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Chapter 4
Lily was wandering around near the lake, where she was supposed to meet Malfoy, as she grew more doubtful with every second he hadn't shown up. 'I can't believe I fell for that façade. I should have known he would never show up. Lucius Malfoy is just as bad as James Potter. That's it. I'm going back inside in 5...4...3...2—.'
"There you are, Lily!" Malfoy said, interrupting her thoughts. "I'm sorry I'm late. I was just giving directions to a 3rd year."
"I'm sure," Lily replied while rolling her eyes.
"It's ok if you don't believe me. I'm not looking to make up excuses. I should have come down here immediately. It was rude of me to keep you waiting," Malfoy rambled.
"Let's just go, Lucius," Lily said as she turned away from him and began to walk.
"Lily, wait up!" he bellowed, running over to her side. She stopped for a moment and stared into the Forbidden Forest.
"What is it?" Malfoy asked impatiently
"I could have sworn that deer just winked at me," Lily explained.
"You mean the deer that's insipidly munching on that blade of grass?" he asked mockingly.
"Maybe my mind was just playing tricks on me. Anyway, where are we going?"
"We," he began, taking hold of her hand, "are going to go to the most romantic place in Hogsmeade."
"The Shrieking Shack?" she asked, sounding hopeful.
"You can sit down and relax. I'll get our drinks," Malfoy crooned to Lily when they reached Madame Puddifoot's.
"Thanks," she replied, sitting in a booth for two in front of the window. Unbeknownst to Lily, Lucius's good friend, Severus Snape, served drinks for Madame Puddifoot.
"Did you get the drinks I asked for?" whispered Lucius as he leaned closer to Snape.
"Yeah. You wanted two of the Lovebird Bath drinks, and one of them is supposed to be spiked with Love Potion and Ditz Draught," Snape said, and then added grimly, "Would you like fries with that, sir?"
"Very funny. Can you just give me the drinks so I can go?" Lucius snapped.
"Jeez, bite my head off, will you? Take them and leave."
"Here you are, my dear," said Malfoy.
"What's in it?" she asked.
Malfoy unbuttoned the robe near his neck and replied, "Er—just strawberry and kiwi. Nothing to worry about, just muggle fruits."
"That's my favorite!" Lily said as she took a large gulp of her tampered drink.
"Do you like it?" asked Malfoy anxiously as he moved closer to her.
"It's very good. It was so thoughtful of you to find out my favorite drink, Lucius!"
"Well, I wanted everything to be perfect for us," he replied pleasantly.
Everything in Lily's world seemed to be melting away as she looked into Lucius's gray eyes. 'I shouldn't be thinking like that. Lucius is so selfish and cruel, but then again, he has been nothing but a gentleman all day—and yesterday! And why shouldn't I fall in love with him. Even Dumbledore said—Lucius's hair is so amazing—wait what am I thinking? He's a Slytherin for Merlin's sake! But Dumbledore did say that the houses shouldn't be a barrier between friendships and love.'
'I should take his picture and send it in to Witch Weekly's Hottest Guys, maybe he'll win. Oh, I bet he will—just look at his arm muscles! Focus, Lily! You do not like Lucius Malfoy. What about all of those times he's called you a "filthy mudblood"? Maybe he's changed. Besides, he's good-looking, sweet, handsome, has a great body, and his eyes are so—'
"Lily?" Malfoy interrupted.
"Huh—sorry—what?"
"Well, you just seemed so distant. Were you thinking about something?" he asked as he brushed the hair out of her eyes.
"No—well, yeah. I was just thinking about how handsome you look in dark green."
Under James's invisibility cloak
"I think I'm going to be sick!" Sirius said with a disgusted look on his face.
"YOU?!" James snapped. "I'm the one in love with her! I'm the one that isn't just trying to use her. I sincerely care about her, and Malfoy comes along and just sweeps her off her feet in how long?"
"Prongs, calm down," Lupin hissed. "You have to keep a level head if you want Lily to stop hating you—and for Merlin's sake—stop shaking! You're making me nauseous."
"Hey!" squeaked Peter. "It's not James's fault you're nauseous. The full moon is in 3 nights."
