Disclaimer: hmm… I wish! But, no, not mine… Except Faylinn…. Kind of… Don't sue me…. Please.
::AN:: I'm one of those people that tries to be real nice to my reviewers by making long chapters (yay) but I'm just going to say that this chapter is kind of boring in the beginning. (At least in my opinion… hopefully you'll like it just as much as anything else… lol) The first "scene" is mostly the guys asking Faylinn questions and she answers them
::HINT:: Faylinn doesn't lie unless she has a VERY good reason, or if she's being mischievous (like last chapter about the promise to Remus… lol) But, I've "created" her so that she has a way with words so that sometimes she's not lying, but she's not telling the truth either. (Don't you just luv me? lol)
::PS:: This chapter is dedicated to Nayanya (who has some- well, no a lot actually- AWESOME HP fanfics, and one long, beautiful bio that is totally hilarious), who informed me that that dude that plays Draco Malfoy in the HP movies (I can't remember his name for the life of me) is in fact almost 17, not like, 13, like I had originally thought. droolz madly… Thank you… I, myself, am happy not, as I had thought, older than that British HOTTIE! (lol)
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"How did you know I was a werewolf?" Remus asked before any of the other boys could speak.
"I could, um, smell you." Faylinn answered, looking down at her hands in her lap.
"How could you 'smell' that?" Peter asked.
She shrugged. "I just could. It's no big deal."
"Fine." James said. "Where did you transfer from?"
"I didn't really transfer from anywhere." She replied, shaking her head. "I'm from England, I was just home schooled up until now."
"Why do you have pointy ears?" Sirius inquired.
"And pink hair?" Came from James.
"I…" Faylinn started, then looked up, rolling her eyes. "It has to do with my mum, that's all."
"Who's your mum, then?" Sirius asked.
Faylinn's gaze slid slowly back down to her hands. "Um, I never really met her. Her name was Keelty, but she died."
"Oh." James mumbled.
"I'm sorry." Remus said softly.
Faylinn smiled. "No. It was a long time ago. Like I said, I never really met her."
"Did she have pink hair, too?" Peter asked quietly.
"Um, no, I don't think so." Faylinn giggled softly. "I heard once that she had purple hair. But then I heard later that it was blue. Or did he say it was green?" She shook her head. "I don't remember. Maybe she changed it often, I don't know."
Sirius shook his head, confused. "Wait, wait, wait." He said slowly. "Were you BORN with pink hair? I figured you just colored it like those muggles do."
Faylinn cocked an eyebrow. "Um, no Sirius." She said slowly as if she was trying to explain the laws of physics to a child. "I was born BALD."
James laughed and shook his head. "No, he means-"
"I know what he means." Faylinn grumbled. She smiled then, trying to be patient. "But… yes. I've always had pink hair. It's only these front bits, though." She said, touching the hair near her forehead.
"And the ears? Did she have pointy ears too?" Sirius asked skeptically.
Faylinn nodded slowly. "I'm pretty sure, yeah."
"What about your dad?" Remus asked.
"He's… He's… around… somewhere." She mumbled.
"What's that supposed to mean?" James raised an eyebrow.
"I never met him, either." Faylinn answered. "Ever. I don't think he even knows I exist."
"Wow." Peter murmured, amazed.
"But, he's like, normal, right?" James questioned.
Faylinn nodded. "Sure. He even went to school here. Obviously."
"Wait!" Sirius demanded, looking around at his friends. "I want to know why you have those… EARS!" He shouted to Faylinn.
"There's no reason to yell." She said sweetly.
Remus chuckled. "Alright, alright, Faylinn." He said. "I think that if you know about my being a werewolf it's only fair that you share your 'ear mystery' with us."
Faylinn shrugged. "I have pointy ears. No mystery. I usually hide my ears with my hair, but it's real aggravating and I have that bad habit of tucking my hair behind my ears, so…"
"That still doesn't tell us anything!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Well, what do you want to know?!" Faylinn asked back.
"Your mom…" Remus said slowly, scratching the top of his head in thought.
Faylinn smiled. "Yes?"
"Was she…?" Peter trailed off.
"She wasn't a witch, no." Faylinn said, furrowing her brow.
"She was a muggle?" James asked.
"No…" Faylinn shook her head.
"A squib?!" Sirius exclaimed.
"No." Faylinn snorted.
"Was she human?" Peter sputtered.
"What kind of question is that?!" James exclaimed.
Remus nodded. "That was kind of rude, Peter."
Faylinn glanced at Sirius while the other boys bickered, who was watching her intently. She smirked at him and he chuckled, shaking his head. "She wasn't, huh?"
