A Change in the Line Up
Breakfast was over and they were all walking down to the dungeons, for their first Potion's class of the year; and this year they had a new Potions teacher considering that last year Jevidah had been arrested for being a Death Eater. They stood outside the class waiting for the new Professor.
"You should watch your back Tiania." Rosier told her. "I don't think our new head would take kindly, if you got him arrested as well."
"Then he shouldn't join Voldermot then should he." Nissa told her. "Their killing people, that isn't wrong according to you now?"
"Of course it's wrong." Lily said stood next to her. "You can't believe that their right."
"They're right about something's." Lestrange told them. "We should get ride of all the mud-bloods, and just keep it to the pureblood families for magical learning. So that means people like you."
James and Sirius pulled out their wands and were pointing them at his chest, he just laughed at them knowing that they wouldn't really hurt him; which he was right because Nissa and Lily were trying to control them because their new teacher was walking towards them.
"Good morning, inside now." The Professor said, he was tall dark and looked quit shifty. "Take your seats now quickly. I am Professor Nero Reardon, I am your new Potions teacher and head of Slytherin house. Now let me see, oh yes; Miss Tiania I believe I have you to thank for the post."
"Well that would be Professor Dumbledore for hiring you." Nissa said calmly. "But if you mean, because of Jevidah being arrested; then I guess so. But I don't think any of us in our right minds would want a Death Eater teaching us."
Lestrange glared at her, while Severus who was sat next to her, tried to pretend that he couldn't hear anything she was saying.
"You are quit right after all." Reardon said. "We have to protect the muggle borns after all."
At that point he lost the like of the Gryffindor's but they hide it well, he might as well gone and called them mud-bloods; but they couldn't say anything because most are like him from Slytherin if not all of them.
***
"Well that wasn't so bad, for a first week back." James said sitting down in front of the fire next to Sirius.
"Come on Prongs, we should celebrate; no detention." Sirius said smiling.
"I think the other year made up for it, two detention before the second day was even over." Remus reminded them.
"Still, we should do something." Sirius told them.
"How about staying out of trouble." Nissa suggested as she led over and kissed him on the cheek, and then dumped a heavy book in his lap. "Or this, it might give you a few ideas for the map."
"Great, we'll go with the second option." Sirius told her smiling. "Here, Remus your better at reading this sort of things." Sirius handed the book over to Remus who took it, and flicked through the pages; before he would start it.
"Why did you say anything?" Nissa asked.
"Say anything about what?" Sirius asked her.
"Not you, James. You should have said, congrats." Nissa said walking round and gave him and kiss on the cheek before sitting in the middle of the two of them. "Captain, how does it feel?"
"Great, it really does." James said smiling, well he has been smiling all week none stop; Nissa and thought it was because Lily had agreed to go on a date with him. "We need a team though, half have left; we'll be holding try outs this week."
"Great, then this is the time to tell you I want to change." Nissa told him.
"What? What do you mean change?" James asked her.
"I want to play as Beater, instead of Chaser." Nissa told him.
"You'll get killed." Sirius protested.
Nissa turned round and smiled at him. "I think I would get more hurt playing Chaser then Beater, considering that's who they aim for along with the Seeker. And anyway I'll be able to hit them back this way."
"Didn't you anyway." Remus said smiling as he looked over the top of his book. "I think it's a great idea, no one would dare cross her; that if they've got anything about them."
Sirius wrapped his arms around her pulling her close. "I don't think it's a good idea, you could get hurt; come on Prongs you agree don't you?"
Nissa laughed at him. "Why don't I try out and see how it goes."
"It's only fair." James said.
Nissa kissed Sirius and then James on the cheek again as she got up to leave. "Thanks James."
"You know what its like, kill or be killed." Sirius said.
"You worry too much about her sometimes, I know you have good reason; but she can look after herself." James told him.
"I little to well sometimes." Sirius said rubbing his face remembering the time she had punched him in the face.
It was Wednesday night, Quidditch try outs. James was already their with a crowd of friends, and Nissa was walking down with Lily and Natalie. James saw Lily straight away and ran over to her, as Sirius walked over with Remus.
"Great you've come to watch." James said to her smiling.
"Nissa asked me to come and watch." Lily corrected him.
"You're here anyway, that's great." James told her.
