Chapter 3: Dinner with Dumbledore
When the boys reached the Hogwarts ground, James realised, that quiet a few
of the original students were here. The boys made their way down to the
lake and sat where James had sat earlier on. They were all joking and
prating about, trying to see who could push who into the lake, without
using magic, Remus finally cheated and used a levitation spell on Peter and
almost cast him into the water, but before he could, James fixed a
levitation spell onto Remus to stop him casting Peter into the water.
Sirius then took the liberty of doing the same to James, but actually
dumping him into the water this time, the last thing James saw was a big
splash, as Remus and Peter landed in the water as well. James was then
chucked up into the air by what he thought to be the giant squid. James
landed with a thud on the ground in front of Sirius, who had so handily,
put his wand away, James gave him a sly grin and Sirius said, laughing,
"No, James come on, look, these are new robes, no, mate, n-" Before being
levitated into the water by James. By this time Remus and Peter were above
the water as well, all roaring with laughter. When Sirius emerged from the
water, soaking wet, and covered in bits of seaweed, the gang burst into
laughter, again, as well as Sirius. James then heard a voice nearby, say,
"Childish!" James was about to attack back verbally and say, 'Just because
we know how to have fun, and you don't!' But when he turned round, he saw
it was Lilly, she was walking past with her friends, who he knew to be
Laura and Lou, and Lilly's nose happened to be stuck up in the air. James
felt a heavy weight on his shoulder, he turned again and saw that Sirius
was resting his arm on his shoulder, "Well, at least her friends don't
think were childish" Sirius commented,
"Nah, they don't, do they" Remus said, looking at the girls one last time. They were both right, James saw that her friends, were both giggling like crazy, and Lilly seemed to be telling them how immature James was being. "Shall we go in for dinner?" Peter asked. "I'm hungry, for some reason." The other boys laughed, and made there way up to the castle. James was yet again surprised to see so many people here at dinner. James counted the number of empty seats at each table, there was thirty eight missing from the Hufflepuff table, forty two missing from the Ravenclaw table, 'they probably think there too superior and clever to come to 'summer school'" James thought. James counted up the number of people missing on the Slythrin table, and found out there were forty three, "The less there are of Slytherin's, the better" James thought savagely. There were thirty- seven missing Gryffindor's, "not bad!" James thought. "Snivellus is here, what a shame!" Peter said into James ear. James surveyed the tables, and sure enough, there was old Snivilly. James sighed, "Yeah, what a shame" James said back to Peter. Professor Dumbledore then stood up and was looking over his students.
"I have never, ever, been so happy, I am absolutely delighted at the number of students who turned up, now I hope you all know, this will not be like school, it will be more like. Well, yes, it will be like school, but you wont have as many classes during the day, you will have longer lunch breaks, and I have hired, for your enjoyment, a few new professors, but these professors are different. All these professors are the head of the four professors you will be getting. May I introduce you to Professor Flitz, she will be teaching you how to play a muggle instrument, but there will be magical modifications made to it, she will also be letting you all perform a music show at the end of term." A small, and timid witch stood up, and smiled, she gave a little wave, and then sat down again. "May I also introduce to you, Professor Drummond, who will be taking you for Drama coaching and classes, he to, will be holding a Drama production at the end of the term." Dumbledore trailed off as a young wizard stood up and bowed to the Great Hall. "I also would like to introduce to you our last professor, Professor Midgeal, who will be supervising you whilst you are doing sports, such as, basketball and swimming, not to mention other magical sports, such as Quidditch." Dumbledore yet again trailed off, and aloud the pupils to applaud the last professor, she was a witch, and smiled, she gave a little wave, and then sat down again. "I also introduce to you, Professor Drummond. He will be taking you for Drama coaching and classes, he too, will be holding a Drama production at the end of the term." Dumbledore trailed off as a young wizard stood up and bowed to the Great Hall. "I also would like to introduce to you our last professor, Professor Midgeal. She will be supervising you whilst you are doing sports, such as, basketball and swimming. Not to mention other magical sports, such as Quidditch." Dumbledore yet again trailed off, and aloud the pupils to applaud the last professor, she was a witch, but unlike Professor Flitz, beamed out at the students. "Now, I have nothing more to say. Apart from, have fun this summer, and tuck in" Dumbledore said and a copious amount of food appeared on the table. James, who was used to this food by now, was still amazed at how well the house elves could prepare a proper feast. The Marauders all finished their food and desert, they were just about to leave, when Dumbledore stood up again, "I am sorry," He said "But, there was one little detail that I forgot to tell you, you will be assigned to whom you share a dormitory with, I have tried to keep friendships together, but I am sorry if I haven't managed to keep yours together." Dumbledore said. James looked at his friends, they too were looking slightly worried, "If they've put me with that awful Sebbins, I'll scream, he's a flipping nutcase" James exclaimed. A little further up the stairs, James herd the familiar voice of Lilly, "I really hope were still together, I'll go crazy if I'm not with you guys" Lilly was telling her friends. James caught up with the boys and went to look at the message board. Sirius who was the tallest of the four, stood on tiptoe, "The rooms are in fours," He told them "Yes!" He exclaimed, "Were all together," He told them. James heard a shriek,
"Yes! Yes, were together," James heard Lilly exclaim to her friends.
