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Chapter 9: Back to Hogwarts
Morgan, Taylor, James, Jeannie, Remus, Lily and Kelsey used Floo powder to
return to the Adams Estate. Morgan, Jeannie and Lily were still laughing
about Katrina...even though nobody else knew what they were talking about.
They were all really tired and just wanted to go to bed, but Taylor and
Sirius insisted that they should eat.
Everyone sat down at the kitchen table as Morgan rummaged through the
cupboards in search of something to eat. She managed to find some noodles
and started to boil water to make spaghetti.
Dinner wasn't as uncomfortable as everyone expected. Taylor had made at
more enjoyable. The girls pretty much ignored the boys, because of the
fact that they were wrapped up in talking to Taylor. Jeannie and Morgan
told Lily that Taylor was a BIG prankster and the marauders were probably
getting tips. Everyone ate up quickly and went to bed early. Tomorrow was
a big day, the first day of school.
Morgan stayed awake late waiting for the boys to go to bed; Taylor was
staying down the hall, overnight. She heard a light tap at the door.
"It's us," Someone muttered. Morgan ran to the door and quietly opened it.
Lily and Jeannie walked in carrying bundles of objects.
"Good you brought it!" Morgan exclaimed.
"Let's get everything set up," Jeannie suggested. The girls untied the
objects and got to work.
"The boys will never know what hit them!" Lily squealed. While the boys
were getting tips from Taylor on pranks, the girls were making their own
vicious prank plans.
*The next morning*
The next morning, the girls, who had fallen asleep in the theater together,
rejoicing about their plan, were woken to the sounds of screams.
"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" James screamed as he looked in the mirror.
"James! What the hell are you screaming for? I'm trying to...." Sirius had
woken up and had come to see what all the commotion was. "Holy sh**! What's
wrong with your hair?!"
"I have no bloody idea!" replied James. He tugged at his hair which had
turned hot pink.
"What happened to my beautiful black hair?" he whimpered.
James looked over at Sirius and started.
"Sirius! What the hell is wrong with your face?!?!?" James asked, shocked.
"WHAT?!!?" Sirius yelled, pushing James out of the way so he could see
himself in the mirror. James flew across the room and hit the door that
connected the bathroom to the two rooms with a thud.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sirius screamed.
Just then, someone else screamed.
"OH MY FREAKING GOSH!" Jeremy yelled.
Remus and Jeremy barged into James' room in their pjs.
"I LOOK LIKE A GIRL!" Remus screamed. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME?!?!"
"We didn't do anything!" James said, getting angry and frustrated. "LOOK AT
MY FREAKING HAIR! I WOULDN'T DO THIS TO MYSELF!"
Jeremy sat down on the bed and stared off into space, depressed that his
hair was pink and he couldn't do anything about it. Or could he? Jeremy ran
back to his room and grabbed his wand. He cast every spell he could think
of but nothing happened.
*the girls*
"I think they woke up." Morgan said, grinning after they heard screaming.
The girls left the theater and walked down to the kitchen. The boys were
already down there, sulkily eating food.
"What's wrong boys?" asked Lily.
"YOU!" James screamed pointing at Lily. "YOU DID-DID-THIS TO ME!" He
pointed at his pink hair.
"What are you talking about James?" she asked him.
James looked like he was about to explode.
Morgan looked over at Remus and Sirius and burst out laughing. "I like your
new look guys, it suits you."
Sirius glared at Morgan.
"Can't say the same about you." He said sourly.
Morgan stuck her tongue out at him.
It's funny what pranks can do. Everyone had totally forgotten why everyone
was so mad at everyone else. Funny, isn't it?
Jeannie looked at Jeremy who was looking very depressed. She felt a little
sorry for him; after all, he was her boyfriend.
"Where's Taylor?" She asked, suddenly noting that he wasn't there.
*Taylor*
Taylor was sleeping soundly, which was very odd. You think he would have
woken with all the yelling and screaming going on. But Taylor was a Git
sometimes, according to Morgan.
*In the Kitchen*
There was a sudden scream upstairs. The girls exchanged looks of glee and
ran upstairs. The boys just kept staring at their food and didn't move or
say a thing. The girls pried open the door, Taylor's back was from them.
"We heard screaming and was wondering what the matter was!" Jeannie lied.
Taylor turned to face them...the girls gasped, acting innocent (if you only
knew...). His hair had stayed the same, but his face was covered with way
too much make up.
"YOU DID THIS!!!" Taylor screamed, pointing at the giggling girls, "I
can't go back to Beuxbaton......like......like.......THIS!!!!! They're gonna think I'm
GAY!!!! I'm never gonna have a better love life....nobody will like me..."
Taylor kept rambling on about nothing.
"Taylor?" Lily asked cautiously.
"Huh? What?" Taylor asked absentmindedly.
"Calm down," Lily said smartly.
"I'll calm down once you reverse this!!" Taylor screamed, and then he used
his puppy-dog eyes and pouted. It melted Lily's heart to see that cute
face.
"Awww...GIRLS!! PRIVATE MEETING!! NOW!!" Lily declared. Morgan and Jeannie
grumpily huddled with Lily, in a circle, "Can't we do something? I mean
we're the only ones who knows the reverse spell. He cant go to school like
that!!"
"Do you have a thing for our cousin?" Morgan asked, smirking.
"Wait I'm confused, I thought you didn't like James!" Jeannie said,
oblivious.
"No, not James, Taylor!!" Morgan corrected, "Well?"
"Umm....." Lily blushed.
"I knew it," Morgan glared.
"Whatever, We'll talk about it later....can't we reverse the spell on him?
Only him?" Lily pleaded, looking at the faces of her friends.
"Fine!!!" Morgan said. Jeannie muttered the counter curse. Taylor's face
turned to normal.
"Thank-you!! How can I ever thank you, Lily?" Taylor rushed over to give a
startled Lily a hug.
"Don't mention it!" Lily blushed, still in Taylor's grasp.
"Lily? Will you go out with me?" Taylor asked out of nowhere.
"Always one to act quickly, that Taylor," Morgan muttered loudly. They
ignored her comment.
"I would love to!" Lily blushed, gazing into Taylor's blue eyes.
"Wait, a minute...you can't go on a date, we're leaving for Hogwarts
tomorrow!" Jeannie pointed out, annoyed by the situation.
"We'll have a long distance relationship," said Taylor, not taking his gaze
off of Lily.
"Those never work out!" Morgan said, also annoyed.
"I'll take that chance!!" Lily said.
"We'll leave you then!" Morgan said, grabbing Jeannie out of the room.
"Morgan this CAN'T happen!" Jeannie said.
"I know!!! We have to stop them!!!!" Morgan suggested.
"James and Remus aren't going to be happy about this!!" Jeannie muttered.
Morgan nodded. "I know."
"Do we have to tell them?" Jeannie asked.
"Well they'll find out one way or another, it might as well be us."
"But I know it's gonna break James' heart." Jeannie replied sadly.
"Well, we'll just have to be ready for it and get Lily to realize Taylor
isn't for her."
Jeannie nodded. "I'll go get the stuff."
Morgan was left alone, well until Lily and Taylor came out smiling. Lily
was all giggly and kept looking at Taylor.
"Yuck!" Morgan muttered. "So, where are you guys going?"
"To go get some food, I'm starving!" Taylor answered.
"Typical." She muttered. Taylor and Lily headed towards the kitchen.
Morgan was going to walk away when she realized what she was supposed to be
doing. She whipped her head towards Lily and Taylor. They were going to
the kitchen. That's where...
"Oh shit." Morgan ran as fast as she could towards the kitchen, running
past Lily and Taylor.
Morgan reached the kitchen, breathing heavily. It wasn't easy to run full
speed from the guest rooms to the kitchen in her huge mansion.
"Remus...." She said, clutching her chest, "I-need-to-talk-to-you. Now!"
"Why should I talk to you?" Remus spat. "You ruined my face."
Morgan glared at Remus.
"Because-" Morgan stopped when she heard Lily and Taylor's voices in the
hall. Her eyes widened. She grabbed Remus and bolted out of the opposite
door.
"Morgan! What the hell was that for?" Remus asked, still grumpy about his
makeup.
"I-need-to-talk-to-you-" Morgan said, still out of breath.
"What? Are you going to apologize?" Remus asked, sulking.
"Stop being an idiot Remus!!! Your never gonna get Lily acting like
that!!" Morgan screamed, punching Remus in the arm.
"What are you trying to say?" Remus asked.
"The thing is, you have competition," Morgan said.
"I kinda noticed that when James beat me up!" Remus said angrily.
"Stop being a prat!!" Morgan scolded, "You, both of you, are competing with
Taylor!"
Remus' mouth dropped to the floor and his eyes were wide.
"What do you mean, Taylor?" Remus said in a hoarse whisper.
"Well, Lily has a bit of a crush on him. She felt bad that we put non-
removable makeup on him...so we took it off--"
"WHAT? You took HIS makeup off? What about my makeup?" Remus asked.
Morgan ignored him.
"ANYWAYS....Taylor was so happy that he asked Lily to go out. I love
Taylor and all, cause he's my cousin, but they're not meant to be! Jeannie
and I tried to persuade him not to 'cause were going back to Hogwarts
tomorrow and long distance relationships don't usually work--but they
didn't listen! So we need a plan!"
"What kind of plan do you have in mind?" Remus asked.
"Well...YOU'RE the infamous Marauders...YOU make a plan!" Morgan said,
hands on her hips.
"Give us an hour!" Remus said, confidently.
"Hurry! We don't have much time before we leave till Hogwarts...about an
hour and a half," Morgan said, checking her watch, "Can you guys do some
kind of plan that sabotage Taylor when you're at Hogwarts?"
"Maybe...I need Sirius and Jeremy!" Remus said.
"I'll leave you to it!" Morgan said, smile on her face, "Hurry!"
Morgan left the hallway to find Jeremy and a disgusted Sirius watching
Taylor kiss Lily.
"Jeremy and Sirius, Remus needs you outside!" Morgan told them.
