Chapter 2
Rating: good quality fun for the whole family.
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Harry Potter or any of the characters are in any of the five books, they all belong to J.K. Rowling and Warner bros. and scholastic etc.
A/N: Thanx for the reviews. I hope u guys like the new part.
"Lily, come on. I know how you feel about his jokes but---" Sirius started before Lily cut him off.
"But nothing. He's cruel and he's no better than some of the Slytherins who go around cursing people just because they feel like it." She said angrily.
"Well, I use to do it too." Sirius said regrettably, "I'm not proud of it. But Lily, he's not as bad as you think. I mean, you and I get along don't we? Besides, no one is as bad as the Slytherins."
"James sure is. He could be as bad as Malfoy or Macnair In regards to you, well, you are different. You regret it, obviously. I still catch James doing some of those stupid pranks on innocent younger kids. They don't do anything to him and he jinxes anyone who comes across his path."
She was angry at James for having sent Sirius to do his dirty work. She knew very well what James wanted with her. He wanted to ask her out, but she refused as she had ever since he had first asked her out in their fourth year. They hadn't even as much as talked. She never knew what to make of James. When she wasn't in a bad mood, when she noticed James doing something nice (which was hardly ever), she felt flattered by his persistence. He was a good-looking guy, quite a big catch according to a lot of the other girls. She didn't really think of herself as pretty so she wondered why he would bother asking her out. She wished she had raven-like hair and bright blue eyes like Sarah's, instead of her dark red hair and her emerald green eyes. She remembered having been teased at the muggle elementary school as a little girl, called a carrot head. It had been a long time since anyone had called her the annoying name, but it still made her feel self-conscious when she thought about it.
"I think you're too quick to judge. besides that twit always acts like an idiot around you." Sirius teased.
"Stop it! I don't want to hear about James anymore. Why don't you tell us what you did over the summer? Anything interesting?" Lily looked at him with interest and gave him her full attention as he hesitantly changed the topic.
Once Sirius had left the compartment a little bit later, Sarah started questioning Lily again.
"You do realize that you will have to tell me eventually? I mean, I am your best friend and all." Sarah looked at Lily, who had been distracted since Sirius had left. "Lily, are you listening?"
"Hmm?" Lily said turning to see her friend. "What? I'm sorry Sarah. I was just thinking."
"It's no point talking to you when you are so. dreamy. I wonder where Hannah is. We must be halfway to Hogwarts and she hasn't come by. Maybe we should go look for her." Sarah said getting up.
"You're right. Maybe she's sitting with her boyfriend. You know, that cute Hufflepuff. Oh I forgot, I was supposed to go to the prefect's cabin to tell them what they're supposed to do. Come with me and you can look for Hannah meanwhile." They left the compartment and while Lily went to the front of the train to the prefect's compartment, Sarah went searching for Hannah.
When Lily got to her destination, she had a dreadful surprise. Standing there, talking to the prefects was James Potter. Lily could tell it was going to be an annoying experience.
"Potter, what are you doing here?" She said looking at him scathingly.
"Evans, fancy meeting you here. About an hour late, but I'm glad you finally decided to grace us with your presence." He said with a wide smile. "In case you haven't noticed, I have been named Head Boy. So I guess it's you and me for Gryffindor. Where have you been?"
She scowled at his words. She didn't find him particularly charming, especially when he tried to look smug about things. "I had important things to do."
He looked reluctant to accept her excuse but still gave her a smile. "Well, there's nothing left to be done here. They have their instructions."
"Fine then, I'm just going to go back." She said annoyed.
"Evans, wait." He said not wanting to see her leave. "We're all supposed to be here until the --- um- prefects come back." He lied. She observed him for a bit and looked around. The Head Boys and Girls from every house were there. She could just ask them if he was telling the truth. "I'm serious."
"Fine. But I'm going to ask Phillip Patil if you're telling the truth. This better not be one of your pranks James." She said before walking towards the Ravenclaw Head Boy.
James tried to think quickly to prevent her from talking to Phillip. He slipped out his wand, pointed towards Lily's pocket, and muttered, "Diffindo". Her pocket ripped open and several objects she had inside dropped out. Her wand, a quill, some galleons and knuts.
While she picked up her items, James approached Phillip and explained his plan to make Lily stay in the compartment. Phillip smiled knowingly and walked over to Lily to help her pick up her fallen objects.
