How to live life
Chapter 4
A/N: Hello everyone! Thanks for coming back to my story! I had to rush to get this chapter done before weekends end, just like the last chapter, sorry about that! I just sometimes forget about my own story because I am so busy reading others! I will try to spend more time on this one though, I promise. Winter break is coming up for me soon, this Friday is my last day actually, so I will try to write some more chapters than usual. I already have some cool ideas for later chapters when the Potter-Weasley clan go home for their Christmas break, but that is far off in the story. But you guys probably had enough of my gibber jabber, you probably just want to read the story! So here is goes!
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bookworm0128: I am glad you liked the chapter. I also think James liking a redhead is pretty cliché, but I was pressed for time and that was really one of the first things that came to my head, I will probably make some jokes about how cliché it is in future chapters. I also am glad to hear that you still liked it and would keep reading my story regardless. Thanks a bunch! I really appreciate you taking the time to review my story, it means a lot to me :)
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"AHHHHHHHHH"
Victoire woke to a scream that morning. Being Head Girl, she figured she should go check to see whoever screamed was okay. She was not surprised to see that the scream came from a third year dormitory, more specifically, Ella's dormitory.
"Is everything-" Victoire started to say then stopped because she saw what happened. One of James Potter's horrible attempts to get Ella to go out with him, but this one, this one went too far. James Potter was on his broom outside the window with a cheeky grin on his face. He had a sign in his hand that said, "Will you go out with me, Smith?"
James' grin disappeared when he caught sight of Victoire in the room. As she started to walk over to the window, James flew off.
"He is such an ass!" Ella screamed.
"Yeah, that was a bit too far," Victoire told her with a sigh.
"It was WAY too far! He is such a creep! Did he really expect me to say yes to that! Who flies up to a girls room at what? What time is it?" asked Ella.
"It's around seven" Victoire told her.
"At freakin' seven in the morning?" finished Ella.
"James the prat Potter is who," said Ella's roommate and best mate Vanessa Cattermole.
Ella ran to the bathroom in rage and slammed the door. "Well I'll see you girls around, tell Ella that James is getting in trouble for that little stunt he pulled, okay?" Victoire said.
"Ok," they all said in unison.
Victoire then left their dorm and went back to her own. She fell on her bed to get a few more minutes of sleep, but forgot how her friends were.
"What was all that commotion about?" asked Olivia.
"Guess?" Victoire said with a cheeky grin.
"What did James, Fred, and Louis do?" asked Chloe with a laugh.
"I think it was just James, but Fred and Louis probably contributed to it. But anyway, James tried to ask your sister out again, Chloe, but went a bit too far," said Victoire with a sigh.
"Poor Ella, what did that ass you call a cousin do to my dear sister this time," Chloe asked.
"Well he went on his broom and flew up to the window right next to Ella's bed, but that's not all, he had a sign with him that said, 'would you go out with me.' I'm guessing he probably knocked on the window, which scared her, causing her to scream," Victoire told them.
"He didn't!" Olivia gasped.
"He sure did, but I should get ready so I can give that damn boy a yelling," Victoire told them as she headed to the bathroom.
It never takes Victoire long to get ready, so she was done in about five minutes. She went downstairs to the common room to find James on the couch with his head in his hands and Fred patting him on the back. Victoire actually felt bad for James sometimes, she could tell he meant well with his last attempt. Victoire went and sat next to James on the couch and said, "I know you're upset, but I do have to punish you."
"Please don't, I promised Dad I wouldn't get a detention the first week of school," James pleaded.
"James, you broke like two rules. First you went on your broom before hours. Secondly you disturbed everyone in the Gryffindor girl dormitory," Victoire told him.
"Hey, that second one isn't a rule!" James told her in his defense.
"No, but you should know better than to mess with girls and their sleep," Victoire said.
"I didn't know she was going to scream, I thought she would think it was sweet," James said in his defense.
"Honestly James, how did you think she would react when she was woken up by you, her worst nightmare?" Victoire told him.
James looked down at the floor sheepishly. "That's what I thought, James, you have detention with Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest tomorrow night. Talk to him to see what time to meet him. Be thankful I assigned your detention to Hagrid and that I didn't tell Mcgonagall, now if you will accuse me, I would like to make sure Al, Alice, Rose, and Scorpius didn't get too lost on their way to the Great Hall," said Victoire as she walked out of the common room.
"I can't believe my brother is friends with a Malfoy," James grunted.
"He doesn't seem that bad, I mean, imagine the courage it took to talk back to the sorting hat!" Fred said in Scorpius's defense.
"You like Malfoy?" James asked with an eyebrow raised.
"I don't know, James, but I do know I am not prejudiced like you," Fred told his friend.
