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A/n: This is a joint fanfic, written by orligrl and padfoot_prongs6!! On to the story:
Chapter 8: Diagon Alley
Morgan woke up in the attic. She looked around her, rubbing her eyes. It was early in the morning...the sun was just rising. Morgan grabbed the note that was on the table beside her.
Morgan, Tomorrow we're going to Diagon Alley to get our school things. Be awake early! Meet everyone down in the kitchen. --Lily
Morgan rose from her sleeping spot and dragged her feet out the attic door. She quietly prayed for nobody to bump into her, especially Sirius. Thankfully, she reached her room all alone. She walked into her bathroom and drew a bubble bath.
'I need to relax and get my mind of HIM,' Morgan thought to herself. She stripped off her clothes and climbed into the steamy bath. Then there was a knock at the door.
"Morgan?" The voice called. It was Jeremy. "Morgan?" he called again. "What?" asked Morgan. "Are you ready to go?" he called. "Um, in a bit." she said. "Okay, we'll all be waiting for you downstairs in the kitchen okay?" "Ya okay." she replied. "Oh and Morgan?" he asked. "Ya." "Don't be mad at Jeannie, she's really sorry." There was silence as Jeremy left and Morgan sat in her bath thinking. Morgan quickly had a bath, not wanting to keep the others, no matter how mad or upset with them she was, waiting. She got dressed in a pink tank top and jeans. She then walked downstairs. She didn't really want to see anyone, well, a couple people, but she didn't want to hold up everyone else. When she reached the kitchen, everyone except James was there. "Hey Morgan!" said Lily. Jeannie looked at Morgan then looked down at the floor, Jeremy by her side. He put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. Remus was standing next to Lily and Kelsey was talking to Sirius. "Kelsey?" What are you doing here?" Morgan asked. "I'm coming too!" she replied. "I need to get my school supplies and I'm meeting Sam, you know my boyfriend?" "Ya okay." They waited for a bit, Morgan eating some breakfast, until James appeared. Morgan quickly ate her breakfast. She felt guilty for holding everyone up, but at least it wasn't just her. It had been 10 minutes and James still hasn't met them in the kitchen. Morgan dumped her bowl of cereal into the sink. "I'm gonna go brush my teeth, and find James," Morgan said and walked out the door before anyone could answer. She ran up to her room and rushed through cleaning her teeth. She opened her door and ran out into the hallway to find James. But it didn't take her along time to find him, because he was standing right in front of her door. "Hi..." Morgan said, and then she remembered that she was mad at him, so she changed her tone of voice to cold, "Everyone's waiting for you! Where have you been?" "I...never mind. Ummm...where is everyone?" He asked, trying to avoid the subject of where he was before meeting Morgan. "Downstairs, in the kitchen," Morgan said and walked past him, in the direction of the kitchen, James following behind her. When they arrived in the kitchen, they found everyone sitting at the table. Morgan walked straight past the table and started to rummage through the cupboard. "What are you doing?" Remus asked. "Getting the Floo Powder, how else are we going to get there?" Morgan said, in a very pissed off voice. "Sorry..." Remus said, a bit sarcastically. "Whatever, let's get this over with," Morgan said, ignoring Remus. She pulled out a jar that was labeled 'Floo Powder' from the top shelf. She placed it down on the table, opened the lid, grabbed a handful of the powder and walked to the fireplace. She did this all without discussion, ignoring the fact that there were 7 other people staring questioningly at her. But she didn't care. "Diagon Alley," Morgan said clearly. Within a burst of blue flames, Morgan was gone. "I think she's in a pissed off mood," James muttered. Sirius just snorted. "What?" James asked, looking at Sirius. "Nothing," Sirius said, rolling his eyes. Sirius followed Morgan's suit, by grabbing some Floo Powder and walking in the fireplace. One by one, the group dwindled and appeared into the streets of Diagon Alley. Morgan was waiting there, arms crossed and tapping her foot.
"Can we go now?" Morgan asked impatiently as the last person arrived.
"Sure." Said Remus.
Morgan started to walk down Diagon Ally but tripped over someone's foot. She fell to the ground and grunted. She looked up at who had tripped her.
"Jeannie!" she exclaimed, glaring at Jeannie. "What'd you do that for?"
"Sorry Morgan, I didn't mean to trip you!" Jeannie replied.
"Sure!" Morgan replied sarcastically, getting up and wiping dirt off herself. "Just like you didn't mean to lock me in a closet with-him!" she said, pointing at Sirius.
"I'm sorry okay? I made a mistake, big deal! At least I don't go snapping at everyone else for something someone did to me!"
"No! You just mope around, looking for people to comfort you!" Morgan was yelling now.
"I DO NOT!" Jeannie exclaimed, she was yelling also by now.
"Morgan cans we-?" Remus started to ask.
"Remus butt out of this! It's none of your business." Morgan snapped.
"Hey! Don't talk to Remus like that! What'd he do to you?" Jeannie said to Morgan.
"Don't tell me how to talk!" retorted Morgan.
"I will tell you whatever I bloody well want to!" screamed Jeannie.
"You're such a-," but Morgan was cut off by Jeremy.
"ENOUGH!" he roared. Both girls looked over at him. "WHY THE HELL DO YOU TOO HAVE TO BLOODY FIGHT! I AM SICK OF ALL THIS FIGHTING! WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING FUN! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SAY YOU'RE SORRY AND BE DONE FOR? I HATE TO SEE MY FRIENDS FIGHTING! I LIKE YOU GUYS AN ALL BUT YOU CAN BE BLOODY A**ES!
Neither girls had ever seen Jeremy act like this. He was usually quiet. Jeannie looked guiltily at Morgan. Jeremy looked angrily at both girls then turned on his heel and walked away.
"I-I'm sorry." Jeannie apologized to Morgan, hanging her head.
"Me too." Morgan whispered.
