Hey guys, It's Dominika :) . I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow my half-term will be over, so I wont update as often.
Here's what happened in the previous chapter, for those who didn't read it:
*Jamie made friends with all her dorm mates.
*It turned out she did take the piano.
*She played the piano and sang for her dorm mates, and whole of Gryffindor tower heard it (yet only the girls saw who was playing since the boys can't go up the staircase).
*Everyone keeps telling her that she's really good, and it turns out that singing is the one thing she's ever embarrassed about.
*The same night, she went for a sleepover with the boys, and they watched The Wizard of Oz on an enchanted piece of parchment her mum gave her.
*She fell asleep in the middle of the movie, and woke up hugging Sirius' arm (Awwwww).
*They realised that they're all a bit like the main characters of the story: (She's like the main female role, Dorothy, because she's the girl, Sirius is like Dorothy's dog, Toto, because he's the one to get everyone into trouble and he's Dorothy's closest friend, James is like the scarecrow because he's the other closest friend, and he's quite dumb (not really, Jamie just said that to annoy him). Then, Remus is like the Tin Man, because he's the smartest, and Peter is like the lion, because he's the biggest coward of the group. They also concluded that Snape is the evil witch, because everyone hates him, Lily is the good witch because she's protecting Dorothy from the evil witch (just like she did with Jamie and Snape), all the students are munchkins because they're tiny people, Dumbledore is The Wizard of Oz, because he's the leader, and the teachers are the residents of sapphire city, because they worship the land The Wizard of Oz walks on.
*The chapter finished with Sirius, James and Jamie skipping off to the great hall for breakfast singing 'We're off to see the Wizard!'
And quickly to my reviewers:
Blue Luver5000 – I know right! How awesome would it be to have him as a friend?
Littlekesblue – Thanks for that, it's really appreciated :)
Also, from now on, I might sometimes have Ivy drop by to help me with the chapters
And now, time for chapter 10! For a change, I'll start with someone else's POV (Point Of View)
DISCLAIMER!
No matter how much I wish I did, I do not own harry potter or any characters/ Songs/ Poems etc. you might recognise.
The five marauders
Chapter 10
Remus POV
I watched as my three friends skipped into the hall, singing that annoying song amidst chuckles.
At one point Jamie stopped, pointed at Professor Dumbledore and yelled, "LOOK! There he is! The Wizard of Oz!" She then turned to James, "Scarecrow! You should go and ask him for a brand new brain!"
The hall exploded in laughter, mainly coming from all the Muggle-borns and half-bloods, and the headmaster himself.
"Waccha' laughing at, Munchkins?" James asked, making them laugh even louder.
The three shrugged, and carried on skipping towards me and Peter.
"Hey Tin Man!" Jamie said to me, then turned to Peter, "Hey Lion."
Peter looked highly confused, but I just laughed.
"Hi Jamie, or should I call you Dorothy?"
She shrugged, "Whatever you please, my rusty friend."
The three sat down, Jamie between me and Peter, and Sirius with James, opposite us.
"So if you're Dorothy," I pointed at Jamie, "You're Scarecrow," I pointed at James, "We're Tin Man and Lion," I pointed at Peter and I, "And Dumby's The Wizard of Oz, Then who is Sirius? One of the witches?"
"Nope, those positions are taken by Snape and Evans," James informed.
"Then who's Sirius?"
"WOOF!" Sirius barked, looking at me with a grin.
"Ahhh! Toto!" I concluded.
"Yup," Jamie said, popping the 'p'. She then looked around the table set up with breakfast, "I wonder if there's any coffee…"
I looked at Sirius and James. Our eyes were wide with fright. Please don't notice it! Please don't notice it! Please don't notice it! Please do-
"AHA!" She yelled reaching out for the coffee filled jug.
DARN!
"NOOO!" Sirius, James, Peter and I yelled at the same time, making many curious heads turn our way.
Sirius then, somehow managed to jump over the table (Without knocking anything over), and tackled the girl to the ground.
"That was unnecessary," She commented from under him.
