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A/N: Again, everyone must read this. Okay, just so u know, there's a scene in this that is A LOT like a scene in another fan fiction, Priori Incantatem. And if the author or anyone who has read it, I'm sorry. I didn't realize it. By the way, if u haven't read Priori, it's one of my faves! Chapter 16: Exams
The weather had become so hot, I was thankful for the upcoming exams we would take after breakfast. From the vibe in the Great Hall, practically all the students were dreading today's exams, specifically the 7th years who were taking their N.E.W.T.S to graduate. Just as I suspected, James and Sirius weren't the hard-core studiers Remus was, but, of course they'll do good anyways. Remus was sitting at the table doing some last minute studying. Peter was pouring over his own books with a confused expression. It almost made me cackle evilly and hope he does horrible but at the same time I felt sorry for him (as much as I didn't want to, the bastard). Kelsey, Alice, Cecily, Lily and I had brought along our books to the table to quiz each other. As much to the others shock, I was excited about the exams. There was something about it that intrigued me. Hell, its better then math tests. Seriously, would I rather pick science exam or Charms? Charms! The scary thing was, I've been in Hogwarts for a YEAR already, or it felt like it and I had already forgotten a lot of the math I'd known. If I ever get back to the real world, Muggle-2003 or 2004, I'll know nothing! I knew more about Charms and Transfiguration now then History (which was my favorite subject). The only problem was that since I technically haven't been going to Hogwarts, there were many things I had no idea about that the others had learned in their first, third (or whatever) year. Let's just hope I pass.
Professor McGonagall tapped loudly on her goblet to get the Hall's attention. All of the students hushed down as Dumbledore stood up.
"I hope you all are prepared for the exams today," he said chuckling. Many students groaned.
"First and second years will be taking the exams in the Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms rooms. Third and Fourth will be in the two Potions rooms, fifth and sixth years will be here in the Great Hall and the seventh years will be in the Transfiguration room. You may go back to the common rooms until we are ready to begin. Good luck to you all!" Dumbledore finished, smiling with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Luck is right," Cecily said. Kelsey, Lily, Alice and I laughed in agreement. We went back to the common room with all the other Gryffindors and hurried up to the dormitory.
"Rememer whuh happned last yeer Leely?" Alice said while brushing her teeth. We were lounging in the girls' dormitory until the bell rang to go down to the Great Hall.
"Yeah, after O.W.L.S." Cecily added on. Lily rolled her eyes.
"It was stupid, what was I thinking?" Lily said. Kelsey glanced at me. Was this what Harry saw in the Penisive in OOTP? I had no doubt in my mind that it was. I went along with it.
"They were being jerks. They deserved what they got. Maybe you went a BIT too far, Lily." I said laughing. Lily shrugged. Almost instantly, there was a melodic bell chime ring through must have been the whole castle. Cecily drew in a breath. "God, already?!" Alice said, washing her face. Quickly, she dried it off and we walked down into the common room and through the Fat Lady portrait.
"Good luck, Girls!" she bellowed out as we walked through.
"Thank you!" Lily said sweetly before we ran off down the corridor. Arriving in the Great Hall, we gathered with MANY other 5th and 6th years. Just like in dueling, the four tables had disappeared and were replaced with tons of individual desks. Each desk had a small stack of parchment and a quill. In OOTP, it was Flitwick who had been the supervisor, so to speak but this year, it was McGonagall.
"Great." I heard a 5th year say beside me. McGonagall cleared her throat. The massive room's echo ceased quickly and all eyes turned to McGonagall.
"I will assign to all seats. And I must remind you that we have put anti-cheating spells on the quills so I wouldn't try to cheat if I were you. Please stay quiet and still, so assigning seats will go a lot easier." She said in her usual curt, stern voice.
After about 30 minutes, only a few students were still getting their seats. I sat in the front row, facing Kelsey who was on the other side of the two halves of desks. McGonagall then marched down the aisle between the two sets of desks to her own desk that had been set up for her.
