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Title: High School Drama!

Summary: Hogwarts is not the magical school, it is a preppy private school that Lily is accepted into as a scholarship student. She's not rich though she's looked down upon which doesn't bother her, because all she wants to do is make it through the four years of High School and dance the rest of her life away!

-Chapter Five-

A month passed, and Lily would liked to have said that it passed quickly, and sometimes that was the case, other times it was not. She finished that first week of detention, had four days of freedom, and then two weeks worth of detention for retaliating against the marauders for the latest prank that they pulled on her. They had ripped her pack, spilling her stuff and ruining all of her papers that were due that day. She got one day of detention for not turning it in, and they just added the rest for what she did to them. During study hall, they were finishing up their papers in the great hall, she walked by with a glass of some red punch or whatever, she never drunk it because it was gross and "accidentally" tripped spilling it all over their papers, and as an added bonus them in the process. Of course the teacher didn't see it that way, the accident part and she was back to cleaning the old section.

She had to admit, though grudgingly, that they could think up some pretty good stuff when it came to it. Their war was going on and from the looks of things there was no foreseeable end to this because they would prank her, she would retaliate, and for retaliating they would just prank her again. Of course the marauders were the biggest of her problems, but they weren't the only ones. Kali was becoming a thorn in her side, and she was sure she was the leak and several interesting rumors going around the entire building. So she of course let it slip that Kali had the tendency to snore. It was of course an accident, that there were some popular people walking by that were known for being gossipers was just pure coincidence. And since they couldn't prove that it was her there wasn't anything that they could do.

She had to admit though despite all her problems and all the prejudices that were being thrown her way there were definitely the high moments that she couldn't help but love. Any time she was hanging out with her friends she found her spirits lifting, they were so much more alive then what people first took them for and they all had a great sense of humor. They kind of reminded her of her friend Amanda, who she had finally received a reply from that went like this.

Lily,

You always were uncommonly good at pissing people off, but then you also know how to handle things so I think you'll be okay. And let's just say that if they do make you the headlines of the school newspaper (that is if a school that fancy would lower themselves to such normalcy) you must send me a copy and I'll frame it :D. Lily had to admit that that had cheered her up a lot after reading that part things here are going normal, I saw Mrs. Jean your dance teacher in case it's been too long for you to remember her. She wished you the best of luck in your new school and says she really misses you and can't wait for the summer break. So now that I've replied you have to tell me all about your classes, and I'm sure that you'll find friends! Love you!

Amanda!

Lily read the letter twice and then finally replied after she took a shower having just returned from detention.

Amanda,

Things here aren't as bad as they could be, like you predicted. We have a group of boys here, they call themselves the marauders, and we call them the devils! I say we because you were also right I managed to make some friends, the other scholarship girls. I'll write about them in more detail in the next letter. They go around and prank anyone and everyone who they want to. Needless to say when they did it to me I retaliated, it's been a prank war ever since and I've had detention since the second day I've been here, with the exception of four miraculous days! My classes are good; I like most of my teachers although I have the sneaking suspicion that my science teacher is always watching me, which is actually the usual case. But overall I would still rather be home but it isn't so bad here. Well I got to go, as I write this it's almost time to go to sleep, I changed to the scholarship room by the way, and I'm exhausted since I just got back from detention, which I will tell you more in the next letter. Bye!

Lily.

Detention was the same, while she could usually do three or four rooms if she put her mind to it, she actually only did enough and the last thirty minutes she went to her dance room, which finally looked like a professional studio. She had sneaked her CD player to the room and some extra clothes that she could change in and out of real quick and spent the last thirty minutes dancing, since she knew no one came down here. Students weren't allowed in the section, that is unless you had permission from a teacher or was lucky enough to be serving detention down there. She knew the art class and the architecture club both came down here occasionally, but other than that students really didn't like the old section. Lily couldn't figure that out, she loved the place, it was gorgeous.

So overall her month started a routine. She had finished maybe an eighth of the entire old section, and yesterday she had finished the last of her two weeks of detention for the spilling of the punch. The marauders had yet to do something to her but she knew that wouldn't last for long so the first day of freedom from detention she was determined to enjoy herself and even if they did something to her she wasn't planning on doing anything for a few days because she wanted to have some more freedom. Since the paper incident she made two copies of everything she had, since she typed them up even though she didn't have to. Her friends would have called her paranoid but they knew the marauders longer then even Lily so they knew that she was being smart.

The five of them headed to breakfast sitting down before most of the other students even showed up. Lily suspected that underneath all that ass hole exterior of the marauders they might have had a little decency since no matter how brutal their war got they refrained from pranking the other scholarship students. But then Lily thought that they also could have just not thought of it yet and that they didn't have any honor at all and she was just giving them too much credit. The conversation for that morning however was steered away from and form of the marauders.

"Did you finish that report that you were struggling with last night?" Nadia asked Lily, since Lily had been trying to finish it at eleven forty five last night and almost couldn't because she kept nodding off to sleep.

