Disclaimer: Once again, I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters
that you are familiar with from the books. Harry Potter and its characters
belong to J. K. Rowling. The characters that you aren't familiar with,
like Alex and Jewels are mine and also the three new characters that I
brought into this chapter Jeremy, Chris, and Brandi. They too are my own
characters.
A/N: Sorry it has been longer than I expected to update last . . . I had tons of work to do. I've had so much work to do. School doesn't it just suck? Yes. Anyways, it's up now and have fun reading it. I had fun writing it! Alex may seem out of character towards the end but that's just how she acts around her friends . . . .
Chapter 3: Revelations and . . . a Battle of the Bands?
The days quickly passed into October and nothing out of the ordinary happened during those days. unless you count about five people being sent to the Hospital Wing in one day. Those five people that were sent to the Hospital Wing just happened to be Sirius Black, James Potter, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, and Sirius' cousin Bellatrix Black, and it just so happened that the Ice Queens got detention for a month but they were all happy about it. You see, it was the Ice Queens who sent the five of them to the Hospital Wing. lets back up and show you exactly what happened.
~ Two days before October the 5th ~
"I wouldn't do that if I were you . . . " Remus reasoned with the two Marauders who decided that they wanted to go flirt with the Ice Queens, Sirius with Alex and James with Lily. They were trying to get Remus to go with them so that he could talk with Jewels but he wouldn't have any of it.
"Come on Remus . . . " Sirius whined after asking him about 10 times with the same answer every time. Remus just shook his head again. "Why not Remus?" he asked and he was given a look that could easily be read as saying 'My god, you're crazy . . . '
"Ok Sirius . . . you want to know my reasoning?" Remus asked pausing for Sirius' answer, which was an enthusiastic nod. "One, for gods sake it's the Ice Queens! Two, I like living sad as it is. And three, I'm not psychotic and I don't like Jewels like that. Sure I think that she'd be a great friend, but just after you get past the Ice Queen barrier," Remus explained but Sirius just pouted and James grinned.
"Oh well, should have known that Moony wouldn't be up for a kamikaze mission into the base of the school's main nemesis, The Ice Queens," he said chuckling and Sirius' shoulders were shaking with suppressed laughter. "Well then, shall we be on our way Padfoot?" James asked grinning, knowing that his joke had made his friends laugh. Moony's eyes were shining with laughter. When James asked Sirius this once again he nodded enthusiastically and bounced out of the room, James walking behind him shaking his head sorrowfully while still laughing.
"They are so in for it this time . . . " Remus laughed to himself remembering that the Ice Queen didn't like to be flirted with . . . especially by the Marauders or the Malfoy Gang as they now were called. "I warned them . . . " he said laughing as he pulled out his book and began reading it.
~ With the Ice Queens ~
"Hey Ki, Asu," Alex said as she caught up along side them. Ki stood for Tsuki and Asu was meant to be Arasu, and the two girls had gotten used to Alex calling them by their shorthand nicknames by now. They had even made one for her, and that one was Uma. These three shorthand nicknames didn't really mean anything but they were shortened from their regular Ice Queen names.
"Hey Uma," Lily replied with a small smile. "This day has been good, no encounters with the Egotistic Marauders or the Stupid Malfoy Gang," she said. Those were the nicknames that the Ice Queens gave to the two most popular male groups in the school.
"Who's egotistic?" a males voice asked from behind the corner that the three girls were walking towards. All three exchanged sullen glances and turned around to start walking away but the boys had cut them off by running in front of them. "Where are three lovely ladies going? Would you mind if we escorted you there?" the male asked and just guess who it was. If you guessed James Potter you were correct and if you guess that Sirius was with him, once again you were correct.
"Go back to where you came from Potter," Alex hissed at him while glaring at the two boys. A glare that would send even the bravest of men cowering behind something or someone. The two boys took in her glare and shivered slightly but didn't say anything about being scared.
"Come on Alexis," Sirius said as he tried to rest his arm on her shoulder but she sidestepped him. "What's the matter with you?" he asked as the glare went from the two boys to just him.
"So Lily. have I ever told you what beautiful eyes you have?" James asked in a deep voice trying to be more masculine than he was feeling due to Alex's glare. Lily's eyes narrowed considerably and sent a cold glare right at James.
"Now why would you go and do a stupid thing like that? Aren't I just one of the cold hearted Ice Queens that doesn't care about things like that?" she asked in a harsh voice that cut through his veins and made his insides go cold. "Seeing as I still have to ability to scare you, I'll be moving along before I decide to hex," she said as she started to walk away with Jewels by her side but unfortunately for them they just happened to run into a few people.
"Watch where you're going . . . Mudblood," a cold voice said. The three Ice Queens immediately registered this voice, it was Lucius Malfoy. Alex turned towards them and walked up behind her friends and pulled Lily to a standing position.
"What . . . did you just call her?" Alex asked in a low voice her eyes raging with hatred and anger both at once.
"Stay out of this Potter," Lily said quietly in the same cold voice when she saw James go for his wand. "This is not your fight and neither is it yours, Black." She dusted off her clothes and wiped the bit of blood that was coming from her lip from when she fell. "What did you just call me?" she asked turning towards Malfoy.
"He called you what you are. A dirty little mudblood," a cold females voice interrupted just as Malfoy was about to answer the question that had been asked twice. They all turned to the voices' speaker.
"If it isn't Bellatrix Black, soon to be Mrs. Bellatrix Lestrange," Alex said with pure venom in her voice. "I've had just about all I can take of you bloody Slytherins. I don't care if you are the bloody Minister of Magic, no one . . . I mean NO ONE has the right to say anything about ones blood. For example, Lily isn't pureblood but considerably better at every subject than anyone in your house. Put together," Alex said still glaring at the girl now in front of her.
"Oh come on Lucius," Snape said as he snaked an arm around Lily's waist. "Lets just punish the girls and ignore the guys," he said in a sickly disturbing voice. Lucius had pulled out his wand and so had Bellatrix because James and Sirius had pulled out theirs but Alex was much faster.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" Alex shouted and the four peoples wands flew to her. "Potter, Black get out of here now. We can take care of ourselves we aren't defenseless," she said before turning to Snape who was now on the floor with a knee on his back. "Nice job Asu now come over here," Alex said. Lily and Jewels walked over to her.
"But . . . they . . ." James started but didn't finish when he saw the glare that Lily sent him. The three girls were glaring daggers at James and Sirius, and also at Malfoy's gang. Alex was holding James and Sirius' wands with her right hand and her own in her left hand.
"We are not as defenseless as you think Potter, Black." Alex said coldly as she kept an eye on the three Slytherins that were in front of her and the other Ice Queens. At that moment Snape decided to pull his wand and shoot a hex at Alex. "You fool. Protego!" she said and the shielding charm made the hex reflect and hit him, sending him flying backwards. Now Alex's eyes were really narrow and it seemed like her eyes were gleaming with anger. "Now, you will pay." Her voice was ice cold and had no emotion at all in it. Lily and Jewels were a bit surprised by the lack of any emotion but didn't show this knowing that the Slytherins would take advantage of their moment of shock.
"And what are you going to do, dirty little mudblood?" Bellatrix asked with a dirty smirk on her face at insulting the so-called 'mudblood,' but what she thought to hurt Alex didn't even affect her.
"Heh. If anyone here was a mudblood it would be you Lestrange. Besides, I'm not muggleborn like many others believe. However, pure of magical blood you may be . . . but pure of heart? I think not. You just follow around in people's footsteps and do as your parents say. You have no heart, good or bad and that is sad," Alex said while still glaring at her. Snape had stood shakily after hitting the wall and walked back over to Malfoy and Bellatrix.
"And who are you to talk Evans? I have no heart? At least I talk to people in my house and when I do its not to tell them what they did wrong," Bellatrix stated as she started to anger. "You are the person with no heart. You do everything like your robot except when you're in the presence of your stupid Ice Queens," Bellatrix said and the two Marauders knew this was going to be ugly but they didn't want anything to happen to the three girls so they stayed.
"Oh, so you're calling us stupid? Well at least I can say that I don't brown nose any of the teachers. Oh this is just too funny. You call me heartless, stupid, and basically say I have no life. Well let me tell you a little something, if your prissy self was in my spot I can guarantee you that you'd be dead by now seeing as all you do is whine and suck up," Alex said. This caused Bellatrix to lunge at her but Alex dodged easily. "You're to slow. It doesn't matter how hard you try, you are no match for me," Alex said dodging another attack.
"Shut up Gryffindor! We Slytherins are the best house and pure of everything! It's you filthy Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs that are anything but pure! You allow mudbloods into your houses without a single word of complaint!" Bellatrix exclaimed while trying to attack her. Alex continuously dodged Bella's attacks until she, Alex, ducked and tripped Bella with her foot.
"You are to easily riled up. And to easily beat," Alex said as she stood and started to walk back towards Lily and Jewels. Bella stood up and glared at her back, then pulled out her wand and was about to cast a curse upon Alex but Alex was faster. Alex knowing what she was going to do quickly turned once she knew that Bella's wand was out and yelled, "Impedimenta!" The curse shot towards Bella and before she could raise a shield it hit her. She was blown back and shocked that Alex had done that attack so fast and gracefully. The spell slowed her movements but had also taken the wind out of her when she had been blown back.
"Never attack an enemies back unless you are in a proper duel. This is neither a proper duel nor fight, but we can make it as such if you wish. Though I shall warn you, you might not come out in one piece." Alex said. James and Sirius were shocked at her fast movement and wondered at the same time if she was possibly a seeker with those fast reactions, but they wondered how she knew what Bellatrix was going to do. "Not only that but it is more dishonorable than talking to someone impure, as you say, to someone of non-magical parents. You are to weak for your own good, don't go starting things you can't finish."