"But--"
"No excuses, Black! Now!" Morgan said, fire in her eyes.
"Okay..." Sirius and Jeremy left the room.
"Well, I'm gonna go pack." Morgan declared. Taylor and Lily were obviously
not listening, they were too occupied...
The rest of the morning went by quickly. The Marauders plotted their scheme
while Jeannie and Morgan packed their bags. Taylor and Lily just snogged
and sat around staring at each other. And for some strange reason, James
didn't notice, he hung around by himself all morning.
Finally, it was time to go to the train station.
"Get down here NOW, James!" Jeannie screamed. Everyone was rushing around,
trying to get all their things.
"I can't find my damn trunk, someone stole it!" James called back.
"I have it you idiot! I already told you that I packed it and put it in the
car!"
Sirius and Jeremy came down carrying their trunks. Jeannie grabbed Sirius'
so he could go eat, again. She and Jeremy dragged the trunks out to the
car and put them in the trunk.
"You think all of us will fit?" Jeremy asked.
"Well, if we don't, I'll disapparate there." Jeannie pushed Sirius' trunk
into the car.
"Remember, Taylor won't be with us, he's going to Beauxbaton's unless he
wants a ride...hmm."
The two walked back towards the house, it was almost time to go.
"You know," Jeremy said, grinning, "I've been feeling deprived of you. I
haven't had a kiss in ages!"
Jeannie raised her eyebrow. "Feeling deprived are we? We'll just see about
that!" Jeannie grabbed Jeremy and kissed him fully on the lips. It was like
no kiss ever before.
Jeremy smiled.
"That's better." Jeremy said.
"You don't look that bad with pink hair." Jeannie grinned, lightly touching
his hair.
"Well, it's a little bright for me. It distracts me." Jeremy grinned.
*Morgan*
"KELSEY! WAKE UP!" Morgan yelled for the tenth time.
"Wha-?" Kelsey asked groggily.
"We have to leave, NOW!" Morgan said, throwing clothes into a trunk for
Kelsey.
"What are you DOING?!" Kelsey asked, awestruck. "Those don't match! I don't
want that sweater! That doesn't fit!" Kelsey kept rambling on.
"FINE! You do it!" Morgan threw up her hands and walked out of Kelsey's
room.
She saw Taylor and Lily in the hall, snogging.
"Taylor! Stop snogging Lily!" Morgan whacked Taylor's head.
Taylor looked at Morgan and rolled his eyes.
"WE HAVE 15 MINUTES UNTIL WE LEAVE! NOW GO GET READY!" She screamed.
Taylor muttered something then left to go get ready. Lily followed suit,
not wanting to get yelled at. Morgan walked down to the kitchen to find
Sirius, eating a peanut butter sandwich.
"ARE YOU READY?!" Morgan practically screamed.
"Morgan, calm down! And yes, I am ready." Sirius replied. Morgan sat down,
her eyes wide.
"Are you okay?" Sirius asked.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Morgan replied.
"I dunno, maybe cause this is our last year at Hogwarts, or maybe cause
your cousin is dating your friend but you really want your other cousin to
date her? Or maybe-"
"Okay, okay I get it." Morgan looked down and sighed. "It's just....
Morgan rested her head on her hands. "It's just...I think we should
talk..."
Sirius almost choked on his peanut butter sandwich. He was gagging for a
moment but then cleared his throat, "Every time I heard that sentence, it's
never ended well."
"I want it to end well," Morgan said truthfully. Sirius didn't say anything
so Morgan continued, "I won't lie Sirius...I do like you! It's just that
whole thing in the closet, and I don't want to think, I know I'm in over my
head, I'm just so confused!"
"On what? We both are attracted to each other, can we just go out?" Sirius
asked, meeting Morgan's gaze.
"It's not that simple, Sirius," Morgan said, staring at her hands.
"Why not? Why does everything have to be so complicated?" He asked.
"Never mind I asked, you won't understand..." She said, getting up.
"Morgan?" Sirius called after her, "I'll listen, tell me!"
Morgan just ignored him, "You better hurry, and we'll be leaving soon..."
Morgan walked out of the room.
"CAN'T YOU JUST STOP SNOGGING FOR ONE MOMENT?!" Morgan screamed at Taylor
and Lily again.
"You're just jealous, cause your not snogging a certain someone," Lily
remarked. Morgan stormed off, leaving Taylor and Lily. But they didn't
notice two people spying on them.
"Promise to write?" Lily asked.
"Everyday! And you have to too!" Taylor replied
"I'll never forget," Lily said. Taylor looked at his watch.
"I have to go now! Goodbye, Lils! I'll see you at Christmas!" Taylor
said.
"Can't wait!" Lily said. They shared one last kiss before Taylor
disappeared. Lily left for outside, waiting with Morgan, Kelsey, Jeannie
and Jeremy.
*Back inside*
"In no time, Lily will be mine!" Remus muttered to himself.
"No, Moony, she'll be mine!!" James protested, overhearing Remus' comment.
"No, mine!"
"Mine!"
"MINE"
"MINE"
"Hem-hem" Interrupted Sirius.
"WHAT?"
"I just wanted to let you to know that were leaving now!" Sirius said,
"Come on!"
The three boys walked out to the car where everyone else was waiting in the
car.
"Where have you been? We've been waiting for ages!" Morgan snapped at the
boys.
"Oh just be quiet Morgan and start driving." Kelsey said, from the
backseat.
The car was loaded down with all their stuff and the 8 of them.
Every witch and wizard had to get their driving license like Muggles so
they didn't have to walk everywhere and it made them seem more Mugglish.
Morgan drove like mad towards the train station. She happened to be one of
the best drivers out of the group, but when she was in a hurry, she didn't
care about whether she was good or bad. Morgan was also sleep deprived
from all the partying and that didn't help the matter.
She almost hit two little old ladies walking on the sidewalk and ran most
of the yellow lights. By the time they arrived at the train station,
everyone was wide-eyed and holding on to something or someone.
The group quickly got out of the car and grabbed their stuff and headed off
towards platform 9 ¾.
"Oh my gosh!" Jeannie exclaimed, looking at her watch, "We have only 8
minutes until the train leaves!" Jeannie ran off with Jeremy and the rest
following her.
"There it is!" Jeannie screamed and ran off towards the platform at full
speed.
Jeremy stopped and looked up, something didn't seem right. On one side he
saw platform 9 but the on the other side it said platform 8. They weren't
at platform 9 ¾, and Jeannie was going to run into the wall. Before Jeremy
could do anything, there was a crash.
Jeannie had ran smack-dab into the wall and since it was a wall, not
platform 9 ¾, her stuff and herself flew all over the place.
"Jeannie?!" Jeremy ran over to see if she was okay.
"Oh my gosh!" Jeannie said, sitting up, "I can't get on the train! I'm
gonna be expelled! Ahhh!"
"Jeannie, platform 9 ¾ is the next one, you ran into a wall." Jeremy said,
helping her up.
"Oh." Jeannie replied. "Well, let's go before we miss the train!"
Jeannie ran off to the next platform.
Jeremy shook him head then followed.
Everyone did make it on the train but just barely. By the time they got
all their stuff on the train, it was time to go.
"Lily, we should head off to the prefect's carriage and give them their
instructions." James said, just as the train started to move.
"Ya." Lily said dreamily. She was obviously thinking of Taylor.
"I should go too, since I'm a prefect and all." Remus said, getting up.
This left Jeremy, Jeannie, Morgan and Sirius. Kelsey had gone to sit with
Sam.
The four sat down together and didn't say anything. They were all tired
from the late nights and early mornings.
Morgan was about to say something, when there was a knocking on the
door. Morgan got up and looked out the carriage door but no one was
there. The knocking didn't stop, so Morgan checked the outside
door. There, was Katrina, banging on the door, trying to be let in before
the train had gained too much speed and left.
Morgan stopped and stared.
"What is it Morgan?" Jeannie asked, getting up also. Her jaw dropped when
she saw Katrina, then an evil smile crept up on her face.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" She asked Morgan.
Morgan looked at Jeannie and smiled also. Morgan took out her wand and
muttered a spell. The door flew open and it appeared that Katrina was
gone.
"MWAHAHAH!" The two started laughing.
"What are you two doing?" Sirius asked.
"Nothing." They replied.
"Are you plotting something else against us?" Sirius asked.
"Nope." Jeannie shook her head, pink hair and make up is enough for today."
Sirius got up.
"Sirius, go away." Jeannie said, worried Sirius might help Katrina if he
saw her.
Sirius didn't stop though.
"I mean it Sirius!" Jeannie replied.
But Sirius wasn't listening.
Morgan was getting worried also and, before Sirius could get any closer,
she grabbed him and kissed him. Everyone was shocked by this move.
Jeannie's jaw dropped and her eyes got wide.
Jeremy's eyebrows were raised higher then anyone had ever seen before.
Sirius, who was totally unexpecting this, was thrown off balance and fell,
pulling Morgan with him.
A scream snapped everybody back to reality.
Jeannie looked over and saw Katrina still holding on to the door. She
gritted her teeth, Katrina was really starting to annoy her. She went over
to the door and kicked it and finally, Katrina fell off.
The train left the platform, Katrina was left in the dust....
Jeannie shut the door and sat back down.
"Where's Morgan?" Jeannie asked. Morgan was nowhere to be seen. Sirius, who
was still on the floor, didn't say anything.
"Sirius? Are you okay?" Jeannie looked at Jeremy, who looked at her, and
back to Sirius. He hadn't moved.
"Sirius?" Jeremy asked. Sirius looked over at the two.
"What happened?" he asked.
Jeannie sighed. "Come her." She patted the seat next to her.
Sirius slowly got up and sat down next to Jeannie. Jeannie hugged him and
kissed his forehead.
"Don't worry Jeremy," Jeannie said, noticing the look on Jeremy's face,
"You're my boyfriend and Sirius is like a brother to me." Jeremy nodded.
