27 Aug: Oscar Nominations, Potions and St Mungos
Thursday, August 27th, the Evans household
I was stunned.
Never, ever had I expected...
I mean who would have thought that I...
That I...
Lily Evans would receive...
No.
No way.
Not possible.
So not happening.
Okay I know that this is very incoherent but I would have never imagined that I would receive Head Girl. I mean surely not I, Lily Evans.
Oh ho but here it is the letter from our ever charming Head Master telling that I, Lily Evans, have become Head Girl of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been chosen as Head Girl of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This is a tremendous achievement and you should be extremely proud of your position.
As Head Girl you will receive new duties such as holding prefect meetings, setting up prefect round duties, choosing all of the Hogwarts passwords, tutoring students as set by your head of house, setting Hogsmeade dates and taking or giving house points and detentions.
These duties must be used appropriately but if abused then you may have your Head Girl position revoked and be suspended.
Congratulations on your efforts and you have rightfully received this title. Your first duty is to hold the Prefect meeting on September 1st on the Hogwarts Express to congratulate and explain the duties of the Prefect role to the 5th year Prefects and get a basic outline on what times each Prefect would like to do rounds on for all the 5th, 6th and 7th year Prefects.
Congratulations and good luck,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Mad!
The lot of them!
Bonkers, I tell you!
What was ol' Dumbledore thinking, giving me Head Girl?
I am probably the least responsible bird in Hogwarts!
MAD I TELL YOU, MAD!!!
Er okay I think that I was just a teensy bit dramatic at that. Do you see now why I can't be Head Girl?
Oh well it'll be fun to choose the passwords for the Slytherins. MWAHAHAHAHA! I could give them a password like Daisies. Ohh this is going to be so much fun! I wonder who Head Boy is. Hmmm… Maybe Paul Stevenson, a Ravenclaw Prefect who I am friendly with because we had to do Prefect rounds with each other in 5th year. Oh maybe Jackson Yang, the Hufflepuff prefect who I know because last year in Ancient Runes we had to do a presentation together. Perhaps even my years Gryffindor Prefect Remus Lupin…
Actually I think I'm going mad as well. Honestly with the number of pranks he and his friends have done it's a wonder that he was made Prefect at all.
But then again considering the options of James Potter-also known as the bane of my existence-, Sirius Black-Hogwarts heart throb- and Peter Pettigrew-actually I really don't know what to say about him- it is pretty obvious that Remus Lupin was chosen as Prefect.
Eh I'll think about it later because at the moment I am preparing to apparate to Diagon Alley to meet up with Alice Rosier, Jamie Carrall and Emmeline Vance to get our books. Mary Macdonald my best friend wasn't allowed to go as her parents were keeping her on a tighter leash as Voldemort gets stronger.
I wish she was allowed to go but her mother is a muggle and her father a wizard and her mother Martha Macdonald got over protective.
Anyways there we can ponder over Dumbledore's age making him go a touch mad in the head. Hmmmm… Actually he is getting pretty old. Oh well.
Now where did that wand go again? It's not in my trunk because I just summoned my diary and quill not 10 minutes ago. Dammit where is that thing?
O right it's tucked behind my ear for safekeeping. A habit I picked off my Mum, Rose Janet Evans, from when she used to tuck her pens behind her ear when writing her short novels for children. She is a rather talented author and her stories have moral and humour.
Okay off to Diagon Alley I go.
Sunday 30th, Early Morning, St. Mungos
Ah, friends. Delightful, loyal, honest, kind, a shoulder to cry on…
I wish!
Pfft
What happened to the old fashioned friendship qualities?
My friends, ever so eloquent, have decided that I have become to boring for them and have decided to begin conversing with funnier, more carefree people. Aren't they lovely? Those traitors! They, when I arrived at the Leaky Cauldron hiding in the shadows hoping to scare them, were talking to the Marauders. Well two could play at that game, so I decided not to tell them that I was Head Girl and go talk to the Marauders as if they were long lost buddies. I think it went rather well apart from them looking stunned at my friendly behaviour.
