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Chapter Four: A Big Mess
The three boys all nodded in agreement. Lily did need rest.
ÒWell, wheeze are you just wheeze going to stand there? Or wheeze are you going to wheeze let me sleep?Ó
ÒOh right! WeÕll get back to our own beds. Sleep well, Lily Evans.Ó
ÒYeah, James is right. We will go back to our beds...Ó
ÒSirius...Ó
ÒYeah?Ó
ÒYouÕre a dork.Ó
ÒThanks James!Ó
Lily rolled her eyes and tried to get in a position where she could sleep. She knew that she had to keep herself propped up so her lungs wouldnÕt have to work as hard. But the night was spent dozing and waking up unable to breathe, and then finally dozing some more, over and over again. She woke up the next morning completely unrested. As she woke, she heard Madame Pomfrey shooing the three boys out.
ÒYouÕre fine. You are all fine. I need you to go get breakfast, and Miss Evans will join you once I have seen that she is fine as well. Out NOW!Ó
ÒAll right, all right, weÕre going,Ó Remus said, although reluctantly.
Lily heard James and Sirius murmur agreement and their voices died down as they set off in search of the Great Hall.
Madame Pomfrey turned around and bustled over towards her. ÒAll right dear. How are you feeling?Ó
ÒItÕs still wheeze hard for me wheeze to breathe...Ó
ÒHmmmm....can I get youÕre medical history? Any problems I should know about?Ó
ÒYeah, wheeze I have asthma.Ó Lily took another puff of medicine from the L shaped container. Then Madame Pomfrey snatched it away. She looked closely at it and tutted.
ÒI think youÕre nearly out dear. IÕm going to charm it so it will never empty. However, if and when you have more serious problems, like you are now, youÕll need to come here where I can give you stronger medicine. You see, when it comes to these like asthma, wizards are no better at curing them, but we have much quicker medications that will allow you to breathe normally in much less time.Ó With this she went back into her office. After a few minutes she came out holding a bottle. ÒAll right, dear. You need to drink this,Ó Madame Pomfrey told Lily as she poured the liquid into a glass. It turned out that the liquid was a bright green thick substance.
ÒEwwww, do I wheeze have to? wheezeÓ
ÒYes dear. Come on now. I promise it will make you feel better.Ó
Lily reluctantly took the glass and drowned it of its contents. She gagged, thinking, that stuff is gross. But as soon as the liquid had made its way down her throat, her breathing became easier. ÒWow, disgusting as that is, it does work wonders.Ó
ÒThat's right, dear. Now is there any other medical history I should know about?Ó asked Madame Pomfrey eyeing Lily closely.
Lily had gotten used to lying, though. ÒEr....no I donÕt think so. Well, I did have leukemia two years ago. IÕve been in remission for a year and a week. But thatÕs it.Ó
ÒAre those bruises a recurrence of the cancer?Ó
LilyÕs insides churned, though she showed no evidence of a change in emotion on the outside. ÒNo, I got them all yesterday. Things kept grabbing me underwater, and IÕm pretty sure I hit the boat we had been in once or twice as well.Ó
ÒAll right,Ó Madame Pomfrey watched Lily closely, Òbut if you do have a reoccurrence, you need to let me know. In the wizarding world, treatment for cancer is much like it is in the muggle world, and you would need to be sent to St. MungoÕs immediately.Ó
Lily nodded. ÒWell, can I go then?Ó
ÒYes. Remember if you have any problems donÕt hesitate to come back.Ó
ÒOkay.Ó With that Lily hurried off after James, Sirius, and Remus. It took her nearly twenty minutes to find the Great Hall, but she managed to do it, and when she got there, she saw the four boys who she had met on the train sitting together eating breakfast. ÒHello,Ó she said as she joined them.
ÒHey.Ó
H-hi.Ó
ÒHow are you feeling?Ó
ÒWeÕre sorry!Ó
ÒNo, its okay. IÕm all right now. Honestly. So are these our schedules?Ó
ÒYeah, Jamesie here doesnÕt want to go to any of his first day classes. Says heÕs gunna skip!Ó
ÒSirius?Ó
ÒYessss?Ó
ÒFor once in your life, shut up.Ó
Lily giggled and filled her plate with scrambled eggs and bacon.
After breakfast, the five of them headed off in search of their first class. Transfiguration. When they finally found it, just before the bell rang, they were surprised to see the stern woman from the sorting.
ÒHello class. I am Professor McGonagall. I suggest,Ó she eyed James and Sirius, Òthat you take youÕre seats quickly. Know now that this is not a class to fool around in. Misbehavior will cause your house to loose points. And being the head of Gryffindor house, I expect that you do not need to be told to behave appropriately. If you take this class seriously, you will learn to achieve great things, and maybe after you leave Hogwarts, you will learn one of the most challenging aspects of transfiguration, becoming animagi.Ó At those words the Professor turned into a cat with square glasses just like her own, looked around, and then turned back into a human. The transformation was greeted with many ohhhhÕs and ahhhhhÕs.
