Beat Em At Their Own Game
Extra needed Info: Lily Joan Antoinette Evans is not popular. She would be beautiful if she didn't always hide herself. She's Irish, French and Swedish besides British. Lily has bright green eyes that sparkle like jewels beneath slim black glasses. She also has a horrific temper that even the devil fears and has bright red, wavy hair to match it. She lives with her 2 other friends because she is an orphan. Alexandria Cairo Antonio is her other orphaned friend. She is with Lils in the nonpopular zone. Her eyes are a turquoise, while her hair is strangely honey colored. She is Greek and Egyptian. The friend they live with is Aphrodite Serena Nightingale. She is rich, beautiful and popular, but she hates the attention. She has knee length, pin straight, raven hair with vivid violet eyes. She is part Roman veela and is also Russian. They live together in a mansion in Ravenwood, a town with only 4 streets. The 3 that are residential are Godric's Hollow (where James lives), Muse Lane (where the girls live), and Edwardian Graze (where Remus lives). The other street, Main Street, is where there are several magical shops. Now on with the other junk.
A/n: I still need a beta; my email is in my profile. My pen name is now The Evil Eggplant. I can't think of anything else to say except REVIEW!
Disclaimer: I, author of this story, do hereby declare that I own nothing; not Panera Bread, not Lara Croft, not Charmed, or even the names of my made up characters.
Chapter 1: How it Started
Nightingale Mansion: Lily's POV
Hello, I'm Lily Joan (as in Joan of Arc) Antoinette (as in Marie Antoinette) Evans. Long name, I know. Today, Friday July, 13, is my 16th birthday. Right now I'm painting a picture of a dragon rising out of the watery depths of the sea. It's midnight in the picture and you can see the moon.
Well, anyways I live with my 2 best friends in a giant mansion in Ravenwood. Yes Ravenwood! Awesome, huh! Well we each have a bedroom with a giant bathroom attached, and 4 other rooms! I turned mine into an art room, a music room, a library with a study, and a room filled with cushy pillows and bean bags and such. Another awesome thing is that Hermes (Dad) doesn't really care what we do and Athena (Mum) does really cool stuff with us, like we go and spend a day in the garden maze, or we try to cook a 6 ft. pancake for dinner!
I have to get back to my picture right now. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Nobody's POV: A Bunch of Places
Xander and Venus walked in, but Lily did not to notice them. She gazed intently at her painting. The other girls walked behind her and looked at it too. Then Xander said, "Whazzup birthday girl? Wanna go get something to eat at Panera Bread?"
Lily jumped up almost 2 ft. Venus laughed and knocked over Xander, who fell onto one of Lily's couches. Then, when she finally recuperated, Lily said, "Okay, but after can we go to the gym after?"
"Sure." And they went up to change into gym clothes. Lily wore a tight black tank top with a pair of army print shorts and black sneakers. Xander wore a giant black Weird Sisters T-shirt with red pool shorts on underneath and red high tops. Venus wore a tight purple tank top with matching running pants and bright yellow and orange high tops. The first thing Xander said when she saw Lily was, "You look like Lara Croft! Come here and let me braid your hair!" Lily laughed and let Xander do so. Venus came down and the other girls laughed at her.
"Hey, I think it looks cool. I-", but they cut her off.
"Lily! Can you believe that Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty does not match? We must put this down in the book of universal records!"
"I know! But it does kinda look like we're going to a costume party. Scratch that; a demented costume party," giggled Lils, looking at her plait.
"Blah, blah, blah. Let's get going. I'm hungry," said Venus. So they started to walk out the door and they went down their street to Main St. They opened the door to Panera Bread and let out breaths of happiness at the smell of the cozy café. They went to the counter and said hi to their friend Janelle, who they knew from school. They ordered Caesar salads, onion soups and an assortment of sandwiches. They each had chai tea. They sat down at a table near the fireplace. They chatted contently for a while, and when it was sunset, they paid and left.
