DISCLAIMER: AGAIN ONE MORE TIME…. THIS IS THE LAST TIME. ANY OTHER CHAPTERS UPDATED AFTER THIS WILL BE THE SAME THING, SO JUST REFER BACK TO HERE IF YOU ARE STILL CURIOUS…. ALL FAMILIAR HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS (JAMES, SIRIUS, REMUS, LILY, SNAPE, ETC.) BELONG TO JK ROWLING. EVERYONE ELSE (JADE, PENNY, CARLY, ETC.) BELONG TO ME. THE PLOT BELONGS TO ME. IF IT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER PLOTS, MY APOLOGIES, IT IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL.
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As the sunlight began to creep through the windows of the Gryffindor girls' dorm, Lily stirred a little, waking up from a dreamless sleep. It only felt like five minutes, but Lily and her newfound friends slept for seven hours. The time was now six in the morning, and Lily was used to waking up early. After stretching and a couple of soft yawns, to not wake anyone else up, Lily slipped on her bunny slippers and headed to the bathroom to wash up. She took a shower to wake up more and feel refreshed for her first day of class in Hogwarts. She was excited, and when she stepped out of the bathroom, her friends were also wide awake smiling at her, eager for class as well. They each waited for each other and after they all were fully dressed in their Hogwarts robes, they walked off together for breakfast.
James, Remus, and Sirius woke up earlier than the rest, and whispered to the half-asleep Peter and Frank all about their little prank last night on the girls. As soon as they heard this, they shot up out of bed and joined the three to breakfast in the Great Hall. There they saw Lily, Jade, Carly, and Penny. James looked at his watch, anticipating the time when the hexes would take effect. It was now 8:58, and there were two minutes till complete chaos for Lily, Jade, and Carly.
"What time is it James?? Is it time yet? Come on!!!" screamed Sirius. He was really excited and bouncing up and down on the seat.
"Just wait, Sirius, about a minute or two." answered James.
"Uhh… I hope that Carly doesn't get too mad." said Remus. He was watching Carly butter her toast.
"Oh don't be such a spoil sport, Remi," said Sirius. "After all, it was YOUR idea."
"No it wasn't!! It was you and James's idea to actually pull the prank!
"Ah yes, Remus, but it was YOUR hexes that we used. If it wasn't for you, none of this wouldn't happen…. wait!!! Here we go!!!
The three boys looked at the watch as there were mere seconds away from breaking down into a riotous laughter.
"3……..2………1………"
"OH MY GOD LILY, WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR?!?!?" shouted Penny.
Lily was confused. She set it up neatly in a bun back at the dormitories, so she just gave Penny a funny look. "I have no idea what you are babbling about, Penny."
"Ummm… Lily… she's not babbling. LOOK." said Jade, handing Lily her little mirror.
Lily was astonished at what she saw. Her beautiful red hair was now a shade of purple, and what made Lily's eyes almost drop out of their sockets were the green highlights clashing here and there along with the purple color. She knew exactly what was up.
"JAMES POTTER!!!!!!!! YOU IDIOTIC GIT… CHANGE MY HAIR BACK NOW!!"
James was putting on a sweet innocent face, but Lily could see right through it. Plus, the fact that Sirius was roaring with laughter, along with the rest of the table gave it away. Soon they heard another shriek.
"Hey!! My fingers!!!! What happened?!?!?!" Carly was currently trying to pick up her toast, but only succeeded in pushing it around her plate.
"POTTER!!!"
"What! That wasn't me, Evans."
Remus, who was putting on the best fake face of the three, looked at Carly who was fuming. Both of them looked at each other, and with a mischievous grin, Remus burst out laughing spitting out crumbs…. and also blowing his cover.
"Ahahahahhaha. Carly you should see your face. So much concentration in just picking up toast!"
"Remus Lupin!!! Oooooo… I knew it!!!" shouted Carly.
Lily in the meantime was slapping James repeatedly on the shoulder, screaming into his ear.
"See look at what you are doing!!!! Carly can't eat now, and I look like an eggplant!!! You are putting a bad influence on Remus, and he's not even younger than you are!!"
"Actually, Evans, Remus is about… three months younger."
"Potter!!!!! That's not what I meant!"
"I know Evans, now keep it down. With your hair-style, I don't think you want anyone else looking at you." Lily shut up as well as looked up, but it was too late. Everyone in the Great Hall were either staring at her strangely, or clutching their stomachs in laughter at her and Carly, who was just as red as Lily was at the moment.
"Well I thought it was rather funny, girls. I'm sure they were all in good fun." mentioned Jade. She didn't know what happened to her, yet.
