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Author's Note: Hi Everyone. I'm updating this story! Yeah! It's only been over 2 weeks since I updated! I am really really sorry about that. Really.
I have decided that over Winter Break I'll start maybe one or two more James and Lily stories,since I have a few ideas in mind at the moment. I don't know for certain if I will,but it's possible. I know I'm not that best author,but I like writing stories,so I'm still gonna write 'em.
I will also be starting another story either this weekend or next weekend,I'm not sure. It will not be a James/Lily story. It'll still be a romance story,just not James/Lily. The story will be on So if you like romance fic's you can come check mine out when I get it up,if you want.
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Chapter 5-Snidget Drawings and Palm Reading Sessions
"Evans,Harrison. Georgette,Johnson. Black,Lupin-sorry,Lupine. Yes,Mr.Black,you will work with Mr.Lupine. Ahem,Potter,Yamford. Gracie,Pettigrew. . ."
Lily joined Sarah Harrison,by a willow tree,after their names were called. "Hi,Sarah." She said cheerfully.
"Hey,Lily." Sarah said,looking somewhat pale.
Lily frowned,"Is something wrong?"
"I'm not feeling great. Awful actually." Sarah admitted.
The two girls chatted till Professor Kettleburn,their Magical Creatures professor,silenced the class,"Class,today we will be working-working. . .working with. . .with. . .Mr.Black! If you will kindly stop throwing mud at Mr.Eggbert I would appreciate that greatly. Thank you. As I was saying,today we will be working with. . ." Professor Kettleburn,sighed as Peter stuck her hand in the air,"Yes Mr.Pettigrew?"
"Sir,you see,sir,I tripped and fell on a rock,sir. It,well,ripped them,sir." Peter stated,embarressed. A few small snickers were heard throughout the class.
Kettleburn sighed and rolled his eyes.
How tiring this job could be sometimes. It was definitely Monday.
"Mr.Pettigrew,I am amazed. The lesson hasn't even started and you've somehow managed to have some sort of accident. . .go back to your dorm and change pants. Then come straight back,we have work to be done!" Kettleburn said sternly.
Peter nodded quickly and started to scamper away only to fall head first 10 yards away. Peter go up and waved to Kettleburn and the class,"I'm okay! No need to worry,I'm okay." Then ran. More snickers were heard.
Professor turned from the class and chuckled some. He shook his head and turned back to the class,"As I was saying. Today we will be working with snidgets. Can anyone tell the class a few facts about the snigets?" Kettleburn asked,walking to a fairly large cage cover with a clothe.
Lily immediately raised her hand.
Kettleburn smiled,"Yes Ms.Evans?" He called one of his favorite and brightest students.
"Well,sir,snidgets are birds that were once used in quidditch. Before snitches were invent,snidgets were used. Snidgets were at the brink of extinction so the snitch was developed and put in the snidgets place. Snidgets have red eyes and a long thin beak. The birds are golden and very fast,like a snitch obviously." Lily explained,looking at the cage.
"Correct you are,Ms.Evans. 10 points to Gryffindor." Kettleburn said.
The Gryffindors cheered as Lily flushed.
"Now. . ." Kettleburn muttered raising his hand to the clothe and slowly pulling it off.
Inside were at least 10 golden colored birds in the cage,flying around as Lily said,very fast.
"You will get with your partner and observe the birds habits,features,etc. One of you will have to do some sort of drawing of the bird,while the other must do an essay. Your drawing doesn't have to be perfect. It will be a grade. Alright,you may move around,get where you can see the snidgets. Oh and please do not put your fingers in the cage and don't feed the snidgets. I've had enough of students feed the poor birds cauldron cakes and getting them sick. Oh and don't touch the cage!" Kettleburn stated,rushing out the way of 20 7th year students as they hastily made their way to the cage.
"Ah,Mr.Pettigrew. Your pants problem is solved,I hope." Professor Kettleburn said as Peter returned in a different pair of pants. Peter nodded and walked to his partner,watching the ground as he walked,not wanting to trip again.