"Friends?" Jeannie asked hopefully.
"Forever!" Morgan said, hugging Jeannie, and whispering in her ear, "Now James just has to talk to me!"
They both laughed.
With that said, Jeannie ran after Jeremy.
"Well, should we go now?" Kelsey asked cautiously.
"Sure." James said. "Let's split into pairs."
"Okay." Said Sirius. The group was getting into pairs when a girl with long black hair walked up to them.
"Hey guys!" she said.
"Hey Katrina!" said James looking up.
"Sorry I couldn't make your party Morgan." Katrina said, "I really wanted to go, but as you know I was in Paris over the summer!"
Katrina was very pretty. She was about 5'7 with dark brown eyes. She usually wore small tiny tops, short skirts and showed a lot of skin. She liked to flirt with the guys a lot too. Katrina wasn't always like this; she had been more 'down to earth' at one point. Katrina was a fellow Gryffindor so naturally she bonded with Morgan, Jeannie and Lily. But this year and the last, Katrina well, got kind of sluttish!
"Well, I hope you had fun!" Lily said, "We're just splitting up to go shopping. Care to be my partner?"
"Actually," Katrina said, flipping her hair over her shoulder, "I was hoping to go with Sirius!"
She winked at Sirius. Sirius looked at the ground. Morgan muttered a curse under her breath that sounded like it started with a 'B'...
"Well, you see, Katrina..." Sirius started to say, how was he going to explain the situation with Morgan?
"Come on, Kelsey! Let's get going, I can't stand anymore of this!" Morgan said, stubbornly grabbing Kelsey's wrist and dragging her away.
"Morgan! I'm supposed to meet Sam! I don't want to go shopping with you!" Kelsey complained.
"You're too young to have a boyfriend! You can't date 'till your married! Come along now, we don't have all day!" said Morgan, dragging Kelsey down the street.
"What was that all about?" Katrina said, putting her hand on her him and sticking out her chest, "So, Sirius, you wanted to say something...to me?"
"It's a nice gesture and all, but..." Sirius tried to say.
"Sirius is going with me!" It was James, "Right, Sirius?"
"Uh, right! I'm going with James!" Sirius said, trying not to sound like this was NEVER planned.
"Oh," Katrina said, sounding disappointed, "Can I tag along?"
"It would be faster if we only went in pairs!" James said, "Let's go Sirius!"
"Okay...." Once far enough from the group Sirius asked, "Thanks James, but why did you help me? I thought we were in a fight?"
"We will always be friends, padfoot, no matter what kind of fight we have! Besides, I know you're having problems with Morgan, you don't need a girl like Katrina to make things more complicated!"
"Thanks, prongs. So we're cool?"
"As ice!"
"So I guess this means I'm stuck with you Lily?" Katrina asked.
"I guess so. Let's go, we have a lot of shopping to do!" Lily said and walking in the opposite direction, Katrina following behind her. This left Remus, all alone, again.
*Jeannie and Jeremy*
Jeannie finally caught up to Jeremy in Flourish and Blotts.
"Jeremy." Jeannie panted. "I'm-sorry. I –didn't-mean-to-fight-with-Morgan."
"Ya, I know." Said Jeremy, looking at Jeannie. "Sorry I blew up at you two. I just so frustrated when everyone fights."
"Well we deserved it."
"Ya you guys did." Jeremy grinned.
"Hey!" said Jeannie, pretending to look offended. Jeremy laughed and pulled Jeannie into a hug.
"Thanks." Jeannie whispered into Jeremy's ear.
"For what?" he asked.
"Everything."
*Morgan and Kelsey*
"Morgan!" exclaimed Kelsey, finally getting out of Morgan's grip.
"What?" she snapped.
"What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like this?" asked Kelsey.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Replied Morgan.
"Like this! You're snapping at everyone and dragging me off and calling people names!"
"I didn't call anyone any names!" Morgan said.
"Ya! I heard what you called Katrina!" replied Kelsey.
"Well she is one." Morgan muttered.
"So what's wrong?" asked Kelsey.
"Nothing." Replied Morgan.
"You're lying! I can tell when you're lying." Said Kelsey, trying to look Morgan straight in the eyes.
"There is nothing wrong with me!" said Morgan, looking down. "Look! There's Sam!"
"Don't think that you can change the subject that easily!" said Kelsey, not believing her.
"Hey Sam! Where's Dominic?" asked Morgan, looking past Kelsey.
"Hey, he's with his friends." Replied a voice. It was Sam. Kelsey looked behind her.
"Hey." She said.
"See, I wasn't lying." Said Morgan.
"Hey Kelsey, want to go get some lunch?" asked Sam, before Kelsey could say anything to Morgan. Morgan left the two alone and wandered down the street. She wasn't looking where she was going and bumped into someone.
"Watch where you're gong." Spat the person.
Morgan looked up and saw Lucius Malfoy. "Sorry," Morgan mumbled and started to walk away. "Mudblood lover," Malfoy shot back at her. "Excuse me?" Morgan said, much louder, in an angry tone and turning to face Malfoy, who was much bigger than her. "You heard me. Mudblood lover, you and the Potters. You're a disgrace to the wizarding world, you know that? But of course you would...with you sleeping around with everyone who could unbutton your pants," He smirked. Morgan slapped him across his 'pretty boy' face. Malfoy rubbed the red spot left on his face. "I am not THAT kind of girl, Malfoy!! But you wouldn't notice, would you? You're blinded by your big head," Morgan shouted at his face. She pivoted around and tried to walk away, but Malfoy grabbed her wrist. Morgan grabbed her wand and sent a hex at him. Her aim was true and Malfoy, not expecting anything, fell on his back. He quickly got up and aimed at Morgan but Morgan dodged his curse. He grabbed Morgan's wrist again, before she could hex him again. "You don't know who your dealing with, from now on, I'd watch my back if I were you, bitch!" Malfoy said, dropping her wrist and walking casually away from Morgan, like nothing happened.