"Evans! Give us our wands! We can help you," Sirius shouted to Alex who looked at him like he was crazy. "I want to beat my cousin just as much as you do so give us OUR wands!"
"I don't trust you. And if I did give you your wands back you'd have to leave. I don't need help from the likes of you even if IT is your cousin," Alex said emphasizing the word 'IT' meaning Bellatrix.
"Fine! Just give us back our wands and we'll leave these three goons to you," Sirius said. James looked at him like he was crazy but Sirius looked at him as if saying 'yea . . . like we're going anywhere' so he didn't say anything. Alex knew that he was lying but she just wanted an excuse to hex him along with Malfoy's gang so she walked towards where him and James were standing.
"Alex do you really trust them?" Lily asked with disbelief evident in her voice as she looked at her best friend walking towards the two Marauders. Alex looked at her with a small smile that only her friends could detect on her face. It was a smile that said if they went back on their word they'd be hexed. "I understand," Lily said with the same small smile as Alex as she and Jewels pulled out their wands carefully not letting the others see them. Alex handed the two boys their wands and both boys literally jumped away and aimed at Malfoy, Snape, and Bella.
"Oh, I don't think so boys. Remember, I said you'd have to leave if I gave you back your wands? Well it doesn't look like you're leaving to me, so why don't I give you a good-bye gift and then send you on your way?" Alex said with an evil look on her face as she walked towards where the boys now were. The two looked at each other as comprehension dawned on their faces but before they could do anything a spell hit them knocking them out cold, also cutting them in random places (But nowhere to bad . . . x.x;). "Now then. Where were we?" she asked walking back over to her friends.
"Crucio!" Malfoy shouted pointing his wand at Alex and the spell shot out at her hitting her square in the chest seeing as she didn't try to block it. Alex fell to the ground feeling the immense pain that the curse put under the cursed but the pain disappeared into numbness. She looked up, occasionally twitching from the would be pain that she should be experiencing, and stared hard at Malfoy. Malfoy was so shocked at her ability to look up that the curse stopped.
"Was that supposed to bring me down?" Alex asked smirking as she stood and dusted off her clothing. "Now then, lets play without magic," she said suddenly as she lunged at Malfoy, knocking him off his feet. The two rolled around, occasionally hitting each other, though Alex was getting in more hits. Bellatrix lunged for Jewels but missed and was tripped by Jewels' foot, and Lily shot a few curses towards Snape who did the same thing.
After a mere few minutes many stray curses and hexes had hit the two unconscious boys. Malfoy had a few broken bones, including his nose and a couple of ribs, two black eyes, and many bruises appearing all over him. Alex had a few scratches over herself and a bloody lip but that was it. Jewels and Bellatrix hadn't really done much damage to each other . . . yet. Snape . . . well lets just say that he looked interesting. He had hair long enough to reach the floor that was neon green, his skin was a mixture between a light orange and pale blue, his lips were a dark purple, and his fingernails were pink. He also had cuts in many places from random curses shot by Lily and looked like he was in immense pain because of the last curse she threw at him. Lily was far better off than Snape. The main difference about her looks was that her hair was green. She had a few random cuts from spells she couldn't fully deflect but that was all.
Minutes after that Malfoy couldn't get up and Alex was standing over him shooting curses and hexes at him that would only make him hurt more, Bellatrix was now underneath Jewels who was beating her to a bloody pulp, and Snape had just been blown across the hall into the wall . . . that was furthest away from them. Yes and James and Sirius had many cuts, none that bad but many cuts due to the flying curses. This was about the time that a professor came around to see what was going on and imagine the look on McGonagol's face when she saw the picture in front of her eyes. She immediately pulled the three girls away from the Slytherins and brought the eight students to the hospital wing, though she had to float Malfoy up because he lost consciousness. The three girls were released from the wing a few moments after arriving because the three weren't nearly as bad off as the rest but they came face to face with a steaming mad Professor McGonagol. McGonagol sent them to her office to wait for her while she checked on the other five students. She learned that the five would have to stay in the hospital wing for at least two or three days, and for Malfoy a lot longer due to a curse placed upon him that didn't allow magic to heal his wounds. McGonagol then went to her office and slammed her door shut behind her.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" McGonagol shouted at them, and they knew that they had gotten her as mad as ever possible. "YOU COULD HAVE KILLED THEM! DID YOU NOT THINK ABOUT THAT?!?!" she shouted. The three girls weren't really listening because they knew what could have happened and they still went through with what they did. To them killing those three would do the world a favor. "A MONTH DETENTION! AND YOU!" she said rounding on Alex. "YOU... PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE NEEDS TO SPEAK WITH YOU! I HAVE INFORMED HIM WHAT YOU DID AND HE ISN'T VERY HAPPY AT ALL!" she shouted. She then took a breath, which allowed Alex to speak up.
"Professor, the Slytherins started it. And Black and Potter were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. We didn't do anything to those two only to Lestrange, Malfoy, and Snape," Alex said knowing that it didn't matter what she said but she had to at least say it. "Why does Professor Dumbledore need to see me?" she asked still without any emotion in her voice.
"BECAUSE WHEN THE SLYTHERIN HEAD OF HOUSE LEARNED WHAT YOU DID TO THE THREE SLYTHERINS HE RECOMMENDED YOU FOR EXPULSION!" she shouted and there was a look of sudden hatred in Alex's eyes. "Not the other two, just you," she said a little more calmly than before to Alex.
"I see. Well then, I guess I'd better be on my way hadn't I?" she said standing up, her voice was thick with malice and hatred directed at the Slytherins head of house, being Professor Scott. She walked out of the door without another word and towards the gargoyle statue looking over Professor Dumbledore's office.
"Oh yes, and 100 points off of Gryffindor. You are dismissed," Professor McGonagol said rather sharply. The two girls left and walked up to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" she asked making them jump as they were once again brought back to reality. They had been thinking about what would happen if Alex was expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry but they just couldn't imagine it. "Oh sorry dears but do you have to password?" the Fat Lady asked once again.
"Artemis' Lair," Lily said as she and Jewels looked down to the ground and walked in after the Fat Lady opened to reveal spot for them to climb into the Gryffindor common room. Remus was the only one in the common room at the time and he looked up to see who was entering the common room seeing as he heard the Fat Lady's portrait open and close. To his surprise he saw Lily and Jewels walking in, heads down without Alex. He closed the book that he was reading and walked over to them.
~ In Professor Dumbledore's Office ~
"Miss Evans, I suppose you know the reason why you are here?" he asked in a kind voice as he watched his first transfer student sit in front of him. She only nodded while staring at him with a look of determination on her face. "Is what you are being accused of true? Were you fighting with Mr. Malfoy? And did you put the curse on him that won't allow magic to treat his wounds?" Professor Dumbledore asked while looking at his student.
"Yes sir I did," Alex said. "And I take into account that I may be expelled but the Slytherins were the ones who started the fight. And you must also take into account that Malfoy put the Cruciatus curse on me," Alex replied to his questions. "Though I doubt that that has any change in what will happen, will it?" she asked looking at him.
"He used an Unforgivable Curse on you?" Dumbledore asked surprised. Alex only nodded this time instead of talking. "Well then," he started totally ignoring the question that Alex had asked. "You shall not be expelled for you have reason for doing what you did, but you shall still be punished. Instead of one month like your friends you will have two months detention. After Mr. Malfoy has recovered he will also have two months detention, Mr. Malfoy's dad is to high in the Ministry of Magic to do anything else."
"So . . . you're not expelling me?" Alex asked unsure because he only gave her two months detention. The twinkle in Dumbledore's eye reappeared as he nodded and she smiled but then her smile quickly faded as she remembered that she had wanted to know something and she wondered if she could ask him a question with him answering honestly.
"Ask anything you want," Dumbledore said to her suddenly as though he could read her mind. She looked at him and then at the closed door and decided to ask him the question.
"Sir . . . who is Tom Riddle?" she asked as she looked around to make sure that no one else had heard the question that she asked the headmaster. He looked at her oddly with a pensive look on his face before he said anything.
"Why do you ask Miss Evans?" Dumbledore asked with a disgruntled look on his face. No one had ever asked who Tom Riddle was and no one really cared to know. Alex looked at the look on his face and suddenly understood.
"Because my mother wouldn't tell me and she told me to ask you," Alex said easily seeing as it was the truth but she didn't want to say the other reason.
"Well Miss Evans, the one known as Tom Riddle is Lord Voldemort," Professor Dumbledore said. Alex didn't shiver at hearing the Dark Lord's name and didn't care. She had just learned something that she never expected. Everything suddenly made sense as she went over things in her head. "Miss Evans?" Dumbledore asked for the third time after he had answered the question because she hadn't responded, but this time she nearly jumped from her seat surprising the professor.
"Well, I need to go so that I wake up for classes tomorrow," Alex said as she stood and walked out the door not waiting for Dumbledore to say anything because she knew that he would ask her questions about why she hadn't said anything. She made her way to Gryffindor tower and then to the Fat Lady's portrait. She muttered the password and walked into the common room to see Jewels, Lily, and Remus talking.
~ In Common Room During Dumbledore's Questioning ~
Lily and Jewels looked up when they heard someone cough. They saw Remus Lupin standing next to them and they looked around the common room to see that it was empty. The two girls immediately groaned knowing that they were going to be questioned about the whereabouts of James and Sirius.
