Disclaimer: Aaaahhhh!! I am so tired of these things. I do not own anything
Harry Potter. I am just a pathetic 15 year old with nothing better to write
about. I do own Catrina Figg. She's mine. ::evil laugh:: Oh, and Professor
Charybdis is mine too.
Author's Note: Okay, I know I changed this once already, but I'm changing it again. I'm changing it BACK to them being in sixth year because of simple laziness. I don't feel like having to write it for all that time...
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"Welcome back, class," Professor Charybdis said as she stood in front of the silent Potions class. Lily sat up front with Cassandra, paying close attention to the Professor. The Marauders sat in the back together, as usual. And their attention was not on the Professor. As usual. Only this time they weren't planning the next prank. They were concentrated on a little redhead that seemed miles away.
"We are not going to lay around in this class, as you already know. Today we are going to work with the complex Controlling Potion. The instructions, as you already see, are on the board. When you finish the potion, bring a sample to me. Begin." Everyone started their potion. Except for three boys. Charybdis glared at the Marauders. Finally they caught on and hurriedly started their potions.
Lily quietly and efficiently worked on her potion, not saying a word to Cat. She didn't need to. Cat knew what was up. "You're going back out with him, aren't you?" she asked quietly.
Lily carefully minced her lavender leaves.
"Are you going out with Diggory?" she asked.
Lily carefully remeasured the leaves and carefully put them into her simmering potion.
"Oy, Lils," Cat whispered a little louder and nudging her in the ribs softly.
She winced and looked up at the board for the next step. She looked back at her worktable and silently reached for her measuring spoons.
"Lily, talk to me!" Cat whined. "Oops," she muttered as she noticed her potion taking on a sickly green color.
Lily slid a glance at her friend's potion and rolled her eyes. She took a pinch of ground ginger root and put it into the concoction. It immediately turned back to its original color of pale blue. Cat blew out her breath softly. "You're a lifesaver, honey. Now, just tell me if you're going with Diggory!"
"Miss Figg!" Charybdis chided. "Keep your voice down. Some people are trying to concentrate, you know." Cat gulped, nodded and looked down at her potion. She didn't try to catch the attention of Lily for the rest of the class.
"What do you think's up with that?" Sirius asked James, who absently shook his head. "I didn't see Lily answer back, did you?" James shook his head again, not looking up from his potion. "Look at me, pal!"
"Sirius, I plan on passing this class," he said out of the corner of his mouth, not looking up. "Next year we take our N.E.W.T.s and as I plan on becoming an Auror, I can't afford to goof off. And Charybdis has it in for us, kiddo. And as she's coming around, I suggest you work on getting that potion back to the color it's supposed to be."
Sirius looked down at his potion and saw it was a bright, neon green when at this point it was supposed to be dull orange. He looked up at the board and muttered the instructions to himself. He backed up a little and smacked himself in the head. "Bat dung! I forgot to put in the newt tails!"
"Silence is golden, Black," Charybdis snarled. "If you insist on making a racket, I'll have to give you a detention."
"Yes, Professor," Sirius muttered reluctantly and glared at her back as she walked happily away. "I'll get you yet, you old bat." For some reason, Charybdis was the only teacher they had yet to prank severely. Well, the year was fresh and they had plenty of time. "Hey, James, you're a genius. How do I change this back?" he whispered when the professor was a safe distance away.
"Forgot the newt tails right?" After Sirius nod, James proceeded to give instructions out of the corner of his mouth, which Sirius followed exactly. Before long, the potion was looking the way it was supposed to.
"Thanks James, you're a lifesaver," he whispered to James.
Time passed silently as everyone worked on their potions. Occasionally, a whisper was heard, but the person was immediately silenced by a look from Charybdis. Except for the Slytherins, of course. They were allowed to do whatever they wished. If they wanted to, they could have cursed all the Gryffindors to hell. What would Charybdis care? She was Head of House.
Lily felt eyes on the back of her head and resisted the urge to look around. She knew who it was, anyway. Remus and James. James and Remus. They had been staring at her the entire class period. Trying to figure her out. Not like they'd be successful, she thought as she finished her potion and set it to cool. Lily Brenna Evans simply wasn't someone you could figure out.
