Chapter 28-Objecticous Transformus(Strike Two)
"Lily dearest, I need you help!" yelled Sirius. Lily quickly came down to the common room, though she wasn't sure if that was the greatest idea, Sirius being who he was and all. She had been doing her homework in her dormitory and frankly had become quite bored.
"You rang?" said Lily as she jumped down the last few stairs and her feet landed with a soft thud on the common room floor.
"If you say so. HELP ME, please, charms," he said. Lily gave him a suspicious look.
"Since when do you care about homework?" asked Lily.
"Since I think that this charm will be of good use to us," explained Sirius. They had spent an entire lesson of double charms with the Ravenclaws doing an extremly complicated charm to enchant muggle objects that weren't against the law, and what they had learned that day had left everyone except Lily utterly confused.
"What are you going to do?" asked Lily. Sirius grinned.
"That's for me to know and you to find out," he said slyly, opening his new charms book to the first section. "So, feel like helping me?"
"Yeah, whatever. Let's see it then, try and, hum..." Lily looked around the common room for something that could be of use to teach Sirius with. She grabbed a piece of parchment out of her bag and quickly charmed it to look like a map of the common room. "Ok, now this is a muggle map. Do whatever you want to it."
Sirius looked at the map with inspiration and then pulled out his wand. "Objecticous Transformus!" he said, waving his wand in the typical swish and flick motion. The map faded slightly, but otherwise wasn't at all changed.
"No, you have it all wrong. You're doing the swish and flick. It's supposed to be the twrill and flick, like this," said Lily, taking Sirius' wand and showing him the correct wrist motion. "Do you have it?"
"Hum, yeah I think so," said Sirius. "Objecticous Transformus!" he tried the charm once again. Stick people appeared on the paper, moving about like Lily and Sirius were on the couch.
"Good, I think you have it. Now you need to try something a little bigger, like a sofa or clothes or-" started Lily, but she was cut off by Sirius, who seemed to have some kind of brilliant idea.
"A door! Yes, that is the best idea I have ever had in my entire life, Lily you are the coolest person in the entire world!" exclaimed Sirius, and soon he was out the door.
"Good morning Lillian," said James, hugging his girlfriend and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Good morning James," said Lily in the same formal tone of voice that James had spoken to her with. Lily was suprised that James had given her a hug and kiss instead of shaking her hand like a person would normally do after that greating.
"I trust you are doing well," said James, not really knowing what to say. Lily was getting exasperated, this whole fight was getting old.
"James, what is Sirius up to?" she asked, dropping the formalities. James gave her a sly look.
"Sirius, up to something? Whatever made you think that? And why would I know if he was up to something?" asked James. Lily gave him the look.
"You know exactly what he's up to, you just don't want to tell me! I'm shocked!" exclaimed Lily playfully, pretending to be mad.
"Oh, that's not true. You know what you get if you lie to your boyfriend and he catches you, right?" responded James. Lily raised her eyebrows.
"Do I even want to know?" asked Lily. James smiled.
"You're about to find out, because I have to punish you," he said, and then kissed her. Lily smiled. "I'm sorry we fought, I was being completly stupid that day and you had every right to get mad at me."
"No, I over reacted, and I'm sorry for that. But I really don't want to fight with you, I'm glad that we made up," said Lily, giving him another kiss. He held her hand and they went over to the sofa in the common room where Sirius, Jamie and Remus were sitting.
"Oooooo, look who kissed and made up," said Jamie.
"He learned it all from me!" said Sirius.
"Yeah, right. That is totally it," said James sarcastically. "I am the master and you are the apprentence."
"No, I don't think so. It is so me," said Sirius. Lauren came toward the couch at that moment carrying sodas. She passed them out to everyone and started to talk.
"What's so you?" asked Lauren as she sat down.
"James thinks that he better than I am," explained Sirius.
"Like how?" asked Lauren, confused as she had just come into the conversation.
"I don't know, flirting, dating, kissing, you know, girls," said Lily.
"Hum, let me see," said Lauren. She leaned over and gave James a kiss on the lips and then turned to her other side and did the same to Sirius.
"I would have to say, Sirius. Sorry James, but he is just better than you are. Sorry!" said Lauren. Lily laughed.
"No, James. Has to be James," she said. "Well, I hate to break up this little party, but I need to go and do some more homework. I'll see you guys in a few, okay?" She then whispered something in Lauren's ear, so softly that no one could hear her. "And don't tell James I told you this, but it is totally Sirius."
"James, if I show you something will you promise not to tell anyone?" asked Sirius.
