Chapter 9
It was August10, and thirteen year old Lily was trying to sleep off her second year. TAP! TAP! TAP! Lily groaned and opened the window. A tawny owl came fluttering in. Lily gave the owl some owl pellets and water, opening the letter.
"Hey Lil!
What's shakin? Nothing much here! I hope you liked your birthday gifts. Hey, I wanted to know if you would like to come over to my house next week. Frank, Gabby, Minny, Remus, Peter, and (to your pleasure) Jamesie- boy! Remus thinks you two are going to get married. (both are hitting me with pillows now) Well, send an answer A.S.A.P.
Lata,
Sirius"
Lily squealed her delight and ran downstairs to ask her parents permission.
"Mum! Dad! My friend Sirius wants to know if I could stay over at his house next week, and Gabby, Jenni, Remus, Peter, and James from across the street will be there. Can I go, please?" said Lily, extraordinarily fast for her in the morning.
Her parents stared at her, then laughed at her enthusiasm.
"Yes, dear, you can go," said Mrs. Evans.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" shouted Lily, hugging her parents.
The week flew by for Lily and she was packing to go to Sirius's house, later that day. At noon there were loud noises coming from the living room, Lily had forgotten to mention that they were coming by Floo Powder. She ran into the room, greeted Sirius and his dad, put her owl, Shnookums (Sirius named him) into her cage and Sirius helped her with her trunk.
"Number Twelve Grimmauld Place!" Sirius's dad called into the green fire.
Lily and Sirius did the same. Lily fell on a blue rug, in what seemed to be the living room.
"Lily!" said Jenni, helping her up.
Sirius came through the fireplace, and Lily helped him up. Lily tended to her owl, which was quite shaken by the ride.
"So, what do you want to do?" asked Remus, who was sitting on the couch.
"Eat lunch!" said James and Sirius together.
"No surprise," said Jenni, Gabby and Lily in unison.
Everyone laughed. They all walked into the kitchen and they started fixing their lunch.
"So, James, I was starting to worry about you, you haven't pulled a single prank on me yet. And here I was thinking you hated me," said Lily.
"I've been planning, there's nothing horrible enough for you," retorted James.
"Whatever."
"You... are so- so- so-"
"Sweet? Kind? Good- looking? Better in everything than you?" suggested Lily.
"No, I was going for stupid and easy."
"Excuse me? Me? Easy? Who's the one that when they need someone go running to the Hufflepuffs!"
"I do not go running to them!"
Sirius, Remus, Jenni, Frank, and Gabby all looked one from the other.
"Yes you do!"
"No I don't I go running from them!"
"Aww, so poor little Jamsie- Waimsie afraid of the boy- crazy Hufflepuff girls?"
"Umm, excuse me. Where's Sirius?"
The two stopped arguing and turned to stare at the girl who had just entered the kitchen. She was tall, with dirty- blonde hair and steely blue eyes. She had a couple gym bags with her. Sirius stood up and ran over to her.
"I'm right here, do you want something?"
She rolled her eyes. She was clearly bored.
"What I want and what I need are two different things. I need to find my room. What I want is to go back home to America," she said.
"What's your name?" James managed to ask.
"Caterina!" a voice called from out in the hall. "Your room is this way!"
"I found Sirius, Auntie!"
"Fine! He'll show you to your room!" Sirius's mother screeched from the hallway.
"Your name is Caterina?" asked Remus.
"Do you have a problem with that? I go by Cat."
"Oh, cool, I'm Jenni."
"I'm Lily."
"I'm Gabby."
"I'm Remus."
"I'm Frank."
"I'm James."
"And I'm Peter."
"Yo," said Cat.
They all looked confused. Cat sighed, and shook her head, smiling.
"It's the way Americans say hi to each other."
"Oooooooh," said Peter.
"You're American?" asked Jenni.
Cat snorted with laughter.
"I said I was, remember, I said I wanted to go back home to America."
"Oh, okay."
"What's America like? My sister Petunia is going there next year with her school," said Lily.
"It's cool. It's got huge buildings, and really hot guys," answered Cat.
"Oh, really?" said Gabby, sounding interested.
"Now, what are you doing here and not in America?" asked Remus.
"My dad's on business so he left me here until he's back. Sirius's dad's second cousin is my dad. Sirius, can you show my to my room now?"
Sirius nodded and they left the kitchen, leaving the others. He showed her a room on the top floor there was nothing really special about it, except the ceiling was a giant sunroof, with a ladder to go up in the little loft just under it.
"Whoa, this is so cool," said Cat. She put her stuff on the bed, which was so high up it had a little stepladder for it. "This is majorly cool."
"I'm glad you like it, your father said he'd be a long while," growled a voice by the door.
Both Sirius and Cat jumped and turned to see Mr. Black.
Mr. Black left, and Cat flopped down on her bed.
"You okay?" she asked Sirius.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"I'll go get everyone else."
He left and a few minutes later he came back with the others, who all admired her room. Soon, the guys left (they were "hungry").
"So, do you guys have a crush on any guys?" asked Cat.
"Yes," said Gabby.
"Oh yeah," said Jenni.
"Not really," said Lily.
"Who?" asked Cat.
"James," said Gabby.
"Yuck! Gabby!" yelled Lily.
"They're outside the door listening," whispered Cat, smiling evilly.
Gabby bushed.
"I like Remus," said Jenni.
"That's common knowledge, Jen, everyone sees the way you stare at him," said Gabby.
Cat laughed.
"What about you Lily? Anyone you'd like to notice you?" asked Cat.
"Not really. I'd like James to stop noticing me and to leave me alone for once, he's so mean. And I have to live across the street from him. My sister Petunia has a crush on him, I think, because she's outside as much as possible in a bikini, and she doesn't tease me anymore," said Lily.
"Well, I've got the hots for Frank. He's cute, but he's probably got a crush on one, or all of you three. You're so pretty, and smart. I'm only somewhat cute, because I wear tight shirts sometimes," said Cat.
The five guys, stood up and knocked on the door.
"Come in," said Cat.
The boys walked in. There was a ringing coming from somewhere in the room.
"What's that?" asked Frank.
Cat started turning things over looking for what it was.
"Ah! Here it is!" She held up a large tan object, with a thick black antennae. "Hello, this is Elsa's massage therapy, where business and pleasure meet, this is Elsa, how may I help you?" she said in a sexy voice.
The others looked at each other, a bit frightened.
"I'm just kidding, you guys, this is my cellular telephone (A/N: I know this is supposed to be before cell phones, but bear with me) I was joking with my friend." she put the phone back up to her ear. "Hi? Who is this? Hey T! What's up? Oh nothin' here, I'm in England somewhere. My dad's on business, I'm livin' with my cousin, remember. That's why I broke up with you, because long- distance relationships are not good. I know, well, I've got to go. I'm in my new room, which is totally cool. I wish you could see it. I've got a huge sunroof for a ceiling, looking at it at night will remind me of that time, remember? I can't say it out loud, well I'm going to go for real this time, bye," said Cat, then hanging up on the person she was talking to.