Ha!
Oh Merlin, it really only went down from there. I made a public spectacle of myself, ended up in St. Mungos and probably never will be allowed to go to the Apothecary again. Plus it wasn't even my fault. It was Sirius Blacks fault. Well I better start from the beginning.
So after finding my wand tucked behind my right ear, I walked downstairs to find my mum talking on the phone to one of her friends, doodling on a spare piece of paper. Another habit I got from her.
I go over to her tell her and tell her I'm leaving; she nods and waves her hand to tell me to leave before she gets annoyed. Mothers these days. I swear I'm meant to live a century ago when virtues of stereotype parents and friends still existed. Anyway I leave the kitchen and go up to my bedroom where I apparate to the corner of the Leaky Cauldron, which I know nobody goes in because of its murkiness and darkness. Perfect for me to see my friends and for them to not see me.
So I look around and just my luck –for the first and only time- they are sitting in the booth right in front of me. I smirk as I see Jamie's short light brown hair tied back in a ponytail to the side and Alice's dark brown hair shake from laughter. That smirk ceases to exist when I see four of my least favourite faces in the world. The Marauders. Sirius Black looks to be in the middle of telling a funny story as he was talking animatedly and waving his hands about as they all laugh aloud.
I know that it's not just my bias against them that I saw that he looked extremely cocky and pleased with himself to see Jamie laughing. Ha! She'll see right through him, she is very intelligent and can see through guys like him any day.
But then it crosses me, why in the first place are they talking to the Marauders? I mean I know that Alice and Emmeline-both being purebloods- were friendly with them after being pushed together at many family meetings with the Potter's but they never went out of their way to talk to them. Especially when they knew I was coming. And when I was allowed to perform magic. Which it just so happened, I was.
I look at all of them to see if I can figure out what was going on. Jamie's nose was crunched in what I would have liked to have been severe dislike but was actually her happiness. Her dark hazel eyes sparkling with mirth and her lips quirked up and revealing her tinkling bells of laughter. Well I wasn't going to get any information from her.
Emmelines long blonde hair put down was covering her pale face which meant that I had no hope of figuring out what was going on using her. Alice on the other hand, despite laughing, showed exactly what she was thinking like she usually did. She was officially my favourite person at that stage. Note emphasis on was.
Her blue eyes were darting from watching Sirius' face as he told the story, to looking around the mangy pub in hopes of finding me then went to James Potter who was also looking slightly worried despite his large smile plastered over his face.
Hm.
Good they do remember me.
But then why was Potter worried, and why on Earth was Alice's vision going from searching the pub to Potter. Then it clicked. Well at least then I thought it did. Now that I look back it was probably because of James' worry. I thought at the time that this was another ploy from my lovely (note sarcasm) friends to try to get me together with Potter.
Pfft.
As if that was going to happen.
And then what was said next only seemed to resolve my certainty that this was another ploy. I was wrong now that I look back at it. But at the time I was so sure! After Black finished his story to a roar of laughter from the table Alice asked, "Where is she? She is 30 minutes late."
Whoops it must have taken longer to find my wand then I thought it did.
All of a sudden the table stopped laughing and each member took on a worried face.
Jamie replied, "I'm sure she just lost her wand or something. You know how she is."
If it wasn't for the fact that she hit that right on the nail I would have taken high offence to that statement.
"No I don't think that is it. She's hardly ever this late, if ever," Emmeline replied.
"And with You-Know-Who on the rise and her being a muggle born anything could've happened," Alice said in a solemn voice.
"Are you sure we shouldn't just apparate to her place and check on her," Potter said worriedly.
"No offence James, but I don't think that she would exactly appreciate us knocking on her door and asking for her to get her bum downstairs," Jamie said laughingly though only Sirius laughed back and I think it's pretty obvious why.
Good that she is adding laughter to the conversation and making sure that Potter stays away from my home. Hold on a second. Since when did Jamie call Potter, James? How dare she? Traitor!