"That gives me an idea!" Sirius began.
"No!" Lupin shouted, cutting him off.
"You don't even know what I was going to say."
"No!" Lupin said firmly.
"My idea is," Sirius said sharply, "that we could lock Malfoy in the Shrieking Shack in, I don't know, 3 nights?"
"I like that idea," James whispered.
"No!" Lupin repeated.
"Can we put Crabbe and Goyle in too?" Peter pleaded.
"And Snivellus!" James added.
"What part of no don't you people understand?"
"Ok—fine—Mr. Grumpy-wolf!" Sirius scoffed.
In Madame Puddifoot's
Lily started to blush and bury her head in her hands until Malfoy interrupted by telling her that her robes looked wonderful on her, which in turn, resulted in more blushing. Lucius decided to test out Snape's Love Potion. He put his arm around Lily and she responded by leaning her head on his shoulder without bothering to think. Lily didn't know how much time had passed, but when she started focusing in on what Lucius was saying, and not just the mesmerizing sound of his voice, she became aggravated.
"—I, for one, think that proposal should have gone through," Lucius finished.
"What proposal?" Lily asked perplexedly.
"Haven't you been listening to a word I've been saying for the past half hour?" he said while glaring at the top of her head.
"Well—er—not really—I was listening to the sound of your voice not what that dashing voice of yours was droning on about."
"I guess I'll forgive you. I was talking about the proposal to have Muggles classified as animals. I wish that proposal would have gone through."
"What's a proposal?"
"What the heck?!" Lucius said under his breath. "I think Snapey may have added too much Ditz Draught in your drink."
"Huh?" Lily asked.
"Nothing, dear."
"Deer are cute!" Lily exclaimed.
"Can't you focus?"
"On what, sweetie?"
"The proposal, so that we can hunt Muggles. It could be turned into a competitive sport."
"What do you mean by hunt?"
"Kill—hex—maim—destroy!" Lucius hissed as he began to cackle.
"WHAT?!" Lily shrieked. "I can't believe you would say something like that! My parents are both Muggles!"
"But it'll be a game."
"Oh! I'm sorry I didn't trust you, Lucius. I can be such a ditz, sometimes," Lily giggled.
"Would you excuse me for a moment?" Lucius asked politely.
"Of course, but don't be too long. I'll miss you."
"SNAPE!" Lucius bellowed.
"Yes?" he replied innocently.
"How much Ditz Draught did I tell you to add to Lily's drink?" barked Malfoy.
"Um—er—5 drops?"
"5?!" Lucius snapped. I told you to add one drop of Ditz Draught! She's a walking Narcissa Black for Merlin's sake!"
"Sorry."
"I didn't come for apologizes give me the antidote!" Lucius said as Severus handed him a small piece of chocolate. "What's this?"
"The antidote," Snape replied. "All you have to do is give this to Lily. It'll only take about 30 seconds until she's back to normal."
"As normal as a mudblood can be." Malfoy walked away from Snape and stopped a few steps away from the table.
A few seconds earlier underneath the invisibility cloak
"What's Snape doing there?" Lupin questioned analytically. "And what is he giving to Lucius? He served their drinks, too."
"Maybe he spiked them!" Peter suggested.
"What a sneaky git!" Sirius barked.
"That's it! I'm going to stop him, this instant!" James screamed boldly. James ran out of the invisibility cloak and into Madame Puddifoot's, fuming. "MALFOY!" James hollered, and Malfoy stopped a few feet away from the table.
Present...
"Lily! That chocolate has been tampered with!" James explained.
Lily giggled and then responded. "Your hair looks funny. Lucius's hair is perfect. Yours is messy."
"What the heck did you do to her, Malfoy?"
"The question is what you did to her, Jamie," Lucius quipped.
"What's in that chocolate?" James asked suspiciously.
"An anti-dote for a Ditz Draught that you slipped into Lily's drink earlier," lied Lucius as he took a step towards Lily and handed her the chocolate.
"Don't eat that, Lily!" James shouted as he lunged forward. He was too late. Lily had already eaten the chocolate, and was slowly regaining her brainpower.
