Yay!!! I updated!!! In response to my reviews of course! ( Well I was
really amazed I managed to write chapter 7... so I'll try chapter 8! Enjoy! (
CHAPTER 8
The next day, as they were heading to their first Defence against the dark arts lesson, the girl with red hair (who they had discovered was called Lily Evans) approached them.
"Excuse me?" She called nervously after Sirius and James.
James paused in his step and turned round. It was her! Up close, she really was very beautiful. Dark red, thick hair brushing the sides of her face and jet green eyes fixed purposefully on the pair of them.
"I was just wondering... have either of you seen Remus Lupin?" She questioned, fiddling with a strand of her hair.
"No." They replied in unison.
"Oh, I just thought you would, you know, he does sleep in your dormitory. If you actually spend time with him he can be nice. He hasn't been here at all today. I don't know where he is." Lily looked at them again, as though expecting an answer.
"Er, no... I haven't seen him..." James said, hand darting to his hair. "I... maybe he's in the classroom already?"
"Yeah, it's like him... get there an hour before it starts just so he can be ready to greet the new teacher with a lovely red apple." Sirius laughed.
Lily glared at him. "You know, sometimes it's a wonder you two weren't put in Slytherin!"
"What!" James yelped. "Me! I didn't..." But she had gone. "Oh you and your big mouth!" He snapped at Sirius.
"Well, the sorting hat did almost put me in Slytherin..." Sirius said thoughtfully as they entered the classroom.
Remus was not already there, but unfortunately the teacher was. "Miss Evans! Really not acceptable! Three minutes late! I..."
James and Sirius burst in, eyes darting around for Remus and spare seats. "And you!" A tall woman with long, dark hair, which fell like curtains round her shoulders, approached them. A/N: NO I am not being repetitive just because I ran out of vocabulary... read ahead.
"Sorry, we got lost." James lied, still looking for two empty seats. Most of them appeared occupied. "We don't have enough desks!" He said in outrage.
"I think... Mr... Potter isn't it? That you will find we do have enough desks. You will be sitting over there. We are arranged in alphabetical order."
"Right..." James bared his teeth and sunk into a chair by a delighted looking Peter Petigrew and a Gryffindor girl he thought was called Alice Ramsey.
"Hello!" Peter hissed.
"Hi Peter." James forced a smile. "Thanks for waking me up this morning."
"That's Ok. I knew you wouldn't want to..."
"Excuse me Mr Petigrew." The teacher snapped, checking her desk arrangement parchment. "I did not invite you to talk."
"Now as I was saying..." She continued. "My name is Professor Swift and I... Yes Mr... Longbottom?"
"Aren't you that witch who wrote all those books? The ones about..."
"Yes, Mr Longbottom. I am an auror, indeed I wrote those books. "I travel, I travel far around the world. Some day I wished to find somewhere no man has ever trod... somewhere I can maybe find someone who cries out for help... I succeeded, dear children... I succeeded..."
There was a loud snort from the front of the classroom. Sirius Black was in hysterics. "Now... Ah, hello Mr Black. I have had the pleasure of meeting your parents."
James could tell from Sirius' expression (or of what he could see of it anyway) that he apparently decided that anyone who had had pleasure meeting his parents were not someone he liked. "Yes... I have met many people indeed... On my journeys..."
"Are you married?" Albert Davis blurted out.
There was a howl of laughter from all ends of the classroom. "No! I didn't mean it like that!" Albert blushed furiously. "I meant... does he go with you?"
"I know what you meant." Professor Swift hissed. She seemed unperturbed by the outbreak. "Yes... I am married, or I was."
"Please Professor!" Lily Evans, who was sitting next to Albert Davis and two seats away from Sirius. "Please! What will be learning today?" She asked breathlessly.
"Well!" Professor Swift said in a more business like tone. "If that is how you feel, then please take out your books and turn to page 50. We will begin with Electric tadpoles."
"She's a bit weird isn't she?" Peter whispered.
"A bit!" James laughed.
