Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all other associated characters do not belong
to me but rather to J.K. Rowling.
Hey everybody! I am so sorry about not updating in like forever! I've had so much going on so I haven't been writing and Jen's been busy so she hasn't had time to update for me. You can all be mad at me but you cannot be mad at Jen because she's doing me a HUGE favour by posting this for me. Hopefully soon I'll have a new computer and will be able to do it myself without the extra step of sending my stuff to Jen but until then such is life and it's better then not being able to post at all! Anywho, here's chapter 21 so enjoy!
P.S. Some of you may have noticed that I had to do a bit of a revamp to this lovely story because of the new rules/regulations about Author's Notes as chapters. A big HUGE thanks goes out to Jen who fixed everything for me!!! Jen, you rox my sox!
P.P.S. Thoughts that should be in italics are in * * because I don't know how to do italics or bolding on fanfiction. However, if you do, please tell me when you review, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Chapter 21: Free At Last
Needless to say that after the successful Gryffindor Karaoke Night all those involved were extremely tired. If that hadn't been enough entertainment, the following day, the school found out that there was going to be a talent show the last day of term before Holidays. However, other then that, the first day of December seemed rather dull in comparison with the excitement of the previous night. At least, it was until about mid- afternoon when the boys grew too rowdy.
"Will you shut up?" Karen yelled after a particularly noisy outburst from the boys.
Lily stifled a giggle at the boys' expression; after all Karen was a bit scary when she was mad. Lily looked back down at her work and tried to concentrate despite the ruckus. Obviously this was easier said then done.
There was a loud shout as a small firework exploded into a burst of golden stars. Lily looked up and rolled her eyes as she closed her book, deciding she wasn't going to get anymore work done with the boys around having learned from experience.
Karen groaned in frustration as she snapped her book shut. She got up, walked over to the boys and gave each of them a smack with said book before returning to her seat. This was greeted by several moans of "Ow!" and "What was that for?" to which Karen replied, "For being annoying!"
Sirius rubbed his arm and grinned impishly at her, "Don't worry," he said, "I know you still love me."
Karen just rolled her eyes and flopped back down in her chair. She had apparently decided not to waste her time.
Lily got up and walked over to where James was playing chess with Peter. Apparently James hadn't felt the need to explain the game to Peter and was winning by quite a lot.
Lily watched in silence for a few minutes but when James went to move his rook she snorted.
James looked at her, eyebrows raised in surprised, "And what was that Evans?" he asked.
"Nothing," she replied, "I just noticed something that you obviously didn't, that's all."
"You think you can play chess?" James asked doubtfully.
"I don't think," Lily said, "I know."
"Really?" James said, he had already regained all of the arrogance he had lost while being controlled by Megan, "Well I'll have you know that I am the chess master and I have mastered the game of chess as no one else can."
Lily gave him a look and she felt the sudden urge to smack him. "I'm so sure," she said as she folded her arms in front of her, she was thoroughly unimpressed by James' claims.
"Well, let me just finish Peter off here and I'll play you," James said.
"Fine," said Lily.
It didn't take long, it was almost as if Peter wanted to loose. When the game was finished, he hurried away saying he had some homework to finish.
"Ready to be beaten?" James asked as Lily took her seat.
"I was about to ask you the same question," Lily replied.
"You may be able to talk the talk," James said as he went first, as white always does, "But can you walk the walk?"
Lily thought a minute before moving one of her pawns. "Oh, don't worry," she said, "I can definitely walk the walk, Potter."
"We'll see about that Evans," James said with a faint smirk. He obviously thought that the game was in the bag.
"You know Potter," Lily said slowly, "You shouldn't count your chickens before they're hatched, one of them may just get scrambled."
"Tough talk," James said as he moved another pawn, "For a girl."
"You do realize that it has been proven that girl's are often more intelligent then boys are," Lily said as she moved one of her knights.
"There's a logical explanation for that."
"Oh yeah? What?"
"Women did the tests."
Lily rolled her eyes, she couldn't believe and 11 year old boy could be so sexist. However, she held her tongue as she moved one of her castles, she would prove James wrong instead of just contradicting him.
"Go Potter," she said.
"With pleasure," James responded. He moved his queen out onto the board. Big mistake.
Lily couldn't believe how reckless he was. She moved one of her pawns and, much to James' surprise, captured his queen.
