Love Meadowes: Love is like Candy
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
Dorcas shrieked. Sirius snarled at her and slapped his hand over her mouth. Dorcas struggled to get free of him, but Sirius's grip held fast. Remus whipped her wand from his robes and brandished it at the Death Eaters.
"Expellairmus!" He shouted.
But the Death Eater yelled it at the same time, so both their wands were sent flying. The Death Eater's wand speared a painting of a ballroom; luckily, the inhabitants were quick enough to get out of the way. Unfortunately, Remus's wand landed near the Death Eater, who snatched it up. The others stared helplessly. Sirius raised his wand, but the Death Eater shouted something that sounded like muffled noise to Dorcas's ears. Sirius slumped to the ground like a heavy sack, knocking Dorcas back a step.
It occurred to Dorcas that she and Peter were the only ones who had means of defense. Dorcas looked around in panic, fear rising in her. She tried to shove her wand into Remus's hand, who pushed it away in confusion, looking at her oddly.
Peter was standing stock still, cowering slightly behind Dorcas and Remus. The Death Eater raised his wand once again and a purple fire lashed out from it. Dorcas tried to find some sort of spell, but her mind was completely blank with fear, and only managed a strangled scream.
Suddenly, there was someone in front of her, roughly pushing her back, and she stumbled into Peter. Dorcas accidentally stepped on Sirius's fingers, but he didn't stir. She looked at Siris, worried, then looked to see whom their defender was.
It was Professor Werllis.
He was wheezing and clutching his side, where blood was leaking through his fingers. His wand was pointed shakily at the Death Eater, whose spell was countered. Werllis jabbed his wand forward suddenly, hissing something between his clenched teeth, and the Death Eather froze. The Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher sighed and lowered his wand. He muttered to himself as he limped around to face the students, who watched him in wide-eyed shock.
"Hurry." He grunted. "Get your wand, boy." He added, to Remus. Then he turned to prod Siruis, who was still slumped on the ground. With a terrible amount of effort, Professor Werllis leaned down and felt Sirius's pulse. He straitened with a groan, but looking slightly relieved. "Carry him on up. He'll wake up in a few hours. Go!" He jabbed his wand in the direction of the Death Eater. "He'll be able to move, soon!"
Peter was gesturing wildly, while holding back a tapestry of a lion fighting with a snake. Remus hauled Sirius up, and the larger boy dangled off him. Dorcas tried to get the other side, but she was shorter than Remus, and much weaker, so Sirius would have been in a rather painful position, had he been awake. Professor Werliis remained at the bottom of the hidden staircase, watching.
To Dorcas's surprise, they appeared outside the entrance. Dorcas looked back, and saw that they were emerging from behind a strange stone carving, in the wall. The Fat Lady was sitting in her frame with her friend, Violet. The two witches appeared frightened. The Fat Lady called out loudly at them.
"Who goes there?" She sounded frightened.
"Just us." Peter replied, looking nervous.
Dorcas raised her wand, lighting up their faces, and the Fat Lady looked at them suspiciously.
"Password?"
"Floo Furnace." Remus said.
The Fat Lady swung aside and the four hurried in. Dorcas narrowed her eyes at the boys, who were weezing under Sirius's weight. They grinned half-heartedly at her, waving as they went up the steps to their dorm. Dorcas did the same. Just before entering her room, she glanced back down at the empty, dark common room. It seemed a bit… Frightening once she was alone, with only the dim glitter of her wand.
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When Dorcas arrived at her dorm, there was an unpleasant surprise waiting. Lily sat on her bunk, glowering at Dorcas as she entered. Their other roommates seemed to be in fitful slumbers.
"Where were you?" Lily hissed. "I covered for you this one time. But you need to tell me where you were! I knew I shouldn't have trusted you with Potter's horrible little friends!"
"It's not their fault!" Dorcas objected. "It's mine… I… Er- wanted to… I needed…. To go to the bathroom!"
"There's one up here!" Lily exclaimed. "Couldn't you have waited till you got back?"
"Lily!" Dorcas complained in a whining tone. "I was going to pee my pants! I was really scared, too!"
Lily glowered at her. Dorcas looked back innocently. Finally, Lily sighed and turned away, accepting her story. Dorcas sighed and flopped down in her bed without bothering to get ready or change from her robes. She noticed that she'd gotten quite good at making up lies on the spot.
At least Lily wouldn't know what really happened. Then she'd flip out.
