Hey y'all. How ya doin?Theres some stuff I forgot to tell you about the characters and its too late to add it now………so Ive written it at the bottom of the page just so you'll know…...so do read.
Disclaimer: All the recognizable characters belong to J.K Rowling. The rest are a figment of my imagination.
Chapter 2 : Just fooling aroundA considerable number of things happened over the next few days. For one, on seeing Rachel out of the hospital wing, Sirius lifted her into the air and began singing "For shes a jolly good fellow."She was rather amused at his reaction at first but when he began doing imitations of her puking her lungs out in the common room in front of his fellow Marauders, she was less amused. She took to ignoring him as usual. Another worthwhile incident that happened was that, Eva was asked out by Josh Griffiths, a Hufflepuff she never knew existed. But agreed to go out with him on the grounds that he was 'cute'.
On Saturday morning , Lily was the first to wake up in her dorm. After trying to wake up her friends to no avail , she left for the Great Hall for breakfast. Only a dozen or so people were there in the Great Hall. She took her usual place at the end of the table and began piling food on her plate. She began wondering what they would do today. There was no homework to do as she and Lydia had sat up late the previous day, finishing it. As for Rachel and Eva, there was no chance they would so much as touch their books before 8 pm on Sunday evening.
She was on her second sandwich when people began to arrive. Most of them looked tired and sleepy which was nothing how Lily felt. She always felt rejuvenated in the morning. Gryffindor table began to fill up slowly and mainly people wished her 'Good morning'. She was talking to a couple of fifth years ,Michael O'Malley, a fifth year Gryffindor who was seeker in the Quidditch team, Anna DeLuc who played chaser and Ryan Moran who was the charms genius of his year and considered Lily as his model student when Lydia arrived alone to the Great Hall. She came and sat next to Lily.
"I had to practically scream at Eva & Rachel to make them get up. They'll be here in a minute that is if they haven't fallen asleep trying to put on their clothes." Said Lydia, yawning. " Hey Lils, help me out on the dell vision thing after breakfast ,okay?That's the only homework Ive got left. I want to know atleast a bit on it and not look like a fool everytime Professor Nixon asks me the question, which is every class. The fazed eyes and reflective look does not work everytime."
"For the last time, its television! And okay." Replied Lily warily.
She looked towards the Entrance and saw the Marauders minus Remus come in. All three of them looked extremely exhausted. Potter's messy hair was filled with what looked like sand. His eyes looked bloodshot. Sirius too looked sweaty and his usually jumpy and bubbly character was gone. He had a slight cut on his cheek which was bleeding, he seemed unaware of it. Peter looked much better than the other two, he didn't look either sweaty nor hurt. He only looked kind of weak-kneed. All three of them had dark circles under their eyes. Luckily for them, nobody paid much attention to them except for Lily and Lydia. Lily wondered where Remus was and what the rest of the Marauders were up to so as to make them so tired. She frowned when she realized she hadn't seen Remus the day before also.
"Hmmmm……….they probably were in some sort of duel or something."thought Lily. She then looked towards the Slytherins to check if any of them seemed hurt in any way. Nope, none of them were.
That was when Rachel and Eva came in. On seeing Eva, Lily and Lydia burst out laughing. Eva was walking with her eyes shut and a peaceful expression on her face. She seemed totally unaware about where she was. Rachel, nearly on the verge of bursting out laughing herself was holding her hand and pulling her to the Gryffindor table.
Eva was muttering " I don't wanna wake up now…..Don't wanna!….Can I sleep some more time,momma…..can I momma,please?"
Rachel cooed "Sure you can darling. You want me to cover you with the quilt."
A small smile crept on Eva's face and she replied " Yes momma…..I love you!"
Rachel replied " I love you too darling." On reaching the table , she took a glass of water. " Heres your quilt darling." And promptly poured the water over Eva's head. Sweet Revenge. She remembered how Eva had poured a bucket of ice cold water over her last year when she refused to get out of bed.
Eva woke up suddenly, with an astonished look on her face. She looked around the Great Hall and said "Huh!……..huh?……..How did I get here? And how the hell did I get all wet?"
The whole table was sniggering, some putting their hands on their mouths to control their laughter.