"Looks like not even Dumbledore can split us up," Remus said, as the boys went up to their dormitory.
"Looks like it, doesn't it" Peter said. The boys got into there pyjamas. James lay in bed for a few minuets, before he said,
"Look, guys, I'm really glad you came here, really. I am," James heard a laugh come from each of the beds,
"Its no problem. Like I said, I'd rather be on Pluto, than be at 'home,'" Sirius said.
"Yeah, were the Marauders, when one of us has to suffer, we all suffer. We stick together," Peter said
"Yeah, through thick and thin!" Remus added in. James smiled to himself, and on the last happy thought of having such good friends; he fell asleep, not even bothering to remove his glasses.
James was woken the next morning by the sounds of his friends, "Oi, James, wake up you lazy pig!" Remus said pulling back the curtains on James four- poster bed.
"Ahhh, get lost" James said rolling over into the warmth of his bed.
"Do you know something? James is the most laziest, and most awful person to wake up," Sirius said to Remus and Peter. James heard them murmur in agreement.
"We should do plan, X" Peter said, James herd him approach his bed. "Yeah, plan, X, should work" Remus said in agreement.
"On the count of three." Sirius said
"One. Two. Three!" They all said, pulling off the covers on James's bed. If this wasn't enough to wake James up, what Sirius did next was, "Locomorter bucket" he said. Before James could even move, or jump out of bed, Sirius had soaked him in water.
"Okay, I'm up!" James screamed as he jumped out of bed. "Jesus, what is wrong with having a lie in?" James asked, as he started to get dressed.
"Well. We thought we might tell you, Lilly, is in the common room, and she looks slightly upset," Sirius told him
"Yeah. Lou and Laura have gone down to get her some breakfast, so, If you want to talk to her, I'd do it now if I were you, before they come back!" Remus told him. James finished getting dressed and went down stairs to see what was up with Lilly. Sure enough she was sitting on the sofa crying. The common room was empty apart from her; James approached her, "Evans? Lilly?" James asked uncertainly. Lilly looked up, her eyes were all red and puffy, but in James opinion, she still looked great.
"What do you want, Potter? Come to tease me, or are you just gonna have ago at me because I exist?" Lilly asked spitefully. James knew that she was talking about, the end of last year, just after they had sat one of their OWL's; James had played a nasty prank on Snape. "No, Evans, I came to see if you were alright, are you?" James asked trying to be nice. Lilly raised her head, as if to say, 'what the hell do you think.'
