The Princess and the Pauper

One is a spoiled, rich brat from a muggle family. The other, a poor yet satisfied pauper that comes from a wizarding family. Could they ever meet and… fall in love? Not your average Cinderella story, I promise you!

Kay, people, I just want to say a few things about the new characters. Namely, Chaos. Chaos is like Sirius in the way that her name is the opposite of her personality. Sirius usually isn't serious, and Remus is usually level-headed. Chaos is like Remus. I'm just finding it very hard to write about a calm, collected person, as I am definitely not calm or collected. My friends think, and I agree, that I should be in an asylum, just because of my level of hyperness. Got that? Good. Rhiannon is just Rhiannon… one of those over-dramatic people. Then Electra is an in-between. She's not as loud and outgoing as Rhiannon, but she isn't as reserved as Chaos. Do you kinda get that? If not, oh well, you will eventually.

Silversickle17- If you think Chaos is like me, I think you're the one who should get your head checked. Hel-lo! We're talking a Remus-like character, here, not a Sirius-like character. Who would you compare me to more? Remus or Sirius? (y'know, your usual stereo-typed Sirius and Remus) That was a MUCH better review. Hehee the third book was pretty good. I think JK should write the Lily and James books, don't you? That's be sooo awesome. Or, better yet, hand the writing over to ME! With the necessary information to write such a story, of course. Then again, my whole plot (which hasn't surfaced yet) would be down the drain.

Taracollowen- Oh, you'll be surprised what's gunna happen at the beginning of third year ::snickers uncontrollably:: I just have a question for you. Was the Care of Magical Creatures teacher name Kettleburn or Kettlebottom? I think it was burn, but I can't be certain. I'm glad you like Chaos.

Hyper Princess- she's already had all of first year to cope with it, mesa supposes. I would SO totally spend my time on the roof if I could, or running around the castle like a maniac. Or both. Wait, not LIKE a maniac. I AM a maniac. Kay, sorry, I'll finish these responses so I can write the chapter.

Princess Gin-Gin- Erm, aside from the L/J, I'm sorry. But I congratulate you on remembering Kora. No one else did ::pouties:: I'll probably end up reading your fic anyway… after I'm done with all the good L/J ones I can find ::dreamy gaze:: I LUV L/J fics. Thank you!

Sailor Capricorn- ::eyes bug out of head:: you remembered Kora, and paired her properly! Sh, I didn't say that. Sorry that the others are wrong :-P hehee. Shingo's Eyes… I'll have ta read that one.

Ashlynn Black- thumbs up on the first two!

Lily Evans- yep, they are for now. Tankies! Glad ya like Chaos.

Lily Evans Potter- Did I mention Hogwarts, a History? At any rate, there have more than likely been several revisions to it (I know for a fact there have been), so it could be very likely that a new version came out shortly after the ceiling was changed. No problem nit-picking, that makes for fun debates via reviews/replies! I love debating. Yes, that would throw a twist on the story, but we'll see how things proceed ;-)

Sierra Sitruc- hey girl, tis no problem you didn't get it. I've been reading at least one of your fics anyway. Thanks, and I will!

Apollonia- oopsies, sorry 'bout that. I thought it was Mr. Weasley for some reason… I better go back and read the books before #5 comes out! And thanks.

Saphire- tankies!

Hazeleyez- thanks, I most certainly will.

Sailorartemis2000- here's more!

Kit Cloudkicker- I put some reasons for Binah dying somewhere in the last chappie… and Lily's parentage is a major part of the fic, so it will eventually come out. I just need to think of who her daddy is gunna be. Two major things have to happen first.

Clavel- I think it's silly that people would just follow other people's opinion of other people… but unfortunately they do. Luckily, there's usually at least one person around like Chaos or your friend or… well, me, I guess. I don't really go out of my way to introduce myself to new people (the 'popular' kids beat me to it) but I hold nothing against their records. It only bugs me when they have a majorly bad attitude because of what people think. There is one girl in a few of my classes that I've tried talking to, but she just shuts herself off from everyone else.

DragonRoyalty- I LOVE watching Irish Step Dancing, but I know next to nothing about it's history or anything, and my parents can't afford to let me do lessons on top of tap, jazz and ballet. Maybe you could help? I want it to be a pretty big thing in later years, but I don't want all the information to be wrong. Erm, is it all right if I e-mail you with my plans and you could help me refine them to match everything you know? If it is, could you just tell me in a review? All it has to say is 'okay' or something, no worries. I'm glad that you did review, it means a lot to me.

