The Lioness and the Wolf
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or anything in the Potter-verse.
Chapter 7: Hogwarts
I got hell from my father the next day for leaving the slumber party. He grounded me for the rest of the summer. I, of course, was not happy with that and I managed to talk it down to only being grounded for a week.
The rest of August passed by quickly.
On September first I packed my trunk, put my Athena and Ames in their respective cages and was ready to go. I told my parents I loved them on the platform and got on the train.
Off to a new year.
I sat in a compartment with Sienna and Lucy. Not before long we were joined by Rose and Roxanne. The main subject of conversation? Boys. They were continuing the conversation from the sleepover, even though it was almost a full month later.
"What's up with you Lily?" Roxanne asked.
"Huh?" I wasn't paying any attention at all. I was thinking about the last time I saw Lorcan nine days ago. We were both acting a bit awkward. I sat outside the door to the basement the whole night of his transformation. When he woke he was in no mood to be up and moving and I fell asleep on the floor. Rolf eventually woke me up and sent me home but I bet he told Lorcan all about it.
"Nothing is up with me" I said looking out the window. I watched the trees zoom by backwards from us.
"You didn't to go the prefect's meeting" Rose said.
Oh, yeah forgot about that.
"She's been a bit off all summer" Sienna said as if I weren't there.
"I've haven't been…have I?" They all nodded. "Must be the wrackspurts" I muttered.
The trolley lady stopped by. I bought a lot of chocolate frogs. I collect the cards.
"I think we should find you a boyfriend this year" Roxy said.
Me? "No thanks."
"She already has the Scammender twins" Sienna said.
I rolled my eyes and flicked her arm. She knows I am just friends with them.
"I'm not looking right now, Sienna could use some male attention though" I said.
"Hey what is that supposed to mean?" Sienna flicked me back. "The guy I like is already taken and I don't steal."
"Unlike some people" Lucy muttered.
"What ever happened to you and Mason Hopkins?" I asked Roxy.
"We broke up during the summer. I figured it was time we went our separate ways" she replied.
Or you realized what a complete dunderhead he was.
"More like you came to the realization that he was a thick as a troll" Sienna said.
"He was not!"
"He kind of was" Rose said.
"It doesn't help that he looked like one too" I muttered.
"That's just mean Lily" Lucy said.
"Would you date him?" I asked.
"Lucy doesn't have the best taste in men" Rose said.
"Hey"
"It's true"
"Remember Jack Deverill?" Roxy said.
"I was seven and that was a dare" Lucy gasped.
"No one said you had to stick your tongue down his throat. It was supposed to be a simple kiss on the cheek" Rose said.
"Jack Deverill isn't he that smelly kid in Hufflepuff?" Sienna asked.
"The very one. His father used to work with Lucy's mom and they visited a lot back then" I said.
As time passed Allie and Lissa joined our compartment and so did Lucy's friend Desiree Saez. It was getting a bit crowded so I used that excuse to slip out.
"Hey best friends" I said as I entered the compartment with the twins. There were two other people in the compartment, Jason and Conner.
I sat down next to Lorcan and put my head on his shoulders.
"Oh just ignore the rest of the people in the compartment" Jason Simons said.
"Hi, everybody else who isn't one of my best friends" I said.
I there was a bunch of candy just lying about so I grabbed a liquorice wand.
"I see you made prefect. What's our password?" Conner asked.
"I have no idea I didn't go to the meeting."
"Neglecting prefect duties already?" Lysander asked.
"My cousins roped me into girl talk" I said.
"I bet you spent the whole time talking about me" Jason said leaning back in his seat.
"Why would we do that?"
"Because I'm the best thing that ever happened to this school since Godric Gryffindor" he said.
"Conceited much?"
"Always" he snickered.
"I know see why you want to try out for keeper this year, your ego is big enough to block all three goal post at once."
"Somebody toss me a chocolate frog" I said. I left mine in my previous compartment.
Conner flung one at me.
"How come you didn't buy your own?" Lys asked.
"I left them in the other compartment."
"Someone else might eat yours" Connor said.
I shook my head. "I'm sure Rose will protect them for me. She remembers what happened last time someone ate my chocolate."
My cousin Hugo ate one of my Honeydukes caramel filled chocolate turtles. I cursed him so he'd spend the next seven hours puking his guts out.
"I remember" Lorcan whispered.
I smiled. I wonder why when it's just me and the twins Lorcan can talk all day long but when other people are around he's quieter than a mouse.
I ran my fingers through his hair over and over.
"How are you?" I whispered low enough for the others not to hear. They moved on to different topics anyway.
"I'm fine" he said.
"You know as a prefect I can dock points from people who lie to me."
"Semester hasn't officially started yet. You can't dock points until the feast begins."
"Let me guess you read that in Hogwarts a History?"
He shook his head and smiled.
"I read it in The Prefect's Handguide."
"What and the world possessed you to read a book that boring?"
He pointed to a shiny bronze badge pinned to his chest I hadn't noticed before.
I slapped his arm. "Why didn't you tell me you made prefect?" I forgot to whisper.
"You didn't ask" he said. I frowned. I should've asked.
"Looks like I won't be docking points off you anyway" I said as I pulled out my prefect badge from my pocket.
"What was McGonagall thinking when she made you a prefect?" Lysander said.
I stuck my tongue out at him.
"I wasn't surprised at all" I lied. "I know most of the students and I kind of know the rules."
Lorcan scoffed.
The train started to slow down. I had to go back to my original compartment so I could change into my robes.
The carriage ride went by fast. I ran into the head girl, Heather Lowe, before the sorting. She told me off for missing the meeting and I had to bite my tongue to keep from cursing her. I wouldn't set a very good example if I cursed the head girl. She gave me the new Gryffindor password: Axminister Carpet. I swear every year the passwords get weirder and weirder.
The sorting hat's new song was quick and simple. The feast was amazing like always. Afterwards the Headmistress gave her usual start of term speech while she looked down on everyone. I helped some first years to the common room.
I went up to my dorm.
"There you are I was waiting for you" Sienna said.
"I had to show the little firsties their dorm" I said.
"Why is this the first time I'm seeing your badge?"
"I didn't tell you I made prefect?"
"No"
"Huh, I wonder how Rose knew"
"She is a prefect, too. Maybe the head mentioned that you didn't go to the meeting"
"Did you not notice Heather yelling at me after the carriage ride?"
"Sorry after the carriages I caught up with the love of my life"
"Did he break up with what's-her-face from the time the train and started to move on by the time it stopped?"
"No. but he'll realize it sooner or later that we belong together"
"I'm sure he will" I said.
She stuck her tongue out at me.
Did I mention that my best friend happens to be hopelessly in love with my brother? She's had a thing for him since our first train ride to Hogwarts. She was trying to put her trunk at the top of our compartment but she lost control and it fell and came open. Her clothes popped out and then my brother swooped in like a knight in Hogwart's robes and magically folded her clothes back up, put them in the trunk, lock the trunk and then levitate it to the top of the rack.
Why my brother got sorted into Slytherin I'll never know. Chivalry should be his middle name.