Head Over Feet

Summary - Twins James and Ariana Potter are attending their seventh and final year at Hogwarts. Chaos ensues as Ariana and the Marauders try to get Lily and James together while Sirius tries to make a little romance of his own.

Authors Note - Thanks in advance for reading this story and I hope you enjoy it! P.S. I have a thing for song titles so every chapter's titles (even the main title) are all names of songs, Sorry if this annoys you, it's a quirk. This is an updated version of the third chapter, because I haven't written for so long, I'm fixing all my grammar mistakes and I', working on a brand-new chapter!

Chapter One - It's Just a Matter of Time

The day began with a bang. Literally. A loud bang followed by smoke then uproarious laughter. This was enough to shake 16-year-old Ariana Potter out of her dreams and into reality. Her little brother (by six minutes) had obviously gotten an early start, no doubt prompted by his in-house best friend Sirius.

Sirius had been living with them ever since they were 12. Sirius' family life had been rough; his entire family was bigoted idiots in her opinion. Sirius was always a rebel; he never liked discriminating against anyone (except Snape and the rest of the slimy Slytherins.) Ariana was fine with him living here, and her mother especially loved another person to dote on. Sirius never failed to make them laugh and he cheered her up whenever she needed it. He knew her better than most people did, but he liked her anyway. Ariana knew he liked her, although he would never admit it to her face. She would never let him know that she liked him because it would make his head so big that it wouldn't fit through the door.

Ariana sat up in her bed and shook her chocolate brown hair out of her face. She turned toward her bedside dresser and looked at her clock, and saw it was 7:32 A.M.. She knew instantly what was going on in the house and that her father was gone to work. She snorted; he probably didn't even come home at all. Her father was an Auror; he had barely spent any time with his family since Voldemort had come to full power and began terrorizing the Wizarding World. Her mother was trying to compensate for his absence and was currently in the kitchen making breakfast, eggs of course, were the only thing she knew how to make. Ariana slid out of bed and headed toward her own private bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. She decided to stay in her pj's and head down to the kitchen to get some breakfast.

As she walked down the hall, she saw some lingering smoke outside James' room. She heard roars of laughter coming from inside. She quietly opened the door to see Sirius with feathers and little horns sticking out of his head. James was no better off than Sirius, he would start sounding like a teapot and spouting off steam and changing colors.

"Well 7:40 in the morning and you've already started." She said, folding her arms over her chest after she saw Sirius' lingering eyes at her rather exposed chest. "Breakfast should be done soon." She gave them a bright smile and walked away. As she walked downstairs, she felt Sirius watching her.

"Padfoot, quit checking out my sister. You have no chance in hell with her. She's got Diggory." James shook his head at Sirius who didn't pay any attention. "It's a sinking ship; remember she doesn't like egotistical popular people, especially when their name is Sirius. "

Sirius glared at James then shook his head, "Yeah, I know, but this is my year, I'll finally get her to go out with me."

"Padfoot you've been saying that ever since your second year, and it's never come true."

"It will. This year it has too! I really like her Prongs. More than all the other girls combined." He said with a passion that would have convinced everyone but the people who knew him best.

James sighed and pulled Sirius back into the room. "Which is like point five as far as I know. Out of the 542 girls you've gone out with, you've liked a grand total of four."

Sirius looked surprised. "You kept track?"

"No. Remus does. He just updated me over the owl post." He said with a smile.

"Well add another to both lists James. I like your sister and I'm going to go out with her." He said nervously wringing his hands.

James sighed and pushed Sirius toward the stairs. "All right Padfoot, I'll do what I can to help, but for now let's go eat!" He didn't have to tell Sirius twice as they charged down the stairs.

The day flew by and before they knew it, it was August 29th. Today was the twins' birthday, Sirius had been helping Mrs. Potter plan the whole event and today was the big day.

Mrs. Potter thankfully left the cooking to the house elves and while she turned the kitchen into a beach scene. When the twins came down and they were completely surprised.

"Wow Mom you completely out did yourself." Said Ariana looking around at the picturesque setting of the sun going down over the blue Pacific Ocean. "It's like we're in Hawaii!"

Sirius looked offended "Hey it wasn't all Mrs. P! I helped!"

Ariana glanced over at Sirius who was lounging in a beach chair sipping milk out of a coconut. "Sorry Siri of course you helped." She said, walking over to him and giving him a peck on the cheek.

Sirius waggled his eyebrows at her while she ruffled his hair. He quickly ran his fingers through it to fix it. "You never mess with the hair! Not even my girlfriends get to do that!"

Ariana cocked an eyebrow. "Girlfriends?"

"Does that make you jealous?" he asked. He got up and gave her a hug, and whispered into her ear "You're the only one for me." She pushed him away, not even blushing.

"Tell that to Cindy, Katherine, Maggie, and Rose." She said with a smirk. He grabbed at his heart and staggered back into the chair. She sat down next to James, who was eagerly attacking the massive amount of food on his plate.

"Slow down Jamie, you don't want to die before you get a chance to trick Lily into marrying you." She smiled as James choked on his bacon. He looked eagerly at his twin.

"Ari, do you think I have a chance?" he asked hopefully staring at Ariana with his big brown eyes.

Ariana sighed and rolled her eyes. "For some strange reason, not known to man she likes you Jamie boy. But you have to quit cursing people, especially Severus."

Sirius stood up outraged. "Not prank Severus! Prongsie! You can't listen to this woman! She's completely bonkers!"

Ariana shot him a quieting glare and he sat back down.

