Tricks Troubles and Tantrums-
Chapter 1 - Back to Hogwarts
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Chapter 1
"Oh my god James, will you give it up already. I'm never gonna go out with you so just drop it, ok?" Lily had barely gotten onto the train to Hogwarts and already he was asking her out
'You'd think he would have gotten over it by now, I mean he's been asking me out for like 6 years' she thought to herself as she searched for the compartment her friends were in
"Hey Lils" her best friend Natalie greeted her
"Hey Nat" she replied "Did you have a good summer?"
"Yeah, it was awesome... I wish your parents had let you come to Japan with us, that would've been like, sooo cool!" Natalie grinned at her "What did you do all summer? Petunia still the stuck up snobby bitch she used to be?"
"Yeah, unfortunately," Lily groaned "She kept stealing my stuff from Hogwarts and hiding it just to annoy me"
"So... have you seen the Marauders yet?" Natalie asked mysteriously
"Yes, and James has already asked me out again. What do you know that I don't?"
"Nothing, nothing" Natalie said a little too quickly
"C'mon, spill" Lily poked her in the ribs "You know you can't hide any secrets from me. Just tell me before I have to force you to"
"Ahh! No. Not that. Anything but that" Natalie squealed "Ok I'll tell you but I don't know much... All I know is that James isn't the only one of the Marauders who likes one of my friends"
"Oh my god, who else is it?" Lily asked her raising her eyebrows in shock
"I can't tell you Lils, I've been sworn to secrecy"
"Ok, but just please tell me it's not Peter... please" Lily begged
"Ok it's not Peter" Natalie told her "But that's all I'm telling you"
Lily breathed a sigh of relief 'At least it's not Peter' she thought 'That's one good thing'
They sat talking about their holidays for a while until the lady came around with the trolley full of sweets. Lily bought some Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Botts Every Flavoured Beans while Natalie bought some Sherbert Twists and Fizzing Fireflies - small firefly shaped lollies that fizz in your mouth when you eat them.
"Can't wait to see Emma 'n' Laura again" Natalie said with her mouth full of sweets, "I haven't seen them for like, ages!"
Emma and Laura Malfoy were twins and two of Lily and Natalie's other best friends who they hadn't seen all summer
"I think they're gonna be there already when we get to Hogwarts" Lily replied with a sigh, "Can't wait to see Em. I still don't get why they can't just catch the train like everyone else. Their brother does but they must be too good to go like normal people"
"Oh you're nice aren't you" Natalie said, slightly shocked at what Lily had just said about their friends
"Sorry, it just irritates me sometimes how they never seem to live like normal ordinary people" Lily sighed "Laura's the worst. Always walking around like she owns the place, bragging about how rich she is and lying about how 'awful' her family is to her. She's a stuck-up snobby little rich-bitch. And the way she pretended to be all depressed and suicidal last year." Lily finished as Natalie looked at her shocked
At the end of the train trip, as the Hogwarts Express pulled up to the station at Hogsmeade there was a sudden loud crashing noise and a few seconds later Remus Lupin came stumbling into their compartment
"Remus, what on earth happened" Lily cried as her friend collapsed on the seat opposite her
"I dunno" he murmured while rubbing his wrist which was starting to swell to the size of a cricket ball "I think Malfoy came up and tried to jinx Sirius but the spell missed and hit Peter who went unconscious and fell over into Macnair who fell into Sirius who fell into me and then I fell into here... At least I think that's what happened... I can't really remember all too well" he finished as James burst into the compartment
"Oh my god Moony are you alright" James asked him with a worried look on his face that Lily had never seen before "Sirius is still trying to make Peter regain consciousness but that new teacher, McGonagall I think, you know, the one that wears the knee high black boots and the mini-skirts, yeah well she came in and saw what Malfoy and Macnair did so they're in big trouble, she says they could even get expelled for it but I doubt that they will" he finished, taking a breath
"I'm fine James" Remus told his friend
"No you're not" Lily told Remus sternly "You've most likely broken your wrist, it's huge"
"You know, we'd better go now before we like, miss the coach or something" Natalie said, getting up
"Yeah" James said "C'mon Moony, We'll take you to Madam Pomfrey and get your wrist looked at"
They got up slowly and walked off the train, glad to see that the platform was still fairly crowded. They got into the second last horseless carriage with Sirius who they met on the platform
"McGonagall took Peter with her" he told them "He's still unconscious and he's probably gonna be in the hospital wing over night but he should be okay once they know what spell Malfoy used"
Once they got to the school they were met by Professor McGonagall
"Black, Lupin, Potter, I need to speak with you" she said sternly
"But Professor, we need to take Remus to the hospital wing," James objected, "We think he's broken his wrist"
"Ok, you may go to the hospital wing but I will speak with you later, and you will be taken by Miss Evans as I still need to speak with your friends"
"Ok" Remus murmured
"See ya Moony" James called out as they walked down the corridor to the hospital wing
"Yeah, see ya" Sirius repeated
As soon as Madam Pomfrey saw Remus' wrist she made him drink this awful tasting potion and lie down for five minutes to make sure there was no side effects but after that Lily and Remus were able to go to the feast
As they were leaving the hospital wing, Professor McGonagall finished talking with James and Sirius and let them go to see their friend...
