A/N: I'm not sure I'm going to be updating for a while so here's chapter 9...
Chapter Nine: Hogsmeade and Fireworks
Lily's POV
I couldn't wait for Hogmeade! I love that place! Emily, Renée and I were happily making our way to Robe Corner. That was the place to go if you wanted the hottest, "in" robes. We filled up our money bags in Gringotts and entered Robe Corner. We each headed to our favorite part of the store. I searched high and low and suddenly, I saw it. A beautiful robe of white with emeralds and crystals embedded in it. (They stones weren't real.) It was sleeve-less with thin, one centimeter straps. It went down to my knees and fitted my body perfectly. I had to admit, I think Sirius would like me in this dress. Emily bought a lovely sky blue dress that matched her eyes perfectly. It had white and dark blue sequins on it and whoever she was taking to the ball would be smitten with her. Renée had bought a lovely purple dress that was plain, but made of satin and it shimmered with many shades of purple and it went down to a little above her knees. I knew that Remus was going with her.
"Emily, who're you going with?" I asked. She looked lovestruck for a moment, and then said, "James."
"The James Potter? Are we talking about the same James?"
"Yes..."
I shook my head. "Your decision."
We went to buy our jewelry and makeup.
Shopping in Hogsmeade is always fun. We always finish the day off with Butterbeer in The Three Broomsticks. It's just wonderful.
Sirius' POV
We walked into the Three Broomsticks to meet the girls. That's how it always had been ever since we all got permission to go to Hogsmeade. We would meet here with the girls. Unless one of us had a date. Like James did today with Kaitlyn Bhurah, a Hufflepuff. She was cute, and always taken. She and her little group of girls were like a girl version of us (James and I)...total daters. But James and I've quit dating for a while. Only occasionally we have a date. James just wanted one so he didn't have to talk to Lily. Poor girl.
Us, the Marauders went to Zonko's first, because we already had all our dress robes. Mine were blue, Prongs' were chocolate brown, Moony's were red, and Wormtail's were purple. I wanted to have a peek at what Lily was buying but Zonko's completely blew that out of my mind. We each bought two bags full of prank items and then traveled to the Three Broomsticks.
Lily, Emily, and Renée were already there, chatting away about who-knows- what. James went to his own table and the rest of us, Moony, Wormtail and I sat at Lily's table. We didn't have to wear our school uniforms on weekends, but the girls were anyway.
"Hey Sirius," greeted Lily.
"Hi all!" sang Renée.
Madam Rosy, Rosmerta Linch(a second year Gryffindor)'s mother, came up to our table and asked us what we would like.
"Six butterbeers, please," said Remus.
"Comin' right up!" sang Madam Rosy.
In no time, she brought six Butterbeers. "That'll be twelve Sickles please!"
We each drew out two Sickles and she happily collected them from each of us. We chatted as we drank, mostly about the upcoming ball.
"Who're each of you taking?" asked Emily.
"Well, I'm taking Sirius," laughed Lily.
"I'm going with Remus!" sighed Renée. "Who's going with Potter?"
I had no answer to this question, because James didn't tell me. But I didn't have to answer anyway, because Kaitlyn Bhurah and James came up to us. "I'm going with Kaitlyn!" he stated. She gave him a quick kiss and they wandered off to who-knows-where.
Lily piped up. "Emily, who're you going with?"
But Emily looked furious. "James said he was taking me! Now he says he's taking that—that—that Kaitlyn!"
"Calm down Emily!" soothed Lily. "Potter has always been like that. I'd just been stupid not to notice it before. Don't worry, we'll show him that he can't cheat on you like that."
James wouldn't do such a thing. What's gone wrong with him? Has Kaitlyn been mixing up love potions? Even us, the Marauders, rule-breakers extraordinaires, would never do anything banned or illegal. I stated this theory of love potions to Remus and he said, "You know, I wouldn't be surprised if that was true..." and he gave a thoughtful look.
Lily glanced at me. "How can you be friends with a jerk like that?"
"I know James," I replied, "and James would never do something like that. I think Kaitlyn is the wrongdoer in this case. She might've been mixing up love potions.