"You went sleepwalking to the lake, where you then began sleepswimming. The giant squid, being the sweetheart that it is, pulled you to the shore. We then dragged you here from the lake….Any questions?" said Rachel, grinning at Lily and Lydia.
"Ouch, that smarts, mate" said Sirius massaging his arm which had a huge cut on it. It wasn't noticeable since Sirius always wore full sleeved shirts.
"Its your fault, man. I told you not to anger Remus on such days." Said James piling food on his plate. He then winced as he too had a cut on his arm though not as huge as Sirius's. " Don't know why but he was particularly violent yesterday."
"It didn't seem any different than usual to me." Said Peter, surprised.
"Duh, it wont to you. What are you, like five pounds?" said Sirius angrily and then let out a moan. "Crap man, it hurts so much. I wish I could go to the hospital wing. Tell Madam Pomfrey that we were trying out a spell or something."
"I don't think you should. Shes dumb but not that dumb."said James, sharply. He then turned around and saw Lily ,Rachel, Eva and Lydia looking at them curiously. He grinned broadly and winked at Lily. It had the effect he hoped for, they all looked away, Lily glaring at him. "I think we should get out from here. People are beginning to notice us. Come on, I want a nice long shower."
"But I haven't even started eating yet." Pouted Peter.
"Take some food with you. Otherwise we could always raid the kitchen later. " replied James.
"That felt good." Said James, coming out from the shower with a towel wrapped around his body, his hair wet.
"So what do you want to do today ?" asked Sirius, applying a drying spell to his wet hair.
"What are the options?" asked James changing into a pair of blue jeans and a grey tee shirt.
"We could always prank the Slytherins, prank the teachers, prank Filch or for a change, spend the whole day making a nuisance of ourselves."
"Or we could finish our homework." Suggested Peter
"You're no fun, Petey……….Ooo….How about pranking the girls?" said Sirius a grin lighting up his face.
"Nope, I don't want to have to face Lilys temper again……….. AND WHAT DID YOU SAY , BLACK?" James shouted at Sirius, for he heard Sirius mutter something which sounded suspiciously like "whipped".
"What? I didn't say anything" said Sirius, looking innocent. "Okay, making a nuisance of ourselves it is then."
They entered the common room and took their usual place at the right hand corner of the room, a place where they could talk without risk of being overheard. The common room was not crowded. Most of the people around seemed to be fifth years and above.
James glanced around and saw Lily and her friends sitting by the fireplace. He found himself holding his breath as always when looking at the red- haired beauty he had been courting since third year and let out a soft moan. She was laughing at something Rachel had said, a laugh which James found truly captivating. But it wasn't the hair or the laugh that made James crazy about her, it was her eyes- piercing green that they were. He hadn't felt that badly about a girl before. Sure, he had his fair share of girlfriends but every time he was with them , he found himself inevitably comparing them to Lily and none of them rated that high.
"Earth to James, earth to James- come in James." Shouted Sirius. James looked away and glared at Sirius. "What?"
"Do you want to be arrested for stalker intentions , Prongs?" asked Sirius, looking bemused. A/N –I love that line. Ive seen it used innumerable no of times. Couldn't resist.
"Aww,shut up" replied James, irritated.
"So tell me again , how did I end wet at the Great Hall today morning. And if you mention the giant squid again, I'm gonna kick you."asked Eva, annoyed at how she had made a fool of herself at the Great Hall.
They just ignored Eva, having answered the same question atleast five times.
"So what do you want to do today?" asked Lydia. She had just completed her muggle studies essay.
"I'm feeling kind of sleepy. I think Ill go to sleep now."said Eva yawning.
"Aww…..do you want momma to get you a quilt too?" asked Rachel, smirking.
"What?"
"No way you're going to sleep now. Lets go upstairs and listen to a few records. Come on"said Lily. They got up and went to their dorm. Lily opened the dorm and saw that their dorm mates were awake. "Hey Aria, Janise!"
"Keep it down, will you? Im doing my mantra."said Aria annoyed. Janise was busy painting her toe nails.
"Ok…whatever." They never used to hang out much with Aria and Janise. They weren't the bad sort. They were just the 'little' bit obsessed with their looks. They weren't the best of friends, they were more like good acquaintances with Lily and the rest.
"Hey Lil, wheres the muggle magazine Vogue you were getting me" asked Rachel.
