Hello, hello, hello! I know that the last chapter was painfully boring, but I do promise you that this one will not be. So your not too upset about the last chapter, I made it so there was a little unexpected adventure in this one, even if it isn't the best. Please, don't hate me?
Disclaimer: I sadly do not own anything that you recognize in here. Because if you did, all house elves would have free will, uniforms would be painfully murdered, and drama would never have been created. What I do own, however, is my annoying cat Sassy (who is a boy), and my poor aching fingers from typing so much.
"If I had no sense of humor, I would have long ago committed suicide."-Mahatma Gandhi.
I woke up pretty early the next morning, despite the fact that we probably didn't go to sleep until around two. I chuckled, seeing everyone else still asleep. Normally pranking is Helle's thing, but it's a new day, a new school, and new life. Might as well have some fun, eh? Just as I was getting ready to go fill a water bucket up, a voice from behind me interrupted me.
"What are you doing?" the person slurred, as if she was still half asleep. I turned around in shock, and blinked when I saw a girl with light brown hair passed her shoulders, and extremely light blue eyes.
"Well, hello there! What's your name?" I questioned, smiling at her. She grinned sleepily back.
"Alicia Parsons, but you can call me Leesh," she stated, sitting up and holding her hand out. I beamed at her.
"Name's Jessica O'Reily, but I prefer Jess, Jessi, or Jay Jay. Call me any of them!" I stated cheerfully, shaking her hand.
"So, what were you really doing?" she questioned, eyeing the bucket on the floor.
"Waking them up," I said, attempting to sound innocent.
"You were going to wake them up?"
"Yes."
"By pouring water on them?"
"…Yes?"
"…Can I help?"
I stared at her for a minute before nodded and cackling softly, yet still evilly. "Course! Now, let's see. What to do?" I mumbled, hitting my chin thoughtfully. She watched me pace back and forth with an amused smile on her face. "Aha!" I yelled, finally figuring out what to do.
"What?" She asked curiously.
"I just remembered where I put my brush," I said, shrugging. She laughed and rolled her eyes, throwing a pillow at me.
"How rude!" I burst, causing her to laugh more. "No, but seriously? Do you know the charm aguamenti?" I questioned.
She nodded.
"Think you can teach it to me?" And that she did. Not ten minutes later, I had the charm down perfectly. I'm so glad that Professor Dumbledore took us to get wands last night before bed, or we'd be screwed, Helle and I. Quickly we lined up and pointed our wands.
"Aguamenti!" Leesh and I yelled as one, squirting water over everyone. They all flew out of their beds. Helle landed on the floor with a loud 'thud', while Lily and Alice both shrieked and jumped up, landing on their feet like the little ninjas they were.
"Jay JAY!" Helle roared, obviously ready to attack me…well, that is, before she saw Leesh. "Who are you?"
"I'm Alicia, but you can call me Leesh," she said, smiling. Helle nodded before frowning and turning back to me.
"I didn't mean to! I had to wake you all up somehow! Breakfast is starting soon, then classes!" I rushed, panicking. Helle, Alice, and Lily were giving me the scariest looks I've ever been given!
"Alright, then. Let's get dressed," Alice said suddenly, turning around. Sighing, I walked over to the trunk at the end of my bed to see what little I had. I gasped as I opened it, seeing all of the clothing, books, and accessories and whatnot I would need. Quickly getting dressed, I filled my bag with the necessary books I would need for the day before grabbing my brush (1) and running it through my thick, curly brown and purple hair. I probably forgot to mention it, didn't I? Well, see, on the top it's a dark brown color, while underneath it's purple and my side bangs are purple too. Putting some eyeliner and eye shadow on, I was done, shocking, just as everyone else was. We all slowly descended the stairs, headed out of the portrait hole, and down many, many stairs, until finally, we reached the great hall. Helle and me gawked a bit (or a lot) as we walked in, uncaring of all the stares we were currently getting.
"Think they're going to stop staring anytime soon?" Helle mused, glancing around at all of the students. We sat down and quickly filled our plates.
"I don't know. They usually don't stare that much. I mean, we have had transfers and stuff before." Lily said, sounding awfully confused.
"Well, I wish they'd stop. I'm starting to think this school is filled with stalkers!" I grumbled through a mouthful of French toast.
