"...And that's why we came here sir." James said. It was after Dary
had run off, and James and Lily went to Dumbledore to tell him what they
knew.
"So, Miss Lewis has a person close to her that committed suicide, and was reminded of that today, you, (he was addressing Lily) saw the scars that she gave herself. And she punched James?" Asked Dumbledore, "Now, does Dary, yes I do know her nick-name, know that you are here?"
"Err, no sir" it was Lily who spoke this time, "After James got mopped up, we came to see you."
"I don't want to seem like an old codger right now, but I think that what Miss Lewis needs is someone to talk to." Said Dumbledore
"Well, I tried talking to her, but she kept running off." Said Lily
"Then, I think...James, go and talk to her, just don't touch her this time, I don't think you want a broken nose again."
"Yes sir," said James
"Lily, don't bring up anything that will upset her, but be her friend."
"Yes sir,"
"Hop to it then."
"Thank you sir." Said Lily
After Dary had run off, she ran out onto the grounds, and sat down by the lake. She saw her right hand had blood on it. She realized it was James' blood and quickly washed it off. Tears stung her eyes again, but she refused to let them fall, she swallowed them and turned around. She saw James coming toward her.
"Hey Dary," he said
"Back off, wanker," she said, not looking at him
"No." replied James, as he sat down next to her.
She turned to get up but he grabbed her arm. She drew back to hit him, but he was ready and pulled her back down.
"What the hell do you want?" asked Dary
"I want to talk." He said
"Sure you do, all you've ever seen me as is a bloody Quidditch opponent."
"That's not true."
"Bollocks. I can't even talk to Lily because it's 'fraternizing with the enemy.'" She said, "You have no idea what it's like being someone like me. I've gone to this school for six and a half years. I was all right until fourth year, except everyone hated me. Then Annie died and I didn't want to make friends in case the same thing happened."
James was shocked. How could someone so young have gone through so much? Then the guilt started. Even though he had never pranked her or made fun of to her face, he had hardly noticed her. With the rest of the Marauders, he laughed about her clothes, make-up, and he even remembered thinking about what a time he saw her crying and thought about what a baby she was.
"Dary, I don't know what to say."
"Yeah? Well you wouldn't would you?" She said, "You popular James Potter."
James suddenly felt guilty again. He couldn't look her in the eye.
"I'm sorry James I..."
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't be so big-headed."
"Is the famous James Potter admitting he's an annoying wanker?"
"No I'm admitting that I'm big-headed."
"Potter, I'm not stupid, I know what your trying to do, and ordinarily I'd humour you, but right now I have Quidditch practice so find someone else to 'shrink'" Dary said and she stalked off.
Dary walked across the grounds towards the Quidditch pitch...
"Dary, would you come back, and join us?" said the Ravenclaw team captain.
"Sorry, I am not having a good day."
"Dary, talking to you is like talking to a brick wall. You can not go visit La-La Land when we play against Gryffindor."
"Sorry, Dave, I just have a lot on my mind right now."
"Alright." He said, as he turned to the rest of the team. "Let's got practice."
The team grabbed their brooms and sailed off on to the pitch. Dary had to play a chaser in a scrimmage, but then she sailed off above the pitch while the beaters had practice.
She was glancing around just looking. She saw Danni with someone out by the lake. They were cuddling by a tree. Her heart started pounding. She felt happy for Danni, but wanted something like that.
"Dary, your practice, come on" said Dave as he pulled the winged snitch out of his pocket. He let it leave his hand, Dary gave it a 5 second head start and streaked after it, and she caught it and turned her broom to face the pitch. She did this a few more times, when Dave finally called the practice over.
Dary quickly changed and left the locker room. She wandered out to the lake.
"Hey Dary," someone called.
"Hey Danni," she said. Finally, thought Dary, someone who doesn't think I'm a nutcase. "Hi...err..."
"Remus." Said the boy she was talking to.
"Oh, right, sorry." She said "Have you seen Lily any where?"
"Can't say that I have," said Danni, "We just got back from Hogsmeade and..."
Dary started to get a look of worry and guilt on her face.
"Dary, are you alright?"
"As well as I can be I suppose."
"We'll talk about it later, alright?"
"Fine." Said Dary as she hurried off to find Lily. She ran smack into Sirius.