"But what if You-Know-Who did come and murder her," Emmeline stated worriedly.
Potter hissed, "Don't say that."
I figured that I should probably intervene soon before they do decide to march into my home to find it empty of any Lily Vanessa Evans. Then coming up with a plan that at that time I thought was genius, I decided that since Jamie was going to get all friendly with the Marauders which by the way how long has this been going on for I decided that I was going to pretend that I was all matey mate with them.
I, using my extraordinary charms skills, made a popping sound much like the one of apparating sound in my area where they all looked over and I appeared out of the darkness making a good act of just apparating. Really, I should be given an Oscar or something.
I looked around as if searching for my three best friends and then looked in front of me to see 7 slightly sheepish and might I add guilty 17 year olds. Heh!
I yelled out, "JAMIEKINS! EMMAKINS! ALICE THE MALICE!"
It took a little bit of time to get over their initial shock of me appearing when they were talking about barging into my home until all three of the girls squealed out and ran to hug me. I laughed as I was bombarded with three extremely tight hugs and then as if just seeing them, gasped out at sight of the Marauders.
"Pete? Siri? Jamesy? Remy?" I choked out and then ran over and gave all four of them a hug as if we were the best of friends. Ha I'm expecting my Oscar nomination any day now.
My hugs were of course not returned as all 7 teenagers were sort of scared that I all of a sudden seemed to have made amends with them. Ha! As if!
They all looked at me as if I had grown another head and I smirked inwardly. Then as if I hadn't just seen their gaping looked around and sighed, "Merlin I've missed the magic world."
Gaping answered my statement! How articulate.
I then smiled at Jamie, Emmeline and Alice questioningly, "So when did they arrive? And why are they here? Oh and sorry I arrived so late. You know me, always losing my wand and then finding out it was only tucked behind my ear."
If I had expected some other reply other than gaping, I was sadly mistaken. I would have shaken my head sadly if it wasn't for the fact that I was too busy trying to keep my Oscar awarding act up. You know sometimes I amaze myself. Not only had I successfully managed to make my 3 best friends believe that I was mates with the banes of my existence and managed not to burst out laughing at their expressions but I had also managed to act everything I'm not. Usually I would never squeal, or give nicknames to my friends in public, or act like some sort of bimbo. If this had been a normal circumstance I would have greeted them detached, cool headed and only slightly happy at seeing them again.
Ha! As I said before, I sometime amaze myself.
Their faces though were priceless and so I swallowed the shriek of mirth that was begging to come out and I looked at them expectantly. Alice, the most responsible of us four, as she was brought up in a pure blood household which were extremely biased on pure blood supremacy, shook out of it first and said, "Hello Lily, these blokes are here because we just so happened to run into them. We didn't happen to tell you because it was completely unexpected…" She rambled on but she should have just said 'Oh we planned this meeting weeks ago and we didn't tell you because we knew you'd flip your lid. But obviously this secrecy wasn't necessary since you are all of a sudden mates with them.'
She was never credited for her abilities to hide her emotions. I must have been daydreaming or something at that time because she looked at me expectantly as if I was supposed to answer her.
"What?" I said, in my usual blunt manner.
"I just asked whether or not you were ready to go to Diagon Alley since you were 30 minutes late." She took on a look of stern reproving and inside I was afraid of a lecture about losing my wand but on the outside I put on a cheerful expression and said, "Yeah, I'm ready."
Jamie looked at me weirdly then burst out laughing. It was my turn to look at her weirdly.
I apparently wasn't the only one pretending that I didn't know her because she began choking out between her chuckles, "I'm sorry… But it's just… That you… Of all people… Called James… Jamesy!" Then before I could get anything else out of her she burst into fits of laughter once again.
This time though Black, Pettigrew, Remus and Emmeline joined her while Potter, Alice and I looked around as if we thought they were people that had decided to join us when we had no idea who they were. And I was not being mean. People really were giving us looks.
