Codeya's (Luck's) Point of view

Sunday was rather uneventful however I did finally see Marlene's infamous kitchen. That was entertaining. Now it is Monday, and the first day of classes. Also the girls are letting me be so I am wearing my own choice of clothing once again (a mid calf aqua pleated skirt and a lose white blouse). Also I am once again pure from all fake-face-powder, and my hair was tied back in a lose sweeping bun. This was a good start to the day.

I was laughing at Alice's plots to scare the living daylights out of some Slytherin's who called her some names last year. Apparently revenge was best served when unexpected. Her plot ideas were funny, but harmless and it was entertaining to listen to her think out loud. I thought in such a different way it was truly incredible to be.

"...and than Avery, well he's hard to embarrass he does a pretty good job with out my help..." I lost it at this point breaking down into uncontrolled laughter. Why this was so funny I couldn't say. Though for some reason it struck a nerve in me and I collapsed against a wall gasping for air. The girls originally looked over at me in shock though they were soon laughing as well. I knew they were laughing at my reaction but I didn't mind. So... this was hysterics, my gut was hurting terribly.

Eventually we reached the dinning hall, and in turn our seats. My color had returned to my face and I had stopped laughing just before we entered the hall. I smiled as the mail arrived, I received 4 separate things. The first was a note from my Mother. The next was a letter from my elder brother, Order. The third was the most terrifying: a package from my younger brother, Chaos. I was hesitant to open this in the dinning hall so I tucked it away for later. and the fourth was... well it was the most embarrassing and the most confusing, it was a long red velvet box containing a single rose, a letter, and a piece of paper with a single word; "one." Immediately the girls were surrounding me and watched curiously as I opened the letter. This is how it read:

Hello My Rose,

I wanted you to know how special you are in this world. Never have I meet anyone like you. Your honesty, grace, and quick wit allow you to stand above the even the most dense of crowds.

You must forgive me, I have found that writing has never been a effective way for me to release my true emotions so I shall do this in a more creative fashion. I hope you like puzzles.

With in the box there should be a piece of paper with a single word. Your job is to keep it and with the arrival of each new gift will come more words and by the twelfth package you may piece the words together to form a message. Have fun love.

Ever yours,

Your Charming

Alice started to squeal. Mary made a quiet 'awww' sound. Marlene pinched my cheek saying something about my 'amazing grace'.

Lily looks quite suspicious. "We have been here for a total of three days if you count the train. Who have you met?"

I shook my head "I have met a few and a couple even showed relative interest in me but not this much. At least not this seriously." At that last word all four girls dropped silent and turned to look for the Marauders. "Oh really ladies! I doubt he could even be that committed to one person in a frame of 3 minutes much less the span of 12 days. Nor do I see him actually spending money on me." I reasoned out. The girls didn't look to sure but eventually I got them to tentatively agreed with me. Lord Reason! These girls, I love them but sometimes...

After my eventful lunch-where the youthful woman in our group were trying to play detective-I headed to Dumbledore's office.

Upon my arrival Dumbledore immediately started to tell me our schedule for the school year, most of these things were to allow me to learn the most practiced spells and potions of the previous years at the school, however there was other things on my agenda that most students would never learn.

One thing in particular made Dumbledore's eye's sparkle. It seemed he had a plan to make me a animagus, though it was clear he had a obvious plan and reason beyond what he told me. I knew this because he touched his nose gently when giving me the 'reasons' as to why I would learn this. This nose touch was his tell tale sign of when he was with holding something from me.

I was released from his office at noon, I was to lunch with my fellow students and then join them in the evening classes as was previously decided. Tomorrow I would do the same thing, as well as the day after and so forth until the end of the year.

My morning agenda consisted of different subjects every morning. All of these accompanied my potions, it seemed the animagi potion was my only assignment in potions this year. Other than that Monday mornings belonged to Transfiguration. Tuesdays' Charms. Wednesdays was set aside for Herbology. Thursdays belonged to Defence Against the Dark Arts. Fridays was Astrology. This was loosely based as we would end up spending more time on that which I found most difficult.

