Chapter Six: Spoiled Mischief and other such Problems
"Password," the Fat Lady demanded in an aristocratic airy voice.
"Umm..." Andromeda said freaking out, where was James.
"Well hurry up girl I don't have all night. I have things to do too."
'How can the Gryffindors stand her?' Andromeda thought staring at the respect demanding women dressed in layers of pink.
The Fat Lady made a noise of impatience in her throat.
"Password?" Andromeda said trying to stall.
"Yes you silly little girl I need to know the password," she straightened up and made herself look considerably taller, imposing her presence on Andromeda.
"Jam Tarts?" Andromeda guessed.
The Fat Lady rolled her eyes in exasperation. Her gaze moved over Andromeda's shoulder.
"Password."
"Flobberworm," James said, sauntering up to Andromeda.
"Thank you," the Fat Lady said swinging open.
Andromeda looked up at James by her side and smiled thankfully.
"No prob," he said crawling into the Gryffindor common room.
Andromeda gathered up her robes and slipped in behind him as the Fat Lady slammed shut.
The room she entered was circular in shape. The walls were adorned with rich tapestries and sconces with candles burning in them. There were a number of students working on homework.
None of them took any notice of Andromeda as she and James moved across the room to the large fireplace on the far wall. Two spiral staircases flanked it leading up to the dormitories.
Remus and Sirius were in the middle of a hushed conversation when James walked up to the back of their chairs and looked cockily down at them.
Remus instantly fell silent and looked up at James the fire reflected in his brown eyes making him look almost animalistic.
Andromeda looked around at all the studious students and felt a little embarrassed. In the Slytherin common room kids were this serious but about different things. Usually it was some degree of snogging, or if they all got lucky a free show. And that's just what happened in front of you. When you weren't looking there were drugs being sold and people being threatened.
So it was kind of an embarrassing shock to see that kids actually cared about school, their dignity, and body.
AS she watched them a few kids looked up from their books and took notice of her. Their gaze usually snapped right to the Slytherin emblem on her chest. Then they would give her a sidelong glance full of suspicion and go back to their work.
Their hateful looks made Andromeda nervous. She moved closer to James hoping he would take notice that she was still there. He looked over at her as she tapped his arm.
"Sorry little one," he laughed, turning to her.
"That's okay," Andromeda said waving her hand in a forget it motion. "So when are we going to get out of here?"
"Well," James rubbed the back of his neck. "I just talked to Remus and it doesn't sound like a good night."
"What?" Andromeda yelled. "Instead of being cuddled up in bed I'm here in the Gryffindor tower getting scrutinised by everyone. Why in the world are you cancelling now?"
'James has no care for anyone but himself,' she thought angrily, glaring at him.
"As I said I was talking to Remus and apparently the place where I was going to pull the prank is being cleaned by Filch at the moment."
"And where were we going to pull this prank?" Andromeda couldn't believe this; she had given up sleep for nothing.
"We were going to set off dung bombs in the trophy room," James sounded very unhappy at the idea of a foiled prank. "But apparently he decided to clean them so now I'm going to have to come up with another plan."
"Dung bombs in the trophy room?" Oh this just keeps getting better and better. "That was the Prank Master's brilliant plan?"
"Well yeah," James felt completely embarrassed that he was being reamed by a third year.
"Do you have any idea how many times that has been done?" Andromeda was pissed now. First she gets lost on her way here, and then she gets yelled at by a painting, oh and joys upon joys she was then put under the critical eyes of the Gryffindors. Now James said it was all for a pointless, overdone prank that they had to now cancel.
To top off this growing mound of lovelies is the fact that she had spent the whole day getting harassed because she dared to hurt a Slytherin seventh year who was only making sure she wasn't corrupted by the evil Gryffindors.
Her rage apparently showed because James backed off slightly knowing all to well the malice of an angered Black.
"Well..." she had James cornered now. He knew it was a lame joke but he hadn't thought of anything else. The only other prank he had planned was only for him and Sirius to do.
He looked over her shoulder and saw all the Gryffindors snickering behind their hands at the site of the great Quidditch player being told by a little girl. One girl with long red hair and bright green eyes was smirking at him from over an astronomy book.
He blushed and averted his gaze back to Andromeda. She looked like an angry cat ready to attack.
Behind him Sirius was laughing loud enough for the whole school to hear.
"Will you shut it?" he finally snapped turning on Sirius, putting his back to the already provoked Black.
Sirius made a huge show of shutting his mouth, drawing out every action as if to mock James' annoyance.
Andromeda bristled angrily at being ignored like she was nothing, not even a viable threat.