"How'd you do that?" he demanded.
Lily grinned, "I told my pawn to move to that square," she said.
"You cheated!"
"You can't cheat at wizard's chess James! All you do is direct the pieces and you've bee watching the board the whole time!"
James pouted like a little child for a few minutes, "I still say you cheated," was his only response.
Lily rolled her eyes. *What an idiot,* she thought to herself.
As the game continued Lily clearly dominated the field. Shortly after capturing James' queen she had also captured both of his knights, one of his bishops, several pawns and a castle.
"Are you sure you're a chess master?" she asked.
"I still say you cheat," James said.
Lily rolled her eyes as he moved his remaining bishop. She couldn't believe it, he'd just made it possible for her to checkmate him. She moved her own bishop into position and said, "Checkmate."
"What?!" James exclaimed, "Are you kidding me?" But his king had already tossed its crown at the feet of Lily's king.
"Guess I win Potter and you loose," Lily said as she stood up. That's when she noticed that the others had been watching. The girls congratulated her and laughed at James' expression.
"Better luck next time Potter," Megan said.
"I demand a rematch!" James declared.
"But it's dinner!" Sirius said, "You guys can play later, I'm hungry!"
James gave him a dirty look but went down with the other boys for dinner.
"That was awesome Lily!" said Kristin, "I didn't know you could play chess like that!"
"Oh, well, I learned from a real chess master," said Lily, "And my family really likes to play chess too."
"Did you see James when he lost?" Brittany said with a grin, "He looked ready to scream."
"I demand a rematch!" Megan said shrilly in imitation of James, then in a normal voice said, "What an idiot, I wish I knew what was going through his head when he moved that bishop."
"I think we know what was going through his head," said Karen.
"What?" asked the other girls.
"Nothing!" Karen replied and the girls giggled.
"I feel a little bad for him though," Julie said, "After all it was his first day free since September and he got beat pretty badly at chess."
"Oh please," said Megan, "As soon as those boys start pulling pranks and stuff you'll be glad for the pain and suffering we manage to inflict upon them."
"You're probably right," Julie said, "Now that James is able to be himself again without fear of too many consequences, he and Sirius will definitely want to celebrate."
The girls entered the Great Hall and soon food had appeared on their plates. They had just started eating when Sirius and James stood up on the table and everyone in the hall fell silent. Lily was sure that they expected them to do something like sing a song or something else embarrassing but instead they yelled, "Food fight!" at the top of their lungs and started flinging food around.
It wasn't long before the entire school had joined into the fray. Lily picked up a big bowl of mashed potatoes and flung its contents at the two troublemakers. The mashed potatoes hit James square in the face but Sirius managed to avoid them. However, Megan hit him with a bowl of noodles so Lily didn't care too much.
It took several purple firecrackers exploding from Dumbledore's wand for the students to stop. However, Lily couldn't help but notice his eyes were twinkling and she could've sworn she'd seen him throw a bit of food himself.
"Sirius Black and James Potter," Dumbledore said sternly, "A word if you please."
The two troublemakers just grinned in reply before walking up to the high table.
"As for the rest of you," Dumbledore continued, "Please return to you common rooms. Dinner will be sent up to you there while we clean up this mess."
The students left the hall and returned to their common rooms as instructed and sure enough, soon food appeared and the Gryffindors eagerly began eating.
After awhile, Sirius and James walked into the common room grinning from ear to ear, almost as if they thought getting detention was a prize. They made a beeline for the food but Alex stepped in front of them.
"And just where do you think you're going?" he asked.
"To get food," Sirius replied.
"But you're wearing food!" Megan called and the Gryffindors laughed.
"Sorry, to get food to eat," Sirius said.
"Not until you're cleaned up," Alex said.
"But that'll take forever!" James groaned.
"And all the food will be gone!" Sirius added.
Alex shrugged, "You should've thought of that before you started the food fight," he said in his best Head Boy voice. However, Lily noticed he was smiling ever so slightly.
The two boys groaned but trudged off to clean up.
As Lily watched them go, she almost felt sorry for them. After all they did look rather pathetic with food stuck in their hair and stains all down their robes, but it was their own fault.
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Yay! I'm done another chapter! Personally I feel that it's one of my more well written chapters even if it is mostly fluff. However, this story's kind of in the 'fluff stage' right now so there's not much I can do about it. Anywho, please review! Thanks!
