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"Please Millie!" Charlotte begged as Millie fled into the bathroom.

"No bloody way" Millie said as she slammed the door "You will curl my hair over my dead body!"

"But it's the first Hogsmeade weekend" Charlotte said exasperatedly "And you're spending the whole day with..."

"Shut up Charlotte!" Millie growled from inside the bathroom.

Lizzy rolled her eyes "You can curl mine if you like Lottie"

Marlene rolled her eyes "And you are wearing that dress Molly bought you for your birthday!"

Millie risked sticking her head round the door "The pin up girl one?"

Lizzy glared at her "It isn't that short!"

Millie rolled her eyes "Did James approve of this dress?"

Lizzy snorted "Yeah cause he's not at all..."

Millie cut her off "Did he approve or not?"

Marlene looked at Lizzy apologetically "Not really...but Lizzys right he is a little bias"

Charlotte, who had silently been going through Lizzys trunk, pulled out the blue dress "Oh that's gorgeous!"

Millie looked it over "It's got a bow!"

Charlotte rolled her eyes "Bows are in at the moment Millie, you could wear it with your wedges Lizzy"

She shook her head "Nah I`ll stick with my school boots, they are a lot more comfortable"

Charlotte looked scandalised "You can't do that!"

Marlene smiled knowingly "Calm down Lottie; I've got some white pumps you can borrow which will work with your dress"

Millie looked a little sick "You`ve turned Marlene to the dark side Lottie!"

Lizzy laughed "A plan to take over the world with an army of curling tongs!"


"Finally we were wondering if you had all..." Fabien said loudly before catching sight of his cousin and bursting out laughing.

Lizzy pulled a face that looked like she was sucking a lemon "Thanks a lot cous` really means a lot to me!"

Gideon was also grinning "Well seriously; what's with all the war paint?"

Charlotte scowled at the pair of them "Lizzys make up looks very nice!"

Her condescending tone worried Lizzy who had done the eye shadow herself.

"Leave Lizzy alone" Marlene said quietly with a smile.

Gideon rolled his eyes "I don't know why you are making such a big deal out of this trip anyway"

Fabien shrugged "Girl thing I guess"

Charlotte flicked his ear "Don't be sexist"

"You haven't said anything Eddy" Millie said with a grin as she sat down "What do you reckon Slapper or Gorgeous?"

Edgar went scarlet "What?!"

Lizzy rolled her eyes as she nibbled on some toast "Oh sod off Millie"

Fabien laughed "Come on Eddy boy; what do you think of Lizzy?"

Marlene kicked him "Leave it"

Edgar looked at the table "I guess she's o.k, I mean not that I fancy her or anything!"

The twins burst out laughing "Ooo!"

Lizzy calmly hexed both her cousins then turned to Edgar "Thank you for the compliment Edgar"


"Remind me why I'm wearing white shoes in November again" Lizzy muttered as she tried to avoid the worst puddles.

"Because you wanna look beautiful for Reggie baby" Millie sniggered.

Lizzy blushed "Shut up!"

Charlotte stroked her newly straight hair "I'm meeting Newt in the three Broomsticks so can we go there first?"

Fabien looked at her like she was mad "No way, they`ve opened a joke shop. What is Wonkos?"

"Zonkos" Edgar corrected "And we should go to Honeydukes first!"

Marlene smirked at Millie before stepping behind Lizzy "I heard they had amazing Sugar quills!"

Millie glared at her "Shut up or I`ll buy a box!"

Charlotte's eyes widened in terror "You couldn't eat a whole box, could you?"

Lizzy felt two arms wrap around her casually "Whole box of what?"

"Sirius!" Lizzy said pulling away from his bear hug.

Sirius looked hurt then grinned "Padfoot"

"Sirius"

"Padfoot"

"Sirius"

"Padfoot"

"Sirius"

"Padfoot"

"Sirius Black cut it out!" Lizzy growled as the twins laughed at her.

"I'm Padfoot though" Sirius said with a lopsided grin.

"More like dickhead" Lizzy muttered causing her friends to catcall.

Sirius smiled patronisingly down at her "And that Little Lizzy is why Moony Wormtail and I will be chaperoning you around"

Lizzy looked at Remus "Please tell me its joking..."