"Do I really want to see this?" he asked, looking up from his transfiguration homework. Sirius grinned, and James sighed. He knew that grin, Sirius had done something that was amazingly against the rules.
"Oh yeah, it's great. Really, you should see it, you'll love it," said Sirius. He lead him out of the common room and through some hallways. They finally got to a portrait that James had never seen before, one of a large potato. Sirius smiled. "I found the picture when I was in an old classroom. Peeves was about to ruin it, I saved it. It's great, isn't it?" Sirius was absolutely giddy with pride.
"So that's it, you wanted to show me a picture of a potato? Really interesting, now if you don't mind me I need to get back to my trasfiguration work." said James, taking out the book that he had brought with him and reading it as he walked away.
"No, that's not it. Watch this," said Sirius. He took out his wand and tapped the upper-right hand corner of the portrait. "Dunkin Donuts," he said. To James' amazement the portrait, and a door-sized portion of the brick wall, opened up to reveal an empty classroom. Cobwebs decorated the corners and it seemed quite gray.
"Wow, what did you this for?" asked James, amazed that Sirius was able to come up with something like this.
"We need a place to hang out. Just our group, you know. It will be great!" said Sirius.
"Great until someone remembers that there's supposed to be a room here," said James.
"Stop being so pessimistic. This castle has so many secrets, I don't even think that Professor Dumbledore knows them all. Don't worry, no one will remember, I don't think this class has been used for awhile, you know guessing by the cobwebs and stuff. Anyway, you are going to help me decorate this place so it's not so horrible looking. I know an anti-dust charm, and a charm to change the wallpaper a different color, but this furnature is horrible. So I'm thinking, with your wonderful trasfiguration skills and all, you can turn these old desks into some coffee tables, and change the chairs into sofas and armchairs or something. So what do you think?" asked Sirius, still sounding very excited. James looked around at the very dirty, dusty room and then made a decision.
"I'm thinking that we have a lot of work to do, you better shut the door," said James, taking out his wand and getting to work.
"So anyway, Snape is standing there, completly nude and then he asks the professor, 'Was that how the potion was supposed to work?'" said Remus Lupin, and the rest of the group laughed.
"I don't think anyone could be any worse at potions than him," said Jamie.
"I think I give him a run for his money," replied Peter with a laugh.
"Hey you managed to keep all your clothes on and-JAMES!" yelled Lily as James walked through the portrait hole, followed by Sirius. "Oh my God James where were you you've been gone all day."
"I'll show you later, ok?" he said.
"Promise?" asked Lily. James smiled as he and his girlfriend sat down, Sirius sitting across from them next to Remus.
"Yep, pinky swear," said James. This didn't really seem to work for Lily.
"You know what happens if you don't keep your promise, right?" asked Lily in a teasing voice.
"Is it a good thing or a bad thing?" asked James. He knew that voice, and the idea of 'punishment' intruiged him.
"Oh, it's horrible punishment. You have to give me a kiss," explained Lily. James smiled.
"How about I kiss you now, kinda like a pre-order type thing," said James, leaning in. Jamie ooooohed, but Sirius was looking over at the couple in disgust.
"You two, break it up already! PDOA! PDOA! Public display of affection!" yelled Sirius, covering his eyes as if he had just seen something really horrible. Lily and James broke apart and Lily threw a book at him. Sirius quickly transfigured the book into a pillow in mid air and it hit him with a soft thud.
"Sirius, you know that's not nice, where are your manners? Ok Lily, so what did James eat for breakfast this morning?" asked Remus. Sirius and Remus both laughed and gave each other high fives.
"Shut up you two!" yelled Lily, taking out her wand and turning Sirius blue. Sirius laughed and turned Lily's hair an awful shade of green. What followed was random chaos from all of the friends, causing James to hop like a frog and Jamie to spontaneously meow. After Sirius had been hit by a tickling curse, he decided this little game was over.
"Ha ha ha ha, I have to, he hee he, show you, ha ha ha, something cool, hee hee ha, help, ha, me!" yelled Sirius. Lily quickly performed the counter-curse and Sirius was up running towards the portrait hole.
"Wait, Sirius, you're still blue!" exclaimed Lily. Quickly, with as little confusion as possible, everyone was turned back into their original self and they were out the portrait hole.
"Okay guys, before we let you in we have to read to you the Mauradar Code," said Sirius.
"The Mauradar Code?" asked Lily. Sirius and James looked at each other, and then James explained.
