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Chapter 6
Peyton woke up early the next morning. The sun was just beginning to rise over the lake. She was still shaken by the events of the night and looked to a sleepy Lily lying next to her. She was mumbling in her sleep about something Peyton couldn't make out and tossing and turning. Suddenly Lily shot up in bed screaming.
"I'LL NEVER JOIN YOU!" Lily shouted, panting hard.
"It's ok Lily it's just me." Peyton said softly with concern etched on her face. She saw the gash on the side of Lily's cheek and wondered what really happened. "Do you want to talk about it Lils?"
"Well I was writing in my diary and I heard a noise. I turned the light off and sat in the dark. There was nothing but silence and suddenly someone grabbed me from behind. The voice was hardly recognizable but it sounded so familiar. He cut a gash in my face and told me the Dark Lord was expecting me soon and I would soon choose to join or die. I told him I'd die rather then join him and he called me foolish and the last thing I remember is hearing that awful, awful, spell before I felt the most painful thing in my entire life shoot through my body. And now here I am." Lily explained.
"You were very brave to speak against him Lily." Peyton said with a small smile on her face for her friend's bravery.
"Thanks. I'm so sore though. From the spell I suppose." Lily said.
"Perfectly understandable Lils." Peyton said. "Want a lift to breakfast?" she added pointing to her back.
"Thanks." Lily said hopping on.
They arrived downstairs for breakfast and Lily's mother was fussing over her and Lily had to relay the entire story again. Lily was not allowed to be anywhere off by herself anymore in case the threat were true. Which they all prayed it wasn't but knew was very probable.
"I can't really walk that well." Lily explained. "How will I get around King's Cross and onto the Hogwarts Express."
"Well I'm sure Dumbledore can arrange other means of transportation once your feeling up to it or we can get you a wheelchair." Lily's father explained.
"I don't want to miss the train ride with Peyt. Bring on the wheelchair." Lily said quickly. "Merlin it's going to be a little embarrassing."
"No it won't. It's nobody's business why you're rolling around in a wheelchair. They'll probably be jealous cause I'll be pushing you and they won't get the privilege of a free ride around the train station and chauffeur experiences of Peyton Starr." Peyton said seriously. Lily couldn't help but smile, she was probably going to be in for a ride of a lifetime if Peyton was pushing that wheelchair.
Lily and Peyton said goodbye to Madison, Shaylee, and much to Petunia's disliking, her too. Lily said goodbye to her parents since Mr. Starr was taking them to King's Cross. They drove to the train station and Mr. Starr walked them through and loaded the trunks onto the train. He hugged both girls and left them to their adventures.
"Err...Peyton everyone's staring at us." Lily said, a little embarrassed.
"Well yeah why wouldn't they Lils. We look pretty damn sexy. I bet this time tomorrow a gash on your face will be all the rage at Hogwarts." Peyton whispered back to her before yelling to random people. "Why hello please stop staring if you'd like to take a picture though we'd be glad to pose. Besides it last loads longer." Lily giggled.
"Ah guess who?" Sirius said covering Peyton's eyes from behind. "I'll give you a hint. I'm the most stunningly hot man in all of Hogwarts with my shaggy ebony hair and mischievous blue eyes. The essential bad boys that the ladies just can't get enough of." He said smugly, and rather truthfully if you asked most people.
"Well imagine who it could be." Peyton said dryly. "Attention Hogwart's classmates, Sirius Black's ego has just run for statehood. If accepted it will become the fourth largest." Peyton announced to the entire group of passersby.
"Well you didn't have to announce it to everyone here." Sirius pouted.
"And YOU didn't have to send me letters by bloody owl every day either. When you know perfectly well I detest them." Peyton said, pushing Lily onto the train and popping a lot of wheelies on the way. Lily was laughing partly because of Sirius and Peyton and partly because she loved riding around in that damn wheelchair.
