A/N: Hello people, so this chapter is apparently to quote myself meant to "stun you all" (or sumin like that) well I don't know if it will hopefully it will but I don't know if im up to it. K, im gna make this a long chapter at least 9 (wince) pages. (Poor editor, if she's back from her hols or poor me). So there is going to be quite a bit going on in this chapter if you get confused just ask me and I'll clear it up for u. Oh,I nearly forgot, nearly. I'm sorry for not explaining this earlier (I kept forgetting) but I know I just dulled over the whole Head Girl, Head Boy thing but it would just be really confusing if I kept it in and you'll understand why in this chapter, if you haven't already guessed. If you think there's anything I could improve please tell me just try your best to make it not sound rude, 'cos I do get a bit …..(What's the word?)…..kina……narky (I suppose) if that's a word well I don't know I get a bit huffy. I don't know how to put it but anyway. Don't inconveniently forget to READ and REVIEW! (Bloody hell, how many times have I said that). I hope you like it and let me know (in your reviews!).
Hahaha wasn't that fun now. K I'll shut up now and write the damn chapter. And to those that actually read all of this bull shit thanks! And to those that didn't………I know who you are…….so watch out ……. (Don't get too scared, im just feeling a bit dodgy).
PS: MY titles have recently become v. random, so don't bother with them
Chapter 6: May Angels Lead You In
Birds were singing sweetly as the Sun's first rays crept through the window and bathed her in its glorious light. A melodious, gentle tune played softly in the background. The girl moved slightly before breaking into a yawn and stretching freely. She slowly opened her eyes like a-
"OIIII! LAZY ARSE! MOVE IT!" shouted a female voice gruffly.
Lily moaned lazily and helplessly tried to tug her quilt back from her molester. "Go away…..GO AWAY. No-No! Give me my quilt first! Dammit!" she mumbled.
Lily eventually opened her eyes and rubbed them vigorously. When she actually opened them and looked around herself she felt vaguely disorientated. But she soon found her bearings and yawned tiredly before tumbling into the shower.
Lily twisted the shiny knob to make the water boiling hot as she stepped under the stream of water spurting from the stone gargoyle above her head. She felt each individual drop of water hit her body like burning needles. Weirdly enough Lily found the pain strangely comforting as it arrows of water continued to pierce her. Her sensitive skin quickly reddened under the heat and soon Lily's skin began to burn. She unwillingly turned the knob down to a cooler temperature. Lily methodically and meticulously scrubbed herself clean and washed her hair.
She breathed in the scents from her soap and shampoo, so refreshing and so…clean. Finally Lily picked up her warm fluffy towel and dried herself. She slowly put on her favourite brown skirt and paired it with a new top she had bought in the holidays. Tears unwillingly came to her eyes, as she remembered that time when she had bought it.
Lily walked down the road, when suddenly a top caught her eye. It was gorgeous. Lily wasn't much of a shopper and didn't really keep up to date with the new fashions and etc. but that top just took her breath away. It was so…magical. Lily nearly ran into the shop and breathlessly asked the shop assistant for it. As she held it in her hands, it almost felt as is the soft material was caressing her hands and the intricate patterns on it were entrancing her. Lily bought it without even trying it on or asking the price. As she left the shop, she felt like a completely different person. Lily walked…no…floated home. She was soaked from the torrential rain outside but Lily was oblivious to everything. Even her Mum's special pasta, even her Dad's new motorbike, even Petunia saying 'hi' to her. Lily continued straight up to her room and only when she took the top out of its bag did she snap out of her trance. Lily couldn't believe what she had done. She carefully put it on and was afraid to look in the mirror. What if it didn't suit her? What if she looked weird in it? Lily was scared that she would ruin the beauty of it, the intricateness of its simplicity. She gradually turned to face her mirror. She stared at her reflection. Lily was speechless. One word described it all. Perfect.