During that class all they did was take notes about all the things they would be learning in the year to come, and then Professor McGonagall assigned them to write a two scroll paper on the techniques needed to turn a match into a pin, without trying it, due at the beginning of their next lesson on Thursday.
The day continued on like that and by dinner everyone was exhausted. All the first years had spent the entire day running around trying to find their next class, then coming out of it with lots of work and without any clue as to where they were.
ÒAll right, now I am being serious!Ó
ÒReally, I though you already were Sirius, who were you before?Ó
ÒJames! That joke got old hours ago!Ó
ÒOh, does Queen Bee Evans want me to stop?Ó
ÒYes, you nitwit!Ó
ÒOh, I am going to get you for that! I am so going to get you for that!Ó
Lily laughed and started to eat her mashed potatoes. James looked down and a thought came to him. He turned to Sirius who was next to him and whispered, ÒYou know what mashed potatoes are bloody brilliant for?Ó
ÒMmmming?Ó
ÒBesides eating...Ó
Sirius swallowed then replied, ÒI dunno, what?Ó
ÒFood fights!Ó James whispered excitedly as he grabbed a handful and molded it into a lumpy ball.
ÒSo what was it that you were going to tell us anyway, Sirius? What was making you so-Ó
SPLAT
The mashed potatoes landed right in LilyÕs face. ÒBloody he...JAMES POTTER! YOU ARE SO GOING TO GET IT FOR THAT!Ó Lily scooped up some spaghetti from RemusÕs plate with her spoon and flung it at James, catapult style.
Sirius cracked up at the sight of James with spaghetti in his hair and sauce dripping down his face.
ÒQuit laughing Black. IÕm warning you!Ó Before Sirius realized what was happening James had poured his goblet of Pumpkin Juice down SiriusÕs back. In retaliation Sirius threw half of an orange at Remus, who ducked. The orange hit a Hufflepuff, who in turn threw mac and cheese at the Slytherins. In a matter of minutes the entire Great Hall, save for the High Table, was throwing food in a complete and utter food fight.
At the High Table, Dumbledore laughed with amusement as he watched the students cover themselves in food. ÒQuite a sight, isnÕt it Minerva?Ó
ÒArenÕt you going to stop them Albus?Ó
ÒOh the group that started it will be punished, donÕt worry. But I see no harm in letting them have their fun do you?Ó
ÒI think itÕs disgraceful students shouldnÕt-Ó
McGonagall stopped as her face became covered in pudding. ÒLighted up Minerva,Ó said Dumbledore as he wiped his pudding covered hand on his napkin.
After that the teachers joined in the fun. Once the entire Great Hall was completely covered in a mix of dinner specialties, Dumbledore stood up and said, ÓNow that we have had our fun, I need those who started the food fight to come up here. If no one confesses, the entire school will have to clean the Great Hall without magic.Ó
Lily pushed James, ÒThis was youÕre doing! Get up there!Ó
ÒNo way, it was Sirius who hit the Hufflepuff.Ó
ÒHey, It wasnÕt me! It was that git of a Hufflepuff who hit the Slytherin who hit the Ravenclaw who yelled FOOD FIGHT!Ó
ÒWell, I know that it wasnÕt me, or Remus or Peter, so one of the two of you had better get up there or the whole school is going to have to clean!Ó
No one moved. ÒVery well then, lets get to work!Ó Dumbledore also started to clean. He looked at the other Professors and said, ÒWe all took part in it, so we will all help to clean it.Ó
With all of them working together to clean the Great Hall, it only took about fifteen minutes to undo maybe an hourÕs worth of damage. However, that didnÕt mean that the students and teachers were cleaned up.
Everyone went up to their common rooms and there was a mad scurry to get to the bathrooms. Some students even cleaned themselves up in bathrooms around the school, that held toilets and sinks only.
Lily giggled all the way up to Gryffindor common room. She continued up to her dorm and went into the bathroom. She was surprised at how fast she had gotten up there, having never been up there before. Luckily first year had been written in gold on the door, and she knew it was the girlsÕ because girls kept running up and down the stairs.
Lily cleaned herself up. She was the first first year up there so she took a very fast shower. She got out and hoped onto the bed that hadnÕt been used. Her trunk was at the edge of it and she figured she ought to start unpacking. She did so, through fits of giggles, and finally the rest of the girls who shared her dorm trickled in.
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Okay, there is another chapter, a little more uplifting too. Thank you sooo much to those of you who reviewed...please keep reviewing...I wonÕt post if I donÕt get reviews...good or bad just say what you think... All right sorry, I am done lecturing...