Walking down the corridor Lily turned to look at Remus, "Are you sure you're ok?" She asked him
"Yeah, I'm fine," he replied, "Thanks for coming with me"
"You're welcome" Lily told him as she leaned in towards him and kissed him...
"Oh. My. God" Sirius muttered as they came around the corner
James just stood there with his jaw hanging open, then all of a sudden span around and stormed off towards the dormitories as Remus pushed Lily away from him...
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he yelled at her
"What do you mean?" Lily whispered, "I thought this is what you wanted" her green eyes filling up with tears
"What? What the hell are you talking about" Remus ran his hand through his light brown hair, clearly distressed. "I never wanted this, and even if I had, I'm not willing to screw up my friendship with James"
"But..." Lily started
"No Lily, no but's. Whatever you were thinking nothing is ever going to happen between us and that's final" With that, Remus turned around and stalked off in the opposite direction
Lily sank down against the wall, tears streaming down her face as Sirius walked away stunned.
On his way back to the dormitories he bumped into Emma
"Hey Em, I think you should go down to the corridor near the hospital wing, Lily's there and I think she might need you" Sirius told her then kept walking leaving Emma looking very confused
He got to the dorm and found the door locked
"James," he called out, "James are you in there? It's me, Sirius"
"Get lost," came James' muffled reply along with the sound of something smashing against the door
"James, lemme in" Sirius called out while bashing on the door with his fist
"Fine, go in," James yelled while coming out the door with his invisibility cloak. He stormed off down the stairway putting on the cloak on his way
"James, wait up" Sirius cried, running after him but without being able to see him it was useless
The next morning
"Remus, Remus, have you seen James anywhere, he didn't come in last night an' I'm really worried" Sirius shook his friend awake
"What?" Remus murmured "What is there to be worried about?"
"Ummmm, maybe the fact that he saw you and Lily kissing yesterday but then stormed off before you pushed her away an' I haven't seen him since" Sirius told him
"Oh god, are you serious?" Remus was wide awake now
"Deadly"
Remus got dressed while Sirius went down to see if James was in the common room but he wasn't. It was already raining outside but as they left the common room it started to become a thunderstorm.
"Let's split up" Remus suggested "We'll find him quicker that way"
"Ok" Sirius replied "You take that side of the school and I'll take this side"
They split up and started to look everywhere as the storm outside got worse...
Finally after looking for him for over an hour Remus looked out the window and saw someone sitting down under a tree by the lake. He ran down to see if it was James.
"James, James is that you" he cried as he ran towards the hunched up figure
"Get away from me you, you, you..." James couldn't think of anything nasty enough to call him so he got up and started walking around the edge of the lake
"James, come back here" Remus begged, "You don't know the full story"
"Yes I do" James screamed at him, "You kissed Lily, end of story"
"No James, that's not what happened" Remus tried to explain but James wouldn't listen to him
All of a sudden James span around. "How could you," he said through gritted teeth, "How the hell could you. You knew how much she meant to me but you still go ahead and kiss her like I don't even exist. What sort of a friend are you anyway?" he spat out
"But James..." Remus started before James span around to face him again
"No Remus, no buts. This friendship is over and that's final" James screamed at him before pushing Remus into the lake and storming off
Remus crawled out of the lake and went to find Sirius. On the way he met Lily
"Oh my god Reemy, what happened? You're soaking" she squealed
"Yeah, and it's all your fault" he told her before shoving her out of the way and walking down the corridor where he span around and called out to her "By the way, my name's Remus not Reemy" before continuing down the corridor to look for Sirius.
