A high-pitched squeal echoed throughout the Evans' home. "I made Prefect!" Lily screamed to no one in particular. Amaryllis and Dorcas shared a look, both of them in the former's room.
"Obviously," Dorcas whispered, pulling her shirt on. The girls were wearing matching -short-sleeved- turtlenecks to hide the evidence from a few days ago. Amaryllis nodded in agreement and they pulled their hair out of their shirts in perfect unison.
"Let us go downstairs. Our Hogwarts letters are here." Amaryllis linked her arm with Dorcas' and they skipped to the kitchen together, where the Evans' -minus Petunia- were praising Lily for getting Prefect.
"Lily this is fantastic!" Mrs. Evans gushed. "I knew you would get it." Mr. Evans added. Dorcas rolled her eyes and snatched the letters off of the coffee table.
"Didn't get Prefect, obviously," Dorcas mumbles as she opens her letter. "What about you?" She asks. Amaryllis shrugs and opens her letter. The praises for Lily are tuned out by her as she reads her letter and a grin makes it way to her face.
"I made Prefect." Amara squeaks to Dorcas. The brunette drops her letter, jumping up and down as she squeals. Lily and the rest of the family stop their praises -not that Petunia was praising her- and look at the two girls who were jumping. "I can't believe it. Honestly, I thought it was going to go to... anyone else." Amaryllis whispers, a satisfied smile on her face.
"You made prefect?" Lily asked. Amaryllis just nods and Petunia is the first to congratulate the girl.
"Well done, Amaryllis. Glad that your school has some sense." Petunia says, slyly making a jab at Lily. She searched her sister, her eyes landing on the turtleneck that she was wearing. Lily had told Petunia something that made her wonder...
Petunia gave Lily an annoyed look as the redhead entered her room, without permission. "What do you want?" She asked, bluntly. Lily looked around nervously as if making sure no one was listening to them.
"Have you noticed anything... strange going on with 'Mara?" Lily whispered. Petunia who had a blank expression on her face merely raised a brow.
"No."
"I think she's keeping a secret or... something," Lily mumbled, trying to figure out what her sister was hiding. "I can't be the only one who doesn't believe the story she gave last night."
"Technically, it was this morning. Plus you two hardly ever hang around each other, ever since that weirdo of yours came into the picture. You can't be making accusations, without evidence." Petunia sneered. Lily shifted under her elder siblings gaze, their relationship had become strained and Lily was sure that it would be completely cut off if Amaryllis wasn't in the picture.
"This morning... I saw marks on Amaryllis' neck." Lily told her. "Like hickeys." Petunia's eyes widened at her words. "Do you think she has a boyfriend... or maybe she just snogged some random guy?"
"Amaryllis isn't the type to do that, Lily. Maybe she does have a boyfriend and they aren't serious enough for her to tell us about it." Petunia reasoned. Lily shook her head.
"But its serious enough to where they're snogging and leaving hickeys on each other!" Lily whisper-yelled. "I think that Dorcas has been a bad influence on her."
"Dory isn't that bad." Petunia grumbled.
"Ever since she and Amaryllis became friends... its like she's become a whole different person. Over the years its gotten worse." Lily argued. Petunia scowled, taking a step forward.
"Your just angry that Amaryllis actually has a voice now. Her confidence has grown and so has she. Is little Amaryllis better than you now Lily?" Petunia asked, tauntingly.
"I'm just concerned about he-" Lily sentence died out when the door opened.
"Petunia may I borrow your hairbrush?" Amaryllis asked entering the room. Petunia nodded, her eyes flickering to her sister's neck. Petunia's eyes widened and Lily gave her an 'I told you so' look. "Did I interrupt an argument or something?"
The girls all sat in the living room, eating snacks Mrs. Evans made for them. Mr. Evans had to go to work but he told his daughters he'd pick up a treat for them on his way back. There was a silence until Lily broke it.
"I wonder who the male Prefects are?" Lily asks, curiously. "For Gryffindor, it is obviously Remus, but I am unsure about who it could possibly be for Ravenclaw." Amaryllis answers.
"Maybe it will be Bertram Aubrey." Dorcas laughed out. Amaryllis sent the girl a glare and Lily even cringed at the name.
"He's a pig and he acts like he's better than everyone else. His intelligence is satisfactory for an eagle but other than that I have no idea how he got into Ravenclaw." Amaryllis paused. "Hopefully... Xenophilius will make Prefect." She adds, cheerily.
"Who's that?" Petunia asks, her eyebrows waggling. Dorcas snorts into her drink and Amaryllis blinked several times as if trying to comprehend the question. "What? What did I say?" Petunia looked confused and Lily was curiously waiting for her twins reaction.
"Xenophilius..." Amaryllis finally spoke out. "Did you just make an implication towards him and I being together?" Amaryllis queried. Petunia nodded, with uncertainty, before Amaryllis burst into a fit of laughter along with Dorcas. "I could never! In all honesty, I view him as a brother. A very eccentric brother."
