The Good Old Days
By Moony
Lily's Memory
Sirius Black was standing in the front of a little suburb house, with a beautiful little garden of flowers.
His beloved motorbike was in the street in front of the house, his helmet hanging from the seat.
Sirius rang the doorbell, and checked his hair in the glass of the door. He winked at his reflection and
thought how charming he was. Lily Potter opened the door apparently with hope of seeing someone
else because the smile was wiped off her face at the sight of Sirius.
'Oh... it's you... come in'
'I'm so excited to see you too!' said Sirius enthusiastically,hugging Lily and entering to a warm living
room. Three more people were sitting on sofas facing the empty fireplace, James Potter, Remus Lupin
and Cassiopea White. James was carrying a baby, his son, Harry. James, Remus and Sirius, the
Marauders, were friends since they were on school and Casiopea was Remus' reason for living and
best friend to Lily. In the past, Sirius used to date Cassiopea so James could date Lily, but as their
surnames, it was like trying to mix oil with water. Cassiopea was responsible and serious and Sirius...
well...he has always been Sirius not serious.
Lily was walking nervously and peeking through the door courtain, fixing her hair and clothes.
She was wearing a sky-blue dressing skirt and a white shirt.
'Lily, honey, could you tell us what are you planing?' asked James with contained rage.
'Yeah, Lils, what are you up to?, you've brought us all here, and you're so nervous,...who's comming?'
enquired Cassiopea
'Oh, you'll see...this is a great idea...you'll see...' muttered Lily
'How's baby Harry, my favourite godson?'
'It's your only, Sirius' snapped Remus
'Uncle Moony is just jealouse, right Harry?' said Sirius with a baby voice while taking Harry up into
the air, 'Because he's not your godfather, and Uncle Padfoot is a better uncle, right?... Oww! No!
You bloody baby, let my hair go!' Harry was laughing his heart out, clinging to a wisp of Sirius' hair.
As Harry released Sirius, he almost threw the baby back to James, who was laughing as everybody.
'Oh, I see now Uncle Padfoot, you have a natural talent with babies' mocked Remus.
'Did you see what the little guy over there just did???' asked Sirius with a horrified look, frantically
touching his hair.
'He's just a baby, Sirius, here make your hair up' said Lily handing him a comb, 'and James,
Cassie, you could do something with your hair too'
James tried to flat his black hair with no results at all but Cassiopea was puzzled. 'What's wrong with
my hair?' she asked putting her long straight fair hair to one side of her face.
'Well... you could comb it a little or tie it up for a change,...here' said Lily taking the comb from
Sirius' hands and giving it to Cassiopea.
'Hey, I'm not done yet!' moaned Sirius
'Yes, you are' said a female voice from the kitchen door.
Standing there was Nicole Meadowes, the only girl Sirius could never catch besides Lily, also great
friend of her. Sirius had never tried to catch Lily, for obvious reasons, but he spent half of his seven
years at Hogwarts trying to go out with Nicole with as much results as James trying to flat his hair.
'Nikki! how you doin'?' said Sirius posing like an underwear model and his eyes rolled up and down the
girl's figure.
'Cut it, Sirius, they must be about to arrive!...'
'That's it, Lily!, what's going on? You've been planning this for a month and talking about it nonstop
ever since you came back from covering McGonagall at Hogwarts, It's my house too and I have the
right to know who's comming!'
'Way to go, Prongs!' encouraged Sirius
'OK, I guess you're right... you don't know what day is today, do you?'
'Saturday' answered Sirius promptly
'August 26th' added Cassie
'Right, what about it?' pressed James
'Don't you remember?' asked Lily, receiving nothing but shakes of head and what-are-you-talking-about
looks 'It's Professor McGonagall's Birthday!' finished opening her arms like waiting for applause and
smiling hopefully.
'That's it?' said Nikki notoriously dissapointed as almost everyone else.
'Well... yes' anwered Lily, dissapointed too for her friend's reaction
'Oh my God... Minnie is comming?' asked Sirius from the back, who looked like he had just been
elected Miss UK 'I can't believe it, Lils, that's so fantastic! And to see all of us in her birthday!... What
do you want? The poor woman to commit suicide so you get her job permanently?'