"Who was that?" asked Remus, smiling.
"My ex."
"Ex what?" asked Sirius.
"Boyfriend, his name is Taylor," said Cat.
"And what was that 'time' that looking at the stars will remind you of?" asked Frank.
"You people are nosy. Once, we were looking at the stars in his front yard, and we fell asleep."
"I've got the perfect game! It's called Get Some," said Sirius.
Lily, Peter, and Cat looked confused.
"Oh yes, let's play," said Jenni.
"What is it?" asked Cat.
"If I don't know what it is, I won't play," said Peter.
"Okay, even teams, guys versus girls. Here's how you play, you pick a card and ask one of the other team the question on it, and then if they get it right, the asker and the asked, do what it says on the card."
Cat and Lily shrugged.
"Simple enough," said Lily.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, if you get it wrong, lie or, don't want to answer the question, you turn into the animal or object the card says."
Cat, Jenni, Gabby, and Lily were on a team and James, Sirius, Frank, and Remus were on the other.
"Let's play this up in the loft," said Cat.
They all climbed up the ladder and they played, first it was Frank's turn.
"Frank, have you ever kissed a moose?" asked Lily, looking confused.
"No."
The card went blank and it said 'Dance'. They danced to Cat's 'girly' music, Led Zeppelin.
"That's not girly music!" said Sirius.
"Fine I'll put on Gloria Gaynor!"
Cat put it on 'I will Survive'. Next, it was Gabby's turn.
"Umm, Gabby, have you ever kissed a guy longer than a minute?"
"No, I've never even kissed a guy."
"You haven't? Neither have I!" said Cat.
"Really, oh my gosh!" said Sirius, mocking them.
Cat smiled.
"It says here to act like a monkey," said James.
She sighed and did so. Everyone was dying of laughter from her impression.
Remus was next.
"Remus, if you had a choice between me and Lily, for a date, who would you pick?"
"No, offense, but Jenni."
She blushed.
"Okay, it says to pretend to be a Mime."
He stood up and pretended he was a Mime.
"Stop! Stop! Remus stop!" said Cat, covering her eyes. "I don't like Mimes!"
They all laughed.
"My turn!" said Sirius.
"OK, Sirius, get on with it," said Gabby.
"Cat, how many boyfriends have you had?"
"One, Taylor."
"Okay, oh geez, here Cat, you read what it says," said Sirius, grinning and handing her the card.
On it, it said 'Kiss for as long as your friends want'
"We can't! We're cousins! This isn't the backwoods of America!"
"What does it say?" asked Frank.
"It says I have to kiss someone until y'all tell us to stop. I think I'll chose Frank,"said Cat.
"Y'all?" said Peter.
"Fine! You all," said Cat.
"Okay, we'll tell you when to stop," said James.
Cat and Frank sighed in unison, but Frank really didn't mind, he thought she was hot. They leaned close together closed their eyes and kissed. After about three minutes, the others hadn't called it. Cat was doing her hand in a circular motion telling them to hurry up. Five minutes later, they finally said stop.
"Thank you! It was getting hard to breathe," said Cat, blushing.
Soon, it was Cat's turn.
"Cat, have you ever played Strip poker?" asked Remus
"No, not yet."
"Okay, it says to sing a song."
"Okay, here goes:
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
And so you're back from outer space
I just walked in to find you here, with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother me
Go on now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Coz you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no not I, I will survive
For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Hey, hey
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart
Just trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high
And you see me, somebody new I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to be free
But now I'm savin' all my lovin' for someone who's lovin' me
Go on now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give I'll survive I will survive
Oh Go now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Coz you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive ...
So, how was it?"
Everyone started to clap. Cat bowed.
"Time for dinner!" Sirius's mom called from downstairs.
They all ran downstairs and they ate dinner.
The next day, they went to Diagon Alley, to get their stuff. There, Gabby met a fifth year Ravenclaw and started flirting with him.
"Hey Sirius, you know that she only said she fancies you is because she knew you were outside the door, right?" said Lily.
"Chill man, it was just a joke," said James.
"But- but-," said Sirius.
"Don't you 'but' me Sirius Black!" said Lily, in a mock disciplinary tone.
"Yes, Angel Lily."
"Her? An angel? That'll be the day!" said James.
"Shut up, Four- eyes," said Lily.
For once, James couldn't think of an immediate come back. He just stood there opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water. Everyone laughed.
"Make me, Fireball," he said.
"James, it's too late now, it has to be immediate, you waited too long. I won! I won! I won!" said Lily.
Once they got their school things they went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor for lunch, and after that they went back to Sirius's house. Over the next two weeks, Lily and James fought some more, and Cat became "one of the guys" as Sirius put it. She had then started to laugh. At the train station at 10:30, Sirius had to carry Gabby onto the platform, because she had begun to flirt with the ticket seller. Unfortunately the first person they saw on the train was Snape.
"So, found a new lackey, eh?" asked Snape, looking Cat up and down.
"A lackey? Me? Who are you and did you take a bath before you came here?" said Cat, smiling as innocent as possible.
"Yes, waiting for a nice- looking girl like you. I'm Severus Snape, and you are?"
She gave them all the 'oh my gosh get him away from me' look, but went on.
"I'm Cat Sweeney. And don't touch m—I know you! You were that kid that tried to burn our house down when your dad came to talk to mine!" She punched him. "I don't like you! You aren't nice!"
Then she turned his hair gold and red, Gryffindor colors. He stalked out of the room, very angry.
"That was permanent coloring, he can't get it out with magic. He'll have to wash it for a very long time," said Cat, looking at their stunned faces.
"Go Cat! Go Cat! Go! Go!" sang Sirius.
Everyone doubled up with laughter.
"How did you know him?" asked James, when they had calmed down.
"My dad had him and this other guy's dads over and I was forced to play with them. I hated them so much. I can't remember the other's name, but I'll remember it if I hear it," said Cat.
"Malfoy," said Gabby, standing up, facing the doorway to the compartment.
"Yeah, that was it. Thanks Gabby, I wouldn't have rem-"
"No, Cat, Malfoy," said Lily pointing at a tall, blonde boy, with two huge guys on either side of him.
"Caterina, long time no see. How've you been, sweetheart?" asked Malfoy.
Cat pretended to gag.
"Eww, gag me. Lucius, are they your pets? Are they from the Planet of the Apes, or are you?"
Everyone, but the Slytherins laughed.
"I think you've forgotten what we share."
"What? The same planet, well get off, it's mine."
"No, a bondage. Do you remember the deal our fathers had?"
