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CHAPTER THREE:
Lily sat glaring at the back of James' head during the Sorting, her just- recently happy mood completely evaporated after seeing him again. Feeling her gaze, he turned and caught her eye, glaring back at her. James sat in the center of the table, while Lily was close to the staff. Sirius watched amusedly between the two, and nudged Remus.
"You know when I went to spy on Lily and James?"
"Yeah."
"Guess what I heard them saying."
"Something about git and despicable prat."
"No! They were talking about.snogging!"
Remus rolled his eyes and turned to watch the sorting again. Sirius tapped annoyingly on Remus' head.
"Not only that, but snogging in a broom closet! Isn't that rich!"
"Padfoot, I think you left your ruddy brain on the train."
"It seemed like a rather interesting conversation to me. Too bad they didn't . . .say anything after that." Sirius snickered as James tried to glare at him while glaring at Lily. He didn't succeed. Giving up, James turned his head and hit Sirius. Sirius cringed as James hand messed his hair up
"That's right Padfoot, I said you were snogging Lily Evans on the Hogwarts Express!" said Sirius again, winking at James.
"Oh yeah! Lets proclaim it to the world, shall we!" spat James, glaring at Lily again. She just couldn't back down, could she. . .
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Lily was raving mad.
"Look at him, Alice, he's looking at me like he's a King! Acting completely superior, when he's only a stuck-up snot that was graced with Quidditch talent. I can't believe he has the audacity to stare like that."
"Lily, you started staring first." Said another sixth year girl, Marlene McKinnon.
"I-I have a reason to stare."
"Right. And not because he was also graced with good looks?"
Lily glared at Marlene, but she smiled brightly. Once she turned back to James, her taunting continued.
"I know that you find him handsome! You wouldn't be so eager to stare then, now would you? He does have nice eyes. . ."
"And a nice nose!" whispered Alice.
"You know you can't resist the way he tousles his hair-"
"Marlene, stop it!" grit Lily, but she couldn't stop the blush that came to her cheeks. James smirked and turned away as Dumbledore, in all his navy- blue-robed glory, stood up and tapped lightly on his glass. The Great Hall went silent, many smiling faces turned toward him.
"Good evening, and welcome to another year at Hogwarts." The students clapped, and Sirius catcalled.
"For those of you familiar with the rules, please be patient. As usual, the Forbidden Forest is . . . Forbidden. Also, Filch would like to announce that there are several additions to the list of banned items, including Droobles Best Blowing Gum and Dung Bombs, which, after last years incident, will result in immediate detention if the culprits are caught."
The marauders sniggered-fifth year Filch had brought a kitten out of the forbidden forest, and started calling it "Mrs. Norris." The bait was too tempting, and after many hours of planning they had caught the cat in a gigantic, sticky pink bubble. Besides being very messy when popped, it also set off a chain reaction of hidden dung bombs in Filch's dingy office. To say the least, the Marauders were hated by Filch afterwards.
"I also have the pride to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Laura Lott."
A tall black-haired lady stood up, nodding her head at the applause. She wore thin glasses over her pale blue eyes, and immaculately clean robes that fell a little off her shoulders. All of her seemed slightly too thin- her nose, her arms, her smile, and her bony hands. Alice glanced up at her, and Lott caught her eye for a moment.
"She seems nice." Said Alice, nodding as Lily looked at the new professor. She had sat back down, perfectly still and unflustered.
"Yeah. Better than Smitty, at least. He was a real nutcase."
Dumbledore cough gently, and concluded his short speech.
"Now, before any of our more enthusiastic diners interrupt me, I have one more thing to say: Welcome!"
With that, delicious food appeared on the golden plates and everyone dug in enthusiastically. James grinned as Sirius and Peter loaded their plates with treats and meat. Remus had very little on his plate, though, and James glanced at him worriedly. Remus smiled wryly and shook his head. Sirius had seen the plate too, and being more of a hands-on person, slid the contents of his plate onto Remus'.
"There ya go, mate. No need to starve ourselves, eh?"
Remus laughed. "Sirius, half the people in Gryffindor couldn't eat this."
James chuckled when he saw that Peter's plate had twice the amount, and that he was quickly making his way through.
Sirius shrugged, and topped off the shapeless mass of food with a muffin. Remus rescued it from its gravy grave, and nibbled slowly while the feast continued.
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After the feast was over, McGonagall called the prefects and head boy and girl over to her. Leading them into a small room off the great hall, she shut the door quickly behind them.
"I'm sorry to tear you away from your friends, but I must have a quick word with you."
"What is it, Professor? Is this about the Marauders?" asked Brian McCulligan.
"What? No, Brian, I am not trying to get them expelled. Now, as you have most likely heard, many unusual disappearances have occurred in the past few months."
The students drew in their breath, knowing of the Ministry members going missing. Lily and Remus looked at each other for a moment, and Remus cringed at the look in Lily's eyes. She had already lost a father in a car accident . . .
"Dumbledore wants you to be more . . .careful this year, as a precaution to anything happening here at Hogwarts. We trust that you will be responsible enough to report to us if you notice anything strange."
