Chapter 3: Clair
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As most good pranksters know, good pranks have a
snake bite effect. The worst part is at the very beginning, but it
has a lesser long term effect.
This was exactly how the CD player prank
played on Draco was. The funniest part was watching him
run around like an idiot screaming. But because Faye stole
Draco's hair gel, his hair was screwed up.
Instead of being slicked back, it hanged messily over
his face, getting in his eyes sometimes.
When Draco walked into the Great Hall for breakfast,
all of the Gryfindor students stared at him. Hermione giggled
some, and the whole table bursted out in laughter. Glaring at
each one of them (which was hard to do with his new bangs)
he sat down to eat some pancakes.
Faye was reading her manga and drinking a smoothie.
"Nice haircut, ferret boy" she commented.
Draco was shocked "How...how did you know about
that?!" he asked in a mannor suggesting shock.
"It helps to have friends in high places, right?" she
replied cooly.
Draco glared daggers at her througout the entire
meal. He got his schedual and Faye sneeked a look. Today they
had divination first, followed by potions and double charms.
~*~
'This is so pointless' thought Faye as she listened
to Professor Trelawny talk. 'With all these fumes you would
think that she was high.' Fay took out a peice of parchment
and proceded in drawing a stoned Professor Trelawny.
She laughed silently to herself and slipped the picture into a
folder in her duffel bag.
~*~
Divination soon came to an end. "How are we
supposed to get to the dungeons from here?" Draco asked
himself.
"Watch in learn. And remember, talking to yourself
is the first sign of insanity" Faye replied from behind. She
reached into her duffel bag and took out (in Draco's point
of veiw) a highly decorated plank of wood with blue wheels.
"What's that?" questioned Draco. Faye looked at him
as if he were an idiot, and pulled up her gloves. Ignoring Draco,
she stepped onto the plank of wood and scooted down the hall.
'Hmph. Well thats all fine and dandy, but how is she going to get
down the stairs?' Draco asked himself.
Right before the railing on the stairs came, Faye
jumped and grinded down the rail. Draco stood, mouth agape,
watching her slide down the rails and jump onto the next,
sometimes preforming a trick.
"Show-off" Draco muttered and continued down the steps.
~*~
After grinding down all the stairs, Faye realized she
had one minute to get to class. She ran down the stairs to the
dungeon. On one of the last ones, she tripped and headded
straight torward the wall.
Faye closed her eyes before hitting the wall.
She had a feeling like she had fallen into water, and opened
her eyes. She wasnt on the ground. She walked onward, and
looked in a nearby mirror on the opposite wall. She wasn't in
the reflection. Searching the mirror harder, she saw only a
shadow. Then it hit her. She was IN the wall! She stepped out
of the wall, and continued on her way to class. She had reached
it just in time. She sat down, Draco entering soon after her. And
then Snape entered.
~*~
All in all it was a pretty interesting class. As a pretest,
they made a potion that would form a clone of whatever drank
it. Faye handed the finished potion to her teacher and went
back to her desk. Draco lasily put his foot in her way in an
attempt to trip her. She stomped on his foot and he yelped in
pain. "What was that for?!" he yelled.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to...oh its you.
Never mind then." Faye said simply.
"Thompson! Malfoy! Over here now!" Snape snapped
(A/N: he he...not intended)
The two sauntered over to his desk. "What is the meaning of
this outburst, Malfoy?" he asked.
"Thompson stomped on my foot" Draco pouted.
Faye closed one of her ice blue eyes and smirked at
him. "Well, if Draco here hadn't put his feet in the walkway, we
wouldn't even be up here" she stated.
Snape stared at her expression. 'What's his problem?
' Faye thought. 'He looks like he saw a ghost or something.'
"Fine then. If this is just something stupid and childish, go back
to your seats" Snape said. He seemed out of it.
Faye shrugged and went. Draco followed her to his
seat.