"That's what Lily wants, and James wants Lily. It's a logical pattern. But if you have a better way Sirius, please enlighten us." She said waiting for an answer. "That's what I thought." She turned back to James. "Jamie, you're my favorite little brother, but Lily's right. If your ego gets any bigger, you won't be able to fit through a door."

James looked outraged, and then got a thoughtful look on his face. "You're right." He said softly toward his sister. Sirius sat up with a look of complete surprise. Their reactions were cut off by a thumping sound from the living room.

"James, Sirius, Ari. Some friends of yours are here!" called Mrs. Potter.

They all got up and ran to the living room. Remus and Peter appeared from the fireplace covered in ashes. Remus came out coughing slightly, a little beat up because the full moon was four days ago, but he was mending nicely. Peter stumbled out of the fireplace inhaling the ashes; he never remembered to shut his mouth during the ride.

"Remy! How are you doing sweetie?!" said Ariana enveloping him in a hug. Remus swirled her around as she held on. He put her down and she went over to hug Peter.

Remus and Peter were led into the kitchen by Ariana, where they praised the decorating job by Sirius and Mrs. P. Remus handed Ariana all their presents and they all sat down to eat breakfast.

The Marauders and Ariana all were in the living room opening presents. Ariana took charge of presents, organizing James' presents into one pile and hers in another. She tortured James the entire time by withholding the gift Lily had bought James.

"James, has gifts from Siri, Remy, Peter, Ophelia (don't touch it if it's something edible, she really likes you), me of course, Mom and Dad, Jimmy, Regina (Ooh who's that) and hmm Lily!" she said piling the presents in front of him teasingly holding Lily's present just out of reach. James jumped up and grabbed it out of her hand and ripped it open. It revealed a beautiful stag pendant on a heavy gold chain.

"Ariana! Did you tell her?" he asked nervously waving the pendant around her head.

Ari nodded sheepishly, "Well, we are too, and we tell each other everything. Besides seeing as she would have known this year anyway, seeing all your plans to woo her." She said leaning back and resting against the black leather couch beside Remus' legs.

James just got a dopey look on his face as he looked at the stag. He opened the rest of his presents revealing Quidditch gloves from Remus, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans from Peter, 1001 Hilarious and Slightly Demented Pranks from Sirius, a new set of Quidditch goggles from Jimmy, Quidditch Around The World from Regina, a batch of cupcakes from Ophelia filled with a suspicious gooey substance inside, a new broom from Mr. and Mrs. Potter, and a huge box of jokes that Ariana had specially ordered from Zonko's, filled to the brim with everything the Marauders would need to fund all their pranks for the upcoming year.

Ari smiled as she began to open her presents. She opened the one from her parents first revealing some gorgeous Muggle dresses and beautiful dress robes.

"Thanks Mom!" said Ari throwing her arms around her Mom.

Sirius poked her pile, "Ari you'd better open that one next."

"Why?" asked Ari, but picking up the package with big holes all around.

"Because it's moving, that's why!" said Peter pulling back a bit.

Ariana looked at the package and sure enough, the box was moving. She eagerly undid the bow, but seeing it was from James she cautiously opened the lid. When the lid was opened, a little puppy came wriggling out, snuffling at all the new people. "James!" she yelled picking up the puppy, a cute little thing with blond fur and soulful brown eyes.

"What kind of dog is it?" asked Remus, "I've never seen anything like it." He said as they all watched it play with the red bow that was still attached to the box.

"It's called a Puggle. It's a mix between a Pug and a Beagle." Said James petting the dog's head.

The puppy loved all the attention it got from all the new people and licked Ari's hand as she attached the bow around his neck. She carefully picked him up and set him in her lap then reached for another present. She grabbed a small package wrapped beautifully in silver and gold paper. She saw on the tag that it was from Sirius and she reached for the card that was attached to the top. It read:

Happy Birthday Ari!

You will always be the one for me.

Love,

Sirius

Ariana looked up at Sirius with an unbelieving look on her face. She shook her head and opened her present. "Oh my goodness, Sirius it's beautiful!" She held up a platinum silver necklace, each linking with a tiny heart-shaped diamond forming a V pattern. Ari got up and practically jumped on Sirius.

"Thank you! It's beautiful." She said out loud. She whispered into his ear, "Try telling that to your girlfriends."

Sirius gave her a pained smile. Ari sat back down to finish opening her presents. She got 5000 Useful Charms from Remus, a box of chocolate frogs from Peter, and a white Siberian Tiger pendant on a silver chain from Lily.

James lifted his eyebrow at Lily's gift to Ari. "Is that your form?" he mouthed to her.

She just nodded and started stroking her brand-new puppy. She got up and put the puppy on the couch. Remus was sitting next to it and it curled up on his lap. "Is it a boy or girl?" asked Remus to Ari.

Ariana shrugged her shoulders and picked up the puppy and faced him toward Remus. "Definitely a boy." She said putting him back on the couch and petting his stomach.

"What are you going to name it sweetie?" asked Mrs. Potter bringing lunch into the living room and with a flick of her wand, the trash put itself in the trash can.

"I don't know you tell me." She said staring in the dogs' eyes. "Jack?" the dog started wriggling. "Jake?" she asked again laughing as he kept wriggling.

"Padfoot!" yelled James from the kitchen.

The dog flipped out of her hands and started growling. Ari laughed, "You little rebel!" the dog started moving his head up and down.

"Well I guess you picked it." She picked up the bow and tapped him on the shoulders. "I hereby christen you Rebel."

They all gathered in the living room for the rest of the night and watched the puppy

playfully run around. For one night, there was no war, and everything was as it should be. The

twins were celebrating their birthday with both parents and the contented faces of friends.