I shot Jamie a look that said that if it wasn't for the fact that she was one of my best friends I would never talk to her again and then huffed and turned on my heel walking briskly towards the brick wall that hid the secret entrance to Diagon Alley.
I looked back and saw Potter, Jamie, Alice, Remus and Emmeline following me so I lifted my nose in the air as if they were scum and apparated on the spot to my corner. Luckily Black and Pettigrew were laughing too hard for them to hear me as I didn't place a silencing charm around me.
I was entertained to watch their expressions as they saw me disappear on the spot. They all went back to the table muttering darkly. Jamie on the other hand was laughing and praising my skill. She was saying how proud she was that I pranked them all and that I was finally growing up. This in both cases wasn't true as, if anything I would not be growing up but growing down, wait scratch that, that doesn't make sense.
Anyway Alice looked annoyed, Emmeline murderous, Remus amused and Potter worried.
Ha!
Pulled a good one over them I did!
Who would have thought that perfect, Head Girl (though they don't know that yet) Lily Vanessa Evans would prank them all. And not just once but twice. In just one day I had made them all think that I was besties with the Marauders and disappeared on the spot. I gave myself a mental pat on the back.
Pfft!
Not now. Now I give myself a kick in the bum. I never think of the consequences do I?
Anyway back to the story. I hid in my corner stifling my laughter as Jamie told everyone in her fits of laughter that they should all just give me time to cool off and then I'll be as good as new. Then they got to a more interesting topic. My newly found friendship with the Marauders.
Sirius began, "What the hell was that anyway?"
They all didn't need to ask to know what he was talking about.
"I have no idea. None of her letters said anything about her turning over a new leaf with you guys." Alice answered unsure of everything. I was secretly thinking Of course I didn't. If you guys just didn't invite them to meet us here behind my back then you wouldn't be having this conversation.
Wanting to get involved again but wanting to hear the rest of their conversation I stayed hidden in my corner as they continued on.
"Do you really think that was her?" Emma asked seriously.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Jamie replied, "Of course it was her! She has finally learnt how to forget about being a goody two shoes and just enjoy life."
I know, I have the greatest friends, don't I? Just look at that love and compassion. I just love Jamie and her wit. It was the greatest day of my life when she and I were made dorm mates. Note the blatant sarcasm in this past paragraph.
"No what I mean is that she never, ever gives us nicknames unless she's extremely excited about something or I suppose drunk but as far as I know she never has been. Which again proves my point, Lily Evans has never been drunk before or had anything stronger than Butterbeer so why all of the sudden would she be all happy, and nickname calling, and hugging, and squealing, and hugging those who was supposed to be the bane of her existence?"
And then it clicked to me that everything she was saying was true. I never got drunk and never did any of the things I just did. And yet I just showed the Marauders what was only ever shown when I was experiencing a sugar high. Even now as I look back at it I bang my head on the wall. I am such a bloody idiot! I showed the Marauders the not so perfect flaws of Lily Vanessa Evans.
Let me explain. When I first entered Hogwarts I made a pact to myself after being called a Mudblood for the first time at Hogwarts, to make sure that nobody ever saw me at less than perfect unless I knew I could trust them. It took until second year for me to trust Alice, Jamie and Emma enough to let them see my flaws because of my insecurities of not being loved. And I have every reason to, as my all so lovely older sister, who before I got my letter to Hogwarts adored me, ditched me out of jealousy of my magical abilities.
Now we are only sisters out of blood. Nothing else. And so nobody except for my parents and best friends ever saw me at anything less than perfect except for when my red head genes kicked in and I got myself worked into a fiery temper. And for this almost everybody respects me and leaves me alone. Some people coughJamesPottercough didn't seem to get that message.
And for all that, here I was letting Potter, Black, Pettigrew and Remus see me as some sort of a slaggish bimbo.
I am a bloody idiot! A good actress but nevertheless a bloody idiot!
