"
What's the big deal about it? Tons of people have done this sort of thing before. I thought Madison was going to burst into her usual form of mist (A/N: explained later!) I haven't seen her so pissed since she slapped Lestrange last year!
~Lils
"What the bloody hell are they talking about? Mist? And no one has ever done that! Of course it's a big deal!" James sighed at how naïve the girls could be sometimes.
Lils,
Tons of people haven't done that before, not since the time of Merlin actually! Haha… nice memory that was tho, when Mad slapped that asswipe Lestrange. C'mon Lils, Potter isn't that bad!
"At least someone appreciates me," James muttered
Black is way worse… way way way way worse. They may both be players, but at least James lets the girls he's dumping down easy. Manwhore… that's what Black is! Urgh! Why do I get so worked up talking about that git?
~Dan
"I am not worse! Manwhore? Me? Phh! And what did they mean the time of Merlin? These two just get more and more confusing!" Sirius yelled.
Dan,
Black is ten times better than Potter. At least Black has the decency to tell the girls he doesn't love them and that he's just in it for the snog. Potter's in it for the same thing… but he acts all romantic and shit and breaks their hearts, even if they are bimbos.
~Lils
"Hahaha! Whose the manwhore now?"
"Shut it Padfoot! At least I'm nice to them!"
Lils,
Black is worse, no matter what you say! That's not decency, that's using girls! Why are we talking about this? Back to the press… Dumbledore wants to talk to us in his office later… about the press thing. I think he knows 'bout us Lils.
~Dan
PS. Potter's better
Dan,
Dumbledore knows? Shit! We gotta talk to Care and Mad… what we need is a story, and a semi-believable one. I hate lying to him too, Dumbledore's so cool. We'll talk to Merl. You write to Care and I'll write to Mad!
~Lils
P.S. Black's better
P.P.S. The gits are up to something. They keep looking at us and snickering!
"Well! I think we've established I'm better!" Sirius exclaimed happily.
"No way! Flynn had much better points as to why I'm better!" James said back smirking.
"What are they talking about lying to Dumbledore for? And whose Merl?"
"Who knows? I think we need the invisibility cloak. We're doing some spying"
"Should we ask Moony and Wormtail?"
"Nah, good ol' Moony's too nice to do that, plus he's friends with Flynn and Evans. And Wormtail would make too much fuss over it."
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After dinner, the Merlours headed up to the Staff Table. Little did they know, two unruly black haired boys were following closely behind them hidden under the Invisibility Cloak.
"Excuse me, Professor Dumbledore?"
"Oh, hello Ms. Evans." The wise elderly man replied, "And you girls." He acknowledged the others also, each replying with a hello. "Please, follow me." He smiled and began walking away, through many corridors and up several flights of stairs.
"Lils, do you hear something?" Daniella asked her best friend, after hearing the repeat shuffling of feet and a muffled sound, that sounded much like someone whining.
"Yes, I was wondering about that," Lily replied. Madison and Charisma each nodded their heads to show they heard it too.
"It's probably James and Sirius under that cloak they always sneak out with," Madison said wisely.
"What cloak?" Charisma asked, becoming suddenly interested.
"Oh, an invisibility one. Last year when I was coming back from my herbology tutoring I heard voices and you know… did my 'thing'. (A/N: her thing will make sense later… it has to do with the powers) I saw the whole lot of them appear out from underneath it, heading off to do some prank in the kitchens," Madison explained.
"Why didn't you tell us? Their obviously following us, but how did they know?" Charisma asked.
"Slipped my mind," Madison replied.
"When they set off the fogbomb they must've grabbed the note Lils and I were passing. Oo.. I'll beat Black to a pulp!"
"Daniella! Calm down" Lily said, grabbing the former's arm. "Let them follow us. We'll just try and mislead them. Confuse them even more, that kind of thing." They all nodded in agreement, just as they reached the gargoyle.
