How to live life
Chapter 5
A/N: Hello wonderful fanfiction readers! I am glad you came back to read by 5th chapter, it means a lot. Have you guys seen the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them trailer? I thought it was awesome, what did you guys think? On another note I will try to put more than one chapter per week in for the next two weeks, I will try but it is not definite. Any who here is the next chapter(after my thank you's of course!)
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bookworm0128: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. I also believed there were only 3 true marauders which is why there is only three golden marauders in this story. I'm glad you liked James tactics to ask Ella out and Albus, Rose, Alice, and Scorpius's friendship. Thank you for reviewing my story every week and coming back to read it, it means a lot :)
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James, Fred, and Louis rushed out of the kitchens to see if anyone else was up yet. They didn't see anyone so they then brought out the Marauders map to see if anyone else in the castle is awake somewhere else. What they saw put a big smile on their face.
They're people jumping from one end of the castle to another, the portkeys were working.
"YESSSS, IT WORKED!" screamed James.
"You sound surprised, James, did you think it wouldn't work?" asked Fred suspiciously.
"No, I knew it was going to work, but there's always that small doubt you have," said James honestly.
"Why are we still standing here, let's get an up close look at all the chaos," said Louis.
"I like the way you think pretty boy," said James with a laugh.
"Then let's go," said Fred as he put the invisibility cloak over himself and his friends.
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Victoire and the rest of Gryffindor woke up to multiple screams this morning.
"What is up with people screaming in the morning this year," yawned Olivia.
"I don't know, but I have to go and see what happened, I bet Frank is already down there," said Victoire with a sigh as she got up.
Victoire slipped on her slippers, put her hair into a ponytail, and then made her way down to the Gryffindor common room. When she arrived, no one was there. Weird, Victoire thought to herself.
She figured that maybe the scream came from outside the common room, so she opened the door to go out. But when she touched the portrait hole, she ended up on top of the astronomy tower. When she got there, she quickly realized she was not alone. Frank was there with Albus and Scorpius.
"Who did this?" asked Victoire.
"We don't know, we were just going to go to the Great Hall, then we touched the door and we were here, a few minutes later, Frank came here, now you," explained Albus.
"That son of a bitch," cursed Victoire.
"Victoire, children are around," said Frank in mock disbelief.
"It's not like we don't hear that all the time," said Albus.
"Whatever, anyway whom are you talking about?" asked Frank.
"You know bloody well whom I'm talking about," said Victoire with her anger rising.
"The Golden Marauders," said Frank with a sigh.
"Who are the Golden Marauders?" asked Scorpius.
"James, Fred, and Louis," said Albus.
"So what did they do? I mean, How were they albe to bring us here," asked Scorpius.
"I don't know... Wait I bet they used portkeys," said Victoire.
"How could they get their hands on portkeys?" asked Frank in disbelief.
"They have their ways," said Albus, with his eyes wide as if he just realized something.
Everyone turned and stared at Albus, knowing he knew something, then Victoire asked, "what do you know Al?"
"I'm not completely sure, but I think he got Lily to get them for him," said Albus.
"Why you say that Al?" asked Frank.
"Well, ever since James' first year he would send Lily and I notes asking for things for his pranks, and of course we would get it for him, we all love a good prank, and so yeah, that's why," said Albus with a sigh.
"Al! How could you guys? I thought you two were the innocent Potters, but you are just as guilty as James. I should have none though, they're no innocent Potters," said Victoire.
"We are late James Potters grandson and George and Fred's nephew/nieces, why wouldn't we," said Albus as it was the most obvious thing.
"You and Lily, pranksters! Wow, never would've guessed that. Wait, why would James never tell your parents you were involved, You never got in trouble for pranks," asked Victoire.
"James is a good big brother, he would never rat out his little brother and sister. He may come off as an arrogant bully who couldn't care less about anyone but himself, but he is actually a nice guy. Well at least to Lily and I," said Albus sincerely.
"I am looking at you as a totally new person Al. You are a prankster behind the scenes and actually think James is a good guy," said Victoire.