"I know her." The girl on his left piped up. "She's often at our house for dinner parties. There are loads of books about her though so no one really talks about her."
"But does anyone read the books?" James asked, as he absentmindedly shredded his quill feather.
"I don't suppose so." The girl sunk back in her chair and began to write.
Remus Lupin was not in any of the lessons that day. "D'you know where Remus is?" James asked Peter suspiciously.
"No. He wasn't at breakfast this morning, or dinner last night. I fell asleep before he came to the dormitories and woke up after he left."
"That's weird." James said thoughtfully. They were on their way to the greenhouses. "You any goon at gardening?" He asked Sirius hopefully.
"What on Earth are you doing?!" Professor Seedis came bustling over. She had longish brown hair and was rather short. "You don't torture the poor thing!"
"It doesn't have feelings!" Sirius said grumpily as he and James let go of the plant.
"You don't know that is doesn't! You just say that because that would make you a murderer!" Professor Seedis replied, dashing over to where Albert, Frank and Peter's shrub was shooting sap over at them.
"Me! A murderer!" Sirius laughed. "Who would I murder? A plant?"
They entered the Gryffindor common room that evening to find that Remus was already there, sitting in an armchair by the window. "There you are! Where have you been?" James ran over to him, dumping his school bag so close to the fire that Lily Evans pulled it back, out of harms way. James thought he saw her smile at him as he dashed over to greet Remus...
"Oh, hello." He said. "If you really must know, I was visiting my mother. She's ill."
"Well, I hope she gets better soon." James smiled at Remus. If he had to share a dormitory with him for the next seven years it was best they were friendly.
"Thankyou." Remus said. "And... you'll laugh at me for saying this... but could you... tell me what the homework was?"
"We have homework?" James looked at Sirius whose face was equally blank.
Remus laughed. "I'll go and ask someone else then." He got to his feet and went to converse with Peter.
"There's something odd about him..." James informed Sirius. "And we're going to find out what it is."
A/N: Sorry about the boring chapter!! Well I think I should be congratulated on actually finishing it! :-D I'll write more with reviews! Yep, I'm one of those review mad people (if u haven't already guessed!)
CHAPTER 8
The next day, as they were heading to their first Defence against the dark arts lesson, the girl with red hair (who they had discovered was called Lily Evans) approached them.
"Excuse me?" She called nervously after Sirius and James.
James paused in his step and turned round. It was her! Up close, she really was very beautiful. Dark red, thick hair brushing the sides of her face and jet green eyes fixed purposefully on the pair of them.
"I was just wondering... have either of you seen Remus Lupin?" She questioned, fiddling with a strand of her hair.
"No." They replied in unison.
"Oh, I just thought you would, you know, he does sleep in your dormitory. If you actually spend time with him he can be nice. He hasn't been here at all today. I don't know where he is." Lily looked at them again, as though expecting an answer.
"Er, no... I haven't seen him..." James said, hand darting to his hair. "I... maybe he's in the classroom already?"
"Yeah, it's like him... get there an hour before it starts just so he can be ready to greet the new teacher with a lovely red apple." Sirius laughed.
Lily glared at him. "You know, sometimes it's a wonder you two weren't put in Slytherin!"
"What!" James yelped. "Me! I didn't..." But she had gone. "Oh you and your big mouth!" He snapped at Sirius.
"Well, the sorting hat did almost put me in Slytherin..." Sirius said thoughtfully as they entered the classroom.
Remus was not already there, but unfortunately the teacher was. "Miss Evans! Really not acceptable! Three minutes late! I..."
James and Sirius burst in, eyes darting around for Remus and spare seats. "And you!" A tall woman with long, dark hair, which fell like curtains round her shoulders, approached them. A/N: NO I am not being repetitive just because I ran out of vocabulary... read ahead.
"Sorry, we got lost." James lied, still looking for two empty seats. Most of them appeared occupied. "We don't have enough desks!" He said in outrage.
"I think... Mr... Potter isn't it? That you will find we do have enough desks. You will be sitting over there. We are arranged in alphabetical order."