~*~MeGaN~*~
Hey everybody! I am so sorry about not updating in like forever! I've had so much going on so I haven't been writing and Jen's been busy so she hasn't had time to update for me. You can all be mad at me but you cannot be mad at Jen because she's doing me a HUGE favour by posting this for me. Hopefully soon I'll have a new computer and will be able to do it myself without the extra step of sending my stuff to Jen but until then such is life and it's better then not being able to post at all! Anywho, here's chapter 21 so enjoy!
P.S. Some of you may have noticed that I had to do a bit of a revamp to this lovely story because of the new rules/regulations about Author's Notes as chapters. A big HUGE thanks goes out to Jen who fixed everything for me!!! Jen, you rox my sox!
P.P.S. Thoughts that should be in italics are in * * because I don't know how to do italics or bolding on fanfiction. However, if you do, please tell me when you review, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Chapter 21: Free At Last
Needless to say that after the successful Gryffindor Karaoke Night all those involved were extremely tired. If that hadn't been enough entertainment, the following day, the school found out that there was going to be a talent show the last day of term before Holidays. However, other then that, the first day of December seemed rather dull in comparison with the excitement of the previous night. At least, it was until about mid- afternoon when the boys grew too rowdy.
"Will you shut up?" Karen yelled after a particularly noisy outburst from the boys.
Lily stifled a giggle at the boys' expression; after all Karen was a bit scary when she was mad. Lily looked back down at her work and tried to concentrate despite the ruckus. Obviously this was easier said then done.
There was a loud shout as a small firework exploded into a burst of golden stars. Lily looked up and rolled her eyes as she closed her book, deciding she wasn't going to get anymore work done with the boys around having learned from experience.
Karen groaned in frustration as she snapped her book shut. She got up, walked over to the boys and gave each of them a smack with said book before returning to her seat. This was greeted by several moans of "Ow!" and "What was that for?" to which Karen replied, "For being annoying!"
Sirius rubbed his arm and grinned impishly at her, "Don't worry," he said, "I know you still love me."
Karen just rolled her eyes and flopped back down in her chair. She had apparently decided not to waste her time.
Lily got up and walked over to where James was playing chess with Peter. Apparently James hadn't felt the need to explain the game to Peter and was winning by quite a lot.
Lily watched in silence for a few minutes but when James went to move his rook she snorted.
James looked at her, eyebrows raised in surprised, "And what was that Evans?" he asked.
"Nothing," she replied, "I just noticed something that you obviously didn't, that's all."
"You think you can play chess?" James asked doubtfully.
"I don't think," Lily said, "I know."
"Really?" James said, he had already regained all of the arrogance he had lost while being controlled by Megan, "Well I'll have you know that I am the chess master and I have mastered the game of chess as no one else can."
Lily gave him a look and she felt the sudden urge to smack him. "I'm so sure," she said as she folded her arms in front of her, she was thoroughly unimpressed by James' claims.
"Well, let me just finish Peter off here and I'll play you," James said.
"Fine," said Lily.
It didn't take long, it was almost as if Peter wanted to loose. When the game was finished, he hurried away saying he had some homework to finish.
"Ready to be beaten?" James asked as Lily took her seat.
"I was about to ask you the same question," Lily replied.
"You may be able to talk the talk," James said as he went first, as white always does, "But can you walk the walk?"
Lily thought a minute before moving one of her pawns. "Oh, don't worry," she said, "I can definitely walk the walk, Potter."
"We'll see about that Evans," James said with a faint smirk. He obviously thought that the game was in the bag.
"You know Potter," Lily said slowly, "You shouldn't count your chickens before they're hatched, one of them may just get scrambled."
"Tough talk," James said as he moved another pawn, "For a girl."
"You do realize that it has been proven that girl's are often more intelligent then boys are," Lily said as she moved one of her knights.
"There's a logical explanation for that."
"Oh yeah? What?"
"Women did the tests."
Lily rolled her eyes, she couldn't believe and 11 year old boy could be so sexist. However, she held her tongue as she moved one of her castles, she would prove James wrong instead of just contradicting him.
"Go Potter," she said.
"With pleasure," James responded. He moved his queen out onto the board. Big mistake.
Lily couldn't believe how reckless he was. She moved one of her pawns and, much to James' surprise, captured his queen.
"How'd you do that?" he demanded.
