Hello you evil monkeys! Here's the next chapter and it's the best one yet
(in my opinion- you might hate it!) ah well. Please have fun reading! (Or
else I'll make you read Jane Austin!)
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Sirius returned to the group during the next lesson and told the group of his "heroic tale"
According to him, he had been dragged (very much against his will) to the hospital wing, where Madam Pomfrey had to perform an emergency spell before the sugar content got into his blood, causing him to turn into a dangerously hyper Sirius, and causing devastation wherever he went.
After that, he was "carried" to McGonagles office where he bravely received his sentence. Three days worth of detention.
He ended his story with a face so solemn, someone who had never met him before may have believed that he was a man faced with eternal torment. The others grinned and shook their heads.
Just then the bell rang out and the school burst into movement. Doors bursting open in every corridor, students spilling out of them eager to get to lunch. Sirius however was less enthusiastic than the other hunger-mad animals.
He sat down at the table and watched his friends work their way through the mountains of chips, vegetables, burgers, and sausages, and oddly enough apple source. Sirius felt sick just looking at it.
"Lost your appetite Sirius?" grinned James. Sirius glared at him.
"Because of you, I may never be able to eat again. I hate you" he replied childishly.
James poked his tongue out. Sirius playfully kicked him underneath the table, causing James to yell in fright. He then retaliated by accidentally on purpose sending the plate of peas towards his unsuspecting best friend.
"Oh, grow up, both of you!" yelled Lily in frustration. "Your seventeen, not seven!"
"And the difference is?" James said stupidly. Lily glared at him.
"I don't suppose you have changed since you were seven." Lily snorted. "You're still immature, rude and I bet you still go running to mummy every time you cannot sort out something for yourself."
James glared at her. But some odd emotion flickered in his eyes. Was it sadness? Fear? Hurt? Or just anger?
"My 'mummy' died this summer." James said coldly. "And just for the record, I can sort out my own problems, I don't need anybody." And with that he got up and stormed out the great hall. Lily looked at her hands, tears in her eyes.
"I didn't know" she whispered.
"We know Lil's" Remus put his arm around her shoulders. The others glanced uncomfortably at each other. The truth was, only Sirius and Remus had known. James hadn't wanted any one else to know. If there was one thing that he hated, it was sympathy.
The rest of the lunch was eaten in silence. The mountain of food less appealing than it had been. Lily had only one thing on her mind.
James.
What was going on through his mind? Why would he hide something as important as this? What else was he hiding? Lily dreaded to think how James was feeling. She didn't know why, but it hurt her to think of him suffering. She decided that the next time she saw him, she would apologize and offer her support. However, she did not see him until later that evening. James had not shown up to his lessons. No one had seen him.
After a long day Lily retired to her common room utterly exhausted. She had received another two essays on top of the three waiting for her in her room.
She flopped onto one of the soft red sofas and closed her eyes. The warmth of the fire soaked through her clothes and her body relaxing her.
However, although her body was at rest, her mind was not. Something was nagging her from the back of her mind. A slight movement from the other side of the room alerted her and she sat up.
She looked over and saw a messy dark-haired boy tossing and turning on the sofa. Lily got up and scrambled over to where the boy was.
She shook him by the shoulders. "Wake up James! It's just a dream" James's eyes snapped open and glanced around at the room. He sat up shakily, pushing his glasses further up him nose.
"You ok?" asked Lily nervously. James nodded. Lily sat on the edge of the sofa and observed James.
"You're not ok." She said simply. "How can you be?"
James shrugged. "I'll live"
"Have you actually talked to anybody about what happened?" Lily inquired gently. James shook his head.
"It would help if you did."
"I don't want to. It's too hard." James sighed.
"You'll feel better." Lily took James's hand. "You know where Sirius is, and you know he'll want to help you."
"I don't want everybody treating me like a kid." James started to get angry. "A bit like what you're doing now actually."
"I'm trying to help" Lily said offended.
"I don't care. How many times to I have to tell everyone! I don't need anyone!" James yelled.
"Why don't you just stop feeling sorry for yourself! You're not the first person to go through a tough time!" Lily shouted back equally as angry.
"You wanna know eh?" James said dangerously quiet. "Do you really want to know?"
Lily wasn't quite sure if she wanted to know. But James went ahead anyway.
"Here it is then. This summer, my 'mummy' and father were taken away by a nasty old man called Lord Voldemort. And we all know what happens when people get taken away by him don't we?"