Just then a loud noise was heard from the Slytherin side of the room. Lily closed her eyes ... turned ... and gasped at what she saw.
Severus Snape and the surrounding area was covered in a think, gooey, green substance. Undoubtedly his potion. She quickly looked at the Marauders table to see James and Remus simply shaking their heads. Peter was staring at Snape with his mouth wide open and Sirius was looking at his potion, trying not to laugh. At the same exact moment, Remus and James looked up at Lily.
For a moment, she was frozen. They were both staring at her with pleading eyes... and she spun around to face her potion again.
Meanwhile, Charybdis didn't know what to do. "WHO DID THIS?! I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO DID THIS!" she screeched, making the Gryffindors laugh even more. With a wave of her wand she cleaned up Snape and stormed over to where the Marauders were sitting. James, Remus, and Peter looked at her with perfectly straight and innocent faces. Sirius, on the other hand, could not stop laughing. "What are you laughing at, Black? Do you find this amusing?" He couldn't do anything but shake his head. "I KNOW you had something to do with this, Black. Detention tomorrow night! Cleaning the dungeon. NO MAGIC!!"
This quickly shut Sirius up. He looked over to see Remus and James smirking at him. "Oh stop it, you dunderheads," he whispered to them.
"You should have your potions finished by now. Bring a sample of it up to my desk. NOW!" Charybdis said as she sat behind her desk. Lily was the first one up there, her potion perfect.
"Here you go, Professor."
"Thank you, Miss Evans," Charybdis muttered reluctantly. She had to admit the girl was one of her best students. After she had a sample of everyone's potions, except Snape's of course, she assigned the homework. "I want an essay, two rolls of parchment long, on the effects of the Controlling Potion. Due on Monday. Class dismissed!"
With grumbles, the class collected their supplies and moved out of the room. "Lily! Hey, Lils, wait up!" Cat called to Lily as she made her way out of the dungeons. With a small sigh, Lily stepped to the side and waited for Cat to catch up. "What's going on, Lily?"
"What do you mean?" Lily answered evasively.
"You know what I mean, Rose! What's going on with you and Diggory?"
"Don't call me that, please," she said quietly and looked up at Cat who was giving her a death glare. "Fine, fine.. We're going out again. Are you happy?"
"Lily," Cat said as she sighed, "you know what I think about this. But if it's what makes you happy, then I'm not going to tell you not to go out with him. Just be careful. I don't want you getting hurt like last time." For a few moments, Lily just looked at Cat, surprised at her reaction. She had expected an all out screech-fest.
"Thanks, Cat."
"Anytime, babe." Cat hooked her arm through Lily's and started down the hall.
James watched this little byplay and heard every bit of it. His face paled and he turned to Remus. "She's going back out with Diggory." Remus felt his jaw drop.
"But – what the fuck! They just broke up! This isn't right!" Remus sat on the ground. "I refuse to move until Lily and Maggot break up." Sirius just looked at him, shook his head and kept walking.
James looked at him and held out his hand to his friend. "That's not going to do anything and you know it, Moony." Remus stared at James's hand for a moment and grasped it, accepting the help up. "Let's go on into Transfiguration. We can talk to Lily during dinner."
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Lily made her way to her dormitory to drop off her books before dinner. She would be sitting at the Hufflepuff table and Cat had already volunteered to tell the Marauders. Chances were she would sit with them and become best friends with the group.
Great, fantastic.
With a sigh, Lily took her books out of her bag and piled them neatly on her desk, largest book on the bottom and smallest on the top. As she set out her quill and ink she couldn't help but think of Remus Lupin and James Potter. All through the day they both had paid extra attention to her, as if they wanted to make sure they were noticed.
Not like they had to do anything extraordinary except be themselves.
Lily had secretly been harboring a crush on the two of them since third year. Remus seemed to be quite the sensitive boy that would know how to love a girl and make her incredibly happy... He also had a dark mysterious side that she only knew about because she had seen him quite a few times in the Library, engrossed in old books. James was the complete opposite of Remus. He was the wild boy of the group, with Sirius as his right hand man. You would be hard pressed to find him ever looking in a book that wasn't filled with new ways to play pranks on people. She supposed that was the reason she was attracted to James, because he was the kind of person she shouldn't be attracted to.
