A Twin in Mine Shadow
Chapter 5- My Brother Gone Drag!
It was the morning of a gloomy Monday, and Lizzie was seated in her usual seat at the end of the Gryffindor table. Unlike the day before, Lizzie felt strangely hungry, as she was stuffing her mouth with anything she could lay her hands on. She had come to the Great Hall slightly late, which was why a lot of people were now leaving the Hall to go hang about before the lessons started. She was suddenly startled by a huge crowd of her Slytherin friends saying good morning.
"Good to see you've got your appetite back, Lizzie," the all-too-familiar voice of Lucius Malfoy shouted at her. The rest of her friends smirked at this, which persuaded Lizzie to throw a bagel at them. She got Severus Snape square in the shoulder, which was pretty funny because he emitted a high-pitched squeal. Everyone else laughed before they walked off, and Lizzie was able to catch the encouraging gesture Narcissa shot at her.
She turned back to her food, but before she could take another bite, the doors burst open loudly and the normal crowd of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw jocks entered. But something was different about them today. Lizzie just couldn't put her finger on what, but she sensed their strangeness immediately. They seemed unusually quiet, and were far too huddled up together than usual.
'Wait a minute, where is James and the werewolf?'
But before Lizzie could spot the answer, she found someone else had beaten her to it. All of a sudden, Professor McGonnagall was right in front of the crowd, but before they could scatter away she pointed at four people in the middle and shouted:
"The headmaster would like to speak to you four now, about the reason for your inappropriate dress code. The rest of you may join your house tables."
Lizzie eyed with curiosity as the boys scattered away, leaving the four people McGonnagall had pointed to in the middle. Since she was slightly thirsty, she took a quick sip of her juice, then looked back at what now looked like a crowd of four nervous girls, before spitting out the contents of her mouth.
'Wait a minute, that's my BROTHER!"
All-too-suddenly, a huge roar of laughter sprang up from every part of the Hall, as people began to point at the four boys dressed like girls. Lizzie tried her best to wipe the juice off her robes and food, but the sight was too funny to ignore.
The two boys at the front of the group were Jonathan Davies and Nicholas Chang, who were so red they had obviously not handled humility before. They were both dressed in their normal school shirts, but what was once trousers was now replaced by two plaid skirts that bounced with their every move. Both had overdone their makeup, and looked the exact replica of two exotic dancers in a pub. Nicholas Chang was also wearing a ginger wig, whereas Davies had only plaited his long black hair into two bunches on either side of his head. Behind these two boys, were none other than the werewolf and James Potter. Like the other two, Remus Lupin was trying hard to hide his face whereas James was too busy waving at his mates in girlie mode. Both James and Remus were wearing wigs, but Remus' was like his natural brown hair colour, whereas James' wig was a shiny blonde and curly.
When they finally reached the staff table, because the laughter had not yet died down, no one was able to hear the conversation going on between Dumbledore and the four drag queens. James quickly peaked behind him, which immediately received a few catcalls and whistles when his blonde wig bounced in the motion. He then outstretched his long arms, and placed his red nails on either side of the back of his shirt. As soon as he pulled his shirt up, the laughter arose once again as everyone in the Hall got a clear glimpse of the glittery pink thong on his rear end.
"I said ENOUGH!" Professor McGonnagall boomed again, which immediately silenced the Great Hall.
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As soon as Lizzie walked into Care of Magical Creatures, she was greeted by the familiar sight of Professor Vincent and her Slytherin friends. She rushed over to the empty seat between Narcissa and Lucius with glee, since she rarely saw them in any of her other classes. She cast a look around the grey classroom, wondering when they would be going into the forest today.
"Hey Lizzie," Narcissa greeted with a smile. Lizzie in turn smiled, before the second bell went and the late students burst in in a hurry.
"It seems as though our few show-offs are late again," Professor Vincent stated with a smirk, obviously insinuating the gang of jocks in Gryffindor.
Professor Vincent was the youngest teacher at Hogwarts. Unlike the rest, he had a devilishly handsome face and quite a good sense of humour that accounted to everyone. In his lessons, Slytherin and Gryffindor seemed friends because of the way they all joked about the same things, which was why he was everyone's most popular teacher.