Lily clutched the material to herself. The tears swelled and eventually dropped from her eyelashes and pooled in her lap. She brushed them away before pulling the top on. It was what she needed. A confidence boost. She held her chin up high and took a deep breath before marching out of the bathroom.
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Lily walked down to the Common Room and found her two friends sitting round the fire talking in a serious tone whilst sipping on their favourite black coffee. Lily stayed there at the bottom of the steps just watching them. She rested her against the wall as she watched them. The Common Room was empty apart from them; the only sounds were that of their muffled voices, the gentle crackling of the fire and the September rain pattering against the window. As she looked at her friends Lily felt a wave of happiness roll over her, a feeling of love and affection spread to the tips of her fingers and toes. Lily smiled despite recent events and joined the pair of girls with a cheery greeting.
"Lily! So you finally woke up" laughed Alyss, whilst Kaytlin dived behind her chair after mumbling something about duvets.
"Kaytlin Angela Edgar!" shrieked Lily before diving after her. The two girls rolled around on the ground fake wrestling before collapsing into helpless giggles.
"Lily…oh my god…I can't stop laughing…your duvets in that cupboard over there by the way" gasped Kaytlin trying to clamber up into a chair.
Alyssa smiled amusedly as she finished off her coffee. "Lily, your coffee's here" she said before stupidly waving the cup and pouring hot coffee on herself. "Ah! Dammit!" she cursed and cleaned the mess up with a sweep of her wand.
It seemed that Kaytlin had managed to calm down when she suddenly let out a squeak of excitement. "It's the Championships selection today isn't it" she said excitedly.
"Oh yeah" said Lily suprisedly. She'd completely forgotten about it. Lily took a gulp of coffee.
"I think the Gryffindor person's going to be Potter" added Kaytlin in a matter-of-fact voice.
Lily tried to spit her coffee back out and ended up choking on it. "Wha-What?" she spluttered.
"Er…I said…I think Potters going to be selected" repeated Kaytlin slowly.
"Why? What's so good about him?" asked Lily aggressively, leaning forwards threatening to pour the rest of her coffee on to Knuf (Kayt's pet monkey).
"Um…I don't know. Just a hunch" she said quickly grabbing Knuf as Lily completely dropped her cup.
"Damn, stupid clumsiness" cursed Lily as she cleaned the mess and repaired the cup.
"Anyway, come on let's go down to breakfast" said Alyssa tucking her hair behind her ears.
"Ok, hang on" said Lily, pulling her own hair back into a ponytail.
Kaytlin, watching the other two, decided to stick her hair into a messy half-pony.
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James chewed his sausage repeatedly although it'd been in his mouth for the last five minutes and had basically dissolved into nothing. He watched the three girls enter the Great Hall. Edgar first, then Fawcett, last and definitely the least; Li-Evans. Her vivid green eyes caught his hazel ones before he could avert his eyes. The effect was immediate; her initially radiant face turned stony and cold as she sat down. James blinked and opened his eyes on Sirius's face instead.
"So Sirius, you think I got a chance in today's selection" he asked pointlessly in a loud voice because he'd already asked Sirius that.
"Against me? No way mate. Get real" teased Sirius playfully.
Then before James could stop him, Sirius stood up and shouted "Hey girls! Kayt, Lily and Alyss! You wanna join us?"
"Ok" yelled back Kayt with a wink before Lily could scream 'NO'. But Lily gave Kayt a hard poke in the side when she sat back down.
Likewise, James elbowed Sirius right in the ribs. "Who the hell asked you to do that, you moron?" whispered James angrily.
"Oi. Lay off alright. I can do what I want. It's a free country alright" said Sirius defensively.
Before James could give Sirius some insight into 'The Big Bad Book of Big Bad Words' by James Potter, the two girls smilingly took seats opposite the marauders with Lily in tow.
"Kayt…I am going to kill you." spat Lily before giving James a filthy look.
"Hi" smiled Sirius and he stretched his leg from under the table to touch Kayt's.
Lily choked for the second time on her cereal as she felt a leg touch hers. She looked up to find James smiling wickedly at her. God, that dirty little bastard she thought as she stood up. Lily slapped him as hard as she could.
