Hey guys! I know it's been a long time but I've been swamped with tests then I had to pack because I was traveling and now that I'm finally free on vacation I wrote the second chapter. Yay! So I didn't get the response I wanted for the first chapter so please review. I need to know that people are reading so that I can continue.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or the characters except for Macy, Elizabeth, Katherine, Alexa, and Effie.
Chapter 2- Lonely
"Marlene! Lily! Hurry up you two or we'll be late on the train and won't find an empty compartment!" Liz yelled. Me and Marlene always took our sweet time getting onto the train. We hated leaving Hogwarts. Our lives at home were just absolutely dreadful. Marlene lived alone with her father, who took it upon himself to physically abuse her seeing as he thinks that Marlene killed her mother. Her mother died while giving birth to her. Yes, McKinnon, a baby who doesn't know how to do anything is capable of killing someone. I feel really bad for Marlene. She has it so much worse than I do. My parents loved me but my sister enjoys calling me a "freak" instead of Lily. She was jealous that I was a witch and she wasn't. But we quickened up our pace anyways.
We found a compartment and piled in with me, Alice, and Macy opposite Marlene, Kathy, and Lizzy. "Ok, let's start our looking back on the year," Macy said. We did this every year where we looked back on the crushes, friendships, moments, and memories.
"Let's start with the bad stuff," Kathy said. "I'll go first. So let's see: my parents still hater me, my little sister is on her way to becoming a Death Eater and my older brother already is one," she said, in a rush. This part was always rushed since we always wanted to get to the good stuff and be able to laugh. Poor Kathy. Sadly, her siblings, Sophia and Eddie, didn't turn out quite like her. This was also very sad because you rarely saw Kathy crying or upset. She always kept her emotions bottled up.
"Logan cheated on me," Liz rushed out, tears forming in her eyes. Logan was Liz's ex who cheated on her with this bimbo named Brianna.
"Remus still doesn't notice me," Macy said sadly. Macy has had a crush on Remus since third year.
"My dad died," Alice said quietly, her voice barely above a whisper. This made us all upset because Mr. Prewett was such a sweet person. He always invited us over for Christmas and summer breaks. He was on Auror duty and was killed by Voldemort himself. Now Alice had to fend for herself since her mother could barely function after his death.
"I still cannot find love," Marlene said. She couldn't find the one and it killed her. But it was so obvious she was going to end up with Sirius even though they pretended like they hated each other. The way they looked at each other when the other wasn't looking.
"I lost one of my best friends," I said, my voice neutral. Then to lighten up to mood, I said, "Not to mention the fact that Potter is determined to make my life hell by asking me out every two minutes." My friends laughed. They loved to laugh at how I always refused to go out with him.
"Lils, I just don't understand how you can say no to him. I would die if someone like James Potter asked me out. You're so lucky. I mean he's HOT, smart, a Quidditch player. And did I mention that he is HOT," Lizzy said. She was the one of my friends who wanted to strangle me because I said no to him. I just looked at her incredulously.
"Are you kidding me? He is a horrible person. He has no values at all whatsoever. Hexing people left and right, thinking he is king of the school because he plays Quidditch. And not to mention he does not look HOT with his hair sticking up in every direction!" I said. I swear I say this everyday, yet nobody seems to hear me. It's always, "Lily you should go out with James!" or "Lily why don't you give him a chance?". Uh, hello people. Don't you hear what I always say?
"What I don't understand is how you can be friends with Black when he is exactly like James," Marlene said disgustedly. She pretended like she hated Sirius but it was so obvious she didn't.
"Well, McKinnon, it is obviously because I am the epitome of sexiness," Sirius said, appearing quite literally out of nowhere.
"You, Black? Ha, okay, sure. You use more hair product in two weeks than a girl uses in her whole life," Marlene spat.
"Ouch Padfoot. What did you do to my favorite Seeker?" I narrowed my eyes at the sound of Potter's voice. I'm sorry I forgot to mention a couple of things. Potter and Kathy were Chasers on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, Sirius is a Beater, and Marlene is Seeker. So Potter and Marly are actually pretty good friends. It truly sucks when your best friend is great friends with your enemy.
"James, you can't really do anything about it. Just him being here bothers me," Marlene said nastily. Sirius narrowed his eyes. That comment sounded too familiar and an image of Severus upside down flashed through my head. I stood up before Sirius could reply to Marlene. "Lils, where are you going?" she asked.
