Thanks for all the reviews for chapter 6. Sorry I've been so slack in updating!
buccaneerbabe14 ~ Fights are good I agree. I used your judge suggestion, thanks
Alysia (aka lily) ~ Glad you liked! Read on to see which hairs they got
goldensnich3 ~ I'm glad you thought it was suspenseful. That's how I wanted it to be
XoX-PaDfOoTeSs-XoX ~ I think Anna's a great character to. She stars in the chapter!
electra ~ Because I followed you advice, and wrote heaps of that new story, I haven't updated this one for months. Oops…
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Chapter 7: The Polyjuice Party
Lily woke up and glanced at her calendar, on which the current date was flashing orange.
"Four more sleeps 'till Christmas" It called in a very techno voice.
Lily jumped very quickly out of bed. She rarely gave up a few extra minutes of comfort, but it was the day of Anna's polyjuice party.
She was, in fact, feeling so excited, that she managed not to yell at James Potter whilst he was using his spoon to sword fight with a second year. The morning passed tediously slowly, like mornings do when you want the evening to come quickly.
After Kiri forced Lily and Tara to watch her quiddich practice, when Tara rated each Gryffindor male on body, hair, and arse. Finally, Lily escaped to get ready. As she was walking out the portrait hole, Tara and Kiri stood in her way
"Going somewhere are we?" asked Kiri with raised eyebrows
"Maybe" Answered Lily
"C'mon, tell us" Tara whined
"Nup" Grinned Lily, walking over to the fire place
"Please? Pretty please? I'll…" Tara's last words were lost in the whoosh that echoed in Lily's ears.
After a typical flooing journey, in which Lily managed to obtain a lot of bruises, and managed to break the left arm of her glasses, Lily arrived at Annabelle's flat.
"Lily!" Anna's voice rang out "It's so good you came! Now come and get your potion."
"Who am I going to change into? Lily asked
"Well…I'm not going to tell you, you'll have to wait. But it is very, very cool. Trust me, you'll love it"
"Ok…I trust you, I think" Lily said her uncertainty growing as she thought back a few years to when Anna was her prefect, and had convinced her that the bathrooms had magically moved, and the girls one was now down the mirrored hallway. Lily grimaced. The though of seeing Severus Snape naked would haunt her for a long time.
C'mon lily, drink up. It's not as bad as it looks. Now, don't tell anyone your name, age, where you live, or anything else that will give anyone the tiniest clue. It's no fun if people figure out who each other is.
GULP
"That's the way, not so bad after all, hey."
Lily's every muscle was pulsing, every blood vessel rushing, and every nerve twitching. She stared at her tingling hands, as her fingers grew, and her nails grew to twice their bitten down length, and turned a light blue sparkly colour, with a dark blue zigzag down the middle. She stood you slowly, as the potion made her unstable on her feet, and glanced in the mirror, gasping in amazement.
"I've turned into Kisha Musevic , the lead singer for Wingardium Leviosa
Anna smiled "you sure have darlin'. Now go out, and enjoy the party."
As she went out into the main room, and surveyed the crowd, Lily though to herself 'If only the potion gave me Kisha's confidence too.' Lily was still terribly shy around anyone that she didn't know, despite hanging around with the two bubbliest girls in Hogwarts. She even still got tongue tied around those she had known ever since she started at Hogwarts. She stood on the side of the room, hoping that her heart would not explode from beating as loudly as it was.
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"Bella!" James shouted as he zoomed though the open kitchen window "Guess who's here! The life of any party, the ultimate prankster, and of course the best looking guy around. It's your favourite cousin, Jam…ophmhawdf"
James's self introduction was abruptly stopped by Annabelle's hand over his very big mouth.
"Belle, what was that for?"
"James, not only are you proving to the world what a self-loving brat you are, but, remember, no one is supposed to know who you are. So here's your potion, drink up, and remember, don't tell anyone who you are, and drink potion every 59 minutes. Apart from that, you'll be fine. You always are."