Dorcas lay in her bed, but couldn't go to sleep. She could hear the yelling outside. There was shouting. Screams. Dorcas shivered and curling into a ball, shutting her eyes tightly. Weren't Gryffindors supposed to be brave?
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Unfortunately, Dorcas's fib did not follow through the next morning. Apparently, the situation was still unstable, so the entrances to all the common rooms were on lockdown. A very frightened looking house elf informed them that their breakfast would be arriving shortly, as a mob of hungry (male) students attacked it.
As Dorcas entered the room with Lily, she noticed a larger than usual crowd around the Marauders. And there were many whispers going about. Even some people were pointing at Dorcas. What was it? Did she have a sign on her back or something? Was there gum in her hair? She was too tired, having not slept much last night.
"What's going on?" Lily asked, glancing around and noticing the same things as Dorcas.
"I don't know." Dorcas replied.
They approached the group around the Marauders. Dorcas tapped someone on the shoulder.
"What's going on?" Lily asked before Dorcas could.
The third-year looked startled. He blinked a couple times before replying.
"Sirius is telling everyone about a fight they had with a Death Eater last night." The boy replied.
"What?" Lily replied sharply. "They were with you, weren't they?" Lily said, turning to Dorcas.
Dorcas's jaw dropped. They were spouting it all around school? What were they thinking? There was no fight! They'd just run into one! Dorcas shoved her way through the crowd, marching up to the foursome, who sat on the table, happily soaking up the attention.
"What are you doing?" She screeched.
Several people looked at her, only one of them being a Marauder, which happened to be Remus. Remus nudged Sirius, who was going on about something. Sirius scowled, obviously annoyed at the interruption. Remus sighed and pointed at Dorcas. Dorcas glared at them indignantly, hands planted on her hips.
"Ah!" Sirius said loudly. "It's the maiden in distress herself!"
"What!" Dorcas screeched as people before looking at her. "What have you been telling everyone, Sirius?" She cried.
"Lies, of course." Remus said dryly.
Sirius glared at him before turning regally back to Dorcas. "I was simply telling them of my fabulous battle with the dung-bag Death Eater, who threatened my friends, as well as a helpless female."
"You have no right, Sirius Black!" Dorcas exclaimed. You were bloody asleep for practically the whole thing!"
"I was not!" Sirius replied, puffing up indignantly.
Peter snickered, obviously taking pleasure in Dorcas calling Sirius's bluff, despite the fact that he'd been telling the false story right along with him, involving him tackling the Death Eater.
"My fans would much rather hear my heroic tale." Sirius informed them. "Your story is completely boring"
"And completely true, but don't worry, Black." Lily said coolly, sliding up beside Dorcas. Lily, being the fabulous friend she was, helped Dorcas. "I'm sure your legions of fans would love you just as much if you were describing your sleeping patterns."
A nearby girl actually sighed. Then another clambered over to Dorcas, shoving others out of the way. She looked at Dorcas wide-eyed.
"You got to see Siruis Black sleeping?" She exclaimed, half question, half statement.
"Eh?" Dorcas replied, backing away from the girl.
Lily grabbed Dorcas's arm and dragged her away from the crowd, who watched them for a moment before returning their attentions to the king crows, cackling on the tabletop. Even James was adding his own narration, without even being there.
Lily stopped once they were far enough away to not hear the Marauders anymore. She released Dorcas and stepped back, facing her. She sighed and looked at a nearby book while she spoke.
"Why didn't you tell me the truth?"
Dorcas bit her lip, averting her gaze, too. "I- Well… I just… Didn't know… I didn't… I didn't want to get anyone in trouble." She replied at last.
Lily frowned and looked at Dorcas. "Do you not trust me? Just because I'm Head Girl now doesn't mean I won't still be your friend. I said I'd cover for you."
Dorcas shook her head. "You'd cover for me. You'd still turn in Sirius, Remus, and Peter. It wasn't really their fault… I don't know. You just don't seem to trust them a whole lot, and I didn't want to make it worse."
"Well, obviously I don't trust them with good reason! There's no point in hiding their bad traits from me, just so I'll get a good impression." Lily sighed, glancing towards the foursome again. "Last night Potter was being unbearable. He was treating me like I couldn't do anything myself. Like he was trying to be a gentleman, but in the end he was just some bloke who was stealing all the attention, he was constantly following me around like a lost puppy, but he wouldn't do anything I told him to! He would not stop bothering me and kept going on and on, babbling, I don't really remember what it was about, I'd stopped listening. He didn't even notice, I bet he just likes listening to himself talk. So, tell me why you think I've got the wrong impression."
