I wake up the next morning and I head straight to the bathroom because I doubt it will be open once the other girls get up.
I brush my teeth and do all that stuff, then I get dressed. I decide I want to look at least halfway decent so I straighten my hair and put on some light foundation, powder, then some mascara.
Lauren says I don't need makeup because I'm naturally pretty, but my mom says I need it or the guys won't like me.
After I finish getting ready I head out to the dorm and all the girls are awake. They are just starting to get ready so I'm glad I beat them to the bathroom. I head over to my little area and water my plants. After that I grab my bag and head to the door.
"I'm going to head downstairs, I'll see you guys later!" I announce.
"Okay, we'll see you later." One of the girls calls back.
I smile to myself because I'm doing great at this socializing thing. I turn and walk downstairs to the common room. For the most part it's empty except for Remus and James who are sitting on the couch. I take a deep breath and walk over to them and sit on the chair in front of them.
"Hey." Remus greets.
"Hi." I say back.
There is a awkward silence for a second before James starts talking, "So Ella, how would you feel about helping us with something?"
I cock my eyebrow because this is really random and I literally met them yesterday.
"James don't-" Remus starts but James stops him.
"We are wanting to play a prank on the Slytherins, but we need....let's say someone small."
I nod telling him to go on.
"We are needing someone small enough to fit in the crawl space above their dorms."
He had me up until he said that.
"What? Crawlspace? That doesn't even make sense." I huff.
"Yes, it does. When you get into the Slytherin common room there is a small gap between the wall and ceiling. It's not supposed to be there, it's like where some of the stone ceiling fell and they haven't fixed it. We found out if you go up there you can crawl all the way back to what we hope is above the dorms. We want you to crawl up there and put a stink bomb up there for us." He explains.
"What if we get caught?" I ask.
"Pfft we won't get caught, are you in?"
I think for a second because we could get in trouble if we are caught, but I might be able to make this benefit me.
"I will, but you have to help me out some too. I don't know where any of my classes are so I want you guys to help show me so I'm not lost all day. I also want you to let me sit with you at meals. You don't have to talk to me but I want to sit with you guys till I find some friends." I wager.
"No problem, and we don't care if you hang out with us. Remus seems to like your having you around seeing as he talked about you nonstop last night." James says smirking at his friend.
Remus's face turns red and I'm sure mine does too.
"I did not, he is full of it." Remus argues.
James must not want to continue this conversation because he jumps up when Sirius and Peter come walking down the stairs. He runs over to Sirius and starts talking to him.
Remus sighs and stands up. "Come on or they'll leave us."
I do as he says and follow the four boys to the Great Hall. We go in and we all sit like we did last night except I take the seat beside Remus. It's a lot emptier that the night before and I'm thankful for it.
"So Ellie-Bellie is going to help us with the prank?" Sirius says while putting food on his plate.
"What did you call me?" I say looking at him.
"Ellie-bellie it's your nickname."
"But it's not." I argue.
"It is now." He says.
I give up and decide it's pointless to argue with him.
We all sit and eat until McGonagall comes and hands out our schedules. When I get mine I want to cry. I have no idea how to read it, the ones at Illvermony are a lot different.
I poke Remus on the arm and he looks over at me. "I uhhh don't know how to read this schedule. Ours were set up different at Illvermony."
"Oh" he says putting a piece of bacon in his mouth and reaching over to help. "Okay so your first class is....History of Magic. Gross I hate that class. "Your second is Transfiguration then the third is Potions. You have that with me. After Potions we have the same schedule so I'll just help you after that."
I nod and he smiles at me.
After that all the boys go back to eating. I pull my book out of my bag and start reading through it. It's a book on plants and I'm reading it because I'm looking to get some more plants.
The boys ignore me for a bit but then Sirius takes the book from me and looks at it.
"You're reading a plant book at breakfast? Nerd."
I huff and roll my eyes.
Remus reaches over and hands the book back to me. I smile and continue reading. After awhile Sirius grabs my arm.
"Come on, we have History of Magic together."
He explains.
I put my book back and get up to follow him. We walk out of the hall and Sirius pushes me gently.
"So what do you think of Remus?" He asks.
"He's really nice." I reply.
"Okayyyyyy." He says dragging out the hall.
I decide to just ignore whatever he is trying to imply. We keep walking and when we get to the class Sirius goes and takes a seat towards the back. I look around to find a seat but Sirius calls me over to sit beside him.
