Chapter Two
Waking the demon,
Rage erupted,
Walking in shadows,
Watch the blood flow.
'Dad, could you help me with my suitcase please, its rather heavy,' said Evangeline as she struggled to lift her suitcase onto the trolley. Sirius and James came striding towards her, pushing their trolleys with ease, grinning like idiots.
'Having trouble Sis?' asked James cheekily as he slung his arm round his twin's shoulders. Evangeline glared at him.
'What the bloody hell do you think? Now are you going to stand their with your arms the same length or are you going to help me lift this Godforsaken suitcase onto the trolley?' she said slamming Salem's carrier basket onto the trolley causing him to yelp.
'Do not worry dear Madame, kind Sirius and myself, are keen to help any damsels in distress,' said James, bowing to his sister. Sirius rolled his eyes, he seemed slightly irritated.
'James stop being an asshole, here I'll do it Angel,' he said as he shoved James out of the way.
'Awk, thanks Sirius, you truly are my knight in shining armour, unlike my brother here … I think you should stick to court jester James.' laughed Evangeline as she moved out of Sirius' way.
Sirius laughed, bent over and attempted to lift the suitcase, 'Sweet Jesus, Angel. What have you got in this?' he said and stood up straight.
'How about we see what she has got in there?' suggested James.
'James NO, don't dare!' yelled Evangeline as she ran to rescue her suitcase, but it was too late, James had already unlocked it and had started rummaging through it.
'Books, more books, broom, robes, clothes, make-up …'
'James stop!' cried Evangeline, as she caught a book he had thrown into the air.
'Cauldron, more books. How many books do you own? Never mind, a couple of bras … Eww'
'JAMES!' shouted Evangeline as she snatched the two bras out of his hands.
'Listen James, I think you should stop now,' said Sirius who was eyeing up Evangeline's bras.
'No, wait … Evangeline April Potter, what is this?' said James as he waved a skimpy black thong in the air. Evangeline stared at the lacy undergarment wide eyed, in shock.
'James, I .. GIVE ME IT HERE!' she screamed, and she grabbed it, and stuffed it hastily in her pocket. She shoved her brother out of the way, giving him the dirtiest look she could muster, and began to repack her suitcase on the ground in the middle of the train station.
'Do you want me to help?'
'NO, JUST PISS OFF JAMES, YOU RUIN EVERYTHING!' yelled Evangeline at the top of her voice, she sounded close to tears.
'I'm not James.' said Sirius, as he sat down beside her and handed her a pair of discarded jeans.
'Sorry,' said Evangeline quietly, not looking up from the ground she was staring at. 'It … Its … URGH I hate him!' she said as she threw a very tattered Potions book into her suitcase.
'Don't take it to heart Angel, you know what James is like, he thinks he's being 'cool' but even I think … No, I know, he takes it too far sometimes,' Sirius said reassuringly. Evangeline remained silent, quietly and diligently packing her suitcase, until it was full to the brim.
'I mean, it's okay to do it to Snivelly and the Slytherins, but to your own sister, it's not right.' continued Sirius. Evangeline stared at him. Did Sirius actually speak sensibly?! Jeez that doesn't happen everyday! She flashed him a smile, a grabbed his hand which was resting on the edge of the suitcase.
'Thanks, Sirius,' she said, and then started giggling,' You speak many words of wisdom!'
'Oi! I do have my moments, I know I talk the biggest load of crap most of the time, but when it comes to serious matters with my best mates, I do try,' he smiled, and pulled Evangeline into a hug.
'Well, I'm finished packing, so I think we better go catch the train, it's nearly eleven.' said Evangeline as she zipped up the main compartment of her bag.
_-_-_
Platform 9 ¾ was buzzing with students who were either starting a new year at Hogwarts, or going there for the very first time. Evangeline and Sirius dodged trolleys, and hundreds of students. They passed some frightened looking eleven year olds, who were silently taking in the hustling and bustling of the busy platform.
'They look awfully scared, don't they,' said Evangeline, who tugged on Sirius' arm and pointed over to the first years.
'You looked just like that when you were a first year, if I do recall.' he paused for a moment with a confused look on his face. 'Okay, maybe not, you were using trip jinxes on the older pupils, and then one of them started chasing after you, and you knocked over all the suitcases. You really were a very clumsy child.'