Dorcas bit her lip again. "Erm… Well… You haven't given the real James a chance?" She offered. "He only acts like that because he's… Let's say, overly fond of you."
Lily rolled her eyes. "He's a bloody stalker." She deadpanned.
Dorcas would later stop to wonder about Lily's new cursing phase. "Well, I don't know about that. I doubt he knows you even have siblings, or what city you live in." Dorcas replied, shrugging. It was rather disappointing how little James knew about his infatuation. In Dorcas's favorite smut book, the hero had some weird mind link with the heroine, so they perfect for each other or something like that. In tune? Brainwaves? Something that had to do with the supernatural… Dorcas made a note to re-read that book again.
Lily snorted and began to stalk away before halting again. She groaned. "Great. Did I get up for no reason? We probably won't have any classes today if we're locked in the tower!"
Lily began to stalk away and Dorcas watched her go, head cocked. Then she hopped after Lily, feeling oddly cheerful, probably because Lily was acting so miserable and annoyed.
"Where are you going?"
"Back to bed." Lily snapped. "Gloria had the right idea, sleeping in."
"Gloria slept in?" Dorcas replied, surprised. She hadn't even noticed the girl was still in the room when she woke up.
"You could pretend to notice, you know."
"Sorry. Here, how's this: of course I knew Gloria slept in."
"Better."
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Dorcas took it upon herself to drag the Marauders away from their fans. She gathered them on the couches of the common room, which had become loud and noisy as the cooped up students became restless. Dorcas settled in an armchair and surveyed the foursome.
"I'll have you know that Lily is now rather angry at me and it's all your fault. Faults. Uggh. It's early."
"What did we do?" Peter objected.
"You told the whole blasted house about last night, when I already made a little white lie, saying I had to go to the bathroom, which was why I was so late getting to the dorm." Dorcas snapped.
"So are you just going to lecture us?" James said lazily.
"The way I see it, it's your fault for lying to Lily." Sirius quipped.
Dorcas glared. "Well, I lie to Lily all the time, now, thanks to you people!"
"You're welcome." Remus replied, sounding polite and completely serious. "Which reminds me…" He continued thoughtfully. "I ran into Lily a couple days ago…"
"Yes? And?" Dorcas prompted.
"She was awfully strange. Has she been all right? I bumped into her and at first she didn't drop anything, and apologizing and the usual Lily things, but then she looked up and dropped all her books. Her face was pretty red and I thought she might have a fever, but she said she was fine."
Dorcas leaned back in her chair, frowning. "No… She hasn't been sick lately… She was pretty funny this one time…" Dorcas continued, thinking of the time they discussed why she referred to her current company by surname.
Sirius frowned, as if he almost knew what was going on, but didn't know exactly. He pressed his lips together thoughtfully. Meanwhile Peter's eyes had lit with rare recognition. He blinked at them all, as none of the others seemed to see it.
"I-I think w-we might have a-a p-problem." He stuttered nervously.
"What are you talking about?" James snapped.
Peter retreated. "Nothing, nothing."
"Well, I'll see what I can learn about this." Dorcas began to get up then she noticed a colorful sign beside the Portrait hole. She sat back down again abruptly. She looked at them narrowly.
"Do you know what next weekend is?"
"Marlene McKinnon's birthday?" Remus replied, glancing at his watch.
"Is it? Oh, yes, Lily told me. Didn't she want to do some sort of little surprise thing in for all the Prefects who have their birthdays coming up? Oh, Anyway, it's Hogsmead, too. That was the point." Dorcas informed them. "As said in our agreement, you must pay me fifty galleons before the first Hogsmead trip."
"Bloody hell, I don't carry around that much!" James cried.
"Why not? You're completely loaded! Fifty galleons is no skin off your back!" Dorcas exclaimed.
"Unfortunately, Prongs does not have total control over the Potter fortune in its entirety. Only a small portion that consists of two galleons for every good grade." Sirius informed her.
"I told you she wouldn't forget." Remus commented, and Sirius shrugged.
Peter glanced between them. "James, can't you just, I don't know, borrow money from some store that you have credits at?"
"It doesn't work like that." Remus explained patiently.
James groaned. Sirius seemed to find the entire situation hilarious, as he was grinning from ear to ear. Dorcas looked at them all, then stood.
"Good day to you, sirs." She said politely. She began heading up the staircase for the girl's dormitories. She sighed, glancing at the sleeping forms of Gloria and Lily.