*Lily and Katrina*
"Come on, Katrina! Let's get our school supplies first," said an annoyed Lily, who was dragging Katrina out of a lingerie store. "Oh, Lily, stop being such a prat! It'll be fun!" Katrina argued, while waving to a group of boys who were whistling at them. "We can do that stuff later! We have one more day till school starts, getting our supplies is our priority!" Lily said, entering Florish and Blotts. "You never do anything fun, Lily! I don't understand what James sees in you..." She pouted. "What?!" Lily said, dropping the book that she just took off the shelf. "Well, you are a nice girl and all...but your not his type," Katrina informed. "What do you mean 'type'?" Lily asked heatedly. "Face it Lily, you are very different from James. You'll never go for him. James only has a little crush on you, soon he'll realize that there are more fish in the sea!" Katrina said, giving her supply list to the clerk. Lily didn't know what to say, she was just offended...but she really didn't know why. "So are you saying that if I go for James, he won't like me anymore?" Lily asked. "Now you get what I'm saying!" Katrina said happily, as the clerk handed her the pile of books. Lily and Katrina paid the clerk and left the store, "So all you have to do is go out on one date with James....he'll realize he was wrong about you. Then you can hand him over to me!" "I thought you had a thing for Sirius?" Lily asked, trying to avoid the subject of James. "I actually have a thing for the entire Marauder group. Talk about HOT HOT HOT!! I just want to be with one of them, so I'm happy! So...what have you decided on James?" Katrina said happily, while walking into the next store. "Oh, that. Ask me later, I have to think about it..." Lily mumbled. She didn't know if this was a good or bad plan. She wanted James to stop liking her...Right? She couldn't imagine James liking another girl. Did she, Lily Evans, have a crush on Potter? 'NO WAY!!! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS! NONONONONO!!! STOP THINKING THAT!' Lily thought furiously to herself. She pounded her fist to her head. "Uh...Lily? What are you doing?" Said a voice behind her.
Lily turned around and saw Sirius, looking at her questionably.
"Uh..." Lily said. Sirius raised his eyebrows, "Are you alright?"
"Ya." Lily replied. "Why wouldn't I be?"
Sirius shrugged.
"Ahhh!"
James came running up to the two.
"Hide me! HIDE ME!" he said, crouching behind Sirius. "Whoa! James! What's wrong?" Sirius asked looking down at James, who was looking all around for someone, or something.
"It's Katrina! She cornered me while I was getting her books! Ahh!" James shuddered.
"She's changed, it's a little scary, she like, came on to me!" Lily felt just a little bit angry at James' last words. Yet, she was also a bit surprised. James' didn't usually run from a girl. Except Jeannie and Morgan.
"Why would she do that?!" asked Sirius.
"Because." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "She said she's got a crush on all you Marauders!"
"What!?" asked both James and Sirius in unison.
"Ya." Replied Lily.
Sirius made a face. "She likes us!? Interesting..."
"Not really." Replied James. He looked around and his eyes widened. "Help me, please somebody help me."
"Oh, look whose coming." Said Lily dully.
Sirius looked over and saw Katrina, not too far off.
"Quick James, hide over there." Sirius said pointing to a corner, hidden in shadows. Lily watched James rush over and hide. He was practically invisible in the shadowed corner.
"That's great Sirius-Sirius?" Lily turned towards Sirius but he was no where to be seen. In his place was a black shaggy dog, sitting at Lily's feet. Lily shrugged and petted the dog. "You're a cute little dog aren't you?"
"Hey Lily." Katrina had showed up once again.
"Hi Katrina." Lily replied. "Have you seen James? Or Sirius? I thought I saw them over here." Katrina said, looking all over.
"Uh, I think they left to go to..." an evil kind of thought sneaked its way into Lily's head and before she could help herself, she said, "Knockturn Alley I think they said."
"Oh, thanks." Katrina replied. She was about to leave when the black dog barked. Katrina looked down and when she saw the dog, had an expression on her face that said she thought it was the dirtiest thing in the world. "Oh, a dog. Don't like dogs much." Katrina walked out of the store without another word.
"'Don't like dogs much.' " said Lily, mimicking Katrina. "Weirdo." She muttered under her breath.
"You can come out now!!" Lily called out into the empty store, "Sirius? James?" The room was still quiet. "James?" Lily called again. She moved into the shadow where James was hiding, because she had no idea where Sirius was, "James?" She whispered, starting to get freaked out. Lily didn't have to wait for James' answer. A hand emerged from the shadows and grasped Lily's waist, pulled her into the shadows. It was James. James pulled her closer. "Hey," James whispered. "What are you doing Potter?" Lily asked. "She's coming back," James said putting his other had around Lily's shoulder. "Who?" Lily asked again. "Katrina." "Potter, Firstly, I'm not your girlfriend, so you can't touch me. Secondly, Katrina's not coming back," Lily said stubbornly. Before James could reply by doing or saying something stupid, Lily punched James hard in the gut. He grasped his stomach and doubled over, out of the shadows. "What happened to him?" Sirius asked. Lily noted that the dog was nowhere to be seen, and Sirius and just appeared.
Lily shook her head and walked away.
"Was it something I said?" asked Sirius.
*Morgan*
Morgan wandered through Diagon Alley, collecting her school supplies. After awhile, Morgan walked by Florean Fortcucue's Ice cream Parlor . She was a little hungry so she decided to get an ice cream cone. In a couple of minutes, Morgan was sitting at a small, round table on the patio, licking a strawberry ice cream cone. Morgan had been sitting, eating her ice cream for only a bit when she noticed someone waving. At first she thought he was waving at someone else, but he wasn't. At first she didn't notice who it was. "Taylor?" she said, walking over to him.