"Hey, have you two seen James or Sirius? I haven't seen them since they left to flirt with you about 3 hours ago . . ." Remus started but then stopped to think a moment. "Wait . . . what happened out there?" he asked. Jewels looked to Lily knowing that they had no way out of answering the question so she answered his question.
"Yeah, we've seen them . . . but they're in the hospital wing... along with three Slytherins," Jewels said in a low voice.
"Well, why didn't Alex come in with you?" Remus asked confused seeing as the three hardly ever went anywhere without each other. He knew that there was something they weren't telling him and tried to get it out of them but try as he might they wouldn't budge. That was when Alex came in through the portrait hole. "Hello, where have you been?" he asked in a friendly voice.
"Dumbledore's office being lectured and getting detention for two months," she said rolling her eyes. Lily and Jewels smiled and hugged her. She looked at them with a cocked eyebrow like they were crazy.
"So, you mean . . . he didn't?" Lily asked gaining an odd look from Remus who had been watching the three girls like they were crazy. He also noticed that the three were never this emotional when other people were around, that was why they were called the Ice Queens.
"Nah, he didn't expel me from Hogwarts, but I do believe that was only because I told him what Malfoy did to me before I did anything to him," Alex said forgetting that Remus was there. Remus glanced at her while mouthing the word 'expel.' "Oh crap," Alex said after she remembered that Remus was in the room as she glanced back at him.
"Expel?" Remus finally voiced the question that he was thinking and uncharacteristically the three Ice Queens burst out laughing. "Ok . . . I'm really lost. What's so funny?" he asked with a look of complete confusion on his face as he looked at Alex who was on the floor because she was laughing so hard and Lily and Jewels who were holding each other up. Alex looked up at him and quickly calmed herself.
"Sorry about that Lupin. And you're asking what's so funny? Just the fact that Malfoy won't be in the next Quidditch match due to something that happened today," Alex said her eyes twinkling. Remus glanced at her and shook his head, his hair shaking as well.
"Do I even want to know? And call me Remus," Remus said as he watched Jewels and Lily try to compose themselves from laughing so hard. "Ok, if it's so funny I do want to know . . ." he said looking at Alex for explanation. Alex quickly filled him in and he smiled at her. "Good job . . ."
~ Back to the Present ~
"Let's go girls," Alex said as she was walking out of the 4th year girls' dormitories. Jewels and Lily followed behind her knowing exactly what was about to happen. Alex was about to confront Remus, who had become the girls' friend, about being a werewolf because she knew that he wasn't going to tell her anytime soon. The three girls were wearing fishnet shirts over spaghetti straps and baggy black pants. The three made their way down to the commons where the four Marauders and a few other Gryffindor students sat watching the fire. The four Marauders heard them descending from the stairs and looked to see who it was. They saw the three Ice Queens walking straight towards them.
"Am I seeing things?" James whispered to the others as the Ice Queens drew closer and closer to them. "Pinch me Sirius," James stated. Sirius did as he was told and reached over, pinching James on the forearm. "Ouch . . . I'm not dreaming . . ." James whined rubbing his arm repeatedly while staring at Lily. A stare that was returned with a murderous glare.
"Keep staring because that's all you'll ever do," Lily snapped at him as the three reached the Marauders, all the students went silent knowing that usually a fight broke out when it involved the Marauders and Ice Queens but this time they'd be the ones experiencing the cross-fire. Alex sent a glare at the Marauders except for Remus who she looked curiously at.
"We all need to talk," Alex said quietly so that only the six others could hear her. "And I know more stuff than you think," she added after seeing a look cross Sirius' face. "Where do you want to talk? Somewhere more . . . private preferably," Alex said eyeing the students who were staring at the group. Remus sighed and stood nodding over to the boys' dormitory.
"We can go in there," Remus said and saw the three girls' heads mechanically nod. Remus waited for his fellow Marauders to stand and then led them up to the dorm. After he did that he sealed the door shut and silenced it so that others couldn't hear what they were talking about. "Now, what do you need to say Alex?" Remus asked wearily due to the fact that the full moon was nearing rapidly.
"Just that you've been looking worn out lately and I know why. You needn't hide it from us, we already know about your condition," Alex said looking him right in the eye. Remus had paled and was trying to look anywhere but at Alex. Remus started to try and deny it but Alex interrupted him. "And don't you even try to deny it, we aren't as dumb as the others. And before I forget, just let me tell you I understand why you don't want anyone to know so don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Alex said standing up.
"So . . . you mean . . . you aren't scared of me? You won't quit being my friend?" Remus asked confused. Alex looked at him with wide eyes.
"You actually think that I would quit being your friend? Well you got me messed up then," Alex said with a small smile on her face. "And Remus-dear . . . you really think that I of all people would be afraid of you?" Alex asked with an appraising look on her face. Remus looked at her and laughed, the Marauders were surprised to see Alex acting like . . . a human so they were just looking at her with wide eyes.
"I'm glad you understand," Remus said smiling. "That reminds me . . ." Remus said, his eyes twinkling with laughter. "How's Malfoy healing?" he asked while pointedly looking at James, Sirius, and Peter whose eyes bulged if possible even further out of their sockets. Of course Sirius and James knew that the Ice Queens had hurt Malfoy and his gang but how bad he looked when they saw him . . . It couldn't have been . . . could it? The three thought to themselves.
"Oh, I say that . . . he should be fully healed in about . . . 3-6 months," Alex said with a straight face. "Oh yeah, they don't know do they?" she asked Remus feigning ignorance. Remus shook his head with laughter. "Well then, shall I tell them?" Alex asked looking at Lily and Jewels who had started laughing again as they nodded. Alex launched into the story about what happened after she knocked the two Marauders out cold. The three other Marauders were staring at her and the Ice Queens with newfound respect but also with fear. After that the girls left so that if McGonagol came by they wouldn't get caught in the boys' dorms.
"Well . . . they are an interesting group . . ." Sirius commented as they watched the three girls descend back down into the common room. James had been watching Lily the whole time and just nodded his head not really even thinking about what Sirius had said. Peter just squeaked in fear knowing that nothing could save him from the wrath of the three girls if they got angry and Remus just shook his head at his friends before walking down to dinner, the rest of the Marauders hot on his heels seeing as they had totally forgotten about dinner.
~ In the Great Hall ~
"Can you believe that he thought we wouldn't be his friend if we knew?" Jewels asked knowing the answer already but she had to at least voice the question to get it off her chest. The two girls with her nodded knowing why she asked the question as they sat down at the table. "Looks like Dumbledore has something to announce . . . or he's just looking for someone," Jewels said as she looked at the Professors Table at the front of the Great Hall.
"Probably both," Alex muttered as she looked around to see that half the Slytherins were glaring at the Ice Queens. "Well now, it seems as though we've become more popular with our last expedition," Alex said smirking as she glared right at Bellatrix who confidently stared back until Alex's fiery ice blue eyes broke through her resistance. "Well . . . it still seems as though we have no competition." Just at that moment the Marauders walked in and to everyone's surprise they seated themselves next to the Ice Queens who just looked at them and went back to talking. This movement caused everyone's jaws to slacken and stared dumbstruck at the Gryffindor table.
"Hello ladies," James said putting on a charming smile towards Lily who glared murderously at him knowing what he was trying to do. Alex was glaring at everyone who was still staring at them, including some of the professors which got her reproving glances but she didn't really care, it was her life to lead and she would lead it in whatever direction she wanted, no one could change that. After a few moments everyone went back to his or her previous discussions.
"Students, I have an announcement to make," Dumbledore said as he stood from his seat in the middle of the professors' table. "As you probably already know there are some rumors going around about not having a feast this year. That rumor is partially true but also partially false. Instead of just the Halloween Feast there will be a Battle of the Bands mixed in with the feast. Your bands will play three songs a piece and a select few of the Staff, Head Girl, Head Boy, and a few select Prefects will be the judges. 1st place will win tickets to a Quidditch match of his or her choice plus 100 points for their house. 2nd place will receive a free trip to Hogsmeade and 50 points to their house. 3rd place will receive 25 points for their house. If the band members are from different houses then the points will be split evenly amongst the houses. That is all," Professor Dumbledore said as he sat back down. The hall instantly went up in chatter talking about who would compete and things like that.
"What do you think about this Alex?" Lily asked when she looked over at Alex to see her reaction. To her surprise Alex was smiling and looked like she was deep in thought. "Alex?" Lily questioned again but didn't receive an answer. "Oi, Jewels. I think she might have died," Lily said joking as she poked Alex. This made Alex eyes blink then stare at Lily. "You're alive," Lily said smiling. "What are you thinking?"
"Oh, just that I need to talk to Dumbledore about something . . ." Alex said with a true smile upon her face as she stood and walked to the professors' table. "Professor Dumbledore, may I speak with you for a moment?" she asked politely surprising a few of the other professors. Dumbledore looked at her and then nodded so she walked around to the side of him.
"Let me guess Miss Evans . . . it's about the Battle of the Bands," the professor said with twinkling eyes. Alex nodded and he smiled. "Well child, what did you need?" he asked kindly.
"I was wondering . . . well you know how I transferred over from Durmstrang?" she asked and Dumbledore nodded. "Well . . . do you think it would be ok if the other members of my band came so that I could compete?" she asked with a small smile as she thought about her old friends. Dumbledore noticed the small smile that was playing on her lips and smiled.
