Standing There By You
Ch. 27- Enlightening Indulgences
Disclaimer: Let it be known... I still don't own it.
A/N: Wow, very long chapter ahead, hope you like it ; ) Just to letcha know, there is an essay, I just wrote that last line to show James didn't remember/work on it, up until an hour before class.
Erm... I'm very scared to see your reactions to a bunch of things in this chapter... please still love me.
The Gryffindors sat on the edge of their hard wooden chairs anxiously, Professor McGonagall's brisk lecture flowing in one ear and out the other.
The majority of the class (the 'sane ones' as Grace so kindly put it) were anxious due to the fact that today was their last day of classes.
One girl, however, was anxious at the mere anticipation of the end of class, where McGonagall would pass out the essays.
"Miss Shadron," Professor McGonagall addressed the dark-haired girl, frowning slightly as she handed her a roll of parchment. "A bit lacking in content."
Grace rolled her eyes and made a face as the professor turned towards Lily. "Ah Miss Evans," she said, her voice increasingly happier as she found Lily's essay and placed it upon her desk. "An assignment such as this deserves nothing less then Outstanding."
Lily smiled and let out a sigh of relief as she scanned over her paper.
"See Lily," said Julie, "I knew you'd get a perfect paper."
"Yeah," Grace put in, setting her own parchment aside, "how..."
"Absolutely brilliant, Mister Potter," Professor McGonagall praised, beaming at the boy. "The section on the Monitaur steps was impeccable. You must have spent days on this."
"Have you heard about that new style of parchment?" Grace said loudly, trying desperately to distract Lily. "It's really very-"
"Well," James sighed modestly, "more or less."
"Oh yes," Julie added, practically yelling, "very nice, very, very nice..."
"Another Outstanding essay," she remarked, a rare smile appearing on her thin lips. "And a few extra points for that excellent concluding paragraph."
"Look, I'm a flying monkey," Grace said vainly, one last pitiful attempt to preoccupy Lily.
"Oh, you're much too kind," James said, grinning at Professor McGonagall, and as soon as she left, tilted his head towards Lily. He didn't have to say anything, however, the broad boastful grin said quite enough.
"I can't even think," Lily said, furiously slopping a cogere into their pot of a simmering blue potion. "He got more points than me! I swear, it's like everything's a big... joke to him, and then what do all of the teachers do? They bow to him, bow!"
"Yes it's all a great conspiracy," Grace agreed, nodding her head absently as she dipped a small container into the cauldron.
"Well it's just his area of expertise," Julie put in, wiping up the mess Lily was creating. "I'm positive if it were Charms you would've beat him hands down."
"He didn't spend days on it," she said spitefully, ignoring what both Julie and Grace had said. "I spent days on it. He scribbled something down while cramming sandwiches in his mouth!"
"Here Lily," Grace said, ripping off a loose thread from her robes and stringing it through the top of a tiny vial. "Wear this."
"What is it?" Lily asked, momentarily taking a break from her rant on Potter.
"I've slipped a few drops of our freezing potion in it. Should feel nice in the hot and stuffy classrooms." She turned to Julie as Lily fastened it around her neck and added, "And maybe it'll cool down her temper."
"Where'd you get this?" she asked, fingering the handiwork with interest.
"Oh, I bought a set of randomly sized vials in Diagon Alley," she told Lily. The girl nodded and looked back down at the necklace. "I nicked it from Fluent's office," she muttered to Julie.
Julie laughed softly and brought her gaze away from Grace and up to Lily. "There, you see, you're not even thinking about-"
Julie cut off abruptly and clapped a hand to her mouth, but it was too late.
"And you know what else, he doesn't even..."
That night at dinner, the Marauders sat in the Great Hall after finishing off a full and delectable meal.
"Hey, where are all the Nector Nooks?" Sirius asked, looking up after his fingers scraped the empty plate.
"Sorry, took the last one," said Remus. Looking up at Sirius, who was currently looking at Remus's plate very sneakily, he added, "And don't you dare get any ideas."
"But Remus," Sirius whined. "You know Nicholas's Nector Nooks are my absolute favor-"
"No."
"Please," said Sirius, pouting. "Here, have some of my-"
"No."
"But look..." Sirius's eyes lit up and he gave an over enthusiastic smile. "There's some plum pudding! How about you-"
"No," Remus said, giving a frustrated sigh, "you cannot have my Nector Nook, Sirius."
"Can I?" James ventured.
"No!" Remus yelled. "Nobody can have my Nector Nook!"
"Fine," huffed James.