"Hey! I am not prejudiced, I am just saying with our families past that they shouldn't be associating with one another," James told him.
"Sure, James, sure," Fred said sarcastically as he got up and made his way to exit the common room.
James yelled back to him, "I am not prejudiced!"
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"Albus, are you sure we are going the right way?" Scorpius asked his friend.
"To be honest, I'm not sure anymore," Albus said sheepishly.
"I told you guys not to follow Albus, he always gets us lost, right Rose?" Alice grunted.
Rose nodded, "Sorry Al, but you do always get us lost. Remember that time in the forest behind your house when you-"
"Yeah, yeah," interrupted Albus.
"What happened?" Scorpius asked curiously.
Alice laughed and started to say, "he-"
"This is not the time for backstories," Albus said urgently.
They all laughed expect for Albus, who grunted in response.
"You guys lost?" Victoire asked them as she arrived on the scene.
"Yes, Albus got us all lost like he always does," grunted Rose.
"Ha! Remember that time in the forest-" Victoire started to say until Albus interrupted.
"We will not speak of that day, okay?" Albus said.
Everyone laughed at Albus's discomfort for the conversation. "I really need to know what happened," Scorpius said.
"We'll tell you later when Al isn't around to stop us," Alice told him with a laugh.
Albus grunted, "Weren't you here to help us get to the Great Hall, not embarrass me, Vic?"
"Yeah I was, but embarrassing you just added to my enjoyment. Anyway, come on guys," Victoire said as they started to make their way to the Great Hall.
"Vic, what was that scream about this morning?" Rose asked her cousin.
"What scream?" asked a confused Albus.
"It was Ella," Victoire told them.
The four looked at each other in confusion because Victoire said it as if they knew who she was. "Who's Ella?" asked Albus.
Victoire gasped, "Wait, you don't know who Ella is, Ella Smith, doesn't that ring a bell?"
All four of them shook their heads in disagreement, which just caused Victoire to gasp again, then say,"wow, that surprises me, I thought you would here that name all the time, at least you Albus."
"Why? Is she famous or something, I mean, I never seen her name on anything or anywhere, and I should know," said Alice.
"No, No, she is my best mates little sister, she is also James' crush that he talks about all the time and asks out on the hour every hour, then she rejects him every time," said Victoire with a laugh.
"Oh, we heard Fred say something about her on the train, but James rushed out of the compartment," said Rose.
"Well, he is probably embarrassed, that's why none of us ever said anything. We, all the cousins, thought he probably got enough of it at home, but no, well now he is going to get tons of embarrassment from it," Victoire said with a laugh.
"She is a redhead, isn't she?" asked Rose.
"She sure is," Victoire said.
"Well, you know what they say about Potter men, they got a thing for read heads. I mean, my mom is a redhead and my grandma was too," Albus told them.
"So you are going to marry a redhead too, Al," asked Victoire with a cheeky grin.
"Well if history repeats, I mean it seems to run in the family, so probably, but hey! I could break tradition," said Albus as they arrived in the Great Hall.
They saw that Frank was already there, waiting for some of his friends to show up. When he saw them he smiled. "Hey isn't it my mistake of a brother," said Alice as she sat down across from him.
"Ugh! Do you always have to mention that! Just because I was unplanned does not make me a mistake," said Frank defensively.
"You know I'm only joking, Mum and Dad love you, don't let it get to you every time," Alice said with a laugh.
"Let me guess, Victoire found you guys lost in the halls because Al got everyone lost," said Frank with a laugh.
Albus just blushed and looked suddenly more interested in his food. "Why does everyone guess it is me who gets us lost," asked Albus.
"Because you always get us lost," Rose told him.
"You do Al, remember that time in the forest-" Frank started to say.
"We do not talk about that day" Albus said as if he could lose it any second.
Scorpius laughed and said, "I really need to know what happened, the suspense is killing me."
Albus put his face in his hands and said, "Merlin, help me."
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"Louis!" screamed Fred.
"What?" asked an annoyed Louis.
"Where have you been mate? We haven't seen you since the train ride?" James asked his cousin.
Louis smirked, "Well, you see, Gabbie Burke and I were-"
"Louis! Seriously! We just got back and you're already playing with the ladies!" Fred exclaimed.
James laughed and rolled his eyes, "Anyway, it's prank time buddy."
Louis Weasley is the youngest and only boy of Bill and Fleur Weasley. He has blonde Veela hair, ice blue eyes, and the Weasley freckles. His Veela charm worked on all the girls and constantly had them falling at his feet. James, Fred, and Louis were all partners in crime. James is the arrogant jock, Fred is the goof everyone loves, and Louis is the chick magnet aka pretty boy. Together they are the Golden Marauders.
"Let's go," said Louis will an evil grin on his face.