"Oh! On Potter's side now!—"
"Lily calm down!" soothed Emily. Lily calmed down at once.
Emily's POV
I can't believe that James! He said he was going to the ball with me! But I've read about love potions. They don't last very long. It should be off by tomorrow. I'll just wait until then.
Lily's POV
How can that (bad name) do that to Emily? Well, don't worry Emily! You will get your revenge!
As soon as we got back from Hogsmeade, Renée, Emily and I decided to pull a prank on Potter. One that he wouldn't Forget. What should we do? When Potter was in bed, we sneaked up into their dormitory and decided to have a look around. Emily said not to because "James" should be out of the potion by tomorrow, if there was a potion. Emily's too forgiving. But that's Emily for you. We decided, "Oh well, too bad for Potter," and we searched in his dormitory anyway. He left his trunk wide open. There were two full Zonko bags. I took those out and then underneath them, there didn't seem to be any trunk at all. Just the floor. Peculiar. I touched it and I felt something soft. I took it out. "Hey!" I whispered. "Potter has an Invisibility Cloak!"
"I never knew!" said Renée in awe.
"Wow!" said Emily. "So this is how he manages so many pranks without being seen."
"Yeah..." I was thinking... "this could come in handy for us maybe. Probably not tonight though."
I put a Sleeping Charm on the boys ("Dormirio!") and I rummaged in the Zonko bags. There was a long, lethal looking stick, somewhat like the one that Sirius threatened with the Dursleys, dungbombs, and two crates of Filibuster's fireworks.
"Look what I found!" I called.
We all decided that the Filibuster's fireworks would do the job, along with the Invisibility Cloak. What we would do is lift the Sleeping Charm on James only, and don the Invisibility Cloak.
Then we would release some fireworks in James' bed and close the curtains. He would hopefully come out and then we would release more. We would empty the crates, escape in the confusion with the Invisibility Cloak, and have a nice laugh. It was the perfect plan. So that's exactly what we did. We lifted the Sleeping Charm, "Finite!" on James only.
Then we all hid under the Invisibility Cloak with some fireworks in hand. We opened James' curtains. He was still sleeping so soundly. We let one firework loose. It was a large Catherine wheel. I spun around James and he woke up, looked around frightened, saw the Catherine wheel, picked up his wand, and started curse everything in sight. He came within five feet of Emily.
We released the whole carton. All the loose fireworks, Catherine wheels, colors, sparks, and all the other fireworks whizzed around James. He was shrieking like a girl the whole way through. He was jumping around in circles, and clearly wondering why the other three hadn't woken up yet.
It was quite amusing to see a six-foot-tall guy jumping around like a six- year-old. When the fireworks dimmed down a bit, we released the other carton. James was blasted completely by the next carton. Emily, Renée and I quickly walked out of the dormitory with the Invisibility Cloak and nearly ran straight into a crowd that appeared in the Common Room. "Uh oh..."
Everyone else in the Gryffindor Tower had obviously heard James' yells (except for Sirius, Remus, and Arthur) and rushed into the Common Room where they would be comforted by Prefects. Unfortunately, neither Prefect was "present." I was there, but under the Invisibility Cloak. We went to a dark corner and then took off and folded the Cloak. I rushed to the head of the crowd. "People people! Calm down! I shall see what the disturbance is. Unfortunately, the other Prefect is not present so I shall have to take my friends with me. Emily! Renée!" They came and we went to see what the disturbance was. We were cracking up!
We walked into the boys' dormitory with James still dancing around and yelling. We were on the verge of laughing but we stopped ourselves in time. "What seems to be the problem?" I asked. "The entire Gryffindor Tower is in the Common Room, wondering what the noise is."
"It's these—these fireworks!" James exploded. "Somehow they've released themselves!"
"I wonder how that could've happened," stated Renée.
"Well, that was a waste of money," decided James, when the last of the fireworks finally died down. "I could have sworn—"
"Tsk, tsk," Sirius had woken up. "It's rude to swear."