"I'M SORRY IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND!" Sirius shouted after her in a very disbelieving voice with a smirk on his face. Peyton merely kept walking and gave him a rude hand gesture. "How rude." He added.
Lily and Peyton found a compartment at the very end of the train that held none other than Lynsay Cambridge. James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus charged in moments later.
"What happened to you Lily? Are you ok?" James asked sincerely.
Lily launched into her story for the third time that day. The Marauders were silent at the end.
"Wow their finally speechless." Lily commented. "You needn't look so frightened Peter. Dumbledore once told me that evil is not something superhuman, but something less than human. Something less than human can be fought against."
"So you were hit with the cruciatus curse? Is it is bad as it sounds?" Peter asked dumbly. James elbowed him in the ribs. "Ow!"
"Worse Peter. I never thought I'd get hit with an unmentionable while I was still attending Hogwarts. In my own house no less." Lily said fighting back tears that were welling up in her eyes. "I just hope they don't go after my family."
"Don't worry Lily, my parents are there and I'm sure Dumbledore's helped them take extra precautions now." Peyton said giving her a hug.
"So do you think you know who it was Lily?" James asked softly to her although a look of fury was in his eyes.
"It sounded so familiar but right now I just can't put my finger on who it was." Lily said sadly shaking her head. The group of teenages started falling back into their regular hyper routine but no one could get the thought of what Lily went through out of the back of their minds.
The elderly woman pushing the food cart knocked on the door and slid it open. "Anything off the trolley's dears?" she asked cheerily.
Peyton practically shoved everyone out of the way on her way to the cart. She bought what was left, since they were the last compartment there wasn't much. The woman said she'd be back in a few moments with more candy for the rest of the crew.
"Err...sorry I like sugar a lot." Peyton said.
"Oh boy...damn that food cart witch. I should have told her to skip this compartment. Peyt's gonna get out of control." Lily said laughing.
"Hey can somebody loan me a few galleons. My parents refused to give me a cent unless I demanded a change of house and my large stash of money is in my dorm room." Sirius said darkly.
"Everyone likes a prankster Sirius but no one will ever lend him money." Peyton said seriously. "Believe me I know, besides I'm not going to loan money to a daft cow like you who kept sending me ruddy letters all summer."
"Aw come on Peyt. It was just a joke." Sirius said. Peyton ignored him, as far as she was concerned he was getting the silent treatment until she saw a fit time to begin talking again.
James loaned Sirius the money for the food so Sirius would stop doing some kind of ridiculous monkey dance around the compartment. The friends continued to laugh and talk, minus Peyton talking to Sirius, including Sirius talking his mouth off to Peyton. Peyton's sugar high hit suddenly and she was bouncing off the walls with her hyperness. (A/N I don't think that's a word but hey...go with me here cause I kinda like it. Haha)
"And this one time-" Peyton said quickly while jumping on her train seat, but was cut off when she collapsed back onto her seat, and ended up laying down asleep on Sirius. (A/N lucky girl)
"Apparently the sugar high has finally worn off. Thank Merlin." Lily said laughing, mostly laughing at Sirius because he looked like he'd died and gone to heaven since Peyton happened to fall asleep on him. Peyton was asleep for the rest of the train ride and Sirius could barely speak for lack of his surprising luck. The rest continued laughing all the way there. Lily didn't speak to James much, much to James disliking. Finally they arrived at Hogsmeade Station. The train came to a sudden stop and Peyton awoke with a start, noticing who she had fallen asleep on and the fact that he had his arm around her.
"Black what are you doing!?" Peyton asked.
Sirius jumped. He hadn't realized she was awake yet. He needed to think quick.
"Protecting you with my muscular arms of course M'lady." Sirius said flexing. Wrong thing to say.
"Well next time if I happen to fall asleep try and restrain yourself from groping me." Peyton said rather disgruntled. Sirius smirked, he hadn't thought of that. Peyton rolled her eyes.
"Sorry babe." Sirius said, not sounding sorry at all.