"No, and I don't want to. My dad is gone. Poof! And I don't know what happened to him. Okay?"
"Your dad and my dad thought highly of arranged marriages-"
"NO! Definitely not! I'm not going to marry you. I'd rather kiss, Sirius!"
"Hey! I'm a good kisser!" said Sirius.
Cat laughed.
"Doubt it! I'm just joking, Sirius, stop!"
Sirius had started to tickle Cat. She told him to stop or she's kick him, and he stopped.
"So, what are you doing here in Britain?" asked Malfoy.
"That's none of your business," said Cat.
"You're my wife, I own you."
Cat opened her mouth and lowered her eyebrows.
"NO- ONE- OWNS- ME- GOT- THAT- MALFOY!!! AND- I- AM- NOT- YOUR- WIFE!!!!" she screamed, punching him.
His two cronies, moved in front of Malfoy, as to protect him.
"You want a piece o' me? Huh? Do you really want to mess with me, fat boys?"
They turned around and promptly ran out of the compartment. But not before Cat cursed them to sing the Power Ranger theme song, every time they opened their mouths.
"What are Power Rangers?" asked Jenni.
"It's a stupid American Muggle Television show," answered Cat.
They were still confused, but impressed that Cat could handle Malfoy and his "pets" by herself. When they got off the train, Jenni, Lily, Cat, and Gabby got in one carriage, and James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter got into another one. When they stepped out in front of Hogwarts, Cat looked up, amazed.
"Wow. This is cool," said Cat, walking inside with the others.
The sorting started, but Lily, Jenni, Gabby, and Cat talked about their new classes. After the sorting, Dumbledore stood up.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! We have a new third year among us. Caterina Sweeny!"
"It's Cat! Call me Cat!"
"Well then, Cat, come up here to be sorted."
She stood up and walked toward the teachers' table. Sitting on the chair, she heard Lily, Jenni, Gabby, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Frank and James making all sorts of noises. She set the Sorting Hat on her head and the waited with baited breath.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat finally called.
The Gryffindors cheered loudly. Cat took off the hat and sat back down. They ate, sang the school song, and went to bed. The next morning was Friday, Cat and Lily were trying to sleep while Gabby and Jenni bounced on their beds and hit them with pillows. Cat finally got tired of hit and hit Jenni with her pillow, while Lily hid under Cat's bed.
"Cat! Save me from the pillow monster!" screamed Lily.
"Which one?"
"The blonde!"
"Okay, but you'll have to help me!"
"Okay."
Lily got out from under the bed and creamed Jenni and Gabby. Sirius came in and looked around.
"Cat, you're not allowed in my room at home in the morning," he said.
"Hey! Jenni and Gabby woke us, Lily and me, up!"
"Lily and I," corrected Jenni, automatically.
"No it isn't. Would I say 'Jenni and Gabby woke I up' or 'Jenni and Gabby woke me up'?"
"The second one makes sense."
"Exactly, so if I didn't include Lily in that sentence and used what you told me, I would have said the first one," said Cat.
"Ooooooooooh, I get it," said Jenni.
"Did you want something Sirius?" asked Gabby.
"Yeah, I wanted to tell you to hurry up, or we'll be late for breakfast."
"Okay. Thanks. Bye," said Cat.
He left and they got ready, and went to breakfast. Just as they sat down the owls came in. Cat didn't notice them, until three landed in front of her. Lily's owl came and she read the letter. Her mom wrote the same thing every time. Petunia says hello, they're fine, and that they hope she has a good year.
"'Petunia says hello'. That's not true, she probably said hello to James, not me," said Lily.
"I know how you feel. Hey Cat, who're those from?" asked Gabby.
"Taylor, and Malfoy," said Cat, smiling evilly.
"What? What did you do?" asked Jenni.
"Wait and find out."
"LUCIUS MALFOY! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! TRYING TO GO AT IT WITH A GRYFFINDOR? HONESTLY! I THOUGHT YOU HAD MORE SENSE THAN THAT! YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THIS FAMILY! AND IF I HEAR YOU'VE SO MUCH AS TOUCHED A GRYFFINDOR IN PLEASURE, AGAIN, I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE YOU PAY!"
There was a loud explosion and the Gryffindors exploded with laughter. Sirius stood up and looked down the table.
"Who did that?" he asked.
Cat stood up and did the Miss America wave.
"Elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist. Touch your pearls, blow a kiss," said Cat, doing so.
Everybody cracked up laughing.
"Sweeny, you're on the wrong side."
Lily, and Cat turned around.
"No, Lucius, you're on the wrong side. I'm with my friends, that's the only side for me," said Cat.
Lily stood up next to her.
"So, you want the hang around with Mud-bloods and Mud- blood lovers? That's fine with me, but one day, you'll be that Gryffindor that the Howler you sent me talked about."
Cat was about to punch him, when Professor McGonagall walked up.
"Is there a problem?" she asked.
"Sweeny was about to hit me," said Lucius.
"Is this true?"
"Yes, but only because he threatened me. And I'm sick and tired of his threats. I'm not going to take them anymore," Cat was staring Lucius into the eye as she said this.
Lily touched her shoulder, as to tell her to calm down. Cat acknowledged it and backed off.
"Well, Miss Evans, is this true?" asked Professor McGonagall.
"Yes ma'am," said Lily.
"Well then, Mr. Malfoy, come with me."
She led him out of the Great Hall. Sirius, James, and Remus (who looked tired) came up to her.
"What was that about?" asked Sirius.
"Nothing, I handled it," said Cat, coldly
"Geez, chill out, I only asked what was wrong."
"Sorry, Sirius. I didn't mean it like that."
Lily was worried about Cat. She didn't know why, she just was. Lily looked at her schedule, and groaned.
"What is it Lils?" asked Jenni.
"First class today is Potions with the Slytherins."
They all groaned, except for Cat. They all left for the Dungeons, and when they got there they sat down.
"Cat, sit with us," whispered Lily.
"Okay."
Cat sat with Lily, Jenni, and Gabby as the professor walked in.
"Okay, you will be making the Sleeping Potion. Get started, now I will check them toward the end of class," Linus sneered.
The four began to make their potions.
'Wow, Cat is good at this,' thought Lily.
When they were done, the professor came around to each cauldron.
"Well done Severus. Terrific, Malfoy."
As soon as he was finished with the Slytherin cauldrons, he awarded them 10 points each. He came around the Remus and James's potion, and took off a point, for no reason. Then he came to Cat and Lily's potion, they were last.
"Good. All right, for homework-" but that was as far as he got, because Cat stood up.
"Sit down Cat," pleaded Lily.
"You can't do that!" said Cat.
All the Gryffindors stared at her.
"Do what?" he sneered.
"Take off points Gryffindor, for nothing and give points to Slytherin for nothing! Or did you give it to Slytherin for doing something right for a change? And not give any to Gryffindor, because we're so great!"