"Well Louis, sadly we can't start the prank until about four in the morning tomorrow, but we are making sure we have everything because it is going to be epic, our best yet, and it can't have any hiccups," said Fred.
"So you really got Lily to nick a bunch of portkeys from the ministry?" asked Louis in shock.
"I sure did, they should be coming in with the Owls soon, we need to get going," said James.
"Wow, Lily really is badass," said Fred.
"She sure is," said James proudly and the trio made their way down to the Great Hall.
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Olivia, Chloe, and Luke all arrived in the Great Hall eventually, and they all were anxiously anticipating the Golden Marauders back to school prank. The Golden Marauders arrived soon after those three, and you could tell, just by the look on their faces, they were up to something. They then sat down next to the rest of their family and their friends.
"Hey everybody, what's up?" asked Fred.
"What are you guys up to?" asked Victoire.
"Oh dear sister, why would we be up to something?" Louis asked, trying to act innocent.
"Well, because you guys do a welcome back to Hogwarts prank every year and one has not happened yet," said Dom, who just entered the Great Hall and sat down next to Rose.
None of them responded because the Owls just arrived. All of them had a letter from home which they all rushed to open. It said the usual, "Congrats on making Gryffindor," and, "we miss you," to the first years. For the rest it just said we miss you, nothing special. But Scorpius frowned at his letter, they all could tell Scorpius' parents were not too happy about him making Gryffindor, but no one said anything about it to him. Then a decent sized package landed in front of James. The trio grinned at each other and rushed out of the Great Hall before anyone could say anything to them.
"Well that was odd," said Alice.
"It was probably something to help them with their prank," sighed Victoire.
They all sighed along with her, knowing that they were in for some trouble soon.
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The trio ran back up to their dormitory as fast as they could. Luckily for them they only had each other as roommates due to the fact that McGonagall didn't what them corrupting anymore of her students. So they never had to worry about someone busting their parade in their own room. They all sat down around a table which took place where two beds used to be. All wondering what Lily managed to get them on short notice. When they opened it there was a note attached which said...
Dear James,
How could I let you down big bro, I will always help you with your pranks! This one you described to me in your previous letter seems really awesome though, you are going to have to show me in Dad's pensive over break. But anyway, I managed to get a lot of portkeys. I just asked dad if I could go to work with him today and we both know he would never turn me down! When he left his office for a meeting I snuck around the Ministry and found a whole corridor full of portkeys. I only grabbed common things like door knobs, quills, utensils, stuff like that. I even tricked dad into putting an extensible charm on this box before he left for his meeting. They're way more portkeys in the box than you think due to that. I'm the best, aren't I? Anyway, I hope your prank goes as planned. Write me if you need anything else. Also tell Al I miss having him around and most importantly please don't get caught and have the portkeys confiscated, I worked bloody hard to get those.
Love Lily
And with that the trio when through the box. Lily really did do a good job, she got them a lot of portkeys. The trio then started to program them where they wanted each portkey to lead to, and with that, left them in a box and started to make their way to class, longing for tomorrow, so they can see their prank in action
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The Gryffindor first years first class was Potions with the Slytherins, taught by the one and only Professor Slughorn. 19 years may have past since the end of the war, but Gryffindor and Slytherin still didn't get along and prejudices still remained. Albus had heard a lot about Professor Slughorn. His parents and James told him that he will probably try to recruit him, Rose, and Alice to his Slug club due to their parents. He tried to get James in it awhile back when he was a first year, but quickly decided against it seeing how much James was like his grandfather. The only Weasley who met his expectations was Victoire so far. It seemed Slughorn would never retire, he had to be very old.
When they arrived in class, Albus and Scorpius sat together and Alice and Rose sat together. The Slytherins were sneering at all the Gryffindor's as they walked in, which was typical. Class went smoothly, Slughorn introducing some material they will be covering, and each house ignoring one another. At the end he called Albus and Rose over to talk to him. "Hello Albus, Rose, it is nice to meet you both, I had both your parents and grandparents, what extraordinary wizards they are. Anyway, I would like to invite you guys to a club of mine, it will be next Friday. I would love to add you to my club, your cousin Victoire is in it currently, a talented girl she is, but you guys should be off to your next class, pip pip," said Slughorn as he turned back to his office and Rose and Albus left.
"I guess we have to go, don't we," said Rose with a sigh.
"Yeah, it was more of a demand rather than an invitation," said Al as they arrived at the Quidittch pitch for flying lessons with Madame Jones.