"Don't call me babe." Peyton retorted.
"Ok babe whatever you say." Sirius said nonchalantly.
"I'm serious!" Peyton said, getting rather annoyed.
"No your not I'M Sirius, thank you very much." Sirius huffed.
Everyone groaned at Sirius's over used joke. How many times had they all heard that one?
"Insufferable git." Peyton muttered exiting the compartment. Lily was well rested and walked out by herself. Everyone loaded into the carriages except for Peyton, who had to ride the boats across the lake with the first years. Three first year boys raced to Peytons boat and seated themselves with her. She laughed at their antics and Sirius eyed them suspiciously. The student body seated themselves and the first years and Peyton walked in. She was to be sorted last, although she couldn't understand why. She was older why'd she have to stand and wait all this time? Damn rules. While waiting she wondered what kinds of things Sirius was afraid of so she could get even with him. She noticed the three boys in the boat with her were sorted into Gryffindor. Finally everyone was sorted except her.
"Attention everyone, this is Peyton Starr, originally accepted at Hogwarts when she turned 11 just like all of you, but unfortunately due to her father's work in the Ministry she had to move to America and now she's returned. Go ahead and put on the sorting hat Peyton." Dumbledore said with a smile. Peyton smiled back and put the hat on her head.
"Ah...you are a true Starr. Very mischievous, like your father. You would do well in Slytherin you know. You'd be very accepted there because of your pure heritage." The sorting hat said in her ear.
"I would NOT do well in Slytherin. They'd never truly accept me because my thoughts about muggle borns are so very different from their own. Besides I wouldn't want to be in a house with a bunch of pricks like them. I belong in Gryffindor, like my father and with my friends." Peyton thought.
"Well my dear I suppose that settles it. Better be...GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted.
"Damn straight it will be. Thanks" Peyton thought back to it.
The Gryffindor table clapped loudly. The majority of the applause coming from the males. Peyton walked to her respectful table and sat down.
"That was bloody close. Damn hat tried to put me in Slytherin." Peyton said shaking her head.
"I think that hat's going nutters because it tried to put me in Slytherin too. I'm muggle born for Merlin sake...doesn't that hat know what they'd do to me in there?!" Lily said. "Honestly...probably would have gone in there too if I hadn't been screaming at the ruddy thing in my mind." They laughed. Sirius moved from his spot by James and walked around to sit by Peyton.
"This seat empty?" he asked her.
"Yes, and this one will be too if you sit there." Peyton retorted. Still a little upset about the whole bird situation. She had a nasty habit of holding grudges. Oh well. "You just wait Black. I'll find whatever you have a phobia of and torture you too.
"Aw come on Peyt. I was just joking around." Sirius said. "Besides I don't have any phobias." Sirius lied.
"I thought you said you had peladphobia?" Peter piped up.
"Oh really? You're afraid of BALD people Sirius?" Lily laughed.
"Actually not only bald people but afraid of becoming bald himself." Peter commented thinking he was helping, by reminding his friend of his phobia.
"That's enough Wormtail." Sirius said through clench teeth.
"Actually Wormtail didn't get to tell them about your pupa phobia yet Padfoot." James said through laughs.
"Oh yeah! Because one time in first year I had a puppet made that looked just like Sirius and I gave it to him for Christmas and he practically wet his pants before he ran back to the dorm." Peter informed. The group was in hysterics.
"I'm going to bed." Grumbled Sirius.
"Don't forget this." Peyton said, pointing to a miniature puppet of herself that she had transfigured from a spoon.
"NOT FUNNY!" Sirius yelled making his way quickly out of the Great Hall, his fan club not far behind since they thought he was in need of comfort. Everyone was still chuckling later as they climbed into bed. (minus Sirius who was plotting revenge) All students were dreading going back to class except the Ravenclaws who had been anxious to learn all summer. Soon all of Hogwarts was quiet, a sign that everyone had drifted off into a quiet slumber
Chapter 6
Peyton woke up early the next morning. The sun was just beginning to rise over the lake. She was still shaken by the events of the night and looked to a sleepy Lily lying next to her. She was mumbling in her sleep about something Peyton couldn't make out and tossing and turning. Suddenly Lily shot up in bed screaming.