She'd show James.
Growling madly she leaped into James' back and then jumped off landing on the hearth in a crouching position.
James yelled and spun around confused. Andromeda stood up and lifted up her chin in a challenge.
Remus stared on with a look of boredom while Sirius watched with avid excitement.
Suddenly the portrait entrance opened and Professor McConnagall stepped into the common room. All the students went back to their books and Andromeda slipped up into the dormitory staircase and hid in the shadows.
"May I have your attention students," McConnagall yelled. Everyone stared up at her like she had just interrupted their study time and not an impending fight. "Due to the fact that there has been an abnormal amount of activity in the halls during the night the House heads have decided to seal the entrances to the common rooms to prevent disorderly conduct at night. Furthermore you'll want to be in the common room by curfew or you will be stuck outside."
Voices of protest rose from the crowd, particularly from James and Sirius. McConnagall held up her hand, causing the whole room to fall silent.
"I know this is a bit of an inconvenience but it is just temporary till we come up with a more effective way to stop students from roaming the halls at night."
Even up in the shadows Andromeda had the distinct impression that the professor was staring right at James and Sirius as she talked.
"So I encourage you all to be in the tower before curfew and to have a nice night." Professor McConnagall turned around quickly and slipped out of the entrance before a wave of angry protesters could mob her.
As the portrait shut behind her the silence cracked, unleashing forth a conglomerate of angry voices.
"I can't believe they actually did that!" James and Sirius screeched at each other.
Andromeda came from the shadows and just stared at the back of the portrait. She was stuck in the Gryffindor common room till morning. She ran over to it and tried to push it open. Nothing, not even a budge.
If only the damn thing would open she could safely get back to her bed. Andromeda seriously doubted the head of Slytherin actually bothered with the new rule.
She continued to pound while everyone in the room fell silent and watched her, snickering quietly.
"Shit!!!!" she screamed. The last thing she wanted to do was sleep in a tower of people that loathed her
Sirius came over to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Shh cousin. It's only one night."
Andromeda shoved him away and glared at everyone around her. They all looked back at their homework and pretended nothing had happened.
"I refuse to stay in here," she said in a dangerously low tone.
"It'll be fun," James said walking over. "You can sleep in my bed."
Sirius showed James his fist.
"Just kidding," James laughed.
"She'll stay in my room."
James and Sirius turned around. Standing there was the red-hair girl.
"Lily," James stuttered, trying to avoid her green eyes. "Hi."
"Hello," she coldly nodded her head. "As I was saying I could take..."
"Andromeda."
"That's right. I could let Andromeda sleep in my dormitory." Lily smiled at Andromeda kindly.
"That's very generous of you Lily," Sirius smiled at her, prodding a drooling James in the ribs.
"No problem. It'll be fun. Right Andromeda?"
'Prep,' Andromeda thought, forcing a smile on her face. "Sure. Fun... But what about your room mates?"
"What about them?" Lily asked.
"Will they mind sleeping in the same room as a Slytherin? Or will they be scared I'll drink their blood or something?"
"You're a Slytherin?" Lily's eyes moved to Andromeda's robes, her face paling a bit.
"Yeah. It won't be a problem will it." 'I want to be in my own bed.' She secretly chanted in her head.
"No..." Lily looked sidelong at four girls gabbing in a corner. "Definitely not." The toothy smile was back on her face.
"Well can I go to bed now?" Andromeda yawned. "I'm really tired."
"Sure just follow me." Lily led her up the staircase on the left and into the first door on the right.
Andromeda just stood there uncomfortably watching as Lily dug through her trunk.
"Here," she said tossing Andromeda a night-gown.
"Thanks." Andromeda began to slip off her shoes.
"I'll be downstairs if you need anything. Night."
Lily slammed the heavy wooden door shut behind her leaving Andromeda to undress.
She slipped into Lily's bed after putting on the gown and laid her head down on the soft pillows.
As sleep overtook her Andromeda swore she heard shouting coming from right outside the door.
"Why must they care that I'm Slytherin?" she thought slipping into sleep.
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A/n: Thanks for all the reviews. I now worship you all. *Bows* I have also now finally figured Andromeda out. Anger. That's all. She is torn and angry. Family loyalty or happiness. Rather difficult decision. YAY for me!
You all keep asking what their ages are and I keep forgetting to answer so here it is. Bellatrix is a seventh year, Narcissa a fifth year, and Andromeda is a third year.
Hope you are all satisfied now.
Before I fade out I' d like to congratulate Maya. Congratulations on winning the contest. YAY!!!! I hope you go far in writing and good luck in the future.