"Hey, that does not mean I don't want to kill him sometimes, but he is a good big brother. Anyway, I should congratulate him and his fellow go
Golden Marauders on a good prank, I also have to tell Lily she did a good job getting portkeys, and Vic, don't you dare tell Mcgonagall or anyone about Lily, or Lily will kill you, literally kill you, and don't you dare tell anyone about me either, or I will have James do something real bad to you," said Albus as he exited the astronomy tower.
"Wow Al, that's a little harsh, now I'm kind of scared to tell anyone," said Victoire honestly.
"What about me Al," yelled Scorpius.
"Just wait. I bet you that Rose and Alice will be arriving any minute," Albus yelled back at him, continuing his way down the staircase.
Scorpius sighed and said, "some friend I have."
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The Golden Marauders were currently watching all the chaos around them under the invisibility cloak. They saw people jumping all over the place on the map, they loved a good prank.
Then they saw a familiar name on the map heading towards them and heard a person yelling James' name, "James, I know you are somewhere around here," yelled Albus.
"Does he want to get us in trouble?" asked Louis and Fred at the same time, James just smiled and said, "this is Al we're talking about, he loves a good prank, he is my brother after all."
"James!" yelled Albus again.
Fred sighed and pulled off the invisibility cloak. Albus ran over to the trio with a huge smile on his face.
"I have been looking for you guys for the last fifteen minutes, I just wanted to say awesome job with the prank, but make sure to stay clear of Victoire, she is really pissed off," said Albus.
"Glad you like it Al, and thanks for the info on Vic, but on a scale from 1 to 10, how mad is she?" asked James.
"I'm not really sure, I left pretty quickly once she found Scorpius and I in the astronomy tower, she did call you a 'son a bitch' though, which is a pretty bold choice of words for her, so I would say about a seven right now, but her anger is probably rising as we speak," said Albus.
"Thanks Al, but we really must be going," said Fred.
"Wait, it was Lily, right?" asked Albus.
"Yep," said James as he and the other Golden Marauders ran off to who knows where.
Albus then started to make his way to the owlery. Albus has been avoiding touching all doors this morning to avoid touching a portkey. So when he made his way to the owlery to send his letter to Lily, he was still very careful. His letter said...
Dear Lily,
Hey Lils, how've you been? I've been good, really relieved I'm in Gryffindor though. I really miss you Lils. It is weird to wake up and not see you, Mum, and Dad everyday. Anyway, the reason I'm sending this letter is to congratulate you on your first success of getting James supplies for his prank without me. The prank is going well so far, the castle is in complete chaos, I bet Mcgonagall is going to cancel class because of it! Thank you Lily, you're awesome! I won't go into much detail about the prank though, James will probably want to do that. Anyway, I hope you are doing well, I'll write you again soon.
Al
Albus gave the letter to the owl and it flew away.
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"Let's go look for Victoire, it's been awhile, and the screams aren't stopping," said Chloe.
"Yeah, and I have quidittch tryouts today, I need to get going," said Olivia.
"Quidittch isn't till way later today, why are you worrying about it," said Chloe with a sigh.
"Because I live on quidittch and I need to make sure everything is ready," said Olivia.
Chloe just sighed in response and made her way out the door with Olivia following.
When they reached the common room they headed straight towards the portrait hole to leave. But when they touched it they ended up on top of the astronomy with a bunch of other confused Gryffindor's.
"What the hell?" said Olivia.
"The Golden Marauders," grunted Chloe.
"Let's get out of here before it gets too crowded," said Olivia.
Chloe nodded in response and the two made their way out of the astronomy tower. When they got down from the tower, what they saw surprised them.
Complete chaos is what they saw. People popping up out of no where, tons of screams, and angry people.
"Wow, the Golden Marauders went all out on this prank," said Chloe.
"Yeah, it's their best yet," said Olivia.
"How did they do this?" Chloe asked.
"I don't know, but it seems like portkeys to me, how they got this many I have no idea. They would have had to get them from the ministry, so I don't know, maybe they're not portkeys," said Olivia.
"I have much experience with portkeys. These are definitely it, they are hard to get too, but you know what people say around here, the Golden Marauders have their ways," said Chloe with a laugh.
"Hey, Chloe, Olivia," screamed Victoire.
Olivia and Chloe turned around to see Victoire, who was still in her pajamas, running towards them.