"Trust me, it was," He whispered. The whole hall was currently laughing at Sirius' tactics, and a few older students were glancing at Jamie, to make sure she was Ok.
"MR BLACK!" A stern and frightening voice erupted through the hall.
"Yep?" He asked, sitting comfortably on top of Jamie (We were only eleven! We didn't notice how dirty the position looked back then), looking innocent, as if tackling girls was something completely normal.
"Might I ask you what you're doing?" Professor McGonagall asked, now standing directly opposite him.
Sirius looked down at Jamie, and then back at McGonagall, "Sitting."
"Don't be cheeky." She said, with an intimidating voice, which didn't seem to work on Sirius.
"Professor, He's basically saving the entire school from an apocalypse!" James managed to say, through his laughter.
"Apocalypse," She repeated, still looking at Sirius and Jamie, "How is he doing that by sitting on top of Ms White, might I ask?"
"He's not letting me drink any coffee!" Jamie yelled.
A murmur and then laughter went through the hall, of course, most people saw on the train how coffee affects her.
McGonagall didn't seem to notice this, but before she could say anything, I went to my friends' defence.
"Trust me, professor. This girl goes completely mental after coffee. Most people here could tell you this."
McGonagall looked at the pair on the floor again.
She sighed and said, "Mr Black, would you kindly remove yourself off Ms White, or I will be forced to deduct points."
"Of course," He said, got up and held out his hand for Jamie to take, which she gratefully did.
"That was fun," She commented, making Professor McGonagall scowl and walk off.
Jamie sat back down, and Sirius just casually climbed onto the table and walked to the other side, leaving shoe footprints between the plates, and making Professor McGonagall exclaim, "MR BLACK!"
The whole hall kept on glancing at us all through breakfast, checking if either of us were doing anything worth watching. Only the first day at Hogwarts, and Jamie, Sirius and James were already classified as troublemakers. A few minutes into breakfast, much to James' and Sirius' protests, Lily Evans came and pulled Jamie away from us.
She quickly flashed us apologetic grins, and went to sit with Lily.
Although it was a bit rude of Lily to steal Jamie, I let it pass by. After all, who am I to tell Jamie who she can sit with and who she can't. But the others weren't as thoughtful as me.
"That bloody Evans is stealing MY best friend!" Sirius growled, once the girls were out of earshot.
"Don't you mean OUR best friend?" James chipped in.
"Whatever. I'm not planning on sharing Jamie with anyone except you guys, since you're my friends as well. Especially not that Evans girl."
"You talk about her like she belongs to you," I told him, "Let her hang out with some girls her age from time to time, no matter how much you want to, you cannot have her all to yourself."
He looked at me, then to Jamie (who was currently smiling and talking to Lily), and then back to me, "Fine. I guess you're right."
"I always am," I smirked into my bacon.
Jamie POV
"Hey, can I talk to you?"
I turned around to see a familiar red head standing behind me.
Before I even got to answer, she grabbed my arm and started pulling me to the other, more deserted part of the table. I quickly turned around and flashed the four boys a grin, and followed Lily, who now let go of me.
"So what's up?" I asked, once we were seated in the most deserted part of the table.
"I know I'm rushing into things, but, even though I've only known you for a bit more then a day, and we didn't have a very good start, I think of you as one of my best friends already, since you've boosted my confidence so much before the sorting."
"That's what friends are for," I told her, smiling.
She smiled too, but then her smile turned into a frown.
"So far you're a good friend, and from what I saw, you're great at boosting people's confidence… Are you any good at giving advice?" She asked, hopefully.
"I guess I'm alright…"
"Great! Do you mind helping me out a bit?"
I smiled at the girl again, "Of course not."
Lily took a deep breath and began, "Well, as you know, I'm muggle born. Back at home, I have an older sister, Petunia, who I was always very close with. Two weeks ago, when I got my Hogwarts letter, my parents, of course, were really proud but Tuney… She started distancing herself away from me. At first, we tried writing letters to Professor Dumbledore, asking for permission for Tuney to come to Hogwarts with me, but he politely refused. Tuney then got pretty mad, and started calling me names…" Lily let out a quiet sob, and I put an arm around her, "When I was leaving, she didn't even come out of the car to say goodbye, she just kept on rushing my parents, saying she wants to go home."
