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Lily and Arabella's Hogwarts Life, Chapter 2: It Continues
She woke up the next morning because some damn annoying sun-streaks burned her eyelids. As she sat up in bed she remembered that she was going shopping in London today and she shot up and leaped into her bathroom and into the shower. She jumped right out of the shower again as the water woke her up to remove her pyjamas, which, at this time, was dripping wet. After disposing the wet pieces of fabric she entered the shower once again. When finished she dried up and slipped into the clothes she had found the previous day. She walked down the stairs humming one of The Everly Brother's songs: 'Wake Up Little Susie' from 1957. She smiled to Alice as she entered the kitchen. Alice was among other things maid and cook at the Evans Mansion and lived here 24/7 with her husband Jacob, who was the Evans' gardener, animal keeper and chauffeur. Alice had been Lily and Petunia's nanny when they were children as well. Alice handed her a plate with two slices of loaf with honey on. A quarter later Lily's mother came down, new-washed and dressed for a London trip in a pair of pants, a lovely blouse and a jacket, much the same as Lily was wearing. When Rose had eaten as well they went out in the waiting car. Jacob stopped in front of the Figg Mansion to let Arabella and Cecilia, Arabella's mother, into the car.
"Jacob, turn on the radio would you." Lily said and Jacob pushed a button. Music streamed from the loudspeakers.
'... She was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know. But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know. That was Craig Douglas with 'Only Sixteen'. Now for The Cordettes with 'Lollipop': Lollipop Lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop, bum bum bumbum bum.'
"Lollipop Lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop, bum bum bumbum bum."Lily and Arabella sang with.
"Oh my baby lollipop, tell you why, your juice is sweeter that apple-pie, now when you doesn't shake your rocking dance, then I haven't got a chance. I call it lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop, bum bum bumbum bum. Sweeter that candy on a stick, huckleberry, cherry, ah hah if you had a choice to greet or pick, but my lollipop is mine. Lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli lollipop, bum bum bumbum bum." Cecilia and Rose joined in with Lily and Arabella and on it went 'til the radio station changed to another song. Eventually they came to London and Jacob stopped infant of a shabby looking pub called 'The Leaky Cauldron'. It was agreed that Lily and Arabella would meet up outside the pub in five hours to be picked up. The girls bid their mothers' goodbye and entered the pub. The girls greeted the pub owner Tom and left out through the back door. There they faced a brick wall and some trashcans. Lily flicked out her wand – yes, her wand – "Three up, two at the side..." she mumbled while flicking her wand at some chosen bricks. As she hit the last one the wall opened and revealed a busy street filled with witches and wizards – yes, witches and wizards – busy with their shopping. Lily and Arabella were witches who just had transferred from Salem Academy For Witches to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lily pulled out a list of required books and div. other things.
"We need three black robes, each. I do at least. I've grown out of mine AGAIN." Lily said.
"Hat. I've got that. Gloves. Got them. A winter cloak. Definitely need that. Now for books. We've got all of the standard books of spells 'til fourth year. And we should have a copy of each of the following: A History of Magic. Got that. Magical Theory. Got that. A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration and An Amateurs' Guide to Transfiguration. Got that. Professional Transfiguration. Got that as well." And Lily ranted on crossing off at the list. Arabella barely listened.
"All of the other equipment's we've got. I just need some glass or crystal vials, many of mine broke. What about you?" Lily asked looking up at Arabella.
"I've got everything. I just need the fifth year books and a winter cloak." Lily nodded and put her list back into the pocket.
"School supplies first?" Arabella nodded and they entered the bookshop to get their book. After that they went to a little shop which sold parchment, quills, ink and that stuff. There they purchased, among other things, a bottle of ink each in the same colour as their eyes. They also popped into an owl shop to buy some owl treats, Arabella had lost her box of treats, and her owl wasn't a very patient one.
After they had spent over half an hour at Madam Malkins for Lily's measuring, they felt that they deserved some ice cream and headed for the ice cream parlour. Lily ordered a huge chocolate and lemon ice cream with strawberries, lemon slices and one of those dancing ice-mice on top, while Arabella ordered a chocolate-walnut ice with chopped hazelnuts, nougat chocolate and a waltzing chocolate frog on top. They also brought a vanilla milkshake with strawberries and chocolate pieces in. As they searched for a free table Lily spotted
"Sirius, James! Look Arabella, isn't that Sirius and James?" After finding the table with three boys around, Arabella agreed that two of the boys was, indeed, Sirius and James.
"They're wizards?" Arabella asked.