"To find the food trolley," I said, my voice quivering.
"Evans! Wait!" Potter yelled. I turned around. "Go out with me?" he said cockily. I don't even know why I bothered. I aimed a Bat Bogey Hex at him and turned on my heel, tears swelling my eyes.
"Lily! Lily!" I heard Sirius coming after me. I just kept walking until he grabbed my wrist and spun me around. "Listen I'm pretty sure Marlene didn't realize what she said. She wasn't there." How he knew these things, I will never know.
"Wait a second. Why are you standing up for her?"
"Wow. I'm sorry for trying to make you feel better." Sirius narrowed his eyes at something behind me. I turned around and saw Sev.
"Lily, can I talk to you?" he asked.
"No," Sirius said harshly.
"Are you Lily?" Severus snapped.
"Don't worry Sirius. It's okay," I said. Turning back to Sev I said, "Speak."
"Can he go?" Severus said rudely.
"He has a name and he isn't going anywhere." Severus sighed.
"Listen Lily I'm really sorry-" he started but I interrupted.
"That's what you wanted to say? Sorry but I'm not particularly interested. Bye." I said, walking away from him with Sirius behind me who surprisingly hadn't said anything.
"Lily, I know that what he did was wrong but are you sure this is good for you?" he said worriedly.
"Yeah. I'll be fine. You know what they say. The wounds will heal. But thanks Sirius," I said, smiling at him. We walked into the compartment to find Potter gone so Sirius went to go look for him while us girls played with Alice's wizard chess set for the rest of the ride. When we reached Platform Nine and Three Quarters, me and Marlene were both close to tears.
"Listen you two. I don't want you to be upset. I should be getting back from France in late July and as soon as we're back you guys are welcome to come," Macy assured us. And with that I was ready to push through this one month.
I searched around for my dad when I go off the train. Since my parents were divorced I stayed with my dad for a month and my mom for a month but since I was going to Macy's I would stay at each for two weeks. When I saw my dad, I ran over and gave him a hug. We started our walk to the car.
"So Lils, how's Hogwarts?" he asked. I started telling him about my teachers, classes, and OWLs. Before we knew it, we were at his house. I told him about staying at Macy's. We called up Mom and she was fine with it. The two weeks with my dad were awesome since my sister wasn't there. They were a breeze. Leaving my dad was hard since I didn't want to face Petunia yet.
My dad drove me over to Mom's. "I'm going to miss you Lils. Take care of yourself," he said.
"I'm going to miss you too Dad." I knocked on the door and Petunia opened up. "Hey Tuney." She looked at me with disgust.
"Mom! The freak's here!" she yelled and disappeared up the stairs.
"Lily come in sweetie. The house is yours," my mom said, appearing in the doorway. I gave her a kiss on the cheek and stepped in.
"Hey Mom. I missed you."
"I missed you too sweetie. Come on into the kitchen. I'm making brownies for you."
"Thanks Mom. So how have things been around here?"
"Same old, same old. Oh, but Petunia has a new boyfriend."
"Who?"
"This guy named Vernon Dursley. Looks like a walrus, has no manners, and is definitely not fit for your sister. But she loves him for some odd reason so I just have to accept it. So have you finally said yes to that Potter boy?" I rolled my eyes. My mom was convinced that me and Potter were going to end up together. As if!
"Mom! Ew! No way. I will say yes to him when hell freezes over," I said, looking at her as if she'd grown another head.
"All right honey," she chuckled. "Why don't you go ahead and get settled upstairs?"
"Ok Mom. Thanks." I walked up to my room with my trunk to find my room exactly as I left it last year. Normally I would be with Sev at the park. Boy, did I feel lonely.
James POV
Merlin. Why is there so much rain tonight? It was gloomy, dark, rain was pouring, and lightning bolt after lightning bolt struck. I heard a loud knock on the door. "Don't worry Effie," I said to my favorite house elf, "I'll get it." It was something to do since my little sister, Alexa, was at her friend's house and my parents were on Auror duty.
When I opened the door I saw a familiar black haired head. "Padfoot?" I said, shocked. His face was red and bloody. "Come in. What happened to you?"
