The Other Evans

Chapter 19

Chapter 19:

A Step Closer?

James was impressed, very, very, very impressed. He was impressed with that Swan Lady. How had she managed to pull off such a marvelous prank? Not even the Marauders had ever been able to do something like that!

When the lights went on, most (or almost everybody) students started laughing or gawking at the prank while he instead, had his gaze fixed on the girl.

It was quite hard to see any destining feature; her eye colour was changing constantly,however, there was clear mischief in them, her hair was hidden under her mask and the mask itself covered most of her face. She was tall, a little bit shorter than him, curvy, like an hourglass, somehow graceful and beautiful in a special way, but other than that, there was nothing recognizable.

Suddenly, she left, and James followed her. He wanted to know who she was, find out who she  was. James followed her through the corridors, discretely. She didn't seem to notice that somebody was following her, because she was carelessly running through the corridors, while humming something, something he could not understand.

The Swan Lady's silhouette, kept running, walking, dancing; it was a weird mix, that seemed wonderful.She walked as gracefully as a swan and the patronus of a swan was flying around her.

That was, in James' opinion, stupid. Anybody who saw that could retrieve her. They just had to ask every girl to perform the patrons charm and they would already know the answer. Right? As he followed her, he noticed how strands of—he wasn't sure— red, or maybe brown hair fell from the mask. He lowered his steps, which was a big mistake, as he suddenly heard the sound of somebody bumping into someone:

,,Ouch!" A voice said ,,Be careful girl!"

There was a faint:,,Sorry!" I'm the same voice the Howler had sounded, before he heard her steps walking away. James wanted to know who the Swan Lady had bumped into; that way he would know who could not be her.

,,Uh? Hello again, Potter"

It was Jasmine Evans. She was still in her vampire costume and had apparently been wandering trough the castle

,,Evans?" He asked, completely distracted and she nodded:

,,Why?"

,,Nothing" he replied quickly. Evans narrowed her eyes:

,,It has something to do with that weird girl, doesn't it?" James looked surprised at her ,,The one who bumped into me"

James nodded: ,,That was the Swan Lady"

,,Swan Lady?" Evans furrowed her eyebrows ,,The prankster?"

,,You know her?" He asked hopefully, but she shook her head

,,Alice and Marlene told me. I don't know much..." she trailed off and bit her lip

,,Yes?" He urged her on.

Evans looked him right in the eye, and James felt something weird in his stomach. Probably he had just eaten too much. He couldn't stop looking into her gorgeous eyes; they were so green, so emerald green, so stunning...

,,I know," she said and James stopped admiring her eyes ,,that she has not only pranked Hogwarts." Under James' confused look she added: ,,I was at Beauxbatons, remember? A few days beforehand I left, she played a big prank. It was incredible. She had as always burned the Mark in the front doors before leaving. Apparently she revealed her identity, because she got expelled. Unluckily, I was expelled about the same time, so I didn't get to hear her name"

James nodded thankfully and Jasmine Evans walked off. Now he was confused; the Howler had said she had seen them for years, right? Bitte if she's got expelled about the same time than Evans...that was not possible.

A silver, blue Tiara was lying on the floor before him, the shape of a swan. It was very well made and seemed to shine. Written on the back side there were the words

This Tiara is property of the Swan Lady

James smirked; maybe, only maybe, he was a step closer to figuring out who she was.