The door burst open, to welcome the large crowd that were unsurprisingly late again. Just like breakfast, James and Remus Lupin were covered from sight, but soon decided to reveal themselves when they rushed to their seats.
"My, my, you boys are looking especially handsome on this gloomy morning," Professor Vincent smirked at the boys.
"I thought we always looked beautiful, Professor," James replied as he tossed his fake hair.
"My mistake, Mr Potter," the professor confessed with an unhidden smile.
But before James sat down in his seat, Sirius yanked his elbow with a death grip and pulled him to the other empty seat.
"Why don't you sit by me Jamesie," Sirius pleaded with a very husky tone.
"It's Jemima, darling," James replied with a manly giggle.
"Not the gay thing again," Narcissa groaned, as Lizzie laughed in turn.
The first half of the lesson passed in incomplete silence, which was probably due to James and the Remus trying to make jokes about Professor Vincent's sexuality. There was also a few giggles every time Sirius and James, - sorry, Sirius and Jemima tried to 'flirt' with each other.
Now though, the class was meant to be reading the laws of animagi in silence, since Professor Vincent was treating Peter Pettigrew's arm, which seemed to have fractured when he had bent to pick up his quill.
"I'm afraid we're going to have to get you to Madam Pomfrey Mr Pettigrew. The rest of you had better work in silence, before I get back from the hospital wing and we go into the forest."
As soon as the sound of the professor's footsteps died away, talk and laughter rose again to plague the atmosphere.
"So, has McGonnagall told you about your meeting times yet?" Narcissa asked Lizzie as she set her book down.
"No, not yet. I think she might come over and tell me at lunch, but I hope she doesn't send someone to fetch me now, otherwise I'll have to walk with that dog all the way up to her office," Lizzie replied as she cast a dark look at Sirius' back.
Nevertheless, as soon as Lizzie had said this, there was a sudden knock on the door and James shouted, "Come in." The door opened and a chubby little first year stumbled in, looking for the teacher. Upon finding no one, he looked at a crumpled note in his hand and then attempted to shout:
"Sirius Black and Eliza Potter in first period Care of Magical Creatures are to report to Professor McGonnagall's office." But the boy was cut off before he could say anything else, as he was suddenly attacked by all sorts of stuff that the jocks were lobbing at him.
Narcissa quickly cast a sympathetic look at Lizzie, who rolled her eyes while capturing her head in her hands. She suddenly felt a comforting hand on her left shoulder, which made her avert her gaze towards Lucius.
"We all feel for you, Lizzie," he said with mock concern. Lizzie grinned back, but was quite surprised when she looked at the jockey table and found Sirius missing.
'Must have left already,' she thought to herself, just as she got up and bid her friends goodbye.
"You play nicely with Sirius, now Lizzie," James shouted mockingly on her way out, but was quite distracted when Remus Lupin grabbed his wig and started throwing it around the classroom.
As soon as the door banged shut, Lizzie began to nervously walk towards the head of Gryffindor's office. On her way, she did walk slowly up to hidden corners to see if Sirius was hiding there, but when he wasn't there she walked away feeling relieved she did not yet have the 'delight' of his company. But knowing Lizzie's luck, her hopes were so farfetched that they were rarely ever true. This was of course proven when a dark figure suddenly grabbed her from behind and lifted her shrieking body into the air.
"Put me down you idiot," she stuttered frantically. In a matter of seconds she was returned to her feet, and returned to the usual feeling of dread she felt around this particular person.
"Hi Lizzie," Sirius bellowed in a loud voice in an attempt to annoy her.
"Go away," she muttered as she began walking at a faster pace.
"No need to rush darling, though I know how much you must be looking forward to our sessions together."
"In your sad wet dreams, Black," she uttered again. But of course, Sirius Black was not one to give up so easily.
"Now don't be in denial Lizzie," he slurred at her, attempting to grab her hand which she quickly drew away.
"Shut up Black. Why don't you just go snog one of your bimbos or something, cause you certainly ain't got a chance with me." She looked at him again, and was quite sickened when she found he was pouting.
