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Summery: A/U. What if Lilly Evans wasn't Miss. Perfect? What if she had a twin? Lilly Evans and her twin, Linzey Evans, have just transferred to Hogwarts from another magical school. They're in their second year and quite the troublemakers. James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin—the Marauderers—are in their second year at Hogwarts (Peter isn't in this fic) when two beautiful transfer students arrive. They're in for a surprise when the new students threaten their position of "troublemaking kings". Then James falls in love with one of their new enemies…The fun begins.
A/N: I'm sooo sorry for the long wait:bows head in shame: Its just that I've had the oh-so-wonderful mid-terms to study for. Not to mention the fact that I couldn't figure out how to write down what was in my head. Oh, and the fact that I procrastinate way too much. But, enough of me giving excuses—on with the chapter!
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Chapter Thirteen: Of Deafness, Muteness, and Hanging-ness
James' PoV
For some weird reason I woke up early this morning. Maybe it was because of what a great night I had yesterday with Lily…probably. I think that last night was the first time Lily and I have had a conversation without ending up yelling at each other. And she was practically smiling the whole night! (Well, maybe that's a little over-exaggerated.) You know, I never thought that I could learn so much about Lily without forcing a truth potion down her throat. I was really surprised when she actually started answering my questions, though she didn't really look as though she wanted to at first…must have been my Potter Charm that got her liking me yesterday…
I woke Lily up after I found out about the door still being locked. She wasn't too happy, to put it simply. "…When I find out who did this, they're going to get real familiar with the Hospital Wing! Unless, of course, it's who I think it is—then I'll just annoying the heck out of her and the other two can have fun in the Hospital Wing. Yep, sounds good to me…"
"Who do you think it is?" I asked, breaking her out of her rant. Finally. Lily can rant on about pretty much anything for as long as you let her…in other words, a very long time.
"Are you that daft? I mean, come on! Who would spend the time finding a charm that I don't know the counter-charm to just for the reason to lock the two of us up in the same room?"
My eyes widen in comprehension. "I'm going to hurt them! All I've had since the day before yesterday was a couple of chocolate frogs!"
Lily rolled her eyes. "Is food all you ever think about?"
I grinned. "Well, not really."
A look of disgust came upon her face. "You, James Potter, are hopeless. Now, did you happen to try any charms to reopen the door?"
"Well, no. It didn't work yesterday, so I don't think it would work today."
She laughed. "Do you seriously think that Liz would keep me stuck in here with you for two days? Probably just took off a couple of the spells…" Lily began walking over to the locked door. "…should be able to get us out of here in no time." That 'no time' was in a few minutes—after a Lily performed a few charms she knew off the top of her head. I swear that girl knows every charm on the planet—or, at least, most of them.
"Finally!" Lily exclaimed, pushing open the door. "I'm free!" As she started to walk out, I stopped her.
"Lily, can we make a truce?" Lame, Potter. Lame, lame, lame…
"We already made one at Christmas; the one were Liz and I were forced into calling you and Sirius by your first names." She grimaced at the thought. Was that truce really that bad?
"Well, I was just wondering, since, you know, you were nice to me last night, if you wanted to be friends."
Lily raised a questioning eyebrow at me, thought for a moment, then replied. "What the heck." She held out her hand to finish off the truce. Never thought that she'd be the one to hold out her hand first. I swear, she continues to surprise me.
"Well, I'm going to change." Lily stated as she quickly let go of her hand. "These clothes are contaminated with Sirius Black's germs. Gross."
"Okay, see ya."
"Uh-huh." She replied absentmindedly, walking out of the door.
Lily's PoV
I found Linzey quite quickly, so we started to walk to breakfast. Probably about the fifth time all year. Liz can never wake up early enough to go to breakfast in the first place. She must be up now because she had to 'fix' James' door. Or, at least, get help with it.
As we were talking about what prank we'd do next on the Slytherins, a second year girl came up to us. "Which one of you is Lily?" She asked. Sighing, I told the girl who I was. People ask which one of us is which way too many times. It gets old real fast. "I've heard that you're going out with James Potter. Is it true?" She went on.
What! If Liz has anything to do with this…I turned towards my sister, my fiery temper getting hot. "Linzey Marie Evans…"
"It was all Sirius. I swear." I stared her down a moment more, making sure her statement was true.
Remembering the girl, I replied 'sweetly', "No I am most defiantly not going out with James Potter."