"James!" she shrieked once the anti-dote had kicked-in. "What are you doing here? I'm trying to spend time with my handsome boyfriend!"
"B—boy—fr—friend?!" James stuttered in disbelief.
"Yes," Lily hissed, "boyfriend. My boyfriend, Lucius Malfoy!"
"James, I've told you before: leave Lily alone," Malfoy replied.
"You leave her alone, Malfoy! What else did you decide to slip into her drink, huh?" he said as he approached Malfoy and grabbed him around the neck.
"James!" Lily said in shock. "Get your hands off of him!" Before disaster erupted completely, Sirius and Lupin intervened. Lupin used a separating spell, and Sirius assisted him by pulling James off of Malfoy before he murdered.
"Prongs, we need to leave, now!" Lupin said fiercely. The three marauders left Madame Puddifoot's and joined Peter in their common room.
"Lucius," Lily asked, "can we leave now? I had a great time with you, but I'm exhausted."
"Of course. I'll walk you to your room." They both walked out the door, holding hands. After three minutes of walking they were in the school's entrance. Malfoy noticed a flyer lying on the ground, so he picked it up.
"What is it?" Lily questioned after a few seconds. Malfoy handed it to her and she was quite surprised to see what it said.
Dear 6th and 7th year Hogwarts students,
This year the faculty and I have decided to add to our co-operation program by holding a Masquerade Ball for those interested. There will be an amnesia spell placed on the Great Hall, to prevent any predetermined dislike towards students of different houses. You will all have a clean slate to make new friends or even old friends. Nobody will have dates, as they will not be able to remember any acquaintances. The only thing you will be able to remember on the night of October 31, will be your personal information. However, you will regain all previous knowledge at the end of the evening.
Author's Notes: Well that's it (for this chapter anyway) I know that it was really long, but I wanted to include this letter before I ended it.
Next Chapter: The Masquerade Ball and hopefully misunderstandings and hilarious irony...
Upcoming events: Um...I don't know yet...I'm going to give Remus and Sirius bigger parts, and Lily more of a personality...but other than that I don't really know...
Chapter 4
Lily was wandering around near the lake, where she was supposed to meet Malfoy, as she grew more doubtful with every second he hadn't shown up. 'I can't believe I fell for that façade. I should have known he would never show up. Lucius Malfoy is just as bad as James Potter. That's it. I'm going back inside in 5...4...3...2—.'
"There you are, Lily!" Malfoy said, interrupting her thoughts. "I'm sorry I'm late. I was just giving directions to a 3rd year."
"I'm sure," Lily replied while rolling her eyes.
"It's ok if you don't believe me. I'm not looking to make up excuses. I should have come down here immediately. It was rude of me to keep you waiting," Malfoy rambled.
"Let's just go, Lucius," Lily said as she turned away from him and began to walk.
"Lily, wait up!" he bellowed, running over to her side. She stopped for a moment and stared into the Forbidden Forest.
"What is it?" Malfoy asked impatiently
"I could have sworn that deer just winked at me," Lily explained.
"You mean the deer that's insipidly munching on that blade of grass?" he asked mockingly.
"Maybe my mind was just playing tricks on me. Anyway, where are we going?"
"We," he began, taking hold of her hand, "are going to go to the most romantic place in Hogsmeade."
"The Shrieking Shack?" she asked, sounding hopeful.
"You can sit down and relax. I'll get our drinks," Malfoy crooned to Lily when they reached Madame Puddifoot's.
"Thanks," she replied, sitting in a booth for two in front of the window. Unbeknownst to Lily, Lucius's good friend, Severus Snape, served drinks for Madame Puddifoot.
"Did you get the drinks I asked for?" whispered Lucius as he leaned closer to Snape.
"Yeah. You wanted two of the Lovebird Bath drinks, and one of them is supposed to be spiked with Love Potion and Ditz Draught," Snape said, and then added grimly, "Would you like fries with that, sir?"
"Very funny. Can you just give me the drinks so I can go?" Lucius snapped.
"Jeez, bite my head off, will you? Take them and leave."
"Here you are, my dear," said Malfoy.
"What's in it?" she asked.