Remus, Peter, and James stopped arguing over the subject of appropriate tactfulness and looked back and forth between Sirius and Faylinn. "What?" James said stupidly.
"Right." Faylinn said, still looking Sirius in the eye as she wagged her feet back and forth.
"What… What was she?" Remus asked, flabbergasted.
Faylinn smiled in wonderment and sighed. "I think you call it a…" She paused. "A fairy?"
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"GET UP!" Lily bellowed, pulling the covers off of her friend.
Faylinn opened one eye. "Lily…" She whispered as though she were out of breath. "It's… Saturday…"
Lily nodded. "Exactly! Come on! All the other girls are busy off snogging boys or doing homework or snogging boys when they should be doing their homework! Let's go do something! Breakfast's already begun, anyway!"
Faylinn sat up slowly, holding the covers around her head and yawning loudly. "What did you have in mind?" She asked. "I'm supposed to meet with Remus and the others around noon, but I was hoping to sleep until then."
Lily frowned, clearly hurt. "Oh. Well, I just thought we could hang out or something. But if you have to get ready to go out with Remus, then-"
Faylinn laughed. "I'm not you, Lily. It'll take me two minutes to get ready. And we were only going to go play Quidditch, so I was going to invite you to come along anyway…"
Lily winced. "Um, no thanks." She said, walking over to her dresser and opening her top drawer.
Faylinn rolled her eyes. "Why not?"
Lily turned around and shrugged. "Honestly?"
"Honestly."
"James Potter." She said, moving so that she sat on the edge of her own bed, facing Faylinn.
"What about him?"
"He's so… annoying!"
"Um, he's my friend."
"You've known him for two days, Faylinn. I've known him for seven years. He's… pretty annoying."
"Why is it that you're the ONLY girl in this school that has something against James Potter?"
"Because the other girls would rather only pay attention at his handsome face and pretty hair than look closer to see that James Potter is nothing but a self-centered git."
"He's not self-centered, Lily! Really! I mean, I haven't known him that long, yeah, but he's NICE!"
Lily rolled her eyes and layed down, placing her chin in her hands, still looking at Faylinn. "Have you seen him do that thing with his hair?" She continued when Faylinn nodded slowly. "Yes. He does that because he's the star Quidditch player of Hogwarts. He thinks it gives him that, 'I-just-got-off-my-broom' look. And all it does is make him look conceited, which he is."
"Oh, come on! At least he's not as conceited as Sirius, right?"
Lily smiled and sat up straight, sitting cross-legged now. "I wouldn't know, actually. Sirius usually shuts up when ever James is around. Which probably only further boosts James's superiority complex."
"You REFUSE to give him a chance, don't you?" Faylinn asked with a laugh.
"Oh, I gave him PLENTY of chances! Like I said, I've known him since first year! And yes, he's always been as conceited as he is now."
"But-"
No 'buts!'" Lily interrupted. "Did you know that in sixth year, Sirius and James made a bet, in front of the whole school no less, to see who could get the most detentions in one year?! And they actually went through with it! All year long, they did anything and everything to land themselves in detention!"
Faylinn smirked. "Who won?"
"Agh!" Lily exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. "You're just like them!"
Faylinn giggled, holding her stomach. "No, but really, Lily! Why is it that you hate him so much?"
"I don't HATE him…" Lily said lowly. "I just… Okay!"
"Um, go on…"
"He always… asks me to be his girlfriend. Or, he used to, you know? He hasn't said more than two words to me since we all arrived at Hogwarts this year."
"Oh. Okay… How is that bad? There are tons of girls who would give their BRAINS to get James to ask them out!"
"Brains?" Lily snickered. "I doubt any girl who would actually do that for James Potter doesn't have much of 'brains' as it is."
"Ooh, harsh." Faylinn said, grinning. "Why, though?"
"Why did he ask me to be his girlfriend? I don't know. I thought he'd get the hint after the millionth time, but no…"
"Oh come off it, Lily!" Faylinn exclaimed. "Don't tell me that you don't think ANYTHING good of him!"
"Alright, then. I won't tell you."
"Ugh. And that's not what I meant, anyway."
"Fine, what did you mean?"
"I meant, why didn't you say yes to James?"
"HAVE YOU NOT BEEN LISTENING TO ME?!" She shrieked. "I would rather date the giant squid than JAMES POTTER!"
Faylinn giggled. "Wouldn't that be a site."
Lily stared blankly at her new, pink-haired friend. "This all amuses you doesn't it?"
"More than you know."
