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Chapter 11- Classes and Hogsmeade
The large group ran to the best compartment as soon as they boarded the Hogwarts Express, and occupied every single inch of the compartment. They were probably the most curious group there, since Alex was on top of Remus, who was looking very uncomfortable, not because Alex was heavy or nothing, simply because she had begun looking very pretty, and the boys had been feeling uneasy towards her, even after all of the years together. Achilles was on top of Artemis's cage, who didn't look a bit happy and was screeching madly, Archimedes, James's owl, was flying around the compartment, furious at James for turning him purple, and Lily was practically serving as a carpet for James. That was because she had lunged to get the best seat, and before she could get up, James had sat on top of her, looking as if nothing was happening. Lily looked anything but happy. Finally, after struggling to get him off her, she said:
"Jamph geroff me, you fftupiff aff!" her voice was muffled because her face was pressed against the seat.
"What was that, Lily?" James said innocently.
"I said, get off me, you stupid ass!"
"Now, now, Lily, no cursing here, and why should I get off you?"
"Because, you're quite heavy, and I'm dying here!"
"Oh, but I want the good seat."
"Fine! Just get off me!" James obliged, and Lily remained seatless. Grinning evilly, she jumped on James lap, causing him to curse loudly, as she accidently hit him. Lily refused to get off his lap, and James finally gave up trying to get her off him. Instead, he hugged her and wouldn't release her, despite all of her scratching. It was quite a funny sight.
Suddenly, the compartment door opened, and Bellatrix and Narcissa, followed by two boys, one they knew was Lucius Malfoy, and the other only Sirius knew who was, appeared.
"Hello, dear cousin," Bellatrix said sarcastically.
"Why, hello, Bellatrix! What the hell do you want?" Sirius said, glaring at the small group.
"Dear me, have you forgotten your manners? Or is it merely your time with these filthy mudbloods that has made you like this?" The Marauder's had stood up quickly, Remus and James dropping Alex and Lily as they did so. The four of them stood in front of the small group, looking menancing.
"Hmm, you are right, Bellatrix. Sirius has no more manner's whatsoever. But calm down brother, we're just giving you a message. We don't like to spend too much time with mudbloods, you know it's bad for us. Anyway, Mum was not happy at you for running away. She threatened to disown you, if you ever do that again. And Narcissa would like to tell you that's now that she's dating Lucius, who's a prefect, you won't be able to do much, you know?" the smaller boy, who looked remarkably like Sirius, but still looked completely different, said.
"Regulus, tell dear Mother that I don't care if she kills me, as long as I spend as much time as possible away from that house!" and with that Sirius slammed the compartmente door at the snickering group.
"Sirius, what was that about?" Alex asked, as she sat on Remus's lap again.
"That was my idiot brother, who is my mother's favorite son. Sirius, you idiot, why don't you follow your brother's example and throw stones at the muggles?" Sirius imitated a high-pitched voice.
The next morning the nine Gryffindors were running like mad to the Great Hall. The entire group, including Lily, had overslept, and they were fifteen minutes late. They quickly grabbed a scone, got their schedules, and ran to their first class, Care for the Magical Creatures. An incredibly old man without his left arm was waiting for them, and a group of Ravenclaws were also waiting for them. Alex waved at Jake, who waved back, but stopped when he saw Sirius and James glaring at him. Alex was completely oblivious to the whole thing.
"Very well, everyone please find a seat while I take roll. Adelle Alton? Sirius Black?" at this James raised his hand and the girls snickered. "Eileen Bradley? Lily Evans?" Lily, who caught on the joke, remained still and Carrie raised her arm. "Ingrid Hewitt? Gretta Hollis? Kiersten Lankston? Cameron Locke? Remus Lupin?" Peter raised his arm. "Frederico Medici? Miles Oswin? Alexandra Owens?" Lily raised her arm. "Jake Perry? Peter Pettigrew?" Sirius raised his arm. "James Potter?" Remus raised his arm. "Ellen Schlotsky? Esther Schlotsky" Although it was pointless, the twins switched as well. "Carrie Williams?" Alex raised her arm. "Hmm, now that I know everyone is here today, I would like to tell my new students the rules. First off, I do not find it amusing for my students to switch identities, yes, Mr. Lupin, I knew. However, I won't take points away, since it's your first day here. Secondly, I will not tolerate joking around this class? Have I made myself clear? Very well, today you will learn how to keep doxies away."
