GNA: Hiya folks! This is GNA here (duh), saying that this chapter is "lots
of fun," which is code for "I was able to finish this chapter and to put in
a rather strange type of fluff with a huge amount of help from GNL
(haha...right, Captain Musical...) without overbearing the chapter with it and
still showing all the subtle hints and other nuances of the chapter that
are much more important so the fluff-loving reviewers don't kill me."
*coughety cough* I am proud of me...
GNL: *sighs* Sorry fluff lovers....Although I did come up with the plot for this chapter... it hardly qualifies as a fluffy chapter.
GNA: For me it does!
GNL: *smacks forehead*
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CHAPTER EIGHT: PREFECT MEETING AND FIGHT
Lott stood at her desk, leaning heavily on a ladder-back chair, and gazing levelly at all the prefects and the two head students in front of her. It was her duty to tell them what she knew, explain the attack. It would hurt. She gripped the chair more tightly.
"I would like you all to know that this attack is nothing short of astounding. It has caught us all completely off our guard, despite the numerous warning signs, and left us ALL helpless. Many died. The complete list will be printed in the Daily Prophet in tomorrow's edition, if you are that morbidly curious. Many students were affected, simply by the deaths, and others by their own friend's grief. It is your duty to comfort those needing it."
One of the girls let out a sob, and Lott shot her a scathing look.
"I would expect the Ravenclaws to be a bit more chipper than that." She said sternly. "We cannot grieve now. We must protect ourselves from-"she hesitated, "The Dark Lord. This includes the continuation of the dueling club, and information for the whole wizarding world. Dumbledore will be heading the committee involving that, and I expect all of you to take up your duty and join. We cannot hesitate, for the-" she coughed lightly, "- Dark Lord will strike again quickly. It is his way."
"How do you know that?" asked Lily, the tiniest hint of suspicion in her voice.
"Dumbledore has been tracing the movements of the Dark Lord for years now. And, considering that I am now employed here and ALSO used to work in the Ministry, I would know these things," replied Laura smoothly. Her eyes betrayed nothing, but a dislike for the smart redhead started developing. She asked too many questions. Wasn't it enough to be given your duty and carry it out? She was only doing her duty, that was all. It was her duty.
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After the meeting, Remus and Lily walked to Transfiguration, all the while talking about the meeting.
"How could she be so brutal to that poor Ravenclaw prefect!" exclaimed Lily once again, waving her hands in the air exasperatedly. Remus didn't say anything, only shake his head in disappointment at their Professor grimly.
"I mean, sure, we should keep ourselves together so we can help the school and all but we're not supposed to hand out deep psychologically healing advice! I'm a prefect, not-not-oh, I don't know what, but it's not right of her." She finished.
"Maybe she was taking it too hard." Mused Remus after a moment, thinking back to the girl who had been sobbing.
Lily opened her mouth to yell at him, and then stopped.
"Maybe. It has been a while. A week, about, and she was still crying. . .I mean, James-"
She snapped her mouth shut.
"What about James?" asked Remus, staring ahead and not looking at Lily.
"Well, I meant that. . . he was taking it really well." She said hesitantly, thinking back to the Tower incident and thinking the exact opposite. He hadn't taken it well of course, who would? But he wasn't reacting the same way as she had seen others; they would sob and cry and go home to stay with their families. But James hadn't cried after she had said she didn't hate him, only looked more and more worn and tired, like he couldn't sleep. And he only went to the funeral, coming back late at night, maybe unable to comfort his mother.
While the two walked, another figure had been following behind, quiet and malignant. Bellatrix Black made sure to be quiet and listen in on the two, and was ready to burst with laughter as the mudblood Lily practically confessed her love to the git Potter.
"Pitiful." She muttered, and she straightened her spineless back and walked towards the two Gryffindors, patting her wand in its deeply hidden robe pocket.
Remus turned around as he heard someone behind them, and he looked back at Lily with a disgusted look on his face. Lily saw who was coming and barely managed to contain the angry laughter that was ready to burst out. This was not the moment Lily wanted a death eater sneering at her.