"Our group has now become the Mauradars once more," said James. Lily remembered the little gang that Sirius and James had developed back in first year. They had had a lot of success until 4th year, when the group offically shut down due to 'internal problems.' Lily hadn't thought that the club would ever come back.
"So the code is..." started Lily. Jamie, who hadn't known about the Mauradars, and Lauren, whom they had found wandering through the halls on their way to the headquarters.
"Exactly the same as before," said Sirius. In perfect syncrony, the old Mauradars put their hands over their hearts and said, 'I solemly swear I am up to no good!'
"Ok, with that over, I'll let you all in," said James. He said the password and they walked through the door, which shut behind them. Sirius and James had definatly done a very good job of decorating the room, it was hardly recognizable. It was decorated like the outside, stars twinkiling on the walls, and the sun setting against the west side of the room. There were large, comfortable looking sofas and coffee tables that bore the sun/moon emblem on their legs. Elaborate looking drapes covered the door and windows, and another door lead into a private office. On the very back wall of the room, a picture of a lake was painted, and a real bridge was just before it, real-looking green plants under it. Lily looked up at the ceiling, and saw that it was painted to look as if a huge chunk of drywall had been torn out. An almost real hole was there, stars were twinkiling there, along with the moon.
"It's it great. I charmed the hole in the ceiling to look like the sky above, kinda like the great hall but on a smaller scale. I hope you guys like it, this took James and I hours!" said Sirius.
"I think it's beautiful," said Lily, happily observing the beautiful room. James came and put his arms around her, and Lily smiled.
"I can't believe we fought," said James.
"I know. So are you going to go on the Hogsmeade trip this weekend?" asked Lily.
"No, I thought that I would stay here and spend my time with you," replied James.
"Hey, we have an hour until our next class, let's all hang out in here for awhile," said Jamie. James realized that he had lost track of time.
"Oh. My. God! Quidditch practice!" yelled James. He gave Lily a quick kiss on the cheek and then ran out the door. Lily sighed, so much for a romantic evening together.
"Hey Lily. Where was James today?" asked one of the boys on the Ravenclaw quidditch team named Anthony. It was dinner time and Lily was getting her food. She walked over to the Ravenclaw table and set her food down so she could talk to Anthony.
"What do you mean?" asked Lily, quite confused.
"Well, the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor quidditch teams were supposed to have a practice game today to get ready for the first game of the season, but James was a no show. Gryffindor had to use their back-up chaser. We thought he was with you," said Anthony.
"He told me he was going to practice. I thought he was there!" yelled Lily. James walked in the door, surrounded by the usual group of swooning girls and quidditch obsessed guys. This normal situation had never made Lily intimidated until now, when she thought of what James might have been doing with one of those girls while he said he was going to go to practice. "If you'll excuse me Anthony, I need to talk to James."
"No problem. Sorry if I caused any problem or anything," said Anthony, turning back to his chicken. Lily didn't respond to him, she turned and yelled at James.
"JAMES POTTER GET THE HELL OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!" she screamed. James instanly knew that something was wrong.
"What did I do this time?" he asked with a smile. Lily didn't find this at all amusing.
"You told me you had to leave to go to quidditch practice, but you didn't go there did you." said Lily, making it more of a statement than a question.
"Who told you I wasn't there? I swear that I was," replied James.
"Anthony. You know I dated him once, most honest guy in the world. Never lied to me, ever," said Lily.
"Well maybe he just didn't see me. You think I would honestly blow off an evening with you to do anything else?" explained James. This pleased Lily, and she opened her mouth to reply when James' ex-girlfriend, Jeanine Anderson, walked by and said something to James.
"Hey, thanks for helping me with my transfiguration homework, I can't believe you blew off quidditch practice for that. Maybe we can do that again sometime," said Jeanine happily as she walked past them. Lily looked at James, disgusted that he would do such a thing.
"I...well she needed help...and it was just help I swear-" started James, but Lily cut him off.
"James, I don't feel like I can trust you anymore. I want to take a break," stated Lily. She then walked back to her friends at the Gryffindor table, tears glistening in her eyes.
A/N-Wow, look at that! Yes, that did just happen. Horrible, right? What will they do? I feel horrible, I was going to get this chapter up like a month ago, but then ff.net was down again. I can't believe how often this site is down, it really makes me mad. Next chapter will be out very soon to make up for that. Until then, please review. You know I love you guys.
Disclaimer-If Harry Potter belonged to me, I wouldn't have to count on ff.net to put up my stories, they would be published in a cool-looking hardback book. But Harry doesn't belong to me, so, alas, I must be happy with putting my little musings online *sigh*