"Hey Morgan." The boy replied.
"Oh my gosh! What are you doing here?" she asked him. Taylor was Morgan's other cousin but still a close relative to James and Jeannie. He didn't go to Hogwarts with Morgan, he went to the French wizarding school, Beuxbatons .Morgan ran up to him and embraced him with a hug.
"I'm just getting school supplies." Taylor replied, "You?"
"Same, same!! I thought you were spending the summer in southern France? Why are you here?"
"I did spend the summer in France, but I had to come back to collect my things. Oh...Happy Birthday!!
Morgan's mother, Taylor's father and Jeannie/ James' father were all brother and sisters in the Potter clan. One big happy family, sort of. With a big family there are always problems, but that's another story. Morgan's mother got married to Henry Adams, that's why her last name was different than her cousins. "Thanks!" replied Morgan.
"So how does it feel to be 16?" Taylor laughed.
"Better than 15!" Morgan replied. "So, are you done shopping? I'm not." "Nope, I haven't really started to be honest. So are you here by yourself or what?"
"Um, Kelsey, Jeannie, James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily and Jeremy are all here. Have you met Remus and them?" Asked Morgan.
"UH, I think so..." Taylor thought for a moment.
"Well they're here. Oh! And Jeannie's got a boyfriend now."
"Really?" he asked, "Who?"
"Jeremy."
"I've met him, the guy that always hung around Jeannie."
"Yep, that's the one." Replied Morgan laughing, she was trying to be as cheerful as possible. She really didn't want to start to explain her problems that happened in the last couple of days, even though Taylor was very understanding. Taylor hand sandy brown hair with bright blue eyes, about 6" and a cheery complexion. He would fit the description of 'cute'.
"What else do you still have to buy? I have to get some potion ingredients, a new cauldron and robes." Taylor asked.
"I also have to get some potion ingredients, new robes and," Morgan checked her list, "new quills and parchment."
"Good, we can go together!" Taylor said, happy he wasn't all by himself anymore, "Come on!" The two cousins set of down the street.
*Jeannie and Jeremy*
"I need a break! My feet are killing me!" Jeannie complained.
"Well, let's go get some ice cream," Jeremy suggested as they made there way up to Florean Forescue and got their ice cream.
"Is that Morgan?" Jeremy asked as he pointed her out in the crowd.
"I think so, who is that she's with?" Jeannie wondered, he looked familiar, but she couldn't see him well.
"Not sure, probably just some flirt she snagged so she could get her mind off of Sirius," Jeremy said.
"As much as I want to defend her, that's probably right!" Jeannie said truthfully.
"Wanna go see who that mystery man is?" Jeremy asked, handing her the ice cream.
"Ummm...." Jeannie hesitated,"Okay!" Hand in hand they ran down the street, catching up to Morgan. "Hey, Morgan!" Jeremy said. Morgan and Taylor turned around to face Jeremy and Jeannie. "Taylor!!!!!" Jeannie shrieked. Jeannie ran up to Taylor and hugged him tightly around the neck.
"Hey, Jean! How's it hanging?" Taylor asked Jeannie, while Jeremy was standing there confused.
"Good, I guess! Oh..." Jeannie said, noticing Jeremy, "Taylor, this is my boyfriend Jeremy. Jeremy, this is my other cousin Taylor!" The two guys nodded towards each other.
"Well, we just wanted to say Hi! We should get going! Bye!" Jeremy said.
"Bye! Taylor, you should stop by Morgan's after shopping!" Jeannie said, holding Jeremy's hand and walking away. "Well, you were right about one thing," Jeannie said.
"What?" Jeremy asked.
"Well, Morgan is trying to get her mind off of us, not just Sirius, by hanging out with someone else," Jeannie replied smartly.
*Katrina*
Katrina wandered in the direction of Knockturn Alley where she was sure she would find James.
"James?" she called out, entering Knockturn Alley and looking around. She didn't see James anywhere so she walked on.
Katrina walked around, going in shops and calling James' name but she couldn't seem to find James anywhere.
'Where is he?' she thought.
"Hey Missy!" someone called to Katrina.
"James?" she asked, hopeful.
Instead of it being James, it was a tall skinny man with long, dirty and tangled brown hair. He was wearing extremely tattered robes and looked like he hadn't sleep in months. Katrina looked at the man in disgust.
"Who are you?" she asked scornfully.
"Well aren't you just a pretty little lady." The man replied. "I'm Bert." Bert offered his hand but Katrina looked at it like it was a giant ugly bug. She started to slowly back up.
"That's a pretty short skirt you're wearing missy, don't want people to get the wrong impression now do ya?" he asked, raising his eyebrows and grinning an evil grin.
"Step off you prick!" Katrina screamed, "You perve!"
"Whoa, now hold on missy, isn't that why you're down here? And the reason you're wearin' all those pieces of cloths you call clothes?" he asked.
Katrina was shocked.
"You think I'm a-a-a PROSTITUDE?!?!?!?!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Katrina ran away screaming until she got to the Leaky Cauldron.
*Everyone else*
Everyone finished their shopping and met at 3:30.
Morgan, Lily and Jeannie were acting very oddly. They were whispering together and rubbing they're hands together as if they were plotting something.
"What are you guys doing?" asked Jeremy, noting their odd behavior.
Jeannie, Lily and Morgan grinned an evil grin.
"Nothing." They replied. Jeremy backed up a bit. "Okay, you three are scaring me." He said.
All of a sudden, there was screaming far off in the distance. The girls burst into evil laughter together.
"What was that?" asked James, hearing the scream. "Who cares?" The girls asked in unison, grinning evilly.
James looked at the three like they were crazy and edged away from them.
"Let's go home, quick." Jams said, still staring at them, "They're scaring me, and that's not that usual."
A/n: All done!! Hope you enjoyed it! REVIEW PLEASE!!!