"I'LL NEVER JOIN YOU!" Lily shouted, panting hard.
"It's ok Lily it's just me." Peyton said softly with concern etched on her face. She saw the gash on the side of Lily's cheek and wondered what really happened. "Do you want to talk about it Lils?"
"Well I was writing in my diary and I heard a noise. I turned the light off and sat in the dark. There was nothing but silence and suddenly someone grabbed me from behind. The voice was hardly recognizable but it sounded so familiar. He cut a gash in my face and told me the Dark Lord was expecting me soon and I would soon choose to join or die. I told him I'd die rather then join him and he called me foolish and the last thing I remember is hearing that awful, awful, spell before I felt the most painful thing in my entire life shoot through my body. And now here I am." Lily explained.
"You were very brave to speak against him Lily." Peyton said with a small smile on her face for her friend's bravery.
"Thanks. I'm so sore though. From the spell I suppose." Lily said.
"Perfectly understandable Lils." Peyton said. "Want a lift to breakfast?" she added pointing to her back.
"Thanks." Lily said hopping on.
They arrived downstairs for breakfast and Lily's mother was fussing over her and Lily had to relay the entire story again. Lily was not allowed to be anywhere off by herself anymore in case the threat were true. Which they all prayed it wasn't but knew was very probable.
"I can't really walk that well." Lily explained. "How will I get around King's Cross and onto the Hogwarts Express."
"Well I'm sure Dumbledore can arrange other means of transportation once your feeling up to it or we can get you a wheelchair." Lily's father explained.
"I don't want to miss the train ride with Peyt. Bring on the wheelchair." Lily said quickly. "Merlin it's going to be a little embarrassing."
"No it won't. It's nobody's business why you're rolling around in a wheelchair. They'll probably be jealous cause I'll be pushing you and they won't get the privilege of a free ride around the train station and chauffeur experiences of Peyton Starr." Peyton said seriously. Lily couldn't help but smile, she was probably going to be in for a ride of a lifetime if Peyton was pushing that wheelchair.
Lily and Peyton said goodbye to Madison, Shaylee, and much to Petunia's disliking, her too. Lily said goodbye to her parents since Mr. Starr was taking them to King's Cross. They drove to the train station and Mr. Starr walked them through and loaded the trunks onto the train. He hugged both girls and left them to their adventures.
"Err...Peyton everyone's staring at us." Lily said, a little embarrassed.
"Well yeah why wouldn't they Lils. We look pretty damn sexy. I bet this time tomorrow a gash on your face will be all the rage at Hogwarts." Peyton whispered back to her before yelling to random people. "Why hello please stop staring if you'd like to take a picture though we'd be glad to pose. Besides it last loads longer." Lily giggled.
"Ah guess who?" Sirius said covering Peyton's eyes from behind. "I'll give you a hint. I'm the most stunningly hot man in all of Hogwarts with my shaggy ebony hair and mischievous blue eyes. The essential bad boys that the ladies just can't get enough of." He said smugly, and rather truthfully if you asked most people.
"Well imagine who it could be." Peyton said dryly. "Attention Hogwart's classmates, Sirius Black's ego has just run for statehood. If accepted it will become the fourth largest." Peyton announced to the entire group of passersby.
"Well you didn't have to announce it to everyone here." Sirius pouted.
"And YOU didn't have to send me letters by bloody owl every day either. When you know perfectly well I detest them." Peyton said, pushing Lily onto the train and popping a lot of wheelies on the way. Lily was laughing partly because of Sirius and Peyton and partly because she loved riding around in that damn wheelchair.
