Chapter Fifteen

You're not living,

'Til you're living with me,

You're not winning,

'Til you're winning me.

It had been a couple of days since the Maurauders had agreed to help Evangeline become an Animagus, she was still undecided what she wanted to transform into but that wasn't her top priority.

Evangeline sat in the library, books strewn across the table, all opened at specific pages revealing countless numbers of spells, jinxes and curses. She had spent the last three nights scanning the pages of books to find the perfect spell for her prank, the easiest way to prank the whole school was by putting a spell on the food that was set out in the morning for breakfast. But after looking through what seemed thousands of books, she had not found anything worthwhile. Evangeline sighed as she flicked through a small textbook called 'Many Marvellous Ways to Cause Mischievous Madness' which she had found in the restricted section. Assuming that the restricted section contained many books that held spells that were frowned upon, she had sneaked past Madame Pince unnoticed, wandered around in the circumscribed room picking up anything that caught her interest.

She glanced over the pages quickly but thoroughly. She had been sitting there for over three hours and her vision was beginning to get blurry because of the constant flurry of words that her eyes flickered over. Evangeline glimpsed at the large golden clock that was on the wall directly over Madame Pince's desk, it read 11.37. Naturally, the library closed at ten o'clock, but Evangeline hid in the restricted section until the library supervisor had locked the doors and left the library barren from pupils. Except for Evangeline of course.

Evangeline yawned, the library was still and silent. The crescent moon shone through the window, spilling beams of light onto the table where Evangeline read. She had managed to persuade her brother that it was unwise to go out with Remus on a full moon, even though she felt that they would be there for a good cause, to be there for their best friend. Remus was incredibly grateful, as he had been trying to tell them exactly the same thing, but did not succeed in reasoning with them. But Evangeline knew that it would never last, there would be a time when they did finally accompany Remus to the Shrieking Shack where he transformed.

She began to yawn repeatedly, so after deciding that it was probably time to return to the dormitories, she set the books in a neat pile on the desk, not bothering to return them to the shelves in which they belonged. With her she took, the most promising books that she had read, hoping that they would provide her with the ingenious idea that she had been searching for.

Evangeline slowly stood up, her back aching from sitting in the hard wooden chair for an extended period of time, 'Lumos,' she muttered, causing a bright light to burst from her wand and remain alight. She walked through aisles of bookcases, making her way to the door holding her wand up to assist her. She reached out and was about to turn the lock but she heard whispering on the other side of the door, she pressed her ear against it so that she could hear more clearly.

'She wouldn't be in there, it's locked,' There was a fumbling noise and the door handle began to move up and down, the rattling sound echoed through the library.

'Maybe she got locked in,' a squeaky voice suggested.

'She's a witch, and there is a spell to open locks you know,' whispered a formal voice.

'Fine, we'll have a look, but if she's not there I say we go to the kitchens,' said a very recognisable voice, 'Get your wand out and open the door Moony.'

Evangeline rolled her eyes, trust the Maurauders to come looking for her. Before Remus could mutter the spell, she reached up and turned the lock on the door. There was an interval of silence.

'Did you say the spell without actually speaking Moony?' said a confused voice, who Evangeline established as Sirius.

'N-No, I don't even have my wand in my hand,' Remus said stuttering.

Evangeline stifled a laugh, and began to push down the door handle, slowly and quietly, hoping that the Maurauders wouldn't notice.

There was a gasp, 'Someone's opening the door!' said the startled voice, presumably belonging to Peter.

'Jeez Wormtail, no need to wet yourself. We have wands to protect us,' said a voice closest to the door, which obviously belonged to James.

Evangeline slowly began to pull the door towards her, opening it slightly, everything went quiet. She opened it fully to reveal nothing, just a dark corridor. She smirked and held her wand up, she looked closely as sheen of silver appeared in mid air. The Maurauders were clever, but not as intelligent as they thought they were.