"Oh shut it, Jade!" Lily snapped.
"Yeah!! I bet they did something to you too!" replied Carly.
"Well my hair is perfectly fine, and look, I can successfully butter and eat my breakfast, so there."
"Shut up, Jade." They chorused.
"Fine, if you are going to give me that type of attitude, I'm just going to head back to the Tower, thank you very much!"Jade then stood up to leave, but failed miserably. With her first step, she stumbled over towards the table and fell flat on her face, landing onto her breakfast. She angrily wiped the mess off her face, and looked down at her now uneven legs. She then took away the attention from Lily and Carly for a bit, screaming….
"SIRIUS BLACK!!!!!!! YOU BASTARD!!!!!!!!"
Sirius stopped laughing momentarily and gave her a wide grin… then continued laughing with everyone else.
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The talk of the breakfast was, of course, the first successful prank of James, Sirius, and Remus. The girls, however, were the only ones not pleased, as they spent the rest of breakfast glaring at the three boys. Penny and Alice, who were giggling for a bit, soon joined the other three with their utter dislike. After all, they were their friends. Their schedules were passed out to them at the end of breakfast, and currently, the Gryffindors were on their way towards Transfiguration, with Professor McGonagall. Everyone was still talking about the prank, and James, Sirus, and Remus agreed to change the three girls back to normal, much to the girls' relief. As soon as they walked into the classroom, Professor McGonagall immediately walked up to James, Sirius, and Remus in an intimidating fashion.
"You three, I noticed that you were the cause of the ruckus this morning at breakfast?"
"Us?? Why would you think it's us?" questioned Remus.
"Because Miss Evans, Miss Atwater, and Miss Chapman are both shooting death glares at you, ready to kill."
"Oh…. uhhh…"
"Well, well, I take it that you three enjoyed the after-effects of your first prank, Mr. Black?"
"Absolutely!" Sirius stupidly answered.
"And I'm sure you'll enjoy the punishment as well… detention tonight, 7 pm in my office. Oh, and I 'do' believe that is your… how do you say… FIRST detention as well. Do I make myself clear, boys?"
"Yes, Professor" came all three voices.
"Very well, to your seats. Class will begin shortly."
James and Sirius sat on their own table, while Remus took a seat next to Peter behind them. The three boys noticed the smirks on the girls' faces after their issuing of their detention.
"Oh, bugger off." was all that James said.
Lily was very pleased with their punishment, just as Jade and Carly were. Their classes turned out fairly well. In Transfiguration, when James wasn't being scolded by Professor McGonagall, he did superb in their first lesson. James successfully transfigured a quill into a needle. Sirius and Remus did it on their second of third try. Lily, however, could barely even make the quill turn silver. She was disappointed in herself, and James' arrogance towards her made her even more mad. Jade and Carly kindly helped her out and she got it by the end of class, but she was still mad about it and promised herself she'd do better next class.
James and his two pals were smiling on their way to their next class: Charms. As they took their seats, he saw the look of worry on Lily's face and he began to feel a little guilty with his attitude towards her last class. He didn't want her to think low of herself, and he was making up his mind to apologize at the end of class. This thought, however was suddenly banished from his head when they were trying out their first charm assignment.
"Class." said Professor Flitwick. "Your assignment today is to levitate your quills using the proper enchantment. Repeat after me please…. 'Wingardium Leviosa'."
"Wingardium Leviosa."
"Very good, now please carry on with the assignment. I'll be walking around to check on your progress."
James figured it'd be cinch since they were using quills again for the assignment. After all, he was a Potter, and he always had a natural talent for everything he did. However, transfiguring a quill and charming a quill are two completely different things. He couldn't even get the quill to move from the bloody table. Once he thought he got it to roll over, but it was just the effect from Sirius's fist when he pounded the table. He was having a little trouble as well. James looked across the class to find Lily Evans levitating her quill with perfection. Professor Flitwick marveled at Lily's success and James scowled. She'll probably rub it in my face after class. he thought. Sure enough, after class, Lily came up to James with a huge smile plastered on her face.
"Can this be?? Has James Potter finally met his match?? Charms, my dear, just so happens to be my wand's specialty. It must feel awkward to finally be beaten, huh. By a girl, too! Not just any, girl either… Who you say? Hmm, could you possibly tell me who, Potter?"
"You…" he muttered angrily.
Lily laughed again. "Hope this sticks into your head, Mr. Potter… there's a first time for everything." And with that she skipped off with her friends, while James punched Sirius and Remus in their shoulders after hearing their quiet snickers.
