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Author: The giant squid! Nah just kidding! Its magical.harlz
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Chapter 4
I woke up the next morning and sat up quickly. Oh my god it's my birthday! I'm finally seventeen! I can use magic outside of school! I can hex Petunia and not even get into trouble about it! Oh my god this is fantastic! Petunia's gonna regret being a bitch! MWAHAHAHAHA! I yawned. Really, Sirius should stop that snoring… What's he trying to do; wake the whole neighborhood? Probably. I dunno how James can live with him. Honestly!
He sleeps with a teddy bear. Sirius does, not James. (Or does James sleep with one too? Hmmm I'll need to investigate that one!) But anyway Sirius sleeps with a teddy bear that goes by the name of Mr. Snuffles… I don't know where he got that name from but then again… Sirius always was a weird one! Mr. Snuffles is the oldest teddy bear I've ever seen. He is brown, he has one eye and he's got one arm and two legs. What the HELL has he been doing to that poor bear? I understand that it's old though. Plus Sirius is SUPER protective of it. Becky threatened to throw it away and you know what he did? He screamed. He screamed bloody murder. He screamed so bloody loud that my next door neighbor came running over and asked what was wrong. It was pretty funny when I reassured her that it was fine (she was an old lady okay) and she went home looking pretty cranky. She was probably having her afternoon nap now that I think of it. Well more like 7:30 pm bed time but yeah you get my point.
I sat up and looked at everyone. We were all camped out on mattresses in the lounge room… I was sleeping next to Becky who was sleeping next to Remus.
Then Potter's feet were at my head… (I hope they don't stink) and beside him was Sirius who was next to Emm.
(A/N: Is that too complicated? I know it took a bit for me to write it because I had to think about it and yeah. Sorry if you's are confused!)
I got up and went into the kitchen, carefully stepping over Sirius who was sleeping soundly and hugging his teddy bear, 'Mr. Snuffles' and in the kitchen a handsome tawny was sitting at the table. I grabbed the letter and it flew off, flying out of the window.
I looked at the letter and realized it was from the Ministry of Magic.
I opened it and it said:
Dear Miss Evans,
It is my duty to inform you that as of 12:00 am this morning, you were legally allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts and during holidays. For the remainder of the holidays, you are allowed to do magic. Hope you have a splendid birthday,
Yours,
Miranda Hopkirk
Improper Use of Magic Office
Ministry of Magic
I smiled, and decided to prove it to myself by making the sauce bottle float in midair.
I grabbed my wand from the bench and pointed it at the sauce bottle. "Winguardiam Leviosa" I said flicking my wand and the sauce bottle hovered in midair before I let it back down slowly.
I grinned and a voice from the doorway said; "Well at least you can hex me back now" and I jumped and turned and saw James standing there smiling. He walked over and kissed my cheek. "Happy birthday Lils" he said and I smiled.
"Thanks"
"Hey you know what's even better?" he asked smirking.
"What?"
"You can hex Petunia and not get in trouble for it from the Ministry"
"Your right, touché"
He grinned and sat down beside me.
"You wanna coffee?" I asked. He nodded. "That'd be lovely Lily m'lady. Do proceed in making one" he said in a voice reminding me of Professor Slughorn, who taught Potions and was Head of Slytherin. Even though he was head of that house, it didn't mean he favoured them. Actually, he liked everyone if they had talent. He liked me for my brilliance in potions, well that's what he said and he also likes Snape, James and Remus. We're part of the "Slug Club" which he made up last year and he held dinner parties and things like that but he knew not to seat me and James at the same table. Although he did anyway. Back then I didn't exactly like sharing a table with him, but now I wouldn't mind… He liked Sirius as well, Slughorn kept telling him that he should have been in his house, and Sirius wasn't too happy about that, the poor kid.
I nodded at James. "Of course James m'boy! Right away" I said saluting him and flicked my wand at the coffee machine and it started up, making our coffee.
"You're lazy" he commented smirking. "You would do the same" I shot back grinning.