"This class is dreadfully boring." He huffs as the teacher walks in.
The teacher is a literal ghost and he has the most boring voice ever and I have came to the conclusion I'm going to hate this class.
It's about ten minutes into the lesson when Sirius slides a note in front of me. I unfold it and read it.
So are you single?
Okayyyyyy so that's not at all what I expected him to say.
Yes, why?
I pass the note back to him and he starts writing. I try to tune into the lesson but I can't. He passes the note to me and I open it.
Cause I want to set you up with one of my friends.
He's crazy.
No, I don't want to be "set up" with anyone. I'm fine being single.
I pass the not back to him and he rolls his eyes. He obviously didn't care for that answer.
Time skip to Potions
When I walk into the Potions class I spot Remus fairly quickly and I go take a seat beside him. I don't know what it is with the boys all ways sitting in the back of class. After awhile James and Sirius come in and take a seat a few tables away from us.
"How's your day been so far?" Remus asks.
"It's been good." I reply.
After that we are silent for awhile. The teacher comes and starts the lesson and Remus and I work quickly and are the first ones finished.
We have about 20 minutes left in class still so we pack up our stuff and just sit there.
"I'm nervous about the prank tonight." I whisper.
I'm kind of surprised with myself for actually saying it but I halfway assume he didn't hear me because it's so quiet.
"You don't do a lot of new things do you?" He asks laughing a bit.
I immediately blush and turn away from him. He's laughing at me. I feel him reach over and poke my arm.
"I'm just playing. The prank will be fine. I promise." He says.
Time skip to the prank
I'm waiting in the common room for the boys to come down and take me to do this stupid prank. I'm so worried that we will get caught. If we get caught we will get detention and I'm 100% sure my mom will find out and freak out on me.
I'm pacing back and forth when I hear the boys come running down the stairs. I'm not prepared for when Sirius comes and pushes me over onto the couch.
"Let's go Ellie-Bellie. This is gonna be great."
I get up and follow the boys as they make their way around the castle. It's two in the morning. Thankfully today is Saturday so we don't have classes.
The boys have some type of parchment that they keep looking at as I walk behind them. They kind of ignore me so I just keep following them hoping we don't get caught.
Eventually we make it to what I assume is the Slytherin common room. The boys open the door somehow and they creep inside. The room is empty because it is literally two in the morning.
"Okay, El, Remus is going to lift you up since he is the tallest. Here's the stink bomb." He says handing the thing to me.
"When you get up there pull this and you have about mmmmm 30 ish seconds to get out before it goes off. After that you will crawl back here and Remus will help you down." Sirius says finishing for James.
I nod and I'm suddenly thankful I didn't wear a skirt. Remus pushes past Peter and comes over to me.
"Okay grab my shoulders and step into my hand and I will boost you up." He whispers.
He points out where I'm going and he bends down. I put one hand on his shoulder and hold the bomb in the other. I step into his hands and he boosts me up. When he does I almost fall since I'm only holding on with one hand.
I get my balance again and look down at the boys who were all standing ready to catch me. I take a deep breath and set the bomb on the edge of the hole I'm climbing into. I get a grip and pull myself up. I'm halfway in when I get somewhat stuck.
My hips and butt don't fit so I have to turn awkwardly to get all the way inside. I can hear Sirius laughing at me from where he is standing on the ground.
"Sirius I swear I will beat you when I get out of here if you don't quit laughing." I say.
He shuts up after that.
I grab the bomb and army crawl straight ahead. I pull my wand out and cast lumos so I can see. As soon as the hole is lit up I want to scream. There are spiders everywhere.
I'm not scared of spiders exactly but they're not my favorite. Especially when there is so many of them.
I try my best to ignore them and keep crawling. It doesn't take me long to find where the ceiling drops down a bit. If I'm right this should be above the dorms. I take the stink bomb and pull the little plastic out and throw it down there.
I turn and start crawling away as fast as I can. I can see the light from the hole I came in at when I hear it go off. I probably have another 30 seconds before the smell hits me.
I get to the hole and drop my legs down. I scoot so I'm only holding on with my arms and it is just my chest and above in the hole. I feel strong hands grab my waist and I let go.
I drop slowly to the floor and I'm standing right up against Remus. I quickly back away and head towards the door because you can definitely smell the stink bomb now. We all run out the door and back to the dorms with the boys leading the way.