"Oh yeah, almost forgot about that." Said Lily and she began fumbling for it among her stuff. "Oh here it is. Havent even read it yet."
"Read it out loud."said Eva.
Lily turned to a page and began to read "Pink, the seasons colour. Pink is all the rage this winter as famous fashion designers selected pink as their prime colour in designs. It ability to blend with all skin types is the reason for its popularity .The sharp shades…..blah blah blah…………Sheesh, pink of all colours." Said Lily, disgusted.
"Nezt page." Said Lydia sitting on the ground, next to Lily.
"Lancome products announce the launch of their latest set of lipsticks in colours ranging from chocolate seduction to red desire ensured to suit every woman's taste. The shade of………"
"Next page."said Rachel. She was trying out different hairstyles in front of the mirror.
"Latest in casual wear is the flared skirt. Colours ranging from….blah blah blah…..Hey! Rachel you're Moms picture is here " shouted Lily suddenly.
"What?" said Rachel. She snatched the magazine from Lily's hand and read.
"The fashion show on Fifth Avenue was held by model turned designer Laura Kingsley. Her designs include the lovely…blah blah blah. And now for an interview with the stunning designer." Her eyes scanned the interview.
"Read" urged Lydia.
"Vogue: Ms.Kingley, please tell us about your new collection of casual wear.
Laura Kingsley : Please call me Laura. Ms. Kingsley makes me sound so old. My new collection of casual wear is for the modern woman. I think she is ready for a more daring look. When we look around today, we see no variety in clothing, either in colours nor in designs. My designs begs to vary. You would see a whole new variety of clothing in unique styles and colours designed to suit every individual.
Vogue: Tell us how you turned to this career.
L.K: My father was an actor and my mother was an artist. Ive been brought up in show business since I was a child. I was modeling since the age of 15 when I modeled for teenage wear. I got recognized by a famous fashion chain and went into advertising their clothing. And now, franky Im too old for modeling, Ive decided to turn to designing clothing.
V: Tell us a bit about your personal life.
L.K: Nothing much really. I have a pretty normal family life. "Yeah, except that shes married four times more than a normal woman."mumbled Rachel I have a daughter Rachel who is sixteen and I think the world of her. " Yeah, suuure…."said Rachel My husband Philip is the most understanding and loving man I have ever met. "I wonder how many times shes used that line" I have everything I could possibly want.
V: How is your daughter adjusting to your hi fi life. Do you get time to spend with her?
L.K: I think shes okay with it. Shes a smart girl and I haven't heard her say a word against me. "You most certainly have, woman!", shouted Rachel I've sent her to a boarding school as I didn't want her to feel lonely when I'm not a home. Rachel smirked But I do miss her a lot. I feel bad that Im not around a lot more.
V: Any chance she'll follow in her mothers footsteps.
L.K: Oh, I don't know. Its her choice, really. Shes grown up to be a lovely girl. People say she has her mothers looks. But I don't believe so. Shes too beautiful to look like me. Forgive me if it seems that I'm boasting but I truly do think the world of my daughter.
V: How do you think she feels about being the sole heir to your legacy of over thirty million dollars..
L.K: Shes not big- headed or anything. Shes says it wouldn't make much of a difference in her life.
"Thirty million dollars!"shouted Eva. "Your Moms worth over thirty million dollars? Wow!" Lily and Lydia looked stunned too.
"Big deal" said Rachel shrugging.
The interview was over but there were a couple of notes on Laura's fashion shows and pictures of her fashion range. She turned the page and suddenly let out a cry.
"What?", asked Lily.
"They…..they have a ….a picture…of me.", she gasped.
Lily snatched it from her hand and she saw that on the next page was a picture of Rachel and her mom. It looked to be taken alleast two years ago. Surprisingly Rachel was smiling in the picture. When Lily looked at the picture the similarities between Rachel and her mom were so amazing.- the same grey eyes, gleaming brown hair everything. She turned around and said , " So what? They got a picture ."
"But that's invading my privacy, that is. I hate being known as the famous models or famous designer's daughter. It sucks. As it is , I have to go to those dopey parties Mom gives at home and be asked out the sons of Mom's friends and associates. They never had a picture of me before. NEVER. Oh! It makes me so mad I could….. I could…"
"Seriously, its not so bad." Eva said fairly. "Don't know why you're complaining myself."