The girl sighted happy sigh, turning to go back to her giggling friends. Weirdo. Who would want to go out with James bloody Potter? Obviously her. I say again, weirdo.
"Lily, I really did mean it when I said it was all Sirius." Liz said as we continued walking.
"It better be all Sirius. Or you, Linzey Marie, are going down." I answered bad-temperedly.
So then, after we turned down the next corridor, another girl comes up to us. Fantastical. I bet I know exactly what she's going to ask. How can I tell? It's because of the utterly stupid giggling friends that followed her. Note to self: never have a group of giggling friends follow you around—ever. Makes you look, in my opinion, completely dumb. "Um, excuse me, but which one of you is Lily Evans?"
What is this—'Ask Which Twin is Lily Day'? Geez, people. I glared over at Liz before muttering a gloomy "me".
"Is it true you are going out with James Potter? I heard—"
I cut her off, already tired of people telling me that they heard I was going out with James. So what if it was only one girl—that's still more than enough. "Well, whatever you heard was wrong. I'd never go out with someone like James Potter." I said fiercely, my temper rising all over again.
"Oh-okay. Bye." The girl and her not-giggling-anymore-thank-goodness friends hurried off, most likely afraid of my temper (that's one thing Liz and I are known for—our temper).
"I am so going to kill Sirius Black! If anyone asks me that again, I swear I will scream!"
"You've only been asked twice, Lil. Plus, you're already screaming." Liz pointed out wittily.
"Your point being…?" I asked in just the same manner. Why does it matter how many times someone asks me, anyway?
…I bet anyone could guess what happened after that—even that one Hufflepuff kid who can't even spell the word 'cat'…well, maybe not him… I'm telling you, it just made my day. (Can't you just feel the sarcasm?) Another freakin girl most likely coming over to ask about my 'beloved new boyfriend'. (Again, can you feel the sarcasm?)
"Excuse me, which one of you is Lily?" asked the girl timidly. Hehehe…I've got a plan this time.
"She is." Came my reply as I pointed to Liz. "Well, I'll leave you two to chat." I started walking away, giving a mocking wave to Liz.
"No, Lily is not going out with James Potter." I heard Liz say quickly before the girl had a chance to speak. I smirked. Serves her right, locking me up with that James Potter. Though, I began running when I heard Liz yell, "Lily Catherine Evans, get your butt back her right now!" down the hall.
I was quite amusing, running away from Liz. Only, we got stopped by a professor and missed breakfast. Not like missing breakfast mattered much, though. We miss it practically every single day.
A COUPLE DAYS LATER
Lily's PoV
(Most everyone knows that Lily isn't dating James, and Sirius was also taken care of…there was a lot of screaming involved…)
Liz and I were minding our own business when we heard someone behind us mutter a spell. We couldn't dodge it, considering the somewhat cramped quarters of the particular corridor the two of us happened to be in. Plus, we weren't what'd you call ready. But, that didn't stop me from knowing the spell and exactly what the idiotic spell did. And I knew exactly who said it. The Marauderers.
Both Liz and I turned around at the same time. Liz tried to asked me a question, but all that came out was, well, silence. Yep. That spell does what I was afraid of. Crap.
So, anyways, while Liz was trying to figure out what was going on—mind you she wasn't that good in charms—I was attempting to find the three boys I knew where under an invisibility cloak. Usually, I can hear pretty well. It's a lot easier to find someone when you can hear good, let me tell you. Heck, even being able to hear at all would help. At least, it'd help more than not freakin' being able to hear. Period.
I finally gave up my useless search because Liz was about to annoy the crap out of me. Normally she isn't annoying at all, but when she doesn't know something Liz is the most annoying person on the planet. No joke. I needed to get somewhere were there's parchment so I could explain everything to her. I stalked off to find some, dragging a silent protesting Liz behind me.
So much for that 'friend pact' I had with James Potter…
(A/N: Lily is normal font. Linzey is italic. Actions are in parenthesis.)
will you CALM DOWN!
I am calm
sure you are, Liz, sure you are
Hey! quit makin fun of me and tell me what's goin on!
I was getting to that, thank you very much!
Sure you were, Lil, sure you were
shut up!
I am :)
right. QUIT WRITING!
writing writing writing writing writing writing writing writing wri
(Lily hits Linzey on the head and grabs the quill out of her hands.)
