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Sirius: It's because everyone wants more of me, DUH.
Lily: Who'd be able to put up with your ego? They'd probably be crushed underneath it.
Sirius: HEY! James, back me up!
James: drools over Lily
Lily: HAHAHAHAHA SIRIUS I WIN!
Remus: Um...oookay...back to buisness...Disclaimer: LaurieLover STILL does not own Harry Potter.
"Morning," Anthea and Lily greeted the six of them as they climbed down the stairs for breakfast. "Had a good sleep?" All of the boys said no, and Anthea and Lily said it was the same for them. "You'll meet the rest of the people from our dorm later, I suppose," Anthea said, glancing up at her room.
Remus remembered, just as they were all leaving the common room together, that the girls had not been introduced to Frank.
They were introduced, and the group went on its merry way to breakfast. When they arrived, Professor McGonagall was just beginning to hand out timetables. "Alberini?"
"Here," Zane said, rushing forward to grab his schedule. "Thanks."
Everyone crowded around Zane, trying to see which lessons they would have when. "Hey, hey, back off!" he said jokingly, hiding his timetable. "You'll all get yours soon."
Nevertheless, he went through the sheet out loud. "First lesson on Monday and Wednesday; Charms. Transfiguration right after, and then on Monday a double period of Potions, on Wednesday only one. Broom practice is also on Monday and Wednesday, after lunch." He continued through the list, people talking around him about which day was their favorite, which periods they thought they'd like best.
"I think i'll like Herbology best," Zane said, breaking off from his long reading. "I like green things."
"I'm looking forward to everything," Anthea said. "Dunno which ones i'll like best until I meet the teachers."
"Broom practice, definitely." James stated.
"I think...nevermind, I'm with Anthea. I have no idea which ones i'll like and which ones I won't." Remus said.
Lily chimed in, "I'm either for Charms or Transfiguration, I can't decide between the two."
"I think perhaps i'll like Potions the best," Peter remarked.
"Agreed," a voice came from behind them. "that and Transfiguration."
Anthea and Lily turned around. "Oh, hello, Lisa!" Anthea greeted her. "We were just going over the schedule. Lisa, this is...well, a whole lot of people," she said as she looked over all of them. "all right, let's try this -- I don't blame you if you can't remember. This is James, Remus, Zane, er...Frank? Yes? Good. Sirius, obviously you know me and Lily, and...er..." She faltered again as she pointed to Peter. "What's your name again?"
"Peter," Peter said.
"Oh, right. Sorry, Peter!"
"S'all right," Peter told her kindly. "I'm having trouble remembering people's names myself."
"Oi! Anthea! Lisa!" They both turned around.
"Morning you two!" The two people Anthea and Lily had gotten into the boat with were walking over. "Everyone, this is Ben and John. And I am not giving introductions again!" she added. "Someone else do it this time."
"Nah, it's all right," John said. "we'll learn as we go along."
Ben spoke; "You guys have your schedules yet?" They nodded. "Cool. We should --"
"Everyone please finish up your breakfast, classes start in ten minutes!" they were interrupted by Professor McGonagall.
"We'd best be heading back to the dorms to get our stuff," Anthea said. "Keep talking, you guys."
"As Ben was saying..." John continued for him as they headed back towards the common room. Apparently they were dying to visit Zonko's, a shop in Hogsmeade filled with all sorts of pranks, but first-years weren't allowed to go. "If we all pitch in, we could probably get someone to buy us some pranks to play on our least favorite teacher!"
Lisa laughed. "You've barely been here a day and already you're planning out some innocent teacher's fate!"
"That's John for you," Anthea laughed. "Well sure, I think that sounds pretty cool. But you know what I heard," she said, lowering her voice so they all had to lean in. "I heard from Cyril there's a secret passageway somewhere round here that leads straight to the basement of Honeydukes!"
"How on earth do you know all this?!" Remus interrupted, bewildered. "We've only been here for a few hours!"
Ben chuckled and tapped his head. "We have friends in high places." he said mysteriously.
"We're all friends from camp, Zane, John, Ben, Lisa, and I," Anthea explained to Remus. "We know some people who've been going to Hogwarts for years."
"Oh, cool!" said a fascinated Peter.
"Anyway, what's this about a secret passageway?" Zane asked, his eyes twinkling mischievously. "Does Cyril know where it is?"
Anthea shook her head. "No -- but we could look for it, couldn't we?" They arrived at the portrait of the fat lady. "Codswallop," Anthea told her.
"Certainly," the fat lady nodded, swinging her portrait open.
"I mean, I think -- where on earth is my stuff?" Anthea interrupted herself mid-sentence. "Hm, that's odd. I was sure I left it here. Hang on, let me go check the dorm." She bounded up the stairs, "Lily, Lisa? Either of you see my bag?"