*~*
It was long past dinner time and Severus Snape
was at his desk, trying to grade papers. But he couldn't get
that girls expression out of his mind. It broght back memories,
memories that he would rather forget.
*~*
James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin,
and Peter Pettegrew were siting in their compartment on the
Hogwarts express. They were discussing potential pranks for their
last year. Their door suddenly burst open.
"Well well. Are you thinking up something good?
No wait. Forget I asked. You can't" said a boy with long blonde
hair tied back with a black ribbon. Behind him was Snape,
smirking at what his friend said.
"Fuck off, Malfoy. Go play with your ribbon or
something" sneered Sirius.
At this, Lucius Malfoy whipped out his wand. "Petri-"
He was cut off. His grey eyes rolled in the back of his
head and he collapsed on the ground. Snape soon followed.
Behind them was a girl with shoulder lenght blonde hair with
dyed red tips and ice blue eyes. She smirked down at the two
uncontious bodies. Then she knelt down and untied the ribbon
in Lucius's hair. 'Diffendo' she muttered , and the ribbon split in
half. She knelt down beside Malfoy and braided his hair into two
pigtails. Then she took the two bodies to an empty compartment,
and locked them in.
The whole time the Marauders were laughing their
heads off. "Who are you?" asked Remus.
"The names Clair. Clair Hawkins. I'm and exchange
student." she answered, closing one of her eyes and smiling at
them.
"Cool" they replied. "Come sit with us"
~*~
Clair was sorted into Ravenclaw house, but she sat at
the Gryfindor table. She became an honorary Marauder for her
pranks. She was usually the one who went to steal needed
things from the teachers offices. The person that she usually
pulled pranks on was Lucius ("He needs to be taught a lesson"
she told them.)
She also became friends with Lily Evans.
Lily had told her of all the mean things that they did to people
for no reason at all, namely one particular Slytherin. Clair told
her that she would help in any way possible.
And she did help. Whenever Sirius or James thought
about pulling some mean prank on Snape, she suggested
something else. Once when they were terrorizing him by making
him dodge badly shot Knockback Jinxes, she flew up behind on
her broom. "Accio Wand!" she shouted, causing James and
Sirius's wands to fly to her hand.
"Hey! We were using those!" shouted James.
"Well then, come and get them!" She called back, and
sped away.
~*~
Of course, Snape wasn't stupid. He knew she wasn't
just trying to have fun with James and Sirius. She was protecting
him whenever she could. He actually felt grateful. He decided to
find a way to secretly thank her.
~*~
After classes on Saturday, the marauders sat down
underneith their favorite tree overlooking the lake. Remus and
Clair opened up the novels that they were reading while Sirius
and James discussed their newest prank, Peter listening eagerly.
Clair opened up the page and found a beautiful red geranium
in the book. On it was a note that said "Thank you". Clair smiled
and wove the flower into her hair by her ear.
"Where did you get that, Flare?" asked Peter.
Flare was her nickname, seeing that her Animagus form
was a phoenix.
Clair did her trademark one-eye smirk.
"A secret admirer" she simply stated, and went off for a walk.
~*~
A couple years passed, and Clair had graduated.
She still kept in contact with all her close friends except for
Peter, who never seemed to answer her letters. It was about
midnight and Clair was preparing some tea, when there was a
knock on the door. She went to answer it, and found a man in a
black cloak standing in front of her with a wand pointing at her.
Clair sighed. "I knew I'd be seeing you soon, Severus"
she stated.
Snape was shocked. How she knew it was him was a
mystery, but no matter. He was here on buisiness.
Clair put her arms in the air. "Go ahead. Kill me"
"I know that you can fight better than that, Clair" Snape
sneered.
"I know, I just don't want too. Besides, I'm gonna die anyway,
so why not die making your life easier?" She answered. Clair
smiled gently and said "I guess I'll see you around then".
