"You have to talk to him, Lily. It's the day of the dance!" Sara was telling her friend at lunch. "Eric is ready to ask you out. You have to talk to James." Confused? Norma sure was. She had been very distant and hanging around (and all over) Eric this past week. She practically forgot her friends. Eric hadn't forgotten his sister. He would hang out with her. Or at least he used to.
All of the sudden one day, Sara walked up to her brother, all nice and asked him if he wanted to play with dung bombs. "I don't play with Death Eaters." Eric said darkly and walked away. 'How could he know?' Sara thought. Then she saw Norma obviously flirting with him and Eric flirting back. Sara mood turned from happy to anger quicker then you can say Merlin. She walked up tom Norma and dragged her away. She didn't say a word until she got up to their room.
"What the hell were you bloody thinking?" Sara yelled at Norma. "Why would you tell my brother I'm a fucking Death Eater?"
"How do you know it was me?" Norma said in a calm voice.
"Who is always hanging all over him? You! Who wants to go out with him more than anything but won't admit it? You! Who knows I'm a Death Eater? You! It all adds up, Norma." Sara said.
"Like he couldn't figure it out by himself." Norma said. "I mean, he is an Auror, right?"
"An Auror in training, Norma. And he wouldn't accuse anyone in his own family unless someone told him that someone in his family was a fucking Death Eater, which isn't true." Sara said. She didn't consider herself a Death Eater.
"Hey, if the Mark fits." Norma snapped. "Stop acting all good and 'Oh-look-I'm-helping-Lily' thing when you only want to break them up so you can have James for yourself. Just like a Death Eater to harm so many people for their own benefits."
"You scum." Sara said. "Get out of my sight."
"Only so you can get out of mine," Norma said and walked out. So now Norma and Sara didn't talk. Lily hasn't talked to Norma since the Bitter-Truth Potion. James and Lily didn't talk, but no one knew why.
"Look, Lily you have to talk to James. He's your boyfriend." Sara said. "Let that bitch have Eric, you deserve better."
"James is better?" Lily said. "James is my boyfriend?" She looked at Sara for answers.
"Isn't he?" Sara whispered.
"Like bloody hell he's my boyfriend." Lily said as she got up and left the Dining Hall. James noticed her leaving and decided to laugh loudly with Sirius as she walked by.
"Really, Prongs, how long is this going to go on? You love Lily." Sirius said. "Besides, she is your girlfriend."
"I love Lily?' James said. "Lily's my girlfriend?"
"Last time I heard, James, you two were practically married." Sirius said.
"Like bloody hell we are." James said and walked out of the Dining Hall. He sneaked up to The North Tower where Lily was waiting for him.
"Oh, James!" Lily said and embraced him. "This is so hard."
"I know, but it will be the best prank ever." James said.
"Is that all this is to you? A prank?" Lily asked.
"Of course not. Look, Eric can have that dumb Truth-Telling Potion. Ours has meaning." James said. "Nobody can tell us we aren't perfect or each other when they hate us apart."
"Sara wanted me to ask you to The Halloween Dance again today." Lily said laughing. "When we show up together, it will be so wonderful."
"We have to go before we rouse suspicions." James said.
"Not even a kiss first?" Lily asked. James leaned over to her and kissed her.
"We must go now." James said. "I'll go first. I'm going to the Quidditch field. You're going back to your room?"
"Of course." Lily said. "I'll wait five minutes before I go, so hurry." James left and Lily was alone. 'Will Eric ask me out?' Lily thought.
Back in the Dining Hall, Norma was teasing Eric again. "Don't tell me you're waiting for the right time to ask Lily out when you know could have me all along?" Norma said, pressing her body against his.
"You give no challenge." Eric said moving away.
"Well, you are right there. Lily is difficult. It seemed as if she and her so-called boyfriend has fights daily. Now they don't even talk." Norma said. "I'll always talk to you. Go out with me."
"Norma, stop. This week ha been nice flirting and all, but that's it." Eric said. "It stops here for me."
"Who says I'll stop?" Norma asked. "I'm here for you. I always have been."
"What changed you? Last year you were sweet, now you're... changed." Eric said almost disgustedly.
"I've been changed for the better," Norma said. "Because of you. You have changed me. I changed for you."
"Do me a favor and change back." Eric said.
"That's a wild thing to say, Eric. Say you'll take it back." Norma said playfully.
"Once you change back." Eric said and left. 'Will Eric ask me out?' Norma thought.
How quickly the day went by. From class to class, people passed notes, talked, and giggled. Nobody paid attention, and Peeves flying about did not help. Soon they were getting ready for the dance. Eric slipped out and tickled the pear. He went into the kitchen. "Give me the punch. I want to make it sweet. Extra, extra sweet." Eric said. The house elves brought him the punch and he put in a potion. But it wasn't a Truth-Telling Potion...
Everyone was at the dance, except James and Lily. They met outside the Dining Hall. "Ready?" James asked Lily.
"Ready." Lily confirmed and they walked in. Everyone turned and saw that Lily and James were back. There were whispers and crushed spirits and laughter. Eric saw them, poured two cups of punch and walked over.
"It wonderful to see you two. Have some punch." Eric said handing them their drinks. He smiled, but Lily and James refused.
"We know you put something in the drink, we don't want any." Lily said and walked away with her boyfriend.
"You're back!" Sara said hugging Lily.
"We're back," James said smiling. They danced and danced and danced. Norma even got Eric to dance wit her a little. Soon, there was a fight.
"I shall win Lily's heart!" a boy cried.
"No, I shall!" another cried and they started throwing sparks at each other. Other boys soon exclaimed how Lily's heart belonged to him and began fighting with those who disagreed. Dumbledore looked over at the Marauders, but they just shrugged. Their big prank was the Lily/James thing. They had no idea what this was.
Eric was laughing. "You see now? There is always competition and there is always fighting. Soon all these boys will expire, and then you shall see that the true magic lies in the powerful. These boys are not powerful, and they would never survive in the real world. You all comfort them here, and now they shall die from comfort. You comforted me and I have nothing now, nothing! This is your fault, Hogwarts! Your fault!" Eric was screaming hysterically and Dumbledore and to chain him up (magically, of course) to stop it. A quick memory charm and the boys promptly forgot about Lily. Unfortunately, their dates did not forget.
"Well...I, uh, always knew my brother was a little wacko, but he'll go to St. Mungo's for this. My brother might as well be dead. My mother is dead, now my brother is dead." Sara said crying quietly.
"At least you have a father, Death Eater." Lily snarled. "Don't talk to me about dead parents. My father died because of your kind."
"You told me it was a heart attack." James said.
"What could I tell you? That Voldermort killed my father? Three years ago he went on a streak. He decided to kill Muggle parents of new witches and wizards. I got an attack. Your kind did it to me!" Lily yelled, pointing at Sara. She had the attention of the room. "Filthy Death Eater!" Lily ran out of the room. James ran after her. Sara looked at Norma, who was crying because of Eric. She started to walk over when Dumbledore stopped her.
"You'll have to come with me, Miss Mallot." He said and walked her out. The Dining Hall was silent. Slowly everyone left. Lily was up in her room crying when she looked out the window and saw a full moon. She heard a howl and saw two figures. A werewolf and a human. The human was trying to run away but tripped. Remus went after him, when he stopped. He grabbed his stomach and walked away. The human got up and ran away.
What dark magic could be happening in Hogwarts?
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