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lilium_evansiae) wrote2011-01-22 10:12 pm
lilium_evansiae) wrote2011-01-22 10:12 pm
Hogwarts Express, 10 April 1976
Lily has noticed that she hasn't exactly been left alone today.
Her roommates had stuck around her for breakfast and on the way Hogsmeade Station.
Fenton Blane has followed her up and down the aisles of the Hogwarts Express, as she's taken her turns at patroling the corridors. And when he wasn't there, she's seen Sheldon Whelan (Hufflepuff, seventh year) and Iphigenia McGraw (Ravenclaw, sixth year) keeping in close proximity.
Lily both finds it kind of reassuring to know that her fellow prefects are keeping a wary eye on things ... and incredibly worrisome that they appear to think it's necessary.
(With a half-dozen notable exceptions, of course. She passes Marcellus Nott, the seventh year Slytherin prefect, at one point and he leers at her in a way that makes Lily very glad her wand is already in her hand. And that Lettie Lewis, the Head Girl, turns up at that moment to ask "All right, Nott?" and he vanishes back into his compartment.)
Lily looks back over her shoulder and sees Sheldon.
"I'm going to take a break," she tells him.
He nods. "You want to come back to the prefects' compartment?"
"Actually, I think I'm going to go find my roommates. But I'll be back in a bit."
"Be careful," he tells her, and Lily nods and starts back down the corridor.
Her roommates had stuck around her for breakfast and on the way Hogsmeade Station.
Fenton Blane has followed her up and down the aisles of the Hogwarts Express, as she's taken her turns at patroling the corridors. And when he wasn't there, she's seen Sheldon Whelan (Hufflepuff, seventh year) and Iphigenia McGraw (Ravenclaw, sixth year) keeping in close proximity.
Lily both finds it kind of reassuring to know that her fellow prefects are keeping a wary eye on things ... and incredibly worrisome that they appear to think it's necessary.
(With a half-dozen notable exceptions, of course. She passes Marcellus Nott, the seventh year Slytherin prefect, at one point and he leers at her in a way that makes Lily very glad her wand is already in her hand. And that Lettie Lewis, the Head Girl, turns up at that moment to ask "All right, Nott?" and he vanishes back into his compartment.)
Lily looks back over her shoulder and sees Sheldon.
"I'm going to take a break," she tells him.
He nods. "You want to come back to the prefects' compartment?"
"Actually, I think I'm going to go find my roommates. But I'll be back in a bit."
"Be careful," he tells her, and Lily nods and starts back down the corridor.
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There's a very slight emphasis on those last two words, so that they're not quite just an acknowledgement of his question.
Then Lily points her wand at Pettigrew and says, "Rennervate."
She turns back to Potter and Black. "Happy Easter."
And then she steps back into her compartment.
"You're right. Nothing going on in the corridor."
The door slides shut behind her.
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"Blimey. I missed the whole thing, didn't I?" he says.
Sirius gets down on his knees to make sure Peter's all right. He pats his shoulder. "Nothing Prongs and I couldn't handle. Well, and that lovely girl, Cliona."
"Padfoot."
"What? I'm not going to go all 'James Potter' on her, if that's what you're afraid of," he says cheekily.
James sighs loudly.
All right. He might be going 'James Potter' on the girl who'd just left them, but at the moment, it's completely, completely worth it.
"James," says Peter suddenly, "you've lost an eyebrow."