Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. However, any characters, e.g.
Megan, that are not from the original Harry Potter books are mine. The
plot/idea is also mine.
Hey everyone!!! Can you believe this is chapter 19? Wow! It seems like just yesterday I started writing this for my own enjoyment! Thanks again for all your support! I especially need to thank my friend Jen, who is still helping me post new chapters due to the fact that my computer is a piece of crap. I would also like to thank Hitomi Fanel who is constantly giving me positive reviews-I really appreciate it. To everyone else who has reviewed, thank you for your support and for being so positive-I have yet to get a negative review which makes me very happy! Well, enough rambling, here's chapter 19, enjoy and once again, please review!
Chapter 19: Don't Get Mad-Get Even
Following classes the next day, Lily and Megan once again headed to the Room of Requirement.
"Why do we need to go back?" Lily asked as they passed the library, "I though you said hardly anyone knows the Room of Requirement even exists."
"I did," Megan replied, "But some people do know about it and others might stumble across it by accident. Besides, better safe then sorry."
They rounded the corner and came face to face with none other than James, Sirius, Remus and Peter. Luckily, they managed to duck back around the corner without the boys noticing.
"See what I mean?" Megan whispered.
"What are they doing here?" Lily asked in a low voice.
Megan shrugged, "I don't know," she replied, "But maybe if we're quiet we'll find out."
The two girls fell silent and listened intently.
"But don't you think it's just a little weird that someone pretended to be us the day we just happened to take a nap?" James said.
"Yeah," said Sirius, "It's not like we always take naps."
"You think someone slipped you a sleeping potion?" Remus asked in disbelief.
"All I'm saying is that it's a possibility," James said, "And Megan did give us cookies. I mean think about it, how often does she share food?"
"Not to mention the fact that she and Lily still want revenge for what happened at Diagon Alley," Sirius added.
"Then why did they defend you?" asked Remus.
"What are you talking about?" Sirius asked.
"Both Lily and Megan told everyone that when they left to go to dinner you two were still asleep in the dorms," Remus said.
"Are you kidding me?" James said, "OK, it had to be them, Megan never defends us."
"That's not true," Sirius said, "She's helped us get out of trouble a lot."
"And if it was her, wouldn't she want you to get in trouble?" said Peter.
"Exactly," Remus said.
"Maybe she's playing mind games to confuse us," James said, "It's the kind of thing she'd do you know."
"Told you mind games would work on them," Megan whispered and Lily stifled a giggle.
"Well it's not that hard to confuse you now is it mate?" Sirius said with a slight smile, "I'm surprised you aren't obsessed with muggle sci-fi stuff, especially government conspiracy stuff."
"Ah shut up," James said, "Hey Remus, you said they were late for dinner right?"
"Yeah," Remus said slowly.
"Why were they late?" James asked.
"Megan said something about finishing a chapter in her book and Lily waited for her," Remus replied.
"Now I'm really suspicious," James said, "First she gives us cookies and then she's late for dinner."
"And she was really hyperactive all day," Peter said.
"Which means she was nervous about something!" James said triumphantly, "It's all makes sense!"
"Hey, um, Mr. Detective, when you come back down to earth, you may recall how much sugar she had at breakfast," Sirius said.
"What does that have to do with anything?" James asked, looking puzzled.
"Did you see how many pancakes she had yesterday?" Sirius asked.
"Ah, I see," James said thoughtfully.
Megan nudged Lily, "We should go," she whispered.
The two girls headed back the way they'd come.
"Do you think they'll figure out it was us?" Lily asked.
Megan shrugged, "I dunno, probably," she replied, "They're smarter than you think."
Lily sighed as they passed the library. Part of her was glad the boys didn't know she and Megan were behind the little stunt, but at the same time she kind of wished she could take credit for it, just to rub their noses in it. She'd never really been one to break a lot of rules. Sure she'd been a tomboy but for the most part she'd also been a good student who did her homework and didn't cause trouble.