Chapter Four: A Big Mess
The three boys all nodded in agreement. Lily did need rest.
ÒWell, wheeze are you just wheeze going to stand there? Or wheeze are you going to wheeze let me sleep?Ó
ÒOh right! WeÕll get back to our own beds. Sleep well, Lily Evans.Ó
ÒYeah, James is right. We will go back to our beds...Ó
ÒSirius...Ó
ÒYeah?Ó
ÒYouÕre a dork.Ó
ÒThanks James!Ó
Lily rolled her eyes and tried to get in a position where she could sleep. She knew that she had to keep herself propped up so her lungs wouldnÕt have to work as hard. But the night was spent dozing and waking up unable to breathe, and then finally dozing some more, over and over again. She woke up the next morning completely unrested. As she woke, she heard Madame Pomfrey shooing the three boys out.
ÒYouÕre fine. You are all fine. I need you to go get breakfast, and Miss Evans will join you once I have seen that she is fine as well. Out NOW!Ó
ÒAll right, all right, weÕre going,Ó Remus said, although reluctantly.
Lily heard James and Sirius murmur agreement and their voices died down as they set off in search of the Great Hall.
Madame Pomfrey turned around and bustled over towards her. ÒAll right dear. How are you feeling?Ó
ÒItÕs still wheeze hard for me wheeze to breathe...Ó
ÒHmmmm....can I get youÕre medical history? Any problems I should know about?Ó
ÒYeah, wheeze I have asthma.Ó Lily took another puff of medicine from the L shaped container. Then Madame Pomfrey snatched it away. She looked closely at it and tutted.
ÒI think youÕre nearly out dear. IÕm going to charm it so it will never empty. However, if and when you have more serious problems, like you are now, youÕll need to come here where I can give you stronger medicine. You see, when it comes to these like asthma, wizards are no better at curing them, but we have much quicker medications that will allow you to breathe normally in much less time.Ó With this she went back into her office. After a few minutes she came out holding a bottle. ÒAll right, dear. You need to drink this,Ó Madame Pomfrey told Lily as she poured the liquid into a glass. It turned out that the liquid was a bright green thick substance.
ÒEwwww, do I wheeze have to? wheezeÓ
ÒYes dear. Come on now. I promise it will make you feel better.Ó
Lily reluctantly took the glass and drowned it of its contents. She gagged, thinking, that stuff is gross. But as soon as the liquid had made its way down her throat, her breathing became easier. ÒWow, disgusting as that is, it does work wonders.Ó
ÒThat's right, dear. Now is there any other medical history I should know about?Ó asked Madame Pomfrey eyeing Lily closely.
Lily had gotten used to lying, though. ÒEr....no I donÕt think so. Well, I did have leukemia two years ago. IÕve been in remission for a year and a week. But thatÕs it.Ó
ÒAre those bruises a recurrence of the cancer?Ó
LilyÕs insides churned, though she showed no evidence of a change in emotion on the outside. ÒNo, I got them all yesterday. Things kept grabbing me underwater, and IÕm pretty sure I hit the boat we had been in once or twice as well.Ó
ÒAll right,Ó Madame Pomfrey watched Lily closely, Òbut if you do have a reoccurrence, you need to let me know. In the wizarding world, treatment for cancer is much like it is in the muggle world, and you would need to be sent to St. MungoÕs immediately.Ó
Lily nodded. ÒWell, can I go then?Ó
ÒYes. Remember if you have any problems donÕt hesitate to come back.Ó
ÒOkay.Ó With that Lily hurried off after James, Sirius, and Remus. It took her nearly twenty minutes to find the Great Hall, but she managed to do it, and when she got there, she saw the four boys who she had met on the train sitting together eating breakfast. ÒHello,Ó she said as she joined them.
ÒHey.Ó
H-hi.Ó
ÒHow are you feeling?Ó
ÒWeÕre sorry!Ó
ÒNo, its okay. IÕm all right now. Honestly. So are these our schedules?Ó
ÒYeah, Jamesie here doesnÕt want to go to any of his first day classes. Says heÕs gunna skip!Ó
ÒSirius?Ó
ÒYessss?Ó
ÒFor once in your life, shut up.Ó
Lily giggled and filled her plate with scrambled eggs and bacon.
After breakfast, the five of them headed off in search of their first class. Transfiguration. When they finally found it, just before the bell rang, they were surprised to see the stern woman from the sorting.
ÒHello class. I am Professor McGonagall. I suggest,Ó she eyed James and Sirius, Òthat you take youÕre seats quickly. Know now that this is not a class to fool around in. Misbehavior will cause your house to loose points. And being the head of Gryffindor house, I expect that you do not need to be told to behave appropriately. If you take this class seriously, you will learn to achieve great things, and maybe after you leave Hogwarts, you will learn one of the most challenging aspects of transfiguration, becoming animagi.Ó At those words the Professor turned into a cat with square glasses just like her own, looked around, and then turned back into a human. The transformation was greeted with many ohhhhÕs and ahhhhhÕs.