"Burn!" said Sirius.
"Cat, sit down," whispered Remus.
"My kinda woman," said James.
"I suggest you sit down, or I'll take more points off your House Miss- er- Miss-" Linus was trying to put a name with a face.
"Sweeny. And take all the points you want, just don't give me a detention, I could never show my face if I ever got one!"
"Sweeny, eh? Well then, Miss Sweeny, detention!"
"No!"
"Now sit!"
She obliged and winked at the others. The bell rang, and the Gryffindors ran out of the class.
"Geez, your first day here, and you make the potions teacher mad!" said Lily.
"You got a detention! Cool!" said Sirius.
"I still stick with what I said earlier," said James.
The rest of the day the Gryffindors cheered her, while Slytherins booed her. She bowed and waved and blew kisses jokingly. Lily was amazed at her new friend, 'How could she be so.... so.....what's the word? Um....wild. That's it, she's wild, in a good way,' thought Lily.
For the next few months Cat became 'one of the guys' more so than before. She was as big of a trouble-maker as Sirius and James. A week before Halloween, Cat was planning to do something to either Sirius, Snape, or Malfoy. Lily sensed she was going to do something, so before breakfast she asked Cat to accompany her to the bathroom. Cat agreed. When they got to the bathroom, Lily locked the door, and made sure no one else was here. The coast was clear.
"What are you going to do? I want to help," said Lily.
Cat, at first was surprised, but then her face cracked into a mischievous smile.
"Cursing Snape so that he farts. And Malfoy says that he loves Gryffindors, then sending Sirius a Howler, and turning James's hair different colors. What do you think?"
"I think you need my help. I'll handle James and Snape. You get Sirius, and Malfoy. Okay?"
"Okay."
They left the bathroom, Cat gave Sirius's Howler to an owl, and cursed Malfoy as he was walking past. Lily got James and Snape, then they sat back and waited. The owls flew in, Sirius stopped laughing at James to see the Howler. Snape and Malfoy tried to laugh, but they couldn't. Snape making his crude noises, but Malfoy, was another story.
"I LOVE GRYFFINDORS!" Malfoy shouted, he covered up his mouth, and scowled.
Sirius carefully opened the Howler.
"SIRIUS- WHATEVER- YOUR- MIDDLE- NAME- IS- BLACK- I- CAN'T- BELIEVE- YOU! YOU- HAVEN'T- DONE- A- SINGLE- PRANK- THAT- IS- EVEN- CLOSE- TO- CAT'S- PRANKS. SHE- AND LILY- ARE- THE- BEST- EVER-, IN- EVERYTHING! I- MEAN- THEY- ARE- SMART-, FUNNY-, SWEET-, AND- THEY- ARE- BEAUTIFUL! NO-, THEY'RE- SEXY!"
It then blew up. Lily and Cat were doubled over, laughing. Tears were rolling down their face.
"Cat! Lily!" shouted Sirius.
They grabbed some toast and ran out of the Great Hall, with Sirius chasing them. He continued to chase Lily while Cat stuck her head into the Hall.
"Malfoy, I'm glad you love us! Snape, you're gross, and Jamie, your hair looks FABULOUS!"
They got the hint and chased her around the Hall, and outside.
'I'm so glad it's Saturday,' thought Lily, as she climbed a tree in the orchard.
"This tree's taken," whispered someone.
Lily looked up.
"Oh, geez, Cat, you scared me."
Cat smiled as Sirius, James, Snape, and Malfoy fought under them.
"Snape, you are gross, try speaking," said James.
"Malfoy, why do you all of a sudden like us?" asked Sirius, horrified.
"Black! I loved your Howler, we should get together sometime!" Sirius looked horrified at the thought. James laughed. "Oh, Potter, you're hair is the best! How'd you do that?" asked Malfoy.
Lily and Cat couldn't take it anymore. They both hung upside down in the tree, scaring them all.
"Malfoy, James's hair- do is called Color a la Lily Evans. Oh and Jamie, Snapie- poo can't do anything but those noises," said Cat, her face red, from laughing and being upside down.
"And Lucius, I'm glad you love us, but stay away. And Sirius the Howler was right, we are sexy!" said Lily, holding her shirt, so nothing too... revealing would happen.
Sirius grabbed Cat, and pulled her out of the tree. Lily climbed back up, because James and Snape were the two closest to her, and no telling what they would do. James would probably kill her, and Snape would torture her. She then climbed back down and ran for her life. She turned to look and see if the guys were behind her, and she ran into Hagrid.
"Whoa there, lil' lady. What's the rush?" said Hagrid.
"Hide me, and then I'll tell you!" she hid behind him and James, Snape and Malfoy ran right by.
They faced one another.
"I'm Lily Evans and my friend Cat and I pulled a prank on those three guys who ran past, and one other one, who's got my friend. He won't do anything to her though. Who're you?"
"Me name's Hagrid. Well, I must be runnin'. I'll see yeh 'round Lily."
And he walked away. Lily walked into the school and up to her room, forgetting about the prank. Cat was all ready there.
"Hey Cat. What did Sirius do to you?" said Lily.
"Nothing. They all ran after you," she replied.
"Sirius didn't, only James, Snape and Malfoy were behind me," said Lily.
Jenni and Cat walked into the room.
"Where were you two?" asked Jenni.
"Everyone was worried," said Gabby.
"We were running for our lives," said Cat.
Lily smiled and nodded, wondering where Sirius had gone. Her curiosity got the better of her and she went to go find him.
"I'll be right back," said Lily, to her friends.
She looked around and saw Remus.
"Hey Remus!" called Lily.
He turned around, and smiled.
"Hey Lil'. Loved the prank. James and Sirius, liked the other pranks, though they didn't like the ones you played on them."
Lily laughed.
"Thanks Remus, "she said, climbing up the staircase to the boy's dorms.
"What are you doing up here, Evans?" demanded James, looking up.
"Sirius comes in our room, and I don't care, only Gabby does. Sirius, I heard that you deserted Cat in the orchard, chasing me. The odd thing is you weren't chasing me," said Lily, looking at Sirius.
"So?" said Sirius.
"Well, I was wondering where you were. And I won't leave until you tell me."
'Why did I just say that? I want to tell him that I was worried, but they'd laugh,' thought Lily.
"Oh, were you worried about poor little Sirius?" said James.
"Shut up James! I didn't ask you!" shouted Lily.
James and Sirius were surprised, she was usually quiet, with the occasional argument with James. Occasional? Actually, constant, but she never yelled that loud.
"Chill Lily, I came back into the castle, I didn't find it that big of a deal."
Lily eyed him skeptically.
"Okay."
She went back to the 3rd Year Girls Dorm, and talked to the girls.