'Nice try guys, but I know you're there,' she said, lowering her wand and putting it in her back pocket and reaching out her hand towards where she suspected they were standing. She grabbed the cloak and pulled it to reveal the four Maurauders standing there smiling at her.

'How did you know it was us?' James questioned her.

Evangeline looked at him as though her were stupid, how could he possibly have thought that she didn't know who it was. He was the only person in the school to own and invisibility cloak, and only he and his friends had the nerve to be out at midnight wandering the corridors.

'Well, gee James, I guess 'Well get your wand our and open the door Moony' sort of gave you away,' she said rashly, 'Why are you out at this time of night anyway? You weren't pranking the Slytherins without me were you?'

'We came to find you,' Sirius said, 'Lily said you went to the library – that was three hours ago – we waited for you in the Common Room and we got worried when you didn't return.'

'It's not as if I was going to get hurt, I was hardly going to get attacked by vicious flesh eating books,' Evangeline teased, smirking cheekily.

'Speaking of books, what were you doing in the library anyway?' Remus asked, gazing at her questioningly.

'If you must know,' Evangeline began, 'I was looking for a few spells to use in my prank,' she said informing the Maurauders, 'I've been reading for ages! But I found a couple of pretty useful books in the restricted section,' she said proudly.

'But isn't that place out of bounds?' Peter asked, looking at Evangeline confusedly.

'Yes Peter,' Evangeline said, who was beginning to losing her patience with all of his stupid questions that he asked so frequently, 'That's why it's called the restricted section.'

'Did you find anything interesting then?' James asked his younger sister as they began to walk down the corridor.

'A couple of things,' Evangeline said as she walked beside Sirius, 'I found a really fascinating spell that can show you your future,' she said, 'And there was this potion that only takes a few hours to make, and when you drink it every time you speak you utter animal noises instead!' she laughed.

'That future one sounds cool, do you think we could try it?' Remus asked, 'It would be amazing to find what will happen in our later lives.'

'I do agree with you, but sometimes the future can be changed by the decisions we make,' Evangeline explained, 'Sometimes we make long term decisions that can be seen perfectly, sometimes we make choices right there on the spot so they cannot be seen, and there is other times when we perhaps change our minds so therefore the spell might not show our futures correctly,' she informed.

'I guess you're right,' Remus said, 'How did you come to know so much about the future anyway? You're normally to busy flinging crystal balls across the room to Sirius in Divination.'

'I read a book on it,' Evangeline confessed, 'I was bored one night so I used James' invisibility cloak to get into the restricted section, I found it in the predictions and prophecies area and it looked quite interesting,' she said,' I've still got it if you want to have a look at it.'

'Maybe, if I have time. I've got so many essays to complete so I probably won't be able to,' Remus said quietly as they walked past Filch's office.

'What is the spell anyway Angel?' Sirius asked walking closely to her

'Futurani Revealio, it's NEWT level but it seems quite easy to perform actually,' Evangeline said, 'I'll show you the wand movements, but I won't perform the spell, I don't want to see my future.'

'Why not?' Sirius asked.

'I want to live every day as it comes and I don't want to live hoping or not hoping that it turns out the way it does in a vision,' Evangeline reasoned with a small smile in which Sirius returned.

'So why weren't you with the boyfriend today Evie?' James asked disrespectfully, 'Have you broke up with him?' Sirius' eyes shot up to look at Evangeline.

Evangeline glared at him, 'No, I haven't broken up with Jacob,' she snapped, 'I do have other friends you know, I don't have to spend all of my time with him.' Sirius looked ahead, smiling.

He knew that Evangeline wouldn't abandon her friends, even if she did have other priorities. That's what he loved about her, how much she cared for everyone she knew and how much she tried to make people fit in and be happy. A prime example of this was Peter, no matter how many stupid questions he asked her, or how he couldn't manage to perform a spell, she always helped him and kept her patience. But that wasn't the only thing he loved about her, she had the most infectious laugh he had ever heard and every time she giggled at some silly joke he couldn't help but smile. That was the other thing, her smile. She had a mischievous smile where her eyes lit up, whenever she smiled like this you knew she was up to something. There was her smile that she used to hide her unhappiness and then there was his favourite, her dazzling smile that radiated rays of happiness and when her twinkling green eyes emitted beams of affection, warmth and kindness.

