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The Sorting
Dumbledore clinked his goblet again, and stood up. The hall fell silent. "Welcome to our new first years, and welcome back to our older students. Now, let's start the Sorting. After all, the sooner we finish Sorting, the sooner we can eat!" The older students applauded loudly, with several "Hear, Hear"s from a certain dark haired member of the Gryffindor table. Professor McGonagall placed the hat on the stool, which had materialized with a flick of her wand at the front of the Hall. The older students stared at the hat, waiting in anticipation…all of a sudden laughter erupted in the hall. McGonagall turned around, resigned to what she was sure was a mess.
A floating banner above the Slytherins proclaimed, "Nobody Likes Those Slimy Slytherins!" And beneath it, "Welcome Gryffindor First Years!" And below that, "The Marauders," with "Prongs, Padfoot, Moony and Wormtail," signed next to their group name, each of their respective names were written in their handwriting. And below the sign, every single Slytherin at the table was dripping in slime. And to add insult to injury, the slime was no longer the lovely green shade that Sirius had produced on the train; it was gold and scarlet- Gryffindor colors. The first years were shocked, the Slytherins freaking out, the rest of the houses were crying they were laughing so hard, most of the teachers were annoyed, especially Snape and McGonagall, and Dumbledore had a tiny smile on his face.
"Potter! Black! Lupin! Pettigrew! Detention, 8:00, my office!" Professor McGonagall vanished the slime with her wand, and turned back to the hat and the first years. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were laughing to hard to care about their detention; it was nothing new after all. Sammy, Dani, Lily, Missy, Marilee and Chelsea were hysterically laughing, though Lily was trying desperately to get herself under control. As people started to calm down, McGonagall indicated with her wand to the hat, and it started to sing.
Sirius and Sammy both started laughing again when the hat started to speak; several of the first years had jumped in fright as the tattered hat opened it's mouth.
"Now, don't be scared, you little first years,
I'm only here to sort through your fears,
I'll tell you right where you belong,
There's no need to sing along.
The four Hogwarts houses, divided yet united,
One is meant for you, so sit and be knighted,
Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin,
I'll tell you which one you belong in.
Is it in Brave Gryffindor where you deign to reside,
Amongst heroes and pranksters, is that where you'll bide?
Or maybe Smart Ravenclaw is where you should stay,
Where they study hard and win when they play?
Or is it Loyal Hufflepuff where you should dwell,
With the hardworking, diligent and swell?
Or maybe even sly Slytherin is where you belong,
Where they are cunning and strong.
So come and sit down with me,
I'll look through your brain and see,
Which of the Great Four you are most like,
And it is there you will spend your nights."
Everyone clapped and McGonagall called the first of the tiny little kids forward.
"We weren't that small were we?" Missy whispered to Lily.
"I don't care, I just want foooood!" moaned Chelsea.
"Oh shut up you two…pay attention, this is very important," Lily admonished, clapping for the first Gryffindor, "Life, Moira", a tiny little blonde girl.
"Why on earth is this important Lily, dearest?" Sirius asked, his arm around Dani. She hit him.
"She's right. This is really important. They better win us house points!" Dani pointed down the table, where two boys had joined Moira.
"Missy! Pay attention, and stop flirting with Will…you're gonna be spending the rest of your life with him after all." Lily poked Missy, who stopped mid-air-kiss, and blushed deeply. She waved to Will, then turned around and appeared interested enough to satisfy Lily. As soon as Lily turned her attention off Missy and back onto the Sorting, Missy turned back around and winked at Will.
The Sorting was finally finished, and Dumbledore rose from his seat again.
"Before we begin our feast, I would like to say congratulations to the first years on making it successfully to Hogwarts without falling in the lake," here Dumbledore cast a quick glance at the Gryffindor table, causing Lily to blush and hide her face, while the other 7th years laughed…they all remembered. Dumbledore chuckled and continued, "And also congratulations on making it into your Houses. Now, let us eat!" Dumbledore sat down, and Sirius whooped as the food materialized on the platters in front of him. He quickly grabbed some of everything, and before anyone had a chance to pick up even one piece of chicken, he had already started digging in. Sammy stared at him in disgust. Feeling someone watching him, Sirius paused long enough to realize that it was Sammy. He winked at her.
"What's the matter, love? Can't take your eyes off of me?" He grinned devilishly, although the ring of ketchup around his mouth kind of took away some of the charm. Sammy grimaced.
"That," She said matter of factly, "Is revolting." She turned to Dani. "How can you kiss that?" She pointed to Sirius, who had started eating again. Dani laughed and shrugged.
Sammy shook her head and proceeded to fill her plate, and joined in the rest of the conversation.
After the food had faded away off the plates, Dumbledore rose once again. He cleared his throat, and everyone in the Great Hall turned to face him.
