Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own Harry Potter nor do I own any of the characters you associate with J.K's fabulous master piece. I would also like to add that I wrote this story as a fan fiction of another fan fiction, the name of which I don't remember… Sniff … (I' d like to read it again…)
A/N: Hello everyone! Thanks you for reviewing "Krazygerl" and "Liz the Laugh." (Thank you for telling me I wasn't allowing all reviewers! I had no idea! How stupid of me…¬¬) It was very nice to receive your reviews! Please, everybody, enjoy! And please, review and let me know what you think!
CHAPTER 3
The Hogwarts Express and Annie
"Pip! Pip! Pip! Pip! Pip! Pip! Pip! Pip!" Lily's alarm clock went off. Lily covered her head with the pillow and continued sleeping. Suddenly, she felt something jumping on top of her and a tiny wet tongue licked her hand. Lily opened one eye just to stare at a purple orb.
"Mell… I want to sleep some more…." Lily told her cat lazily, but Mell continued to stare intensely at Lily's opened eye. Completely out of the blue, a word crossed Lily's mind: Hogwarts… Lily stood frozen for a minute. Oh my God! She had totally forgotten! She spared a glance at her alarm clock. An hour to go until the Hogwarts Express left.
"Shit!" Lily yelled as she sat up. She looked around her room: a total mess with capital T. Plus, she hadn't prepared her things for today's long journey… Mom's gonna kill me…Lily thought, gulping. She stood up quickly, threatened Petunia on turning her into a walking pig if he didn't get out of the shower, and once done with the toilet, she got changed as quickly as she could.
"Lily! We're leaving in 20 minutes!" Lily's mother yelled from downstairs. Lily's eyes widened. She looked around her: still a complete mess. Lily looked at her messy desk and there, in between all the useless stuff, silent and still, laid her wand.
"Of course!" Lily yelled happily, rushing towards the wand. "Why haven't I thought of it before? Let's see… errr…" Lily said, while pointing the wand at her bed. "I don't know… errrr…. For my sake and a tiger's, make this room look tidier?" Obviously, nothing happened. Lily stared at the wand. "Ok, I'll try again: I order you, for the sake of a bean, to make this room look clean!" But, again, nothing happened. Lily glared at the wand. "Fine! Be that way!" She said, stuffing it in her pocket.
Lily carelessly threw everything she needed in her trunk and went downstairs where she found Petunia sneezing non stop.
"Mom! Why on earth did you let her buy that horrible freaking black rat! I'm allergic to it!" Petunia yelled indignantly.
"Petunia, dear." Lily said sarcastically. "In case you haven't noticed, it's a cat."
"Don't start, you two! Come on Lily! You'll miss the train!" Rose said, hysterically.
"Mom, calm down! We still have 30 minutes before the train leaves!" Lily said, biting her toast. Why did mothers always get so nervous?
"But what if we get stuck in a traffic jam? What if we don't find this platform 9 and 3/4? What if..."
"Mom… Please…" Lily said, rolling her eyes.
"Okay, fine" Rose said. "I'm going to sit here calmly and wait you to finish your breakfast, but if you miss the train, don't you blame me!" Rose said, sitting down on the sofa calmly. However, she kept tapping her foot on the floor at an incredible speed. The noise was driving Lily nuts.
"Fine!" She said, leaving her toast on her plate and standing up. "Let's go." Rose smiled; she always got away with what she wanted.
"Mom, why isn't dad coming? He didn't really explain." Lily asked once they were already in the car.
"Well… as you know, he has always been a lot into politics and now, finally, he is candidate to get into the parliament… You know that this is what he has always dreamed of, so you shouldn't blame him for not coming to say goodbye… He is so happy." Rose said; a small smile on her lips. Lily sighed.
"You're right, I shouldn't be complaining… But he hasn't even been giving judo lessons for about two weeks now…"
"He is very busy, you should know that. Anyway, we're here now." Rose said while parking the car. Lily smiled and jumped out of it.
"Mell! Don't get lost!" Lily smiled at her cat as she rushed through the crowd in King's Cross station.
"Lily! Lily! Over Here!" Lily saw Cristina waving. "You're early!" Cris said once Lily caught up.
"And so are you." Lily said, smiling and clapped Cristinas's hand.
"Let's go!" Cris said and, suddenly, she disappeared. Lily stood frozen. What on Earth had just happened? Where was Cris?
"Cris! Cris! Where are you? Cris!" Lily yelled once she realised her friend had, actually, disappear.
