Chapter 11, Going Back

Lily was pacing beside the train waiting for Catherine. Her luggage was packed, but there was only five minutes until the train would leave and she still wasn't there. Lily started to think her what if's again. What if what happened to Scarlet, happens to her? What if she got lost? What if the barrier had closed and not allowed her through?

Lily jumped when she heard the whistle blow, "Poop," she ran to the closest door and jumped on the train. "Maybe she's already in the compartment," Lily told herself walking to the last compartment.

"Lily I've been waiting for forever! Where've you been?" Catherine exclaimed jumping up to hug her.

"Waiting outside for you! I never saw you come on! How was your holiday?"

"Oh splendid, just marvelous, especially with Jacob, I mean how many times can you say 'my feet are so smelly and no one will take me to the bloody doctor.' I barely survived it. You?"

"My mum set me up to go to this 'Lady and Gentlemen Ball', they're supposed to teach you how to be a proper lady and gentleman. Potter's my new neighbor as I told you, and he was my escort, and I nearly killed him. You know, maybe I should've, anyway, the night before the ball we, me and Scarlet, pranked him and Sirius, made them look like gingerbread men. That had to be the most fun- anyway, my mum made me wear this white flowing dress with high heels, and Voldemort attacked, and Scarlet is dead, and yeah…."

"Wow, are you okay, what happened, what did he want?"

"I'm fine, he did the Imperious curse on James, and he wanted me either to join him or to die because I can control the Green Flame Torch," Lily said all this in one breath.

"Oh, my God, but, but that's supposed to be legendary."

"Oh. It's real all right, but no one knows where to find it."

"So, let's prank Narcissa. Maybe it will cheer you up."

"Yeah, what should we do?"

"I've the perfect idea," Catherine flicked her wand like she did before, and a scream could be heard throughout the train. Narcissa came blazing through the door, her hair on fire, and her skin was a very bad shade of turquoise and red.

"What ever brings you into our compartment Narcy?" Catherine asked sweetly.

"You know perfectly well why I am in here, to blast you into Timbuktu!" she yelled.

"Why would you ever want to do that?"

"Because Evans, my hair is on fire and my skin looks like I'm growing something illegal on it. That's why," she said back so sweetly that it was almost sickening.

"It's really starting to get warm in here, isn't it Rin?"

"Oh yes, too hot, could you please leave I really don't want to open a window."

"Thanks Narcy, love you ever so much, and here one last prank for Scarlet," Lily handed her a scarlet lily and then a bucket of water came down on top of Narcissa. They shut the door just in time, because the next minute she was raging at the door. Kicking and stomping, and screaming, while Lily and Catherine were on the floor in laughter. After a few more minutes of trying to get in she left.

"Geeze, couldn't she think to use the Alohomora Spell, how stupid could you get," Catherine said taking deep breaths as she went to sit on the seat.

"I know really," Lily didn't make any movement to sit on the seat, she just sat there.

"Lily, why aren't you sitting on the seat?"

"Because I like the floor," she stated simply.

"Okay, then I'll join. Oof," She just jumped down and landed on her butt harder than she planned.

"Hey, can we sit here? People are in every compartment and- why are you on the floor?" Remus asked walking in, James, Peter, and Sirius following.

"Yes, because, and Rin I thought you locked the door."

"I thought you did."

"That means she was-" they burst out laughing, "how thick is she?" Lily said through laughs.

"Not much thicker than that," Rin replied.

"Who thick, and what's funny?" Peter asked.

"You know Narcissa, well, I put her hair on fire, and she came blazing through, literally, and we pushed her out and then shut the door and she was attempting to break it down. Only Lily here didn't lock it when she ran in and she was banging on an unlocked door," Rin explained.

They all just smiled, the girls were shaking with laughter.

"So everyone had a good holiday?" Remus asked.

"Okay," Catherine replied, "if you like to listen to your cousin complain about his smelly feet."

"Yeah, my aunt Cleo complains about her three feet, and how she can't walk properly," Remus told her.

