Chapter 3 -A Valentines Surprise-
"So where are we going?" Char looked over at Lindsay and Whitney.
"You'll see we're almost there." Whitney giggled.
"Yeah a few more turns." Lindsay rolled her eyes at Whitney since she had calmed down about the Severus thing, though she was still happy.
"What are they planning, it better not be a prank!" Lily questioned them, "I've had enough bad surprises tonight, its one thing to learn your best friend isn't your best friend anymore but it's another to have your boyfriend pull some silly prank on you on Valentine's Day." Lily looked like she was about to cry again.
"What? What happened? Why aren't you and Aerith best friends anymore?" Whitney looked surprised.
"Whitney hush we're here. Lily they won't." Lindsay glared at Whitney for questioning Lily about something like that right before she was supposed to have a nice dinner.
"Well all I know is that there better be food I'm starving!" Char laughed.
"Where are we?" Lizzy looked around them. They were standing in a small hallway none of them had been to before.
"Oh, this is a hall with all the old teachers' lounges that they haven't used in forever. Each one connects with one other one." Whitney answered.
"Right, what are we doing here?" Char looked worried.
"Just come on into…. um this one." Whitney counted the doors along the hallway and pointed to the 3rd one on the right. Lindsay opened the door and motioned for Char, Lily, and Lizzy to go in. Inside the room was decorated like the 1800's including the furniture.
"Well have a seat the boys will be right out." Lindsay and Whitney said from the doorway.
"You're not staying?" Lizzy's eyes got big.
"No this is for you three, not us." Whitney giggled again.
"So we just sit here in this room that looks like it was taken out of a book waiting for our boyfriends?" Char said uncertainly.
"Well… yes. And this room was not taken out of a book, it's been like this since the professors used it, this furniture was popular back then." Lindsay let them in on a little know fact.
"Right, well we're kind of hungry so we're gunna go down to the Great Hall and get some food, bye hope you have a nice night." And with that Whitney and Lindsay shut the door and were gone.
"You know this is weird for guys we've only been dating awhile to do something like this." Lily said skeptically.
"Well we are coming up on our 6th month anniversary next week, that's half a year so it is kind of long." Char pointed out.
"We're 11, Char. Guys are supposed to just start liking us." Lily looked at her with a c o c-k-ed eyebrow.
"Well they're mature for their age." Char shrugged.
"Okay we're talking about; the best chaser and beaters on the Quidditch team and the 'pretty boy'. I don't think we have very mature boyfriends." Lily laughed as a door none of them had seen off to the far right opened up and James, Rory, and Peter walked in, in their dress robes, hair slicked back, well except for James who couldn't even make it lay flat.
"James! You look normal, kind of." Char laughed as she got up and hugged him.
"Well thank-you, you look very nice to." James laughed. Lily and Lizzy stood up and moved to their boyfriends.
"So what's the secret?" Char smiled at James.
"Well follow us." Peter answered for James moving his golden blond hair out of his face. James nodded and took Char's hand leading her into the next room followed by Peter leading Lizzy by the hand and Rory leading Lily. The boys stepped back to let the girls get a clear view of the room. The room was in the same furniture as the last one but this one was polished, the lights were off but a chandelier was hanging over the table dimly lit. The table was set for six with covered dishes and a table cloth, it looked like the other room; that it came straight out of an 1800's picture book.
"Wow" Char looked around the room, mouth open; she didn't believe that their boyfriends did this. Lily and Lizzy looked at each other and giggled.
"Did you think all this up by yourself?"
"Well the house elves told us this room was like this and cooked the food." Rory started.
"I hope you like seafood." Peter said shyly pulling out a chair for Lizzy.
"Well I like shrimp…" She looked at Lily and Char.
"I like it," Char shrugged as she sat in the seat James pulled out for her.
"Me too." Lily smiled up to Rory as he scooted her up.
"Well good, Lizzy we have chicken too, you want that instead?" James sat down next to Char.
"That would be fine." Peter and Rory sat down.
"For the first course we have jalapenos snacks and oysters with crackers." James lifted up two plate lids. On one revealing jalapenos cut in half long ways, with the seeds scraped out inside was cream cheese and bacon bits with two little shrimps on each one. The second plate had a bowl of raw oysters with saltine crackers around it.