I started rubbing Lily's back in a soothing motion, the way my mum always did to me when I was upset.
"I- I really love and miss my sister. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid that if I don't patch things up with her, I might never talk to her again," She concluded, with a few more sobs.
"I think that you should write her a letter," I told her, "Tell her that you miss her, and that you love her. Make sure not to mention how amazing Hogwarts is, so she doesn't become more jealous. That's what it is. She's jealous because she doesn't get to learn magic. She's jealous because she doesn't get to go to an awesome school. She's jealous because she didn't make your parents proud. But you did. You made them proud, and you're the one who's a witch. Also, make sure you don't send the letter with an owl, because she might think you're just trying to show off. Send the letter to the post office, and ask them to send it the muggle way. And when you go home, try not to talk too much about Hogwarts and magic around her. Just do the things you two would usually do. And if that doesn't patch things up with her, that means she is not worthy of having the title of 'Lily Evans' sister', because only the best deserve it. You are an amazing person Lily. You're kind, smart, beautiful, confident, and you can easily make friends with anyone! I hope to be like you someday."
She managed to conquer her sobs, and managed a real smile.
"Thanks Jamie, you're a good friend," She said, then after a moment added, "Also, you already are kind, smart, beautiful, confident and friendly. If anything, I'd like to be like you."
"I guess that means we're both amazing," I said, with a smile.
"Yeah I guess," After a moment of hesitation, she gave me another hug, before she asked if I wanted to sit with her and Alice.
I said, "No thanks, but you go on. I'd better talk to the boys."
"Ok, see you later."
With that, she turned and walked to the far side of the table, where Alice and some other girls were sitting, while I walked to the middle, where my boys were sat.
"So what did little Lillers want?" James asked as I sat back down in my place beside Remus.
"She was asking me about that movie parchment, and I was describing how to use it. And she hugged me, when I told her she can borrow it," I lied. I felt that Lily wouldn't want the whole school knowing about her family problems.
I don't think they believed me, but they didn't push it further.
"Ms White".
I turned around to see McGonagall once again.
"Hello again professor," I said with a smile.
"Here's your timetable," She said, giving me a piece of parchment, and moving on to the other boys.
I looked down at it and read:
Monday
Herbology with Hufflepuff
History of Magic with Slytherin
BREAK
Transfiguration with Hufflepuff
LUNCH
Potions (double) with Slytherin
Tuesday
Transfiguration with Hufflepuff
Flying with Slytherin
BREAK
Charms with Slytherin
LUNCH
History of magic with Slytherin
MIDNIGHT
Astronomy with Ravenclaw
Wednesday
Defence against the dark arts (double) with Slytherin
BREAK
Flying with Slytherin
LUNCH
Charms (double) with Slytherin
Thursday
Herbology (double) with Hufflepuff
BREAK
History of magic with Slytherin
LUNCH
Transfiguration with Hufflepuff
MIDNIGHT
Astronomy with Ravenclaw
Friday
Flying with Slytherin
Charms with Slytherin
BREAK
Charms with Slytherin
LUNCH
Transfiguration with Hufflepuff
"What the hell?" Sirius roared, causing many students to look at us (again).
"Professor, why are over half of our lessons with Slytherins?" James added, facing Professor McGonagall, who was currently giving Frank Longbottom his timetable.
"Professor, I won't survive a whole Wednesday with those gits!" I yelled, pointing at the Slytherin table.
"Please don't make such a fuss and sit down, or each of you will get a detention," She commanded.
Being us, we didn't listen, and we all started talking at once.
"But what if they-"
"Those slimy gits are-"
"I won't be able to-"
"SILENCE," She roared, "Ms White, Mr Black and Mr Potter, I want you three to report to my office at 8:30pm tonight, to receive your Detentions. I have NEVER had to give out a detention to a first year this early!"