"Touché" he said and the cups of coffee came soaring over to us and we started drinking, James drinking from Petunia's pink cup which bore the words; "Daddy's little girl" and he didn't look to happy about it. I smirked over the top of my own; puppy and kitten cup and he rolled his eyes. "Give me the pink one" he said and I laughed. "Well it does go with your skin colour" I said pinching his cheeks.
"Stop that! You're just like my Grandma" he said swatting my hand away. I just smiled and drank my coffee and so did he.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot" he said flicking his own wand and a small wrapped up box came soaring downstairs. Since we slept in the lounge room for more room, we left all our stuff in my room upstairs.
"Here you go" he said handing it to me.
"Oh James you shouldn't have" I said smiling. He rolled his eyes and smirked.
"Just open it Evans" he said, a smile tugging at his lips. I shook my head and opened it and gasped.
"Wow! This is so… its so…" I was speechless.
I lifted a silver chained necklace out of the box and on the end of the necklace, was a single small emerald diamond thingy and it gleamed in the light.
"You do like it don't you?" he asked nervously.
"I do, I do, I really do! Its just so…"
"You don't like it" he stated.
"Now it's just… beautiful! It's gorgeous! I don't know how to explain it!" I said, staring at it in awe. James smiled and put it around my neck. "It looks beautiful on you, it matches you eyes" he said, and then he blushed. I smirked. "Why thank you Potter, I'm very touched" I said and he looked up and shook his head. "You're infuriating. I'm gonna go get some more sleep. Night" he walked out of the kitchen and I smiled. "Night" I replied softly and he got back into bed silently.
I stood in the kitchen sipping my coffee. Look at the poor kids… They're all sleeping still!
I heard a screech and looked up and saw an owl that was carrying something that was rolled up and wore a leather pouch. I recognized it as the post owl and I opened the window to let it in.
When it flew in I ran over and put the right amount of Knuts in the pouch and it dropped the rolled up copy of The Daily Prophet.
I picked it up and after unrolling it, sat down on a chair and began to read it.
'10 YEAR OLD GIRL MURDERED FAMILY'
I frowned. Why would a ten year old kill her family? Ill find out if I read won't I?
'Last night, Ministry officials arrived at the scene of the crime where the feared 'Dark Mark' was placed above the house of Ministry employee Andrew Stokes.
The officials went inside and found Mr. Stokes, his wife Gabriella, his son Ashley lying dead in the lounge room.
His ten year old daughter Abigail was standing beside them, holding a wand and cackling insanely.
When the said officials asked the girl what had gone wrong, she merely laughed and said; "They're gone! I killed them!" After saying this, she burst out laughing and the Ministry workers took her to the Ministry for further questioning.
The girl then told them that they wouldn't let her go out and play so she grabbed her father's wand which was sitting on the table and killed both her parents and brother.
After saying all of this she was sent to Azkaban until further notice. She will be moved to the child's prison 'Ozikaban' with a bunch of Aurors for her own and other's protection.
What is really questioning Aurors is that, 'how could a little girl conjure the killing curse (Avada Kedavra) and the 'Dark Mark?'
The said mark is only conjured by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or his followers, which are known as 'Death Eaters'.
The Ministry will be holding a memorial service for Mr. Andrew Stokes and his family, having being a loyal member to the Ministry for twelve years.'
I stared at the Prophet and sighed. "That's so sad" I said softly.
"No kidding" James said.
"God don't do that! You scared the hell outta me!" I said standing up and he smirked. I thought he went to sleep!
"Um, God didn't do that, I did" he said crossing his arms.
"Ha sodding ha" I replied and he smiled.
"What do you reckon about that kid?" he asked curiously.
"It's sad, I dunno how she could have done such a thing" I said looking away.
"That's because she didn't do it" he said knowingly.
"But the Prophet-"
"The Prophet only reported what they saw. That's not what happened"
"How the hell do you know?"
"It's my job to know" he replied smirking.