"I'M SORRY IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND!" Sirius shouted after her in a very disbelieving voice with a smirk on his face. Peyton merely kept walking and gave him a rude hand gesture. "How rude." He added.
Lily and Peyton found a compartment at the very end of the train that held none other than Lynsay Cambridge. James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus charged in moments later.
"What happened to you Lily? Are you ok?" James asked sincerely.
Lily launched into her story for the third time that day. The Marauders were silent at the end.
"Wow their finally speechless." Lily commented. "You needn't look so frightened Peter. Dumbledore once told me that evil is not something superhuman, but something less than human. Something less than human can be fought against."
"So you were hit with the cruciatus curse? Is it is bad as it sounds?" Peter asked dumbly. James elbowed him in the ribs. "Ow!"
"Worse Peter. I never thought I'd get hit with an unmentionable while I was still attending Hogwarts. In my own house no less." Lily said fighting back tears that were welling up in her eyes. "I just hope they don't go after my family."
"Don't worry Lily, my parents are there and I'm sure Dumbledore's helped them take extra precautions now." Peyton said giving her a hug.
"So do you think you know who it was Lily?" James asked softly to her although a look of fury was in his eyes.
"It sounded so familiar but right now I just can't put my finger on who it was." Lily said sadly shaking her head. The group of teenages started falling back into their regular hyper routine but no one could get the thought of what Lily went through out of the back of their minds.
The elderly woman pushing the food cart knocked on the door and slid it open. "Anything off the trolley's dears?" she asked cheerily.
Peyton practically shoved everyone out of the way on her way to the cart. She bought what was left, since they were the last compartment there wasn't much. The woman said she'd be back in a few moments with more candy for the rest of the crew.
"Err...sorry I like sugar a lot." Peyton said.
"Oh boy...damn that food cart witch. I should have told her to skip this compartment. Peyt's gonna get out of control." Lily said laughing.
"Hey can somebody loan me a few galleons. My parents refused to give me a cent unless I demanded a change of house and my large stash of money is in my dorm room." Sirius said darkly.
"Everyone likes a prankster Sirius but no one will ever lend him money." Peyton said seriously. "Believe me I know, besides I'm not going to loan money to a daft cow like you who kept sending me ruddy letters all summer."
"Aw come on Peyt. It was just a joke." Sirius said. Peyton ignored him, as far as she was concerned he was getting the silent treatment until she saw a fit time to begin talking again.
James loaned Sirius the money for the food so Sirius would stop doing some kind of ridiculous monkey dance around the compartment. The friends continued to laugh and talk, minus Peyton talking to Sirius, including Sirius talking his mouth off to Peyton. Peyton's sugar high hit suddenly and she was bouncing off the walls with her hyperness. (A/N I don't think that's a word but hey...go with me here cause I kinda like it. Haha)
"And this one time-" Peyton said quickly while jumping on her train seat, but was cut off when she collapsed back onto her seat, and ended up laying down asleep on Sirius. (A/N lucky girl)
"Apparently the sugar high has finally worn off. Thank Merlin." Lily said laughing, mostly laughing at Sirius because he looked like he'd died and gone to heaven since Peyton happened to fall asleep on him. Peyton was asleep for the rest of the train ride and Sirius could barely speak for lack of his surprising luck. The rest continued laughing all the way there. Lily didn't speak to James much, much to James disliking. Finally they arrived at Hogsmeade Station. The train came to a sudden stop and Peyton awoke with a start, noticing who she had fallen asleep on and the fact that he had his arm around her.
"Black what are you doing!?" Peyton asked.
Sirius jumped. He hadn't realized she was awake yet. He needed to think quick.
"Protecting you with my muscular arms of course M'lady." Sirius said flexing. Wrong thing to say.
"Well next time if I happen to fall asleep try and restrain yourself from groping me." Peyton said rather disgruntled. Sirius smirked, he hadn't thought of that. Peyton rolled her eyes.
"Sorry babe." Sirius said, not sounding sorry at all.