"Your still going to go ahead with this aren't you?" Sirius asked Nissa, and then turned to Lily. "Didn't you talk her out of it?"
Lily smiled at both Sirius and James surprising them both. "I think it's a good idea personally."
"Where am I?" Sirius demanded throwing his arms up in the air, as they laughed at him.
"Don't worry." Nissa told him as she tied her long hair back out of her way. "I've done this before, it's been a while; but I can still do it."
Lily and Natalie spent the whole night in the stands closing their eyes every so often as a bludger would come near to knocking Nissa off her broom, or James; and even Sirius who had tried out for the other beater spot. Which Sirius wasn't bad, though some thought that he didn't play so that he wouldn't mess up his good looks.
"We've got our new beaters; the two of you were great." James told them. "Just one thing Padfoot, when it comes to a real game remember that your protecting the rest of the team; and not just Nissa."
"Yeah but I can do all, and still look brilliant." Nissa told them as she shock her long hair out, she didn't look as though she had been flying for over two hours; and unlike them she was still just as clean as she started like she had just watched from the side lines. "Maybe you should hit the showers; we'll see you back in the common room."
"Great practice." Lily told James as they walked back up to the school.
As soon as they were out of ear shot and eye rage, James jumped in the air. "She likes me, I always knew she did."
"All you have to do now is get through a date with her; and it better be brilliant." Sirius warned him.
It was coming up to the first match for the season, which would be Gryffindor vs. Slytherin as normal. Nissa had been helping James plan his date with Lily for the past couple of weeks, Sirius wondered why she didn't put so much effect into theirs; she had told them that 'there was plenty of time for that, but he could always do something special if he wanted too.'
Natalie did Lily's make-up for her and Nissa made her a nice dress and robes to go with it, she wore soft gold and red; Gryffindor colours. They all made sure that Lily meet James, and then they all disappeared.
James smiled at Lily as she walked towards him, he couldn't believe it she looked even more beautiful; he wasn't sure if he was going to be able to speak.
"Hi." Lily said.
"Hi, you look..." James told her. "That good, that there are no words to describe how beautiful you are."
Lily blushed as he smiled at her, she couldn't think of anything to say back to him; so she just smiled and linked his arm. They walked down the corridor together, not running into many people; which Lily was glad of, just the two of them.
They walked through the school, chanting, and talking about Quidditch; until James steered them down to the entrance hall and towards the doors to go out.
"Do you think we should, it is getting late after all?" Lily asked him stepping a little back.
"Of course, just once around the lake and then we'll come back." James suggested.
"Ok then." Lily agreed and she took his arm again, and they went outside; she moved a little closer to him when the cool breeze hit them for the first time.
James smiled to himself as they walked over to the lake, and his tree.
"Do you hear that is that music?" Lily asked as they got nearer to the tree, they could hear music playing from somewhere but couldn't see where.
And then she saw it, she stop dead and turned to James smiling and then back at the tree he and his friends always sat under. There were fairies above in the benches, and a table set for two; with food and drink laid out for them before.
"How did you, I don't want to know...this is great James." Lily said as he walked her over to her chair.
He pulled it out for her and she sat down, he walked round to the other side and sat down and poured them both a drink out.
"This is wonderful James; I can't believe that you went to all this trouble." Lily said smiling at him, as he smiled back.
"It wasn't any trouble." James told her.
They both had a great time; they ate, drank and talked for hours; completely losing track of the time. Until finally Lily realised and panicked thinking she was going to get into so much trouble, but James had come prepared; he had his invisibility cloak. So they went back up to the castle under the cloak with James' arm around her shoulder.
***
It was the Quidditch match, Lily hadn't stopped talking about her date; but she wouldn't say that she was going out with him, but no one else was aloud to either. Gryffindor was winning 50 to 10; Nissa was having a great time playing as beater; while Sirius almost had a heart attack every time a bludger came near her.
Sirius was flying underneath James to stop him being hit, when Nissa suddenly lopes them both taking the bludger and belting it at the Slytherin Seeker sending him flying off course giving James a free rain.
Gryffindor won by a landslide, Slytherin had learnt not to cross Nissa and their new line up. And Nissa promised Sirius that she would be more careful, but was still aloud to be a little reckless when flying; if he still got up to everything which he did. Which Remus reminded him that he didn't really have a chose in the matter.