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Around five in the afternoon, the teachers had decided that the school was free of any Death Eaters. They released the children from their common rooms, calling them all to the Great Hall. As they settled, the teachers looked down expectantly.
The Great Hall had been restored to its former glory, the glittering twilight once again shining down on them from the roof. The candles were lit again, floating magically. The staircases began to move again, and everything seemed exactly as they'd left it. There were no scorch marks, no blood, no broken or shattered objects. No signs of a battle.
Dorcas settled in beside Lily and a third year. The third year was whispering with her friend, and Dorcas couldn't help hearing what they were talking about.
"I wonder what happened."
"I heard that only a few Death Eaters got past the gates."
"I think some of the teachers were hurt. Look, Professor Pallpus is missing."
"Oh my gosh! You're right! Who's going to teacher Potions now?"
Dorcas stopped eavesdropping to glance at the teacher's table. Indeed, many seats were empty. Dorcas nudged Lily, who still seemed to be half asleep.
"Look, some of the teachers are missing."
Lily looked towards the table too, blinking a couple times. "I hope they're alright." She said drowsily.
Her question would soon be answered. The chatter stopped as soon as Dumbledore, stood, clearing his throat. He looked down at his students somewhat grimly.
"Students, I'm sure you are all nervous or frightened over this attack. I reassure you that no Death Eaters entered the building." Dorcas knew it was a lie, but from Dumbledore it sounded true. Dorcas almost believed him, and she would have if she had not seen the Death Eater with her own eyes.
Dumbledore continued. "The castle is once again secure. We have revived all neutralized spells, and everything is all right. We will take a short break from classes to allow our wounded teachers to recover." A few whispers went around as Dumbledore paused, surveying everyone. "Professor Pullpus was gravely wounded in battle. He will continue teaching for the rest of the year, but will retire next year." Dumbledore said slowly. "However, we have some less fortunate, who are no longer among us. Professor Judiscs has fallen in battle. He was valiantly protecting the gates, and sacrificed himself to help save you all."
The room was almost completely silent, except for a nearby Hufflepuff, whom Dorcas heard whisperer, "I knew Arithmancy wouldn't do you any good in real life."
Dorcas ignored them as Dumbledore continued, "Also, we have lost Professor Werllis. He was gravely wounded earlier when he came to warn us of the attack, and he fell in battle, as well. Their memories shall live with us, and watch over us in this time of need. We must be strong and stand united, not divined. We must believe in one another and keep hope in our hearts. For every rise, there is a fall."
There was silence after Dumbledore's speech. Dorcas couldn't grasp her mind around the concept of Professor Werllis. Dead. She'd seen him, protecting them from the Death Eater who had slipped inside. He was alive and well, actually, he'd been bleeding pretty badly… and… Dorcas felt dread filling her. Had Professor Werllis sacrificed himself for them last night? Had he died at the foot of the hidden staircase, while they ran?
Dorcas once again doubted her qualifications for Gryffindor. Now she knew why she wasn't a Prefect. Well, at least why she wasn't a Gryffindor Prefect. Lily was Head Girl, because she was brave, and smart, and knew right from wrong. Lily was so… Disgustingly perfect… Why couldn't Dorcas be like Lily?
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Two days later, James approached Dorcas with Sirius and Peter in tow. Dorcas glanced around, making sure there was no Lily in the vicinity. Luckily, Lily was off tutoring some third year. Apparently she'd set it up and Remus would be there, too. James was carrying a small bag.
"Is that my payment?" Dorcas asked, poking the small bag.
James shrugged. "It's about a fifth of it."
Dorcas frowned, pursing her lips. "No payment, no classes."
James sighed, running his hand through his absently. He seemed unusually subdued
"Don't do that." Dorcas instructed him. "Lily hates it." Despite Dorcas telling him to stop, she rather liked the gesture. The heroes in her books would rumple their hair. However, their hair usually ended up looking neater rather than messier.
James's hand abruptly left his hair. Sirius stepped forward and grabbed the small sack from James, who's reactions were unusually slow. He leaned forward, towards Dorcas, as if telling her a secret.
"This is all we've got so far. How about we pay you in small payments? How's that?" He asked, eyes twinkling as he jingled the contents of the bag. The coins clinked noisily.
"No deal." Dorcas snapped. "All or nothing."
"Well then," he said straightening. "We'll be going now, right guys? Nothing for you, miss 'all or nothing'."
Peter nodded, eager to please, while James sulked gloomily. They began to leave, when it occurred to Dorcas that now she had no money to spend at Hogsmead. She sighed and trotted after them.