"You don't have to be so mean about it," Sirius muttered.
The two went back to their dinners reluctantly, as Sirius looked down at his pitiful pile of pudding.
"Stupid pudding," he mumbled softly.
"Hey, do you guys have any of that new dessert... Nicholas's Nector Nooks? We're all out on our end."
Sirius looked up to see Remus's unexpected victim.
Poor, poor Grace, he thought sadly, pitying the doomed girl. She's so young, so innocent, and now she's going to have to face the wrath of the Nector Nook hoarding Remus. If only we could've warned-"
"Oh, well no- no, I took the last one," Remus said, looking up at Grace and blushing ever so slightly.
"Oh, that's oka-"
"But you can have it if you want," Remus said quickly, holding up the sweet for her.
"Oh, thanks." Grace flashed him a smile, before turning around to re-join her friends.
Remus turned back around, only to come face to face with an astonished Sirius.
"You.. gave... her... the... nooks..." Sirius said slowly, his face full of disbelief.
"So," Remus said, busying himself with scooping plum pudding onto his plate.
"You.. gave... her... the... nooks..."
"I don't see what the big deal-"
"How could you give her the nooks?!" Sirius exclaimed, clutching the sides of Remus's head dramatically. "How, Remus, how?!"
"I think the better question, my friend, is why," James put in, smiling coyly.
"What?" Remus and Sirius asked as one.
"Why did you give her the Nector Nook, Remus?" James asked, squinting his eyes with suspicion.
"I, I- don't like them.. that much," he answered lamely.
Sirius's eyes lit up and a grin appeared on his face. "Ah ha! Remus has a crush, Remus has a crush..."
"Shut up!" Remus hissed, blushing crimson. "I, I do not, and I don't have a clue what you're, well, I don't, I-"
Sirius's mouth dropped open. "You really do? Wow, I was just teasing ya mate."
"No," Remus said firmly. "I do not fancy her."
"Well," James began, sneaking a glance at Sirius, "we have one thing to say to that."
"Remus has a crush, Remus has a crush, Remus has a crush..."
After dinner was over, and much more teasing and taunting ensued, the boys made their way into the darkening corridors.
"Oh," James suddenly stopped. "Did you get next year's practice schedule from McGonagall?" he asked Sirius.
Sirius shook his head. "Nope."
"Okay, I'll go get it," he said, beginning to back-track down the hall. "I'll pick you up one too, Sirius."
He walked quickly on the winding path to Professor McGonagall's office, and only paused when he saw a familiar flash of red.
James turned the corner that led into the dungeons and was met by Lily Evans, who was currently staring at something with such intensity that it was almost frightening.
"What's wrong Evans?" James asked, walking over to Lily. "Finally take a peak in a mirror?"
For once Lily didn't retort back, but still stood gawking at the sight before her. James came closer to see what it was, and found she was looking into their Potions classroom. He looked over her shoulder to see what was so unusual, and was met by something he very much did not expect.
A strange creature was coiled on top of Professor Fluent's desk, surrounded by an icy blue liquid and broken glass. At first glance it appeared to be a snake, because of the long slender form and the way it lay coiled. It was far from an ordinary snake, though, because it seemed to have no head, and looked as if it was made of a glass-like metal. It was fairly big, taking up almost an entire desk with its coils.
"What is that thing?" James asked.
Lily finally found her voice and said, "I... I don't know."
"Of course you don't," he said, sighing in mock sadness, "I don't know why I expected-"
"Fine, then what is it?" Lily said sharply, not tearing her eyes from the creature.
"Erm... well," James scratched his head. "Well how am I supposed to know?"
Rolling her eyes, she said, "It must be a challenge, but there's no specifying colors. I don't know which team is supposed to rid of it."
James looked back at the odd animal. "I'll bet this is for anyone; first come, first serve."
"I suppose," said Lily. "But, this creature looks very advanced..."
James turned to look at her. "Well, for young juveniles such as yourself, I'm sure the challenge would be much too hard. For me, however..."
"I could handle it," Lily interjected defensively. "I'm much more educated in comprehension and in intelligence, and I've read many more boo-"
James rolled his eyes. "Just stop."
"Well it must be for extra credit or something," Lily said, brushing off his last remark, "and my team needs it."
James nodded. "Sure does."
"Well," she said briskly, "aren't you going to go get your team, then?"
James began to nod. "Sure-" suddenly he narrowed his eyes and surveyed her suspiciously, "Why... aren't you?"
"Yes," Lily said, just as skeptical. "But as soon as I turn my back, you're going to try and gain all the extra points by yourself, aren't you?"