"Shut up!" snapped James. "You weren't victim to these da fireworks!"
"So?"
"Just—!"
"Is everything cleared up?" I interrupted.
"Yes,"snapped James. "Just go!"
We went downstairs, giggling quietly.
"Everything is fine upstairs!" I announced. "It seems that James Potter had opened a crate of fireworks. He was fighting them and that was all the noise you heard."
Finally, the lot went to bed. We did too. It was nice to have a good- night's sleep.
James' POV
Stupid fireworks! Anyway, in the morning when I woke up, it was time for pranks, but there was only one problem.
"What's that James?" asked Sirius.
"My Invisibility Cloak's gone missing!" I yelled.
"Well, that shouldn't be too hard," said Sirius. "I mean...Invisibility Cloak."
"You know what I mean...!"
"You shouldn't always think that Prongsie, it could get you hurt."
"Shut up Padfoot."
At breakfast, when the usual post owls arrived, mine arrived with a large package. There was no note. I opened it up, and there was my Invisibility Cloak. "Look Sirius! The robber returned it!"
Now it was time fore pranks. There was definitely going to be one for Kaitlyn, how dare she give me a love potion! I didn't know what it made me do, but Kaitlyn told me she'd made a love potion and that she'd meet me on Saturday, the day of the dance. Idiot girl. Why would I go to the ball with her?
At breakfast, things didn't go too well with Emily. "Hey Emily!" I called.
"Hi jerk," she had replied.
"Wha—did I do something wrong?"
"I dunno, ask yourself," she said coldly.
"Um..."
Suddenly she erupted. "Why did you cheat on me?" she sobbed.
"I didn—oh."
"What happened?" she was still sobbing.
"Um...yesterday Kaitlyn gave me a love potion."
She stopped sobbing immeadiately. "HA! I knew it," she shrieked with an angry expression on her face.
"And I don't know what happened..."
"Well, you were going to the ball with her and then you left me alone!"
"Sorry. I'm going to the ball with you now right?"
"Right," she'd said, but she still seemed slightly upset.
A/N: Was that a bad ending? Well, you've read, so review please!
Chapter Nine: Hogsmeade and Fireworks
Lily's POV
I couldn't wait for Hogmeade! I love that place! Emily, Renée and I were happily making our way to Robe Corner. That was the place to go if you wanted the hottest, "in" robes. We filled up our money bags in Gringotts and entered Robe Corner. We each headed to our favorite part of the store. I searched high and low and suddenly, I saw it. A beautiful robe of white with emeralds and crystals embedded in it. (They stones weren't real.) It was sleeve-less with thin, one centimeter straps. It went down to my knees and fitted my body perfectly. I had to admit, I think Sirius would like me in this dress. Emily bought a lovely sky blue dress that matched her eyes perfectly. It had white and dark blue sequins on it and whoever she was taking to the ball would be smitten with her. Renée had bought a lovely purple dress that was plain, but made of satin and it shimmered with many shades of purple and it went down to a little above her knees. I knew that Remus was going with her.
"Emily, who're you going with?" I asked. She looked lovestruck for a moment, and then said, "James."
"The James Potter? Are we talking about the same James?"
"Yes..."
I shook my head. "Your decision."
We went to buy our jewelry and makeup.
Shopping in Hogsmeade is always fun. We always finish the day off with Butterbeer in The Three Broomsticks. It's just wonderful.
Sirius' POV
We walked into the Three Broomsticks to meet the girls. That's how it always had been ever since we all got permission to go to Hogsmeade. We would meet here with the girls. Unless one of us had a date. Like James did today with Kaitlyn Bhurah, a Hufflepuff. She was cute, and always taken. She and her little group of girls were like a girl version of us (James and I)...total daters. But James and I've quit dating for a while. Only occasionally we have a date. James just wanted one so he didn't have to talk to Lily. Poor girl.
Us, the Marauders went to Zonko's first, because we already had all our dress robes. Mine were blue, Prongs' were chocolate brown, Moony's were red, and Wormtail's were purple. I wanted to have a peek at what Lily was buying but Zonko's completely blew that out of my mind. We each bought two bags full of prank items and then traveled to the Three Broomsticks.