"Now that we are all full, I have a few announcements before we head off to bed. First, the Forbidden Forest is indeed forbidden. It is not simply a catchy name. And for the first years, the Whomping Willow is not a game. Last year someone almost lost an eye to the tree,' Here he stared at the Ravenclaw table, where a 6th year boy ducked his head and absently rubbed at his right eye. Dumbledore continued, " And we are not anxious for it to happen again. On a happier note, Quidditch tryouts are to take place in the next few weeks; the tryout times for your house will be posted in the common room. First years are also reminded here that they are not permitted on the house team, or to own a broom," Dumbledore's eyes twinkled as multiple groans arose from the first years. He continued, "Just one last announcement. Our Head Boy and Girl this year are Mr. James Potter and Miss Lily Evans, both from Gryffindor!" Cheers filled the hall, punctuated by shrill shrieks from James' Unofficial Fan Club (the JUFC, as their notices were headed), as James and Lily stood up, James grinning widely and waving, and Lily blushing profusely. "Thank you! Ok, now if our 7th year prefects could take the first years to the dormitories…you are excused! Good Night!" Dumbledore sat down and turned to McGonagall, as students stood up and pushed their way through the massive double doors. Remus gave Marilee a quick kiss, stood up, and called to the first years.
"Gryffindor First years! Follow me, please! C'mon, hurry up there, you." He led them out of the Great Hall, and they disappeared into a sea of students. The remaining Marauders left soon after, Sirius and Dani kissing several times before James got annoyed and pulled him away from Dani. Lily and the rest of the Gryffindor girls walked back to the Tower, giggling and occasionally falling into suits of armor.
As they traveled up a set of stairs, the girls all pressed Missy for more details on Will. He has proposed over the summer, when she had gone to meet his parents. She had sent them all letters, but since his parents moved to southern France, on the beach, for a year until their next whim (they have loads of money…enough accommodate any whim they might have), she couldn't visit them, and didn't see them until the train ride, for she had spent the whole summer with Will.
"So…tell us how he did it!" Lily cried, grabbing Missy's left hand and admiring the diamond ring was proudly wearing. The rest of the girls nodded eagerly. Missy blushed and giggled.
"Oh gosh, guys. It was so romantic! So he took me out to dinner at this amazing restaurant near his house, and then we went for a walk on the beach," Missy's eyes glazed over, and a happy smile over took her face. She keeps going, "And we walked for a while, right in the surf, and the sun was setting, which was beautiful. And then he stopped me and took both of my hands, and stared in my eyes. Then he said, 'Missy, you know I love you more then anything in this world. I would give anything to spend my life with you, make love to you, have kids with you, even fight with you, and grow old and see our grandchildren play,' By then I was already crying, and had my hand over my mouth." Missy almost started crying again, " And then he said, 'these last three years (that's third year for you slow students, since they were in the summer before 7th year!) have been the happiest of my life. Just seeing you smile makes my day. Making you laugh makes my week. You would make me the happiest man in the world if you married me.' Then he kneeled and held out the ring box, which he had been holding, and said, 'Marissa Antoinette Wilconsin, would you do me the honor of accepting my hand in marriage?' Then of course, I said yes, and I was still crying. He put the ring on my finger and we kissed and he picked me up while we were kissing and spun me around. It was amazing." The girls all sighed, with huge goofy grins on their faces.
"Missy, that is so sweet!" Lily cried.
"I'm so jealous! That is so romantic!" Marilee wiped fake tears from her eyes, "My baby's all grown up and getting married!"
Sammy poked her, laughing, "Aw Missy…that's adorable."
"I know, and he had asked my parents and his parents before hand, and they all thought it was perfect. Oh, girls, I'm so happy! Now the rest of you need to find boys, and we can all have a huge wedding!" Everyone laughed. By this time they were a few corridors away from the Tower. They kept chattering away until they rounded the last corner.
Missy squealed loudly. There was a blue eyed, blonde haired Quidditch player waiting next to the portrait talking to James and Sirius, presumably about Quidditch. His 6'5" muscular frame turned around at the sound of Missy's voice, and his glasses caught the light, and his face broke into an enormous smile. Missy ran down the hall, and leaped into Will's open arms. They kissed, Will holding Missy up with his arms around her waist. Lily, Sammy and Chelsea all looked at each other, sighed, and then said simultaneously,
"Aw!" Missy and Will blushed, and Missy turned in Will's arms to give them a little present (ahem, the finger), which Sammy grabbed and stuck in her pocket. James and Sirius rolled their eyes at the girls, patted Will on the back in a "manly hug" and entered the Gryffindor common room. The five other Gryffindor girls climbed in after James and Sirius, after blowing kisses to Will and Missy. Right before the door closed, Dani poked her head out.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" She winked and then closed the portrait hole. Missy shook her head and went to ay something to Will, but when she turned her head, he captured her mouth in a kiss. Missy grinned against his mouth and kissed him back.
"I love you," Will muttered after he pulled back. He looked at Missy, who smiled and whispered back,
"I love you too." She leaned against him with her head against his chest, and they just stood there, her arms around his neck, and his arms around her waist.