'Excuse me, but you're talking to the Gryffindor seeker, who … has kept and unbeaten run of 20 matches, without fail of catching the snitch. That's two seasons, I might add.' said Evangeline who punched his stomach playfully.
'You really shouldn't do that to a man of such high class like myself, you flamin' blood traitor,' Sirius joked.
'Pfft, you're considered more of a blood traitor than what I am, you idiot. Oh look, there's Bella, that darling cousin of yours who I adore so very much.' said Evangeline sarcastically as she nodded towards a very dark and eerie looking family.
'And there's my blasted mother, keep walking.' said Sirius urgently.
Evangeline glanced over at the Blacks, Bellatrix was whispering in Sirius' mother's ear. She was about to tell Sirius when …
'Sirius! There you are, cousin. Come over here, your father wants to speak to you,' said Bellatrix, with a sickly sweet smile on her face.
'I'm so very sorry Bella, but you can tell my father to keep his fucking words to himself, I want nothing to do with him, or that dreaded woman,' growled Sirius, who was shoving Evangeline forward.
Bellatrix's face turned to stone, 'How dare you talk about your family like that! You bring disgrace to the Blacks' name. Not to mention, you hang around with a pile of filthy blood traitors, like Potter here,' as she pointed to Evangeline, ' … and half – breeds.'
'You watch your tongue Black, or I could easily get rid of it for you,' spat Evangeline, who bunched her fists.
'I hope you realize, Potter, that you will be first on my list of people I want rid of.'
'What the hell are talking about Black? You don't have the backbone to even try and get rid of me.' snarled Evangeline.
'That's enough Evangeline, lets just get out of here.' snapped Sirius.
'Oh but cousin I should inform your dear friend about my current occupation. You see dear Evangeline, when you are a Death Eater, killing becomes so much easier. I could just click my fingers, and you would be dead.'
'You wouldn't be able to kill me even if I had my back turned to you. Have I ever told you Bella, how bad your aim is?' sniggered Evangeline, who turned to follow Sirius and had started to walk towards her family.
Bellatrix's eyes glared red with anger, there was a flash of red light. She was standing with her wand drawn and had shot a spell towards Evangeline. People screamed as they dodged the spell. It got closer and closer to Evangeline. The air exploded. There was flashes of red and purple, flames had erupted from the ground surrounding her. But she stood, standing tall, unharmed. She turned, with a smile on her face.
'How did I know you would try and stun me with my back turned? Only cowards fight when their opponents have their backs turned … because they know they'll get slaughtered.' said Evangeline sharply.
Her father had rushed to her side, 'Evangeline, are you alright? What happened? We saw a flash of red and you were standing in the middle of a ring of purple flames.' said her father who stared at her, she could see confusion in his expression.
'Oh it was nothing Dad, just a little argument. Nothing to worry about.' said Evangeline, avoiding what happened completely.
'Nice bit of non verbal magic there, Sis,' whispered James in her ear as they strolled towards the train.
'Thank you,' said Evangeline rigidly, avoiding eye contact with her brother.
'Listen, I'm sorry about earlier. I was out of order, just -'
'Showing off as usual.' Evangeline finished his sentence and glanced at him. 'It's not like I'm not used to it, you just didn't have to unpack my suitcase in the middle of the station. In front of everyone.'
'Yeah I know, I was a bit of an arsehole.' mumbled James, as they handed their suitcases over to the station porter.
'Understatement of this century, mate.' laughed Sirius. Evangeline coughed, trying to stifle her laughter.
'Right you three, have a good term. Study hard and … all three of you stay out of trouble, if possible,' said the twins' dad. Evangeline stared at him, her mouth wide open.
'Yes, you too Evangeline. You probably don't know, but your mother and I received at least twenty letters in total last year, all of them complaints about your behaviour in certain classes. And how your teachers can not figure out how you are best in the year, when you pay no attention whatsoever.'
Evangeline smiled at him feebly. 'As long as you are maintaining your grades, I really don't give a damn what you get up to.'
'Thanks Dad,' said Evangeline, who sounded dead chuffed.