A/n: This is a joint fanfic, written by orligrl and padfoot_prongs6!! On to the story:
Chapter 8: Diagon Alley
Morgan woke up in the attic. She looked around her, rubbing her eyes. It was early in the morning...the sun was just rising. Morgan grabbed the note that was on the table beside her.
Morgan, Tomorrow we're going to Diagon Alley to get our school things. Be awake early! Meet everyone down in the kitchen. --Lily
Morgan rose from her sleeping spot and dragged her feet out the attic door. She quietly prayed for nobody to bump into her, especially Sirius. Thankfully, she reached her room all alone. She walked into her bathroom and drew a bubble bath.
'I need to relax and get my mind of HIM,' Morgan thought to herself. She stripped off her clothes and climbed into the steamy bath. Then there was a knock at the door.
"Morgan?" The voice called. It was Jeremy. "Morgan?" he called again. "What?" asked Morgan. "Are you ready to go?" he called. "Um, in a bit." she said. "Okay, we'll all be waiting for you downstairs in the kitchen okay?" "Ya okay." she replied. "Oh and Morgan?" he asked. "Ya." "Don't be mad at Jeannie, she's really sorry." There was silence as Jeremy left and Morgan sat in her bath thinking. Morgan quickly had a bath, not wanting to keep the others, no matter how mad or upset with them she was, waiting. She got dressed in a pink tank top and jeans. She then walked downstairs. She didn't really want to see anyone, well, a couple people, but she didn't want to hold up everyone else. When she reached the kitchen, everyone except James was there. "Hey Morgan!" said Lily. Jeannie looked at Morgan then looked down at the floor, Jeremy by her side. He put an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. Remus was standing next to Lily and Kelsey was talking to Sirius. "Kelsey?" What are you doing here?" Morgan asked. "I'm coming too!" she replied. "I need to get my school supplies and I'm meeting Sam, you know my boyfriend?" "Ya okay." They waited for a bit, Morgan eating some breakfast, until James appeared. Morgan quickly ate her breakfast. She felt guilty for holding everyone up, but at least it wasn't just her. It had been 10 minutes and James still hasn't met them in the kitchen. Morgan dumped her bowl of cereal into the sink. "I'm gonna go brush my teeth, and find James," Morgan said and walked out the door before anyone could answer. She ran up to her room and rushed through cleaning her teeth. She opened her door and ran out into the hallway to find James. But it didn't take her along time to find him, because he was standing right in front of her door. "Hi..." Morgan said, and then she remembered that she was mad at him, so she changed her tone of voice to cold, "Everyone's waiting for you! Where have you been?" "I...never mind. Ummm...where is everyone?" He asked, trying to avoid the subject of where he was before meeting Morgan. "Downstairs, in the kitchen," Morgan said and walked past him, in the direction of the kitchen, James following behind her. When they arrived in the kitchen, they found everyone sitting at the table. Morgan walked straight past the table and started to rummage through the cupboard. "What are you doing?" Remus asked. "Getting the Floo Powder, how else are we going to get there?" Morgan said, in a very pissed off voice. "Sorry..." Remus said, a bit sarcastically. "Whatever, let's get this over with," Morgan said, ignoring Remus. She pulled out a jar that was labeled 'Floo Powder' from the top shelf. She placed it down on the table, opened the lid, grabbed a handful of the powder and walked to the fireplace. She did this all without discussion, ignoring the fact that there were 7 other people staring questioningly at her. But she didn't care. "Diagon Alley," Morgan said clearly. Within a burst of blue flames, Morgan was gone. "I think she's in a pissed off mood," James muttered. Sirius just snorted. "What?" James asked, looking at Sirius. "Nothing," Sirius said, rolling his eyes. Sirius followed Morgan's suit, by grabbing some Floo Powder and walking in the fireplace. One by one, the group dwindled and appeared into the streets of Diagon Alley. Morgan was waiting there, arms crossed and tapping her foot.
"Can we go now?" Morgan asked impatiently as the last person arrived.
"Sure." Said Remus.
Morgan started to walk down Diagon Ally but tripped over someone's foot. She fell to the ground and grunted. She looked up at who had tripped her.
"Jeannie!" she exclaimed, glaring at Jeannie. "What'd you do that for?"
"Sorry Morgan, I didn't mean to trip you!" Jeannie replied.
"Sure!" Morgan replied sarcastically, getting up and wiping dirt off herself. "Just like you didn't mean to lock me in a closet with-him!" she said, pointing at Sirius.
"I'm sorry okay? I made a mistake, big deal! At least I don't go snapping at everyone else for something someone did to me!"
"No! You just mope around, looking for people to comfort you!" Morgan was yelling now.
"I DO NOT!" Jeannie exclaimed, she was yelling also by now.
"Morgan cans we-?" Remus started to ask.
"Remus butt out of this! It's none of your business." Morgan snapped.
"Hey! Don't talk to Remus like that! What'd he do to you?" Jeannie said to Morgan.
"Don't tell me how to talk!" retorted Morgan.
"I will tell you whatever I bloody well want to!" screamed Jeannie.
"You're such a-," but Morgan was cut off by Jeremy.
"ENOUGH!" he roared. Both girls looked over at him. "WHY THE HELL DO YOU TOO HAVE TO BLOODY FIGHT! I AM SICK OF ALL THIS FIGHTING! WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING FUN! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SAY YOU'RE SORRY AND BE DONE FOR? I HATE TO SEE MY FRIENDS FIGHTING! I LIKE YOU GUYS AN ALL BUT YOU CAN BE BLOODY A**ES!
Neither girls had ever seen Jeremy act like this. He was usually quiet. Jeannie looked guiltily at Morgan. Jeremy looked angrily at both girls then turned on his heel and walked away.
"I-I'm sorry." Jeannie apologized to Morgan, hanging her head.
"Me too." Morgan whispered.