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"You don't look to good,Sarah. Maybe you should ask to see Madame Pomfrey." Lily said 5 minutes later.
"No,I'm fine,really,I am. Just a little queasy that's all." Sarah muttered,watching the snidgets buzz around in their cage.
"Ok,if your sure. I just think you don't look to well and you might-"
Sarah hurled.
"-Might throw up. . ." Lily trailed off weakly as she slowly started to pat Sarah back as she bent over. "Professor!" She called to Kettleburn.
A few pairs around them moaned and edged away. James and Anna Yamford had just walked by as she threw up. Now Anna wasn't feeling so great either.
"-I just get a little queasy around stuff like that." Anna said,meaning Sarah throwing up.
"Your sure? Maybe you should head to Madame. . ." James paused trying to remember the hospital wings nurse,". . .Madame Pomfrey."
"No,I'll be,ugh. . .maybe your right. . ." Anna trailed off stumbling up and walking off to Professor Kettleburn to inform him of her leaving. James followed,reluctantly though. Sarah puked everywhere.
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"Well,Mr.Potter,Ms.Evans,it seems you two are partnerless. You two can be partners now. Ms.Yamford and Ms.Harrison can be partners and come later on when their feeling better." Kettleburn said,then walked off.
Anna and Sarah both left for the hospital wing,pale and groaning the whole time.
Lily and James stood next to each other for a moment,looking around them.
"So." James said.
"Yeah." Lily replied.
"I guess we're partners." James stated.
"Yeah." Lily replied,"What would you like to do?"
"To do?" James asked in bewilderment.
"Yes,the essay or the drawing?" Lily asked.
"Oh! I mean,er,the drawing I guess." James replied. This assignment would be easy. Just draw a bird.
"Alright I'll do the essay." Lily replied cheerfully,as though she liked doing essays.
James just shook his head and went to gather his stuff from where it laid before Anna left.
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"Done!" James said,holding his drawing an arms link away. "What do you think?" He asked look over at Lily,who was writing furiously on a roll of parchment.
Lily looked up slowly at James' drawing. She broke out in a grin. Then covered her mouth,shoulders shaking.
"What? I know it's not that great,but come on. . ." James said to Lily.
Lily only shook her head and laughed harder.
James growled,"What can you do better?" He asked.
Lily stopped laughing for a moment,"James,a troll could do better than you."
"Well. Why don't you do the stupid picture thing." James huffed.
"I wasn't trying to insult you or anything,it's just that the drawing is-is,hahahaha!" Lily started laughing again at the drawing.
James balled the drawing up and chucked it at Lily.
"Hey!" Lily exclaimed,chucking a hand full of leaves at James.
"Well don't make fun of my drawings and I won't throw paper wads at you!" James said loudly back,a grin threatening to play on his face.
"I wasn't making fun of your stupid draw-"
James cut her off,"You just did!"
"I did not!" Lily protested.
"Did too-" James stopped abruptly as a stick was thrown at his head. He swerved his head around to see a grinning Sirius. "What?" He asked.
"Look at my snidget!" Sirius yelled 20 feet away,holding up his parchment.
James bit his lip,it didn't look that bad. Compared to his.
Lily broke out in laughter as she saw it.
James pushed her and got out a roll of parchment from his bag,ready to start his essay.
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"Class dismissed! Make sure you turn in your essays and drawings,class! They are for a grade! That means you too,Ms.Tate!" Professor Kettleburn shouted as the 7th years rushed off towards the castles,ready for lunch to come.
"We're going to fail this." Lily stated gloomily as her and James walked up to Professor Kettleburn with their essay and drawing.
"Naw. He said the picture doesn't have to be perfect." James pointed out.
Lily sighed,"The drawing isn't even good. It looks like pixie with red eyes and a rather short beak."
