October swept in with a vengeance bringing the worst fall anyone could
remember. Wind, rain, hail, thunder, lightning, snow, and just about any
other weather you could think of. It was so bad that all outdoor classes
had to he moved inside, and the Great Hall had to be Transfigured for
Quidditch use. Far too quickly, Halloween came.
Lily was sitting with Elsa, Danielle, and the Maradauders at the feast on
that blustery Friday night, working her way through a small cube of peach
ice cream when the Sirius spoke up. "Where's old man Toothpick?"
They all looked up at the table and sure enough, the old, fat, droning, (and practically illiterate) Professor Toompick was missing. No one really knew where the extremely inappropriate nickname had come from, but it had stuck.
"I dunno.he never usually misses a feast. Fat old bore." muttered Elsa, clearly not interested. She reached for a treacle tart, and Sirius eagerly served one for her. She gave him a small smile.
Meanwhile, Danielle's eyes were sweeping the staff table. Suddenly a look of dawning came over her face. "Marlene!" she breathed.
"What?" asked Remus.
BOOM
The Great Hall doors burst open and in swept a figure in billowing purple/gray silk dress robes covered with a hooded blue traveling cloak. Tall and regal, the woman looked about 25. She had brown hair with golden touches, and mysterious hazel eyes. Atop her shoulders perched two animals that looked like and overgrown ferrets.
She strode purposely toward the High Table, Professor Dumbledore stood up. "Ah, Professor McKinnon! So glad you arrived in time."
Everyone in the hall was either staring at the woman, Dumbledore, or Danielle. The headmaster looked then out at all the confused faces, and smiled. "Teachers and Students of Hogwarts. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Professor Toothpi- I mean Toompick has retired. However, I am immensely pleased to introduce his replacement, Professor Marlene Ivy McKinnon! Professor.would you like to say a few words?"
Just then, much to the shock of students, one of the ferrets opened its mouth and said, "Little pigs stuffing their faces!"
"Ugly little pigs!" exclaimed the other ferret.
"UGLY LITTLE PIGS!!!" they both cried. Professor McKinnon gave an exasperated cry and grabbed both of the animals and held them tightly.
"Shut up!" she commanded. "Be good or I'm setting you free. I only brought you for Danielle!"
Both the small little animals, who had been blinking rather stupidly during the lecture, perked up at the name. They swiveled around as though looking for something. Seemingly spotting it, they took off in the direction of the Gryffindor table. They both pounced eagerly on the very taken aback girl, who then beamed with pleasure and hugged them tightly.
"Rufus! Marigold!" she cried.
"Ellie! Ellie! Ellie!" they chanted, playing in her hair.
Everybody was very confused. "Uh.Danielle?" Sirius asked tentatively. "What are those things?"
The ferrets stopped chanting for a moment. "You are UGLY." They went beck to their chanting.
Remus chuckled. "They're Jarveys. A ferret like animal with the ability to speak in short, uneducated sentences. Usually insults unless they (rarely) like someone. Then it will only be compliments."
He carefully picked of the Jarveys off Danielle's shoulder and scratched the place between it's ears. "Hello, there. You're awful smart."
The Jarvey grinned. "I like you." It curled up on his shoulder and went to sleep. The whole table laughed, while most of the other occupants of the Hall were still very much in the dark.
"It's just not fair." Said a voice behind them. "I've spent three years trying to get them to like me, but I'm still their favorite person to taunt. I got on their bad side, with Jarveys, its all about first impressions."
Danielle jumped up and hugged Marlene tightly. "I'm so glad you're teaching! I wondered what you were hinting about in your letters."
"I wouldn't miss a chance to teach my favorite cousin. When Dumbledore asked me if I wanted the job, I left as soon as I could." Marlene turned to Elsa, "Gideon and Fabian told me to say hello to their sister."
"You've seen them lately?" Elsa asked eagerly.
"Last night on the Night Bus. They were headed towards your parent's place I believe."
She addressed the Hall. "I am terribly sorry about the disturbance with my animals. Please continue with your feast." The room slowly was filled with talk once again. Marlene lowered her voice. "So, Danielle, want to introduce me to your friends."