"And that's not all. I just remembered something Mom wrote to me about during the holidays from France. She wants me to join her for the inauguration of her new shop in London in December."
"Doesn't she already have a shop in London?"asked Eva.
"Yeah, try three shops in London. I don't know, this was supposed to be something special or something. That's why she wanted me to come."said Rachel.
Lily looked at her best friend sympathetically. She knew how Rachel hated anything to do with her mother's celebrity life.
Rachel mumbled "I'm not going. I simply wont." And she buried her face in her pillow.
The days slowly progressed , September slipped by and October was in their midst. Days used to fly at Hogwarts. The first signs of winter was beginning to appear in the air.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrggghh!"
Lily woke up with a start and instinctively grabbed her wand from her bedside table. She got up cautiously and pointed her wand to the direction from which she heard the scream come from. Fear dwelling in her mind, she threw back the covers of her bed and poised her wand ready to curse whatever had disrupted her sleep.
She was surprised to find that nobody but Rachel there. Rachel's face was white with what appeared to be fear. She was sitting at the edge of her bed and looked scared to even move.
"Rachel , what's wrong?" Lily whispered concerned.
Rachel looked at her , her eyes wide. She mumbled something, her lips barely moving.
"What was that?" asked Lily cautiously, walking to Rachel's bed.
" Lily……go away. Don't come any closer……..please don't."whispered Rachel.
"Rachel, what happened?" asked Lily. "You're scaring me now."
"Lily….Lily, there's a …….a snake on my bed. Its right next to me………….its freaking huge……….. I'm scared to even move……….Oh my God!……I think its moving."said Rachel, her lips barely moving.
Lily could have laughed aloud with relief. "Is that all? Oh my God, you scared me out of my wits. Rachel, there are no snakes in Hogwarts. You're hallucinating."
Rachel whispered " Scared you? Help me Lily. I saw it."
Lily walked towards Rachel's bed and pulled back the bed curtain. Slowly Lily, ever so slowly. She saw a small serpent not more than a few inches long at the edge of her bed. Its skin looked suspiciously silky and it wasn't moving. Its skin had the colours of green and ……pink? She never heard of a snake with pink skin before.
She pointed her wand at it and said "Wingardium Leviosa.". The snake rose of Rachel's bed and Lily it guided it to the end of the room.
She turned around and looked at Rachel whose face was contorted with fear and burst out laughing.
Rachel glared at her fiercly and asked " What are you laughing for? Its still in the room."
Lily gasped " Huge ….snake.!" and burst out laughing again. She was trying to gain control over herself.
" Yeah, well, it could have been poisonous you know" replied Rachel, a defiant look on her face.
"You mean this snake" asked Lily, giggling. She walked to where the snake was and picked it up gently.
Rachel screamed and said " Lily! Put it down, it could bite you."
"Okay" said Lily, feigning dumbness. She bent down to put it down and then with lightening speed threw it at Rachel saying "Think fast sucker."
Rachel let out a ear splitting scream as the ' snake' fell into her arms. She threw it onto the floor and took several steps backward. "Lily , How could you? I ACTUALLY touched it. Eww…!" she screamed and moved away from the atrocity.
Lily giggled and said "Oh my God Rachel, you are such a doofus. That 'scary ,ugly ten foot long snake' is nothing but a plastic toy. And you….." Unable to control herself any longer, she fell onto the floor laughing.
"What?" screamed Rachel, an ugly look on her face. She was mad and it showed. Practicing extreme self-control , she asked "Lily,you got any plans for tomorrow?"
"Noo……hahaha….why?"
"Good, leave it that way. You need the day to plan a funeral. The funeral of certain prick known as SIRIUS BLACK."
"What are you giggling for? " asked James, irritated.
The Marauders minus Peter were sitting in the common room. James was playing wizards chess with Remus and was losing miserably. Sirius was watching them. Peter decided to sleep late during the weekend.
Sirius seemed to be in a world of his own. He kept sniggering every now and then and looked extremely pleased with himself for reasons unknown to the rest of the Marauders.
"The word is sniggering not giggling. You use the word giggling when referring to crazy females and sniggering for males" said Sirius combing his hair with his fingers.
" Crazy females such as those."he added , pointing at a few fourth year girls whose present pastime was to stare at them.