"It's better then mine,I guess." James mumbled,remembering his drawing.
"Your right." Lily agreed.
James glared,"Thanks,Lily."
Lily smiled up at him,"Well,if it makes you feel better,I saw Evenlyn Greghams drawing. Let's just saying that yours looked like a masterpiece compared to hers and mine looked like the 16th wizarding world wonder compared to hers."
There's 15 world wonders in the wizarding world,by the way.
James laughed and glanced back at the snidgets.
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"Look what those little buggers did to my finger!" Sirius exclaimed moodily as he stuck his right thumb in each of the Marauders faces as they began walking to the castle.
Lily met up with her friends,who waited for her as she turned in her assignment with James.
"Woah! That one big gash,Sirius! Does it hurt?" Peter asked in awe as he looked at the thumb.
"Oh no,it stings a bit,but not much." Sirius said smugly.
Remus rolled his eyes and poked Sirius wounded thumb,making Sirius yelp in pain. "Oh no,it doesn't hurt a bit. Pfft. What? Did the birds have it in for you,Sirius? Were they saying,'Kill Sirius' finger,must kill Sirius' finger.'? Or 'Die,Sirius,die.'?" Remus asked.
James and Peter snickered,then turned their snickers into coughes as Sirius glared.
"Actually I think they did. I barely even touch the cage,before they pecked their beaks at my thumb." Sirius replied.
"Hmmm,if I remember correctly,we weren't suppose to touch the cage. And I saw you. You stuck your whole thumb right inside the cage,saying 'Come here,Goldy! Here,Goldy!'." Remus replied to Sirius with a smirk.
James and Peter burst out laughing while Sirius scowled.
"How'd your drawing turn out,Pete?" Sirius asked,changing the subject.
Peter stopped laughing and sighed miserablely,"I didn't do the drawing,I did the essay. George said he was better at drawing then at essays,but I'm awful at essays!"
"Well,I did the essay and it was pretty easy to me." Remus said.
The other three snorted,"Maybe because you do like 10 essays a day." Peter replied.
Remus scowled,"Oh I'm sorry I do my homework,unlike some people." He said pointedly look from Peter to Sirius to James.
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"Wonder where Lily's going." James pondered aloud as they watched ahead of them as Lily seperated from her friends and walked up the staircase next to the Great Hall.
"Probably to the library." Sirius said with a roll of his eyes.
"There's nothing wrong with going to the library." Remus protested.
"Yeah and I'm a polish officer." Sirius said with a snort.
"A what?" James asked.
"A polish officer." Sirius replied.
"A polish officer. . ." Remus muttered to himself,". . .oh! A police officer! We just studied about them in muggle studies,Sirius. Where you sleeping or throwing paper wads at Snape's head?"
"Sleeping,I think. . .where are you going?" Sirius asked,as James began to walk off.
"Oh I have to go talk to Lily about some heads stuff." James said with a wave of his hand.
"Right. . ." Remus trailed off as they watched his walk up the staircase.
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"Hey."
"James? What are you doing here?" Lily asked suprised as James greeted her on the 2nd floor.
"Oh I thought we could talk about heads stuff. Unless you had other stuff you had to do. . ." James trailed off.
"Oh no,that's fine. I was just heading to the library. Essays to do,you know." Lily said tugging at her bag.
James looked out a window and rolled his eyes,Sirius was right. "Oh yeah."
Silence.
"Sirius got pecked at by one of the snidgets back at Care of Magical Creatures." James blurted,getting rid of the silence.
LIly chuckled,"Let me guess. Black didn't listen to Professor Kettleburn and stuck his hand in the cage."
James nodded.
"He acts like a hyper 4-year-old." Lily said.
"You act like a 80-year-old cranky old maid." James said in defense of his friend.
Lily's lips pursed and she glared at James,"Oh I do,do I? Well,I doubt you'd want to spendyour lunchtime in the library with 'a 80-year-old cranky old maid'." She huffed and began to walk off.
