Hello, hello, hello loyal readers :)
I said I would update after the day I updated and didn't, my bad but my brother and I went out and hung out and I lost track of time. Yesterday we got home at 10pm, my mum was not a happy person and my dad couldn't care less because my brother brought back beer and chips and they were both going to play the PlayStation 3, men these days I mean honestly if it isn't that there is a game on TV. So yes, I have been busy but decided to update today, the worst day ever since Alex is leaving today. I have also noticed more James and OC stories going up with the twin idea, and I was like YEAH more James and OC stories but now I want to change mine. I have a habit of not wanting to be like everyone else, and now I want to change it all but then you guys are reading this and want more. I only posted this story to get the 'what if' thing out of my mind, at first I was thought no because someone else has a story like this and I would feel like a jerk if I put it up. But I put it up thinking nah nobody would like it, I don't need to think 'what if they did' and it would not bug me but hey people do like it. Honestly I am conflicted, Gleelovermikechang? Is that the right name? Has a story like this so you guys could go read that though her idea is different. Tell me what you think, okay. My brother Alex reckons I could just re-arrange this whole story to fit my new idea or just finish it off then go off with my other idea. Should I continue? Or not
Amber sighs longingly when she sees the way James act around Belle, he has always liked her and Amber didn't blame him. Belle has beautiful wavy/curly fiery red locks and minty green coloured eyes that are framed by long black lashes. Her face once ivory now has a little tan to it like the sun is glowing on her face at all times and her lips a perfect colour pink. Amber still thinks she resembles a goddess with her perfect hour glass figure and 6ft stature which easily would allow Belle to become a model in the muggle world. Amber averts her eyes to the dark brown lock she twirls aimlessly in between her thumb and index finger. Her skin colour makes it look like she has never set foot out in the sunlight when in reality because of Belle the outdoors type of person as her best friend she is always outside, oh the sun doesn't make her skin glow with a tinge of a honey tan, no she goes as red as lobster if she doesn't apply the sunscreen Belle has. The red lasts for several days and for the next couple she is pink. Her eyes aren't unique, they are brown the common eye colour. Her height is not short like Lily or tall like Belle, she is average. That is how she would describe herself, average or the plain Jane. Her name should have been Jane.
Belle however thinks the opposite of how she thinks, she thinks she is unique and perfect not overdone or underdone; just right.
"I wish my hair was brown then I wouldn't be like Lily and that my eyes were blue like Tuney's eyes so I could be sort of like my dad. Also my hair clashes horribly with some colours, it just is not fair because when I was younger my mum made me wear pink instead of blue because of the clash of my hair colour and eye colour. You can wear any colour and pull it off. Great now I sound like Tuney" Belle replies while she brushes Amber's straight, and glossy dark brown tresses.
Belle places the brush down on the bed "you know sometimes I wonder if I was adopted or swapped at birth. Sure I had red hair like my dad and green eyes like my mum but my hair is not auburn like my dad I mean look it is a horrible vivid red and my eyes are not the dark green like my mums. They are light, bright green that clash horribly with my hair. My mum I heard her say once to my aunt Poppy that Tuney was underdone, I was overdone and Lily was just right. My eyes are too green and my hair too red where Lily has the balance. I reckon you are just right Amber and I know Remus thinks so too, I have seen the way you two look at each other" Belle replies, she nudges her best friend teasingly.
Amber knows Lily is perfect as well, sure she is short and has skin as white as snow but she suits it. Her almond shaped eyes are a perfect emerald green, her hair is the perfect auburn colour and she has the perfect hour-shape glass as well. Lily is also sweeter than sugary sweet, smarter than everyone else in Ravenclaw, heck she could give Rowena a run for her money at times, her smarts helped with her cunning strategies in Wizards chess that would make Salazar proud, her loyalty rivals every single Hufflepuff student and could probably rival Helga, and her bravery would astound Godric himself. Lily is perfect but that is what makes her imperfect in Amber's eyes because sure she could do anything and become the best at it but she did not have what Belle has to her. Belle works harder than all the Hufflepuffs combined to get her O marks in every subject, she studies more than Ravenclaws at times and Amber has seen her struggle, struggle with the balance of Quidditch and school, being a Prefect and co-captain of the Gryffindor team, being Severus friend, being in the slug club and having to attend parties and she also saw her struggle to keep up with Lily. Amber could not be jealous of Belle though she has tried because Belle is imperfect. Unlike Lily she is not confident as she makes herself out to be, and Amber knows everything she does she compares to Lily.