"Well look who it is, the mudblood and moony." She said, and Remus' eyes squinted in anger. Lily didn't get time to even look at Remus, much less ask him what she had meant, before she spoke again.
"I wonder what they could be doing wandering the halls at this time?" she said with fake curiosity.
"It doesn't matter, Bellatrix." Said Remus quietly. She sneered.
"Well then, I guess if you want to cheat on your little boyfriend mudblood, go ahead!"
"Black-"said Lily, her face turning dangerously pale.
"What did I do? Did I say something wrong!" she said, feigning surprise. "No wait. Of course I did. I mentioned Potter, and as both of us know-"she leaned in conspiratorially towards Lily "-He is all wrong, he is terrible, he is worse than the basest foulest thing on this earth." She laughed coldly. "He is worse than me, even. Especially to you, mudblood."
This had a strange effect on Lily. Her eyes grew wide for a moment, wider than they usually were, and she suddenly was so full of rage that Bellatrix stepped back a step, surprised at her silent reaction. Lily felt like she was holding a fighting lion in her arms, and to stop herself from shaking so much she clenched her fists until the nails practically drew blood. After a moment Black composed herself and her face became as nasty as it usually was, all the while Remus fuming with a silent rage.
"Do not talk about James like that, death eater." She growled. Bellatrix laughed.
"Really, Evans, I'm getting a bit tired of all this drama." She said "drama" as if it were foreign to her. "I'd rather just have you both killed and get it over with. Like his father." She laughed again. "He fought so bravely. . ."
"DETENTION BLACK!" roared Remus, finally snapping.
Lily couldn't stand that. She swung her clenched fist at her in a rage, meeting Bella's eye with more force than she had ever hit Potter. She fell over screeching in pain.
"What's the matter? Does it hurt?" spat Lily. "Shouldn't have opened your stupid mouth!"
With that she turned and stormed down the hall, leaving the shocked Bella and furious Remus in her wake.
Fuming, she slammed her books down on her desk in Transfiguration.
"What's wrong Lily?" Alice asked.
"Nothing." A few moments later Remus entered. He shot Lily several quick befuddled, angry, nervous glances as he took his seat.
Professor McGonagall had already started class when the door opened. Standing in the doorframe were Professor Lott and Bellatrix, her skeletally thin and elegant hands knotted and ugly against her eye.
"I'm sorry to interrupt," said Lott, not sounding sorry at all. "But one of these students intentionally attacked Bella."
When Bella put her hands down they could see a large bluish, purple bruise on her left eye, the eye itself a blurry blood red.
"Who did this to you?" asked Professor McGonogal swiftly.
"She did." responded Black, pointing to Lily accusingly.
"Miss Evans?" McGonogal asked, not sure she had seen correctly.
"Yes, she attacked me!" All the eyes in the room darted back and forth between Bella and Lily.
"Miss Evans, is this true?" McGonogal asked sternly.
"Yes Professor."
"It is?" She faltered.
"Yes Professor."
"May I enquire as to why?" She asked angrily.
"Umm . . ." Lily didn't know what to say. She certainly wasn't about to say the real reason. She glanced around the room helplessly. Remus just stared at her blankly, almost deadly. Then she caught sight of James watching the scene intently, surprise written all over his usually so handsome features. She turned back the Professors with a guilty smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "Well . . .it's more the fact that she exists, if you know what I mean . . ."
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Thank Yous
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Angel 85- Another new reviewer! Woo! Thanks for the review! Have some guavas!
Child of scorpio- Yeah, we spent over a week arughing over the end of that chapter.....and we are both still unhappy over the ending...but as long as you like it.
GNA Sis- Thanks for review. (i will try to make my thankyous to you as short as your reviews are long!) hehehehe
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Go Lily! Reviews would be lovely! I've got plenty of guavas! Come on, tropical fruit, you know you can't resist it! Yum...*eats guava over exaggeratedly* *GNL walks in from Musical practice, glares, takes guava and chucks it out a convenient window before making GNA shut up*
GNL: WOO! Musical is over now! *Does a Musical is over now dance.*
GNL: *sighs* Sorry fluff lovers....Although I did come up with the plot for this chapter... it hardly qualifies as a fluffy chapter.