"I'm not the only one with an abnormal family!"

"Everyone's family is abnormal, look at Petunia, all though she did give me this wonderful picture frame, with lily's and violet's, and petunia's on it. Mum probably made her," Lily said.

"I had fun," Sirius said, Lily looked at him like he was an alien.

"What, how was it fun, Voldemort attacked us, and killed my best friend!" Lily raged at him.

"The danger, the excitement, the drama, James under that curse," Sirius said putting a hand to his head.

"He has a point, all that excitement, the adrenaline rush, and I actually liked being a gingerbread man. The gumdrops were good," James said.

"Yeah well, it wasn't that fun for me, I don't like to be attacked when my mum makes me wear that dress-"

"But you looked so pretty," James interrupted.

"And high heels, and when your best friend is killed by the Death Eater that I will hunt down and put into Azkaban."

"Lily calm down, you have the rest of your life to find him or her or whatever killed her. Just enjoy Hogwarts while it's still there," James was trying to calm Lily down.

"Right, right."

"Okay, is it safe again?" Remus joked.

"Yes, just lost it for a minute there," Lily smiled, " Okay, my butt is no officially hurting, someone budge up," Lily stood up and took the closest seat, in-between Remus and Catherine.

"Anything off the trolley? Oh, here you are," an expression dawning on her face when she saw the Marderers, "I'll come back later with the other trolly," she pushed the trolley in, and left in a hurry.

"Why-oh" Catherine had just noticed the boys attack the trolley. "Geeze, who ever they marry, I feel very sorry for."

"Er… can I have one of-" Lily began to ask, she was afraid they might eat her hand.

"Lily just reach and grab one package," Catherine said to her.

"Easier said than done, I mean look at them, they could eat my hand in one bite," she said reaching in and grabbing the closest thing. "Yes! Berttie Botts!"

"Thanks, yummy, chocolate," Catherine just ate one.

"Pepper, ah, it's okay," Lily shrugged.

"How can you like pepper?" Catherine asked amazed.

"I don't know, I just do. Grass, and I'm not even going to try this one, James, would you like a Berttie Bott?" Lily asked sweetly, James held out his hand. "Here you go," Lily put it in his palm and he shoved it in his mouth.

"Lily, what did you give me," James asked looking sick.

"A vomit flavored Berttie Bott," she replied simply.

"Lily, now I've lost my appetite, and my breath smells like- oh great, I'm going to puke," James covered his mouth and ran to the lavatory.

James came back a couple of minutes later, "Sirius hand me my toothbrush."

"Sorry, Prongs but I don't know where your trunk is ask the girls."

"Can I borrow your toothbrush Lily," James looked really pale.

"Yes, I've got others. Here," she handed him a blue and white stripped toothbrush.

"Nice colors."

"Do you want the toothbrush or not?"

"Yes."

"Then don't mock John!"

"Hey John, we're going to see your cousin Lou, that'll be fun wont it," James said walking out the door talking to the toothbrush.

"You know what since you're so attracted to John, you can keep him!" Lily shouted after James.

"Hey John you hear that, we're going to be buddies for a while," he turned the corner and disappeared into the lavatory. While he brushed his teeth, Lucious Malfoy came in, "Nice, sparkly toothbrush you have there," he drawled.

"Don't mock John!" he said spitting out the toothpaste that was so thick in his mouth that he could hardly breath.

"You named your toothbrush! Oh this is priceless!"

"Actually it isn't mine, it's- "

"James, hurry up, I just ate one that tasted like dung, and I can't find Betty, or Mark, or Clarence!" Lily yelled banging on the door.

"You're sharing your toothbrush with that mudblood!"

"Don't call her a mudblood!"

"James, I'm giving you until the count of ten, before I come in and take it! One… two…"

"I'll call whoever I want a mudblood Potter," he sneered.

"Six… seven… eight…"

"Shut it Malfoy, or I'll hex you, and you know I know some good ones."