When he couldn't find him he went back to the dormitory and flopped down on the bed still saturated. He was still there when Sirius came in three hours later.
"Hey, Moony, what happened?" Sirius asked him "Did ya find James?"
"Yeah, he pushed me into the lake. Then I saw Lily and she's acting like we're together or something. James isn't even gonna try listening to me so what's the point?" Remus mumbled
"What if I talk to James for ya" Sirius suggested
"Would you?" Remus asked
"Yeah, course I will" Sirius replied
Just then, James came barging through the door but seeing Remus, turned around to leave and found Sirius blocking his way
"You're not goin' anywhere Prongs" Sirius told him "Neither are you Moony. I'm gonna stand here until you two figure this whole thing out"
"What is there to figure out? He kissed Lily when he knew how much she meant to me" James flopped on the bed "I've figured out that already so can I go now?"
"James, I did not kiss Lily. She kissed me. I pushed her away." Remus told him
"Yeah sure, you just pushed away the most gorgeous girl in the school when she kissed you" James choked
"Yes James I did. I pushed her away coz I didn't wanna ruin my friendship with you." Remus sighed
"He's right Prongs," Sirius butted in "I saw the whole thing. That's the truth"
"What?" James whispered, barely loud enough to hear "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Maybe because you refused to talk to anyone" Sirius told him
"I know how it must have looked James, but I swear, nothing happened" Remus told him
"I... I... I..." James stuttered
"How about you just promise not to push me into the lake again and we'll leave it at that" Remus suggested
"Ok" James smiled at him "Thanks"
"You still tryin to get Lily to go out with you, coz the Halloween Ball's next week" Remus told him
"Yeah, course I am, whaddya think I should do?" James asked as Sirius walked over to where they were now sitting next to each other on the bed
"You guys are so stupid" Sirius flopped down next to them
"Is that an insult?" James asked
"It sure sounds like one" Remus agreed
"I know what this calls for..." James grinned as he and Remus both called out at the exact same time...
"Pillow fight!!!!!!!!!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh" screamed Sirius as they attacked him, feathers going everywhere
Ten minutes later, Peter walked into the room, which was now completely covered in feathers, now fully conscious and not aware of anything that had gone on during the past two days
"Hey guys, did ya miss me?" Peter asked his friends
"What on earth are ya talkin 'bout?" Sirius asked with a straight face
"Yeah Wormtail, I didn't know you'd gone away" James was trying hard not to laugh
"Where'd ya go Wormy?" Remus asked with the corners of his mouth curling up slightly
"I was unconscious in the hospital wing" Peter told them
"Really?" Sirius asked
"Yes, I can't believe you didn't even notice I was gone" Peter burst into tears
"Oh Wormy, we was just kiddin', we missed ya, really, it's just there's been alot goin on while you were gone, we just needed a little fun" James told him running his hand through his hair
"Yeah Wormy, we didn't mean it" Remus agreed
"We'll never do this to you again Wormytail, we swear" Sirius told him
"Really?" Peter asked
"No!" Sirius grinned, "It's too much fun! We can't stop or our lives will be... What's the word?"
"Boring?" James suggested
"Yeah, boring" Sirius agreed jumping into the pile of feathers on the floor...
Meanwhile in the girls dormitories, Lily was curled up on the seat next to the window reading a book while Laura flicked through a magazine. Emma was braiding Natalie's hair and talking about guys to go to the Halloween Ball with
"Hey Lils, why don't you go with James?" Emma asked her
"What? Why on earth would I do that?" Lily was stunned
"Why do you, like, hate him so much?" Natalie asked her
"Because, he picks on innocent people just for pleasure and makes them feel like tiny little specks of rubbish that nobody knows exist" She told them
"Yeah, but so does Remus, an you still kissed him" Natalie told her
"Yeah, but, that was different" Lily said
"How?" Laura asked
"Just because" Lily snapped
"Ok, ok, no need to get angry" Emma frowned "You really haven't been yourself lately Lily, are you sure you're ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just tired" Lily mumbled
"Ok" Emma turned back to Natalie, "So, who else you wanna go with?"