"Alright, you will have a limited amount of time to finish so work very, very hard." McGonagall said, flicking her wand. Magically, our exam questions and essay prompts appeared on our desk.
"You may begin now." She said and immediately, our quills stabbed at the parchment. Now, usually, when I was in the Muggle world, I used at pen or pencil because of those retarded scantrons, but now I've had to become accustomed to using a quill. At first, it wasn't easy. You have to write really fast before the ink runs out. Luckily, I had mastered the use of quills. I looked down at the first question.
"GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF WHY POTIONS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW"
I groaned inwardly. What kind of question is that?! I thought of something in the back of my head and wrote it down before I thought twice.
Nina Fiddleson, a Ravenclaw 5th year snorted proudly beside me as if she found her response to a question rather clever and funny. I glanced at James who sat about two seats down from me. He was writing lazily looking EXTREMELY bored. Go figure. I quickly did the next seven questions since they were easy and well, they had been mentioned in the Harry Potter books. AGAIN, I spaced out and had the quick urge to glance at Snape. Just as I suspected, his hooked nose was touching into table and his gel pen-esque hair flopped wetly upon the table as he scribbled aggressively. I blinked back to my paper.
"Don't space out." And with that, I concentrated on my exam. -ABOUT, OH...2 HOURS LATER...
Finally, I finished my last essay. I sat back and stretched. God, this has got to be the longest test I'd ever done! I had 3 questions left. I looked around the room. The only noise was the scattered scratching of quills. There were two very, very quiet whispering voices. So quiet, it was as if they were mouthing the words but u could faintly hear them.
"Black, Potter!" McGonagall's voice split into the silence. Many looked up but instantly went back to work. I looked behind me where Sirius sat a few rows away. Remus's head rose too. He rolled his eyes and went back to his exam. Sirius glanced at me and shrugged as if he had no idea why McGonagall had said his name. I rolled my eyes as well and went back to my last three questions.
Just as I finished the very last sentence, McGonagall spoke again.
"Alright, finish your last sentence. Accio tests!" My parchment curled up on its own and flew into a basket. (Much more gracefully then Flitwick the year before). I looked at Kelsey hoping that she had finished completely. Kelsey usually never finished a test, specifically math, in time of the class period. From the look on her face, she seemed pretty content with her exam.
"You have the rest of the day off. Lunch is at normal time. You're dismissed." Immediately, everyone jumped up and rushed toward the door. I grabbed by book bag and met up with Kelsey, Lily, Cecily and Alice.
"How do you think you did?" Cecily asked. We all shrugged.
"I think I did pretty well," Kelsey said. I nodded. We walked out to the lake, thanking the day for having such great weather. We sat down by the lake with several other girls from different houses. I scanned the area and just as I thought, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were hanging out under that tree. Hopefully, they wouldn't pull off what they did when Harry saw them in the Penicive. I hated when Lily and James fought. It drove me crazy!
The bell rang for lunch about 20 minutes later and I was so glad Snape wasn't around. I was so hungry I could eat Hagrid! Erm, that's a figure of speech. We sat down at the Gryffindor table and I helped myself to a rather large serving of mashed potatoes (LOL) and a big glass of pumpkin juice. The Marauders didn't sit that far from us. Kelsey ate a few bites and then got up.
"Oh, gosh, I forgot. I have to go ask McGonagall about last week's homework," She left the table and hurried up to the teacher table. Alice looked around me toward the Hufflepuff table.
"I knew it!" she said. We looked to where she was looking.
"What?"
"Lockhart! You know, that really annoying, yet hot Hufflepuff? He's had his eye on Kelsey since like, the beginning of the year! I noticed like last week. Look, he keeps looking at her!" she said, giggling.
"Lockhart. Meaning Gilderoy Lockhart?!" I asked. Alice nodded. I burst out laughing. The others looked confused.
"Oh, nothing," I said in between breaths. Alice laughed too.