"I'll go find Morgan in a bit; I have to let her be alone for a bit. I know
her, it's what she needs. Some time to think." Jeannie said, still hugging
Sirius. She rested her head on Jeremy shoulder. "Only a bit of time, then
I'll find her."
Just before Jeannie drifted off to sleep, she grabbed Jeremy's hand in hers
and whispered. "You're so cute."
The three fell asleep like that. Sirius leaning on Jeannie and Jeannie
leaning on Jeremy and Jeremy against the window.
The compartment door slammed. Jeannie woke with a start and fell off
her seat, while Jeremy and Sirius continued to snore. It was Remus, James
and Lily.
"Hey, Where's Morgan?" Lily asked, taking a seat opposite Jeannie. Remus
and James sat on either side of Lily, she rolled her eyes.
"Oh my God! I have to talk to her!" Jeannie said, getting off of the
floor.
"What happened?" Said a concerned Remus.
"It's a long story, I better go find her...Lily, want to come? I don't
want to leave you here with all these guys," Jeannie offered.
"Love to! Please explain on the way," Lily said, jumping up from her seat
and leaving a disappointed Remus and James. Together, Jeannie and Lily set
off down the train. Jeannie laughed to herself, before explaining.
"Well, Morgan and I noticed Katrina outside of the train. The door was
stuck so she couldn't get on. Morgan and I walked in the hall, let's just
say; we weren't going to help her. Then Sirius walked in the hall."
"So?" Lily asked.
"Well, we didn't want Sirius to help Katrina, so we tried to get him to
leave. So guess what Morgan did to distract him?"
"What?"
"She kissed him!"
"WHAT?!?!?!" Lily screamed.
"Ya, I know!"
"What happened to Katrina?" Lily asked.
"I pushed her off of the train, the exact moment we started to move!"
Jeannie said, blushing a bit.
"No way!" Lily laughed.
"Yes! When I got back into the compartment, Sirius was on the floor and
Morgan was no where to be seen! So that's why we need to find her then
talk to her!"
"Oh..." Lily said, thinking hard. They reached the end of the train, the
last empty compartment. Lily slid open the door. Morgan was sitting on
the floor. To their amazement, she wasn't crying. She was just zoned out,
staring at the open door.
"Morgan?" Jeannie asked, rushing to her side.
"You okay?" Lily asked, closing the door and sitting on Morgan's other
side.
"I don't know!" Morgan said in a hoarse whisper, "I just can't believe I
kissed him!"
"You'll be okay! Everything will be alright!" Jeannie said.
"No! You don't understand!" Morgan said, still looking straight ahead.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked.
"Nothing is! The thing that freaks me out; is that I enjoyed it! The
think that freaks me out is that I like him. The thing that freaks me out
is that I'm afraid!"
*Boy's Compartment*
"SIRIUS!! Sirius, wake up you prat!! James yelled in Sirius' ear.
"ARGH!" Sirius yelled, covering his ears. "WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?!"
James chuckled, "I wanted to know what happened to Morgan!"
"Uhh..." Sirius groaned and rolled over on his side, facing the back of his
seat.
"Well?" James asked impatiently. There was no answer on behalf of Sirius.
"Want me to explain?" Suggested Jeremy.
"Please!" exclaimed James sitting down beside Jeremy.
"Morgan kissed him!"
"WHAT?!?!? Where was I?" James erupted.
"Well...Morgan and Jeannie were out in the hall, after you left. I have no
idea what they were up to, probably planning something else against us.
Anyways, Sirius goes out into the hall to see what they were doing.
Jeannie was getting mad and asking him to go away...being Sirius, he didn't
listen. The only way Morgan could get Sirius to be distracted...was,
well...kissing him!"
"Give me some off the juicy details!!" James asked, smirking as Sirius
groaned in his seat.
"You realize this is your cousin and your best mate?" Remus asked, picking
up his latest book.
"Yes! That's why I want to know what happened!"
"Okay," Jeremy began, "well, Morgan turned to him...grabbed his face and
kissed him fully. I really don't know...but then she kind of jumped on
him, they fell on the floor. Then, after like 10 seconds of snogging,
Morgan realized what she was doing and got off of Sirius and ran off!"
James was lost for words, but was interrupted by Lucious Malfoy in the
doorway.
"Nice story, Stumper. Anyways, I never knew you were a drag queen,
Potter," Malfoy smirked, eyeing the pink hair and the boys' makeup,
"Shut up, Malfoy, It was a prank," James said.
"By whom? The Easter Bunny?" Malfoy laughed.
"No...By me!" It was Lily, in the doorway.
"Mudblood," Malfoy sneered, leaving the compartment. James and Remus jumped
to their feet at the insulting of their crush.
"I came to get my things! Calm down!" Lily exclaimed to James and Remus.
"But he just called you....a you-know-what!" James argued.
"I don't care Potter, just makes him more of an idiot," Lily said, putting
her hand on James' shoulder and forcing him to sit down. Lily levitated 3
trunks with her wand and made her way to leave the room.
"Do you need any help?" Remus asked.
"I'm fine Remus."
"Where're you going?" James asked.
"To Morgan and Jeannie."
"Where are they?" Jeremy asked.
"Do you really expect Morgan to stay in the same compartment as Sirius
after that little scene she put on?" Lily asked, putting her free hand on
her hip.
"What's wrong with me?" Sirius groaned, finally joining a conversation.
"Nothing Sirius, go back to moping, or whatever you were doing," Lily said,
then finally leaving the compartment. She walked down to the end of the
train and opened up the girls new compartment. Morgan was holding a large
variety of candy in her arms and gobbling it up.
"The trolley came," Jeannie explained, eyeing Lily's expression, "Thanks
for getting our trunks. I would've come, but Morgan needed company."
"That's fine," Lily said, setting herself down on the seat, and helping
herself to the candy in Morgan's arms.
"Has she spoken yet?" Lily asked Jeannie.
"Not since you left," Jeannie said. There was a knock at the door,
everyone looked up, except the dazed Morgan.
"Hello?" A girl with shoulder length, brown hair and brown eyes.
"Hey Ellen!" Jeannie said.
"Hey!" Ellen replied. "Hi Morgan."
Morgan didn't say anything. It seemed that she hadn't even heard Ellen.
"Don't mind her; she's a little...out of it." Lily replied.
"Oh. Well, do you know where Kelsey is?"
"Well, I know she's with Sam." Jeannie replied.
"Oh, well if you see her can you tell her I was looking for her?"
"Sure." Jeannie replied.
"So, Morgan," Lily started to say but there was another knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Jeannie called.
"Me!" Kelsey said, as she poked her head around the door.
"Hi." Lily said.
"Did Ellen or Sam go by here lately? I'm looking for them." Kelsey said.
"Ya, Ellen just came by here. I don't know where Sam is though." Lily
replied.
"Oh. Well, which way did she go?" Kelsey asked.
"I dunno." Replied Lily.
"Well, if you see her again, can you tell her I'm looking for her?"
"Ya." Lily said.
"Thanks." Kelsey left and the girls were left alone, once again.
"Okay," Lily said, "Now we can talk in-" But, someone knocked yet again.
"What?!??!" Jeannie snapped.
Sam opened the door.
"Is-" Sam started.
"They were here then the left." Jeannie said, annoyed.
"Okay, thanks." Sam ran off, to go find the girls.
"I swear," Jeannie said, "If I hear another knock, I'm going to scream."
Well, no sooner had Jeannie said this, there was another knock at the door.
"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Jeannie screamed, almost pulling her hair
out. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?!"
Jeannie ran to the door and flung it open.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT JEREMY!?!?!?!" She screamed.
"I think I'll just go..." Jeremy said, noting Jeannie's mood.
"WHAT?! YOU KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR AND NOW YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE? NO!"
Jeannie grabbed the front of his robes and dragged him inside.
"SIT!" she said pushing him down into the chair. "NOW WHAT DO YOU
WANT?!?!?"
"Uh..." Jeremy said.
"Hi Jeremy." Morgan whispered.
Jeannie's attention switched to Morgan.
"Wow...you made her speak," Jeannie whispered in awe to the quiet
compartment.
"Ummm, are you okay Morgan?" Lily asked, sitting beside Morgan.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" Morgan asked cautiously.
"Well, because of that whole thing with Sirius?" Jeannie said obviously and
then sitting down in front of Morgan, blocking Jeremy from view. Morgan
gave Jeannie a death glare and held her breath.
"I'm going to have to get over that sooner or later, so why not now?"
Morgan asked, staring at her hands.
"Well put," Jeremy added from the back of the compartment.
"Ya, thanks," Morgan said, "Besides the semester starts tomorrow and I
don't want to be in a bad mood! Anyways...who's going to try out for the
Quiddich team this year?"
The rest of the ride was attempting to be pleasant by Morgan always
changing the subject. Outside, there were dark clouds rolling across the
sky and it started to drizzle slightly.
"We'll be at Hogwarts soon enough, we better change into our robes," Jeremy
suggested, looking down at his watch.
"Guess your right, let's go," Lily said, grabbing her robes and walking out
of the compartment to find an empty bathroom. She saw a bathroom at the
end of the train and saw that the door was ajar. She was about to walk in,
when she heard two familiar voices coming from the inside.
"--but it has to be something really special, or she won't understand
Prongs, got it?"
"I got it, Sirius. But remember the first one to get the girl wins!" James
said.
"Alright, alright...but I still have the advantage, Morgan already likes
me!" Sirius laughed.
"You don't know that!" James snapped.
"Whatever, what does the loser have to do, if they don't get the girl
first?" Sirius asked.
"Well...they have to--"
"Oh my goodness," Lily clamped her hand over her mouth.
"They're making a bet against each other about Morgan and me!" Lily
whispered to herself. Lily ran into another bathroom to quickly change
before heading back to talk to Morgan. She walked into the compartment to
find Remus, Jeremy, Jeannie and Morgan all changed. Jeremy and Remus were
talking together while Jeannie was trying to pry info out of Morgan.
"Morgan? I need to speak with you," Lily said, then looking at Jeannie,
"Alone!"
"What? Okay." Morgan said, as Lily dragged her out of the compartment.