"Wait! I,uh,I didn't mean it like that. It's just,he's my friend. It's not like I go around critising your friends,do I?" James asked.
Lily stopped and turned to him,"Oh no,Potter. You don't. Instead you go around critising me!"
"What! When have I do that!" James yelled in disbelief.
"Argh,you know what,go back to lunch with your friends. I don't want to spend lunch with you!" Lily shouted and walked off.
"Fine,I will!" James yelled back and stormed off in the opposite direction.
"Fine!" Lily yelled back.
"Fine!" James yelled.
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(10:00pm,that night)
"Come on,Potter."
"What? Why?" James asked as Lily stood next to him as he sat,playing a game of explode and snap with Remus.
"Patrol." Lily replied simply.
"Right." James answered,standing up.
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"What about a ball." James said half an hour later as they walked in silence around the castle.
"What?" Lily snapped.
"A ball. For a school event. We could host a ball." James replied,ignoring Lily's coolness.
"I don't know. . ."
"Why not?" James asked.
"Because that's what the heads always do. A ball." Lily answered.
"Well,what do you have in mind? A scavenger hunt?" James asked sarcastically.
Lily glared,"No. We could do a. . .a. . .I don't right now!"
James rolled his eyes and turned away from her.
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(Divination,next day)
". . .Fitzburger,Harley. Gordan,Lupin. Lupine,Black. . ."
Sirius groaned and his head on his table while the rest of the Marauders snickered.
Sirius seemed lucky enough to get partnered with John Lupine in just about every class.
". . .Lupin,Jeremy. Fary,Murster. Potter,Evans. . ."
Lily and James in unison also bang their head on their tables.
"Alright,7th years,today we will be doing a review of palm reading. N.E.W.T.'s covers a lot of basis,so we need to go over as much as we can." Professor Orca explained as the group switched around to their partners.
Lily remained frozen in her seat,not making any sign of moving to James' table.
James took a deep breath and walked to Lily's table and sat down in the empty seat across from her,"Er,Lily." He greeted.
She nodded curtly to him,arms crossed.
"Uh,what are we suppose to do?" James asked,not remembering palm reading. Well,he couldn't remember anything. . .
Lily sighed heavily and uncrossed her arms,then opened her divination book to page 62.
"Alright what you do is hold out your hand,palm up." LIly explained.
"That all?" James asked,holding out his hand,palm up.
"No,doofus." Lily muttered,shaking her head,then grabbed James' hand,examining his palm.
"Well,you don't have to be all-"
"All cranky? Like a 80-year-old cranky old maid?" Lily asked,irritated,looking in her book now.
"You hold grudges too long." James pointed out.
"It happened yesterday,Potter. And also I don't like being called old and cranky."
"I never said you were old! You aren't old,your,uh,17!" James argued uncertainly. He wasn't sure how old she actually was.
"You said I was cranky though." Lily pointed out.
"You are." James pointed out.
You know what,let's forget it,Potter. From what I'm reading you'll live to a ripe old age with 10 children and 27 grandchildren. Oh and you'll be bald by the age of 34." Lily said carelessly.
"What? No way! You made that up!" James protested,examining his hand.
"Maybe the children and grandchildren part,but the bald part probably is true,with the way you mess it up 12,000 times a day." Lily replied moodily.
James glared and grabbed Lily hand roughly,then opening his book to page 62,mumbling curses the whole time.
He turned her palm face up and looked closely at the lines.
"What do you see,Potter?" Lily asked tiredly.
"It's James and all I see is your palm and a bunch of lines,Lily." James answered. He ran his finger over her palm slowly.
(Okay,I have no clue about palm reading and that stuff)
That line could mean prosperity. . .or child birth. . .or marriage. . .or death. . .or constipation. . .constipation? Oops,read it wrong. Compensation. . .or it could mean anything! James thought to himself in frustration.
Meanwhile Lily was getting impatient with Potter.
