Year 1: The Legend Unfolds
Chapter ten: Attack on a Helpless Pillow
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A/N: I am in such a wonderful mood! The sun is shining, the weather is warm, and I'm going to go for a bike ride!! YAY!! (Compared to the horrible temperatures and multitudes of snow Michigan has gotten recently, this is wonderful) So anyway, thanks so much to everyone who reviewed! I really hope you like this chapter! It has another full moon... sadness... so anyway... REVIEW!!! Merci!
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"You are going away again?" James asked, looking at Remus as he packed his bag. It was late November, and this was the third time Remus was leaving school this year.
"Yeah. My mum isn't sick this time though, but it is my great-grandfather's 100th birthday, and he really wants me to be there, as he expects to die at any moment," Remus said, hunching over his suitcase so as not to look James in the eye.
"Oh. Tell him I wish him a happy birthday," Sirius said, glancing at James.
"Okay. I'll do that. See you all in a few days," Remus said, leaving the three curious boys behind.
Remus walked down to the hospital wing, beginning to feel sick along the way. He had left a day earlier than he had the months before, so as not to make the others suspicious from his illness.
When he walked into the hospital wing, he was surprised to see that he was not alone.
"Oh, hello Remus. What are you doing here?" Lily asked. She was sitting on a bed, her arm wrapped in bandages, "Alice told me you were going home today."
"I have a little bit of a stomach ache and I decided to stop here quickly before I leave," Remus said, faster than necessary. He dearly hoped he would not ask any questions, so he quickly changed the subject, "So what happened to your arm?" Lily scowled.
"James tripped me on my way back from breakfast about an hour ago, and I fell and broke my arm. Either he didn't notice, or just didn't care, because he didn't do anything about it," Lily said. Remus opened his mouth to respond, but was cut off by Madam Branche entering the room from her office.
"Alright Lily, I'm almost done darling," Madam Branche said. She froze when she saw Remus, dropping a bottle of potion on the floor. It broke, and Lily let out a small, frightened scream.
"Oh dear! What a mess! I am so sorry Remus, you frightened me. I didn't know you were here," Madam Branche said, repairing the potion bottle and vanishing the spilt potion.
"I'm sorry. I am just here because I am not feeling so good," Remus said.
"Of course. I'll finish up Lily and then be right with you. You can to take a seat on that bed over there for a moment if you like," Madame Branche said. Remus nodded and walked over to the bed, setting his suitcase down as he went. Although he wasn't really going home, he had packed a suitcase anyway. Partly so as not to look suspicious, and partly because he would need a change of clothes and possibly a book to read during his stay over the next 2 days. Madame Branche mended Lily's arm in a jiffy, and sent her on her way, hurrying over to Remus.
Lily left, feeling rather sympathetic for Remus. The poor boy always seemed to be sick. She checked her watch, and saw that it was just about lunch time. She started walking slowly down to the Great Hall, figuring it was a waste to go to the common room first.
She walked in and saw Alice and James were already seated at the Gryffindor table. Everyone else had yet to show up. Lily made her way over to Alice, trying to ignore the fact that she was sitting with James.
"Hey Lily. Where have you been all morning?" Alice asked. Lily smiled sarcastically at being asked that question.
"Funny story that one is. You see, James here found it amusing to trip me this morning after breakfast," Lily said, staring pointedly at James while loading food on her plate.
"Oh come on, all I did was trip you!" James said in protest. Lily rolled her eyes. Did he seriously think that she would be MIA all morning because she was sad that he tripped her? Boys really are stupid sometimes. Actually make that all of the time.
"Yes, but because you tripped me, I broke my arm and had to spend the morning in the hospital wing having my arm mended," Lily said, glaring at James.
"Oops..." James said, grinning guiltily.
Sirius and Peter walked in then, and Marlene and Melanie came in shortly after. When Sirius sad down, he immediately began shoving food in his mouth, just like James was already doing.
"You guys really are pigs. Peter is managing to eat like a normal human being, and I'm sure Remus would be as well if he were here!" Marlene said. She glared at them, mostly James, as she had been there when Lily had broken her arm.