"Well how do I know you won't do the same thing?" James shot back.
"I won't," Lily said firmly, stomping a foot for extra emphasis.
The two foes stared at one other for a while longer, each unsure of what to do.
"Well I'm not going to take the chance," Lily finally broke the tense silence. She pulled out a DADA book and started leafing through the pages. "What in the world could it be..." she mumbled to herself, turning one page after the next. She frowned. "Well the only thing it slightly resembles is the Orbantatus, but that's veneficus-"
"What?" James interrupted suddenly. "Veneficus, are you sure?"
"Yes," Lily said impatiently. "It means magically poisonous, as in-"
"I know what it means," James cut in. "But why would Professor Fides assign us something veneficus?"
James and Lily turned back towards the creature.
"Well its not exactly identical to the Orbantatus, that has gills and is a darker blue. Besides, Professor Fides must be close by, so nothing could happen," she finished with a little too much enthusiasm. Turning to James she smirked as she saw he was still staring hesitantly at the creature. "Why... you're not scared, are you?"
"No!" James exclaimed quickly, turning to glare at her. He'd like to think he was towering over the petite red-head, but as they were still only 13, her height just about matched his.
Lily cocked her head. "I think you are. Look, you're all jittery."
"I am not jittery," he proclaimed, crossing his arms defiantly. "No Potter has ever been afraid of such a trivial thing."
"There's a first time for everything," Lily said lightly, delighted at the agitation she was causing James. Usually it was the other way around.
"Well, while you're sitting there all scared and stuff," she began, as she turned back to her reference book.
"I'm not-"
"-I'm going to see what I've got to do to fight this thing," she continued, ignoring his angry protests.
Just as she flipped the page, James grabbed the book from her. "Okay, now how do I stop it..."
"Give that to me!" Lily said, snatching it back from James. "It's my book, if you're unprepared, that's your own fault."
"It doesn't matter, I don't need some dumb book anyway. Reading's for people that don't know what they're doing. I know what I'm doing, of course, but you however..."
"Oh shut up," Lily shot back. "I can't believe how much of a..."
Lily trailed off at James's sudden look of shock.
"Er... is it supposed to be doing that?"
Lily whipped around to face the creature, and found it had slithered down the leg of Professor Fluent's desk, vibrating at a dangerous rate.
"I don't think so," she gulped, her eyes wide as it came closer and closer to where they stood.
"So..." James turned to Lily, "what do we do?"
"Thought you knew everything," she said, smirking in spite of the situation. "I thought you didn't need books and such."
"Would you shove it and grab the book?" he growled.
"Fine," she huffed, rolling her eyes and reaching a hand behind her to grab the book off the desk.
She froze, however, as her hands didn't feel the familiar stiffness of her hard textbook, but rather a slimy and icy...
"Ahh!!" she screamed, backing away from the creature. It had managed to vibrate across the room and onto the desk, right on top of her text book.
"Bloody Hell!" James cried, taking large steps away from the creature. "Now... please tell me you remember something from the book."
"I..." Lily racked her mind desperately. "Well, we don't even know if it's the Orbantatus..."
"Well this is just excellent," James said bitterly. He was about to continue when Lily gasped.
The creature had recoiled and then lunged towards the girl, fluctuating violently though the air and straight for her chest.
James reached out a foot and kicked Lily hard in the shins, causing them both to tumble to the ground. They both watched as the creature, missing its target, slapped onto the ground with a sickening sloshing noise.
"That hurt," she said angrily, clutching her leg.
"I just saved your-
He didn't have time to finish, because the creature had recovered and began to venture towards her again, this time vibrating with a newfound energy.
"Why is it doing this?" Lily shouted, as it made to leap for her again, this time missing by only a few inches. "Why is it only going for me?"
"I don't know... move!"
Lily lay flat on her back as the ice-like snake dived over her. "Why is it attracted to me?!"
In any other circumstance James would've commented that he didn't know why anything would be attracted to her, but decided against it as the poisonous creature darted towards her once more.
Looking over at the frantically ducking and dodging girl, James noticed something.
"Where did you get that necklace?"
"Potter," she said angrily, "I highly doubt this is the time to discuss fashion!"
"No, what is it?" he said, following her as she scurried off the floor and began to dart across the classroom, the creature following closely behind. "It looks like-"
"It's the potion we made in class today," Lily said, a bit distracted as the creature encircled her feet.
James frowned. "You mean the Freezing Potion?"
"Yes," Lily replied, as she moved her feet in awkward positions, hopping every other second as the creature continued to slither around her. "What does that have to do with..."
