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CHAPTER 2 The Feast
When the students arrived at Hogwarts, they stepped off the train and went by carriage into the school. The Great Hall was filled with color; red and gold confetti being poured out of thin air over the Gryffindor table, and the other tables had confetti too, in their house colors.
Sirius saw his cousin, Bellatrix, who sneered at him. She was talking with Lucius Malfoy, who also despised Padfoot. Sirius' family had now probably disowned him after he had run away in the summer before his sixth year. The memory of his family stung, and he turned away from Bella, purposely turning his mind onto the subject of what he aught to do to celebrate the beginning of term this year. Perhaps turn Snape's shoes into hopping frog. He'd wanted to do that for ages and now he knew how...
James stole a glance at Lily, as she sat with her friends at their table. He looked at his friends and they sat at the opposite end of the long wooden table, as to not be heard by the chattering girls.
Dumbledore finished his speech, and the delicious food appeared on the tables.
"What do I do?" asked James. "Should I talk to her?"
"Yeah, give it a try, we'll have an idea of what you might need to work on a bit," answered Sirius.
James marched over to the other end of the table trying very hard not to look obvious. This attempt failed terribly. He plopped down right in between Lily and her friend as they were talking and turned to look at Lily.
"Hey, what's up, Lil?"
"You know I don't like when people call me that." She answered him.
"Oh...right...er, sorry. Hey I was wondering, and I know this is kinda early to be asking you, but-"
"No," said Lily, looking bored.
"Aww come on, I missed you over the holidays. Couldn't we spend a little time together? You know, catch up?"
Lily was not looking at him. Instead, she just ate, looking down.
"Um...let me think about it...no." she finally said after chewing a mouthful of potatoes.
James looked up at his friend, Sirius, who put his arm up, about to motion to him that he should come back.
James took this entirely the wrong way and put his arm around Lily, who promptly took a pie that was in front of her and smashed it into his face.
"Aww! What was that for, hun?"
"DON'T YOU CALL ME HUN!"
James ran over to the other side of the table, hearing people laugh at him as he went. He grabbed his wand and swiftly, the mess on his face was gone.
"Dude, what kind of help was that!?" he asked Sirius, who was choking on his food due to laughter.
"I was trying to get you to come back over!" he finally said after composing himself.
Lupin was red in the face and trying not to laugh. "You called her hun?"
"Well..." but he couldn't think of an excuse. **well, I guess that was really stupid of me...** he thought to himself. (If you see the little star asterisk thingies, that means that this is what they are thinking, not saying.)
The boys tiredly dragged their feet up the marble staircase to the fat lady's portrait.
"Password?"
"Flibberty Jibbits," said Lupin immediately and they made their way through the portrait hole.
When the four of them finished packing and were in their dormitory, Lupin said suddenly said, "Damn! Full moon in about two weeks."
"Sweet!" said James, as Sirius said "Alright!" enthusiastically and Peter squeaked, "Eek!" with excitement.
"No, not any of those things. I hate changing." Lupin sighed.
"Well, you've always got us!" chipped in Sirius.
"Yeah, you guys make it bearable, thanks."
"No prob, mate! It's fun!" said Prongs.
And they certainly did have fun... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Well, that's my second chapter!! Thanx to those of you who reviewed me!! Now I'm gonna need lots of reviews to write this next chappy!! R&R!!!
CHAPTER 2 The Feast
When the students arrived at Hogwarts, they stepped off the train and went by carriage into the school. The Great Hall was filled with color; red and gold confetti being poured out of thin air over the Gryffindor table, and the other tables had confetti too, in their house colors.
Sirius saw his cousin, Bellatrix, who sneered at him. She was talking with Lucius Malfoy, who also despised Padfoot. Sirius' family had now probably disowned him after he had run away in the summer before his sixth year. The memory of his family stung, and he turned away from Bella, purposely turning his mind onto the subject of what he aught to do to celebrate the beginning of term this year. Perhaps turn Snape's shoes into hopping frog. He'd wanted to do that for ages and now he knew how...
James stole a glance at Lily, as she sat with her friends at their table. He looked at his friends and they sat at the opposite end of the long wooden table, as to not be heard by the chattering girls.
Dumbledore finished his speech, and the delicious food appeared on the tables.
"What do I do?" asked James. "Should I talk to her?"
"Yeah, give it a try, we'll have an idea of what you might need to work on a bit," answered Sirius.
James marched over to the other end of the table trying very hard not to look obvious. This attempt failed terribly. He plopped down right in between Lily and her friend as they were talking and turned to look at Lily.
"Hey, what's up, Lil?"
"You know I don't like when people call me that." She answered him.
"Oh...right...er, sorry. Hey I was wondering, and I know this is kinda early to be asking you, but-"
"No," said Lily, looking bored.
"Aww come on, I missed you over the holidays. Couldn't we spend a little time together? You know, catch up?"
Lily was not looking at him. Instead, she just ate, looking down.
"Um...let me think about it...no." she finally said after chewing a mouthful of potatoes.
James looked up at his friend, Sirius, who put his arm up, about to motion to him that he should come back.
James took this entirely the wrong way and put his arm around Lily, who promptly took a pie that was in front of her and smashed it into his face.
"Aww! What was that for, hun?"
"DON'T YOU CALL ME HUN!"
James ran over to the other side of the table, hearing people laugh at him as he went. He grabbed his wand and swiftly, the mess on his face was gone.
"Dude, what kind of help was that!?" he asked Sirius, who was choking on his food due to laughter.
"I was trying to get you to come back over!" he finally said after composing himself.
Lupin was red in the face and trying not to laugh. "You called her hun?"
"Well..." but he couldn't think of an excuse. **well, I guess that was really stupid of me...** he thought to himself. (If you see the little star asterisk thingies, that means that this is what they are thinking, not saying.)
The boys tiredly dragged their feet up the marble staircase to the fat lady's portrait.
"Password?"
"Flibberty Jibbits," said Lupin immediately and they made their way through the portrait hole.
When the four of them finished packing and were in their dormitory, Lupin said suddenly said, "Damn! Full moon in about two weeks."
"Sweet!" said James, as Sirius said "Alright!" enthusiastically and Peter squeaked, "Eek!" with excitement.
"No, not any of those things. I hate changing." Lupin sighed.
"Well, you've always got us!" chipped in Sirius.
"Yeah, you guys make it bearable, thanks."
"No prob, mate! It's fun!" said Prongs.
And they certainly did have fun... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Well, that's my second chapter!! Thanx to those of you who reviewed me!! Now I'm gonna need lots of reviews to write this next chappy!! R&R!!!