Changes

By NicolaPadfoot

Authors note: I am sooooo sorry this chapter took ages to be posted but i wanted my 60 reviews and I wasn't going to go back on my word!! I have exams at the moment so i might be a little delayed after this chapter. I reckon this chapter is a little sad (awwwwwww) but ohh well, u av to be nasty sometimes. I would like to thatnk the following 4 reviewing!!!

Princess gin-gin- I am glad you liked it, the emotion potions are the other way round this time hee hee. Thankyou for reviewing!!!xxxxxxx

Mrs Grim- Firstly before anything about the story, I reckon you should sooooooo ask him. Even if he says no who cares??? It isn't as if it's the end or the world. It's only a prom (wot wud i know im british, lol)Anyway, if you don't go with him, ge with a guy friend, then you can dance with anybody you want to without feeling pressurised to stay with one lad all night. Also.....thanks 4 the review, i av written quite alot more of the story but PROBLEM i forgot about the date, AAAARRRGGGHHH!!! I'll have to add it in somewhere, anyway thankyou!!!!!!!

Rini- Omg you sound so much like me it's freaky! I'm soooo hyper and happy all the time!!!! You dont look like me though, lol. I am tall (5'8) brown/blond but i am also quite light skinned. My grandad is Irish!. Anyhow, thankyou for the review!!!!!

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Invisibleink-hiya lauren, i still havent thought of a real plot yet, i think i mite go wit something along the lines of voldie, lol. How is ur revisin goin? Mine isn't....I can't be bothered. OMG!!!!!! You know i did the higher tier maths paper? I swear down it was the hardest paper ive ever dun, even Woody sed it was hard. Evereyone in the whole class sed it was hard. I mean fancy giving us a GCSE higher maths paper wen we've got another year to go before we take the real thing, they cud av at least given us a lower tier. I hate bein in set 1.....i cant do it!!!!! Anywho thanks 4 the review (whhhaaaaoooohhhh!!!!! that rhymed! Simon Armitage here i come, And if it snowed.....)

SuperSaiyan-Jinn4- To hell with it im just gonna call you Jinn! Thankyou for the review!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean it, i need reviewers like you so i can get you to review agen, hee hee. I reckon Sirius wud act like that, a little insensitive but caring deep down inside. Anyway, thankyou so much for the review, be sure to do it again!!!! xxxx

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15. The Emotion Potion – The Boys

Two days later the class had their next potions lesson, and the boys were sat around the Gryffindor dining table, looking quite subdued. Sirius was the one who looked the most frightened, he didn't like the idea of being Serena's slave for a week, it was quite likely that she would make him suffer. Just at that thought, Serena, Lily and Penny came down to the hall for breakfast, all giggling at the boys faces. Serena sat down and filled her plate with bacon and eggs. Just then, the post came and a small parcel and letter dropped onto Serena's lap. Serena looked at Lily, she didn't usually get mail, she didn't really know anybody outside of Hogwarts. Serena opened the letter first.

Dear Serena,

I send you this present and letter as a token of my love for you. You are so beautiful, not only on the outside but on the also on the in. I don't really know you very well, but from what I do know of you, you are an extraordinary person. Please accept my gift. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was made for you. I can't tell you who I am for fear of rejection, so you can just call me 'Ed'

with love always,

your Secret Admirer

Ed

Serena looked nervously around the hall to see if anybody was watching her. Lily was looking at her with a puzzled expression. Serena beckoned her over to read the letter. As soon as she had read it her eyes lit up with excitement.

"Well go on then! Open it!," she whispered excitedly. Lily looked like she was going to burst.

"God, you are such a hopeless romantic! Enough for both of us!" Serena wasn't exactly the most romantic of people, but she had to admit, the idea of a secret admirer sending her presents was a little bit exciting. She couldn't really hide the smile forming on her mouth.

She opened the present carefully, she felt that even the wrapping paper looked valuable. It was gold and shiny with a red ribbon tied around it. The package was not a large one, and it was not particularly heavy either. Lily opened the small box and let out a gasp. Inside was the most beautiful piece of jewellery she had ever seen. It was a silver necklace with a locket on the end of it. The locket was engraved with the most beautiful markings of roses and swirls, and in the centre of the locket was a stone, but it was one that Serena had never seen before. There where many colours all mixing together, it was mesmerising. Lily opened the locket and a tiny piece of paper fell out of it, transfiguring into a card with writing on it.

The Mood-Stone Locket

The gem on this locket will change colours to suit your mood. Classed as one of the most beautiful pieces of jewellery in the world, many people underestimate it's magic. The gem can predict what your day will be like and how you should be with your feelings and emotions on that day. Here is a list describing exactly what each of the colours mean.