"Wait!"
Sirius smirked, turning back around. "I knew you'd see it my way."
Dorcas glowered at him. "Give me the bloodly money and get out of my face." She snapped, snatching the bag from his hand. Dorcas turned and walked away, off to do her homework… Somewhere… Yeah, okay, she was just stalking off and acting annoyed.
As she was leaving, she heard Peter murmuring to Sirius.
"Are you sure that was worth it?"
"Of course."
"But Prongs asked her to Hogsmead and she turned him down. How do you know it's working?"
"We can't expect to Prongs to bag Lily already. She'd make it too easy. She's a stubborn bird."
"If you say so. But expect to get my two galleons back." Peter replied suspiciously.
"You really think that he'll ever pay you back?" James replied. Sirius grinned.
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Dorcas was sitting in her dorm, reading her book about the mind-link thing. It was rather good. Good enough to read again, but not to recommend to Lily, whose standards were far above most of Dorcas's books. Dorcas was lying on her stomach, having left the three Marauders an hour or so ago.
Suddenly, the door to the dorm room burst open. A red-haired demon dashed into the room. She landed on Lily's bed, bouncing on the creaking and straining mattress as she reached beneath the mattress. She pulled out a small red notebook with a red quill carefully tucked inside.
Lily dabbed it in the open inkwell she always kept on her bedside table, then began scribbling away furiously in the little red book. Curiously, Dorcas set her book down, marking the mark by folding the corner of it. She stared at Lily for a while, who continued to ignore Dorcas.
"Lily?"
Lily jumped, as if surprised to see Dorcas there. Her gaze darted about nervously as she shut the small book with a snap. Lily quickly stashed it under her pillow.
"Dorcas!" Lily said brightly, as if trying to hide the fact she was hiding the book. "How long have you been there?"
"An hour or so?"
"Oh... Well…"
"Lily… Was that a… Diary?" Dorcas asked slowly.
Lily pressed her lips together nervously. "Erm… No… It's a… Day planner! Yeah…"
Dorcas raised her brows. "Then why are you hiding it?"
"I'm not!" Lily objected.
"Riiiight." Dorcas replied. "I didn't know you kept a Diary. I haven't had one of those since I was ten."
Lily looked defensive suddenly. "There's nothing wrong with a diary! I've just gotten it, and I've only been writing in it when I really need to get out some feelings."
"What feelings would those be?"
Lily stiffened. "Stress." She replied after a moment.
"Stress? Over what, Lily? It's the first month there's practically nothing stressful about it."
"What about yesterday?"
"That was scary not stressful."
"Well, you're not Head Girl!" Lily snapped, suddenly standing. She walked out the room, slamming the door behind her. Dorcas stared. What had gotten her so worked up?
Dorcas shrugged and was about to resume her reading again when she noticed that Lily's diary was still tucked under her pillow. Dorcas froze for a moment, wondering what she should do. Put it back under the mattress? Or… The five galleons were sitting on her bedside table, reminding her.
Should she look at the diary? For the sake of her mission to make James a better person? It would be an awful invasion of privacy. And Lily would be furious if she found out… Then again, Lily couldn't really be writing about anything particularly interesting about stress…
Dorcas cautiously slipped over to pick up the book. She felt nervous, as if Lily would suddenly burst into the room. Dorcas sat back down on her bed. After a moment on consideration, she slipped the small diary into her book.
Dorcas opened it a page in about the middle. She glanced at it casually, realizing that the entry was only from a week ago. Dorcas was about to read when she heard footsteps. She froze. Was Lily back? No… The footsteps passed. Dorcas began to read.
I ran into Remus today. It was totally and accident! I was walking down the hall with a whole bunch of books, some of which were for Dorcas, since she's too lazy to go get them herself. Of course, they're checked out under my name, and I'll get a fine when Dorcas forgets to give them back. Anyway, I dropped all my books and I think one even landed on Remus's foot. God, I was so nasty and yelled at him before I knew who it was! Oh… I was so embarrassed! He must have thought I was some catty witch! Er… Bitch.It's all so confusing! Seven years, and I still can't remember I'm a witch.
I swear, Remus is so sweet. I apologized profusely, and he was so nice about it. He said it was all right, and he helped me pick up my books. Then he offered to help carry them for me! Well, I was embarrassed enough for today, so I said no. I don't think I would have been able to keep up an intelligent conversation with him. My face was probably soo red!