Lily supposed underneath it all, she there was a bad girl. Somewhere.
She ran her hands through her hair, a sure sign that she was frustrated and desperately needed a cigarette. Yes, a cigarette sure sounded nice at that moment.
The habit had stuck to her when during the summer after her third year at Hogwarts she started to hang out with this group of rockers in her neighborhood. She dated the leader of the group, and she now realized it was because he reminded her of James.
Alexei.
When she got home, she should give him a call. For the moment, however, she had to go to dinner and face whatever was going to happen. It should be interesting.
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Author's Note: Sorry about the really really long delay, guys. I was working on my other story, "Confused Destiny's", because it's almost done. Thanks for being so patient with me. I'd like to say thanks to all my reviewers:
Miss Lady Padfoot – You're not dead yet, are you? Sorry it took so long to update. I hope this chapter was good enough.
blackthorn1989 – I'm so glad you're looking after my well-being. My fingers have grown back, as you can see.
Alyssa – Here's the rest of it! Well, part of the rest of it.
VaNiLLacHai 501 – Lily got back with Amos because she's stupid and kinda sorta likes to be pushed around. You'll find out more, later... ::evil laugh::
Ryan Barton – Here's one of my new chapters! Thanks for reviewing!
XoX-PaDfOoTeSs-XoX – If the last wait was horrible, I'm sure this one was worse. Sorry... I'm glad you decided to be merciful, I like my hair. :D
Conspiracy Theorem – Aww... I'm blushing.. ::giggle::
shadowed.phoenix – I liked making Lily stupid in this one. Sure, she's book smart, but she lacks common sense. Come on.. Really. Why would you want to be with Diggory? Especially if hotties like Remus and James are after you. But I'll leave who she chooses as a mystery for a bit... ::evil laugh::
Indiangurl – Hmm... I'll definitely take your suggestion into serious consideration. GIRL POWER!!
Maggie – Yeah, I hate WT, too, but he'll be important to the story, later. Stupid rat. Cat is the way she is because it's odd for her and Lily to be friends. I'll make her nicer later, but she's moody in the morning. She likes her sleep, perhaps a little too much. For now I like her being mean, because it makes me not kill people in real life.
Thanks for reviews from: Urebriviel, firehottie, and LilyEvans13.
Author's Note: Okay, I know I changed this once already, but I'm changing it again. I'm changing it BACK to them being in sixth year because of simple laziness. I don't feel like having to write it for all that time...
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"Welcome back, class," Professor Charybdis said as she stood in front of the silent Potions class. Lily sat up front with Cassandra, paying close attention to the Professor. The Marauders sat in the back together, as usual. And their attention was not on the Professor. As usual. Only this time they weren't planning the next prank. They were concentrated on a little redhead that seemed miles away.
"We are not going to lay around in this class, as you already know. Today we are going to work with the complex Controlling Potion. The instructions, as you already see, are on the board. When you finish the potion, bring a sample to me. Begin." Everyone started their potion. Except for three boys. Charybdis glared at the Marauders. Finally they caught on and hurriedly started their potions.
Lily quietly and efficiently worked on her potion, not saying a word to Cat. She didn't need to. Cat knew what was up. "You're going back out with him, aren't you?" she asked quietly.
Lily carefully minced her lavender leaves.
"Are you going out with Diggory?" she asked.
Lily carefully remeasured the leaves and carefully put them into her simmering potion.
"Oy, Lils," Cat whispered a little louder and nudging her in the ribs softly.
She winced and looked up at the board for the next step. She looked back at her worktable and silently reached for her measuring spoons.
"Lily, talk to me!" Cat whined. "Oops," she muttered as she noticed her potion taking on a sickly green color.
Lily slid a glance at her friend's potion and rolled her eyes. She took a pinch of ground ginger root and put it into the concoction. It immediately turned back to its original color of pale blue. Cat blew out her breath softly. "You're a lifesaver, honey. Now, just tell me if you're going with Diggory!"
"Miss Figg!" Charybdis chided. "Keep your voice down. Some people are trying to concentrate, you know." Cat gulped, nodded and looked down at her potion. She didn't try to catch the attention of Lily for the rest of the class.