With that, she stormed off.
The three of us just sat there for a minute, with our eyes wide open in shock, before our faces spread into wide grins.
"YES! FIRST DETENTIONS!" We yelled, and high-fived each other.
"How many bloody staircases are there in this school?" Sirius finally exploded. We were currently on our way to Transfiguration, and we were completely and miserably lost.
"A Hundred and forty-two," Remus and I answered simultaneously.
"Know-it-alls," James muttered, so I aimed a kick at his butt.
"Ouch!"
"Do you want me to bring you a ladder?" I asked.
"Why would I want a bloody ladder?" James questioned.
"So you can step up to my intelligence level!" I replied, making Remus and Peter (who were also lost with us) laugh.
"Do you spend your free time making these up?" Sirius asked.
"Maybe…"
So far we've had Herbology with Hufflepufffs, which, I admit, was quite fun, and History of Magic, which must have been the most boring thing on earth. I fell asleep on Sirius' shoulder in the first five minutes of the lesson, so I don't even know what we were learning about.
Suddenly something flew over us, dumping water over Peter.
I looked up and smiled, "OY PEVES!"
The little poltergeist looked at me and grinned.
"Hello Jamie, how may I help your exalted presence?" He asked.
"You said you like me don't you?" I asked, and he grinned and nodded, "Do you consider me a friend?"
"Maybe. Why you asking?" Peeves asked, curiously.
"Would you help a friend in need?"
"Peeves does not help!" He laughed.
I sighed dramatically, "And I thought you were my friend. I guess I'll have to find someone else to help me glue the Slytherins to their benches at lunch."
He straight away smiled.
"So if I help you now, you'll let me into the Great Hall to prank the little Slytherins?" He asked, hopefully.
"Yup."
"How might Peevsie help you, damsel in distress?" He grinned.
"I want you to show me, and my other fellow pranksters, where the transfiguration classroom is."
He looked down, hearing that it's nothing fun.
"And we'll also need you to cause havoc, so Professor McGonagall doesn't notice us slipping in ten minutes late," I added.
That cheered him up, and he zoomed of, yelling "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" And telling us to follow him.
We raced down a few staircases, and ran down the corridor, so once we've arrived in the transfiguration classroom we were panting heavily. Peeves was already inside, turning tables, throwing books, and singing a random song.
The whole classroom was a mess, and McGonagall was chasing peeves around, yelling about getting the headmaster, while the rest of the class was panicking, trying to avoid the flying objects. The five of us, Peter still soaking wet, quickly ran to random desk, which was still standing, and sat down, as if nothing was happening, and this was just a normal lesson.
Finally, after a few minutes, Peeves flew by me, gave me a high-five (he's a poltergeist, not a ghost, so he can do that), and flew out the classroom, leaving it a complete mess, except for the desk the five of us were occupying.
Professor McGonagall was a complete mess: her hair, which was usually neatly tucked into a bun, was currently flying all around her face, reaching down to her waist, her glasses were smashed, and her emerald-green robes were in a poor state. She sat down for a minute to calm down, put her hair back into her usual bun with a headband she took out of her drawer, and fixed her glasses and robes with a flick of her wand.
She then looked around the classroom, taking in all the ruins and panicking students (A few of which were crying after being hit by a heavy object, yet some were chuckling a little, at the way the lesson turned out), and finally, her eyes stopped on us.
We were all sitting with our hands folded together on the desk, looking perfectly normal and innocent (except for Peter who, as I've said before, was soaking wet).
On our faces, all five of us had an unreadable expression. Yet seeing that we were the only ones not panicking, running around or at least standing up, McGonagall must have noticed we had something to do with this. Or she might have noticed that we weren't here when the lesson started ten minutes ago, but we suddenly appeared just when peeves started causing devastation to her classroom.
"Detention, you five," she said, pointing at us, while we grinned simultaneously.
"Again..." She muttered this last part to herself while shaking her head in dissaproval.