"Where is Remus by the way?" Melanie asked, looking up.
"He went home for his Great-Grandpa's hundredth birthday," Alice said.
"Oh," Melanie said, "But wouldn't that be your Great-Grandpa too?"
"Nope, it's the other side of the family," Alice said smoothly. Marlene started to say something, most likely about the subject at hand, but was stopped as a piece of mashed potato came flying up from Sirius's plate and hit her in the eye.
"Ow! You guys are unbelievable. I bet you couldn't go one day without eating like swine" Marlene said.
"Hey! We don't eat like swine! Maybe like pigs sometimes, but never like swine!" James exclaimed, appearing deeply offended. Everyone else started at him, not even bothering to correct him. Again, boys are dumb.
"But anyway, I'll take that bet!" Sirius said, trying to figure out why he was friends with James in the first place.
"Same here! How much?" James said, swallowing his mouthful of food and looking around at the girls, who were still staring at him.
"Five galleons," Lily said. James glared at her.
"Deal," He said, grabbing her hand and vigorously shaking it.
The rest of the meal was spent with James and Sirius eating very politely and Lily and Marlene trying to coax them into losing their manners. James and Lily were especially determined to win, as both wanted to beat the other very badly.
At the end of lunch, the seven young Gryffindors wandered out to the Entrance Hall, wondering what to do.
"Why don't we go outside for a walk or something," Alice suggested, "It was just starting to snow this morning, I'm sure the grounds will look pretty."
"It's snowing? Are you serious? I love snow! Let's go, let's go!" Lily exclaimed. James rolled his eyes. She always got like this when it snowed. When she was little, she even threw parties for the first snow of the year, and of course his parents made him go to all of them.
"What are we going to do, throw a party?" James asked tauntingly. Lily hit him on the arm.
"Shut up, at least I know what swine is!" Lily responded. That sure seemed to shut him up.
"That does sounds like a good idea. I'll need to go get my cloak though, it's cold outside," Melanie said, shivering for emphasis.
"I agree, so do I. Why don't we all go and get cloaks and then come back here," James said. They all agreed and started walking to Gryffindor tower, the boys trailing slightly behind the girls. Upon arrival at Gryffindor tower, the boys went up to their dorm, the girls doing the same thing.
"I really can't wait until Christmas. Are you all staying here or..." Sirius was saying as they walked up the stairs. However, he trailed off once they had opened the door. All three boys stared, looking around the room in amazement.
The room had been trashed. Completely trashed. Books with pages torn out and ripped robes littered the floor. Most of the mess was around James's bed. His trunk had been opened, and all of it's contents now were spread out all over the floor.
"What happened?!" James said in shock. He picked up his pillow and put it on his bed, discovering that most of its feathers were on the floor, "Who would attack a helpless pillow like this! The evil people in this world..."
"It looks like someone was looking for something," Peter said, noticing that the pockets of all the robes were turned out.
"Yeah! And who do we know who is looking for something of yours?" Sirius said. James thought a moment before catching on.
"No! Avery? I didn't think he would actually do this!" James said, clearly shocked.
"Aren't you really glad you gave the watch to Brighid?" Peter asked. James and Sirius nodded.
"Wait until the girls hear about this!" Sirius said.
"No!" James exclaimed, "Don't tell them, don't tell anyone what happened." James said. Peter and Sirius looked at him questioningly, but decided not to push it. The boys grabbed their cloaks, James brushing feathers off of his, and headed out the doors.
Professor Avery smiled to himself from his position under James's bed. He had been in the dorm when he heard the boys coming up, and quickly hid under the bed. Even though the boys were on to him, Avery now had a lead. He knew where the watch resided... with Brighid Potter.
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AHHH! AVERY IS EVIL! AHH!
Ahem...anyway... there you go! Please please PLEASE review!! The next chapter should be up pretty soon.
Next chapter: CHRISTMAS!! Well kind of. I split Christmas into two chapters, so next chapter is the first part of it. It's a pretty fun chapter. And there is also a little bit more Avery... some Slug club.. it's a pretty packed chapter. Really long too.
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