"I think that can be arranged . . . I'll just need to floo Headmaster Stone about the arrangements . . . though I think that it would be wise to ask . . . Are your friends nearly as rough as you are?" Dumbledore asked his eyes twinkling and a smile playing on his lips as Alex looked down then back up while nodding. "Well then . . . I'll just have to warn the professors that you have because I will allow them to attend classes with you. But I will also be sure to warn the professors that you don't have as well, just in case your friends have a run in with them," Dumbledore said smiling as the teenager's small smile grew into a regular smile.
"Thank you sir," Alex said smiling a true smile that only a few had ever seen. "And Professor," she added as she was walking away, "you won't regret it." After that she ran towards her friends the smile still on her face as she ignored everyone who was staring at her like she was crazy.
I wonder what's got her so riled up . . . Sirius thought to himself as he watched Alex run up to Lily and Jewels actually smiling a natural smile that made her look like the angel she didn't act like. I wonder why she's smiling . . . maybe it has something to do with the Battle of the Bands that Dumbledore was talking about . . . Sirius thought to himself as similar thoughts ran through James' head, but Remus wasn't thinking that... let's show you what he was thinking.
How can anything make a person so happy when just a minute ago that said person looked like a zombie . . . if only they would act like they do around me in public, Remus thought to himself as he watched the three girls walk out of the Great Hall. He sighed picking up his stuff knowing that if they didn't leave now they would be late to class.
The days flew by until it was finally Monday . . . Monday was the day that Dumbledore told Alex that her friends would be coming after he called her to his office. Only the professors and Alex knew that her friends were coming, because Alex refused to tell anyone else what she was so happy about. There were three. Christopher Black, Jeremy Jackson, and Brandi Smith, these were her three friends and band members. They were supposed to arrive early in the morning so Alex had woken up earlier than usual which is hard to say because she wakes up early every day and woke up Lily and Jewels who looked at her angrily but she didn't really care.
"Come on! Please get up . . . if you don't you'll be the last to know why I'm so hyper . . ." Alex started but didn't need to continue because they jumped out of their beds and flew towards the showering rooms. Alex herself had already showered and waited about 10 minutes until they were both out. They all used the drying charm on their hair and got dressed. It was fairly early in the morning so . . . surprisingly no one was there... (A/n: Heh . . . fairly early? If anyone, anyone at all woke me up at 6:00 AM they would die a slow painful death . . . unless they woke me for school . . . . ;)
Alex's hair was worn down in a part on the left side. She was wearing a pair of baggy black pants that, of course, were decorated in large safety pins, buckles, and zippers but they also had lots of chains dangling from them. She had on a pair of black tennis shoes that had bits of dark red in them and was wearing a tight blood-red belly shirt. She had in her belly ring and sapphire studs in her top earring hole and dangling crescent moons in the bottom hole. Over her shirt she had on a fishnet shirt that faded from black to dark red. Her nails were painted her trademark black. (A/n: Hehehe, I love making outfits . . . I probably won't go into as much detail with Jewels' and Lily's because I'm not at home at the moment and when I get home I won't feel like editing it... ; All of this stuff was given to her from the people who are coming as well . . . that's another reason I described it . . . anyways, back to the story!) She also had on her twenty black bracelets, ten on each hand, a ring on her right ring finger, her many silver charm bracelets, and many necklaces.
Jewels' and Lily's outfits weren't as elaborate as this because they of course had no idea what to expect. Jewels' was wearing a pair of baggy khakis with a black shirt that had a spider on it, while Lily was wearing a pair of loose-fitting black jeans with a hunter green tank top. Both of course were wearing their regular jewelry.
Alex led the three girls down and to Hogsmeade. If anyone stopped them Alex showed them the note that Dumbledore had given her so that she would be allowed to escort her friends back to the castle and bring her new friends with her as well. After few minutes they arrived at Hogsmeade and Alex brought them to the Hogsmeade train station were a train was just unloading.
"Alex?" a male's voice asked from behind her. Alex spun on her heel to see two males and one female standing behind her. "It is you, Akuma," he said smiling. Alex smiled widely as she drew him into a hug, leaving Lily and Jewels behind her confused.
"Missed you too guys," Alex said as she hugged the other guy and the female as well. "Oh yes . . . guys these are the friends that I've made here at Hogwarts. The one with dirty-blonde hair is Jewels, and the one with startling green eyes is Lily. Lily, Jewels meet my friends and band from Durmstrang."
"I'm Jeremy Jackson," the male who had been hugged first said. Jeremy had short untidy black hair like James' but the tips of his were dyed the crimson color of the tips of Alex's hair. His eyes were dark and mysterious, and colored a dark blue which made his eyes look black. You had to look really closely to tell that they were blue and not black. He was wearing baggy black pants (OF COURSE) and a black muscle shirt that had a dragon in red on it. He had a tattoo on his right arm that said something in a different language. (A/n: I'm not going to tell you what it says . . . one or two of you may be able to guess it but I won't tell you!) He also had a weird design tattooed around his wrist along with the two others that came with him. "Glad to meet Alex's friends."
"I'm Christopher Black but call me Chris," the other male said. Chris had shaggy dark brown hair that fell easily into his golden brown eyes, so that he always had to move his hair. Out of the three that had come towards them he looked about the most normal of them all. He was wearing a pair of cargo khakis and a dark green loose tee shirt. Though he too had a weird design tattooed to his wrist.
"Hello there, I'm Brandi," the girl said as she pushed herself to the front smiling broadly. With one look you could tell that this girl was anything but normal. She was wearing a pair of dressy black flares with a silk blue shirt on top. Along with her two other friends she had a weird design tattooed on her wrist, which was kind of hard to see due to the excessive bracelets she had on. She had short dirty blonde hair that had golden highlights, and basically it went down to her shoulders. "Brandi Smith."
"Lily Evans," Lily said smiling as she looked from one to another to the next all in order of introductions. "Pleasure to meet you. I'm sure that we'll all get along fine."
"Jewels, Jewels Hall," Jewels said as she did the same thing as Lily though she had a look of apprehension on her face. "Lex . . . where are they going to be sleeping?" she asked with a look as she looked to her friend who smirked graciously.
"Heh.Brandi's sleeping in the dorm with us . . . and well . . . let's just say its time to feel sorry for the Marauders," Alex said with an evil smirk. Lily and Jewels saw the look on her face and grinned. "Yes . . . poor Chris and Jeremy have to live with four goons while their here," she said smiling.
"Four goons? Oh god what's the world coming to?" Jeremy asked sarcastically as he dropped him arm onto Alex's shoulder, which received funny looks from Jewels and Lily. "So what's this new school like, darling?" Jeremy asked receiving a playful hit in the arm. "Ouch! What was that for?"
"For being a prat like Black," Alex said glaring at Jewels and Lily who snickered at this also muttering the words 'ouch' and 'cold'. "Yes, don't act like Black unless you want the screws in your head to come undone," Alex said poking her finger into his chest for emphasis.
"Yes ma'am!" Jeremy said saluting her. Alex grabbed his hand and pulled it down. "Oh yea . . . you said to never salute you or I'd be in major pa--," Jeremy started but ended with a yelp as Alex twisted his arm behind his back. "Ok, ok! I'm sorry!" Jeremy practically shouted. Jewels and Lily were just staring dumbstruck as Chris and Brandi laughed at their friends' antics.
"Um . . . I'm lost," Lily said watching Alex and Jeremy, then looking back at Chris and Brandi. "Do they . . . ALWAYS, act like this?" Lily asked with an odd look on her face. Chris just nodded and Brandi spoke:
"Yeah, you'd think they were a match made in heaven wouldn't you? They way they act with each other," Brandi said smiling as Jeremy got free from Alex's grip and was now tickling her. Lily and Jewels looked at the two again and then back at Brandi nodding. "But this isn't the kind of friendship they used to have . . . It used to be different and that's all I can say. It's not my place," Brandi said as she suddenly grinned and tackled Chris who went down with an 'Oof!'
"Brandi!" Chris exclaimed as Brandi sat on his stomach giggling. "How many times must I tell you? Don't sit on me! Especially in public," he said scandalized as people began to stare openly at the group of teenagers in front of them. Brandi all of a sudden started talking non- stop until Chris put a finger to her mouth. "What do you want me to do to shut you up?" Brandi grinned and Chris shook his head. "No way am I going to shut you up by kissing you," he said causing her to frown.
"You might as well get it over with," Jeremy said grinning as he stopped tickling Alex and looked their way. Chris was about to complain but Jeremy cut him off. "Just do it, besides you know she won't get off until you do. And we have to leave, because I do believe that our dear friend Alex here has classes." When Jeremy said this Alex groaned causing Lily and Jewels to snicker.
"And what do you two think you're laughing at?" Alex asked as she glanced at the two snickering girls and then back at Jeremy. "And don't think just because you aren't back at Durmstrang that you don't have to attend classes. Dumbledore made it so that you are attending classes with me." This caused Jeremy to groan. "Yup just what I suspected, now Chris get her off you cause I need to eat to . . ."
"Fine," Chris moaned as he gave Brandi a light peck on her lips. Brandi squealed and stood. "Arg, that was embarrassing . . ." he said looking around as he stood and wiped off his pants.
The group of teenagers made their way back to Hogwarts, people occasionally staring at them awkwardly, but they made it there. When they reached the castle they could hear people bustling around in the halls rushing to eat breakfast or to go to class if it was far enough away from the Great Hall. Luckily enough for Alex and her company the first class that they would have to attend was only up on flight of stairs so they wouldn't have to go very far at all. Before they walked in Alex stopped them all and smiled at her friends.
"Welcome to Hogwarts!" she said as she looked back up at the castle then back at her friends. "Let's go!"
TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!
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A/N: Sorry it has been longer than I expected to update last . . . I had tons of work to do. I've had so much work to do. School doesn't it just suck? Yes. Anyways, it's up now and have fun reading it. I had fun writing it! Alex may seem out of character towards the end but that's just how she acts around her friends . . . .
Chapter 3: Revelations and . . . a Battle of the Bands?
The days quickly passed into October and nothing out of the ordinary happened during those days. unless you count about five people being sent to the Hospital Wing in one day. Those five people that were sent to the Hospital Wing just happened to be Sirius Black, James Potter, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, and Sirius' cousin Bellatrix Black, and it just so happened that the Ice Queens got detention for a month but they were all happy about it. You see, it was the Ice Queens who sent the five of them to the Hospital Wing. lets back up and show you exactly what happened.
~ Two days before October the 5th ~
"I wouldn't do that if I were you . . . " Remus reasoned with the two Marauders who decided that they wanted to go flirt with the Ice Queens, Sirius with Alex and James with Lily. They were trying to get Remus to go with them so that he could talk with Jewels but he wouldn't have any of it.
"Come on Remus . . . " Sirius whined after asking him about 10 times with the same answer every time. Remus just shook his head again. "Why not Remus?" he asked and he was given a look that could easily be read as saying 'My god, you're crazy . . . '
"Ok Sirius . . . you want to know my reasoning?" Remus asked pausing for Sirius' answer, which was an enthusiastic nod. "One, for gods sake it's the Ice Queens! Two, I like living sad as it is. And three, I'm not psychotic and I don't like Jewels like that. Sure I think that she'd be a great friend, but just after you get past the Ice Queen barrier," Remus explained but Sirius just pouted and James grinned.
"Oh well, should have known that Moony wouldn't be up for a kamikaze mission into the base of the school's main nemesis, The Ice Queens," he said chuckling and Sirius' shoulders were shaking with suppressed laughter. "Well then, shall we be on our way Padfoot?" James asked grinning, knowing that his joke had made his friends laugh. Moony's eyes were shining with laughter. When James asked Sirius this once again he nodded enthusiastically and bounced out of the room, James walking behind him shaking his head sorrowfully while still laughing.
"They are so in for it this time . . . " Remus laughed to himself remembering that the Ice Queen didn't like to be flirted with . . . especially by the Marauders or the Malfoy Gang as they now were called. "I warned them . . . " he said laughing as he pulled out his book and began reading it.
~ With the Ice Queens ~
"Hey Ki, Asu," Alex said as she caught up along side them. Ki stood for Tsuki and Asu was meant to be Arasu, and the two girls had gotten used to Alex calling them by their shorthand nicknames by now. They had even made one for her, and that one was Uma. These three shorthand nicknames didn't really mean anything but they were shortened from their regular Ice Queen names.
"Hey Uma," Lily replied with a small smile. "This day has been good, no encounters with the Egotistic Marauders or the Stupid Malfoy Gang," she said. Those were the nicknames that the Ice Queens gave to the two most popular male groups in the school.
"Who's egotistic?" a males voice asked from behind the corner that the three girls were walking towards. All three exchanged sullen glances and turned around to start walking away but the boys had cut them off by running in front of them. "Where are three lovely ladies going? Would you mind if we escorted you there?" the male asked and just guess who it was. If you guessed James Potter you were correct and if you guess that Sirius was with him, once again you were correct.
"Go back to where you came from Potter," Alex hissed at him while glaring at the two boys. A glare that would send even the bravest of men cowering behind something or someone. The two boys took in her glare and shivered slightly but didn't say anything about being scared.
"Come on Alexis," Sirius said as he tried to rest his arm on her shoulder but she sidestepped him. "What's the matter with you?" he asked as the glare went from the two boys to just him.
"So Lily. have I ever told you what beautiful eyes you have?" James asked in a deep voice trying to be more masculine than he was feeling due to Alex's glare. Lily's eyes narrowed considerably and sent a cold glare right at James.
"Now why would you go and do a stupid thing like that? Aren't I just one of the cold hearted Ice Queens that doesn't care about things like that?" she asked in a harsh voice that cut through his veins and made his insides go cold. "Seeing as I still have to ability to scare you, I'll be moving along before I decide to hex," she said as she started to walk away with Jewels by her side but unfortunately for them they just happened to run into a few people.
"Watch where you're going . . . Mudblood," a cold voice said. The three Ice Queens immediately registered this voice, it was Lucius Malfoy. Alex turned towards them and walked up behind her friends and pulled Lily to a standing position.
"What . . . did you just call her?" Alex asked in a low voice her eyes raging with hatred and anger both at once.
"Stay out of this Potter," Lily said quietly in the same cold voice when she saw James go for his wand. "This is not your fight and neither is it yours, Black." She dusted off her clothes and wiped the bit of blood that was coming from her lip from when she fell. "What did you just call me?" she asked turning towards Malfoy.
"He called you what you are. A dirty little mudblood," a cold females voice interrupted just as Malfoy was about to answer the question that had been asked twice. They all turned to the voices' speaker.
"If it isn't Bellatrix Black, soon to be Mrs. Bellatrix Lestrange," Alex said with pure venom in her voice. "I've had just about all I can take of you bloody Slytherins. I don't care if you are the bloody Minister of Magic, no one . . . I mean NO ONE has the right to say anything about ones blood. For example, Lily isn't pureblood but considerably better at every subject than anyone in your house. Put together," Alex said still glaring at the girl now in front of her.
"Oh come on Lucius," Snape said as he snaked an arm around Lily's waist. "Lets just punish the girls and ignore the guys," he said in a sickly disturbing voice. Lucius had pulled out his wand and so had Bellatrix because James and Sirius had pulled out theirs but Alex was much faster.
"EXPELLIARMUS!" Alex shouted and the four peoples wands flew to her. "Potter, Black get out of here now. We can take care of ourselves we aren't defenseless," she said before turning to Snape who was now on the floor with a knee on his back. "Nice job Asu now come over here," Alex said. Lily and Jewels walked over to her.
"But . . . they . . ." James started but didn't finish when he saw the glare that Lily sent him. The three girls were glaring daggers at James and Sirius, and also at Malfoy's gang. Alex was holding James and Sirius' wands with her right hand and her own in her left hand.
"We are not as defenseless as you think Potter, Black." Alex said coldly as she kept an eye on the three Slytherins that were in front of her and the other Ice Queens. At that moment Snape decided to pull his wand and shoot a hex at Alex. "You fool. Protego!" she said and the shielding charm made the hex reflect and hit him, sending him flying backwards. Now Alex's eyes were really narrow and it seemed like her eyes were gleaming with anger. "Now, you will pay." Her voice was ice cold and had no emotion at all in it. Lily and Jewels were a bit surprised by the lack of any emotion but didn't show this knowing that the Slytherins would take advantage of their moment of shock.
"And what are you going to do, dirty little mudblood?" Bellatrix asked with a dirty smirk on her face at insulting the so-called 'mudblood,' but what she thought to hurt Alex didn't even affect her.
"Heh. If anyone here was a mudblood it would be you Lestrange. Besides, I'm not muggleborn like many others believe. However, pure of magical blood you may be . . . but pure of heart? I think not. You just follow around in people's footsteps and do as your parents say. You have no heart, good or bad and that is sad," Alex said while still glaring at her. Snape had stood shakily after hitting the wall and walked back over to Malfoy and Bellatrix.
"And who are you to talk Evans? I have no heart? At least I talk to people in my house and when I do its not to tell them what they did wrong," Bellatrix stated as she started to anger. "You are the person with no heart. You do everything like your robot except when you're in the presence of your stupid Ice Queens," Bellatrix said and the two Marauders knew this was going to be ugly but they didn't want anything to happen to the three girls so they stayed.
"Oh, so you're calling us stupid? Well at least I can say that I don't brown nose any of the teachers. Oh this is just too funny. You call me heartless, stupid, and basically say I have no life. Well let me tell you a little something, if your prissy self was in my spot I can guarantee you that you'd be dead by now seeing as all you do is whine and suck up," Alex said. This caused Bellatrix to lunge at her but Alex dodged easily. "You're to slow. It doesn't matter how hard you try, you are no match for me," Alex said dodging another attack.
"Shut up Gryffindor! We Slytherins are the best house and pure of everything! It's you filthy Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs that are anything but pure! You allow mudbloods into your houses without a single word of complaint!" Bellatrix exclaimed while trying to attack her. Alex continuously dodged Bella's attacks until she, Alex, ducked and tripped Bella with her foot.
"You are to easily riled up. And to easily beat," Alex said as she stood and started to walk back towards Lily and Jewels. Bella stood up and glared at her back, then pulled out her wand and was about to cast a curse upon Alex but Alex was faster. Alex knowing what she was going to do quickly turned once she knew that Bella's wand was out and yelled, "Impedimenta!" The curse shot towards Bella and before she could raise a shield it hit her. She was blown back and shocked that Alex had done that attack so fast and gracefully. The spell slowed her movements but had also taken the wind out of her when she had been blown back.
"Never attack an enemies back unless you are in a proper duel. This is neither a proper duel nor fight, but we can make it as such if you wish. Though I shall warn you, you might not come out in one piece." Alex said. James and Sirius were shocked at her fast movement and wondered at the same time if she was possibly a seeker with those fast reactions, but they wondered how she knew what Bellatrix was going to do. "Not only that but it is more dishonorable than talking to someone impure, as you say, to someone of non-magical parents. You are to weak for your own good, don't go starting things you can't finish."