"No Potter, I'm not. Something has happened and I don't want to talk to you about it, okay?" Lilly said spitefully. James didn't really want to leave her,
"Err, well, Evans, I just really, I err, I really wanted to apologise for the way I treated Snivellus, I mean, err Snape." James said keeping his eyes on Lilly. To James's surprise, Lilly snorted with laughter,
"Why should you be sorry, okay, so I don't agree on what you did to him, and why you did it to him, but I think for what he called me, he deserved it!" Lilly said. James thought for a moment, to what Snivellus had called Lilly, then it struck him, he had called her the rudest thing he could; he had called her a mudblood. "Yeah, well, that was out of line" James admitted, he personally didn't think it was just out of line, it was way, way over the line, but he wanted to be nice to Lilly, then go kick Snivellus's head in! Trying to keep things friendly, he decided to keep talking "So, how did you do in your OWL's, do you think?" James asked. He knew that she was supposedly, into schoolwork, so he didn't think this question could fail, and he was right. Before long, Lilly was talking to him like there was no tomorrow. James was just about to get on to the conversational topic of why she came to summer school, but before he could ask, the portrait opened and Lilly's friends walked in, Lou and Laura. "I'll see you around, Evans" James said and he got up and went back up to the boy's dormitories. "Well? What happened? We thought she might off killed you, you were down there so long" Remus joked. James laughed and told them what happened.
"Nah, they don't, do they" Remus said, looking at the girls one last time. They were both right, James saw that her friends, were both giggling like crazy, and Lilly seemed to be telling them how immature James was being. "Shall we go in for dinner?" Peter asked. "I'm hungry, for some reason." The other boys laughed, and made there way up to the castle. James was yet again surprised to see so many people here at dinner. James counted the number of empty seats at each table, there was thirty eight missing from the Hufflepuff table, forty two missing from the Ravenclaw table, 'they probably think there too superior and clever to come to 'summer school'" James thought. James counted up the number of people missing on the Slythrin table, and found out there were forty three, "The less there are of Slytherin's, the better" James thought savagely. There were thirty- seven missing Gryffindor's, "not bad!" James thought. "Snivellus is here, what a shame!" Peter said into James ear. James surveyed the tables, and sure enough, there was old Snivilly. James sighed, "Yeah, what a shame" James said back to Peter. Professor Dumbledore then stood up and was looking over his students.
"I have never, ever, been so happy, I am absolutely delighted at the number of students who turned up, now I hope you all know, this will not be like school, it will be more like. Well, yes, it will be like school, but you wont have as many classes during the day, you will have longer lunch breaks, and I have hired, for your enjoyment, a few new professors, but these professors are different. All these professors are the head of the four professors you will be getting. May I introduce you to Professor Flitz, she will be teaching you how to play a muggle instrument, but there will be magical modifications made to it, she will also be letting you all perform a music show at the end of term." A small, and timid witch stood up, and smiled, she gave a little wave, and then sat down again. "May I also introduce to you, Professor Drummond, who will be taking you for Drama coaching and classes, he to, will be holding a Drama production at the end of the term." Dumbledore trailed off as a young wizard stood up and bowed to the Great Hall. "I also would like to introduce to you our last professor, Professor Midgeal, who will be supervising you whilst you are doing sports, such as, basketball and swimming, not to mention other magical sports, such as Quidditch." Dumbledore yet again trailed off, and aloud the pupils to applaud the last professor, she was a witch, and smiled, she gave a little wave, and then sat down again. "I also introduce to you, Professor Drummond. He will be taking you for Drama coaching and classes, he too, will be holding a Drama production at the end of the term." Dumbledore trailed off as a young wizard stood up and bowed to the Great Hall. "I also would like to introduce to you our last professor, Professor Midgeal. She will be supervising you whilst you are doing sports, such as, basketball and swimming. Not to mention other magical sports, such as Quidditch." Dumbledore yet again trailed off, and aloud the pupils to applaud the last professor, she was a witch, but unlike Professor Flitz, beamed out at the students. "Now, I have nothing more to say. Apart from, have fun this summer, and tuck in" Dumbledore said and a copious amount of food appeared on the table. James, who was used to this food by now, was still amazed at how well the house elves could prepare a proper feast. The Marauders all finished their food and desert, they were just about to leave, when Dumbledore stood up again, "I am sorry," He said "But, there was one little detail that I forgot to tell you, you will be assigned to whom you share a dormitory with, I have tried to keep friendships together, but I am sorry if I haven't managed to keep yours together." Dumbledore said. James looked at his friends, they too were looking slightly worried, "If they've put me with that awful Sebbins, I'll scream, he's a flipping nutcase" James exclaimed. A little further up the stairs, James herd the familiar voice of Lilly, "I really hope were still together, I'll go crazy if I'm not with you guys" Lilly was telling her friends. James caught up with the boys and went to look at the message board. Sirius who was the tallest of the four, stood on tiptoe, "The rooms are in fours," He told them "Yes!" He exclaimed, "Were all together," He told them. James heard a shriek,
"Yes! Yes, were together," James heard Lilly exclaim to her friends.