Danielle grinned. "Well you know Elsa obviously, the beauty with the red hair is Lily." (At this comment Lily scoffed) and these um- well- interesting boys are James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew." "It's very nice to meet all of you," said Marlene, a smile cracked over her face. "You must be at least as crazy as my cousin, to be friends with her.
Lily and Elsa laughed. "Compared to us.Danielle is the most regular person in the world."
The new professor smiled. "We shall see. I look forward to class with the Gyffindors tomorrow! Danielle.can you take care of these," she gestured to the Jarveys, "from now on? I daresay they will listen to you."
"Sure!" She hugged Marlene again. "See you tomorrow!" Professor turned and walked back to the Staff Table.
"Well," said Peter as they watched her go. "That was educational."
"Whadda you mean Wormtail?" asked James.
"I learned about the habits, entrapment, and befriending of Jarveys just by sitting here." ************************************* On their way back, the group decided to take a less direct route back to Gryffindor Tower, for the purpose of avoiding the crowds so they could chat. They were walking past the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, on the 7th floor. Lily was (for some reason) extremely tired, and looked down at her watch before realizing it wasn't there. The others were walking slowly still discussing (and petting) the Jarveys, so se doubled back and saw it lying on the floor, the clasp broken. She sighed and put it in her pocket.
*I really want to sleep, find a place to lie down, a place with soft pillows.* She thought wistfully. On her way to catch up, she noticed a door in the wall. One she was sure hadn't been there before. It was midnight blue, with a large moon on it.
"Hey guys!" she called. "Come here, this door, where does it go?"
James came up beside her and she shivered at his nearness. "Never seen it before!" He mused.
"Me neither." They all chorused.
"Oh well," said Remus, turning to leave.
"COME ON!!! Moony! Where's your sense of Marauder adventure?"the expression on Sirius's face was much like that of a small child being deprived of a sweet.
"Fine." Remus said, "But lets keep this quick."
The seven of them walked toward the Door and Elsa opened it. Inside was a room with deep purple walls, golden stars twinkling on the ceiling and a big comfy bed with lots of huge pillows. They all stared at it and went in, letting the door snap behind them. Finally Sirius broke the silence.
"Well, this room could be used for some interesting purposes.couldn't it?" He said, raising his eyebrows at Elsa, who blushed and elbowed him.
"I wish the walls were blue," commented Danielle. "It would be prettier." Much to her shock, the walls were suddenly a majestic sapphire. They all stared. Then suddenly, Lily said spoke.
"I wish there were some carpets in here." And carpets there were. The Marauders were now looking as though Christmas had come early. Soon the room was filled with odd objects they had wished there.
"We should call this," James paused, "The Room of Requirement." They all grinned. Lily yawned.
"Its wonderful. But can we go now? I'm really tiered!" The Marauders and girls reluctantly agreed, but made a pact to come back the next day. They made their way back to the door and Sirius made to open it; it didn't budge.
"Open!" Nothing.
"Open! OPEN!!!" He yelled and smacked the door with his wand. Still nothing. They all looked at each other in horror, they were locked together in the Room of Requirement. The question was how? Or more importantly, why?
AN: PLEASE READ FOLLOWING: All done! And more coming as soon as I can manage it...sorry about the HUGE delay, my computer broke. It got fixed. It broke again. I GOT MY OWN COMPUTER!!! The wonderful FF.net did not accept my programming. So that's what caused tis madness
If this posts rightly I PROMISE another chappie soon.. I will give more explanations about our fave groups v. unlikley situation soon. THANKYOU FOR THE REVEIWS!!!
Things to look forward in future chappies:
1. A little TOO much fire whisky/sugar/butterbeer for the Marauders (hehe)
2. (possibly) drunken confessions
3. CHISTMAS TIME IS COMING!!!! And the boys have a very nice gift for the girls.
4. Formation of the Marauders' (sort of) female rivals/counterparts.the Muses! (you'll get it later)
I'm changing the rating t PG-13...hope that's okay with u.if its not.oh well.
Oh, and Jarveys are not my creation.the are in JKR's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. R AND R!!!! much love, keli
Ps. I choose to keep this story Voldemort free for the reason that I COMPLETELY suck at writing action..he may occur in dreams/newspapers/conversations ect. In the future though.
