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Chapter 31
Lily was late for the final dress rehearsal, as she had to take a letter to Vensu. (Sploogal: Venus is her owl.) In her head, she was going over what they needed to practise as she entered the Great Hall. As she walked in, she saw James and Leanne in a close embrace: They were snogging. She turned and ran blindly down the corridore, entering an empty classroom before she let the tears start to fall. Someone knocked on the door.
"Go away James! I don't wasn to talk to you." Lily choked through her tears. "You pretended to be different - nice! But you're really just like Amos Diggery!"
"Amos is a bastard," replied an unfamiliar voice. "He's not worth fighting for. Heck, he's not worth spitting on! But is James really that bad?"
Lily turned to see the speaker. I was a Hufflepuff girl in her year. "You're Helga, aren't you?"
"Yeah." Confirmed Helga. "I'll ask you again: Is James worth fighting for?"
Helga sat down and put her are around Lily. Lily was silent for a while before she looked up and gave Helga a small smile. "Yes, he is."
Helga got up. "Well, let's get going then."
She led Lily out of the room.
***A bit later***
"How well do you know Juliet's part?" Helga asked.
"I know it off by heart," answered Lily. "But what - oh, no! I couldn't! What about Leanne?"
Helga shrugged, and replied, "Hex her," as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
***In the Gryffindor Common Room***
"Has anyone seen Lily?" Yvonne asked as she entered the Common Room.
"No. And she wasn't at the rehearsal." Responded Sirius, looking down at the chess game he was playing with Remus.
"Remus, have you -" She stopped as the portrait hole swung open to reveal a Hufflepuff girl. (Sploogal: I didn't agree to this, but by the time I noticed that the Garden Gnome was letting Hufflepuffs into the Gryffindor Common Room, it was too late to change it. She's very stubborn.)
"Hey, you're not in Gryffindor!" James stated stupidly.
"Shut up, you great prick!" Helga snapped. "Yvonne, come with me. Lily needs you."
A look of comprehension dawned on Yvonne's face. Turning to James, she said in a deadly tone of voice, "If you've done anything to her, I will curse you with every curse I know!"
James gulped and paled.
***Back in some room in Hogwarts. Wherever Lily is now.***
"Lily? Are you alright? What happened? What did he do this time?" Demanded Yvonne.
Lily explained what had happened. "I'm ok, but Helga has a plan for the performance tonight."
"A plan? Let's hear it."
"Ok, we get Lily into the costume so that she can play Juliet." Helga announced.
"That's a good idea, but there's one little flaw. . . What about Leanne?" Asked Yvonne matter-of-factly.
"Well, last Hogsmeade weekend, I bought this from Zonko's." Helga replied as she handed a jar to Yvonne.
"It's foundation." Lily said, confused.
"Not just foundation." Helga began.
She rolled up her sleeve and rubbed some of the 'foundation' into her arm, and waited. Within a few minutes, the space where she had rubbed it had turned green.
"It won't come off, no matter what you do. It stays green for 24 hours." Helga exclaimed proudly. (Sploogal: Argh! The 24hr curse thing. Damn it, that is so cliché!)
"But where can we put it so that Leanne - and only Leanne - will use it?" Queried Lily.
"Leave that to me." Insisted Yvonne.
***In the Gryffindor Common Room.***
"What have I done this time?" James asked.
"Hey, maybe it wasn't you." Suggested Sirius.
"Aw, come off it!" James snapped. "You saw the way Helga looked at me!"
"James is right. But unless you guys wan to stuff up the play tonight, and have Lily on your backs, we'd better start getting ready." Inserted Remus. (Sploogal: Inserted. I love that word!)
***Back with the girls. . .***
"This, girls, is the room of requirement." Saild Yvonne, holding the door open.
Leanne squealed. "I get the big chair! After all, I am the star of the show!"
Helga glanced at Yvonne. "So far, so good. Will you do my makeup for me?"
Yvonne was just putting the finishing touches on Helga's face, when Leanne screamed.
"My face! My face! Oh Merlin, it's green! Oh someone please, please help me!"