I was also most fortunate in the fact that I didn't have to do class assignments or tests. Dumbledore would be my only evaluator.

I met up with my dear female companions in the lunch room. They had arrived 5 minutes after myself and joined me with different signs of annoyance on all of their faces. Oh dear.

All of their signals of annoyance disappeared as they caught sight of me. "Good afternoon." I stood to welcome them my words where accompanied by a warm and welcoming smile.

Marlene took me into a tight embrace. "Well our morning was very disturbing. Guess who was responsible for that!" She jumped into her seat and immediately slouched forward.

"Avery?" I guessed laughing slightly. It wasn't as if I didn't know the Marauders were behind their moods. Yet in saying what I did I managed to trigger the memory of my earlier laughing fit, I say the tension drop very suddenly. Perfect.

"Codeya your a dolt!" Alice laughed whacking my arm lightly.

I covered my face with my arms in mock grief. "Why did you say that Alice?" I allowed a false voice crack "I truly thought we had something valuable."

Marlene burst into a fit of giggles. "Sit down you two! Foods coming!" As if on queue the lunch appeared.

"Anyways back to our situation, because you dear Code need a warning." I sighed as the tension built up once more.

"Alright, what must you warn me of?"

During the rest of the lunch period Lily, Marlene and Alice told me all about the Marauders finding seats next to them in every single class. Mary watched us in silence and sighed every once in a while, clearly wishing to move towards a more pleasant topic. I personally sided with her on this one, for the girls were telling me things I already knew: they are disrespectful, they are ignorant, they are annoying, and they are very distracting during class.

After time passed to 12:40 the girls stood up going forward for choice seats. I walked along side them to my first class of the year, transfiguration. Upon early arrival I headed to the front but Alice stopped me. "Where are you going?"

"To the front..." I answered indicating the direction of my desire.

Alice looked at me with disbelief. "No we sit in the back."

"We will be noticed in the front as actual students." Lily supported me with logical reasoning.

"When your sitting in the back you relax." replied Marlene as if she just gave the most obvious reason to always pick the back. She proceeded by setting her books down in the third to back row. I shook my head lightly and looked at Lily and Mary. I was sure they both supported the front as well. In the end we played rock paper scissors and the back won out.

It seemed we where not the first who arrived early to receive choice seats. Though I had been expecting this because of the girls rants in the dining hall. Of course-also due to my companions' rants-I wasn't surprise either when the Marauders seated themselves directly behind us. Lovely. The first thing they did was bombard me with questions about my velvet box that I received at breakfast. I twirled my pen to show boredom in the conversation, they, however either didn't notice or decided to ignore it.

I suddenly received a grand idea. If I could just play this out right I could gain revenge on the disrespectful demeanor the boys have shown towards us. I could get it ten fold.

"Oh that wasn't the interesting parcel of the morning." I answered shrugging one shoulder. That was a mistake, that was my tell tale when I was being deceptive. I started twirling my pen again to control my bodily movements. "No, not I should think by a long shot."

Peter started laughing, well snorting actually. That was until he got a elbow to the ribs curtesy of Remus, followed by a slap upside the head from a James. These guys are even stranger than I remembered. They are equal to the strangeness fount in the element of Surprise himself.

"What was it than?" Sirius asked in genuine curiosity.

"Something from home," I started "but, I don't think I could actually find use for it." Wow, congratulations me, could you possibly be more obvious?

"Well in that case could I have it?" Sirius asked jokingly. Oh my Lord of Avenge, that was almost too easy.