"Password," the Fat Lady demanded in an aristocratic airy voice.
"Umm..." Andromeda said freaking out, where was James.
"Well hurry up girl I don't have all night. I have things to do too."
'How can the Gryffindors stand her?' Andromeda thought staring at the respect demanding women dressed in layers of pink.
The Fat Lady made a noise of impatience in her throat.
"Password?" Andromeda said trying to stall.
"Yes you silly little girl I need to know the password," she straightened up and made herself look considerably taller, imposing her presence on Andromeda.
"Jam Tarts?" Andromeda guessed.
The Fat Lady rolled her eyes in exasperation. Her gaze moved over Andromeda's shoulder.
"Password."
"Flobberworm," James said, sauntering up to Andromeda.
"Thank you," the Fat Lady said swinging open.
Andromeda looked up at James by her side and smiled thankfully.
"No prob," he said crawling into the Gryffindor common room.
Andromeda gathered up her robes and slipped in behind him as the Fat Lady slammed shut.
The room she entered was circular in shape. The walls were adorned with rich tapestries and sconces with candles burning in them. There were a number of students working on homework.
None of them took any notice of Andromeda as she and James moved across the room to the large fireplace on the far wall. Two spiral staircases flanked it leading up to the dormitories.
Remus and Sirius were in the middle of a hushed conversation when James walked up to the back of their chairs and looked cockily down at them.
Remus instantly fell silent and looked up at James the fire reflected in his brown eyes making him look almost animalistic.
Andromeda looked around at all the studious students and felt a little embarrassed. In the Slytherin common room kids were this serious but about different things. Usually it was some degree of snogging, or if they all got lucky a free show. And that's just what happened in front of you. When you weren't looking there were drugs being sold and people being threatened.
So it was kind of an embarrassing shock to see that kids actually cared about school, their dignity, and body.
AS she watched them a few kids looked up from their books and took notice of her. Their gaze usually snapped right to the Slytherin emblem on her chest. Then they would give her a sidelong glance full of suspicion and go back to their work.
Their hateful looks made Andromeda nervous. She moved closer to James hoping he would take notice that she was still there. He looked over at her as she tapped his arm.
"Sorry little one," he laughed, turning to her.
"That's okay," Andromeda said waving her hand in a forget it motion. "So when are we going to get out of here?"
"Well," James rubbed the back of his neck. "I just talked to Remus and it doesn't sound like a good night."
"What?" Andromeda yelled. "Instead of being cuddled up in bed I'm here in the Gryffindor tower getting scrutinised by everyone. Why in the world are you cancelling now?"
'James has no care for anyone but himself,' she thought angrily, glaring at him.
"As I said I was talking to Remus and apparently the place where I was going to pull the prank is being cleaned by Filch at the moment."
"And where were we going to pull this prank?" Andromeda couldn't believe this; she had given up sleep for nothing.
"We were going to set off dung bombs in the trophy room," James sounded very unhappy at the idea of a foiled prank. "But apparently he decided to clean them so now I'm going to have to come up with another plan."
"Dung bombs in the trophy room?" Oh this just keeps getting better and better. "That was the Prank Master's brilliant plan?"
"Well yeah," James felt completely embarrassed that he was being reamed by a third year.
"Do you have any idea how many times that has been done?" Andromeda was pissed now. First she gets lost on her way here, and then she gets yelled at by a painting, oh and joys upon joys she was then put under the critical eyes of the Gryffindors. Now James said it was all for a pointless, overdone prank that they had to now cancel.
To top off this growing mound of lovelies is the fact that she had spent the whole day getting harassed because she dared to hurt a Slytherin seventh year who was only making sure she wasn't corrupted by the evil Gryffindors.
Her rage apparently showed because James backed off slightly knowing all to well the malice of an angered Black.
"Well..." she had James cornered now. He knew it was a lame joke but he hadn't thought of anything else. The only other prank he had planned was only for him and Sirius to do.
He looked over her shoulder and saw all the Gryffindors snickering behind their hands at the site of the great Quidditch player being told by a little girl. One girl with long red hair and bright green eyes was smirking at him from over an astronomy book.
He blushed and averted his gaze back to Andromeda. She looked like an angry cat ready to attack.
Behind him Sirius was laughing loud enough for the whole school to hear.
"Will you shut it?" he finally snapped turning on Sirius, putting his back to the already provoked Black.
Sirius made a huge show of shutting his mouth, drawing out every action as if to mock James' annoyance.
Andromeda bristled angrily at being ignored like she was nothing, not even a viable threat.
She'd show James.