Belle's face falls when she reads a letter from her parents and she clenches her fists tightly with her nails digging into her flesh, it was to stop herself from crying in front of everyone at the Gryffindor table. She drops the letter onto the table and places a fake smile on her face while she places a lamb chop onto her plate. Fabien and Gideon share a look before they sneakily grab the letter without her noticing because she is now talking to Remus about Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Fabien reads the letter before handing it to his twin, his mischief smile fades and he places a comforting hand on Belle's shoulder. Belle stops her conversation and turns to him with a questioning look on her face before she turns back to Remus.
"I think you should read this" Gideon said softly to Amber, who has been watching the duo like a hawk and she nods cautiously. The twins always said sentences together unless it was serious.
Amber reads the letter and comes across a part which makes tears form in her dark brown eyes, and she looks sorrowfully at Belle.
Your father told me you play Quidditch, so that was the Q thing you always ramble on about at home. It is unladylike Belle, I wrote to Lily about it and what she told me makes me horrified you play it. I think you should stop playing for your own good, no wonder you haven't had any boyfriend's like Lily. Did you know your sister is in the slug club where all the smart students are? I am so proud of her, my sweet Lily is in the slug club and she is a Ravenclaw prefect to top it off. Oh I received a letter from Professor Slughorn who told me how she is the brightest witch of her age there. I understand you are Prefect too but the Gryffindor House is for the brave, daring and adventurous or something like that, Petunia said something along those lines so I am not surprised. Are you the only girl? Of course they would need a girl Prefect and I heard you are in the slug club too. Lucky for you Lily is in there or you might not be, I don't think it is fitted for you not that I don't think you're smart it's just more of a Lily thing. Slughorn sent me a letter about you too, I never got a chance to read it though because I spilled my tea on it and it was ruined. I think it is fair to say it is because of Lily. Remember when you were little and Lily got into the club for girls and they did things on etiquette, Lily begged for you to make it in so Mrs Rogers let you in.
"Amber, are you okay? James and Sirius already left the compartment and Alice and I were just saying goodbye" Frank says while waving his hand in front of her face and Amber is torn away from her thoughts.
"Oh yes, sorry" Amber blurts out curtly, her cheeks flush and she looks apologetically at the duo when she says "goodbye Frank and Alice, I hope you have a great holiday".
"Of course we will have a great holiday, I am going to France with my mum and Alice's family may be coming with us. Have a good holiday Amber and see you tomorrow Moony" Frank replies back kindly, he grasps his shy girlfriend's hand and intertwines their fingers.
"Bye Amber, Remus I hope you have a good holiday" Alice says shyly, she smiles sweetly at the two before shyly averting her gaze to the floor.
"Come on Alice, let's go" Frank says warmly, and he waves with his free hand before he walks out with his girlfriend.
"You were daydreaming for a while, are you alright?" Remus whispers softly with concern shining in his amber eyes and he comfortingly places his hand on hers.
"Yes, yes I am okay" Amber whispers back, her eyes meet his amber orbs and she decides though Belle is lucky to have James she is luckier because she has Remus and also her gaze flickers to the window where she sees her mum waving excitingly at her, probably excited that she has found her daughter who has yet to exit the Hogwarts Express.
Belle runs towards her dad who has his arms open and she leaps into his arms, Alex chuckles happily when she hugs him tightly.
"I am getting too old for this" Alex says when he places her down, he furrows his eyebrows when he spots what looks like a red bite mark on his daughters neck "what is that?"
Belle's hand flies to her neck, her eyes go wide in realization, her whole face goes the colour of her hair and Petunia stands there smirking knowingly "uh, uh, it's uh" 'I am going to kill him' she thinks angrily while she stumbles around with her words trying to find something to say.
Alex's thoughts detour however when he sees one Severus Snape with his lips attached to his daughter, his little girl Lily Evans and he storms over angrily to the pair. His fingers twitching at his sides as he imagines them around that boy who dared to kiss his daughter neck.
Belle lets out a sigh of relief and she spins around while furiously looking around for the boy she wants to murder at the moment "so you listened to my advice I see" Petunia inserts while she folds her arms across her chest, the side of her lip curves forming a smug smirk.