I can't believe myself! I'm such a klutz around him! He's always around when I'm in a bad mood, or when I just happen to be saying something nasty! I don't know, I guess he always catches me at a bad time. I wish he'd ask me to Hogsmead, but he's such a good friend, even if his friends are horrible. He'd probably never ask me because of Potter. God. I hate him; he's always ruining everything for me.
Dorcas says that Potter and his friends are nice and funny if you get to know them. She's been spending an awful lot of time with them lately. I guess I'm kind of lonely. I don't know, she's not being a bad friend; I'm just being a nasty, jealous person. I have other friends, so why can't Dorcas? I've been really mean lately. I hope it's just stress. I don't want to be stuck this way forever! I think my temper is shorter than ever, Mum always said it was shorter than everyone else's, already! I don't think Dorcas has noticed anything strange. She never was a very attentive one.
Oh god. I feel so embarrassed around Remus all the time. He's so perfect. It's so stupid; I'm thinking of him so much that I'm beginning to feel like some stupid lovesick girl, like in Dorcas's books. I don't understand how she reads that junk.
It's dinner. Hopefully Dorcas can sit by me today. She's been spending a lot of time with Remus, too. Well, all the Marauders. I wonder if she can put in a good word for me? Oh, but that'd been too embarrassing to ask! And I'm sure Potter is already gushing about me all the time. Oh, and that was not me being arrogant, that was me simply stating a fact.
Dorca shut the diary with a snap, as the footsteps grew louder. Dorcas hurriedly shoved the red quill back in and stuffed the notebook messily under Lily's mattress. Dorcas flopped on her bed, which creaked nosily. The door opened to reveal Gloria, to Dorcas's relief.
Dorcas sighed, diving back into her book. Serna was wondering how Ken could be so perfect… Wait a second! Lily liked Remus!
Love was like candy. It could be so sweet, and sometimes it could be so sour.
AN: I'm sorry the action wasn't for very long. I promise there will be more, but everything happens for a reason in my story. I'm also sorry it's taking me so long to update. I went on vacation for ten days, (no internet/computer) so I wasted that time from my story. Hey, with the new organization of FF, I found out that Loving Meadowes is in a Community! I'm sorry the action wasn't for very long. I promise there will be more, but everything happens for a reason in my story. I'm also sorry it's taking me so long to update. I went on vacation for ten days, (no internet/computer) so I wasted that time from my story. Hey, with the new organization of FF, I found out that is in a Community!
Alana-Lou: Aww… Teresa, Yolanda, and Gloria love you too! Oh, and Lily and Dorcas. I'm sorry the suspense was a bit of a bust. I don't know, that's what I thought it was. I'm afraid Dorcas hasn't got much Girl Power. Poor her. Sisters. Ptahh. Lily's is a bitch. Dorcas is an only child, but we'll meet some of Yolanda's relatives. I think.
Tangerine-y: I know! Seriously, I can't believe someone actually thought I was copying off a Quizilla Quiz!
Luvin' it: Thanks for your support! I'm sorry this chapter took soooo long to get out.
Aladailey: Oohh, making predictions now, are we? We'll just have to wait and see. Everything is already planned out in my mind, but you all shall have to wait! And SHH! Don't spill the beans about Dorcas… Even if people can go read it themselves… Don't spill the beans for the lazy people! That's the special reason I chose Dorcas to be Lily's bestest friend in the world. Plus she has the coolest name.
Auburgine: I'm glad Dorcas is such a hit! I know, poor kid, eh? And Lily was so cruel to James and Sirius. Oh well. And thanks for catching that. I seriously need a beta! I was first having him just coming out, but then I deiced that'd make it really boring. It should be fixed by the time you read this.
Mrs.KristinePotter: Yes. Every character has a semi-important role. MUAHAHAHA! So many to remember! I even forgot Yolanda's name a second ago…
KHdreamer: Do, read on! I'm glad I've been attracting so many fans! Later: I'm writing! YAY! You liked the mental image, then? Sometimes I wonder if I'm not descriptive enough.
Kitschy Kitty: You think so? I've been working pretty hard on this story! I'm pleased to see people are enjoying it so much.
Liz the Laugh: Out loud? Really? I very rarely do that! I'm never sure if my material is funny enough or not, it's reassuring to hear you enjoyed it.
Queenofdakittys: It's getting more interesting, indeed! I'm sorry it slows down a bit after this, but it'll all have a purpose in the end. –disappears in a mysterious puff of smoke-
Soft N' fluffy: I hope it gets more interesting. The beginnings of stories are always rather slow, don't you think?