Helle laughed and shook her head just as a loud noise erupted from the entrance. I glanced up to see the Marauders laughing, which was evidently the noise I had heard. They saw us and came over. Peter sat next to me, so I was in between Peter and Lily. Then, on the opposite side of the table, Helle was next to Alice, who was currently in between Helle and Sirius. James sat on the opposite side of Lily, and Remus on the other side of Helle. Then, finally, Leesh, who was sitting on Peter's other side. Seemed she didn't mind him much, either. Lily groaned and hit her head on the table while I rubbed circles on her back.
"It's all right Lily, just ignore them and maybe they'll go away," I reassured her. Sirius pouted.
"Aw, what happened to you Jessi? Did they pollute your mind last night?" he whined obnoxiously. I scowled.
"No, but you sure as hell did right now. No pun intended," I mumbled, glancing at Helle as she looked like she was ready to say something. She sniffed and turned back to her conversation she was having with Remus. I saw a hand shoot to my plate and take a piece of bacon. My bacon. You know, the bacon that was mine?! I looked up and glowered at an innocent looking Sirius. He smiled at me, but I just glared even more.
"That was my bacon," I said flatly. He raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't see your name on it," he said smartly. That stupid git! Helle and Remus stopped their conversation to watch me and Sirius, as did everyone else around us.
"I don't give a rat's ass if my name was on it or not, it was still my bacon. And you ate my bacon," I stated, frowning in annoyance. He rolled his eyes.
"It's just bloody bacon," he said. I gasped, my eyes going wide,
"Just bacon? Just bacon? You're mad! Mad I tell you!" I huffed, letting my dramatics take over. He narrowed his eyes.
"No, actually. I am one of the most sought out blokes in this School. Also, smart, charming, and extremely good-looking. I am anything but mad!" he scoffed. I blanched.
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"No, actually. I'm Sirius," he mused. I stared. And stared some more. Finally, reality seemed to register.
"No, actually. You're a stupid douche who thinks he's better then everyone else! The fact that you constantly make out with girls doesn't mean shit, so get a life," I said, smirking. I looked at Lily. "Can we go now?"
Lily nodded enthusiastically and we both jumped up. Alice and Leesh came with us, but Helle decided to stay behind with the Marauders.
"Are you okay?" Leesh asked, eyeing me carefully. I snorted.
"No, I am not okay. I fucking hate Sirius Black," I growled.
"Good, that makes four of us." Alice said. I looked at her and started giggling for a minute. Suddenly, a thought struck me.
"Um, what class are we even going to?" There was silence. Suddenly, everyone was laughing. I pouted before quickly laughing along.
"First we have Potions with Professor Slughorn," Lily said. I nodded, while making a face. Perfect. Just freaking brilliant. As we walked our way to the dungeons, I started to shiver uncontrollably. It was really freaking cold down here! Finally, after walking for what seemed like forever, we stopped at a weird medieval looking door. Walking in, I noticed that all of the tables were made for four to five people each. I quickly sat at a table with Alice, Lily, and Leesh. Not five minutes latter, the Marauders and Helle walked in. Helle didn't even glance at us before she sat down with them.
"Well then," I mumbled, casting her an annoyed glance.
"Don't worry about it Jess. It's obvious she belongs with them," Alice assured me. I frowned.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, eyeing her.
"Nothing mean! I just meant that she seems like the type of girl they would accept-a prankster and someone who's not afraid of anyone," Alice said hurriedly. I nodded.
"Yeah, I guess so." I mumbled, frowning slightly. Suddenly I heard loud obnoxious voices coming through the door, and I quickly looked to see some Slytherins. I saw one boy in particular though. Or at least, he saw us. He was kind of tall and more on the scrawny side, but he wasn't that bad looking…despite his obnoxiously large nose and his greasy hair. I also saw him watching Lily.
"Who's that?" I questioned her, and she flushed.
"That's Severus, and whether you like it or not, he's my friend!" she huffed, narrowing her eyes at me. I held up my hands in defense.
"I don't really care if your friends with him! I just didn't know who he was, is all," I said, startled by the very thought of judging someone by their friends. Lily nodded and turned her attention to the front of the room, seeing as the Professor had just walked in. He coughed to get everyone's attention and boomed a loud 'attention!' when everybody ignored him.