Saying the password,("Chocolate frogs!") the girls ascended the steps to the Headmaster's office, where a handsome man looking to be in his mid-40s was standing. He reminded Lily of someone, she couldn't quite put her finger on who.
"Ah yes, I wanted to talk to you girls about Voldemort's attack," Dumbledore began. "This is Mr. William Potter, he's the Head Auror for the Ministry. Mr. Potter, this is Lily Evans, Daniella Flynn, Charisma Greene, and Madison Renaldi." Of course, Lily thought, he looks just like James. They all said shook Mr. Potter's hand and bid hello. Mr. Potter smiled at the girls his eyes resting on Lily for a moment.
"Yes, I've heard much about you. My son James talks about you all the time. It's nice to know that someone is able to prank him better than he can." Lily laughed at this comment. Somewhere, hidden by a cloak, James Potter was blushing madly as Sirius tried to contain himself.
Mr. Potter's eyes left Lily and rested on Daniella. "And you. I've heard great things about you. My brother and sister-in-law are very thankful for saving Adella. They go on and on about how wonderful you all are. However, the reason I've taken a liking to you Miss Flynn, is because you are the only person I have ever met who can tame Sirius Black. Wonderful lad he is, but terrible mischief." It was now Sirius' turn to blush. Daniella felt the color rising in her cheeks as Lily muttered, "Told you, you tame him."
Just then Dumbledore cleared his throat. Mr. Potter laughed. "Sorry Albus, forgot what I was doing here for a moment. Well girls, I have been studying the situation and have come to a conclusion. I realize you four have probably come here today with a story ready to be told." The girls all squirmed uncomfortably in their chairs. "The other ministry workers know nothing of the conclusions I have made. But when I wrote to Albus, or Professor Dumbledore to you, he seemed to have thought the same." The same thoughts were running through all the girls heads, What if they know? The next sentence verified their worst assumptions, "We know, or we think we know, that you are the Four." He watched the girls carefully, as did Dumbledore, and saw them all noticeably stiffen. Just then a voice through the air whispered It's Ok. At this the girls relaxed again, and smiled.
"Yes, you are correct in your assumptions. We are the Four. However, if possible, we would appreciate this being kept secret. Somehow, Voldemort already knows this. If this can't be kept quiet for long, we would at least like to wait until our Induction and training begins," Daniella said calmly.
"Yes, you're the One, are you not?" Daniella nodded at this.
"Don't worry. Your secret is indeed safe. Even if we wanted to publicize this, which we most certainly don't. The wizarding community would think we'd gone mad. I'm still finding this hard to believe myself. This hasn't been heard of for almost 2 milleniums," Mr. Potter rationalized. After five more minutes of discussion the Merlours left to head for their dormitories, forgetting that James and Sirius had heard the whole thing. Hidden by the cloak, the boys returned to their dormitory, wondering what this all meant and feeling slightly embarrassed by what Mr. Potter had said.
The next morning the boys awoke to find Charisma, Madison, Daniella, and Lily in their room.
"What in the bloody hell are you doing?" Sirius yelled, seeing as he had just gotten up with nothing but boxers on.
"McGonagall sent us in here to get you up. You overslept, it's 10 AM. Looks like someone forgot to set their alarm," Daniella said. Soon, the four boys were all up rushing to get dressed while the girls watched amusedly.
"Why don't you just get dressed by your Mirror?" Lily asked
"What do you mean, Evans? I'm not in the mood for jokes," James sneered.
"Well all you have to do is look at the Mirror and say Designo Synthesis Recido Quadriduum, but you all have to say it together because they are only programmed to do it once every morning. Merlin! Haven't you figured that out yet? We've been doing it the last five years," Charisma explained.
"How do we know your telling the truth?" asked James suspiciously.
"Fine, don't believe us! We'll show you. We can use the bathroom mirror to prove it," Lily said.
"Why not this one, Evans?" Sirius asked wearily.