"The jalapenos aren't hot the seeds are gone and the cream cheese covers up the little hotness left, it just leaves the taste." Rory explained, "This is our appetizers. Next we'll have the main course and then the dessert, hope your hungry." The six started off taking small bites of the food talking about small things like the weather and classes. By the time the house elves brought out the second course they had started relaxing and having fun. The second course was flounder grilled with seasonings, octopus and squid with lemon juice, crab cakes, and a number of crab legs, for Lizzy there was some spiced Chicken. The side dishes consisted of bread, mashed potatoes, corn, and was all topped off with butterbeer. Once the desserts came the six were having so much fun they didn't want any of it to stop. They were full and sleepy but content. They made room for the dessert which was irresistible cheesecake and chocolate fudge.
"Yeah but you have to admit was so hilarious." Peter laughed at James' last comment when a house elf came in and moved to Rory.
"Master Bacon, it is late going on 12 o'clock. Master Dumbledor thinks the Gryffindors should be getting to bed now, dinner for the school has been long over."
"Yeah unfortunately he's right; we need to be getting to bed." Rory looked down at his empty plate.
"Did he say it was 12 already? Wow I didn't realize it got so late." Char pulled her hair behind her shoulders.
"Yeah, well Dotons can you get the mess or do you want me and the boys to help?" James got up helping Char out of her seat.
"No, no master we've got it! You go to bed!" the house elf's eyes got big and shooed the six out of the room shutting the door.
"So did you have a good time?" Rory asked Lily as he took hold of her hand as they slowly made their way back to the Gryffindor common room.
"Yes it was lovely thank-you." She smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
"I think I ate too much," Lizzy laughed as Peter put his arm around her waist and she put hers around his.
"Yeah I must have gained 10 pounds" Char laughed sleepily as she laid her head on James' shoulder and took his hand.
"No you still look gorgeous." He replied.
"I didn't realize how tired I was." She closed her eyes letting James lead her for a few steps.
"Me either" Lizzy yawned. As they rounded a corner Dave Weasley came into view. Dave was Arthur Weasley's, older brother and Arthur was a friend of the gangs'. Dave was a 6th year prefect who was on patrol.
"Ahh there you are Headmaster Dumbledore said you would be coming in later and to walk you to the tower but I didn't think it would be this late." He smiled.
"Hey Dave, yeah sorry bout the time we lost track of it." Peter smiled and laughed. They all walked back to the tower, Dave had to leave again to patrol. The boys walked the girls to the girl dormitory stairs saying good night.
"Happy Valentine's Day, I hope you really did have fun," James held Char in a hug.
"Happy Valentine's Day, I did it was wonderful." Char looked up at James and quickly gave him a soft kiss on the lips and quickly moved back going up the stairs too embarrassed to look back. The same thing basically happened between Lily and Rory, and Lizzy and Peter, all giving their boyfriends a small thank-you kiss.
As soon as they closed the door to the dormitory the girls stood together and squealed, then realizing that Sophie and Lindsay, who were their dorm mates, were sleeping so they lowered their voices and giggled, they all moved to their own beds.
"I had fun tonight, but am stuffed to the limit." Char said quietly as she changed into pj's.
"Yeah me too." Lizzy agreed as she fell into bed after getting changed.
"Well we'll certainly have something to talk about tomorrow!" Lily sighed as she pulled the covers up. Within 5 minutes they were all sleeping peacefully.
Beep, beep, beep, Sophie's magical alarm clock started going off causing her to stir from a deep sleep.
"Ugh, no it can't be morning already." She groaned as she pushed back her covers.
"Turn that stupid thing off Soph" Lindsay moaned from the bed next to Sophie's.
"Right." Sophie leaned across her bed hitting the off button on the clock as it flashed 7:01. She moved across the room towards the bathroom after grabbing her cloths for the day.
"Get up Char" She hit the foot of Charlotte's bed as she went past it.
"Uh, oh I'm up really." She sat up real fast in surprise. Slowly the other four girls got out of bed getting together their cloths for the day. About ten minutes later Sophie came out of the bathroom dressed in a light red sweater and blue jeans and her robes with her hair soaping wet. Lizzy and Char both made a dash for it but Lizzy was faster and slammed the door shut, a few moments later they heard the water in the shower running again.