Now, as they walked the flower scented streets to the gym, they heard footsteps. They stopped and turned, but saw nothing. They heard them again, and so they all jogged the rest of the way. Inside, they decided to meet back at the girls locker room at 10:00 p.m. Xander went to the pool, Venus went to the exercise machinery room (a.k.a. stuff like treadmills and stationary bicycles), and Lily went to the oriental arts room (a.k.a. stuff like karate, judo, tae kwondo, ju jitsu, ect.). When she got there, the room was, like usually, empty. She grabbed the cd that read American Idiot (Green Day RULES!), set the cd player, and started stretches. After, she set the room's automatic speller to moving targets. She was quite happy with her practice, until she heard someone speak.
James's POV: Town and Gym
Hello, my name is James Seth Kevin Potter. Long name, huh? Well, right now I'm on my way to the gym because I'm bored. I'll probably practice some martial arts. Yeah. Well, anyways, I start walking and I see Aphrodite, Alexandria, and Lily seemingly headed to the gym. I stop and run behind a hydrangea bush, and I hear them turn around, whispering frantically. They calm down, and I start to walk again. They're about to turn around again, so I hop beneath a weeping willow. They give little shrieks and run the rest of the way to the gym.
I come out, walking peacefully along the cobbled road. The sky here is really nice at this time of the day. It's sunset, incase you didn't know. So here I am walking, minding my own business, taking in the beautiful scenery, when, all of a sudden, I start thinking how pretty Lily is when the light hits her that way and how her eyes seem to sparkle without her glasses and how her long graceful plait curls just slightly at the end in little ringlets and hot she looks in that outfit-. Wait. There is no way in hell that I'm thinking that. Lily is not beautiful, she's sexy…..-drools-. Stop it brain! Stop it right now! Oh no. NOT MY CONSCIENCE…S!
Voice1: You know you fancy her James. You've been denying it since 1st year.
Me: I do not fancy her! I….err…uhh…Hormones?
Voice2: Riiiight. You want to looove her. You want to huuug her. You want to marry her. You want to-
Me: Finish that sentence. I dare you.-growls…err…menacingly?-
Voice1: Tell her!
NOOOOOO! Now the voices have the faces of my 2 best friends!
Voices/Sirius/Remus: Tell her. Believe us. Tell her. Believe us. Tell her. Believe us. Tell her. Believe us. Tell her. Believe-
Me: NOOOOOOOO! NEVER!...(for right now(heh))
"James? Are you okay? What about NOOOOOOOO! NEVER?" asked Remus, concerned.
"Oh, nothing," said James, red in the face, as Sirius Smirked at him.
I jogged the rest of the way to the gym. Maybe I will try to be civil to Lily. I'm still jogging. Hey, is that Mary, my owl? Oof! Err, heh heh, I just slammed into a wall. Hmm, yes, I think I will go to the martial arts room. This hallway is long. That's the door right? I open it. Whoa! Lily is really good. She's so graceful. "Hey Lily…
Nobody's POV
"Hey Lily, do you mind if I come in? Wow, you're really good."
She froze, and so did the targets.
"Oh, thanks. You scared me. Sure I guess you can join me. I mean, it is a public gym," said Lily, shyly. OMG! James Potter was talking to her? Why though? Was it some kind of prank? Oh well, she'd just have to go with it for the moment.
"Yeah."
"Yeah. What level do you want it on, James? Be careful with what you choose. Even stationary is pretty tough."
"Err…What about…moving? That's #3, right?"
"Yep." She smirked.
"Uhh, is something bad gonna happen?"
"No, why do you ask?" she said, with a mock innocent face, head cocked to one side.
"Nothing, never mind," he mumbled. One eye brow raised, Lily went to the auto speller and turned the knob to #3. (3 and the # symbol are the same key!) The targets turned into rubber guys, but they still didn't move. Lily walked over to one side of the wall and whispered to James to follow. She braced herself and nodded. They rubber dudes (for future reference, peeps) started to move towards and away from Lily and James. All of a sudden, the peeps sprouted legs and started to chase after Lily. Lily, being very well trained at martial arts, whopped their arses, but it took James a few seconds to register what was happening. He quickly caught on though, and he was quite good also. When the peeps were all on the floor, Lily said PAUSE, and stopped any chance of their popping up until future command. James chuckled, and then glared at Lily playfully.
"You said that #3 was just moving."
Lily cocked her head again, and with a sweet voice, she replied, "Mr. Potter, I never said such a thing! You asked if they moved, and I simply answered with the truth: Yes they do move!"