"No, I did not. How dare he? How dare that stupid little toe-rag do this to me? If Lily wasn't puckering her lips to Severus' lips imagine what dad would have done" Belle exclaims indignantly and her eyes land on familiar messy raven locks "ah huh" she whispers victoriously and she makes her way towards him.
She does not notice Petunia following her with the intention of meeting this James Potter who nearly had her sister, the daddy's girl in trouble with their dad for the first time in their lives.
"Yes I am Captain of the Quidditch team but only because Belle kind of had too many things to juggle or else we both would have been the Captain, she is co-Captain nonetheless. You have to meet her dad, bit fiery she is" James says with an arrogant smirk forming on his face.
Charlus Potter raises an eyebrow "does she have red hair?" Charlus asks curiously, his hazel eyes no longer on his son.
"And green eyes?" Dorea adds as well, her dark grey eyes flicker from behind her son back to her son's face,
"Uh yes she does" James answers a little confused, his eyebrows are furrowed and he looks at his parents with confusion shining in his hazel eyes.
"James Potter" Belle growls out angrily and she is basically seething with rage, her minty green eyes are sparkling with anger. Altogether James who spun around to face her thinks she is sexy.
"That is my name" James replies smugly, his hazel eyes twinkle with amusement when he sees her basically getting angrier.
"What is this?" she whispers menacingly while pointing to his bite mark on her neck " and why is it there James" she says angrily with her tone dangerously soft and more threateningly to James than if she yelled.
"Dad, mum this is Belle Evans and Belle this is my dad and mum" James says quickly, he inwardly pats himself on the back for changing the subject. She wouldn't continue this in front of his parents he hoped, and maybe she would let it go.
Belle's eyes flicker to his parents and back to him "hello Mr and Mrs Potter it is nice to meet you, I hope you wouldn't mind me taking your son away so I can murder him" she whispers sweetly and she grabs James arms and drags him away from his amused parents.
"Oh so that is the infamous Belle Evans we hear so much about" Charlus comments after a while, his hazel eyes twinkle with mirth and he smiles proudly "he gets his taste in woman from me" he adds while wrapping an arm around his wife's waist.
Dorea places a kiss on his cheek "yes he does, imagine our grandchildren with her green eyes or her red hair. You would be happy now wouldn't you, they both love flying so our grandchildren will and no doubt they would be in Gryffindor" Dorea says softly, a smile graces her features at the thought because she longed for grandchildren, hundreds of them.
Charlus chuckles in amusement "if he survives this you mean, Belle looks pretty angry if I say so myself. Ten grandchildren would be nice I suppose" Charlus says fondly, he looks lovingly at his wife. They both had longed to have a big family but were unable to conceive children until they had James; their James was a blessing and a miracle which they both treasured and cherished.
"James said she has a twin sister so maybe having twin's runs in the family. We could have twenty grandchildren if so" Dorea whispers contentedly, she clasps her hands together and smiles dotingly at the thought. Dorea loves children and always has but has been unable to conceive, James is their little miracle.
"How could you? My dad saw it you toe-rag and you are lucky Lily and Sev decided to have a make-out session" Belle growls angrily, she frowns at James and folds her arms across her chest.
"Disgusting, you might want to de-grease your sister now" James says teasingly, he laughs a little trying to lighten the mood but instantly stops when he sees her mood darken even more "it was a joke, look I am not going to see because you stubbornly won't accept my dates when you however know we are good together, so I wanted to show guys you may see that you are not available and that you are mine since obviously you are not wearing the charm bracelet I gave you"
"Wait, what did you do to the charm bracelet?" Belle demands angrily, she pushes James lightly away when he snakes his arms around her waist.
"Nothing, nothing at all beautiful" James responds instantly "do you know how beautiful you look today?" he asks deciding to charm his way out of this.
"James" Belle says warningly "what did you do? Tuney couldn't put it on; does it have something to do with that?"
James sighs in defeat "that charm bracelet my mum gave it to me" James replies and his mind drifts off into his memory.
"The bracelet has an ancient enchantment on it, the Potter family descends from the third Peverell Ignotus but my family descends from a Veela, a male half-Veela. His father was a wizard who fell in love with his mother the Veela who had many suitors, his father made this bracelet which has been passed down. Veela's can be very possessive of their intended and Olympias his intended had many suitors and in order to keep them away he made sure she wore this bracelet. There is ancient magic which propels other males away; it is unable to be described but males that have intentions of claiming the intended are unable to go near her. Rigel, my brother passed away and gave it to me since he had no children" Dorea explains as she hands the silver bracelet to her son, James hazel eyes widen in surprise when it changes form into a charm bracelet once it touches his hand "it also changes to what you want it to change into, why a charm bracelet? Jamie"
"Was it always a bracelet?" James asks instead, his hazel eyes critically studying the bracelet.