"I've been trying to find you guys all morning, but those damn portkeys made it hard," said Victoire, who was out of breath.
"We've been waiting for you to come back, but you were taking too long so we decided to come find you, but the portkey on the portrait hole took us to the astronomy tower, along with the rest of Gryffindor," said Olivia.
"Yeah, that's where it took me this morning and I've not been able to get back, see? I'm still in my pajamas!" said an outraged Victoire.
"It's okay Vic, no one really cares, you should find Mcgonagall though, she might be able to fix it," said Chloe.
"Yeah, only if I can get to her office without ending up on the other side of the castle," said an annoyed Victoire.
"Don't worry, I doubt the Golden Marauders would put one anywhere near Mcgonagall's office, that would be a little too far, even for them," said Olivia.
"Yeah, I guess you guys are right, I'll go tell her, see you later," said Victoire before running off.
"Wait, Vic?" screamed Olivia.
"What?" said a confused Victoire.
"Don't forget quidittch tryouts are at 4pm," said Olivia.
Chloe rolled her eyes and Vic laughed then yelled back, "I'll be there, don't worry."
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Victoire told the statue the password to get into Mcgonagall's office, hen entered and foundMcgonagall at her desk.
Olivia and Chloe were right, the Golden Marauders were not stupid enough to put any portkeys anywhere near Mcgonagall's office.
"Oh hello, Victoire, how are you today?," Mcgonagall greeted her.
"Not that great, professor," said Victoire honestly.
"Why would that be?" asked Mcgonagall sincerely.
"Well, James, Fred, and Louis pulled a prank," said Victoire.
Mcgonagall sighed and asked," What did they do this time?"
"Oh! You haven't seen it yet?" Victoire asked, surprised that no one came to tell her about it yet.
"No, I just got back from a meeting at the Ministry, but would you tell me?" Mcgonagall asked.
"I think it's best you look for yourself," said Victoire.
Mcgonagall nodded and followed Victoire out of the office and to the corridors. What Mcgonagall saw made her mouth for into an O shape.
"What is this?" Mcgonagall asked.
"Portkeys, I believe," said Victoire.
"But how? They're only 13, and I'm sure Harry would know better than to bring any home, especially the amount that it took for them to do this," said Mcgonagall in shock.
Victoire hated that she had to lie to Mcgonagall, but she didn't want to betray her cousins trust. So she lied, "No, I have no idea, but you know what they say, the Golden Marauders have their ways."
"Yeah, that sure is true. I should go call some people from the Ministry to clear this up and make an announcement that classes are canceled for the day," said Mcgonagall with a sigh.
"You can't fix this?" asked Victoire in surprise.
"I'm afraid I can't, I'm not too familiar with portkeys and how to work them," said Mcgonagall as she left to go back to her office.
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Meanwhile at the ministry...
"Give it a rest, Ron," said a frustrated Harry.
"But Harry, he's a Malfoy, my daughter's friends with a Malfoy," said Ron, who was in complete shock.
"Guess what? My son's friends with a Malfoy, do you see me complaining about it?" said an annoyed Harry.
"You may not, but you should, they're mates with a Malfoy, are arch nemesis' son," said Ron.
"I know, Ron," said Harry.
"Then why aren't you complaining with me?" Ron asked in confusion.
"Because I'm not a prejudiced, stubborn arse," Harry told him as he put some papers in a bin.
"Hey, that's mean," Ron told him defensively.
"And you're annoying," Harry responded in a snarky tone.
"What's gotten into you today Harry?" asked Ron.
"We got a report that they're about one hundred portkeys missing, with no evidence of where they can be, and when I'm already stressed about that, have like a million other cases to be working on, and then I have you, annoying my arse off, then I get a little mean, okay?" Harry sighed.
"Sorry, mate," Ron told his friend with a guilty smile.
"It's fine, and I can see why it bothers you, but could you please save it for Hermione?" Harry asked his friend.
"She hexed me when I didn't stop talking about it last night," said Ron sheepishly.
"Way to go Hermione," Harry said with a laugh.
"Hey!" said Ron defensively. Which got a laugh from Harry in response.
"Hello?" interrupted a familiar voice coming from the fireplace.