Growling madly she leaped into James' back and then jumped off landing on the hearth in a crouching position.
James yelled and spun around confused. Andromeda stood up and lifted up her chin in a challenge.
Remus stared on with a look of boredom while Sirius watched with avid excitement.
Suddenly the portrait entrance opened and Professor McConnagall stepped into the common room. All the students went back to their books and Andromeda slipped up into the dormitory staircase and hid in the shadows.
"May I have your attention students," McConnagall yelled. Everyone stared up at her like she had just interrupted their study time and not an impending fight. "Due to the fact that there has been an abnormal amount of activity in the halls during the night the House heads have decided to seal the entrances to the common rooms to prevent disorderly conduct at night. Furthermore you'll want to be in the common room by curfew or you will be stuck outside."
Voices of protest rose from the crowd, particularly from James and Sirius. McConnagall held up her hand, causing the whole room to fall silent.
"I know this is a bit of an inconvenience but it is just temporary till we come up with a more effective way to stop students from roaming the halls at night."
Even up in the shadows Andromeda had the distinct impression that the professor was staring right at James and Sirius as she talked.
"So I encourage you all to be in the tower before curfew and to have a nice night." Professor McConnagall turned around quickly and slipped out of the entrance before a wave of angry protesters could mob her.
As the portrait shut behind her the silence cracked, unleashing forth a conglomerate of angry voices.
"I can't believe they actually did that!" James and Sirius screeched at each other.
Andromeda came from the shadows and just stared at the back of the portrait. She was stuck in the Gryffindor common room till morning. She ran over to it and tried to push it open. Nothing, not even a budge.
If only the damn thing would open she could safely get back to her bed. Andromeda seriously doubted the head of Slytherin actually bothered with the new rule.
She continued to pound while everyone in the room fell silent and watched her, snickering quietly.
"Shit!!!!" she screamed. The last thing she wanted to do was sleep in a tower of people that loathed her
Sirius came over to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Shh cousin. It's only one night."
Andromeda shoved him away and glared at everyone around her. They all looked back at their homework and pretended nothing had happened.
"I refuse to stay in here," she said in a dangerously low tone.
"It'll be fun," James said walking over. "You can sleep in my bed."
Sirius showed James his fist.
"Just kidding," James laughed.
"She'll stay in my room."
James and Sirius turned around. Standing there was the red-hair girl.
"Lily," James stuttered, trying to avoid her green eyes. "Hi."
"Hello," she coldly nodded her head. "As I was saying I could take..."
"Andromeda."
"That's right. I could let Andromeda sleep in my dormitory." Lily smiled at Andromeda kindly.
"That's very generous of you Lily," Sirius smiled at her, prodding a drooling James in the ribs.
"No problem. It'll be fun. Right Andromeda?"
'Prep,' Andromeda thought, forcing a smile on her face. "Sure. Fun... But what about your room mates?"
"What about them?" Lily asked.
"Will they mind sleeping in the same room as a Slytherin? Or will they be scared I'll drink their blood or something?"
"You're a Slytherin?" Lily's eyes moved to Andromeda's robes, her face paling a bit.
"Yeah. It won't be a problem will it." 'I want to be in my own bed.' She secretly chanted in her head.
"No..." Lily looked sidelong at four girls gabbing in a corner. "Definitely not." The toothy smile was back on her face.
"Well can I go to bed now?" Andromeda yawned. "I'm really tired."
"Sure just follow me." Lily led her up the staircase on the left and into the first door on the right.
Andromeda just stood there uncomfortably watching as Lily dug through her trunk.
"Here," she said tossing Andromeda a night-gown.
"Thanks." Andromeda began to slip off her shoes.
"I'll be downstairs if you need anything. Night."
Lily slammed the heavy wooden door shut behind her leaving Andromeda to undress.
She slipped into Lily's bed after putting on the gown and laid her head down on the soft pillows.
As sleep overtook her Andromeda swore she heard shouting coming from right outside the door.
"Why must they care that I'm Slytherin?" she thought slipping into sleep.
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A/n: Thanks for all the reviews. I now worship you all. *Bows* I have also now finally figured Andromeda out. Anger. That's all. She is torn and angry. Family loyalty or happiness. Rather difficult decision. YAY for me!
You all keep asking what their ages are and I keep forgetting to answer so here it is. Bellatrix is a seventh year, Narcissa a fifth year, and Andromeda is a third year.
Hope you are all satisfied now.
Before I fade out I' d like to congratulate Maya. Congratulations on winning the contest. YAY!!!! I hope you go far in writing and good luck in the future.