It was August10, and thirteen year old Lily was trying to sleep off her second year. TAP! TAP! TAP! Lily groaned and opened the window. A tawny owl came fluttering in. Lily gave the owl some owl pellets and water, opening the letter.
"Hey Lil!
What's shakin? Nothing much here! I hope you liked your birthday gifts. Hey, I wanted to know if you would like to come over to my house next week. Frank, Gabby, Minny, Remus, Peter, and (to your pleasure) Jamesie- boy! Remus thinks you two are going to get married. (both are hitting me with pillows now) Well, send an answer A.S.A.P.
Lata,
Sirius"
Lily squealed her delight and ran downstairs to ask her parents permission.
"Mum! Dad! My friend Sirius wants to know if I could stay over at his house next week, and Gabby, Jenni, Remus, Peter, and James from across the street will be there. Can I go, please?" said Lily, extraordinarily fast for her in the morning.
Her parents stared at her, then laughed at her enthusiasm.
"Yes, dear, you can go," said Mrs. Evans.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" shouted Lily, hugging her parents.
The week flew by for Lily and she was packing to go to Sirius's house, later that day. At noon there were loud noises coming from the living room, Lily had forgotten to mention that they were coming by Floo Powder. She ran into the room, greeted Sirius and his dad, put her owl, Shnookums (Sirius named him) into her cage and Sirius helped her with her trunk.
"Number Twelve Grimmauld Place!" Sirius's dad called into the green fire.
Lily and Sirius did the same. Lily fell on a blue rug, in what seemed to be the living room.
"Lily!" said Jenni, helping her up.
Sirius came through the fireplace, and Lily helped him up. Lily tended to her owl, which was quite shaken by the ride.
"So, what do you want to do?" asked Remus, who was sitting on the couch.
"Eat lunch!" said James and Sirius together.
"No surprise," said Jenni, Gabby and Lily in unison.
Everyone laughed. They all walked into the kitchen and they started fixing their lunch.
"So, James, I was starting to worry about you, you haven't pulled a single prank on me yet. And here I was thinking you hated me," said Lily.
"I've been planning, there's nothing horrible enough for you," retorted James.
"Whatever."
"You... are so- so- so-"
"Sweet? Kind? Good- looking? Better in everything than you?" suggested Lily.
"No, I was going for stupid and easy."
"Excuse me? Me? Easy? Who's the one that when they need someone go running to the Hufflepuffs!"
"I do not go running to them!"
Sirius, Remus, Jenni, Frank, and Gabby all looked one from the other.
"Yes you do!"
"No I don't I go running from them!"
"Aww, so poor little Jamsie- Waimsie afraid of the boy- crazy Hufflepuff girls?"
"Umm, excuse me. Where's Sirius?"
The two stopped arguing and turned to stare at the girl who had just entered the kitchen. She was tall, with dirty- blonde hair and steely blue eyes. She had a couple gym bags with her. Sirius stood up and ran over to her.
"I'm right here, do you want something?"
She rolled her eyes. She was clearly bored.
"What I want and what I need are two different things. I need to find my room. What I want is to go back home to America," she said.
"What's your name?" James managed to ask.
"Caterina!" a voice called from out in the hall. "Your room is this way!"
"I found Sirius, Auntie!"
"Fine! He'll show you to your room!" Sirius's mother screeched from the hallway.
"Your name is Caterina?" asked Remus.
"Do you have a problem with that? I go by Cat."
"Oh, cool, I'm Jenni."
"I'm Lily."
"I'm Gabby."
"I'm Remus."
"I'm Frank."
"I'm James."
"And I'm Peter."
"Yo," said Cat.
They all looked confused. Cat sighed, and shook her head, smiling.
"It's the way Americans say hi to each other."
"Oooooooh," said Peter.
"You're American?" asked Jenni.
Cat snorted with laughter.
"I said I was, remember, I said I wanted to go back home to America."
"Oh, okay."
"What's America like? My sister Petunia is going there next year with her school," said Lily.
"It's cool. It's got huge buildings, and really hot guys," answered Cat.
"Oh, really?" said Gabby, sounding interested.
"Now, what are you doing here and not in America?" asked Remus.
"My dad's on business so he left me here until he's back. Sirius's dad's second cousin is my dad. Sirius, can you show my to my room now?"
Sirius nodded and they left the kitchen, leaving the others. He showed her a room on the top floor there was nothing really special about it, except the ceiling was a giant sunroof, with a ladder to go up in the little loft just under it.
"Whoa, this is so cool," said Cat. She put her stuff on the bed, which was so high up it had a little stepladder for it. "This is majorly cool."
"I'm glad you like it, your father said he'd be a long while," growled a voice by the door.
Both Sirius and Cat jumped and turned to see Mr. Black.
Mr. Black left, and Cat flopped down on her bed.
"You okay?" she asked Sirius.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"I'll go get everyone else."
He left and a few minutes later he came back with the others, who all admired her room. Soon, the guys left (they were "hungry").
"So, do you guys have a crush on any guys?" asked Cat.
"Yes," said Gabby.
"Oh yeah," said Jenni.
"Not really," said Lily.
"Who?" asked Cat.
"James," said Gabby.
"Yuck! Gabby!" yelled Lily.
"They're outside the door listening," whispered Cat, smiling evilly.
Gabby bushed.
"I like Remus," said Jenni.
"That's common knowledge, Jen, everyone sees the way you stare at him," said Gabby.
Cat laughed.
"What about you Lily? Anyone you'd like to notice you?" asked Cat.
"Not really. I'd like James to stop noticing me and to leave me alone for once, he's so mean. And I have to live across the street from him. My sister Petunia has a crush on him, I think, because she's outside as much as possible in a bikini, and she doesn't tease me anymore," said Lily.
"Well, I've got the hots for Frank. He's cute, but he's probably got a crush on one, or all of you three. You're so pretty, and smart. I'm only somewhat cute, because I wear tight shirts sometimes," said Cat.
The five guys, stood up and knocked on the door.
"Come in," said Cat.
The boys walked in. There was a ringing coming from somewhere in the room.
"What's that?" asked Frank.
Cat started turning things over looking for what it was.
"Ah! Here it is!" She held up a large tan object, with a thick black antennae. "Hello, this is Elsa's massage therapy, where business and pleasure meet, this is Elsa, how may I help you?" she said in a sexy voice.
The others looked at each other, a bit frightened.
"I'm just kidding, you guys, this is my cellular telephone (A/N: I know this is supposed to be before cell phones, but bear with me) I was joking with my friend." she put the phone back up to her ear. "Hi? Who is this? Hey T! What's up? Oh nothin' here, I'm in England somewhere. My dad's on business, I'm livin' with my cousin, remember. That's why I broke up with you, because long- distance relationships are not good. I know, well, I've got to go. I'm in my new room, which is totally cool. I wish you could see it. I've got a huge sunroof for a ceiling, looking at it at night will remind me of that time, remember? I can't say it out loud, well I'm going to go for real this time, bye," said Cat, then hanging up on the person she was talking to.