"But, when I asked if something bad were to happen, you said no."
"Again, nothing bad did happen. The peeps just tried to attack us. That's what the #3 setting does," she answered, again smirking. James mumbled something that sounded remarkably and sarcastically close to 'Right, you had no idea that I had no idea. And my name isn't James Seth Kevin Potter.' They opened the door and went out to look for their friends.
Sirius's POV: On His Way to the Pool
Hi! My name is Sirius Orion Hades Black. How come everyone I know has long names? Oh well. Anyways, so here I sexily am, sexily walking along, heading to the gym behind James (I don't think that he knows that I followed!). I'm gonna go to the pool so I can tone up my sexiness while showing it off at the same time! If you wanna know stuff about me (like we all know you do), I ran away, and now I am staying with James in one of his many, many guest rooms. My family sucks, but you'll find out more later on in the story.
The Evil Eggplant (author): Hey! Don't say that! You're giving away the plot!...Kinda…
Sirius: Whatever. I'll pretend that I'm not the only one who knows about you. Happy?
Author: -glares- No. I can give you a hideous tail if you don't ignore me. Except when I tell you that I wanna be ignored. Deal?
Sirius: -whimper- Deal.
So, as I was so sexily saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I'm heading to the pool. Err, so yeah, I'm opening the door and there's this long hallway. The pool's at the end. I can see it. Walking, I'm walking, just walking, walk-Oof! Heh heh. Door. Someone's here.
"Hello?"
Nobody's POV: Sirius and Xander: At the Pool
Xander was wearing a red and white striped halter top bathing suit top with red boy shorts that had white ties underneath her shirt. She pulled off the T-shirt and began to see how far she could swim underwater. When she got bored, she started to swim laps, when out of nowhere, she heard someone shout, "Hello?" She Popped up immediately, and sputtered, "What the- Sirius?"
"Uhh, hi? May I join you? I don't know where James went, but I don't really care."
"Sure," said Xander, with one eyebrow raised. "So, do you wanna do laps, or play a game?"
"Which game? How about Marco Polo?" Man, she's hot. Sirius tossed of his shirt and dived in. When he came up, she said:
"Sure." Man, he is HOT! "Wait. Who's it?"
"You!" So they played for a while (Sirius almost accidentally pulled down Xander's top), they just sat I in the hot tub and chatted. Then they got up to look for their friends.
Remus's POV: On Way to Gym
Hello. My name is Remus Lucifer Hermes Lupin. God, I have a long name. As it may seem, yes I am Roman. My name has several mythological references. But, you probably do not wish to hear them all. I am headed to the gym, for I believe that is where my friends have headed, and I am utterly bored at the moment. It's quite nice out. It is sunset and it smells of hydrangea. The gym is not to far away. The door has a face print on it. Hmm, I wonder why? –snorts- I guess I'll check the machinery room first.
Nobody's POV: Machinery Room: Aphrodite and Remus
Venus was on a stationary bicycle while watching Charmed on a little TV screen. She heard a door open, but ignored it. The show was getting good!
"Hi Venus."
The bicycle stopped.
"Remus? Oh Hello!"
"Yes, have you seen either James or Sirius? I've been looking everwhere."
"Um, no. Why?"
"No particular reason. I just don't want them to kill themselves and I was bored. What are you watching?" said Remus, looking at the little frozen screen.
"Charmed. The screen doesn't go unless you pedal though."
"Oh." And on went the awkward, semi-forced conversation. It had gotten quite comfortable, though, when Sirius and James came bursting in with Xander and Lily.
"There you are you dolts! James, Lydia (James's mum) wants you and Sirius to be home by 11," said Remus, "And Hecate (Remus's mum) wants to know if Lydia would like to come over for tea tomorrow at 4:00."
"I'll ask her. Oh, Remus, Do you want to stay over with Sirius tonight? We're gonna go to Diagon Alley with Kevin," asked James.
"Sure," Remus answered.
Girl's Side
"Lily, Venus, I have a great idea to tell you back at home! You're gonna love it….,"
A/n: How do you like it? Nice'n long first chappie for ya. For everyone who reviews this, I promise that I read and review at least one of your stories if you have any. Doncha wanna press the little periwinkle button, now?