"Minerva, is that you?" Harry asked.
"Yes, it is," she said.
"Did something happen at Hogwarts," Harry asked, worry clearly in his voice.
"Well, there's been a lot of chaos over here at Hogwarts, wait, no, there still is a lot of chaos," said Mcgonagall.
"What do you mean?" asked Ron, now on the edge of his seat.
"Well, your son and his fellow pranksters have pulled a prank and it went way too far," Mcgonagall told him with a sigh.
Harry groaned, "What did they do?"
"Well, somehow they got ahold of a bunch of portkeys and set them up all over the castle, leading everyone to some random place in the castle," explained Mcgonagall.
"He didn't," said Harry, whose eyes were wide in shock.
"Well, I'm not sure it's them, but the odds point to them," said Mcgonagall with a sigh.
"How bad is it?" asked Ron.
"So bad I had to cancel classes and had your guys niece, Victoire, show up in her pajamas, completely outraged," said Mcgonagall honestly.
"That bad," said Harry, who was in shock.
"Yes, and I will need you guys to come take these portkeys away, and for you to come in and speak to James, would you be a dear and tell Fred and Louis's parents to come in too," said Mcgonagall.
"Of course, Minerva, we'll be there soon," said Harry, as Mcgonagall's face disappeared from the fireplace.
"What am I going to do with him?" sighed Harry.
"What are you going to do with whom?" asks Teddy who was arriving on the scene.
"We have got to go, Ted," said Harry.
"That doesn't answer my question," said Teddy.
"You'll find out soon enough, just gather the other auror's and auror's in training and tell them to meet me in the Ministry lobby," said Harry who was already walking out of the room.
"All of us, even auror's in training?" asked Teddy, who was shocked.
Harry yelled back, "Yes, we've got ourselves a big mess to clean up."
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"Can I still have Quidittch tryouts later?" Olivia asked hysterically.
"I don't see why not, all the problems are in the castle," Mcgonagall told her.
"Thank Merlin," said Olivia while walking off.
This made Mcgonagall chuckle in response. The auror's happened to arrive a she was doing this.
"What's so funny, Minerva?" asked Ron.
"Olivia Wood just came by and begged me not to cancel Gryffindor Quidittch tryouts," said Mcgonagall.
"Laughing at a student? How could you Professor Mcgonagall?" said Teddy.
"I wasn't laughing at her, I was laughing at how much she is like her dad, and Mr. Lupin, how many times do I have to tell you, call me Minerva," said Mcgonagall.
"Ok, Minerva," said Teddy unsurely.
This made Mcgonagall chuckle again.
"Lead us to the chaos," said Ron.
"Ok," said Mcgonagall as she lead the auror's to the corridors.
"Bloody hell," said Ron when he saw the corridors.
There were kids popping out of no where, running wild, and screaming. Some were crying, some were fighting, some were even screaming.
"Where's James?" Harry asked angrily.
"Somewhere probably under his invisibility cloak, staying clear of anyone who wants to yell at him and get him in trouble," said Mcgonagall.
"I'll be back," said Harry as he marched away.
Harry knew if James saw him screaming for him angrily in the corridors, he would come out of hiding. "JAMES! JAMES SIRIUS POTTER YOU GET YOUR BLOODY ARSE OVER HERE! THAT GOES FOR YOU TOO FRED AND LOUIS WEASLEY!"
Soon enough, James, Fred, and Louis came out of nowhere. James looked down at the floor sheepishly while his father approached him.
"You boys are in big trouble, come with me," said Harry as he and the trio made their way to Mcgonagall's office.
When they arrived, George and Angelina Weasley, and Bill and Fleur Weasley were waiting for them.
When Fleur and Angelina caught sight of their sons, they both got up to scream at them. But before they could do that, Harry put his hand up and said, "Let's solve this in a civil matter, send them howlers if you want tomorrow, but I've got a lot of things to do, so can we please get this done quickly."
Both mothers nodded in response and sat back down next to their husbands.
"Let's get to the point, boys, where're all the portkeys?" said Mcgonagall.
James looked at the floor and said,"Oh, we don't know, we just-"
"Yess you do, now tell me," interrupted Harry.
"Just give it to him, James," Louis told his friend, while Fred nodded in agreement.