"Where are you going in such a great hurry?" he asked
"If I thought you would care I would tell you." She said, giving Sirius a death glare
"Ooh, I like 'em feisty." He said as she swished his long-ish black hair out of his face.
"Save it, Black."
"Well, I don't know what's wrong with you, most girls would be tripping over themselves to get to me."
"And the reason they trip over themselves is because they are so drunk that they're seeing double, and they're probably looking for an easy shag." Dary said and stalked off.
Sirius just stood there and gaped, it was the first time he had ever lost an argument, and to a female too.
Dary went to the library, still looking for Lily. This time, heaven smiled down upon her and she found her, pretending to read, but her eyes were not moving. She walked up to Lily's table, and sat down next to her friend. They sat in silence until Dary couldn't bare it any longer.
"I'm sorry Lily. It was a stupid, selfish thing to do." She said, tentatively.
"I'm not angry with you, I have no right to be. I didn't know you when your sister died, and I didn't really pay all that much attention."
"Lily, I feel terrible, I can't believe I did it." Dary said burying her face in her arms.
Lily reached over and touched Dary's arm. Dary looked up, her face, once again, streaked with tears. Lily pulled her new best friend into a hug.
At this very inconvenient time, Sirius decided to walk in.
"Whoa, lesbian action, no wonder you didn't want me, Lewis."
Dary's anger was growing as she separated from Lily.
"And Evan's, I can see the hypocrisy. You are always telling us the error of our ways, but call me crazy, but isn't this an error?"
Dary's fist clench, and apparently Sirius didn't notice, because he went on and on. Dary started walking towards him.
"What's the matter, Dary? Did I strike..." he never got a chance to finish his sentence, because he was on the floor. Dary kicked him in the stomach. He bent double and wheezed. Dary took this opportunity to kick him in the head. She got up (or down) in his face and was yelling all kinds of obscenities.
"Miss Lewis, that is quite enough of that." Dary stopped yelling, and turned to face an extremely angry professor McGonagall.
"You should be ashamed of yourself," she continued "That was an assault."
"Professor, I hate to interrupt, but Black, over there," Lily jolted her head toward a pitiful heap on the ground, "He provoked her"
"Well, I suppose that I will take 20 points from Ravenclaw, for that disgusting display, and 10 points from Gryffindor, because of the things that he said about Daryl Ann, and you both will receive a detention. Monday night, my office, 7 o'clock, both of you, did you hear that Mr. Black?" Professor McGonagall called over to Sirius.
"Loud and clear, Gonnie!" he wheezed
"Professor, Mr. Black, I don't much care for nicknames." She said and walked off
"Well, I believe someone owes another someone an apology." Said Sirius.
"Your 100% right, Black, and I accept." She said, almost sweetly
"Oh that's really funny, Lewis."
"I'm glad YOU thought so. I was serious."
"Give me three good reasons why I should apologize to you."
"Well there is the obvious, you called me a lesbian, and I'm not and you know it. You have put me through a lot of shit over the years, and I'm bloody sick of it, and finally, for only acknowledging my presence, when you need help in History of Magic, and then dropping me like a hot ice cube, and only come back when we have another assignment" she said, incredibly fast
"Fine then, I'm sorry." he said sarcastically "You know, if you didn't act like such a miserable cow, all the time, then you might have some friends."
Dary didn't even stay long enough to show any emotion, she just shot out of the library like a bullet out of a gun.
"You stupid flipping ahs-hole, you must have shit for brains or something to not notice that maybe, there is something up with her." Lily practically yelled.
"Yeah, she's an attention grubber, that's it."
"Sirius, you don't know Dary very well at all," Lily started, but Sirius cut her off
"And you do, you've only known her for a very short amount of time, what can you possibly know about her."
"Ask your bloody friend James. He'll know." She said as she started to walk off, and turned around. "Oh, and by the way, Dary made your lip bleed, embarrassing, isn't it?"
Sirius touched his lip, and drew his hand away; he saw the red liquid on his hand. He threw his had down by his side, and looked in the direction that Dary had run out.
"Shit" he muttered and walked out of the library.
A/N: That took me forever to write, I had no clue what to do. So I am not going to explain myself this time, but if you want to know anything, feel free to ask. I might not answer you, but you can still ask!