So I came up with a new master mind, evil, genius plan. Pretend that somebody nicked a strand of my hair, drank some Polyjuice potion and came storming in acting as if I was a slag. Genius. Then. Again I wonder why I believe I am some genius when all my plans come back to bite me in bum.
Oh well what's done is done and holy Merlin it is done!
So I decide to use my master plan and again make another apparating sound as all of the 7 teenagers turn around to look at me. So there I went pulling my biggest prank yet on them (pretending that my last two pranks never happened), and walked out of the shadows looking once around again and then starting as I look in front to see the once again sheepish and slightly guilty teenagers. Although now that I look back I see some respect coming from Jamie, Black and Pettigrew from my pranks.
Anyway I, using my amazing Oscar awarding acting skills, gasp at the sight of the Marauders and then narrow my eyes suspiciously. They all looked confused and I inwardly applauded my dramatic entrances.
I look towards Alice and ask, "Why are they here?"
Alice looks confused and states, "What do you mean, I've already explained this."
I give her a weird look and reply, "Alice I knew that one day you would finally crack from the pressure of your family but can you cut with the kidding around and just tell me what's going on?"
Emma, most likely catching onto what I wanted them to believe, stated while kicking Alice in the shin as I saw Alice's hand going down to her leg and her groan of pain, "They're here because we were waiting for you and they so kindly chose to wait with us as we so patiently waited for you. So what took you so long?"
Ah Emma just like Jamie has the kind of dependence you can count on in these situations. Even though she thought she just saw me and then sees what is supposedly the real me confused over when she thought she saw the real me can still use her charming wit and sarcasm to give me a laugh. Ha-ha, well done Emma.
Every body else at the table looked at Emma as though she was crazy while I said with an highly exasperated and extremely long sigh, "Petunia had me meet Vernon's family, as they are getting hitched soon and even though we both didn't like it, Mum made me come along. It wasn't my fault that this 'lunch' was an hour longer than what I thought it would have been. Blame my bad karma."
Everybody stares from me, to Emma, to me, to the spot the supposed me apparated away and then back to me. I just stare back.
Ha!
So here we are having a stare contest when finally Jamie or maybe Jamie's stomach interrupts. "Merlin, I'm hungry. Now that you are here can we either please order something or go to Floreans to have an icecream?"
I laugh even though everybody else is still caught in some sort of a stupor and I nod as Jamie gets up picks up her bag and we get ready to leave for the ice cream shop in Diagon Alley.
Black interrupts us, "Hold on a second. What is going on!!!???"
Alice finally understanding that either I was obliviated, pranking them once again or somebody else pretended to be me said under her breath though I could still hear her, "I'll explain it to you later."
Then as if that was the opening we needed, left to Diagon Alley where things started getting bad.
We first went to Floreans Fortescue where we all went to the counter to order and pay for our ice creams.
Now I smirked as the Marauders were about to see how crazy my favourite ice cream flavour was. I watched everybody else order to create suspense. I'm pretty sure that when I told Jamie to go first that she rolled her eyes. So shoot me, I love suspense. Jamie ordered chocolate mint, Emma ordered strawberry as always, Alice ordered plain vanilla which to this day I don't understand as it is so boring, Pettigrew ordered caramel, Remus ordered chocolate which wasn't really unexpected as that boy had some weird obsession with anything chocolate, Black ordered banana and then it was just Potter and I.
I waved my hands at him as if to say 'by all means go ahead'.
He then said, "Ladies first".
I smirked and then returned with, "Then by all means go ahead."
I know, even I surprise myself with my wit.
But he just smiled softly and went up to order. And this is when I got creeped out.
The old lady that was serving us asked him, "What would ya like hun?"
Potter smiled charmingly and replied, "A scoop of pineapple, then a scoop of mango tango, then chocolate and finish it off with a pumpkin juice topping."
I looked at him surprised and weirdly. So did my friends because they knew that, that was how I had my ice cream. He must have thought it was because the flavour was weird because he laughed (as did his friends) and said, "What, it is actually good if you try it."