James sighed and handed his father the Marauders map. Harry snatched it from his son then took out his wand and muttered "I solemnly swear I'm up to no good," at the map.
What he saw shocked Harry. "What did you do," asked Harry.
"All the blue dots are where a portkey is placed," Fred told his uncle.
"How?" asked Harry, still in shock.
"We're really smart, dad," James told his dad arrogantly.
"Stop being an arrogant toe-rag, James, but anyway, this is really advanced," said Harry.
All three boys just shrugged then Mcgonagall said, "Now that you can clear all the portkeys, let's decide their punishment."
"I say no Quidittch for the year," said Harry.
"Dad!" yelled James who was currently outraged.
"No, I want Gryffindor to win again this year," said Mcgonagall.
"Thanks Minnie," said Fred with a cheeky grin.
"Don't call me Minnie," said Mcgonagall sternly.
"Then what?" asked Fleur.
"I say detention three times a week until Christmas break," said McGonagall.
"Sounds good, not that my opinion really matters, you run the school," said Harry.
"Okay, if that's it, I better tell my auror's where to go, and James," said Harry.
"Yeah," said James.
"Your mother will be hearing about this, expect a howler tomorrow morning," said Harry before exiting the office.
James sunk down in his chair and looked at his friends and said, "Well, at least it was fun while it lasted."
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"Hey Ron?" Teddy asked.
"Go," Ron told him with a smile.
"How'd you know," Teddy asked him.
Ron just shrugged in response and hurried Teddy off.
Teddy didn't need to search long before he saw a pissed off Victoire pop out of nowhere. She didn't even see Teddy because she was so pissed.
"Hey Vic," yelled Teddy.
She turned around and her eyes widened in shock when she saw him. She then ran over to him and kissed on the spot.
"I missed you," said Victoire.
"I missed you too."
"Here because of the portkey fiasco?" asked Victoire.
"Yeah," Teddy nodded, still wrapping his arms around Victoire.
"What kind of punishment did he get?" Victoire asked him.
"Sorry babe, I don't know, only the parents of the Golden Marauders were allowed in the office," said Teddy.
"Don't sweat it, I'll find out soon enough, I'll see them at Quidittch tryouts later," Victoire told him, still refusing to let go of Teddy.
"Only if Mcgonagall doesn't makes no Quidittch their punishment," said Teddy.
"She wouldn't do that, she wants Gryffindor to win again, and you have to admit, those three are Quidittch gods," said Victoire.
"Hey love bugs," yelled Harry as he made his way down the corridor to the pair.
"We've got to go, Ted, we've got a lot of portkeys to clear up," said Harry while he put his hand on Teddy's shoulder.
"One second, okay?" Teddy told him.
Harry nodded in response and then walked away from the pair and back to the auror's.
"I don't want you to go, I only just saw you again," whined Victoire, who already stated to hug Teddy again.
"I don't want to go either, but I have to," sighed Teddy.
"I know," sighed Victoire.
The pair stayed like that for another minute. They then quickly said goodbye and then went their separate ways.
Both longing to be with one another again.
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"Alright everyone, so you think you can make the Gryffindor Quidittch team? Then let's see what you've got, TWENTY LAPS," yelled Olivia.
They did as she asked, and Olivia being Olivia, took notes on every players flying. When they got back she sorted them.
"Okay, chasers to my right, seekers next to them, and beaters next to them," said Olivia.
There were a lot of chasers trying out this year, a fair amount of beaters and one other seeker next to Victoire. No keepers of course, seeing that's Olivia's position, and she was captain.
"Alright, seekers first, come here you two," said Olivia.
"It's simple, whoever catches the snitch first is Gryffindor seeker," Olivia explained while letting the snitch go.
"Now when I say go, you go, on your mark, get set, GO!" yelled Olivia.
And they were off. Victoire won, she was way ahead of the other girl. Next were chasers.
James was a chaser, like his mother, he is amazing too, especially with a his mother training him.
On the Quidittch field, James was arrogant as ever, which made a certain redhead even more pissed with him.
Ella was trying out for chaser this year. She didn't tryout last year because she didn't want to be anywhere near James longer than she had to, but Ella loves Quidittch and wanted to play it again.
