Shake, Bend and Break (Talk Me Down)
James is determined to stay away from short, freckled redheads. Lily, having had enough drama for a lifetime, is equally resolved to avoid dark-haired troublemakers. But he rarely does what he ought, and she is too stubborn for her own good. It should be an interesting year.
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Chapter Nine or Shake, Bend and Break
(December sixth)
"This is, without a doubt, the most ridiculous plan you've ever come up with." Then, breaking into a grin, James added, "Of course I'm in."
"It'll be brilliant," agreed Peter.
"Well, let's go, then."
"Are we actually doing this? Are we really going to pull this off?"
"We always do," Sirius assured Remus. "Plus, Aberforth loves us."
At last, the holidays were less than a week away. And it was just as well; both the students and the professors were exhausted, as it had been a very tiring term. The grounds were coated in thick layers of snow, and it was too cold to even consider going outside.
That particular Thursday morning, during Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall decided it would probably be best to double-check if the students who had signed up to go home during the holidays still wished to do so.
She'd just taken a scroll out of her desk drawer when someone screamed. With her wand at the ready, she quickly hurried over to the door, but when she opened it, she was greeted with, not one, not two, but dozens upon dozens of-
"Are those goats?" someone asked.
Two or three managed to make their way inside the classroom and, after Elizabeth's shrill cry, the students – on Thursdays, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs always had their Transfiguration classes separately – promptly flooded out of the room.
It was a good thing, Lily realised, that none of the Marauders had come to class that day.
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