"Because Black, we said already that you can only use each mirror once a day!" Daniella exclaimed. The girls went into the bathroom and yelled out the words. In a flash of red, the girls were then seen dressed in different outfits, but still with their robes on. Reluctantly the boys went to their mirror and uttered the words. Just after they said them, the girls sprinted from the room. The boys looked at eachother questioningly, then dropped their jaws.
"Oh shit!" Remus swore. The boys took off out of the Common Room after the girls. Although Lily and Danni were very fast, the other two weren't so quick, slowing down the whole group. Just as they entered the Great Hall they caught up with the girls who were yelling Mission: Drag Queen completed!. The girls burst out laughing, along with the rest of the Hogwarts population. Since it's 10 AM why aren't they in classes, you say? Because, the girls are genius'. They woke the boys up after changing the time on the clock, and programming the boys mirror to dress them, while making the bathroom mirror dress the girls in different school robes.
"Nice dress Black!"
"Sexy legs, Potter!"
"I'm lovin' the color on you, Lupin!"
"Pettigrew, I always knew your true feelings!"
Comments like those above rang out through the Great Hall that morning at breakfast. To their disgust, each of the boys was dressed in slinky silver and green dresses barely covering their bottoms. Each found they had a wig on their hair and their face was covered with many makeup products.
"EVANS!"
"FLYNN!"
"GREENE!"
"RENALDI!"
The four Marauders were screaming out the girls names chasing them around the Hall when Sirius suddenly stopped. He smirked, then whispered something to James, who whispered it to Remus and Peter. Sirius took out his wand and muttered "orchidus" three times, handing Peter and James a bouquet of flowers, and keeping one for themselves. James then took out his wand and muttered "Nox totalus". The lights in the Great Hall were turned off and invisible blinds pulled over the large windows. Next he yelled "Corusco argenteus". Instantly, a silver light shown down from the ceiling and landed on the boys.
"Sonorus," said Remus. "Welcome ladies and gentlemen, ghouls and guests, to the first ever Marauding Fashion Show! My name is Remona and I'll be hosting the event, this fine morning. First we have erm… Jamie modeling a lovely green camisole, hugging all the right curves. His lovely silver mini-skirt is all the rage in Paris and shows off those lovely legs." James, or Jamie walked down the isle blowing kisses at everyone, twirling all the while. "Next comes Petra, wearing a conforming tube top. The vertical silver and green stripes are sure to minimize that unwanted stomach weight. His shorts, or is that a belt? Anyway, his bottoms show off what junk is in your trunk." At this there was more laughter, as the nervous Peter did his best at walking down the 'runway' stopping every so often to strike a pose. "And last, but certainly not least, we have the stunning Serena, looking incredibly… erm sexy? Yes… sexy, in the tiny little green and silver polka-dot dress. This low cut number is sure to win any man's heart." Sirius pranced down the isle, twirling and then pausing to look over his shoulder and flutter his eyes at humiliated guys. While to most this would seem not very masculine, everyone (except the Slytherin's) found it extremely hilarious. "It takes a confident man to do that," muttered Daniella, her mouth twitching at the corners, while the latter hid her smile. As "Petra", "Jamie", and "Serena" were now at the end of the tables each curtsied to the Slytherins and handed Snape, Malfoy, and Lestrange a bouquet of flowers.
And so the joke turned out to be a success on both parts. While the girls did humiliate the boys at first, the Marauders took advantage of the situation as an opportunity to show off.
"They'll never learn… never," Lily sighed.
~~~~*****Author Notes****~~~~~
Done another chappie! Turned out to be my longest one yet, which surprised me! Hope you all enjoyed!
PLEASE REVIEW!
Designo Synthesis Recido Quadriduum – Designated clothing relapse after four days
Corusco Argenteus – Twinkling silver light
Don't know if I'll be able to post again before I leave. I don't think I'll have time.
I'll write again Tuesday I hope!
Luv always,
MissBlueEyes