Chapter 15
Disclaimer: For the last time, if you recognize anything in this story, it was never mine in the first place. Honestly. I didn't even try to call it mine. I've been admitting it wasn't from day one!
A/N:– Last chapter folks! Enjoy it while you can! Check the note at the bottom for the next story, coming soon! (By the way, all the names Lily gets called, I have been called at some point in my life.)
"James Potter," said Lily, stepping forward from the vast crowd, and looking sternly at him. "Give me that book."
"Uh…" said James, backing towards the edge of the lake. "I'd rather not."
"James…" said Lily, narrowing her eyes and stepping towards him.
James took a chance to distract her momentarily. He stepped forward and kissed her.
The on-looking crowd wolf-whistled and made kissing noises.
Lily pushed James back, so he was on the edge of the lake again. She looked even angrier now.
"How dare you!" she cried.
The crowd went silent until someone yelled out, "You get him Trixie!"
Lily spun around. "Wha–"
"Hey!" yelled Tyson from the front of the crowd. "Her name's Tabitha!"
"No, it's –" started Lily, but more people started calling out.
"I thought she was Rosie!"
"Nah, her name's Elise!"
"Whatever! She's Amber! They have the same bag!"
"I thought her name was Lois!"
"NO!" yelled Lily, everyone fell silent and stared at her.
"My name is Lily Evans! Not Tabitha, not Trixie, not Rosie – Not any of the names you called out!" yelled Lily, going red in anger. She turned back to James. "Now, give me that –"
"Too late!" said James quickly, throwing the book over his shoulder.
"Nooooooo…!" yelled Tyson, Gilderoy and Annapelle.
Lily smiled, the expression softening her features. "Potter, you actually – AARGH!" she screamed, scrambling backwards.
The giant squid had come to the surface of the lake. In one tentacle, it held Annapelle's little black book.
"No, no, go back, go back, you can have it," said James, signalling to the squid to go back under the water.
The squid made a loud noise like a defeated bird, and started to go back under water. But its grip slipped on the leather covered book. It flew into the air in a graceful arc and landed in the middle of the crowd.
This time it was Lily and James yelling, "Nooooooo…!"
The crowd screamed as the book reached them, and they scrambled to grab it.
"Let me through!" screeched Lily, shoving people out of the way and cursing them as she went.
"It's mine!"
"But I love her!"
"I saw her first!"
"It landed at my feet!"
"It was so on my foot!"
"But the book is so pretty!"
"I need a new diary!"
"So do I!"
"I need a new Transfiguration book, otherwise McGonagall will kill me!"
"I don't care if she curses you to Tahiti, give me it!" yelled Lily. She pushed through and grabbed the book quickly. She looked at the crowd around her, breathing heavily. "There's only one way to solve this," she said. Whipping out her wand, Lily tapped the book and said, "Incendio!"
The book burst into flames, so Lily dropped it quickly onto the ground.
"There's a year's work of stalking in there!" cried Annapelle from within the crowd.
"And good riddance!" said Lily and James in unison. Their eyes met, and Lily quickly tore her gaze away.
Lily sighed and rubbed her forehead. Dorcas and Emmeline pushed their way out of the crowd and put their arms around Lily's shoulders as only best friends can do.
"You did it Lily," said Dorcas.
"It took a while, but at least it's, um, gone up in flames," said Emmeline, wincing at the pun.
"Maybe now I can sleep easy," said Lily. "No more stalkers in Hogwarts."
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Little does she know…
Final chapter my faithful readers and reviewers, who I can now consider as friends, since we've come this far. I'm sure you'll all be happy when I make this announcement…
A new Stalker story! Sirius Black, famed hottie of the school of Hogwarts, just wants to fetch his essay, and finds out a lot more…
Coming soon! I've already written the first chapter, so you can look forward to it!