Tawny tried to speak, but McGonagall continued.
"Also, you must not be scared. It is nothing but rumors, and rumors are usually no more than honest mistakes. Hopefully the mess will be cleared up."
"Professor-"
"Let me finish, Miss Spires. I must also warn you, as a responsibility to the students and myself, that there are more of these rumors, regarding a powerful dark wizard that no one-no one can find." She sighed tiredly. "Not even Dumbledore has succeeded in finding him yet."
"Professor McGonagall, what are you talking about?" Tawny finally managed. "There have only been 3 disappearances, and those people from minor departments. It's not a worry for students. And what is all this about a 'dark wizard?'"
"This 'dark wizard' is known as-"
At that moment, the door opened and Professor Laura Lott walked in.
"Minerva, what are you telling these students?" she cried. Her robes were slipping off her shoulders, and her eyes were full of anger.
"Professor Lott, I was just updating the students on the current political status. It is no cause for worry, as the students should know-"
"McGonagall, these students do not need to know of it! I worked in the ministry before taking this position, and there are things these students should not be told." She paused, her eyes suddenly growing fearful.
"Including his . . .his name."
Bryan laughed out loud at this.
"Why shouldn't we know his name!? It won't kill us."
"You do not know that." spat Lott. He went silent. Minerva quickly tried to regain composure.
"Now, Professor Lott, I think that will conclude this meeting. Oh! Here are the passwords to the common rooms." She handed them small slips of paper, and Lily looked down at hers. It said "Phoenix," but it suddenly wiped clear and was replaced with another word.
"Remus, what is Volde-"
Before she finished, it burst into flames.
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J.E.A.R.K. Potter- Thanks for the review! *Rips open new crate of guavas*
Child-of-Scorpio- Glad you liked chapter two! Guavas!
GNA sis- *Announcer voice* And the award for longest review ever goes to......... hehehe have a guava!
Morph- *the guava nancers help morph pelt Bellatrix Black with rotten guavas*
Glirean- Thanks for the review. Oh and the HPHP thing is just a divider. Have a mango....ermm....I mean...guava.
GNK- Hehe later we might get really creative and use LJLJLJLJ.
Katla- *GNL sneaks up to Katla and steals her Orlando Bloom doll. Katla bashes GNL over the head with a guava. Will Turner: Let me guess you didn't deserve that one either. GNL: ow....Yeah...that one I deserved. Gives Katla her complimentary guava and goes to find an ice pack.*
CHAPTER THREE:
Lily sat glaring at the back of James' head during the Sorting, her just- recently happy mood completely evaporated after seeing him again. Feeling her gaze, he turned and caught her eye, glaring back at her. James sat in the center of the table, while Lily was close to the staff. Sirius watched amusedly between the two, and nudged Remus.
"You know when I went to spy on Lily and James?"
"Yeah."
"Guess what I heard them saying."
"Something about git and despicable prat."
"No! They were talking about.snogging!"
Remus rolled his eyes and turned to watch the sorting again. Sirius tapped annoyingly on Remus' head.
"Not only that, but snogging in a broom closet! Isn't that rich!"
"Padfoot, I think you left your ruddy brain on the train."
"It seemed like a rather interesting conversation to me. Too bad they didn't . . .say anything after that." Sirius snickered as James tried to glare at him while glaring at Lily. He didn't succeed. Giving up, James turned his head and hit Sirius. Sirius cringed as James hand messed his hair up
"That's right Padfoot, I said you were snogging Lily Evans on the Hogwarts Express!" said Sirius again, winking at James.
"Oh yeah! Lets proclaim it to the world, shall we!" spat James, glaring at Lily again. She just couldn't back down, could she. . .
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Lily was raving mad.
"Look at him, Alice, he's looking at me like he's a King! Acting completely superior, when he's only a stuck-up snot that was graced with Quidditch talent. I can't believe he has the audacity to stare like that."
"Lily, you started staring first." Said another sixth year girl, Marlene McKinnon.
"I-I have a reason to stare."
"Right. And not because he was also graced with good looks?"
Lily glared at Marlene, but she smiled brightly. Once she turned back to James, her taunting continued.
"I know that you find him handsome! You wouldn't be so eager to stare then, now would you? He does have nice eyes. . ."
"And a nice nose!" whispered Alice.
"You know you can't resist the way he tousles his hair-"
"Marlene, stop it!" grit Lily, but she couldn't stop the blush that came to her cheeks. James smirked and turned away as Dumbledore, in all his navy- blue-robed glory, stood up and tapped lightly on his glass. The Great Hall went silent, many smiling faces turned toward him.
"Good evening, and welcome to another year at Hogwarts." The students clapped, and Sirius catcalled.
"For those of you familiar with the rules, please be patient. As usual, the Forbidden Forest is . . . Forbidden. Also, Filch would like to announce that there are several additions to the list of banned items, including Droobles Best Blowing Gum and Dung Bombs, which, after last years incident, will result in immediate detention if the culprits are caught."
