Chapter 4
A few days later everyone who was going on the trip was packed and saying goodbye to their friends.
Lily and Rachel entered lugging two large trunks behind them.
"Why oh why did I have to pack all my clothes in this trunk?" Groaned Rachel trying to pull the trunk into the luggage compartment of the train.
"Guys wait up. I only have little legs and I have two trunks not just one." A voice cried out to Rachel and Lily.
Clarrisa came struggling across the platform.
"Umm Riz why do you have two trunks? When you were packing your clothes you only had one!" Said Lily with a raised eyebrow.
"Precisely that was only my clothes!" Clarrisa said as though it was obvious.
"Riiigghht. So what's in the other one?"
"DDDUUUHHH!!! My make up of course."
"I had to ask." Muttered Lily to herself.
After a few minutes of battle with the trunks the girls managed to get them into the carriage, and went off to look for a compartment to sit in.
They found one quickly and sat down.
"You do realise that you aren't going to need all your make up. I mean I've got loads at the house you can have." Said Lily to Clarrisa.
"I know but what if some one tries to nick it all while I'm not there?" Clarrisa asked.
"Well a). The dorm is actually locked and b). I very muck doubt that if a burglar breaks in they are going to steal your eyeliner and cherry bubblegum lip gloss." Rachel said.
"Excuse me! I would never have something as tacky as cherry bubblegum lip gloss thank you very much; it is out of fashion, now it's marshmallow and toffee lip gloss. Where have you been haven't you been reading Vogue, Glamour or Bliss?"
"Ummm how bout NO!!!"
Clarrisa stuttered in shock and outrage "You haven't been reading the woman's bible? Lily hold me I feel faint."
Lily snorted and said "I don't think I could take your weight."
"Damn I knew I shouldn't have eaten those four extra chocolate puddings."
"That was you? You ate my chocolate puddings. How could you!" Rachel shouted pointing her finger at Clarrisa.
"Oops!" said Clarrisa.
"You better go and get me some right now and I want you back here in one minute!" Rachel said with an evil glint in her eye.
"But it's at the other end of the train!!! This bloody train is twenty-five carriages!" Clarrisa screamed.
Rachel's mouth formed an evil grin and she said "Run fast."
Clarrisa let out a small scream and bolted with Rachel, who was laughing manically, chasing after her.
"I swear those two get weirder every day." Lily said out loud to herself.
****
Further down the train were the marauders. The three boys were talking when they saw a blur followed by another blur. The first one seemed to be screaming while the other was shouting "Run little girl! Run!"
The three boys looked at each other and shook their heads.
"So what pranks have we got planned?" Sirius asked James.
"Just a few basic stink bombs, some gloop and a few fake spiders which move when you tell them too." James replied.
"That's not up to our usual standard." Complained Sirius.
Remus made a tutting noise from where he was sitting.
"I know but I think we should give the Count and his wife a fair chance to see if they're nice or not." James said not looking up from his 'Quidditch through the ages' book. (A.N. Like father like son lol.)
"James I must say I never thought I'd see the day you said that you wouldn't do any pranks!" Said Remus in a mock shocked voice.
"Oh contraire I never actually said that Remus my dear boy. I just said we should give them a chance." James replied sarcastically.
****
Rachel and Clarrisa still hadn't returned and lily was sitting all on her own in the carriage.
*I wonder if Cal will be home he mentioned something about it before school started.*
Lily stared out of the window.
Fifteen minutes later there was the welcome sound of "Anything off the trolley dear?" Lily turned to the woman a smiled and answered "Could I have eighteen chocolate frogs, nine packets of Bertie Bott's every-flavour beans and three pumpkin juices please?"
"That'll be five sickles and six knuts please." Lily handed over the money. No longer than a few seconds after the lady had left did Rachel and Clarrisa return.
"God you have good timing." Lily said astonished.
"I know strange isn't it? We were in the dinning cart eating some sandwiches when Rachel suddenly said Lily's just bought some chocolate frogs lets go! It was actually quite scary!" Clarrisa said.
Both girls turned to Rachel who was stuffing a chocolate frog in her mouth.
"What?" She got out through the chocolate. She swallowed and said "You guys have known me for six years you must know by now that I can smell chocolate form a mile away!"
Lily sat back down and grabbed her share of the sweets before they had gone down Rachel's large trap which some could call a mouth.
Clarrisa was staring at Rachel.
"What now?" Spat Rachel, spit and chocolate flying everywhere.
"Oh nothing I was just watching that half massacred frog rolling around in your large open trap." Clarrisa smiled sweetly at Rachel.
"God! Do you have a problem with how I eat?"
"Of course not." Clarrisa said opening a packet of every-flavoured bean.
"You know I wonder if you planted these a beanstalk would grow." Clarrisa wondered out aloud.
Lily chocked on her pumpkin juice.
"What?"
"Nothing." Said Clarrisa absent mind idly.