"Evans! Give us our wands! We can help you," Sirius shouted to Alex who looked at him like he was crazy. "I want to beat my cousin just as much as you do so give us OUR wands!"
"I don't trust you. And if I did give you your wands back you'd have to leave. I don't need help from the likes of you even if IT is your cousin," Alex said emphasizing the word 'IT' meaning Bellatrix.
"Fine! Just give us back our wands and we'll leave these three goons to you," Sirius said. James looked at him like he was crazy but Sirius looked at him as if saying 'yea . . . like we're going anywhere' so he didn't say anything. Alex knew that he was lying but she just wanted an excuse to hex him along with Malfoy's gang so she walked towards where him and James were standing.
"Alex do you really trust them?" Lily asked with disbelief evident in her voice as she looked at her best friend walking towards the two Marauders. Alex looked at her with a small smile that only her friends could detect on her face. It was a smile that said if they went back on their word they'd be hexed. "I understand," Lily said with the same small smile as Alex as she and Jewels pulled out their wands carefully not letting the others see them. Alex handed the two boys their wands and both boys literally jumped away and aimed at Malfoy, Snape, and Bella.
"Oh, I don't think so boys. Remember, I said you'd have to leave if I gave you back your wands? Well it doesn't look like you're leaving to me, so why don't I give you a good-bye gift and then send you on your way?" Alex said with an evil look on her face as she walked towards where the boys now were. The two looked at each other as comprehension dawned on their faces but before they could do anything a spell hit them knocking them out cold, also cutting them in random places (But nowhere to bad . . . x.x;). "Now then. Where were we?" she asked walking back over to her friends.
"Crucio!" Malfoy shouted pointing his wand at Alex and the spell shot out at her hitting her square in the chest seeing as she didn't try to block it. Alex fell to the ground feeling the immense pain that the curse put under the cursed but the pain disappeared into numbness. She looked up, occasionally twitching from the would be pain that she should be experiencing, and stared hard at Malfoy. Malfoy was so shocked at her ability to look up that the curse stopped.
"Was that supposed to bring me down?" Alex asked smirking as she stood and dusted off her clothing. "Now then, lets play without magic," she said suddenly as she lunged at Malfoy, knocking him off his feet. The two rolled around, occasionally hitting each other, though Alex was getting in more hits. Bellatrix lunged for Jewels but missed and was tripped by Jewels' foot, and Lily shot a few curses towards Snape who did the same thing.
After a mere few minutes many stray curses and hexes had hit the two unconscious boys. Malfoy had a few broken bones, including his nose and a couple of ribs, two black eyes, and many bruises appearing all over him. Alex had a few scratches over herself and a bloody lip but that was it. Jewels and Bellatrix hadn't really done much damage to each other . . . yet. Snape . . . well lets just say that he looked interesting. He had hair long enough to reach the floor that was neon green, his skin was a mixture between a light orange and pale blue, his lips were a dark purple, and his fingernails were pink. He also had cuts in many places from random curses shot by Lily and looked like he was in immense pain because of the last curse she threw at him. Lily was far better off than Snape. The main difference about her looks was that her hair was green. She had a few random cuts from spells she couldn't fully deflect but that was all.
Minutes after that Malfoy couldn't get up and Alex was standing over him shooting curses and hexes at him that would only make him hurt more, Bellatrix was now underneath Jewels who was beating her to a bloody pulp, and Snape had just been blown across the hall into the wall . . . that was furthest away from them. Yes and James and Sirius had many cuts, none that bad but many cuts due to the flying curses. This was about the time that a professor came around to see what was going on and imagine the look on McGonagol's face when she saw the picture in front of her eyes. She immediately pulled the three girls away from the Slytherins and brought the eight students to the hospital wing, though she had to float Malfoy up because he lost consciousness. The three girls were released from the wing a few moments after arriving because the three weren't nearly as bad off as the rest but they came face to face with a steaming mad Professor McGonagol. McGonagol sent them to her office to wait for her while she checked on the other five students. She learned that the five would have to stay in the hospital wing for at least two or three days, and for Malfoy a lot longer due to a curse placed upon him that didn't allow magic to heal his wounds. McGonagol then went to her office and slammed her door shut behind her.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" McGonagol shouted at them, and they knew that they had gotten her as mad as ever possible. "YOU COULD HAVE KILLED THEM! DID YOU NOT THINK ABOUT THAT?!?!" she shouted. The three girls weren't really listening because they knew what could have happened and they still went through with what they did. To them killing those three would do the world a favor. "A MONTH DETENTION! AND YOU!" she said rounding on Alex. "YOU... PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE NEEDS TO SPEAK WITH YOU! I HAVE INFORMED HIM WHAT YOU DID AND HE ISN'T VERY HAPPY AT ALL!" she shouted. She then took a breath, which allowed Alex to speak up.
"Professor, the Slytherins started it. And Black and Potter were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. We didn't do anything to those two only to Lestrange, Malfoy, and Snape," Alex said knowing that it didn't matter what she said but she had to at least say it. "Why does Professor Dumbledore need to see me?" she asked still without any emotion in her voice.
"BECAUSE WHEN THE SLYTHERIN HEAD OF HOUSE LEARNED WHAT YOU DID TO THE THREE SLYTHERINS HE RECOMMENDED YOU FOR EXPULSION!" she shouted and there was a look of sudden hatred in Alex's eyes. "Not the other two, just you," she said a little more calmly than before to Alex.
"I see. Well then, I guess I'd better be on my way hadn't I?" she said standing up, her voice was thick with malice and hatred directed at the Slytherins head of house, being Professor Scott. She walked out of the door without another word and towards the gargoyle statue looking over Professor Dumbledore's office.
"Oh yes, and 100 points off of Gryffindor. You are dismissed," Professor McGonagol said rather sharply. The two girls left and walked up to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" she asked making them jump as they were once again brought back to reality. They had been thinking about what would happen if Alex was expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry but they just couldn't imagine it. "Oh sorry dears but do you have to password?" the Fat Lady asked once again.
"Artemis' Lair," Lily said as she and Jewels looked down to the ground and walked in after the Fat Lady opened to reveal spot for them to climb into the Gryffindor common room. Remus was the only one in the common room at the time and he looked up to see who was entering the common room seeing as he heard the Fat Lady's portrait open and close. To his surprise he saw Lily and Jewels walking in, heads down without Alex. He closed the book that he was reading and walked over to them.
~ In Professor Dumbledore's Office ~
"Miss Evans, I suppose you know the reason why you are here?" he asked in a kind voice as he watched his first transfer student sit in front of him. She only nodded while staring at him with a look of determination on her face. "Is what you are being accused of true? Were you fighting with Mr. Malfoy? And did you put the curse on him that won't allow magic to treat his wounds?" Professor Dumbledore asked while looking at his student.
"Yes sir I did," Alex said. "And I take into account that I may be expelled but the Slytherins were the ones who started the fight. And you must also take into account that Malfoy put the Cruciatus curse on me," Alex replied to his questions. "Though I doubt that that has any change in what will happen, will it?" she asked looking at him.
"He used an Unforgivable Curse on you?" Dumbledore asked surprised. Alex only nodded this time instead of talking. "Well then," he started totally ignoring the question that Alex had asked. "You shall not be expelled for you have reason for doing what you did, but you shall still be punished. Instead of one month like your friends you will have two months detention. After Mr. Malfoy has recovered he will also have two months detention, Mr. Malfoy's dad is to high in the Ministry of Magic to do anything else."
"So . . . you're not expelling me?" Alex asked unsure because he only gave her two months detention. The twinkle in Dumbledore's eye reappeared as he nodded and she smiled but then her smile quickly faded as she remembered that she had wanted to know something and she wondered if she could ask him a question with him answering honestly.
"Ask anything you want," Dumbledore said to her suddenly as though he could read her mind. She looked at him and then at the closed door and decided to ask him the question.
"Sir . . . who is Tom Riddle?" she asked as she looked around to make sure that no one else had heard the question that she asked the headmaster. He looked at her oddly with a pensive look on his face before he said anything.
"Why do you ask Miss Evans?" Dumbledore asked with a disgruntled look on his face. No one had ever asked who Tom Riddle was and no one really cared to know. Alex looked at the look on his face and suddenly understood.
"Because my mother wouldn't tell me and she told me to ask you," Alex said easily seeing as it was the truth but she didn't want to say the other reason.
"Well Miss Evans, the one known as Tom Riddle is Lord Voldemort," Professor Dumbledore said. Alex didn't shiver at hearing the Dark Lord's name and didn't care. She had just learned something that she never expected. Everything suddenly made sense as she went over things in her head. "Miss Evans?" Dumbledore asked for the third time after he had answered the question because she hadn't responded, but this time she nearly jumped from her seat surprising the professor.
"Well, I need to go so that I wake up for classes tomorrow," Alex said as she stood and walked out the door not waiting for Dumbledore to say anything because she knew that he would ask her questions about why she hadn't said anything. She made her way to Gryffindor tower and then to the Fat Lady's portrait. She muttered the password and walked into the common room to see Jewels, Lily, and Remus talking.
~ In Common Room During Dumbledore's Questioning ~
Lily and Jewels looked up when they heard someone cough. They saw Remus Lupin standing next to them and they looked around the common room to see that it was empty. The two girls immediately groaned knowing that they were going to be questioned about the whereabouts of James and Sirius.
"Hey, have you two seen James or Sirius? I haven't seen them since they left to flirt with you about 3 hours ago . . ." Remus started but then stopped to think a moment. "Wait . . . what happened out there?" he asked. Jewels looked to Lily knowing that they had no way out of answering the question so she answered his question.