"Oh I'm gunna get her!" Char walked back to her bed and sat down.
"Yeah how?" Sophie asked from her seat at her vanity where she was brushing her hair.
"I don't know but I can ask Tyson for a prank."
"Did you hear what happened last night with her, Daemeon, and Denium?" Sophie turned around smiling.
"No what?"
"I don't know what exactly but if Denium was in it then it must have been something cause why else would a 6th year be in a fight with two 1st years?"
They all shrugged. Soon Lizzy came out from the rest room dressed in a navy blue t-shirt and jeans and as soon as she did Char got up,
"I'm gunna kill you!" She cried playfully and started chasing her. While Char was chasing Lizzy, Lindsay crept into the bathroom and locked the door.
"NO!" Anne turned around towards the bathroom door when she heard it shut. She fell onto her bed. Sophie and Lizzy laughed as they got their bags together with the books they'd need for the day.
"Hey guys we'll wait for ya in the common room k?" Sophie called back as her and Lizzy walked down the steps, "So how was last night?" She whispered to Lizzy.
"Wonderful! It couldn't have been better!" Lizzy smiled reminiscing about the past night.
"Good I'm glad." The two walked down into the common room. Sirius and James sat in the two arm chairs next to the fire. The girls sat their bags on the floor and let themselves fall onto the couch next to the boys.
"Good morning ladies." Sirius smiled.
"Hey Sirius, Hey James." They replied cautiously, they could tell the two were up to something.
"What's wrong, you look.. what's the word I'm looking for Sirius my friend?" James chuckled.
"I would have to say uncertain, afraid….. alert maybe?" Sirius smiled turning his head sideways.
"Yes that or those would be it."
"Well tell us what you're up to and maybe we could relax." Sophie pushed some loose strands of her copper hair back into the messy bun she had put it in.
"Get up, Aerith we're gunna be late" Rielly shoved the brunette off the bed.
"Aw Ri, why'd you do that. Classes don't begin for another hour." Aerith whined from the floor.
"Rielly! That was uncalled for!" Lindzi called from her vanity where she sat getting ready for the day.
"Here" Erayn held out a hand for Aerith to help her up, she took it gladly.
"Well she deserved it, we're gunna be late. Miss I think I'm so perfect" Rielly spat at Lindzi.
"Don't get sour just because I got Remus and you didn't" Lindzi turned back to the mirror.
"Oh you just wait he'll be mine before the years over." Rielly threatened, "And Aerith will have Sirius, won't you Aeri?"
"Um Erayn's already going out with him, Ri." Aerith dusted herself off.
"Ugh, I know this Aerith just get dressed." Rielly stormed out of the dorm.
"Aerith I would strongly advise you to stop hanging out with that witch, and I don't mean witch in a good way." Lindzi finished braiding her curly hair.
"I can't she's my friend." Aerith searched for some cloths not looking at any of the girls.
"Um Lindz, where's Tyson?" Erayn asked a little uneasy. Lindzi looked over at Tyson's bed area, the curtain was closed and no noise not that even of breathing came from it, meaning she wasn't behind the curtains.
"Um I don't know, I haven't seen her since last night after practice when she was screaming at Daemeon.
"That could mean trouble" Aerith piped in as she walked to the bathroom, she heard the other two moving faster to get ready. Right before she turned the water on she heard the two almost run down the stairs.
"So what happened last night?" Remus asked the sleeping Rory waking him by jumping on em'.
"Huh? Remus what do you want?" Rory looked up at the heavy figure that sat on him.
"What happened with the girls last night?" Remus smiled squishing Rory and making it hard for him to breathe.
"Its 7:10, leave me alone ask Peter." He lifted his head a little more to see what time it was then let it flop back down.
"Okay." Remus jumped off Rory and was about to jump on the form under the covers that was Peter when he heard a muffled threat,
"Lupin, you jump on me you're dead." Remus looked at Rory who looked back through half closed eye lids and nodded, so Remus did it anyways.
"REMUS!" The yell startled Remus causing him to jump back off the bed and doing so he realized that Peter meant business, so being full dressed he ran out of the dorm. And to his dismay Peter, who wore only sweatpants and socks, came flying after him. (Not literally, figuratively, lol) At that exact moment Lindzi, Erayn, and Whitney all came out of their dorms, Lindzi and Erayn a little bit more rushed than Whitney.