Breakfast was over and they were all walking down to the dungeons, for their first Potion's class of the year; and this year they had a new Potions teacher considering that last year Jevidah had been arrested for being a Death Eater. They stood outside the class waiting for the new Professor.
"You should watch your back Tiania." Rosier told her. "I don't think our new head would take kindly, if you got him arrested as well."
"Then he shouldn't join Voldermot then should he." Nissa told her. "Their killing people, that isn't wrong according to you now?"
"Of course it's wrong." Lily said stood next to her. "You can't believe that their right."
"They're right about something's." Lestrange told them. "We should get ride of all the mud-bloods, and just keep it to the pureblood families for magical learning. So that means people like you."
James and Sirius pulled out their wands and were pointing them at his chest, he just laughed at them knowing that they wouldn't really hurt him; which he was right because Nissa and Lily were trying to control them because their new teacher was walking towards them.
"Good morning, inside now." The Professor said, he was tall dark and looked quit shifty. "Take your seats now quickly. I am Professor Nero Reardon, I am your new Potions teacher and head of Slytherin house. Now let me see, oh yes; Miss Tiania I believe I have you to thank for the post."
"Well that would be Professor Dumbledore for hiring you." Nissa said calmly. "But if you mean, because of Jevidah being arrested; then I guess so. But I don't think any of us in our right minds would want a Death Eater teaching us."
Lestrange glared at her, while Severus who was sat next to her, tried to pretend that he couldn't hear anything she was saying.
"You are quit right after all." Reardon said. "We have to protect the muggle borns after all."
At that point he lost the like of the Gryffindor's but they hide it well, he might as well gone and called them mud-bloods; but they couldn't say anything because most are like him from Slytherin if not all of them.
***
"Well that wasn't so bad, for a first week back." James said sitting down in front of the fire next to Sirius.
"Come on Prongs, we should celebrate; no detention." Sirius said smiling.
"I think the other year made up for it, two detention before the second day was even over." Remus reminded them.
"Still, we should do something." Sirius told them.
"How about staying out of trouble." Nissa suggested as she led over and kissed him on the cheek, and then dumped a heavy book in his lap. "Or this, it might give you a few ideas for the map."
"Great, we'll go with the second option." Sirius told her smiling. "Here, Remus your better at reading this sort of things." Sirius handed the book over to Remus who took it, and flicked through the pages; before he would start it.
"Why did you say anything?" Nissa asked.
"Say anything about what?" Sirius asked her.
"Not you, James. You should have said, congrats." Nissa said walking round and gave him and kiss on the cheek before sitting in the middle of the two of them. "Captain, how does it feel?"
"Great, it really does." James said smiling, well he has been smiling all week none stop; Nissa and thought it was because Lily had agreed to go on a date with him. "We need a team though, half have left; we'll be holding try outs this week."
"Great, then this is the time to tell you I want to change." Nissa told him.
"What? What do you mean change?" James asked her.
"I want to play as Beater, instead of Chaser." Nissa told him.
"You'll get killed." Sirius protested.
Nissa turned round and smiled at him. "I think I would get more hurt playing Chaser then Beater, considering that's who they aim for along with the Seeker. And anyway I'll be able to hit them back this way."
"Didn't you anyway." Remus said smiling as he looked over the top of his book. "I think it's a great idea, no one would dare cross her; that if they've got anything about them."
Sirius wrapped his arms around her pulling her close. "I don't think it's a good idea, you could get hurt; come on Prongs you agree don't you?"
Nissa laughed at him. "Why don't I try out and see how it goes."
"It's only fair." James said.
Nissa kissed Sirius and then James on the cheek again as she got up to leave. "Thanks James."
"You know what its like, kill or be killed." Sirius said.
"You worry too much about her sometimes, I know you have good reason; but she can look after herself." James told him.
"I little to well sometimes." Sirius said rubbing his face remembering the time she had punched him in the face.
It was Wednesday night, Quidditch try outs. James was already their with a crowd of friends, and Nissa was walking down with Lily and Natalie. James saw Lily straight away and ran over to her, as Sirius walked over with Remus.
"Great you've come to watch." James said to her smiling.
"Nissa asked me to come and watch." Lily corrected him.
"You're here anyway, that's great." James told her.