"You're still in school and you're not an Auror"
"Not yet but I will be"
"You seem so confident"
"Maybe that's cos I know I'm gonna be"
We stood there staring at each other for a few minutes before James said; "This is my theory. Voldemort" (he watched me closely but I didn't flinch and he smiled) "Went to that house and killed her parents and brother with her dad's wand so they could trace it back to the girl. Then he cast a memory charm on her, making her think that-"
"Making her think that she killed them! Then, he conjured the Dark Mark and then-"
"And then he left, and she admitted to the murder, obviously because she thought she did it but she didn't really do it, he just modified her memory and replaced it with a new one and she was able to-"
"Give the details of the murder exactly as it happened!"
"Exactly" James said nodding and we stood there staring at each other.
"Should we tell your dad?"
"Why?" he asked. I seriously tried to stop myself from rolling my eyes.
"Honestly you are the most stupidest person that I have ever met" I said hitting him on the back of the head.
"I knew why we had to see him I was just being an idiot" he said rolling his eyes.
"Jesus! You have a problem!"
"Yes, you"
"Yeah well… you're my problem!"
"I thought we were civilized"
"Yeah me too"
"Friends?"
"In your dreams!"
He raised his eyebrows but I shook his outstretched hand and he smirked.
"I was just being-"
"Stubborn?" he asked and I smirked too. "Yeah, I kinda figured" he said smiling and we looked at our hands, which were still moving up and down even though the matter had been sealed about… a few minutes ago.
We released our hands and hurried over to the front door. "You do realize we're in our pajamas and are about to go outside where a tone of people can see us and little old ladies might have a heart attack at seeing you shirtless"
"Yes I know, but I'm willing to risk it" he said winking and I shook my head and we hurried over to his house, and ran up the stairs.
"Mum! Dad! We found some evidence about the ten yr old killer case" James said breathlessly.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter, who had been lying in bed possibly asleep, sat up quickly when we burst into the room, bewildered looks on their faces.
"What?" Daniel asked curiously and getting up, so that we saw his boxers. "Dad, just so you know I'm pretty sure Lily wouldn't like to see you half naked" James said putting a hand over my eyes.
"Honestly James I can shield my own eyes!" I said as Daniel got back into bed and Heather chuckled.
"Yeah I know but I think you were too shocked of the-"
"Whatever James. I'm hoping you remember that we are here for a reason" I said rolling my eyes.
"Oh yes so we are. Listen dad Lily and I found out some information about that ten year old kid who murdered her family"
"Ok shoot" Daniel said nodding, to indicate that he was listening.
"Well…"
James and I glared at each other.
"I wanna tell him!" James said grumpily.
"No I want to" I said and then there was silence and we started laughing over the fact that we had just had one of the most childish fights ever.
"How about we split it in halves, ill tell dad the first bit, you tell him the second"
"Deal"
So James told his dad about the first part of the news we found out, and then I finished it, and Daniel sat there, frowning.
"Lily have you ever considered being an Auror?" he asked smiling.
"Yeah, I want to be one when I leave Hogwarts"
"I think you two should work as partners at the Auror office. Apart from the fighting over who will tell the information, you two get along pretty well, despite the fact that whenever you are around each other you seem to fight a lot"
We both blushed.
"So… What are you gonna do about it?" James asked.
"Take this information to the head of Auror office of course" Daniel replied.
"Ok so what do we do?"
"Nothing. Thanks for telling me your opinion and I'll mention it to the Ministry when I head in later. You two should go back to Lily's house" he said and we nodded and said goodbye and left.
I looked at James. "That was a lot of help" I said dryly.
"Yeah I agree. It did help a bit though"
"Yeah. Yeah you're right"
"I know. I always am" he said giving me his lop-sided smile which made most of the girls at Hogwarts melt. Not me though. Nope not me. Oh bugger I think I'm melting…
A/N: Yeah well that's it folks! Until my next chapter! Oh yeah sorry about the chapter before… uh author's mistake hehe. Yep just an author's mistake. Well love you all lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and-
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Luv always, -i.MiSs.PaDfOoT.fOrEvEr-
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