Gwen Ella Rosadora- Hey! Thanks! I'm glad you like the speed. Thanks again, and I will!

TGWIOWHP- I like that name, Tgwiowhp. She had ta die cuz she had ta die. Don't worry, you can't call me anything to cause me to slaughter you. I'm very calm when it comes to name calling ;-) Actually, Chaos isn't Remus's opposite, she's his same. Do ya get my drift? No? too bad for you! :-P

Anneliese- I know long chapters aren't bad, but from me before now, they've been unusual. If you don't get what I'm saying, you should go to my website to read 'Rini Hood.' It WAS a SM/Robin Hood cross-over, but I didn't feel like working on it any more and only two of my friends ever reviewed it, so I didn't have encouragement to go on. Oh well! I'm glad you like my writing style! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. I'm happy that you think my stories are cool! My brother is looking at me funny 'cause I'm smiling. Hehe can you really hear Sirius saying that? I could. Hehehe he did need a kick, didn' he? I decided he wasn't being mean enough for my taste, so I am bringin' him in! mwahahaha… the thing about the first quote (where Sirius mentions schoolwork), did you like it 'cause it was totally normal that somebody would hate schoolwork, or that he mentioned he actually cared about it? I'm trying not to make my characters too much like the stereo-types they've been given, such as Sirius only pulling pranks and getting detentions. I find it unlikely that anyone would do that. Yes, it is ominous for the Slytherins… mwahahahaha! (when I first wrote that, it came out 'mwagagaga' because I accidentally had my finger on the 'g' key.) It is sad, isn't it? the summer is going to be sadder. Thanks for the compliment to my writing in general!

Emma- you only got one right in the second set of guesses, baka. Heheheeeeeeeeee

Jellybean Oasis- thanks, and I'm glad you like Chaos! I'm going to make one Gryffindor completely evil in an underhanded way… and it most likely won't be who you expect! (not naming anyone ::coughPETERcough:: who you would expect. It's going to be another character.)

Ezma- holy jesus girl, hold your horses! Wait, you haven't got any. YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL?!?! ARE YOU INSANE!?!? WE DEFINITELY DO NOT GO TO A HOGWARTS, WHICH WOULD BE EXCUSABLE TO WANT TO GO BACK, BUT BACK TO OUR JAIL? CRAZY, MENTAL PERSON ALERT! THE GIRL WANTS TO GO BACK TO EVIL MRS. FOSTER! AHHHHHHHH!

Tgwiowhp- Why are you banned from fluff? I didn't think Usa's Destinies was fluffy at all, especially compared to other things I've read. I tend not to write much in the romance department, and the summer in that is going to be simply crazy. And you can only read G? So no PG? Is this a parent-imposed ban? How can they decide? Well, I'm glad you can still read this…

Lady Knight of Kennan- thanks! I'm really sorry, but I'm not going to be able to say anything incredibly witty right now. I'm tired! Sorry to say, but you only got one pairing right (and guess which one… hm… could it be… LJ?) but good guesses! You left out Peter, though. Night…

AngelStar88- All your questions will be answered soon, no worries. I actually have a plot going here, connected with a seemingly minor thing that's come up… ::cough:: anyhow, I'm stealing that same plot for another story (my own and not even borrowing characters from anyone) I'm working on. Maybe if it's good enough, I can get it published! Well, one can dream… thanks for reading.

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After Lily had shown Chaos through a mind-boggling assortment of passages leading to the Great Hall, the latter was called over to sit with the other second year Gryffindors. The former sighed and assumed her usual place, alone, at the end of the table farthest away from the teachers and facing the rest of the hall. Very few people noticed her when she was there: the seat was practically in the corner, and shadows were thrown over her figure.

This seating arrangement was probably why nobody ever figured out just whom it was that played the prank on the Slytherins…

It was about halfway through the meal, and Lily had pulled out her wand as she sipped some of her water. She grinned evilly and whispered a few quick words, accompanied by some wrist flicks. The food at the Slytherin table spontaneously combusted, and a flock of sea gulls was stuck to the benches where the Slytherins had been seated. They weren't just any sea gulls, though. They were fluorescent green and hot pink striped, with bright purple polka dots over that, and they were all singing a very bad rendition of 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' in a round.