"What do you think's up with that?" Sirius asked James, who absently shook his head. "I didn't see Lily answer back, did you?" James shook his head again, not looking up from his potion. "Look at me, pal!"
"Sirius, I plan on passing this class," he said out of the corner of his mouth, not looking up. "Next year we take our N.E.W.T.s and as I plan on becoming an Auror, I can't afford to goof off. And Charybdis has it in for us, kiddo. And as she's coming around, I suggest you work on getting that potion back to the color it's supposed to be."
Sirius looked down at his potion and saw it was a bright, neon green when at this point it was supposed to be dull orange. He looked up at the board and muttered the instructions to himself. He backed up a little and smacked himself in the head. "Bat dung! I forgot to put in the newt tails!"
"Silence is golden, Black," Charybdis snarled. "If you insist on making a racket, I'll have to give you a detention."
"Yes, Professor," Sirius muttered reluctantly and glared at her back as she walked happily away. "I'll get you yet, you old bat." For some reason, Charybdis was the only teacher they had yet to prank severely. Well, the year was fresh and they had plenty of time. "Hey, James, you're a genius. How do I change this back?" he whispered when the professor was a safe distance away.
"Forgot the newt tails right?" After Sirius nod, James proceeded to give instructions out of the corner of his mouth, which Sirius followed exactly. Before long, the potion was looking the way it was supposed to.
"Thanks James, you're a lifesaver," he whispered to James.
Time passed silently as everyone worked on their potions. Occasionally, a whisper was heard, but the person was immediately silenced by a look from Charybdis. Except for the Slytherins, of course. They were allowed to do whatever they wished. If they wanted to, they could have cursed all the Gryffindors to hell. What would Charybdis care? She was Head of House.
Lily felt eyes on the back of her head and resisted the urge to look around. She knew who it was, anyway. Remus and James. James and Remus. They had been staring at her the entire class period. Trying to figure her out. Not like they'd be successful, she thought as she finished her potion and set it to cool. Lily Brenna Evans simply wasn't someone you could figure out.
Just then a loud noise was heard from the Slytherin side of the room. Lily closed her eyes ... turned ... and gasped at what she saw.
Severus Snape and the surrounding area was covered in a think, gooey, green substance. Undoubtedly his potion. She quickly looked at the Marauders table to see James and Remus simply shaking their heads. Peter was staring at Snape with his mouth wide open and Sirius was looking at his potion, trying not to laugh. At the same exact moment, Remus and James looked up at Lily.
For a moment, she was frozen. They were both staring at her with pleading eyes... and she spun around to face her potion again.
Meanwhile, Charybdis didn't know what to do. "WHO DID THIS?! I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO DID THIS!" she screeched, making the Gryffindors laugh even more. With a wave of her wand she cleaned up Snape and stormed over to where the Marauders were sitting. James, Remus, and Peter looked at her with perfectly straight and innocent faces. Sirius, on the other hand, could not stop laughing. "What are you laughing at, Black? Do you find this amusing?" He couldn't do anything but shake his head. "I KNOW you had something to do with this, Black. Detention tomorrow night! Cleaning the dungeon. NO MAGIC!!"
This quickly shut Sirius up. He looked over to see Remus and James smirking at him. "Oh stop it, you dunderheads," he whispered to them.
"You should have your potions finished by now. Bring a sample of it up to my desk. NOW!" Charybdis said as she sat behind her desk. Lily was the first one up there, her potion perfect.
"Here you go, Professor."
"Thank you, Miss Evans," Charybdis muttered reluctantly. She had to admit the girl was one of her best students. After she had a sample of everyone's potions, except Snape's of course, she assigned the homework. "I want an essay, two rolls of parchment long, on the effects of the Controlling Potion. Due on Monday. Class dismissed!"
With grumbles, the class collected their supplies and moved out of the room. "Lily! Hey, Lils, wait up!" Cat called to Lily as she made her way out of the dungeons. With a small sigh, Lily stepped to the side and waited for Cat to catch up. "What's going on, Lily?"
"What do you mean?" Lily answered evasively.
"You know what I mean, Rose! What's going on with you and Diggory?"
"Don't call me that, please," she said quietly and looked up at Cat who was giving her a death glare. "Fine, fine.. We're going out again. Are you happy?"