GNA: For me it does!
GNL: *smacks forehead*
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CHAPTER EIGHT: PREFECT MEETING AND FIGHT
Lott stood at her desk, leaning heavily on a ladder-back chair, and gazing levelly at all the prefects and the two head students in front of her. It was her duty to tell them what she knew, explain the attack. It would hurt. She gripped the chair more tightly.
"I would like you all to know that this attack is nothing short of astounding. It has caught us all completely off our guard, despite the numerous warning signs, and left us ALL helpless. Many died. The complete list will be printed in the Daily Prophet in tomorrow's edition, if you are that morbidly curious. Many students were affected, simply by the deaths, and others by their own friend's grief. It is your duty to comfort those needing it."
One of the girls let out a sob, and Lott shot her a scathing look.
"I would expect the Ravenclaws to be a bit more chipper than that." She said sternly. "We cannot grieve now. We must protect ourselves from-"she hesitated, "The Dark Lord. This includes the continuation of the dueling club, and information for the whole wizarding world. Dumbledore will be heading the committee involving that, and I expect all of you to take up your duty and join. We cannot hesitate, for the-" she coughed lightly, "- Dark Lord will strike again quickly. It is his way."
"How do you know that?" asked Lily, the tiniest hint of suspicion in her voice.
"Dumbledore has been tracing the movements of the Dark Lord for years now. And, considering that I am now employed here and ALSO used to work in the Ministry, I would know these things," replied Laura smoothly. Her eyes betrayed nothing, but a dislike for the smart redhead started developing. She asked too many questions. Wasn't it enough to be given your duty and carry it out? She was only doing her duty, that was all. It was her duty.
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After the meeting, Remus and Lily walked to Transfiguration, all the while talking about the meeting.
"How could she be so brutal to that poor Ravenclaw prefect!" exclaimed Lily once again, waving her hands in the air exasperatedly. Remus didn't say anything, only shake his head in disappointment at their Professor grimly.
"I mean, sure, we should keep ourselves together so we can help the school and all but we're not supposed to hand out deep psychologically healing advice! I'm a prefect, not-not-oh, I don't know what, but it's not right of her." She finished.
"Maybe she was taking it too hard." Mused Remus after a moment, thinking back to the girl who had been sobbing.
Lily opened her mouth to yell at him, and then stopped.
"Maybe. It has been a while. A week, about, and she was still crying. . .I mean, James-"
She snapped her mouth shut.
"What about James?" asked Remus, staring ahead and not looking at Lily.
"Well, I meant that. . . he was taking it really well." She said hesitantly, thinking back to the Tower incident and thinking the exact opposite. He hadn't taken it well of course, who would? But he wasn't reacting the same way as she had seen others; they would sob and cry and go home to stay with their families. But James hadn't cried after she had said she didn't hate him, only looked more and more worn and tired, like he couldn't sleep. And he only went to the funeral, coming back late at night, maybe unable to comfort his mother.
While the two walked, another figure had been following behind, quiet and malignant. Bellatrix Black made sure to be quiet and listen in on the two, and was ready to burst with laughter as the mudblood Lily practically confessed her love to the git Potter.
"Pitiful." She muttered, and she straightened her spineless back and walked towards the two Gryffindors, patting her wand in its deeply hidden robe pocket.
Remus turned around as he heard someone behind them, and he looked back at Lily with a disgusted look on his face. Lily saw who was coming and barely managed to contain the angry laughter that was ready to burst out. This was not the moment Lily wanted a death eater sneering at her.
"Well look who it is, the mudblood and moony." She said, and Remus' eyes squinted in anger. Lily didn't get time to even look at Remus, much less ask him what she had meant, before she spoke again.
"I wonder what they could be doing wandering the halls at this time?" she said with fake curiosity.
"It doesn't matter, Bellatrix." Said Remus quietly. She sneered.