"Friends?" Jeannie asked hopefully.
"Forever!" Morgan said, hugging Jeannie, and whispering in her ear, "Now James just has to talk to me!"
They both laughed.
With that said, Jeannie ran after Jeremy.
"Well, should we go now?" Kelsey asked cautiously.
"Sure." James said. "Let's split into pairs."
"Okay." Said Sirius. The group was getting into pairs when a girl with long black hair walked up to them.
"Hey guys!" she said.
"Hey Katrina!" said James looking up.
"Sorry I couldn't make your party Morgan." Katrina said, "I really wanted to go, but as you know I was in Paris over the summer!"
Katrina was very pretty. She was about 5'7 with dark brown eyes. She usually wore small tiny tops, short skirts and showed a lot of skin. She liked to flirt with the guys a lot too. Katrina wasn't always like this; she had been more 'down to earth' at one point. Katrina was a fellow Gryffindor so naturally she bonded with Morgan, Jeannie and Lily. But this year and the last, Katrina well, got kind of sluttish!
"Well, I hope you had fun!" Lily said, "We're just splitting up to go shopping. Care to be my partner?"
"Actually," Katrina said, flipping her hair over her shoulder, "I was hoping to go with Sirius!"
She winked at Sirius. Sirius looked at the ground. Morgan muttered a curse under her breath that sounded like it started with a 'B'...
"Well, you see, Katrina..." Sirius started to say, how was he going to explain the situation with Morgan?
"Come on, Kelsey! Let's get going, I can't stand anymore of this!" Morgan said, stubbornly grabbing Kelsey's wrist and dragging her away.
"Morgan! I'm supposed to meet Sam! I don't want to go shopping with you!" Kelsey complained.
"You're too young to have a boyfriend! You can't date 'till your married! Come along now, we don't have all day!" said Morgan, dragging Kelsey down the street.
"What was that all about?" Katrina said, putting her hand on her him and sticking out her chest, "So, Sirius, you wanted to say something...to me?"
"It's a nice gesture and all, but..." Sirius tried to say.
"Sirius is going with me!" It was James, "Right, Sirius?"
"Uh, right! I'm going with James!" Sirius said, trying not to sound like this was NEVER planned.
"Oh," Katrina said, sounding disappointed, "Can I tag along?"
"It would be faster if we only went in pairs!" James said, "Let's go Sirius!"
"Okay...." Once far enough from the group Sirius asked, "Thanks James, but why did you help me? I thought we were in a fight?"
"We will always be friends, padfoot, no matter what kind of fight we have! Besides, I know you're having problems with Morgan, you don't need a girl like Katrina to make things more complicated!"
"Thanks, prongs. So we're cool?"
"As ice!"
"So I guess this means I'm stuck with you Lily?" Katrina asked.
"I guess so. Let's go, we have a lot of shopping to do!" Lily said and walking in the opposite direction, Katrina following behind her. This left Remus, all alone, again.
*Jeannie and Jeremy*
Jeannie finally caught up to Jeremy in Flourish and Blotts.
"Jeremy." Jeannie panted. "I'm-sorry. I –didn't-mean-to-fight-with-Morgan."
"Ya, I know." Said Jeremy, looking at Jeannie. "Sorry I blew up at you two. I just so frustrated when everyone fights."
"Well we deserved it."
"Ya you guys did." Jeremy grinned.
"Hey!" said Jeannie, pretending to look offended. Jeremy laughed and pulled Jeannie into a hug.
"Thanks." Jeannie whispered into Jeremy's ear.
"For what?" he asked.
"Everything."
*Morgan and Kelsey*
"Morgan!" exclaimed Kelsey, finally getting out of Morgan's grip.
"What?" she snapped.
"What is wrong with you? Why are you acting like this?" asked Kelsey.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Replied Morgan.
"Like this! You're snapping at everyone and dragging me off and calling people names!"
"I didn't call anyone any names!" Morgan said.
"Ya! I heard what you called Katrina!" replied Kelsey.
"Well she is one." Morgan muttered.
"So what's wrong?" asked Kelsey.
"Nothing." Replied Morgan.
"You're lying! I can tell when you're lying." Said Kelsey, trying to look Morgan straight in the eyes.
"There is nothing wrong with me!" said Morgan, looking down. "Look! There's Sam!"
"Don't think that you can change the subject that easily!" said Kelsey, not believing her.
"Hey Sam! Where's Dominic?" asked Morgan, looking past Kelsey.
"Hey, he's with his friends." Replied a voice. It was Sam. Kelsey looked behind her.
"Hey." She said.
"See, I wasn't lying." Said Morgan.
"Hey Kelsey, want to go get some lunch?" asked Sam, before Kelsey could say anything to Morgan. Morgan left the two alone and wandered down the street. She wasn't looking where she was going and bumped into someone.
"Watch where you're gong." Spat the person.
Morgan looked up and saw Lucius Malfoy. "Sorry," Morgan mumbled and started to walk away. "Mudblood lover," Malfoy shot back at her. "Excuse me?" Morgan said, much louder, in an angry tone and turning to face Malfoy, who was much bigger than her. "You heard me. Mudblood lover, you and the Potters. You're a disgrace to the wizarding world, you know that? But of course you would...with you sleeping around with everyone who could unbutton your pants," He smirked. Morgan slapped him across his 'pretty boy' face. Malfoy rubbed the red spot left on his face. "I am not THAT kind of girl, Malfoy!! But you wouldn't notice, would you? You're blinded by your big head," Morgan shouted at his face. She pivoted around and tried to walk away, but Malfoy grabbed her wrist. Morgan grabbed her wand and sent a hex at him. Her aim was true and Malfoy, not expecting anything, fell on his back. He quickly got up and aimed at Morgan but Morgan dodged his curse. He grabbed Morgan's wrist again, before she could hex him again. "You don't know who your dealing with, from now on, I'd watch my back if I were you, bitch!" Malfoy said, dropping her wrist and walking casually away from Morgan, like nothing happened.