"And what about you? You've been here two days and you've already managed to get the four most popular boys in school to follow you everywhere."
"They're just being friendly because I don't know anyone."
"I saw you cuddling up to Remus Lupin in the common room! Did you know that almost every girl in Ravenclaw has a bet on whether or not you two are going to be an item by the end of next week?"
Faylinn stared at the auburn-haired girl before her. "No, no, no, no, no. I can relate to Remus, that's all."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Well, don't expect him to ask you out. He's got to be the quietest boy in our year, next to Severus Snape, who only shuts his mouth because he's afraid James and his friends will notice him and hex him into oblivion."
"I haven't got a thing for Remus."
"Whatever you say, Faylinn. You know, you can be honest with me, we ARE roommates. And from the looks of it, I'm the only girl you've talked to at Hogwarts so far."
"That's not my fault! You're the only girl who hasn't taken one look at me and rolled your eyes in disgust just to turn around and gossip about my PINK HAIR to your friends!"
"Yes, the girls in our year can be very superficial. But, all the same, I am your only girl friend."
"I suppose so."
"Exactly. So you can be honest with me."
"I am being honest!" Faylinn cried, slamming her hands on her bed in protest.
"Alright, alright…" Lily smiled.
"Okay, Miss Honesty! You still haven't given me one honest answer on why you hate James Potter so much!"
Lily rolled her eyes. "He's a bully, a practical joker, a git, a prat, a troublemaker, a-"
"But you said he had a 'handsome face' and 'pretty hair!"
"So?"
"So…"
"I'm being truthful! James doesn't look bad, alright? But his personality is-"
"What do you know of his personality if you've never given him a chance to talk to you?"
"I have too! Just because he decides to be a show-off in front of his friends doesn't mean I-"
"That's just it! You can't talk to a guy in front of their FRIENDS!"
"And what are you, an expert on teenage boys?"
Faylinn rolled her eyes. "Of course not. I mean, everyone thinks that girls are 'so confusing' when really it's boys who are so hard to figure out." She smiled. "Although you can figure out certain boys."
"Like who?"
"Like James Potter, for instance."
"Oh no. You like James and Remus?!"
"No, silly!" Faylinn said sweetly. "I'm just saying that James is so easy to figure out."
"And I care because…?"
"Because he's not as bad as you think he is! I think you should come play quidditch this afternoon!"
"Faylinn, I already said no."
"Please! Please, please, please!" She clasped her hands together and widened her eyes even more than they already were, pinching the skin on the back of her hand to cause her eyes to water. "You don't even have to talk to James or any of them! Lily, you don't understand! You don't know how I feel, being the only girl! It's so stressful and humiliating and…" She faked a sob, tears falling down her face as she got into 'character.'
"Okay, okay, I'll go!" Lily cried.
Faylinn grinned. "Why, thank you, Lily." She said, wiping the tears off of her face calmly. "Too bad I'm not a muggle, huh? I think I would make an extraordinary actress, don't you?" Her grin widened when Lily's face began turning as red as her fiery hair. "Oh, but see? You already said you'd go! Now, go eat breakfast, I'll meet you there."
Lily rolled her eyes, a small smile on her face, and left the room. Faylinn hummed softly to herself, proud that her plan had worked.
Now all I have to is tell James and the others that we're playing Quidditch this afternoon.
Oops.
Dear thing that belongs to the oh-so-conniving-one (me),
Lily really has issues with James. Nothing that can't be fixed, though. I hope.
Last night, all four of the boys found out about mum. Well, I told them, they didn't "find out," but it's all the same. They still don't know where I'm from. But I didn't lie; I just didn't tell them. (Or is that the same thing? Nah.)
They were pretty irked, but it's all right. I suppose they already had preparation from finding out that Remus was a werewolf. (Or maybe they've always known that?)
I must eat. I was going to eat last night, but by the time the boys stopped asking all their questions, dinner was completely over. I need food. Bacon sounds SO good right now.
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::AN:: Thank you SO much to all my reviewers! It's so weird because usually I'll only start getting reviews after like, my third or fourth chapter on a fic… lol (I still only have 6 reviews on Sorcha… ::tear::) Anyway, I luv you guys! If you have your own fic, then you know that warm little feeling feeling you get when someone says "I luv your fic" or something along those lines. lol
Even though I love reviews, though, and I hate flames (I even try not to flame anyone if I can help it), I LONG for suggestions! Seriously, sometimes you might think you're being mean, but REALLY! As long as you're not too harsh, I'll totally appreciate it! I haven't been writing for long AT ALL and