'That doesn't mean you can use your intelligence to create highly dangerous pranks which may harm other students, like you attempted last year.' said Mr Potter sternly.
'Oh, it wasn't that big a prank, it was …'
'Giant ants invading the school.'
'Yeah, but no one got hurt.'
'That was because Dumbledore had seen you enlarging them from his window.'
'How did …'
'Never mind, Evangeline. Goodbye, good luck in your quidditch matches!'
'Thanks Dad. Bye, love you!' called Evangeline as she, James and Sirius boarded the train.
They set about searching for a compartment that wasn't already filled with students. After scouring the length of the train, the last two carriages where in sight. Sirius opened the door to one compartment door, where coincidently, Evangeline's nemesis was sitting. Cerys Neill and Evangeline where the two prettiest girls in the year.
While Cerys used this to her advantage by scoring in the bedroom every night with desperate guys, Evangeline preferred to use the 'hard to get' method. This gave Evangeline as reason to despise her, because she treated guys like playthings, rather than human beings.
'I wouldn't want to sit in that compartment Sirius, you might catch a sexually transmitted disease.' said Evangeline carelessly.
'Oh look, its that frumpy Gryffindor,' replied the Ravenclaw, who flicked the page of her magazine.
'Speak for yourself, slut. Are you coming Sirius?' said Evangeline, who was glaring in Sirius' direction.
'What? … Oh yea, sure.' he said dreamily and he followed James and Evangeline.
Suddenly Evangeline turned to face him, her face riveted with anger. 'You cannot be serious!' she yelled at him.
'Technically, I am,' he smiled gleefully.
'Don't play smart with me. I'm talking about that whore Neill.' Evangeline said bluntly, not taking her eyes off him.
'Oh … her.' he mumbled and scratched his chin, 'She's quite a catch.'
As a result of his teasing remark, he got a slap across the face, 'Don't go anywhere near her. She … she's a two faced, back stabbing whore, who only uses people.' snarled Evangeline.
'Why do you care so much? I've been with hundreds of girls, you didn't seem to care then.' said Sirius dumbly. Evangeline gave him her death glare.
'Oh, she's like your … enemy isn't she?'
'Yes Sirius, she is. And I don't want any of my best friends to have anything to do with her.'
'Have you two finished your little conversation out there?' called James from the doorway of the next compartment along.
'C'mon,' said Evangeline, 'At least James found us a compartment, now we can have our own privacy.'
'We could always go to the bathroom in the next carriage,' teased Sirius, who slung his arm over Evangeline's shoulder, who in turn slapped him over the head with a grin on her face.
'IZZY, REMUS, LILY!' shouted Evangeline as she opened the compartment door, 'It's so good to see you all again!' she said as she gave them all a hug. 'Alright Peter?'
A small mousy boy in the corner answered, 'Hello Evangeline, fine thanks, yourself?' he said feebly.
'Not bad.' she said as she slumped herself down beside Remus.
'So any interesting stories, we need to hear about?' she said, glancing hopefully at Izzy.
Isabella Lawson was Evangeline's best friend. They had not seen each other at all over the Summer. And after Izzy had confided in Evangeline that she fancied the pants off Remus Lupin, she was hoping for some gossip.
'Ahem,' Evangeline cleared her throat, 'I said, any gossip?'
'No.' glared Izzy, who was reading the Daily Prophet.
After this slight disappointment, Evangeline engaged in a heated debate with her brother, Remus and Sirius about who was going to win the Senior Quidditch League this year.
'It's obviously going to be the Holyhead Harpies! They have the best players by far!' exclaimed Evangeline.
'Yes, but they don't have the set plays that the London Wasps do!' retorted James.
'Pfft, like that matters! You need good players, to achieve good set plays! You of all people should know that, being Quidditch Captain!' shouted Evangeline.
'What?! You're Quidditch Captain! Why didn't you tell us!' yelled Remus who threw away his book hastily.
'I guess I forgot,' smirked James, who slid a hand to his head and ruffled his hair, he had obviously remembered that Lily was in the compartment.
Suddenly the door slid open, Evangeline was expecting it to be Bellatrix, back to finish her off. But it was only the trolley lady.