Snape's hand shook. She was right. If he killed her, he
wouldn't be killed by Voldemort. But then again, she had saved
him so many times. Isn't this the least he owed her? His wand
fell, and he collapsed on his knees.
"Come on. I've made some tea. If this is your decision
, then we can drink tea, talk, and run." she said. Clair reached
out her hand to Severus to help him up. He moved his shaking
hand torwards hers and was about to grab it when...
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" a voice behind him shouted.
There was a flash of light. Everything seemed to move in slow
motion then. Clair fell backwards, her hand moving away from
Snape's, untill she hit the ground with a soft thud.
"Honestly, Severus! I would have thought that you
would be a little harder on her, considering that she was one
of Potter's gang. But i degress..." comented the cold voice of
Lucius Malfoy. He sauntered torward Clair's dead body and
pointed his wand at a lock of her hair. "Diffendo" he muttered
proudly, and wrapped the cut hair in a ribbon. "Hmmm. This is
alot like deja-vu, isn't it dear Clair Hawkins?" he said coldly.
Then he turned to Severus. "Come on then! We got what we
needed" Lucius snapped. Severus got off the floor, took one
last look at Clair, and left with his "friend".
~*~
Because of Clair's death, Snape ran away from the
Death Eaters and became a teacher. 'She saved me again...that
bitch' he thought while sitting in his chair. The candle had
gone out, and so Snape closed up his work and went to bed,
swearing that he wouldn't let something that terrible happen to
Faye.
~Nobody dies a virgin. Life screws you~
O.k. I know that it's not all that funny, but it is important!
YOU'LL SEE! I know, some of you like Snape and some of you
don't. For those of you who don't, laugh at him and say
something like "HA HA YOU LOSER!". For those of you who do,
be sypathetic and say something like "Aww... poor baby..." I
dont care. I've had both reactions so far from my friends.
Well anyway, r&r unless your a vegitable. Then have the nurse
r&r for you! ^^
ja ne.
dark_pheonix @----
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As most good pranksters know, good pranks have a
snake bite effect. The worst part is at the very beginning, but it
has a lesser long term effect.
This was exactly how the CD player prank
played on Draco was. The funniest part was watching him
run around like an idiot screaming. But because Faye stole
Draco's hair gel, his hair was screwed up.
Instead of being slicked back, it hanged messily over
his face, getting in his eyes sometimes.
When Draco walked into the Great Hall for breakfast,
all of the Gryfindor students stared at him. Hermione giggled
some, and the whole table bursted out in laughter. Glaring at
each one of them (which was hard to do with his new bangs)
he sat down to eat some pancakes.
Faye was reading her manga and drinking a smoothie.
"Nice haircut, ferret boy" she commented.
Draco was shocked "How...how did you know about
that?!" he asked in a mannor suggesting shock.
"It helps to have friends in high places, right?" she
replied cooly.
Draco glared daggers at her througout the entire
meal. He got his schedual and Faye sneeked a look. Today they
had divination first, followed by potions and double charms.
~*~
'This is so pointless' thought Faye as she listened
to Professor Trelawny talk. 'With all these fumes you would
think that she was high.' Fay took out a peice of parchment
and proceded in drawing a stoned Professor Trelawny.
She laughed silently to herself and slipped the picture into a
folder in her duffel bag.
~*~
Divination soon came to an end. "How are we
supposed to get to the dungeons from here?" Draco asked
himself.
"Watch in learn. And remember, talking to yourself
is the first sign of insanity" Faye replied from behind. She
reached into her duffel bag and took out (in Draco's point
of veiw) a highly decorated plank of wood with blue wheels.
"What's that?" questioned Draco. Faye looked at him
as if he were an idiot, and pulled up her gloves. Ignoring Draco,
she stepped onto the plank of wood and scooted down the hall.
'Hmph. Well thats all fine and dandy, but how is she going to get
down the stairs?' Draco asked himself.
