Story of Before
The Saga Begins
"But Mo-om! I don't want to! It's not fair! Why do I have to escort HER to the wedding?"
"Because I said so! Now, if you don't get your tuxedo on, you will be grounded! And! It'll be worse than last time because your father just dug up the dirt in the backyard! And, if you get your temper too high, something might happen. Then, that might ruin my friendship with Anni, if she doesn't like wizards. Behave! Now, scoot! SCOOT!"
"Ugh!" muttered James Potter. An ordinary boy of 10, James did not want to go to his mother's sister's wedding. Yeah, ok, a wedding isn't that horrible, but he had to escort a GIRL. Discusting. And worse of all, it was Lily Pufumber. James and Lily had a small history. They had grown up together...diapers...baths...eating...you name it...the works. Their moms were best friends. Then, they started to grow up.
"James! LET GO OF MY HAIR!"
"MOM! Lily ate my ice cream!"
You get my drift? But, the moms just pushed them together, which made them despise each other even more.
"Great," thought James. "Now everybody will be going ooh and ahh when I walk up the aisle. Just splashy."
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"Mother...I'm not walking up the aisle with that...that...person! He pulls my hair, Mother! I hate James Potter!"
"Lily! Calm down and control your temper, young lady. This means a lot to Judy, and she's my best friend. You'll behave yourself or else! Plus, if you keep acting like you are, you'll never get into the Academy for Girls."
"I'll never get in anyway, Mother. Do you remember what happened at the interview?" Lily's mother got a little paler. "The vase in the room flew from one side of the room to the other side! That is not exactly what you call a great interview."
"Well, we'll see, Lily. And, in the meantime, you ARE walking up with James. And, you'll behave like a young lady. Do you hear me?"
"Yes, Mother."
"Good. Now go get into that new lavender dress I bought you. It brings out the green in your beautiful eyes." Lily blushed.
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"Ohh! They look so cute together!"
"Ahh, how sweet!"
"He looks stunningly handsome."
"She looks gorgeous!"
"That dress brings out her eyes!"
"They make such a cute couple!"
James had almost had enough. Just ten more paces. He could do it.
"Don't you dare step on my feet," Lily muttered sternly in his ear. She was very good at being mad, but keeping a smile on her face.
"Don't you even talk to me, Carrot Top," he too was good at keeping a smile on his face.
"Just don't explode anything, James!" James halted in the middle of the aisle. He was jerked back into his senses when a camera flashed in his eyes.
"How did you-" He got cut off. They had to separate at the steps. The rest of the wedding went smoothly, but for the first time in a very long time, James wanted to get to Lily more than anything in the world.
"There you are! Please! Tell me what you know!"
"Well, I first had suspicions when I had my interview with the academy. A vase flew across the room. Then, when you PULLED MY HAIR, you didn't seem to notice that I kind of FLEW to the top of the stairs. You shrugged it off...but shut-up. Here comes my Aunt Sue-Hi Aunt Sue!" James walked away sort of puzzled, but kind of happy. Now, he knew someone that he could share his secret with-but wait, the person he could share his secret with was the person he despised the most.
"Just splashy."
"What, dear?"
"Oh, hi Mom. Nothing. Just, the line is so long for the food, and I'm really hungry."
"Just work your way through."
"'K."
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"Oh, hi Sirius. What did you get for number 12 on your Astronomy homework?"
"Come on, James, you're in your seventh year. Think...it's not that hard. It's like the easiest question. Now, think... Is the sun burning hot, or isn't it? Come on, that's like what candy does Professor Dumbledore love? DUH! Oh, I know what it is...it's that Sara McFrogspawn, am I right? Boy, is she a babe! I got to get it together and ask her out!" Trying desperately to cover up what he was thinking about, James failed the attempt.
"Oh, yeah! The sun IS burning red hair-I MEAN-um burning hot! And, you're right about Sara! I love her green eyes!" Realizing his mistake a little too late-
"Sara doesn't have green eyes, James...She has brown eyes, and, are you feeling ok?"
"Yup! FINE! Never been better! Um-hmm! Yeah! Great! Splashy!"