"My parents. My bloody parents," he cried. This was the scariest sight I had ever seen in my life. Sirius crying. He never cries. NEVER. I didn't know what to do so I just sat down and let him cry on my shoulder until we both fell asleep.
When I woke up, Sirius was sitting on the couch opposite me. "Morning mate," I said. "Care to enlighten me as to what your parents did?" Just as I said this, my parents walked in.
"Sirius! What happened to you?" my mom said. My parents loved him. Who didn't?
"My parents. My family. I'm sick of them and their pure blood mania. I was fed up with it and I was trying to convince Reg that what they were teaching him was wrong. My mom heard me talking to him and before I knew it I was being beaten and tortured," Sirius cried. "Prongs I can't go back there. You don't understand. I'll do anything but don't send me back." I knelt down in front of him.
"Don't be daft mate. There's no way I'm letting you go back there," I said comfortingly.
"Yeah Sirius. You're not going anywhere. You're going to stay right here with us," my dad said.
"Really?" he asked, his face full of joy.
"Really," my mom said, smiling. "Effie will prepare a room for you."
Later, my sister came home and we took Sirius outside to play Quidditch and try to cheer him up. The next morning as we all sat down for breakfast, an owl knocked on the window. Lexi got up and let it in, untying the letters before the owl swooshed out of the open window. After reading what they said her face fell. I think she was expecting her Hogwarts letter since she was waiting for it. "Sirius! James! It's for you. You're OWL results!" Me and Sirius jumped out of our seats, grabbed the envelopes, and ripped them open.
James Shane Potter has received:
Transfiguration: O
Potions: A
Defense Against the Dark Arts: E
Charms: E
Astronomy: A
Divination: T
Muggle Studies: O
Care of Magical Creatures: E
Herbology: E
Sirius Orion Black has received:
Transfiguration: E
Potions: A
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Charms: E
Astronomy: A
Divination: T
Muggle Studies: O
Care of Magical Creatures: E
Herbology: E
"Let me see!" my mom ordered. When she saw our results she squeeled. "Oh boys! I'm so proud of you! 8 OWLs! Good job!"
"Imagine how great Moony did!" Sirius said. Imagine how great Lily did, I thought.
Lily POV
Me and Marly have been at Macy's for two weeks now. Marly showed up with the regular bruises that were beginning to fade now. Sirius had sent me a letter that made me worry about him.
Dear Lilyflower,
I wish that I could say that summer's been great but sadly I can't. I'm staying at Prongs's now. Don't crinkle your nose in disgust. He's my best mate and I have a reason. See my parents tortured me because I was trying to tell Reg that what they were teaching him was wrong. I'm sick of my family. I'm sick of my parents. And I'm sick of their pure blood mania. I couldn't stay with them anymore. I just couldn't take it anymore. So therefore I am staying with Prongs. See? I told you I had a reason.
Now, how are things at your place? Your sister still bothering you? You know that you just have to say the word and I can come up with a real nice prank for her.
Your favorite Marauder,
Sirius
We were all worried about him, even Marlene and that was saying something. Right now, we were all sitting quietly around the kitchen table waiting for our OWL results because Macy's father said they were supposed to come today. A knock on the window showed that our results were here. Marlene ran up to the window and opened it up letting the owl in with our results. We opened them up nervously.
Lily Ariel Evan has received:
Transfiguration: E
Potions: O
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Charms: O
Astronomy: O
Ancient Runes: O
Muggle Studies: O
Astronomy: O
Herbology: O
Macy Veronica Johnson has received:
Transfiguration: E
Potions: E
Defense Against the Dark Arts: E
Charms: O
Astronomy: A
Ancient Runes: E
Muggle Studies: O
Astronomy: E
Herbology: O
Marlene Jane McKinnon has received:
Transfiguration: E
Potions: E
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Charms: E
Astronomy: A
Ancient Runes: E
Muggle Studies: O
Astronomy: E
Herbology: O
"9 OWLs," Marlene said. "3 Os, 5 Es, and 1 A."
"Same here," Macy said.
"8 Os and 1 E," I said.
"Don't tell me you're disappointed Lily," Marlene said, annoyed.
"I'm not!" I defended.
"Let me see girls," Macy's mom said, coming into the kitchen. We handed over the results and she looked them over. "Girls! I'm so proud of you! Now you have NEWTs!" We all groaned. It was going to be a long, long year.
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