The student body began laughing, as did several of the teachers (Professor Flitwick, who had replaced Ki, Professor Kettleburn, who was the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, the Defense Against Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrel, and Professor Vector were among these). Dumbledore was chuckling softly as he stood and announced, "I would appreciate whoever did this to remove the spells, please."

An owl swooped in and dropped a letter on his head. He read it quickly and added, "Never mind."

Lily smiled. In newspaper letters, she had written a short message: The spell will wear off on its own.

It was a very slow wearing off process. The first thing to happen was the Slytherins resuming their natural form, still pink, green and purple and singing, though, and glued to their seats. They stopped singing, but couldn't eat as the food was on fire, soon after that. They came unstuck from their seats as the meal ended, and all sprinted out of the Hall as quickly as they could. The strange coloring hadn't worn off yet.

She fell asleep that night to the whisperings of Chaos, Electra and Rhiannon, who were wondering just who had pulled that prank on the Slytherins, and the quiet, stifled sobs of Bella and Kora. This worried Lily. She hoped that the other girls would be able to recover from their friend's death soon, or they would be merely the shells of the people they once were.

In the boys' dormitories, a similar discussion went on until they were very drowsy, but a remark from Sirius brought everyone back to reality with a THUMP!

"So, Remus, where do you go for your transformations? You know, on the full moons."

"WHAT?" James, Dung, and Peter hissed. Remus turned white.

"You hadn't figured it out yet? Remus here is a werewolf," Sirius yawned, rolling over.

"Is that true, Remus?" James asked the very white boy.

"No," came the too-quick response.

"You know, it is," Dung said slowly, piecing everything together. Peter wisely remained silent. He hadn't been Remus's friend for very long, hadn't had the opportunity to figure it out on his own.

Remus moaned and buried his face in his hands. "I wasn't allowed to tell anyone, and I thought you wouldn't figure it out," he mumbled from behind them.

"We don't care, Remus," Peter assured him. "And we won't tell anyone. Will we, guys?"

"No, no, we won't tell anyone," the other three assured him.

Remus smiled weakly, "Thanks. I didn't want to end up hated, like Snape, or Malfoy, or Evans… is she really that bad?" He had been quick to turn the subject away from himself.

"We won't know until Chaos can figure it out," James shrugged. "I suggest we don't interfere. Might set us back."

"True," Sirius said ponderously, "but we wouldn't want Chaos to become to attached to the girl if we just find out that she is still a first-class snob."

"For all you know, you could have a pre-arranged marriage with her," Dung reminded. "Now, how would you feel about that?"

Sirius shuddered. "Please, don't even THINK about that. But I still think we shouldn't let Chaos spend TOO much time with Evans. It could be disastrous."

"Since when do we use such big words in our vocabulary?" Remus put in.

"Since Sirius decided to?" Peter suggested. They all laughed, said good night, and went to sleep.

Lily awoke at around one in the morning, and though extremely drowsy, could not return to sleep. So she fetched her broom from her trunk and, taking a blanket and pillow, flew to roll up on the roof. She would've climbed, but couldn't trust herself not to fall due to how tired she was. She drew her diary out from the pillow, and began writing.

I think that whatever the others are up to, it involves Chaos. She seemed nice and grateful when I dropped through that window and nearly tripped over her, but there has to be some type of plot lying underneath it all. I'll find out later, I guess. For now, I'll just let things continue and stay alert.

Or maybe I'm just being over-suspicious. Who knows? But I'm very… tired…

Lil E.

She has just managed to scribble out her name before she fell asleep. It was lucky that she didn't move at all when she slept, or else she could've fallen off the roof. But Lily was a light, quiet, and still sleeper. So she remained safe.

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The week proceeded with Chaos alternately being pushed towards Lily and pulled away by all her other friends. It was getting very annoying for everyone, Chaos and Lily for their lives being interfered with, and the other four girls for having to control their friend so much.

It was a relief when Quidditch tryouts were announced at lunch on a Friday. They would be held the next day, and Gryffindor would be looking for a seeker, a keeper, two chasers and two beaters. For some reason, Molly had been left alone on the team, therefore being the captain. Several of the players had graduated (the chasers, keeper, and one of the beaters) while the others decided to salvage their limbs over the 'joy' of playing Quidditch. They really hadn't wanted to.