"Ok, then...maybe you should go lie down then..."
"No, I'm ok..."
"Oh! Now I remember what I was going to ask you...what about a blind date...a romantic stroll around the castle...I've got the perfect girl for you. Please, James? She really wants to see who it is!"
"Fine. When?" James wasn't in the mood for arguing. Normally, he wouldn't have gone.
"Tomorrow night. Eight o' clock sharp. Be outside the backdoors of the castle."
"See her then."
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James walked to the back of the castle. He peeked out the windows. She wasn't there yet. Good. James walked outside. Then, he saw her. Lily. She was sitting in front of one of the bushes off to the side. Before he could turn around to KILL Sirius-
"James?"
"It's me!" he announced in a way that was trying to cover up his excitement. (It didn't work too well.)
"Well, I guess you're not going to kiss me tonight, huh?" she laughed. (Or at least, TRIED to.)
"Did you know?"
"Yeah...you've got a good friend, James. He wanted you to think I didn't know, but I did. Now, what do you say, we just make him happy and walk around the castle?"
"Sounds great to me, Lily," he held out his arm. They walked around the castle. It became cold, and James could see goosebumps on Lily's arms.
"Oh, here," James unbuckled his cloak and put it around her. He came from behind her and put his arms around her neck. She turned around.
"Tha-anks, James," she stuttered.
"You're-uh-welcome." He still hadn't removed his arms from around her neck.
"Mars is bright tonight. Brighter than usu-" Before she could finish, James moved his head and kissed her on the lips. She turned around and put her arms around his neck. Meanwhile, up in the castle, Remus and Sirius were giving each other a high-five. They could see through the window. They began to exchange stories of how James had completely blanked out and thought only about Lily. Remus' was even better than Sirius'.
"'Member when you were in the hospital wing...you were getting that black eye zipped away...When ugh...Snape hit you? Well, he was supposed to become an animagi," he lowered his voice. "And I was transforming into a yeah, you know, and I saw him out of the corner of my eye, drawing Lily in the air with his wand. He didn't notice that the wand was actually painting, like, I could see who it was. As I was, you know, transforming, I yelled, James! And, he snapped out of it and transformed. He was sooo lovesick!"
"Yours is worse than mine, Moony!"
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"I know your buds are watching us from above, in the tower, James. Do you want to use that invisibility cloak in your robes?"
"How did you-yeah, you're right. Here." Under the invisibility cloak, James felt ten times more relaxed.
"So, are we going to just say goodbye at the end of tonight?"
"No way, Carrot Top. I like you better than Sara McFrogspawn. To tell you the most honest truth, you are way more beautiful than her."
"Thank you, James." Tears began to swell up in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"We can't go out, and start a relationship...our moms hate each other! When she found out I was a witch, and found out that you and your family was too, she got mad at your mom from hiding that from her, and not trusting her. We can't be together like that!"
"Let's try to talk to them...i'll talk to my mom, and vice-versa. Ok?"
"Ok...I'll try, but--" James kissed her again.
"Try for that and for me, Lily. Now, let's walk up into the common room. You know Remus and Sirius are up there waiting for us." They walked up the stone steps, hand in hand. Finally, they reached the Gryffindor tower, and last, the portrait hole, "Pythagorean," spoke James.
"I never know what any of the passwords mean. Like there was Mathematics and Algebra...I never knew what that meant," Lily said.
"I think they're muggle math crud. Pointless...if you ask me-Hi Moony, hi Padfoot. Yes, we had fun."
"Yes, were getting together."
"And yes, we're going to try to get our mom's to talk to each other again," James announced.
"Well, goodnight, then, Lovebirds."
"That's all we were waiting for! Night, James! Night, PADfoot! Night, Lily! I'm off to bed early. I feel like I'm coming down with something. I'll probably be sick on Friday again."
"Night Moony. Hope you feel better!" called James as he glanced up at the moon...tomorrow was a full moon.
To be continued...