He sighed "Sorry Lizzy but James was banned from coming himself and he asked us to keep an eye on you"

Lizzy glared at them all in turn "No way are you following me around all day"

Sirius grinned "We`ll see Lizzy; hey guys we need a nickname for Lizzy!"

Lizzy looked at her friends for help; only to find that most of them were doubled over laughing at her.


"Quickly!" Lizzy hissed as she dragged Regulus into a crowded Honeydukes.

He looked at her in shock "What? I was just coming to meet you; though you could have let me say goodbye properly. What's wrong?"

Lizzy pecked him on the cheek "Nothing, let's go further into the shop"

Regulus raised his eyebrows but took her hand complacently and let her drag him towards the Ice Mice.

Lizzy looked around and breathed a sigh of relief "Sorry about that it's just that..."

Regulus examined a heart shaped chocolate lollipop "What?"

Lizzy glared at a display of Pepper Imps "Its James..."

"But he's not even here" Regulus said looking confused "He and Severus are being punished for duelling in the corridors"

Lizzy rolled her eyes "Is that why he's banned? Honestly, anyway..."

Regulus handed her the lollipop "Happy Hogsmeade date!"

Lizzy smiled and kissed him properly "Soppy thing"

Regulus wrapped his arms around her "You know you love it really..."

Lizzy leaned her head against his shoulder "You got me, I really do"

Regulus kissed her hair "I like the independent sarcastic types; things are always interesting!"

Someone snorted "That's because you have spent your whole life being bossed around by our dear mother or cousins!"

Regulus blushed scarlet and Lizzy dropped the lollipop in surprise then turned on Sirius and a guffawing Peter "You...!"

Regulus pulled her through a gang of chatting fourth years to lose Sirius "Leave it"

Lizzy scowled at the floor "That's was such a good moment as well..."

Regulus shrugged "Come on; before they catch up."


"Wow your brothers a tad overprotective" Regulus noted as they drank there butter beers.

Lizzy sighed "Tell me about it. I'm going to kill him when we get back to school"

Regulus grabbed her hand "You know that doesn't have to be too soon..."

Lizzy smirked "Of course not. We still haven't been up to the Shrieking Shack."

Regulus paled "Do we need to go up there?"

Lizzy grinned "Why, are you scared Black?"

"The very idea!" he looked shifty "I just don't see what's so interesting about an old house"

"That's supposedly the most haunted building in Britain" Lizzy said airily with a smile.

"No" Regulus said with a shudder.

Lizzy widened her eyes and pouted "But why?"

Regulus couldn't meet her eyes "Because I said so"

Lizzy sighed dramatically "I bet it's really quiet up there too"

Regulus scowled "I'm not scared! I would just rather go to the post office..."

Lizzy raised her eyebrows "Prove it then"

Regulus stood up defiantly and signalled for a waiter "Fine we`ll go up there then!"

Lizzy grinned and kissed him on the cheek "Thank you"

Regulus gathered his coat as Lizzy paid quickly under the pretence of going to the bathroom.

He was waiting for her outside "Let's go then; I'm really looking forward to this!"

Lizzy laughed "Yeah right; you're so preoccupied that you just let me pay!"


"There we saw it" Regulus said quickly turning round; almost knocking Lizzy over in the process.

Lizzy laughed "Don't be ridiculous, we need to get to the top of the hill at least!"

Regulus pouted "Why, there's the chimney. You have seen the stupid house now let's go!"

Lizzy raised her eyebrows "You know for someone who definitely isn't scared your being really wimpy"

Regulus glared at her and started marching up the hill "Fine then"

Lizzy had to run to catch up with him "Calm down, I was only joking"

She grabbed his hand to make him stop just as they reached a fence overlooking the old shack.

Regulus turned to her but before he could speak a twig suddenly snapped.

"What was that?!" Regulus asked as he spun round.

It had made Lizzy jump too but she was sceptical and shrugged "Just a stupid squirrel or something"

Regulus was still twitchy "Can we please go?"

Lizzy rolled her eyes "Chill out Regulus; the worst ghosts can get is the Bloody Baron and he's your house ghost!"

Regulus snorted "Yeah you think...Something just touched me!"

He stumbled back managing to trip over a tree root "Lizzy run!"

Lizzy calmly whipped out her wand "Regulus..."

"Wands aren't any use against ghosts!" Regulus yelled in disbelief.

Lizzy aimed quickly at the lonely ankle and trainer showing "I know; Petrificus Totalus!"