"Ewwww ! That stuff is gross. It tastes like boiled peanuts with seafood sauce. I'm not going to turn into a peanut addicted fisherman am I? You know how I hate fish, and whoever thought up the idea of peanut M&Ms ruined forever the best type of chocolate invented. The world was going just fine with plain chocolate and crispy."
"James! Take a look in the mirror. Do you look like a fisherman?" Snapped Annabelle exasperatedly. James drove her insane at times. "Now, come on, 'Mr-life-of-the-party', let's get going"
Lily was still standing in the corner, unsure of what to do. On her left, famous quiddich player Dan Truman, author Kenneth Lockhart, and some random Egyptian wizard were having a sculling contest with 'gnome gin', and to her right there was a couple rubbing against each other, which was quite disturbing, as the potion had turned the girl into one of the goblins from Gringotts, and the boy into Larry Haptins, the Head Judge for the ministry of magic.
Lily was then very relieved to see Anna coming over to her with…Lily blinked, making sure she was seeing properly. 'Was that Professor Dumbledore?'
"Kisha! What are you still doing alone? Come and talk to Dumbledore here. The next time I emerge, I'll be all polyjuicified. Remember, drink up every 59 minutes, and have fun" She called out as she disappeared to take her own potion, muttering to herself, "Yes you two will have fun. And so will I!"
"So…" James said, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"So…"Lily replied, relieved that Anna had given her someone to talk to
"You got a good potion" James commented
"I know" Lily replied softly
"I love Wingardium Leviosa. Did you go to the concert?"
"Yes"
"It was good, hey. I love that Black Magic song" James prompted, trying to get poly-syllabic answers.
Lily forced herself to relax. 'Dumbledore' was being very nice to her, and she may as well enjoy herself. "I love that song too. It just makes you want to dance."
James grinned. 'A response! Oh the satisfaction of drawing blood out of a stone!' "I totally agree. Hang on, wait one sec. Don't you dare move."
A few minutes later James returned, grinning from ear to ear "There. Listen"
Lily mirrored his smile when she heard the introduction to 'Black Magic'
"Come on, let's dance!" James yelled, tugging Lily's arm. Lily accepted, and hurried onto the dance floor, letting herself be taken by the music.
It must have been
Black magic
That brought us together
That black cat
It must have been
A sign
Your thirteen toes
Should have warned me
Warned me away
James and Lily danced closer and closer and the song went on. James was watching Lily's every move, wishing he could see who she really was out of costume. He was feeling the warmth of her breath, and softness of her hands. So many times whilst listening to this song, he would be fantasizing about dancing with Kisha Musevic, now, when it could have been true, he was only wishing his partner would reveal her true person.
There's no need to put
Me under the
Cruciatus Curse
You're torturing me
Enough already
Sure that dog of yours
Isn't a grim
Cos that's how my future looks
Why do you treat me
Just like a gnome?
Swinging me
Round and letting me fall
Just to confuse me
Lily was silently thanking Anna so much as she rested in her partner's arms. Ten minutes ago no one would say even as much as "hello" to her, but now, she was dancing with, one very cool guy, and although he looked like Professor Dumbledore, she was sure he looked good underneath. Anyone with the confidence and limitless energy he seemed to display must be confident in their looks. Perhaps that is why I'm so unconfident No. Lily snapped herself out of those thoughts, and concentrated again on the music, and that contagious smile he had on his face. If only, she thought, If only I could see his real smile, as opposed to Professor Dumbledore's…
I don't want to look
Into a crystal ball
It may show that
You and I will
Still be together!
Ever wonder why I
Studied so hard for
Transfiguration?
It's my life's dream to
Turn you into a rock!
As the song ended, Lily gazed into the eyes of Professor Dumbledore, And James into the eyes of Kisha Musevic. As the next song started played, and James was dancing crazily, dragging Lily with him, Lily started to giggle, and couldn't stop. The giggle soon turned to full on laughter, and Lily was laughing uncontrollably.
"Are you alright?" James asked, raising Dumbledore's eyebrows
"It's just…seeing Dumbledore dancing like that…, it's crazy. And me dancing with him. So, so, so odd."