"Hmm..."
"Ok, different question... If James asked you out what would you say?" Emma grinned
"Well he, like, probably wouldn't ask me, coz he's, like, never asked out anyone except Lily since we first got to Hogwarts, but if he did, I'd say yes"
"What?" Lily screeched "Are you mad?"
"No, but James is really hot and really sweet" Natalie told her
Emma nodded "But Remus is so much better" she whispered to Laura who giggled
"You're all insane" Lily threw down her book
"Maybe, or maybe you just can't see what's right in front of you" Emma shrugged "Ok Nat, what if Sirius asked you?"
"Hell yeah"
"Remus?"
"No coz I know how much you like him" Natalie smiled at her
"Oh, thanks, that's so sweet" Emma gave her a hug
"Hey, did ya hear there's gonna be a new girl startin' tomorrow? Lauren someone. In our year. She's transferring from Beauxbatons" Natalie said suddenly "I hope she's in Gryffindor"
"Yeah, that'd be cool" Emma grinned
The next day
As Emma, Lily, Natalie and Laura walked to the Great Hall for breakfast, Professor McGonagall stopped them. Standing next to her was a girl with green-brown eyes and brown hair with blonde streaks.
"Girls, this is Lauren Clark. She's just transferred from Beauxbatons and has been sorted into Gryffindor. I want you three to show her around and make sure she is alright." Professor McGonagall said before turning to Lauren and saying "Lauren, this is Lily, Emma, Laura and Natalie who are also in your house"
"Hey Lauren" Lily greeted her "Welcome to Hogwarts"
"Hi" Natalie smiled at her
"Hey! Have you had breakfast yet?" Emma asked "Coz I'm starving!"
"Nope" Lauren replied as they walked into the hall and sat down
As they sat down, the Marauders were just getting up and Lauren's watched them go past
"Oh my god, who is that?" she asked Emma "He is sooooooooo bloody hot!!"
"Which one?" Emma asked quickly 'please don't be Remus' she thought to herself
"The one with the long hair and glasses"
As Emma breathed a sigh of relief, Natalie answered for her
"That's James Potter, but don't expect to be able to go out with him. He only want's to go out with Lily. He hasn't been out with anyone else since the first time he saw her"
"Oh, you lucky thing Lily" Lauren sighed "Must be great to have a boyfriend like that!"
"Oh, he's not my boyfriend" Lily quickly corrected her
"Lily refuses to go out with him" Emma told Lauren
"She's mad!" Lauren exclaimed
"Yeah, that's what we've been trying to tell her since we were first years" Natalie sighed
"I can't wait to see who she goes with to the Halloween Ball" Laura said as Lily rolled her eyes
"Do you three ever talk about anything else?" she asked
"Nope!" Natalie grinned
"So if someone else were to go with James you wouldn't mind" Lauren questioned her
"Course not, I'd just think they were mad" Lily told her "Come on, we'd better go before we're late to class and you know how McGonagall gets when we're late"
"Oh, she said that I could have the first period off to unpack my stuff and get a tour of the school" Lauren told them "I'm allowed to take one of you with me"
"Oh, take Emma or Laura" Lily told her "Nat and I gotta do some presentation thingy"
"Take Em," Laura whispered to Lauren "I wanna see them make complete idiots of themselves in front of the whole class"
Lauren grinned "Okay"
"Em, looks like you have the honour" Laura said with a slight smile "Who knows, you might even see a certain someone on the way" she added in a whisper
"Ok, well cyaz" Lauren waved goodbye as they walked to class
"Bye" Emma smiled happily and turned to Lauren "Where you wanna go first?"
"Lets go to the dorm" Lauren suggested "Then I can unpack my stuff and you can give me a tour of the school"
"Okay" Emma turned to go but Lauren stopped her
"Did you really mean what you said about James not going out with anyone since he first saw Lily?" She asked
"Yep" Emma replied as they walked out of the hall
"Wow" Lauren thought outloud
They were nearly at the dorm when the Marauders walked past
"Hey Em, who's ya friend?" Sirius asked her, his eyes lighting up
"Hey Sirius, this is Lauren, she just transferred from Beauxbatons" Emma told him "Lauren, this is Sirius, Remus, James and Peter."