Malfoy unbuttoned the robe near his neck and replied, "Er—just strawberry and kiwi. Nothing to worry about, just muggle fruits."
"That's my favorite!" Lily said as she took a large gulp of her tampered drink.
"Do you like it?" asked Malfoy anxiously as he moved closer to her.
"It's very good. It was so thoughtful of you to find out my favorite drink, Lucius!"
"Well, I wanted everything to be perfect for us," he replied pleasantly.
Everything in Lily's world seemed to be melting away as she looked into Lucius's gray eyes. 'I shouldn't be thinking like that. Lucius is so selfish and cruel, but then again, he has been nothing but a gentleman all day—and yesterday! And why shouldn't I fall in love with him. Even Dumbledore said—Lucius's hair is so amazing—wait what am I thinking? He's a Slytherin for Merlin's sake! But Dumbledore did say that the houses shouldn't be a barrier between friendships and love.'
'I should take his picture and send it in to Witch Weekly's Hottest Guys, maybe he'll win. Oh, I bet he will—just look at his arm muscles! Focus, Lily! You do not like Lucius Malfoy. What about all of those times he's called you a "filthy mudblood"? Maybe he's changed. Besides, he's good-looking, sweet, handsome, has a great body, and his eyes are so—'
"Lily?" Malfoy interrupted.
"Huh—sorry—what?"
"Well, you just seemed so distant. Were you thinking about something?" he asked as he brushed the hair out of her eyes.
"No—well, yeah. I was just thinking about how handsome you look in dark green."
Under James's invisibility cloak
"I think I'm going to be sick!" Sirius said with a disgusted look on his face.
"YOU?!" James snapped. "I'm the one in love with her! I'm the one that isn't just trying to use her. I sincerely care about her, and Malfoy comes along and just sweeps her off her feet in how long?"
"Prongs, calm down," Lupin hissed. "You have to keep a level head if you want Lily to stop hating you—and for Merlin's sake—stop shaking! You're making me nauseous."
"Hey!" squeaked Peter. "It's not James's fault you're nauseous. The full moon is in 3 nights."
"That gives me an idea!" Sirius began.
"No!" Lupin shouted, cutting him off.
"You don't even know what I was going to say."
"No!" Lupin said firmly.
"My idea is," Sirius said sharply, "that we could lock Malfoy in the Shrieking Shack in, I don't know, 3 nights?"
"I like that idea," James whispered.
"No!" Lupin repeated.
"Can we put Crabbe and Goyle in too?" Peter pleaded.
"And Snivellus!" James added.
"What part of no don't you people understand?"
"Ok—fine—Mr. Grumpy-wolf!" Sirius scoffed.
In Madame Puddifoot's
Lily started to blush and bury her head in her hands until Malfoy interrupted by telling her that her robes looked wonderful on her, which in turn, resulted in more blushing. Lucius decided to test out Snape's Love Potion. He put his arm around Lily and she responded by leaning her head on his shoulder without bothering to think. Lily didn't know how much time had passed, but when she started focusing in on what Lucius was saying, and not just the mesmerizing sound of his voice, she became aggravated.
"—I, for one, think that proposal should have gone through," Lucius finished.
"What proposal?" Lily asked perplexedly.
"Haven't you been listening to a word I've been saying for the past half hour?" he said while glaring at the top of her head.
"Well—er—not really—I was listening to the sound of your voice not what that dashing voice of yours was droning on about."
"I guess I'll forgive you. I was talking about the proposal to have Muggles classified as animals. I wish that proposal would have gone through."
"What's a proposal?"
"What the heck?!" Lucius said under his breath. "I think Snapey may have added too much Ditz Draught in your drink."
"Huh?" Lily asked.
"Nothing, dear."
"Deer are cute!" Lily exclaimed.
"Can't you focus?"
"On what, sweetie?"
"The proposal, so that we can hunt Muggles. It could be turned into a competitive sport."
"What do you mean by hunt?"
"Kill—hex—maim—destroy!" Lucius hissed as he began to cackle.
"WHAT?!" Lily shrieked. "I can't believe you would say something like that! My parents are both Muggles!"