'No!, I just backed her up when her mother died! I...'
'We know, Lily, but do you think she would like to see us? in her birthday?' asked Sirius as talking
to a mentally disabled person.
'Us, honey? Maybe you, Moony and Cassie but, us?' said James pointing at him and Sirius 'Baby,
we were the troublesome pair...remember?...mischief makers? We were her worst nightmare come true!'
'But...but... I thought it was a nice idea to rejoin with our head of house...' answered Lily letting herself
fall into the sofa next to Cassie and Remus about to cry 'She was so good to us... and we never gave her
a birthday party... and now that her mother died she's so alone... and I...I...wouldn't like to spend my
birthday alone so... I thought it was a good idea... I can't believe I forgot who you are!' She covered her
face with her hands.
James gave Harry to Nikki and went to see his wife, grabbed her face and tried to remove her hands from
it ' Lily, sweetheart, look at me, please, it's ok, we swear we'll behave, ok?, now come on, cheer up,
Prongsie wants a smile...' Lily let a timid laugh and looked up. James wiped away her tears and kissed
her.
'Ok, thanks darling, I can't believe I'm so stupid'
'Oh, Lils! You're not stupid! I think she will love to see us!' cheered Cassie
'You do?!...Oww!' moaned Sirius as being elbowed by Nikki.
'Of course I do!' said Cassie 'and Remmy thinks so too, don't you, honey?' she added through clenched
teeth looking for back up.
'Me...erm...eh... Yeah, I think so... Besides if she didn't wanted to see us, she wouldn't have agreed to
come, right?' Remus said looking at Cassie and measuring every word.
'Yes... you're right!' said Lily, her enthusiasm returning 'She knows I'm married to James, and I told her
we were still seeing Sirius, so I guess she doesn't mind! That's great!... as long as you two behave,
specially you,Padfoot.'
That was it... Lily Potter was back to herself.
The next second she was giving Cassie a hairlace, taking Sirius' leather jacket away and going upstairs
to change Harry.
James sighed and fell back to his seat, Remus' arm flew back to its place over Cassie's shoulder and
Sirius sat on the armchair in which arm Nikki was sitting.
'Ok...nice evening we're about to have. I hope she doesn't remember the day when we transfigured her
dress robes into that tiny hot pink bikini like the one Lily used' remembered James
'I won't forget!' Sirius let his bark-like laugh ' or the time we found and transfigured her entire bedroom
into a disco!'
By the time Lily returned with Harry, everybody was crying in laughter, remembering the past pranks
to "poor old Minnie", as Sirius called her every time he caught his breath back.
'and...and... when we gave Snivellus the invertion potion and he told her it was him who sent her that
valentine's day card Prongs had made up?' laughed Remus and a roar of laughter followed.
'I... remember!, the porn one with...' James couldn't finish the frase, all the laughter froze but Sirius'
'JA,JA,JA...Wha...What's the matter?' Sirius looked back and saw Lily with baby Harry and to everybody's
surprise, she started laughing too.
'James...remember when she found us making out in the prefects' lounge, and told us about the
staircases to the boy's dorms?'she said while placing Harry on his baby chair.
'Yeah, and that other time when she found me making out with that hot blonde girl from Ravenclaw ('Nadine
Arrows?') yeah, her, and she took only five points out of us and the other time she found me with a Hufflepuff
girl ('Emmeline Vance?') No, the other Hufflepuff, Ted's sister ('Daisy Tonks?') yeah, that one, she just said
it was fine to "create bonds between the houses" but not inside an empty classroom, and she told me about
the boy's stairs too when I was with a Gryffindor but who?' wondered Sirius
'Me' said Cassie timidly, Remus coughed and Sirius threw a kiss at her.
'Wow, she was great with us, even when we weren't great with her' said James
'I think she really deserves the party' said Lily
James got up and kissed her.
'That's why I married you' he said
'Because I care about people?' she asked
'No, because you are the best kisser ever'
Lily's P.O.V.
That's my favourite memory because all my friends gave proof of their loyalty to me, although that wasn't
one of my bests ideas...Things ended up right, though. I think Minnie had a good time, that's one birthday
she's not going to forget!