"No it changes form, my brother used it as a bracelet but when my mother had it, it was a pendant" Dorea answers, her dark grey eyes study her sons incredulous expression.
"It keeps other men away? For good" James questions, his thoughts purely on a certain red head.
"Yes, my mother only had it since she was the eldest and her siblings were all girls" Dorea explains to her son who nods happily.
"So the Black family are supposed to have this?" he asks his mum who flinches a little at the name.
"No, my mum was a Black by marriage and her maiden name was Nobel, Pleione Nobel who married my father Atlas Black out of obligation. Sadly my grandfather Kyllene known as Kyle was obsessed with blood purity and arranged her marriage to my father though she loved a muggle man named James" Dorea whisper absentmindedly, she drifts off into her memories.
"Is that why I am named James?" James asks curiously, his eyes drifting away from the bracelet which would make Belle rightfully his.
"Yes, my father arranged for me to marry Abraxas Malfoy and my cousin Orion tried to persuade me to marry his best friend. The Malfoy was and is vile with his ideals of pureblood supremacy and I was in love with your father Charlus Potter. The Potters were known to be blood traitors so my father said if I were to be with him than I was disinherited from the Black family. My mother, she let me be with your father and I was disinherited from the family. She loved the muggle James, and in honour of her I named you James though your father wanted to name you Nicholas" Dorea replies, still in her own world.
"I made it a charm bracelet but I can make it into a pendant if you want" James replies casually while Belle stands gobsmacked and wide eyed.
"You, you gave it to me so it could keep other guys away? You possessive, arrogant, jealous, brash little twit how dare you claim me. I am not property you spoilt toe-rag, you know what when I get home I am sending it back" Belle exclaims angrily, she prods James in the chest angrily and narrows her eyes at him.
James frowns at Belle and catches her finger before she prods him again "I am not jealous, jealous of who anyway Belle?" James asks and his lip curves into a smug smirk.
"David Kingsley, the sixth year Gryffindor I went out with in the beginning of this year. Who dumped me out of nowhere, what did you do?" Belle demands, she starts piecing the puzzle together and her eyes go wide "you, you said something to him didn't you Potter"
James hazel eyes start shining with anger "that bozo, he was using you Belle that git was only using you to get more popular. I don't know how you could even go out with the git for two weeks" James mutters angrily.
Belle's firm gaze softens and she purses her lips after she released a sigh "I guess you can get away with that, he was a jerk but really James you are extremely possessive" Belle says softly and she brushes a red strand behind her ear "and the bite was unnecessary" she huffs in annoyance when the hair rebels and moves back into in front of her face.
James pulls her closer to him; he brushes the strand behind her ear and smiles proudly at the bite mark on her neck "fine, I won't do that again" he whispers tenderly.
Belle goes to argue but she finds herself lost in his hazel eyes and she inwardly curses him for having this effect on her "uh hello, are you James Potter?" a voice breaks their intense gaze and Belle swivels around to see Petunia.
"Tuney" Belle says softly, her eyebrows furrow and she looks with confusion at Petunia
"I am Petunia Evans, it nice to meet you" Petunia says politely, she extends her hand which James shakes after a moment.
James looks at Belle to Petunia "it is nice to meet you as well" he says slowly before looking incredulously at Belle "are you two sisters?"
"James this is Tuney, actual name Petunia my older sister"
Lily frowns angrily at her dad "dad, stop you are being quite embarrassing" Lily whines while Alex basically drags her away from Severus after saying colour words to the boy.
Alex glowers at Severus "keep your lips to yourself, boy and stay away from my house" he instructs sternly.
"If Belle kissed a boy you would let it slide" Lily cries out indignantly, and Alex scoffs "no I would do the exact same thing"
Sirius chuckles with amusement at the scene "where is popcorn when you need it" he mutters before laughing harder at Severus when Alex starts growling.
Regulus rolls his dark grey eyes but his lip curves into an amused smirk "Sirius, let's go before all the Floo spots are taken" Regulus says.
I had to finish it here; this is rushed like ten minutes rushed. Please review, and I am not kidding I wrote this in literally 10-15 minutes