LAST THING I PROMISE: (I do disclaimers every once in a while.not every chapter) I do not own any aspect of JK Rowling's very wonderful works. Danielle, Elsa and the plot are my own!
They all looked up at the table and sure enough, the old, fat, droning, (and practically illiterate) Professor Toompick was missing. No one really knew where the extremely inappropriate nickname had come from, but it had stuck.
"I dunno.he never usually misses a feast. Fat old bore." muttered Elsa, clearly not interested. She reached for a treacle tart, and Sirius eagerly served one for her. She gave him a small smile.
Meanwhile, Danielle's eyes were sweeping the staff table. Suddenly a look of dawning came over her face. "Marlene!" she breathed.
"What?" asked Remus.
BOOM
The Great Hall doors burst open and in swept a figure in billowing purple/gray silk dress robes covered with a hooded blue traveling cloak. Tall and regal, the woman looked about 25. She had brown hair with golden touches, and mysterious hazel eyes. Atop her shoulders perched two animals that looked like and overgrown ferrets.
She strode purposely toward the High Table, Professor Dumbledore stood up. "Ah, Professor McKinnon! So glad you arrived in time."
Everyone in the hall was either staring at the woman, Dumbledore, or Danielle. The headmaster looked then out at all the confused faces, and smiled. "Teachers and Students of Hogwarts. Due to unfortunate circumstances, Professor Toothpi- I mean Toompick has retired. However, I am immensely pleased to introduce his replacement, Professor Marlene Ivy McKinnon! Professor.would you like to say a few words?"
Just then, much to the shock of students, one of the ferrets opened its mouth and said, "Little pigs stuffing their faces!"
"Ugly little pigs!" exclaimed the other ferret.
"UGLY LITTLE PIGS!!!" they both cried. Professor McKinnon gave an exasperated cry and grabbed both of the animals and held them tightly.
"Shut up!" she commanded. "Be good or I'm setting you free. I only brought you for Danielle!"
Both the small little animals, who had been blinking rather stupidly during the lecture, perked up at the name. They swiveled around as though looking for something. Seemingly spotting it, they took off in the direction of the Gryffindor table. They both pounced eagerly on the very taken aback girl, who then beamed with pleasure and hugged them tightly.
"Rufus! Marigold!" she cried.
"Ellie! Ellie! Ellie!" they chanted, playing in her hair.
Everybody was very confused. "Uh.Danielle?" Sirius asked tentatively. "What are those things?"
The ferrets stopped chanting for a moment. "You are UGLY." They went beck to their chanting.
Remus chuckled. "They're Jarveys. A ferret like animal with the ability to speak in short, uneducated sentences. Usually insults unless they (rarely) like someone. Then it will only be compliments."
He carefully picked of the Jarveys off Danielle's shoulder and scratched the place between it's ears. "Hello, there. You're awful smart."
The Jarvey grinned. "I like you." It curled up on his shoulder and went to sleep. The whole table laughed, while most of the other occupants of the Hall were still very much in the dark.
"It's just not fair." Said a voice behind them. "I've spent three years trying to get them to like me, but I'm still their favorite person to taunt. I got on their bad side, with Jarveys, its all about first impressions."
Danielle jumped up and hugged Marlene tightly. "I'm so glad you're teaching! I wondered what you were hinting about in your letters."
"I wouldn't miss a chance to teach my favorite cousin. When Dumbledore asked me if I wanted the job, I left as soon as I could." Marlene turned to Elsa, "Gideon and Fabian told me to say hello to their sister."
"You've seen them lately?" Elsa asked eagerly.
"Last night on the Night Bus. They were headed towards your parent's place I believe."
She addressed the Hall. "I am terribly sorry about the disturbance with my animals. Please continue with your feast." The room slowly was filled with talk once again. Marlene lowered her voice. "So, Danielle, want to introduce me to your friends."
Danielle grinned. "Well you know Elsa obviously, the beauty with the red hair is Lily." (At this comment Lily scoffed) and these um- well- interesting boys are James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew." "It's very nice to meet all of you," said Marlene, a smile cracked over her face. "You must be at least as crazy as my cousin, to be friends with her.