"Ten!" the door came bursting open, "Thank you, God, do you know what dung tastes like?" Lily grabbed the brush and started to brush her teeth vigorously.

"Can't be worse than vomit!"

"Oh, yes it can! Plus it's not healthy to eat dung," her voice was muffled, but he could still hear her. "Hello Lucious."

"Hello mudblood."

"Nice to see you haven't changed," Lily mouth was starting to hurt. "James, give me it back!"

"I didn't finish!" he started to brush his teeth.

"I don't care, it's mine!"

Lucious stood there watching them fight over the toothbrush named John.

"Fine, but hurry, I might puke again, not to mention you shouldn't be in here!"

"I will take as long as I need to make sure that I don't taste dung!"

They bickered about the toothbrush for another five minutes before Sirius came in and found Lily and James bickering and Lucious watching then.

"Hey, Lily you shouldn't be in here, James, what's taking so long! We're going to be there in ten minutes and neither of you are changed."

"Lily here won't give me the toothbrush!"

"Yeah, well he didn't have to eat dung!" Lily popped the brush back in her mouth.

"Dung and Vomit are both bad, now Lily finish by the time I count to ten and James, same for you when Lily finishes.

Sirius stated to count. Lily brushed vigorously. "Ten! Lily give it to James! James, start, Lily leave. Lucious you too!"

Sirius began counting to ten again. "Ten! C'mon, we're going to be there in-"

"Five minutes until we reach Hogwarts!" the conductor's voice yelled throughout the train.

"I'm going, I'm going," James said dully, washing the toothbrush and putting it in his pocket.

"Rin, I'm going to the dorm room, 'k."

"'K."

Catherine went down towards the Great Hall, and Lily went towards the Gryffindor Common room entrance.

"Finally, back home where I belong," she said to herself and plopped down on the couch. "I better get upstairs, and unpack, maybe I'll do it tomorrow, I don't know," Lily said groggily walking slowly up the stairs.

When she reached her dormitory she walked over to her trunk and pulled out her pajamas. As she was changing she felt the locket, and took it off her neck. She just stared at it smiling, reading, and re-reading the message inscribed on the back of it. She opened it and her smile grew bigger, she was watching them dance, the mistletoe, the tree, and the kiss. She put it on her nightstand and then moved it to her shirt.

"I still can't believe that he gave me this," she said to herself picking up the locket.

"Who, gave you what?" Catherine asked coming through the door.

"Nothing, talking to myself is all," she said hastily.

"Lily did you and James really share a toothbrush?" Clemintine asked walking through the door, the other dorm mates following.

"Who- oooh… right…Lucious, yes, but only because he ate a vomit flavored Berttie Bott, and I ate a dung flavored one. Rin, remind me to kill Lucious."

"Will do," she said plopping onto her bed.

"And that you went into the boys bathroom," she asked eagerly.

"Yes, but I had to get the toothbrush, I mean, if you ate dung wouldn't you run in and take your toothbrush. Plus I would have gotten my other one, but I couldn't find it. That reminds me, where is James? He never gave me my brush back."

"Lily cant you wait 'till morning?" asked Rin tiredly.

"No, because if I do, then I start sneezing like sneezy."

"Who?"

"Muggle thing, coming or not?" Lily started walking out the door.

"Coming."

Lily walked up the boy's staircase to James dorm and started knocking on the door. "James, I need my brush back," Lily told him once he came to the door.

"Oh, right here," he handed her the toothbrush. "Wait I thought you said I could keep John," he said suspiciously.

"Yes, well, I can't find Betty, or Mark, or even Clarence, and if I don't brush my teeth first thing in the morning I start to sneeze, so can I have it back?" she asked holding her hand out.

"Here, Sirius found our stuff anyway," he put it in her hand.

"If you ever get bored with yours you can use mine, I know you like to talk to him," she giggled and left.

"Okay, so anyway, full moon tomorrow guys what're we doing?" Lily heard James ask as he shut the door; Lily made a mental note to stay up tomorrow.