Astray

Chapter 10

(A/N: I'm having art block right now and I was going to post this late and with a picture but nothing I draw looks right so it's going up late without a drawing this week.)

Coralie and the boys were halfway through Charms class when Lily stormed into the room. Without so much as a glance at Coralie, she threw her things down in the empty seat beside Severus and walked up to Professor Flitwick's desk. She handed him a small green slip and whispered something to him when he nodded and waved her off to her seat.

Coralie turned back to Remus who was trying to explain to her that she needed to use more subtle movements to levitate the feather on their desk.

"Okay, okay I got this," Coralie pushed his hands back and held her wand at the ready.

"Are you sure?" Remus asked.

"Yeah, Wingardium Leviosa!" She waved her wand in such a manner it was as though she were trying to draw a giant L in the air. The feather hovered a few inches off of the table, but then, with a loud bang, burst into a cloud of smoke.

"Oops?" She nervously laughed as Remus glared at her. He gripped his wand so tightly he almost snapped it in half, but right before he could his grip relax and he sighed, shoving his face into his hands.

"Professor, we need another feather over here," he sighed.

"Again?" She asked if he was up for another go.

"Yeah, but like this," he put his hand over her's and did the motion for her.

"Okay, I think I understand now," She said and tried again. This time the feather hovered in the air for a few seconds before softly drifting back down on the table.

"We did it!" They yelled in excitement. They hugged for a few seconds before going back to their work.

When class was over they packed their bags and headed to lunch.

"Hey, Molly!" Coralie took a seat in between Molly and James. Sirius sat across from her, Remus next to him, and Peter across from Molly.

"Where were you at breakfast this morning. I was worried sick!" Molly brushed back some of the hair that had fallen out of her haphazardly thrown up ponytail.

"Oh, yeah, about that. I may or may not have jinxed Lily Evans' shampoo last night?" She tried to look innocent but failed.

"Coralie! I thought you knew better!" She scolded and studied the sloppily dressed younger girl.

"Haha, yeah," Coralie giggled nervously.

"Hurry up and finish eating," Molly sighed.

Coralie threw her a confused look but complied anyway. She finished eating her plate that was piled high with many different foods as she was very hungry after skipping breakfast.

"Follow me," Molly stood and slung her bag over her shoulder. Coralie did the same taking one last piece of toast with her and waving the boys off.

"Where are we going?" She asked halfway through their silent walk.

"To fix your uniform, you look like a slob," she glared at the wrinkled skirt and half tucked button up shirt.

"Well, I didn't have much time to get dressed, you know. That Lily's a real drama queen. First, she insults me for standing up for my friend, then she acts like I don't exist right after I apologize, and then she overreacts over some stupid hair. I mean it was just a prank, you don't have to give me a warning over it!" She huffed and blew some hair out of her face.

"Maybe you should give her another chance, you never know you two could become best friends," she checked her watch and pulled Coralie by the wrist. They stopped at a door when Molly whispered some sort of password.

"Wow! What is this place?" Coralie looked in astonishment at what looked to be a swimming pool.

"This is the prefects' bathroom. Now fix your shirt buttons and I'll fix your hair," Molly dropped her bag at a vanity. There were four lined on the wall and two more on the wall across from it. They each had a house banner above them except the two on the other wall, they had black banners above them. Molly had put her stuff at the Gryffindor one.

"What are all the vanities for?" Coralie rebuttoned her shirt as Molly took down her hair and was brushing it.

"The ones with the House banners are for the prefects of each house and the other ones are for the head boy and girl," Molly separated her hair into two sections and had her wand braiding one side as she hand braided the other.

"There I'm done. Now you need to hurry to class. You know how Professor McGonagall can get," Molly patted her on the shoulder and picked up her bag.

"Okay, see you at dinner, Molly!" Coralie called over her shoulder as she made her way to the door.

She walked into the Transfiguration classroom and took a seat next to James.

"Hey," James said as soon as she sat down.

"She took me to the prefects' bathroom so I would have time to fix my uniform before the rest of the classes," Coralie answered all of the boys' unasked question. The looked at her, but before any of them could reply McGonagall walked into the classroom and stood at the front.

"The first thing we will be doing today is getting a new seating arrangement. You will be in alphabetical order. Sirius Black and Andromeda Black," she pointed to the first desk in front of her's.

"Bellatrix Black and Narcissa Black."

"Coralie Dumbledore and... Lily Evans," although this seemed to greatly amuse Minerva the two girls in question seemed to set them both off. Lily took a seat next to Coralie and ignored the sharp glare she was sending, but Minnie just went back to calling out the seating chart.

"Alice Fortescue and Frank Longbottom."

"Remus Lupin and Mary McDonald."

"Marlene McKinnon and James Potter."

"Peter Pettigrew and Fabian Prewett."

"Gideon Prewett..." she continued naming people Coralie didn't know so she stopped paying attention.

"...Severus Snape and Lyle Yaxley. This will be where you sit for the rest of the year unless I find that you are unfit to sit there," she threw a sharp glance at Coralie and Lily who were both smiling innocently at her while kicking each other under the table.

After Transfiguration, they went to History of Magic which most students fell asleep in, including Coralie. Then they went down to dinner.

"Hey, Molly!" Coralie was leading the boys into the great hall when she spotted Molly and wanted to say hello. Molly waved but went back to her conversation with Arthur Weasley, her boyfriend.

"Cora, over here!" Alice waved her over to the middle of the table where she and the other girls were sitting.

"Hello Alice," she responded sitting down beside her. Sirius sat down beside Coralie and James across from her, Remus beside James, and Peter beside Sirius.

"Hey, my Lily flower," James had most likely sat beside her on accident but was glad because it gave him an opportunity to talk to her.

"I'm not your anything. You're just an arrogant toerag," she stuck her nose in the air and stood up from the table, storming away.

"Well, at least you tried," Sirius slung his arm around Coralie's shoulders as the whole group shook with laughter except for James.

"I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong," James sighed, throwing his head down on the table.