"Well then, I guess if you want to cheat on your little boyfriend mudblood, go ahead!"
"Black-"said Lily, her face turning dangerously pale.
"What did I do? Did I say something wrong!" she said, feigning surprise. "No wait. Of course I did. I mentioned Potter, and as both of us know-"she leaned in conspiratorially towards Lily "-He is all wrong, he is terrible, he is worse than the basest foulest thing on this earth." She laughed coldly. "He is worse than me, even. Especially to you, mudblood."
This had a strange effect on Lily. Her eyes grew wide for a moment, wider than they usually were, and she suddenly was so full of rage that Bellatrix stepped back a step, surprised at her silent reaction. Lily felt like she was holding a fighting lion in her arms, and to stop herself from shaking so much she clenched her fists until the nails practically drew blood. After a moment Black composed herself and her face became as nasty as it usually was, all the while Remus fuming with a silent rage.
"Do not talk about James like that, death eater." She growled. Bellatrix laughed.
"Really, Evans, I'm getting a bit tired of all this drama." She said "drama" as if it were foreign to her. "I'd rather just have you both killed and get it over with. Like his father." She laughed again. "He fought so bravely. . ."
"DETENTION BLACK!" roared Remus, finally snapping.
Lily couldn't stand that. She swung her clenched fist at her in a rage, meeting Bella's eye with more force than she had ever hit Potter. She fell over screeching in pain.
"What's the matter? Does it hurt?" spat Lily. "Shouldn't have opened your stupid mouth!"
With that she turned and stormed down the hall, leaving the shocked Bella and furious Remus in her wake.
Fuming, she slammed her books down on her desk in Transfiguration.
"What's wrong Lily?" Alice asked.
"Nothing." A few moments later Remus entered. He shot Lily several quick befuddled, angry, nervous glances as he took his seat.
Professor McGonagall had already started class when the door opened. Standing in the doorframe were Professor Lott and Bellatrix, her skeletally thin and elegant hands knotted and ugly against her eye.
"I'm sorry to interrupt," said Lott, not sounding sorry at all. "But one of these students intentionally attacked Bella."
When Bella put her hands down they could see a large bluish, purple bruise on her left eye, the eye itself a blurry blood red.
"Who did this to you?" asked Professor McGonogal swiftly.
"She did." responded Black, pointing to Lily accusingly.
"Miss Evans?" McGonogal asked, not sure she had seen correctly.
"Yes, she attacked me!" All the eyes in the room darted back and forth between Bella and Lily.
"Miss Evans, is this true?" McGonogal asked sternly.
"Yes Professor."
"It is?" She faltered.
"Yes Professor."
"May I enquire as to why?" She asked angrily.
"Umm . . ." Lily didn't know what to say. She certainly wasn't about to say the real reason. She glanced around the room helplessly. Remus just stared at her blankly, almost deadly. Then she caught sight of James watching the scene intently, surprise written all over his usually so handsome features. She turned back the Professors with a guilty smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "Well . . .it's more the fact that she exists, if you know what I mean . . ."
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Thank Yous
Lady Candelight- WOO! New Reviewer! Glad you like it! *Ships a large crate of guavas to LC's house*
Pigasus- Hic! Thanks Hic! for Hic! the Hic! Review! Hic! Hic hic hic hic hic
Angel 85- Another new reviewer! Woo! Thanks for the review! Have some guavas!
Child of scorpio- Yeah, we spent over a week arughing over the end of that chapter.....and we are both still unhappy over the ending...but as long as you like it.
GNA Sis- Thanks for review. (i will try to make my thankyous to you as short as your reviews are long!) hehehehe
krw13- Thanks for the review! Have some guavas and another chapter!
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Go Lily! Reviews would be lovely! I've got plenty of guavas! Come on, tropical fruit, you know you can't resist it! Yum...*eats guava over exaggeratedly* *GNL walks in from Musical practice, glares, takes guava and chucks it out a convenient window before making GNA shut up*
GNL: WOO! Musical is over now! *Does a Musical is over now dance.*