"You twisted, perverse boy" she bellowed madly. "How dare you? You-you dirty…"
Lily was so angry she couldn't even speak. She screamed with frustration before slapping him once again and than running out of the Great Hall.
Her two friends gave James apologetic but wary looks before running after her.
James didn't move. The place where Lily had slapped him stung. He felt numb as he slowly raised his hand to his cheek and stroked where she had slapped him. Why? he pondered for a second. But got his reply in the same second. Its Evans mate, what do you expect.
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The day had sped past and it was already lunchtime. It was time for choosing the contenders. As all the 7th Years lined up in alphabetical order, Lily felt like it was sorting all over again.
"Aanand, Keisha" called out McGonagall from a long roll of parchment. A delicate looking Indian girl from Ravenclaw stepped forward. Her hands had intricate henna on them. Lily was fascinated by the dull browny-yellow colour patterns.
She was woken from her thoughts as the Sorting Hat shouted "Next". Keisha walked quickly to the Ravenclaw Table with a pleased smile.
The Sorting Hat quickly finished all the 'a's and began on the 'b's.
"Babington, Cole" called McGonagall.
Lily had been day-dreaming about phoenixes when suddenly she heard her voice being called.
"Evans, Lily" repeated McGonagall not looking too pleased.
"Er…yeah…sorry…you know, just kind of tuned out" babbled Lily rapidly only to stop when McGonagall gave a cough and looked pointedly at the stool.
"Oh…yeah" said Lily and hurried to the stool. She picked up the Hat and pulled it onto her head.
Hmmm…Lily Evans…how are you, my dear? Yes, yes, very good. You definitely have all the assets to do this Challenge and you probably could win. But judging by your current mental state…I don't think so. We need you, Lily. The Wizarding World needs you. It just isn't worth it. But don't worry you'll be a part of it. You'll certainly will because fate has it so. Um...okay. What are you talking about? Now, now that would be telling my dear.
"NEXT" shouted the Hat. Lily took the Hat and slowly got up. Quickly realising that everyone was watching her, she put the Hat down before walking over to the Table to join Kaytlin. The selection continued through until 2 o'clock. Finally and thankfully for nearly everyone it was over. Lily hadn't even an inkling of what was going to happen now, but she didn't need to because McGonagall enlightened her.
"Okay…now that were done, the Sorting Hat will take a minute to make its decision." proclaimed McGonagall. She then walked over to the stool and picked up the Hat. As McGonagall hesitated, Lily think she saw a nervous look pass over her face. But before she could rethink her actions, McGonagall pulled the Hat on.
For a moment McGonagall was just standing in the middle of the Great Hall with the scruffy, battered, old Sorting Hat perched on her head in total silence. But only for a moment because the next second the whole 7th Year burst into laughter and Lily also saw Dumbledore dive under the table laughing crazily through her tears of laughter. However, two seconds later when McGonagall whipped her Hat off there wasn't even the tell-tale twitch of a near smile. Apart from Peter that was, who happened to be howling with amusement. Because McGonagall couldn't exactly put the whole Year into detention, she took it all out on Peter.
"So, Mr. Pettigrew maybe you would care to share with me what you find so amusing?" she said menacingly, with an evil glint in her eye.
Peter swallowed audibly. "Um…nothing. Just …er…Sirius's boxers." babbled Peter desperately, "They're…um…pink, they glitter, and they say 'Girlfriend, you're soo hot!'…you can't blame me" finished Peter, proud that he'd actually made up a viable excuse and received a ton of laughs with it. But not for long.
"Oh really Mr. Pettigrew. I'm sure you'd be obliged to tell me the nitty gritty details about Mr. Black's boxers during your daily detentions for a month. 7 o 'clock sharp in my Office." replied McGonagall stonily before turning on her heel and marching off.