During that class all they did was take notes about all the things they would be learning in the year to come, and then Professor McGonagall assigned them to write a two scroll paper on the techniques needed to turn a match into a pin, without trying it, due at the beginning of their next lesson on Thursday.
The day continued on like that and by dinner everyone was exhausted. All the first years had spent the entire day running around trying to find their next class, then coming out of it with lots of work and without any clue as to where they were.
ÒAll right, now I am being serious!Ó
ÒReally, I though you already were Sirius, who were you before?Ó
ÒJames! That joke got old hours ago!Ó
ÒOh, does Queen Bee Evans want me to stop?Ó
ÒYes, you nitwit!Ó
ÒOh, I am going to get you for that! I am so going to get you for that!Ó
Lily laughed and started to eat her mashed potatoes. James looked down and a thought came to him. He turned to Sirius who was next to him and whispered, ÒYou know what mashed potatoes are bloody brilliant for?Ó
ÒMmmming?Ó
ÒBesides eating...Ó
Sirius swallowed then replied, ÒI dunno, what?Ó
ÒFood fights!Ó James whispered excitedly as he grabbed a handful and molded it into a lumpy ball.
ÒSo what was it that you were going to tell us anyway, Sirius? What was making you so-Ó
SPLAT
The mashed potatoes landed right in LilyÕs face. ÒBloody he...JAMES POTTER! YOU ARE SO GOING TO GET IT FOR THAT!Ó Lily scooped up some spaghetti from RemusÕs plate with her spoon and flung it at James, catapult style.
Sirius cracked up at the sight of James with spaghetti in his hair and sauce dripping down his face.
ÒQuit laughing Black. IÕm warning you!Ó Before Sirius realized what was happening James had poured his goblet of Pumpkin Juice down SiriusÕs back. In retaliation Sirius threw half of an orange at Remus, who ducked. The orange hit a Hufflepuff, who in turn threw mac and cheese at the Slytherins. In a matter of minutes the entire Great Hall, save for the High Table, was throwing food in a complete and utter food fight.
At the High Table, Dumbledore laughed with amusement as he watched the students cover themselves in food. ÒQuite a sight, isnÕt it Minerva?Ó
ÒArenÕt you going to stop them Albus?Ó
ÒOh the group that started it will be punished, donÕt worry. But I see no harm in letting them have their fun do you?Ó
ÒI think itÕs disgraceful students shouldnÕt-Ó
McGonagall stopped as her face became covered in pudding. ÒLighted up Minerva,Ó said Dumbledore as he wiped his pudding covered hand on his napkin.
After that the teachers joined in the fun. Once the entire Great Hall was completely covered in a mix of dinner specialties, Dumbledore stood up and said, ÓNow that we have had our fun, I need those who started the food fight to come up here. If no one confesses, the entire school will have to clean the Great Hall without magic.Ó
Lily pushed James, ÒThis was youÕre doing! Get up there!Ó
ÒNo way, it was Sirius who hit the Hufflepuff.Ó
ÒHey, It wasnÕt me! It was that git of a Hufflepuff who hit the Slytherin who hit the Ravenclaw who yelled FOOD FIGHT!Ó
ÒWell, I know that it wasnÕt me, or Remus or Peter, so one of the two of you had better get up there or the whole school is going to have to clean!Ó
No one moved. ÒVery well then, lets get to work!Ó Dumbledore also started to clean. He looked at the other Professors and said, ÒWe all took part in it, so we will all help to clean it.Ó
With all of them working together to clean the Great Hall, it only took about fifteen minutes to undo maybe an hourÕs worth of damage. However, that didnÕt mean that the students and teachers were cleaned up.
Everyone went up to their common rooms and there was a mad scurry to get to the bathrooms. Some students even cleaned themselves up in bathrooms around the school, that held toilets and sinks only.
Lily giggled all the way up to Gryffindor common room. She continued up to her dorm and went into the bathroom. She was surprised at how fast she had gotten up there, having never been up there before. Luckily first year had been written in gold on the door, and she knew it was the girlsÕ because girls kept running up and down the stairs.
Lily cleaned herself up. She was the first first year up there so she took a very fast shower. She got out and hoped onto the bed that hadnÕt been used. Her trunk was at the edge of it and she figured she ought to start unpacking. She did so, through fits of giggles, and finally the rest of the girls who shared her dorm trickled in.
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Okay, there is another chapter, a little more uplifting too. Thank you sooo much to those of you who reviewed...please keep reviewing...I wonÕt post if I donÕt get reviews...good or bad just say what you think... All right sorry, I am done lecturing...