"Help Sirius!" Remus raced towards the chair Sirius sat at while he and James tried to pull something over Lizzy and Sophie.
"Oh no you don't, get away from me!" Sirius cried but was to late Remus jumped into the chair and managed to get behind him by some odd movements.
"NO not you too!" Sirius cried again in a feeble attempt to stop the blonde rush that was now on top of him which caused the chair to topple onto the three. Laughing to hard to do anything; James, Erayn, and Rory, who had followed the other two out of the dorm wearing sweats, a shirt, and socks, were no help in getting the chair off the three.
"Okay right. Let's pretend for a second that I'm not surrounded by idiots." Rielly laughed as flopped into an armchair as Lindzi helped the boys up and Whitney descended down the last few steps, "So Lindzi, Erayn I think I can guess about why the boys came running down here but why were you two rushing in?"
"I don't know what that has got to do with you so the only way you're even gunna find out is cause you'll hear me talking to them." Lindzi turned back to the group that wasn't quite finished yet by lacking a few people, just barely holding herself from just punching Rielly.
"So anyways have you seen Tyson I think she might be up for revenge?" Lindzi blew hair out of her face.
"Umm no why would we have seen her we haven't seen her all morning!" James said a little bit too fast and uneasy.
"So you were up to something!" Sophie laughed pointing a finger at Sirius and James.
"Okay what are you up to?" Lizzy laughed.
"Probably something stupid." Rielly cut in.
"Shut up Rielly" The whole group said together as Lily, Char, and Lindsay walked down the steps.
"Hey guys," The girls looked around at the group then at Rielly.
"Now what?" Lily looked at Rielly with a look of disgust after all she was the one who took her best friend away.
"Nothing, sept James, Sirius, and Tyson are up to a little revenge again." Lindzi looked over at the boys who both pleaded not guilty.
"Really?" Char sat down next to James, "James you do know that this is our first year here and you three pranksters, are gunna get expelled soon if you don't nock off these silly pranks."
"SILLY PRANKS?" Sirius stood up fast and yelled.
"Calm down, Sirius." Lindzi sat down in the chair next to him now that they had turned the chair back around and Remus sat on the floor and Peter had went up to get dressed.
"We do not do silly pranks!" Sirius looked at the group who all nodded that they agreed.
"James back me up do we do silly pranks?" James looked at his friends in disbelieve along side of his best friend.
"No what we do is art and war we have to prove to that idiot Taglen that he doesn't control the school." James stood up, "now if you'll excuse us we have a certain affair to attend to." With that James nodded to Sirius and went up the stairs to his dorm while Sirius stormed out of the common room through the portrait going to most likely get revenge on Taglen with Tyson who was surely already in it.
Tyson stooped down to look at Taglen through the banister on the grand staircase she sat behind, waiting for James and Sirius, her job was to watch him and prepare everything. She had done everything now she waited when a tight hand gripped her shoulder.
"Ah, Ty there you are! I'd wondered where you ran off to after your early breakfast with Black and Potter" She whirled around back on her heels shifting her weight from her toes she had been sitting on causing her to trip over her knee and fall face first onto the ground which luckily was only a foot or two away. The person behind her caught her as she fell, just as her face was only inches from the ground.
"Be careful" The boy's voice called from above full of laughter, his robes squished around him…green.
"Oh thank-you I will. Sorry I ran off we had something important to do." Tyson stood up dusting herself off then looked at her boyfriend's scowl.
"You had something to do with Black and Potter that was more important than hanging out and talking with me, your boyfriend? Let me guess, a prank? You really should stop them" He looked into her light grey eyes which looked past him and got big.
"Um yeah sorry I'll try. But hey I have to get my books and when I get back we can walk to class together is that okay?" She looked back to him as he turned around to see what was behind him, nothing.
"Yes that'll be fine. I'll wait in the Great Hall." Lucius slowly turned back around smiling skeptically.
"Okay I'll be back in 10 minutes." Tyson estimated how much time she would need to get up to the tower and back, but unknowingly to Lucius she didn't need that much time but just some extra time to complete the prank. Tyson tried to walk past him towards the tower, but was stopped when Lucius grabbed her wrist rather painfully and pulled her back.