Several people were still in the hospital wing nursing injuries. Snape had emerged at breakfast with his eyebrows missing and a black eye but Malfoy remained bedridden. The rumour was that he was belching slugs and had a terrible wart on his nose. Professor Griffin was still quite shaken up, but was almost back to normal-she now only had a pig nose and tail. Quite a few students were reportedly suffering from terrible acne, warts and boils and, as a result, were still hiding in the infirmary. Professor Sprout's hair had been turned into grass, making her look like a human chia- pet, but even she thought it was ironic. She was proudly sporting her new do, much to the delight of her students. However, some students had not been accounted for. For starters, no one had heard from or seen Jennifer and Bellatrix at all. Several people suspected that the two must have been taken to St. Mungo's for treatment. There were rumours that Jennifer had been turned into a mouse, and Bellatrix had been turned into a beetle-in other words, animals both girls detested. Simon, Crabbe and Goyle were also missing but according to what Lily had overheard during potions, the three would be returning to classes as soon as they were found. It sounded like they'd disappeared into thin air, but Lily thought that maybe Megan had simply used a banishing charm on them. The only question was where had she banished them too? Lily decided the three were most likely up in the rafters somewhere and wasn't too concerned.
Upon returning to the Common Room, Megan and Lily took out their homework and began working. Soon afterwards, the four boys, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, also arrived. James immediately stormed over, followed closely by the other three who seemed to think he was out of his mind.
James took a deep breath, "OK," he said, "Did you, or did you not put a sleeping potion in those cookies so you could turn into me and Sirius?"
Lily bit her lip and looked at Megan, who rolled her eyes at the question.
"That is the most ludicrous thing-" Megan started.
"Oo, big word!" James taunted.
"-I have ever heard," Megan continued, "If we put a sleeping potion in those cookies wouldn't everyone else have fallen asleep too? Including us?"
"Uh." James stuttered.
"And why on earth would we want to turn into you two anyway?" Megan asked as she stood up, hands on her hips.
"I don't know!" James said, "Maybe it was part of your revenge because you wanted to get us into trouble!"
"OK, um, think of it this way," Megan said, "We're girls and you're guys. Now why would two girls want to turn into guys?"
The boys stared at each other open mouthed as they realized what she meant.
"Ew!" they said together.
"Don't ask me!" James said, "But you're already pretty twisted so maybe you wouldn't mind doing something like that!"
Megan rolled her eyes again but Lily fidgeted in her seat, something James noticed.
"Ah ha!" he exclaimed triumphantly, "Lily's fidgeting which means she's nervous, which means it was you! You've been lying this whole time!"
"How is my asking questions lying?" asked Megan.
"Quit doing that!" James said angrily.
"Doing what?"
"Avoiding the question!"
"What are you talking about? I'm not avoiding anything."
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"You're fighting a loosing battle here mate," Sirius cut in, he was smiling slightly.
"I am not!" James snapped.
"Are too!" Sirius and Megan said together.
"Even if it was them, do you really think they'd admit it?" Remus said, "You're just wasting your breath."
"See James?" Megan said, "Remus and Sirius get it."
"Why does everyone keep ganging up on me lately?" James demanded.
"Because it's you and it's funny?" Sirius offered.
Lily giggled, "Guess you're not as popular as you thought," she smirked.
James gave her a dirty look, "What would you know about be popular?" he snapped.
Lily stood up, eyes blazing, "I know plenty James Potter!" she said hotly, "For your information I was class President at my old school two years in a row and everyone knows school elections are popularity votes."
"Oh yeah?" James said, "And I suppose the teachers can't make whoever they want Prez?"
"As if they'd bother," Lily said as she rolled her eyes, "Besides, they would've picked Janice Peabody because she's every teachers pet."
"Oh don't lie Lily," James said, "We all know you're a teacher's pet too."
Lily smacked him with her book, "Why don't you get a life!" she yelled at him, before storming upstairs to her room.
She jumped on her bed and lay there, staring up at the ceiling. There was something about James Potter that infuriated her so much, although she had to admit sometimes he wasn't half bad. However, most of the time.
"Lily?" Megan called as she entered.
Lily said nothing but rolled over so her back was to Megan. Megan was really nice and all but she was friends with James. However, Megan wasn't one to give up.
"You know," Megan said thoughtfully as she walked over, "You shouldn't get mad."
Lily snorted and rolled her eyes but Megan wasn't finished.
"You should get even," Megan said.
Lily rolled over to face Megan and grinned.
"What exactly did you have in mind?" she asked.
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So that's the end of that. Sorry it was a bunch of fluff but I needed to set some stuff up for later chapters. (Hint, hint, hint!) I don't know if I'll have time to write any new chapters for a while because I have my school play performances and volleyball try-outs all this week. Anywho, guess that's about it! Please review because it makes me feel special!!!