Lily hurried over. "It's ok Leanne. Here, just wash it off." She said soothingly as Leanne snatched the cloth from Lily and dabbed at her face.
"It won't come off! What am I going to do? I can't go out in front of the whole school looking like this!" Leanne squeaked, almost hysterical.
"Do we have a backup?" Helga asked. "Yvonne?"
"I can't act," Yvonne stated simply. "Lily? What about you? You know the lines, don't you?"
"Yes, I guess I could do it. In the meantime, Yvonne, will you find out who did this and how to get rid of it?" Lily asked, barely concealing a grin as Leanne ran around the room waving her hands around her face, as though that would change the colour.
A/N See that button? Down and to the left? Please use it, as reviews are greatly appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed since last time we said thanks. In particular, "ronluvr28" "Phoenix141" "Choc_Syrup" "Maddy-Riddly" "Selina Marie Souza" "Jade" "kawaii" "Loony bout Lupin" "Freackled-Angel" Also thanks to: "GoodCharlottesGurl" "danran" "hart-break" "Hoover" "SjabRox" "Manny2003" "Amananduniel Black" "Britty Bum" "running_intowalls" "Alex Browning" "rrrudika" "Emily Fleming"
"ronluvr28" asked if we're planning on doing a sequel. The answer is: hopefully. We'd love to write one, but it really depends on when we finish this one. I (Sploogal) know that I'm not likely to be writing much during year 12, and neither is Garden Gnome, unless I'm very much mistaken. We're both doing TEE (that's Western Australia's equivalent of Eastern Australia's HSC or I dunno what it is overseas. I think I've heard "A levels" being mentioned in some English movie. Anyway, it's the huge exams at the end of high-school.)
"Selina Marie Souza" Hopefully you read the big huge authors note that we posted. The answer to your question is in there.
"kawaii" Hopefully you read the big huge authors note that we posted. The answer to your question is in there.
"Emily Fleming" Wow! Seven o'clock in the morning! Sploogal wasn't aware that that time even existed!
Chapter 31
Lily was late for the final dress rehearsal, as she had to take a letter to Vensu. (Sploogal: Venus is her owl.) In her head, she was going over what they needed to practise as she entered the Great Hall. As she walked in, she saw James and Leanne in a close embrace: They were snogging. She turned and ran blindly down the corridore, entering an empty classroom before she let the tears start to fall. Someone knocked on the door.
"Go away James! I don't wasn to talk to you." Lily choked through her tears. "You pretended to be different - nice! But you're really just like Amos Diggery!"
"Amos is a bastard," replied an unfamiliar voice. "He's not worth fighting for. Heck, he's not worth spitting on! But is James really that bad?"
Lily turned to see the speaker. I was a Hufflepuff girl in her year. "You're Helga, aren't you?"
"Yeah." Confirmed Helga. "I'll ask you again: Is James worth fighting for?"
Helga sat down and put her are around Lily. Lily was silent for a while before she looked up and gave Helga a small smile. "Yes, he is."
Helga got up. "Well, let's get going then."
She led Lily out of the room.
***A bit later***
"How well do you know Juliet's part?" Helga asked.
"I know it off by heart," answered Lily. "But what - oh, no! I couldn't! What about Leanne?"
Helga shrugged, and replied, "Hex her," as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
***In the Gryffindor Common Room***
"Has anyone seen Lily?" Yvonne asked as she entered the Common Room.
"No. And she wasn't at the rehearsal." Responded Sirius, looking down at the chess game he was playing with Remus.
"Remus, have you -" She stopped as the portrait hole swung open to reveal a Hufflepuff girl. (Sploogal: I didn't agree to this, but by the time I noticed that the Garden Gnome was letting Hufflepuffs into the Gryffindor Common Room, it was too late to change it. She's very stubborn.)
"Hey, you're not in Gryffindor!" James stated stupidly.
"Shut up, you great prick!" Helga snapped. "Yvonne, come with me. Lily needs you."