Lily grinned, "I told my pawn to move to that square," she said.
"You cheated!"
"You can't cheat at wizard's chess James! All you do is direct the pieces and you've bee watching the board the whole time!"
James pouted like a little child for a few minutes, "I still say you cheated," was his only response.
Lily rolled her eyes. *What an idiot,* she thought to herself.
As the game continued Lily clearly dominated the field. Shortly after capturing James' queen she had also captured both of his knights, one of his bishops, several pawns and a castle.
"Are you sure you're a chess master?" she asked.
"I still say you cheat," James said.
Lily rolled her eyes as he moved his remaining bishop. She couldn't believe it, he'd just made it possible for her to checkmate him. She moved her own bishop into position and said, "Checkmate."
"What?!" James exclaimed, "Are you kidding me?" But his king had already tossed its crown at the feet of Lily's king.
"Guess I win Potter and you loose," Lily said as she stood up. That's when she noticed that the others had been watching. The girls congratulated her and laughed at James' expression.
"Better luck next time Potter," Megan said.
"I demand a rematch!" James declared.
"But it's dinner!" Sirius said, "You guys can play later, I'm hungry!"
James gave him a dirty look but went down with the other boys for dinner.
"That was awesome Lily!" said Kristin, "I didn't know you could play chess like that!"
"Oh, well, I learned from a real chess master," said Lily, "And my family really likes to play chess too."
"Did you see James when he lost?" Brittany said with a grin, "He looked ready to scream."
"I demand a rematch!" Megan said shrilly in imitation of James, then in a normal voice said, "What an idiot, I wish I knew what was going through his head when he moved that bishop."
"I think we know what was going through his head," said Karen.
"What?" asked the other girls.
"Nothing!" Karen replied and the girls giggled.
"I feel a little bad for him though," Julie said, "After all it was his first day free since September and he got beat pretty badly at chess."
"Oh please," said Megan, "As soon as those boys start pulling pranks and stuff you'll be glad for the pain and suffering we manage to inflict upon them."
"You're probably right," Julie said, "Now that James is able to be himself again without fear of too many consequences, he and Sirius will definitely want to celebrate."
The girls entered the Great Hall and soon food had appeared on their plates. They had just started eating when Sirius and James stood up on the table and everyone in the hall fell silent. Lily was sure that they expected them to do something like sing a song or something else embarrassing but instead they yelled, "Food fight!" at the top of their lungs and started flinging food around.
It wasn't long before the entire school had joined into the fray. Lily picked up a big bowl of mashed potatoes and flung its contents at the two troublemakers. The mashed potatoes hit James square in the face but Sirius managed to avoid them. However, Megan hit him with a bowl of noodles so Lily didn't care too much.
It took several purple firecrackers exploding from Dumbledore's wand for the students to stop. However, Lily couldn't help but notice his eyes were twinkling and she could've sworn she'd seen him throw a bit of food himself.
"Sirius Black and James Potter," Dumbledore said sternly, "A word if you please."
The two troublemakers just grinned in reply before walking up to the high table.
"As for the rest of you," Dumbledore continued, "Please return to you common rooms. Dinner will be sent up to you there while we clean up this mess."
The students left the hall and returned to their common rooms as instructed and sure enough, soon food appeared and the Gryffindors eagerly began eating.
After awhile, Sirius and James walked into the common room grinning from ear to ear, almost as if they thought getting detention was a prize. They made a beeline for the food but Alex stepped in front of them.
"And just where do you think you're going?" he asked.
"To get food," Sirius replied.
"But you're wearing food!" Megan called and the Gryffindors laughed.
"Sorry, to get food to eat," Sirius said.
"Not until you're cleaned up," Alex said.
"But that'll take forever!" James groaned.
"And all the food will be gone!" Sirius added.
Alex shrugged, "You should've thought of that before you started the food fight," he said in his best Head Boy voice. However, Lily noticed he was smiling ever so slightly.
The two boys groaned but trudged off to clean up.
As Lily watched them go, she almost felt sorry for them. After all they did look rather pathetic with food stuck in their hair and stains all down their robes, but it was their own fault.
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Yay! I'm done another chapter! Personally I feel that it's one of my more well written chapters even if it is mostly fluff. However, this story's kind of in the 'fluff stage' right now so there's not much I can do about it. Anywho, please review! Thanks!
~*~MeGaN~*~