A Twin in Mine Shadow
Chapter 7 Unintentional Results
The clock suddenly buzzed aloud, waking Lizzie from her dreamless sleep. She stood up from her bed and yawned loudly, clad in only muggle pyjama bottoms and the matching t-shirt.
She sighed as she retook her seat on the scarlet bed, allowing her mind to drift off to the events that had taken place since the last time she'd seen Sirius.
It had been a good two weeks since then, and she had not received another session since. The reason was because the day after the session Sirius and her brother had managed to get themselves excluded from the school, after slipping bat dung into every goblet on the Slytherin house table, by using a simple charm they had come across in one of the prank books they'd gotten from Zonko's. The result had been that except for two people who had not been thirsty that morning, every other Slytherin student had been severely ill with no intention of attending lessons. After several complaints from the concerned parents of the well off Slytherin students (including all of Lizzie's friends), Professor Dumbledore had had no choice but to exclude the boys for a period of two weeks.
As soon as she'd heard the news, Lizzie had been overwhelmed beyond anything that she would not be having tutoring sessions for a good couple of weeks. After a short debate with Sirius and McGonnagall over their concern for Lizzie's tutoring sessions, McGonnagall had finally been persuaded not to assign another tutor to work with Lizzie while Sirius was away. Instead, all Lizzie was required to do was to revise from the huge books Sirius had given her, until the moment he returned. But a startling statement from Sirius had brought Lizzie's joy to no end. After admitting to McGonnagall that he would only be returning to School for a day after his exclusion, before his parents would be steering him off to France for yet another week, Lizzie had been so speechless that she had remained silent for the rest of the meeting. She had returned to her Slytherin friends shortly after, to share with them the news that had held her hopes so high.
And now here she was a good two weeks later, yawning on the exact day that Sirius and her brother would be returning to school. For a moment she decided to cease to think, in order to save herself from the dread she knew the thought would bring. It would do no good to start dreading an issue she would have to deal with later.
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After a quick shower and bustling around her dorm, Lizzie finally entered the Great Hall with an appetite that had returned to her ever since the two marauders had gotten excluded. Though she looked as dishevelled as her brother's hair, she reasoned with herself that at least her scent was not of sweat and sleep.
She looked about her table and was relieved to find her brother and his friend had not returned to School yet. In a desperate attempt to grasp her last moment of freedom, Lizzie resumed to eating her way through as much as she could before they arrived.
However, it was not long before the great doors opened to reveal the headmaster followed by the two rascals that were looking quite healthy from their holiday. Lizzie immediately noticed the small increase in her brother's weight that had not been present when he'd left. No doubt he had persuaded his mother that he was innocent and that the Slytherins had been the ones that provoked him, only to receive a full two weeks of pampering and all the food he could eat.
'Well he always was the favourite twin,' Lizzie thought to herself, knowing full well that her brother had had the time of his life during his exclusion.
She looked over at Sirius Black, and was quite surprised that he had not changed one bit. She wondered whether it had anything to do with him not being the favourite child, since his young little brother was the one that always got the attention. But no, Sirius did not look any different from what she remembered. He may have grown a centimetre or two height-wise, but that was all she could detect. His mischievous smirk was present on his lips as usual, and the signature strut that all jocks had mastered was as obvious as ever.
"Hi Lizzie. Mum said to tell you that your pocket money will not be going up unless you start being a good girl and get good grades. She also said she'd be having a go at you as soon as you get home for the mess you left under your bed," James replied as soon as he came to stand by his sister's chair. Sirius was also with him, attempting to reach for the kippers and eggs that were close by Lizzie plate.
"SHE CLEANED MY ROOM!" Lizzie shrieked bewildered, slamming her hand on the arm Sirius had extended in an attempt to nick her breakfast.
"Owe," Sirius shrieked in return, as he brought up his arm to examine it closely.
"First rule about Lizzie, Padfoot: 'Never touch her food or she will touch you'- less gracefully," James replied with a smirk. His statement was met with a snicker from Sirius and another wack from Lizzie.
"Don't make fun of me mop-head," Lizzie retorted with an annoyed look. She smirked at the pain written across her brother's face, until she was crushed in a painful hug from Sirius.
"Miss me Lizzie?" He screamed in her ear, making her shriek in return as she attempted to throw him off.
"Get the fuck off me you dog," she screamed as she thrust his arm off her.