"And that must've been our freezing potions beneath it," he mumbled anxiously to himself, "when we first came in. And then it ran out... it must need cold situations to thrive-"
"Ow!" Lily exclaimed, making harsh contact with the floor as the creature succeeded in intertwining and tripping her. Its long body quickly twisted around hers, and with wide eyes she looked upon the nearing creature, her breath becoming short and panicked as it drew within inches of her neck.
"Take off your necklace!" James shouted, leaping over to her.
Lily still lay paralyzed, either too shocked to move, or too tightly bound by the creature.
James ripped the loosely tied jewelry off of her neck, causing her to gasp slightly as it branded her skin. He threw the offending object across the room, and in an instant the creature redirected its path.
Both sat breathing heavily, as it pulsated across the room and gobbled up her necklace in one swift movement.
It seemed as if the potion soothed it for a moment, but as soon as the relief had come, it vanished and was replaced with a hunger for more.
"Should we get the professor?" Lily asked, her eyes following the creature's every movement. "I don't think there's anything else we can do..."
"It's blocking the doorway," he said, standing up. "And besides, I thought you wanted that extra credit."
"Well I do," she said, her indignant tone quickly replacing her terrified one. She looked around the room in search of something to help distract or destroy the object. "There's our potions!" She said suddenly, making her way to a high shelf of their freezing potions. "At least this will keep it distracted for now."
Lily stood on top of Professor Fluent's desk and reached for several vials of the blue liquid. She tossed some to James and together they threw at least a dozen bottles.
The creature emitted a sort of hissing noise of pleasure, as the glass broke around it and made a rather large pool of the misting substance.
"Here," James said, jumping up beside Lily. "Let's throw some mo-"
"Hold on," she said, grabbing his forearm. "Let's just wait until it's used all of this up, we don't want to run out immediately."
James reluctantly obliged, mostly unenthusiastic because it was Lily that had made the suggestion.
The two watched as the creature sucked up every last drop of the potion, until the fact that it had once littered the floor was highly doubtful. Just as James made to grab the rest of the vials, the creature made an odd deep grumble, the noise echoing throughout the dungeon.
"What the..." Lily started, but trailed off as the creature's body suddenly thickened and doubled to twice its size. She turned to James, frowning. "Good idea, Potter," she spat, "now look what you've done!"
James's mouth dropped open. "It was your idea!"
"This is no time to point fingers," she said, stepping off the desk. "Now, I've got to figure out what to do before this thing grows to the size of this room."
"This is no time to point fingers," James mimicked angrily, hopping off behind her.
"Okay, so... maybe I could use the Mesin spell," she said, stepping cautiously towards the creature. James was right behind her, and as the creature grew desperate for more, it began its journey across the room.
Everyone kept trooping in the same direction and in a several moments all that resulted was the creature had replaced Lily and James's positions on the desk, and the aforementioned now stood by the doorway.
"Alright," she said, taking out her wand, "I'm going to try it."
"No," James said, taking out his own. "I want to defeat it. I deserve the points because I did most of the work."
"Sure," she said sarcastically. "I'm going to take over, thank you very much."
"Not if I can get to it first," James said quickly, and in a moment the two had brandished their wands, each fighting for the predicted glory.
"Move," James demanded, as Lily stepped in front of him.
"No," she said, opening her mouth to deliver the spell.
James shoved in front of her and clumsily shouted the spell, as she elbowed him in the side.
"Look what you made me do!" he exclaimed, as the red jet of light hit far above the desk. "What a waste of..."
James trailed off as he realized what his spell had hit. The impact of it had caused the shelves to crack and, of course, the vials of potions to come tumbling with it.
"Oh my..." Lily uttered, as the freezing potions showered on the delighted creature. In a flash it grew ten times its already doubled size, causing the desk to wan and collapse under the weight.
"Okay, problem," James said, as the low grumbling noise occurred again, this time so loud it echoed across the dungeon.
"This is what happens when you try magic," she said through gritted teeth, clutching her wand as if it would protect her.
"Hey, you're the one who shoved me!" he exclaimed.
"Potter," she admonished. "This is no time to fight! Now, I don't know which exact spell to use, so I'm just going to do what I'm best at."
"You're going to do nothing?"
Lily ignored him, flipping open her bag and retrieving her Charms book. Rifling though it she stopped at several pages, and finally coming to a decision, shut it and took a step towards the creature.
"No way!" James said, hurrying beside her. "You're not going to get all of the extra credit."
