Win A Date With A Marauder
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to JKR.
Woah. I'm updating after like, four months. D= Don't kill me. But like, after Ramadan I had no creativity left. None. I couldn't even write a paragraph without making 2846364.7 mistakes. Yup. That many. I'm not exaggerating. =|
But anyway. You probably don't care. xD
Here's the next chapter.
You'll have the next one sooooooooon. This is poop. Haven't written anything for a long time. xD
BUT YEAH. SHUTTING UP.
-x-
"Lily, hey Lily!"
Deanna called as she spotted the Head Girl sitting at the far side of the Gryffindor table, the next morning. She hurried down the hall towards her, bottle of polyjuice potion hidden inside the pocket of her black cloak. She settled down on the bench next to Lily.
"I have the potion ready for you!" She said loudly, and several people turned around to stare at them.
"Shhh!" Lily whispered. She went on eating her breakfast, looking nonchalant.
"Place it in my hand, under the table." She said, still not looking at Deanna.
Deanna smiled widely. She felt quite important as she too filled her plate with food and imitated the look Lily had on her face. Then, she slipped her hand inside her cloak and pulled out the bottle of polyjuice potion, and then placed it on the bench between her and Lily.
Just as gently, Lily picked it up and slipped it inside her bag.
"Thank you so much!" She whispered, as she stood up.
Deanna nodded happily at her, and it was only after Lily had left that Deanna remembered that she had forgotten to tell Lily it was polyjuice potion that the Head Girl now had, not a transfiguration potion.
Deanna had decided last night that she would tell Lily the truth, instead of hiding it from her.
Oh well.
She returned to her breakfast. It didn't matter anyway. All Lily had wanted was something to change her appearance, and besides, Lily was smart. She would be able to tell the different between the two potions.
-x-
Lily thanked Madam Pince for the book, and walked towards the door. She wasn't quite in the mood to stay in the Library tonight. The sixth year NEWT level charms class had a practical examination tomorrow in preparation for NEWTs and the students wouldn't stop approaching Lily with the silliest ideas.
As if she would let them shrink her, and place her inside their pocket. Or cheat using disappearing ink.
She walked at a leisurely pace, "Top 1001 Ways To Charm Your Life" tucked under her arm. It was quite sunny in the common room, and Lily gladly sat down next to one of the windows, and began reading.
She had only reached #38 in the book, when a person came up in front of the window and blocked the sunlight. Irritated, she looked up.
"Potter, get away from me." She had to keep up her façade, after all.
"Morning to you too, Evans. Reading a book?"
"Amazing Potter. You actually recognize what this is. I must say I'm surprised, since I doubt you've ever read one before."
James grinned. "Yes, that is a wonderful book. Quite fascinating."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Do you mind? I'm trying to get some reading done before I have to head off to Herbology."
James shrugged. "Suit yourself." He got up and was just bout to leave when he paused and looked back at her. "By the way, do you know who Meg Andrews is? I have a date with her for tomorrow."
Lily gave him a startled glance. Did he know? No! How could he know? "This is odd, even for you Potter. Making a date with a girl, without knowing who she is? I can imagine Black doing something like that, but…" She shook her head.
Then as if it had only just occurred to her, she pretended to look surprised. "Oh right. You're participating in that ridiculous, "Win a Date with an Arrogant Bloke" thing, aren't you?"
James pulled a face. "Funny Evans. I prefer to think of it as making a girl's dreams come true."
"Is that why you have to bind the girls that enter with a charm?"
James shook his head. "Safety precaution. Wouldn't do for one of them to feel overwhelmed and back out at the last minute and leave one of the marauders without a date."
"Right, because you know it would be such a huge tragedy if one of you were to go to Hogsmeade single on Valentine's Day. The world may never recover from the shock."
James smirked. "You never know. But it doesn't matter because the binding charm is never a problem. All the girls that enter want to go on a date with us." He winked at her. "I know you secretly wanted to enter, but your stubborn pride held you back."
"Yes James, that's it! I cant take it any more. You turn me on more than you can possibly imagine. How about we take a short break in your dorm?"
"Are you bloody serious?!"
"No. Leave me alone Potter. I could care less about your silly little competition."
"Suit yourself Lily. But if you ever… want to take a break, all you have to do is ask."
-x-
Lily Evans was running late for her date with James. For one thing, she had been up all night, worrying about what to wear, although she told herself several times that it hardly mattered, because she was going to be in disguise and going to give Potter a date from hell.
Second, she woke up late this morning, and then couldn't find the bottle of transfiguration potion. In her hurry, she didn't even notice that the potion she was taking was the wrong colour, the wrong thickness, and had a different odour. The taste didn't matter since Lily had never had polyjuice potion or a transfiguration potion before.
When she looked in the mirror after getting dressed in a white shirt and black overalls, all she saw was a mousy looking girl, with dark eyes, brown hair and a mild acne problem. She smiled. Good.
Poor Lily.
What she didn't realize was that while transfiguration potions (which has been later banned because of the number of death eaters transfiguring themselves into important wizards were too big) lasted until you said a specific spell. Polyjuice potion however wore off after only an hour.
-x-
Many students milled around the Entrance Hall, and in the courtyard while the teachers prepared to leave for Hogsmeade. James Potter was standing near Moony, who looked completely embarrassed as his date handed him roses.
Lily took a deep breath before plastering on a smile on her face and approaching James.
"Excuse me, James? I'm your date, Meg Andrews."
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Annnd, done. xD
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