Ha cha cha... Disclaimers as always... I do not own... Harry Potter... or anything affiliated with Harry Potter... So yeah.
Now then... it's been a while since I tried my and at writing, so here goes... cracks knuckles...
It's gonna start out slow I'm sure... I recall last time I tried this I got about 4 chapters in and my story was going nowhere... so bear with me, and mabe I can do better than last time I tried.
-yummy yummy pink lemonade! o.O;-
Fire. So warm. So... beautiful.
James reached his hands out, running his fingers through the fire that danced before him. He smiled, almost in a trance like state, as he continued to feel the warm heat emitted from the intriguing flame. After a few moments of this, the flame danced once more as it slowly changed, no longer a flame but a flaming sea of soft strands of hair. James' eyes seemed to widen just a tad as his fingers ran through the locks, the hair skirting just a bit as the head turned.
'James...' A female voice spoke.
beep...
"James..." A rougher male voice intruded the dark room where he stood, seeming to whisper from no where.
Beep...
'James.' The female voice again. As the head finally turned he caught a glimpse of the emerald eyes that peered back into his.
BEep...
"James." Wait... was that...
BEEP!
"JAMES!"
Almost simultaneously, Sirius and the alarm clock next to James' bed shouted, stirring him with a start. In one fluid continuous motion, James rolled over and swung for the alarm clock. And missed horribly.
"Damnit Prongs... " Sirius started, padding over to the clock and slapping it quiet. James lay, chin rested against the floor where it had impacted from his less-than-graceful attempt of silencing the beast known as the alarm clock. His lower half still rested on the bed, his upper half on the floor.
"Ungh... damn alarms... " James grumbled, managing to right himself and stand, stretching his arms out over his head as he groaned, looking at a blurry Sirius.
"I don't see why you even bother with these damn things, when you know Moony could just wake us up when he left to go down to breakfast." Sirius stated.
"I like my sleep, I don't wanna get up at the ass crack of dawn like Remus does." James stated, sliding his glasses on his nose and pushing them up the bridge so he could see Sirius now. " Besides, we both know that we'd ignore Remus and be late every morning if it wasn't for the alarm."
Sirius simply shook his head and yanked a black tee over his head, kicking aside some random garments to find a pair of jeans that at least looked clean. James sat on the side of his bed, wedging his fingers between his eyes and glasses to attempt to rub the sleep from them.
After finding their clothing and robes, they headed to the Great Hall for breakfast, dragging their heels and yawning the whole way. Upon entering, they made their way to the table where two spots lay open for them as usual next to Remus and Peter. Of course, this trip entailed many winks and grins to the women whom they passed on the way.
Remus sat, reading over his copy of the Daily Prophet, while spooning cereal from the bowl before him into his mouth, seemingly entranced by the front page news. Peter merely sat, nibbling at a pop tart in a way that would make a rat proud. James and Sirius began methodically towering their food on their plates, as they'd always done since the first year. It was like chinese buffet to them, starting with a base layer of eggs, then piling potatoes, bacon, ham, sausages, a bit of toast, some salsa, and balancing a few muffins around the outer edge of the plate.
"How you two will ever manage to grow up and not become fat lazy old men I will never know." Remus spoke for the first time, still looking very much absorbed by the news now on the second page of the Prophet.
Sirius just seemed to grin widely as he chewed away at a mix of whatever he could stab with his fork. James on the other hand, offered an explanation to their above normal appetites.
"Well Moony, if you think of it like we do, y'know, we lead very, very active life styles. What, with spending all day being the charming, god-like women magnets we are, along with pranking people and hexing Slytherins, not to mention Quidditch practice... we need all the energy we can get." He grinned widely as Sirius had done, whilst Remus shot a sideways glance at him when he finished his explaination.
The rest of the meal was fairly quiet, Remus finishing reading his copy of the Prophet as James and Sirius finished their meals, while Peter merely sat quietly.