"I swear, it is just so weird—oh my god, what is he doing?" her jaw dropped. I whirled around. Kelsey was coming back down toward our table, but took the long way around the Hufflepuff table. Gilderoy Lockhart had gotten up. He caught up with her and she turned around, looking very confused.
"Oh MY GOD... what the hell is he doing?" Lily said out loud, gaping. The Marauders had looked up and we staring at Lockhart and Kelsey too. Pretty soon, nearly the whole Great Hall was watching them. Kelsey's back to me, but she looked over her shoulder at us, her eyes wide. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. What could I say? Lockhart seemed to be talking, but Kelsey hardly seemed to be listening. She looked over her shoulder again, realizing that everyone seemed to be watching, and eyed us frantically. Suddenly, Lockhart started to yell so that the whole Great Hall could hear.
"Oh, god, I can't look!" Cecily said, covering her face in her hands, but making sure that she could see a little.
"ATTENION!" Lockhart began. The whole Great Hall became silent with a few murmurs. "I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR HOW MUCH I LIKE KELSEY JISTEL AND THAT THE LOVELY AND HANDSOME YOURS TRULY WOULD LIKE TO ASK HER TO THE LAST HOGSMEADE TRIP!" he said. Kelsey had turned beet red. The last time I saw that tone of red was when our friend Camille sang happy birthday to her really loud all alone in the cafeteria in 8th grade. Besides being completely embarrassed, she looked absolutely disgusted. I glanced at Remus. He had turned away slightly, much like Cecily.
"WILL YOU GO WITH ME?" Gilderoy said extra loud. Some Hufflepuff girls glowered at Kelsey and gasped with envy. All eyes turned to her. Kelsey looked absolutely appalled.
"EW! No!" Kelsey said, not quite as loud. The Great Hall burst in gasps and giggles. The Marauders, Lily, Cecily, Alice and I gasped. Sirius just laughed hysterically. Gilderoy sucked in his cheeks. He had never been turned down before. And with that, he sat down. Kelsey glanced at me and hurried out of the Great Hall in complete embarrassment. I turned to Remus and made eye contact with him. I nodded toward the Great Hall doors. At first, he didn't seem to understand, I nodded again toward the direction Kelsey had left.
"No... I can't just—"he began. "GO!" I said. He threw up his hands.
"Fine, fine," he got up and hurried after her. I turned toward Lily.
"Alright!" she exclaimed. We high-fived and went back to eating.
Kelsey walked with her head down as she hurried up to the common room.
"Hey! Kelsey!" came a voice behind her. Kelsey sucked in a breath and whirled around. It was Remus.
"Hey," she said when he had caught up with her.
"Hi, um, I was just wondering if you were okay. Ya know, after that thing." He said. Kelsey rubbed her forehead.
"I'm fine I guess. That was just horrible though! I wouldn't be surprised if I'll be the gossip topic for a week," she said, half laughing. Remus nodded and smiled.
"Okay, well...um, I'll see you later then" he said and turned. Kelsey slumped her shoulders and nodded. He took about two steps before he turned around again.
"Ya, know. I actually wanted to ask you something." He said. Kelsey straightened up.
"Um, if Lockhart, is out of the picture. Obviously. Would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me?" he asked, a bit shyly. Kelsey's heart leapt!
"Are you serious?!" she said excitedly.
"Actually, I'm Remus," he said joking. Kelsey rolled her eyes and grinned.
"Yes! Of course! Sure!" Kelsey exclaimed. Remus smiled. This was probably the first person who he had asked who didn't care of what he is.
A/N: I know sorry. Slight cliffhanger there. Lol! Actually, now I have a poll for u guys. All my friends want Caroline to end up with Sirius and all that, but I'm not sure. So, tell me if she should or shouldn't. By the way, tell your friends about my story pleeze! I would like sum more reviews! Okay, well, I'll try to update soon! BUBI!