"Hey Wormtail. How d'ya know my boxers were like that mate. Tut-tut-tut. I don't blame you for giving way. I'm so irresistible; guys are even turning gay for me. Wow!" smirked Sirius.
"O-k Sirius! Wormtail may be a bit affectionate but he's not gay." said Remus amusedly.
"Oh! That explains it, those grunting sounds coming from your bed at 2.30 in the morning Sirius. I thought you were having those nightmares about that evil pig pet you used to have. Remember! I think his name was something like…" added James mock-thoughtfully as if it'd just made sense.
"Hmm…maybe it was…JAMES LAKEN POTTER" replied Sirius cruelly.
Lily, who had been watching the scene quite interestedly, felt something along the lines of an electric shock run through her. Laken…Laken…LAKEN!How the hell is that possible? Laken! Oh my god! That is actually very very scary. But before Lily could carry on freaking out over James's middle name someone grabbed her hand and yanked her out of the Great Hall.
"Huh? What? Kate! What happened? McGonagall hasn't told us ye-"started Lily confusedly but then she caught sight of Alyssa on the floor crying her eyes out.
"What? Aly-"whispered Lily wondering if she could take any more shock. Alyssa crying is like…it's like…Sirius Black being dumped. Not impossible but very highly improbable. Alyssa was always such a happy person. Smiling, laughing and making other people too. Seeing her cry like this just broke Lily's heart and made her seethe with rage. Lily knelt down beside Alyssa with Kayt at her shoulder.
"Dragon? What's wrong baby?" asked Lily gently putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Don't worry darling, we're here." added Kayt comfortingly sitting down on the other side of Alyssa.
Alyssa wiped her eyes only to start afresh and handed the two girls a crumpled piece of parchment.
Lily glanced at Kate, who gestured for her to read it, and wordlessly unfolded the parchment.
It was smudged to near unintelligibility from tears. Near unintelligibility, not total unintelligibility. With difficulty Lily began to slowly interpret the letter.
Dear Miss Alyssa Fawcett,
The Ministry of Magic regrets to inform you of your family's death. We offer you our utmost condolences. Mr. Luke Kent Fawcett, the pregnant Mrs. Jessica Grace Fawcett, Master Damiel Carter Fawcett and Miss Jadine Rose Fawcett were all found dead at your family home in Liverpool. The cause of their death was the Avada Kedavra Curse. There were obvious signs of a struggle. Although Ministry Workers were at the scene within minutes, they were unable to catch the killer and no leads have been found so far.
Nevertheless your guardianship will have to be taken over by the Evans's, as you have no other living relatives.
Yours sincerely,
Marcus Thimble
Minister of Magic
Lily silently passed the letter to Kaytlin before slumping against the wall next to Alyss and dissolving into tears.
Her only uncle and aunt. The one's she'd never met. The ones she'd never be able to tease and mess around with. Her little cousins. The ones she'd never be able to spoil. The one she'd never be able to play with. Her, now, only cousin and best friend Alyss. No family. All dead. All murdered by the killing curse. Lily couldn't believe it. It was just so unreal. Tears of rage welled up as she thought of the murderer. Mrs. Fawcett was 9 months pregnant and…and the twins, they were 8, bless the poor souls! Alyssa had just told them at the start of the year about the name they had chosen for the baby, it was going to be called Elizabeth Hazel Fawcett. Lily could still hear Alyss telling her about how Damiel and Rose were just amazing at Quidditch as if it was just yesterday.
Lily was torn from those painful thoughts by a sudden sob. She looked up and saw Kaytlin holding the letter in a trembling hand. Kaytlin let out another racking sob and erupted into tears. Alyssa gave her friends a watery smile before pulling both of them into a big hug.
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The three girls decided to have a girls' night that night. Well as Kayt put it.
"You know what we all need?" wondered Kayt out loud. "A real girls' night. You know, some quality time with each other. Remember how we used to do it every Saturday night, no matter what happened. Hot chocolate, marshmallows, sushi, chocolates, crisps, Paula's Every Flavoured Polo's, and all that. It was so great. We'd just talk about everything and anything. From my split ends to how weirdly shaped your crisps were. Remember" supplied Kayt sorrowfully.
