Chapter 4: Potions Class
Lily was beaming with excitement the next day.
"Our first day of classes!" Lilycheered a bright smile on her face.
"Yeah but least we forget we have O.W.L. s this year," Sarah said spooning oatmeal into her mouth.
"Your not worried are you?" Faith asked Sarah.
"Of course I'm not, but the teachers are going to be positively unruly this year," Sarah grumbled.
"Damn, I guess that means no dung bombs," Faith smiled mischievously. Sarah and Lily both smiled widely.
"What's our first class of the day?"asked Sarah to no one in particular as she paid a scrawny barn owl for her copy of the Daily Prophet.
"Double Transfiguration with Huffelfpuff, we also have double Potions with the Slytherins," Lily informed looking at the schedule.
"Double Potions with Slytherian, oh joy that sounds like fun," Faithmuttered sarcastically.
"Oh yeah, we get to see Lucius Malfoy and Mary Finger (Fine-gurr) for twice the regular amount of time, excuse my enthusiasm," muttered Sarah twirling her wand between her fingers. The first bell rang and the Great Hall began to empty.
"Carry me," Jamescried in a melodramatic voice as he playfully jumped on Remus's back after a long Transfiguration class.
"I don't know If I can carry you all the way to Potions," Remusreplied jokingly.
"Did you see the way Evans looked this morning?"questioned James, changing the subject.
"Yeah with her hair half up and half down," Remusanswered still carrying James.
"With that butterfly clip James likes so much," Sirius snickered.
"Shes a true thing of beauty that girl. And don't mock me for liking her butterfly clip. I can think of a certain someone that likes Faith's silver cross necklace." Jamesteased as they neared the dungeons . Remus gave a deep chuckle.
"And you like Sarah's baby blue shirt that she's always wearing." Peter said trying to join in on the fun.
"I do not!" Remussnapped unconvincingly. 'Yeah, right.' They all thought in unison
"Off to another whirlwind adventurecalled Potions," Sarah groaned pulling her hair up into a pony tail.
"I bet you 5 galleons Professor Putgis is going to make us do the most diffuclt potion he can think of," Lily said as they walked down the dungeon stairs.
"See I would take that bet but I know your right so I wont," Faith put in.
"Hello Ladies!" Siriusgreeted wrapping an arm around Faith and Sarah's shoulders as he came up behind them.
"Hello Sirius," they replied dully
"Excited about seeing the arrogant old bat?" asked Sirius smiling.
"We've already seen James," Lilyretorted opening the dungeon door.
"Oh very funny," Jamesrolled his eyesfrombehind.
"I thought so," Faith laughed throwing her head back and going to her seat.
"I love it when she makes fun of me." James sighed as Professor Putgis walked in, late as usual.
"I love it when she laughs like that." Sirius said. "It just lights up her whole face."
"What?" Remus and Peter wanted to know.
"Come on Moony, there has to be something about Sarah you just love. And don't tell us you don't like her." James muttered as Putgis began to write on the board.
Remusmuttered quietly "When she's daydreaming."
"That's something. Sarah is always daydreaming and getting that far off look in her eyes." Sirius nodded.
Remus blushed, "And then she drums her fingers on the desk and smiles."
"I love it when Alice flips her hair around." Petermurmured shyly.
"You're kidding! Alice? You likeAlice? Isn't she going out with Frank Longbottom?" Jamesquestioned him stunned. Peter nodded and blushed a superb crimson as Putgis began naming off partners.
"Potter," Professor Putgis said. James snapped his head up.
"You'll be paired with...Evans," he dronned. James kicked his feet in excitement.
"Ow," Remus muttered.
"Sorry," Jameswhispered backquickly but all he could think about was being partners with Lily.
"Sloom and Black," Professor Putgiscontinued and Faith rolled her eyes up to the ceiling. 'Not Sirius, he's just as bad as James. I would have taken anyone else.' Faith thought as Professor Putgis called Sarah's name
"Deluna and...Lupin." Faith looked at Sarah and Sarah seemed to bounce with happiness. Remus flashed Sarah a slight smile as she looked his way. He was always so calm and nice, it was no wonder Sarah liked him. 'Thank you Putgis. Finally you do something right for me!' Sarah thought excitedly.
Lily was thinking a different story 'Ugh. Does Putgis just look for ways to torture me or is it by some freak accident I always end up with Potter?'
Once everyone had been partnered up James moved over to where Lily sat.
"Hey partner," hesmiled brightly. Lily gave him an evil look and pulled out her cauldron.
Faith glared at Siriusrefusing to move from her spot. Sirius stared right back which told Faith he wasn't going to move either. Faith sighed and got up to move over to where Sirius sat. A smile crept onto Sirius's face knowing he'd beat Faith.