"Who was that?" asked Remus, smiling.
"My ex."
"Ex what?" asked Sirius.
"Boyfriend, his name is Taylor," said Cat.
"And what was that 'time' that looking at the stars will remind you of?" asked Frank.
"You people are nosy. Once, we were looking at the stars in his front yard, and we fell asleep."
"I've got the perfect game! It's called Get Some," said Sirius.
Lily, Peter, and Cat looked confused.
"Oh yes, let's play," said Jenni.
"What is it?" asked Cat.
"If I don't know what it is, I won't play," said Peter.
"Okay, even teams, guys versus girls. Here's how you play, you pick a card and ask one of the other team the question on it, and then if they get it right, the asker and the asked, do what it says on the card."
Cat and Lily shrugged.
"Simple enough," said Lily.
"Oh, I forgot to mention, if you get it wrong, lie or, don't want to answer the question, you turn into the animal or object the card says."
Cat, Jenni, Gabby, and Lily were on a team and James, Sirius, Frank, and Remus were on the other.
"Let's play this up in the loft," said Cat.
They all climbed up the ladder and they played, first it was Frank's turn.
"Frank, have you ever kissed a moose?" asked Lily, looking confused.
"No."
The card went blank and it said 'Dance'. They danced to Cat's 'girly' music, Led Zeppelin.
"That's not girly music!" said Sirius.
"Fine I'll put on Gloria Gaynor!"
Cat put it on 'I will Survive'. Next, it was Gabby's turn.
"Umm, Gabby, have you ever kissed a guy longer than a minute?"
"No, I've never even kissed a guy."
"You haven't? Neither have I!" said Cat.
"Really, oh my gosh!" said Sirius, mocking them.
Cat smiled.
"It says here to act like a monkey," said James.
She sighed and did so. Everyone was dying of laughter from her impression.
Remus was next.
"Remus, if you had a choice between me and Lily, for a date, who would you pick?"
"No, offense, but Jenni."
She blushed.
"Okay, it says to pretend to be a Mime."
He stood up and pretended he was a Mime.
"Stop! Stop! Remus stop!" said Cat, covering her eyes. "I don't like Mimes!"
They all laughed.
"My turn!" said Sirius.
"OK, Sirius, get on with it," said Gabby.
"Cat, how many boyfriends have you had?"
"One, Taylor."
"Okay, oh geez, here Cat, you read what it says," said Sirius, grinning and handing her the card.
On it, it said 'Kiss for as long as your friends want'
"We can't! We're cousins! This isn't the backwoods of America!"
"What does it say?" asked Frank.
"It says I have to kiss someone until y'all tell us to stop. I think I'll chose Frank,"said Cat.
"Y'all?" said Peter.
"Fine! You all," said Cat.
"Okay, we'll tell you when to stop," said James.
Cat and Frank sighed in unison, but Frank really didn't mind, he thought she was hot. They leaned close together closed their eyes and kissed. After about three minutes, the others hadn't called it. Cat was doing her hand in a circular motion telling them to hurry up. Five minutes later, they finally said stop.
"Thank you! It was getting hard to breathe," said Cat, blushing.
Soon, it was Cat's turn.
"Cat, have you ever played Strip poker?" asked Remus
"No, not yet."
"Okay, it says to sing a song."
"Okay, here goes:
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
And so you're back from outer space
I just walked in to find you here, with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother me
Go on now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Coz you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no not I, I will survive
For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
Hey, hey
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart
Just trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high
And you see me, somebody new I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to be free
But now I'm savin' all my lovin' for someone who's lovin' me
Go on now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give I'll survive I will survive
Oh Go now, go walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Coz you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live And I've got all my love to give
I'll survive
I will survive
I will survive ...
So, how was it?"
Everyone started to clap. Cat bowed.
"Time for dinner!" Sirius's mom called from downstairs.
They all ran downstairs and they ate dinner.
The next day, they went to Diagon Alley, to get their stuff. There, Gabby met a fifth year Ravenclaw and started flirting with him.
"Hey Sirius, you know that she only said she fancies you is because she knew you were outside the door, right?" said Lily.
"Chill man, it was just a joke," said James.
"But- but-," said Sirius.
"Don't you 'but' me Sirius Black!" said Lily, in a mock disciplinary tone.
"Yes, Angel Lily."
"Her? An angel? That'll be the day!" said James.
"Shut up, Four- eyes," said Lily.
For once, James couldn't think of an immediate come back. He just stood there opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water. Everyone laughed.
"Make me, Fireball," he said.
"James, it's too late now, it has to be immediate, you waited too long. I won! I won! I won!" said Lily.
Once they got their school things they went to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor for lunch, and after that they went back to Sirius's house. Over the next two weeks, Lily and James fought some more, and Cat became "one of the guys" as Sirius put it. She had then started to laugh. At the train station at 10:30, Sirius had to carry Gabby onto the platform, because she had begun to flirt with the ticket seller. Unfortunately the first person they saw on the train was Snape.
"So, found a new lackey, eh?" asked Snape, looking Cat up and down.
"A lackey? Me? Who are you and did you take a bath before you came here?" said Cat, smiling as innocent as possible.
"Yes, waiting for a nice- looking girl like you. I'm Severus Snape, and you are?"
She gave them all the 'oh my gosh get him away from me' look, but went on.
"I'm Cat Sweeney. And don't touch m—I know you! You were that kid that tried to burn our house down when your dad came to talk to mine!" She punched him. "I don't like you! You aren't nice!"
Then she turned his hair gold and red, Gryffindor colors. He stalked out of the room, very angry.
"That was permanent coloring, he can't get it out with magic. He'll have to wash it for a very long time," said Cat, looking at their stunned faces.
"Go Cat! Go Cat! Go! Go!" sang Sirius.
Everyone doubled up with laughter.
"How did you know him?" asked James, when they had calmed down.
"My dad had him and this other guy's dads over and I was forced to play with them. I hated them so much. I can't remember the other's name, but I'll remember it if I hear it," said Cat.
"Malfoy," said Gabby, standing up, facing the doorway to the compartment.
"Yeah, that was it. Thanks Gabby, I wouldn't have rem-"
"No, Cat, Malfoy," said Lily pointing at a tall, blonde boy, with two huge guys on either side of him.
"Caterina, long time no see. How've you been, sweetheart?" asked Malfoy.
Cat pretended to gag.
"Eww, gag me. Lucius, are they your pets? Are they from the Planet of the Apes, or are you?"
Everyone, but the Slytherins laughed.
"I think you've forgotten what we share."
"What? The same planet, well get off, it's mine."
"No, a bondage. Do you remember the deal our fathers had?"