"I'm here!" If Lily hadn't been a tomboy, she would've probably screamed. Cristina's head was sticking out of WALL!
"What's going on?" Lily whispered nervously, trying to hide Cristina's head form the "muggles". Lily had learned the word a few days ago; she thought it was quite funny, the word muggle, that is. Who had invented it? She/he should be given a prize.
"What are you waiting for?" Cris asked and, out of nowhere, her arm appeared and pulled Lily towards the brick wall. Lily squeezed her eyes shut and put her arms in front of her face protectively (of course, she wasn't going to scream), waiting for the impact that never came. After like about a minute staying this way, Cristina said:
"Errr…. Lily? You can open your eyes if you want to…" Hearing this, Lily opened her eyes slowly. Then, disorientated, she looked around, where was she? Then, she saw her and Cristina's mother appear form the wall behind them. What was happening? Since when could people go through walls that calmly? Lily turned around and saw it: The Hogwarts Express. Her jaw dropped two meters.
"Wow!" Was all she could say when she saw the giant scarlet steam train. After saying their goodbyes and let themselves be kissed and hugged nearly to death by two over-saddened mothers, the two girls rushed to the train with all their bags, pets and stuff. Once they found an empty compartment, they opened their windows and waved at their mothers, who went towards them.
"Lily… was I imagining things or was a sock really sticking out of your trunk?" Rose asked suspiciously. Lily turned around and glanced at her trunk. Yep, there, looking perfectly innocent, was a sock sticking out of Lily's trunk. Lily turned to her mother.
"No, you must've been imagining things." Lily said, trying to look totally innocent.
"You know what? There is a thing I really regret." Julia said.
"What?" Cristina asked her mother, eyebrows raised.
"Not seeing you walk around in your girlish uniform!"
"Mom!" Cristina yelled angrily, banging the window closed. She cracked it open again and said.
"Sorry Mrs. Evans" She then stuck her tong out at her mother and closed the window. Just then, someone knocked on the door. Lily and Cristina exchanged odd looks. Wow, people who knocked on the doors before coming in still existed? Now, that was news!
"Emmm…. In?" Lily said, hesitantly. What was she supposed to say? The door opened to reveal a girl, a very strange one indeed. Lily's and Cristina's eyes widened as they exchanged quick looks. The girl in front of them looked as if she had been taken form the seventieth century! She wore one of those exuberant baby-blue coloured dresses that went down until her ankles and she carried a basket with a white cat in it and some blue and white flowers. She had considerably long light brown hair and warm light brown eyes too. She looked like a very nice porcelain doll. She seemed to be Cristina's and Lily's same age but she was quite more physically developed than them. Actually, she was much more developed than usual for her age.
"Emm…. S-sorry… most of the compartments are full… could I… could I please stay…. stay in this one? Sorry…" The girl said, nearly in a whisper, looking down at her feet.
Lily and Cristina looked at each other; the girl was obviously the shy type... Plus, what was she sorry about?
"Of course, take a sit!" Cristina offered. Lily and Cris chatted with her for a while to try and make her feel more confident. Her name was Annie, she was also a first year and she came from one of the purest and most traditional families. (That would explain the way she dresses. Lily and Cristina thought. Poor girl...) The girl wasn't as shy as she seemed to be, but she had a very soft voice. Lily swore she had to be the kindest girl in the world, but she was too obedient, which became obvious when 'they' arrived.
Suddenly, the door burst open and four boys came in. James stood in front. He had shiny, black, untidy hair and amazing hazel eyes framed by glasses. Those normally didn't look good on boys his age but, to say the truth, the glasses made him look even more attractive than he already was. Sirius was, in one word, sexy. His long black fringe covered one of his grey eyes with an elegance no one could ever master. Remus looked worn off but he still had his inextinguishable charm and warm smile. Absolutely adorable. And then, there was Peter… errr… Ehem…
In short, we could say that James was the handsome one, Sirius was the sexy, Remus was the totally cute and Peter was the… Peter was the… ¬¬ Ok, Peter was just Peter.
"See?" James said talking to the other three boys in the compartment. "I told you she looked like a boy!" James said, pointing directly at Lily. She glared at him.
"Get out of this compartment." Lily said menacingly. Slapping James's hand; which was inches away form her face; away.
"Sorry "Boy", but this compartment is not yours, so you have no right to boss me around." James said bitterly at Lily.
"There is no space for the four of you" Cristina said, glaring intensely at the boys. All of them gulped. Those two girls seemed to be a bit too aggressive… James looked around the compartment. It was true, there were only three sits left.