"Yeah, we've seen them . . . but they're in the hospital wing... along with three Slytherins," Jewels said in a low voice.
"Well, why didn't Alex come in with you?" Remus asked confused seeing as the three hardly ever went anywhere without each other. He knew that there was something they weren't telling him and tried to get it out of them but try as he might they wouldn't budge. That was when Alex came in through the portrait hole. "Hello, where have you been?" he asked in a friendly voice.
"Dumbledore's office being lectured and getting detention for two months," she said rolling her eyes. Lily and Jewels smiled and hugged her. She looked at them with a cocked eyebrow like they were crazy.
"So, you mean . . . he didn't?" Lily asked gaining an odd look from Remus who had been watching the three girls like they were crazy. He also noticed that the three were never this emotional when other people were around, that was why they were called the Ice Queens.
"Nah, he didn't expel me from Hogwarts, but I do believe that was only because I told him what Malfoy did to me before I did anything to him," Alex said forgetting that Remus was there. Remus glanced at her while mouthing the word 'expel.' "Oh crap," Alex said after she remembered that Remus was in the room as she glanced back at him.
"Expel?" Remus finally voiced the question that he was thinking and uncharacteristically the three Ice Queens burst out laughing. "Ok . . . I'm really lost. What's so funny?" he asked with a look of complete confusion on his face as he looked at Alex who was on the floor because she was laughing so hard and Lily and Jewels who were holding each other up. Alex looked up at him and quickly calmed herself.
"Sorry about that Lupin. And you're asking what's so funny? Just the fact that Malfoy won't be in the next Quidditch match due to something that happened today," Alex said her eyes twinkling. Remus glanced at her and shook his head, his hair shaking as well.
"Do I even want to know? And call me Remus," Remus said as he watched Jewels and Lily try to compose themselves from laughing so hard. "Ok, if it's so funny I do want to know . . ." he said looking at Alex for explanation. Alex quickly filled him in and he smiled at her. "Good job . . ."
~ Back to the Present ~
"Let's go girls," Alex said as she was walking out of the 4th year girls' dormitories. Jewels and Lily followed behind her knowing exactly what was about to happen. Alex was about to confront Remus, who had become the girls' friend, about being a werewolf because she knew that he wasn't going to tell her anytime soon. The three girls were wearing fishnet shirts over spaghetti straps and baggy black pants. The three made their way down to the commons where the four Marauders and a few other Gryffindor students sat watching the fire. The four Marauders heard them descending from the stairs and looked to see who it was. They saw the three Ice Queens walking straight towards them.
"Am I seeing things?" James whispered to the others as the Ice Queens drew closer and closer to them. "Pinch me Sirius," James stated. Sirius did as he was told and reached over, pinching James on the forearm. "Ouch . . . I'm not dreaming . . ." James whined rubbing his arm repeatedly while staring at Lily. A stare that was returned with a murderous glare.
"Keep staring because that's all you'll ever do," Lily snapped at him as the three reached the Marauders, all the students went silent knowing that usually a fight broke out when it involved the Marauders and Ice Queens but this time they'd be the ones experiencing the cross-fire. Alex sent a glare at the Marauders except for Remus who she looked curiously at.
"We all need to talk," Alex said quietly so that only the six others could hear her. "And I know more stuff than you think," she added after seeing a look cross Sirius' face. "Where do you want to talk? Somewhere more . . . private preferably," Alex said eyeing the students who were staring at the group. Remus sighed and stood nodding over to the boys' dormitory.
"We can go in there," Remus said and saw the three girls' heads mechanically nod. Remus waited for his fellow Marauders to stand and then led them up to the dorm. After he did that he sealed the door shut and silenced it so that others couldn't hear what they were talking about. "Now, what do you need to say Alex?" Remus asked wearily due to the fact that the full moon was nearing rapidly.
"Just that you've been looking worn out lately and I know why. You needn't hide it from us, we already know about your condition," Alex said looking him right in the eye. Remus had paled and was trying to look anywhere but at Alex. Remus started to try and deny it but Alex interrupted him. "And don't you even try to deny it, we aren't as dumb as the others. And before I forget, just let me tell you I understand why you don't want anyone to know so don't worry, I won't tell anyone," Alex said standing up.
"So . . . you mean . . . you aren't scared of me? You won't quit being my friend?" Remus asked confused. Alex looked at him with wide eyes.
"You actually think that I would quit being your friend? Well you got me messed up then," Alex said with a small smile on her face. "And Remus-dear . . . you really think that I of all people would be afraid of you?" Alex asked with an appraising look on her face. Remus looked at her and laughed, the Marauders were surprised to see Alex acting like . . . a human so they were just looking at her with wide eyes.
"I'm glad you understand," Remus said smiling. "That reminds me . . ." Remus said, his eyes twinkling with laughter. "How's Malfoy healing?" he asked while pointedly looking at James, Sirius, and Peter whose eyes bulged if possible even further out of their sockets. Of course Sirius and James knew that the Ice Queens had hurt Malfoy and his gang but how bad he looked when they saw him . . . It couldn't have been . . . could it? The three thought to themselves.
"Oh, I say that . . . he should be fully healed in about . . . 3-6 months," Alex said with a straight face. "Oh yeah, they don't know do they?" she asked Remus feigning ignorance. Remus shook his head with laughter. "Well then, shall I tell them?" Alex asked looking at Lily and Jewels who had started laughing again as they nodded. Alex launched into the story about what happened after she knocked the two Marauders out cold. The three other Marauders were staring at her and the Ice Queens with newfound respect but also with fear. After that the girls left so that if McGonagol came by they wouldn't get caught in the boys' dorms.
"Well . . . they are an interesting group . . ." Sirius commented as they watched the three girls descend back down into the common room. James had been watching Lily the whole time and just nodded his head not really even thinking about what Sirius had said. Peter just squeaked in fear knowing that nothing could save him from the wrath of the three girls if they got angry and Remus just shook his head at his friends before walking down to dinner, the rest of the Marauders hot on his heels seeing as they had totally forgotten about dinner.
~ In the Great Hall ~
"Can you believe that he thought we wouldn't be his friend if we knew?" Jewels asked knowing the answer already but she had to at least voice the question to get it off her chest. The two girls with her nodded knowing why she asked the question as they sat down at the table. "Looks like Dumbledore has something to announce . . . or he's just looking for someone," Jewels said as she looked at the Professors Table at the front of the Great Hall.
"Probably both," Alex muttered as she looked around to see that half the Slytherins were glaring at the Ice Queens. "Well now, it seems as though we've become more popular with our last expedition," Alex said smirking as she glared right at Bellatrix who confidently stared back until Alex's fiery ice blue eyes broke through her resistance. "Well . . . it still seems as though we have no competition." Just at that moment the Marauders walked in and to everyone's surprise they seated themselves next to the Ice Queens who just looked at them and went back to talking. This movement caused everyone's jaws to slacken and stared dumbstruck at the Gryffindor table.
"Hello ladies," James said putting on a charming smile towards Lily who glared murderously at him knowing what he was trying to do. Alex was glaring at everyone who was still staring at them, including some of the professors which got her reproving glances but she didn't really care, it was her life to lead and she would lead it in whatever direction she wanted, no one could change that. After a few moments everyone went back to his or her previous discussions.
"Students, I have an announcement to make," Dumbledore said as he stood from his seat in the middle of the professors' table. "As you probably already know there are some rumors going around about not having a feast this year. That rumor is partially true but also partially false. Instead of just the Halloween Feast there will be a Battle of the Bands mixed in with the feast. Your bands will play three songs a piece and a select few of the Staff, Head Girl, Head Boy, and a few select Prefects will be the judges. 1st place will win tickets to a Quidditch match of his or her choice plus 100 points for their house. 2nd place will receive a free trip to Hogsmeade and 50 points to their house. 3rd place will receive 25 points for their house. If the band members are from different houses then the points will be split evenly amongst the houses. That is all," Professor Dumbledore said as he sat back down. The hall instantly went up in chatter talking about who would compete and things like that.
"What do you think about this Alex?" Lily asked when she looked over at Alex to see her reaction. To her surprise Alex was smiling and looked like she was deep in thought. "Alex?" Lily questioned again but didn't receive an answer. "Oi, Jewels. I think she might have died," Lily said joking as she poked Alex. This made Alex eyes blink then stare at Lily. "You're alive," Lily said smiling. "What are you thinking?"
"Oh, just that I need to talk to Dumbledore about something . . ." Alex said with a true smile upon her face as she stood and walked to the professors' table. "Professor Dumbledore, may I speak with you for a moment?" she asked politely surprising a few of the other professors. Dumbledore looked at her and then nodded so she walked around to the side of him.
"Let me guess Miss Evans . . . it's about the Battle of the Bands," the professor said with twinkling eyes. Alex nodded and he smiled. "Well child, what did you need?" he asked kindly.
"I was wondering . . . well you know how I transferred over from Durmstrang?" she asked and Dumbledore nodded. "Well . . . do you think it would be ok if the other members of my band came so that I could compete?" she asked with a small smile as she thought about her old friends. Dumbledore noticed the small smile that was playing on her lips and smiled.
"I think that can be arranged . . . I'll just need to floo Headmaster Stone about the arrangements . . . though I think that it would be wise to ask . . . Are your friends nearly as rough as you are?" Dumbledore asked his eyes twinkling and a smile playing on his lips as Alex looked down then back up while nodding. "Well then . . . I'll just have to warn the professors that you have because I will allow them to attend classes with you. But I will also be sure to warn the professors that you don't have as well, just in case your friends have a run in with them," Dumbledore said smiling as the teenager's small smile grew into a regular smile.