"No, and I don't want to. My dad is gone. Poof! And I don't know what happened to him. Okay?"
"Your dad and my dad thought highly of arranged marriages-"
"NO! Definitely not! I'm not going to marry you. I'd rather kiss, Sirius!"
"Hey! I'm a good kisser!" said Sirius.
Cat laughed.
"Doubt it! I'm just joking, Sirius, stop!"
Sirius had started to tickle Cat. She told him to stop or she's kick him, and he stopped.
"So, what are you doing here in Britain?" asked Malfoy.
"That's none of your business," said Cat.
"You're my wife, I own you."
Cat opened her mouth and lowered her eyebrows.
"NO- ONE- OWNS- ME- GOT- THAT- MALFOY!!! AND- I- AM- NOT- YOUR- WIFE!!!!" she screamed, punching him.
His two cronies, moved in front of Malfoy, as to protect him.
"You want a piece o' me? Huh? Do you really want to mess with me, fat boys?"
They turned around and promptly ran out of the compartment. But not before Cat cursed them to sing the Power Ranger theme song, every time they opened their mouths.
"What are Power Rangers?" asked Jenni.
"It's a stupid American Muggle Television show," answered Cat.
They were still confused, but impressed that Cat could handle Malfoy and his "pets" by herself. When they got off the train, Jenni, Lily, Cat, and Gabby got in one carriage, and James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter got into another one. When they stepped out in front of Hogwarts, Cat looked up, amazed.
"Wow. This is cool," said Cat, walking inside with the others.
The sorting started, but Lily, Jenni, Gabby, and Cat talked about their new classes. After the sorting, Dumbledore stood up.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! We have a new third year among us. Caterina Sweeny!"
"It's Cat! Call me Cat!"
"Well then, Cat, come up here to be sorted."
She stood up and walked toward the teachers' table. Sitting on the chair, she heard Lily, Jenni, Gabby, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Frank and James making all sorts of noises. She set the Sorting Hat on her head and the waited with baited breath.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat finally called.
The Gryffindors cheered loudly. Cat took off the hat and sat back down. They ate, sang the school song, and went to bed. The next morning was Friday, Cat and Lily were trying to sleep while Gabby and Jenni bounced on their beds and hit them with pillows. Cat finally got tired of hit and hit Jenni with her pillow, while Lily hid under Cat's bed.
"Cat! Save me from the pillow monster!" screamed Lily.
"Which one?"
"The blonde!"
"Okay, but you'll have to help me!"
"Okay."
Lily got out from under the bed and creamed Jenni and Gabby. Sirius came in and looked around.
"Cat, you're not allowed in my room at home in the morning," he said.
"Hey! Jenni and Gabby woke us, Lily and me, up!"
"Lily and I," corrected Jenni, automatically.
"No it isn't. Would I say 'Jenni and Gabby woke I up' or 'Jenni and Gabby woke me up'?"
"The second one makes sense."
"Exactly, so if I didn't include Lily in that sentence and used what you told me, I would have said the first one," said Cat.
"Ooooooooooh, I get it," said Jenni.
"Did you want something Sirius?" asked Gabby.
"Yeah, I wanted to tell you to hurry up, or we'll be late for breakfast."
"Okay. Thanks. Bye," said Cat.
He left and they got ready, and went to breakfast. Just as they sat down the owls came in. Cat didn't notice them, until three landed in front of her. Lily's owl came and she read the letter. Her mom wrote the same thing every time. Petunia says hello, they're fine, and that they hope she has a good year.
"'Petunia says hello'. That's not true, she probably said hello to James, not me," said Lily.
"I know how you feel. Hey Cat, who're those from?" asked Gabby.
"Taylor, and Malfoy," said Cat, smiling evilly.
"What? What did you do?" asked Jenni.
"Wait and find out."
"LUCIUS MALFOY! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! TRYING TO GO AT IT WITH A GRYFFINDOR? HONESTLY! I THOUGHT YOU HAD MORE SENSE THAN THAT! YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THIS FAMILY! AND IF I HEAR YOU'VE SO MUCH AS TOUCHED A GRYFFINDOR IN PLEASURE, AGAIN, I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE YOU PAY!"
There was a loud explosion and the Gryffindors exploded with laughter. Sirius stood up and looked down the table.
"Who did that?" he asked.
Cat stood up and did the Miss America wave.
"Elbow, elbow, wrist, wrist. Touch your pearls, blow a kiss," said Cat, doing so.
Everybody cracked up laughing.
"Sweeny, you're on the wrong side."
Lily, and Cat turned around.
"No, Lucius, you're on the wrong side. I'm with my friends, that's the only side for me," said Cat.
Lily stood up next to her.
"So, you want the hang around with Mud-bloods and Mud- blood lovers? That's fine with me, but one day, you'll be that Gryffindor that the Howler you sent me talked about."
Cat was about to punch him, when Professor McGonagall walked up.
"Is there a problem?" she asked.
"Sweeny was about to hit me," said Lucius.
"Is this true?"
"Yes, but only because he threatened me. And I'm sick and tired of his threats. I'm not going to take them anymore," Cat was staring Lucius into the eye as she said this.
Lily touched her shoulder, as to tell her to calm down. Cat acknowledged it and backed off.
"Well, Miss Evans, is this true?" asked Professor McGonagall.
"Yes ma'am," said Lily.
"Well then, Mr. Malfoy, come with me."
She led him out of the Great Hall. Sirius, James, and Remus (who looked tired) came up to her.
"What was that about?" asked Sirius.
"Nothing, I handled it," said Cat, coldly
"Geez, chill out, I only asked what was wrong."
"Sorry, Sirius. I didn't mean it like that."
Lily was worried about Cat. She didn't know why, she just was. Lily looked at her schedule, and groaned.
"What is it Lils?" asked Jenni.
"First class today is Potions with the Slytherins."
They all groaned, except for Cat. They all left for the Dungeons, and when they got there they sat down.
"Cat, sit with us," whispered Lily.
"Okay."
Cat sat with Lily, Jenni, and Gabby as the professor walked in.
"Okay, you will be making the Sleeping Potion. Get started, now I will check them toward the end of class," Linus sneered.
The four began to make their potions.
'Wow, Cat is good at this,' thought Lily.
When they were done, the professor came around to each cauldron.
"Well done Severus. Terrific, Malfoy."
As soon as he was finished with the Slytherin cauldrons, he awarded them 10 points each. He came around the Remus and James's potion, and took off a point, for no reason. Then he came to Cat and Lily's potion, they were last.
"Good. All right, for homework-" but that was as far as he got, because Cat stood up.
"Sit down Cat," pleaded Lily.
"You can't do that!" said Cat.
All the Gryffindors stared at her.
"Do what?" he sneered.