…In the Common Room…
Dani collapsed into giggles. She landed, accidentally of course, on Sirius' lap, who instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist. Chelsea had sat down in her favorite armchair, and picked up a magazine that one of the younger years had left behind and started flipping through it. Lily and Marilee lay on the floor watched Peter and Remus play wizards chess. Lily, who had still never gotten used to the violence of the wizard version, flinched every time Peter's queen took out one of Remus' pieces. Remus was losing rather badly, but Marilee still cheered every time he made a good move. Sammy, James and Sirius were discussing Quidditch tactics, even though Sirius got distracted every so often. Sammy had tried out for the team in 3rd year, when they desperately needed a Keeper. She made the team, joining James, the star chaser, and Sirius, a Beater. Lily would never know how Sammy could get along with Sirius so well on the field, and so horribly off of it. This year, James was Captain, as everyone knew he would be, and the three were having an in-depth conversation on Ravenclaw's defensive plays.
After a while of watching chess, Lily became disinterested, and was looking around the common room for something to do. Sammy noticed, and nudged James. Sammy really, really wanted James and Lily to get together, and had been helping the Marauders to try and win her over since 5th year, after that day at the lake. So when she noticed that Lily was bored, she made sure James saw, and with a few head nods, encouraged him to go talk to her.
James looked over nervously, and seeing that she was still unoccupied, gathered his courage and stood up.
"Balls to the wall, mate. Go talk to her," Sirius added his ten cents. The vulgar saying made James and Sammy laugh. How many times had they heard Sirius shout that to the team before a big match? But Sirius was right, James decided. Chasing Lily is one of the biggest matches of my life. He slowly walked over, and sat down beside her. He reached one hand up to ruffle his hair; it was one of his nervous habits.
"So, I was wondering if you wanted to talk about the ball plans now?" James enquired, still as polite as could be. Lily looked at him in surprise. James wants to work? Oh goodness. And he's still being so polite! ARG! Lily yelled to herself. To James, she replied with an even,
"Sure. Let me go get a quill and some parchment." She quickly ran up the stairs to her dormitory. She stopped abruptly in the doorway. Where the hell is my bed? She threw open Sammy's trunk and took out a piece of parchment and a quill and came back downstairs, still puzzled.
"Ready then?" James asked.
"Yes, well, um, really no," Lily turned to the other girls, " Guys, my bed is missing. It's not in our room anymore, and neither is my trunk." The other girls looked at each other in surprise. All of a sudden, Sirius and James started laughing. Sammy quickly caught on, as she put two and two together. This is gonna be great. Not only did Lily forget, but she has to share a dorm with James. This is perfect!
'I can't believe you forgot! I mean, James had been so jaz–" Sirius was cut off with an elbow to the stomach, causing him to double over and gasp for breath.
"What he meant to say is that you and James have your own dorm…remember? It told you in the letter." Sammy informed Lily, who was still looking bewildered. Then, all of a sudden, a flash of emotions flew across Lily's face. Sammy caught disappointment, anger, shock, and…excitement? Interesting…the girls would need to have a chat with Lily soon. She was jolted back to the situation at hand by a shrill scream; Sammy quickly decided that this required her attention more at the moment.
"I have to share a dorm with him?" Lily asked, her face redder then her hair.
"And a bathroom, and a common room," Sirius was quick to remind her.
"AHH!" Lily yelled again. Sammy came over to Lily's side and whispered something in her ear that the others didn't quite catch. Whatever it was caused Lily to hiss, "You wouldn't," but it also calmed Lily down considerably, though it was easy to tell by looking at her eyes that she was still extremely pissed off.
"Fine. I don't care. Let's go make good use of our common room then and get this ball thingy done." Lily turned on her heel and marched out of the portrait. James turned to everyone, their faces caught between sniggering and surprise at Lily's sudden calmness.
"Well, I guess I better go with her. If I don't come to breakfast in the morning, it's likely to be because she stabbed me in my sleep." Looking slightly miserable, James followed Lily out into the corridor. Dani looked at Sammy.
"What the hell did you say to her that stopped her so fast?" Sammy started laughing.
"I told her that if she didn't stop making such a big fuss out of nothing, her collection," At this all of the girls sniggered, "would make a debut appearance in the Great Hall during dinner tomorrow night." The girls nearly fell over laughing, and Chelsea reached up to give Sammy a high five.
"Her collection?" Sirius and Remus asked in confusion.
"I collect stamps!" Peter piped up. Every one just looked at him in complete amazement at how anyone could be so clueless. Remus groaned.
"And I just lost to him in chess!"
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Abby- Well, all boys are yucky and mean when they're 11, they all like to make fun of girls. And sammy's only a know it all because she's a pure blood and she's just answering Lily's questions. I hope you like it besides those two things!
TajM- Thanks for all three of your reviews! No comment about Sammy/Sirius, I'll leave it to your imagination. I;m glad you think its cool, haha, and yes, I made it to 7th year. I just wanted to introduce the characters and give a background on why Lily hated James so much. and that also starts the Sammy and Sirius hatred/conflict. I won;t say anything about Kam, but I hate him too! Jerk.
Lexi- Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it, and I'm honored you like the L/J action, what little there is! I do too...haha.
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