"Oh, I can't believe it! They're new robes!" Lily said examining her pocket. Phillip reached out his hand with some of her belongings. "Thanks Phillip."
"You're welcome Lily. I can fix your pocket if you'd like." He volunteered. They stood up and she took her wand and examined her pocket once more.
"It's okay, I can manage." She pointed at her pocket and said, "reparo". She returned her things into her pocket and saw a smiling Phillip looking at her. "I must look so clumsy."
"Not at all. You could never look clumsy." He gave her a bright smile and she felt her cheeks turn rosy color.
"Umm, you know, actually I wanted to ask you something." She said trying to make the comment go unnoticed. "Have you heard something about us having to stay here until the prefects come back? I mean, I don't remember the Head Boys and Girls last year having to do it."
"Yeah, I think it's a new thing. I have heard that we have to stay. Anyhow, it's not much longer until the prefects come back." He said nonchalant.
They spoke for a little while until they were interrupted by one of his friend's urgency to talk to him. She excused herself and sat down on the closest seat and took out a small book from her pocket. She was annoyed. She didn't want to stay in the compartment. She would rather be sitting with Hannah and Sarah talking about summer and about their respective lives. She also wanted advice on boys.
She had never really been interested in dating, up until the end of last year when she had gotten to know Sirius. She had always seen Sirius in the same light as she had James Potter. They were cocky and conceited; but last year she had seen Sirius change. He no longer picked on people unmercifully. He looked disapprovingly at James when he jinxed other people. He had been nice to Lily and her friends for a while now. Yet the most significant event that had happened to change Lily's mind about Sirius had happened a couple of months before she had left Hogwarts last year. He had rescued Hannah and Lily from a cruel joke, courtesy of Malfoy and Macnair.
The two girls had been walking around the lake when Lucius appeared suddenly before them. He looked at them angrily and began spouting insults at Lily and Hannah.
"I'm surprised at you Hannah Spinnet, hanging around a dirty little mudblood like Evans. See Hannah, things like her are below people like us. You should really mind who you hang around with. I'm sure you've heard about the rising Dark Lord---" He said smugly.
"Get over yourself Malfoy. Things like you and that Dark Lord are what make the world horrible. You should mind who you insult unless you want to wake up with your head through a wall or unless you want me to tell your dearest Narcissa that I saw you making out with Bellatrix." Lily said stepping up to Malfoy.
"You wouldn't dare and she wouldn't believe you." He replied angrily. "Anyways, in a matter of minutes, I believe you won't be doing anything at all."
Everything then happened very quickly. Out of nowhere, two thugs by the names of Crabbe and Goyle came out and before either of Hannah or Lily could take out their wands, they had placed a binding spell on both of the girls. Unable to move, they were reluctantly taken towards the forbidden forest. The boys laughed viciously as they looked around for signs of anyone else.
They were suddenly surprised by the sudden blast of a wand. Whatever the spell was, it sent Lucius flying to the floor, knocking him out. Crabbe and Goyle looked around stupidly and drew out their wands. In a matter of seconds somebody said harshly, "Stupefy!"
In a matter of seconds, Sirius Black had appeared from in between some bushes. Muttered under his breath, "Stupid jerk," pointed his wand towards Hannah and Lily and said, "Finite Incantatem!"
He walked towards them, helping them up asked them if they were okay.
"We're good now. Thank you so much Sirius." Lily had said relieved. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were knocked out just to the side. She was furious, Hannah just looked up at Sirius timidly and smiled. The whole situation was just weird.
"What were they going to do? I mean the whole thing was planned." Hannah said upset.
"I think they just wanted to do something evil. That's how those three are, that's how everyone at Slytherin is like." He said angrily. "I'm glad I saw you guys before they dragged you into the dark forest. Whatever they had planned it couldn't have been nice."
"I- We're glad you were here. Thank you Sirius really. We owe you." Lily said smiling at him fondly.
They had then dragged the three Slytherins a good way into the forest and gone back to the school. Lily had never been so thankful to see any of the Marauders. She thanked Sirius and ever since then she had never failed to give him a smile. She could have even gone as far to say that he wasn't as bad as she thought it was.
During her summer holidays, she had begun to think about him more often than she thought about any other guy. Thinking about Sirius now, for the fifteenth time that day, had made her realize she couldn't deny it any longer. She liked Sirius, in a way she hadn't liked anyone else before.