"Take off points Gryffindor, for nothing and give points to Slytherin for nothing! Or did you give it to Slytherin for doing something right for a change? And not give any to Gryffindor, because we're so great!"
"Burn!" said Sirius.
"Cat, sit down," whispered Remus.
"My kinda woman," said James.
"I suggest you sit down, or I'll take more points off your House Miss- er- Miss-" Linus was trying to put a name with a face.
"Sweeny. And take all the points you want, just don't give me a detention, I could never show my face if I ever got one!"
"Sweeny, eh? Well then, Miss Sweeny, detention!"
"No!"
"Now sit!"
She obliged and winked at the others. The bell rang, and the Gryffindors ran out of the class.
"Geez, your first day here, and you make the potions teacher mad!" said Lily.
"You got a detention! Cool!" said Sirius.
"I still stick with what I said earlier," said James.
The rest of the day the Gryffindors cheered her, while Slytherins booed her. She bowed and waved and blew kisses jokingly. Lily was amazed at her new friend, 'How could she be so.... so.....what's the word? Um....wild. That's it, she's wild, in a good way,' thought Lily.
For the next few months Cat became 'one of the guys' more so than before. She was as big of a trouble-maker as Sirius and James. A week before Halloween, Cat was planning to do something to either Sirius, Snape, or Malfoy. Lily sensed she was going to do something, so before breakfast she asked Cat to accompany her to the bathroom. Cat agreed. When they got to the bathroom, Lily locked the door, and made sure no one else was here. The coast was clear.
"What are you going to do? I want to help," said Lily.
Cat, at first was surprised, but then her face cracked into a mischievous smile.
"Cursing Snape so that he farts. And Malfoy says that he loves Gryffindors, then sending Sirius a Howler, and turning James's hair different colors. What do you think?"
"I think you need my help. I'll handle James and Snape. You get Sirius, and Malfoy. Okay?"
"Okay."
They left the bathroom, Cat gave Sirius's Howler to an owl, and cursed Malfoy as he was walking past. Lily got James and Snape, then they sat back and waited. The owls flew in, Sirius stopped laughing at James to see the Howler. Snape and Malfoy tried to laugh, but they couldn't. Snape making his crude noises, but Malfoy, was another story.
"I LOVE GRYFFINDORS!" Malfoy shouted, he covered up his mouth, and scowled.
Sirius carefully opened the Howler.
"SIRIUS- WHATEVER- YOUR- MIDDLE- NAME- IS- BLACK- I- CAN'T- BELIEVE- YOU! YOU- HAVEN'T- DONE- A- SINGLE- PRANK- THAT- IS- EVEN- CLOSE- TO- CAT'S- PRANKS. SHE- AND LILY- ARE- THE- BEST- EVER-, IN- EVERYTHING! I- MEAN- THEY- ARE- SMART-, FUNNY-, SWEET-, AND- THEY- ARE- BEAUTIFUL! NO-, THEY'RE- SEXY!"
It then blew up. Lily and Cat were doubled over, laughing. Tears were rolling down their face.
"Cat! Lily!" shouted Sirius.
They grabbed some toast and ran out of the Great Hall, with Sirius chasing them. He continued to chase Lily while Cat stuck her head into the Hall.
"Malfoy, I'm glad you love us! Snape, you're gross, and Jamie, your hair looks FABULOUS!"
They got the hint and chased her around the Hall, and outside.
'I'm so glad it's Saturday,' thought Lily, as she climbed a tree in the orchard.
"This tree's taken," whispered someone.
Lily looked up.
"Oh, geez, Cat, you scared me."
Cat smiled as Sirius, James, Snape, and Malfoy fought under them.
"Snape, you are gross, try speaking," said James.
"Malfoy, why do you all of a sudden like us?" asked Sirius, horrified.
"Black! I loved your Howler, we should get together sometime!" Sirius looked horrified at the thought. James laughed. "Oh, Potter, you're hair is the best! How'd you do that?" asked Malfoy.
Lily and Cat couldn't take it anymore. They both hung upside down in the tree, scaring them all.
"Malfoy, James's hair- do is called Color a la Lily Evans. Oh and Jamie, Snapie- poo can't do anything but those noises," said Cat, her face red, from laughing and being upside down.
"And Lucius, I'm glad you love us, but stay away. And Sirius the Howler was right, we are sexy!" said Lily, holding her shirt, so nothing too... revealing would happen.
Sirius grabbed Cat, and pulled her out of the tree. Lily climbed back up, because James and Snape were the two closest to her, and no telling what they would do. James would probably kill her, and Snape would torture her. She then climbed back down and ran for her life. She turned to look and see if the guys were behind her, and she ran into Hagrid.
"Whoa there, lil' lady. What's the rush?" said Hagrid.
"Hide me, and then I'll tell you!" she hid behind him and James, Snape and Malfoy ran right by.
They faced one another.
"I'm Lily Evans and my friend Cat and I pulled a prank on those three guys who ran past, and one other one, who's got my friend. He won't do anything to her though. Who're you?"
"Me name's Hagrid. Well, I must be runnin'. I'll see yeh 'round Lily."
And he walked away. Lily walked into the school and up to her room, forgetting about the prank. Cat was all ready there.
"Hey Cat. What did Sirius do to you?" said Lily.
"Nothing. They all ran after you," she replied.
"Sirius didn't, only James, Snape and Malfoy were behind me," said Lily.
Jenni and Cat walked into the room.
"Where were you two?" asked Jenni.
"Everyone was worried," said Gabby.
"We were running for our lives," said Cat.
Lily smiled and nodded, wondering where Sirius had gone. Her curiosity got the better of her and she went to go find him.
"I'll be right back," said Lily, to her friends.
She looked around and saw Remus.
"Hey Remus!" called Lily.
He turned around, and smiled.
"Hey Lil'. Loved the prank. James and Sirius, liked the other pranks, though they didn't like the ones you played on them."
Lily laughed.
"Thanks Remus, "she said, climbing up the staircase to the boy's dorms.
"What are you doing up here, Evans?" demanded James, looking up.
"Sirius comes in our room, and I don't care, only Gabby does. Sirius, I heard that you deserted Cat in the orchard, chasing me. The odd thing is you weren't chasing me," said Lily, looking at Sirius.
"So?" said Sirius.
"Well, I was wondering where you were. And I won't leave until you tell me."
'Why did I just say that? I want to tell him that I was worried, but they'd laugh,' thought Lily.
"Oh, were you worried about poor little Sirius?" said James.
"Shut up James! I didn't ask you!" shouted Lily.
James and Sirius were surprised, she was usually quiet, with the occasional argument with James. Occasional? Actually, constant, but she never yelled that loud.
"Chill Lily, I came back into the castle, I didn't find it that big of a deal."
Lily eyed him skeptically.
"Okay."
She went back to the 3rd Year Girls Dorm, and talked to the girls.