Her hand was small compared to his large calloused hand. Lily's was soft and warm.
James sighed in depression. Could this get any worse?
First he has to be partners with Lily. Then Lily has to be cranky,yes cranky. Then he can't figure the stupid palm reading out. And finally he has to go and think about her hand.
"Potter,just make a guess. More than half the time this stuff isn't right. Actually this stuff is hardly ever right." Lily said,watching him as he sighed again.
She made to snatch her hand away,only for James to tighten his grip on her hand. "Are you going mad,Potter?" Lily asked,tugging at her hand.
"Give me two more minutes,Lily." James replied,glancing back at his book.
Lily scoffed and stopped pulling her hand back,"Whatever. . .James."
Lily looked around the room. Everyone else seemed content with their partners. . .except for Sirius Black,who sat with his elbow on his table with Lupine(not looking really excited either)across from him.
Sirius saw her look and winked roguishly.
Lily scowled and was about to hiss 'Idiot!' to him when she stopped.
James was rubbing her palm.
She doubted it was for palm reading purposes either.
Lily turned back in a daze,blushing furiously. She gulped and snatched her hand back.
"Why'd you do that? I had it almost!" James asked.
Lily bit her lip and shifted some.
"What have you predicted,Children?" Professor Orca's voice said as she walk over to James and Lily's table.
Lily's head snapped up and held tightly to her parchment which she wrote her predictions down.
James looked at her strangely before also grabbing his parchment.
Lily did not tell the professor about James being bald at 34,to James suprise,and to James' suprise again,Lily seemed to have taken this palm reading session more seriously then he thought for she had different prediction.
He would not live to be 25.
It brought chills to him. Was Lily just trying to spook him? Or was she actually predicting that? She seemed serious when she said it. Her eyes flickered to his for moment before looking back at her parchment.
Then it was James' turn.
He had predicted that Lily would have her hair dyed blonde soon and that she would get a pet kneazle. Whatever that was. James didn't know. He just followed what the book said.
Lily raised an eyebrow at him as Professor Orca stared with a tilted head at him,"Er,well,that's good,children,very nice." Then walked slowly off.
"A kneazle? Blonde?" Lily asked once the professor was out of hearing range.
James shrugged,"That's what the book says. What's with your prediction? Planning on murdering me soon,Lily?"
"Don't be stupid. That's what I found after examining your palm. . .James." Lily replied.
"Oh." Was all James said.
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"He was whating your hand?" Emma(Emmaline Vance) asked in disbelieve later that night in the girls dorm.
"I know!" Lily agreed hysterically.
"I can't believe it. Are you sure that wasn't just part of the whole palm reading thing?" Alice questioned.
"I don't think that was part of palm reading. . .oh Merlin. It's Potter. He was. . .was. . .rubbing my hand!" Lily cried gloomily.
"I know it's just awful,Lily. I'm sure it was very traumatizing We'll help you get through. . .Lily! Are you blushing?" Emma asked. Alice looked at Lily in bewilderment.
"What? No. I'm just. . .hot. This dorm is hot. Let's open a window." Lily replied stumbling to the window.
"No! It's winter,Lily. It's cold!" Alice exclaimed,getting up and blocking the window from Lily.
"Just admit it,Lily. Your blushing." Emma said in amusement.
Lily scoffed,"And why would I be blushing? It's Potter for Merlin's sake!"
"Because you liked it when he was rubbing your hand. Because you like James Potter." Emma said slyly.
LIly's eyes narrowed,"Take that back,Emma!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No,because it's the truth! Lily loves Ja-mes,Lily loves Ja-mes!" Emma said in a sing-song voice as she skipped out the 7th year girls dorm door and down the girls staircase.
Lily groaned in frustration and ran after Emma,leaving Alice standing by the window with a smile on her face.
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Author's Note: That's the end of chapter 5! Hope it was worth more than two weeks of waiting. Toodles!
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