"What's wrong?" Morgan asked, staring Lily in the eye.
"Hmm, how do I put this? Your cousin and his buddy just made a bet on us."
Lily said, angrily.
"Who? Taylor? What friend? What bet? Huh?" Morgan replied, confused.
"JAMES! And Sirius!" Lily said, waving her arms around.
"Calm down!" Morgan said, backing up against the door. "You're gonna hurt
me! Now, what's this bet all about?" Morgan frowned and put her hands on
her hips.
"THEY...bet who was gonna win us over first. Sirius and you, or...James
and...me."
"WHAT?!" Morgan yelled. "THEY BET ON ME?! HOW DARE THEM! WHEN I FIND JAMES
I'M GONNA-"
"WAIT! I don't think we should let them know that we know. We should do
something...else."
Morgan smiled. "I know, they're gonna do sweet stuff to get us so, we can
act disgusted or be totally turned off by all their 'Moves'."
"The complete opposite! It's brilliant!" Lily said. "Oh, but what about
Katrina?"
"What about her?" Morgan said, scowling at the mention of Katrina.
"Well, she likes the Marauders, and I don't want her to take them or
anything."
"You're right, James may be a git, but he doesn't deserve to be scarred for
life by Katrina. What should we do?"
"Jeannie!" Lily exclaimed.
"Jeannie?" Morgan asked, confused.
"Jeannie can help us! She can distract Katrina!"
"But I don't want her to know." Morgan complained.
"Well, we don't have to tell her everything, we can just tell her to- get
rid of Katrina."
"True, she doesn't need a reason to harass Katrina." Morgan chuckled.
"Okay, so should we go in there and start operation...operation..."
"...Bye bye annoying, evil, stupid, gits, Marauders." Lily finished.
"That's too long. How 'bout Operation: Goodbye prats! MWAHAHHA!"
"Whatever floats your boat?" Lily replied.
The two girls walked back in and sat down.
"What were you talking about?" Jeremy inquired.
"Girl stuff." Lily replied.
"Am I not a girl then?!" Jeannie asked, feeling left out.
"Jeremy, you never told me you were gay!" Remus said, grinning.
Jeannie stuck her tongue out at Remus.
"No, I meant-" Lily started to say but the door opened at the same moment.
It was James.
"Where's Sirius?" Remus asked.
"Back in the other compartment," James replied.
"Why? All by himself?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm pretty sure you know why," James said, eyeing Morgan.
"Hey," Morgan said defensively. James ignored her and continued, "And he's
not by himself, he's with Peter!"
"I don't think that counts," Morgan laughed coldly.
James shook his head; he sat down beside Lily and put his arm around her
shoulders.
"Get your hands off me, Potter. I have a boyfriend!" Lily
informed, grabbing James' arm and throwing it back at him.
"What? Who?" James demanded at Lily. Lily chuckled to herself.
"Who is it?" James repeated.
"Taylor," Lily replied, mildly, but smiling all the same, at the mention of
Taylor's name.
"Potter? My cousin?" James said, bewildered.
"Of course! You didn't know?" Jeannie asked, smirking.
"No...I'll be right back," James said, getting to his feet and walking out
of the compartment. The rest of the compartment exchanged looks as James
left.
"My own flesh and blood..." Were the last words heard of James.
"Where d'you expect he's going to go?" Jeremy asked.
"Does it really matter," Jeannie laughed, sitting down on Jeremy's lap.
"No, I guess it doesn't," Jeremy said, kissing Jeannie and wrapping his
hands around her back. They're kiss deepened as Morgan made a gagging
noise.
"Augh--I'm sick of this!" She pouted and stormed out of the compartment.
"So emotional," Remus muttered to himself, looking out the window. Lily
slapped him on his head, "Hey! What's that for?"
"For being and idiot!" Lily laughed and followed Morgan. She didn't have
to go far, Morgan was sitting against the wall, right beside the
compartment door. Lily sat down beside Morgan.
"Hey," Lily said.
"Hi," Morgan said, drawing her voice.
"Is everything okay, Morgs? 'Cause it obviously isn't, and I want you to
be okay," Lily explained.
"I really don't wanna talk about it," Morgan whispered in a dry voice.
"Are you sure?" Morgan nodded her head in response.
"If you need anyone to talk to, I'm here for you!" Lily said, facing
Morgan. Morgan gave a light smile towards Lily, "Come on, let's go get our
trunks, we should be at Hogwarts any moment now."
Within a few minutes, everyone was outside on the Hogsmead platform,
shivering as the gusty winds blew through their clothes. The familiar,
"First year 'oer here," rang through the students ears. There was still no
sign of James. But Morgan, Lily and Jeannie, all climbed into a horse-less
drawn carriage, while Remus and Jeremy met up with a timid looking Peter
and depressed looking Sirius.
The group all sat together during the feast, but Morgan sat as far away
from Sirius as possible. All the group could talk about was the
disappearance of James, he was nowhere in sight. After the feast, when the
students were heading to bed, that's when the girls and the rest of the
Marauders started to get worried. But all their questions were answered
the next morning.
Two tawny owls flew in the next morning during breakfast. One landed in
between Morgan and Jeannie and the second landed in front of Professor
Dumbledore.
"Ummm...I'll get it..." Morgan said, dropping her bagel and reaching for
the letter tied on the owl's leg. Morgan scanned the letter and her
expression changed from confused to shock. Her mouth dropped and eyes
widened as she finished reading.
"What?" Lily, Remus, Jeannie, Jeremy and Sirius said at once.
"I can't believe this!" Morgan said in awe.
"What?" Jeannie repeated, "Does it have to do with, James? Has he sent us a
letter?"
"Yes and no! It's from my aunt and uncle, your parents, Jeannie," Morgan
replied, "Here, I'll read it to you."
The group huddled together, across the table, as Morgan read from the
letter.
"Jeannie and Morgan,
This is in regard to James' disappearance. I'm sure you have been awfully
worried about him. But not to worry, he is safe at home, and will be
returning to Hogwarts shortly. We are not sure if this was a planned
attack or if you two had any knowledge of what James did.
Last night, James found his way to where Taylor, your cousin, was staying
before Taylor left for Beuxbatons. There, we have no knowledge of why
(James has not answered any of our questions), but he punched Taylor. One
punch lead to another and the boys got into a fist-fight. If it wasn't for
your father, Morgan, the boys would have done serious damage towards each
other.
As you two know, our Family is very tight-knit. We don't need anymore
fights between our families, it would be mayhem. We are going to have
family meeting, immediately to work out our problems. We have notified
Professor Dumbledore, and one of the family members will be picking you up
this afternoon. Pack for overnight.
See you soon,
Harold and Elizabeth Potter
Morgan slowly put down the letter.
Everyone was shocked. Sure, James was outgoing, and crazy sometimes, but no
one expected this, even Jeannie.
"No way." Sirius breathed. He was staring at Morgan like she was crazy.
Jeremy just looked at Morgan like he hadn't understood what she had just
said.
"Yes way." She replied.
Jeannie started shaking her head. "No. Nope. No, this can't be happening.
It is all a dream, in 5 seconds I am going to wake up. 5..." She closed her
eyes.
"Jeannie." Morgan said, grabbing her arm.
"4..."
"Jeannie, stop it."
"3..."
Morgan looked at Jeannie sadly. How pathetic was this?
"2...OW!" Jeannie opened her eyes. "Why'd you pinch me?"
"To show you you're NOT dreaming!"
Jeannie didn't say anything.
"Are you okay Lily?" Remus asked, noticing Lily, staring off into space,
tears in her eyes.
"No, I'm not." She stated.
"I'm sad about James too, but he's gonna be-"
"Who said I was sad about James?" Lily asked, "I'm mad that you're stupid
brother (she pointed at Jeannie) tried to beat the shit out of MY
boyfriend!"
"My brother's not stupid." Jeannie said, glaring at Lily.
"Yes, he is. If he'd just accept that I have a boyfriend and that I don't
like him, everything would be fine. I hope Taylor beat James bad!" Lily got
up and left, before another word was said.
"Well...umm..." Jeremy said, turning to look at the girls, "What now? When does
it say you have to leave?"
Morgan scanned the letter. "I don't know. It just says this afternoon."
"Hello Professor Dumbledore." Sirius sat up straight, "It wasn't me."
Dumbledore chuckled. "No, it was not Mr. Black. I have come to fetch Miss
Adams and Miss Potter to my office."
Morgan and Jeannie got up.
"Follow me, please." Dumbledore walked out, into the Great Hall, Morgan and
Jeannie following behind.
They walked up a flight of stairs and down a couple corridors until they
reached a stone gargoyle, where they stopped.
"Tweedledum," Dumbledore said. The gargoyle came to life and jumped off to
the left, to reveal a spiral staircase.
Dumbledore walked onto the staircase, which started moving upwards. The
girls followed suit.
The girls stood on the staircase in silence. Morgan was thinking about
what was to come and Jeannie was still a little shocked about what James
really had done, and what she was going to do without Jeremy.
"Sit down please." Dumbledore said, after they had reached his office. The
girls each sat down on a red, spindly chair.
Dumbledore steepled his fingers and looked at the girls intently.
"As you know, one of your family members will be picking you up today, at
what time i do not know. But you must be wondering why I'm talking to
you?" He asked. The girls nodded they're heads.
"I need to ask you to a favor; it's in the best interest of James'"
"Anything for James," Jeannie said. Morgan nodded in agreement.
"Thank-you. James is Head boy," Dumbledore began, "And...Speaks his mind.
In this case, he did not speak, he use his fists. Anyways, it is not in my
authority to punish Mr. Potter for what he did, but your parents, but, I
can not have James setting this example for the younger students when he's
back at Hogwarts. I need you to help me keep Mr. Potter in order!"
"Consider it done, Professor!" Morgan said confidently.
"I know this is a hard job, Ms. Adams, see his past in mischievous making
ways?"
"Don't worry, Professor, We'll keep him in line," Jeannie said.