Right before the railing on the stairs came, Faye
jumped and grinded down the rail. Draco stood, mouth agape,
watching her slide down the rails and jump onto the next,
sometimes preforming a trick.
"Show-off" Draco muttered and continued down the steps.
~*~
After grinding down all the stairs, Faye realized she
had one minute to get to class. She ran down the stairs to the
dungeon. On one of the last ones, she tripped and headded
straight torward the wall.
Faye closed her eyes before hitting the wall.
She had a feeling like she had fallen into water, and opened
her eyes. She wasnt on the ground. She walked onward, and
looked in a nearby mirror on the opposite wall. She wasn't in
the reflection. Searching the mirror harder, she saw only a
shadow. Then it hit her. She was IN the wall! She stepped out
of the wall, and continued on her way to class. She had reached
it just in time. She sat down, Draco entering soon after her. And
then Snape entered.
~*~
All in all it was a pretty interesting class. As a pretest,
they made a potion that would form a clone of whatever drank
it. Faye handed the finished potion to her teacher and went
back to her desk. Draco lasily put his foot in her way in an
attempt to trip her. She stomped on his foot and he yelped in
pain. "What was that for?!" he yelled.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to...oh its you.
Never mind then." Faye said simply.
"Thompson! Malfoy! Over here now!" Snape snapped
(A/N: he he...not intended)
The two sauntered over to his desk. "What is the meaning of
this outburst, Malfoy?" he asked.
"Thompson stomped on my foot" Draco pouted.
Faye closed one of her ice blue eyes and smirked at
him. "Well, if Draco here hadn't put his feet in the walkway, we
wouldn't even be up here" she stated.
Snape stared at her expression. 'What's his problem?
' Faye thought. 'He looks like he saw a ghost or something.'
"Fine then. If this is just something stupid and childish, go back
to your seats" Snape said. He seemed out of it.
Faye shrugged and went. Draco followed her to his
seat.
*~*
It was long past dinner time and Severus Snape
was at his desk, trying to grade papers. But he couldn't get
that girls expression out of his mind. It broght back memories,
memories that he would rather forget.
*~*
James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin,
and Peter Pettegrew were siting in their compartment on the
Hogwarts express. They were discussing potential pranks for their
last year. Their door suddenly burst open.
"Well well. Are you thinking up something good?
No wait. Forget I asked. You can't" said a boy with long blonde
hair tied back with a black ribbon. Behind him was Snape,
smirking at what his friend said.
"Fuck off, Malfoy. Go play with your ribbon or
something" sneered Sirius.
At this, Lucius Malfoy whipped out his wand. "Petri-"
He was cut off. His grey eyes rolled in the back of his
head and he collapsed on the ground. Snape soon followed.
Behind them was a girl with shoulder lenght blonde hair with
dyed red tips and ice blue eyes. She smirked down at the two
uncontious bodies. Then she knelt down and untied the ribbon
in Lucius's hair. 'Diffendo' she muttered , and the ribbon split in
half. She knelt down beside Malfoy and braided his hair into two
pigtails. Then she took the two bodies to an empty compartment,
and locked them in.
The whole time the Marauders were laughing their
heads off. "Who are you?" asked Remus.
"The names Clair. Clair Hawkins. I'm and exchange
student." she answered, closing one of her eyes and smiling at
them.
"Cool" they replied. "Come sit with us"
~*~
Clair was sorted into Ravenclaw house, but she sat at
the Gryfindor table. She became an honorary Marauder for her
pranks. She was usually the one who went to steal needed
things from the teachers offices. The person that she usually
pulled pranks on was Lucius ("He needs to be taught a lesson"
she told them.)
She also became friends with Lily Evans.
Lily had told her of all the mean things that they did to people
for no reason at all, namely one particular Slytherin. Clair told
her that she would help in any way possible.