Rating: good quality fun for the whole family.
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Harry Potter or any of the characters are in any of the five books, they all belong to J.K. Rowling and Warner bros. and scholastic etc.
A/N: Thanx for the reviews. I hope u guys like the new part.
"Lily, come on. I know how you feel about his jokes but---" Sirius started before Lily cut him off.
"But nothing. He's cruel and he's no better than some of the Slytherins who go around cursing people just because they feel like it." She said angrily.
"Well, I use to do it too." Sirius said regrettably, "I'm not proud of it. But Lily, he's not as bad as you think. I mean, you and I get along don't we? Besides, no one is as bad as the Slytherins."
"James sure is. He could be as bad as Malfoy or Macnair In regards to you, well, you are different. You regret it, obviously. I still catch James doing some of those stupid pranks on innocent younger kids. They don't do anything to him and he jinxes anyone who comes across his path."
She was angry at James for having sent Sirius to do his dirty work. She knew very well what James wanted with her. He wanted to ask her out, but she refused as she had ever since he had first asked her out in their fourth year. They hadn't even as much as talked. She never knew what to make of James. When she wasn't in a bad mood, when she noticed James doing something nice (which was hardly ever), she felt flattered by his persistence. He was a good-looking guy, quite a big catch according to a lot of the other girls. She didn't really think of herself as pretty so she wondered why he would bother asking her out. She wished she had raven-like hair and bright blue eyes like Sarah's, instead of her dark red hair and her emerald green eyes. She remembered having been teased at the muggle elementary school as a little girl, called a carrot head. It had been a long time since anyone had called her the annoying name, but it still made her feel self-conscious when she thought about it.
"I think you're too quick to judge. besides that twit always acts like an idiot around you." Sirius teased.
"Stop it! I don't want to hear about James anymore. Why don't you tell us what you did over the summer? Anything interesting?" Lily looked at him with interest and gave him her full attention as he hesitantly changed the topic.
Once Sirius had left the compartment a little bit later, Sarah started questioning Lily again.
"You do realize that you will have to tell me eventually? I mean, I am your best friend and all." Sarah looked at Lily, who had been distracted since Sirius had left. "Lily, are you listening?"
"Hmm?" Lily said turning to see her friend. "What? I'm sorry Sarah. I was just thinking."
"It's no point talking to you when you are so. dreamy. I wonder where Hannah is. We must be halfway to Hogwarts and she hasn't come by. Maybe we should go look for her." Sarah said getting up.
"You're right. Maybe she's sitting with her boyfriend. You know, that cute Hufflepuff. Oh I forgot, I was supposed to go to the prefect's cabin to tell them what they're supposed to do. Come with me and you can look for Hannah meanwhile." They left the compartment and while Lily went to the front of the train to the prefect's compartment, Sarah went searching for Hannah.
When Lily got to her destination, she had a dreadful surprise. Standing there, talking to the prefects was James Potter. Lily could tell it was going to be an annoying experience.
"Potter, what are you doing here?" She said looking at him scathingly.
"Evans, fancy meeting you here. About an hour late, but I'm glad you finally decided to grace us with your presence." He said with a wide smile. "In case you haven't noticed, I have been named Head Boy. So I guess it's you and me for Gryffindor. Where have you been?"
She scowled at his words. She didn't find him particularly charming, especially when he tried to look smug about things. "I had important things to do."
He looked reluctant to accept her excuse but still gave her a smile. "Well, there's nothing left to be done here. They have their instructions."
"Fine then, I'm just going to go back." She said annoyed.
"Evans, wait." He said not wanting to see her leave. "We're all supposed to be here until the --- um- prefects come back." He lied. She observed him for a bit and looked around. The Head Boys and Girls from every house were there. She could just ask them if he was telling the truth. "I'm serious."
"Fine. But I'm going to ask Phillip Patil if you're telling the truth. This better not be one of your pranks James." She said before walking towards the Ravenclaw Head Boy.
James tried to think quickly to prevent her from talking to Phillip. He slipped out his wand, pointed towards Lily's pocket, and muttered, "Diffindo". Her pocket ripped open and several objects she had inside dropped out. Her wand, a quill, some galleons and knuts.
While she picked up her items, James approached Phillip and explained his plan to make Lily stay in the compartment. Phillip smiled knowingly and walked over to Lily to help her pick up her fallen objects.