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Chapter 9: Back to Hogwarts
Morgan, Taylor, James, Jeannie, Remus, Lily and Kelsey used Floo powder to
return to the Adams Estate. Morgan, Jeannie and Lily were still laughing
about Katrina...even though nobody else knew what they were talking about.
They were all really tired and just wanted to go to bed, but Taylor and
Sirius insisted that they should eat.
Everyone sat down at the kitchen table as Morgan rummaged through the
cupboards in search of something to eat. She managed to find some noodles
and started to boil water to make spaghetti.
Dinner wasn't as uncomfortable as everyone expected. Taylor had made at
more enjoyable. The girls pretty much ignored the boys, because of the
fact that they were wrapped up in talking to Taylor. Jeannie and Morgan
told Lily that Taylor was a BIG prankster and the marauders were probably
getting tips. Everyone ate up quickly and went to bed early. Tomorrow was
a big day, the first day of school.
Morgan stayed awake late waiting for the boys to go to bed; Taylor was
staying down the hall, overnight. She heard a light tap at the door.
"It's us," Someone muttered. Morgan ran to the door and quietly opened it.
Lily and Jeannie walked in carrying bundles of objects.
"Good you brought it!" Morgan exclaimed.
"Let's get everything set up," Jeannie suggested. The girls untied the
objects and got to work.
"The boys will never know what hit them!" Lily squealed. While the boys
were getting tips from Taylor on pranks, the girls were making their own
vicious prank plans.
*The next morning*
The next morning, the girls, who had fallen asleep in the theater together,
rejoicing about their plan, were woken to the sounds of screams.
"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" James screamed as he looked in the mirror.
"James! What the hell are you screaming for? I'm trying to...." Sirius had
woken up and had come to see what all the commotion was. "Holy sh**! What's
wrong with your hair?!"
"I have no bloody idea!" replied James. He tugged at his hair which had
turned hot pink.
"What happened to my beautiful black hair?" he whimpered.
James looked over at Sirius and started.
"Sirius! What the hell is wrong with your face?!?!?" James asked, shocked.
"WHAT?!!?" Sirius yelled, pushing James out of the way so he could see
himself in the mirror. James flew across the room and hit the door that
connected the bathroom to the two rooms with a thud.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sirius screamed.
Just then, someone else screamed.
"OH MY FREAKING GOSH!" Jeremy yelled.
Remus and Jeremy barged into James' room in their pjs.
"I LOOK LIKE A GIRL!" Remus screamed. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO ME?!?!"
"We didn't do anything!" James said, getting angry and frustrated. "LOOK AT
MY FREAKING HAIR! I WOULDN'T DO THIS TO MYSELF!"
Jeremy sat down on the bed and stared off into space, depressed that his
hair was pink and he couldn't do anything about it. Or could he? Jeremy ran
back to his room and grabbed his wand. He cast every spell he could think
of but nothing happened.
*the girls*
"I think they woke up." Morgan said, grinning after they heard screaming.
The girls left the theater and walked down to the kitchen. The boys were
already down there, sulkily eating food.
"What's wrong boys?" asked Lily.
"YOU!" James screamed pointing at Lily. "YOU DID-DID-THIS TO ME!" He
pointed at his pink hair.
"What are you talking about James?" she asked him.
James looked like he was about to explode.
Morgan looked over at Remus and Sirius and burst out laughing. "I like your
new look guys, it suits you."
Sirius glared at Morgan.
"Can't say the same about you." He said sourly.
Morgan stuck her tongue out at him.
It's funny what pranks can do. Everyone had totally forgotten why everyone
was so mad at everyone else. Funny, isn't it?
Jeannie looked at Jeremy who was looking very depressed. She felt a little
sorry for him; after all, he was her boyfriend.
"Where's Taylor?" She asked, suddenly noting that he wasn't there.
*Taylor*
Taylor was sleeping soundly, which was very odd. You think he would have
woken with all the yelling and screaming going on. But Taylor was a Git
sometimes, according to Morgan.
*In the Kitchen*
There was a sudden scream upstairs. The girls exchanged looks of glee and
ran upstairs. The boys just kept staring at their food and didn't move or
say a thing. The girls pried open the door, Taylor's back was from them.
"We heard screaming and was wondering what the matter was!" Jeannie lied.
Taylor turned to face them...the girls gasped, acting innocent (if you only
knew...). His hair had stayed the same, but his face was covered with way
too much make up.
"YOU DID THIS!!!" Taylor screamed, pointing at the giggling girls, "I
can't go back to Beuxbaton......like......like.......THIS!!!!! They're gonna think I'm
GAY!!!! I'm never gonna have a better love life....nobody will like me..."
Taylor kept rambling on about nothing.
"Taylor?" Lily asked cautiously.
"Huh? What?" Taylor asked absentmindedly.
"Calm down," Lily said smartly.
"I'll calm down once you reverse this!!" Taylor screamed, and then he used
his puppy-dog eyes and pouted. It melted Lily's heart to see that cute
face.
"Awww...GIRLS!! PRIVATE MEETING!! NOW!!" Lily declared. Morgan and Jeannie
grumpily huddled with Lily, in a circle, "Can't we do something? I mean
we're the only ones who knows the reverse spell. He cant go to school like
that!!"
"Do you have a thing for our cousin?" Morgan asked, smirking.
"Wait I'm confused, I thought you didn't like James!" Jeannie said,
oblivious.
"No, not James, Taylor!!" Morgan corrected, "Well?"
"Umm....." Lily blushed.
"I knew it," Morgan glared.
"Whatever, We'll talk about it later....can't we reverse the spell on him?
Only him?" Lily pleaded, looking at the faces of her friends.
"Fine!!!" Morgan said. Jeannie muttered the counter curse. Taylor's face
turned to normal.
"Thank-you!! How can I ever thank you, Lily?" Taylor rushed over to give a
startled Lily a hug.
"Don't mention it!" Lily blushed, still in Taylor's grasp.
"Lily? Will you go out with me?" Taylor asked out of nowhere.
"Always one to act quickly, that Taylor," Morgan muttered loudly. They
ignored her comment.
"I would love to!" Lily blushed, gazing into Taylor's blue eyes.
"Wait, a minute...you can't go on a date, we're leaving for Hogwarts
tomorrow!" Jeannie pointed out, annoyed by the situation.
"We'll have a long distance relationship," said Taylor, not taking his gaze
off of Lily.
"Those never work out!" Morgan said, also annoyed.
"I'll take that chance!!" Lily said.
"We'll leave you then!" Morgan said, grabbing Jeannie out of the room.
"Morgan this CAN'T happen!" Jeannie said.
"I know!!! We have to stop them!!!!" Morgan suggested.
"James and Remus aren't going to be happy about this!!" Jeannie muttered.
Morgan nodded. "I know."
"Do we have to tell them?" Jeannie asked.
"Well they'll find out one way or another, it might as well be us."
"But I know it's gonna break James' heart." Jeannie replied sadly.
"Well, we'll just have to be ready for it and get Lily to realize Taylor
isn't for her."
Jeannie nodded. "I'll go get the stuff."
Morgan was left alone, well until Lily and Taylor came out smiling. Lily
was all giggly and kept looking at Taylor.
"Yuck!" Morgan muttered. "So, where are you guys going?"
"To go get some food, I'm starving!" Taylor answered.
"Typical." She muttered. Taylor and Lily headed towards the kitchen.
Morgan was going to walk away when she realized what she was supposed to be
doing. She whipped her head towards Lily and Taylor. They were going to
the kitchen. That's where...
"Oh shit." Morgan ran as fast as she could towards the kitchen, running
past Lily and Taylor.
Morgan reached the kitchen, breathing heavily. It wasn't easy to run full
speed from the guest rooms to the kitchen in her huge mansion.
"Remus...." She said, clutching her chest, "I-need-to-talk-to-you. Now!"
"Why should I talk to you?" Remus spat. "You ruined my face."
Morgan glared at Remus.
"Because-" Morgan stopped when she heard Lily and Taylor's voices in the
hall. Her eyes widened. She grabbed Remus and bolted out of the opposite
door.
"Morgan! What the hell was that for?" Remus asked, still grumpy about his
makeup.
"I-need-to-talk-to-you-" Morgan said, still out of breath.
"What? Are you going to apologize?" Remus asked, sulking.
"Stop being an idiot Remus!!! Your never gonna get Lily acting like
that!!" Morgan screamed, punching Remus in the arm.
"What are you trying to say?" Remus asked.
"The thing is, you have competition," Morgan said.
"I kinda noticed that when James beat me up!" Remus said angrily.
"Stop being a prat!!" Morgan scolded, "You, both of you, are competing with
Taylor!"
Remus' mouth dropped to the floor and his eyes were wide.
"What do you mean, Taylor?" Remus said in a hoarse whisper.
"Well, Lily has a bit of a crush on him. She felt bad that we put non-
removable makeup on him...so we took it off--"
"WHAT? You took HIS makeup off? What about my makeup?" Remus asked.
Morgan ignored him.
"ANYWAYS....Taylor was so happy that he asked Lily to go out. I love
Taylor and all, cause he's my cousin, but they're not meant to be! Jeannie
and I tried to persuade him not to 'cause were going back to Hogwarts
tomorrow and long distance relationships don't usually work--but they
didn't listen! So we need a plan!"
"What kind of plan do you have in mind?" Remus asked.
"Well...YOU'RE the infamous Marauders...YOU make a plan!" Morgan said,
hands on her hips.
"Give us an hour!" Remus said, confidently.
"Hurry! We don't have much time before we leave till Hogwarts...about an
hour and a half," Morgan said, checking her watch, "Can you guys do some
kind of plan that sabotage Taylor when you're at Hogwarts?"
"Maybe...I need Sirius and Jeremy!" Remus said.
"I'll leave you to it!" Morgan said, smile on her face, "Hurry!"
Morgan left the hallway to find Jeremy and a disgusted Sirius watching
Taylor kiss Lily.
"Jeremy and Sirius, Remus needs you outside!" Morgan told them.
"But--"
"No excuses, Black! Now!" Morgan said, fire in her eyes.