"Oh really. Cause that's certainly not what you said in those pretty little letters you sent me."
'Oh Merlin, James is soo gonna die this time!'
"You actually think I sent you those letters! Black, you are so gullible, you might as well would believe me if I said I'm pregnant," she uttered sarcastically. But unsurprisingly, he decided to play along.
"You're going to have a baby! Awe, you should wait till I tell James he's gonna be an uncle," he bellowed in a happy tone, just as they rounded the corner that led to their destination.
"Wait, if you dare make this another ru-"
"THERE YOU ARE! I was beginning to wonder whether you'd received the message or not," she cut off, as she guided the duo into her office. But as the two got settled into their seats, Lizzie was prevented from finishing her sentence because her teacher absentmindedly cut her off again.
"Now, I have tried very hard over the past day to fit in these sessions so that they don't clash with your timetables."
"You know, I wouldn't have minded anyway," Sirius cut in with a sly smirk. Lizzie managed to suppress her snort, but was quite startled when Professor McGonnagall gave a short laugh.
"I'm afraid it's all been done Mr Black, and you will be missing not so much as a minute of your lessons because of these sessions," she replied with a grin.
"Damn," he whispered to himself with a fake frown.
"Anyway," McGonnagall began again turning back to serious mode. "The both of you will follow this schedule I have prepared for your tutor sessions over the next term. You will spend three hours a week (that's roughly an hour everyday) on Monday, Thursday and Friday for extra studying and revision. You are to meet at 5pm on Monday and Friday, whereas 4pm on Thursday after your lessons have finished. Since all of our revision rooms are either taken or being used at these times, the Headmaster has allowed for you two to use a special room called the Room of Requirement. This map will show you how to get there, and you may begin your lessons from next week. Any questions?"
Sirius only shrugged whereas Lizzie quickly blurted out what was on her mind.
"Can't you monitor, say, one of our lessons after a fortnight to see if we're doing okay, then change my tutor for someone who's smarter?" Lizzie suggested, trying hard not to plead.
"Miss Potter, Mr Black is one of the brightest students in this lesson. All this has been prepared so that you are able to at least pass Transfiguration. And if he's not smart enough, then I'm afraid you are just going to have to work by yourself."
"Which is quite unlikely, since I am actually quite smart," Sirius added bitterly.
"Whatever, dumb jock," Lizzie retorted moodily.
"Hey I'm not the one that's failing here," Sirius replied with a nasty smirk.
"Shut up before I-" but Lizzie was prevented from reaching his neck because of McGonnagall's sudden appearance between them.
"That's ENOUGH," she shouted over them. "Miss Potter you are free to leave, but Black you will stay while I go over the parts you will be assigned to teach Miss Potter."
Once she was outside the office, there was only ten minutes left to the bell, so she decided to go out onto the grounds instead of returning to class. She had Potions with the Slytherins next, and knew they would certainly take her stuff to the dungeons for her. Besides, she needed some fresh air to clear her mind and think of something other than the tutoring sessions, if it was possible.
She was standing around the back of Hagrid's cabin, wondering whether Sirius had decided to join the class or not. Her question was confirmed when a short squeal from her brother, followed by "Nice ass Jemima" interrupted her thoughts. She turned around, and begun walking deeper into the forest, all-the-while the image of Sirius Black trying to snog her in a dungeon replaying in her head.
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Sorry about the delay, but I hope you liked this chappy. I know I'm kinda taking my time before the tutoring sessions, but I promise they begin in the next chappy. I would like to also inform you that I will be changing my penname, to: 'Lady in Black' or something like that. If you can't find it, just search for the title of my story and I'm sure you'll be fine.
In the meantime, I'd like to thank my reviewers:
Sweet 16 movie buff: I'm really glad you liked the chapter and thanx for your pointer on Sirius. I noticed he was a bit out of character, but decided I'll improve him in this chappy.
The Beautiful Letdown: I liked your review too, and I promise Sirius and Lizzie will get together, if not sooner but at least before the end of this fic. Lol.
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