"Your still going to go ahead with this aren't you?" Sirius asked Nissa, and then turned to Lily. "Didn't you talk her out of it?"
Lily smiled at both Sirius and James surprising them both. "I think it's a good idea personally."
"Where am I?" Sirius demanded throwing his arms up in the air, as they laughed at him.
"Don't worry." Nissa told him as she tied her long hair back out of her way. "I've done this before, it's been a while; but I can still do it."
Lily and Natalie spent the whole night in the stands closing their eyes every so often as a bludger would come near to knocking Nissa off her broom, or James; and even Sirius who had tried out for the other beater spot. Which Sirius wasn't bad, though some thought that he didn't play so that he wouldn't mess up his good looks.
"We've got our new beaters; the two of you were great." James told them. "Just one thing Padfoot, when it comes to a real game remember that your protecting the rest of the team; and not just Nissa."
"Yeah but I can do all, and still look brilliant." Nissa told them as she shock her long hair out, she didn't look as though she had been flying for over two hours; and unlike them she was still just as clean as she started like she had just watched from the side lines. "Maybe you should hit the showers; we'll see you back in the common room."
"Great practice." Lily told James as they walked back up to the school.
As soon as they were out of ear shot and eye rage, James jumped in the air. "She likes me, I always knew she did."
"All you have to do now is get through a date with her; and it better be brilliant." Sirius warned him.
It was coming up to the first match for the season, which would be Gryffindor vs. Slytherin as normal. Nissa had been helping James plan his date with Lily for the past couple of weeks, Sirius wondered why she didn't put so much effect into theirs; she had told them that 'there was plenty of time for that, but he could always do something special if he wanted too.'
Natalie did Lily's make-up for her and Nissa made her a nice dress and robes to go with it, she wore soft gold and red; Gryffindor colours. They all made sure that Lily meet James, and then they all disappeared.
James smiled at Lily as she walked towards him, he couldn't believe it she looked even more beautiful; he wasn't sure if he was going to be able to speak.
"Hi." Lily said.
"Hi, you look..." James told her. "That good, that there are no words to describe how beautiful you are."
Lily blushed as he smiled at her, she couldn't think of anything to say back to him; so she just smiled and linked his arm. They walked down the corridor together, not running into many people; which Lily was glad of, just the two of them.
They walked through the school, chanting, and talking about Quidditch; until James steered them down to the entrance hall and towards the doors to go out.
"Do you think we should, it is getting late after all?" Lily asked him stepping a little back.
"Of course, just once around the lake and then we'll come back." James suggested.
"Ok then." Lily agreed and she took his arm again, and they went outside; she moved a little closer to him when the cool breeze hit them for the first time.
James smiled to himself as they walked over to the lake, and his tree.
"Do you hear that is that music?" Lily asked as they got nearer to the tree, they could hear music playing from somewhere but couldn't see where.
And then she saw it, she stop dead and turned to James smiling and then back at the tree he and his friends always sat under. There were fairies above in the benches, and a table set for two; with food and drink laid out for them before.
"How did you, I don't want to know...this is great James." Lily said as he walked her over to her chair.
He pulled it out for her and she sat down, he walked round to the other side and sat down and poured them both a drink out.
"This is wonderful James; I can't believe that you went to all this trouble." Lily said smiling at him, as he smiled back.
"It wasn't any trouble." James told her.
They both had a great time; they ate, drank and talked for hours; completely losing track of the time. Until finally Lily realised and panicked thinking she was going to get into so much trouble, but James had come prepared; he had his invisibility cloak. So they went back up to the castle under the cloak with James' arm around her shoulder.
***
It was the Quidditch match, Lily hadn't stopped talking about her date; but she wouldn't say that she was going out with him, but no one else was aloud to either. Gryffindor was winning 50 to 10; Nissa was having a great time playing as beater; while Sirius almost had a heart attack every time a bludger came near her.
Sirius was flying underneath James to stop him being hit, when Nissa suddenly lopes them both taking the bludger and belting it at the Slytherin Seeker sending him flying off course giving James a free rain.
Gryffindor won by a landslide, Slytherin had learnt not to cross Nissa and their new line up. And Nissa promised Sirius that she would be more careful, but was still aloud to be a little reckless when flying; if he still got up to everything which he did. Which Remus reminded him that he didn't really have a chose in the matter.