I do not own Lily Potter, James Potter, or Harry Potter. Isn't his such a cruel, cruel world?
Madammarauder
First Day of Lessons
Sirius stood outside of the bathroom door impatiently, "Come on, James. Save some water for the fishies, or just me." He said, banging on the door.
Remus laughed, "If he does this every day, I am waking up an hour earlier before him."
"Is Peter still asleep?" James asked, his towel wrapped around him as he came out of the bathroom.
" Oh, boy! There is a god!" Sirius said enthusiastically, rushing into the bathroom. Remus nodded, answering James' question. James then walked over to Peter and shook his wet head in Peter's face. Peter waved his hands impatiently at James' face, " Whhaaattt?" Peter asked lazily.
" You had better get up. It is the first day of lessons and we don't want to start off with a reputation as " The boys who are tardy." Remus answered for James.
" Rise and shine, everybody!" A cheerful voice echoed throughout the girls' dormitory. " It's the first day of lessons for you first years." Rebecca walked down the aisles of the bed, patting some of the girls' feet as she walked to the bathroom.
" Five more minutes, mummy." Abbi said, brushing off Rebecca's hand. Abbi's bed was on the left side of Lily's, and Gabby's on the right side. Lily turned and grabbed her pillow from under her. " Wake up." She said, flinging it over at Abbi, hitting her squarely in the head.
" All right." Abbi said, getting up out of bed with a big yawn and a stretch. She then walked over to where Gabby's bed was, pulling back the canopy of her four poster bed.
" Wake up you old prune." She said, nudging Gabby in the side.
" No." Gabby said flatly.
" Come on, Gabby, get up or I will have to throw a bunch of cold water all over you." Abbi threatened, reaching over to Lily's bedside table and grabbing the water glass. She held it over Gabby's head as if she were going to spill it.
" Now, Abbi, be nice to your sister." Rebecca said, coming out of the bathroom.
" I CALL BATHROOM!" Lily said, pulling back her covers and springing out of bed.
" I don't think so." Said a large, third year, "You can go after I'VE gone." The girl then stepping into the bathroom and slammed the door in Lily's face.
" Oh no she just didn't." Gabby said, walking over to where Lily was standing, shocked.
" Oh yes she just did." Lily said with a look on her face as if she had just been slapped.
" YOU CAN HAVE IT AFTER I'VE GONE." Abbi said, mimicking the girl. " Well, you had better not mess with one of us, or you will have to mess with ALL of us." Abbi said dramatically, putting her arms around Lily and Gabby. Lily laughed, "You two are hilarious."
" Sirius! Did you have to wash every last inch of your body?" James asked, running along the corridors."
" Hey, I have got to at least smell good for the LADIES." Sirius said, only a few feet behind James.
" Hey . . . Guys . . . Slow . . . DOWN!" Peter exclaimed, gasping for breath.
" We made it." Remus said, stopping in front of the classroom.
" You had better check your watch again." An upset Professor McGonagall said.
" I'm sorry, Professor." Remus apologized, "We got lost."
" Well then, I might have to get you four a map of the school, or just another watch." Professor McGonagall said, " I will be taking twenty points from Gryffindor." McGonagall said, opening the door for the four boys."
" Geez, she needs to get a life." Sirius whispered to James, thinking that the professor was out of ear shot.
" Well, for that remark, Mr. Black, I will be taking twenty more points from Gryffindor." McGonagall stated. Sirius just rolled his eyes.
James, Remus, Peter, and Sirius all took their seats without another word.
" What nerve," James heard from behind him, Lily, Abbi, and Gabby were sitting behind him. " Getting all of those house points taken away on the first day!"
James turned around quickly, pretending that he hadn't heard.
" Today, we are going to be learning a few basic spells. If you would just get your wands out then we will get started . . . " Professor McGonagall said, turning to the class.
" Well, that was fun." Lily said as Abbi, Gabby, and she walked out of the classroom.
" I'm sure it was fun for you." Abbi said, " At least you got your spell down right."
"Yeah, Lily, and you are even a muggle born." Gabby added.
" What's a muggle?" Lily asked.
" A muggle is someone who isn't a wizard or a witch." Abbi explained, " But, it doesn't really hurt muggle born people in school considering those whose parents are wizards can't even practice magic at home."
" But, at least you two are used to the magical world. I have no clue about anything." Lily stated with a sigh. The three girls walked in silence for a few minutes.
" What time is it?" Lily asked. Gabby looked down at her watch, " It's 11:55." Gabby said, " We have five minutes to get to lunch."
" What class to we have next?" James asked. The four boys were in the Common Room, about to leave to go to their next lesson.
" We have Potion," Remus said, taking out his schedule, " with the Slytherins." He groaned.
" Well, this will be fun." Peter said, grabbing his bag.
The four boys arrived to the Potions classroom just in time.
" Get in." A grouchy, muffled voice said. Both the Gryffindors and Slytherins followed his orders.
" Don't sit down yet!" The man said, pointing to a frightened girl from Gryffindor. James heard a few snickers from where the Slytherins were standing. " Because I hat dealing with all of you kids talking to your best friends while I am trying to teach, I have given you all seats." The professor said, taking out a list from his pocket.
"Remus Lupin, you will be sitting with Bruce Flack." He said, pointing to the desk in front of him.
Remus took his seat. The boy who was sitting next to him was from Slytherin. The boy called Bruce went and sat by Remus. The boy had a very short hair cut, and he was gigantic. You could tell by looking at him that he had no care for hygiene. Heck, he couldn't even spell hygiene. Remus took one look at the boy and gave a disgusted look that mad all of the Gryffindors laugh.
" Shut up you filthy maggots." The professor said angrily. The Gryffindors automatically listened.
" Lily Evans, you will be sitting next to Patty Parkinson." Lily took her seat next to a girl who looked just as big as Bruce.
" Sirius Black, you will be sitting next to Lucius Malfoy." He said, pointing to the desk across from Remus. Sirius sat down next to a boy that had bright blonde hair and looked as if he had something horrible under his nose.
" James Potter, you will be sitting next to Severus Snape right behind Evans and Miss Parkinson." James sat down behind Lily gratefully. But, as he looked at the boy he was sitting next to, he wished that he hadn't been placed with him. The boy just looked evil. He had greasy, black hair and was actually rather puny looking. James knew that if this boy, Severus, tried to give him any trouble, James, Peter, Remus, and Sirius would easily be able to teach him not to mess with them. Well, that was at least what James thought.
When everybody had been seated, the professor started to talk even louder than he had before, "My name is Professor Smith, and you will only call me Professor Smith. I expect no talking in my classroom at any time, or the consequence will be either detention or points taken away from your house. I am the head of Slytherin house, and obviously Potions teacher." James had guessed that he was the head os Slytherin house because of the way he treated them nicer, if that were even possible for the man.
" Today, we will be talking about your basic potions, and their strengths." Professor Smith said, with a flick of his wand, notes appeared on the blackboard. " I expect you all to write these down . . . "
Later that night, Lily lay awake in her bed, thinking about her day. Over all, she was quite satisfied about how she had preformed. Already, Lily knew that Potions would be very fun. But, Lily, being as optimistic as she was, tried to make the better of it.
James lay in his bed, listening to the loud snores of Sirius, whose bed was directly beside of his, thinking about his day. Throughout the day, he couldn't forget the look he had gotten from Lily when he, Sirius, Peter, and Remus had gotten the house points taken away. He didn't want Lily to think of him as a goof off. So, he would try his best to show her that he was serious, kind of.
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