I again give him a weird look that he smiled amusedly at and then took his ice cream off the old woman and headed over to where everybody else was standing not too far away.
I didn't want the arrogant git thinking that I was only choosing that ice cream flavour because he did so when the old lady smiled nicely at me and asked what I wanted I muttered softly, "the same thanks."
Jamie, as lovely as she is, decided to either completely embarrass me or annoy me as when they all couldn't hear me place my order she said sweetly, "What was that Lil?"
I shot a look at her that I hoped promised her pain and said just as sweetly, "What was what Jamie?"
Emma catching onto our game stated, "What was your order Lily?"
I shot a look at her and said hoping that this would shut them up but deep down knowing that it wouldn't, "Just my usual Em."
Then Alice deciding that she would also like to embarrass me to the pits of fiery hell asked me in the same sweet tone that we had been using this whole time, "And what would that be Lily?"
I glared at her wishing that looks could kill and then said, "A scoop of pineapple, a scoop of mango, chocolate and then a dollop of pumpkin juice topping. Happy?"
Jamie smiled innocently but her eyes shined triumph and stated, "Extremely."
I didn't even have to look at the Marauders to know that they were all smirking (arrogant gits that they are) and grabbed my ice cream cone off the lady giving her a brief thank you then huffed annoyed and walked over to a booth.
The others followed me smirking but the boys actually looked slightly confused and not smirking triumphantly how I thought they would have been.
In fact Pettigrew and Black actually looked disgusted. As if asking my unsaid question Black asked me, "How can you like that flavour? I thought that Prongs here was the only one that could ever like that."
I just shrugged and continued licking the ice cream. After eating our ice cream and exchanging casual pleasantries although Potter looked over to me a few times with a confused and slightly exasperated look we all went on our way deciding to meet up again at the Leaky Cauldron in two hours.
I went on my way with Alice and Emma as Jamie wanted to go broom shopping with the guys. We went to Flourish and Botts first and stayed there for nearly an hour as Alice and I were big book nerds. Emma had to threaten to burn all of our books before we left.
So we left with several new bags packed with books that were necessary for school and also some for our own knowledge. We hurried over to the Magical Menagerie a magical pet store in which I went searching for a pet that my parents had finally let me get, and Alice and Emma looked for food for their pets.
In the end, after searching through all the owls, toads and cats I chose a small grey and white kitten which I named Teddy.
I bought her food, a kitty litter tray and some cute toys and we went on our way.
We rushed over to the Apothecary with only 20 minutes to spare where I made a public embarrassment of myself. As I was buying a new kit of potion supplies for the average Potions Master my eyes caught sight of a potion called Solius Revellius.
It was said to after drinking it, supply a vision of your soul mate, where they lived and how old they were. Of course I was only looking at it from curiosity but try telling that to Sirius Black.
So there I was reading over on the ingredients and risks when I heard footsteps behind me. I was about to turn around when a whisper in my ears came to me in a familiar voice.
"Trying to figure out who your true soul mate is so you have a new reason to break my best mates' heart eh?"
I was offended at this comment and turned around to look at Sirius Black looking, well serious. I glared at him and said, "I do not break your best mates' heart for that would mean he has a heart in the first place. And anyway I'm only curious about what it is."
Sirius smirked at me cruelly and said in a bitter tone, "You think you're so smart don't you Evans? Sauntering around as if you are the Queen and we are mere mortals. Well get your bloody head out of your ass Evans. You are not as special as you like to think you are."
I gritted my teeth in annoyance, I hated it when people offended me when all it was, was a mask to protect me from being hurt. He had no idea how hurt I had been before. He had no bloody idea.
I did not answer him as I put the potion back on its shelf and walked away from Black without a second thought. But apparently he didn't think that was enough as he grabbed my shoulder and turned me towards him saying, "I'll be watching you this year Evans. You'll see. You're not going to get another chance to hurt Prongs. Understand?"
I was beginning to get afraid and I just nodded silently praying to Merlin that, he'd leave me alone but then Jamie called out to Black and he pushed me away and sauntered off towards Jamie as if a lost puppy.