Lily and Elsa laughed. "Compared to us.Danielle is the most regular person in the world."
The new professor smiled. "We shall see. I look forward to class with the Gyffindors tomorrow! Danielle.can you take care of these," she gestured to the Jarveys, "from now on? I daresay they will listen to you."
"Sure!" She hugged Marlene again. "See you tomorrow!" Professor turned and walked back to the Staff Table.
"Well," said Peter as they watched her go. "That was educational."
"Whadda you mean Wormtail?" asked James.
"I learned about the habits, entrapment, and befriending of Jarveys just by sitting here." ************************************* On their way back, the group decided to take a less direct route back to Gryffindor Tower, for the purpose of avoiding the crowds so they could chat. They were walking past the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, on the 7th floor. Lily was (for some reason) extremely tired, and looked down at her watch before realizing it wasn't there. The others were walking slowly still discussing (and petting) the Jarveys, so se doubled back and saw it lying on the floor, the clasp broken. She sighed and put it in her pocket.
*I really want to sleep, find a place to lie down, a place with soft pillows.* She thought wistfully. On her way to catch up, she noticed a door in the wall. One she was sure hadn't been there before. It was midnight blue, with a large moon on it.
"Hey guys!" she called. "Come here, this door, where does it go?"
James came up beside her and she shivered at his nearness. "Never seen it before!" He mused.
"Me neither." They all chorused.
"Oh well," said Remus, turning to leave.
"COME ON!!! Moony! Where's your sense of Marauder adventure?"the expression on Sirius's face was much like that of a small child being deprived of a sweet.
"Fine." Remus said, "But lets keep this quick."
The seven of them walked toward the Door and Elsa opened it. Inside was a room with deep purple walls, golden stars twinkling on the ceiling and a big comfy bed with lots of huge pillows. They all stared at it and went in, letting the door snap behind them. Finally Sirius broke the silence.
"Well, this room could be used for some interesting purposes.couldn't it?" He said, raising his eyebrows at Elsa, who blushed and elbowed him.
"I wish the walls were blue," commented Danielle. "It would be prettier." Much to her shock, the walls were suddenly a majestic sapphire. They all stared. Then suddenly, Lily said spoke.
"I wish there were some carpets in here." And carpets there were. The Marauders were now looking as though Christmas had come early. Soon the room was filled with odd objects they had wished there.
"We should call this," James paused, "The Room of Requirement." They all grinned. Lily yawned.
"Its wonderful. But can we go now? I'm really tiered!" The Marauders and girls reluctantly agreed, but made a pact to come back the next day. They made their way back to the door and Sirius made to open it; it didn't budge.
"Open!" Nothing.
"Open! OPEN!!!" He yelled and smacked the door with his wand. Still nothing. They all looked at each other in horror, they were locked together in the Room of Requirement. The question was how? Or more importantly, why?
AN: PLEASE READ FOLLOWING: All done! And more coming as soon as I can manage it...sorry about the HUGE delay, my computer broke. It got fixed. It broke again. I GOT MY OWN COMPUTER!!! The wonderful FF.net did not accept my programming. So that's what caused tis madness
If this posts rightly I PROMISE another chappie soon.. I will give more explanations about our fave groups v. unlikley situation soon. THANKYOU FOR THE REVEIWS!!!
Things to look forward in future chappies:
1. A little TOO much fire whisky/sugar/butterbeer for the Marauders (hehe)
2. (possibly) drunken confessions
3. CHISTMAS TIME IS COMING!!!! And the boys have a very nice gift for the girls.
4. Formation of the Marauders' (sort of) female rivals/counterparts.the Muses! (you'll get it later)
I'm changing the rating t PG-13...hope that's okay with u.if its not.oh well.
Oh, and Jarveys are not my creation.the are in JKR's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. R AND R!!!! much love, keli
Ps. I choose to keep this story Voldemort free for the reason that I COMPLETELY suck at writing action..he may occur in dreams/newspapers/conversations ect. In the future though.
LAST THING I PROMISE: (I do disclaimers every once in a while.not every chapter) I do not own any aspect of JK Rowling's very wonderful works. Danielle, Elsa and the plot are my own!