"Thank you sir," Alex said smiling a true smile that only a few had ever seen. "And Professor," she added as she was walking away, "you won't regret it." After that she ran towards her friends the smile still on her face as she ignored everyone who was staring at her like she was crazy.
I wonder what's got her so riled up . . . Sirius thought to himself as he watched Alex run up to Lily and Jewels actually smiling a natural smile that made her look like the angel she didn't act like. I wonder why she's smiling . . . maybe it has something to do with the Battle of the Bands that Dumbledore was talking about . . . Sirius thought to himself as similar thoughts ran through James' head, but Remus wasn't thinking that... let's show you what he was thinking.
How can anything make a person so happy when just a minute ago that said person looked like a zombie . . . if only they would act like they do around me in public, Remus thought to himself as he watched the three girls walk out of the Great Hall. He sighed picking up his stuff knowing that if they didn't leave now they would be late to class.
The days flew by until it was finally Monday . . . Monday was the day that Dumbledore told Alex that her friends would be coming after he called her to his office. Only the professors and Alex knew that her friends were coming, because Alex refused to tell anyone else what she was so happy about. There were three. Christopher Black, Jeremy Jackson, and Brandi Smith, these were her three friends and band members. They were supposed to arrive early in the morning so Alex had woken up earlier than usual which is hard to say because she wakes up early every day and woke up Lily and Jewels who looked at her angrily but she didn't really care.
"Come on! Please get up . . . if you don't you'll be the last to know why I'm so hyper . . ." Alex started but didn't need to continue because they jumped out of their beds and flew towards the showering rooms. Alex herself had already showered and waited about 10 minutes until they were both out. They all used the drying charm on their hair and got dressed. It was fairly early in the morning so . . . surprisingly no one was there... (A/n: Heh . . . fairly early? If anyone, anyone at all woke me up at 6:00 AM they would die a slow painful death . . . unless they woke me for school . . . . ;)
Alex's hair was worn down in a part on the left side. She was wearing a pair of baggy black pants that, of course, were decorated in large safety pins, buckles, and zippers but they also had lots of chains dangling from them. She had on a pair of black tennis shoes that had bits of dark red in them and was wearing a tight blood-red belly shirt. She had in her belly ring and sapphire studs in her top earring hole and dangling crescent moons in the bottom hole. Over her shirt she had on a fishnet shirt that faded from black to dark red. Her nails were painted her trademark black. (A/n: Hehehe, I love making outfits . . . I probably won't go into as much detail with Jewels' and Lily's because I'm not at home at the moment and when I get home I won't feel like editing it... ; All of this stuff was given to her from the people who are coming as well . . . that's another reason I described it . . . anyways, back to the story!) She also had on her twenty black bracelets, ten on each hand, a ring on her right ring finger, her many silver charm bracelets, and many necklaces.
Jewels' and Lily's outfits weren't as elaborate as this because they of course had no idea what to expect. Jewels' was wearing a pair of baggy khakis with a black shirt that had a spider on it, while Lily was wearing a pair of loose-fitting black jeans with a hunter green tank top. Both of course were wearing their regular jewelry.
Alex led the three girls down and to Hogsmeade. If anyone stopped them Alex showed them the note that Dumbledore had given her so that she would be allowed to escort her friends back to the castle and bring her new friends with her as well. After few minutes they arrived at Hogsmeade and Alex brought them to the Hogsmeade train station were a train was just unloading.
"Alex?" a male's voice asked from behind her. Alex spun on her heel to see two males and one female standing behind her. "It is you, Akuma," he said smiling. Alex smiled widely as she drew him into a hug, leaving Lily and Jewels behind her confused.
"Missed you too guys," Alex said as she hugged the other guy and the female as well. "Oh yes . . . guys these are the friends that I've made here at Hogwarts. The one with dirty-blonde hair is Jewels, and the one with startling green eyes is Lily. Lily, Jewels meet my friends and band from Durmstrang."
"I'm Jeremy Jackson," the male who had been hugged first said. Jeremy had short untidy black hair like James' but the tips of his were dyed the crimson color of the tips of Alex's hair. His eyes were dark and mysterious, and colored a dark blue which made his eyes look black. You had to look really closely to tell that they were blue and not black. He was wearing baggy black pants (OF COURSE) and a black muscle shirt that had a dragon in red on it. He had a tattoo on his right arm that said something in a different language. (A/n: I'm not going to tell you what it says . . . one or two of you may be able to guess it but I won't tell you!) He also had a weird design tattooed around his wrist along with the two others that came with him. "Glad to meet Alex's friends."
"I'm Christopher Black but call me Chris," the other male said. Chris had shaggy dark brown hair that fell easily into his golden brown eyes, so that he always had to move his hair. Out of the three that had come towards them he looked about the most normal of them all. He was wearing a pair of cargo khakis and a dark green loose tee shirt. Though he too had a weird design tattooed to his wrist.
"Hello there, I'm Brandi," the girl said as she pushed herself to the front smiling broadly. With one look you could tell that this girl was anything but normal. She was wearing a pair of dressy black flares with a silk blue shirt on top. Along with her two other friends she had a weird design tattooed on her wrist, which was kind of hard to see due to the excessive bracelets she had on. She had short dirty blonde hair that had golden highlights, and basically it went down to her shoulders. "Brandi Smith."
"Lily Evans," Lily said smiling as she looked from one to another to the next all in order of introductions. "Pleasure to meet you. I'm sure that we'll all get along fine."
"Jewels, Jewels Hall," Jewels said as she did the same thing as Lily though she had a look of apprehension on her face. "Lex . . . where are they going to be sleeping?" she asked with a look as she looked to her friend who smirked graciously.
"Heh.Brandi's sleeping in the dorm with us . . . and well . . . let's just say its time to feel sorry for the Marauders," Alex said with an evil smirk. Lily and Jewels saw the look on her face and grinned. "Yes . . . poor Chris and Jeremy have to live with four goons while their here," she said smiling.
"Four goons? Oh god what's the world coming to?" Jeremy asked sarcastically as he dropped him arm onto Alex's shoulder, which received funny looks from Jewels and Lily. "So what's this new school like, darling?" Jeremy asked receiving a playful hit in the arm. "Ouch! What was that for?"
"For being a prat like Black," Alex said glaring at Jewels and Lily who snickered at this also muttering the words 'ouch' and 'cold'. "Yes, don't act like Black unless you want the screws in your head to come undone," Alex said poking her finger into his chest for emphasis.
"Yes ma'am!" Jeremy said saluting her. Alex grabbed his hand and pulled it down. "Oh yea . . . you said to never salute you or I'd be in major pa--," Jeremy started but ended with a yelp as Alex twisted his arm behind his back. "Ok, ok! I'm sorry!" Jeremy practically shouted. Jewels and Lily were just staring dumbstruck as Chris and Brandi laughed at their friends' antics.
"Um . . . I'm lost," Lily said watching Alex and Jeremy, then looking back at Chris and Brandi. "Do they . . . ALWAYS, act like this?" Lily asked with an odd look on her face. Chris just nodded and Brandi spoke:
"Yeah, you'd think they were a match made in heaven wouldn't you? They way they act with each other," Brandi said smiling as Jeremy got free from Alex's grip and was now tickling her. Lily and Jewels looked at the two again and then back at Brandi nodding. "But this isn't the kind of friendship they used to have . . . It used to be different and that's all I can say. It's not my place," Brandi said as she suddenly grinned and tackled Chris who went down with an 'Oof!'
"Brandi!" Chris exclaimed as Brandi sat on his stomach giggling. "How many times must I tell you? Don't sit on me! Especially in public," he said scandalized as people began to stare openly at the group of teenagers in front of them. Brandi all of a sudden started talking non- stop until Chris put a finger to her mouth. "What do you want me to do to shut you up?" Brandi grinned and Chris shook his head. "No way am I going to shut you up by kissing you," he said causing her to frown.
"You might as well get it over with," Jeremy said grinning as he stopped tickling Alex and looked their way. Chris was about to complain but Jeremy cut him off. "Just do it, besides you know she won't get off until you do. And we have to leave, because I do believe that our dear friend Alex here has classes." When Jeremy said this Alex groaned causing Lily and Jewels to snicker.
"And what do you two think you're laughing at?" Alex asked as she glanced at the two snickering girls and then back at Jeremy. "And don't think just because you aren't back at Durmstrang that you don't have to attend classes. Dumbledore made it so that you are attending classes with me." This caused Jeremy to groan. "Yup just what I suspected, now Chris get her off you cause I need to eat to . . ."
"Fine," Chris moaned as he gave Brandi a light peck on her lips. Brandi squealed and stood. "Arg, that was embarrassing . . ." he said looking around as he stood and wiped off his pants.
The group of teenagers made their way back to Hogwarts, people occasionally staring at them awkwardly, but they made it there. When they reached the castle they could hear people bustling around in the halls rushing to eat breakfast or to go to class if it was far enough away from the Great Hall. Luckily enough for Alex and her company the first class that they would have to attend was only up on flight of stairs so they wouldn't have to go very far at all. Before they walked in Alex stopped them all and smiled at her friends.
"Welcome to Hogwarts!" she said as she looked back up at the castle then back at her friends. "Let's go!"
TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!
A/N: I really had fun writing this! Oh yes, it was so much fun and I hope you enjoyed it. Please read and review. And yes, I'm not going to forget this!
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