"Don't call me babe." Peyton retorted.
"Ok babe whatever you say." Sirius said nonchalantly.
"I'm serious!" Peyton said, getting rather annoyed.
"No your not I'M Sirius, thank you very much." Sirius huffed.
Everyone groaned at Sirius's over used joke. How many times had they all heard that one?
"Insufferable git." Peyton muttered exiting the compartment. Lily was well rested and walked out by herself. Everyone loaded into the carriages except for Peyton, who had to ride the boats across the lake with the first years. Three first year boys raced to Peytons boat and seated themselves with her. She laughed at their antics and Sirius eyed them suspiciously. The student body seated themselves and the first years and Peyton walked in. She was to be sorted last, although she couldn't understand why. She was older why'd she have to stand and wait all this time? Damn rules. While waiting she wondered what kinds of things Sirius was afraid of so she could get even with him. She noticed the three boys in the boat with her were sorted into Gryffindor. Finally everyone was sorted except her.
"Attention everyone, this is Peyton Starr, originally accepted at Hogwarts when she turned 11 just like all of you, but unfortunately due to her father's work in the Ministry she had to move to America and now she's returned. Go ahead and put on the sorting hat Peyton." Dumbledore said with a smile. Peyton smiled back and put the hat on her head.
"Ah...you are a true Starr. Very mischievous, like your father. You would do well in Slytherin you know. You'd be very accepted there because of your pure heritage." The sorting hat said in her ear.
"I would NOT do well in Slytherin. They'd never truly accept me because my thoughts about muggle borns are so very different from their own. Besides I wouldn't want to be in a house with a bunch of pricks like them. I belong in Gryffindor, like my father and with my friends." Peyton thought.
"Well my dear I suppose that settles it. Better be...GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted.
"Damn straight it will be. Thanks" Peyton thought back to it.
The Gryffindor table clapped loudly. The majority of the applause coming from the males. Peyton walked to her respectful table and sat down.
"That was bloody close. Damn hat tried to put me in Slytherin." Peyton said shaking her head.
"I think that hat's going nutters because it tried to put me in Slytherin too. I'm muggle born for Merlin sake...doesn't that hat know what they'd do to me in there?!" Lily said. "Honestly...probably would have gone in there too if I hadn't been screaming at the ruddy thing in my mind." They laughed. Sirius moved from his spot by James and walked around to sit by Peyton.
"This seat empty?" he asked her.
"Yes, and this one will be too if you sit there." Peyton retorted. Still a little upset about the whole bird situation. She had a nasty habit of holding grudges. Oh well. "You just wait Black. I'll find whatever you have a phobia of and torture you too.
"Aw come on Peyt. I was just joking around." Sirius said. "Besides I don't have any phobias." Sirius lied.
"I thought you said you had peladphobia?" Peter piped up.
"Oh really? You're afraid of BALD people Sirius?" Lily laughed.
"Actually not only bald people but afraid of becoming bald himself." Peter commented thinking he was helping, by reminding his friend of his phobia.
"That's enough Wormtail." Sirius said through clench teeth.
"Actually Wormtail didn't get to tell them about your pupa phobia yet Padfoot." James said through laughs.
"Oh yeah! Because one time in first year I had a puppet made that looked just like Sirius and I gave it to him for Christmas and he practically wet his pants before he ran back to the dorm." Peter informed. The group was in hysterics.
"I'm going to bed." Grumbled Sirius.
"Don't forget this." Peyton said, pointing to a miniature puppet of herself that she had transfigured from a spoon.
"NOT FUNNY!" Sirius yelled making his way quickly out of the Great Hall, his fan club not far behind since they thought he was in need of comfort. Everyone was still chuckling later as they climbed into bed. (minus Sirius who was plotting revenge) All students were dreading going back to class except the Ravenclaws who had been anxious to learn all summer. Soon all of Hogwarts was quiet, a sign that everyone had drifted off into a quiet slumber