A/N: Again, everyone must read this. Okay, just so u know, there's a scene in this that is A LOT like a scene in another fan fiction, Priori Incantatem. And if the author or anyone who has read it, I'm sorry. I didn't realize it. By the way, if u haven't read Priori, it's one of my faves! Chapter 16: Exams
The weather had become so hot, I was thankful for the upcoming exams we would take after breakfast. From the vibe in the Great Hall, practically all the students were dreading today's exams, specifically the 7th years who were taking their N.E.W.T.S to graduate. Just as I suspected, James and Sirius weren't the hard-core studiers Remus was, but, of course they'll do good anyways. Remus was sitting at the table doing some last minute studying. Peter was pouring over his own books with a confused expression. It almost made me cackle evilly and hope he does horrible but at the same time I felt sorry for him (as much as I didn't want to, the bastard). Kelsey, Alice, Cecily, Lily and I had brought along our books to the table to quiz each other. As much to the others shock, I was excited about the exams. There was something about it that intrigued me. Hell, its better then math tests. Seriously, would I rather pick science exam or Charms? Charms! The scary thing was, I've been in Hogwarts for a YEAR already, or it felt like it and I had already forgotten a lot of the math I'd known. If I ever get back to the real world, Muggle-2003 or 2004, I'll know nothing! I knew more about Charms and Transfiguration now then History (which was my favorite subject). The only problem was that since I technically haven't been going to Hogwarts, there were many things I had no idea about that the others had learned in their first, third (or whatever) year. Let's just hope I pass.
Professor McGonagall tapped loudly on her goblet to get the Hall's attention. All of the students hushed down as Dumbledore stood up.
"I hope you all are prepared for the exams today," he said chuckling. Many students groaned.
"First and second years will be taking the exams in the Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms rooms. Third and Fourth will be in the two Potions rooms, fifth and sixth years will be here in the Great Hall and the seventh years will be in the Transfiguration room. You may go back to the common rooms until we are ready to begin. Good luck to you all!" Dumbledore finished, smiling with a twinkle in his eyes.
"Luck is right," Cecily said. Kelsey, Lily, Alice and I laughed in agreement. We went back to the common room with all the other Gryffindors and hurried up to the dormitory.
"Rememer whuh happned last yeer Leely?" Alice said while brushing her teeth. We were lounging in the girls' dormitory until the bell rang to go down to the Great Hall.
"Yeah, after O.W.L.S." Cecily added on. Lily rolled her eyes.
"It was stupid, what was I thinking?" Lily said. Kelsey glanced at me. Was this what Harry saw in the Penisive in OOTP? I had no doubt in my mind that it was. I went along with it.
"They were being jerks. They deserved what they got. Maybe you went a BIT too far, Lily." I said laughing. Lily shrugged. Almost instantly, there was a melodic bell chime ring through must have been the whole castle. Cecily drew in a breath. "God, already?!" Alice said, washing her face. Quickly, she dried it off and we walked down into the common room and through the Fat Lady portrait.
"Good luck, Girls!" she bellowed out as we walked through.
"Thank you!" Lily said sweetly before we ran off down the corridor. Arriving in the Great Hall, we gathered with MANY other 5th and 6th years. Just like in dueling, the four tables had disappeared and were replaced with tons of individual desks. Each desk had a small stack of parchment and a quill. In OOTP, it was Flitwick who had been the supervisor, so to speak but this year, it was McGonagall.
"Great." I heard a 5th year say beside me. McGonagall cleared her throat. The massive room's echo ceased quickly and all eyes turned to McGonagall.
"I will assign to all seats. And I must remind you that we have put anti-cheating spells on the quills so I wouldn't try to cheat if I were you. Please stay quiet and still, so assigning seats will go a lot easier." She said in her usual curt, stern voice.
After about 30 minutes, only a few students were still getting their seats. I sat in the front row, facing Kelsey who was on the other side of the two halves of desks. McGonagall then marched down the aisle between the two sets of desks to her own desk that had been set up for her.