"Now class, this year will be one of your most difficult yet, seeing as you have O.W.L's. They have decided to up the score in everything, so the potions you will be doing will be extraordinarily complicated," he stated to a huge amount of groans once he had everyone's attention. "Now, I know we have new students, but I trust you lot will help them catch up on what they've missed." Murmured agreement was heard among the Gryffindors as well as some snorts from the Slytherins. Slughorn cleared his throat before continuing. "Today, we will start one of our more common potions that all of you should know; Amortentia. This potion allows the creator or creators to smell the things they most desire, including the thing that could very much tie them to their future love interest." A few giggles were heard and I saw a lot of people glance at Sirius and James. I rolled my eyes as Helle scoffed.
"So, by smelling this person, we could very well be smelling our true love?" I heard James ask rather cockily. I frowned and saw Lily narrow her eyes.
"Indeed. Now to get started, I will write some facts about love potions on the boards, and you will copy them down. For homework I want a foot long essay on the Amortentia potion and the history behind it." He said, and with a flick of his wand, words started to appear on the board.
"I've been waiting for years to do this potion!" Alice said excitedly. I laughed.
"Oh, come one Alice! This potion is just going to tell you what you already know…" Lily said, smirking wickedly.
"And that would be?" Alice questioned, eyeing her. Lily beamed.
"You're in love with Frank Longbottom!" Lily sang, ducking as Alice swiped at her.
"I am not!"
"Oh, you are too!" Leesh giggled, unceremoniously dodging Alice's hand as well. I just sighed.
'Frozen Ashwinder Eggs can be used as an ingredient in a love potion'
"Oh, come on, you all can't gang up on me like this!" Alice pleaded. "Jessi, help me out!" I glanced up.
"Sorry, but I have no clue what you guys are talking about seeing as I've only been here or a day, not even that! So, carry on!" I said, paying more attention to my work then their bickering.
'The effect the love potion has on a person usually depends on their weight and body mass'
"Alice and Frank sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Leesh yelled. A few people turned to stare at us as Alice's face got bright red.
"Stop it!" She cried, throwing a paper ball at Lily. Lily froze and slowly looked down at the paper ball in her lap. I glanced up just in time to see Leesh chucking a paper ball at Alice.
"Don't do that!" Leesh warned, staring at Alice as if to challenge her. And Alice, of course, rose to the challenge.
"Do what? This?" Alice said innocently as she chucked a paper ball…right into Leesh's face.
'Love potions are banned at Hogwarts unless they are being taught to students in an appropriate class'
"Alice!" Leesh shrieked. Now almost all of the class's attention was on our table, Alice and Leesh in particular. Lily scooted her chair around the table and next to me just as Leesh, whom I was sitting next to, jumped up and chucked about four paper balls at Alice. Alice, being all suave and ninja-like, dodged three paper balls, but was hit in the chest with one, which she then proceeded to throw at Leesh's head, and of course, met her mark.
"Ladies!" Professor Slughorn yelled, but no one listened. I watched silently as paper balls flew by in all directions. I glanced over to see the Marauders and Helle cracking up. I just rolled my eyes and turned back to my notes.
'The effects of a love potion wear off over time, but can be renewed by administering further doses of potion'
"Take that Leesh! You will never get away with what you have done!"
"You stupid wench! You and your silly pride!"
"Take that, fool!"
"And you take that, Martian!"
"…Martian? Really now Leesh? Is that the best you could come up with?!" Alice taunted, grinning widely. Suddenly there was a boom and everyone turned to the front of the class to see and extremely annoyed Professor.
"Prewett! Parsons!" He snarled, his face turning different shades of purple.
"Yes, professor?" Leesh asked innocently.
"Detention! With me! Tonight! Seven O'clock PM! Do NOT be late!" He exploded, causing me to shrink back. "And clean up this mess!" After waiting several long minutes for Alice and Leesh to finish setting order back to the classroom, I was able to finish writing down the notes I needed. I was probably one of the only ones too. Everyone seemed to get to work just as the teacher yelled for class to be dismissed. Jumping up, I made my way into the hallway with Lily, Alice, and Leesh, the two latter already had made up. I pulled out my schedule that I forgot I'd had.
9:30-10:30: Free Period
"I have a free period," I announced, glancing around.
"I have Ancient Runes" Lily said, frowning slightly.
"So do I" Alice said, glancing up.