"Angel, you're right. We do need a girls' night. I remember how it would just fix everything. No matter how low I was, it would always cheer me up." added Lily fiercely. Kayt noted Lily's use of her old nickname.
"And we're going to have one tonight." smiled Alyssa before adding. "I'll get the food."
"I'll supply the mus-"started Kayt happily only to receive groans from both girls.
"What?" she asked indignantly.
"Angel, I don't want to spend the whole evening listening to Deren Warbeck!" replied Lily pleasantly.
"And what is-"
"No don't go there. You know what's wrong with him"
"Why don't you enlighten me?"
"He may look gorgeous but his voice is crapper than a grunting pig with vocal problems"
"Uh! So not true"
"So is true!"
Kayt and Lily were suddenly interrupted from their bickering by Alyssa doubling over with crazy laughter.
"Oh- Oh my god you two. You crack me up soo much!" she wheezed. The other two girls joined in and they all set off to the Gryffindor Tower.
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Lily was the first to enter through the portrait hole and she instantly knew something was up. And she had even more reason to be afraid when she found James being carried around without a Quidditch Match beforehand and he was being cheered on by what seemed to be the whole Gryffindor population.
She quickly grabbed a little first year who was gazing at James with adoration in his eyes by his collar.
"What's going on here?" she questioned forebodingly.
"James Potter just got chosen for the Championships" squeaked the boy, frightened.
"Oh…"muttered Lily dangerously, "…and the King requires a celebration doesn't he…"
As her friends crawled through the portrait hole, Lily pulled out her wand and put a silencing Charm on the Choir Club and Band who had decided to stop by.
"Potter, what is this?"
"This is my celebration, Evans"
"You realise there are other people in this house and they might want to do other things apart from your assumptions."
"Oh, and what do my so called assumptions happen to be"
"Potter, stop acting like your dumb because we all know that you are dumb"
"Look who's talking, the one who can't even transfigure a grain of sand"
"Oh really, and who can't even do a simple Levitation Charm"
"Evans, you are so sad, you're impossible"
"Potter, I've been telling you that for 6 years now. Its good to know it's finally sunk in but I think you missed out a major detail…it's you not me!"
"Argh! Ok just take the charm off them"
"Only if they shut the hell up"
"Ok! Hurry up! It looks like Sirius's choking and strangling Remus!"
Lily huffed before taking the spell of. As soon as she had done that all the people there scattered like they were running for there lives.
"See Evans, you've got a bigger impact than an atomic bomb on people" sneered James.
"Actually Potter, I think they just recovered from that Befuddlement Charm you must've put on all of them. Wonder how you did it? Considering your incapability in Charms. " she smirked slightly before disappearing into the Girls Dorms.
James watched Lily walk away with some sort of dull ache in his heart which was soon replaced by outright dislike. He muttered 'Good Riddance ' to his self before turning back to his friends.
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A/N: So that's that. Now I can actually start the Championships (squeals with glee)! Anyway, hope you liked it, I'm thinking of sticking some diss competitions into it to liven it up but I'm not too good with disses at the worst of times (lol) so u guys got to help me out. But don't blame if you don't help me and then it turns out like
"Hey Evans, roses are red violets are blue, I'd kill myself if I was stuck with you"
or something EXTREMLY shit as such.
bdw Just thought I'd say…of course people have had trouble trying to see what the characters look like and in the movies the people for the parts are usually traumatizing. So I've been on the hunt with friends for pics of the Marauders and Lily etc. Like not necessarily them but pics of ppl who would fit the role. I have managed to snag a decent James and Lily (very proud of it too)! But I don't know how to show people so if anyone has an idea plzplzplz tell me!
I reached my 9 pages as well ! YAY!
I'll try and update soon!
Catch ya later buddaroos!
your dear, old author
x-Suba-x
PS: The title is totally random, have I already said that?