There was a thump as the culprit keeled over and the cloak slid off to reveal a frozen James.

Lizzy helped up her seething boyfriend "There's your ghost"

Regulus was pink and stuttering "What...How the hell did he do that?!"

Lizzy grinned and picked up the cloak from her brother "Invisibility cloak"

Regulus eyed the fifteen year old Quidditch player warily "What do we do now?"

Lizzy fingered the cloak with a smirk "Absolutely nothing; come on baby"

Regulus looked at her like she was insane "What is wrong with you?!"

Lizzy took his hand and grinned back at James as they walked off "That firstborn son thing was a bunch of Dragon dung anyway!"


"You didn't" Fabien said with a look of awe on his face "There is no way you pocketed the Invisibility cloak!"

"Well not so much pocketed" Lizzy admitted as she speared a carrot "It is however currently in my dormitory"

Marlene shook her head disapprovingly "And you just left him there!"

Lizzy glared at her "Of course I bloody did; he set three stalkers on me!"

Charlotte smiled "It is kind of cold though Lizzy"

Millie rolled her eyes and high fived Lizzy "Well I think its epic Liz!"

Edgar smirked "Yeah we`ll be sure to mention it in your obituary"

Lizzy pulled a face at him "Oh shut up. Why do you think I took the cloak?"

Gideon raised his eyebrows "Because you realised how totally evil it would be to leave him hidden?"

Lizzy stuck her tongue out "Shut up. Anyway its genius because there is no way he can get it back!"

The twins mulled this over before grimacing "Your really mean cous`"

Marlene bit her lip suddenly "But Lizzy what if they don't find James soon?"

Millie burst out laughing "That would be so funny; he wasn't even allowed to go to Hogsmeade!"

Lizzy smiled "Don't worry after my date I tipped off Remus; they`ll have found him in time"

"Yeah but how are they going to get him back into school?" Marlene continued "I mean he snuck out using the cloak..."

Fabien whistled "One word, busted"

Charlotte frowned as the other laughed "Is it really that funny?"

Lizzy nodded "Yeah, especially as this exactly the sort of plan he`d come up with himself!"


"Where did your dad even get this?" Millie asked as the girls examined the cloak.

Lizzy shrugged "Oh it's a family heirloom"

Charlotte wrinkled her nose "One of those eldest son deals?"

Lizzy grimaced "Yuh huh, it really sucks"

Marlene looked up "But that's totally sexist?"

Lizzy shrugged "I guess; still it could be a lot worse Marley"

Marlene frowned but looked up at the door as it opened and Alice Winters jumped inside.

"Err Hi there?" Millie said looking confused.

Alice was laughing "Hey Potter what the hell did you do to your brother?"

Lizzy groaned "What's he done?"

Alice smirked "Well he's trying to get up here for starters; making it impossible for any girls to get to bed..."

The third years nodded and Millie giggled "Did he look a little blue?"

Charlotte sighed "Millie honestly that's not..."

Alice smiled "So what did you do then?"

Millie laughed "She froze him in Hogsmeade and left him there for what three hours?"

"More like four" Charlotte muttered disapprovingly.

Alice laughed "That's so awesome!"

Lizzy could hear shouting downstairs "I guess I should go and face the music..."

Charlotte leapt on the hesitance "Yeah you should!"

Lizzy tucked the cloak in-between her mattress and bed "Just in case"

Alice raised her eyebrows "Do I wanna know?"

Lizzy shook her head "Nope, see you later"

She managed to get down three steps before the slide reappeared flipping her up and sending her shooting into Remus`s arms.

He almost dropped her in surprise "Lizzy?"

"Hi Remus" Lizzy managed to say before an arm yanked her round

"Give it back!" James growled as he held his sister by her shirt, her feet dangling above the ground.

Lizzy scowled at him "When you apologise for being such a prat!"

James looked confused "It was only a practical joke you baby! Actually no you acted quite mature your boyfriend on the other hand..."

She kicked his shins "Get off me!"

A pair of beefy arms pulled him away from her while restraining her "That's enough!"

Frank Longbottoms prefect badge glinted as gave James a little push "You stop picking on little girls...and you" he pointed at Lizzy "Give him back whatever you took"

Both James and Lizzy glared sulkily at the ground before simultaneously muttering "They started it"