Sirius was about to jump back on her until a certain voice prevented him from doing so.
"SIRIUS! Oh my god, you're finally back," Diana Nebula shrieked as she made her way over to her boyfriend, swinging her hips and hair in the motion. As soon as she got to him she threw her arms around his neck and caught his mouth quite unexpectedly.
Lizzie whimpered in disgust as she turned back to her breakfast, distinctly hearing James tell them to get a room.
"Now Lizzie, don't get all huffy and jealous just cos Sirius has a girlfriend," James said a little too loudly, making a good half of the table look in their direction. Diana immediately let go of Sirius and shot an evil look at Lizzie, then continued to touch him up and down to make the girl jealous.
"What's the matter Potter, jealous that your sister's getting all my cousin's attention," Narcissa remarked in a cold tone. She took the empty seat by Lizzie and flicked her hair over her shoulder in an attempt to block him out.
"Aha, you're soo funny, Black," James replied in a sarcastic tone. Lizzie giggled at her brother's frustration and out of the corner of her eye saw Sirius smirk as well.
"Funny, how half the Gryffindor table is laughing with me, isn't it?" Narcissa replied pretending to be confused. James seemed like he was trying to think of a good comeback, but after failing to do so stalked off in the other direction. Lizzie immediately burst out laughing, and saw that Sirius was trying hard to control himself. His girlfriend though, was not that much of a fool to miss this short interaction between the 'Potter girl' and her boyfriend, so attempted to steal him away by steering him in the direction James had gone in.
"Diane what are you doing?" Sirius uttered loudly while trying to shrug her hands off him.
"I was just thinking maybe we should go see what James and the rest are up to," Diana lied quickly.
"No, I'm fine thanks," Sirius replied through gritted teeth.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means I'm sick and tired of you steering me around like some puppy. And I've had enough of you flirting with my friends too," Sirius replied a bit loudly.
"Oh, so I'M the one that flirts with your friends am I? Well at least I don't flirt with rejects like that freaky tramp!" Diana shrieked. The hall had suddenly gone silent now, as every eye was on the fighting couple.
"Don't talk about my friend's sister that way, you jealous bitch!" He screamed angrily.
"Jealous? JEALOUS!"
"That's it Diane, we're through!" With that, Sirius stormed off in the direction of James and the other jocks while Diane's friends rushed over to her to comfort her. She was now blinking tears and long streaks of mascara were making their way down her face.
"Bye Diane," Narcissa uttered sweetly with a short wave of dismissal. Lizzie smiled at Narcissa, watching as Diane and her gang of popular friends rushed out into the Entrance Hall.
"What a sad bimbo," Narcissa retorted, while Lizzie nodded in agreement.
"Anyway, do you think things between you and my cousin will be getting cosy now that he's not got a girlfriend anymore?"
Lizzie immediately choked on her pumpkin juice, sending the contents flying out of her mouth.
"Cissa!" She shrieked at her friend.
"What? I think you and my cousin would make a good couple. After all, he's a sexist jock, you're a feminist pureblood! And think if things go really well between you two, which they probably will, you can get married together and we'd be related!" Narcissa squealed girlishly.
"Cissa, Cissa. You think way ahead of the game. How in the Hells do you think we would be able to go out? It's SIRIUS BLACK we're talking about! I hate him and he loves making fun of me, manipulating me, embarrassing me, giving me disgusting sloppy kisses, hugging me after Quidditch practice when he's dripping with sweat, poisoning my food-"
"Okay, I suppose I see your point," Narcissa cut in. Things immediately quietened between them, leaving the atmosphere awkward and tense. Lizzie picked up her fork and dug into the pancakes that had turned cold and soggy since the last time she ate. They were immediately saved by the bell however, and used it as an excuse to bid farewell.
'Why oh why, am I the one they always try to hook up?'
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"Remember that you only add 2 doses of faun blood, not 3, otherwise the potion could go extremely wrong," Professor Chiron instructed his students. The fourth year Gryffindors and Slytherins in the potions classroom only nodded in acknowledgement to make it look as if they were paying attention. In truth, most thought that they had better things to pay attention to.
"You may carry on," he finished explaining.
"Lizzie, pass the ladle," Severus Snape asked his partner, who was busy staring into space.