"You!" he said to Annie. "Get out!" Annie stared at him wide eyed for a second.
"Ye..Yes… Of course… I-I'm s-sorry…" She said, standing up.
"No!" Lily shouted. "You're staying!" Annie stared at her.
"Ah… O-Okay…" She said, sitting back down.
"I said leave!" James yelled. Annie stood up at the instant.
Cristina took her hand and pulled her down to her sit again.
"No" she said. "She's not leaving the compartment!" Lily had now stood up, her fists tightand glaring bananas at James.
"F-fine!" James shouted. "P-Peter, leave!" He said, looking away. Damn that girl! She was scary… The most chubby and short of the four boys looked up at James. His jaw started trembling and his eyes became watery.
"Oh, please Peter! Don't cry!" Sirius said, quite disgusted.
"Okay, boys, I think that's enough." Remus said. He had sandy hair and brown shiny eyes. He wasn't as handsome as James and Sirius but he was certainly very cute. "Ladies, I'm sorry for the disturbance, we'll now be leaving…" He said while he pushed James and company out of the compartment. Once they were away, Lily turned to Annie.
"Ok, form now on, I forbid you to obey the orders you don't want to follow."
"But…" Annie tried to say.
"No buts." Cristina said. "I totally agree with Lily. Did you really want to leave the compartment?"
"NO!" Annie shouted, which even surprised herself. "S-Sorry… I didn't mean to shout." Lily smiled.
"That's totally right. Next time someone bosses you around, you must shout exactly the same."
The train ride went by nicely and peacefully. When the woman with the trolley went by, the girls bought all the sweets imaginable. Annie also taught her two new friends some basic spells such as 'reparo' and 'scruffigy', which were very useful when they had to clean the compartment. Lily was able to do them at her first try, which really relieved her. (To say the truth, she was wondering if she really was a witch… After all, her wand hadn't been working that very same morning when she tried to clean the room… Then again, maybe the spells were wrong... Who knows?)
"Lily, I think the time has arrived." Cristina said, looking terribly serious. Lily's eyes widened.
"Already? Can't we postpone it a bit more?" She pleaded.
"Lily, we have to be strong. I know we will survive."
"Err… S-sorry but… what's wrong? Sorry to ask…" Annie said, looking shyly at Cris and Lily.
"Emmm… You see… Cristina and I hate skirts with all our might and now we're forced to wear them… I'm talking about the uniform." Lily said pouting. Annie stared at them for a few seconds. Suddenly, her eyebrows raised and she clapped her hands.
"Oh, I see! If you don't like wearing skirts, why don't you wear shorts under them? Then it would feel like wearing trousers" She suggested, smiling warmly. Lily was surprised. Why hadn't she thought of that before?
With the To-Be Marauders
"Remus!" James pouted childishly. "Why did you do that?"
"Because," Remus said. "You were starting a fight you would'vesurely lost." James stared at Remus eyes widened.
"What do you mean by that?" James asked angrily.
"I mean that you have no idea about muggle fighting and those two girls seemed to be very keen on teaching you a lesson on them."
"Feh, whatever." James said entering their previous compartment and sitting down. He took out a small notebook and a feather to write. "Ok. Let's start with the plan." He said. The other boys stared at him.
"What plan?" They all asked.
"What do you mean by What plan? Isn't it obvious? We have to transform that two tomboys to the girls they ought to be!"
"James, may I ask why you are so obsessed?" Remus said, taking a sit next to his crazy friend. James sat thinking for a while… Why was he so obsessed? Hmmmm... Yep, he had his answer.
"Two reasons, my dearest Remus." James said. "First, she's defying one of the most basic laws of nature and secondly, I cannot allow a girl that looks like a boy to fancy me! Imagine what would happen to my reputation if a "boy" followed me around asking me out!" Remus stared at James strangely. Then, his eyes widened in realization. He turned to look at Sirius who, in return, nodded.
"Oh, Holly inventor of muffins! James fancies the tomboy!" Remus thought. He sighed. "Very well, James. What's the plan?" Well, if his friend really liked that girl, he was going to help him in whatever he could...
"Good!" James said happily, his mood improving. Sirius sat beside James and Peter in front. "Number one: Get her to wear skirt!" He said aloud, writing it down at the same time on the little notebook he was holding.
"Verygood James. You have already accomplished your first task." Sirius said happily, patting James's back.
"What do you mean?" James asked confused.