"Right..." James bared his teeth and sunk into a chair by a delighted looking Peter Petigrew and a Gryffindor girl he thought was called Alice Ramsey.
"Hello!" Peter hissed.
"Hi Peter." James forced a smile. "Thanks for waking me up this morning."
"That's Ok. I knew you wouldn't want to..."
"Excuse me Mr Petigrew." The teacher snapped, checking her desk arrangement parchment. "I did not invite you to talk."
"Now as I was saying..." She continued. "My name is Professor Swift and I... Yes Mr... Longbottom?"
"Aren't you that witch who wrote all those books? The ones about..."
"Yes, Mr Longbottom. I am an auror, indeed I wrote those books. "I travel, I travel far around the world. Some day I wished to find somewhere no man has ever trod... somewhere I can maybe find someone who cries out for help... I succeeded, dear children... I succeeded..."
There was a loud snort from the front of the classroom. Sirius Black was in hysterics. "Now... Ah, hello Mr Black. I have had the pleasure of meeting your parents."
James could tell from Sirius' expression (or of what he could see of it anyway) that he apparently decided that anyone who had had pleasure meeting his parents were not someone he liked. "Yes... I have met many people indeed... On my journeys..."
"Are you married?" Albert Davis blurted out.
There was a howl of laughter from all ends of the classroom. "No! I didn't mean it like that!" Albert blushed furiously. "I meant... does he go with you?"
"I know what you meant." Professor Swift hissed. She seemed unperturbed by the outbreak. "Yes... I am married, or I was."
"Please Professor!" Lily Evans, who was sitting next to Albert Davis and two seats away from Sirius. "Please! What will be learning today?" She asked breathlessly.
"Well!" Professor Swift said in a more business like tone. "If that is how you feel, then please take out your books and turn to page 50. We will begin with Electric tadpoles."
"She's a bit weird isn't she?" Peter whispered.
"A bit!" James laughed.
"I know her." The girl on his left piped up. "She's often at our house for dinner parties. There are loads of books about her though so no one really talks about her."
"But does anyone read the books?" James asked, as he absentmindedly shredded his quill feather.
"I don't suppose so." The girl sunk back in her chair and began to write.
Remus Lupin was not in any of the lessons that day. "D'you know where Remus is?" James asked Peter suspiciously.
"No. He wasn't at breakfast this morning, or dinner last night. I fell asleep before he came to the dormitories and woke up after he left."
"That's weird." James said thoughtfully. They were on their way to the greenhouses. "You any goon at gardening?" He asked Sirius hopefully.
"What on Earth are you doing?!" Professor Seedis came bustling over. She had longish brown hair and was rather short. "You don't torture the poor thing!"
"It doesn't have feelings!" Sirius said grumpily as he and James let go of the plant.
"You don't know that is doesn't! You just say that because that would make you a murderer!" Professor Seedis replied, dashing over to where Albert, Frank and Peter's shrub was shooting sap over at them.
"Me! A murderer!" Sirius laughed. "Who would I murder? A plant?"
They entered the Gryffindor common room that evening to find that Remus was already there, sitting in an armchair by the window. "There you are! Where have you been?" James ran over to him, dumping his school bag so close to the fire that Lily Evans pulled it back, out of harms way. James thought he saw her smile at him as he dashed over to greet Remus...
"Oh, hello." He said. "If you really must know, I was visiting my mother. She's ill."
"Well, I hope she gets better soon." James smiled at Remus. If he had to share a dormitory with him for the next seven years it was best they were friendly.
"Thankyou." Remus said. "And... you'll laugh at me for saying this... but could you... tell me what the homework was?"
"We have homework?" James looked at Sirius whose face was equally blank.
Remus laughed. "I'll go and ask someone else then." He got to his feet and went to converse with Peter.
"There's something odd about him..." James informed Sirius. "And we're going to find out what it is."
A/N: Sorry about the boring chapter!! Well I think I should be congratulated on actually finishing it! :-D I'll write more with reviews! Yep, I'm one of those review mad people (if u haven't already guessed!)