Last Chapter part 3
Faith pressed her hand up against the damp ceiling as if that was going to help raise the ceiling to give them more time. All thier breathing had quickened as the inevitable crept steadily closer. Faith figured that they probably only had no more than 10 minutes left.
Alice walked down a few steps. The front of her pants and her robes got drenched. She strained her ears for any noise. She heard none, frightened she looked at the water. It was dark and foreboding. It looked as if it would swallow her up if she ventured any further.
Sarah pressed both hands firmly against the wall. She was in a corner and the water level was to her chin. The top of her head was only half a foot away from the ceiling. The water was freezing and fear was quaking through her body. Her legs ached from the pain of having to tread the water. Sarah's bottom lip quivered as she looked at Remus. His hair was matted down and clung to his forehead. His eyes seemed to bore into hers and Sarah felt comforted as Remus moved next to her.
"You know what makes me mad?" Faith said breaking the horrible silence. No one responded to her question, they just looked at her.
"The f-fact that this means Voldemort is winning. I d-d-don't know about the rest of you but that just p-p-pisses me off to no end-d." Faith said her teeth chattering from the cold. Everyone nodded, Faith sighed and moved her soaking hair away from her face. It was curling and becoming quite a hassle.
"What I wouldn't do for s-some g-gillyweed." Serverus muttered.
Alice climbed back up the stairs. The knot in her stomach just kept twisting. There was no way she was going to go in that water. It was freezing and in all truth there was no reason to anyways.
Lily's head grazed the ceiling. She looked to James. His hair was pasted to his forehead and his glasses were fogging up.
"Lily...I j-j-just wanted t-to tell you...t-t-that..."James whispered softly.
"I know James. Me too." Lily said softly. James nodded and then leaned forward and kissed Lily.
Alice began to walk away from the stair case just as everyone's head tilted up to avoid the water. Alice stopped and looked back at the water. The feeling in the pit of her stomach wouldn't go away.
Everyone's noses were tightly pressed up against the ceiling. The water had now reached their mouths and their breathing had become difficult. Sirius looked at Faith.
"Faith" he said softly.
Just as Faith turned to look at him she was gone underneath the water. Sirius was taken aback. Suddenly Faith's head popped back up.
"The doors open" she choked just as Alice's head popped up at the water. Everyone dived down, ignoring their aching legs. They swam faster and faster as the stairs came into view. Their lungs were all screaming as they punctured the water surface. They all crawled off the staircase and laid down on the ground. Alice stood up and said.
"I'll go get Dumbeldore." before running off. Everyone looked at one another. They hoped Dumbeldore didn't want them to go to his office, because there was not a chance in hell they were ever getting up.
The next day after a long talk with Dumbeldore and a bit of sleeping in, Faith clutched a copy of the Daily Prophet which blared: Voldemort Rising!
"About time the Ministry figured that out." James muttered.
Faith ripped open a letter. She quickly read through it and said
"The Weasleys had twins. Fred and George...born April 1st...I shall name them the pranksters of the universe." Faith said. James just rolled his eyes.
"After today I'll be living in an apartment in London." Faith smiled happily throwing the Daily Prophet on the counter.
"Your not staying with your father for even a little bit?" Sarah asked flicking the hair out of her eyes.
"Are you kidding me? My father just got a box off 2000 fireworks. There is no way I'm staying through that." Faith said reaching over and grabbing Remus's sandwhich.
"How much is your rent?" James asked looking at the paper.
"15 galleons, 9 sickles, and 13 knuts a month. For a two bedroom apartment thats not bad. Which Lily and I will be splitting." (60.41 Euro is 15galleons, 9 sickles, and 13 knuts.60.41 transfers over to 75 U.S. dollars) Faith said stretching.
"Lily?" James asked looking at Lily.
"Yeah I'm moving in with Faith. I'm certainly not going to be staying at home listening to Petunia talk about her boyfriend all day." Lily said rolling her eyes. Faith gagged and choked.
"Petunia has a boyfriend!" Faith asked horrified.
"Yeah. Name's Very...no...Vernof...no...Vernon. I think thats it." Lily said biting her lower lip. Faith shuddered as Sirius came and sat down ruffling his hair.
"Look whos up." Remus smiled. Sirius just grabbed the half eaten sandwich out of Faith's hand and started eating.
"Sarah, where are you going after school?" Lily asked.
"Not sure yet. Haven't really thought about...what are you doing?" Sarah said looking at Remus.
"Me? My dad is moving to Australia. I'm getting the house." Remus said shrugging.
"Sirius?" Remus asked looking at him.
"Yes?" Sirius asked dazed. Remus sighed and said slowly as if Sirius was stupid
"What-are-you-doing-after-school?"
"I don't know. Whatever James is doing." he said through a mouthful of sandwich.
"We have interviews tomorrow. Remember?" James said looking at Sirius as if he was stupid.