"Yeah, I got it, Anthea, sorry," Lisa said sheepishly, holding out a black suede bag. "found it on my bed for some reason."
"Odd...so everyone's got their stuff?" Lily asked as they returned downstairs. "Let's go to Charms then."
They arrived at Charms to see a very short man attempting to get the class quiet. "Today we'll be learning a simple fire charm, incendio." he said loudly. "Quiet now, everyone -- quiet!" The chatter continued.
"Five points from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw each!"
The classroom got deathly quiet.
"Well now," the man said with a slight smile, "that certainly works. My name is Professor Flitwick..." He continued, and on went the class. Sirius and Anthea got the fire charm down with no trouble -- well, Sirius nearly set the table on fire, but after that mishap he had no trouble. Remus and James both got it after a while, and so did Zane and Lily. Peter on the other hand...
"Good lord!" John shouted, jumping up for the fifth time. "I told you, don't aim the wand towards me when you do that!"
Peter squirmed shamefully. "Sorry," he squeaked. "I think I need a new desk, professor."
Ben snorted loudly, and Lisa hushed him. "This'll happen to us all eventually, I'm sure." But even she couldn't keep in a snicker as Peter set John's sleeve on fire and John cursed loudly, smacking Peter on the back of head with the sleeve that was left. Anthea and Lily were near hysterics at this point. They both breathed in deeply, forcing themselves to calm down.
"Last time I'm sitting next to Peter in Charms," John muttered angrily, setting the two girls off again. Remus looked over to see Sirius, James and Zane all huddled together, also in hysterics but trying very hard to keep quiet. Am I the only sane one here?! He wondered.
He would be wondering that quite a lot over the course of the next few months. After that he'd be sucked into the craziness as well, though he knew little of that now.
Transfiguration class was remarkably uneventful compared to Charms. They spent the whole lesson trying to turn a pencil into a pen, which none of them succeeded in besides Lisa, who turned out to be quite good at transfiguring things.
After that came a double period of Potions, in which Peter did the best he'd done all day. In fact, he didn't set anything on fire at all. Sirius and James were both terrible at Potions, and Anthea couldn't concentrate when they were joking around because she'd start laughing too.
Lily and Lisa both did fairly well, while John and Ben didn't even try. They were having far too much fun concocting horrible mutations that towards the end of class exploded onto everyone, causing their robes to stink like dungbombs and various tattoos to appear randomly on any skin that had been exposed.
James, to his disgust, had a large purple hippo plastered on his forehead for the rest of the day, while Remus had what appeared to be a jewelry box under his left eye.
Sirius, to his delight, had a large Hippogriff starting on his neck and ending on his chest, its wings spread across his collarbone. He was unspeakably sad when it faded away the next day.
Lisa had a heart on her cheek, a real heart, veins and all, and Lily had a pentacle on her shoulder. Anthea, whose sleeves had been rolled up when the potion exploded, had a rose entwined with a snake on her right arm, a lion fighting an eagle on her left arm, and a heart like Lisa's also on her cheek.
John and Ben, being the ones who were standing next to the potion when it went off, had gotten the worst of it. John had a raccoon eating a bone splattered entirely across his face, and a mallard on his neck, and Ben had a ferret across his nose, a pink flower on his left cheek, an elephant on his right cheek, and what looked to be a sheet of homework on his forehead. Zane, somehow, had gotten away with nothing.
After that they had lunch, all of them thoroughly enjoying the attention they received due to their tattoos. So far, so good.
Then came broom practice, which was a disaster.
James had apparently found his calling, and he got his broom into his hand in about a second, Sirius and Anthea close behind. Ben and John's brooms both went haywire, attacking anything that moved, and Zane's broom shattered when he touched it. Lily's broom acted normal at first -- that is, until she was in the air and it began talking to her, scaring her so much she nearly fell off. Lisa's broom pulled the same thing, causing Lisa to decide from then on that she was meant to stay on the ground. A pity, too, James told the group later, 'cause she really was a good flier.
As it turns out, Peeves had messed with the majority of the brooms before practice, so they didn't unfortunately get very far into the lesson before they were released out onto the Hogwarts grounds to do whatever they wanted before Herbology started.
Herbology class was a bore for Sirius, Anthea, James, and John, though Peter, Zane, Lisa, Lily, and Ben enjoyed it. Remus didn't really care either way, his mind seemed to be on something else.
After that they had Defence Against the Dark Arts, which all of them loved. Their teacher, Mr. Debator, was an incredibly funny man, as though his name wasn't enough. He was also a very good teacher, and the group left that class feeling quite proud that they'd learned so much in one period. Finally they had dinner, and all of them went to bed that night quite exhausted but also quite elated.
School was fun.
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