-and so...-
Lily and her two friends Brenna and Alice sat at the table in the Great Hall. Lily and Brenna were engaged in a meaningful conversation about a new Dueling program Dumbledore had wanted the Heads to organize, while Alice sat with her head laying on her folded arms. She never was one to be a morning person.
"I can't believe he wants me to plan this all out on my own." Lily groaned unexcitedly.
"Aww Lils, it's supposed to be you and Potter doing this." Brenna stated with a bit of twinkle in her eyes, and a touch of singsong in her voice when she mentioned James.
"Brenna, you know better than that. Potter wont help me with a damn thing." Lily sighed.
"Maybe if you'd ask him ever-so-nicely, he might." Brenna retorted.
"Me, be nice to Potter? HAH!" She exclaimed a little overzealously, causing a few heads to turn. Ignoring that, she continued. "Potter deserves only the most spiteful of words from me, after what he did to me last year." She remembered the prank all to well, as it quickly replayed in her mind.
--Dang ol'... Flashback Man--
Lily made her way through the corridor with Brenna and Alice, heading for Potions. Little did she know, she was walking into a trap. Allthough it wasn't meant for her, she was the one who got caught in it.
In a flash, before she could even figure out what was going on, she was hanging upside down over a bucket of water that had appeared out of no where. With a few small 'pops', hairbrushes began to not-so-softly brush at her hair, emitting their own shampoo from the bristles. Every few seconds, she was dunked headfirst into the bucket, then the scrubbing commensed.
The Marauders themselves were laughing too hard to have stopped it if they wanted to. Brenna and Alice stood, awestruck, not knowing what to do. If it hadn't been for Snape, there was no telling how long this would have went on for.
Snape quickly reversed the magic that held the prank together, leaving Lily sprawled out on the floor with soaked hair and robes, as he looked at the Marauders with his wand drawn.
'Flipendo!' Snape shouted, wand pointed at James. James was knocked back a bit, causing him to slide across the floor on landing. Before Sirius or Remus could draw their wands however...
'Locomotor Mortis!'
Snape's legs snapped together, causing him to topple over. Everyone looked around to find the source, spotting a sitting Lily with her wand pointed.
'I don't need your help Snape, you made it apparent what you thought of me!' Lily shouted, standing slowly with her wand still pointed at him.
'Hey Mudblood! Watch yourself!' A Slytherin 7th year shouted, causing her attention to turn for a moment. In that moment, Snape pointed a jinx at her.
'Densaugeo!' Snape shouted, the jinx hitting Lily directly in the face. Almost instantly, her front teeth began to grow.
'Stupify!' This time it was James who yelled, hitting Snape with the jinx. Lily stood, almost in tears as he turned to look at James.
'I don't need your damn help either you worthless prat! Furnunculus!' She shot, hitting James dead on with the jinx as well. Immediately, his face began sporting boils the size of quarters. Not that she had time to enjoy it, as he turned and ran quickly for the Girl's Dormitory in the Gryffindor tower, tears streaming steadily down her face.
--Wow... back to real time...--
"Ah Lils, how long are you gonna hate him for that, he wasn't trying to get you." Brenna said, trying to hold back a smile from remembering that memory.
"Until the day I die... that's how long." She shifted her eyes, catching a glimpse of James a few chairs down, glaring hatefully. He felt the eyes on him, and shifted his attention, smirking a bit and offering a little wave to her.
'That git and his cute little smile and wave... wait... WHAT!? James Potter, cute smile? I need to go get my head checked out. Stupid prat.' She huffed loudly and got up, turning on a heel and walking off quickly to her first class of the day, Brenna dragging Alice close behind.
Yeah well, kinda short, but that's cause this chair sucks and my ass hurts from sitting in it... so yeah. Tell me what ya'll think, and uh, I'll probably start on the next chapter in about... 22 minutes, cause I'll be bored again by then. Peace...
Cozy