Orange

Means that you are happy and excitable, also very energetic. Meaning that a day when you wake up with the stone the colour orange, is a good day to try to reach out for your goals

Pale Blue

Happy and contented. This would be a good day to give advice to friends, because you are in such a laid back mood. It is also a perfect day to reflect, sit in peace, or read

Red

Means that you are in a passionate mood, but do not mistake this for a loving one, both are entirely different. On this day you can go out and get exactly what you want. But be cautious, think about what you want first, don't jump at it before thinking

Pink

Loving, caring, kind. This is a good day to get close with somebody you care about, not necessarily in a romantic way though. It would be a good day to have heart to hearts with your friends and family.

White

Means that you will be nervous, edgy and anxious. A day like this is not good, probably the best thing to do is to listen to your friends advice, because on a day like this yours will be clouded and misguiding.

Green

Means mood swings are likely. Today you will feel all sorts of different thing things. A day when you will question your reasons and come up with different ones. This day is quite an intellectual one.

Black

Irresistible. On a day like this you can use your charms to their limits, people will find it hard to say no to you. This day is very rare though. You would be lucky to get one, use it well if you do.

There are many other colours that the stone produces and these are just some of them. To understand more a book called 'Magic Mood-Stones' by Maria Jumblebee is available in many jewellers that specialise in rare jewellery

"Wow, that is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen," said Lily, she was still bust examining the necklace while Serena was reading the card, "I wonder what it is."

"It's just a stone that changes colours Lil', nothing special" Serena didn't want to tell Lily it was a mood stone, because then Lily would know exactly how Serena was going to react that day. She made her mind up there and then not to tell anybody what the stone actually did. She didn't want everybody to know what she was like everyday.

"Well let me put it on you then!" Lily said, still excited by the whole mystery of it all. She stood up and after about a minutes fidgeting with the clasp, she managed to get it on. "It looks gorgeous Serena, and look, it's changing colours!" she exclaimed.

Surly enough the colours in the gem began to swirl around, mixing and colliding. A minute or so later the colour was distinguishable in the gem, still moving around like a cloud lost in the breeze. The swirls were green. Serena stood up and smiled, today she was going to be an intellectual day. But with mood swings.

"What have we got first lesson Lil'?" Serena asked. They would probably be late by now though, they had been admiring the necklace for so long.

"Ohh! I forgot about that, lessons! Erm... we've got our first lesson of Magical Music, and then straight after that we have Protective Amulets. Then we've got Potions," she said, with a mischievous smile on her face, "Emotion Potions, Phase II!"

With this Lily and Serena ran to catch up with the lads to head off to their music lesson. Their music lesson was very enjoyable, the teacher who used to teach it at the Irish school was their Professor. His name was Mr Harrison. The Gryffindors never new magic could be so powerful. Some music could control the way you thought and effect your mood. The class found out that they would be learning how to play different magical instruments in the coming lessons.

Their Amulet lesson was also very interesting, it was sort of like History of Magic but much more fun. They got to look at beautiful crystals and trinkets and all sorts of weird and wonderful necklaces. Whilst, at the same time, learning where they came from and the story behind them.

All in all, the class were quite happy when they had finished their classes. The boys had been too busy digesting new information to remember what was happening to them later that day, the Emotion Potion. That is, they forgot about it, until Penny shouted to Sirius that she would get her own back for making her fetch and carry for him, when she was under the influence of the Potion.

"Oh no," sighed Remus, "I forgot about that, can I just apologise now Lily, in case I do anything stupid when I've taken the potion. As Professor Corisant said, I am not responsible for my actions. Okay?"

"It's okay Remus, if you make a fool of your self, I'll forgive you, but I'll never let you live it down," laughed Lily as the class walked down to the Potions dungeon. Sirius looked decidedly nervous, his usual mischievous smile was not in place on his cheeky and handsome face.

"I don't think I've ever known you so quiet Sirius," Serena said "What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"

I don't know what you're talking about I'm absolutely fine. You're the one who should be worrying. It'll be hard being my slave for a week" he said, but he didn't mean it in his eyes, Sirius the smarmy wasn't so sure of himself after all.

After getting seated in the class room, Professor Corisant told the class that the partners wouldn't be having the same potion as last time, or the same partners.

"It's good to expect the unexpected!" she said with a twinkle in her eye as the class groaned at this new piece of information, "Gives you practice for later life. Now I won't be so nasty as to place you in mixed houses," she said, noticing the angry sneers that the pupils were giving each other, "but, I am placing you in your groups! Hmmm... Remus, you will go with Alaine. Serena, you go with Sirius. You might be able to handle him. Lily, I think you and James. Penny you go with Lucas, and that would leave Peter and Reemi! Now to the Slytherins......"