"Yeah I finally got it finished, I don't know how good a grade I'll get but at least I'm going to be able to turn it in." She snorted at the memory and the others couldn't help but grin knowing what she was thinking of.

"So first day of freedom huh, exciting." Kris said laughing.

"Yeah well don't say it too loud, you might jinx it."

"Well it's only a matter of time before you get detention again, they never like to stay quiet for too long." Nat said looking up as more people entered to see if the people they had been trying to steer the conversation away from was one of the group, they weren't.

The conversation ranged to different things after that. Just as breakfast was about to begin the sound of approaching footsteps made them all turn their heads to the sound almost in sync making the two boys that were approaching stop. Behind their calm appearances though they looked kind of nervous which of course made Lily suspicious since she figured the marauders could be using them as a distraction. Lily had never met these people before, but then she hardly noticed anyone other then her friends, or those who meant ill will towards her, example the marauders and Kali.

"Can we help you?" Kel and Lily asked at the same time, Kel had become more outgoing the past month; she credited it to Lily who would reply that she had it in her the whole time.

"We were wondering if you minded if we sat with you?" After glancing at each other one of them spoke up.

The two boys looked like they were the bookworm type, and although they weren't as flashy as some of the others you could definitely tell that they were made of money. One had sandy brown hair, not unlike Remus's but it was short and messy, as if he didn't care what other people thought about him. He had green eyes, not as bright as Lily's but definitely not of the normal color, and he looked like he was quicker to smile then to frown. The other guy had black hair short and messy also his eyes though were a startling blue, and at them moment he was smiling a tentative smile that looked more nervous than trusting like he probably intended it to be.

"Depends on your motives?" Lily said staring a hole into them making them squirm with awkwardness.

"If you mean are we here at the bidding of the marauders then we're not, but at the same time it is because of them that we're here." The guy who was the talker said.

"If you're not here at their bidding then how can you be here because of them?" Nat asked speaking up though she was usually quiet.

"And even if what you say is true, why should we trust you?" Kris added before they could answer Nat's question.

"Before you came Lily, we were the main target usually, because like the scholarship students we're kind of easy targets." He paused choosing his words carefully. "Before you came no on stood up to the marauders, with the exception of the teachers, it was thought of as unthinkable and impossible. You changed that, you made some of us realize that we do have a choice."

He looked at her, and she leaned over and whispered to Nadia, who after a moment nodded her head. Lily looked back up and stared at them for another moment. "What's your names?"

"Travis." Was the sandy blonde haired boy, the talker. "Marc." Was the one with the dark hair, who didn't like to talk from the look of things.

"Fine you can sit with us, but pull anything and not only will I go after the marauders, but you'll get some of it too." Lily said smiling a cheerful smile, which they returned with enthusiastic nods of the heads and nervous smiles.

They took the seats between Kel and Nadia. With the additions to their tables they were once again being talked about, not that they weren't used to it. They struck up a conversation to try and figure out what kind of people these two boys were. They were in the same grade as the others, took most of the same classes, though not always at the same time, though now that Lily thought about it she had seen them in one or two of her classes. She found that they were pretty funny and cheerful guys once they finally opened up, and they got them all laughing with their sense of humor.

When Lily took quick looks around she could see that several people were shocked that Travis and Marc had taken such a daring move considering that one they were with the scholarship students, and that Lily was the number one target for the marauders at the moment. But after a while they stopped talking and settled themselves to only glancing at them in surprise. Finally it was time for them to head to class and they split into their groups and headed off. Lily was walking to English, the first class for today since they switched classes every other day it was called a block schedule, when something gooey and completely gross oozed all the way over her. She froze in surprise, because along with the fact that it felt disgusting it was cold.

She was expecting something else to come her way when she heard a teachers yell. "POTTER!!!" and the sound of a bucket clanking to the ground and she turned to see James was standing on a statue his hands covered in the same goop that was covering Lily. But not only that the yell had startled the other two accomplices, which were standing on two statues a little farther down both with buckets in their hands.

"I didn't do anything?" James said kind of hopefully.

Lily didn't think, or care about the fact that's he had told herself just the morning that she wouldn't react until a few days to give herself some freedom, she was going to retaliate. She scooped up some of the goop in her hand and just as he turned to point at her, in the middle of trying to justify what he had done, he was met with a face full of the stuff, and a nice majority of it going in his mouth. He gagged and bent over in two trying to spit it up and Nadia and Nat had to smother their laughter. Lily looked up to see that even the teacher was smiling. It was Ms. French, who despite her name taught English.

"Potter, you Mr. Black, and Mr. Lupin will be getting detention, for at least a week, I'll let you know what it is later. Ms. Evans," Lily braced herself for another weeks worth of detention. "Why don't you go and get cleaned up, I'll understand why you were late."

Lily looked at the teacher and seeing a slight nod of her head smiled and nodded and walked back to her room to change really quickly. She received more glares from them, probably due to the fact that they weren't able to even finish the prank and because they had gotten detention while she had escaped punishment. But Lily didn't really care, she wasn't expecting another prank until their detention was served, what she wasn't expecting was that they might be angry enough to abandon their common sense and try something else.