~*~MeGaN~*~
Hey everyone!!! Can you believe this is chapter 19? Wow! It seems like just yesterday I started writing this for my own enjoyment! Thanks again for all your support! I especially need to thank my friend Jen, who is still helping me post new chapters due to the fact that my computer is a piece of crap. I would also like to thank Hitomi Fanel who is constantly giving me positive reviews-I really appreciate it. To everyone else who has reviewed, thank you for your support and for being so positive-I have yet to get a negative review which makes me very happy! Well, enough rambling, here's chapter 19, enjoy and once again, please review!
Chapter 19: Don't Get Mad-Get Even
Following classes the next day, Lily and Megan once again headed to the Room of Requirement.
"Why do we need to go back?" Lily asked as they passed the library, "I though you said hardly anyone knows the Room of Requirement even exists."
"I did," Megan replied, "But some people do know about it and others might stumble across it by accident. Besides, better safe then sorry."
They rounded the corner and came face to face with none other than James, Sirius, Remus and Peter. Luckily, they managed to duck back around the corner without the boys noticing.
"See what I mean?" Megan whispered.
"What are they doing here?" Lily asked in a low voice.
Megan shrugged, "I don't know," she replied, "But maybe if we're quiet we'll find out."
The two girls fell silent and listened intently.
"But don't you think it's just a little weird that someone pretended to be us the day we just happened to take a nap?" James said.
"Yeah," said Sirius, "It's not like we always take naps."
"You think someone slipped you a sleeping potion?" Remus asked in disbelief.
"All I'm saying is that it's a possibility," James said, "And Megan did give us cookies. I mean think about it, how often does she share food?"
"Not to mention the fact that she and Lily still want revenge for what happened at Diagon Alley," Sirius added.
"Then why did they defend you?" asked Remus.
"What are you talking about?" Sirius asked.
"Both Lily and Megan told everyone that when they left to go to dinner you two were still asleep in the dorms," Remus said.
"Are you kidding me?" James said, "OK, it had to be them, Megan never defends us."
"That's not true," Sirius said, "She's helped us get out of trouble a lot."
"And if it was her, wouldn't she want you to get in trouble?" said Peter.
"Exactly," Remus said.
"Maybe she's playing mind games to confuse us," James said, "It's the kind of thing she'd do you know."
"Told you mind games would work on them," Megan whispered and Lily stifled a giggle.
"Well it's not that hard to confuse you now is it mate?" Sirius said with a slight smile, "I'm surprised you aren't obsessed with muggle sci-fi stuff, especially government conspiracy stuff."
"Ah shut up," James said, "Hey Remus, you said they were late for dinner right?"
"Yeah," Remus said slowly.
"Why were they late?" James asked.
"Megan said something about finishing a chapter in her book and Lily waited for her," Remus replied.
"Now I'm really suspicious," James said, "First she gives us cookies and then she's late for dinner."
"And she was really hyperactive all day," Peter said.
"Which means she was nervous about something!" James said triumphantly, "It's all makes sense!"
"Hey, um, Mr. Detective, when you come back down to earth, you may recall how much sugar she had at breakfast," Sirius said.
"What does that have to do with anything?" James asked, looking puzzled.
"Did you see how many pancakes she had yesterday?" Sirius asked.
"Ah, I see," James said thoughtfully.
Megan nudged Lily, "We should go," she whispered.
The two girls headed back the way they'd come.
"Do you think they'll figure out it was us?" Lily asked.
Megan shrugged, "I dunno, probably," she replied, "They're smarter than you think."
Lily sighed as they passed the library. Part of her was glad the boys didn't know she and Megan were behind the little stunt, but at the same time she kind of wished she could take credit for it, just to rub their noses in it. She'd never really been one to break a lot of rules. Sure she'd been a tomboy but for the most part she'd also been a good student who did her homework and didn't cause trouble.
