Once again, I don't own anything Harry Potter. It belongs to the wonderful
mind of J.K. Rowling. But if I had a time machine, it would be mine.
Muwaahahaha.
Chapter 2: Provoking the Chimaera
The Marauder's made their way to an empty compartment at the back of the train. Sirius immediately flung himself down on one of the benches and sprawled out.
"Nothing like going back to school that makes me want to take a nap," he said while giving a yawn.
Peter sat on the bench opposite of him and took out a copy of today's Daily Prophet. 'Death Eaters Strike Again Killing Five Wizards In Broad Daylight'. James, Remus and Sirius all cast dark looks at the cover. James walked over to Sirius and pushed his feet off of the bench.
"Well you can sleep sitting up, now push over." James said while taking a seat himself.
"Oy Prongs! Don't you have a meeting to preside over?" Sirius questioned annoyed.
"Damn, that's right. Evans is going to be angry enough when she finds out that I'm Head Boy, let alone if I was Head Boy and late." James got up quickly and strode over to the door with Remus right behind him.
"Well give Evans a great, big, wet kiss for me will you Prongsie?" Sirius puckered his lips at James.
"Git," James muttered as Remus laughed and slid the door shut. Together the two boys made their way up to the front of the train to the Head's compartment.
* * * * * * * * * * * Lily, Faith and Liz walked to an empty compartment towards the front of the train. Liz and Faith were used to Lily having to rush off to the Head's compartment, since she was a prefect since fifth year. The two girls wished her luck and settled themselves on the benches and began to gossip about their summers. Lily slid the door shut and headed towards the Head's compartment. As she walked, she heard the voices of other students' gossip and retellings of their various summer vacations drifting down the hall. When she finally made it to the Head's compartment she held her breath as she opened the door. She was slightly disappointed to see that the Head Boy wasn't already inside reading the letter that McGonagall left for the new Head's. As the train started to move, she bent down and picked up the letter. She was about to open the letter when a terrible thought occurred to her. "What if the Head Boy was a Slytherin? But that could only leave one person for the position. Severus Snape." Lily shuddered at the thought of Snape hissing insults about mudbloods in her ear all year. "Well, Dumbledore isn't a fool and I'm sure he will have made the right choice," she said to herself.
Lily was about to open the envelope when the she heard the door open. She turned around to see Remus Lupin entering the compartment.
"Hello Lily, how was your summer?" he asked while smiling politely.
"Hello Remus, it was lovely. How are you?" Lily noticed that he seemed a little tired and looked a little older since the spring.
"Glad to say that my summer was very eventful. I see you have made Head Girl. Congratulations! I knew that you would get it."
Lily blushed for the third time that day and mumbled a thank you. Her eyes fell to the familiar Prefects badge pinned to his robe. Her stomach sank as she looked into his eyes. "Remus, I thought for sure that you would have made Head Boy. I'm really sorry, and honestly, I am really disappointed for you." Lily's green eyes full of sincerity.
Remus smiled and waved a hand as the door opened again. Lily's stomach sank even lower when James Potter entered the room. One of his hands flew up to his hair and ruffled it, which annoyed Lily to no end.
"Are you lost trying to find the loo Potter?" Lily smiled sarcastically.
Remus and James exchanged grins. "No Evans. I'm afraid that I am in the right place." James cleared his throat and adjusted the badge on his robes. Lily was speechless for a moment as she stared at the badge. Then regaining her composure she looked from one boy to the other.
"Ha, ha Potter, very funny. I guess you two got me. Now why don't you give Remus back his badge and go find someone else to bother." Lily replied unimpressed by his juvenile prank. James's grin grew wider and found this new situation highly amusing.
"Well sorry to disappoint you Lily, but James really is the Head Boy," Remus laughed.
"Are you serious! You two aren't pranking me?" Lily looking anxiously from one to the other, her anger rising out of the pit of her stomach and rising to her cheeks. The two boys shook their heads, obviously very amused. "How could you make Head Boy Potter? Of all of the stupid, immature, arrogant, bullying, idiotic gits to receive this badge, you must be the biggest one! Dumbledore must be out of his bloody mind!" Lily shrieked, her face red with anger. James realized how cute she looked when she was so passionate about something; those emerald green eyes lit up with fire.
"Well I don't know if he's out of his mind, but we have work to do Miss Evans, so can we save the rantings for after the meeting?" James smiled at the look of shock fixed on Lily's face. He looked at the envelope in Lily's hands and reached for it. "Is that the envelope with all of our orders?" Lily stood their open mouthed and handed him the envelope.