*Lily and Katrina*
"Come on, Katrina! Let's get our school supplies first," said an annoyed Lily, who was dragging Katrina out of a lingerie store. "Oh, Lily, stop being such a prat! It'll be fun!" Katrina argued, while waving to a group of boys who were whistling at them. "We can do that stuff later! We have one more day till school starts, getting our supplies is our priority!" Lily said, entering Florish and Blotts. "You never do anything fun, Lily! I don't understand what James sees in you..." She pouted. "What?!" Lily said, dropping the book that she just took off the shelf. "Well, you are a nice girl and all...but your not his type," Katrina informed. "What do you mean 'type'?" Lily asked heatedly. "Face it Lily, you are very different from James. You'll never go for him. James only has a little crush on you, soon he'll realize that there are more fish in the sea!" Katrina said, giving her supply list to the clerk. Lily didn't know what to say, she was just offended...but she really didn't know why. "So are you saying that if I go for James, he won't like me anymore?" Lily asked. "Now you get what I'm saying!" Katrina said happily, as the clerk handed her the pile of books. Lily and Katrina paid the clerk and left the store, "So all you have to do is go out on one date with James....he'll realize he was wrong about you. Then you can hand him over to me!" "I thought you had a thing for Sirius?" Lily asked, trying to avoid the subject of James. "I actually have a thing for the entire Marauder group. Talk about HOT HOT HOT!! I just want to be with one of them, so I'm happy! So...what have you decided on James?" Katrina said happily, while walking into the next store. "Oh, that. Ask me later, I have to think about it..." Lily mumbled. She didn't know if this was a good or bad plan. She wanted James to stop liking her...Right? She couldn't imagine James liking another girl. Did she, Lily Evans, have a crush on Potter? 'NO WAY!!! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS! NONONONONO!!! STOP THINKING THAT!' Lily thought furiously to herself. She pounded her fist to her head. "Uh...Lily? What are you doing?" Said a voice behind her.
Lily turned around and saw Sirius, looking at her questionably.
"Uh..." Lily said. Sirius raised his eyebrows, "Are you alright?"
"Ya." Lily replied. "Why wouldn't I be?"
Sirius shrugged.
"Ahhh!"
James came running up to the two.
"Hide me! HIDE ME!" he said, crouching behind Sirius. "Whoa! James! What's wrong?" Sirius asked looking down at James, who was looking all around for someone, or something.
"It's Katrina! She cornered me while I was getting her books! Ahh!" James shuddered.
"She's changed, it's a little scary, she like, came on to me!" Lily felt just a little bit angry at James' last words. Yet, she was also a bit surprised. James' didn't usually run from a girl. Except Jeannie and Morgan.
"Why would she do that?!" asked Sirius.
"Because." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "She said she's got a crush on all you Marauders!"
"What!?" asked both James and Sirius in unison.
"Ya." Replied Lily.
Sirius made a face. "She likes us!? Interesting..."
"Not really." Replied James. He looked around and his eyes widened. "Help me, please somebody help me."
"Oh, look whose coming." Said Lily dully.
Sirius looked over and saw Katrina, not too far off.
"Quick James, hide over there." Sirius said pointing to a corner, hidden in shadows. Lily watched James rush over and hide. He was practically invisible in the shadowed corner.
"That's great Sirius-Sirius?" Lily turned towards Sirius but he was no where to be seen. In his place was a black shaggy dog, sitting at Lily's feet. Lily shrugged and petted the dog. "You're a cute little dog aren't you?"
"Hey Lily." Katrina had showed up once again.
"Hi Katrina." Lily replied. "Have you seen James? Or Sirius? I thought I saw them over here." Katrina said, looking all over.
"Uh, I think they left to go to..." an evil kind of thought sneaked its way into Lily's head and before she could help herself, she said, "Knockturn Alley I think they said."
"Oh, thanks." Katrina replied. She was about to leave when the black dog barked. Katrina looked down and when she saw the dog, had an expression on her face that said she thought it was the dirtiest thing in the world. "Oh, a dog. Don't like dogs much." Katrina walked out of the store without another word.
"'Don't like dogs much.' " said Lily, mimicking Katrina. "Weirdo." She muttered under her breath.
"You can come out now!!" Lily called out into the empty store, "Sirius? James?" The room was still quiet. "James?" Lily called again. She moved into the shadow where James was hiding, because she had no idea where Sirius was, "James?" She whispered, starting to get freaked out. Lily didn't have to wait for James' answer. A hand emerged from the shadows and grasped Lily's waist, pulled her into the shadows. It was James. James pulled her closer. "Hey," James whispered. "What are you doing Potter?" Lily asked. "She's coming back," James said putting his other had around Lily's shoulder. "Who?" Lily asked again. "Katrina." "Potter, Firstly, I'm not your girlfriend, so you can't touch me. Secondly, Katrina's not coming back," Lily said stubbornly. Before James could reply by doing or saying something stupid, Lily punched James hard in the gut. He grasped his stomach and doubled over, out of the shadows. "What happened to him?" Sirius asked. Lily noted that the dog was nowhere to be seen, and Sirius and just appeared.
Lily shook her head and walked away.
"Was it something I said?" asked Sirius.
*Morgan*
Morgan wandered through Diagon Alley, collecting her school supplies. After awhile, Morgan walked by Florean Fortcucue's Ice cream Parlor . She was a little hungry so she decided to get an ice cream cone. In a couple of minutes, Morgan was sitting at a small, round table on the patio, licking a strawberry ice cream cone. Morgan had been sitting, eating her ice cream for only a bit when she noticed someone waving. At first she thought he was waving at someone else, but he wasn't. At first she didn't notice who it was. "Taylor?" she said, walking over to him.