"Are you forgetting something?" He asked her letting her wrist go and tucking a piece of her dark red hair behind her ear.
"Um yeah sorry bout that." She looked at the floor then quickly stood up on her toes and pecked him on the cheek, then hurried off embarrassed.
When she turned the corner she practically ran into James and Sirius who where sitting right next to the wall looking around the corner.
"Eww, you kissed him." James looked at her as if she had done something revolting.
"Shut-up come on I only have a few minutes." Tyson walked past the two, "Do you have everything?" The boys looked at each other with wrinkled noses then hurriedly followed their fellow prankster.
"Yeah did you set everything up?" Sirius handed her a vial.
"Yep, James sorry bout this but go back upstairs and get one of the girls to go get me my books I need I forgot them this morning and I don't have time to get em'." James looked at Sirius to see if he actually believed that he would do what a girl told him to do especially one that was younger than him, yes it was only by a month or two but still. Sirius just nodded and whispered,
"Think of the prank" So he nodded back and ran towards the tower and Gryffindor common room as Tyson and Sirius ran towards another room.
"So yeah that was interesting" Lindzi smiled still staring at the portrait that Sirius had left then soon after James had followed.
"Well what do you expect? There just like Tyson, a prankster." Lily laughed, "So Peter, Remus do you know what they're up to?" she looked up to Peter who was descending the steps from his dorm wearing a red t-shirt that simply stated that Gryffindor ruled and loose blue jeans with his robes hanging loosely over em'.
"No, for once we don't, they didn't let us in on it." Remus shrugged and moved closer to Lindzi.
"Yeah well once they get done with it and we stop laughing and catch our breath I'm gunna bust em up for not letting us in on it." Peter pouted as he let himself drop down next to Lizzy on a couch, his light hair moving into his eyes, clearly upset that they didn't include him in on the prank. Lizzy looked at him and rolled her eyes then pushed his hair from the blue crystals he called eyes.
"Oh calm down, you'll live. You'll be in the next one; maybe they couldn't have more than three people in on it." She shrugged.
"Yeah you're right." Peter smiled.
"I know I'm always right." She laughed pretending to mock Rielly who was sitting right outside their little group of armchairs and various couches looking at a magazine next to a window. Rielly glared at the group and told them to shut-up; she couldn't concentrate on her magazine.
"Oh pipe down Rielly we're still surprised you even know how to read!" Lindzi threw a smart ass comment back at her.
"Hey Lindz that's not very nice," Rory frowned at her who looked hostile then noticed so did the other girls.
"Yeah well she deserved it." Lily spoke up.
"No you're just all jealous" Rielly stood up as Aerith walked down the stairs ready for the day.
"Uh what?!" All the girls looked up pissed and a few of them snorted.
"Oh how very lady like ladies, and you're all just jealous, especially you Lillian, that Aerith would rather be my friend then yours." Rielly shut her magazine and walked over to Aerith looking smug and that she had won the fight.
"OH No the hell you didn't say that!" Sophie jumped up about ready to run over there and deck Rielly.
"No Soph calm down, for Lily." Lindzi grabbed her arm and whispered the last bit, they both looked over at Lily who looked on the verge of tears, "Rielly get the hell out of here would you and take that traitor with you." Lindzi spoke up again referring to Aerith who also looked on the verge of tears.
Fine but only because its breakfast and I want to eat before class which is in a half hour." Rielly smiled with a flick of her bright blonde hair, "Come on Aerith" Rielly walked out of the portrait followed by Aerith just as James came running back up into it.
James came running up through the portrait almost knocking Rielly over on his way. With a quick sorry to her he moved to the group.
"It's okay sweetie." Rielly smiled as she regained her balance smirking at Char then walking off out of the group's view followed by Aerith.
"Oh you're gunna get it." Char stood up glaring at Rielly with pure hate.
"Hey if I can't punch her you can't either." Sophie grabbed Char's wrist stopping her from going anywhere.
"Hey what's going on?" James stopped bouncing on his heels and looked at Charlotte and Sophie then to the portrait where Rielly had been, moving his gaze back to his girlfriend.
"Nothing." Charlotte said through gritted teeth sitting back down.
"Right, okay well umm which of you girls shares a dorm with Tyson?" James resumed his bouncing evidently excited about something.