'When do you think you'll have the prank finished then Evie?' James asked his sister as they walked towards the Fat Lady's portrait.

'Pretty soon I should say, I'll warn you when it's done,' Evangeline smiled as they stopped in front of the Fat Lady who was snoring quietly, Evangeline glanced between the Maurauders, 'Do you think we should wake her up?'

'How else are we supposed to get in?' James exclaimed, 'I thought you were the smartest girl in the year!'

'Well I just thought it would be rude to awaken her!' Evangeline said loudly and folding her arms.

'And you were right,' said a haughty voice, the five Gryffindors turned round to see that the Fat Lady had awoken from her sleep and was not glaring at them unpleasantly, 'What on earth are you doing out so late?' she snapped, 'I have a right mind not let you in!'

'But ..' Evangeline started, 'I technically never left in the first place so I should get in. I was in the library,' she said, trying her best to weasel her way out of the situation.

'Really? What about these other four?' the Fat Lady asked.

'They came to find me because they were worried,' Evangeline said honestly.

The Fat Lady sighed and said, 'Password?'

Evangeline smiled, 'Horcrux,' and the portrait swung open.

As they climbed into the Common Room, Remus said, 'You know, I've always wondered what a horcrux was.'

_-_-_

Evangeline ran down the stairs towards the entrance hall, after pushing her way past a group of second year girls that screamed as she ran through the middle of their huddle, she ran into the Great Hall and down the length of the Gryffindor table to where the Maurauders, Lily and Izzy were sitting. She greeted them all with a cheery smile and sat down opposite Sirius.

'Good morning!' Evangeline said happily, 'It's a lovely morning isn't it,' she smiled pulling a plate towards her.

'Okay, who confunded you?' James asked as he stared at his strangely happy sister.

'No one,' Evangeline smiled, then her eyes narrowed, 'Has anyone drank any pumpkin juice yet?' she asked them, she received suspicious and baffled looks from her friends.

'No,' Sirius said in a confused tone, 'What's wrong with it?'

'Well, if you don't want to start snorting like a pig, quacking like a duck, braying like a donkey or barking like a dog, I advise you not to,' Evangeline said grinning, but then she added quietly specifically directed towards Sirius, 'But then you don't need a potion to bark like a dog,' she said with a smile.

Sirius laughed, 'So that's the prank then? This should be hilarious!'

'What's the prank again?' Lily asked as she poured herself a glass of pumpkin juice.

Evangeline reached out and grabbed the goblet off her before she raised it to her mouth, 'Just don't drink the pumpkin juice,' she warned but then her tone lightened, 'Now turn round and watch the Slytherin table. I have a special treat for them,' she grinned and turned round herself.

They watched in silence as Slytherin after Slytherin reached for a goblet and began to drink the pumpkin juice that it held. For a while nothing happened, and Evangeline was beginning to worry that her prank had not worked, but then she noticed a sixth year Slytherin stand up clutching his throat, his face began to ripple and turn a vivid shade of pink. Evangeline smiled as she knew exactly what was going to happen next, the Slytherin sprouted a snout and ears out of the top of his head, he was still recognisable as the person he was before but with a few additions to his character.

'Do I just see what I think I do?' James asked as his eyes lit up at the sight of the Slytherin with a pig's head in place of his own, he began to laugh uncontrollably.

Evangeline smiled and turned round, 'Yes James, yes you do,' she said.

Sirius watched as she turned round, the sun caught a small locket hanging round Evangeline's neck. He had never seen her wearing it before, and it looked pretty new, especially the way it sparkled in the sun. Evangeline laughed again as several more Slytherins gained a new head.