"Oh, I can't believe it! They're new robes!" Lily said examining her pocket. Phillip reached out his hand with some of her belongings. "Thanks Phillip."
"You're welcome Lily. I can fix your pocket if you'd like." He volunteered. They stood up and she took her wand and examined her pocket once more.
"It's okay, I can manage." She pointed at her pocket and said, "reparo". She returned her things into her pocket and saw a smiling Phillip looking at her. "I must look so clumsy."
"Not at all. You could never look clumsy." He gave her a bright smile and she felt her cheeks turn rosy color.
"Umm, you know, actually I wanted to ask you something." She said trying to make the comment go unnoticed. "Have you heard something about us having to stay here until the prefects come back? I mean, I don't remember the Head Boys and Girls last year having to do it."
"Yeah, I think it's a new thing. I have heard that we have to stay. Anyhow, it's not much longer until the prefects come back." He said nonchalant.
They spoke for a little while until they were interrupted by one of his friend's urgency to talk to him. She excused herself and sat down on the closest seat and took out a small book from her pocket. She was annoyed. She didn't want to stay in the compartment. She would rather be sitting with Hannah and Sarah talking about summer and about their respective lives. She also wanted advice on boys.
She had never really been interested in dating, up until the end of last year when she had gotten to know Sirius. She had always seen Sirius in the same light as she had James Potter. They were cocky and conceited; but last year she had seen Sirius change. He no longer picked on people unmercifully. He looked disapprovingly at James when he jinxed other people. He had been nice to Lily and her friends for a while now. Yet the most significant event that had happened to change Lily's mind about Sirius had happened a couple of months before she had left Hogwarts last year. He had rescued Hannah and Lily from a cruel joke, courtesy of Malfoy and Macnair.
The two girls had been walking around the lake when Lucius appeared suddenly before them. He looked at them angrily and began spouting insults at Lily and Hannah.
"I'm surprised at you Hannah Spinnet, hanging around a dirty little mudblood like Evans. See Hannah, things like her are below people like us. You should really mind who you hang around with. I'm sure you've heard about the rising Dark Lord---" He said smugly.
"Get over yourself Malfoy. Things like you and that Dark Lord are what make the world horrible. You should mind who you insult unless you want to wake up with your head through a wall or unless you want me to tell your dearest Narcissa that I saw you making out with Bellatrix." Lily said stepping up to Malfoy.
"You wouldn't dare and she wouldn't believe you." He replied angrily. "Anyways, in a matter of minutes, I believe you won't be doing anything at all."
Everything then happened very quickly. Out of nowhere, two thugs by the names of Crabbe and Goyle came out and before either of Hannah or Lily could take out their wands, they had placed a binding spell on both of the girls. Unable to move, they were reluctantly taken towards the forbidden forest. The boys laughed viciously as they looked around for signs of anyone else.
They were suddenly surprised by the sudden blast of a wand. Whatever the spell was, it sent Lucius flying to the floor, knocking him out. Crabbe and Goyle looked around stupidly and drew out their wands. In a matter of seconds somebody said harshly, "Stupefy!"
In a matter of seconds, Sirius Black had appeared from in between some bushes. Muttered under his breath, "Stupid jerk," pointed his wand towards Hannah and Lily and said, "Finite Incantatem!"
He walked towards them, helping them up asked them if they were okay.
"We're good now. Thank you so much Sirius." Lily had said relieved. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were knocked out just to the side. She was furious, Hannah just looked up at Sirius timidly and smiled. The whole situation was just weird.
"What were they going to do? I mean the whole thing was planned." Hannah said upset.
"I think they just wanted to do something evil. That's how those three are, that's how everyone at Slytherin is like." He said angrily. "I'm glad I saw you guys before they dragged you into the dark forest. Whatever they had planned it couldn't have been nice."
"I- We're glad you were here. Thank you Sirius really. We owe you." Lily said smiling at him fondly.
They had then dragged the three Slytherins a good way into the forest and gone back to the school. Lily had never been so thankful to see any of the Marauders. She thanked Sirius and ever since then she had never failed to give him a smile. She could have even gone as far to say that he wasn't as bad as she thought it was.
During her summer holidays, she had begun to think about him more often than she thought about any other guy. Thinking about Sirius now, for the fifteenth time that day, had made her realize she couldn't deny it any longer. She liked Sirius, in a way she hadn't liked anyone else before.