"Yes, I do believe you would put it to better use than I," I tilted my head and pressed my lips together in falsified thoughtfulness "I'll drop it off at your dorm tonight." I tried to say this with a convincing voice but was immediately encountered with suspicion from all four of the Marauders. "Well," I said feigning offence and crossing my legs in a defensive way "if you don't want it than I'm sure one of the girls would take it." I whipped back around in my seat and waited. I waited a good two minutes and much to my distaste found myself licking my lips constantly in anticipation. I waited tortured by the whispers behind me until I was tapped on the shoulder once again, I smiled lightly before turning around, my face carefully blank.

"What is it?" Asked Peter

"A gift."

"You know what I mean."

"And you being a rude youth that looks like a hobo makes me feel that I am not inclined to answer you."

"Please?" This came from Remus.

"So long as both James and Sirius apologize as well I may reconsider."

"NO!" The two boys yelled in unison. That was when Professor McGonagall walked in. The assignment was relatively unexciting. However only a handful of students was able to turn the turtle into a pencil. With the help of Remus and Lily our little company joined the small group of successors, with the exception of Peter, he appeared to be the odd one out in everything. I was almost joining Peter in this particular failure of transfiguration but as you know this was not for lack of skill. I just never used my powers like this. Also my wand was literally completely useless I just used it to avoid suspicion.

Each class that evening was the same we would go to class early and pick seats (half in the front and half in the back). Than the Marauders would find seats near us. This was predictably going to feel like a long year.

As it would seem, the constant lack of space between those boys and us girls wasn't our only problem, well arguably it was. For in our 3rd and 4th classes of every evening we were with the Slytherins. Of course in these time slots Severus came to sit by Lily.

Us woman were getting along quite well with Severus Snape. So a problem presented it's self when the Marauders walked in.

Upon their arrival James looked like he was going to move Severus so He, Black and Lupin could sit in the last 3 seats of the row there. Or at least this seemed to be their plan. I quickly picked up my books, and, placing them on the table I pushed them forcefully causing them into a skid across the top of the desk. My books ended their trip at the seat next to Severus. Then jumping up on the table in a very un-lady like fashion (yet still with grace- we must hold some standards here) I ran across the slick surface and sat promptly next to Severus.

Now our order was this. Mary, Marlene, Alice, Lily, Severus, and than myself. (This was the order of our seating every time we had class with the Slytherins.)

"Code, what are you doing?" Asked Sirius smirking noticably.

"Sitting." I responded arching a sly brow, "this seat is taken, and so is that one" I motioned to Severus' chair "and I believe I have asked you to not call me Code."

"Fine, though why you want to sit next to Snivellus is beyond me." Black replied grudgingly. Then he went to sit next to me before pausing. "Is this chair open?" he mocked.

"Yes that chair is open and if you sit there, this chair will open as well." I indicated my own.

Sirius rolled his eyes as James laughed and took the seat next to me. Sirius ended up beside Potter, and directly in front of Remus. Peter found his seat, unsurprisingly, behind Potter.

l looked at them with a crinkled nose. "Also Snivellus? That's the best you can do I must say I am quite disappointed. Also in case you don't remember, his name is Severus, and in my presence you will call him by that title. Am I clear?"

The boys raised their eyebrows at me. Sirius chuckled lightly "Yes ma'am." He mocked me further by adding a bow at the end, though it looked awkward as he was still seated.

I could have boxed his ears right then had Professor Binns not walked well... 'floated' I suppose would be the proper term. When our professor floated in. The class was dreadful not only for the fact that the Professor didn't know how to teach but I had to constantly put up with the nonstop back and forth between the Marauders and Severus I felt as if I would receive whiplash between the harsh words.

Oh, I did however manage an apology out of James and Sirius so I promised to bring them the parcel later that evening. That was at least one thing I could look forward to. I smiled lightly humming a gentle tune.

Another chapter gone. What is in the box? Something Chaotic for sure I think I know just what to do :)

Once again... though not the last time. If you want to see changes or want to recommend ideas for the future comment and I will do what I can. :)