When the girls saw Sirius looking at them, they immediately averted their eyes.
"I simply don't understand girls. They spend half their time on makeup and stuff and the remaining staring at good looking guys. Well……most of them anyway."said Sirius furiously.
"Modest little thing aren't you?" said Remus, distractedly. He was trying to get his knight out of a rather difficult position.
"And when you pursue them, over 90 of them turn out to be well….not right. The remaining are the ones who think you're a jackass." Sirius carried on.
"Which girl you know thinks you're a jackass ?" questioned James who was presently banging his head on the table for having lost a bishop to Remus by a stupid move.
"Oh I can answer that. Its got to be Rachel, Lily, Rachel, Eva…..hmmm no… then that Slytherin girl called Sophie, Rachel ,Sharon from Ravenclaw , her sister Amelia from Hufflepuff, and ….oh yeah….Rachel" replied Remus.
"Why does Sharon, Sophie and Amelia hate me anyway." Asked Sirius
" 'Coz while you were dating Amelia, she caught you making out with her sister in one of the unused classrooms. Amelia hadn't told Sharon that you both were dating. Sophie, because you bashed her brother last year. And I haven't even counted the ones who you've pranked and the ones who are still bitter after being dumped by you."
"I never really understood why Lily hated you . I mean shes nice to Peter and me." Said Remus. He was stretching his legs onto the sides of the couch, having check-mated James in the match. Across him James was repeatedly banging his head on the table.
"That's easy" said James, his forehead now rather red. "Coz hes supposedly the famous Potter 's pathetic ,arrogant ,insufferable friend and partner of all activities evil. The innumerable pranks we've done on the girls haven't helped either. Besides Rachel hates you. Whoever Rachel hates, Lily hates and vice versa. That's why Rachel despises me."
"Friend? Whatever gave you that idea ?" asked Sirius slyly. He turned around and began talking to Remus. "How could she possibly consider my sworn enemy to be my friend. That's like saying that Snape and I are brothers."
"Oh aren't you?"asked James , feigning a look of extreme surprise. "I mean just think about it. The same black hair.."
"Potter!" said Sirius warningly.
"Greasy, slimy hair more like"added Remus, a smile creeping on his face
"LUPIN!" shouted Sirius.
"And the behavior too" ,said James looking supremely unconcerned about Sirius's temper.
"Oh yes, I quite agree."
"The dark nature, evil don't you think?"
"Rudeness, lack of sense, insolence , arrogance ….all common traits."
"Oh don't forget the stupidity."
"I added that as lack of sense. But I guess you're right, it does deserve a special mention."
"Not too blessed in looks either. Greasy skin, those thick surly eyebrows…"
"Such great likeness. They could pass for twins."
"JAMES POTTER.REMUS LUPIN!"shouted Sirius., his face rather red.
"SIRIUS BLACK"
A deep pause ensued.
Sirius looked horrified ,wondering how a female voice could have left his lips. James and Remus were staring at something behind him. He turned around and saw…….Rachel , fury etched on every inch of her face.
Now, James Potter really liked Rachel , as a friend that is. Sure ,he used to drive her crazy with Sirius of course, but other than that they were on okay terms.
Remus Lupin too liked Rachel. She was always nice to Peter and him. And although she and her friends hexed them ie the Marauders innumerable number of times for crimes mostly committed by James and Sirius and vice versa, she was always civil with him.
Now , however, both James and Remus agreed that had it been at that moment, Rachel's anger was directed at either of them, they both would have peed in their pants and would be running away from her at a speed that would've impressed any Olympian.
Rachel, to say the least was furious. Each and every inch of her face was lined with raw anger. She didn't say anything ,probably because she felt that if she had , she would've done something fatal to Sirius. Sirius , however had a annoying grin on his face.
James glanced at Sirius and made a sudden prayer " Oh please don't let her kill him." He then glanced at Lily wondering how she was taking this. He was surprised to find her with a devilish grin on her face, the same type of grin Sirius had at that moment. She caught his eye and smirked. He saw that she had a magical camera around her neck. "What the hell is that for ?" he wondered.
All the people around them were running for cover , including the seventh years, some muttering "Err…..I ……I have some ….homework….yes, that's right homework to complete." or "I….umm …..sleepy…."