"Okay..." Sirius and Jeremy left the room.
"Well, I'm gonna go pack." Morgan declared. Taylor and Lily were obviously
not listening, they were too occupied...
The rest of the morning went by quickly. The Marauders plotted their scheme
while Jeannie and Morgan packed their bags. Taylor and Lily just snogged
and sat around staring at each other. And for some strange reason, James
didn't notice, he hung around by himself all morning.
Finally, it was time to go to the train station.
"Get down here NOW, James!" Jeannie screamed. Everyone was rushing around,
trying to get all their things.
"I can't find my damn trunk, someone stole it!" James called back.
"I have it you idiot! I already told you that I packed it and put it in the
car!"
Sirius and Jeremy came down carrying their trunks. Jeannie grabbed Sirius'
so he could go eat, again. She and Jeremy dragged the trunks out to the
car and put them in the trunk.
"You think all of us will fit?" Jeremy asked.
"Well, if we don't, I'll disapparate there." Jeannie pushed Sirius' trunk
into the car.
"Remember, Taylor won't be with us, he's going to Beauxbaton's unless he
wants a ride...hmm."
The two walked back towards the house, it was almost time to go.
"You know," Jeremy said, grinning, "I've been feeling deprived of you. I
haven't had a kiss in ages!"
Jeannie raised her eyebrow. "Feeling deprived are we? We'll just see about
that!" Jeannie grabbed Jeremy and kissed him fully on the lips. It was like
no kiss ever before.
Jeremy smiled.
"That's better." Jeremy said.
"You don't look that bad with pink hair." Jeannie grinned, lightly touching
his hair.
"Well, it's a little bright for me. It distracts me." Jeremy grinned.
*Morgan*
"KELSEY! WAKE UP!" Morgan yelled for the tenth time.
"Wha-?" Kelsey asked groggily.
"We have to leave, NOW!" Morgan said, throwing clothes into a trunk for
Kelsey.
"What are you DOING?!" Kelsey asked, awestruck. "Those don't match! I don't
want that sweater! That doesn't fit!" Kelsey kept rambling on.
"FINE! You do it!" Morgan threw up her hands and walked out of Kelsey's
room.
She saw Taylor and Lily in the hall, snogging.
"Taylor! Stop snogging Lily!" Morgan whacked Taylor's head.
Taylor looked at Morgan and rolled his eyes.
"WE HAVE 15 MINUTES UNTIL WE LEAVE! NOW GO GET READY!" She screamed.
Taylor muttered something then left to go get ready. Lily followed suit,
not wanting to get yelled at. Morgan walked down to the kitchen to find
Sirius, eating a peanut butter sandwich.
"ARE YOU READY?!" Morgan practically screamed.
"Morgan, calm down! And yes, I am ready." Sirius replied. Morgan sat down,
her eyes wide.
"Are you okay?" Sirius asked.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Morgan replied.
"I dunno, maybe cause this is our last year at Hogwarts, or maybe cause
your cousin is dating your friend but you really want your other cousin to
date her? Or maybe-"
"Okay, okay I get it." Morgan looked down and sighed. "It's just....
Morgan rested her head on her hands. "It's just...I think we should
talk..."
Sirius almost choked on his peanut butter sandwich. He was gagging for a
moment but then cleared his throat, "Every time I heard that sentence, it's
never ended well."
"I want it to end well," Morgan said truthfully. Sirius didn't say anything
so Morgan continued, "I won't lie Sirius...I do like you! It's just that
whole thing in the closet, and I don't want to think, I know I'm in over my
head, I'm just so confused!"
"On what? We both are attracted to each other, can we just go out?" Sirius
asked, meeting Morgan's gaze.
"It's not that simple, Sirius," Morgan said, staring at her hands.
"Why not? Why does everything have to be so complicated?" He asked.
"Never mind I asked, you won't understand..." She said, getting up.
"Morgan?" Sirius called after her, "I'll listen, tell me!"
Morgan just ignored him, "You better hurry, and we'll be leaving soon..."
Morgan walked out of the room.
"CAN'T YOU JUST STOP SNOGGING FOR ONE MOMENT?!" Morgan screamed at Taylor
and Lily again.
"You're just jealous, cause your not snogging a certain someone," Lily
remarked. Morgan stormed off, leaving Taylor and Lily. But they didn't
notice two people spying on them.
"Promise to write?" Lily asked.
"Everyday! And you have to too!" Taylor replied
"I'll never forget," Lily said. Taylor looked at his watch.
"I have to go now! Goodbye, Lils! I'll see you at Christmas!" Taylor
said.
"Can't wait!" Lily said. They shared one last kiss before Taylor
disappeared. Lily left for outside, waiting with Morgan, Kelsey, Jeannie
and Jeremy.
*Back inside*
"In no time, Lily will be mine!" Remus muttered to himself.
"No, Moony, she'll be mine!!" James protested, overhearing Remus' comment.
"No, mine!"
"Mine!"
"MINE"
"MINE"
"Hem-hem" Interrupted Sirius.
"WHAT?"
"I just wanted to let you to know that were leaving now!" Sirius said,
"Come on!"
The three boys walked out to the car where everyone else was waiting in the
car.
"Where have you been? We've been waiting for ages!" Morgan snapped at the
boys.
"Oh just be quiet Morgan and start driving." Kelsey said, from the
backseat.
The car was loaded down with all their stuff and the 8 of them.
Every witch and wizard had to get their driving license like Muggles so
they didn't have to walk everywhere and it made them seem more Mugglish.
Morgan drove like mad towards the train station. She happened to be one of
the best drivers out of the group, but when she was in a hurry, she didn't
care about whether she was good or bad. Morgan was also sleep deprived
from all the partying and that didn't help the matter.
She almost hit two little old ladies walking on the sidewalk and ran most
of the yellow lights. By the time they arrived at the train station,
everyone was wide-eyed and holding on to something or someone.
The group quickly got out of the car and grabbed their stuff and headed off
towards platform 9 ¾.
"Oh my gosh!" Jeannie exclaimed, looking at her watch, "We have only 8
minutes until the train leaves!" Jeannie ran off with Jeremy and the rest
following her.
"There it is!" Jeannie screamed and ran off towards the platform at full
speed.
Jeremy stopped and looked up, something didn't seem right. On one side he
saw platform 9 but the on the other side it said platform 8. They weren't
at platform 9 ¾, and Jeannie was going to run into the wall. Before Jeremy
could do anything, there was a crash.
Jeannie had ran smack-dab into the wall and since it was a wall, not
platform 9 ¾, her stuff and herself flew all over the place.
"Jeannie?!" Jeremy ran over to see if she was okay.
"Oh my gosh!" Jeannie said, sitting up, "I can't get on the train! I'm
gonna be expelled! Ahhh!"
"Jeannie, platform 9 ¾ is the next one, you ran into a wall." Jeremy said,
helping her up.
"Oh." Jeannie replied. "Well, let's go before we miss the train!"
Jeannie ran off to the next platform.
Jeremy shook him head then followed.
Everyone did make it on the train but just barely. By the time they got
all their stuff on the train, it was time to go.
"Lily, we should head off to the prefect's carriage and give them their
instructions." James said, just as the train started to move.
"Ya." Lily said dreamily. She was obviously thinking of Taylor.
"I should go too, since I'm a prefect and all." Remus said, getting up.
This left Jeremy, Jeannie, Morgan and Sirius. Kelsey had gone to sit with
Sam.
The four sat down together and didn't say anything. They were all tired
from the late nights and early mornings.
Morgan was about to say something, when there was a knocking on the
door. Morgan got up and looked out the carriage door but no one was
there. The knocking didn't stop, so Morgan checked the outside
door. There, was Katrina, banging on the door, trying to be let in before
the train had gained too much speed and left.
Morgan stopped and stared.
"What is it Morgan?" Jeannie asked, getting up also. Her jaw dropped when
she saw Katrina, then an evil smile crept up on her face.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" She asked Morgan.
Morgan looked at Jeannie and smiled also. Morgan took out her wand and
muttered a spell. The door flew open and it appeared that Katrina was
gone.
"MWAHAHAH!" The two started laughing.
"What are you two doing?" Sirius asked.
"Nothing." They replied.
"Are you plotting something else against us?" Sirius asked.
"Nope." Jeannie shook her head, pink hair and make up is enough for today."
Sirius got up.
"Sirius, go away." Jeannie said, worried Sirius might help Katrina if he
saw her.
Sirius didn't stop though.
"I mean it Sirius!" Jeannie replied.
But Sirius wasn't listening.
Morgan was getting worried also and, before Sirius could get any closer,
she grabbed him and kissed him. Everyone was shocked by this move.
Jeannie's jaw dropped and her eyes got wide.
Jeremy's eyebrows were raised higher then anyone had ever seen before.
Sirius, who was totally unexpecting this, was thrown off balance and fell,
pulling Morgan with him.
A scream snapped everybody back to reality.
Jeannie looked over and saw Katrina still holding on to the door. She
gritted her teeth, Katrina was really starting to annoy her. She went over
to the door and kicked it and finally, Katrina fell off.
The train left the platform, Katrina was left in the dust....
Jeannie shut the door and sat back down.
"Where's Morgan?" Jeannie asked. Morgan was nowhere to be seen. Sirius, who
was still on the floor, didn't say anything.
"Sirius? Are you okay?" Jeannie looked at Jeremy, who looked at her, and
back to Sirius. He hadn't moved.
"Sirius?" Jeremy asked. Sirius looked over at the two.
"What happened?" he asked.
Jeannie sighed. "Come her." She patted the seat next to her.
Sirius slowly got up and sat down next to Jeannie. Jeannie hugged him and
kissed his forehead.
"Don't worry Jeremy," Jeannie said, noticing the look on Jeremy's face,
"You're my boyfriend and Sirius is like a brother to me." Jeremy nodded.
"I'll go find Morgan in a bit; I have to let her be alone for a bit. I know
her, it's what she needs. Some time to think." Jeannie said, still hugging
Sirius. She rested her head on Jeremy shoulder. "Only a bit of time, then
I'll find her."