What he didn't remember was that by pushing me away he was pushing me towards a whole shelf of potions. Potions that were contained in glass vials.
So as if in slow motion I felt myself fall back towards the potion shelf and then bang into it. From there everything sped up and I felt my whole life flash before my eyes.
I know.
Original right?
And you know what sad thought crossed my mind after the recount of my life.
Jeez I spent a lot of time in the library.
I know I am just so witty. But in my defence I thought I was about to die.
So as I felt the first glass break through my skin instead of crying I closed my eyes and placed a small smile on my face.
Because Merlin knows I'm going to die with a smile on my face,
I'm pretty sure I heard some people shouting out my name but at that moment I felt a potion fall on my head and I succumbed to the black.
The next thing I know I'm in St. Mungo's all alone and unsure of what to do.
I am pretty sure that I was out for a long time because it is now morning and there are no healers walking around.
So now I am alone in St. Mungo's not knowing what happened after I blacked out and not knowing if my friends are here or not.
Wait hold on a second I hear some footsteps coming towards the door.
Sunday 30th, Sometime before lunch, Evans household
Well that was odd.
Very odd.
Too odd.
Those footsteps that I heard coming towards my door were actually Emma's, Jamie's, Alice's, Black's, Potter's and Remus's. I still don't know where Pettigrew was.
Anyway I rush to put my diary away as at the time I thought it might have been a Healer and I didn't know whether or not I was allowed to write.
I know I'm a bit of a goody-two-shoes but I can't help it. I got it from Dad.
So the door opens and I hold in a breath until I see Jamie's face looking around the door. I think that she might have thought I had died or something like that because she squealed LILYKINS and ran towards me and covered me in a hug.
I returned it for a moment until I got bored with not knowing what happened and so I say, "Ah Jamie not that this isn't appreciated but I would like to know what happened before I go gray."
I think that Jamie might not have heard my last part because she bit her bottom lip and asked, "Oh sorry. Did I hurt you?"
I thought about it for a moment and then said, "Nope. Everything seems to be in working order."
Then Alice and Emma ran to me and bombarded me in hugs and I groaned inwardly. Didn't we just go through this?
So after 10 minutes of reassuring them that I was fine and then going through the same process with the blokes I was finally told what happened.
Alice began, "You gave us a right scare you did. Thought we lost you."
Hmmm.
I didn't think it was that bad.
Wait scratch that.
Hadn't I myself thought I was dead?
Emma continued, "Yeah. In fact for a moment we did."
All of a sudden everybody turned really solemn and I took on a confused expression, "Wait what you mean you lost me?"
Nobody seemed ready to talk and I began tapping my foot in impatience, I was actually shocked when I noticed that Alice, Jamie and Emma were glossy eyed.
Merlin is it really that bad. Am I actually a ghost? And I know that is completely illogical since only 20 minutes before I was writing in this diary but everybody looked really serious. I began hyperventilating and thought I was going to faint.
Remus told me instead as everybody else still seemed lost for words, "Well what she means is that, you died. Your heart stopped beating for several seconds. There was no pulse. There was blood everywhere. You suffered serious head injuries and didn't wake up for a day. We've only just been let in."
Oh.
Right.
That's why they were crying.
I died.
There was no pulse.
My heart stopped beating.
I died.
And then came back to life.
How?
How…?
What is that word I am looking for?
How AWESOME!!!
I died and then came back to life.
Merlin there can't be many people who can say that can there?
If they all thought that I was going to be all sad they were sadly mistaken.
I looked at them all for a moment and they all stared right back stony faced as if afraid that I was going to faint or something.
Ha.
How ironic.
Then I began laughing.
"I am just one of a kind aren't I? I mean how many people can say that they died and then came back to life?"
All my friends and the blokes' mouths dropped in synchronization.
I just laughed harder at that.
Merlin now that I look back they must have thought I was off my cracker.
Heh.