"Lily," Cat said as she sighed, "you know what I think about this. But if it's what makes you happy, then I'm not going to tell you not to go out with him. Just be careful. I don't want you getting hurt like last time." For a few moments, Lily just looked at Cat, surprised at her reaction. She had expected an all out screech-fest.
"Thanks, Cat."
"Anytime, babe." Cat hooked her arm through Lily's and started down the hall.
James watched this little byplay and heard every bit of it. His face paled and he turned to Remus. "She's going back out with Diggory." Remus felt his jaw drop.
"But – what the fuck! They just broke up! This isn't right!" Remus sat on the ground. "I refuse to move until Lily and Maggot break up." Sirius just looked at him, shook his head and kept walking.
James looked at him and held out his hand to his friend. "That's not going to do anything and you know it, Moony." Remus stared at James's hand for a moment and grasped it, accepting the help up. "Let's go on into Transfiguration. We can talk to Lily during dinner."
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Lily made her way to her dormitory to drop off her books before dinner. She would be sitting at the Hufflepuff table and Cat had already volunteered to tell the Marauders. Chances were she would sit with them and become best friends with the group.
Great, fantastic.
With a sigh, Lily took her books out of her bag and piled them neatly on her desk, largest book on the bottom and smallest on the top. As she set out her quill and ink she couldn't help but think of Remus Lupin and James Potter. All through the day they both had paid extra attention to her, as if they wanted to make sure they were noticed.
Not like they had to do anything extraordinary except be themselves.
Lily had secretly been harboring a crush on the two of them since third year. Remus seemed to be quite the sensitive boy that would know how to love a girl and make her incredibly happy... He also had a dark mysterious side that she only knew about because she had seen him quite a few times in the Library, engrossed in old books. James was the complete opposite of Remus. He was the wild boy of the group, with Sirius as his right hand man. You would be hard pressed to find him ever looking in a book that wasn't filled with new ways to play pranks on people. She supposed that was the reason she was attracted to James, because he was the kind of person she shouldn't be attracted to.
Lily supposed underneath it all, she there was a bad girl. Somewhere.
She ran her hands through her hair, a sure sign that she was frustrated and desperately needed a cigarette. Yes, a cigarette sure sounded nice at that moment.
The habit had stuck to her when during the summer after her third year at Hogwarts she started to hang out with this group of rockers in her neighborhood. She dated the leader of the group, and she now realized it was because he reminded her of James.
Alexei.
When she got home, she should give him a call. For the moment, however, she had to go to dinner and face whatever was going to happen. It should be interesting.
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Author's Note: Sorry about the really really long delay, guys. I was working on my other story, "Confused Destiny's", because it's almost done. Thanks for being so patient with me. I'd like to say thanks to all my reviewers:
Miss Lady Padfoot – You're not dead yet, are you? Sorry it took so long to update. I hope this chapter was good enough.
blackthorn1989 – I'm so glad you're looking after my well-being. My fingers have grown back, as you can see.
Alyssa – Here's the rest of it! Well, part of the rest of it.
VaNiLLacHai 501 – Lily got back with Amos because she's stupid and kinda sorta likes to be pushed around. You'll find out more, later... ::evil laugh::
Ryan Barton – Here's one of my new chapters! Thanks for reviewing!
XoX-PaDfOoTeSs-XoX – If the last wait was horrible, I'm sure this one was worse. Sorry... I'm glad you decided to be merciful, I like my hair. :D
Conspiracy Theorem – Aww... I'm blushing.. ::giggle::
shadowed.phoenix – I liked making Lily stupid in this one. Sure, she's book smart, but she lacks common sense. Come on.. Really. Why would you want to be with Diggory? Especially if hotties like Remus and James are after you. But I'll leave who she chooses as a mystery for a bit... ::evil laugh::
Indiangurl – Hmm... I'll definitely take your suggestion into serious consideration. GIRL POWER!!
Maggie – Yeah, I hate WT, too, but he'll be important to the story, later. Stupid rat. Cat is the way she is because it's odd for her and Lily to be friends. I'll make her nicer later, but she's moody in the morning. She likes her sleep, perhaps a little too much. For now I like her being mean, because it makes me not kill people in real life.
Thanks for reviews from: Urebriviel, firehottie, and LilyEvans13.