Just before Jeannie drifted off to sleep, she grabbed Jeremy's hand in hers
and whispered. "You're so cute."
The three fell asleep like that. Sirius leaning on Jeannie and Jeannie
leaning on Jeremy and Jeremy against the window.
The compartment door slammed. Jeannie woke with a start and fell off
her seat, while Jeremy and Sirius continued to snore. It was Remus, James
and Lily.
"Hey, Where's Morgan?" Lily asked, taking a seat opposite Jeannie. Remus
and James sat on either side of Lily, she rolled her eyes.
"Oh my God! I have to talk to her!" Jeannie said, getting off of the
floor.
"What happened?" Said a concerned Remus.
"It's a long story, I better go find her...Lily, want to come? I don't
want to leave you here with all these guys," Jeannie offered.
"Love to! Please explain on the way," Lily said, jumping up from her seat
and leaving a disappointed Remus and James. Together, Jeannie and Lily set
off down the train. Jeannie laughed to herself, before explaining.
"Well, Morgan and I noticed Katrina outside of the train. The door was
stuck so she couldn't get on. Morgan and I walked in the hall, let's just
say; we weren't going to help her. Then Sirius walked in the hall."
"So?" Lily asked.
"Well, we didn't want Sirius to help Katrina, so we tried to get him to
leave. So guess what Morgan did to distract him?"
"What?"
"She kissed him!"
"WHAT?!?!?!" Lily screamed.
"Ya, I know!"
"What happened to Katrina?" Lily asked.
"I pushed her off of the train, the exact moment we started to move!"
Jeannie said, blushing a bit.
"No way!" Lily laughed.
"Yes! When I got back into the compartment, Sirius was on the floor and
Morgan was no where to be seen! So that's why we need to find her then
talk to her!"
"Oh..." Lily said, thinking hard. They reached the end of the train, the
last empty compartment. Lily slid open the door. Morgan was sitting on
the floor. To their amazement, she wasn't crying. She was just zoned out,
staring at the open door.
"Morgan?" Jeannie asked, rushing to her side.
"You okay?" Lily asked, closing the door and sitting on Morgan's other
side.
"I don't know!" Morgan said in a hoarse whisper, "I just can't believe I
kissed him!"
"You'll be okay! Everything will be alright!" Jeannie said.
"No! You don't understand!" Morgan said, still looking straight ahead.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked.
"Nothing is! The thing that freaks me out; is that I enjoyed it! The
think that freaks me out is that I like him. The thing that freaks me out
is that I'm afraid!"
*Boy's Compartment*
"SIRIUS!! Sirius, wake up you prat!! James yelled in Sirius' ear.
"ARGH!" Sirius yelled, covering his ears. "WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?!"
James chuckled, "I wanted to know what happened to Morgan!"
"Uhh..." Sirius groaned and rolled over on his side, facing the back of his
seat.
"Well?" James asked impatiently. There was no answer on behalf of Sirius.
"Want me to explain?" Suggested Jeremy.
"Please!" exclaimed James sitting down beside Jeremy.
"Morgan kissed him!"
"WHAT?!?!? Where was I?" James erupted.
"Well...Morgan and Jeannie were out in the hall, after you left. I have no
idea what they were up to, probably planning something else against us.
Anyways, Sirius goes out into the hall to see what they were doing.
Jeannie was getting mad and asking him to go away...being Sirius, he didn't
listen. The only way Morgan could get Sirius to be distracted...was,
well...kissing him!"
"Give me some off the juicy details!!" James asked, smirking as Sirius
groaned in his seat.
"You realize this is your cousin and your best mate?" Remus asked, picking
up his latest book.
"Yes! That's why I want to know what happened!"
"Okay," Jeremy began, "well, Morgan turned to him...grabbed his face and
kissed him fully. I really don't know...but then she kind of jumped on
him, they fell on the floor. Then, after like 10 seconds of snogging,
Morgan realized what she was doing and got off of Sirius and ran off!"
James was lost for words, but was interrupted by Lucious Malfoy in the
doorway.
"Nice story, Stumper. Anyways, I never knew you were a drag queen,
Potter," Malfoy smirked, eyeing the pink hair and the boys' makeup,
"Shut up, Malfoy, It was a prank," James said.
"By whom? The Easter Bunny?" Malfoy laughed.
"No...By me!" It was Lily, in the doorway.
"Mudblood," Malfoy sneered, leaving the compartment. James and Remus jumped
to their feet at the insulting of their crush.
"I came to get my things! Calm down!" Lily exclaimed to James and Remus.
"But he just called you....a you-know-what!" James argued.
"I don't care Potter, just makes him more of an idiot," Lily said, putting
her hand on James' shoulder and forcing him to sit down. Lily levitated 3
trunks with her wand and made her way to leave the room.
"Do you need any help?" Remus asked.
"I'm fine Remus."
"Where're you going?" James asked.
"To Morgan and Jeannie."
"Where are they?" Jeremy asked.
"Do you really expect Morgan to stay in the same compartment as Sirius
after that little scene she put on?" Lily asked, putting her free hand on
her hip.
"What's wrong with me?" Sirius groaned, finally joining a conversation.
"Nothing Sirius, go back to moping, or whatever you were doing," Lily said,
then finally leaving the compartment. She walked down to the end of the
train and opened up the girls new compartment. Morgan was holding a large
variety of candy in her arms and gobbling it up.
"The trolley came," Jeannie explained, eyeing Lily's expression, "Thanks
for getting our trunks. I would've come, but Morgan needed company."
"That's fine," Lily said, setting herself down on the seat, and helping
herself to the candy in Morgan's arms.
"Has she spoken yet?" Lily asked Jeannie.
"Not since you left," Jeannie said. There was a knock at the door,
everyone looked up, except the dazed Morgan.
"Hello?" A girl with shoulder length, brown hair and brown eyes.
"Hey Ellen!" Jeannie said.
"Hey!" Ellen replied. "Hi Morgan."
Morgan didn't say anything. It seemed that she hadn't even heard Ellen.
"Don't mind her; she's a little...out of it." Lily replied.
"Oh. Well, do you know where Kelsey is?"
"Well, I know she's with Sam." Jeannie replied.
"Oh, well if you see her can you tell her I was looking for her?"
"Sure." Jeannie replied.
"So, Morgan," Lily started to say but there was another knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Jeannie called.
"Me!" Kelsey said, as she poked her head around the door.
"Hi." Lily said.
"Did Ellen or Sam go by here lately? I'm looking for them." Kelsey said.
"Ya, Ellen just came by here. I don't know where Sam is though." Lily
replied.
"Oh. Well, which way did she go?" Kelsey asked.
"I dunno." Replied Lily.
"Well, if you see her again, can you tell her I'm looking for her?"
"Ya." Lily said.
"Thanks." Kelsey left and the girls were left alone, once again.
"Okay," Lily said, "Now we can talk in-" But, someone knocked yet again.
"What?!??!" Jeannie snapped.
Sam opened the door.
"Is-" Sam started.
"They were here then the left." Jeannie said, annoyed.
"Okay, thanks." Sam ran off, to go find the girls.
"I swear," Jeannie said, "If I hear another knock, I'm going to scream."
Well, no sooner had Jeannie said this, there was another knock at the door.
"ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Jeannie screamed, almost pulling her hair
out. "WHAT DO YOU WANT?!"
Jeannie ran to the door and flung it open.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT JEREMY!?!?!?!" She screamed.
"I think I'll just go..." Jeremy said, noting Jeannie's mood.
"WHAT?! YOU KNOCKED ON OUR DOOR AND NOW YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE? NO!"
Jeannie grabbed the front of his robes and dragged him inside.
"SIT!" she said pushing him down into the chair. "NOW WHAT DO YOU
WANT?!?!?"
"Uh..." Jeremy said.
"Hi Jeremy." Morgan whispered.
Jeannie's attention switched to Morgan.
"Wow...you made her speak," Jeannie whispered in awe to the quiet
compartment.
"Ummm, are you okay Morgan?" Lily asked, sitting beside Morgan.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be?" Morgan asked cautiously.
"Well, because of that whole thing with Sirius?" Jeannie said obviously and
then sitting down in front of Morgan, blocking Jeremy from view. Morgan
gave Jeannie a death glare and held her breath.
"I'm going to have to get over that sooner or later, so why not now?"
Morgan asked, staring at her hands.
"Well put," Jeremy added from the back of the compartment.
"Ya, thanks," Morgan said, "Besides the semester starts tomorrow and I
don't want to be in a bad mood! Anyways...who's going to try out for the
Quiddich team this year?"
The rest of the ride was attempting to be pleasant by Morgan always
changing the subject. Outside, there were dark clouds rolling across the
sky and it started to drizzle slightly.
"We'll be at Hogwarts soon enough, we better change into our robes," Jeremy
suggested, looking down at his watch.
"Guess your right, let's go," Lily said, grabbing her robes and walking out
of the compartment to find an empty bathroom. She saw a bathroom at the
end of the train and saw that the door was ajar. She was about to walk in,
when she heard two familiar voices coming from the inside.
"--but it has to be something really special, or she won't understand
Prongs, got it?"
"I got it, Sirius. But remember the first one to get the girl wins!" James
said.
"Alright, alright...but I still have the advantage, Morgan already likes
me!" Sirius laughed.
"You don't know that!" James snapped.
"Whatever, what does the loser have to do, if they don't get the girl
first?" Sirius asked.
"Well...they have to--"
"Oh my goodness," Lily clamped her hand over her mouth.
"They're making a bet against each other about Morgan and me!" Lily
whispered to herself. Lily ran into another bathroom to quickly change
before heading back to talk to Morgan. She walked into the compartment to
find Remus, Jeremy, Jeannie and Morgan all changed. Jeremy and Remus were
talking together while Jeannie was trying to pry info out of Morgan.
"Morgan? I need to speak with you," Lily said, then looking at Jeannie,
"Alone!"
"What? Okay." Morgan said, as Lily dragged her out of the compartment.