"So, Miss Lewis has a person close to her that committed suicide, and was reminded of that today, you, (he was addressing Lily) saw the scars that she gave herself. And she punched James?" Asked Dumbledore, "Now, does Dary, yes I do know her nick-name, know that you are here?"
"Err, no sir" it was Lily who spoke this time, "After James got mopped up, we came to see you."
"I don't want to seem like an old codger right now, but I think that what Miss Lewis needs is someone to talk to." Said Dumbledore
"Well, I tried talking to her, but she kept running off." Said Lily
"Then, I think...James, go and talk to her, just don't touch her this time, I don't think you want a broken nose again."
"Yes sir," said James
"Lily, don't bring up anything that will upset her, but be her friend."
"Yes sir,"
"Hop to it then."
"Thank you sir." Said Lily
After Dary had run off, she ran out onto the grounds, and sat down by the lake. She saw her right hand had blood on it. She realized it was James' blood and quickly washed it off. Tears stung her eyes again, but she refused to let them fall, she swallowed them and turned around. She saw James coming toward her.
"Hey Dary," he said
"Back off, wanker," she said, not looking at him
"No." replied James, as he sat down next to her.
She turned to get up but he grabbed her arm. She drew back to hit him, but he was ready and pulled her back down.
"What the hell do you want?" asked Dary
"I want to talk." He said
"Sure you do, all you've ever seen me as is a bloody Quidditch opponent."
"That's not true."
"Bollocks. I can't even talk to Lily because it's 'fraternizing with the enemy.'" She said, "You have no idea what it's like being someone like me. I've gone to this school for six and a half years. I was all right until fourth year, except everyone hated me. Then Annie died and I didn't want to make friends in case the same thing happened."
James was shocked. How could someone so young have gone through so much? Then the guilt started. Even though he had never pranked her or made fun of to her face, he had hardly noticed her. With the rest of the Marauders, he laughed about her clothes, make-up, and he even remembered thinking about what a time he saw her crying and thought about what a baby she was.
"Dary, I don't know what to say."
"Yeah? Well you wouldn't would you?" She said, "You popular James Potter."
James suddenly felt guilty again. He couldn't look her in the eye.
"I'm sorry James I..."
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't be so big-headed."
"Is the famous James Potter admitting he's an annoying wanker?"
"No I'm admitting that I'm big-headed."
"Potter, I'm not stupid, I know what your trying to do, and ordinarily I'd humour you, but right now I have Quidditch practice so find someone else to 'shrink'" Dary said and she stalked off.
Dary walked across the grounds towards the Quidditch pitch...
"Dary, would you come back, and join us?" said the Ravenclaw team captain.
"Sorry, I am not having a good day."
"Dary, talking to you is like talking to a brick wall. You can not go visit La-La Land when we play against Gryffindor."
"Sorry, Dave, I just have a lot on my mind right now."
"Alright." He said, as he turned to the rest of the team. "Let's got practice."
The team grabbed their brooms and sailed off on to the pitch. Dary had to play a chaser in a scrimmage, but then she sailed off above the pitch while the beaters had practice.
She was glancing around just looking. She saw Danni with someone out by the lake. They were cuddling by a tree. Her heart started pounding. She felt happy for Danni, but wanted something like that.
"Dary, your practice, come on" said Dave as he pulled the winged snitch out of his pocket. He let it leave his hand, Dary gave it a 5 second head start and streaked after it, and she caught it and turned her broom to face the pitch. She did this a few more times, when Dave finally called the practice over.
Dary quickly changed and left the locker room. She wandered out to the lake.
"Hey Dary," someone called.
"Hey Danni," she said. Finally, thought Dary, someone who doesn't think I'm a nutcase. "Hi...err..."
"Remus." Said the boy she was talking to.
"Oh, right, sorry." She said "Have you seen Lily any where?"
"Can't say that I have," said Danni, "We just got back from Hogsmeade and..."
Dary started to get a look of worry and guilt on her face.
"Dary, are you alright?"
"As well as I can be I suppose."
"We'll talk about it later, alright?"
"Fine." Said Dary as she hurried off to find Lily. She ran smack into Sirius.