"Hey Morgan." The boy replied.
"Oh my gosh! What are you doing here?" she asked him. Taylor was Morgan's other cousin but still a close relative to James and Jeannie. He didn't go to Hogwarts with Morgan, he went to the French wizarding school, Beuxbatons .Morgan ran up to him and embraced him with a hug.
"I'm just getting school supplies." Taylor replied, "You?"
"Same, same!! I thought you were spending the summer in southern France? Why are you here?"
"I did spend the summer in France, but I had to come back to collect my things. Oh...Happy Birthday!!
Morgan's mother, Taylor's father and Jeannie/ James' father were all brother and sisters in the Potter clan. One big happy family, sort of. With a big family there are always problems, but that's another story. Morgan's mother got married to Henry Adams, that's why her last name was different than her cousins. "Thanks!" replied Morgan.
"So how does it feel to be 16?" Taylor laughed.
"Better than 15!" Morgan replied. "So, are you done shopping? I'm not." "Nope, I haven't really started to be honest. So are you here by yourself or what?"
"Um, Kelsey, Jeannie, James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily and Jeremy are all here. Have you met Remus and them?" Asked Morgan.
"UH, I think so..." Taylor thought for a moment.
"Well they're here. Oh! And Jeannie's got a boyfriend now."
"Really?" he asked, "Who?"
"Jeremy."
"I've met him, the guy that always hung around Jeannie."
"Yep, that's the one." Replied Morgan laughing, she was trying to be as cheerful as possible. She really didn't want to start to explain her problems that happened in the last couple of days, even though Taylor was very understanding. Taylor hand sandy brown hair with bright blue eyes, about 6" and a cheery complexion. He would fit the description of 'cute'.
"What else do you still have to buy? I have to get some potion ingredients, a new cauldron and robes." Taylor asked.
"I also have to get some potion ingredients, new robes and," Morgan checked her list, "new quills and parchment."
"Good, we can go together!" Taylor said, happy he wasn't all by himself anymore, "Come on!" The two cousins set of down the street.
*Jeannie and Jeremy*
"I need a break! My feet are killing me!" Jeannie complained.
"Well, let's go get some ice cream," Jeremy suggested as they made there way up to Florean Forescue and got their ice cream.
"Is that Morgan?" Jeremy asked as he pointed her out in the crowd.
"I think so, who is that she's with?" Jeannie wondered, he looked familiar, but she couldn't see him well.
"Not sure, probably just some flirt she snagged so she could get her mind off of Sirius," Jeremy said.
"As much as I want to defend her, that's probably right!" Jeannie said truthfully.
"Wanna go see who that mystery man is?" Jeremy asked, handing her the ice cream.
"Ummm...." Jeannie hesitated,"Okay!" Hand in hand they ran down the street, catching up to Morgan. "Hey, Morgan!" Jeremy said. Morgan and Taylor turned around to face Jeremy and Jeannie. "Taylor!!!!!" Jeannie shrieked. Jeannie ran up to Taylor and hugged him tightly around the neck.
"Hey, Jean! How's it hanging?" Taylor asked Jeannie, while Jeremy was standing there confused.
"Good, I guess! Oh..." Jeannie said, noticing Jeremy, "Taylor, this is my boyfriend Jeremy. Jeremy, this is my other cousin Taylor!" The two guys nodded towards each other.
"Well, we just wanted to say Hi! We should get going! Bye!" Jeremy said.
"Bye! Taylor, you should stop by Morgan's after shopping!" Jeannie said, holding Jeremy's hand and walking away. "Well, you were right about one thing," Jeannie said.
"What?" Jeremy asked.
"Well, Morgan is trying to get her mind off of us, not just Sirius, by hanging out with someone else," Jeannie replied smartly.
*Katrina*
Katrina wandered in the direction of Knockturn Alley where she was sure she would find James.
"James?" she called out, entering Knockturn Alley and looking around. She didn't see James anywhere so she walked on.
Katrina walked around, going in shops and calling James' name but she couldn't seem to find James anywhere.
'Where is he?' she thought.
"Hey Missy!" someone called to Katrina.
"James?" she asked, hopeful.
Instead of it being James, it was a tall skinny man with long, dirty and tangled brown hair. He was wearing extremely tattered robes and looked like he hadn't sleep in months. Katrina looked at the man in disgust.
"Who are you?" she asked scornfully.
"Well aren't you just a pretty little lady." The man replied. "I'm Bert." Bert offered his hand but Katrina looked at it like it was a giant ugly bug. She started to slowly back up.
"That's a pretty short skirt you're wearing missy, don't want people to get the wrong impression now do ya?" he asked, raising his eyebrows and grinning an evil grin.
"Step off you prick!" Katrina screamed, "You perve!"
"Whoa, now hold on missy, isn't that why you're down here? And the reason you're wearin' all those pieces of cloths you call clothes?" he asked.
Katrina was shocked.
"You think I'm a-a-a PROSTITUDE?!?!?!?!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Katrina ran away screaming until she got to the Leaky Cauldron.
*Everyone else*
Everyone finished their shopping and met at 3:30.
Morgan, Lily and Jeannie were acting very oddly. They were whispering together and rubbing they're hands together as if they were plotting something.
"What are you guys doing?" asked Jeremy, noting their odd behavior.
Jeannie, Lily and Morgan grinned an evil grin.
"Nothing." They replied. Jeremy backed up a bit. "Okay, you three are scaring me." He said.
All of a sudden, there was screaming far off in the distance. The girls burst into evil laughter together.
"What was that?" asked James, hearing the scream. "Who cares?" The girls asked in unison, grinning evilly.
James looked at the three like they were crazy and edged away from them.
"Let's go home, quick." Jams said, still staring at them, "They're scaring me, and that's not that usual."
A/n: All done!! Hope you enjoyed it! REVIEW PLEASE!!!