Lily, Emily, and Renée were already there, chatting away about who-knows- what. James went to his own table and the rest of us, Moony, Wormtail and I sat at Lily's table. We didn't have to wear our school uniforms on weekends, but the girls were anyway.
"Hey Sirius," greeted Lily.
"Hi all!" sang Renée.
Madam Rosy, Rosmerta Linch(a second year Gryffindor)'s mother, came up to our table and asked us what we would like.
"Six butterbeers, please," said Remus.
"Comin' right up!" sang Madam Rosy.
In no time, she brought six Butterbeers. "That'll be twelve Sickles please!"
We each drew out two Sickles and she happily collected them from each of us. We chatted as we drank, mostly about the upcoming ball.
"Who're each of you taking?" asked Emily.
"Well, I'm taking Sirius," laughed Lily.
"I'm going with Remus!" sighed Renée. "Who's going with Potter?"
I had no answer to this question, because James didn't tell me. But I didn't have to answer anyway, because Kaitlyn Bhurah and James came up to us. "I'm going with Kaitlyn!" he stated. She gave him a quick kiss and they wandered off to who-knows-where.
Lily piped up. "Emily, who're you going with?"
But Emily looked furious. "James said he was taking me! Now he says he's taking that—that—that Kaitlyn!"
"Calm down Emily!" soothed Lily. "Potter has always been like that. I'd just been stupid not to notice it before. Don't worry, we'll show him that he can't cheat on you like that."
James wouldn't do such a thing. What's gone wrong with him? Has Kaitlyn been mixing up love potions? Even us, the Marauders, rule-breakers extraordinaires, would never do anything banned or illegal. I stated this theory of love potions to Remus and he said, "You know, I wouldn't be surprised if that was true..." and he gave a thoughtful look.
Lily glanced at me. "How can you be friends with a jerk like that?"
"I know James," I replied, "and James would never do something like that. I think Kaitlyn is the wrongdoer in this case. She might've been mixing up love potions.
"Oh! On Potter's side now!—"
"Lily calm down!" soothed Emily. Lily calmed down at once.
Emily's POV
I can't believe that James! He said he was going to the ball with me! But I've read about love potions. They don't last very long. It should be off by tomorrow. I'll just wait until then.
Lily's POV
How can that (bad name) do that to Emily? Well, don't worry Emily! You will get your revenge!
As soon as we got back from Hogsmeade, Renée, Emily and I decided to pull a prank on Potter. One that he wouldn't Forget. What should we do? When Potter was in bed, we sneaked up into their dormitory and decided to have a look around. Emily said not to because "James" should be out of the potion by tomorrow, if there was a potion. Emily's too forgiving. But that's Emily for you. We decided, "Oh well, too bad for Potter," and we searched in his dormitory anyway. He left his trunk wide open. There were two full Zonko bags. I took those out and then underneath them, there didn't seem to be any trunk at all. Just the floor. Peculiar. I touched it and I felt something soft. I took it out. "Hey!" I whispered. "Potter has an Invisibility Cloak!"
"I never knew!" said Renée in awe.
"Wow!" said Emily. "So this is how he manages so many pranks without being seen."
"Yeah..." I was thinking... "this could come in handy for us maybe. Probably not tonight though."
I put a Sleeping Charm on the boys ("Dormirio!") and I rummaged in the Zonko bags. There was a long, lethal looking stick, somewhat like the one that Sirius threatened with the Dursleys, dungbombs, and two crates of Filibuster's fireworks.
"Look what I found!" I called.
We all decided that the Filibuster's fireworks would do the job, along with the Invisibility Cloak. What we would do is lift the Sleeping Charm on James only, and don the Invisibility Cloak.
Then we would release some fireworks in James' bed and close the curtains. He would hopefully come out and then we would release more. We would empty the crates, escape in the confusion with the Invisibility Cloak, and have a nice laugh. It was the perfect plan. So that's exactly what we did. We lifted the Sleeping Charm, "Finite!" on James only.