"Where are you going in such a great hurry?" he asked
"If I thought you would care I would tell you." She said, giving Sirius a death glare
"Ooh, I like 'em feisty." He said as she swished his long-ish black hair out of his face.
"Save it, Black."
"Well, I don't know what's wrong with you, most girls would be tripping over themselves to get to me."
"And the reason they trip over themselves is because they are so drunk that they're seeing double, and they're probably looking for an easy shag." Dary said and stalked off.
Sirius just stood there and gaped, it was the first time he had ever lost an argument, and to a female too.
Dary went to the library, still looking for Lily. This time, heaven smiled down upon her and she found her, pretending to read, but her eyes were not moving. She walked up to Lily's table, and sat down next to her friend. They sat in silence until Dary couldn't bare it any longer.
"I'm sorry Lily. It was a stupid, selfish thing to do." She said, tentatively.
"I'm not angry with you, I have no right to be. I didn't know you when your sister died, and I didn't really pay all that much attention."
"Lily, I feel terrible, I can't believe I did it." Dary said burying her face in her arms.
Lily reached over and touched Dary's arm. Dary looked up, her face, once again, streaked with tears. Lily pulled her new best friend into a hug.
At this very inconvenient time, Sirius decided to walk in.
"Whoa, lesbian action, no wonder you didn't want me, Lewis."
Dary's anger was growing as she separated from Lily.
"And Evan's, I can see the hypocrisy. You are always telling us the error of our ways, but call me crazy, but isn't this an error?"
Dary's fist clench, and apparently Sirius didn't notice, because he went on and on. Dary started walking towards him.
"What's the matter, Dary? Did I strike..." he never got a chance to finish his sentence, because he was on the floor. Dary kicked him in the stomach. He bent double and wheezed. Dary took this opportunity to kick him in the head. She got up (or down) in his face and was yelling all kinds of obscenities.
"Miss Lewis, that is quite enough of that." Dary stopped yelling, and turned to face an extremely angry professor McGonagall.
"You should be ashamed of yourself," she continued "That was an assault."
"Professor, I hate to interrupt, but Black, over there," Lily jolted her head toward a pitiful heap on the ground, "He provoked her"
"Well, I suppose that I will take 20 points from Ravenclaw, for that disgusting display, and 10 points from Gryffindor, because of the things that he said about Daryl Ann, and you both will receive a detention. Monday night, my office, 7 o'clock, both of you, did you hear that Mr. Black?" Professor McGonagall called over to Sirius.
"Loud and clear, Gonnie!" he wheezed
"Professor, Mr. Black, I don't much care for nicknames." She said and walked off
"Well, I believe someone owes another someone an apology." Said Sirius.
"Your 100% right, Black, and I accept." She said, almost sweetly
"Oh that's really funny, Lewis."
"I'm glad YOU thought so. I was serious."
"Give me three good reasons why I should apologize to you."
"Well there is the obvious, you called me a lesbian, and I'm not and you know it. You have put me through a lot of shit over the years, and I'm bloody sick of it, and finally, for only acknowledging my presence, when you need help in History of Magic, and then dropping me like a hot ice cube, and only come back when we have another assignment" she said, incredibly fast
"Fine then, I'm sorry." he said sarcastically "You know, if you didn't act like such a miserable cow, all the time, then you might have some friends."
Dary didn't even stay long enough to show any emotion, she just shot out of the library like a bullet out of a gun.
"You stupid flipping ahs-hole, you must have shit for brains or something to not notice that maybe, there is something up with her." Lily practically yelled.
"Yeah, she's an attention grubber, that's it."
"Sirius, you don't know Dary very well at all," Lily started, but Sirius cut her off
"And you do, you've only known her for a very short amount of time, what can you possibly know about her."
"Ask your bloody friend James. He'll know." She said as she started to walk off, and turned around. "Oh, and by the way, Dary made your lip bleed, embarrassing, isn't it?"
Sirius touched his lip, and drew his hand away; he saw the red liquid on his hand. He threw his had down by his side, and looked in the direction that Dary had run out.
"Shit" he muttered and walked out of the library.
A/N: That took me forever to write, I had no clue what to do. So I am not going to explain myself this time, but if you want to know anything, feel free to ask. I might not answer you, but you can still ask!