Care for the Magical Creatures wasn't the most exciting class they had, but it was far more exciting than the classes they had during the year. The third years were very bored, and they welcomed their first Hogsmeade quite well. Not surprisingly, the Marauders were already making lists of everything they needed to buy at Zonkos, and Alex wouldn't stop talking about butterbeer and Honeydukes. When it was time for them to go, the Marauders were jumping up and down, and Alex had a glazed look on her face.
The first place the Gryffindors went was Honeydukes, where they filled their pockets with sweets, and tasted almost every single sweet. Then the Marauders convinced the girls to go to Zonkos with them, and the Marauders looked like they were in paradise. The girls just rolled their eyes, but bought a bunch of things as well. Then they went to the Three Broomsticks, where the boys teased Peter a lot because he kept staring at Madam Rosmerta, and he had almost fallen off his chair when she winked at him.
When the group was about to leave, the lights of the Three Broomsticks went out. Everyone panicked, until Lily had the sense to light her wand. When she did so, everyone shrieked. Surrounding them was a huge group of hooded people. One of the hooded people started laughing, and he whispered an incantation, and green mist surrounds everyone. The green mist touched a rose, and the rose shriveled up and died. All of the girls in the pub shrieked, causing the Death Eaters to produce more mist.
Suddenly, the Death Eaters all began attacking the students. Panic ruled, and the Gryffindor soon were sepparated. Most of the girls started running like a crazed lunatics when the Death Eater began following them, and Lily was the one who had most sense at the moment. She quietly crawled underneath a table, and watched as people all around fell down next to her. Lily checked the pulse of everyone, and luckily everyone was alive, although unconscious. Soon, however, the group thinned as the people ran out of the pub, and Lily was left alone with the unconscious people and a Death Eater. The Death Eater was checking all around to see if there was anyone he hadn't attacked yet, and Lily became more and more frightened as time passed. She closed her eyes for a moment, and when she opened them, they were staring directly into tiny slits of a mask. Lily screamed with all her might, but it was no use. The Death Eater edged closer to her, and he took out his wand, and muttered, "Silencio." Lily was unable to make sounds, and she panicked even more. The Death Eater began saying, "Avada-" but was interrupted by the opening of a door.
"Stupefy!" someone shouted from the door way, and the Death Eater toppled on top of Lily. The man who had stunned the Death Eater ran towards them, bound the Death Eater by magic, and went to Lily's rescue.
"Are you alright?" he asked her. Lily looked closer at him, and she saw the startling resemblace he had to James, the same eyes, the same hair, and the same smile. Lily shook her head, and pointed to her mouth, hoping he would understand her.
"Oh, he Silenced you. Finite Incatatem!"
"Thank you, sir. Do you want help reviving all of these people?" Lily asked,
"No thank you, but how do you know they are alive?" the man asked her curiously.
"Because I checked everyone's pulse."
"Hmm, are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, I am."
"Then you may go to the gates, okay?."
"Yes, thank you, sir, again."
"You're welcome, what did you say your name is?"
"I didn't, it's Lily. Are you, by any chance, James father?"
"Yes, I'm his father, Thomas. Pleased to meet you Lily."
"Pleased to meet you too, sir. Good bye!" Lily ran out of the pub and to the gate which separated her from Hogwarts and found her friends there. Alex was sporting a gash across her arm, Sirius was sporting a black eye, Remus and Peter had several scratches, James had foot prints all over his face, the twins had broken arms, and Carrie had several bruises.
"Lily! Where were you?" Carrie asked as she hugged Lily.
"I stayed behind, at the Three Broomsticks. One of the Death Eaters nearly killed me, but Potter's father saved me. I suppose that my theory about every Potter being a prat went down the drain."
"Funny, Lily. Not," James said, a look of pride on his face.