Lily gasped. James ignored this.
"They were taken and never seen again. Murdered. Leaving me an orphan, alone and the next victim on the murderers list." The tone in James's voice was different now. He now sounded as though trying to suppress a great deal of emotion.
"Happy now?" he asked, choking back tears.
Lily was stunned. She had no idea that James could be so sensitive.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered. She leant forwards and planted a kiss on his lips, surprising herself. James looked at his hands.
"Me too. I didn't mean to take it all out on you." He said apologetically.
Lily smiled at him. "Do you feel better now? She asked him.
James smiled back "Loads"
"You know, if you ever need help, I'm here." Lily grabbed James's hand.
He nodded in thanks. Little did they know, they would need each other a lot more in the future. Meanwhile.
"Sirius, get the hell down from there!" Remus was trying to coax Sirius down from the windowsill.
"No way. I'm going to jump." Sirius was adamant.
"Padfoot, I'm not sure anyone has ever told you this, but, jumping out of a window is a dangerous thing to do!"
Sirius shrugged.
"Please Sirius.you can do anything, just don't jump!"
"It just seemed entertaining that's all. But." an immense smile crept over Sirius's face. "Oh bugger," thought Remus. ".I've got a better idea!" screeched Sirius jumping inside the room again. He ran to his trunk and flung it open. From it he withdrew a black skateboard. Remus eyed it wearily.
"Sirius." he warned. But Sirius did not heed and ran to the door, stood on the skateboard, and with one final salute to the gob smacked Remus, flung himself down the stairs.
'Amazingly' he did not manage to get all the way down the stone staircase without falling of the skateboard. He hit a particularly crooked stair on the way down and plummeted bottom first towards the cold floor at the bottom.
He landed. He yelped. He rubbed his arse.
"Remus. WHY THE DEVILS MONKEYS DID YOU NOT STOP ME??????????"
Hope you liked! I didn't get any reviews for the last chappie so please make my day by reviewing. I really do appreciate. And if you have an account, I'll review your stories in return! Please review! Hope you liked anyway. Still. any offers for a better reader? I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes, I genuinely cannot help it! Bloody spell check never picks them up! And I cannot believe Wales did not qualify!
Lili-Elizabeth xxx
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Sirius returned to the group during the next lesson and told the group of his "heroic tale"
According to him, he had been dragged (very much against his will) to the hospital wing, where Madam Pomfrey had to perform an emergency spell before the sugar content got into his blood, causing him to turn into a dangerously hyper Sirius, and causing devastation wherever he went.
After that, he was "carried" to McGonagles office where he bravely received his sentence. Three days worth of detention.
He ended his story with a face so solemn, someone who had never met him before may have believed that he was a man faced with eternal torment. The others grinned and shook their heads.
Just then the bell rang out and the school burst into movement. Doors bursting open in every corridor, students spilling out of them eager to get to lunch. Sirius however was less enthusiastic than the other hunger-mad animals.
He sat down at the table and watched his friends work their way through the mountains of chips, vegetables, burgers, and sausages, and oddly enough apple source. Sirius felt sick just looking at it.
"Lost your appetite Sirius?" grinned James. Sirius glared at him.
"Because of you, I may never be able to eat again. I hate you" he replied childishly.
James poked his tongue out. Sirius playfully kicked him underneath the table, causing James to yell in fright. He then retaliated by accidentally on purpose sending the plate of peas towards his unsuspecting best friend.
"Oh, grow up, both of you!" yelled Lily in frustration. "Your seventeen, not seven!"
"And the difference is?" James said stupidly. Lily glared at him.
"I don't suppose you have changed since you were seven." Lily snorted. "You're still immature, rude and I bet you still go running to mummy every time you cannot sort out something for yourself."
James glared at her. But some odd emotion flickered in his eyes. Was it sadness? Fear? Hurt? Or just anger?
"My 'mummy' died this summer." James said coldly. "And just for the record, I can sort out my own problems, I don't need anybody." And with that he got up and stormed out the great hall. Lily looked at her hands, tears in her eyes.
"I didn't know" she whispered.
"We know Lil's" Remus put his arm around her shoulders. The others glanced uncomfortably at each other. The truth was, only Sirius and Remus had known. James hadn't wanted any one else to know. If there was one thing that he hated, it was sympathy.
