Disclaimer: I shall state the obvious. I am not JKR.
Chapter Five: Stupid Snape
"Lily…wait up!" As Lily turned around, her bright red pigtails flew wildly around her face. The change in Lily was remarkable. After she had come home from Christmas break, she had definitely changed. She had grown taller, and gotten a bit of a hair cut. But, she was still a nerd. She still got no lower than an A+. She still told people off for being rude or offensive. She still had the pig-tails. But it was an improvement. As she looked around to see who had called her name, she saw Severus Snape.
"What, Snape? Unlike you, I do not have leisure time. Make it quick."
"You think you're so good, little Mudblood? Getting good grades, being all prissy and perfect?" Snape sneered. "You don't deserve to be in this school!"
"Rubber glue, sticks back to you!" Lily loved saying that.
"I'll show you, Evans. You don't belong in this school." Snape was looking intimidating.
"Are you quite finished?" Lily tried to back away.
"Oh, no, Mudblood."
People who passed by Snape and Lily had gasped in shock. Who on earth dared to use the foul word "Mudblood"? When Sirius saw Snape, he called out loudly to him.
"Calling Lily a Mudblood, are you Snivellus? No need to say your hair is full of mud! I see the shower I gave you a few weeks ago wore out, no?"
"POKADILLIS!" A large object shot out of Snape's wand, hitting Sirius in the stomach. As Sirius wheezed and coughed, James came sprinting behind him, shouting.
"Oh no you didn't! You don't go around cursing my best friend, Snape! TRALLIQUIN DOMINIC WORKUS!" A bright light blinded the area, and when Lily's eyes adjusted, she saw Snape had shrunk in size, and was about the size of a four year old. Shocked at what had just happened and surprised that James knew seventh year magic, Lily performed the counter-curse on Sirius, and darted away.
What she did not see was Snape chasing right after her. As she went inside the Gryffindor dorms, Snape sneaked in and hid while she changed in the bathroom. He sneaked out, put green dye in her shampoo, put a flashing neon sign, that would not appear until it was worn, on her robes that said "Kick Me", and he put his pet flobberworm in her bed. When she was looking the other way, Snape put hairs in her toothbrush, and bolted out the dorms before anyone saw him. Unfortunately, he was right outside the portrait door, Professor McGonagall saw him.
"I hope you were not inside, Mister Snape."
"Oh no, Professor. Why would I? I was just looking for Filch's office…he wished to speak to me… it's around here, right, Professor?"
"Yes. Second door to your right if you keep going strait. Good Night."
Snape left, not planning to go to Filch's office at all.
The next day, Snape awoke early, wanting to hear Lily scream as she looked in the mirror. Waiting outside the portrait door, hidden behind a knight, he waited. But no scream came. What Snape did not know was that Lily never looked in the mirror. She did not care about appearance, so why bother?
So, she came out the door, and headed to the Great Hall. When people saw her, they laughed. They laughed more at the sign on her back, at the hairs stuck on her teeth, and at the flobberworm bites all over her body. Snape wondered why she hadn't screamed when she saw the flobberworm in her bed. And why she hadn't noticed hairs in her toothbrush. Or her green hair. Laughing, he set over to the Slytherin table.
When Molly, Amelia, and Arabella told Lily what she looked like, she grabbed Bella's mirror, and shrieked. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter came over.
"I liked the Christmas look better on you, Evans. Green and red…looked jollier than this. Your green eyes do compliment your hair, though. New fashion statement?" James was laughing loudly at Lily.
"Shut up, Potter!"
"Hmm…wonder who did this…" Sirius looked over at the Slytherin table. "It was Snape."
"How do you know", asked Lily. "Not everything is his fault, you know."
"All boys look the same way after they pull a prank…they have this look in their eyes…!"
James and Sirius got into verbal, teasing battle over how good their pranks were, and were interrupted by Lily.
"Will you perform the counter curse? Or what?"
As Sirius fixed Lily's hair, Remus her teeth, and Peter took off the sign on her back, James worked on her flobberworm bites that were on her arms. She noticed how soft James' hands were. She had thought they would be rougher, considering he played Quidditch and was constantly on a broom. Wondering why on earth that had popped into her head, she thanked the boys, and headed off towards Potions. But, she was stopped by James.
"I healed your arms and legs…but don't I get the other parts of your body, Lils?" James winked at her. He was feeling silly.
"Drop dead, Potter."
With that, she left, and would make sure she sat next to Snape in class and told him off!
Lily sat next to Snape in potions, so that they were lab partners. She purposely added the wrong items to the potion, so that it blew substances at Snape's face. The potion's master, Professor Pascal, came over and gave them some help, and Lily knew Professor Pascal would never give Snape below a 90. No matter how terrible he did. So, Pascal had no choice but to give them a 92.5. Smiling, Lily set off to her next class, Transfiguration. That was easily her worst subject. Charms was her best.
"Today we shall have a little pop quiz! Take out parchment and a quill. Mister James Potter, pair up with Mister Frank Longbottom and Miss Alice Golem. Mister Black, you will be with Miss Lily Evans and Mister Remus Lupin."
McGonagall continued to pair people up for their practical pop quiz. To Lily's dismay, she could not even transfigure a quill into a sugar cube! That was simple!