"Looks like it. I understand why they didn't tell us, of the same reason we didn't tell them... But I really do hope they go to Hogwarts!" They agreed to ask them if they could sit with them, as there were hardly any spare tables left. As they closed in the third boy, a boy with sand-blond hair and a tired expression in his eyes, lifted his head and saw them. He bent his eyes and mumbled something to James, but at this time Lily was close enough to hear what he said and she leaned towards Arabella and whispered: "You know what he said? 'Two good-looking girls, incoming.'" Arabella silenced a snicker as they had reached the backs of the two black-haired boys. Sirius turned slowly around.
"Hello ladies… Lily? Arabella?" Lily smiles charmingly at the shocked boy.
"May we sit?"
"Sure, sure." The third boy moved over to Sirius' side so that Lily and Arabella could sit next to each other.
"You're witches?" A wide-eyed James asked them. Arabella nodded while taking a bite of her chocolate frog.
"And you're wizards. No big deal."
"Hi, I'm Remus." The third boy held out his hand. Lily took it.
"A pleasure to meet you Remus, you sure do talk more that those to." She said pointing at Sirius and James.
"Milkshake?" She said holding the glass of Milkshake in front of Sirius, no reaction.
"See?" She asked Remus, who nodded. Eventually Sirius and Remus got their voice back. The conversation was happy and the five decided to go into muggle London. They let their purchases for Tom, the pub-owners, to keep safe and entered muggle London. Luckily the three boys knew how to keep magic away from muggles. Soon the five of them spotted a little movie and book shop. The boys had no clue of what a movie was, and Lily promised to show them sometime. As she was looking through books and movies she found the Disney movie 'Robin Hood' and just had to buy that. She bought it and after a lot of nagging from Sirius she said that he and James could see it with her and Arabella the same evening. The hour flew and right on time Jacob was outside of the little pub to pick up the girls.
"Come over after dinner!" Lily yelled at the boys as she was waving. Sirius gave her the thumbs up and grinned.
After they finished the wonderful vegetable soup and the dessert consistent of fruit like peach, strawberry and kiwi the girls (Arabella was there too) were ready for the boys. Not long after the doorbell rang and Alice let Sirius and James into the living room where Lily and Arabella were. Lily popped the video into the VCR and pushed the play button. She sat down in a huge couch between Arabella and James and watched the cartoon with Robin Hood unfold. After Robin had married Marion and the film was over, the teenagers engaged themselves in a conversation.
"Remus," Lily suddenly said.
"He's a werewolf right?" The two boys suddenly went silent.
"What?" James said.
"Werewolf how can you say that... Yes he is."
"How did you figure it out?"
"His aura." Arabella said simply.
"She's able to see auras sometimes. You can't hide if you're a werewolf, animagus or whatever you are to her." James nodded slowly.
"I see. You better tell him you know. But please do it person to person. If you say it in a letter or something he'll just distant himself from you." Now Lily nodded.
"We'll do that. You are Hogwarts students right? We forgot to ask you that."
"Yeah. We're the Marauders of Hogwarts. But I've never seen you there..." Sirius said.
"Oh, we're transferring there this year. Starting our fifth." Arabella said. "Went to a Salems British Outpost. An academy for witches." Arabella said while trying to find a comfortable position in the huge stress-less she had moved to.
"For witches you say?" Sirius said. "Never gone to a school with wizards? In for a shock then..."
"Never worry." Arabella said, breaking off Sirius' wiggling of eyebrows.
"We know how a boy's mind work, and Lily's on top of her year."
"Top of her year you say? In for competition here Jamie me boy. He was best in fourth year, annoyed the life shit out of Snivellus that did."
"Snivellus?" Lily asked.
"Mine and Sirius' mortal enemy." James said. "But let's not talk about him now. Over to important subjects, you play quidditch?" Lily and Arabella broke out in a laugh. James looked offended.
"You call that important?" Arabella asked among laugh attacks. James slumped bask in the sofa.
"Sorry James." Lily said. "But we do play quidditch. Arabella would have been captain at her team at Salems next year if she had stayed."
"Really?" Sirius asked, now interested.
"We have open positions in Gryffindor..."
"Gryffindor?" Lily asked.
"Oh, she doesn't know. 'S not even sure they'll be in Gryffindor yet." Sirius said leaning back. James turned to Lily and Arabella.
"Hogwarts consist of four houses. Gryffindor,"
"Which is the best." Sirius shot in. James continued.
"Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin."
"But you wouldn't want to be in Slytherin. Only evil folks there."
"The sorting hat put you into each of the houses, out from which qualities you have. Courage for Gryffindor, wits for Ravenclaw, loyalty for Hufflepuff and ambitions for Slytherin." The two boys told Lily and Arabella many things about Hogwarts, but as it darkened outside Sirius, James and Arabella had to go home.