History of Magic was next, and well…. it's just like any other history class. Booooooriiiing. Almost everyone in the class fell asleep. Even Lily managed to doze off once in a while. Still, they were a bit surprised in the beginning of class, because it was the first time ever that Hogwarts had a ghost teaching a subject. Professor Binns, however, wasn't very entertaining, much less scary. The only thing creepy about him was his monotonous voice droning along continously for the entire period, while the class desperately tried to stay awake and take notes.
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At dinner, everyone was exhausted and very happy to be out of classes for the day.
"That Binns sure is boring." said Penny, with Carly with a nod of her head.
"Yeah, I mean, you'd think he'd be more interesting, being a ghost and all."
"Well, at least there was ONE thing interesting about today, Carly."
"What's that?"
"The constant flirting of James and Lily, that's what." Penny and Carly laughed while Alice choked on her juice from trying not to laugh.
"Hey!! It's more like constant bickering, that's what it is." corrected Lily.
Penny grinned. "Sure, Lily… hey by the way. Did you take notes in Binns' class?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Good, can I copy them? I don't even remember being in there. Guess I was asleep."
"Oh fine, but I'm not doing this all the time."
"Thanks."
"Umm, Lily??"
"What is it, Jade?"
"Can I borrow them after, too?"
"Me too!" chimed in Carly.
"Hey!!!!!" was all that Lily could say.
The girls all went back to the Tower to start on their homework. Each girl diligently worked for an hour straight, until something… or actually certain 'someones' interrupted them.
"What do you want, Potter. Shouldn't you be at detention?"
"Nah, we just got back actually. I was just seeing if I could borrow your history notes."
"What?!?! Did anyone stay awake in that class?!"
"I did!!" said Sirius.
Everyone dropped their quills. "Sirus?!?! YOU?!?!?!"
"Well, no, but I just wanted to see what everyone would do if I said I did. Sorry."
Jade threw her quill at him.
"Thanks a bunch, Jade!! Mine's kinda worn down. You're a life saver."
"Hey give that back!!!"
"Nah… why don't come over here and make me, or is your ruler not accurate from measuring the length of your legs."
"Ooooooo Sirius, don't' push me."
"I'm not pushing… I'm just merely borrowing your quill."
"That's it!! I'm going to knock your face from here to Hogsmeade!"
"Ouch. That would hurt, but….can I still borrow your quill?"
"NO!!!" Jade chased Sirius around the room, while Sirius was running circles around her, obviously enjoying himself with Jade in a wild pursuit. Remus and Carly were helping each other with the levitating charm in the corner, smiling and laughing together. Lily and James then turned to each other.
"Well, Potter, it looks like our friends are actually getting along for once… well in different ways." said Lily after glancing at the Jade still chasing Sirius. "Think that'll happen to us?"
"What do you think, Evans?"
"Not a chance"
"Finally, I agree with you."
"Well, that's a first."
"Indeed."
"I think Jade is rather taken with Sirius, though."
"Oh really… and what about you Lily-kins? Are you taken with someone too?"
"No.. .and don't call me Lily-kins."
"Sure thing, Lily-Willy."
"POTTER!"
"Ok ok."
"That's more like it… you don't want me 'levitating' you back to detention, would you?" Lily snickered.
"Not really. Oh, and speaking of that, I wanted to apologize for my attitude towards you in transfiguration today. I didn't realize that it was your first time ever trying magic, and I didn't want to make you feel put down."
Lily was caught off guard and though that he was just joking again, but one look into his eyes, and she knew he was being serious. "It's ok, Potter… but please, don't give me any pity just because I'm a muggle-born. I'll get the hang of things around here, and soon I will be just as good as… well you."
"Was that a compliment, Evans, or a challenge?"
"Let's just say it's both."
"We'll see about that."
"We most certainly will." James began walking back towards the other side of the room when Lily said,
"Hey Potter… did you just actually act civil towards me for once in your life? Apologizing is a big step in sincerity, hope it didn't hurt your head too much."
James laughed. "Well, Evans, someone very wise once told me…………….. that there's a first time for everything."
With a wink and a grin, James turned around to start on his work, while Lily smiled and continued with hers, ducking as Sirius jumped over with Jade following closely behind him.
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Gryffindor Schedule – 1st Years
Monday – Transfiguration, Charms, History of Magic
Tuesday – Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts
Wednesday – Transfiguration, Charms, History of Magic
Thursday – Potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts
Friday – Double Herbology, Flying
(just in case you were wondering… hehe. Stay tuned!)