Hello! I've obviously posted the 2nd chapter! (Does a little jig) It's just for you Daire-Floresta and BabbleQueen! You made me cry with joy. Although, that's probably just cause it was that time of the month. (Yes I am a werewolf). Thank you! Thank you so much!
Disclaimer: I do not own LOTR, YYH, HP, or any of their spiffy apostrophes.
Chapter 2: "wakey wakey, eggs and Bacy"
THE NEXT DAY:D
It was 7:30 in the morning and Shuichi was yet to get up. That is, until a giant pillow whacked him straight in the face.
"Come on, get up! You're going to miss breakfast like this."
Shuichi rolled over in his bed and the pillow slid off his face onto the floor.
"Chotto…" he slurred, not opening his eyes.
"What?" said the pillow-wielding fiend.
"Wait! and quit being so loud." Shuichi slowly sat up in his bed and practically fell out of it. He opened one eye to look at his roommate.
Jonathan McDonald stood there, having taking back his pillow. He was a short kid, only Five foot two, and had short dark brown hair. His eyesight wasn't the best, so sometimes he'd wear glasses, but only to see something really far away. He prefers to be called Johnny.
He was currently laughing at Shuichi's wild hair, which had been stuck to one side ever since he got up. Shuichi glared at him, but couldn't bite back in his current, half asleep mindset.
"But seriously, you should get ready soon, there isn't much time for breakfast." Said Johnny, putting back his "One Ring to Rule Them All" pillow.
"Alright, alright…" mumbled Shuichi, grabbing his towel and walking towards the showers.
After showering and changing into his robes, he went down into the common room. A few stragglers like him were still fixing hair, or buttoning-up robes. He put his hair up into a ponytail.
He felt something brush against his leg and looked down to see Fubuki, his pet kneazle.
"Ohaiyo Fubuki." He said, picking up the white-spotted black kneazle.
Fubuki mewed and hung like a rag doll.
"Would you like to come with me to the Great Hall Fu?"
Fubuki squirmed and clawed at Shuichi, who quickly put him down.
"Fine" said Shuichi, "I s'pose it would be too crowded for your taste."
Fubuki stuck his lion tail in the air and went back to his kitty bed.
The Great Hall did end up being very crowded. However, Tonks saved him a seat at the table.
"What took you so long?" She asked around a large mouthful of toast. "I thought you fell in the shower or something."
"Nooo, I just found it hard to wake up this morning" stated Shuichi, grabbing some French toast.
"Oh, okay. Anyway, Guess who decided to show up."
"What are you getting at?" asked Shuichi, confused.
Tonks acted frustrated and flipped her long black hair. "Take a look behind you."
Shuichi looked behind him and saw, sitting at the Slytherin table, Severus Snape.
A piece of French toast fell out of his open mouth.
Tonks grabbed him and turned him around. "Oh yeah, that's very attractive" said Tonks wiping his face off. Shuichi blushed as bright as his hair.
"But where was he before? He wasn't at Potions class."
"Dunno." Said Tonks shrugging.
"I heard he was in the hospital wing." Piped up Eli Cameron, one of Shuichi's roommates. "Apparently James was giving him trouble again."
Shuichi stabbed his French toast with his fork. "Oh that's surprising." He snarled.
"Looks like your twin feels the same." Said Andrew. "She's looking a bit miffed."
Sure enough Lily Evans was currently glaring daggers at James, who had just enough dignity to look sheepish.
"Well she thought James was laying off Snape when she agreed to go out with him." Added Johnny.
"But what did James do to him?" Asked Shuichi, taking a glance towards Snape's direction. The pallid teen was currently studying at the breakfast table. "If he was in the hospital wing it must have been something serious."
"Well it probably wasn't too bad, I mean, Snape looks fine." Said Johnny. "Maybe you can speak to him next potions class."
"I guess… But I don't think he likes me much." Said Shuichi, looking down.
"Well you know how he feels about muggleborns." Stated Tonks glaring in Snape's direction.
At Shuichi's even more miserable face, she sighed.
"Hey, let's just go to class. We'll be late for Herbology."
The group got up and left for the green houses, Eli lagging behind.
By the time classes had ended Shuichi was drained into exhaustion, the homework was mercifully easy and Shuichi was relieved when he could go to sleep.
He was in there before everyone else and he quickly dressed into his pajamas. He looked out the window for a moment and saw the moon was a cold sliver in the sky. 'It's like he's laughing at me' he mused. A cloud came over it and Shuichi gave a deep breath as he laid down onto his bed. 'I hope he's okay…even if he hates me.' He turned around and stared at the wall allowing the shadows to consume him.
'I hope Lusius's cauldron explodes on him.'
Sorry I stopped it there! I really wanted to write more but the ending seemed so very perfect. I realized I was getting too into a side plot, so the next chapter will have important…STUFF in it…yeah.
Life isn't easy
For the pin cushion queen,
When she sits on her throne
Pins push through her spleen.
-Tim Burton