"Huh, oh yeah," she exclaimed while giving him the metal stirring device. She looked about the room, relieved to see that most people were lost in what they were doing as well. Lucky for Lizzie, in Potions she always managed to beat Lucius in making Severus her partner. The result was that even though she understood nothing of the lesson, she had her witty partner to do things for her, which gave her an 'excellent team effort' remark on her report card.
She was again distracted from her thoughts by Lucius coming over.
"Sev, is it meant to go green once you added the asphodel?" the blonde questioned.
"No. You must have forgotten to add the werewolf hair," Severus replied.
"Shit," Lucius remarked, making Lizzie laugh at his stupidity.
"I don't see what you find so funny, Lizzie. At least I attempt to do the work," Lucius retorted somewhat annoyed.
"Calm down Mr 'Looks like girls aren't the only ones with PMT,' " Lizzie remarked in a cocky tone. She didn't know why, but she just loved annoying Lucius every time he made out he was better than she was. And Narcissa, come to think of it.
'Looks like I enjoy discriminating against blondes.
I wonder if that's a bad thing?'
"Oh shut up. Just cos you're jealous I may be more girlie than you'll ever be."
"What's that Malfoy?" Lizzie hissed threateningly, daring him to repeat what he'd just said.
"N…nothing," Lucius stuttered in fear. On previous occasions, he had witnessed the way his friend took her anger out on people, and it had never been pretty.
"Aah, look at the two lovers quarrelling," James remarked from across the classroom, attracting everyone's attention as he did so.
"Oh, you can talk about lovers can't you James. First Sirius and now you're getting all cosy with Remus Lupin. Don't you feel a bit disloyal in double crossing you're best friend?" Lizzie shouted at him. Just as she'd wanted, in no time James was seething with anger, and his face had gone a dark shade of scarlet.
"Hey Lucius, didn't you say you forgot to add the werewolf hair? I know where you can get some," Lizzie said with the equal amount of loudness as before. Though Lucius was confused as to what she meant, she did not fail to attract James and Remus' full attention, making James hiss, "You wouldn't dare."
"Oh wouldn't I, Jamesie? We'll see," Lizzie squealed girlishly. She did not really intend to do anything, but seeing James this angry was really enjoyable. She had promised a year ago not to utter the secret to anyone, after walking in James' room to see Sirius and Peter transform into animals. But James was not about to know that Lizzie always kept her word.
But before she could retort again, three people had suddenly grabbed her and dragged her out of the classroom. She tried to struggle out of their grips, but they had done it so quickly that Lizzie had no idea how to get out. Her friends stood their helpless, and the Professor was so wrapped up in talk with Lily Evans that he did not notice the unjust act that was taking place.
When they finally got passed the door and out of everyone's earshot, Lizzie was dropped to the floor with a 'thud' and before she could draw out her weapon three wands were poking the skin of her neck.
"You better swear you won't tell anyone, or we'll-" James started but Lizzie cut him.
"Or you'll what?" She taunted threateningly.
"We'll modify your memory here and now, so you don't remember anything at all. What do you say Lizzie?" Her brother whispered at her.
"Fine. It's not as though I was going to do it anyway. Why you fucking take everything so seriously is not my problem," she uttered as she shrugged off the wands and walked back to the classroom.
"You promise?" Lupin shouted at her.
"Oh, shut up," Lizzie shouted back.
"That's a yes, Moony," James Translated with a smirk. The three began to follow her back to the classroom.
Once she got there, Lizzie grudgingly made her way towards her table where the cauldron was set up. Lucius and Severus immediately turned away to avoid her gaze, in fear of her anger.
"Thanks a bunch guys, for attempting to rescue me from the jocks. You know you could have saved me from dying out there, TWATS," Lizzie stated sarcastically.
"Language, Miss Potter," Professor Chiron stated from where he was stood by the table behind them.
At that moment, Remus and James passed their table and both shot sly smirks her way. Lizzie immediately turned away in a huff, and settled to watch the potion that had slowly begun to turn red.
"How the hell do you understand all this junk about potions?" She asked Severus quietly.
"The same way you get Divination and Astronomy," He replied, bemused.
"I suppose I understand. So, what are you doing for Christmas then?" She questioned.
"Well, my mum keeps begging my dad to take us to the South of France for a day or two. But knowing him, he'll probably ditch us for the day to spend it with a whore or two," Severus replied truthfully. She thought she saw a little bit of sadness flicker in his eyes, but that immediately vanished as quickly as it started.