I'm now going in explaining mode. interruptions will be rewarded wit
(Linzey yanks quill out of Lily's hand excitedly.)
reward! I'm interrupting, so what do I get!
(Lily takes off one of her shoes and smacks Linzey over the head.)
ow! what was that for? I think its gonna leave a bruise…
(Lily ignores her, prying the quill from her hands.)
as I was saying, interruptions will be rewarded with my shoe connecting with the interrupter's head. clear?
(Linzey nods head fearfully. Lily, thinking the look on Linzey's face is hilarious, explodes in silent laughter. Then, she finishes writing after calming herself down.)
God, you're gullible! I wasn't really going to hit you with my shoe until you yanked the quill out of my hand!
(Linzey goes to hit Lily with her hand, but Lily quickly grabs her shoe again. Linzey's hand immediately retreats.)
as I was saying, Miss Gullible,
(Linzey pouts dramatically at this as she reads over Lily's shoulder while Lily smirks triumphantly.)
the Marauderers put a charm on us—most likely the hard work of Remus—that prevents us from speaking or hearing.
well, that sounds wounderful.
1) you spelled 'wonderful' wrong and 2) It is. Totally and wonderfully wonderful.
1) I don't give a care and 2) I don't think there's such thing as 'wonderfully wonderful'!
well, now there is, so there, Miss Gullible-Who-Can't-Spell-A-Thing!
(Linzey seizes the quill from Lily's hands since her shoe is safely back on her foot, ignoring the comment Lily wrote beforehand.)
why don't you just say the counter-charm?
since when do I know how to use magic without speaking?
huh. forgot about that. but, then what are we going to do?
I dunno. wait it out? make 'em take it off us? attempt to tell a professor who most likely won't believe us? like I said, (crosses out 'said') wrote, I dunno.
(After a moment of the two sitting/standing there silently, Linzey starts jumping up and down excitedly, mouthing the words "I know! I know!" while frantically waving her hand in the air. Lily, rolling her eyes at her sister's stupidity, hands over the quill rather reluctantly.)
I've totally got it! we could use it to our advantage!
you're going to have to fill me in on that one.
we can do ANYTHING we wanna, and not hear anyone that tells us to stop! though, we won't be able to say anything…
as annoying as you are and as weirdly as your mind works, Liz, you've got some pretty good ideas, I've gotta give it to ya.
(Linzey begins bowing dramatically, not looking as though she's going to stop any time in the near future.)
STOP!
(Lily shoves paper into Linzey's face, and takes of her shoe threateningly. Linzey stops hastily.)
Thank goodness! Now, lets get going!
(Lily and Linzey quickly depart, leaving behind the piece of parchment in the abandoned classroom just wanting to be found.)
NEXT DAY IN TRANSFIGURATION
James' PoV
(Pretty much James' view of what happens to the Evans Twins)
The Evans Twins walked into class precisely 10 seconds before class started. They have this thing were they can't be early for anything—and they do it on purpose, too. I don't know how they became friends with Rachel Taylor. She's too much of a goody-goody, no offense to Remus or anything.
"Miss Evans and Evans, please take your seats so we can begin class." Professor McGonagall addressed.
The Evans Twins just stood there in the doorway with a questionable look on their faces. After a moment, when they had decided McGonagall didn't say anything bad, they smiled cheekily and waved at her, walking over to sit down in the process. Guess the spell worked. Thank you Remus!
Since, obviously, the twins had no idea what in the world McGonagall was blabbing about, they pretended to pay attention until she stopped looking over at them. No doubt I'll be the one to make sure they know what McGonagall taught today. I'm the best in the class, after all.
The Evans Twins made a sport of seeing how many Exploding Snap cards they could throw at us Marauderers before they'd explode. A few of them did, but not enough to draw McGonagall's attention. Sirius about had a heart attack when one of the cards messed up a strand of his perfect hair. Sometimes I wonder about him.
Well, back to the subject: It was after all three of us Marauderers had done our work. Remus, quite a bit further away from me and Sirius considering we were the main targets, was transfiguring his pincushion again and again. Sirius was still trying to fix his hair, which already looked perfectly fine. I was contently resting back on the two legs of my chair, stealing unsuspicious glances at Lily—or, at least, who I thought was Lily. But, why does it matter anyway? They both look exactly the same.