So, Saturday rolled around, and Lily (who was currently allowed to be friends with Chaos) was dragged down to the pitch to try out.

"Position you want to try out for?" Molly said, a clipboard in hand.

"Beater," Lily responded promptly.

"Bea-" the older girl began writing down the position, then took a closer look at Lily. "No way. You couldn't handle one of those clubs or the bludgers."

"How do you know?" Lily retorted hotly.

"You can't. Will it be seeker, keeper or chaser?"

"BEATER!" Lily insisted.

"Right o, then! Seeker it is!" Molly cheerfully waved Lily over to a very short line in which James Potter also waited.

Lily huffed over and stood with her arms crossed, broom on the ground. "Why do you look so mad?" James asked.

"First off, I didn't even want to be here. Second off, if I had to be here I wanted to be a beater. Third off…" she looked at him and finished, "why am I even talking to you?"

James was about to respond when Molly called everyone to attention. "Let's set up a scrimmage." She proceeded to divide them into two teams. Lily was thankful that she was placed on the second shift.

She watched the players from the ground with a critical eye. James seemed to be a very good seeker, especially since he'd just made the other one crash into the ground and then caught the Snitch. Molly congratulated him, but ordered the others to play for a bit longer. Sirius seemed like a very good beater, and so did that seventh-year on the other team. Neither of the current keepers was doing very well, and none of the chasers were very good either.

They switched places, and Lily was now a Seeker. Great. Now I can make myself look like a complete fool!

It wasn't too awful for her, but still very embarrassing. The snitch had been just above her head when the other seeker caught it. Lily thankfully landed and watched, realizing that the possible chasers would be Rhiannon and Electra, while the best keeper had to have been Dung. None of the other second years had tried out.

"I've seen enough from beaters, chasers and keepers," Molly announced. "Now I'd like to see the seekers once more." Obediently the four trying out for the seeker position stood forward while all the rest left. "I'm going to try you all and see who is the quickest and has the best eye," she informed the four. "The first thing you need to do is try to find as many of the Gryffindor neckties as you can. They're hidden all around here. The only catch is, you need to do it within the time limit: you have thirty seconds to survey the land without moving, and then one minute to collect as many of the neck ties as you've seen. The speed is getting to the ones you see while you wait to start; if someone else beats you to it, it's theirs.

"Are you all ready?" Everyone nodded. "Then begin!"

For thirty seconds, Lily struggled to spot any of the neckties. She only found one. James, however, had seen ten earlier while he was waiting for the second scrimmage to end, and had now spotted an additional twenty.

"Five… four… three… two… one… MOUNT UP!" Molly said as the time wound down. The four jumped on their brooms and were off, snatching up all the neckties they could. When the captain once again began a countdown, they gave a last search for red and gold before landing. "How many do you all have?"

The older boys trying out both had ten, Lily had five (she'd seen a few more while heading to the one she'd first glimpsed) and James had fifty. Everyone stared at him with his or her jaws dragging on the ground. How on Earth had he managed to get so many?

Molly told them all to go on their way, and decisions would be posted the next day.

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Lily tried to bring Chaos onto the roof with her to talk, but Chaos was afraid of heights. Lily ended up sitting there on her own, murmuring to herself. "Why couldn't Molly just let me try out for beater? I'd think that if I couldn't handle it, I'd be able to judge for myself. I guess I can try next year, seeing as how the new beaters are most likely going to be Sirius and that seventh year… the stupid seeker tryouts were so embarrassing! I knew I couldn't be a seeker, but would she listen? No! Gr…" She continued to rant in this manner until a head popped out of the window below her.

"Lily? Are you up there?" It was Chaos, craning her neck to try and see the other girl. 