Author's note: I didn't put Wormtail in because I despise him. He doesn't deserve to be written about. ;)
The Saga Begins
"But Mo-om! I don't want to! It's not fair! Why do I have to escort HER to the wedding?"
"Because I said so! Now, if you don't get your tuxedo on, you will be grounded! And! It'll be worse than last time because your father just dug up the dirt in the backyard! And, if you get your temper too high, something might happen. Then, that might ruin my friendship with Anni, if she doesn't like wizards. Behave! Now, scoot! SCOOT!"
"Ugh!" muttered James Potter. An ordinary boy of 10, James did not want to go to his mother's sister's wedding. Yeah, ok, a wedding isn't that horrible, but he had to escort a GIRL. Discusting. And worse of all, it was Lily Pufumber. James and Lily had a small history. They had grown up together...diapers...baths...eating...you name it...the works. Their moms were best friends. Then, they started to grow up.
"James! LET GO OF MY HAIR!"
"MOM! Lily ate my ice cream!"
You get my drift? But, the moms just pushed them together, which made them despise each other even more.
"Great," thought James. "Now everybody will be going ooh and ahh when I walk up the aisle. Just splashy."
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"Mother...I'm not walking up the aisle with that...that...person! He pulls my hair, Mother! I hate James Potter!"
"Lily! Calm down and control your temper, young lady. This means a lot to Judy, and she's my best friend. You'll behave yourself or else! Plus, if you keep acting like you are, you'll never get into the Academy for Girls."
"I'll never get in anyway, Mother. Do you remember what happened at the interview?" Lily's mother got a little paler. "The vase in the room flew from one side of the room to the other side! That is not exactly what you call a great interview."
"Well, we'll see, Lily. And, in the meantime, you ARE walking up with James. And, you'll behave like a young lady. Do you hear me?"
"Yes, Mother."
"Good. Now go get into that new lavender dress I bought you. It brings out the green in your beautiful eyes." Lily blushed.
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"Ohh! They look so cute together!"
"Ahh, how sweet!"
"He looks stunningly handsome."
"She looks gorgeous!"
"That dress brings out her eyes!"
"They make such a cute couple!"
James had almost had enough. Just ten more paces. He could do it.
"Don't you dare step on my feet," Lily muttered sternly in his ear. She was very good at being mad, but keeping a smile on her face.
"Don't you even talk to me, Carrot Top," he too was good at keeping a smile on his face.
"Just don't explode anything, James!" James halted in the middle of the aisle. He was jerked back into his senses when a camera flashed in his eyes.
"How did you-" He got cut off. They had to separate at the steps. The rest of the wedding went smoothly, but for the first time in a very long time, James wanted to get to Lily more than anything in the world.
"There you are! Please! Tell me what you know!"
"Well, I first had suspicions when I had my interview with the academy. A vase flew across the room. Then, when you PULLED MY HAIR, you didn't seem to notice that I kind of FLEW to the top of the stairs. You shrugged it off...but shut-up. Here comes my Aunt Sue-Hi Aunt Sue!" James walked away sort of puzzled, but kind of happy. Now, he knew someone that he could share his secret with-but wait, the person he could share his secret with was the person he despised the most.
"Just splashy."
"What, dear?"
"Oh, hi Mom. Nothing. Just, the line is so long for the food, and I'm really hungry."
"Just work your way through."
"'K."
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"Oh, hi Sirius. What did you get for number 12 on your Astronomy homework?"
"Come on, James, you're in your seventh year. Think...it's not that hard. It's like the easiest question. Now, think... Is the sun burning hot, or isn't it? Come on, that's like what candy does Professor Dumbledore love? DUH! Oh, I know what it is...it's that Sara McFrogspawn, am I right? Boy, is she a babe! I got to get it together and ask her out!" Trying desperately to cover up what he was thinking about, James failed the attempt.
"Oh, yeah! The sun IS burning red hair-I MEAN-um burning hot! And, you're right about Sara! I love her green eyes!" Realizing his mistake a little too late-
"Sara doesn't have green eyes, James...She has brown eyes, and, are you feeling ok?"
"Yup! FINE! Never been better! Um-hmm! Yeah! Great! Splashy!"