Phoebe McKinnon; a fourth year student muttered something that sounded like "Behold , the explosion of Mt. Kingsley." She had an satisfied smirk on her face. Just three days before the Marauders led by James had replaced her homework parchment for another parchment which they had charmed to shout obscenities at the teacher whoever tried to read it. She didn't get detention for that since Professor McGonagall, the teacher to who the essay was due had a vague idea who committed the prank but was unable to do anything since she didn't have any proof. But still the embarrassment was vivid in Phoebe's mind. She grabbed her books and said " Let it all out ,Rachel. We'll be around to collect the bodies. Ciao" She turned around and smiled sweetly at Sirius,James and Remus.
After making sure that the common room was empty save for the five of them, Rachel turned around and glared at Sirius, who had a bored expression on his face.
"Sirius Black, I have only one thing to tell you….EXTERIORIS PAGINA PUELLA.", she shouted.
There was an instant crack and their surroundings was filled with purple smoke. It was impossible to see anything. Gradually the smoke cleared. They heard Rachel mutter , "Now,Lily" and a second later, the sudden flash of a camera was heard and felt. James rubbed his eyes and looked to check if Sirius was all right……..and his jaw dropped.
Sirius …….Sirius …was wearing a dress?thought Remus his eyes wide
Sirius was wearing a strapless gold dress with sequins all over.It was a very short dress ,ending several inches below the knee. He was wearing black netted stocking and a 5 inch gold sandals. The dress was extremely tight making it seem that he had cleavage. His face was covered with what was unmistakably makeup. His cheeks were a shade of brownish pink, his eye shadow was a teal colour and he had put thick mascara. His lips were a reddish brown colour. A gold necklace adorned his neck. His fingernails were painted a dark red colour. Long gold earring reaching till his shoulders were present on his ears.
There was no doubt about it. Sirius looked like a hooker. AND Lily was snapping away pictures.
Sirius, when he noticed his change in appearance, gave a low growl. His face turned a deeper shade of pink, if that was possible. And now , he was trying to cover himself from everyone's view.
"No, I cant laugh……I shouldn't………. I cant . I cant.", thought James , the corners of his mouth twitching. "No Potter! Don't you dare!……..Don't …………I ……..cant " and he burst out laughing. Remus joined him at the same moment. He too had been struggling to control himself but lost control. They laughed till tears rolled down their cheeks ,banging on the ground with Sirius glaring fiercely at them.
"How many pictures did you get , Lily?" asked Rachel, loudly.
"Oh around a dozen ……from different angles." Said Lily with tears running down her cheeks from laughter.
And with one glance at each other , they began running back to their dormitory with Sirius at their heels yelling "Get back here."
K…..Thts it for chapter 2.I gave u ppl a hint of the storyline. The actually story starts next chapterI need your ppls help…… I need some genuine French names and some Italian ones too for both genders.
Alright now , about the characters. I forgot to tell you how Eva and Lydia look and about everyones heritage. Here we go
Lydia Summers – She has long wavy blond hair , blue eyes and is around 5'5. Shes slender and has a gentle temperament. Shes a pureblood. Her family is middle class.
Eva McGuire – She has short black wavy hair reaching a short way past her shouders, blue eyes and is 5'7. She had a more athletic figure than the rest of the girls. Slim and muscular could describe Eva's figure perfectly. Shes a halfblood . Her Dad's a wizard and her Moms a muggle. Her family is filthy rich, although not as much as Rachel's. She was brought up the muggle way, her mother wanting her to learn to do things the normal way.
Rachel Kingsley- She has long, straight brown hair , grey eyes and is 5'7. Shes a muggleborn. Her family has magic in their blood though. Her grandfather of her father's side turned out to be a squib. He married a muggle and had all muggle children. It was only in the next generation that a person of magic was born on wedlock with a muggle ie Peter Kingsley's marriage with Laura.
Lily Evans – She has long, wavy dark auburn hair , deep green eyes and is 5'8. Shes a muggleborn. Her family though, like Rachel's , has ancient ties to magic.
I think I already explained how the Marauders look in chap 1. ill just tell u bout their heritage
James Potter- Pureblood. Ties to magic dating to ancient times.
Sirius Black- ditto
Remus Lupin- Half-blood
Peter Pettigrew- ditto james and Sirius
Alright that's it…………..Love those who review……… Come on…… I don't mind flames either………………….