A few days later everyone who was going on the trip was packed and saying goodbye to their friends.
Lily and Rachel entered lugging two large trunks behind them.
"Why oh why did I have to pack all my clothes in this trunk?" Groaned Rachel trying to pull the trunk into the luggage compartment of the train.
"Guys wait up. I only have little legs and I have two trunks not just one." A voice cried out to Rachel and Lily.
Clarrisa came struggling across the platform.
"Umm Riz why do you have two trunks? When you were packing your clothes you only had one!" Said Lily with a raised eyebrow.
"Precisely that was only my clothes!" Clarrisa said as though it was obvious.
"Riiigghht. So what's in the other one?"
"DDDUUUHHH!!! My make up of course."
"I had to ask." Muttered Lily to herself.
After a few minutes of battle with the trunks the girls managed to get them into the carriage, and went off to look for a compartment to sit in.
They found one quickly and sat down.
"You do realise that you aren't going to need all your make up. I mean I've got loads at the house you can have." Said Lily to Clarrisa.
"I know but what if some one tries to nick it all while I'm not there?" Clarrisa asked.
"Well a). The dorm is actually locked and b). I very muck doubt that if a burglar breaks in they are going to steal your eyeliner and cherry bubblegum lip gloss." Rachel said.
"Excuse me! I would never have something as tacky as cherry bubblegum lip gloss thank you very much; it is out of fashion, now it's marshmallow and toffee lip gloss. Where have you been haven't you been reading Vogue, Glamour or Bliss?"
"Ummm how bout NO!!!"
Clarrisa stuttered in shock and outrage "You haven't been reading the woman's bible? Lily hold me I feel faint."
Lily snorted and said "I don't think I could take your weight."
"Damn I knew I shouldn't have eaten those four extra chocolate puddings."
"That was you? You ate my chocolate puddings. How could you!" Rachel shouted pointing her finger at Clarrisa.
"Oops!" said Clarrisa.
"You better go and get me some right now and I want you back here in one minute!" Rachel said with an evil glint in her eye.
"But it's at the other end of the train!!! This bloody train is twenty-five carriages!" Clarrisa screamed.
Rachel's mouth formed an evil grin and she said "Run fast."
Clarrisa let out a small scream and bolted with Rachel, who was laughing manically, chasing after her.
"I swear those two get weirder every day." Lily said out loud to herself.
****
Further down the train were the marauders. The three boys were talking when they saw a blur followed by another blur. The first one seemed to be screaming while the other was shouting "Run little girl! Run!"
The three boys looked at each other and shook their heads.
"So what pranks have we got planned?" Sirius asked James.
"Just a few basic stink bombs, some gloop and a few fake spiders which move when you tell them too." James replied.
"That's not up to our usual standard." Complained Sirius.
Remus made a tutting noise from where he was sitting.
"I know but I think we should give the Count and his wife a fair chance to see if they're nice or not." James said not looking up from his 'Quidditch through the ages' book. (A.N. Like father like son lol.)
"James I must say I never thought I'd see the day you said that you wouldn't do any pranks!" Said Remus in a mock shocked voice.
"Oh contraire I never actually said that Remus my dear boy. I just said we should give them a chance." James replied sarcastically.
****
Rachel and Clarrisa still hadn't returned and lily was sitting all on her own in the carriage.
*I wonder if Cal will be home he mentioned something about it before school started.*
Lily stared out of the window.
Fifteen minutes later there was the welcome sound of "Anything off the trolley dear?" Lily turned to the woman a smiled and answered "Could I have eighteen chocolate frogs, nine packets of Bertie Bott's every-flavour beans and three pumpkin juices please?"
"That'll be five sickles and six knuts please." Lily handed over the money. No longer than a few seconds after the lady had left did Rachel and Clarrisa return.
"God you have good timing." Lily said astonished.
"I know strange isn't it? We were in the dinning cart eating some sandwiches when Rachel suddenly said Lily's just bought some chocolate frogs lets go! It was actually quite scary!" Clarrisa said.
Both girls turned to Rachel who was stuffing a chocolate frog in her mouth.
"What?" She got out through the chocolate. She swallowed and said "You guys have known me for six years you must know by now that I can smell chocolate form a mile away!"
Lily sat back down and grabbed her share of the sweets before they had gone down Rachel's large trap which some could call a mouth.
Clarrisa was staring at Rachel.
"What now?" Spat Rachel, spit and chocolate flying everywhere.
"Oh nothing I was just watching that half massacred frog rolling around in your large open trap." Clarrisa smiled sweetly at Rachel.
"God! Do you have a problem with how I eat?"
"Of course not." Clarrisa said opening a packet of every-flavoured bean.
"You know I wonder if you planted these a beanstalk would grow." Clarrisa wondered out aloud.
Lily chocked on her pumpkin juice.
"What?"
"Nothing." Said Clarrisa absent mind idly.