Dinner was just finishing up when the incident occurred. Lily had slipped out a little early to get something and was walking back to her table. Most of the teachers had finished and left; only the few who were there to keep the order were left, and all were conveniently occupied. She was about to reach her table when she found that her way was blocked by Remus and James, who had managed to clean up.

"Think you're pretty slick don't you Evans!" James said a sneer making his usually handsome face somewhat ugly looking, at least in her opinion.

"Hey I'm not the one who got caught in the act by a teacher." She said shrugging. She noticed that the others behind her and their two new companions were smothering their laughter.

They didn't reply, though for some reason they looked amused. That's when she felt something prickle at her back and she spun around to see that Sirius was dashing back from it and he had something that glinted silver in his hands. Lily reached down to her neck and found that the necklace that she always wore wasn't there anymore. He moved around her while she was feeling for it to stand next to the others and he was smiling something of a devious smile.

"What do we have here?" Sirius said laughing holding up the necklace to where it dangled face level to her. It was a silver rose small and delicate.

"Pretty, we might be able to fence it for a little extra cash." Remus said shrugging his shoulders. At first Remus hadn't really wanted to participate in a prank war, but Lily never noticed that and added him to the target list with the other two, since then he hadn't had a single problem pranking her.

"Maybe we should just smash it instead; it's just a piece of junk anyways." James said laughing, about to reach for it.

What none of them had noticed, though the rest of the school had, hence the reason everyone was so quiet, even the teachers were noticing something was off about Lily. Her breath was becoming ragged, she was trembling head to toe, and her hands were balled into fists so tight that they were white, the knuckles almost transparent it seemed. Just as James reached for it something that never occurred to them happened. Lily kicked James's hand away and forced him to knock into Remus sending them splattering to the ground the wind knocked out of them. Within the same second she grabbed Sirius forcing him to bend in two and punched him in the gut hard. He dropped the necklace in pain as he stumbled to the ground blinking through tears of pain.

Lily picked up the necklace and still trembling looked down at them hatred making her eyes almost glow, and they three boys could help but shuffle away from her. When she spoke, it was with a voice that was ice cold and filled with venom.

"Don't ever touch that necklace again!!!"

The boys continued to stare at her from their positions on the ground. One of the rumors that had been started was that Lily had been known for getting into fights at her old school. No one had believed it because she looked willowy and not strong enough to hold her own. Now with that look of loathing in her face and eyes and the pain that they were feeling they knew that, that rumor at least was true.

"Ms. Evans." That was the voice of professor McGonagall although it wasn't angry for once it just sounded shocked and surprised. Lily turned and looked at her, still trying to calm down. The professor's eyes looked alarmed though unlike the students that leaned away from her she held her ground. "You will come with me."

Lily turned and looked once more at the marauders then turned and followed professor McGonagall without looking to either side. She led her to her office and told her to sit. "I will be right back where we will discuss this."

The minute she left Lily looked down to her hand that was still clutching the necklace and opened it, picking it up carefully. That's when she saw that the clasp was broken and the tears began to fill her vision. She tried to breathe calmly and get herself under control but the tears spilled out no matter what she did. She didn't even hear professor McGonagall return until she heard her voice.

"Ms. Evans are you crying?" Lily nodded. "I see. Now obviously that necklace has special meaning to you, but that does not mean that you can go around hitting other students."

"I understand, and I'll take whatever punishment you want to give me." Lily said through the tears. This obviously wasn't what the professor was expecting.

"You're not going to defend yourself?"

"There is no point. For you to understand why I did what I did I would have to tell you the story of this necklace which I don't want to tell. All the other things I could say would just be pitiful excuses. So I'll take whatever you deem is the correct punishment."

"I see, in that case, you will get a week's worth of detention." Lily looked up in surprise she had been accepting a lot more then that. Professor McGonagall looked down at the necklace that Lily was holding and noticed that the clasp was broken. "I believe that your new friend, Travis, is good with metal work. I am sure that he could fix it quiet easily."

Lily looked down at the necklace and then back up and smiled. "Thank you professor." And with a nod from the professor Lily went back to her room where the others were waiting, and standing there a little awkwardly was Travis and Marc.

"Lily are you okay?" Nat asked quietly.

"Yeah." She said after a moment. She looked over at Travis. "Do you think you could fix this?" She held out her hand with the necklace in it.

With a moments hesitation Travis took it and with surprisingly gentle fingers looked at the clasp carefully and smiled. "It should only take a few minutes, let me go get a kit I have from my room." He handed the necklace back to Lily and she smiled. "Thank you!" and although Lily had planned on putting the two guys on probation of sorts the idea passed out of her head right then and there.

A/N- Hey guys, here's the next chapter of high school drama. I hope you guys liked it, I was struck with inspiration lol which is probably the only reason I got it up this early! The secret of Lily's necklace will not be revealed until the next school year, sorry but it is a very important part of the upcoming story plot so don't forget about it! I wanna say thanx to all of my reviewers!

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