As the Professor made the Slytherin groups, the Gryffindors all moved their belongings, so they could sit in the appropriate partners. Serena shuffled over a few seats to sit with Sirius. Her heart going ten to the dozen. What if they picked the love or lust emotion. Most girls would have loved to have picked them in her position, but not Serena. She didn't think it was a good idea at all. Professor Corisant handed out the pieces of paper, and Serena waited on baited breath. She had a feeling in the pit of her stomach that the piece of paper coming to her and Sirius would be a bad one. The Professor dropped the paper on their desk, and Sirius made a quick grab for it.

"What is it?" Serena asked, she could here a slight shake in her voice. Sirius turned the paper round slowly, and to Serena's horror, it said exactly what she dreaded.

"Love" he said.

Serena gulped. Professor Corisant instructed the class to drop their pieces of paper into their potions. Sirius did this, his face as white as a sheet. As he did the Potion turned Pale Pink. Serena and Sirius looked at each other.

"Well here goes," said Sirius, "And if I do anything really bad, I'm sorry." With that he drank from the bottle. At first there was no difference in Sirius, but Serena knew better than to believe the potion hadn't worked. Suddenly Sirius sat up in his seat, as if he had just realised something, he then turned to Serena and his gaze softened. He looked deeply into her eyes as if he was seeing into her soul.

"You are so beautiful," he whispered. Lily who was sat next to him heard this, she was laughing loudly trying not to fall off her seat. Serena was not laughing, it dawned on her that she had longed for him to say these words, but at this precise moment they meant nothing. Serena was on the verge of tears, thinking that he would never say words like that and mean them.

"I think we should get down to copying some notes up!" Serena snapped. She knew it wasn't his fault but he was saying the words she wanted to hear, but they meant nothing.

"Whatever you want, Serena," he said, as if he was brain washed.

After a while of copying notes and laughing at each other it was time for dinner. Professor Corisant told the class that it would be10:30 that evening before the spell wore off. Needless to say the day did not go without it's hitches. It was at Dinner Time when Serena won her bet because Sirius stood on top of the Gryffindor table and sang 'I Think I Love You' by 'The Partridge Family' (Scream II...I know). The hall was informed that he was under the influence of a potion though, by Narcissa.

"He's had an Emotion Potion," she shouted to the hall, "You don't think he could possibly love her do you?" She left cackling, with her Slytherin followers behind her.

"Don't listen to her," Lily said, "She doesn't have a clue."

"No actually Lily, I think she does," Serena mumbled with tears in her eyes, "He's never going to want me, I haven't got anything to offer him. I'm an ugly orphan, with no money and a dirty stamp all over my name. Imagine if they all found out who my father was, what would they think then? Sirius would never look at me again. My father killed his Aunt and Uncle remember, two years ago. I know it didn't have anything to do with me, but it doesn't stop me from feeling guilty. I should just leave Sirius alone, in fact I should leave everyone alone, I'm more trouble than I'm worth." With that she stormed out of the hall without so much as a 'bye'. Lily tried to call her back but it was useless. Serena spent the rest of the day in her dormitory, she couldn't face anyone.

Ten thirty came and Serena ventured into the common room, to make sure the potion had worn off. Luckily it had, and Sirius had gone back to being his normal self. At this moment he was terrorising a nervous looking first year, asking him if he fancied the shy girl sat next to him. Serena sat down in a dark corner near the fire on a large leather arm chair. This didn't escape Lily's attention though.

"Are you okay Serena," said Lily with a concerned voice, "It's just, I don't understand, why did you run off like that?"

"I just realised that I'm never going to get Sirius. You almost had me believing I would, but now I realise it's impossible. To be quite honest Lily, I'm not good enough for him, for any of you. I mean, I can't even tell Sirius the truth. Or James, or Peter. I'm lying to them about my family," she said miserably, " I really want to tell them, but I'm afraid of the way they might react."

"If you want to tell them, I'll stand by you one hundred percent," Lily said, putting a comforting arm around Serena's shoulders. "And I really don't think they'll act badly, they are your friends. Remus and I didn't react badly, did we? Remember though, you'll have to ask Professor Dumbledore, he might be able to give you some advice as well."

"Thanks Lily. I'm going to bed now, maybe I'll be able to sleep," she said and with that she headed off to the staircase, but as soon as she reached it she did a double take and walked up to Sirius, "Sirius, is there any chance that before I go to bed you could get me a mug of hot milk from the kitchens?"

"And why would I want to do that," he said, with a puzzled look on his face, "Can't you go and get one your self?"

"Well, you see I would. Only, I won the bet. You made a complete and utter fool of yourself today. Don't you remember standing on the Gryffindor table at dinner time and singing to me?" Serena smiled sweetly at Sirius who's face went a deep shade of red.

"Ohh yeah, er....I'll be right back," he said with a very defeated look on his usually mischievous face.

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