And she did help. Whenever Sirius or James thought
about pulling some mean prank on Snape, she suggested
something else. Once when they were terrorizing him by making
him dodge badly shot Knockback Jinxes, she flew up behind on
her broom. "Accio Wand!" she shouted, causing James and
Sirius's wands to fly to her hand.
"Hey! We were using those!" shouted James.
"Well then, come and get them!" She called back, and
sped away.
~*~
Of course, Snape wasn't stupid. He knew she wasn't
just trying to have fun with James and Sirius. She was protecting
him whenever she could. He actually felt grateful. He decided to
find a way to secretly thank her.
~*~
After classes on Saturday, the marauders sat down
underneith their favorite tree overlooking the lake. Remus and
Clair opened up the novels that they were reading while Sirius
and James discussed their newest prank, Peter listening eagerly.
Clair opened up the page and found a beautiful red geranium
in the book. On it was a note that said "Thank you". Clair smiled
and wove the flower into her hair by her ear.
"Where did you get that, Flare?" asked Peter.
Flare was her nickname, seeing that her Animagus form
was a phoenix.
Clair did her trademark one-eye smirk.
"A secret admirer" she simply stated, and went off for a walk.
~*~
A couple years passed, and Clair had graduated.
She still kept in contact with all her close friends except for
Peter, who never seemed to answer her letters. It was about
midnight and Clair was preparing some tea, when there was a
knock on the door. She went to answer it, and found a man in a
black cloak standing in front of her with a wand pointing at her.
Clair sighed. "I knew I'd be seeing you soon, Severus"
she stated.
Snape was shocked. How she knew it was him was a
mystery, but no matter. He was here on buisiness.
Clair put her arms in the air. "Go ahead. Kill me"
"I know that you can fight better than that, Clair" Snape
sneered.
"I know, I just don't want too. Besides, I'm gonna die anyway,
so why not die making your life easier?" She answered. Clair
smiled gently and said "I guess I'll see you around then".
Snape's hand shook. She was right. If he killed her, he
wouldn't be killed by Voldemort. But then again, she had saved
him so many times. Isn't this the least he owed her? His wand
fell, and he collapsed on his knees.
"Come on. I've made some tea. If this is your decision
, then we can drink tea, talk, and run." she said. Clair reached
out her hand to Severus to help him up. He moved his shaking
hand torwards hers and was about to grab it when...
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" a voice behind him shouted.
There was a flash of light. Everything seemed to move in slow
motion then. Clair fell backwards, her hand moving away from
Snape's, untill she hit the ground with a soft thud.
"Honestly, Severus! I would have thought that you
would be a little harder on her, considering that she was one
of Potter's gang. But i degress..." comented the cold voice of
Lucius Malfoy. He sauntered torward Clair's dead body and
pointed his wand at a lock of her hair. "Diffendo" he muttered
proudly, and wrapped the cut hair in a ribbon. "Hmmm. This is
alot like deja-vu, isn't it dear Clair Hawkins?" he said coldly.
Then he turned to Severus. "Come on then! We got what we
needed" Lucius snapped. Severus got off the floor, took one
last look at Clair, and left with his "friend".
~*~
Because of Clair's death, Snape ran away from the
Death Eaters and became a teacher. 'She saved me again...that
bitch' he thought while sitting in his chair. The candle had
gone out, and so Snape closed up his work and went to bed,
swearing that he wouldn't let something that terrible happen to
Faye.
~Nobody dies a virgin. Life screws you~
O.k. I know that it's not all that funny, but it is important!
YOU'LL SEE! I know, some of you like Snape and some of you
don't. For those of you who don't, laugh at him and say
something like "HA HA YOU LOSER!". For those of you who do,
be sypathetic and say something like "Aww... poor baby..." I
dont care. I've had both reactions so far from my friends.
Well anyway, r&r unless your a vegitable. Then have the nurse
r&r for you! ^^
ja ne.
dark_pheonix @----