* * * * * * * * * * * * Half an hour later Lily Evans stormed into the compartment where she had left her friends. She slammed the compartment door shut behind her. Faith and Liz looked up at Lily startled by her entrance.
"How'd the meeting go Lil?" Faith raised an eyebrow in concern due to her friends' noisy entrance. Liz straightened up next to Faith and looked at Lily concerned.
"Oh the meeting went just fabulous!" Lily threw herself down on the bench and stared out the window. Her face was beat red with anger and her eyes were permanently fixed into a glare. Liz and Faith had seen that familiar angry face many times before.
" Oh, only one person on the face of this earth could make you that steamed Lil," Liz announced. "What did he do now?"
"He made Head Boy!" Lily spat. Faith and Liz looked sideways at each other, the corners of their mouths twitching. Lily continued to stare out the window. "I mean that bloody git is going to be Head Boy! And the worst part about it is that he was acting like a responsible adult. I mean he took charge and took it seriously," Lily finished and looked at her friends in utter disbelief.
"Hmm, I sense disaster Lil. If James Potter actually turns out to be, you know 'normal', than you would have no choice but to go out with him," Faith finished with a serious look on her face. Liz giggled.
"Yeah Lily, than you'd have to marry him and Faith and I will have to wear ugly pink dresses at the fabulous wedding of Mr. And Mrs. James Potter." Liz and Faith giggled and even Lily smiled as she rolled her eyes. * * * * * * * * * * * *
"So Prongs, how did the meeting go?" Peter inquired as James and Remus strolled into the compartment.
"Wormtail my man, I have a good feeling about this year," James smirked.
Sirius woke up as the two re-entered the compartment. He surveyed James carefully as he strode over and took a seat next to him.
"Well, I don't see any hexes, burns or slap marks." Sirius raised his eyebrows. "Is your manhood still in one piece and the same size?" Remus laughed to himself, while Peter looked James up and down with a worried expression on his face.
"No Padfoot, she cursed it bigger," James chuckled. "But seriously, the meeting went really well, wouldn't you say Moony?"
Remus nodded. "Especially the part when she called you practically every bad name in the book. But other than that I think it went fine."
"Well, she hates me now, but I have a feeling that spending all of this time with me this year will have her changing her mind by Christmas," James boasted.
"Yeah she'll change her mind from thinking that you are an arrogant prat to a full blown asshole." Sirius snickered while avoiding a punch from James. "Anyway, who wants to play a game of Exploding Snap?"
Chapter 2: Provoking the Chimaera
The Marauder's made their way to an empty compartment at the back of the train. Sirius immediately flung himself down on one of the benches and sprawled out.
"Nothing like going back to school that makes me want to take a nap," he said while giving a yawn.
Peter sat on the bench opposite of him and took out a copy of today's Daily Prophet. 'Death Eaters Strike Again Killing Five Wizards In Broad Daylight'. James, Remus and Sirius all cast dark looks at the cover. James walked over to Sirius and pushed his feet off of the bench.
"Well you can sleep sitting up, now push over." James said while taking a seat himself.
"Oy Prongs! Don't you have a meeting to preside over?" Sirius questioned annoyed.
"Damn, that's right. Evans is going to be angry enough when she finds out that I'm Head Boy, let alone if I was Head Boy and late." James got up quickly and strode over to the door with Remus right behind him.
"Well give Evans a great, big, wet kiss for me will you Prongsie?" Sirius puckered his lips at James.
"Git," James muttered as Remus laughed and slid the door shut. Together the two boys made their way up to the front of the train to the Head's compartment.
* * * * * * * * * * * Lily, Faith and Liz walked to an empty compartment towards the front of the train. Liz and Faith were used to Lily having to rush off to the Head's compartment, since she was a prefect since fifth year. The two girls wished her luck and settled themselves on the benches and began to gossip about their summers. Lily slid the door shut and headed towards the Head's compartment. As she walked, she heard the voices of other students' gossip and retellings of their various summer vacations drifting down the hall. When she finally made it to the Head's compartment she held her breath as she opened the door. She was slightly disappointed to see that the Head Boy wasn't already inside reading the letter that McGonagall left for the new Head's. As the train started to move, she bent down and picked up the letter. She was about to open the letter when a terrible thought occurred to her. "What if the Head Boy was a Slytherin? But that could only leave one person for the position. Severus Snape." Lily shuddered at the thought of Snape hissing insults about mudbloods in her ear all year. "Well, Dumbledore isn't a fool and I'm sure he will have made the right choice," she said to herself.
Lily was about to open the envelope when the she heard the door open. She turned around to see Remus Lupin entering the compartment.
"Hello Lily, how was your summer?" he asked while smiling politely.