'Anything from the trolley, dears?' said the short, plump old woman, everyone jumped out of their seats in a rush to get what they wanted.
'Um, I'll have five packets of Bertie Botts, a packet of Droobles, six Chocolate Frogs and fifteen Liquorice Wands.' smiled Evangeline, who had a fairly large sweet tooth. She handed over some coins and jumped back down onto her seat. She noticed that Lily had not got off of her seat.
'Alright Lils? Want a Chocolate Frog?' said Evangeline as she threw her one, she was joined by Sirius, who had his arms filled with Cauldron Cakes.
'Is that all you ever eat?' questioned Remus, who sat down opposite him.
'I don't eat to live, I live to eat, that's my motto,' said Sirius, with his mouth full.
'Clearly.' said Evangeline, who wrinkled her nose at the sight of Sirius wolfing down cake after cake.
Fields and lanes flashed past the window, time passed. The compartment was full of empty wrappers, abandoned sweets that lay unwanted on the floor, Sirius and James were asleep. They had obviously eaten quite a lot. Evangeline sat there daydreaming, feeling quite uncomfortable. She moved her body slightly, only to realize that Sirius' head was resting on her thigh.
'Sirius! Wake up, lazybones,' she ushered him.
He moved his head, and replied in a muffled voice, 'What?' He snapped upright, 'Where am I?'
'On the Hogwarts Express, stupid.' said Evangeline, who picked up that last of the Liquorice Wands and started chewing the end of it.
'Oh.' he said, and he ruffled his hair. Evangeline laughed.
'Nice bedhead, Black. I think we better get changed. Lets wake the others.' Evangeline yawned and stretched her arms.
'Good idea, Potter. Hang on one minute.' he said as he pulled his wand out of his back pocket.
Sonorous!
'WAKE UP YOU LOT!' he yelled, only his voice was ten times magnified. He turned round and gave Evangeline the thumbs up when everyone jumped from their seats, only to find her wearing a pair of fluffy blue earmuffs.
'You could have burst my eardrums.' she snapped, 'You could of at least warned me!'
'Right guys, we need to change into our robes.' Sirius took over, 'C'mon men, lets leave these ladies to get changed.' and he opened the compartment door and strided out. James, Remus and Peter quickly followed him.
Once everyone had change into their black robes and uniform, they all settled back into their compartment, waiting for the train to stop.
'I have a feeling this will be an interesting year, what with our OWLS coming up.' said Evangeline who was glancing out the window.
'Your only saying that because you know you'll get best in our year again.' retorted James.
'Well we'll just have to see when we get our results next Summer won't we?' she snapped back.
James stuck his tongue out at her. Remus rolled his eyes, 'Now, now children. Stop fighting you two!' He could see them glaring at each other.
'What is with the pair of you? Ever since you got on the train, you've been at each other's throats at every opportunity!' cried Izzy.
'They been at each other's throats all Summer.' mumbled Sirius, who was determined to not let either James or Evangeline hear what he had said.
'What was that Sirius?' growled James, who had breached his death glare with his sister to glance at Sirius.
'Nothing.' he replied quickly, 'I think the train has stopped, let's go.' And he got out of his seat and walked out of the compartment, stretching his legs.
The entire student body piled out of the train, onto the platform at Hogsmeade, where they were met by the giant mass of a half-giant called Hagrid.
'Alright, Hagrid?' asked Remus, who was straightening his robes.
'Alrigh, ther you lot, had a good Summer?' said Hagrid, who towered above everyone else.
'Yeah, its been okay I suppose, but I'd rather be at Hogwarts,' replied Evangeline who had linked arms with Izzy.
'The place you call home, eh?' asked the giant, who was beckoning the first years.
'Definitely! See you at the feast Hagrid!' she called as she ran off with Remus and Izzy after Sirius, James and Peter, who had saved them a space on the carriage.
Hagrid waved goodbye after her. To him it seemed strange that she called Hogwarts her home, she had always told him when she came for tea, that she loved going home, to get away from all the stress of school work. Perhaps she had changed her ways over the Summer. But why?
Slight cliff hanger? Would you call it that? Anyways, hope you enjoyed it! Please review!!
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