I always said I was.
Then Alice began hitting me in the arm. I went indignant and groaned in pain, "Alice! What the hell was that for?"
"For." Hit. "Laughing." Hit. "About something." Hit. Hit. "That's not funny!" HIT!
I began nursing my arm from the onslaught of pain and gave her a look that promised revenge in various torturous methods.
I thought of how I was supposed to put it in words to help explain it. Then instead of doing anything I did what any strong, brave Gryffindor would do.
I cowered under the blankets and faked sleep.
Suck that Alice.
Actually now that I think of it, probably not the smartest idea.
Well I never claimed to be a cunning Slytherin.
I heard Alice groan and stomp out of the room muttering profanities under her breath. I then heard another few people follow after her and giving a sigh in relief go out of my blanket retreat only to find myself facing the eyes of who caused this problem in the first place.
Sirius Black.
I looked around hoping that somebody would save me from his terrifying face.
He kept on staring at me and then bit out one word, "Sorry."
And then he marched out of the room.
Jeez.
Boys.
I'll never understand them.
Really I won't.
About half an hour later a healer came in, did a few diagnosis spells on me and then told me I could have a shower and leave.
I went into the bathroom that was connected to my ward and looked at myself in the mirror.
Jeez didn't these healers know how to do a few cleaning charms.
Not so hard.
In fact I'm pretty sure that they're fourth year material.
The healers of today are severely lacking.
When I got home, my Mum gave me a brief hug, said that she loved me and then went back to the kitchen to cook whatever she was before. Mothers today. Insert eye roll here.
So here I am, in my favourite pyjamas, writing in the diary and eating comfort ice cream.
Another habit I picked up from Mum.
I eat ice cream whenever I am even the least bit sad.
It's an obsession of mine.
30th August, Late in the evening,
Damn it! I am never again going to go to Diagon Alley and getting hurt.
Not that I can help it. It's my bad karma.
But really. I am out not even a day and already have to rush to get everything packed.
Stupid Hogwarts.
Why do they have to make the train go on September 1st?
Why can't it be September 2nd?
Really?
Somebody tell me.
Now where did that wand get to again?
Oh yeah.
Tucked behind my ear.
Whoops!
Remember to pack:
-Cat food
-School robes
-Wand (must remember!)
-Heaps of quills!
-Textbooks
-This diary!!!
-HEAD GIRL BADGE!
-Parchment
-Sweaters (how many times I've forgotten them, and had to freeze my butt off at Hogwarts until Mum and Dad remember to send me them, I have lost count of!!!)
-SOCKS!!! (Don't ask)
30th October maybe 1st September, really, really late or really, really early!
I have just now finished packing!
HUZZAH!
Though I'll probably be really, really grumpy tomorrow from lack of sleep.
Eh?
I'll just pass it off as back lash from my recent hospital visit.
I am sort of sad though. I mean this is pretty much my last night here. After this year I will have finished Hogwarts and moved into the magical world leaving behind the muggle world. But on the positive side; no more Petunia! I am still sad about that. Losing Petty I mean. I don't know why she hates me so much. It can't be because she's jealous like Mum says, right?
She wouldn't have stayed jealous for this long.
Right?
Or maybe she is jealous.
But I can't help what I was born with!
It is not my fault that I was given magical abilities and she wasn't!
Yeah!
So I should be the one mad at her for ditching me when I was starting this new, scary school and not going to see Mum, Dad and Petty for ages!
Well I would be if it wasn't for the fact that my conscious won't let me.
Stupid, annoying, guilty conscience!
I wonder if I'm going to apparate tomorrow or get driven there.
It has been tradition for Mum and Dad to drive me but that was before I got my apparition license and all.
No, I am going to ask them to drive me because it is tradition and what if I insult them by saying that I was just going to apparate.
Yeah I am going to get driven there and that is that!
1st September, after Prefect meeting, a compartment on Hogwarts Express
I am too shocked to write.
I think I am having a heart attack.
Honestly I do.
Write later.