"What's wrong?" Morgan asked, staring Lily in the eye.
"Hmm, how do I put this? Your cousin and his buddy just made a bet on us."
Lily said, angrily.
"Who? Taylor? What friend? What bet? Huh?" Morgan replied, confused.
"JAMES! And Sirius!" Lily said, waving her arms around.
"Calm down!" Morgan said, backing up against the door. "You're gonna hurt
me! Now, what's this bet all about?" Morgan frowned and put her hands on
her hips.
"THEY...bet who was gonna win us over first. Sirius and you, or...James
and...me."
"WHAT?!" Morgan yelled. "THEY BET ON ME?! HOW DARE THEM! WHEN I FIND JAMES
I'M GONNA-"
"WAIT! I don't think we should let them know that we know. We should do
something...else."
Morgan smiled. "I know, they're gonna do sweet stuff to get us so, we can
act disgusted or be totally turned off by all their 'Moves'."
"The complete opposite! It's brilliant!" Lily said. "Oh, but what about
Katrina?"
"What about her?" Morgan said, scowling at the mention of Katrina.
"Well, she likes the Marauders, and I don't want her to take them or
anything."
"You're right, James may be a git, but he doesn't deserve to be scarred for
life by Katrina. What should we do?"
"Jeannie!" Lily exclaimed.
"Jeannie?" Morgan asked, confused.
"Jeannie can help us! She can distract Katrina!"
"But I don't want her to know." Morgan complained.
"Well, we don't have to tell her everything, we can just tell her to- get
rid of Katrina."
"True, she doesn't need a reason to harass Katrina." Morgan chuckled.
"Okay, so should we go in there and start operation...operation..."
"...Bye bye annoying, evil, stupid, gits, Marauders." Lily finished.
"That's too long. How 'bout Operation: Goodbye prats! MWAHAHHA!"
"Whatever floats your boat?" Lily replied.
The two girls walked back in and sat down.
"What were you talking about?" Jeremy inquired.
"Girl stuff." Lily replied.
"Am I not a girl then?!" Jeannie asked, feeling left out.
"Jeremy, you never told me you were gay!" Remus said, grinning.
Jeannie stuck her tongue out at Remus.
"No, I meant-" Lily started to say but the door opened at the same moment.
It was James.
"Where's Sirius?" Remus asked.
"Back in the other compartment," James replied.
"Why? All by himself?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm pretty sure you know why," James said, eyeing Morgan.
"Hey," Morgan said defensively. James ignored her and continued, "And he's
not by himself, he's with Peter!"
"I don't think that counts," Morgan laughed coldly.
James shook his head; he sat down beside Lily and put his arm around her
shoulders.
"Get your hands off me, Potter. I have a boyfriend!" Lily
informed, grabbing James' arm and throwing it back at him.
"What? Who?" James demanded at Lily. Lily chuckled to herself.
"Who is it?" James repeated.
"Taylor," Lily replied, mildly, but smiling all the same, at the mention of
Taylor's name.
"Potter? My cousin?" James said, bewildered.
"Of course! You didn't know?" Jeannie asked, smirking.
"No...I'll be right back," James said, getting to his feet and walking out
of the compartment. The rest of the compartment exchanged looks as James
left.
"My own flesh and blood..." Were the last words heard of James.
"Where d'you expect he's going to go?" Jeremy asked.
"Does it really matter," Jeannie laughed, sitting down on Jeremy's lap.
"No, I guess it doesn't," Jeremy said, kissing Jeannie and wrapping his
hands around her back. They're kiss deepened as Morgan made a gagging
noise.
"Augh--I'm sick of this!" She pouted and stormed out of the compartment.
"So emotional," Remus muttered to himself, looking out the window. Lily
slapped him on his head, "Hey! What's that for?"
"For being and idiot!" Lily laughed and followed Morgan. She didn't have
to go far, Morgan was sitting against the wall, right beside the
compartment door. Lily sat down beside Morgan.
"Hey," Lily said.
"Hi," Morgan said, drawing her voice.
"Is everything okay, Morgs? 'Cause it obviously isn't, and I want you to
be okay," Lily explained.
"I really don't wanna talk about it," Morgan whispered in a dry voice.
"Are you sure?" Morgan nodded her head in response.
"If you need anyone to talk to, I'm here for you!" Lily said, facing
Morgan. Morgan gave a light smile towards Lily, "Come on, let's go get our
trunks, we should be at Hogwarts any moment now."
Within a few minutes, everyone was outside on the Hogsmead platform,
shivering as the gusty winds blew through their clothes. The familiar,
"First year 'oer here," rang through the students ears. There was still no
sign of James. But Morgan, Lily and Jeannie, all climbed into a horse-less
drawn carriage, while Remus and Jeremy met up with a timid looking Peter
and depressed looking Sirius.
The group all sat together during the feast, but Morgan sat as far away
from Sirius as possible. All the group could talk about was the
disappearance of James, he was nowhere in sight. After the feast, when the
students were heading to bed, that's when the girls and the rest of the
Marauders started to get worried. But all their questions were answered
the next morning.
Two tawny owls flew in the next morning during breakfast. One landed in
between Morgan and Jeannie and the second landed in front of Professor
Dumbledore.
"Ummm...I'll get it..." Morgan said, dropping her bagel and reaching for
the letter tied on the owl's leg. Morgan scanned the letter and her
expression changed from confused to shock. Her mouth dropped and eyes
widened as she finished reading.
"What?" Lily, Remus, Jeannie, Jeremy and Sirius said at once.
"I can't believe this!" Morgan said in awe.
"What?" Jeannie repeated, "Does it have to do with, James? Has he sent us a
letter?"
"Yes and no! It's from my aunt and uncle, your parents, Jeannie," Morgan
replied, "Here, I'll read it to you."
The group huddled together, across the table, as Morgan read from the
letter.
"Jeannie and Morgan,
This is in regard to James' disappearance. I'm sure you have been awfully
worried about him. But not to worry, he is safe at home, and will be
returning to Hogwarts shortly. We are not sure if this was a planned
attack or if you two had any knowledge of what James did.
Last night, James found his way to where Taylor, your cousin, was staying
before Taylor left for Beuxbatons. There, we have no knowledge of why
(James has not answered any of our questions), but he punched Taylor. One
punch lead to another and the boys got into a fist-fight. If it wasn't for
your father, Morgan, the boys would have done serious damage towards each
other.
As you two know, our Family is very tight-knit. We don't need anymore
fights between our families, it would be mayhem. We are going to have
family meeting, immediately to work out our problems. We have notified
Professor Dumbledore, and one of the family members will be picking you up
this afternoon. Pack for overnight.
See you soon,
Harold and Elizabeth Potter
Morgan slowly put down the letter.
Everyone was shocked. Sure, James was outgoing, and crazy sometimes, but no
one expected this, even Jeannie.
"No way." Sirius breathed. He was staring at Morgan like she was crazy.
Jeremy just looked at Morgan like he hadn't understood what she had just
said.
"Yes way." She replied.
Jeannie started shaking her head. "No. Nope. No, this can't be happening.
It is all a dream, in 5 seconds I am going to wake up. 5..." She closed her
eyes.
"Jeannie." Morgan said, grabbing her arm.
"4..."
"Jeannie, stop it."
"3..."
Morgan looked at Jeannie sadly. How pathetic was this?
"2...OW!" Jeannie opened her eyes. "Why'd you pinch me?"
"To show you you're NOT dreaming!"
Jeannie didn't say anything.
"Are you okay Lily?" Remus asked, noticing Lily, staring off into space,
tears in her eyes.
"No, I'm not." She stated.
"I'm sad about James too, but he's gonna be-"
"Who said I was sad about James?" Lily asked, "I'm mad that you're stupid
brother (she pointed at Jeannie) tried to beat the shit out of MY
boyfriend!"
"My brother's not stupid." Jeannie said, glaring at Lily.
"Yes, he is. If he'd just accept that I have a boyfriend and that I don't
like him, everything would be fine. I hope Taylor beat James bad!" Lily got
up and left, before another word was said.
"Well...umm..." Jeremy said, turning to look at the girls, "What now? When does
it say you have to leave?"
Morgan scanned the letter. "I don't know. It just says this afternoon."
"Hello Professor Dumbledore." Sirius sat up straight, "It wasn't me."
Dumbledore chuckled. "No, it was not Mr. Black. I have come to fetch Miss
Adams and Miss Potter to my office."
Morgan and Jeannie got up.
"Follow me, please." Dumbledore walked out, into the Great Hall, Morgan and
Jeannie following behind.
They walked up a flight of stairs and down a couple corridors until they
reached a stone gargoyle, where they stopped.
"Tweedledum," Dumbledore said. The gargoyle came to life and jumped off to
the left, to reveal a spiral staircase.
Dumbledore walked onto the staircase, which started moving upwards. The
girls followed suit.
The girls stood on the staircase in silence. Morgan was thinking about
what was to come and Jeannie was still a little shocked about what James
really had done, and what she was going to do without Jeremy.
"Sit down please." Dumbledore said, after they had reached his office. The
girls each sat down on a red, spindly chair.
Dumbledore steepled his fingers and looked at the girls intently.
"As you know, one of your family members will be picking you up today, at
what time i do not know. But you must be wondering why I'm talking to
you?" He asked. The girls nodded they're heads.
"I need to ask you to a favor; it's in the best interest of James'"
"Anything for James," Jeannie said. Morgan nodded in agreement.
"Thank-you. James is Head boy," Dumbledore began, "And...Speaks his mind.
In this case, he did not speak, he use his fists. Anyways, it is not in my
authority to punish Mr. Potter for what he did, but your parents, but, I
can not have James setting this example for the younger students when he's
back at Hogwarts. I need you to help me keep Mr. Potter in order!"
"Consider it done, Professor!" Morgan said confidently.
"I know this is a hard job, Ms. Adams, see his past in mischievous making
ways?"
"Don't worry, Professor, We'll keep him in line," Jeannie said.
A/N: Enjoy the chapter...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!