Chapter 8: The Telling of A Story.
"I regret to inform you all that Professor Fienze has decided to resign." Dumbeldore said the evening of October 1st in the teachers library.
"Who will be the new Divination Professor then?" McGonagall asked.
"I'm currently searching for someone to replace him. I will inform you all when I find someone." Dumbeldore said, and with a smile he turned around and left.
"I hope he doesn't ask me...I'd be horrible at that. Remember Remus how James, Lily, Sirius and I use to write the stupidest things about being murdered by the lake squid." Faith said laughingly. Remus just nodded slightly and shifted his gaze to the fire. Of course he remembered, Sarah use to get furious with them. Even though Faith told Remus that she had received that letter about 5 years after Sarah had written it, it didn't make him feel any better at all.
"Well I have to get out of here before it kills me." Faith said getting up and putting a hand on Remus's knee to help her up.
"See ya." Remus said and Faith walked off.
Faith didn't really have anywhere specific she wanted to be, she just did not want to be in the teachers library with Remus. He was so gloomy. Not that the man was every lively mind you, but he was definitely gloomier.
Faith sighed and sat down on a stair case. She propped up her knees and rested her hands on them. Faith suddenly smiled to herself and gave a slight chuckle.
"I'm not stupid Harry." She said turning around. Suddenly the image of Harry Potter was on the stairs.
"How'd you know it was me?" he asked.
"Your father used that invisibility cloak...all the time...I've used it a few times. Plus...you stepped on me." Faith said turning back around. Harry came down the steps and sat next to Faith.
"How...How did my parents end up together when they so apparently hated each other?" he asked.
"Oh Harry...it would take days for me to explain everything to you." Faith said sighing.
"We have all year don't we?" Harry asked.
"I suppose...well..." Faith started. In 2 hours she had told Harry how exactly his parents had met, how Sarah had met Remus, how she had met Sirius, how they all meet Serverus and the first day of school.
"Wait...who exactly is Sarah?" Harry asked. Faith groaned and rubbed her temples.
"Your going to have to listen to the whole story." She said.
"Well what happened next?" Harry asked.
"Well nothing drastically important really happened after that...not until our third year at least." Faith said as a sly smile crept onto her face.
"Faith Sloom!" Lily said pushing the body that still lay in bed. Lily pushed too hard though and pushed Faith right out of bed and onto the floor.
"Bloody Hell!" Faith said, her head popping up and the sheets covering her face.
"You've overslept...again and your going to miss the first Hogsmede trip." Lily said ripping the sheet free of Faith. Sarah soon came into the room clutching several pieces of toast. Faith scrambled towards the showers and quickly jumped in. Lily and Sarah grabbed a pair of jeans and a white button up collar shirt with short sleeves. Faith quickly pulled them on and managed to stuff her feet into a pair of trainers before running out the door with her friends.
"Hey Lils." James said as Lily, Sarah and Faith caught up with the others.
"Hmmm..." Lily said with a roll of her eyes.
"Fall in the lake?" Sirius asked Faith with a sly smile.
"Sure did." She said with a toss of her hair behind her shoulder. Sarah jumped on Faith's back and the three friends walked to Hogwarts leaving the boys wondering if Faith really had fallen in the lake.
"Oh come on..." Faith said in a pleading voice.
"Faith...your father will be soooooooo mad." Sarah said.
"Well if he REALLY doesn't like it then....he can just fix it right?" Lily said sheepishly.
"Its about time I had an influence on you." Faith said smiling.
"Well ok....are you sure?" Sarah asked picking up the the sharp metallic object.
"Of course I am." Faith said smiling. 5 minutes later Faith walked out of the bathroom of The Three Broomsticks. Lily was congratulating Sarah on her supreme work and Faith had a bright smile. Sarah had cute Faith's hair and it was no longer wavy and down past her shoulders. It was now at her chin and in choppy layers.
"Your fathers going to be soooo mad." Sarah said with a bright smile.
"What?! All you did was cut your hair?" Harry asked slight outraged that this was something that Faith considered worth telling.
"Ah...see you don't fully understand. Me cutting my hair was like a turning point in our school career. Before we...well not all of us at times...had been troublemakers but never anything extravagant. After that day...things started getting crazy...It probably started to get really crazy though the night before the Gryffindor versus Slytherin game...." Faith started.
"When did you get an invisibility cloak?" Sarah asked as Faith covered the three with the cloak.
"I have my sources." Faith said with a wink and a smile.
"Did you steal it?" Lily whispered.
"Is it stealing if you plan on returning it and the person doesn't know about it?" Faith asked.
"Of course not." Sarah responded. Faith smiled and the three made their way towards the other side of the school.
In the morning the three got up just as the sun was rising. Silently they dressed and shared secret smiles as they walked down to the Great Hall.They sat down silently and watched the door and waited....and waited...and waited...and wai-that's when a shattering scream broke their wait.
All the Slytherins ran into the room screeching. Sarah gave a slight giggle but the others stayed stony faced.
"Whats up with them?" James asked groggily and ruffling his hair. He down next to Faith because Lily was being blocked off.
"I haven't the slightest idea." Faith said shrugging.
"I think you do-"a steely voice said behind them.They all turned around in wonder and saw Lucius standing there with his lips pursed tightly together.
"Dungbombs. A hundred of them right outside the Slytherin Common room. Oh but there was more. Moaning Myrtle paid us a nice visit with a bit of water and peeves brought his own fun. Quite the fiasco you've planned. Just wait till we get on the Quidditch Field." He threatened and then turned around and left. The girls burst up laughing.
"Whats so funny?" James asked.
"We didn't plan for Moaning Myrtle OR Peeves to drop by." Sarah said through her small giggles.
"Midnight, Harry. Off to bed. McGonagall will have my head if your sleepy for class tomorrow." Faith said ushering Harry off. Harry reluctantly went to bed and knew that in the morning he would be telling Hermione and Ron everything.
(A/N: I apologize for this chapter taking so long to get out. I'm not exactly getting a lot of time to write. Hopefully soon though I will. I believed I mentioned Sirius playing Quidditch but quit for a mysterious reason...problem is I can't quite remember what I put SO could someone please tell me the chapter I mentioned it in. Points awarded!)
(A/N: Who do you want to come back alive? Keep in mind I have 2 people I'm bringing back from the death. Tell me who you think they are.)