"Ok, then...maybe you should go lie down then..."
"No, I'm ok..."
"Oh! Now I remember what I was going to ask you...what about a blind date...a romantic stroll around the castle...I've got the perfect girl for you. Please, James? She really wants to see who it is!"
"Fine. When?" James wasn't in the mood for arguing. Normally, he wouldn't have gone.
"Tomorrow night. Eight o' clock sharp. Be outside the backdoors of the castle."
"See her then."
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James walked to the back of the castle. He peeked out the windows. She wasn't there yet. Good. James walked outside. Then, he saw her. Lily. She was sitting in front of one of the bushes off to the side. Before he could turn around to KILL Sirius-
"James?"
"It's me!" he announced in a way that was trying to cover up his excitement. (It didn't work too well.)
"Well, I guess you're not going to kiss me tonight, huh?" she laughed. (Or at least, TRIED to.)
"Did you know?"
"Yeah...you've got a good friend, James. He wanted you to think I didn't know, but I did. Now, what do you say, we just make him happy and walk around the castle?"
"Sounds great to me, Lily," he held out his arm. They walked around the castle. It became cold, and James could see goosebumps on Lily's arms.
"Oh, here," James unbuckled his cloak and put it around her. He came from behind her and put his arms around her neck. She turned around.
"Tha-anks, James," she stuttered.
"You're-uh-welcome." He still hadn't removed his arms from around her neck.
"Mars is bright tonight. Brighter than usu-" Before she could finish, James moved his head and kissed her on the lips. She turned around and put her arms around his neck. Meanwhile, up in the castle, Remus and Sirius were giving each other a high-five. They could see through the window. They began to exchange stories of how James had completely blanked out and thought only about Lily. Remus' was even better than Sirius'.
"'Member when you were in the hospital wing...you were getting that black eye zipped away...When ugh...Snape hit you? Well, he was supposed to become an animagi," he lowered his voice. "And I was transforming into a yeah, you know, and I saw him out of the corner of my eye, drawing Lily in the air with his wand. He didn't notice that the wand was actually painting, like, I could see who it was. As I was, you know, transforming, I yelled, James! And, he snapped out of it and transformed. He was sooo lovesick!"
"Yours is worse than mine, Moony!"
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"I know your buds are watching us from above, in the tower, James. Do you want to use that invisibility cloak in your robes?"
"How did you-yeah, you're right. Here." Under the invisibility cloak, James felt ten times more relaxed.
"So, are we going to just say goodbye at the end of tonight?"
"No way, Carrot Top. I like you better than Sara McFrogspawn. To tell you the most honest truth, you are way more beautiful than her."
"Thank you, James." Tears began to swell up in her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"We can't go out, and start a relationship...our moms hate each other! When she found out I was a witch, and found out that you and your family was too, she got mad at your mom from hiding that from her, and not trusting her. We can't be together like that!"
"Let's try to talk to them...i'll talk to my mom, and vice-versa. Ok?"
"Ok...I'll try, but--" James kissed her again.
"Try for that and for me, Lily. Now, let's walk up into the common room. You know Remus and Sirius are up there waiting for us." They walked up the stone steps, hand in hand. Finally, they reached the Gryffindor tower, and last, the portrait hole, "Pythagorean," spoke James.
"I never know what any of the passwords mean. Like there was Mathematics and Algebra...I never knew what that meant," Lily said.
"I think they're muggle math crud. Pointless...if you ask me-Hi Moony, hi Padfoot. Yes, we had fun."
"Yes, were getting together."
"And yes, we're going to try to get our mom's to talk to each other again," James announced.
"Well, goodnight, then, Lovebirds."
"That's all we were waiting for! Night, James! Night, PADfoot! Night, Lily! I'm off to bed early. I feel like I'm coming down with something. I'll probably be sick on Friday again."
"Night Moony. Hope you feel better!" called James as he glanced up at the moon...tomorrow was a full moon.
To be continued...
Author's note: I didn't put Wormtail in because I despise him. He doesn't deserve to be written about. ;)