"Alright, you will have a limited amount of time to finish so work very, very hard." McGonagall said, flicking her wand. Magically, our exam questions and essay prompts appeared on our desk.
"You may begin now." She said and immediately, our quills stabbed at the parchment. Now, usually, when I was in the Muggle world, I used at pen or pencil because of those retarded scantrons, but now I've had to become accustomed to using a quill. At first, it wasn't easy. You have to write really fast before the ink runs out. Luckily, I had mastered the use of quills. I looked down at the first question.
"GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF WHY POTIONS IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW"
I groaned inwardly. What kind of question is that?! I thought of something in the back of my head and wrote it down before I thought twice.
Nina Fiddleson, a Ravenclaw 5th year snorted proudly beside me as if she found her response to a question rather clever and funny. I glanced at James who sat about two seats down from me. He was writing lazily looking EXTREMELY bored. Go figure. I quickly did the next seven questions since they were easy and well, they had been mentioned in the Harry Potter books. AGAIN, I spaced out and had the quick urge to glance at Snape. Just as I suspected, his hooked nose was touching into table and his gel pen-esque hair flopped wetly upon the table as he scribbled aggressively. I blinked back to my paper.
"Don't space out." And with that, I concentrated on my exam. -ABOUT, OH...2 HOURS LATER...
Finally, I finished my last essay. I sat back and stretched. God, this has got to be the longest test I'd ever done! I had 3 questions left. I looked around the room. The only noise was the scattered scratching of quills. There were two very, very quiet whispering voices. So quiet, it was as if they were mouthing the words but u could faintly hear them.
"Black, Potter!" McGonagall's voice split into the silence. Many looked up but instantly went back to work. I looked behind me where Sirius sat a few rows away. Remus's head rose too. He rolled his eyes and went back to his exam. Sirius glanced at me and shrugged as if he had no idea why McGonagall had said his name. I rolled my eyes as well and went back to my last three questions.
Just as I finished the very last sentence, McGonagall spoke again.
"Alright, finish your last sentence. Accio tests!" My parchment curled up on its own and flew into a basket. (Much more gracefully then Flitwick the year before). I looked at Kelsey hoping that she had finished completely. Kelsey usually never finished a test, specifically math, in time of the class period. From the look on her face, she seemed pretty content with her exam.
"You have the rest of the day off. Lunch is at normal time. You're dismissed." Immediately, everyone jumped up and rushed toward the door. I grabbed by book bag and met up with Kelsey, Lily, Cecily and Alice.
"How do you think you did?" Cecily asked. We all shrugged.
"I think I did pretty well," Kelsey said. I nodded. We walked out to the lake, thanking the day for having such great weather. We sat down by the lake with several other girls from different houses. I scanned the area and just as I thought, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were hanging out under that tree. Hopefully, they wouldn't pull off what they did when Harry saw them in the Penicive. I hated when Lily and James fought. It drove me crazy!
The bell rang for lunch about 20 minutes later and I was so glad Snape wasn't around. I was so hungry I could eat Hagrid! Erm, that's a figure of speech. We sat down at the Gryffindor table and I helped myself to a rather large serving of mashed potatoes (LOL) and a big glass of pumpkin juice. The Marauders didn't sit that far from us. Kelsey ate a few bites and then got up.
"Oh, gosh, I forgot. I have to go ask McGonagall about last week's homework," She left the table and hurried up to the teacher table. Alice looked around me toward the Hufflepuff table.
"I knew it!" she said. We looked to where she was looking.
"What?"
"Lockhart! You know, that really annoying, yet hot Hufflepuff? He's had his eye on Kelsey since like, the beginning of the year! I noticed like last week. Look, he keeps looking at her!" she said, giggling.
"Lockhart. Meaning Gilderoy Lockhart?!" I asked. Alice nodded. I burst out laughing. The others looked confused.