The marauders sniggered-fifth year Filch had brought a kitten out of the forbidden forest, and started calling it "Mrs. Norris." The bait was too tempting, and after many hours of planning they had caught the cat in a gigantic, sticky pink bubble. Besides being very messy when popped, it also set off a chain reaction of hidden dung bombs in Filch's dingy office. To say the least, the Marauders were hated by Filch afterwards.
"I also have the pride to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Laura Lott."
A tall black-haired lady stood up, nodding her head at the applause. She wore thin glasses over her pale blue eyes, and immaculately clean robes that fell a little off her shoulders. All of her seemed slightly too thin- her nose, her arms, her smile, and her bony hands. Alice glanced up at her, and Lott caught her eye for a moment.
"She seems nice." Said Alice, nodding as Lily looked at the new professor. She had sat back down, perfectly still and unflustered.
"Yeah. Better than Smitty, at least. He was a real nutcase."
Dumbledore cough gently, and concluded his short speech.
"Now, before any of our more enthusiastic diners interrupt me, I have one more thing to say: Welcome!"
With that, delicious food appeared on the golden plates and everyone dug in enthusiastically. James grinned as Sirius and Peter loaded their plates with treats and meat. Remus had very little on his plate, though, and James glanced at him worriedly. Remus smiled wryly and shook his head. Sirius had seen the plate too, and being more of a hands-on person, slid the contents of his plate onto Remus'.
"There ya go, mate. No need to starve ourselves, eh?"
Remus laughed. "Sirius, half the people in Gryffindor couldn't eat this."
James chuckled when he saw that Peter's plate had twice the amount, and that he was quickly making his way through.
Sirius shrugged, and topped off the shapeless mass of food with a muffin. Remus rescued it from its gravy grave, and nibbled slowly while the feast continued.
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After the feast was over, McGonagall called the prefects and head boy and girl over to her. Leading them into a small room off the great hall, she shut the door quickly behind them.
"I'm sorry to tear you away from your friends, but I must have a quick word with you."
"What is it, Professor? Is this about the Marauders?" asked Brian McCulligan.
"What? No, Brian, I am not trying to get them expelled. Now, as you have most likely heard, many unusual disappearances have occurred in the past few months."
The students drew in their breath, knowing of the Ministry members going missing. Lily and Remus looked at each other for a moment, and Remus cringed at the look in Lily's eyes. She had already lost a father in a car accident . . .
"Dumbledore wants you to be more . . .careful this year, as a precaution to anything happening here at Hogwarts. We trust that you will be responsible enough to report to us if you notice anything strange."
Tawny tried to speak, but McGonagall continued.
"Also, you must not be scared. It is nothing but rumors, and rumors are usually no more than honest mistakes. Hopefully the mess will be cleared up."
"Professor-"
"Let me finish, Miss Spires. I must also warn you, as a responsibility to the students and myself, that there are more of these rumors, regarding a powerful dark wizard that no one-no one can find." She sighed tiredly. "Not even Dumbledore has succeeded in finding him yet."
"Professor McGonagall, what are you talking about?" Tawny finally managed. "There have only been 3 disappearances, and those people from minor departments. It's not a worry for students. And what is all this about a 'dark wizard?'"
"This 'dark wizard' is known as-"
At that moment, the door opened and Professor Laura Lott walked in.
"Minerva, what are you telling these students?" she cried. Her robes were slipping off her shoulders, and her eyes were full of anger.
"Professor Lott, I was just updating the students on the current political status. It is no cause for worry, as the students should know-"
"McGonagall, these students do not need to know of it! I worked in the ministry before taking this position, and there are things these students should not be told." She paused, her eyes suddenly growing fearful.
"Including his . . .his name."
Bryan laughed out loud at this.
"Why shouldn't we know his name!? It won't kill us."
"You do not know that." spat Lott. He went silent. Minerva quickly tried to regain composure.
"Now, Professor Lott, I think that will conclude this meeting. Oh! Here are the passwords to the common rooms." She handed them small slips of paper, and Lily looked down at hers. It said "Phoenix," but it suddenly wiped clear and was replaced with another word.
"Remus, what is Volde-"
Before she finished, it burst into flames.
HPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHPHP
J.E.A.R.K. Potter- Thanks for the review! *Rips open new crate of guavas*
Child-of-Scorpio- Glad you liked chapter two! Guavas!
GNA sis- *Announcer voice* And the award for longest review ever goes to......... hehehe have a guava!
Morph- *the guava nancers help morph pelt Bellatrix Black with rotten guavas*
Glirean- Thanks for the review. Oh and the HPHP thing is just a divider. Have a mango....ermm....I mean...guava.
GNK- Hehe later we might get really creative and use LJLJLJLJ.
Katla- *GNL sneaks up to Katla and steals her Orlando Bloom doll. Katla bashes GNL over the head with a guava. Will Turner: Let me guess you didn't deserve that one either. GNL: ow....Yeah...that one I deserved. Gives Katla her complimentary guava and goes to find an ice pack.*