Sarah on the other hand didn't have a chance to even think about moving, Remus was over there lighting fast. Sarah tried to compose herself in the best possible way but found her heart slamming hard in her chest every time she even looked at Remus.
"Sure ya don't need help with that?" Jamesquestioned Lily as she began to smash up beetles legs. Lily gave the beetle legs one last hard smash and looked at James.
"Guess not." hegroaned as he added the legs to the steaming cauldron.
James reached over for the dragon acid and as he did so his hand brushed up against Lily's as she stirred the potion. Lily seemed not to notice that she had James had touched let alone that he was even there. James picked up the acid and steadily dropped two drops of it in the potion. It turned a light purple color.
"Now we wait 10 minutes to add the pudom paste." Lily added sitting back.
"Well if it isn't Faith Sloom. Working up to another E are we?" Mary Finger seethed eyeing Faith with disgust.
"Actually I was shooting for an O. Wishing for another T, Mary?" Faith snapped.
"She won't be getting a T if I'm her partner." Luciuschided leaning forward looking at Faith quite smugly. Faith and Sirius both seemed to fume with anger. Lucius was one of the more stuck up purebloods that treated the school as if he owned it. Professor Putgis was a close friend of his family's. Faith heard Mary say something that sounded an awful like "End up like her mother,". Faith would have hexed her on the spot if she knew for sure.
"How's Regulus, Sirius?" Luciushissed his lips curling into an evil smile. Faith saw Sirius stiffen as he added the beetle legs. Something rolled across the floor and hit Faith's foot. She kneeled down and picked up a small glass vial filled with a clear liquid. Faith recognized the liquid instantly. Faith could see Sarah smile and point at Lucius.
Sarah couldn't help but be happy. Here she was working with Remus and they were having a pleasant conversation. They were talking about astronomy, which was good because that was somethingshe knew very much about. Remus seemed to know quite a lot about it too.
Sarah and Remus were waiting also to add the pudom paste when she noticed Lucius-who she hated very much- talking to Faith. So quietly slipping into her bag she grabbed the glass vial filled with Hair Changing potion. She carefully rolled it and watched it hit Faith's foot. Faith mouthed her thanks. Sarah smiled as Faith very carefully administered a drop of the fluid to Lucius's hair, and then just for her own gratification added it to Mary's too.
"Where are you going?" Lily asked James as he stood up.
"No where." James said flashing her a charming smile. Lily rolled her eyes and James went of. 'She knows she loves me' James thought jokingly to himself. James walked confidently over to Sirius and whispered in his ear "You bored? I have an idea"
Sirius flashed a look of mischief as James opened up his hand to reveal the dragon acid. James then looked over at Severus (who happened to be with his partner right next to Sirius). A smile creptto Sirius's face and he took the acid.
Severus was hunched over a piece of paper his nose almost touching the surface. He was writing furiously and didn't notice Sirius dump the bottle in his cauldron. When Sirius returned to his spot Faith gave him a quizzical look.
"What are you up to?" shewpndered as the potion turned a light purple.
"Me? Up to something? Never," Sirius smiled sitting down and putting his feet up on the table.
Severus looked at his potion. It was still a light purple. He looked at his partner and found them staring at him bottle of beetle legs. This was what he was forced to work with. Severus looked up quickly at Faith and Sirius. How he wished he had gotten the chance to work with her. He knew she would never tolerate his hatred of muggle borns.
Lucius and Mary let out loud screams. Everyone turned and saw their hair turning different colors rapidly. Mary held a mirror in her hands and was pointing at Lucius's hair. Lucius took the mirror and turned beet red with anger.
The entire class burst out laughing as Professor Pugtis escorted the two down to the hospital wing, his face white with fury. Serverus looked at Faith and saw her with her head thrown back laughing. Her laughs soon became squeaks as she covered her mouth and tried to stop laughing. Severus watched as her laugh soon turned into a broad smile. He saw Sirius also watching Faith. Severus cast his eyes back to his potion and added the podum paste. The potion began to boil and rise and turn an awful black color, then it exploded in black ash all over Severus and his partner.
The entire room gasped. James and Sirius burst out laughing and soon the rest of the class was. Faith leaned forward looking past Sirius at Severus. Her mouth formed a large O and her hands clamped over her mouth. Sarah and Lily had similar reactions. Faith hit Sirius in the chest.
"What did you do?" Faithsnapped as the class's laughter became louder.
Sirius was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes.
"I can't believe you would do something like that!" Lilydeclared staring at Severus in horror at what James and Sirius had done. He didn't even do anything! She thought angrily.
"Who says gasp I did gasp it." James wheezedholding his chest and trying to restrict himself from laughing. It wasn't working.
(A/N: I know Lucius Malfoy did not go to school with James and Lily but I just wrote it in there for kicks.)