"I have Arithmancy" Leesh said. I pouted.
"Does no one have free period?!" I practically yelled.
"I do" A voice from behind me said. "So does Peter." I turned around and stared in horror at James and Peter as they walked up to us, smirking periodically.
"Oh, you poor, poor thing!" Leesh said hugging me tightly. I looked for a place to bang my head. James threw an arm around me and grinned.
"We're going to become the best of friends, aren't we O'Reily?" he asked, beaming at me. I blinked at him.
"What drugs are you on?" I asked, looking to see if his pupils were dilated. Lily snorted before walking off with Alice in tow.
"Bye Jessi!" Leesh yelled, jogging in the other direction. Great. It was me, a shy kid who, even though he was evil in the future, was pretty cool so far, and an obnoxious Quiddich player. This is just fabulous.
"No James!" I yelled, trying to walk away for the millionth time in about, oh - thirty fucking minutes! Yeah, that's right. I've been stuck with the obnoxiously popular James Potter for thirty minutes and I haven't killed him. I don't know about you, but I'm sure as hell proud of myself.
"But Jessi! You're the only way I can get to Lily!" he whined, tugging at the sleeve of my robe. I angrily tore away and proceeded down the hallways. I decided to explore the castle, and Mr. Obnoxious decided to tag along, which is now why I am on the verge of blowing up his already abnormally sized head!
"I am not going to sabotage Lily just so you can go out with her. That's not the way I roll!" I snapped, turning down an unknown hallway. He sighed from behind me.
"Where are we going anyway?" he asked. I stopped.
"I don't know…I thought you knew?" I questioned, frowning deeply. He sighed.
"Let's just go back this way and see what happens," he mumbled.
I nodded and quickly followed after him, skipping whenever I got bored. I rotated my neck and stretched my arms as we walked for what seemed like hours, but was probably only ten minutes.
"Think we're getting closer?" I mused, staring at the unmistakably dark hallway around us. He shrugged.
"I have no clue where we are," he stated simply. "And I don't know where we're going from here, but I promise it won't be boring."
"James!" I yelled.
"What?"
"Aren't you like…one of the most popular guys at this school?!"
"I'm the most popular guy in this school."
"Then shouldn't you know your way around?"
He remained silent.
"Yeah, that's what I thought," I grumbled. It got darker and darker as we walked, and I found myself hardly able to see. And then I felt it.
"James Potter! I'll have you not touch my ass please!" I shouted.
"I didn't touch your arse!" he defended.
"Well then who did, because there's only me and you down here, buddy!" I snapped.
"Are you sure? Listen…"
And listen I did. I heard deep breathing.
"James? I think there's some kind of animal down here with us," I whispered.
"I think I agree. Just move slowly," he mumbled. I grabbed onto what I hoped was his shirt sleeve and start walking with him. We both jumped when something barked suddenly.
"James…why is there a dog in Hogwarts?" I questioned. I felt him shrug.
"Who says it's a dog?" he asked.
"Thanks James. Thanks a million," I grumbled, feeling fear bite away at my stomach.
He chuckled softly. I shrieked as I felt something suddenly brush up again my side…the one that wasn't facing James.
"What the bloody hell Jessica!" he yelled. I could feel the panic attack coming.
"Something brushed against my side!" I squeaked.
"I'm sorry?"
"No, idiot, not the side you're on."
"Oh. Whoops."
I sighed as we continued to walk. "Whatever animal this thing is, it needs to stop touching me."
"How do you know it's not trying to help us?" James asked. I frowned.
"We're in a dark corridor that neither of us know about. There is some strange dog like thing touching my ass and brushing my side. It would very well be planning on eating us. And you think it wants to help us?!" I said in disbelief. Wasn't he supposed to be smart?
He snorted. Suddenly we were both being pushed from behind by something furry.
"See?!" I yelled. But that's all either of us could get out.
Then suddenly there was a flash and we were standing in the middle on the Defense Against the Dark Arts corridor…which happened to be our next class. Then a big black dog jumped out of the shadows James and I had been in. We both stared at the dog for a moment when James suddenly started petting the dog. I rolled my eyes and walked away.
"Oi! Jessi! aren't you going to thank him?" James called after me. I stopped and turned around.