The rest of the lunch was eaten in silence. The mountain of food less appealing than it had been. Lily had only one thing on her mind.
James.
What was going on through his mind? Why would he hide something as important as this? What else was he hiding? Lily dreaded to think how James was feeling. She didn't know why, but it hurt her to think of him suffering. She decided that the next time she saw him, she would apologize and offer her support. However, she did not see him until later that evening. James had not shown up to his lessons. No one had seen him.
After a long day Lily retired to her common room utterly exhausted. She had received another two essays on top of the three waiting for her in her room.
She flopped onto one of the soft red sofas and closed her eyes. The warmth of the fire soaked through her clothes and her body relaxing her.
However, although her body was at rest, her mind was not. Something was nagging her from the back of her mind. A slight movement from the other side of the room alerted her and she sat up.
She looked over and saw a messy dark-haired boy tossing and turning on the sofa. Lily got up and scrambled over to where the boy was.
She shook him by the shoulders. "Wake up James! It's just a dream" James's eyes snapped open and glanced around at the room. He sat up shakily, pushing his glasses further up him nose.
"You ok?" asked Lily nervously. James nodded. Lily sat on the edge of the sofa and observed James.
"You're not ok." She said simply. "How can you be?"
James shrugged. "I'll live"
"Have you actually talked to anybody about what happened?" Lily inquired gently. James shook his head.
"It would help if you did."
"I don't want to. It's too hard." James sighed.
"You'll feel better." Lily took James's hand. "You know where Sirius is, and you know he'll want to help you."
"I don't want everybody treating me like a kid." James started to get angry. "A bit like what you're doing now actually."
"I'm trying to help" Lily said offended.
"I don't care. How many times to I have to tell everyone! I don't need anyone!" James yelled.
"Why don't you just stop feeling sorry for yourself! You're not the first person to go through a tough time!" Lily shouted back equally as angry.
"You wanna know eh?" James said dangerously quiet. "Do you really want to know?"
Lily wasn't quite sure if she wanted to know. But James went ahead anyway.
"Here it is then. This summer, my 'mummy' and father were taken away by a nasty old man called Lord Voldemort. And we all know what happens when people get taken away by him don't we?"
Lily gasped. James ignored this.
"They were taken and never seen again. Murdered. Leaving me an orphan, alone and the next victim on the murderers list." The tone in James's voice was different now. He now sounded as though trying to suppress a great deal of emotion.
"Happy now?" he asked, choking back tears.
Lily was stunned. She had no idea that James could be so sensitive.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered. She leant forwards and planted a kiss on his lips, surprising herself. James looked at his hands.
"Me too. I didn't mean to take it all out on you." He said apologetically.
Lily smiled at him. "Do you feel better now? She asked him.
James smiled back "Loads"
"You know, if you ever need help, I'm here." Lily grabbed James's hand.
He nodded in thanks. Little did they know, they would need each other a lot more in the future. Meanwhile.
"Sirius, get the hell down from there!" Remus was trying to coax Sirius down from the windowsill.
"No way. I'm going to jump." Sirius was adamant.
"Padfoot, I'm not sure anyone has ever told you this, but, jumping out of a window is a dangerous thing to do!"
Sirius shrugged.
"Please Sirius.you can do anything, just don't jump!"
"It just seemed entertaining that's all. But." an immense smile crept over Sirius's face. "Oh bugger," thought Remus. ".I've got a better idea!" screeched Sirius jumping inside the room again. He ran to his trunk and flung it open. From it he withdrew a black skateboard. Remus eyed it wearily.
"Sirius." he warned. But Sirius did not heed and ran to the door, stood on the skateboard, and with one final salute to the gob smacked Remus, flung himself down the stairs.
'Amazingly' he did not manage to get all the way down the stone staircase without falling of the skateboard. He hit a particularly crooked stair on the way down and plummeted bottom first towards the cold floor at the bottom.
He landed. He yelped. He rubbed his arse.
"Remus. WHY THE DEVILS MONKEYS DID YOU NOT STOP ME??????????"
Hope you liked! I didn't get any reviews for the last chappie so please make my day by reviewing. I really do appreciate. And if you have an account, I'll review your stories in return! Please review! Hope you liked anyway. Still. any offers for a better reader? I'm sorry for any spelling mistakes, I genuinely cannot help it! Bloody spell check never picks them up! And I cannot believe Wales did not qualify!
Lili-Elizabeth xxx