I heard something, but didn't bother to move from my comfortable position to check it out. Later, I found out it was the source of the explosion that left me and my fellow Marauderers covered in soot—half a deck of Exploding Snap cards most likely charmed to have two times the explosion power, perhaps even more that that. McGonagall swiftly turned around from her position of helping the worst chap in our class transfigure his pincushion. Obviously she heard that explosion. It was quite funny to see her fuming, even though I was miserably covered in soot.
Everybody in the class knew exactly who was targeted—three innocent Marauderers covered head to foot in soot. And anyone who had any since whatsoever—event that really dumb Hufflepuff—could tell who was the cause of the explosion—two guilty, silently and hysterically laughing Evans Twins.
McGonagall fumed. "OUT! And detention tonight with me—7:00 sharp!" She yelled at the Evans Twins, pointing towards the door. That, too, was quite funny. Especially since the Evans Twins didn't hear a word she just said; they were continuing on in their fit of silent laughter. Finally, after Rachel nudged whichever twin was closest to her—they really need to get nametags—the two saw McGonagall's still pointing finger and her furious expression.
Blank stares came from the twins' direction. "OUT!" Repeated McGonagall. More blank stares. (A/N: the quotes in parenthesis are what the twins are attempting to say to each other, but James can't tell what they're saying so he doesn't say so.)
Then, the Evans Twins turned to each other and one of them mouthed something to the other. ("What'd she say?") The other one rolled her eyes and replied something. ("Do I look like I'm supposed to know the answer?")("Is that a trick question?") The second twin glared at the first because of whatever she said…wonder what she did say…How do those two communicate with each other? I can't tell one word they're 'saying'—more like mouthing—so how can they? Most likely a twin thing…
The Evans Twins' gazes turned again to the pointing McGonagall, then back again to each other. ("Should we tell her?")("Are you crazy? Of course not!")("Maybe we should just leave.") I noticed one of them nod their head, and then both of the twins turned to McGonagall and waved as they moved to go out the door. I wish I could just walk out the door like they did after 'saying goodbye'. Humph! Life is so unfair sometimes—I now have to sit and finish the rest of class soot-covered.
3rd Person PoV
The twins were walking down the hallway seeing how much noise they could make without truly making noise. Let's just say that if you could really hear them, their commotion would ring throughout the majority of Hogwarts. I guess you could consider that fun…if you've got nothing else to do. Of course, the Evans Twins are easily amused, so for them it would probably be fun no matter what.
That's around the time when the boy came. He was obviously a 1st year, considering they were the only ones who didn't have class at the moment. Well, not counting the Evans Twins. The boy had trouble getting the girls attention because they were in a heated discussion of trying to figure out what to do next, since the 'yelling' had gotten boring, and figure out what the other one was suggesting to do. When he finally got their attention, he handed the twins a note, and then hurriedly ran away.
The twins looked at the note curiously before opening it delicately. And there it read:
Miss Evans and Evans,
I would like it very much if you would so kindly meet me at my office door.
Professor Dumbledore.
The two looked questionably at each other before shrugging as a silent sign for 'what the heck'. So, they decided to go to the headmaster's office. It's a good thing they did, too.
Professor Dumbledore was waiting patiently at he gargoyle, a rolled up parchment in his hand. He said something, and the gargoyle move, revealing the set of stairs that lead to his office. The headmaster motioned for the twins to follow him as he ascended the staircase.
When they got inside the office, Professor Dumbledore pulled out his wand and pointed it at the twins. They stared blankly at him, wondering what spell he'd cast on them. He said what they presumed to be a spell—which it was.
"Good day, Miss Evans and Evans." Greeted the headmaster. Surprisingly the Evans Twins could make out his words as clear as day. At first they stared in wonder, but their confused expressions soon turned into relief ones.
"Finally!" Lily exclaimed, once she figured out exactly what was going on.
"Thanks professor!" Said Linzey excitedly as she too caught on.
"How'd you find out?" Lily questioned.
The headmaster handed the rolled up parchment he had in his hand to Lily. "You two should me careful exactly where you leave your written conversations."
The twins looked down at what was written on the paper—their conversation from when they first got deaf and muted. "Whoops." They said in unison.
"Though, this would be a good time to do something on the culprits of this unfortunate prank." The headmaster said with a twinkle in his eyes. The twins each smirked at what he said, said one last "thanks", and headed out the door before the headmaster could change his mind about letting two wild pranksters on the lose.