"Hey" Lauren smiled at them, mainly at James who didn't notice
As the Marauders walked off to class, Remus stayed behind and whispered to Emma, "Meet me in the courtyard at 1:00... in private"
"Ok" Emma whispered back as Remus ran to catch up with his friends
"Hey, are you two going out or something?" Lauren asked her as soon as they were gone
"I wish" Emma said, blushing "I wonder what her wants to see me for"
"Probly wants to ask you to the Halloween Ball" Lauren told her
"Yeah right" Emma muttered "Come on, we'd better get going"
As they walked up the stairs, Lauren suddenly blurted out "Lily is so mad, I mean if someone that hot asked me out I'd be sooo totally saying yes but she's never once even thought about it?"
"Yeah, and James won't go out with anyone else. He says if he can't go out with Lily he's not gonna go out with anyone at all!" Emma shrugged "Trust me, plenty of people have asked him but he just refuses"
"Betcha I could get him to go with me to the Halloween Ball" Lauren's sudden outburst shocked Emma
"Bet you couldn't" Emma replied
"You just watch me" Lauren grinned
"And how do you plan to get James to go with you" Emma asked
"Oh, you'll see" Lauren replied "I have my ways..."
When Emma and Lauren met up with Laura, Natalie and Lily later that day, Emma couldn't wait to tell her sister about her meeting with Remus. As Lauren turned to talk to Natalie and Lily, Emma pulled Laura aside and told her about Remus and what Lauren had said about James
Laura was speechless but soon said "I doubt she'll be able to convince him though, she doesn't know how much he's done to try and get Lily to go out with him"
"Yeah, well I gotta go get ready to meet Remus now so cya later" She said goodbye to all of them before walking to the dorm to redo her hair and makeup.
As she walked into the courtyard, she saw Remus pacing up and down next to one of the hedges looking extremely flustered
"Hey Remus" she said walking up to him
"Hey Emma" he replied, running his hand through his hair
'Omigod he looks so hot when he does that!!' Emma thought to herself as she sat down
Remus began pacing again, he was clearly nervous
"Remus, what is it" Emma asked "Stand still for a minute and tell me"
"Ok, sorry" Remus mumbled sitting down next to her "It's just, I wanted to know... I mean, I wanted to ask you, if you wanna... I mean you don't have to... I just, sorta, you know, wondered, if you'd... do you want to... would you..."
"Would I what" Emma whispered
"Will you go to the Halloween Ball with me" Remus blurted out
"Oh my god are you serious?" Emma whispered
"Yes" Remus said standing up and starting to pace again "I knew this was a bad idea" he mumbled to himself as Emma stood up
"What are you talking about" she asked him "Of course I'll go with you"
"See, I knew you'd say no" Remus mumbled, still pacing
"Uh, Remus" Emma said as he span around to face her
"Yeah" he muttered
"I said yes" Emma told him "I'd love to go with you"
"Are you serious?" Remus whispered
"Yes, of course" Emma said, her blue eyes sparkling, "I just can't beleive you asked me, I never even knew you liked me" she blushed and looked at the ground
"I never even imagined you'd like me!" Remus told her running his hand through his hair again
"And why wouldn't I like you?" Emma quizzed
"I dunno, maybe coz you're smart, funny, gorgeous and best friends with someone who can't even bear to look at my friend" Remus told her
"Well you were wrong" Emma told him, looking up into his eyes
As he bent down and kissed her, she felt her heart do a somersault. They walked back to the common room together where they met James
"Can I talk to you Moony?" he whispered, "Alone"
"Is that ok" Remus asked Emma
"Yeah, sure" Emma replied
"See ya" Remus gave her a kiss on the cheek and walked off with James
"Ok, what is it Prongs?" Remus asked
"I'ts just, I've decided to give up on Lily ever going out with me..." James choked "I've realised it's never gonna happen so why waste my life on a lost cause? The next person who asks me, I'm gonna go to the Halloween Ball with..."