By Moony
Lily's Memory
Sirius Black was standing in the front of a little suburb house, with a beautiful little garden of flowers.
His beloved motorbike was in the street in front of the house, his helmet hanging from the seat.
Sirius rang the doorbell, and checked his hair in the glass of the door. He winked at his reflection and
thought how charming he was. Lily Potter opened the door apparently with hope of seeing someone
else because the smile was wiped off her face at the sight of Sirius.
'Oh... it's you... come in'
'I'm so excited to see you too!' said Sirius enthusiastically,hugging Lily and entering to a warm living
room. Three more people were sitting on sofas facing the empty fireplace, James Potter, Remus Lupin
and Cassiopea White. James was carrying a baby, his son, Harry. James, Remus and Sirius, the
Marauders, were friends since they were on school and Casiopea was Remus' reason for living and
best friend to Lily. In the past, Sirius used to date Cassiopea so James could date Lily, but as their
surnames, it was like trying to mix oil with water. Cassiopea was responsible and serious and Sirius...
well...he has always been Sirius not serious.
Lily was walking nervously and peeking through the door courtain, fixing her hair and clothes.
She was wearing a sky-blue dressing skirt and a white shirt.
'Lily, honey, could you tell us what are you planing?' asked James with contained rage.
'Yeah, Lils, what are you up to?, you've brought us all here, and you're so nervous,...who's comming?'
enquired Cassiopea
'Oh, you'll see...this is a great idea...you'll see...' muttered Lily
'How's baby Harry, my favourite godson?'
'It's your only, Sirius' snapped Remus
'Uncle Moony is just jealouse, right Harry?' said Sirius with a baby voice while taking Harry up into
the air, 'Because he's not your godfather, and Uncle Padfoot is a better uncle, right?... Oww! No!
You bloody baby, let my hair go!' Harry was laughing his heart out, clinging to a wisp of Sirius' hair.
As Harry released Sirius, he almost threw the baby back to James, who was laughing as everybody.
'Oh, I see now Uncle Padfoot, you have a natural talent with babies' mocked Remus.
'Did you see what the little guy over there just did???' asked Sirius with a horrified look, frantically
touching his hair.
'He's just a baby, Sirius, here make your hair up' said Lily handing him a comb, 'and James,
Cassie, you could do something with your hair too'
James tried to flat his black hair with no results at all but Cassiopea was puzzled. 'What's wrong with
my hair?' she asked putting her long straight fair hair to one side of her face.
'Well... you could comb it a little or tie it up for a change,...here' said Lily taking the comb from
Sirius' hands and giving it to Cassiopea.
'Hey, I'm not done yet!' moaned Sirius
'Yes, you are' said a female voice from the kitchen door.
Standing there was Nicole Meadowes, the only girl Sirius could never catch besides Lily, also great
friend of her. Sirius had never tried to catch Lily, for obvious reasons, but he spent half of his seven
years at Hogwarts trying to go out with Nicole with as much results as James trying to flat his hair.
'Nikki! how you doin'?' said Sirius posing like an underwear model and his eyes rolled up and down the
girl's figure.
'Cut it, Sirius, they must be about to arrive!...'
'That's it, Lily!, what's going on? You've been planning this for a month and talking about it nonstop
ever since you came back from covering McGonagall at Hogwarts, It's my house too and I have the
right to know who's comming!'
'Way to go, Prongs!' encouraged Sirius
'OK, I guess you're right... you don't know what day is today, do you?'
'Saturday' answered Sirius promptly
'August 26th' added Cassie
'Right, what about it?' pressed James
'Don't you remember?' asked Lily, receiving nothing but shakes of head and what-are-you-talking-about
looks 'It's Professor McGonagall's Birthday!' finished opening her arms like waiting for applause and
smiling hopefully.
'That's it?' said Nikki notoriously dissapointed as almost everyone else.
'Well... yes' anwered Lily, dissapointed too for her friend's reaction
'Oh my God... Minnie is comming?' asked Sirius from the back, who looked like he had just been
elected Miss UK 'I can't believe it, Lils, that's so fantastic! And to see all of us in her birthday!... What
do you want? The poor woman to commit suicide so you get her job permanently?'
