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CHAPTER 4: Boneless
Lily was in the library working on essays she'd gathered over the last week. It was still the first week back to Hogwarts, but all the teacher's seemed to think that the best way to pass the N.E.W.T.S was to assign essays.
Lily had an essay on the ingredients of Amortentia and their various uses due for Slughorn on Tuesday, three of the most dangerous spells and how to deflect or stop them (not the unforgivable curses) that was due for Defense Against the Dark Arts the next day, a second essay for Transfiguration that was due Wednesday and a Herbology essay due Monday. It was only Thursday and already Lily felt mildly over whelmed.
"Hey Evans," A certain boy said leaning on Lily's tower of books and parchment.
"Go away Potter." She said scribbling out another line for the Defense Against the Dark Arts essay.
"What's that you're working on?"
"It's called school work, maybe you've heard of it."
"I think I've heard of it." He said smiling. Lily closed her eyes trying to concentrate on her essay. She'd been working on it all week and she was nearly done.
"Then please leave me to do mine."
"You know Evans, if you keep working so hard you'll never have any fun."
"I have fun." Lily growled making a reference to the book before writing another line.
"Really?" he asked.
"Go away Potter." She repeated.
"Come one now." He said crouching beside her. She looked over at him.
"Is there something in particular you wanted?" she demanded crossing her arms.
"If there was would you talk to me longer?" he asked, a grin playing on his lips. Lily scowled.
"Go away Potter." She said turning back to her parchment. But it had disappeared. The spot it had been laying was clean. Even her quill was missing.
"James Potter!" She hissed. "Give them back."
"Give what back?" he asked innocently.
"You know perfectly well what. Now unlike you and your asinine friends I actually want to pass my exams." She glowered at James, but he just grinned at her like she was the most adorable kitten ever. "Give me back my supplies."
"You're very bossy." James told her.
"Give them back!" she said. Once she finished the essay, then she could think about ways to kill Potter.
"Then jump and get them." James said looking up. Sure enough there hovering just out of reach were her things. Lily bit her tongue holding back the yell. They were in the library, if they were outside she would have screamed.
"You insolent, useless, spoiled rotten, fifthly little toerag!" Lily said through her teeth. By the time she finished the sentence her wand was off the table and pointed at his face. James raised his eyebrows, daring her to hex him.
Without uttering a single incantation Lily removed all the bones in James's wand arm. His wand dropped to the floor, rolling under a self. Her things fell with a loud thunk back onto the table.
James frowned grabbing his now useless arm. He flopped it around, "You broke me!" he yelled brandishing his arm. With another swish of her wand James's mouth continued to talk but not a single sound came from him. He looked rather ridiculous silently yelling at her with a boneless arm being swung around in front of him.
"What's going on over here?" The Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher demanded. Then he took in the sight of James.
"Did you do that to him?" He demanded looking at Lily. Lily looked at Potter then smiled.
"Yes I did." Lily said proudly. She gathered up her things about to storm out of the library when Professor Dunken called her back.
"Ms. Evans escort Mr. Potter to the hospital wing and then I would like a word."
"But professor!" Lily argued.
"I'll meet you up there." Dunken said, "And remove that silencing charm." Lily glared at James who was waving frantically trying to get there attention. His dead arm flopping around over his head while his left one flew it like a flag. Lily grudgingly removed the charm.
"Will I get my bones back Professor?" James asked before Dunken left.
"Yes they will." He assured the boy.
"Before Saturday?" James asked. He was captain of the quidditch team. Everyone knew, but then he wouldn't let anyone forget, and he was holding tryouts.
"It will be close. But you should be fine." Dunken said then left. Lily led the way out of the library with James walking behind her.
"Prongs!" someone shouted as they ascended the Grand Staircase.
"HEY!" James shouted back to them.
"Where are you headed?" Sirius asked reaching them.
"Hospital wing." James answered.
"What happened?" Lupin asked.
"Yeah, you look fine mate." Sirius added. To answer James bent his arm in the most unnatural of places.
"What happened?" Sirius asked grabbing James's arm like it was a new toy.
"Lily removed my bones." He answered. Sirius and Remus looked at Lily. Black didn't stare long because he got very fascinated in rolling James's arm.
"That is so cool." Sirius said letting it unravel. "Can you do it to me?" he held out his arm expectantly. Lily walked on not waiting for them to follow.
"You realize that growing bones back is painful?" Lupin asked.
"What!?" James demanded.
"Never mind." Sirius said dropping his arm and shoving his hands in his pockets.
"So not only did I loose bones, but it's going to hurt to get them back?" James demanded.
"Sorry mate." Sirius said.
"Shut up." James said using his shoulder to make the boneless arm swing at his friend. Lily turned to watch the little episode.
Sirius laughed grabbing the arm and swinging it back at its owner. The hand hit James face.
"Watch it!" James warned.
"Oh! Sorry!" Sirius said wiping James's face again and again with the hand causing Potter's face to contort.
"Padfoot, knock it off." James warned moving away from his own hand. Whoever heard of your own body parts becoming a weapon against you? At least in this context.
"Potter!" Lily yelled down to him.
"Coming Sweetheart!" he called back to her. Lily took a deep breath telling herself that removing the bones in his legs wouldn't do anything to help the situation. She pressed a finger to her temple. Although another silencing charm was looking rather good…
James bound up the stairs, his arm knocking him off balance a bit.
"How are you not finding this amusing?" James asked her.
"How are you childish enough to find this humorous?" she retorted.
"I'm not sure, but it's funny." They walked up a few steps in silence. For Lily it was preferred, but for James it was forced. He held his arm in an attempt to cross his arms over his chest.
Madam Pomfrey greeted them at the door.
"What happened this time, Potter?" she asked him. To answer he let his boneless arm flop. "How did this happen?" she asked him grabbing his shoulder and leading him to a bed.
"Lily hexed me." He told her taking a seat on a bed.
"Did you deserve it?" she asked him.
"I might have." He admitted sheepishly. Of any student James was the one that Madam Pomfrey showed any kindness to.
"Well you're in for a rough night Potter." She warned. "Now get changed."
"Do I have to?" he asked.
"Rules are rules Potter." She said.
"Alright." He grumbled. Lily didn't even have to wait five minutes before Professor Dunken showed up. By which time James had changed and drank the potion.
"So Miss Evans you can not expect to get off jinxing Potter without punishment." Dunken said. "Now where's Potter?"
"Back there in bed." Lily told him.
"Come on."
They walked to James's bed. His arm was in a cast now and he was changed into a t-shirt with his legs under the blankets.
"So as I told Miss Evans, you two can't get off free." Lily expected James to argue, because he really hadn't done anything wrong. But he didn't. "So five points from Gryffindor from each of you and a week of detention for the both of you. Miss Evans you will do a week after that."
Lily didn't like the fact that she had two weeks of detention and Potter only had one. And on top of that in the week they'd been at school they'd managed to loose their house ten points. That wasn't including the little in fragments that the Marauders had done.
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