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Chapter 8

Stuff and other stuff

A week later Lily tried to talk to James but he wouldn't listen so she just gave up completely. He really was very stubborn. Vicky and Katie tried to find out what was wrong with Lily but neither succeeded. Lily was really stubborn too.

They went to lessons, like usual and hated Slytherins and potions like usual. It was traditional that Gryffindors always shared potions with the Slytherins and that the potions master was the head of Slytherins.

Vicky, Katie and Lily as well as the rest of the Gryfindors hated potions and Professor Kondola. He was evil. Most probably a supporter of that dark wizard that was rising, Voldemort he called himself.

One particular day, which happened to be a Tuesday, the Gryffindors and Slytherins were lined up outside the dungeons waiting for Professor Kondola to arrive. He was always late even though he didn't admit it and anyone that said he was instantly lost 20 housepoints. The Slytherins were lined up on one side of the corridor, facing each other like they were ready to fight, and the Gryffindors on the other. They were glaring at each other with death stares, except James who was glaring at Lily.

The mudblood's gonna die

The mudblood's gonna die

We can see it in her freaky eyes

That now she's gonna cry!

All the Slytherins sang at Lily who ignored them. She really couldn't care less what they said, sang or did, it was nonsense. She could feel James' eyes glaring at her. She was sick of that too. It really was stupid. He just wouldn't listen to anything she said. It was his fault if he couldn't stand the truth.

The Slytherins sang their song again and again and again until

"SHUT UP!" Sirius shouted, "you are really sad! Evans hasn't done anything to you! Well maybe Thompson and Howe, but they're tarts so who cares! Now shut up or I'll hex the lot of you!" the Slytherins just started up again, laughing menacingly and Sirius got out his wand.

"FURNUCULUS!" he cried but was knocked over by Professor Kondola flying in. the curse merely bounced up to the ceiling and disappeared.

"Black! Detention! No magic on the corridors! If you can call that magic! That was one of the least powerful furnuculus curses that I have ever seen! I would expect better of a first year! Though, you have the brain and attention span of a first year so I wouldn't really expect anything more!" the Slytherins roared with laughter whilst Sirius muttered things under his breath which involved hexes, curses and killing Professor Kondola.

"Detention Black! For magic on the corridors and 50 points from Gryffindor for muttering. You will serve detention tonight with Miss Felton. Yes Miss Felton! I had not forgotten!" Katie pulled a load of faces at him and they lost another 20 points.

They went into the dungeon, lead by Professor Kondola who was in his usual temper, he slammed his books on his desk and they got out their potion equipment. They made their transfiguring potion in silence. Except for the odd giggle from Kate and Robyn who were flirting with Lucius Malfoy.

James sat at the back of the classroom, where he could safely glare at Lily without being noticed. He hadn't wanted to take potions but he had to if he was to gain his dream job as an auror.

Peter Pettigrew wasn't good at potions. In fact he wasn't good at anything. He always got the lowest mark in the class. People made fun of him, but behind his back because Peter was always with James Potter and Sirius Black and they were scared of the hexed they might use on them. James and Sirius were the cleverest students in the year, but being lazy they never reached their full potential.

Peter managed to turn his transfiguring potion green instead of yellow with red spots.

"Pettigrew you freak!" yelled Professor Kondola "I would expect anyone to be able to make a transfiguring potion! You'll never pass your NEWTs! You're useless and will be lucky if you get a T! Ah yes! I know what you've somehow managed to make!" he said looking in the cauldron "veritasium, well you might have to test your veritasium for me, then maybe you might get a suitable mark for that."

"But sir!" Peter squeaked "veritasium's illegal"

"So! Do you really think I care? Drink Pettigrew!" Peter sipped some of his potion. You could see on his face that it didn't taste very nice.

"I think he's gonna be sick!" said Hagrid randomly from the Quidditch stands!

"What's your name?" Professor Kondola barked.

"Peter Piper Patrick Polly Pettigrew" Peter said, he was trying to keep it in but veritasium makes you tell the truth. The Slytherins howled at the mention of Polly!

"Who do you have a crush on?"

"Lily Evans" Lily went bright red and the Slytherins laughed even more.

"Who's your role model?" Kondola said with a smirk on his face.

"James Potter, he's really cool, really good at Quidditch and really handsome! I wish I could be just like him!" that got the Slytherins. They were shaking with laughter. James and Lily were both very red and embarrassed. The lesson ended like that. Professor Kondola told them to pack up and put their potion in vials. Kate and Robyn had forgotten to make their potions and now had a detention that evening along with Katie and Sirius. They weren't too happy about that; they had better things to do.

Sirius and Katie went to their assigned room for their detention that evening. They walked in and sat down and were told by Professor Kondola to write lines. Kate and Robyn hadn't turned up, 'probably in some broom cupboard with some poor unsuspecting guy' thought Katie. There was another person in the room. A guy with dark brown hair and brown, almost black hair. Professor Kondola told them what they had to write in an enchantingly nasty voice. Katie was to write

'Pink is not a suitable colour for school and it does not suit me as I am ugly and stupid.'

Sirius was to write

'I am an idiot and I deserve all the punishment I get for I am thick and I do not respect others'

And the other guy had to write

'Calling out in class is for fools so that makes me one.'