"Miss Evans, Mister Potter, I would like to speak to you after class." People cat-called and whooped at James' name with Lily's; the potion that Sirius had sprinkled on James' had not yet worn off. In fact, at the moment, he hated Lily. Sirius wondered if he did the right thing.
"Mister Potter. You do exceptionally well at Transfiguration. However, you use your brilliant mind at other, rule-breaking things. Miss Evans. You are outstandingly good at Charms, but your Transfiguration could be better. And Mister Potter, your Charms is not up to level either. It is my wish that you tutor each other, in the library on Thursdays."
"What?"
"You heard me, Potter."
"But…but…I have Quidditch practice on Thursdays! And on Saturdays!"
"Ah. Yes…well…Mondays, then. Good day. Professor Flitwick shall be waiting for you in Charms now."
Lily was horrified. What terrible punishment was this? Making her learn from James? JAMES POTTER?
James was surprised. He did not know his Charms was that bad. But to him, it was no big deal. A few tutoring lessons for a month…and then it's over.
So, at six that night, a depressed Lily and a cheerful James set toward the library.
"Listen, Potter. We're gonna get this over with quick. I teach you for a hour, and you teach me, got it?"
"Whatever, Flower!"
"My name is Lily. To you, its Miss Evans. Understand?"
"I think you need a nickname."
"Err…"
"I like Flower. And Petals. And Lilikins."
"Yeah? Well I like calling you Dork. Weirdo. Idiot."
"Harsh. Shall I call you Petals?"
"Shall I call you Jamsie? Or Jimmy?"
"Jimmy. Sounds sexier."
"Ugh! Just hurry up, Potter!"
"I thought you said you were gonna call me Jimmy, little Petals!"
"JAMES JIMMY POTTER! Whatever! Please hurry!"
"Getting worked up, eh, sugar?"
"UGH!"
"Okay, okay! Down girl! Okay. I'll start."
After an hour, it was Lily's turn to tutor. But, James, being the silly, immature 11 year old he was, wanted to have some fun. Wondering what prank to play on her, James wasn't listening to Lily the nerd babble on about Charms. After a while, James decided to catch the last few words Lily was talking about.
"And so shrinking spells are really quite simple. You just have to concentrate awfully hard on the object you wish to reduce in size, and then you must focus your mind on the size you want it. Here. Watch."
Lily took James's glasses off his eyes. Before she could demonstrate, their eyes met. All of a sudden, a wave went through James's body. He didn't know it, but the spell Sirius had put on him was lifted.
Lily looked at James's sea blue eyes. Her favorite color was blue. His eyes were incredibly blue. And so deep. Like the ocean.
"Are you gonna stare at my eyes, or work on my glasses, Evans?" James smiled at Lily strangely.
Blushing, Lily said the spell. "Macero!" James' glasses shrunk to half their normal size. "And you are back to calling me 'Evans' now?"
"Yeah ok whatever…I have a question…why is the spell Macero? I thought it was Reducto."
"Reducto is … more of a stunning spell. It's very advanced. Anyways… I can't believe I have to be tutored by you. Of all people!"
"And I hate being tutored by you. Just to let you know, I'm not rubbish at Charms. But no one likes a know-it-all. If I got straight A's, I would never get asked out!"
"Who on earth would ask you out?"
Laughing, James replied, "Only all the girls in 3rd year and under, Lils!"
"Don't call me Lils."
"Later, hun!" James ran out of the library, breathing hard. How come he had felt that wave when he looked into Lily's eyes? He didn't like her…did he? I mean, who does? He saw Lily come out the library, head immersed in a book. He smiled. Time for some fun, he thought.
"Macero!", he muttered. Instantly, Lily shrunk , as did her book and bag. Funny thing was that she did not seem to notice.
Marching on, Lily found herself at the Fat Lady's portrait. Lily gasped. How come the portrait was so huge? And why was the door so big? Turning around, she saw a grinning James. Looking at herself in horror, she shouted angrily at James.
"Potter! Who do you think you are? Undo this right now! Messing up your hair because you think it looks good to pretend you just got off your broom! Nicking snitches and chaser balls! Dating a different girl each day because you think you're so wanted! You're nothing but a self-centered, egotistical, complacent JERK! Undo me right now!"
Professor McGonagall came running down the shifting stairs. "What is the racket? Miss Evans! What on Earth happened?"
"Well, Professor, I was returning from the library, after tutoring Potter, and he thought it would make a great joke to shrink me!"
"Yes, well, you asked me to try the spell, since that's what you were 'teaching' me in the little lesson we had in the library. And I did. Don't you think I did a good job? I catch on quick." responded a naughty James.
Lily was shooting daggers at James. Professor McGonagall gave a wave with her wand, and Lily was returned to normal size. She gave James a warning, and went off.
"See, Lils? I told you I'm not a dunce at Charms. I charmed you, your book, and bag."
"Woop-de-doo! I'm gonna KILL you!"
"Considering you're a mouse, and I'm sexy, I don't think you'll manage. Night, my little kitten!" And James left a seething Lily behind him.
A/N: Well? You like? I won't upload the next chapter unless 20 people review for this! Make me happy! I'll review yours if you review mine! *giggles childishly*