"Thats right. Ministry wants to see us." Sirius said nodding.
"Sarah has an interview with the ministry." Remus said smiling at her. Sarah nodded as Faith checked her watch.
"We better go get ready. The parentals arrive at 4." Faith said standing up.
"What time is it?" Sirius asked.
"2:30" Faith said as everyone else got up. Sirius jumped up.
"Already!" Sirius hollered. He had been stressing out about this day for a while. Mostly he was worried about whether or not his parents were going to show. Everyone wanted to look thier absolute best.
"Sarah you are soooo lucky you turned around when you did." Lily said as they climbed the steps to the girls dormitory for the very last time.
"Why?" Sarah asked sheepishly.
"We were all going to have Faith clock you. See if that worked, and if not she was really going to beat on you." Lily said as they burst through the door. Sarah gave a weak smile.
"You guys this...is going to be the very last time we will ever be in this room." Faith said sitting on the edge of Alice's bed.
"I'm going to miss it." Alice said.
"Yeah." Sarah and Lily said softly.
"I've got an idea." Faith said getting up and rummaging through her trunk. She pulled out her camera.
"One last picture." she said smiling. The girls all nodded. Faith set the camera up and the girls all made goofy grins as the camera flashed.
At 4:00 the parents started to arrive. First it was Lily parents who were Petunia less(yes I realize that muggles can't come to Hogwarts but I figure there can be exceptions).Followed by the Weasleys with Faith's father. Mrs. Weasley was holding Fred and George while Mr. Weasley carried Percy and Bill and Charlie followed behind them. Remus's father was next and when he walked into the great hall which was filled with seats he picked one in the way back. Hannah Potter was next followed by Sarah's parents.
Sirius,James and Remus waited nervously for the girls in the Gryffindor common room. They were both dressed in their Hogwarts uniforms and looked positively sharp. The robes they were wearing were different. They were the normal black color but they were longer and the sleeves bigger. Also on the hem of the sleeves and the bottom of the robe was the Hogwarts icon.
Sarah was the first to come down. While the men of the school had only one choice for a unifrom. The girls had a little bit more of a variety. They had the choice of skirt or pants and there were several different kinds of skirts to pick from. Even though Remus had seen Sarah wear that uniform a million times and again for some odd reason she looked positively stunning in it. Her hair was in smooth soft curls and her face was pale bringing out her eyes. Remus smiled which she returned. Remus and Sarah walked out the room hands interlaced.
Lily was the next to descend the stairs. Her hair was down around her shoulders and she used a butterfly clip to pull the edges out of her face. She had on her butterfly necklace and a bit of eyeliner on to accent her eyes. James couldn't help but break into a wide grin. He extended his hand and said
"Take a lady to the great hall?" Lily smiled and James wrapped his arm around her waist. He gave her a quick kiss and the two left the common room.
Faith quickly followed Lily. She had her hair wavy and a thin layer of gloss on her lips. The sleeves on her white, long sleeved shirt were unbuttoned and a small smile was on her face.
"Your going to make every male in that room hate me." Sirius smiled. Faith gave a small laugh and the two walked out with their hands entwined together.
All the students sat behind the professors after the ceremony. Dumbeldore was giving his closing speech. Everyone was sitting alphabetically (of course) and Serverus Snape leaned forward and looked at Faith who was only a few seats away from him. She caught him looking at her and gave him a small smile.
"I wouldn't have been here today if you hadn't of helped me in Charms all those years." He whispered. Faith looked down at her feet smiling.
"Yes you would have." She said looking at him.
Sirius took note of his parents unattendence. He was secretly fuming. 'Why couldn't they have come?' he thought.
"Some students caused a bit of trouble but managed to pass through their classes with flying colors." Dumbeldore said.
Sirius chuckled. He looked at James and smiled. James winked and smiled back He then looked back to Remus who had managed to sneak a seat next to Sarah. Remus gave a slight smile. Sirius noticed Faith a few rows back of Remus. She smiled brightly and gave him a wink. Sirius forgot all about his parents.
Dumbeldore concluded his speech. All the students stood up cheering. Just as Sarah moved to stand up Remus grabbed her hand and pulled her back down. She looked at him with a perplexed look.
"Will you marry me?" He said quickly.
James gave Lily a kiss as all the students began to leave.
"Hey." She said smiling.
"Theres going to be a party at my house. Sirius and Faith are waiting outside to take a picture and then we'll leave." James said.
"What are we waiting for?" Lily said smiling and with that they walked out the front doors of Hogwarts.
The End of Marauders Misery
Things to expect in Marauders Misery 2: Two people coming back from the dead, a few problems with Kreacher, a new Astronomy, DADA, Divination teacher, several fights, 3 or more deaths, romance, and anything else you can possibly dream up.
(A/N: MM2 is up! Just click on tombraider3 to view it. It may take a while since I only uploaded it this morning but trust me its there)