"Looks like not even Dumbledore can split us up," Remus said, as the boys went up to their dormitory.
"Looks like it, doesn't it" Peter said. The boys got into there pyjamas. James lay in bed for a few minuets, before he said,
"Look, guys, I'm really glad you came here, really. I am," James heard a laugh come from each of the beds,
"Its no problem. Like I said, I'd rather be on Pluto, than be at 'home,'" Sirius said.
"Yeah, were the Marauders, when one of us has to suffer, we all suffer. We stick together," Peter said
"Yeah, through thick and thin!" Remus added in. James smiled to himself, and on the last happy thought of having such good friends; he fell asleep, not even bothering to remove his glasses.
James was woken the next morning by the sounds of his friends, "Oi, James, wake up you lazy pig!" Remus said pulling back the curtains on James four- poster bed.
"Ahhh, get lost" James said rolling over into the warmth of his bed.
"Do you know something? James is the most laziest, and most awful person to wake up," Sirius said to Remus and Peter. James heard them murmur in agreement.
"We should do plan, X" Peter said, James herd him approach his bed. "Yeah, plan, X, should work" Remus said in agreement.
"On the count of three." Sirius said
"One. Two. Three!" They all said, pulling off the covers on James's bed. If this wasn't enough to wake James up, what Sirius did next was, "Locomorter bucket" he said. Before James could even move, or jump out of bed, Sirius had soaked him in water.
"Okay, I'm up!" James screamed as he jumped out of bed. "Jesus, what is wrong with having a lie in?" James asked, as he started to get dressed.
"Well. We thought we might tell you, Lilly, is in the common room, and she looks slightly upset," Sirius told him
"Yeah. Lou and Laura have gone down to get her some breakfast, so, If you want to talk to her, I'd do it now if I were you, before they come back!" Remus told him. James finished getting dressed and went down stairs to see what was up with Lilly. Sure enough she was sitting on the sofa crying. The common room was empty apart from her; James approached her, "Evans? Lilly?" James asked uncertainly. Lilly looked up, her eyes were all red and puffy, but in James opinion, she still looked great.
"What do you want, Potter? Come to tease me, or are you just gonna have ago at me because I exist?" Lilly asked spitefully. James knew that she was talking about, the end of last year, just after they had sat one of their OWL's; James had played a nasty prank on Snape. "No, Evans, I came to see if you were alright, are you?" James asked trying to be nice. Lilly raised her head, as if to say, 'what the hell do you think.'
"No Potter, I'm not. Something has happened and I don't want to talk to you about it, okay?" Lilly said spitefully. James didn't really want to leave her,
"Err, well, Evans, I just really, I err, I really wanted to apologise for the way I treated Snivellus, I mean, err Snape." James said keeping his eyes on Lilly. To James's surprise, Lilly snorted with laughter,
"Why should you be sorry, okay, so I don't agree on what you did to him, and why you did it to him, but I think for what he called me, he deserved it!" Lilly said. James thought for a moment, to what Snivellus had called Lilly, then it struck him, he had called her the rudest thing he could; he had called her a mudblood. "Yeah, well, that was out of line" James admitted, he personally didn't think it was just out of line, it was way, way over the line, but he wanted to be nice to Lilly, then go kick Snivellus's head in! Trying to keep things friendly, he decided to keep talking "So, how did you do in your OWL's, do you think?" James asked. He knew that she was supposedly, into schoolwork, so he didn't think this question could fail, and he was right. Before long, Lilly was talking to him like there was no tomorrow. James was just about to get on to the conversational topic of why she came to summer school, but before he could ask, the portrait opened and Lilly's friends walked in, Lou and Laura. "I'll see you around, Evans" James said and he got up and went back up to the boy's dormitories. "Well? What happened? We thought she might off killed you, you were down there so long" Remus joked. James laughed and told them what happened.