A look of comprehension dawned on Yvonne's face. Turning to James, she said in a deadly tone of voice, "If you've done anything to her, I will curse you with every curse I know!"
James gulped and paled.
***Back in some room in Hogwarts. Wherever Lily is now.***
"Lily? Are you alright? What happened? What did he do this time?" Demanded Yvonne.
Lily explained what had happened. "I'm ok, but Helga has a plan for the performance tonight."
"A plan? Let's hear it."
"Ok, we get Lily into the costume so that she can play Juliet." Helga announced.
"That's a good idea, but there's one little flaw. . . What about Leanne?" Asked Yvonne matter-of-factly.
"Well, last Hogsmeade weekend, I bought this from Zonko's." Helga replied as she handed a jar to Yvonne.
"It's foundation." Lily said, confused.
"Not just foundation." Helga began.
She rolled up her sleeve and rubbed some of the 'foundation' into her arm, and waited. Within a few minutes, the space where she had rubbed it had turned green.
"It won't come off, no matter what you do. It stays green for 24 hours." Helga exclaimed proudly. (Sploogal: Argh! The 24hr curse thing. Damn it, that is so cliché!)
"But where can we put it so that Leanne - and only Leanne - will use it?" Queried Lily.
"Leave that to me." Insisted Yvonne.
***In the Gryffindor Common Room.***
"What have I done this time?" James asked.
"Hey, maybe it wasn't you." Suggested Sirius.
"Aw, come off it!" James snapped. "You saw the way Helga looked at me!"
"James is right. But unless you guys wan to stuff up the play tonight, and have Lily on your backs, we'd better start getting ready." Inserted Remus. (Sploogal: Inserted. I love that word!)
***Back with the girls. . .***
"This, girls, is the room of requirement." Saild Yvonne, holding the door open.
Leanne squealed. "I get the big chair! After all, I am the star of the show!"
Helga glanced at Yvonne. "So far, so good. Will you do my makeup for me?"
Yvonne was just putting the finishing touches on Helga's face, when Leanne screamed.
"My face! My face! Oh Merlin, it's green! Oh someone please, please help me!"
Lily hurried over. "It's ok Leanne. Here, just wash it off." She said soothingly as Leanne snatched the cloth from Lily and dabbed at her face.
"It won't come off! What am I going to do? I can't go out in front of the whole school looking like this!" Leanne squeaked, almost hysterical.
"Do we have a backup?" Helga asked. "Yvonne?"
"I can't act," Yvonne stated simply. "Lily? What about you? You know the lines, don't you?"
"Yes, I guess I could do it. In the meantime, Yvonne, will you find out who did this and how to get rid of it?" Lily asked, barely concealing a grin as Leanne ran around the room waving her hands around her face, as though that would change the colour.
A/N See that button? Down and to the left? Please use it, as reviews are greatly appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed since last time we said thanks. In particular, "ronluvr28" "Phoenix141" "Choc_Syrup" "Maddy-Riddly" "Selina Marie Souza" "Jade" "kawaii" "Loony bout Lupin" "Freackled-Angel" Also thanks to: "GoodCharlottesGurl" "danran" "hart-break" "Hoover" "SjabRox" "Manny2003" "Amananduniel Black" "Britty Bum" "running_intowalls" "Alex Browning" "rrrudika" "Emily Fleming"
"ronluvr28" asked if we're planning on doing a sequel. The answer is: hopefully. We'd love to write one, but it really depends on when we finish this one. I (Sploogal) know that I'm not likely to be writing much during year 12, and neither is Garden Gnome, unless I'm very much mistaken. We're both doing TEE (that's Western Australia's equivalent of Eastern Australia's HSC or I dunno what it is overseas. I think I've heard "A levels" being mentioned in some English movie. Anyway, it's the huge exams at the end of high-school.)
"Selina Marie Souza" Hopefully you read the big huge authors note that we posted. The answer to your question is in there.
"kawaii" Hopefully you read the big huge authors note that we posted. The answer to your question is in there.
"Emily Fleming" Wow! Seven o'clock in the morning! Sploogal wasn't aware that that time even existed!