Paying no heed to his protests, Lily angled herself in a position that would best corner the creature without coming too close, and raised her wand.
"Delaen Duco!"
James felt a soar of pride as his spell hit the creature. Next to him Lily let out a noise of anger, but continued with her charm nonetheless.
"Capio!"
The two stood over the now glowing creature, anticipating the outcome of their combined spells.
The offending creature had been in a slow motion pulsate, due to its increased size, but as soon as the spells had hit it, it froze, rigid and certainly immobile.
"What is going on?"
Lily and James turned around, jolted by the sudden voice. Professor Fluent's appalled and shocked expression stared back at them, his face trembling with anger.
"What is going on," he repeated, his words cool and menacing. His eyes left the childrens', and he looked around the dungeon in disbelief. Parchments, ink, and quills lay strewn about his broken desk; glass from the broken vials was scattered across the floor; desks were shifted and broken, and chairs were toppled.
"It was a challenge," James explained, brushing off some potion that had splashed upon his robes. "Professor Fides should be here any moment."
Professor Fluent brought his furious gaze up to James, and then Lily, before letting out a scowl and turning to stomp out the door in an obvious and infuriated search for Professor Fides.
James and Lily stood staring at the creature wearily, their wands ready if it decided to come to life once more.
"You're so lucky I was here," James said, his eyes not leaving the creature.
"Right," Lily spat, "because I would've never made it through without you."
"Hey, you wouldn't have lasted two seconds," he said, "remember how I dashed in front of you and protected you from the creature?"
"You kicked me in the shins and tripped over your own feet," she replied coolly. "If that's what you call protecting me..."
"You're impossible," James muttered, just as Professor Fluent swept into the room, Professor Fides at his heals.
"There, you see," the livid Potions professor said, pointing a finger at the disheveled classroom.
Professor Fides eyes were wide as he inspected the scene before him. "What.. why... how did this get in here?"
"It's a challenge, isn't it?" James said, "Well just let you know, I did most of the work, and should therefore get most, if not all, of the credit."
"A challenge," Professor Fluent pronounced, "a challenge! One of your frivolous... games has ruined my classroom, Fides!"
"He did not!" Lily exclaimed, looking over at James furiously. "If anyone should get credit around here, it should be me!"
"I can assure you, this wasn't one of my challenges," Professor Fides said, glancing around the room in astonishment.
"Right," James said, laughing ruefully. "You did all that work while you were squealing on the floor like a little baby."
"Of course you won't take the responsibility for this," Professor Fluent snapped. "Who's going to clean it up then?"
"I was not squealing!"
"It will be taken care of immediately," Professor Fides said dismissevely, walking towards the quarreling children in awe.
"Yes you were, you were squealing and you-"
"Fluent, this wasn't a challenge," Professor Fides said. "Of that I am certain."
Lily and James paused in their argument and whipped towards the teacher.
"It wasn't a challenge?" Lily admonished. "It was a real... thing?"
James frowned. "Does this mean we don't get extra credit?"
"Points will be awarded," he said, brandishing his own wand and further instilling their safety. "This is an incredibly rare species," he said, looking over it with immense interest. "It's looks as if it's a Richter, which in itself is harmless, but some sort of fallen vial must've increased its danger rate. Do you own any Spollege, Fluent?"
Professor Fluent nodded grimly, and looking over to his cabinet they witnessed a large toppled vial of a thick orange substance.
"Well that solves it then," Professor Fides said, turning back to face Lily and James. "I must say, you two make an incredible team. It's as if you were made for each other!"
"Ludicrous!" James exclaimed.
Lily made a grotesque face. "Disgusting!"
Barely surviving the angry children's death glares, Professor Fides eventually assigned them points and sent them on their quarreling way.
"I'll leave you with a last, 'you're welcome,'" James said, bowing mockingly to Lily as they approached the common room.
"You didn't do anything," she grumbled, turning towards her staircase.
"Yes I did," he grinned, "and I'll keep reminding you of it until you accept it."
"The year's almost over," she replied, irritated, "at least I won't have to endure it for that long."
"Oh don't worry," he said, turning to his own dormitory. "I'll remind you next year, and the next year, and the next year..."
A/N: Gah! The never ending chapter has ended. Sorry if it's abrupt, but that's the end of third year. It's just the whole, 'they waved goodbye and the train roared to a stop at the station' was getting tiring. Oh, and very sorry about the lame names. Nicholas's Nector Nooks? Don't ask me. And do they even have plum pudding? ::sigh:: I'm tired. Erm... like I said before, please don't hate me : )
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