"Me and Lindz." Erayn looked at him skeptically, "What are you, Sirius, and Tyson up to?"
"Nothing, now could you do me a quick favor?" James rang his hands to keep calm, though he was still bouncing on his heels.
"Like what?" Erayn c0ck3d an eyebrow.
"I need you to get me Tyson's bag from off her bed."
"And let you sabotage it?" Erayn made it sound as if James had already spray painted it.
"No she needs it! Come on Erayn I don't have much time." He whined to her.
"So you're getting her stuff for her? She must be doing a prank, what are you three doing?" Peter whined.
"Just come on Erayn." James looked at Peter confused then went back to Erayn pleading to her to get the bag, "Lindz?" He switched his glace over to Lindzi.
"No I'll get it." Erayn kept her eyes on James cautiously while she got up.
"Thank-you!" James grabbed her hand and kissed it. She pulled it back with a look of disgust, wiping it on her pants.
"Nothings worse than a boy pleading and begging." She shook her head and started up the stairs. The group started laughing as Whitney spoke up,
"I like it; it means I'm in control." They laughed even harder except James who was too much in a hurry to even notice they were laughing at him.
"Hey James why don't you sit down while you wait for her? Your gunna give yourself a heart attack." Charlotte managed to say.
"No she should just get it and be back in less than a minute I'm okay." He waved his hand in an action saying never mind me.
"Hmmm, you are?" Charlotte laughed, smiling to the others they all got up and grabbed hold of James throwing him onto a near by couch, most of them sitting on him.
"No you guys I don't have time for this!" James screamed trying to get up as the girls dorm door opened, "See there's Erayn!"
"No sorry sweetie, its just Molly." Lily laughed mocking Rielly again. James looked to see a red head girl with two braids going down her shoulders and brown (?) eyes holding her books to her chest looking at the gang with her head tilted with a confused look plastered to her face.
"Good day Molly my dear, as you can see I'm in quite a predicament, if you don't mind could you help me a little. I can't quite reach my wand to hex this bunch of heavy dolts on me so would you?" He smiled that electric smile that all the girls loved, causing Molly to blush.
"Don't you dare do it Molly," Rory laughed.
"Come on Molly love." James pleaded and got smacked by Charlotte for calling Molly, 'love'.
Molly Prewett was a friend of the gang's that they usually talked to around the school at odd moments. Molly looked at the group for a few moments longer before walking off. James started whining and just as she got to the portrait she turned around smiling, and with a mutter of a simple word everyone froze: Charlotte, James, Remus, Whitney, Peter, Lizzy, Lindsay, Sophie, Rory, even Lily and Lindsey who were sitting a bit away from the pile up of 1st year Gryffindors. Smiling Molly walked out of the portrait leaving everyone unable to run or shout after her. Only Erayn could get them out, but Molly knew it might be awhile before she decided to unfreeze em'
Erayn walked up the steps slowly to make James mad that it took her so long, eventually she made it up and went inside. The dorm was quiet and still, which was unusual for her dorm with Tyson sharing it with her. She made her way to Tyson's bed area, pulling back the curtain made her eyes get big. No one was allowed to be in or see what was in Tyson's bed area and Erayn now knew why. Tyson was made out to be this big messy prankster, who thinks up pranks on the spare of the moment, but this revealed something totally different; Tyson's bed area was neat and organized. What was unusual was that she had two drawing boards and a bookcase crammed into the small space provided for her. On one of the two boards were notes and what looked like plans to pranks; they were all numbered and circled. On the second board seemed to be a map of the school, some how Tyson had managed to make it all small and in fine print yet nice and neat. She didn't expect this from one of the school's biggest pranksters, not a thing out of place. But hearing James yell to Molly caught Erayn from daydreaming making her pick Tyson's bag up off her amazingly made bed, and hurried out of the dorm room. When she got to the staircase she looked over the banister she saw them all piled up, going down a few more steps she realized none of them were moving, except for their eyes. She descended down the last step and realized that they were all under a spell.
"Go Molly," Erayn laughed under her breath, figuring it was Molly who did it since she had heard James whining to her moments before, "Well, well, well look what we have here. Do you guys need help?" She spoke out loud knowing full well that their hearing was still working. Smiling with a grin as big as Texas she slowly sat down on the couch closes to the Gryffindor pile up, "This is gunna be fun"