"He's a dog. A fucking dog. And you want me to thank him?!" I burst. He nodded. I sighed, took a deep breath and said "Well, thanks a lot then..." before stalking off to meet up with Lily before Defense Against the Dark Arts starts. Grumbling to myself, I made my was past numerous portraits who all called out something to me. I heard many different things from them, including "freak," "mudblood," and a few other colorful things. I just rolled my eyes and took it. Suddenly someone was calling my name. I turned around to see Helle running towards me at full speed.
"Jay Jay! I was just in Divination, and it was amazing!" She rushed, practically jumping up and down. I giggled at her and rolled my eyes. "So, where were you?!"
I groaned.
"I've been walking around with James for the past forty-five minutes, got lost in an extremely dark corridor with him, and was led to safety by a big black dog that kept touching my butt…and I don't know who he belongs to!" I burst. Helle cocked an eyebrow.
"Jay Jay…think. Big black dog. Butt touching. Who does this sound like?" she questioned.
I frowned, deep in thought.
"Um, Michael Jackson?" I guessed.
"No! You idiot! Sirius!" she yelled. Then she giggled. "There is a fine line between serendipity and stalking."
"Oh!…OH! That git is dead!" I had no idea what serendipity was, but stalking and butt-touching is where I draw the line.
"No! You can't tell them we know!"
"Why?" I asked
"They can't know anything!"
"Are you sure?" I pressed.
"Yes I'm sure! Why wouldn't I be sure?"
"You just don't seem too sure…"
"I'm positive!" Helle assured me.
"…Positive about what?"
"I give up."
This last sentence Helle said with a groan and she began walking away.
"No! Come back! Don't leave me!" I yelled, running after her. Catching up was a lot harder then I thought, seeing as we were suddenly entangled in a huge group of obnoxiously loud little kids that I guessed were first-years. I grumbled, following her lead on weaving in and out of them.
"Hurry up, or we'll be late!" Helle said, sounding bored. We entered the classroom to see that Peter was sitting with come girl from Gryffindor that I didn't recognize, Remus had obviously saved a seat for Helle, Sirius and James were sitting together, with odd little smirks on their faces, and Leesh and Alice had sat together, which left Lily to save me a seat. Sitting down next to her, everyone immediately started talking at once.
"How was your time with Potter?"
"I heard you were snogging him!"
"I heard you guys are going out!"
"Did you guys really get lost together?"
"Are you guys best friends now?"
"What happened?" All I heard was annoying rambling as Lily, Alice, and Leesh all asked me these questions and more that seem to have slipped my mind. I rubbed my temples, hoping this would all end. And it did end soon enough. I looked up and glowered at them all.
"To answer all of your questions: Horrifying, Never going to happen, definitely never going to happen, Yes we got lost, no, we're definitely not best friends, and we took a wrong turn is all!" I said in one breath. They stared at me.
"Can you repeat all of that?" Leesh asked. I stared at her and turned to face the front of the class. Talk about a long morning.
I know, I know! This chapter was supposed to be out days ago! But then I wasn't here for the weekend, and then I had writer's block, and then I wasn't on the computer, and I had a lot of drama to take care of! I know, you're probably like "excuses, excuses" and you're right, But I promise I will have the next chapter up ASAP! As in…tomorrow at the latest! And you don't have to review to this one if you don't want to, seeing as it took me so long to get out. Thanks for reading, and thanks to my beta!
(1)-Yes, this is the normal routine I do every single morning. My hair is KILLER to brush!
Muahahahahahahaha! Evil beta reader hijacking the author's note again! I just saw the David Crowder Band in concert and they are A-MAZ-ING! I took some videos, which shall be up and linked to on my profile. I'll have JayJay link to my profile on hers.
I can has another challenge? There is a quote from someone named David in this chapter. Two quotes, actually. From two Davids that aren't David Crowder OR David Tennant. They might be edited for tense and stuff of that nature, but otherwise, they're exact as I could find them.
Find one, get a virtual cookie. Find two, get a simself made for you.
Also, if you can do either of these challenges, you get a SimSelf:
Name the person who said this: "We're really quite nice and friendly, but everyone has a beastly side to them, don't they?"
And tell me who the Purple Man is.
When answering challenges, tell us the quote and the person who said them, please. (Or just tell me "The Purple Man is...")
Also, JayJay might give you a reward, too. -xSlytherclaWx