Several people were still in the hospital wing nursing injuries. Snape had emerged at breakfast with his eyebrows missing and a black eye but Malfoy remained bedridden. The rumour was that he was belching slugs and had a terrible wart on his nose. Professor Griffin was still quite shaken up, but was almost back to normal-she now only had a pig nose and tail. Quite a few students were reportedly suffering from terrible acne, warts and boils and, as a result, were still hiding in the infirmary. Professor Sprout's hair had been turned into grass, making her look like a human chia- pet, but even she thought it was ironic. She was proudly sporting her new do, much to the delight of her students. However, some students had not been accounted for. For starters, no one had heard from or seen Jennifer and Bellatrix at all. Several people suspected that the two must have been taken to St. Mungo's for treatment. There were rumours that Jennifer had been turned into a mouse, and Bellatrix had been turned into a beetle-in other words, animals both girls detested. Simon, Crabbe and Goyle were also missing but according to what Lily had overheard during potions, the three would be returning to classes as soon as they were found. It sounded like they'd disappeared into thin air, but Lily thought that maybe Megan had simply used a banishing charm on them. The only question was where had she banished them too? Lily decided the three were most likely up in the rafters somewhere and wasn't too concerned.
Upon returning to the Common Room, Megan and Lily took out their homework and began working. Soon afterwards, the four boys, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, also arrived. James immediately stormed over, followed closely by the other three who seemed to think he was out of his mind.
James took a deep breath, "OK," he said, "Did you, or did you not put a sleeping potion in those cookies so you could turn into me and Sirius?"
Lily bit her lip and looked at Megan, who rolled her eyes at the question.
"That is the most ludicrous thing-" Megan started.
"Oo, big word!" James taunted.
"-I have ever heard," Megan continued, "If we put a sleeping potion in those cookies wouldn't everyone else have fallen asleep too? Including us?"
"Uh." James stuttered.
"And why on earth would we want to turn into you two anyway?" Megan asked as she stood up, hands on her hips.
"I don't know!" James said, "Maybe it was part of your revenge because you wanted to get us into trouble!"
"OK, um, think of it this way," Megan said, "We're girls and you're guys. Now why would two girls want to turn into guys?"
The boys stared at each other open mouthed as they realized what she meant.
"Ew!" they said together.
"Don't ask me!" James said, "But you're already pretty twisted so maybe you wouldn't mind doing something like that!"
Megan rolled her eyes again but Lily fidgeted in her seat, something James noticed.
"Ah ha!" he exclaimed triumphantly, "Lily's fidgeting which means she's nervous, which means it was you! You've been lying this whole time!"
"How is my asking questions lying?" asked Megan.
"Quit doing that!" James said angrily.
"Doing what?"
"Avoiding the question!"
"What are you talking about? I'm not avoiding anything."
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"You're fighting a loosing battle here mate," Sirius cut in, he was smiling slightly.
"I am not!" James snapped.
"Are too!" Sirius and Megan said together.
"Even if it was them, do you really think they'd admit it?" Remus said, "You're just wasting your breath."
"See James?" Megan said, "Remus and Sirius get it."
"Why does everyone keep ganging up on me lately?" James demanded.
"Because it's you and it's funny?" Sirius offered.
Lily giggled, "Guess you're not as popular as you thought," she smirked.
James gave her a dirty look, "What would you know about be popular?" he snapped.
Lily stood up, eyes blazing, "I know plenty James Potter!" she said hotly, "For your information I was class President at my old school two years in a row and everyone knows school elections are popularity votes."
"Oh yeah?" James said, "And I suppose the teachers can't make whoever they want Prez?"
"As if they'd bother," Lily said as she rolled her eyes, "Besides, they would've picked Janice Peabody because she's every teachers pet."
"Oh don't lie Lily," James said, "We all know you're a teacher's pet too."
Lily smacked him with her book, "Why don't you get a life!" she yelled at him, before storming upstairs to her room.
She jumped on her bed and lay there, staring up at the ceiling. There was something about James Potter that infuriated her so much, although she had to admit sometimes he wasn't half bad. However, most of the time.
"Lily?" Megan called as she entered.
Lily said nothing but rolled over so her back was to Megan. Megan was really nice and all but she was friends with James. However, Megan wasn't one to give up.
"You know," Megan said thoughtfully as she walked over, "You shouldn't get mad."
Lily snorted and rolled her eyes but Megan wasn't finished.
"You should get even," Megan said.
Lily rolled over to face Megan and grinned.
"What exactly did you have in mind?" she asked.
*************
So that's the end of that. Sorry it was a bunch of fluff but I needed to set some stuff up for later chapters. (Hint, hint, hint!) I don't know if I'll have time to write any new chapters for a while because I have my school play performances and volleyball try-outs all this week. Anywho, guess that's about it! Please review because it makes me feel special!!!
~*~MeGaN~*~