"Hello Remus, it was lovely. How are you?" Lily noticed that he seemed a little tired and looked a little older since the spring.
"Glad to say that my summer was very eventful. I see you have made Head Girl. Congratulations! I knew that you would get it."
Lily blushed for the third time that day and mumbled a thank you. Her eyes fell to the familiar Prefects badge pinned to his robe. Her stomach sank as she looked into his eyes. "Remus, I thought for sure that you would have made Head Boy. I'm really sorry, and honestly, I am really disappointed for you." Lily's green eyes full of sincerity.
Remus smiled and waved a hand as the door opened again. Lily's stomach sank even lower when James Potter entered the room. One of his hands flew up to his hair and ruffled it, which annoyed Lily to no end.
"Are you lost trying to find the loo Potter?" Lily smiled sarcastically.
Remus and James exchanged grins. "No Evans. I'm afraid that I am in the right place." James cleared his throat and adjusted the badge on his robes. Lily was speechless for a moment as she stared at the badge. Then regaining her composure she looked from one boy to the other.
"Ha, ha Potter, very funny. I guess you two got me. Now why don't you give Remus back his badge and go find someone else to bother." Lily replied unimpressed by his juvenile prank. James's grin grew wider and found this new situation highly amusing.
"Well sorry to disappoint you Lily, but James really is the Head Boy," Remus laughed.
"Are you serious! You two aren't pranking me?" Lily looking anxiously from one to the other, her anger rising out of the pit of her stomach and rising to her cheeks. The two boys shook their heads, obviously very amused. "How could you make Head Boy Potter? Of all of the stupid, immature, arrogant, bullying, idiotic gits to receive this badge, you must be the biggest one! Dumbledore must be out of his bloody mind!" Lily shrieked, her face red with anger. James realized how cute she looked when she was so passionate about something; those emerald green eyes lit up with fire.
"Well I don't know if he's out of his mind, but we have work to do Miss Evans, so can we save the rantings for after the meeting?" James smiled at the look of shock fixed on Lily's face. He looked at the envelope in Lily's hands and reached for it. "Is that the envelope with all of our orders?" Lily stood their open mouthed and handed him the envelope.
* * * * * * * * * * * * Half an hour later Lily Evans stormed into the compartment where she had left her friends. She slammed the compartment door shut behind her. Faith and Liz looked up at Lily startled by her entrance.
"How'd the meeting go Lil?" Faith raised an eyebrow in concern due to her friends' noisy entrance. Liz straightened up next to Faith and looked at Lily concerned.
"Oh the meeting went just fabulous!" Lily threw herself down on the bench and stared out the window. Her face was beat red with anger and her eyes were permanently fixed into a glare. Liz and Faith had seen that familiar angry face many times before.
" Oh, only one person on the face of this earth could make you that steamed Lil," Liz announced. "What did he do now?"
"He made Head Boy!" Lily spat. Faith and Liz looked sideways at each other, the corners of their mouths twitching. Lily continued to stare out the window. "I mean that bloody git is going to be Head Boy! And the worst part about it is that he was acting like a responsible adult. I mean he took charge and took it seriously," Lily finished and looked at her friends in utter disbelief.
"Hmm, I sense disaster Lil. If James Potter actually turns out to be, you know 'normal', than you would have no choice but to go out with him," Faith finished with a serious look on her face. Liz giggled.
"Yeah Lily, than you'd have to marry him and Faith and I will have to wear ugly pink dresses at the fabulous wedding of Mr. And Mrs. James Potter." Liz and Faith giggled and even Lily smiled as she rolled her eyes. * * * * * * * * * * * *
"So Prongs, how did the meeting go?" Peter inquired as James and Remus strolled into the compartment.
"Wormtail my man, I have a good feeling about this year," James smirked.
Sirius woke up as the two re-entered the compartment. He surveyed James carefully as he strode over and took a seat next to him.
"Well, I don't see any hexes, burns or slap marks." Sirius raised his eyebrows. "Is your manhood still in one piece and the same size?" Remus laughed to himself, while Peter looked James up and down with a worried expression on his face.
"No Padfoot, she cursed it bigger," James chuckled. "But seriously, the meeting went really well, wouldn't you say Moony?"
Remus nodded. "Especially the part when she called you practically every bad name in the book. But other than that I think it went fine."
"Well, she hates me now, but I have a feeling that spending all of this time with me this year will have her changing her mind by Christmas," James boasted.
"Yeah she'll change her mind from thinking that you are an arrogant prat to a full blown asshole." Sirius snickered while avoiding a punch from James. "Anyway, who wants to play a game of Exploding Snap?"