"Well, you could come round my house. I doubt we'll be doing anything important, so what say we meet up?" Lizzie suggested in an attempt to lighten up his mood.
"That will be nice," Severus replied with a short smile. Everything was so blissful at that moment, until that dreaded voice as usual broke the silence.
"Looks like Lizzie's given up on Lucius now. And she said I was the double-crosser," James signalled to Remus in a mocking tone.
"Probably gave up when she couldn't find Malfoy's brain," Remus retorted with a smirk.
"Do you hear something, Sev? It's funny cos all I hear is a bark, bark and a loud ROAR," Lizzie said loudly. She saw Severus' confused look but quickly ignored it.
She turned around just in time to see the two marauders stalk off to tell Sirius and the other Gryffindor jocks what she'd said.
"What do you mean, bark and a roar?" Severus asked her.
"Uh… just, you know, the way all jocks act like animals. They hate it when I say it to them," Lizzie replied quickly in order to cover up her mistake. Luckily, she had managed to persuade Severus because in a sec he was grinning at what he thought she had meant.
Relieved, Lizzie quickly cast a glance at the jocks to see what they were up to. As soon as she saw them all huddled up, she knew they were probably planning some sort of attack on her. She turned away and called Narcissa and Lucius over to talk about Christmas, but before she could carry on a short squeal from Narcissa stopped her.
"Get off me, you little wench," Narcissa hissed as she pulled her robes away. She then stepped away to reveal the tiny form of Bob Mathews.
The little dwarf was not a jock, but because of his childish humour and because he was such a womaniser he was every popular guy's little mate. Over the past few years, Lizzie had grown to know him as one of the most annoying people that ever existed.
She sighed aloud, realising that James' plan must have been to send Bob over to annoy them.
"Ooh, I think she likes me," he half-whispered, half-shouted at the jocks, sending them all into snickers.
All too suddenly, Lizzie felt an annoying grip on her ass. It was more of a poke, knowing the size of Bob's hand, but turned around anyway to face him.
"Hey baby," Bob retorted in a husky tone, raising snickers from the other side of the room. For a moment Lizzie thought of binning him in the girls' loos, but the idea that crossed her head was too good to deny.
'Only two people can play this game.'
Knowing that he was expecting a slap or kick of some sorts, Lizzie slowly sank to his level then by feigning her own husky tone, replied:
"Hey sexy." She watched with pleasure as his eyes grew wide, while trying to back away from her.
Lizzie licked her tongue over her teeth, then launched out to bite him like a cat. But before she could reach him he was already screaming while legging it back to his mates. The Slytherins and Lizzie immediately broke into hysterical laughter, while the jocks were comforting a horrified dwarf.
"Enough!" Professor Chiron shouted in an attempt to quieten the class. Lizzie and Severus turned around to work on their potion, while the jocks scattered away to their separate benches around each other. But unbeknownst to Lizzie, she'd accidentally aroused the pleasure of a different fourth year, who was now watching her with a new found admiration of her pranks. The one she would have normally referred to as 'dog' or 'Black poo,' in the mental space of her head.
I'm sorry it took so long to update, I swear I'll try to get my chappys up more earlier in the future. I'd also like to highlight the fact that I have changed my penname, again, and that this is the last time I will be doing so on per usual, I would like to thank all the people that have reviewed so far and that I'd appreciate it if you kept your reviews coming.
Just like I mentioned in the last chapter, I have included a list of all my characters that have appeared in this fic, with the new acception of Bob Mathews.
Eliza ('Lizzie') Potter: Main character or protagonist of this fic, also the twin sister of James Potter, and Harry Potter's aunt (in a fic to be published in the future!).
David Grimly: Hangs out with the Slytherins and Lizzie, and is their only friend in Ravenclaw.
Isabella Darkwell: a popular girl in Ravenclaw who's not really important, but fancies Dave Grimly even though he's out of her league.
Diana Nebula: Sirius' current girlfriend, most popular girl in school who also hangs out with Isabelle.
Jonathan Davies: Ravenclaw jock, also a friend of the Gryffindor jocks. In my world, he's actually Roger Davies' dad.
Nicholas Chang: Cho Chang's dad, also a Ravenclaw jock in Lizzie and James' year.
Bob Mathews: Annoying Fourth year Gryffindor with an ego the size of Hogwarts and a height the size of a mushroom.
Ciao!