"Oh, nothing," I said in between breaths. Alice laughed too.
"I swear, it is just so weird—oh my god, what is he doing?" her jaw dropped. I whirled around. Kelsey was coming back down toward our table, but took the long way around the Hufflepuff table. Gilderoy Lockhart had gotten up. He caught up with her and she turned around, looking very confused.
"Oh MY GOD... what the hell is he doing?" Lily said out loud, gaping. The Marauders had looked up and we staring at Lockhart and Kelsey too. Pretty soon, nearly the whole Great Hall was watching them. Kelsey's back to me, but she looked over her shoulder at us, her eyes wide. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. What could I say? Lockhart seemed to be talking, but Kelsey hardly seemed to be listening. She looked over her shoulder again, realizing that everyone seemed to be watching, and eyed us frantically. Suddenly, Lockhart started to yell so that the whole Great Hall could hear.
"Oh, god, I can't look!" Cecily said, covering her face in her hands, but making sure that she could see a little.
"ATTENION!" Lockhart began. The whole Great Hall became silent with a few murmurs. "I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR HOW MUCH I LIKE KELSEY JISTEL AND THAT THE LOVELY AND HANDSOME YOURS TRULY WOULD LIKE TO ASK HER TO THE LAST HOGSMEADE TRIP!" he said. Kelsey had turned beet red. The last time I saw that tone of red was when our friend Camille sang happy birthday to her really loud all alone in the cafeteria in 8th grade. Besides being completely embarrassed, she looked absolutely disgusted. I glanced at Remus. He had turned away slightly, much like Cecily.
"WILL YOU GO WITH ME?" Gilderoy said extra loud. Some Hufflepuff girls glowered at Kelsey and gasped with envy. All eyes turned to her. Kelsey looked absolutely appalled.
"EW! No!" Kelsey said, not quite as loud. The Great Hall burst in gasps and giggles. The Marauders, Lily, Cecily, Alice and I gasped. Sirius just laughed hysterically. Gilderoy sucked in his cheeks. He had never been turned down before. And with that, he sat down. Kelsey glanced at me and hurried out of the Great Hall in complete embarrassment. I turned to Remus and made eye contact with him. I nodded toward the Great Hall doors. At first, he didn't seem to understand, I nodded again toward the direction Kelsey had left.
"No... I can't just—"he began. "GO!" I said. He threw up his hands.
"Fine, fine," he got up and hurried after her. I turned toward Lily.
"Alright!" she exclaimed. We high-fived and went back to eating.
Kelsey walked with her head down as she hurried up to the common room.
"Hey! Kelsey!" came a voice behind her. Kelsey sucked in a breath and whirled around. It was Remus.
"Hey," she said when he had caught up with her.
"Hi, um, I was just wondering if you were okay. Ya know, after that thing." He said. Kelsey rubbed her forehead.
"I'm fine I guess. That was just horrible though! I wouldn't be surprised if I'll be the gossip topic for a week," she said, half laughing. Remus nodded and smiled.
"Okay, well...um, I'll see you later then" he said and turned. Kelsey slumped her shoulders and nodded. He took about two steps before he turned around again.
"Ya, know. I actually wanted to ask you something." He said. Kelsey straightened up.
"Um, if Lockhart, is out of the picture. Obviously. Would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me?" he asked, a bit shyly. Kelsey's heart leapt!
"Are you serious?!" she said excitedly.
"Actually, I'm Remus," he said joking. Kelsey rolled her eyes and grinned.
"Yes! Of course! Sure!" Kelsey exclaimed. Remus smiled. This was probably the first person who he had asked who didn't care of what he is.
A/N: I know sorry. Slight cliffhanger there. Lol! Actually, now I have a poll for u guys. All my friends want Caroline to end up with Sirius and all that, but I'm not sure. So, tell me if she should or shouldn't. By the way, tell your friends about my story pleeze! I would like sum more reviews! Okay, well, I'll try to update soon! BUBI!