It was easy for Olivia to see whom she wanted on her team, these three really stood out and had amazing abilities.
"Okay everyone, I made up my mind. After seeing you guys shoot, dodge bludgers, and work together, I've come to my conclusion,," said Olivia leaving everyone on the tip of their toes.
"Okay, the chasers are, James," said Olivia, while James got up and got a bunch of high fives and an eye roll from Ella.
"Luke," said Olivia, while Luke walked over next to James.
"And the final chaser is Ella," said Olivia, Ella then got up and stood next to Luke, then James moved to stand on her other side giving her a cheeky grin.
"Wipe that grin off your face Potter, and would you please get away from me," said Ella in disgust.
"Oh you know you want to be near me Smith, you know you love me," said James.
"Why would I tell you to get away from me if I liked you?" Ella asked.
"Because you want to play hard to get," said James with a cheeky grin.
"You're unbelievable!" screamed Ella.
This started a long fight about nothing but James being a prick. It finally ended when Olivia came back over to announce who the beaters were.
"Shut up you two, you fought through beater tryouts, now let's announce the beaters," said Olivia.
"Fred and Louis," said Olivia while those two walked over to be next to the chasers and seeker.
"Now that concludes Quidittch tryouts, please make your way back to Gryffindor tower," said Olivia while she turned around to look at her team.
"Practices are every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at five. And we have early morning Saturday practices starting at six. Be there," said Olivia, then she started to clear up.
Ella sighed and said sarcastically,"I have to spend a lot of time with Potter, great."
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"Why didn't you tell me your sister was an awesome chaser!" said Olivia.
"I didn't think it really mattered," said Chloe who was flipping through Witch Weekly.
"Doesn't matter! She's outstanding, she's on James level," said Olivia.
"Stop fighting your two, you're like an old married couple sometimes, just let it go," said Victoire.
The girls then all went over to Victoire's bed and talked for a while, about all kinds of stuff, mostly going into more detail about their summers.
"How about your summer Chloe, you haven't said much," said Victoire.
"Oh, I didn't do much," said Chloe nervously.
This made Victoire and Olivia look at each, they knew something was up, then Victoire said, "we both know you're lying, might as well tell the truth."
"I'm telling the truth, I didn't do much of anything, just sat my family's big empty house with Ella all summer," said Chloe.
"Whatever you say," said Olivia unsurely.
"Is that an owl at the window?" asked Victoire while pointing at the window.
"Yeah it is," said Olivia while she walked over to the window to get it the letter.
When Chloe caught sight of the owl her face turned as white as a ghost. She could recognize that owl anywhere. It was one of her family's owls, this owl stayed in England to deliver letters to her and her sister when they were at Hogwarts. And most importantly, only used in emergency's.
"Chloe, it's for you," said Olivia.
Chloe didn't move or answer, her face was still as white as a ghost, and her eyes were wide, clearly filled with tears.
"Chloe, are you okay?" asked Victoire, concern clearly in her voice.
Chloe made a small nod. It was a lie though, she wasn't okay in the slightest. She knew that letter contained information she didn't want to hear, and she was thinking of the worst at the moment.
"Chloe, what's wrong?" asked Olivia, who sat down next to Chloe and put a comforting arm around her shoulder and handed her the letter.
"Nothing," said Chloe with a sob as she ran out of the room with the letter in tears.
"Something's not right," said Victoire, who was staring at the door her friend just ran out.
Olivia sighed and said, "Yeah, something's seriously wrong, she's hiding something, her and Ella, and what they're hiding probably isn't good, not good in the slightest."
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"You're such an ass Potter," screamed Ella.
"In England we say arse," joked James, although what he said wasn't necessarily true.
"Well news flash James, I'm not British, and would you take me seriously for once and not joke around," said Ella
"Nope, I'm always joking" said James with a cocky smirk.
"And that's why I will always hate you," said Ella.
"Come on Ella, just go out with me," said James as he reached out for Ella's hand.
Ella slapped his hand away, sanitized her hand, then said, "don't touch me, ever, and no I will NEVER go out with you."
"Oh come on, Smith," said James.
"No Potter, and let me get to the point, how do you and your other idiotic friends get such an easy punishment for causing so much trouble?" yelled Ella.