"You're right. This is pretty weird. Especially for me! Like I'm actually in Dumbledore's body. Anyway, do you want drinks or something?"
"Yeah, drinks would be good"
"Beer ok?"
"Yeah"
Lily took a sip of potion, and soon enough James returned, with a drink in each hand, but Lily was staring at the glasses.
"What is with those?"
James grinned sheepishly and looked down t the pink spotted glasses, with clouds and rainbows on them
"Belle ran out of normal ones"
"Ok…" Lily said "Well…Cheers then"
"Cheers"
After a few more drinks, and plenty of dances, the second lot of 59 minutes for Lily were up, so she took sip of potion
"Shit Lily!" James shouted with anxiety in his voice "You must have picked up the wrong potion! You've turned into this snobbish, bitchy girl that I know form school"
Lily looked down. Gone were Kisha's her blue zigzagged fingernails, gone was Kisha's green and black hair. She had turned into………………Herself.
"What has happened?" Lily thought out loud. Then it struck her. "You called me a bitch?" She screamed at James
"What the hell had happened? Please say you just took the wrong potion, and turned into Lily Evans, not that you are actually Lily?"
"What's it to you?"
James sighed and took a sip of Potion. In front of Lily, Dumbledore disappeared, and there in front of her stood ….
"James Potter!" Lily yelled. "I can not believe Anna invited you!"
"Hello, I'm her cousin! I have more right than you do to be here"
Lily looked at James and had to fight hard to stop drastically hurting him. The pain she felt. She had opened herself up to him tonight, and had such a great time. Why was it she felt so angry? He is like a poison Lily concluded. 'Everything is just fine until he comes, and then I just feel and act so terrible'
"I can not believe you. I'm leaving now. A polyjuice party was a crap idea anyway."
"Any party would be crap with you invited" James snapped, angry that his evening was ruined by none other than Lily Evans.
"Why am I even still talking to you?"
"Because I'm irresistible and you know it"
"Irritating more like it" Lily spat
He was quiet for a moment, wondering why Lily always managed to piss him off so much. She was just so unreasonable. He though back a few hours, and remembered the carefree Lily, dancing. Why did Lily hate him so much? Why was it only now, that she realized she knew him that she was angry? It couldn't be his personality, because only his physical appearance was changed by the potion. He now knew that she was human, because the potion can't change personalities. So he decided to make the true Lily emerge again.
"How can you say that? You weren't complaining about it for most of the night"
"That's because I didn't know it was you!"
"So it was Dumbledore's body you wanted?"
Lily looked at James, and struggled hard to fight back a laugh. She meant to retaliate with something like 'Even Dumbledore's body would be preferable to yours', but instead these were the words that come out of her mouth
"Why does every guy I fall for have to be you?"
James looked shocked, and Lily was really regretting her words.
"Well, really, what other choice is there? Especially since Dumbledore's beard gets in the way of pashing sessions, and the filch is taken, sorry"
This time, Lily didn't even try to hold back her laughter. James watched her for a few seconds, then started to chuckle too. Very soon they had both collapsed from laughter, and were rolling around in the hallway of Annabelle's apartment.
"So…" Said James, after they had both finally recovered "Do you want to go back in there?"
"No, it won't be fun anymore."
"Why? Now that we know who each other is you mean?"
"Not just that that. Everyone will be normal, because everyone was drinking. Honestly James, if you payed more attention in class, you would have remembered that polyjuice potion taken after alcohol has the reverse effects."
"That's so weird. There was I thinking you had poisoned the drinks"
"I probably would've if I knew Dumbledore was really you"
"That's not nice"
"Deal with it" Lily said, grinning, dodging James's playful slap.
"Like to fly back with me?" James asked, gesturing his broom
"Anything's better than flooing!"
"You know, all other girls I've offered this chance of a lifetime experience to have refused because they're terrified of heights"
"I'm not all other girls!"
"Obviously"
And with that, Lily and James flew into the night sky, watched by Annabelle who was feeling quite proud of herself.