"Yes," Lily responded, poking her head into the other girl's line of vision. "Come on up."
"No way," Chaos protested. "You come down here!"
"You're the one that wants to talk to me," Lily pointed out.
"So? I'm afraid of heights."
Shaking her head sadly, Lily leaned forward with her wand extended. "I'll apologize now and hope you won't hold me accountable for my actions. Wingardium Leviosa!"
Chaos, screaming in fright and indignation, scrambled back from the edge of the roof the moment she landed. "Never, ever, ever, do that to me again," she panted.
"Well, you wanted to talk, so talk!" Lily invited.
"I was going to drag you down to supper and make you eat, but I'm not so sure I want to no," Chaos muttered resentfully.
"Good, because I'm not hungry," Lily responded smugly.
Chaos grinned wickedly. "For that, you've earned yourself your shoes! Accio Lily's shoes!" The shoes flew out the window and bonked her on the head. "Ouch! Anyway, now you're coming with me, and you are going to eat."
"But-"
Holding up a finger, Chaos stemmed her protests. "No buts about it! We're going, and that's that." She paused for a moment, and then looking a bit uncomfortable, added, "I know this isn't the best way to complete a kidnapping, but… how do you get down from here?"
Lily threw her head back and completely howled with laughter. When she'd calmed down a bit, she managed to squeeze out, "We can go…" she giggled here, "across the roof…" more giggling, "this is…" giggles, "hopeless. Just…" yep, you guessed it, more giggles! "follow me." Chaos dubiously followed Lily across the roof, thinking about how maybe it wasn't so bad once you got past the edge. Seeing as how she just didn't like the climbing up part, maybe she could make a rope ladder or something to help her… no! She was NOT going to make running across the roof a daily event.
Kora, Bella, Electra and Rhiannon called Chaos over when the two roof runners appeared in the hall, and Lily once again sat in her seat. The Slytherins were still green and pink striped, although the purple polka dots had worn off and the green was fading away. She wished more people could know it had been her that had done it, but who would believe her? Among the students, the 'Marauders,' or James, Sirius, Peter, Remus and Dung, had always taken credit for every prank that was pulled if the real prankster wasn't them and didn't claim it. They usually avoided letting teachers find out who had done the tricky task, as it resulted in a detention and took away from their studying, planning, and exploring time. 
Nothing happened during the meal, except for the fact that the Slytherins now wore only hot pink stripes.
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James stood in front of the notice board in the common room the next day. He couldn't believe his luck! The message he was looking at read:
Gryffindor Quidditch Team Roster
Captain: Molly Taylor- fifth year
Chasers: Molly Taylor- fifth year
	Electra Tejada- second year

Bronwyn Zsa Zsa Talia Giselle Letitia Ninnette Samala Elnore Aurelia Regina Kamilan Umeko Gabrielle Morgan (Rhiannon) Matuschanskayasky- second year

"They forgot 'the third'!" Rhiannon complained when she read this.

"Forget it, Rhi," Electra said, patting her friend's arm.

Beaters: Arthur Weasley- seventh year

Sirius Black- second year

"The lord save us all," Peter whispered fervently, crossing himself. "They've given Sirius a broomstick, and club, and a very heavy ball."

"I'm not THAT bad," Sirius insisted, hitting Peter lightly on the head with his astronomy assignment. Peter just stuck his tongue out at him.

Keeper: Mundungus Fletcher- second year

"Who's that?" James asked. "Oh yeah, that's Dung."

"Meanie," Dung responded.

Seeker: James Potter- second year

Reserves

Chasers: Alexander Flemmingham- fourth year

Alexandra Flemmingham- fourth year

Alex Flemmingham- fourth year

"Triplets all called Alex?" Remus asked. "Someone's parents must've been bored."

Beaters: Rupert Grint- sixth year

Isaac Newton- third year

Keeper: Shirley Temple- fifth year

Seeker: Jack Frost- seventh year

"Why are all those names familiar?" Lily asked Chaos.

"Because they're in our house?" Chaos suggested hopefully.

"No, that's not it…"

If you're still wondering why James was considering himself lucky, it was because he had made it on the team, along with all his friends that had tried out.

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The months whizzed by, and soon it was Christmas time. Peter had gone to Sirius's house with Sirius, and Dung, Remus and James had all returned to their respective homes. Bella had invited Rhiannon to stay with her, and Kora had invited Electra. Chaos had insisted that she'd much rather stay at Hogwarts than 'intrude upon your families' Christmases. I'll just expect lots of presents from you.' The truth was, she was staying for Lily.

Lily still wasn't going home. It hadn't even come close to entering her mind to. She was perfectly content at Hogwarts with Chaos.

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Bad stopping place, but I wanted to post this. Sorry for how long it took to get this out, but I had no comp. time for a while there.

R&R!