After being told what they had to do Professor Kondola swept out of the room. Sirius and Katie both started out in a stream of complaints. They both despised Professor Konodola and by the looks of things he despised them.

Sirius and Katie both tried to change the I's in their lines to Professor Kondola so that it would read

Pink is not a suitable colour for school and it does not suit Professor Kondola, as he is ugly and stupid.

But the parchment wouldn't let her. The piece of parchment transformed into a little blue gremlin, which sat on the desk cross-legged and said "Nice try! But not good enough!" and changed back into the parchment. Katie, Sirius and the other guy, who was watching them, looked puzzled.

Sirius laughed at her and tried a spell to write out his lines for him but his changed into the little blue gremlin that said "I'm not stupid you know!"

Sirius was determined to get the spell to write out his lines and he tried again and the thing came out and said, "Don't try that again will you!"

Sirius, being who he was immediately tried it again and the parchment turned into a dragon which snapped it's huge jaws at them whilst they screamed and then turned back into the parchment.

Sirius and Katie looked at each other and laughed before sitting back in their chairs and leaning on the back two legs. The other guy looked in astonishment. They were in a detention but they weren't doing the work!

"Hi" he said, "I'm Chris Lumistella, who are you?"

"I'm Sirius Black and this is Katie Felton, my girlfriend!" Sirius said cockily but got pushed off his chair by Katie who said "that was all true apart from the bit where he said I was his girlfriend that parts not true, only in his dreams."

Sirius got back off the ground, scowled at Katie and sat back on his chair.

"You were that girl that did the whole pink thing on the first day weren't you?" Chris said, blocking Sirius out of the conversation.

"Yep!" said Katie proudly "did you like it?"

"Yeah! It was really cool!"

Katie and Chris talked for the rest of the detention between themselves. Sirius was completely ignored, as were the lines, which resulted in another detention. In fact, Katie had forgotten all about Sirius until they reached the Gryffindor common room. Chris and she had walked back together and Sirius walked behind, scowling at them.

"I didn't like him! All Ravenclaws are evil!" Sirius said promptly as they entered the common room.

"What? You don't even know him!" Katie said appalled.

"He's a Ravenclaw and plays Quidditch that's all I need to know thank you very much! And he used to go to Durmstrang, which is a school for the dark arts! He's evil I tell you! Pure evil!"

Katie was shocked, Chris wasn't at all bad or evil or anything. He was really nice! So what if he used to go to a school for dark magic! He wasn't dark or evil! Sirius was just jealous that's all!

Katie sat down and played exploding snap with James. Which had become a regular habit with them, sure James could beat her blindfolded with his hands tied behind his back jumping off a diving board eating a blue banana, but she didn't care it was fun!

Lily, Vicky and Katie went to bed early. So that they could just talk to each other because they hadn't done that for ages and ages.

"So, who do we fancy at the moment? Well we know you fancy Lupin, Vicky, so Lily?" Katie said mischievously.

"WHAT! I DO NOT!" Vicky shouted.

"DO TOO!" said Katie, smiling. "So, Lily?"

"No one really at the moment" she said, "Katie?"

"Well now that you mention guys. I have a couple. Chris Lumistella's really nice, Lucius Malfoy's not bad, and yes I know he's a Slytherin and to be honest James Potter isn't too bad as either!" she giggled.

"YOU LIKE JAMES?" Lily shouted "WHY DO YOU LIKE JAMES? YOU CAN'T LIKE JAMES!"

"And why not?"

"Because I like… because I say so!" Lily said sticking her tongue out and hoping that they hadn't realised what she had nearly let slip.

They had of course realised exactly what she was going to say and smiled at each other.

"What?" asked Lily "what? Why are you smiling like that? Why are you…?" but she was interrupted when a pillow came flying her way.

"PILLOW FIGHT!" yelled Vicky and soon their were pillows everywhere. After ten minutes, Sarah Chadwick and Anna Haigh came in and promptly got hit in the face with pillows as soon as they opened the door. They joined in and there were all five seventh years having a pillow fight in the girls' dormitory.

They had moved into three teams, Anna and Sarah, Lily and Vicky and Katie was in her own special team and loosing spectacularly. They all jumped over the beds and whacked each other over the head with pillows. Katie's special move of the match was to randomly grab people's ankles so that they fell over, which she found incredibly funny.

There were feathers flying everywhere and the people in the common room wondered what the racket was all about. James and Sirius tried to get up the stairs but the door gave them an electric shock when they tried to open it and then the stairs turned into a slide.

Lily was sitting down in a corner, she had charmed the pillows to chase after Katie, who they had tried to disqualify for being too rough, she kept trying to rugby tackle them. Vicky was trying to take out Anna and Sarah, but they were at an advantage and were running after her with pillows raised like weapons.

Katie who was running backwards to escape the pillows ran straight into Vicky who fell and tumbled over and then Sarah and Anna both tripped over her. They were all laughing in a heap on the floor.

Lily stopped her charmed pillow; she had used the same charm that was used on bludgers. She then swished her wand and the pillows mended themselves and all of the feathers disappeared.

They all went to sleep soon after that as they had worn themselves out. They hadn't had a proper pillow fight like that since third year! And they all thoroughly loved it. They might be seventeen, but they still enjoy a good old pillow fight and they couldn't wait for the snow so that they could have snowball fights.