"But it'll be a game."
"Oh! I'm sorry I didn't trust you, Lucius. I can be such a ditz, sometimes," Lily giggled.
"Would you excuse me for a moment?" Lucius asked politely.
"Of course, but don't be too long. I'll miss you."
"SNAPE!" Lucius bellowed.
"Yes?" he replied innocently.
"How much Ditz Draught did I tell you to add to Lily's drink?" barked Malfoy.
"Um—er—5 drops?"
"5?!" Lucius snapped. I told you to add one drop of Ditz Draught! She's a walking Narcissa Black for Merlin's sake!"
"Sorry."
"I didn't come for apologizes give me the antidote!" Lucius said as Severus handed him a small piece of chocolate. "What's this?"
"The antidote," Snape replied. "All you have to do is give this to Lily. It'll only take about 30 seconds until she's back to normal."
"As normal as a mudblood can be." Malfoy walked away from Snape and stopped a few steps away from the table.
A few seconds earlier underneath the invisibility cloak
"What's Snape doing there?" Lupin questioned analytically. "And what is he giving to Lucius? He served their drinks, too."
"Maybe he spiked them!" Peter suggested.
"What a sneaky git!" Sirius barked.
"That's it! I'm going to stop him, this instant!" James screamed boldly. James ran out of the invisibility cloak and into Madame Puddifoot's, fuming. "MALFOY!" James hollered, and Malfoy stopped a few feet away from the table.
Present...
"Lily! That chocolate has been tampered with!" James explained.
Lily giggled and then responded. "Your hair looks funny. Lucius's hair is perfect. Yours is messy."
"What the heck did you do to her, Malfoy?"
"The question is what you did to her, Jamie," Lucius quipped.
"What's in that chocolate?" James asked suspiciously.
"An anti-dote for a Ditz Draught that you slipped into Lily's drink earlier," lied Lucius as he took a step towards Lily and handed her the chocolate.
"Don't eat that, Lily!" James shouted as he lunged forward. He was too late. Lily had already eaten the chocolate, and was slowly regaining her brainpower.
"James!" she shrieked once the anti-dote had kicked-in. "What are you doing here? I'm trying to spend time with my handsome boyfriend!"
"B—boy—fr—friend?!" James stuttered in disbelief.
"Yes," Lily hissed, "boyfriend. My boyfriend, Lucius Malfoy!"
"James, I've told you before: leave Lily alone," Malfoy replied.
"You leave her alone, Malfoy! What else did you decide to slip into her drink, huh?" he said as he approached Malfoy and grabbed him around the neck.
"James!" Lily said in shock. "Get your hands off of him!" Before disaster erupted completely, Sirius and Lupin intervened. Lupin used a separating spell, and Sirius assisted him by pulling James off of Malfoy before he murdered.
"Prongs, we need to leave, now!" Lupin said fiercely. The three marauders left Madame Puddifoot's and joined Peter in their common room.
"Lucius," Lily asked, "can we leave now? I had a great time with you, but I'm exhausted."
"Of course. I'll walk you to your room." They both walked out the door, holding hands. After three minutes of walking they were in the school's entrance. Malfoy noticed a flyer lying on the ground, so he picked it up.
"What is it?" Lily questioned after a few seconds. Malfoy handed it to her and she was quite surprised to see what it said.
Dear 6th and 7th year Hogwarts students,
This year the faculty and I have decided to add to our co-operation program by holding a Masquerade Ball for those interested. There will be an amnesia spell placed on the Great Hall, to prevent any predetermined dislike towards students of different houses. You will all have a clean slate to make new friends or even old friends. Nobody will have dates, as they will not be able to remember any acquaintances. The only thing you will be able to remember on the night of October 31, will be your personal information. However, you will regain all previous knowledge at the end of the evening.
Author's Notes: Well that's it (for this chapter anyway) I know that it was really long, but I wanted to include this letter before I ended it.
Next Chapter: The Masquerade Ball and hopefully misunderstandings and hilarious irony...
Upcoming events: Um...I don't know yet...I'm going to give Remus and Sirius bigger parts, and Lily more of a personality...but other than that I don't really know...