"What's with the foot prints, anyway, Potter?" Lily asked.
"Well, I fell down and thousands of people ran on top of me."
"Yeah, right."
"Are you all okay?" A short witch came up to them, with a book of signatures.
"Yes, may we go back?" Alex asked.
"Yes, but first tell me your names." The Gryffindors third years obliged, and went through the gate.
"Shh, Sirius, ouch! That was my foot, Peter!" Alex whispered as she and the Marauders made their way to the Whomping Willow, under the Invisbility Cloak, so they could work on their transformations.
"Sorry, Alex," Peter said, a little too loudly. He earned a smack on the head, and the group reached the Whomping Willow. Alex picked up a long stick, prodded a particular knot with it, and they all entered the tunnel. Today they would be meditating to see which animal they would transform in.
The group entered the shack, and Remus, like always, got a book and began reading. The rest of the Marauders and Alex sat down cross-legged on the very scratched floor. They had been meditating for almost an hour, when Alex suddenly shouted, "I'm going to be something that flies!"
"Thank you, Alex, for taking away my concentration! I do know that I'm going to be something big, though, and I think I saw horns," James said.
"What I can't understand is why James even bothers to become an Animagus, I mean, he's an ogre already, and ogres are animals, right? Ow!" Alex said as James hit her.
"Alex, did you swallow a clown today at breakfast? I mean, you're all funny today," James said sarcastically.
"Yep."
"I think that concludes todays session, right?" Sirius interrupted them.
"Yes, I agree with Sirius," Remus said with a bored look.
"Right you are, Moony!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Moony?" Everyone asked in unison.
"You know, full moon..."
"Oh. That's a cool nickname," Remus said, grinning.
"Of course it is, I invented it!"
"POTTER! GIVE ME MY QUILL!" Lily shrieked during Ancient Runes. Prof. Harris glared at them, but procede to correcting test.
"No."
"Potter, give me my quill!"
"No, Evans, I won't. Finders, keepers."
"Arg!! I hate you, Potter!"
"I know, you told me that, er, three times today."
"James, just give her her quill, will you?" Alex said.
"Fun-sucker," James said, but he gave Lily her quill anyway. Lily glared at him, and didn't bother to thank him.
"Ooh, James, you really pissed Lily off this time. She's always extremely polite, and she didn't even bother to say thank you this time," Sirius said with a grin. James stared at him blankly. "What?" Sirius asked.
"You actually....thought!" That last remark set off the sarcastic remarks.
"What? Sirius thought? Wait, I'll go get my camera!"
"Hang on a sec, what are you saying? What! Oh my! Everyone, attention please, I've just heard from one of the dwellers of hell that hell froze over!"
"Sirius, do you want me to take you to Madam Bonamy? Are you feeling well?"
"I'm impressed at how many good friends I have. And Remus, I did not like that remark about hell freezing over. Imagine, if Hogwarts ever froze!" Everyone cracked up laughing.
The rest of the year came and went. Soon enough it was time for everyone to go home, and everyone was tearfully bidding each other good bye. Well, except for Lily who was chasing James around, screaming for the whole world to know that she hated him. Finally the Evans appeared, and Lily was surprised to see Petunia waiting for her in the car again.
"We're not having dinner with Phillip again, are we?" Lily asked with a panicked voice. Petunia glared at her.
"No, Mum and Dad forced me to come."
"Oh, thank god."
"So, Lily, how was your year at Hogwarts?"
"Excellent, Daddy. We had Care for the Magical Creatures and the teacher let me ride a hippogriff! It was amazing."
A/N: Sorry the chapter is so small, it's just that I was without inspiration. I'm going to skip the vacations, and get directly to fourth year, and that's when things start getting better, at least I hope so. Look, everyone who is complaining about lack of L/J arguments, please understand something. They're too young to hate each other for no reason!!! I don't believe in hating for no reason(okay, there are a few exceptions...) so I can't make Lily argue with James for no reason! On a lighter note, fourth year is coming, which means dating, which means stalking....get the picture? Thank you to all the reviewers! Dani.