The Evans Twins were oddly quiet during lunch, and scarcely ate a thing. The kept looking over at their eating rivals, the Marauderers, expressions unreadable. The Marauderers, excited about their successful prank, did not notice the Evans Twins' intent interest in them. The two twins looked at each other, and then moved their gaze back to the unsuspecting Marauderers. Their plan was working perfectly.
The Marauderers continued feasting, not being interrupted until Remus noticed what was going on, "Uh, guys…" James and Sirius looked down and began to panic. You probably would, too, if you were gradually rising up from your seat into the air and didn't have a clue to as why you were. Even Remus seemed a little freaked out about the whole ordeal.
Laughter filled the hall as students began noticing the three boys suspended in the air. After getting past the 'panic-stage', the boys started the 'embarrassed stage', considering everyone was laughing at them. It didn't help that they soon began to turn, stopping only when they were upside down. Looking around below them, the Marauderers noticed the culprits of the particular and embarrassing prank: The supposed-to-be-silent Evans Twins who were loudly laughing hysterically.
Though, the laughter of the other students soon started to die down, for more and more people were rising up from their seats—even professors. Pretty soon, only the Evans Twins were left with their feet on the ground, smirking as they looked up at their 'victims'. Some were attempting to get down, with no avail. Figures, since the Evans Twins always make sure they're the only ones who can undo their pranks. Maybe letting two crazy pranksters run wild wasn't one of Professor Dumbledore's smarter ideas…
"I wonder if you could do flips up there." Wondered Lily aloud, looking up at all the rest of the school.
"Dunno, but there's always a way to find out." Linzey replied, a mischievous smirk playing on her face.
"That doesn't sound half bad." Commented Lily, finally picking up her fork and digging into her food. Linzey followed, knowing what her sister was thinking.
After eating a few bites of food, the Evans Twins had joined the rest of the school in the air. Though, unlike most of them, the twins weren't trying to get down—they were trying to perfect 'stunts'. The two even got a few others to join them—the ones that weren't really all that scared of heights. I'm sure the Marauderers, or at least James and Sirius, would have joined in as well if it hadn't been for the charm that made it where they couldn't move an inch. Figures that they would be the only ones with a binding charm—besides the professors, of course.
Most likely the professors would be lecturing the Evans Twins about not doing whatever they did at the particular time. That is, if they didn't have on a binding charm, which has been stated before. Plus, they also had a silencing charm on them, so yelling at the two could not happen, either. This, unfortunately for many, let the Evans Twins have free reign on what exactly was happening. Probably not a very good thing…
"I'm bored!" Complained Linzey after doing numerous stunts. Some of the students around her sighed, hoping that her being bored meant that she'd let everyone down. Unfortunately, that was one far-fetched idea.
"Me too!" Lily agreed. "So, I guess I'll be seeing you." Before her sister could comment, the twin silently said the spell that slowly let her make her way down. More sighs were emitted from students around her, but only because they were jealous of the fact that Lily was on the solid ground below.
"Wait on me!" Called Linzey from above. The twin reached for her wand, only to find that it was not there. Looking down, Linzey realized exactly where her precious wand had 'escaped' to—in a taunting Lily's hand. Linzey glared down at her sister. Why that little… "Lily Catherine Evans! Get your butt back up here and give me my freakin' wand!" Linzey yelled, so loud that it got the attention of the whole hall.
"What if I don't wanna!" came the lazily yelled reply.
"Lily Catherine!" Linzey threatened again.
But, Lily ignored the threat, waving her hand as if taking her twin sister's wand and not intending to give it back anytime soon didn't mean much at all. "Borrow someone else's!" she yelled over her shoulder as she walked out of the great hall.
"Lily!" Linzey tried again, but no Lily reappeared. Looking around, she grabbed the first wand she saw, muttering, "Gonna borrow this," before finally saying the spell that would get her down. As soon as she sat down, Linzey put the wand down on one of the tables, ignoring the boy yelling at her about stealing his wand. "Lily! Come back here!" Linzey yelled as she stalked out of the hall.
Unsurprisingly, Lily was waiting outside the door, twirling a strand of hair impatiently. "Was wondering when you'd find a way to get down." Linzey glared at her sister, and the chase began.
"Give it back!" she yelled.
"I ain't giving it back!" replied Lily, running away.
"Lily Catherine…"
A/N: I wasn't planning on stopping it here, but I thought that if I continued on with what I was planning to do it'd be even longer until this story got updated. Sorry again for the long wait! Oh, and I hope that this isn't considered a cliffhanger!
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