Madame Jones, professionally known as Gwenog Jones, is a retired quidittch captain of the Holyhead Harpies. She was captain for Albus' mom, Ginny, for her first two years on the team, Ginny took over the role as captain after that. Albus and Rose settled by Alice and Scorpius and began the lesson. It was the simple things on how to get your broom up and the basics of flying, nothing too exciting. Madame Jones said Albus was amazing, took after his parents, and could probably make the Gryffindor Quidittch team next year. Rose also did pretty well, she took more after her dad when it came to Quidittch, she is an amazing Keeper. Scorpius is pretty good too, would probably make a good chaser, but Alice, poor Alice could not stay on a broom for her life, one of the few traits she got from her father. The rest of their day went smoothly and by the end they all threw theirselves down on the common room couch, little did they know they they would get their first glimpse at an Ella and James scene.
"Go away Potter," Ella shrieked.
"Come on Smith, you know you love me," said an arrogant James Potter, with a chuckling Fred Weasley following him and sitting down next to the four first years.
"Is that the girl James likes?" asked Albus with a cheeky grin on his face.
Fred smiled back and said, "Yes it is, that is Miss Ella Smith, the girl James can never have."
"I do not love you, Potter, I hate you, and I've had enough of you, will you just leave me alone, don't you have some prank to be doing," shrieked an outraged Ella.
"Is she American, it sounds like she has an American accent to me," asked Rose.
"Yeah, her and her sister, Chloe, Vic's best mate, are American ," said an amused Fred.
"Why does she go here then, or did she move to England or something?" asked Alice.
"No, she lives in America, apparently she goes here because her parents are rich pure bloods who wanted her to go to the school many war heroes went to. I don't think that's the real reason though, but that is what her and her sister say," said Fred.
"Why don't you think that is the real reason?" asked Scorpius.
"Well because they're war heroes that are Americans too, and they're many other countries with war heroes too. I think something is going on, but of course she would never tell us, she hates us," said Fred with a laugh.
"But doesn't Vic know? I mean, her best mate sure would have told her the truth," asked Alice.
"No, Chloe says the same thing, but she also seems kind of secretive when it comes to that topic, but look guys, I think Ella is gonna punch him," said Fred as the five turned their attention back to Ella and James.
"Oh Smith, don't play hard to get," said James as he tried to lean in for a kiss.
Ella slapped him hard in the face and kneed him in the balls. She then stormed back up to her dormitory as James fell to the floor in pain. Fred rushed over to aid to his friend. "You okay mate?" asked Fred in a soothing tone.
"I will, but dang that girl got a strong arm, being a chaser has served her well," said James as he got up.
"Uh, James what was that all about," asked Albus as he walked over to James acting as if he didn't know anything about him and his crush.
James sighed and started to say"Oh that, that was just-" then rushed up to his dormitory.
"He's just embarrassed, I will go check on him, see you guys later," said Fred as he rushed up to his best mate.
"That may have been funny, but I kind of feel for James," said Albus with a frown.
"Yeah, he seemed really embarrassed when you asked, Al," said Alice as she patted Albus on the back.
"Well enough about James, let's go get some food, I'm starving," said Scorpius.
Rose sighed and said, "You're always hungry Scorp, I don't know who's worse, you or my dad."
Scorpius just shrugged in response and the four friends made their way down to the Great Hall.
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The Golden Marauders skipped dinner that night, they were too busy planning their prank. It had to be perfect because if mistakes were made, not only would they feel shame, but they could face expulsion, it was that crucial that they're not any hiccups. It took them almost all night to get all the supplies and plans ready, but when they finished, they were quite proud of their work. The trio may not try hard at school and never study, but they didn't really need to. All three were naturally smart and things just came easy to them, they're actually top of their class, grade wise that is. Their pranks were usually outstanding due to this. They stayed up talking the night away and drinking a lot of coffee that they got from the kitchens, so they could stay awake all night.
Around three in the morning, the Golden Marauders made their way out of the common room, and to the corridors. One of the most impressive things they did was charm the Marauders Map to have all the places they wanted to place a portkey in red and it would turn blue when a portkey is placed there. This would help them stay organized, so they don't have themselves getting pranked by themselves later that day.
It took them until six in the morning to get them all placed, but they didn't regret it, they knew it would be one of their best pranks yet. They all decided they should go to the kitchens to get some more coffee, so they could stay awake the rest of the day.
"I can't wait to see everyone's reaction," said Louis with a yawn.
"We are going to get detention for a month," said Fred with a sigh.
"But trust me, it is going to worth it, this is going to be our best prank yet," said James.
"Ahh-" screamed someone until they were suddenly cut off. All three boys smiled and James said, "and that means our prank has begun"
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A/N: So that's chapter 4! What did you guys think? What did you think of the prank so far? How do you like the golden marauders? How do you like Albus, Rose, Alice, and Scorpius's friendship? How about Ella and Chloe being suspicious, because this will be important to the plot later on.
Till next time
~~~Lanie~~~