'No!, I just backed her up when her mother died! I...'
'We know, Lily, but do you think she would like to see us? in her birthday?' asked Sirius as talking
to a mentally disabled person.
'Us, honey? Maybe you, Moony and Cassie but, us?' said James pointing at him and Sirius 'Baby,
we were the troublesome pair...remember?...mischief makers? We were her worst nightmare come true!'
'But...but... I thought it was a nice idea to rejoin with our head of house...' answered Lily letting herself
fall into the sofa next to Cassie and Remus about to cry 'She was so good to us... and we never gave her
a birthday party... and now that her mother died she's so alone... and I...I...wouldn't like to spend my
birthday alone so... I thought it was a good idea... I can't believe I forgot who you are!' She covered her
face with her hands.
James gave Harry to Nikki and went to see his wife, grabbed her face and tried to remove her hands from
it ' Lily, sweetheart, look at me, please, it's ok, we swear we'll behave, ok?, now come on, cheer up,
Prongsie wants a smile...' Lily let a timid laugh and looked up. James wiped away her tears and kissed
her.
'Ok, thanks darling, I can't believe I'm so stupid'
'Oh, Lils! You're not stupid! I think she will love to see us!' cheered Cassie
'You do?!...Oww!' moaned Sirius as being elbowed by Nikki.
'Of course I do!' said Cassie 'and Remmy thinks so too, don't you, honey?' she added through clenched
teeth looking for back up.
'Me...erm...eh... Yeah, I think so... Besides if she didn't wanted to see us, she wouldn't have agreed to
come, right?' Remus said looking at Cassie and measuring every word.
'Yes... you're right!' said Lily, her enthusiasm returning 'She knows I'm married to James, and I told her
we were still seeing Sirius, so I guess she doesn't mind! That's great!... as long as you two behave,
specially you,Padfoot.'
That was it... Lily Potter was back to herself.
The next second she was giving Cassie a hairlace, taking Sirius' leather jacket away and going upstairs
to change Harry.
James sighed and fell back to his seat, Remus' arm flew back to its place over Cassie's shoulder and
Sirius sat on the armchair in which arm Nikki was sitting.
'Ok...nice evening we're about to have. I hope she doesn't remember the day when we transfigured her
dress robes into that tiny hot pink bikini like the one Lily used' remembered James
'I won't forget!' Sirius let his bark-like laugh ' or the time we found and transfigured her entire bedroom
into a disco!'
By the time Lily returned with Harry, everybody was crying in laughter, remembering the past pranks
to "poor old Minnie", as Sirius called her every time he caught his breath back.
'and...and... when we gave Snivellus the invertion potion and he told her it was him who sent her that
valentine's day card Prongs had made up?' laughed Remus and a roar of laughter followed.
'I... remember!, the porn one with...' James couldn't finish the frase, all the laughter froze but Sirius'
'JA,JA,JA...Wha...What's the matter?' Sirius looked back and saw Lily with baby Harry and to everybody's
surprise, she started laughing too.
'James...remember when she found us making out in the prefects' lounge, and told us about the
staircases to the boy's dorms?'she said while placing Harry on his baby chair.
'Yeah, and that other time when she found me making out with that hot blonde girl from Ravenclaw ('Nadine
Arrows?') yeah, her, and she took only five points out of us and the other time she found me with a Hufflepuff
girl ('Emmeline Vance?') No, the other Hufflepuff, Ted's sister ('Daisy Tonks?') yeah, that one, she just said
it was fine to "create bonds between the houses" but not inside an empty classroom, and she told me about
the boy's stairs too when I was with a Gryffindor but who?' wondered Sirius
'Me' said Cassie timidly, Remus coughed and Sirius threw a kiss at her.
'Wow, she was great with us, even when we weren't great with her' said James
'I think she really deserves the party' said Lily
James got up and kissed her.
'That's why I married you' he said
'Because I care about people?' she asked
'No, because you are the best kisser ever'
Lily's P.O.V.
That's my favourite memory because all my friends gave proof of their loyalty to me, although that wasn't
one of my bests ideas...Things ended up right, though. I think Minnie had a good time, that's one birthday
she's not going to forget!