"Xeno is like her little brother. Everyone thinks he's bonkers so they try to bully him, but Amaryllis and I to the rescue. If she ever said she liked him then Xeno would ask if she had wrackspurts in her head." Dorcas informed them after calming from her fit of laughter. Her and Amaryllis shared a look and started to chuckle.
"Oh, your talking about Lovegood!" Lily exclaimed, realization dawning on her. The pair gave her a blank stare as if she was stupid for barely realizing it.
Platform 9 & 3/4 was bustling with students, per usual. Amaryllis and Dorcas stood in the middle of all the chaos, the former with a Prefect badge pinned to her chest. "Don't leave me!" Dorcas whined, keeping her hold on Amaryllis' hand.
"I have to go to with the other Prefects for a meeting. I'll come to find you after that." Amara told her, trying to pry the hand away from her.
"Hey, Evans!" A voice called from behind them. Amaryllis didn't bother to turn around, assuming the person was calling her sister. "Umm.. other Evans!" They tried again, sounding closer. Both her and Dorcas spun around and were met with the Marauders. Amaryllis internally groaned because all of them together meant trouble.
"Yes?" Amaryllis asks, avoiding looking at a certain Marauder.
"I was wondering if you'd like to come to sit in our apartment?" James asked, making the redhead narrow her eyes in suspicion. Sirius was smirking at the girl, Peter was watching the girl waiting for the answer, and Remus looked bored.
"Why?" The girls asked, in unison.
"He wants to pry out any information you have about Lily." Remus bluntly informs them. James lets out a whine when his friend gave away his intentions.
"I have to go with the Prefects, but I'm sure Dorcas will be willing to tell you any stories she has about Lily." Amaryllis pushed her friend toward the group of boys. "I'll be back for you later," Amaryllis calls as she dashes away.
"Bitch," Dorcas mumbles, as she pushes herself away from Peter, who had caught her. Her gaze goes to James who is looking at her with hope in his eyes. "Oh hell no."
The redhead laughed to herself, knowing what kind of reaction Dorcas would have had. She steps onto the train, turning to make sure that Dorcas isn't trying to follow her. "Good," Amaryllis whispers when she sees the brunette glaring at the air beside Peter. She begins walking to the Prefect compartment, a -unintentional- pained look crossing her face when she spots a pair of figures.
"Bye Sev. I'll see you after the meeting." Amaryllis hears Lily say as she gives her best friend a hug. The boy seems to savor the hug and looks like he wants to complain when she releases him.
"See you." He whispers as the girl enters the Prefects compartment. "That was adorable," Amara grumbles as she shoves past the boy.
"Watch where you're going, Evans." Severus sneers. Amaryllis turns to stare at him with a stony expression, her blue eyes boring into his onyx ones. After a while, Severus shifts on his feet, beginning to feel uncomfortable with the glare, making Amara feel triumphant.
"See you, Severus."
Amara went down the train with Remus. "So this compartment?" She asked, gesturing to the compartment they had stopped in front of. He nodded and opened it. Amaryllis was met with a frowning James, a neutral Peter, a smirking Sirius, and a pissed off Dorcas.
"Is that all you think about?!" Dorcas shouted. "Lily this. Lily that. What's Lily's favorite color? Does she like art? Snap out of it Potter! Get out of Lily Land! She doesn't like you! Get over it and move on!" Dorcas ranted. Amaryllis quirked a brow in amusement. "And you!" Dorcas' attention went to Amara. "How could you leave me with this love sick thing? Terrible friend you are..." Dorcas huffed, her mouth falling into a pout.
"Let's go to another compartment," Amaryllis replied, in a bored manner, still in a bad mood. Dorcas immediately shot up from her seat and linked her arm with Amara's. "Bye Remus, Peter, Potter." Her eyes traveled over to Sirius. "..Black." The boy tipped his head down in acknowledgment, she rolled her eyes and closed the compartment door.
Dorcas kept her brown orbs trained on Amaryllis as the walked down the train. She pulled her best friend into the nearest empty compartment and shut the door. "What was that?" Dorcas whisper-yelled.
"What?"
"Don't play dumb with me. The other boys might not have noticed it, but I certainly did. There was this weird... exchange between you and Black." Dorcas snaps.
"No there wasn't." She argued. Dorcas narrowed her eyes, studying her friend carefully, and a grin slowly makes its way to her face.
"So there's nothing going on between you two?" Dorcas asks. Amaryllis shakes her head, ignoring the flashes of memories she is getting.
"What am I a nun?"
"I am disgusted by the suggestion," Amaryllis tells her. Dorcas' grin widens even more.
"Put them somewhere useful..."
"Nothing?" She asks, once more. Amaryllis shakes her head.
"You're hot when you get angry, Evans."
"Nothing."
Hey, what's up you guys welcome to another conspiracy theory episode! Today's conspiracy is that Amara and Dorcas will actually be endgame and freaking plot twist the crap out of everyone! Jk... maybe. I actually played with the idea for a while... should it be? I mean I was gonna pair Dorcas with someone else but I feel like it would get enough'screen time', maybe I'll create a whole other series for dorcas and her gal.