"It's detention three times a week until Christmas break, I wouldn't call that an easy punishment," said James in his defense.
"It's easy because you and your other Golden Marauders have your ways and this will be like nothing for you," said Ella.
James was about to respond, but someone's sister popped upon the scene.
"Ella, I need to talk to you," said Chloe.
Ella sighed, not looking at her sister, and said, "Can't this wait, I'm in the middle-."
"No it can't," said Chloe.
This made Ella look at her sister and what she saw broke her heart. Chloe's eyes were puffy, clearly she was crying, and she looked absolutely devastated.
"What's wrong?" Ella asked her sister.
Chloe held up the letter and said,"Hercules," which was the name of the owl that delivered the letter.
Ella's face turned as white as a ghost, just like Chloe's when she saw the owl, she then ran to her sister and gave her a big hug, knowing that that letter didn't hold anything good. She then followed her sister out of the common room, but paused and said, "This conversation isn't over, Potter."
James looked concerned, "Is everything okay."
Ella shook her head and said, "No, it's never been."
The two sisters then made their way out of the common room. Leaving James standing there. Completely confused.
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"Something's seriously wrong with them," said Victoire.
"Yeah," James agreed.
"We've always knew something fishy was going on with them, but we didn't know it was bad and would put them in tears," said Olivia.
Victoire, Olivia, and the Golden Marauders were currently all together in the Room of Requirements, discussing what happened with Ella and Chloe.
"I mean, I always thought their reason for coming hear other than one of the American schools was stupid, I knew it was a lie," said Louis.
"Yeah, and we all know that Hogwarts only accepts students from England and Ireland, that reason would not convince Mcgonagall to let them come here," said Fred.
"Chloe was so secretive about her summer, all she said was she said was that she sat around her house with Ella all day," said Victoire.
"This is has to be bigger than some family death, it was like they were expecting something like this to happen, something bad," said Olivia.
"Yeah, all Chloe had to see was that owl, then turn as white as a ghost, then she bursted out of the room in tears, she didn't even open the letter yet," said Victoire.
"Yeah, when I was fighting with Ella, all Chloe did was hold up the letter and say Hercules, then she turned as white as a ghost, like you said Chloe did, then she ran to her sister," said James.
"Something is wrong, really wrong," said Louis.
"Yeah, and when I asked Ella if she was okay, she said, 'no it's never been,' so whatever is wrong must have been going on for awhile," said James.
"Well all we can do it wait for them to tell us," sighed Olivia.
"What? We have to find out, we can help," said James in outrage.
"James, whatever is happening is happening over in America, many miles away, and no one else knows anything about it," said Victoire.
James couldn't accept it, he was never one to sit back and wait, he had to do something, he then said, "Maybe the Ministry knows something about it, I could get Lily to be a spy for me, we-"
"James, mate, this is happening in America, the Ministry probably doesn't know, and if they did, we sure would've heard about it," said Fred.
"Well then let's steal the letter, read it, find out what's wrong, then we can help," said James.
"James, we can't do that," said Louis.
"But-" said James.
"No James, we can't, now don't try anything, and you better not read that letter, okay?" said Victoire.
James sighed and said, "okay."
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"Things have gotten worse," said Chloe.
"How bad?" asked Ella, with a sob.
"Really bad," said Chloe.
Ella rested her head on her sisters shoulder and cried.
"We won't be able to go home for Christmas this year," said Chloe.
"No!" said Ella as she continued to cry.
"It's for our safety, Ella, we have to," said Chloe, who was now also crying.
"It's only been a couple days! It got that bad, that fast?" Ella asked.
"Here, read the letter, brace yourself" said Chloe while she handed the letter to Ella.
Ella opened it and read it slowly, trying to process all the information her parents were telling her. She added more tear stains to the letter then burst into a lot of more tears once she finished.
"Can I keep the letter, I need time to process this," said Ella.
"Sure, just don't keep it too long, burn it when you're done, don't want anyone finding out," said Chloe, who was holding her sister tight in her arms.
"Is everything going to be okay?" asked Ella.
Chloe sighed and said, "I wish I could say it would, but I honestly don't know anymore."
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