'Angel?' Sirius asked her.

Evangeline turned round, smiling, 'Yeah?' she asked him.

'Where'd you get the locket? It's very pretty,' Sirius said, he couldn't help but return the smile. It seemed to brighten up his day every time she smiled.

'Oh,' Evangeline said quietly, trying to avoid eye contact with him, but she glanced up, 'Jacob bought me it when he was in Hogsmeade last Saturday,' she said and she began to play with the dainty silver chain that hung around her neck.

'That was nice of him, it suits you,' Sirius said, attempting to smile.

Evangeline smiled appreciatively, 'Thanks Sirius, I told him to take it back, I don't really like jewellery, I never wear it,' when she looked up at him he was gazing over her shoulder towards the Slytherin table, silently laughing, but this laughter became louder, 'What?'

'Look,' he laughed pointing over at the Slytherins, she turned round to see Bellatrix Black standing facing the Gryffindor table, even though she had a pigs head, Evangeline could still see the rage on her face. Black whipped out her wand and pointed it at Evangeline, she opened her mouth to scream at her, but all that came out was a loud squeal followed by a few snorts. Evangeline couldn't help but laugh along with everyone else, even the other pupils who had been effected by a potion managed to laugh along, even if it came out sounding like an animal.

Black swished her wand at Evangeline, and snorted, but nothing happened. Evangeline giggled at the sight of her enemy, then she shouted over to her, 'What's wrong Bella? I think that pig's head suits you!' she laughed, but Black got even angrier and leaped over the Ravenclaw table and was proceeding towards the Hufflepuff table but before she could jump over she was interrupted by a gentle but stern voice that bellowed down the hall.

'I think, that maybe that is quite enough fun for today,' Professor Dumbledore said, as he stood behind the table at the front of the hall, 'Will everyone who has been effected by this imaginative prank, please go and visit Madame Pomfrey in the Hospital Wing and you should be speaking normally in no time,' he said smiling politely.

He was about to sit down but he stopped and said, 'And those of you who are perfectly fine, may go to classes as usual,' he glanced over at the Maurauders, Evangeline, Lily and Izzy, smiled and winked in their direction, he turned round, got out from behind his chair which was in the middle of the table and walked down to the door that lead to the staff room.

'I gotta hand it to you Evie, that was pretty cool,' James said, who was still chuckling about what had happened.

'Why thank you James, I always knew I was just as good as you when it came to pulling pranks,' Evangeline smiled, 'So are you gonna help me become 'you-know-what' then?' she asked him.

'I suppose we could, what do you say Padfoot?' James asked Sirius who was sitting beside him, 'Shall we teach Evie?'

Sirius smiled, 'I guess we could, It'd be fun to have another animal running around,' he laughed, 'What do you think you'll transform into?' he said lowering his voice so that only Evangeline could hear him.

'I'm not exactly sure,' Evangeline said as she rested her head on her arms that were crossed on the table, 'I was thinking maybe a lioness …' she said gazing into Sirius' dense grey eyes, 'Or a unicorn.'

Sirius smiled, 'They both have completely different traits, why do you think-'

'Why did I think they best suited me?' Evangeline finished his question, 'A lioness is strong, independent, they hang around with males all day and do all the killing,' she smirked at her statement,' Whereas the unicorn is fast, intelligent and beautiful … I'm still not sure which one it'll be though, it could be something totally different' she said honestly.

'I think the unicorn suits you down to the ground,' Sirius smiled.

'Sirius Black, are you saying I'm beautiful?' Evangeline teased him.

'Of course you are,' Sirius said truthfully, looking into her emerald green eyes.

Evangeline laughed, 'How on earth does an irresistible charmer like you not have a girlfriend?'

'Maybe … I just haven't found the right person for me yet,' Sirius said smiling at her. Either that or I just can't have the girl I love, who happens to be sitting right in front of me.

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