"Well, she has to wear the school uniform, now, doesn't she? And the girls' school uniform does include a skirt, a quite short one indeed." Sirius said grinning stupidly.
"Brilliant!" James said, his mood improving even more. "Number 2: get her hair to look long." He said, writing it down.
"Er… James… This won't work... How many times has your mother tried to make you hair look tidy by using magic?" Remus asked.
"Thousands" He answered without even thinking.
"And how many times has it worked?"
"None." James answered.
"And why is that?" Remus asked once again.
"Because I didn't want to!... Of course! I see what you mean!" James crossed Number 2 and rewrote: get her to willingly grow her hair.
And so, the train ride went by.
THE SORTING.
James's P.O.V.
I looked at her again and couldn't stop my smirk. Yep, that was indeed and improvement! A tomboy wearing skirt! Ha! Good for her! However…. What had she done to her skirt? It looked a foot longer than it should be! What was she doing? I glanced at Lily's other friends. The other tomboy was also wearing her skirt longer than it should've been but, thankfully, the last girl was wearing a normal length skirt: three inches above knee level.
"At leas she's normal" I said aloud, getting off the train.
"James, what are you talking about?" I turned to watch Sirius. I was going to tell him he was imagining things when a loud voice interrupted me.
"First years! Over' ere!" I turned around and didn't scream because I was too shocked to do so. However, Peter did scream, and I swear he was the one that screamed the loudest of all the first years that did scream.
"Oh, WOW! That's awesome!" I heard someone say. Merlin, that boy was brave! I turned to see who it was: Lily Evans. Damn her! Why did she have to be so brave and boyish and bla bla bla? Why hadn't she screamed like most girls? And why, oh why did she have to have those incredible green eyes? Suddenly, she caught my stare and glared. Gulps! I turned around and followed Sirius, Remus and Peter towards a boat. The ride was incredible! A giant tentacle nearly turned our boat over! That was so cool!
During the sorting I couldn't have been calmer. I perfectly knew where I would be sorted.
"Ah… Another Potter…" The hat whispered into my mind. "Hmm… You aren't very nervous about the sorting…" "Of course I'm not", I thought for the hat to hear. "Because I already know I'll be sorted into Griffindor." "You really think so? Then, I bet you'd be surprised if I put you into Slytherin…" "Ha!" I laughed "You'd never do that." "Why do you think so?" "Because you know as well as I do that there is only one house I can possibly belong to." "You're right, you, more than anyone else, belong to GRIFFINDOR!" The last word was said aloud for everyone to hear. James stood up happily and went towards his house's table and Sirius, Remus and Peter, who had already been sorted into Griffindor, and were all cheering. Lily and Cristina both looked totally taken aback and were whispering things into each other's ears furtively.
"I bet they were hoping you ended up in Slytherin." Sirius told him, nodding towards the two girls.
"I'm sorry to disappoint them but this is rightfully MY house!"
"Ms. Rosewhite, Annie." McGonagall, a very strict teacher called out. Annie went towards the stool. I looked at Lily and Cristina. They had their fingers crossed and were looking intensely at Annie. I looked toward the girl again. Why was the hat taking so long?
With Annie
"Oh… I see… hmmm… What should I do with you?..." The hat said. "I think it's quite clear you belong to Hufflepuf… You're good natured and you indeed have her creator's kindness… Yes… You have to go to HUFFLE..." The hat had started to shout aloud but was interrupted by Annie:
"NOOOO!" She yelled. The whole Great Hall fell silent. Lily and Cris exchanged quick looks. "Please…."Annie whispered "Let me go to Griffindor! Please!" The hat kept silent for a few seconds.
"Hmmm… I see you have your friends there…. Plus, you have to be quite brave to shout out the way you did!" The hat joked. "Very well, if that's what you want...GRIFFINDOR!" Lily and Cristina stood up and cheered more than anyone else. Once the sorting ended, Lily asked:
"Why did you scream before?"
"Emmm… Well, you forbidded me to obey any order I didn't want to follow plus you told me to shout 'no' if anyone tried to boss me to do something I didn't want…S-Sorry…" Once they heard that, Cris and Lily bursted out laughing. That girl was just too funny.
END OF CHAPTER
Next chapter: James vs. Lily: who loves who? The to-be Marauders make a bet with Lily and Company. Who will win?. What are the loosers to do?
A/N: This chapter wasn't very good and I'm aware of it, but I had to write an introduction to Hogwarts… Good stuff starts from now on! Please review!
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