Then we all hid under the Invisibility Cloak with some fireworks in hand. We opened James' curtains. He was still sleeping so soundly. We let one firework loose. It was a large Catherine wheel. I spun around James and he woke up, looked around frightened, saw the Catherine wheel, picked up his wand, and started curse everything in sight. He came within five feet of Emily.
We released the whole carton. All the loose fireworks, Catherine wheels, colors, sparks, and all the other fireworks whizzed around James. He was shrieking like a girl the whole way through. He was jumping around in circles, and clearly wondering why the other three hadn't woken up yet.
It was quite amusing to see a six-foot-tall guy jumping around like a six- year-old. When the fireworks dimmed down a bit, we released the other carton. James was blasted completely by the next carton. Emily, Renée and I quickly walked out of the dormitory with the Invisibility Cloak and nearly ran straight into a crowd that appeared in the Common Room. "Uh oh..."
Everyone else in the Gryffindor Tower had obviously heard James' yells (except for Sirius, Remus, and Arthur) and rushed into the Common Room where they would be comforted by Prefects. Unfortunately, neither Prefect was "present." I was there, but under the Invisibility Cloak. We went to a dark corner and then took off and folded the Cloak. I rushed to the head of the crowd. "People people! Calm down! I shall see what the disturbance is. Unfortunately, the other Prefect is not present so I shall have to take my friends with me. Emily! Renée!" They came and we went to see what the disturbance was. We were cracking up!
We walked into the boys' dormitory with James still dancing around and yelling. We were on the verge of laughing but we stopped ourselves in time. "What seems to be the problem?" I asked. "The entire Gryffindor Tower is in the Common Room, wondering what the noise is."
"It's these—these fireworks!" James exploded. "Somehow they've released themselves!"
"I wonder how that could've happened," stated Renée.
"Well, that was a waste of money," decided James, when the last of the fireworks finally died down. "I could have sworn—"
"Tsk, tsk," Sirius had woken up. "It's rude to swear."
"Shut up!" snapped James. "You weren't victim to these da fireworks!"
"So?"
"Just—!"
"Is everything cleared up?" I interrupted.
"Yes,"snapped James. "Just go!"
We went downstairs, giggling quietly.
"Everything is fine upstairs!" I announced. "It seems that James Potter had opened a crate of fireworks. He was fighting them and that was all the noise you heard."
Finally, the lot went to bed. We did too. It was nice to have a good- night's sleep.
James' POV
Stupid fireworks! Anyway, in the morning when I woke up, it was time for pranks, but there was only one problem.
"What's that James?" asked Sirius.
"My Invisibility Cloak's gone missing!" I yelled.
"Well, that shouldn't be too hard," said Sirius. "I mean...Invisibility Cloak."
"You know what I mean...!"
"You shouldn't always think that Prongsie, it could get you hurt."
"Shut up Padfoot."
At breakfast, when the usual post owls arrived, mine arrived with a large package. There was no note. I opened it up, and there was my Invisibility Cloak. "Look Sirius! The robber returned it!"
Now it was time fore pranks. There was definitely going to be one for Kaitlyn, how dare she give me a love potion! I didn't know what it made me do, but Kaitlyn told me she'd made a love potion and that she'd meet me on Saturday, the day of the dance. Idiot girl. Why would I go to the ball with her?
At breakfast, things didn't go too well with Emily. "Hey Emily!" I called.
"Hi jerk," she had replied.
"Wha—did I do something wrong?"
"I dunno, ask yourself," she said coldly.
"Um..."
Suddenly she erupted. "Why did you cheat on me?" she sobbed.
"I didn—oh."
"What happened?" she was still sobbing.
"Um...yesterday Kaitlyn gave me a love potion."
She stopped sobbing immeadiately. "HA! I knew it," she shrieked with an angry expression on her face.
"And I don't know what happened..."
"Well, you were going to the ball with her and then you left me alone!"
"Sorry. I'm going to the ball with you now right?"
"Right," she'd said, but she still seemed slightly upset.
A/N: Was that a bad ending? Well, you've read, so review please!